Buying the tractors was not much trouble. Driving them back took some time, but time was all it took.
When they returned to the Big Courtyard, they ran into another buyer from the Corps looking for a harvester. Li Long no longer had enough harvesters in the yard, so he could only let this farm machinery operator from a Corps company take one away. Xie Yundong took one too, while Liang Dacheng did not.
Li Long promised to deliver one to him in a few days, but Liang Dacheng declined. He said he would drive his tractor over in a couple of days to collect it himself. There was no need for Li Long to make the delivery and go to all that trouble.
Li Long had originally wanted to keep the two of them for a meal, but the harvester buyer put an end to that plan. Xie Yundong and Liang Dacheng were beside themselves with excitement over their new "oversized toys" anyway. Neither wanted to stay; all they wanted was to get home.
When the two tractors puttered back to the Fourth Team one after the other, Many People had already heard about them. Even so, the sight of the brand-new tractors pulling into the yards still stirred plenty of envy.
Once people learned that Li Long had helped buy both tractors, that both would come with harvesters, and that they would later go to other townships to earn money harvesting wheat, the villagers' reactions revealed their true colors.
In fact, several of the people who had gone with Li Long to weave Taibazi a few times had had a chance to end up like Xie Yundong and Liang Dacheng.
As soon as the tractor entered the yard, Liang Dacheng's parents brought out water and started wiping it