The next day, Wei Tianxing hurried over to Li Long's courtyard on his tractor. The tractor would not fit inside, so he could only park outside.
Gu Xiaoxia had gone to work, Sister Yang had gone to sell meals, and Han Fang had gone to school. Li Long was alone in the courtyard.
There was also a harvester already set out. Li Long had given it a quick wipe, and it looked very, very new.
Excitedly, Wei Tianxing handed a stack of Great Unity notes to Li Long.
Li Long took the money, counted it to confirm there were 550 yuan, then put it away.
"Drive the tractor unit in. We'll mount the harvester for you, then I'll explain how to operate it and take it off."
Wei Tianxing had thought Li Long would simply let him haul the harvester away and leave him to figure out the rest. Technically, he was competing with Li Long for business.
He had not expected Li Long to explain everything in detail. Li Long had already said yesterday that he would teach him to operate it, but Wei Tianxing had thought he was just being polite.
He really was going to teach me.
That's great!
Wei Tianxing hurried to drive the tractor unit inside. Next, Li Long demonstrated how to mount the harvester on the bumper beam at the front. Newly purchased tractors around here all had a horizontal length of railway rail at the front to serve as a bumper.
That thing could also take various farm implements, since it had a sliding track and holes for bolts.
Watching Li Long expertly mount the harvester, Wei Tianxing felt a little envious. When would he become that skilled?
"Here, give it a try yourself first. Once you can mount it, we'll put on