In the warm Sunshine Village, Uncle Li had an electric tricycle, which was his capable assistant. Usually, Uncle Li drove it to transport the fruits from his own orchard to the market for sale. Through wind and rain, the electric tricycle had always been diligent.
day, Uncle Li, as usual, loaded a cart full of red apples and was about to go to the market. As soon as he started the vehicle, he heard a strange “creak” sound coming from the back of the vehicle. He quickly got out of the vehicle to check and found that the fixing U – shaped clamp washer of the rear axle had somehow come loose, and the eight – character hanging ears were also a bit wobbly. The originally stable rear axle now looked precarious. Uncle Li’s heart tightened. What should he do? He was counting on getting a good price today.
Helplessly, Uncle Li decided to go to the village repair shop first. When he arrived at the repair shop, Master Zhang walked around the electric tricycle, knocked on the rear axle, and frowned, saying, “Uncle Li, the fixing U – shaped clamp washer of your rear axle is severely worn. You need to replace it with a new one. I just happen to have a new one here, but it’s a bit troublesome to install. Is that okay?” Uncle Li thought that as long as the vehicle could be repaired, a little trouble didn’t matter, so he quickly nodded and agreed.
Master Zhang started to install the new U – shaped clamp washer. After some fiddling, he finally installed it. Uncle Li thanked Master Zhang and set off again. At first, the vehicle was running smoothly, and Uncle Li secretly rejoiced. But not long after, problems arose. When the vehicle passed through a slightly bumpy road surface, the rear axle suddenly shook violently. Uncle Li was tossed around in the driver’s seat, holding the handlebars tightly with both hands and shouting, “What’s going on! Am I driving a vehicle or sitting on a crazy rocking chair?”
Finally, after getting through this bumpy section of the road, Uncle Li continued to drive forward carefully. When passing by the village square, a group of children were playing. They saw Uncle Li’s electric tricycle shaking like it was drunk and surrounded him, laughing and shouting, “Grandpa Li, your vehicle is performing a funny dance!” Uncle Li didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He wanted to speed up and leave this embarrassing scene, but the vehicle shook more and more severely, and he couldn’t control it at all.
When he reached the only way to the market, a dilapidated dirt road full of large potholes. Uncle Li secretly groaned in his heart. What should he do? He bravely drove in slowly. As soon as the vehicle hit those large potholes, the rear axle seemed to be falling apart, jumping up and down violently. Once, the vehicle jumped so much that several apples on the cart fell off. Uncle Li stamped his feet in distress, thinking, “This is the end. Today’s business is going to fail!” The villagers passing by saw this thrilling scene and stopped one after another. Someone shouted, “Uncle Li, are you performing acrobatics? It’s too dangerous!”
Finally, after struggling out of the dirt road, Uncle Li was exhausted. His hat had been knocked off at some point, and his hair was as messy as a chicken coop. He parked the vehicle on the side of the road, looked at this “culprit” U – shaped clamp washer, and sighed helplessly, “I thought I had repaired the vehicle, but I didn’t expect to invite a ‘troublemaker’ into the vehicle!”
Uncle Li had no choice but to drive the vehicle back to the repair shop. Master Zhang saw Uncle Li’s embarrassed appearance and couldn’t help laughing, “Haha, Uncle Li, it seems that the new U – shaped clamp washer wasn’t installed properly. I’ll fix it again.” Uncle Li nodded repeatedly, “Quick, quick. I don’t want to ride this ‘crazy roller – coaster’ anymore!”
After Master Zhang readjusted and installed the U – shaped clamp washer, Uncle Li set off again. The vehicle ran as smoothly as if it was gliding on the ground. A relieved smile finally appeared on his face. This experience also became a topic of conversation among the villagers of Sunshine Village during their spare time. Every time people saw Uncle Li, they would tease him about that “crazy electric tricycle journey”.