Chapter 150: Medicine Thief
"If you have money, what should you do if you have a few extra bags?" Li Fugui pointed to Astragalus on the ground and asked.
All the Astragalus was packed together in a total of fifteen bags, but they only had twelve people. If each person had one bag, three more bags would eventually come out. For rural people, carrying about 100 pounds is not a problem. The key is that because the astragalus has roots, it cannot be packed in one bag. It will be particularly inconvenient to carry two bags at a time to walk on the mountain road. If you accidentally fall, it will be more cost-effective.
"I'll carry two bags." Li Youqian said casually. Now he is as strong as a cow, and it should be no problem to carry one or two hundred pounds.
"I'll have two bags too." Li Erhu also spoke. His physique looked stronger and he often did heavy farm work, which allowed Li Erhu to develop a strong body. In his forties, he even looked more energetic than those young men in his twenties and thirties.
"Then give me the last bag." Seeing that the last bag was left, Li Fugui also took the initiative to take another bag.
"Dad, if you are not good at your health, don't show off. One pack is enough." Li Youqian quickly stopped Li Fugui. It doesn't matter if he and Li Erhu are strong and carry more bags, but Li Fugui is different. He is old and his physical strength is not as strong as before. Besides, he had a sprained waist last time, and his body will definitely not be able to bear such a heavy job.
In fact, if it weren't for the lack of manpower, Li Youqian wouldn't have let Li Fugui carry a bag of it.
"I don't carry it. You can't just put the last bag here? It's all money that I've dug up after finally," said Li Fugui. He had suffered a lot in the past and was very important to money. Even though Li Youqian has made money now, Li Fugui's life is still extremely frugal and will never waste money like some nouveau riche.
"Brother Gui, it's just a bag of Chinese medicine, it's not a valuable thing. Even if it's put here, it won't be thrown away. When we come here again tomorrow, it's all over." Li Jintao persuaded, as if he didn't care about these Chinese medicines.
"That's right, what's the point of doing that? Tomorrow is not coming." Some villagers echoed. Everyone is familiar with this mountain road. The mountain road that goes back from here is rugged. Carrying two bags of astragalus can hardly even walk on the road, so no one of these villagers is willing to take a chance.
"Uncle Huzi, otherwise you can put your bag here as well. I will find two more people tomorrow, which should be enough to transport all these Chinese medicines down the mountain." Li Youqian said after pondering for a moment.
He agreed with what these villagers said, anyway, these Chinese medicines cannot be taken directly, and there is no one in the wilderness, so I will never lose it if I put them on.
"It's okay, I can do it!" Li Erhu waved his hand and said indifferently.
"Uncle Huzi, just listen to me. Put this bag here and let's come again tomorrow." Li Youqian persuaded again.
"You little brat, why don't you look down on your uncle?" Li Erhu stubbornly glared at Li Youqian and said, "He is also very stubborn, and he must do what he has determined."
"Uncle, I didn't mean that." Li Youqian explained quickly.
"What's the point? Let's go." Li Erhu said, carrying two bags of astragalus and walking towards the mountain first.
Seeing this, Li Youqian was a little helpless. Since he could not persuade Li Erhu, he had to let Li Erhu go.
"Everyone should carry it. Be careful when walking and don't fall. It's okay if the medicinal material is broken, so people must not get into trouble." Li Youqian reminded everyone, watching the villagers carry a snakeskin bag of Astragalus back along the mountain road.
After all the villagers set off, Li Youqian carried two bags of Astragalus and followed behind.
"Da Hei, follow me. If something happens, remember to remind me." Li Youqian ordered Da Hei. He was still a little afraid of the evil wolf. If he was walking by himself, it suddenly popped up for Li Youqian to come for a moment, then Li Youqian would be so sad.
In the evening, the weather was much cooler, and occasionally a breeze blew, driving away the heat in the body. Two days before noon, everyone's speed of going down the mountain increased a lot. Before nightfall, Li Youqian and the others had already returned home.
After dinner, Li Youqian began to check the market price of astragalus this year on the Internet, intending to find a suitable buyer to give these astragalus. However, before he could ask about the price online, Lin Muran called.
"Hey, You Qian, have you dug up the astragalus from the mountain?" Lin Muran asked. After discovering the astragalus, Li Youqian once told her that she would take people up the mountain to dig. This day passed, and Lin Muran didn't know if Li Youqian had put it into practice.
"I have already brought everyone back to the large area. I am about to find a buyer to sell these things." Li Youqian replied. There is nothing to hide in these.
"You don't have to look for it anymore. I've found it for you. After you dig out all the astragalus, you can call me. I will take someone to buy it at that time." Lin Muran said directly.
"Oh, okay." Li Youqian agreed. Lin Muran helped him find a buyer, saving him a lot of effort. Moreover, Li Youqian believed that Lin Muran would definitely not lose money to herself. It doesn't matter who she sold to anyone she wanted.
After chatting for a few more times, they hung up the phone. Li Youqian continued to browse the web pages online for a while, and then went back to his house.
Li Youqian was doing routinely. He checked the extraction of spiritual liquid in the Shennong Cauldron. He saw that the watch was already past ten o'clock. It happened that Li Youqian was a little sleepy and went to bed early.
Although the countryside has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to before, there is still a big gap compared to the city. Take their Xingfu Village as an example. There are more than 300 households in the village, but only 10 or 20 households have installed air conditioners. Moreover, several of them are just decorations after the air conditioners are installed, and they are usually reluctant to turn on.
Therefore, after dinner at night, villagers who were idle often gathered together in groups to chat and chat, and usually they would not disperse until nine o'clock in the evening or ten o'clock in the evening.
But tonight, the weather was particularly hot and the villagers didn't even disperse until eleven o'clock.
The streets were empty and became quiet and peaceful again.
"Wife, move quickly." A figure suddenly popped out of the house in a farmhouse, and if someone saw it late at night, he might have thought it was a sneaky person.
"I understand, you said it's midnight, why don't you go up the mountain? You're really sick." A bloated village woman put on her clothes reluctantly and kept complaining.
"Shh, whisper, what if someone hears this?" The black shadow said quickly, and he pressed his voice very low, as if he was guilty.
"If you hear it, you will hear it. Who would dare to do anything to us?" said the fat village woman without any concern.
"My aunt, don't be upset. If you didn't need you to help me with lighting, I really don't want you to go." The black shadow begged, "Let me tell you clearly. If we can pull that thing back up the mountain, we can earn at least a thousand yuan."
"Really? Aren't you lie to me?" As soon as I heard that I had money to earn, the fat village woman instantly became awake.
"Auntie, I just lie to you, no one can lie to you at night. Let's leave quickly. We must come back before dawn, otherwise it would be terrible if someone discovered it." The black shadow whispered again.
"Wait a minute, what do you mean? The things on this mountain are shared by all the people in the village. Who dares to say we are not?" The fat village woman asked in confusion. The entire Qinglong Mountain belongs to the collective ownership of Xingfu Village. Who has always discovered the things on the mountain. Therefore, Li Youqian will take them for himself without hesitation after discovering ginseng and astragalus.
"You forgot that I didn't follow Erhu up the mountain during the day. It turned out that the boy Li Youqian had good luck and found a large piece of Chinese medicine on the mountain. I don't know what the Chinese medicine is called, but it should be quite valuable, otherwise the boy Youqian wouldn't have paid us a hundred and fifty yuan a day."
"During the day, the traditional Chinese medicine dug out contains fifteen grain bags. Except for Youqian and Erhu who carried two bags, the others carried one bag, so there is still one bag left on the mountain now. Let's get it down and sell it in the city. Why don't you have to earn a thousand or eight hundred yuan?" The black shadow lowered his voice, and his eyes kept flashing with a greedy light.
"So that's the case. This kid who is rich is really bad. He doesn't want to let us earn some money. Let's go and get the bag of Chinese medicine back as soon as possible. Even if the kid who is rich has compensated us. No one knows that it was done by us anyway." The woman in the village did not feel any shame in her behavior, but took it for granted.
Then, the two opened the door and walked sneakily up the mountain. The mountain road in the dark was not easy to walk. However, for the sake of money, the two of them were very busy, and their speed was faster than during the day. They occasionally slipped to the ground, and they got up and left after slapping them a few times.
It was late at night, and everyone in the village had already fallen asleep. No one noticed two figures, one after another, carrying a bag of things back to the village and disappeared into a farmhouse.
The sun slowly rose from the east, and the sky turned white. The villagers who had already agreed yesterday gathered at Li Youqian's doorstep again, waiting to accompany Li Youqian to go up the mountain to dig astragalus.
Chapter completed!