Chapter 173 Even when my brother travels the martial world, he's afraid of being attacked.

Upon seeing Qin Suisui arrive, Su Yunyi hurriedly went to greet her with her notebook: "Suisui, take a look, most of the medicinal herb seedlings we ordered have arrived. I checked, and the quantities are all correct."

They planted many kinds of medicinal herbs in their experimental fields, but planting too many would be inconvenient. Qin Suisui discussed it with the brigade and finally chose to plant only lemongrass, patchouli, and mugwort for the first batch, which would be easier to manage.

Qin Suisui nodded, and with her sharp eyes, picked out several bunches of yellowed and wilted medicinal herb seedlings from the pile and threw them out: "These are all unacceptable."

Mai Defu and Li Haisheng were heartbroken: "Oh dear, what a waste to lose so much! We have so much land to cultivate!"

Qin Suisui explained with a smile, "These seedlings must have been damaged during transport. Not only will they not survive if planted, they may also be susceptible to pests and diseases, affecting other healthy seedlings."

Upon hearing that it would harm other good seedlings, the two team leaders immediately stopped caring: "Good riddance! Good riddance! It's better to avoid one bad apple spoiling the whole bunch!"

Su Yunyi quickly cleared everything aside and then picked up her notebook to check: "We specifically ordered more when we placed the order to prevent this from happening. Even if these are lost, we still have enough medicinal herb seedlings."

"Great! Great! Thank you so much! Oh, thanks to you all! Our brigade can also benefit from this wave of good news!" Li Haisheng rubbed his hands together, his face beaming with joy.

Madford tapped his pipe and snorted coldly: "You knew it would be like this, so you know what to do when it comes to the year-end performance evaluations, right?"

Li Haisheng's smile widened: "Uncle Defu, this evaluation and commendation is a matter for the whole brigade. I can't make the decision on my own. You are also the brigade leader. You know that people in our position may seem glamorous, but in reality, we are very constrained in everything we do!"

As he spoke, he sighed.

Medford glanced at him sideways and rolled his eyes. This kid has been a little fox since he was a child!

No one paid attention to the fight between the two. Sun Ruwen ran to the tractor outside, picked up a small basket, and handed it to Qin Suisui: "Sister Suisui, take this and eat."

Qin Suisui was stunned for a moment: "What is this?" After saying that, she lifted the cloth on top and found that it was several bunches of red and purple grapes.

"Brother Ruwen, where did you get so many grapes?"

“I picked them from the mountain in our brigade. I saw that you liked them last time, so I picked a little extra.”

Qin Suisui smiled and accepted it: "Then thank you very much, Brother Ruwen."

"You're welcome. After all, it was my fault before. As long as you can forgive me, I'm willing to do anything."

Qin Suisui choked on her own saliva. Looking at Sun Ruwen's smiling, fox-like eyes, she really didn't know what to say, so she could only chuckle in response.

On the other side, Li Haisheng watched as Qin Suisui accepted the grapes handed to him by Sun Ruwen, and his eyes narrowed with laughter. "Well done, this educated youth Sun has finally become more perceptive. She knows to cultivate a good relationship with Comrade Qin to bring benefits to the brigade!"

He was filled with passion. Originally, the Guangmingding Brigade had the advantage of being close to the source and had the first opportunity to plant medicinal herbs because of its geographical location. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and had a positive attitude, so he finally caught up with the first batch.

Although their planting area is not as large as that of the Guangmingding Brigade, once they have done it, they will do it again. They became the first batch and achieved results. Are they afraid that there will not be more medicinal herbs to plant in the future?

He glanced at Mai Defu next to him, feeling a little smug. This Guangmingding Brigade was no match for them at all! Not only could they not beat their brigade in the annual evaluations, but this year their brigade's educated youth settlement had produced several major troublemakers, and there was also Li Chunmei who had messed around with men and women. With so many troublemakers, no matter how many or how good the medicinal herbs they grew were, they couldn't compare to their brigade!

At this point, Li Haisheng had completely forgotten that Li Yaobao, the other person involved in the affair with Li Chunmei, was a member of their Hongqiding Brigade.

He was unaware that there was another scourge in their village, namely Sun Ruwen, whom he was now watching with affection.

After the medicinal herbs were inventoried, they needed to be quickly transported to the planting field. The tractor that Sun Ruwen and his team brought was specifically for hauling these herbs. The seedlings couldn't be crushed, and one truckload certainly wouldn't be enough, so he made several trips back and forth.

Looking at the roaring tractor, Madford was so envious he almost drooled. Their brigade didn't have tractors; they could only transport goods by hand using handcarts. Fortunately, the base was located within their brigade, so they could get things done from a distance, which was some consolation.

He nudged Qin Suisui's shoulder with his elbow: "Suisui, do you think our brigade can buy a tractor once we successfully cultivate medicinal herbs?"

Qin Suisui nodded with a smile: "Of course, Uncle! As long as we work hard, maybe our brigade can buy a tractor next year! If we do well, we might even be able to buy two!"

Madford was so excited by her words that he exclaimed, "Really? Next year? Oh my! That's wonderful! Then we'll become the fifth brigade in Jianghui Town to be able to afford a tractor! We can even buy two! That would be a complete transformation for us!"

These days, tractors are big-ticket items, and not every brigade can afford them. Even the Hongqiding brigade only bought one last year.

If the Bright Peak Brigade can really buy two of them at once, they won't be the only ones in the surrounding villages.

Seeing that Medford was lost in his beautiful daydreams, Qin Suisui couldn't help but interrupt him: "Uncle, I'm talking about the case where the crops grow well. You know that natural disasters and man-made calamities are beyond our control. We can only do our best to work hard and leave no regrets!"

"Yes! You're right! I've discovered that you young comrades are truly cultured. Although you speak eloquently, your words are very reasonable! You are indeed educated people!"

Qin Suisui felt awkward for a moment, instantly recalling the times when she was a child and her relatives would chat with her during holidays. She suddenly didn't know how to respond.

Just then, Sun Ruwen arrived in his tractor to pick up the last load. After parking the tractor, Sun Ruwen jumped off and waved to her: "Sui Sui, come here quickly! I have something to ask you!"

Qin Suisui breathed a sigh of relief and rushed over: "What's wrong, Brother Ruwen?"

Sun Ruwen smiled and said, "I think you're just like when you were a kid, like you're trying to kill the conversation, that's why I called you."

When they were children, Sun Ruwen would go to Yang Jiankang's house to play during holidays. At that time, Qin Suisui made a promise with him that when he saw her being pulled aside by her aunts and uncles, he would pretend to have something to do and call her away.

Surprisingly, after all these years, Sun Ruwen still remembers this matter.

Qin Suisui smiled and said, "Indeed, I didn't expect you to still remember this."

"When have I ever forgotten about you?" Sun Ruwen casually pulled out a box of Pechoin face cream from his pocket: "Here, take this. It's fresh from the black market."

Qin Suisui was taken aback: "Why are you giving me this out of the blue?"

"Our brigade leader was extremely displeased when he found out that I had only given you a few bunches of wild grapes. He repeatedly told me to get along well with you. After thinking about it, I could only give you this for now."

Seeing Qin Suisui's surprised face, he quickly added, "By the way, the black market has recently received a lot of good stuff. You can go and have a look when you have time. With your brother here, nothing will happen."

It's too difficult to meet her.

Since Qin Suisui already knew his identity, he no longer cared about anything.

Wenlian had also advised him that Qin Suisui was already married and that they had a good relationship, urging him to give up on her and free up his heart to find a good partner to spend his life with.

But how could he be willing to accept it? How could he bear to part with her? Apart from the little girl who had lived in his heart for more than ten years, he felt that he no longer had the strength to fall in love with anyone else.

He couldn't distance himself from her, nor could he remove her from his heart. From the year he was destitute and sought refuge with Yang Jiankang's family, when he met her, she had become like flesh and blood, growing in his heart and becoming a part of his body. Even if he were to remove her, a large space would still be empty.

For her happiness, he was able to restrain himself from ruining their marriage, and was even willing to stay by her side from afar as her older brother.

Besides, a man like him is already living a life of constant danger, so he shouldn't harm other girls, let alone her.

Qin Suisui thought for a moment. She didn't lack anything recently, but she might be able to find the medicine she needed to detoxify Song Yunlai on the black market.

She thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, the seasonings I bought on the black market last time are almost all used up, so I need to restock. I'll go tomorrow morning."

Thinking back to the time she bought things at the black market in West Fifth Alley, Qin Suisui suddenly realized something. She looked around and then lowered her voice: "Um... the black market in West Fifth Alley isn't yours either, is it?"

Sun Ruwen touched his nose and lowered his voice like her: "Um... besides East Third Alley and West Fifth Alley, South Fifth Alley and North Third Alley are also mine."

Qin Suisui's eyes widened, and she leaned back tactically: "Just tell me, which other black markets aren't yours?"

Sun Ruwen laughed: "Well, I'm not that powerful. But I own most of the black markets in East China, South China and Northeast China. If you ever run into any problems, remember to mention my name and someone will help you."

Qin Suisui was so shocked she couldn't speak. He was treating the black market as a business, based on Qiongtan Island, with influence over most of China!

"Give... give which name?"

Seeing the vivid expression on her face, Sun Ruwen couldn't help but clench his fist and chuckle softly: "It must be...the other one! Even when I'm out in the world, I'm afraid of getting killed, so I have to hide my identity!"