There is a market in the county that specializes in selling agricultural tractors. There are all kinds of tractors, which is dazzling.
We walked into the market together. Cheng Xiaohu was obviously very excited. He gently stroked each tractor, wishing he could become one with those tractors.
Cheng Lu then told me that his brother had always wanted to have a tractor of his own, saying that this was his brother's dream, but her family was too poor to afford it.
I finally understood why Cheng Xiaohu was so excited. When a person's dream is about to come true, the excitement and joy come from the inside out and are difficult to conceal.
However, these tractors are too expensive.
Twenty thousand yuan can only buy a small-displacement car, but Cheng Xiaohu said that the small-displacement car is not suitable and lacks power.
In the end, we bargained and bought a relatively new second-hand large-displacement tractor with 20,000 yuan.
After careful inspection, we finally settled on it.
Although the tractor was second-hand, Cheng Xiaohu was still so happy that he even lay down on the tractor at that time.
We were going to drive back directly, and after asking the boss to help add 200 yuan of diesel, Lin Xiaohu couldn't wait to get on the tractor and start driving.
Then I thought of a question, will he open it?
So I asked him again: "By the way, Xiaohu, can you drive a tractor?"
Cheng Xiaohu smiled disdainfully: "Ha! It's a piece of cake. Let's see how I do it."
As he spoke, he started the engine, and then Cheng Lu said to me: "Brother Dashan, let me tell you! The boys in our Yulin Village have been able to drive tractors since we were young. When my parents were still alive, they often took us two brothers and sisters to work in the fields.
At that time, my parents asked my brother to learn to drive a tractor, which is a necessary skill for every boy in our Yulin Village."
"That's right! Then it seems I have to learn it too." I nodded.
"I'll teach you later. Let's go! We're going home," Cheng Xiaohu shouted excitedly, driving the tractor slowly out of the county town.
"Thud, tug, tug, tug"
The tractor was driving slowly and slowly on the uneven road, facing the gentle breeze and the blue sky and white clouds. The feeling hit the heart directly.
Cheng Xiaohu controlled the steering wheel of the tractor. He was indeed very capable and the tractor drove very smoothly.
Cheng Lu and I sat on both sides, letting the wind blow by our ears, which was very comfortable.
Clouds were floating in the sky, and our tractor made a cheerful sound on the mountain path and kept moving forward.
Brother and sister Cheng Xiaohu were also laughing from ear to ear. This was probably the happiest time for them, especially Cheng Xiaohu.
Not long after we returned to Yulin Village, many villagers saw Cheng Xiaohu driving a tractor back, and the villagers came forward to watch the fun.
"Huzi, where did your tractor come from?"
"Hey! Xiaohu, congratulations! You finally have your own tractor."
Facing everyone's comments, Cheng Xiaohu proudly patted the car and said proudly: "In the future, I can also drive a tractor to work in the fields with you. Uncles and uncles, take care of me!"
A middle-aged man in his forties came over, looked at our tractor and said, "Xiaohu! This tractor of yours is not cheap, is it?"
"That's it, we spent 40,000 yuan."
Cheng Lu and I laughed at that time, Lin Xiaohu really loves to brag!
The uncle didn't believe it at all and said with a smile: "Just brag! Your tractor looks like a second-hand one, so you can pay back 40,000 yuan, unless you have been blackmailed."
Cheng Xiaohu was speechless after swallowing this sentence, and after a while he stammered: "So what about the second-hand one? I've already checked the mileage, and it's only driven less than 20,000 kilometers. What's the difference between this and a new one?"
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The middle-aged man said with a smile: "But this tractor is quite good. Congratulations! Xiaohu."
Cheng Xiaohu was lost in the congratulations. Cheng Lu told me that his brother had always wanted to own a tractor. Now that his dream had been fulfilled, he naturally had to be more happy.
He didn't want to get off the tractor yet and said he wanted to drive out for fun. Cheng Lu and I didn't stop him, we just let him play and have fun.
After telling him to pay attention to safety, Cheng Lu and I went home together. We bought some pork when we came back from the county town. After returning home, Cheng Lu started cooking.
I stood at the door of the kitchen, leaning against the door frame to watch her cooking.
After spending more than a week together, we are still very harmonious.
From the beginning, Cheng Lu was a little embarrassed and even blushed when she faced me, but now she is better and we are like a family.
Cheng Lu asked me while cooking: "Brother Dashan, can you cook?"
I was stunned and replied: "I don't know either, it seems possible. Would you like me to try it?"
"Okay!" Cheng Lu nodded with a smile and gave me the position of chef.
Cheng Lu was in a very good mood today. In fact, no matter who of the two siblings was happy, the other would also be happy too. Their relationship was so good that they could hardly live without each other.
"Brother Dashan, you really know how to cook. You can tell by the way you chop vegetables."
I smiled. In fact, I don’t know how I know how to cook. Anyway, I just rely on my feeling.
While I was doing this, Cheng Lu asked me from the side: "By the way, Brother Dashan, how did you convince Boss Huang to lend you so much money today?"
I thought about it and decided to tell her the truth so as not to worry her.
I said solemnly: "Actually, Mr. Huang fell in love with me and asked me to work with him. I said that I liked the life in Yulin Village and asked him to lend me money to buy a tractor. He hesitated and agreed.
But he also gave me a deadline to pay back the money, and if I still don’t pay back, I will go to him.”
When Cheng Lu heard this, her happy face immediately turned gloomy, and her voice also changed a lot: "How long is the deadline?"
"One month." I said.
"Ah" Cheng Lu was surprised.
I lowered my head, and in order not to worry her, I immediately said, "I think we will be able to pay back the money within a month."
"But Brother Dashan, have you ever thought that we have to pay 3,000 yuan in stall fees every month? If you add it up, we owe Boss Huang a total of 23,000 yuan!" Cheng Lu's expression became more and more embarrassing.
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I really didn't think about the stall fee when I borrowed the money. I already spoke and said that I would give them three times the stall fee a month.
Now it's better. After one month, plus the 20,000 yuan spent on buying the tractor, the total is 23,000 yuan. This is really a big sum.
In the silence, Cheng Lu frowned and said to me: "Brother Dashan, do you know that in our village, the uncles and aunts who farm the land don't earn more than 2,000 yuan a month."
She paused and then said: "You have been here with us for ten days. You should also know that the peanuts my brother and I got in the fields in the past ten days and the eggs we saved in the past month have just been sold.
It’s only three hundred yuan.”
"Is it so worthless?"
"Yes, most people in our town make a living by farming, so the competition is naturally high."
Cheng Lu told me in a calm tone. What she wanted to express was that we can't make that much money in a month anyway.
After hearing what she said, I felt that it was really difficult to just farm!