Sitting on the front bar wasn’t comfortable, but sitting on the backseat was alright, especially since Big Brother had even provided a thick cushion.
Qin Mei smiled shyly, "Walking is good for exercising the body; I like to walk."
She dreamt that her health would improve so that she could work and earn money in the future.
When Qin Yu heard her speak like that, he just curled his lips and said no more.
It was fine to walk; after all, he was with her!
Madam Rong was the earliest riser for cooking breakfast, saying it was due to habit as someone older used to rising early for work.
"Everyone, come eat breakfast. Today I’ve made eggs and flatbreads, along with a bowl of plain porridge."
"Thank you, Auntie, you’ve worked hard!" Qin Yu was no longer the naive boy he used to be; facing such a hearty breakfast made him feel extremely fortunate.
"Mom, in the future, you don’t have to get up so early; I can make breakfast," Qin Ye didn’t want his mother-in-law to work so hard.
Madam Rong replied, "I wake up around this time every day, anyway. Lying in bed just makes my bones hurt, so I might as well get up and cook since I’m used to these chores. If you stop me from doing them, I’d just be restless from having nothing to do."
Seeing that Qin Ye wanted to say more, she urged, "Alright, don’t worry about these things; just hurry up and eat breakfast! We need to head to the town soon!"
The three Qin siblings didn’t say any more and immediately started eating breakfast...
After they finished, Qin Ye rode a bicycle to leave, while Qin Yu and Qin Mei walked...
When Qin Ye arrived in town, it was, of course, still early, so he didn’t go directly to the agricultural machinery station.
Instead, he first went to his courtyard.
Before he only cleaned it briefly, but arriving early this time, he could clean it thoroughly.
That way, should his wife want to stay here for a night someday, it would be possible.
By around seven o’clock, he rode his bicycle to the agricultural machinery station.
Station Chief Du was always diligent and would usually arrive at the station by seven.
Seeing Qin Ye enter, he was very happy, "Qin Ye, did you bring your certificate?"
Qin Ye nodded, then handed over the certificate he brought.
After Station Chief Du checked it, he said, "Okay, I’ll keep this. As for the job, I will take care of it. By the way, you didn’t bring your food coupons for lunch, did you? Take a few from here for now, and after you receive your food coupons next month, you can repay me."
Without food coupons, it was impossible to eat at the canteen at noon.
Qin Ye accepted them, "Thank you."
He had food coupons, but not the kind used at the agricultural machinery station canteen.
"What’s there to thank me for? You let Master Hu guide you, and if you have any issues, just talk to him directly. Right, Master Hu is one of our technicians. Come with me; I’ll take you to him," Station Chief Du said.
Qin Ye nodded, "Okay."
The two of them left the station chief’s office together and found a man examining a tractor in the back courtyard.
Station Chief Du pointed out, "See that? That’s Master Hu."
Then he shouted to Master Hu, "Master Hu, come over here. This is Qin Ye, the one I told you about yesterday."
Upon hearing this, Master Hu looked over at Qin Ye.
He noticed a young man with quite a good appearance.
So he walked over, "This is Qin Ye?"
"That’s right. Well, I leave him in your hands; just communicate with each other for anything. I’ll go handle some paperwork for him." Station Chief Du said and then left; he was always busy.
"Master Hu," Qin Ye naturally wouldn’t call someone ’Old Hu’.
Furthermore, Master Hu was only in his forties.
Master Hu didn’t object to having more technicians at the agricultural machinery station.
In fact, he welcomed it.
After all, his own skills were not very good; he could fix minor issues but always had to invite someone from the county for major problems.
And those technicians from the county were so full of themselves, acting like big shots every time they came...
Although he was irritated inside, he had no choice; after all, he had to ask for their help!
Now, things were looking up. With a skilled technician like Qin Ye, didn’t it mean they wouldn’t have to call the county technicians next time?
Thinking of this, Master Hu looked at Qin Ye with even more excitement in his eyes.
"Qin Ye, Station Chief Du mentioned that you fixed those five machines yesterday. You’re really amazing. If you hadn’t fixed them, we would’ve had to call someone from the county town today."
The feeling was exhilarating, just like the bottle of iced soda the factory handed out last summer... so refreshing.
"It wasn’t me, it was my father-in-law who guided it, I just followed his instructions." Qin Ye didn’t deny his father-in-law’s credit.
Moreover, what he said was true.
"Then you’re quite impressive as well, it shows that the apprentice has graduated. Come on, let’s go check out another one today, this one was just driven back from Li Village yesterday afternoon. I hear it’s full of problems, just perfect for you to take a look."
By the way, he could learn some more things too.
He had no choice, as his own knowledge was half-baked and learned from others, and not learned very well at that.
Over the years, his skills hadn’t made much progress, there just wasn’t a place to learn! Nor a person to teach.
When the technicians from the county came, he wanted to steal some knowledge, but those people were strangely reluctant to let him learn.
Qin Ye wasn’t nervous at all, he nodded calmly, "Alright, let’s go have a look."
The two approached the problem-filled tractor.
Qin Ye began his first day of work...
Meanwhile, Captain Qin and his wife Huang Cuihua took their fourth child to Qin Ye’s house.
"Mr. Rong, are you at home?"
Madam Rong was sweeping the yard when she heard what sounded like the team leader’s voice, so she went to open the door.
Seeing them all three, and carrying gifts, was somewhat surprising.
"What brings you here..." What do you want?
Once Huang Cuihua saw it was Qin Ye’s mother-in-law who opened the door, she walked forward and warmly took Madam Rong’s hand.
"Sister-in-law Rong, we have a bit of business and were hoping to speak with the man of the house, is he here?"
They want to see her husband? What for?
But still, she nodded, "He’s here but, you’ll have to wait a bit, Yan’s father is taking his medicine... It’s a bit troublesome, about half an hour."
Mainly because her daughter was giving her father acupuncture, which was not something easily explained, so she found a more appropriate excuse.
"Half an hour? What kind of medicine needs that long to take?" Huang Cuihua was shocked.
She had never heard of medicine taking that long to take in all her years.
Madam Rong’s expression didn’t change, "It’s just some medicine to regulate the body, it takes that long. How about you go back first and come over later if you have business."
Was she telling them to go back? Huang Cuihua naturally did not want to make the trip again.
Moreover, she came here to settle matters once and for all, to have peace of mind.
So she hurriedly said, "Just half an hour, we can wait."
Captain Qin also spoke at that moment, "Yes, we’ll wait a bit."
Madam Rong saw they were really willing to wait for half an hour and immediately began to contemplate. It seemed the reason they came asking was no small matter!
"If that’s the case, come on in!"
Madam Rong stepped aside.
Captain Qin’s family of three then walked in.
Huang Cuihua looked around the yard, "Oh my, Sister-in-law Rong, having you here really makes a difference. Just look how clean you keep the yard, not a hint of chicken manure smell."
"Our chickens are kept in the backyard, so you won’t smell anything in the front."
If you could really smell anything, the chickens wouldn’t last, they’d be sure to be slaughtered by her daughter.
Her daughter couldn’t stand those smells.
"That makes sense! Still, it’s because you’re diligent. Otherwise, the smell would still drift to the front yard," Huang Cuihua praised earnestly.
After all, they were going to ask for a favor soon.
Madam Rong’s mouth twitched almost imperceptibly, "You all sit in the main room for a bit, I’ll pour some water for you."
Huang Cuihua immediately said, "There’s no need, no need, tap water will do."
Judging by the sound of it, did they expect me to serve them sugared water? Wishful thinking.