Chapter 718: Spend Money When You Should

Upon hearing this, Wang An's eyes instantly lit up, and his little heart felt better immediately.

The main thing was that Wang An had looked carefully at the entire courtyard of the Agricultural Machinery Company today, but he really didn't see the existence of a rice transplanter.

He didn't think much at the time, mainly because he didn't think about planting rice seedlings immediately, so he ignored the rice transplanter.

Otherwise, Wang An would definitely have bought one at that time; after all, he bought the whole set of plows, so he wouldn't be short of a rice transplanter.

Besides, Wang An just said he wanted to go to the county town to buy a rice transplanter, but in his heart, he was still thinking about where to buy it and whether he could buy it.

Because in an era of material scarcity, wanting to buy something was really quite difficult; the main thing was that even if you had money, you had nowhere to spend it.

And now it was good, there were ready-made ones in the township.

It must be admitted that Wang An suddenly had a feeling of "breaking through iron shoes and finding nowhere, getting it without any effort."

Wang An said to Wang Daliang with joy: "Second Uncle, where is this thing kept in the township? Do you know?"

Wang Daliang thought for a while and said:

"It's been kept in the shed outside the commune's big warehouse for two days, and I don't know who unloaded the wheels of two rice transplanters."

After saying this, Wang Daliang thought for a while and continued:

"The warehouse keeper who watches the big warehouse is a cousin of your aunt's; when the time comes, you buy two packs of cigarettes, ask your aunt to find him, and maybe you can get this done without spending money."

To tell the truth, in this human society of China, as long as you do things, you can never leave the six words "entrusting acquaintances to find relationships."

But you have to admit that doing things this way is fast and stable, especially when it involves dealing with the government; without relationships, you could be worried to death.

So when Wang An heard this, he was even happier, and the smile on his face couldn't help but flow out.

However, Wang An didn't think about getting the rice transplanter for nothing.

As everyone knows, the rice transplanter is actually waste, scrap, but as long as you take it for nothing, if there is any trouble in the future, you might be involved.

Therefore, this thing must be bought with money; the main thing is that he is not short of money.

Thinking clearly about these, Wang An said with a smile: "Yeah, it doesn't matter whether you spend money or not, the main thing is that there is someone who can speak."

Wang An looked at his watch and said again: "Alright, time is of the essence, I'll go take a look, and you guys plow the land in the afternoon. If it goes smoothly, our three families will start planting rice seedlings tomorrow."

The reason Wang An was so anxious was that at this time, people who farmed hadn't gone to the field yet; if it were another 20 minutes or half an hour, the young and strong in each village would have gone to the field.

If Wang An wanted to find Feng Chengmin again, he would have to wait until night or early tomorrow morning, because each family had several pieces of land, and Wang An didn't know which piece of land Feng Chengmin would be on.

To tell the truth, during the busy farming season in the countryside, wanting to find someone is really quite difficult, because during the day, except for the noon period, the people seen in any village are basically elderly people with inconvenient legs and feet and very young children.

Even pregnant women who are not many months pregnant have to go to the field to work; those like Mu Xueqing who stay at home to manage housework are very few.

Of course, Mu Xueqing didn't stay idle at home; after all, the family raised a very large group of livestock. Besides serving these livestock, cooking, planting vegetables, washing clothes, and cleaning the courtyard were also not idle at all.

And the people who go to the field, the reason they have to rest for about 3 hours at noon is not that they are tired, but that the mules, horses, and cattle that pull the plows can't work anymore, and they need sufficient food. Just when Wang An stood up and was about to leave, Wang Li suddenly stood up and said: "Fourth Brother, are you driving the four-wheeled vehicle to the township? Why don't I go with you? I can help you lift the rice transplanter."

Wang An was stunned, but smiled and exposed Wang Li without hesitation: "What's wrong? You've figured out the walking tractor, and want to learn how to drive a four-wheeled vehicle with me? Hahaha... go, I guess you'll learn it after this trip; this thing is simpler than a walking tractor."

Wang Li, hanging out with Wang An now, had a face that was quite thick, so he didn't feel any embarrassment after being seen through. Upon hearing Wang An's agreement, he immediately said with a smile:

"Alright Fourth Brother, I'll go crank the four-wheeled vehicle."

As he spoke, Wang Li went to dig for the crank of the four-wheeled vehicle.

In the Northeast, starting the engine of a vehicle in this season is quite satisfying; basically, if you don't crank it once, you'll start it twice.

Unlike in winter, even if you scald the vehicle's water tank with boiling water, you won't be able to start the vehicle for a while; many times you have to roast the fuel tank and fuel pipe with fire.

After Wang Li successfully started the four-wheeled vehicle, the brothers drove the four-wheeled vehicle to Xing'an Township, which was where Liu Family Village was located.

The biggest difference between a four-wheeled vehicle and a walking tractor is that the four-wheeled vehicle uses a steering wheel to control the direction, controlling the two front wheels.

While the walking tractor uses handles to control the direction, but when this thing turns, it actually moves the whole vehicle body, so people without strength can't drive this thing.

Under Wang An's guidance, Wang Li soon learned how to drive a four-wheeled vehicle, and then Wang An handed the steering wheel to Wang Li.

And 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 emotion:

"Fourth Brother, you said that driving this four-wheeled vehicle is just better than a walking tractor, no wonder this four-wheeled vehicle is so expensive, even more expensive than a walking tractor by half."

Wang An nodded with a smile:

"That's for sure, you get what you pay for. Besides, look at that Agricultural Machinery Company, although there aren't many walking tractors, they can still be sold, but look at this four-wheeled vehicle, there is no vehicle at all."

Looking at Wang Li's thoughtful look, Wang An smiled again:

"What's wrong? You want to buy another four-wheeled vehicle?"

Wang Li shook his head:

"Even if I want to buy, it will be a few years later; I have a walking tractor now, and I feel quite beautiful."

Wang An nodded and walked into the supply and marketing cooperative.

The supply and marketing cooperative in the township was much smaller than the county town's, about two-thirds of the county town's.

But the things they sold were basically the same, and the prices were the same, but the quantity was much less, and many popular things were often out of stock in the township supply and marketing cooperative.

And Wang An's purpose in coming to the supply and marketing cooperative was just to buy cigarettes.

After all, no matter when you ask someone to do something, cigarettes don't make people feel like they are losing face.

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