Due to the mining crisis, there are very few people in the village who are still mining. There are also not many large tractors transporting ore. Everyone is looking to change careers. Except for helping to build roads in the village and hauling stones and cement, those large tractors are almost idle.

Status. Occasionally, if a boss wants to sell ore, he will find a few big tractors to transport it.

Due to the economic downturn, the transportation business has dropped sharply. The maintenance and repair of these large tractors cannot keep up with the economic boom.

No, because I had to go to Longzhong to do some errands and it was inconvenient to ride a bicycle, so I walked. To do errands, I had to walk back to Datang, but because of the "Autumn Tiger" showing off its power, I couldn't stand the sun, so I wanted to take a ride.

It’s not like you can take a ride if you want to take a ride. Either the seats are full and there’s really no room for them. In order to maximize their own interests, short-distance drivers always pick up passengers either in the county seat or on the streets of Longzhong Town.

Only when the number of people is full will he leave. If he is not satisfied, he will continue to wait until the number of people is full. Unless it is the afternoon or evening when he wants to go back for dinner, he will occasionally pick up one or two people and go. The long-distance master will go to Lantianba and Zhongzhong.

For common people, he will also pick up people in the county town or Longzhong. If he is not satisfied, he will also pick up people on the way, but he will only pick up people who want to go to Langtianba or Zhongpu, and he will not pick up people who are short distance away. Unless you

Pay him long-distance money even if he takes a short-distance ride. But most people don't do this.

So I walked under the scorching sunshine, without an umbrella to block the sun or a bottle of mineral water to replenish my moisture. The temperature of the concrete road under the scorching sun was quite high. Every step I took was painful.

It's torture, but you have to walk. Because there is just empty land on both sides of the road, and there is no place to hide in the shade.

When I was walking dizzy, with smoke coming out of my throat, and feeling unbearably thirsty, I heard the sound of a big tractor "chugging..." coming from behind. I quickly turned around and looked around. I was really lucky. From the transparent head of the tractor

I saw a familiar face on the bus. The master turned out to be Jiang Baocai from our village. I quickly waved to him and shouted: "Master Jiang, take a ride."

He might have seen me, or heard my shout. The car ran past me for seven or eight meters and finally stopped. I hurriedly ran forward and grabbed the joint between the tractor compartment and the middle row of wheels.

I climbed onto the tractor and sat on the fender seat above the tractor wheel in the middle row. I thanked Master Jiang repeatedly.

The fender seat was already very hot from the sun, and my butt was unbearably hot. I quickly took off my sandals and put them under my butt, which made me feel much better. Master Jiang started the tractor and continued driving towards Datang.

We chatted loudly while driving. Because the noise of the tractor was really loud, many words were not heard very clearly. It was a bit difficult to communicate. I could only make out a general idea that he had received some work of pulling ore, and

The other masters were still working in a mine and hauled the ore to Shunhe Railway Station for several days, probably to load a wagon. The sound of "chunk" was accompanied by the black smoke coming out of the chimney on the tractor's head.

A special scenery.

Although it was very hot, the tractor brought some wind after all, and it was very comfortable to blow on my body.

I was congratulating myself on my luck and got a ride on Master Jiang's tractor. At this time, the tractor had already arrived under the Xianhe Bridge and was climbing up the slope to the bridge. When climbing up the slope, it had to turn left.

There was no problem when climbing the slope. It was just that the "chunk" sound was louder and the black smoke coming out of the chimney was thicker. There were no other abnormalities. Just when I was about to climb up the hill and turn left,

At the beginning, something was wrong with the tractor. It felt like it was drunk, and the tractor's head suddenly started to swing from side to side.

I quickly shouted loudly: "Stop, stop, stop quickly..."

However, I don’t know the reason at that moment, but I felt that Master Jiang didn’t seem to hear my shouting, nor did he notice anything unusual about the tractor. He didn’t react at all, and just continued driving blankly.

The tractor's swaying movements became more and more severe, and it felt like it would soon fall under the bridge.

I could only watch helplessly as the tractor rushed toward the gap on the right where a section of the bridge railing was broken, and silently said in my mind, "It's over, it's over..." Once it fell, I would definitely be disabled, either dead or disabled. I didn't dare to jump out of the truck rashly.

At the moment when the tractor was about to fall from the gap on the right side, Master Jiang miraculously stopped the tractor like a man suddenly awakened from a dream.

Then he turned his head and said to me: "Jump out of the car quickly."

I quickly jumped out of the car at the junction.

I sat paralyzed on the edge of the bridge railing in shock. When Master Jiang also got off the car, I calmed down. Then I moved from the back of the tractor compartment to the front of the tractor's head to see what was going on.

Oh my God! The right front wheel of the tractor is gone, and only the left front wheel is still there. The axle connecting the right front wheel is just pressed against the edge of the bridge. If you drive forward even a little bit, the entire tractor will definitely fall over.

Go to the pebbled dry riverbed under the bridge.

Master Jiang said: "Maybe the bolt connecting the vehicle was broken or fell off when I turned just now, so the car body was swinging around. I didn't notice it and almost overturned. I'm really lucky today!"

Me: "Then what should we do now?"

Master Jiang: "I can only stay here. Please bring me a letter to Master Xu, the welding master, saying that the front wheel of my tractor has fallen off, and please ask him to bring some parts to repair it. And give it to me

Tell the family and tell them to roll over on the front wheels."
Chapter completed!