After purchasing the gasoline pump, you and your brother-in-law work to install it, getting additional help to do what you do not know how to do. The pump works quite well, saving you much time. For the first time you are able to get enough water on your fields.
But the worldwide oil problem is affecting the use of gasoline in your country. Not only has the price risen, but there is less available because your country is importing less. You have to buy gasoline for the pump and have waited in line for as long as two days, wasting precious time that could have been spent in the fields. There is no more gas right now, but some has been promised in three days. You believe you are close enough to the front of the line to buy gas if it comes (delivery times are unreliable). Your wife comes to see what is taking you so long.
You and your wife discuss whether you should stay in line or leave for home.
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