Chapter 119: A flat tire
Chapter 119: A flat tire (Happy New Year to everyone)
Seeing through the rearview mirror a group of villagers surrounding Wang Changjun, Li Kailang was very happy and let out a sigh of relief.
Not only did he beat Wang Changjun up, but he also ruined his reputation.
Without a reasonable reason, it will be difficult for Wang Changjun to purchase here in the future.
After all, once trust is broken, it will be much more difficult to gain it back. Wang Changjun is now in a dilemma!
Li Kailang was not afraid of Wang Changjun's revenge. With a gun in his hand, why should he be afraid of him!
If Li Kailang was really afraid of Wang Changjun, he would be doing a disservice to his muscular body.
On his way back, Li Kailang suddenly found a familiar figure in front of him.
"Beep, beep--" Li Kailang honked the horn twice.
The man heard the roar behind him and pushed his bicycle to the side of the road, but did not look back.
"Beep--"
Li Kailang honked the horn again, this time with a sharper sound.
The man finally couldn't help but turned back and cursed angrily:
"Mad, are you blind? Can't you see such a wide road?"
Just as he was about to continue cursing, Li Kailang's head popped out of the car window.
"Xiao Li, why are you here?" The man's expression became surprised. He never expected to meet Li Kailang on the road.
"What? Can't it be me?" Li Kailang asked back.
The person in front of him was Xu Damao.
Speaking of which, Li Kailang hasn't seen Xu Damao for quite a long time. At least this month, he hasn't met Xu Damao for about ten days.
The relationship between the two is neither good nor bad, and they don't have much interaction in normal times.
Li Kailang also wanted to play a trick on Xu Damao.
"It's you, kid. I'm telling you, did you honk at me on purpose? Don't you know it's very noisy?" Xu Damao said dissatisfiedly.
"Yeah, what's the matter? Is it not okay? If you have the guts, you can honk the horn too?"
Li Kailang looked like he deserved a beating, with a provocative smile on his lips.
Xu Damao looked at his own little bell, then at the big truck. It was useless to have a horn because it was not as big as the other truck's. He suddenly felt aggrieved.
"What do you want from me, kid? Are you trying to make fun of me?" Xu Damao said unhappily.
"Yes, I just want to see your reaction." Li Kailang replied with a smile.
Then he stepped on the accelerator and the roar of the truck was deafening.
The loud roar startled Xu Damao, his body shook, and he almost couldn't hold on to the bicycle.
"Li Kailang, don't go too far. I have a projector in my car. If anything happens, you will be responsible!" Xu Damao shouted.
Only then did Li Kailang notice the projector on the back seat of the bicycle and the two sacks next to it.
From the shape of the sack's opening, it can be seen that it is filled with mountain products.
No need to guess, this must have been "cheated" by Xu Damao from the production team.
Nowadays, people don’t have many entertainment activities. They can only go home and sleep when it gets dark, and movies are one of the few entertainment activities.
The villagers welcome the projectionist to their village occasionally.
"The projector! Nothing can go wrong with it, but what about these two sacks?" Li Kailang asked knowingly.
"Oh, you are talking about these two sacks. They were given by the villagers. I was embarrassed to accept them, but they were so enthusiastic that I couldn't refuse!" Xu Damao said lightly.
Having done this so many times, Xu Damao can tell lies without blushing or feeling nervous.
"Was it a gift? Or was it scammed?" Li Kailang asked meaningfully.
"Hey, Xiao Li, don't talk nonsense. I didn't ask for it. These were all given to me by the villagers."
Being stared at by Li Kailang, Xu Damao's eyes were a little evasive.
Li Kailang continued staring.
"I asked the villagers for all these, okay?" Xu Damao could only tell the truth.
"That's what I said." Li Kailang was not surprised at all.
It's really not Xu Damao's nature to not ask for some benefits.
Xu Damao has the final say on when to show movies and how many movies to show. Exchanging showing movies for some benefits is also his own way of doing things.
Besides, the villagers are quite willing to do it. After all, they don’t have much to do when they are free.
"Okay, stop looking at it and don't think I will give it to you!" Xu Damao quickly put the sack behind him.
"Tsk, I really don't need it!"
All the specialties that Li Kailang had brought from Gujia Village were made into delicacies and placed in his ring, but he still hasn't finished eating them.
Since everything was fine, Li Kailang also planned to leave.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't go. Now that we're here, take me back to the factory with you!" Xu Damao hurriedly stopped Li Kailang.
After all, there was a car in front of him, and he didn't want to go through the trouble of pedaling.
"Oh! No, your projector is very precious, I don't want to break it!" Li Kailang refused.
"No, I just said the wrong thing, it's my fault, please help me, the road is so long, just give me a ride."
Xu Damao quickly admitted his mistake, which is also his "good" quality.
"Okay, come up then."
Li Kailang did not refuse. Now the whole car was empty, so it would be okay to take one person along.
Xu Damao opened the passenger door and carefully placed the projector on the passenger seat.
This is the guy who makes his living, nothing can happen to him.
As for the bicycles and sacks, he put them on the carriage.
After Xu Damao got into the car, he hugged the projector tightly.
"What? You act like you're holding a treasure? I'm not stealing yours." Li Kailang joked.
"This projector is my treasure. There is only one in the factory. It can't get damaged."
"Besides, this is what I eat. It is more important than my life." Xu Damao said seriously.
Although Xu Damao's character is questionable, his professional attitude towards work is unquestionable.
"Okay, drive slowly and don't bump into anything!" Xu Damao warned.
"Okay, I still need your teaching to drive!" Li Kailang didn't care.
However, he still slowed down the car a little, not paying much attention to Xu Damao's instructions.
But this projector is indeed the only one in the steel mill, so we have to be careful.
The reason why Xu Damao has never been promoted is actually very simple, it’s the projector.
Projecting movies is not a difficult technical job, but it does require a certification. It is not easy to pass the exam without the guidance of a master.
Of course, the most critical issue is that there are too few projectors. Unlike cars, which can be produced and sold by ourselves, some important parts of projectors have to be imported.
If other villages want to watch a movie, Xu Damao just needs to make a few more trips.
There is only one projectionist in the steel rolling mill, Xu Damao. If he gets promoted, who will be in charge of projecting movies? Will it still be Xu Damao?
People have been promoted, and they still want to save face by doing their previous jobs again.
That's why Xu Damao never got a promotion.
Xu Damao looked around the cab, feeling very new, as this was his first time riding in a car. Suddenly he noticed a belt running through the front of Li Kailang's body.
"Hey, Xiao Li, what is that on you? Why have I never seen it before?" Xu Damao asked curiously.
Li Kailang looked down and explained, "This is a safety belt, a new invention of the steel mill. It's not available anywhere else!"
"Oh, that's awesome! I want to try it too!"
After hearing this, Xu Damao immediately became interested and started to explore the passenger seat.
"Why don't I have it here?" Xu Damao asked puzzledly.
"There's only one in the car, so of course you don't have one!" Li Kailang said with a smile. "Hey, why are you so stingy that you don't even get me one!" Xu Damao said dissatisfiedly.
Li Kailang smiled after hearing this: "Stingy? It takes a lot of fabric to make this thing. If you want, you can also spend the fabric to make it yourself!"
"Besides, this thing is in short supply right now. Even if you have the fabric, you may not be able to make it."
All the tailors near the steel mill are making this thing, and now you have to queue up to make it.
After all, there are not many drivers, and it is impossible to let people from the textile factory do the job.
"Forget it. I'm just taking the bus once. There's no need to go through so much trouble!" Xu Damao refused.
"Bang!" A muffled sound!
The truck suddenly stopped, and Li Kailang's body rushed forward due to inertia.
Fortunately, thanks to the protection of the seat belt, Li Kailang was not injured.
However, Xu Damao was not restrained by a seat belt. He could only try his best to protect the projector in his hand, and his arm hit the glove box.
"Ah!" Xu Damao cried out in pain.
"Puff~hiss~"
Hearing the sound, Li Kailang immediately realized that the tire was leaking and got out of the car to check.
"Li Kailang, how do you open your mouth?"
Xu Damao was about to talk about Li Kailang when he realized he was gone, and hurriedly checked the projector in his hand.
"Fortunately, fortunately, nothing happened!"
Seeing that the projector was fine, Xu Damao felt relieved, put the projector away, got out of the car and went to settle the score with Li Kailang.
At the same time, Li Kailang also found the flat tire.
"Oh my god, how come there is such a big hole!" Li Kailang took out the sharp stone that was embedded in the tire.
I saw a hole the size of a child's fist on the side of the tire, which was obviously punctured by a sharp stone.
"Li Kailang, how do you drive? Your skills are not as good as mine!" Xu Damao asked loudly.
Hearing this, Li Kailang shrugged helplessly and pointed at the deflated tire.
Xu Damao turned around and looked, "Blowout?"
"Didn't you see it?"
"Drive carefully next time." Xu Damao didn't know what to say.
He was familiar with flat tires! After all, he often went to the countryside and encountered such things many times.
"What are you going to do? Just wait here." Xu Damao asked.
He rides a bicycle and if it gets a flat tire he can still push it along, but how can he push a car that's this big?
"What are you thinking? I have a spare tire."
As he spoke, Li Kailang returned to the car and took out a toolbox from the storage box.
Li Kailang skillfully used the jack to lift the truck and took out a spare tire from under the truck.
Soon, Li Kailang finished changing the tire.
Xu Damao watched Li Kailang change the tire skillfully and said enviously:
"You drivers are great! They have spare tires when they burst, unlike us who have to push the bikes when they break."
Li Kailang clapped his hands, "Okay, we're done, let's go!"
Half an hour later, the truck entered the city of Sijiu.
Since there was no detour, Li Kailang entered the urban area directly from Dongzhimen and headed straight to the steel rolling mill.
"By the way, do you want to go to the steel mill with me or go alone?" Li Kailang asked.
Mainly the two bags belonging to Xu Damao.
"I can go by myself, just find a place to put me down!" Xu Damao said without hesitation.
"If we enter the factory, I will have to divide my mountain products again. It was only not long ago that I divided them last time!"
Obviously, Xu Damao wanted to keep it all for himself.
"Okay!" Li Kailang found a place with few people and put Xu Damao down.
"By the way, do you want to take some?" Xu Damao asked politely.
"No, I don't need these, I still have more!"
"You have one too?" Xu Damao was a little surprised. "I almost forgot, you're a driver, so it's easier for you to do this than it is for me."
"Okay, I won't say any more to you. I'm leaving first. You handle it yourself." After saying that, Li Kailang drove away.
After returning to the steel mill, Li Kailang successfully submitted the task list and then had some free time.
I have some free time now, so I took out the flat tire.
Looking at the flat tire, Li Kailang suddenly remembered the video of the Pakistani brothers repairing a tire before he traveled through time.
The whole process only has a few steps and doesn’t seem difficult.
The most important thing is the vulcanization reaction, but this also relies on heating reaction and is not very difficult.
Since the Pakistani brothers can do it, theoretically, Li Kailang should be able to do it too.
The focus is on the early stage of sewing and the control of the temperature during the vulcanization reaction.
However, Li Kailang did not have the corresponding tools, mainly tire repair glue, and other things were easier to prepare.
"Oh, by the way, the maintenance technician should have these things!" Li Kailang thought.
If we were to ask who has the most complete range of tools, it would be Master Wang.
As the master of a group of mechanics and drivers, Master Wang's toolbox is filled with all kinds of things.
It is more than twice as much as Li Kailang’s carpenter’s toolbox.
Now that he had made up his mind, Li Kailang went to find Master Wang.
Soon, Li Kailang found Master Wang who was smoking.
"Master Wang!"
Master Wang was smoking comfortably with his eyes closed. When he heard the voice, he opened his eyes and saw Li Kailang.
"Xiao Li, what do you want from me?"
"Nothing, just want to borrow some tools from you?"
"What tools do you want? Let me see if I have any?"
"Do you have tire sealant?"
"Tire repair glue? What is that?" The name sounded familiar to Master Wang, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.
"Master Wang, it's the rubber strips used to repair tires, similar to the rubber strips used to repair bicycles."
"Oh! This is the thing you are talking about? I have it in my toolbox. Please look for it!" Master Wang pointed to the toolbox not far away.
"Good."
Master Wang’s toolbox is relatively large, but it has some design, so when it is opened, it looks like a ladder, similar to the toolboxes we have today.
Li Kailang quickly found a roll of adhesive tape and a bottle of glue.
"Master Wang, I want these two." Li Kailang gestured while holding the two things.
"Okay, take it." Master Wang didn't care what Li Kailang took.
He basically never touched these two things, and they look almost as good as new.
After all, Master Wang was repairing important parts of the truck, and these two things basically had no use.
In addition to these two things, Li Kailang also needs to prepare other tools.
Needles, wiring, sandbags, heating tables, tires.
Li Kailang walked back and forth several times and took a lot of things.
Everyone was a little curious about what Li Kailang was doing, and it just so happened that they didn't have anything to do at the moment.
See what's going on.
(End of this chapter)