Chapter 74 74. Human Leg-Powered Tricycle
"Village Chief, is this the fish we want to sell?"

"Yeah, that's it."

Qiu Ruoran looked at the four full buckets of fish and suddenly felt dizzy.

There are about seven or eight fish in a bucket, and each fish weighs two to five kilograms. There are mostly big fish, so one bucket weighs about thirty kilograms. Four buckets weigh one hundred and twenty kilograms, which means an average of sixty kilograms per person.

And this is just the weight of the fish. If you include the water, a bucket would weigh at least forty or fifty kilograms.

It would be fine if they just carried the things for a short while, but the village chief said that there was a market not far from Qingshui Village, and it would take an hour to walk there. The two of them would each carry 100 kilograms of things and walk for an hour...

Qiu Ruoran suddenly regretted her act of being thankful that she didn't have to go out to harvest wheat in such hot weather.

If you really think about it, they might as well be harvesting wheat!
After all, they were paid piecework wages for harvesting wheat, one pound was one dollar, but if they couldn't sell more than half of the fish, they would not get a penny.

"Village chief, do you have any means of transportation here?" Qiu Ruoran asked with a bitter face.

If they really have to carry 100 kilograms of things and walk for an hour, they might as well give up the task.

It’s not that they are afraid of hard work, but they have self-awareness and know that it is impossible to complete the task. After all, they only have five hours.

If they are carrying heavy objects, it may take them two hours to complete a one-hour journey. Even if there is no fish when they return, it will still take another hour, which means more than three hours round trip. They only have less than two hours to sell the fish.

If it can be sold, it’s fine. But if it can’t be sold, wouldn’t it be a waste of effort?
The village chief hesitated for a moment, then pointed to the tricycle lane next to him and said, "I can lend it to you, but not for free."

"how much is it?"

"Fifty."

Qiu Ruoran: “…” Fifty just to borrow a car?

And it’s an old-fashioned tricycle that doesn’t consume any fuel or electricity!
Although she thought it was very expensive, Qiu Ruoran didn't say anything because she knew that a normal person wouldn't have to pay for borrowing a car, at most they would just have to pay for the gas.

But old-fashioned tricycles don’t consume much fuel, so it’s impossible to spend money.

Since the village chief said so, it must have been arranged by the director.

"Jinjiu, what are you going to do?" Qiu Ruoran had no money on her, but she was not sure whether Jinjiu had any money, so she could only ask for her opinion first.

"Wait a minute." Jin Jiu looked at the village chief, "Is the rent of fifty a day's price? Or a round trip price?"

The village chief was a little embarrassed.

Because just like Qiu Ruoran said, how could a normal person pay money to borrow this old tricycle?

He also follows the mission.

But he originally thought that the rent of fifty yuan was too expensive, and now he was embarrassed to say that fifty yuan could only be used for a round trip, so he thought about it and said, "Fifty yuan can be used for a day."

Jin Jiu asked again as if to confirm: "Does one day mean until twelve o'clock tonight, or until this time tomorrow?"

Village Chief: "...Of course it's 24 hours. Just return it to me before this time tomorrow."

"Okay, fifty change please." Jinjiu took out another hundred-dollar bill.

When the village chief saw Jinjiu taking out the money, he was slightly stunned, but he still took the money and went back into the house. After a while, he took out fifty yuan and handed it to Jinjiu.

When the village chief went to get the money, Jinjiu had already moved all four buckets onto the tricycle. Qiu Ruoran wanted to lend a hand, but she tried to lift them, and then found that although she could barely lift the buckets, she couldn't lift them to the height of the tricycle.

Helplessly, she could only watch Jinjiu put one barrel in each hand and it only took two trips to put the four large barrels on the tricycle.

After getting the money from the village chief, Jinjiu naturally got on the tricycle.

Qiu Ruoran looked at the tricycle, slightly stunned.

"Get in the car." Jin Jiu saw Qiu Ruoran didn't respond for a long time and couldn't help but remind him.

Qiu Ruoran let out an "ah" and looked at the tricycle in embarrassment.

"I'd better walk." Qiu Ruoran's idea was very simple. There was a total weight of 200 kilograms on the bike. It was not easy for a weak girl like Jinjiu to ride a bike while carrying such a weight.

Although I am a star and weigh less than 90 pounds, it is equivalent to the weight of two buckets.

The weight of three hundred kilograms is undoubtedly more strenuous.

"It's okay, get in the car and don't waste time."

"Okay, okay."

Since Jin Jiu said so, Qiu Ruoran had no choice. She couldn't really waste time here, so she got on the car carefully, then found an empty seat and sat down, holding the railing tightly, for fear that she would be bumped off.

"Hold on tight." Jin Jiu reminded him. Before Qiu Ruoran could react, he suddenly felt a strong gust of wind whistling past him.

The strong wind blew her hair away and covered her face.

Fortunately, Qiu Ruoran didn't put on much makeup, otherwise she would be sweating and her hair would be stuck to her face, and her face would definitely be a mess.

Qiu Ruoran felt the roar of the strong wind. She was so confused and shocked that she couldn't help but hold on to the railing even tighter, so much so that she couldn't even free up a hand to fix her hair.

Behind him, several cameramen were stunned as they watched the tricycle shoot out like a rocket.

They looked at the two guests' receding backs, looked at each other, and then hurriedly ran to the program crew's special car to catch up.

At the same time, the barrage was full of confusion.

[No, can anyone explain why someone can ride a tricycle at the speed of a motorcycle? ]

[Damn! Isn't this Jinjiu really that strong? She can lift four 50-jin buckets of water just by saying so. The ease with which she lifts water makes me seriously doubt that she can even lift me up like a little chicken!]

[So, the guy above, why do you say you are a little chicken? ]

【Hahahaha, I am dying of laughter. The cameraman must be confused. You can tell from this shot. This bumpy scene shows that he hurriedly got into the car to catch up... No, you guys drive a fuel-consuming four-wheeled vehicle, but you can't catch up with the three-wheeled vehicle powered by human legs?】

Although the last comment seemed to be a joke and many people found it unlikely, maybe, it seemed, or seemed, that was the fact.

Because it was a country road, the program crew's van had to be careful when chasing the tricycle, for fear of accidentally driving into the ditch.

Soon, they caught up with Jinjiu's tricycle. Before the driver could breathe a sigh of relief, the cameraman behind them hurriedly urged: "Why are you standing there? Keep chasing! How can we broadcast live when we can only see their backs now!"

If you want to blame someone, just blame them for forgetting to focus the camera on the tricycle or the guests, otherwise they wouldn't have to chase so hard!

Chasing a thief isn’t that difficult!
(End of this chapter)