novelden Chapter 118 Repairing the Rice Mill (1)
Chapter 118 Repairing the Rice Mill (1)
"It's like this. I heard from the team leader this morning that you can repair cars, tractors, and rice mills. You are very capable. Our production team's rice mill broke down more than ten minutes ago, so I thought of asking you to repair the rice mill." Liang Liangduo immediately explained his purpose.
"Repair the rice mill?" Song Cenyue was a little surprised. She didn't expect that he came to her to ask her to repair the rice mill.
"I beg you, please help me repair the rice mill. The whole production team relies on this rice mill!" Liang Liangduo begged.
This rice mill is an important property of the production team. The team leader thought that I was hardworking, down-to-earth and careful, so he was willing to hand the rice mill over to me. The team leader told me at that time that I should take care of the rice mill like my own son and serve it carefully, and never break it. If it broke, I would be held responsible.
Given how much the captain treasures this rice mill, now that it's broken, I can't imagine what he will do to me if I don't find someone to fix it.
A beating was the least of his worries. He was afraid that after the team leader found someone to repair the rice mill, he would never let him manage it again.
I was in charge of the rice mill, and everyone in the production team was extremely envious. Many people came to me for help so that they could mill rice in front of me.
There is also a peak season for getting rice. During the peak season, many people line up to get rice. In order to be able to get rice at the front, you have to beg for it.
Moreover, I can manage the rice mill myself, so I don’t have to pay for making rice at home. My whole family, including myself, likes this benefit very much.
Therefore, I must not lose the management rights of the rice mill. Before the team leader knows that the rice mill is broken, I must find someone to repair it. Fortunately, Song Cenyue knows how to repair it.
Song Cenyue can repair tractors and cars, so he can definitely repair a small rice mill.
The rice mill was repaired before the team leader found out. When the team leader found out later, he wouldn't be too angry and wouldn't let me manage the rice mill. After all, the rice mill was repaired.
"Okay, no problem. I'll go with you to fix the rice mill right now." Song Cenyue nodded and agreed readily, with a hint of imperceptible joy in her eyes.
She suddenly thought of something: she must repair the rice mill.
"Thank you! Thank you! It's just...that..." Liang Liangduo looked very happy and thanked him quickly, but the smile on his face suddenly disappeared as if he thought of something, revealing an embarrassed and somewhat awkward expression.
"What's wrong? Just say what you want to say." Seeing Liang Liangduo hesitate to speak and with that expression on his face, Song Cenyue felt confused and curious.
"That's because the rice mill belongs to our production team. You won't be paid for repairing it. It's voluntary, so I can't give you money... I'm sorry!" Liang Liangduo said apologetically.
"Xiao Song, the educated youth, you can't change your mind and not repair the rice mill just because we can't pay you for it! The team leader and everyone else have been praising you for your integrity and kindness. You are willing to give part of the money for repairing the tractor to the production team. Everyone in the production team is very grateful to you...
The production team relies on this rice milling machine to grind rice, so I beg you to help me, even if you don’t have money, please help me fix this rice milling machine. I and everyone in the production team will be very grateful to you, especially me. I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life.”
Liang Duomi was afraid that Song Cenyue would change her mind and be unwilling to help him repair the rice mill after hearing that there was no money, so he begged her and said a lot of nice things.
"Don't worry, since I agreed to repair the rice mill, I will definitely help you fix it even if I don't get the money." Song Cenyue said.
Although she had no money to earn, she could get other compensation by letting the rice mill work for her as payment for repairing it.
She just suddenly remembered that there was a lot of rice piled up in her space, and she needed a rice mill to thresh and husk the rice. She had thought about getting a rice mill before, but was worried about not being able to get one.
Now, the rice mill is delivered to my door, and I can use it to husk all the rice in the space.
Thinking of this, I really wanted to hit myself on the head. I had passed by the rice mill before and saw the rice mill, but why didn't I think of using the rice mill of the production team to husk the rice in my space.
"Thank you! Thank you... Young Zhiqing Song, you are such a nice person!" Liang Liangduo breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly thanked Song Cenyue again, showing a grateful expression again.
Song Cenyue temporarily put down the work in the fields and followed Liang Liangduo to the place where the rice mill was.
The rice mill is placed in the northern corner of the village, in a slightly remote warehouse that belongs to the production team.
The production team had two places for storing public grain. One was the storage room where Song Cenyue and his team went to get the grain distributed to the educated youth last time, and the other was this warehouse.
The warehouse was divided into several rooms, a total of five rooms, and the rice mill was placed in one of the rooms.
The rice mill is placed in the warehouse to facilitate the production team's public grain to be directly put into the warehouse after being husked by the rice mill without the trouble of carrying.
Liang Liangduo brought Song Cenyue to the rice mill. Song Cenyue looked at the rice mill carefully. It was an old-fashioned simple rice mill with a simple structure. It was very easy to check what was wrong with this rice mill, and it was even easier to repair it because of its simple structure.
Song Cenyue quickly checked it and found the problem in a minute. It was not a big problem, but it was not a small problem either. If someone else were to fix it, it would probably take them an hour or so to fix it. But that was someone else's job.
However, it is still very easy for me to fix it. It can be done in five minutes, but I can't say this to Liang Liangduo and tell him the truth.
It has to be said that it is very difficult to repair and it will take a long time to fix it, so that it will be convenient for me to thresh the large amount of rice in the space.
Thinking of this, Song Cenyue deliberately frowned and prolonged the inspection time. She inspected the rice mill for ten minutes but had not finished yet.
Seeing that she had not finished the inspection in ten minutes and was frowning all the time, Liang Liangduo couldn't help but worry, "What's the matter? Is it seriously damaged? Xiao Song, the educated youth, can you fix it?" he asked anxiously.
Judging from Song Cenyue's condition, the rice mill must be seriously broken and difficult to repair.
Song Cenyue nodded, "It's really bad..."
Upon hearing this, Liang Liangduo felt his eyes go dark. Without waiting for Song Cenyue to finish, he showed an expression as if the world had ended and shouted in panic, "It's over now! If it can't be repaired, it will be terrible. If the captain finds out, he will definitely not forgive me..."
"Don't worry! Although it's seriously damaged, I can fix it. It just takes a while...
I have work to do in the fields, so I can't stay here for too long. Besides, the rice mill is seriously broken. Even if I stay here for an entire afternoon, I'm afraid I can't fix it. I thought I'd wait until I have dinner and come to fix it in the evening, so I'll have plenty of time to do it then." Seeing him like that, Song Cenyue kindly comforted him.
Hearing this, Liang Liangduo breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to touch his chest. Fortunately, there was still room for repair. Song Cenyue could fix it.
"Okay, then I'll ask you to come and fix it tonight... Can it be fixed before tomorrow morning?" Liang Liangduo said to Song Cenyue, somewhat worried that it might not be fixed by tomorrow morning.
"Don't worry, it will be fixed by tomorrow morning..." Song Cenyue nodded and said deliberately: "I can fix it tonight, but I'm afraid it will take until midnight."
In fact, it is not that he has to repair it until midnight, but that the huge pile of rice in his own space needs to be threshed until midnight. It is possible that he cannot finish threshing it until midnight because there is too much rice in the space.