When Talihaal and the others arrived, Jade Mountain River still had not recovered from his excitement and bewilderment.
He was about to own a tractor?
He could not wait to tell Talihaal about it.
They could buy tractors?
This time, Talihaal, Bek, and the other young and able-bodied men all grew excited.
"I can buy one! I can buy one!" Talihaal shouted. "A tractor can get up to our winter camp! It can't reach other people's, but it can reach ours!"
The others, who had been just as excited, suddenly fell silent.
Right, what would they use a tractor for once they brought it back? Cutting grass and hauling things, wasn't it? If a tractor could not even reach their winter camp, what use would it be?
Harimu's, Jade Mountain River's, and Talihaal's winter camps were the closest to the outer mountains, and tractors could reach them. Everyone else's winter camps were farther away and inaccessible to tractors.
"How much does a tractor cost? How are you buying yours, Jade Mountain River?" someone asked.
"Li Long said these hides of mine are enough." Jade Mountain River pointed at the hides inside the house. "I was thinking that after we finish cutting grass and return to the Summer Pasture, I'd hunt some more things to bring back."
"Then, Li Long, take a look at my things. How much are they worth?" Talihaal eagerly took his things off his horse, then added, "I'm not saying I want your money for these. I'm just asking. These are in exchange for you renovating my winter camp..."
The others also unloaded what they had brought on horseback and laid everything out around Li Long, wanting his assessment.
"Were the winter camps all all right?" Before looking at their things, Li Long asked everyone.
"Good, good,