Chapter 716
: It’s Time to Spend Money
Chapter 716: It’s Time to Spend Money
When Wang An heard this, his eyes instantly brightened and his mood immediately improved.
The main reason is that when Wang An was at the agricultural machinery company today, he looked around the entire yard carefully, but he didn't see any rice transplanter.
I didn't think too much about it at the time, mainly because I didn't think about planting rice seedlings soon, so I ignored the rice transplanter.
Otherwise, Wang An would definitely have bought one at that time. After all, he had already bought a complete set of plows, so he would not need a rice transplanter at all.
Besides, Wang An just said that he wanted to go to the county town to buy a rice transplanter, but he was still thinking about where to buy it and whether he could buy it.
Because in the era of material scarcity, if you wanted to buy something, it would be really difficult to afford it, and the main thing was that even if you had money, you had no place to spend it.
But now, there is ready-made one in the village.
It has to be said that Wang An suddenly had a feeling that "after searching high and low for something, it finally came to him without any effort."
Wang An said to Wang Daliang with joy:
"Second uncle, where is this thing in the village? Do you know?"
Wang Daliang thought for a moment and said:
"They were kept in the shed outside the commune's warehouse for the first two days. I don't know who unloaded the wheels of two rice transplanters."
After saying this, Wang Daliang thought for a moment and continued:
"Look, the warehouse manager is your uncle's cousin. When the time comes, you can buy two packs of cigarettes and ask your uncle to find him. He may be able to get the job done for you without spending any money."
Let me put it bluntly, in China, a society where relationships are important, if you want to get things done, you can always rely on the six words "ask acquaintances to find connections".
But you have to admit that this way of doing things is indeed quick and safe, especially when it comes to dealing with Zhengfu. If it doesn't matter, it will make you worry to death.
So when Wang An heard this, he became even happier and couldn't help but smile on his face.
However, Wang An didn't think about getting the rice transplanter for free.
As we all know, the rice transplanter is just waste and junk when it's just sitting there. But if you take it for free, if anything bad happens in the future, you will be implicated.
So, you must spend money to buy this thing, mainly because you have money.
After figuring this out, Wang An smiled and said:
"Well, it doesn't matter whether you spend money or not, the main thing is to have someone you can talk to."
Wang An looked at his watch and said again:
"Well, without further ado, I'll go and take a look. After that, you should plow the soil this afternoon. If everything goes well, the three of us will start planting rice seedlings tomorrow."
The reason why Wang An was so anxious was that at this point in time, the farmers had not yet gone to the fields. If another 20 minutes or half an hour passed, basically all the young and strong people in each village would have gone to the fields.
If Wang An wanted to find Feng Chengmin again, he would have to wait until evening or early tomorrow morning. Otherwise, every family had several plots of land, and Wang An had no idea which plot of land Feng Chengmin would be on.
To be honest, it is quite difficult to find people during the busy farming season in the countryside, because during the day, except for the noon period, the people you can see in any village are basically elderly people with limited mobility and very young children.
Even pregnant women who are not very pregnant have to work in the fields. There are very few people like Mu Xueqing who take care of housework at home.
Of course, Mu Xueqing was not idle at home. After all, there was a large group of livestock at home. In addition to taking care of these livestock, she also cooked, grew vegetables, washed clothes and cleaned the yard. She was very busy at all.
The reason why the workers took a three-hour break at noon was not because they were exhausted and wanted to rest, but because the animals such as mules, horses and cattle used to pull the plows could no longer work and needed to eat enough. Just as Wang An was about to leave, Wang Li suddenly stood up and said:
"Fourth brother, are you going to the village in a four-wheeled vehicle? How about I go with you? I can also help you carry the rice transplanter or something."
Wang An was stunned when he heard this, but he smiled and exposed Wang Li without hesitation:
"What? Now that you've figured out how to drive a walk-behind tractor, do you want to learn how to drive a four-wheeler from me? Hahahaha. Let's go. I think you can learn it after this one. This thing is even simpler than a walk-behind tractor."
Wang Li is now hanging out with Wang An, and he is quite thick-skinned, so he didn't feel embarrassed at all when his thoughts were seen through. When he heard Wang An agreed, he immediately said with a smile:
"Okay, Fourth Brother, I'll go and rock the car then."
As he spoke, Wang Li happily went to take out the handlebar of the four-wheeler.
In Northeast China, starting the car engine in this season is quite easy and simple. If you can't start the car once, it will start after two attempts.
It is not like in winter, even if the car's water tank is heated with boiling water, it will take a while to start the car, and most of the time you have to make a fire to heat the fuel tank and fuel pipe.
After Wang Li successfully started the four-wheeler, the two brothers drove the four-wheeler to Xing'an Township, where Liujiatun is located.
The biggest difference between a four-wheel vehicle and a walk-behind tractor is that a four-wheel vehicle uses a steering wheel to control the direction of the two front wheels.
The direction of a walk-behind tractor is controlled by a handle, but when it turns, it actually moves the entire body of the vehicle left and right, so people without enough strength cannot drive it.
Under Wang An's guidance, Wang Li would soon be able to drive a four-wheel vehicle, and then Wang An handed the steering wheel to Wang Li.
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He shouted to Wang Li: "Go to the township supply and marketing cooperative first."
When the four-wheeled vehicle arrived at the Xing'an Township Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Wang Li said to Wang An with great admiration:
"Fourth brother, you said that this four-wheeled vehicle is better than a hand tractor. No wonder the four-wheeled vehicle is so expensive. It is half the price of a hand tractor."
Wang An smiled and nodded when he heard this:
"Of course, you get what you pay for. And look at that agricultural machinery company. Although there aren't many hand tractors in stock, they still have some for sale. And look at these four-wheelers. There aren't any at all."
Seeing Wang Li's thoughtful look, Wang An smiled again and said:
"What? You want to buy another four-wheeler too?"
Wang Li shook his head and said:
"It will take a few years if I want to buy one. I have a walking tractor now, and I look pretty good in it."
Wang An nodded, got out of the car and walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative.
The supply and marketing cooperative in the township is much smaller than that in the county, about two-thirds of the size of the cooperative in the county.
But the things they sell are basically the same, and the prices are the same, except that the quantities are much smaller, and many popular items are often out of stock at the village supply and marketing cooperatives.
Wang An's purpose of coming to the supply and marketing cooperative was simply to buy cigarettes.
After all, no matter when you ask someone for a favor, cigarettes are something that will make you feel cheap.
(End of this chapter)