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Chapter 228 The Maike of the New Era
"In the future, it will be a big trend to use machines to cut wheat. You are at the forefront. What kind of tractor are you planning to buy? May I help you as a staff officer?" Li Lei looked around him, but he did not see his father Wu Dongdong, nor did he Seeing the woman who cut wheat for his family with him back then, he asked, "Where are your father and your partner? You two have been married long ago, right?"

"I've been married for a long time, and my baby knows how to make soy sauce. When I got married, the words written by Mr. Li helped me a lot; my father worked too hard back then, and his waist was exhausted from cutting wheat. The doctor said it was the waist. Muscle strain, don’t let him do heavy work, and now help take care of the baby at home.” Wu Shunchang sighed, lumbar muscle strain is almost the fate of every mac, long-term high-intensity bending labor, such problems will appear sooner or later .

"My daughter-in-law told me that we can't be like my father when we are old. We can't sleep well at night, lying on the kang and humming! So let me borrow some money, come to you to buy a tractor, and then sit on the tractor The last group of people harvested wheat, and they harvested quickly and earned a lot, and they were still exhausted! So I came here!"

"You married a good wife. My sister-in-law is right. Driving a tractor is hard work, but it's better than cutting the wheat with a sickle, and after the wheat is cut, you can help others threat and plow the fields! Come here and let me show you A suitable model!" Li Lei led Wu Shunchang into the factory.

"The eight-horse tractor is durable and easy to repair. After you buy it, the master will teach you the most basic repair methods. You can learn it in three days. If you encounter any complicated problems, you can call and ask them. I have someone on duty 24 hours a day, and I will answer you at any time. If it can’t be repaired like this, we will send someone to repair it. You have our repair department in Weijin, and we can arrive on the same day if it’s not too busy. The cost of receiving accessories is cheap and does not delay your work!" Li Lei said while photographing his best-selling tractor.

"I've seen people drive this to help people pull goods. It's really solid, but can it install a windrower?" Wu Shunchang stroked the nose of the tractor, his face full of love.

Machine harvesting of wheat is generally divided into two ways, one is direct harvesting, using a combine harvester that integrates harvesting and threshing to directly harvest wheat ears and spit out wheat grains, the other is windrowing, the so-called windrowing machine is a special type It is a harvester that can cut down wheat stalks and spread them on the stubble to become stalks with overlapping ears and tails, so as to be a grain harvesting machine for drying.

It is not as convenient as the combine harvester with integrated wheat harvesting and threshing, but it also has its own advantages. First of all, it is cheap. affordable.

Secondly, the wheat in some places is not suitable for direct harvesting and threshing, because the dryness and humidity of the land are different, which also causes the wheat in the same area, some are already yellow, and some are still green. The degree of humidity is also different, and the quality of wheat grains is uneven, so it is necessary to cut down the wheat first, and then dry it in the sun to achieve the effect of consistent dryness and humidity of the wheat grains.

The most important point is to harvest when the wheat is relatively wet. At this time, the wheat grains and wheat ears are more closely bonded. When harvesting, no grains will be lost, which can ensure the harvesting effect to the greatest extent; Many grains of wheat fall to the ground, and much unnecessary waste is produced.

Therefore, many places will adopt the method of cutting and drying, which can not only avoid losses, but also ensure consistent quality of wheat grains; at the same time, it can also avoid the impact of heavy rains on the harvest. The wheat harvest season is most afraid of heavy rains, and the wheat in this season will inevitably suffer heavy losses. In order to reduce the loss of wheat, we should cut it in advance and dry it there. If we see that it is going to rain, we should go to the field to take back the wheat that is drying, so as to reduce the impact of the climate on the harvest.

"Yes, this is it." Li Lei pointed to a machine full of metal teeth. This is the windrower. The working part of the windrower consists of a header with a cutter, a reel and a conveyor belt. As the name suggests, the cutting platform is for cutting wheat. The reel is used to guide the stalks, support the cutting, and clean the cutting platform to prevent the cut stalks from accumulating on the cutting knife and causing the knife to be blocked. The conveyor belt sends the cut wheat to the side tiled.

Li Lei pointed to each component and explained one by one, "When we designed this windrower, we required a simple structure and durable leather. This design is not easy to break, and it is easy to repair if it breaks."

"How much is this?" Wu Shunchang liked it more and more. He had already started to imagine that he was sitting on a tractor, passing through the golden wheat field amidst the chug of the engine, leaving a neatly piled wheat ear behind him. Many mikes holding sickles were looking at him enviously.

"The tractor and windrower cost 3000 yuan in total. Now it costs 4000 yuan to cut an acre of wheat. How much can you harvest in one wheat harvest season with a sickle? You can cut at least [-] mu of land in a season with this, which is [-] yuan. Oil costs and your expenses on the road, you can earn back the tractor money in one season, and then you can equip a thresher to help people thresh, a plow to help people plow the land, and help pull goods during slack. Earn at least two tractors!" Li Lei calculated for him, and compared with the previous year, Maike's wages have increased again in the past two years.

"Just saying it doesn't work now, let's go, I'll take you to the nearby wheat field, try it yourself, and buy it if you think it works!" Li Lei knew what people who bought windrowers cared about most, so he went to the farm near the agricultural machinery factory. A few pieces of land were rented and used exclusively for demonstrations to them.

Discuss with the owners of these lands in advance, how much wheat can you harvest this year for this acre of land?Let's agree on a number, and we will harvest the threshing land for you for free, and then weigh it. If it exceeds the agreed number, forget it, and we will help you in vain; There is nothing to lose, so they are very willing to cooperate with the agricultural machinery factory.

"It can be done! It can be done!" Under the guidance of his master, Wu Shunchang first installed the windrower in front of the tractor, then sat in the driver's seat, started the machine skillfully, and drove out while holding the handrail. I'm driving a tractor, and it seems that the workmanship is not bad, and the turning and so on are all done once.

The tractor used for this demonstration is specially made, and the driver's seat can seat two people. The master master first demonstrated to Wu Shunchang, "See, this is the switch. Turn it on and you can start cutting wheat. Press this if you encounter a knife block. The situation can be solved, if you can’t solve it, press this to stop, and then go to the front! Remember, if there is any problem, you must first press this to stop the machine completely before checking, otherwise you may be cut. It is a lesson of blood!"

"Remember, remember!" Wu Shunchang nodded again and again, the name of the cutting knife and cutting knife has the word knife in it, and it must be very sharp to cut wheat so quickly, so you have to be careful.

The tractor chugs from one end of the field to the other. Looking back, the large pieces of wheat that usually require a person to work for a long time and get tired from backache and backache have all been cut and placed neatly on the side. Someone needs to take the rope, or directly pull a handful of straw and twist a rope to tie it up and then pick it up and go home.

"Isn't this too convenient?" Wu Shunchang was very pleasantly surprised. He secretly calculated that with this harvesting speed, it would not be a problem to harvest a thousand acres of land in one wheat harvesting season. If so, it is not impossible to mow 6000 acres, four pieces of land per acre, [-] acres is [-] yuan, two tractors and a drying machine are all you need!
Get rich, get rich, wait until the end of the year to buy a TV, Dad has been busy all his life, now he can’t do the job and is uncomfortable at home, buy him a TV to relieve his boredom, he has worked so hard for so many years, he should enjoy it .

In the past, as a Mackerel, the most worrying thing was that there was too much work to do. Now that he has tractors and windrowers, Wu Shunchang’s worry has become how to get the work. The old customers who have accumulated in the past are afraid that they will be cut in a few days. When it's over, you have to find another job for the rest of the time, which is not easy.

I almost forgot that I have a tractor now. Another advantage of a tractor is that it can run faster than people. As long as I arrive at the destination before the big troops every time, won’t there be a large wheat field waiting for me to cut?
"Have you learned it? If you haven't learned it, I will show you it again. If you learn it, you can try it. If there is anything wrong, I will remind you!" The service of the old master is very good.

His words interrupted Wu Shunchang's fantasy. He sat there recalling the master's operation over and over again, and simulated it over and over again, "After starting the tractor, press this first, and then aim at the wheat ridge to drive over. If you encounter a knife block, press this first, Press this again if it doesn’t work, then stop and check!”

"Yes, it's easy for me to say? You can learn it once! You try it first, and then I will teach you other things!" The master likes this kind of fast learning, and it saves effort to teach by himself.

After driving it back and forth for three times, Wu Shunchang learned the most basic operations. This is also inseparable from Li Lei's requirements. When designing the machine, he asked for the machine to be operated as simple as possible. Nowadays, the culture of farmers The level is not high, and if it is complicated, it will be too troublesome for them to learn.

After learning the basic operation, he will learn advanced skills, such as adjusting the width and height of the windrower, how to solve the problem of knife blockage, etc. It is estimated that Wu Shunchang will learn it in two days after the three-day course, and then pay the money to drive a brand new windrower. The tractor leaves.

After leaving, he did not go home immediately, but, as in previous years, traveled along the migratory line of Heyang, Changluo, and Waihuang. When the wheat in Waihuang was harvested, the wheat in his hometown Weijin would be ripe. The money goes home to help the family cut the wheat.

When I was in Heyang, it was very easy to receive orders. Everyone here knew that Li Lei opened an agricultural machinery factory, and the various agricultural machinery produced were very useful. Some people had already started harvesting wheat with windrowers, so they were very concerned about this. The ability to accept new things is very strong. When seeing a tractor coming, someone calls Wu Shunchang to cut his own wheat.

Wu Shunchang earned 60 yuan on the first day, and this was still before working for a full day. When he recalled that he had worked hard all day and was so tired that he could barely stand up and only earned a few yuan, Wu Shunchang felt emotional No, it seems that this step is the right one, not only earn more money, but also don't have to worry about being as uncomfortable as my father when I get old.

Hey, it would have been nice if there had been such a machine a few years ago, and my father wouldn't have fallen ill all over. I even drove the tractor around, and it was so easy to change jobs.

Thinking about Wu Shunchang, he laughed. It’s not that there were windrowers and tractors back then, but I couldn’t afford them, and I wasn’t qualified to buy them. Only the communes could sell them. If you ask them privately, they will ignore you.

At least I have a tractor to drive now, and I will try my best to provide my baby with schooling in the future. If he can get in, I will work hard outside to earn money to pay his tuition fees. If you can’t get hungry, if you do a good job, building a new house and marrying a wife will not be a problem.

After eating mutton stewed noodles at the master's house in the evening, the master's house packed up the bed for him and let him rest at home. If Wu Shunchang had agreed before, but today, he packed up the bedroll and slept directly in the tractor. This is the place to sleep comfortably.

When he woke up, he touched his waist subconsciously. There was no sign of soreness at all, and he felt very refreshed. Wu Shunchang smiled.

After staying in Heyang for a few days, Wu Shunchang went to Changluo with a lot of banknotes. The situation in Changluo was worse than that in Heyang. People here don’t accept windrowers very well. After talking for a long time, he persuaded a family to agree to let him use the windrower to help cut the wheat.

After harvesting, he kept picking faults, saying that the stubble was too high to be harvested cleanly, and he had to set fire to the stubble, and finally deducted two yuan from Wu Shunchang.

But with the first family, it is much easier to find the second one. This time, Wu Shunchang agreed in advance that he would not care about the high stubble. Let him cut it, and he can feel at ease if he cuts the wheat earlier. As for burning the stubble, it's a trivial matter.

Waiting for Waihuang to get smoother. The weather in Waihuang has been cloudy recently, and the common people are afraid that a sudden rainstorm will ruin their hard work for a whole year, so they rush to hire a windrower whenever they see it. Wu Shunchang is more principled. First cut the wheat in the regular customer's house, and then go to cut it for others.

I started working every day before dawn, and I didn’t finish until I couldn’t see it. I made money and my waist didn’t hurt, but my butt couldn’t stand it anymore. Bump his ass upside down.

But this is much better than back pain. After cutting the yellow wheat, Wu Shunchang could finally return to Weijin. When he entered Weijin with a thumping tractor, Wu Shunchang suddenly felt refreshed and felt like returning home.

Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he walked into the largest department store in the county full of energy. When he came out with a TV in his arms, he seemed to see countless envious eyes.

　The second is more likely to be late, try to catch up before one o'clock
　　
　
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