Chapter 123: Chapter 123

Bai Ruxue was just at the team leader’s house when she saw Wang Xuehua coming out.

"Xuehua..." Bai Ruxue called out, quickened her pace, and entered the courtyard.

"Xiao Xue, you finally found time to come and see me! Come in, quick!" Wang Xuehua ran forward, grabbed Bai Ruxue’s hand, and pulled her inside.

"I’ve been busy! What are you up to?" Bai Ruxue let Wang Xuehua pull her into the house and asked.

"What else can I do? I’ve been working the past few days, and now that it’s done, I’m just staying at home!" Wang Xuehua said, looking very bored. "What have you been busy with? You’re not working now anyway!"

"Just keeping myself busy! Just trying to fill my stomach!" Bai Ruxue brushed it off. "Actually, I’m here today to talk to the team leader about something!"

"Looking for my dad? What’s it about?" Wang Xuehua was very curious.

"Can you help me call the team leader?" Bai Ruxue nudged her, not intending to tell her.

"Tch, still keeping secrets? Fine! I’ll go call my dad for you!" Wang Xuehua left Bai Ruxue in the house and ran out to call her dad.

Soon, Wang Jianjun came running in.

"Xiao Xue, what’s up? Is your grandma causing trouble again? Let’s go quickly!" He was panting heavily and urgently tried to pull Bai Ruxue outside.

"Team leader, it’s not about my grandma. I’m here to solve a problem for you!" Bai Ruxue smiled and sat back on the kang.

Wang Jianjun wiped the sweat off his forehead; he had just been working in the backyard with his sons.

"You’re here to solve a problem for me? What problem do I have that needs your help?" Wang Jianjun sat on a stool on the ground and started smoking a dry tobacco pipe.

"Team leader, did you apply for a tractor? Did you get a response?" Bai Ruxue didn’t answer directly and asked back.

"Sigh... I didn’t have much hope when I went!" Wang Jianjun said with a worried face, smoking.

It seemed like the application didn’t go through again.

"Team leader, I have a way to get a tractor!" Upon hearing Bai Ruxue’s words, Wang Jianjun stood up excitedly, feeling like he didn’t hear it clearly, and asked again.

"What did you say? You can get a tractor?"

"Yes!" Bai Ruxue confirmed.

But Wang Jianjun’s excitement faded away instantly.

"What way does a young girl like you have? Don’t joke with me! Hurry home!"

"Team leader! Listen to my plan before chasing me away!" Bai Ruxue quickly stopped being mysterious and explained, "I know the owner of the supply and marketing cooperative! He said he has a way to get a tractor for us! But he mentioned there’s a condition!"

"The owner of the supply and marketing cooperative? You know him?" Wang Jianjun’s impatience was gone; he asked seriously.

"Yes! Director Tong! These were his words!" Bai Ruxue replied.

"Did he say he wants our team to grow vegetables to supply their cooperative?" Wang Jianjun said flatly.

"How did you know?" Bai Ruxue asked before remembering that Director Tong mentioned he had been to several communes without vegetable gardens.

"This won’t work! Losing those few acres, let’s say ten acres, means losing five thousand pounds of corn! With these five thousand pounds of grain, how long can our team hold out? If we give up those ten acres for vegetables, we’ll be the ones going hungry! We won’t be able to buy grain even with money!"

Wang Jianjun explained it to Bai Ruxue in detail.

"This Director Tong really knows how to use a young girl as a spokesperson!" Finally, he complained about Director Tong.

"Team leader, so the issue is about grain?" Bai Ruxue asked, "Are there any other concerns?"

"Hmm! Grain is life! Not even gold can replace it!" Wang Jianjun waved his hand.

"But what if we can buy the grain back with the money from selling vegetables?" Bai Ruxue quickly followed up.

"Girl, how can you buy grain without grain coupons? The grain station needs grain coupons!" Wang Jianjun said with a worried expression. "Do you think I don’t want to plant those vegetables? The grain issue is a big problem! With the whole team going hungry, things would get chaotic!"

"Team leader! Leave the grain issue to me! I’ll get grain for you with the money from selling vegetables! Not only grain, but fine grain too, and sell it to the villagers without grain coupons! Then, everyone can use the money from selling vegetables to buy some fine grain. How great is that!" Bai Ruxue was determined not to plant crops. This content belongs to NoveIＦire.net

"You? What way do you have?" Wang Jianjun didn’t underestimate her. Everyone in the team had seen her partner Zhang Yuan’s capabilities.

"I don’t have a solution, but Zhang Yuan does! Don’t worry! Trust me! I won’t let everyone go hungry!" Bai Ruxue assured, patting her chest.

"This..." Wang Jianjun didn’t dare believe a young girl.

"Team leader! How do you know if you win or lose without taking a chance? Besides, even if we lose, we still have me and Zhang Yuan to back us up! If you don’t take a chance, our team’s tractor will remain out of reach!" Bai Ruxue specifically poked at Wang Jianjun’s sore spot.

Wang Jianjun was provoked by Bai Ruxue, and after pondering for a long while with his head down, he finally looked up, his eyes determined.

"Girl, if you can get a tractor, our team will use ten acres to grow vegetables for the Pingyang Town cooperative! But don’t forget what you said! You must get us grain!"

Even Wang Jianjun couldn’t understand why he trusted this young girl so much.

But he wanted to take a chance on this matter. If they succeeded, the Fifth Team would be the first in Chaoyang Commune to own a tractor! What an honor it would be!

"Great! Don’t worry, team leader! You won’t lose! I won’t let you lose! Not only will you not lose, but you’ll win gloriously!" Bai Ruxue said loudly.

"Alright, alright! I believe in you, this young girl, who doesn’t even know if she’s gone mad! Hurry and get the tractor before I change my mind! I really don’t know what you’ll get from all this trouble! I haven’t seen you gain any benefits from it!" Wang Jianjun waved his hand.

"You’ll see eventually!" Bai Ruxue chuckled slyly.

"What?" Wang Jianjun asked, puzzled.

"Nothing, I just want to do a good thing for our team! I want to improve our team’s living conditions!" Bai Ruxue found a proper excuse.

Although doing this would improve the living conditions of the entire team, her initial goal was simply to avoid the hard work of farming and get a tractor to drive.

"Alright, alright, who knows if it’s a blessing or a curse! Stop boasting and hurry up!" Wang Jianjun waved his hand, with a face that showed he didn’t want to see her.

"Team leader, after it’s done, I’ll come and get you to pick up the tractor! I’m off now!" Bai Ruxue smiled playfully, not caring about Wang Jianjun’s attitude towards her.

Getting this attitude was already good enough; she thought it would take a lot of effort to get it done.

Most of it was due to Zhang Yuan’s influence; even when he wasn’t there, he could help her sort out the matter.

The engagement gift that day wasn’t given in vain!