Chapter 884

When Talihar and those people came over, Yushanjiang was still in excitement and ignorance and hadn't recovered.

He was about to own a tractor?

He couldn't wait to tell Talihar about this matter.

Can buy a tractor?

This time, Talihar, Biek and these young and strong men were all excited.

"I can buy, I can buy!" Talihar shouted. "Our winter shelter, a tractor can drive up! Other people's can't, but ours can!"

Those who were equally excited suddenly stopped talking at this time.

Yes, what is a tractor used for when driven back? Isn't it for mowing grass and hauling things? If a tractor can't even be driven to the winter shelter, what's the use?

The winter shelters of Halimu, Yushanjiang, and Talihar were closest to the outer mountains, so a tractor could be driven to the winter shelter, while other people's winter shelters were relatively far and couldn't be driven to.

"How much is a tractor? Yushanjiang, how are you buying it?" Someone raised a question.

"Li Long said, these skins of mine are enough," Yushanjiang pointed to the skins in the room and said, "I'm thinking that after mowing the grass and returning to the summer pasture, I'll hunt some more things and bring them back."

"Then Li Long, look at these things of mine, how much are they worth?" Talihar couldn't wait to take things off his horse's back, and then added, "I'm not saying these need your money, I just want to ask. These are the exchange for you helping me renovate the winter shelter..."

Others also took off the things they brought on their horses one after another, lined them up around Li Long, wanting him to evaluate them.

"Are the winter shelters all okay?" Li Long didn't look at the things, but asked a circle first.

"Good, good, good, very good!" Talihar said very satisfactorily. "Also used bricks, repaired a pool where water is used, much more convenient to use. I don't even want to go up the mountain, I'm worried that after going up, what if someone moves in?"

"Hahahaha, won't, won't." Someone responded with a smile.

Yes, winter shelters have been like this for years; only in winter do people live there, and in summer they are empty. Under normal circumstances, the medicinal herb pickers in the mountains would at most borrow to stay for one or two nights, and most people wouldn't destroy the things in the winter shelter.

Of course, individual phenomena won't be mentioned.

"Well, as long as you feel satisfied." Li Long squatted down to look at the skins Talihar brought back.

There were quite a few skins, roughly estimated to be at least twenty or thirty, a thick stack.

The first one that met his eyes, or rather the dozen or so on top, were wild goat skins, northern goat skins, argali skins, and roe deer skins. These skins were arranged from small to large, the larger the skins were, the further down they were, and then there were wolf skins, red deer skins, etc.

Most of the skins were residual skins, with bullet holes on the body, but there were also seven or eight full skins.

The most valuable skin was a snow leopard skin—Li Long was wondering, are these things common in the inner mountains?

Seeing Li Long stroking the snow leopard skin, Talihar said somewhat proudly: "This snow leopard, it ran into the sheep pen at night to steal sheep and bit two sheep to death. I heard the commotion and came out and shot it."

It seems that snow leopards are really common in the inner mountains, at least in this era, it's still a bit far from becoming a protected animal.

The sheep pens on the summer pasture side are usually relatively simple, with more made of wood; some people's cattle and sheep even sleep in a circle around the yurt at night. Anyway, the pasture nearby is their own, and there isn't even an enclosure, so the cattle and sheep sleep directly on the ground at night.

So if there are wolves, snow leopards, etc., attacking in the middle of the night, it's relatively easy.

"These skins of yours can buy more than half a tractor," Li Long joked, mainly because there were three bullet holes on that snow leopard skin, and he didn't know if it could be sold for two thousand yuan. Other skins, because they were summer skins, were cheaper than winter skins, adding up to only a thousand or so yuan.

Being able to sell for three or four thousand yuan, isn't that more than half a tractor?

"Good, good, good." Talihar knew that the skins he brought weren't worth much, but now that Li Long said it could buy more than half a tractor, he was already very satisfied.

Pushing the skins in front of Li Long:

"They are all yours—this winter shelter, I am very satisfied, I think our family must be very satisfied too!"

"No, no, no, you already paid for the winter shelter renovation last year, I have to calculate money with you for these," Li Long said hurriedly.

"Did we pay? Why don't we know?" Talihar was stunned for a moment. "No, right?"

"No, no." Others echoed.

Li Long carefully distinguished, and it could be seen that Talihar and the others weren't joking; they really didn't have this consciousness or impression.

Was it what was said when taking the skins last year? They heard it very casually and didn't have an impression?

"Li Long, take these skins," Yushanjiang said. "How about this, our family can drive a tractor, and Talihar's family can also drive one. Now, you take these skins and other things, and then, let's buy the tractor back today or tomorrow. We mow grass, and later, we'll make up for the things in other people's homes."

"Good, good, good, if we can buy the tractor back today, that's the best!" Some people couldn't wait.

Although they only talked about buying tractors for Talihar and Yushanjiang's families, for the tribal people, if their two families had them, didn't it mean other families had them? Anyway, there were only these three families in the whole tribe that could drive tractors in, so they would use them together.

Li Long's tractor was driven over, and everyone took turns driving it, feeling a bit embarrassed. Later, it was Yushanjiang's family's, so there was nothing to be embarrassed about.

"Alright." Li Long didn't say much more.

What these herdsmen brought back from the inner mountains were not only skins and deer antlers, but also bundles of snow lotus—yes, bundles.

Li Long looked at those large bundles of snow lotus; how could this bundle have five?

Fortunately, as Li Long imagined, none of them had roots, leaving the roots for next year to continue growing and blooming.

The very precious Tianshan snow lotus in martial arts novels was placed here just like firewood, which had a bit of a magical feeling.

These people weren't in a hurry either; after putting the things down, they let Li Long comment one by one.

"Biek, these things of yours can be worth about two thousand yuan." Biek brought a dozen skins, as well as two deer antlers and two deer velvet. The deer velvet wasn't small, and the point was here. Also, the skins he brought were mostly full skins, so the value was quite high.

"Ye Erjiang, your things are worth a thousand or so yuan." Li Long looked at the next one again.

He was telling the truth, explaining how much the things brought by the other party were worth, and at the same time explaining why they were so valuable.

The things brought by Ye Erjiang were quite exotic. Besides a large stack of wild goat skins, there were also two pieces of Mahe jasper. These two pieces of jade were very beautiful in color, without black spots, with stone skin, purple-red skin, and green jade material, looking very beautiful.

Both pieces of jade were of the ten-kilogram seed material type, which was also the reason for the high price.

The things brought by others were mostly worth a few hundred yuan, with the least having ten skins.

Li Long could see that in the inner mountains, there were really many wild animals—he guessed that after experiencing this, would the remaining wild animals dare to be active in that pasture?

Probably not, right?

In the end, the things of these dozen or so young and strong herdsmen were added up, more than thirteen thousand yuan!

Worth more than two tractors!

Although tractors had already gone up in price now, more than six thousand each, it was enough.

Li Long roughly counted all the things. Besides Yushanjiang's, there was one snow leopard skin, a dozen wolf skins, a dozen deer skins, forty or fifty wild goat, northern goat, and argali skins, and twenty or so roe deer skins.

There were four pairs of deer antlers, four deer velvet, and two roe deer velvet. Just the deer velvet added up to nearly ten kilograms. Now the price of deer velvet had gone up quite a bit, and two hundred yuan could buy one kilogram of ordinary ones.

Five people brought down snow lotus, with the least bringing back forty flowers. Li Long remembered he had once said he would collect their snow lotus for five yuan. If he paid for all of them, the money he brought definitely wouldn't be enough.

Fortunately, they wanted to buy a tractor, so he could just go back once.

"Yushanjiang, if you have nothing to do today, shall we go buy the tractor now?" Li Long finished counting the things, and his mood was quite good.

"Alright." Yushanjiang was very happy. "Load the things, Talihar, are you buying?"

Since Li Long said it was enough, were they buying together?

"Buying!" Talihar said excitedly. "If we can buy it back today, then we definitely buy..."

"Have you thought about it? After mowing the grass this time, where will you put your tractor?" Biek suddenly raised a question.

These people all quieted down. Yes, the storage of the tractor was a big problem.

The tractor was also very useful during the grass mowing period, for mowing grass and hauling grass. But after mowing, they had to go into the mountains. Would the tractor be destroyed if put in the winter shelter? Or would it be driven away?

After all, the tractor's crank was unified, and it could be driven away with any crank. "Put it in my house," Yushanjiang suddenly said. "My sheep pen side, just put it there."

Right, Talihar, who was frowning just now, smiled: "Right, just put it at the stationing point."

Having solved this big problem, Yushanjiang immediately urged Li Long to go down the mountain quickly.

The young men helped Li Long unload and load the things—what was unloaded were the supplies Li Long brought, which were put into the idle house of Yushanjiang's family. What was loaded first were the things Yushanjiang brought back, as these things had the highest value.

Other skins and things were only loaded partially, and two more people had to be brought, so the jeep really couldn't fit them.

They could only leave some snow lotus and deer antlers behind, and wait until the tractor was driven back to haul these things away.

Yushanjiang told the young men that they could go back, or check their own pastures again, and don't let there be stones or wood inside. After all, there were still stones and wood rolling down from the mountains every year.

Of course, if they didn't want to, hunting was also fine. After all, so many people not only had to eat naan but also meat.

The remaining herdsmen went to find things to do, while Li Long and the others drove the jeep towards the outside of the mountains. Passing Qingshui River, Li Long faintly heard the tractor ringing. Seeing that there was no threshing at the threshing ground, Li Long guessed that Meng Hai should have driven the tractor back and gone to cut wheat for others.

"This village is the village where the person who brought me the message lives," Li Long told Yushanjiang, who was sitting in the passenger seat. "In the future, if I haven't gone up the mountain and you have something, you can also go to the village to find him. His name is Meng Hai. If he's not there, finding He Yuqing is also fine; He Yuqing is the village head."

"Good." Yushanjiang nodded hard.

Yushanjiang rarely went down the mountain; going down the mountain was mainly to go to the animal husbandry team's stationing point to see his wife and children. Or wait until winter to pick people up to the mountain.

Herdsmen in the mountains had their own circle of life; going out to places outside the mountains, they would feel unaccustomed.

Talihar's eyes were full of novelty; there were more villages, the roads were flatter, and on both sides, one could occasionally see people working. When the jeep drove onto the Wuyi Highway, just then a large truck drove past.

"This car is very expensive, right?" Talihar suddenly asked. "Is it much more expensive than a small four-wheeled tractor?"

"Yes." Li Long thought and said, "This truck can be exchanged for more than a dozen small four-wheeled tractors, maybe even more."

Talihar stopped talking.

Li Long first drove the car to the county's acquisition station. There were still quite a few people queuing to sell things at the acquisition station. Li Long honked the horn for people to move aside. He drove the jeep to the back, and after parking, Yushanjiang and Talihar got off and helped Li Long move the ordinary skins into the warehouse.

As for the precious skins like snow leopard skins, half a bear skin, as well as those two pieces of jade and deer velvet, Li Long wanted to take them directly back to the large courtyard.

Other skins were placed here, mainly because he didn't want the large courtyard to have too much smell. After all, it was midsummer, and there were two children.

After returning to the large courtyard and unloading the remaining things, it was almost time for dinner.

Li Long told Sister Yang that he was going to take Yushanjiang and the others out to eat—it wasn't convenient at home.

There was more than one state-run canteen in the county. The large meat canteen was specifically for Han people, and other state-run canteens were Halal. Li Long took Yushanjiang and the others to the Halal canteen to eat a meal of noodles—this was the fastest, and Yushanjiang and the others were also in a hurry.

After eating, Li Long drove the jeep to the Shicheng Agricultural Machinery Factory—he also brought some money when he went home, so it was definitely enough to buy two tractors.

Not only did he want to buy tractors, but he also wanted to buy two barrels of diesel back—Yushanjiang and Talihar could both drive tractors, so he didn't worry about not being able to drive them back. It was just that the procedures were not easy to handle now, so he could only wait until winter.

There were relatively few people at the agricultural machinery factory today. It was the busy farming season now, and those who could afford tractors had already bought them. After all, tractors were very useful during the busy farming season.

As for those who couldn't afford them, they were busy with the summer harvest now and had no time to come and buy.

So when Li Long brought Yushanjiang and the others over to buy, the sales side was really quite enthusiastic—after all, it wasn't easy to have a big customer come.

Li Long drove the jeep over, and the sales side had an impression. Some time ago, Li Long bought a Dongfanghong 75, and the full set of things later was hauled away by a truck. At that time, he found people from the small four-wheeled tractor site to help lift them, and Li Long also distributed cigarettes to everyone.

The salesperson recognized Li Long as soon as he saw him, with a face full of smiles. This person was a lucky star; in these two years, just the tractors Li Long brought to buy were five?

"Buying two small four-wheeled tractors, which factory produces the tractors now, how much horsepower, how much money?"

The ones Li Long and the others bought before were all 12 horsepower, and the size of the tractors wasn't much different, but the ones in front of everyone now were slightly larger than the original ones.

"Yituo's." The salesperson introduced enthusiastically. "Two, right? These tractors were just brought over some time ago, 15 horsepower, more power than the original ones, and they carry a set of attachments at the back, which is also easy to hang things. By the way, buy now, get a full set of tools, more things than in the original toolbox."

Hey, this salesperson also knew how to promote, much better than the original mask-wearing person with a straight face.

"Come, Yushanjiang, Talihar, come and see." Li Long pointed to these tractors and said: "Do you want to try?"

Talihar hurriedly waved his hands. He was a bit unaccustomed, mainly because he dealt with too few people outside and didn't know how to speak.

Yushanjiang hesitated for a moment, and Li Long said:

"Try it, try it to be more at ease." Saying this, he took the lead and walked towards the tractor.

Choosing one that looked untouched, he took the crank and asked the sales staff when preparing to crank:

"Is there oil and water inside?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The salesperson said hurriedly, "Trying it is no problem, this site can run."

The test driving site was the size of two basketball courts. When Li Long cranked, Talihar hurriedly came to help, which was refused by Li Long.

Just kidding, it's not easy to crank in winter, but with his strength, isn't cranking this in summer like playing?

"Tut-tut-tut-tut," the tractor started. Li Long put down the crank and said to Yushanjiang:

"Go up and try."

Yushanjiang hesitated for a moment, went up and sat down.

Li Long pointed to the other one and said to Talihar:

"Come, you crank this one. If it starts, you drive it and try. If it works, it will be yours later."

Listen to these words!

The salesperson wondered if this young man was the child of some leader; being able to drive a jeep over was really not ordinary.

Of course, these words were also not ordinary; this tractor was given away just like that?

Talihar looked at the salesperson, and the salesperson hurriedly said with a smile:

"Try it, try it, try driving it well to be good."

The factory already had a new notice; selling more had bonuses, so they had to promote hard.

Talihar heard this, then walked over, took the crank, and started cranking.

Still a bit nervous. Although he shouted the loudest in the mountains, after coming out of the mountains and arriving here, the timidity in his heart was revealed. When cranking for the first time, the decompression wasn't placed well, the tractor puffed black smoke twice, but didn't start.

Talihar's face turned red all of a sudden.

Yushanjiang over there was already driving the tractor and slowly circling on the site. Li Long could hear that he was in first gear, probably mainly afraid of driving too fast, and if he couldn't control it and hit other tractors, that would be a big trouble.

"No problem, try again." Li Long encouraged Talihar, "It's very normal not to start."

The salesperson didn't laugh, which made Talihar relax a bit; he was still afraid of losing face for Li Long.

Taking a deep breath, he cranked again, and this time it started.

Talihar was like having won a battle, very excited. He placed the crank well and got on the tractor. The original nervousness was gone all of a sudden.

Then drive!

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