Inside the carriage, Zhou Jiao drew "buy" on Zhang Guoqing's palm. Seeing his puzzled expression, she winked at him and continued drawing, "Cheap."

Zhang Guoqing rolled his eyes at her speechlessly, but finally nodded. However, he was thinking about buying older cultivated ginseng; younger ones were worse than radishes.

Zhou Jiao understood what he was thinking and whispered, "No catalyst, no contamination, it's a good deal."

Zhang Guoqing nodded.

Zhou Jiao was worried that his expectations were too high. Feeling uneasy, she took out a purchase order from her pocket and handed it to him, motioning him to take a look at it first.

Zhang Guoqing glanced at her and took it. There were many small words densely written on it: something like "Hashima Toad Oil", "Hericium Erinaceus", "Schisandra Fruit", "Rhodiola Rosea", and "Deer Sinew and Deer Whip"...

Anyway, there are a lot of parts on the deer, including bear paws, bear gallbladders, flying dragons, pine nuts, soft kiwis, pillow top embroidery, etc. Fortunately, she remembered so many names.

If there weren't outsiders present, Zhang Guoqing would have burst out laughing. Why didn't his wife also include the wild grasses from Changbai Mountain?

Seeing this, Zhou Jiao was so angry that she twisted his waist. Don't think she didn't see why he was smiling? Since she came, she had no intention of letting go. In a few years, when the situation became tense, money would be even more useless.

Zhang Guoqing glanced at the snoring Uncle Wang, patted his wife's head comfortingly, and nodded to her affirmatively. This little wild cat's claws are really nimble!

The couple exchanged witticisms silently. After more than three long hours, the carriage finally arrived at a farmyard at the foot of a mountain.

Lin Quan, his nephew, called out from outside the courtyard, and a middle-aged woman with a bright smile came out. Her clothes were completely patchless, so it was clear that Lin Quan's family was well-off.

Especially when I heard the couple mention that they had several children, both boys and girls, all went to school in the countryside, and usually Lin Quan was the only one who drove a horse carriage and worked part-time as an accountant in the production team.

When she entered the outer room, Zhou Jiao first saw the game hanging on the pillar and smelled the aroma of chicken stewed with mushrooms. Then she entered the bedroom and saw a sewing machine. She raised her eyebrows in surprise.

After getting to know Aunt Lin, Zhou Jiao was no longer surprised to learn that, aside from busy farming seasons, she also worked at the village sewing club. Such family conditions were considered high-end anywhere.

"Uncle, you are getting younger and younger. If you stay a few more days this time, my father will be back soon. You two brothers can meet then."

Old Master Wang knew that the father Lin Quan's wife was referring to was his senior brother. His senior brother was used to his freedom and never married. He adopted Lin Quan as both his son and his apprentice.

He smiled and shook his head when he heard that. "I get annoyed just looking at him. Where did that old guy go this time?"

Aunt Lin laughed and said, "Haha... My father hasn't been out for the past two years because the economy hasn't been good. A few months ago, he seemed to be saying that he wanted to go and see Junior Master."

Old Master Wang muttered, "This damn old man didn't even mention it to me. I also want to go see my junior brother."

Lin Quan winked at his wife and asked her to go out and prepare the dishes.

"Master, please have a drink of water first. I made your favorite chicken and mushroom stew. We'll have dinner soon."

Old Master Wang smiled and nodded, "No need to prepare anything special. This is my eldest son, and this young couple are the grandchildren of an old friend of mine. We're all family, so don't make it too extravagant."

After Uncle Wang greeted the couple, Zhang Guoqing and his wife also greeted them.

After lunch, Lin Quan asked Mr. Wang and his son to rest in his master's east room, and vacated his eldest son's bedroom for Zhang Guoqing's family.

After making the arrangements, he went to several nearby businesses before going to work in the afternoon and asked them to wait for everyone to go to work in the afternoon and then take the goods to their homes.

After eating and drinking their fill, they slept until around two in the afternoon. When everyone woke up, Lin Quan's wife had already prepared tea and water. Seeing them come out, she quickly said with a smile, "Master, I have to go to the village later. The child's father will be back in less than half an hour. If you need anything, just go upstairs and look for it."

The few people who came out understood that the other party was avoiding the people who would come later to trade. Although they felt that the other party's caution was unnecessary, they all looked at Master Wang, waiting for his decision.

Old Master Wang nodded and said, "Then come back soon. If the children at home are okay at their grandmother's house, ask them to come back and see me."

"Yeah. I see."

After the others left, Old Man Wang said to Zhang Guoqing, "Those people will come over later. You two can discuss what they want and the price. If you meet a coward, don't be embarrassed to suffer a loss."

Zhang Guoqing nodded: "Okay, I'll see what you mean when the time comes."

Mr. Wang smiled and said, "How much cash do you have with you? If it's more, please lower the price."

Zhang Guoqing had already thought of what to say. He rubbed his head sheepishly, "It's quite a lot. This time when I came back from Beijing, besides a few relatives and elders, a few classmates I'm on good terms with also gave me a lot of money to carry goods. It all adds up to quite a bit, plus I plan to buy some myself, so it's tens of thousands of yuan."

When he said this, Old Master Wang wasn't surprised at all. Instead, Uncle Wang beside him choked on his tea, causing his father to laugh and scold him, "Look at how much you've lost! If you had less, would we have had to run so far?"

Uncle Wang cleared his throat and said, "Dad, that's tens of thousands of yuan, not a small amount of money. Didn't you see that the couple brought their child with only two bags? They are really generous."

"Uncle, I put half of it in my child's schoolbag and sewed the other half in the middle of my luggage bag. Most people can't find it. Actually, a few thousand yuan sounds like a lot, but if you really come across wild ginseng that's three or five hundred years old, there won't be many to buy."

Zhang Guoqing tried to be vague about the amount of money; he wasn't worried about the excessive amount of cash sparking jealousy between the father and son. Zhou Jiao had told him before bed that, judging by Old Man Wang's bulging belly and Uncle Wang's frequent rubbing of it, the Wangs must have brought at least 20,000 yuan.

The Wang family had contributed 20,000 yuan, and it wasn't surprising that he and his friends and family had 50,000 yuan. Zhang Guoqing planned to act on his own for the remaining cash in the next two days.

At the time agreed upon by both parties, Lin Quanxian returned home from the production team, and then many people came to his house one after another carrying black bags.

In the east room, Mr. Wang and Zhou Jiao were appraising the medicine. After the other party quoted a price, Lin Quan began to bargain. Actually, the few people who were able to come here were all familiar with each other, so the prices they offered wouldn't be too outrageous.

People like them, besides selling to purchasing stations at low prices, also sell on the black market in provincial cities. However, the risk of being caught is too great, and they are also worried about being cheated if they go to other places.

Years ago, every August and September, many foreign drug dealers would come to buy. Even the lowest prices were still significantly higher than those offered at the purchasing station. But now, who knows where those people have gone? For two or three years, no major merchants have come.

Those with wealth are reluctant to sell to the purchasing station at a low price. Precious medicinal herbs like wild ginseng and deer antlers, once processed and properly stored, will not spoil and can even save lives in critical moments. Therefore, since no one can exceed the purchase price, they are too lazy to sell at a low price.

Now they heard Lin Quan's message that he would buy whatever the price was, and they knew they had met a big buyer. They all had their own thoughts and quoted a price that was 10% higher than the purchasing station.