Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"What? We've already entered the village, so why are you telling me now? Okay, I get it. I'll go right away!"

As the village chief said this, he quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks, said a few words to his wife, and hurried towards the village branch.

Before he reached the village branch, he saw from afar a middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit talking to the leader of the village production team, and the two of them were laughing from time to time.

Seeing this, the village chief immediately felt relieved. He quickened his pace and walked over to say, "Village chief, why are you here? Why didn't you say hello to us in advance? You made us a little flustered!"

"Good old Zhou, what are you talking about? Do I, the village head, have to tell you specifically when I come to Zhoujia Village?"

As the township head said this, he laughed first, which made the village head look embarrassed.

"Village head, you know that's not what I meant!"

Just as I was about to explain, the village chief waved his hand and said, "Okay, I was just joking with you. I came here this time with a mission from the organization!"

"Organizational mission?"

Hearing this, the village head and the production team leader looked at each other and felt a pang in their hearts. Last month, their village established an agricultural production cooperative according to the instructions of the township. It took a lot of effort to convince everyone to follow the system of land as shares, unified management, distribution according to work and dividends according to land. Could it be that the policy has changed again this time?

"Okay, don't worry, it's a good thing this time!"

As a grassroots cadre in charge of the rural areas, the village chief naturally had sharp eyes. He immediately noticed that something was wrong with the two people and comforted them with a smile.

"Good thing? If it's a good thing, then good!"

Hearing the village chief say this, they both breathed a sigh of relief and smiled a little embarrassedly.

However, the village chief did not pay attention to their expressions, and continued with a smile: "Besides, this time the policy is different from last time. This time I am here to deliver something to your village!"

"Send things?"

When the village chief said this, the two of them were confused and stared at him.

"Village head, are you kidding me? How could you possibly send something to our village? This, this..."

The village chief was stunned and couldn't speak clearly.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore, this is what's going on!"

Seeing that they looked unconvinced, the village chief had no choice but to explain the arrangements from above and also made some requests. He said that this batch of agricultural machinery was sent by higher authorities, but that a technician also came with the machinery, and his food and accommodation would be provided by the village.

If you want more farm machinery, you have to spend money to buy it.

After listening to the village head's words, they finally understood what the village head meant by sending gifts. When it came to buying farm machinery, they didn't take it seriously at all. In their opinion, sending a batch of farm machinery was already a great support for their Zhoujia Village.

Don’t even think about spending money to buy agricultural machinery. Every household now has just come from the old society and is extremely poor. They have only been able to have enough to eat in recent years thanks to the state. How can they have money to buy agricultural machinery?

As for providing a technician with food and accommodation, it would definitely not be affordable in the past, but now, it is not a difficult task.

"Village head, don't worry. When the technician comes, let him stay at my house. Food and lodging are provided at my house. Now you can rest assured, right?"

The village chief patted his chest and promised that if he could provide a technician with food and lodging in exchange for a batch of agricultural machinery, in his opinion, their village would make a lot of money.

"Well, OK! This batch of farm machinery will be delivered this afternoon, and the technicians will come to teach you how to install it. Now that we have finished our business, I should leave too."

After saying this, the village chief got on his bicycle and was about to leave.

"Oh, mayor, it's already this late, why don't you have a meal at my house before you leave?"

The village chief quickly stopped the township head's bicycle and invited him warmly.

"No, I have something else to do in the village, I have to leave quickly!"

As he said this, the township chief pushed away the village chief’s hand, smiled, and rode away on his bike.

In the afternoon, not long after the villagers finished lunch, a truck drove in from outside the village.

"Look everyone, the truck is coming? Go and notify the village chief!"

The villagers who had been arranged by the village chief to wait for farm machinery at the intersection, saw the truck entering the village, and immediately asked the villagers next to them to notify them and ran towards the truck themselves.

"Village chief, the truck is coming, the truck is coming!"

The villagers ran towards the village chief's house, shouting at the top of their lungs.

Before I ran to the village chief's house, I saw the village chief and the production team leader running out of the house, and several of them went to the village branch together.

When I arrived at the village branch, I saw a young man in work clothes looking around in front of a truck.

"Hello, are you delivering farm machinery?"

When the village chief saw the young man, he immediately walked over and asked.

"Hello, you must be the head of Zhoujia Village. I am a technician at the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory. My name is Li Weimin, you can just call me Xiao Li!"

"What? You are the technician. Hello, hello. I heard the village head talk about you this morning!"

When the village chief heard that it was a technician, he immediately shook hands with the other party warmly.

"Village chief, look, should we find someone to unload the parts of the farm machinery first? The driver is still waiting!"

Seeing the village chief so enthusiastic, Li Weimin reminded.

"Okay, look at me, I almost forgot about this. Xiaosong, go find some people to unload the parts from the truck, quickly!"

The village chief slapped his head and turned to the production team leader.

"Okay, Village Chief, I'll go right away!"

After saying this, the production team leader ran towards the village.

After a while, he came back with a few villagers. With everyone's help, he quickly unloaded a truckload of agricultural machinery parts.

The truck left Zhoujia Village after unloading the parts.

Under the guidance of technician Li Weimin, everyone found a more spacious room, installed all the parts, and turned on the power, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at these strange machines, the village chief looked at Li Weimin with suspicion and asked, "Xiao Li, do you think these machines can really help us squeeze oil, thresh grains, and grind rice?"

It's no wonder he didn't believe it. For thousands of years, rice milling and oil pressing have all relied on human or animal power. He had only heard of electric rice mills in the city. Now looking at these strange-looking machines, he really couldn't believe that they could replace human and animal power.

"Village Chief, let's try it and we'll know if it works."

Li Weimin knew that the village chief had concerns, so he just smiled and said, "After all, he couldn't explain many principles clearly, so he just let the facts speak for themselves."

"Yes, try it!"

After hearing what the technician said, the village chief suddenly realized the problem and immediately asked someone to get a bag of brown rice from the granary and started experimenting.

Looking at the big white rice grains coming out of the rice mill, their eyes widened and each of them had an expression of disbelief.

"Village chief, you are awesome, awesome!"

"Yeah! How did they do that? It's so efficient. Go get some more rapeseed and try the oil press!"

As if he was afraid that what he saw was fake, the village chief kept trying various agricultural machinery. After he had tried them all, he finally believed it completely.

"Good! Good! Good, with these farm machines, we don't have to go to the countryside to press oil anymore, that's great!"

"Thank you technicians, thank you for making such a great machine!"

After coming to his senses, the village chief turned around, held Li Weimin's hand and said gratefully.