I took Li Yuanyuan with me on my bicycle and we went to No. 120 South Street first, so she could recognize the store.

Then he went to the hospital to get the shop keys from Zhou Qiyuan.

After grabbing a quick bite at a small restaurant, Zhang Cheng led Li Yuanyuan to a place to stay near South Street. They rented a small single room for five yuan a month, which was quite expensive.

The room was quite crowded, so Zhang Cheng found a chair, took out all the money in his pocket, counted out two thousand eight, and handed it to Li Yuanyuan.

"From now on, you'll be collecting treasury bonds in this shop. As for how much to charge per bond... that's up to you."

Li Yuanyuan blinked her big eyes, took the wad of money, and said in a soft voice, "Aren't you afraid I'll take the money and run away?"

"Let him run away!" Zhang Cheng smirked, seemingly unconcerned. "Two thousand eight hundred yuan can make you disappear, so it's worth it."

"Don't worry, I won't run away!"

Li Yuanyuan immediately giggled and carefully put the money away.

"I just saw a vegetable stall nearby. How about I go buy some rice and vegetables, and you stay here for dinner?"

"Forget it!" Zhang Cheng quickly shook his head. Having a meal and a few drinks... if Li Yuanyuan started pestering him again, he wasn't sure he could handle it.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, I'm leaving now!"

Seeing Zhang Cheng stand up to leave, Li Yuanyuan hurriedly asked, "Then, when will you come again?"

"In a couple of days," Zhang Cheng replied casually, and walked out.

He paused as he approached the door.

Li Yuanyuan's heart skipped a beat, thinking that Zhang Cheng had changed his mind and wanted to stay for dinner.

"Oh, right, I'll take this bicycle with me for now, and I'll bring it back to you when I get back to the village!"

"Oh!" Li Yuanyuan's face was filled with disappointment.

Riding that brand-new women's bicycle, Zhang Cheng went straight to the hospital.

Third floor inpatient department.

Uncle Cang and the others didn't have any luggage at all. If they weren't thinking about waiting for Zhang Cheng to come and say goodbye to him in person, they probably would have gone back to the village long ago.

"Brother Dog!"

"Er Gouzi, you've finally arrived!"

As soon as Zhang Cheng entered the ward, it immediately erupted into a lively commotion.

Uncle Mancang looked Zhang Cheng up and down, his face full of emotion: "Er Gouzi, we old guys were able to escape with our lives this time entirely thanks to you."

“Uncle Cang, that’s not right. We all carried you to the hospital together, how can you only take credit for it?” Zhang Cheng walked over with a smile.

"Er Gouzi, you can't say that! We asked the doctor, and you've paid at least 1,500 yuan out of pocket during this month-long hospital stay... My God, 1,500 yuan! That's an incredible favor!"

"Old Hu is right..."

Hearing his uncles' praise, Zhang Cheng felt quite pleased, but he still waved his hand and said, "Uncles, it's getting late, so you can stay at the hospital for another night and go back to the village tomorrow at noon!"

"middle!"

"Whatever Er Gouzi says goes, we'll listen to you!"

"Big Head Bro, Swordsman, you two stay at the hospital tonight. Let Xiao Tao and Shengzi get a good night's sleep at the guesthouse," Zhang Cheng instructed.

"become."

"Brother Dog, Brother Dog!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a series of urgent shouts rang out from outside the ward.

"Is that the voice of Wei Guo?"

"Why is he here? Did he collect enough Panax notoginseng and Polygonatum?"

Zhang Jianhao, with his sharp ears and quick reflexes, was the first to dash out of the ward and wave to Zhang Weiguo, who was still shouting in the corridor: "Weiguo, over here!"

Zhang Weiguo, his face filled with anxiety and a hint of anger, rushed over, panting heavily. "Jianhao, where's Brother Gou?"

"It's inside!"

When Zhang Jianhao saw Zhang Weiguo's anxious appearance, his heart skipped a beat, and he knew that something must have happened.

Zhang Weiguo rushed into the ward and saw Zhang Cheng. His face was contorted with rage: "Brother Gou, the herb purchase has been ruined!"

"What the hell?" Zhang Jianhao's expression changed instantly.

Zhang Da Nao rushed up to Zhang Weiguo in a flash, his eyes wide and his anger blazing: "You explain yourself! How did a perfectly good herb business fall through?"

Zhang Cheng hadn't told them about the herb business stopping yet, no wonder they reacted so strongly.

Zhang Weiguo gritted his teeth, his face full of resentment: "It's those bastards from Wang Village! They left the village earlier than us, going everywhere to collect herbs, and they offered 50 cents more per pound than we did!"

"Damn it!" Zhang Jianhao cursed, his teeth grinding in anger. "When I get back to the village, I'll kill these bastards!"

Zhang Da-nao narrowed his eyes. Although he was also angry, he was more composed than Zhang Jianhao. He stared at Zhang Weiguo and asked, "Why would the people from Wang Village suddenly go to collect medicinal herbs?"

“It was that kid Wang Jian.” Zhang Weiguo couldn’t have been more aggrieved. “Wang Jian told people that a box of Polygonatum sibiricum sold in the county costs twenty yuan… saying we’re making money unethically and without conscience!”

Well!

The ward fell silent, and everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

If you really calculate it that way, Zhang Cheng's previous offer of a gift box of Polygonatum at twenty yuan a box seems a bit greedy.

"They offered 1.5 yuan to buy it, why don't you offer 2 yuan? You're so stupid!" Zhang Jianhao cursed.

Zhang Weiguo explained with a bitter face, "Back then, Brother Gou and the old village chief held a meeting and decided on a purchase price of one yuan per kilogram... How could I have the guts to change the price myself!"

"Idiot!" Zhang Jianhao was so angry he wanted to slap Zhang Weiguo. Was this guy's brain made of wood? Couldn't he even think straight?

"Alright!"

Zhang Cheng smiled and interrupted them, "If they want to take it, let them take it."

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