Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When those people from Talihar came over, Yushanjiang was still in excitement and confusion.

Are you going to own a tractor?
He couldn't wait to tell Talihar about this.

Can I buy a tractor?
This time, young men like Talihar and Buick were all excited.

"I can buy it, I can buy it!" Talihar shouted, "We can drive a tractor up to our winter home! Others can't, but we can!"

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

Yes, what is the point of driving a tractor back? Isn't it just to cut grass and pull things? If the tractor can't even reach the winter hut, what is the point?

The winter camps of Halimu, Yushanjiang and Talihar's families are closest to the outer mountains, and tractors can drive to them. The winter camps of other families are relatively far away and cannot be reached by tractors.

"How much does a tractor cost? How do you buy one in Yushanjiang?" someone asked.

"Li Long said that I have enough skins." Yu Shanjiang pointed to the skins in the house and said, "I thought that after I finish cutting grass and return to the summer pasture, I will cut some more and bring them back."

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

The others also unloaded the things they had brought from their horses and lined up around Li Long, wanting him to give their comments.

"Is the winter home all right?" Li Long asked without looking at anything.

"Good, good, very good!" Talihar said very satisfiedly, "They also use bricks and built pools where water is used, which makes it much more convenient to use. I don't want to go up the mountain anymore. I'm worried about what will happen if someone moves in after I go up there."

"Hahahaha, no, no." Someone responded with a smile.

Yes, the winter nest has always been like this. People live there in winter and it is empty in summer. Generally speaking, herb collectors in the mountains would only stay there for one or two nights at most, and most people would not damage the things in the winter nest.

Of course, we won’t talk about individual cases.

"Well, as long as you feel satisfied." Li Long squatted down and looked at the leather that Talihar brought back.

There were quite a lot of leather, roughly estimated to be at least twenty or thirty pieces, a thick pile.

The first one that caught my eye, or the top ten, were all 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, and then there were wolf skins, red deer skins, and so on.

Most of the skins were in pieces, with bullet holes on them, but there were also seven or eight intact skins.

The most valuable skin is the snow leopard skin - Li Long was wondering, are there many of these in the mountains?

Seeing Li Long stroking the snow leopard's skin, Talihar said with some pride: "This snow leopard ran into the sheepfold at night to steal sheep and killed two sheep. I heard the noise and came out to kill it."

It seems that there are quite a lot of snow leopards in the mountains. At least in this era, they are still a bit far from becoming protected animals.

The sheep pens on the summer pastures are usually simple, mostly surrounded by wood; some people even keep their cattle and sheep in a circle around their yurts at night. Since the nearby pastures are all their own, there are not even pens, so the cattle and sheep sleep directly on the ground at night.

Therefore, it is relatively easy for wolves, snow leopards or the like to launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night.

"Your skins can buy half a tractor." Li Long joked. The main reason was that the snow leopard skin had three bullet holes. He wondered if he could sell it for 2,000 yuan. The other skins were summer skins, which were cheaper than winter skins. The total price was just over 1,000 yuan.

It can be sold for three or four thousand yuan, isn't that just half a tractor?
"Okay, okay." Talihar knew that he had brought a lot of skins, but most of them were not worth much. Now that Li Long said that he could buy most of a tractor, he was already very satisfied.

Push the leather towards Li Long:
"It's all yours - I'm very satisfied with this winter home, and I think my family will be very satisfied too!"

"No, no, no, you already paid for renovating the winter nest last year. I want to settle the payment with you for these." Li Long said hurriedly.

"Have we given it? How come we don't know?" Talihar was stunned for a moment, "No?"

"No, no." The others echoed.

Li Long looked carefully and could tell that Talihar and the others were not joking and they really had no such awareness or impression.

These are what I said when I got the leather last year. It sounded very casual to them. Don’t you have any impression of it?

"Li Long, take these leathers." Yushanjiang said, "This way, our family can drive a tractor, and so can Talihar's family. Now, take these leathers and other things, and then we can buy a tractor today or tomorrow, and we can cut grass. Later, we can replenish the things of other families."

"Okay, okay, it would be great if we could buy the tractor today!" Some people can't wait.

Although only the tractors of Talihar and Yushanjiang were purchased, for the tribesmen, if they had one, wouldn't that mean that everyone else had one? After all, there were only three families in the entire tribe that could drive tractors, so they could share them.

Li Long's tractor drove over and everyone took turns driving it, feeling a little embarrassed. But behind them was the Jiang family from Yushan, so there was nothing to feel embarrassed about.

"Okay." Li Long didn't say much.

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

Li Long looked at the big bundle of snow lotus. There should be at least fifty or sixty flowers in this bundle, right?
Fortunately, just as Li Long imagined, the plants had no roots, so as long as the roots were retained, they could continue to grow and bloom next year.

The Tianshan Snow Lotus, which is very precious in martial arts novels, is placed here like firewood, which has a magical feeling.

These people were not in a hurry. After putting the things down, they let Li Long comment on them one by one.

"Buick, these things of yours are worth about 2,000 yuan." Buick brought more than a dozen skins, two deer antlers and two velvet antlers. The velvet antlers were quite large, and that was the point. Also, most of the skins he brought were whole skins, so they were quite valuable.

"Yerjiang, your stuff is worth more than a thousand yuan." Li Long looked at the next one.

He told the truth, explaining how much the things the other party brought were worth, and also explained why they were so valuable.

The things that Yerjiang brought were quite unusual. In addition to a large pile of wild goat skins, there were also two pieces of Mahārāja. The two pieces of jade were of very beautiful quality, without any black spots. They had stone skin, purple-red skin, and green jade material, which looked very beautiful.

Both pieces of jade are seed materials weighing more than ten kilograms, which is why they are expensive.

Most of the things that others brought were worth a few hundred dollars, and the shortest was ten skins.

Li Long saw that there were really a lot of wild animals in the mountains - he guessed that after such an incident, would the remaining wild animals still dare to move around on that grassland?
Probably not anymore, right?

In the end, when the belongings of these dozen young herdsmen were counted, they totaled more than 13,000 yuan!
It’s worth more than two tractors!

Although the price of tractors has increased now, and one costs more than 6,000 yuan, it is enough.

Li Long roughly counted all the things. In addition to the skin from Yushanjiang, there was a snow leopard skin, a dozen wolf skins, a dozen deer skins, forty or fifty wild goat, northern mountain goat, and argali skins, and more than twenty roe deer skins.

Deer antlers have four pairs, velvet antlers have four antlers, and roe deer antlers have two antlers. The velvet antlers alone weigh nearly ten kilograms. The price of velvet antlers has risen a lot now, and you can buy one kilogram of ordinary velvet antlers for two hundred yuan.

Five people brought back snow lotus, and the least one brought back 40 flowers. Li Long remembered that he once said that he would charge them 5 yuan for snow lotus. If everyone paid, the money he brought would definitely not be enough.

Fortunately, they wanted to buy a tractor, so they could go back for a while.

"Yushanjiang, if you have nothing to do today, why don't we go buy a tractor now?" Li Long was in a good mood after ordering the things.

"Okay." Yushanjiang was very happy. "Pack the things. Talihar, do you want to buy it?"

Since Li Long said that’s enough, should we buy them together?

"Buy it!" Talihar said excitedly, "If I can buy it today, I will definitely buy it..."

"Have you ever thought about what you will do with your tractor after we finish cutting the grass?" Buick suddenly asked a question.

The guys quieted down, yeah, tractor storage is a big problem.

Tractors are also very useful during the grass cutting period, they can cut grass and pull grass. But after cutting grass, they have to go to the mountains, and the tractors have to be put in the winter nest. Will they be damaged? Or will they be driven away?
After all, the cranks of tractors are all the same, so you can just pick up any crank and drive away. "Put it at my house," Yushanjiang suddenly said, "It's over at Yanggangzi, so just put it there."

That's right. Talihar, who had frowned just now, smiled and said, "That's right. It would be fine if we put it at the guard post."

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

The young men helped Li Long load and unload things from the truck - the unloaded items were the supplies that Li Long brought with him, and they were put into the spare room in Yushanjiang's family. The first things that were loaded were also the things that Yushanjiang brought back, as these things were the most valuable.

The other leathers and other things were only partially packed, and since there were two people to carry with them, the jeep really couldn't fit them all.

We could only leave some snow lotus and deer antlers behind, and then take them away after the tractor comes back.

Yushanjiang told the young men that they could go back or check their own pastures again to make sure there were no stones or wood in them. After all, there were still stones and wood rolling down from the mountains every year.

Of course, if you don’t want to, you can go hunting. After all, so many people not only need to eat naan but also meat.

The remaining herdsmen went to find things to do, while Li Long and his companions drove the jeep out of the mountain. When passing Qingshui River, Li Long faintly heard the sound of a tractor. Seeing that there was no threshing in the wheat field, Li Long guessed that Meng Hai must have driven the tractor back to harvest wheat for people.

"This village is where the person who brought me the news lives." Li Long told Yu Shanjiang who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, "If I don't go up the mountain in the future, you can go to the village to find him if you have any problems. His name is Meng Hai. If he's not here, you can also find He Yuqing, who is the village chief."

"Okay." Yushanjiang nodded vigorously.

Yushanjiang rarely goes down the mountain, and when he does, he mainly goes to the herdsman's team's stay point to see his wife and children, or waits until winter to bring people up the mountain.

The herdsmen in the mountains have their own living circles. If they go out of the mountains, they will feel uncomfortable.

Talihar's eyes were full of novelty. There were more villages, the roads were smoother, and occasionally people could be seen working on both sides. When the jeep drove onto the Wuyi Highway, a large truck just happened to drive by.

"Isn't this car expensive?" Talihar suddenly asked, "Is it much more expensive than a small four-wheel tractor?"

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

Talihar fell silent.

Li Long first drove the car to the purchasing station in the county. There were still many people queuing to sell things at the purchasing station. Li Long honked the horn to ask people to make way. He drove the jeep to the back and parked it. Yushanjiang and Talihar got out and helped Li Long move the ordinary leather into the warehouse.

As for the precious skins such as the snow leopard skin, half a bear skin, as well as the two pieces of jade and deer antlers, Li Long wanted to take them directly back to the yard.

The other skins are placed here mainly because we don’t want there to be too much smell in the big yard. After all, it’s summer and there are two children.

By the time we got back to the yard and unloaded the rest of the stuff, it was almost time for dinner.

Li Long told Sister Yang that he wanted to take Yu Shanjiang and the others out to eat - it was not convenient at home.

There is more than one state-owned canteen in the county. The big meat canteen is specifically for the Han people, and the other state-owned canteens have halal food. Li Long took Yushanjiang and others to the halal canteen and had a meal of noodles - this was the fastest one, and Yushanjiang and others were also anxious.

After dinner, Li Long drove his jeep to Shicheng Agricultural Machinery Factory - he brought some money home, which was definitely enough to buy two tractors.

Not only do we need to buy a tractor, we also need to buy two barrels of diesel. Yushanjiang and Talihar can both drive a tractor, so we don’t have to worry about not being able to drive it back. It’s just that the procedures are difficult to handle now, so we can only wait until winter.

There are relatively few people at the farm machinery factory today. It is the busy farming season, and those who can afford tractors have already bought them. After all, tractors are very useful during the busy farming season.

As for those who cannot afford it, they are busy with the summer harvest and have no time to buy it.

So Li Long brought Yu Shanjiang and others to buy, and the sales staff was quite enthusiastic - it was so hard to get a big customer.

Li Long drove a jeep here, and I remember the salesperson. Some time ago, Li Long bought a Dongfanghong 75, and he had to find a truck to take away the whole set of things. At that time, he asked people from the small four-wheel tractor site to help carry it, and Li Long also gave everyone cigarettes.

The salesperson recognized Li Long as soon as he saw him, and his face was full of smiles. He said, "This man is a lucky star. In the past two years, Li Long has bought five or six tractors, right?"

"I want to buy two small four-wheel tractors. Which factory produces these tractors? How much horsepower do they have? How much do they cost?"

Previously, Li Long and his team had bought 12-horsepower tractors, which were not much different in size, but the one in front of everyone was slightly larger than the original one.

"One tractor." The salesperson introduced enthusiastically, "Two, right? This tractor was just brought in a while ago. It has 15 horsepower, more power than the original one. It has a set of hanging parts at the back, so it's convenient for hanging things. Oh, and if you buy it now, you will get a set of tools for free. There are more things in the tool box than before."

Hey, this salesperson now knows how to sell. He’s much better than the previous one with a stern face and a mask.

"Come, Yushanjiang, Talihar, come and have a look." Li Long pointed at the tractors and said, "Do you want to give it a try?"

Talihar waved his hands hurriedly. He was a little uncomfortable. The main reason was that he had too few dealings with outsiders and didn't know how to talk.

Yushanjiang hesitated for a moment, and Li Long said:
"Give it a try, it will make you feel more at ease." Then he walked towards the tractor first.

He picked up a machine that looked unused, took the crank, and when he was about to crank it, he asked the salesperson:
“Is there oil and water in it?”

"Yes, yes, yes." The salesperson said hurriedly, "It's okay to try it. This place can be run away."

The test drive venue was the size of two basketball courts. When Li Long was shaking, Talihar hurried over to help, but Li Long refused.

Are you kidding? It’s not easy to shake it in winter. With his strength, wouldn’t it be a piece of cake to shake it in summer?
The tractor started up. Li Long put down the crank and said to Yushan Jiang:

"Go up and try it."

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

Li Long pointed to another one and said to Talihar:

"Here, shake this. Once it shakes, try driving it. If it works, it will be yours in a little while."

Listen to this!

The salesperson wondered if the young man was the son of some leader, as it was unusual for him to come in a jeep.

Of course, this is not an ordinary statement. Can this tractor be given away casually?

Talihar glanced at the salesperson, who smiled and said hurriedly:
"Try it, try it, try it, try it, and then it will work."

The factory has issued a new notice that there will be bonuses if you sell more, so we must sell our products hard.

After hearing this, Talihar walked over, took the handle and started shaking the crank.

Still a little nervous. Although he shouted the loudest in the mountains, once he got out of the mountains and came here, his fear was exposed. When he shook it for the first time, the pressure relief was not done well, and the tractor emitted two puffs of black smoke and failed to start.

Talihar's face suddenly turned red.

Yushanjiang was already driving a tractor slowly circling the yard. Li Long could hear that he had shifted the tractor into first gear. He was probably afraid of going too fast. If he lost control and hit other tractors, it would be a big trouble.

"It's okay, try again." Li Long encouraged Talihar, "It's normal that it can't start."

The salesperson didn't laugh, which made Talihar feel a little relieved. He was still afraid of losing face for Li Long.

He took a deep breath and started shaking again, and this time he succeeded.

Talihar was very excited, as if he had won a battle. He put down the crank and got on the tractor. All of a sudden, his previous nervousness disappeared.

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