FIMA Ch102: Like

Gu Siyuan cleared his throat and pretended to be nonchalant, “I still have money. If you like to eat eggs, I’ll buy you some next time we go to the county.”

“Didn’t you spend your money on gifts for the master?” Xie Yiyang asked curiously.

Gu Siyuan casually said, “That was a lie to them.”

Xie Yiyang’s mouth opened wide, “So you didn’t learn to drive and repair cars?”

Gu Siyuan calmly said, “I learned by watching from the side, no need for the master to teach specially, so I saved the money for gifts.”

Xie Yiyang immediately laughed, “Husband, you’re so smart. But don’t waste your money just because you have it.”

Gu Siyuan glanced at him, deliberately saying, “Hmm, only for you.”

Xie Yiyang immediately covered his cheeks with his hands, blushing slightly.

How did his husband suddenly become so good at talking today?

The two sat together for a while, then Gu Siyuan went back to work.

It was almost noon, so Xie Yiyang simply sat nearby waiting, planning to go back and have lunch with Gu Siyuan later.

It was quite a coincidence.

Gu Siyuan and Xie Yiyang had just talked about repairing cars, when suddenly, the distant tractor that was noisily plowing the field suddenly stopped.

The person pushing the tractor, Xiao Li, immediately started sweating.

The team leader, hearing the noise, hurried over.

This tractor was shared by three production teams in Yunxi Village, and it was used by whoever needed it.

During the busy farming season, the three teams took turns using it, and this year, their Forward Production Team was the last in line, only getting it yesterday.

But coincidentally, a new educated youth was sent to their village yesterday, so the tractor was used to pick up people from the county, and Gu Siyuan also got a ride back.

In other words, the tractor had only been in use for half a day.

Plowing is a labor-intensive job, and without the tractor, it would all fall on the team members.

It’s not just about whether it’s tiring.

Their Forward Production Team was already slower than the other two teams, and if the tractor broke down, delaying the seedling transplanting and disrupting the production schedule would be a big problem.

Team leader Zhou Jiandang kept circling the tractor, repeatedly asking Xiao Li, who was lying on the ground checking the situation, “How is it, what’s wrong, when can it run again?”

After a while, Xiao Li got up from the ground, looked at Zhou Jiandang, and said with a bitter face, “I can’t tell what’s wrong, team leader. You know, it was my dad who was sent to the commune to learn about tractors. When he came back, he taught me for a few days, but with his temper, he scolded me eight hundred times, and seriously taught me for less than a day. I can’t even drive steadily, let alone repair it. I have no idea!”

Zhou Jiandang almost fainted. Was this a simple matter? Saying it couldn’t be fixed meant it couldn’t be fixed? What about the spring plowing?

His head buzzed, and he grabbed Xiao Li, asking, “That, that Young Feng from the Victory Team in the east, I saw him driving the tractor really well, better than you, right? Can he fix it?”

Xiao Li’s eyes lit up, “He might be able to. I saw him explaining something about the engine before, and he seemed knowledgeable. I’ll go ask him to take a look.”

“Good, go quickly!” Zhou Jiandang urged.

Xiao Li ran off.

The Victory Production Team and their Forward Production Team, although one was in the east and the other in the west of Yunxi Village, actually worked in the same area.

About three or four minutes later, Xiao Li came back with people, not just Feng Keng, but Gu Lili as well.

Earlier at the Gu house, after Xie Yiyang took Gu Lili’s egg, Gu Lili got so angry that he ran out to find Feng Keng to complain.

When Xiao Li brought them over, he took a shortcut, directly crossing the farmland, which happened to pass by the place where Gu Siyuan was working.

Xiao Li stopped and remembered that yesterday, after his father drove to the county to pick people up, he mentioned that Gu Siyuan had diagnosed the tractor’s problem just by listening to its sound, ultimately saving the lives of everyone in the car.

Tsk, he thought at that time his father was habitually bragging.

But now, the more hands, the better.

Xiao Li called out, “Lao San!”

Xiao Li and Gu Siyuan were the same age, so he called him according to their seniority.

Gu Siyuan looked up and responded indifferently, “Hmm?”

He had just heard the tractor stall, and seeing Xiao Li’s anxious look, he had a rough idea of what had happened.

Gu Lili’s eyes flickered, and he smiled, “Third Brother, didn’t you spend money learning to drive and repair tractors from a master in the county? Why don’t you come and take a look too?”

Gu Siyuan acted as if he hadn’t heard, his face remaining cold and indifferent.

“…” Gu Lili.

Hmph, what arrogance.

He didn’t believe that his usually dull second brother could have learned anything about driving and repairing tractors.

Xiao Li, unaware of their family conflicts, remembered the brigade leader’s nearly fainting expression just now and smiled, “Lao San, you come too. Let’s hurry over, the spring plowing is urgent!”

“Alright.” Gu Siyuan nodded.

Feng Keng glanced thoughtfully at Gu Siyuan.

Xie Yiyang, who had been sitting under a tree waiting for Gu Siyuan, ran over to join them.

He held onto Gu Siyuan’s arm and whispered in his ear, “That Feng Keng usually acts all scholarly, as if he’s better than us villagers. But the tractor is for us rural folks, he might not be able to fix it. In the end, it’ll surely depend on you!”

Gu Siyuan looked at him curiously, “Have you seen me repair a tractor? Why do you trust me so much?”

Xie Yiyang shook his head confidently, “I haven’t seen it, but you must be the best!”

He only found out yesterday that Gu Siyuan had learned to repair tractors.

But his husband was such a serious person; if he said he could fix it, he must be super good at it, definitely better than this Feng Keng.

Feng Keng stuck to Gu Lili every day, so he couldn’t be a good person.

Gu Siyuan’s eyes deepened, and he reached out to pinch his soft cheek. The feeling of being unconditionally trusted by his little wife was very nice.

Over here, Zhou Jiandang, seeing Feng Keng come over, excitedly said, “Comrade Feng, it’s really a hard job for you.”

Feng Keng nodded, “Hmm, you said it wouldn’t start, right? Let me take a look first.”

“Yes, yes,” Zhou Jiandang and Xiao Li said repeatedly.

Feng Keng seemed reliable, first circling around the front of the tractor, then lying down under it.

Gu Siyuan watched intently from the side.

Gu Lili, seeing his actions, deliberately asked, “Third Brother, can you see what’s wrong?”

Gu Siyuan finally looked up, coolly glancing at him, “What, don’t you have confidence in your little lover?”

“…” Gu Lili’s face changed suddenly, furious, “Third Brother, what nonsense are you talking about, what little lover?”

Xie Yiyang, however, seemed to have seen something interesting and immediately gossiped, “Oh, so you and Comrade Feng are in that kind of relationship. I was wondering why I always saw you two talking together.”

Just then, Feng Keng also stood up from under the tractor. He glanced at Gu Siyuan and Xie Yiyang, “Lili and I are in a normal relationship.”

Gu Siyuan said indifferently, “Suit yourselves, it’s the era of free love now.”

He couldn’t wait for these two to stick together, so they wouldn’t cause trouble for others.

Zhou Jiandang was helpless.

These young people dating, right in front of an old guy like him, made him feel quite awkward.

However, he was more concerned about the tractor now.

“Comrade Feng, what’s the problem? How should we fix it?”

Feng Keng shook his head, “Team Leader, you know I didn’t specialize in this. Without the right tools to open the engine cover, I can’t see the specific issue, so I can’t fix it. Team Leader, you’ll have to go to the commune in town and ask their technicians to come with tools to take a look.”

Zhou Jiandang couldn’t help but feel his head buzzing again.

Yunxi Village and the nearby dozen villages were all part of the same commune, but the commune only had two technicians, always running around here and there. If he went to the commune now, he probably wouldn’t find them.

That meant today’s spring plowing would be delayed.

And if the commune’s workers couldn’t fix it, or if parts were needed, it would be even worse. They would have to go to the county’s farm machinery repair shop.

Truly unlucky.

Feng Keng indifferently said to Zhou Jiandang and Xiao Li, “Team Leader Zhou, you handle it. I’ll head back to our team.”

Zhou Jiandang could only nod, “Thanks for coming, Comrade Feng.”

Gu Lili also followed him.

Since Feng Keng hadn’t fixed the tractor, he couldn’t use this to mock Gu Siyuan.

Zhou Jiandang scratched his head, troubled, muttering to himself, “I should quickly go to the commune. Maybe the technicians are there now, and even if they’re not, I can leave a message for them to come fix it as soon as possible.”

At this moment, Xie Yiyang suddenly pulled Gu Siyuan’s arm and asked, “Husband, can you fix it?”

Gu Siyuan nodded, “Yes.”

Xie Yiyang’s eyes immediately widened, and he said to Zhou Jiandang, “Team Leader, let our Lao San try. He can also fix tractors.”

“Ah…” Zhou Jiandang was stunned.

Xiao Li immediately responded, “Right, right, Lao San, can you see the problem now? I think my dad said you figured out the tractor’s problem just by listening to the sound yesterday?”

Zhou Jiandang immediately stopped in his tracks, curiously asking, “What did you say? This tractor broke down yesterday?”

Xiao Li responded awkwardly and then seriously recounted his father’s bragging story from yesterday.

At this moment, Gu Siyuan opened the iron box hanging on the side of the tractor and took out a wrench and screwdriver.

The village didn’t have any specialized precision tools, but these general tools were always available.

Gu Siyuan, holding the two tools, crawled under the tractor like Feng Keng had done earlier.

Zhou Jiandang quickly stopped talking to Xiao Li and moved closer to watch Gu Siyuan. He had heard about it, but he was worried that Gu Siyuan might make the tractor’s condition worse.

However, Gu Siyuan’s movements were quite fast, and within less than two minutes, he emerged from under the tractor.

“How is it?” Zhou Jiandang asked anxiously.

Xie Yiyang also widened his eyes curiously.

“It’s fine.” Gu Siyuan nodded calmly, then walked to the engine of the tractor and vigorously cranked the handle a few times.

In the next moment, a burst of white smoke came out from the front of the tractor.

Following that, the familiar and pleasant “tuck-tuck-tuck” sound started.

Xie Yiyang’s eyes curved into a smile, and he threw himself into Gu Siyuan’s arms, “I told you, it still relies on you!”

Gu Siyuan hugged his shoulders, “Hmm, thanks to your good words.”

“It’s fixed, it’s running…” Xiao Li shouted excitedly.

Then, he excitedly ran over to hold the tractor and continued plowing the field without any problems.

Zhou Jiandang also patted Gu Siyuan’s shoulder excitedly, “Siyuan, you’re really amazing!”

At this moment, Feng Keng and Gu Lili hadn’t gone far.

Hearing the familiar “tuck-tuck” sound from behind, they turned around in astonishment.

The tractor was actually fixed, but who fixed it?

Could it have been Gu Siyuan…

…

Xie Yiyang felt extremely troubled.

Originally, those sisters and gers already loved to stare at his husband. Just now, after Gu Siyuan fixed the tractor, they stared even more unscrupulously, as if looking at something rare.

He felt it was too unsafe, so maybe he shouldn’t stay at home watching Gu Lili every day but accompany his husband to work instead.

His husband was more important than enjoying comfort.

Seeing his changing expressions, Gu Siyuan pinched his cheek, “What’s wrong now?”

Xie Yiyang raised his head, glared at him, blaming this guy for attracting so much attention.

After a while, he hesitated and expressed his concerns.

Gu Siyuan first felt amused, but then his heart softened completely.

This character, described as the laziest and most selfish in the original plot, kept changing and compromising for him.

He patted his little wife’s head and said gently, “No need for that. I won’t be working in the field for much longer.”

Hearing this, Xie Yiyang’s face darkened even more.

He tightly grabbed Gu Siyuan’s arm, “You’re not planning to leave home for half a year again to do that river repair work, are you? I don’t agree.”

Gu Siyuan held his slender wrist and gently rubbed it, “No, I heard yesterday when I came back from the county that next month, the county’s agricultural repair factory will be recruiting technicians. I’m planning to give it a try.”

According to the top-level requirement of “major repairs within the county, medium repairs within the commune, and minor repairs within the team,” counties had successively established agricultural repair factories specializing in repairing agricultural machinery.

Of course, given the current productivity of the county agricultural repair factory, the so-called agricultural machinery was just tractors. Besides, they would also process and produce some commonly used and replaceable tractor and internal combustion engine parts, so there would be no need to always go to the city’s tractor factory to buy them.

“The county’s agricultural repair factory?” Xie Yiyang widened his eyes in surprise and joy, “You’re going to be a worker.”

“Yes.” Gu Siyuan nodded calmly.

“Hahaha, you’re going to be a worker…” Xie Yiyang sat on the ground, covering his face and laughing, “You’re going to become a worker!”

In this era, being a worker not only meant high wages and various coupons but also a stable job.

For rural people, that was an excellent job and a promising future.

Gu Siyuan glanced at him, pinched his chin seriously, “The recruitment starts next month, and there’s also an exam.”

Xie Yiyang shook his head nonchalantly, “You’re so capable, how could you not pass any exam?”

He never even considered the possibility of Gu Siyuan failing.

“…” Gu Siyuan nodded, calmly saying, “You’re right.”

Both of them were so confident.

And before becoming a worker at the agricultural repair factory, Gu Siyuan’s first task was to split the family.

So, in the following days, Xie Yiyang strictly followed the previous plan, closely watching Gu Lili.

Whenever he saw Gu Lili eating or using something better than the rest of the family, he would definitely take it away.

Either he and Gu Siyuan would share it, or he would call the elder brother and sister-in-law to share it.

Of course, Gu Lili complained to Mother Gu several times about this.

But Gu Siyuan had only one response: “If you can’t stand it, then let’s split the family.”

Naturally, Father and Mother Gu did not agree to this.

So, Gu Lili could only continue to endure it.

And in recent days, Gu Lili had restrained himself a lot, almost not taking out any good things.

He also looked much more haggard.

Seeing him like this, Feng Keng asked with some concern, “Lili, what’s wrong? Did your third brother and sister-in-law bully you again?”

Gu Lili nodded aggrievedly, “Hmm, my third sister-in-law is simply a robber. All my things have been taken away by him.”

“Your mother doesn’t control him?” Feng Keng frowned and took out a few candies from his pocket, handing them over, “I bought these in the county yesterday. Have some to fill your stomach.”

“Feng Keng, you’re always good to me.” Gu Lili’s eyes lit up. He unwrapped a candy and put it in his mouth, then continued to complain unhappily, “My third brother always threatens my mother with splitting the family, so she can’t say anything anymore.”

“Splitting the family?” Feng Keng squinted his eyes, and after a moment, he said slowly, “Actually, splitting the family might be a good thing for you.”

“Hmm?” Gu Lili suddenly looked up.

Feng Keng held his hand gently, “Didn’t you ask me before what I do every time I go to the county? I’ll tell you now.”

Gu Lili nodded excitedly.

By mid-April, the spring plowing for the Qianjin Production Team had come to an end.

Gu Siyuan had tanned a bit, but he looked more energetic than ever.

And Xie Yiyang, who had stayed at home, had become even fairer and more delicate.

That evening, Xie Yiyang, as usual, went to the field to pick up Gu Siyuan, but before he went, he seemed to have seen something, making him act a bit strange.

At night, after washing up, they lay in bed.

Xie Yiyang automatically rolled into his arms, but unlike usual, he seemed restless, constantly moving around.

Gu Siyuan wrapped his arms around his waist and asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”

Xie Yiyang raised his head and suddenly asked in a small voice, “Husband, do you like me?”

Something was definitely off.

Gu Siyuan deliberately frowned slightly and didn’t answer immediately.

In the darkness, Xie Yiyang’s eyes widened in shock, “…You’re hesitating?”

Gu Siyuan couldn’t help but laugh and immediately replied, “Of course I like you.”

Xie Yiyang pouted, somewhat doubtful, “Really?”

Gu Siyuan said, “If I didn’t like you, why would I marry you?”

“Isn’t it because you didn’t want a bride price?” Xie Yiyang muttered instinctively.

“…” Gu Siyuan.

That was the original character, not me.

Gu Siyuan held Xie Yiyang’s waist with one hand and gently stroked his back with the other, his voice deep and tender, “Of course not, liking is liking, worth more than gold.”

Xie Yiyang blushed.

Then, he climbed on top of Gu Siyuan, tightly hugging him, his little face beaming brighter than the stars, “Hehe, husband, I really, really like you too.”

Gu Siyuan squinted his eyes.

What a fool.

The next moment.

Xie Yiyang bit Gu Siyuan’s shoulder lightly and mumbled, “If you like me, why don’t you react? Are you incapable?”

“…” Gu Siyuan.