At the entrance of the Zhen Agricultural Machinery Station, Tian Laixi stood in front of a tractor and looked at it carefully.

"Comrade, do you want to buy a tractor?" The staff at the agricultural machinery station came up and asked.

"Is this Dongfanghong?" Tian Laixi asked.

"This is the Qinghe small four-wheel tractor produced by our city tractor factory. The Dongfanghong small four-wheel tractor is over there!" The staff pointed to the side and continued, "In terms of price, our Qinghe small four-wheel tractor is better than Hongfanghong's.

The small four-wheeler is more than 200 yuan cheaper, and the warranty is easier. After all, it is a local company in Qinghe."

"But I heard that the quality of Dongfanghong's small four-wheelers is better." Tian Laixi said.

"Dongfanghong is produced by a tractor factory, and the quality is of course excellent. The performance of the small four-wheelers from our city's tractor factory is not bad. If you want to buy a big brand, buy Dongfanghong. If you want to choose a cheaper one, just buy Dongfanghong.

I bought it from the tractor factory," the staff member said.

Tian Laixi was just a farmer and not an agricultural machinery expert. He didn't know which one to choose for a while and fell into hesitation.

The staff member said: "Comrade, which village are you from?"

"From Houtan Village." Tian Laixi replied.

"Houtan Village mainly grows melons, right? What kind of melons does your family grow?" the staff member then asked.

"We are planting watermelons and pumpkins. At this time of year, the watermelons are almost ripe, so I plan to buy a tractor and go to the city to sell melons. When all the melons are sold, I will plant another crop of cabbage. This year is over."

Tian Laixi answered.

The staff member nodded and then said: "If you just transport watermelons and cabbage and don't need to cultivate the land, you don't need to buy a tractor. You can buy this!"

The staff member said as he dragged Tian Laixi to an agricultural tricycle.

"If you are just transporting things, this agricultural tricycle is more suitable for you! This thing runs faster than a tractor and is easier to operate than a tractor. The key is that it is cheap! It is less than half the price of a tractor." The staff at the agricultural machinery station said.

"This is specifically for pulling goods? How much can it pull?" Tian Laixi asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"It's no problem to pull a weight of three thousand kilograms." The staff at the agricultural machinery station replied.

"This little cart can pull three thousand kilograms?" Tian Laixi didn't believe it.

The staff at the agricultural machinery station smiled slightly: "Why should I lie to you! Just yesterday, someone bought an agricultural tricycle from me, went directly to the fertilizer station and took 30 bags of fertilizer back. If you don't believe it, you can ask

Ask the fertilizer station!”

Tian Laixi calculated in his mind that one bag of fertilizer is one hundred kilograms, and thirty bags would cost three thousand kilograms. This truck can haul thirty bags of fertilizer, which means it can really haul three thousand kilograms.

"When I go to the city, I can sell at most 200 watermelons, which adds up to 1,500 to 600 kilograms. If I sell cabbage in two days, I will sell more than 300 watermelons in one day. In total, if I buy one

One agricultural tricycle like this is enough."

Thinking of this, Tian Laixi asked: "Comrade, how much does this agricultural tricycle cost?"

The staff did not answer, but asked: "Are you applying for a loan? It's a loan from the Rural Credit Cooperative. It doesn't require interest. You just need to repay part of it regularly every month."

"I remembered that there seemed to be a broadcast on the big loudspeaker in the village a few days ago, saying that you can get a loan to buy agricultural machinery!"

So Tian Laixi asked: "Comrade, what should I do with this loan?"

"Are you literate?" the staff at the agricultural machinery station asked.

"You are literate and have attended junior high school for one year!" Tian Laixi said with some boastfulness. In their village, having attended junior high school is considered a high degree of education.

The staff member said: "If you are literate, follow me in and fill out a form, and then send the form to the rural credit union in town. Then the loan officer from the credit union will go to your home to investigate, and if a loan can be obtained, it will be given to you."

A list, you take the list, come directly to me, and you can pick up a farm tricycle."

"Just take the order, no money required?" Tian Laixi asked subconsciously.

"Of course you need money to buy things. Didn't you get a loan from a credit union? Isn't that money?" the staff member asked with a smile.

"But you just said, just take the credit union's slip." Tian Laixi asked next.

The staff had no choice but to explain patiently: "Fukang agricultural tricycles have relatively high subsidies. In addition to the normal agricultural machinery subsidies, I heard that there are also special subsidies, so the price is cheaper than ordinary motorcycles.

The loan conditions for Fukang Tricycles at the Rural Credit Cooperative are relatively loose, and the loan is enough to buy the car. So if you get a loan, you can drive the car home directly without spending any money. But this Rural Credit Cooperative

You still have to repay the loan on time. If you don't repay it, your car will be taken away, and you can't expect to get a loan from a rural credit cooperative in the future."

"I understand this. Where can I fill out the form?" Tian Laixi asked.

"I'll get you the form, just wait!" The staff brought the form and pen to Tian Laixi, and Tian Laixi quickly filled out the form.

"Comrade, do you think this will work?" Tian Laixi handed the form to the staff at the agricultural machinery station.

"Okay, I'll take this one, and you can take the other two to the credit union in town." The staff member then told you, "I'd like to remind you that if the credit union passes the review, you can pick up the car.

When traveling, don’t bring a penny with you, at least bring the three to five yuan!”

"Why?" Tian Laixi asked.

The staff member explained: "This agricultural three-way vehicle has to burn oil! You don't have to take the gas money with you to drive the vehicle away? Do you want to push it back?"

…

The loan officer of the Rural Credit Cooperative was still very efficient. Two days later, he went to Tian Laixi's home in Houtan Village and personally inspected Tian Laixi's family situation.

The loan officer looked at the watermelons growing happily in Tian Laixi's melon field and saw that they were about to mature, so he approved the loan for Tian Laixi.

Two days later, Tian Laixi happily drove the agricultural tricycle into the village.

"Look, what is Laixi driving?"

"Is it a car? No, cars have four wheels. The one he drove has three wheels."

"It looks like a motorcycle, but it has an extra cargo box! Not to mention, it runs pretty fast."

The villagers were discussing, and a good-hearted person simply asked: "Laixi, what did you get?"

"This is called an agricultural tricycle, which is specially used to pull goods!" Tian Laixi said.

"Laixi, you have to go for transportation!" someone asked again.

"What are you doing for transportation? The watermelons will be ripe in two days, so you can't take them to the city to sell them!" Tian Laixi said.

"You can use a tractor to sell melons in the city. Didn't your second uncle buy a tractor last year? He could pull a cart of watermelons into the city and sell it for seven to eight hundred yuan! Why don't you also buy a tractor?

Ah!" someone said.

"Isn't the tractor expensive? Mine is cheap!" Tian Laixi smiled and returned home on a tricycle.

The size of an agricultural tricycle can be driven directly into the yard, so Tian Laixi parked the car directly in his yard.

Tian Laixi's daughter-in-law stared at the agricultural tricycle with disgust on her face, and said with some complaints: "Didn't we agree to buy a tractor? How did you get such a thing back?"

"What do you know, you woman? This agricultural three-way vehicle is much cheaper than a tractor!" Tian Laixi laughed and continued: "I didn't spend a penny to buy this vehicle!"

"What? No money? The agricultural machinery station gave it to me for free?" Laixi's wife asked in surprise.

"I bought it with a loan. Do you remember the loan officer from the credit union who came two days ago? That's what he did!" Tian Laixi paused and said with some show off: "If we buy a tractor, the loan will definitely not be enough. We

You still have to put money in it!”

"Don't we still have to repay the loan?" Laixi's wife curled her lips, and then complained: "What else can you use this thing for besides transporting watermelons? If you buy a tractor, you can also do farm work!"

"What farm work does our family need to do with a tractor?" Tian Laixi continued: "We also grow crops on our land. We plant melons in the spring and cabbage in the autumn. They are all delicate work. How can we use a tractor!"

…

Houtan Village is relatively close to the river. The entire village was originally built on a dry riverbed. It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, this was still a place where the river flowed. Later, the river changed its course, and this part of Houtan Village was created.

land.

It is also because Houtan Village was originally a river bed, so the land here contains a lot of sand. If this kind of land is used to cultivate food, its fertility is lacking, but it is very suitable for growing melons.

The watermelons in Houtan Village are not very big, but they have various pulps, and the taste is very sweet.

At that time, there were no domestic watermelon varieties such as Zaojia 8424, Chunguang, Te Xiaofeng, etc. The watermelons grown by farmers were all local varieties. Houtan Watermelon became the most famous watermelon in Qinghe City.

Houtan's watermelons are famous far and wide. Whenever the watermelons are ripe, some fruit sellers drive to Houtan Village every day to buy watermelons.

At first, farmers in Houtan Village sold watermelons to fruit sellers. Later, some farmers tried to transport apples to the city and found that they could make higher profits, so more and more farmers began to bring them to the city.

The watermelons are sold in the city.

A few years ago, transporting watermelons had to be done by platooning trucks on the ground and pulling them to the city. It took a day to walk into the city, which was very inconvenient. Later, tractors became available, and transporting watermelons became easier.

When the watermelon harvest season comes, villagers start picking watermelons early every morning and then crash their cars to transport them to the city.

The genius was bright, and Uncle Tian parked his tractor next to the melon field. At this moment, the roar of an engine sounded from Uncle Tian in the distance.

Uncle Tian turned around and saw a big light flashing. When he got closer, Uncle Tian saw clearly that it was his nephew Tian Laixi, riding the agricultural tricycle.

"Second uncle, you came earlier than me!!" Tian Laixi greeted.

"Laixi, I heard that you bought a tricycle to transport melons. Is this the thing?" Uncle Tian walked around the agricultural tricycle and then said, "It doesn't look big, but the cargo box of your tricycle is comparable to

My tractor box is much smaller!”

Tian Laixi laughed: "If you want to pull goods, my agricultural tricycle is not as good as a tractor, but this thing can run fast!"

"What's the use of running fast? A bicycle is faster than a bicycle. How can it haul goods?" Uncle Tian curled his lips disdainfully.

"Second Uncle, you're busy, I'm going to load the car first!" Tian Laixi didn't have time to argue with Second Uncle Tian. He had to go to the fields to load watermelons and rush to the city to sell them.

The sky was completely bright, and at this time Uncle Tian was carrying two baskets of watermelons towards the car.

The sound of the tricycle engine sounded again, and Tian Laixi was seen driving the agricultural tricycle again. At this time, Tian Laixi's agricultural tricycle was already filled with watermelons.

"Second Uncle, I'm going to the city first." Tian Laixi waved to Uncle Tian with a smile, and then drove away.

Uncle Tian curled his lips in displeasure, then looked at his youngest son who was picking watermelons in the field, and said, "Hurry up, didn't you see that your brother is gone!"

…

Uncle Tian drove the tractor and walked slowly towards the city.

Arriving at the familiar farmer's market, Uncle Tian parked the tractor on the side of the road and waited for customers to come.
To be continued...