When Lin Dong opened his eyes, it was already the next morning.
In his ears.
He heard some low noises from downstairs.
With Lin Dong's current hearing, although it was better than before, with the wall separating them, he could not hear clearly what was being said outside. He could only hear the movements.
Lin Dong opened the door and found that Zhang Degui had arrived. He was waiting outside with a few other men. Each of them was sitting on their own motorcycles and talking softly.
"Aiya, did I disturb your rest? We wake up in the middle of the night to pick vegetables. We are used to waking up early. I told them not to come too early, but they are in a hurry to send the herbs over. They are afraid that you will not accept them after you have collected enough! " Zhang Degui introduced the few men to Lin Dong. They were all from the surrounding villages. They were going to sell the herbs in the town. Two of them were the son and nephew of the old lady who sold the herbs yesterday. They did not need Zhang Degui to come to collect the herbs. They were afraid that Zhang Degui would lower the price because of the middleman's fees. So, they came to him early in the morning.
"I am not afraid of a lot. As long as it is on the list, the more the better. I need a lot of herbs. Uncle Zhang, you can rest assured and collect them." Lin Dong checked the authenticity of the herbs and paid. In front of these people, he took out a stack of money from the house. There was a total of 5,000 yuan and he handed it to Zhang Degui.
"This is?" Zhang Degui's hands were trembling. He could vaguely guess what Lin Dong meant.
"I will be going to the city in two days. I might have to go to Dong Mountain. Help me collect the herbs first. If the money is not enough, give me a call. In addition, as long as the herbs are really wild and not fake, you can also collect herbs that are not on the list. There is no limit. If it is on the list and the quality is especially good, I can add 50% or even double the price. " As soon as Lin Dongyi handed over the important task of collecting the medicinal herbs to Zhang Degui in front of everyone, this middle-aged man who originally had a bitter and lifeless appearance, in a split second, was like a withered tree that had come back to life, glowing with boundless vitality, and his entire person became spirited.
Zhang Degui patted his chest and promised that he would do a good job for Lin Dong.
Lin Dong patted him on the shoulder and said to the men who came with him, "I'm very busy, so I might not be home. You guys can just hand the herbs to Uncle Zhang. Uncle Zhang is a good person, so I trust him!"
The words "I trust him" made Zhang Degui's slightly hunched back straighten up.
The hands holding the money were shaking badly.
When he put it into his trouser pocket.
He tried to stuff it in several times, but it still wouldn't go in.
Zhang Degui tried his best to pretend to be serious, but he couldn't help but smile from his big front teeth.
Lin Dong's cell phone rang. It was the class monitor. When he turned around to answer the call, several men who came with him surrounded Zhang Degui. They first apologized, saying that it was not that they didn't believe Zhang Degui, but they just came to find out who he was. Then they flattered Zhang Degui, making him feel very comfortable.
"Who do you think our boss is? He's Ms. Tang's grandson. You've all seen him. How can he be an ordinary person? How can he be like anyone else? Besides, if Teacher Tang hadn't come to our rural area and taught for decades, would there have been generations after generations of children who would have gone out? You guys, it's not like you don't know Ms. Tang. Don't let your imaginations run wild. Don't you think people will laugh at you? Tell me, what kind of family education does our Little Boss have? What kind of character is he? Can he be like what you think? Really! " Zhang Degui's voice was loud and clear now. He seriously criticized his friends who he didn't trust in the beginning.
"Ms. Tang taught me before. Although she wasn't the form teacher, she taught us music. She played the erhu so well that I could hear it!"
"Yes, I heard it too …"
"My dad even let her lead a performance at the commune when he was young!"
"If that's the case, then I'll go into the mountains in the afternoon. I know a place where the herbs grow really well. I'm sure Little Boss will be satisfied!"
Originally, Lin Dong was just going to collect some herbs and make a few Vitality Pills to exchange with Lu Guoqiang and the others. However, after coming back and seeing the price and efficacy of the herbs in his hometown, he decided to go all out. Anyway, making more Vitality Pills was not a bad thing. In order to speed up the process of collecting herbs, Lin Dong not only sent Zhang Degui to run errands in Yuxi, but he also went to other towns to collect herbs.
He ran around for two days.
Lin Dong went to almost all the towns in Pinghu City and collected a lot of herbs. If he didn't have a storage ring, he would probably have to rent a pickup truck to store them all. The total cost was less than thirty thousand yuan. It was as cheap as firewood.
When Lin Dong collected the herbs, sometimes he couldn't help but give an extra hundred yuan to the old ladies and grandpas who were selling them as a reward for their hard work.
The only thing that gave Lin Dong a headache was that there were a few essential herbs that he couldn't collect.
He went to many places. The class monitor was also helping to find them at Dong Mountain.
Finally.
Lin Dong almost gave up.
He was going to replace them with other herbs and slightly reduce the efficacy of the Vitality Pill … He didn't expect the class monitor to be so helpful. He found some clues at the border of Dong Mountain and Pinghu in Dragon-rock Town. The class monitor paid a high price on the Internet, used the bounty method, and used the powerful human search function to finally find the three herbs.
After learning the clues, Lin Dong rushed over and bought them at a high price.
Of course, this high price was relative to the countryside.
When the old lady heard that this medicine could save people, she almost asked Lin Dong to poach her without asking for money. Lin Dong let the kind old lady offer a price and said that it was a good herb. Although she offered a price, she was very embarrassed to ask for five hundred. In the end, Lin Dong took the initiative to increase it to one thousand.
"Fortunately, I've finally gathered the last three medicinal herbs." Lin Dong's troubles for the past two days were completely eliminated, especially the purple-backed cycad flower. This thing was very difficult to get. It would take at least ten years to bloom. Even if there was one, he didn't know where to find it. In order to find it, the class monitor kept increasing the reward on the Internet. He promised a lot of money before he got the news from a netizen. Different from the kind old lady, this netizen asked for an exorbitant price. However, Lin Dong didn't care. In a small place like the village, no matter how greedy a person was, there was a limit to his greed. He directly threw out three thousand yuan to get the other party. Once the herbs were prepared, the Vitality Pill could be refined. At that time, he could squeeze the money from Lu Guoqiang and the others!
"I also have a lot of mountain herbs here. I'll bring them to you tomorrow!" The class monitor was very happy to be able to help Lin Dong. Moreover, she liked to see him fight for the future.
"Aren't you going to help your aunt?" Lin Dong was puzzled.
"I failed to open up the European market. Aunt's perfume company will have to lay low for a while. I have nothing to do now." The class monitor said that he was very free, so she wouldn't tell him that she abandoned her duties and became a deserter. This made her aunt very angry, and she threatened to punish her according to the family law.
Isn't it just scratching an itch?
Who's afraid of who!
Other than her mother, Sister Ming Ge wasn't afraid of anyone at home!
Aunt was just an older bestie in the name of an elder. If she really angered her, she would tear her bestie apart!
"Then you come. Be careful on the road." After returning to his hometown, Lin Dong was much more open-minded. He wasn't as worried as before. Moreover, Sister Ming Ge was quite good with words. Let her continue to be the awe-inspiring class monitor! Lin Dong's casual words of concern made the class monitor so excited that he couldn't sleep well. The next day, he almost turned into a panda.
He wanted to leave immediately, but he didn't expect that there would suddenly be a fax from Europe asking for more samples.
Aunt couldn't care less about tearing her bestie apart. She grabbed Sister Ming Ge tightly and wouldn't let her go.
There was no other way.
He could only help her finish the introduction of the samples and translate them.
"Damn French rooster!" The class monitor's resentment instantly surpassed Sadako. He was just short of making a cursed phone call to the fickle Gauls.
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