A second-hand tractor was bought in 1973 for two thousand by the neighboring village. After nearly seven years of use, many parts broke down, and since there was no one in the village who could repair it, it eventually sat idle at the village entrance, rarely used anymore.
Jiang Lai brought money directly to the village manager to negotiate the purchase. Initially, they asked for a thousand, but after Jiang Lai bargained for a while, he managed to get it for five hundred.
"Any lower and they would be reluctant to sell it; five hundred is already the lowest price."
Jiang Lai was exceptionally gifted at bargaining; Xie Jian expected to spend nine hundred but ended up with a large amount left.
After buying the tractor, Jiang Lai asked someone to drive it back. Accompanied by the "tututut" sound of the tractor, it slowly drove into the village, prompting those seated at the village entrance to crane their necks curiously to see, and then they saw a tractor driving in.
