When He Chaochao said this, everyone else came over to take a look, and sure enough, they saw that the fire fox's eyes had been pierced by bullets, but its fur was completely undamaged.

Now Li Xiangdong couldn't help but admire Li Jin. It seemed that his marksmanship was nowhere near his father's level!

Old Cui laughed heartily, "Today I just went to set up wild boar snares, but I didn't expect to have such a good harvest! Squad leader's marksmanship is still as good as ever!"

Niu Santiao looked on with envy, "That fox fur pelt could sell for at least a hundred yuan!"

Li Jin smiled smugly, "Not for sale, I'll take it home and make a scarf for my family!"

The family member in question is referring to Zhao Sufang.

The men helped Li Jin peel off the fox fur, while the women busied themselves cooking in the kitchen.

Dinner was exceptionally lavish, featuring braised leopard-shaped potatoes, crayfish tofu, stir-fried eggs with wild garlic, cornbread, and elm mushroom dumplings that were specially saved from lunch.

Dumplings and wine go hand in hand; the more you drink, the better.

Old Cui slurped down a small bowl of loose soup with a "slurp," then picked up a hot dumpling, chewed it twice, swallowed it, and exclaimed loudly, "So satisfying!"

When the wine had flowed freely, Li Xiangdong revealed his plan to acquire ginseng.

Old Cui's eyes widened, and he patted Li Jin on the shoulder, "I knew it! So that's why our squad leader came back! He's here to buy ginseng!"

Li Jin ate the female leopard with a smile, without saying a word.

He thought to himself, "I thought my son was simply taking me back to the old place and to escape the summer heat!"

Who knew he came specifically to buy ginseng!

Old Cui shook his slightly dizzy head, trying to clear his head. "Dongzi, although we now have a household responsibility system, we still have a quota for the ginseng we sell to the medicinal herb company every year. We have to meet the quota. As for the rest, everyone will sell it directly to the medicinal herb company to be on the safe side."

"However, recently a group of people from Yangpi'ao have been secretly trading ginseng and selling it at higher prices."

At this point, he hesitated for a moment, "Dongzi, your father and I are not outsiders, so I'll be frank with some things. The leader of Yangpi'ao is called Xu Yunfeng. He's a young man in his late twenties, capable and hardworking. Most importantly, he's a local. Even if we deliver the goods first and pay later, everyone trusts him."

"After all, you can run away from the monk but not the temple."

"If you also want to do this business, I'm afraid the villagers won't trust you!"

Li Xiangdong asked, puzzled, "If you don't trust me, don't you trust the money in my hands?"

Niu Santiao's eyes lit up. "You mean you want to settle in cash?"

Zhou Hongsong retorted, "What else can we do? Do we have to make two trips just to buy ginseng?"

Niu Santiao said embarrassedly, "Xu Yunfeng and his group do it this way. They say that individual businesses across the country settle accounts after the fact."

"Forehead......"

"But you usually pay cash on delivery when you buy and sell things at the mountain produce market!"

"That's different. Those are all small things, how much can they sell for? Ginseng is sold in large quantities!"

Li Xiangdong was speechless. Larger quantities should be handled with even more care!

Why is it that they are so meticulous about small things, but so casual about big things?

He Chaochao said, "We always pay on the spot and deliver the goods at the same time. There has never been a time when we were in arrears."

Niu Santiao's eyes lit up. "How much do you charge?"

He Chaochao looked at Li Xiangdong.

Li Xiangdong had previously asked him to inquire about the prices at which Yanjing Pharmaceutical Company purchased red ginseng and ginseng, but he hadn't yet discussed the profit margins with Li Xiangdong.

Li Xiangdong pondered for a moment, "How about two yuan more than what you sell to the medicinal herb company?"

"Two, two dollars?"

Cui Xinni's wide-eyed expression was exactly the same as Lao Cui's.

You should know that if you sell to Xu Yunfeng, even if you risk losing everything, you'll only get a penny or two more!

It's July and August, the peak season for ginseng harvesting, so Li Xiangdong and the others decided to stay at Old Cui's house for a while longer.

Thanks to Lao Cui and Niu San Tiao's publicity, many people now know about Li Xiangdong's ginseng purchases.

Many aunties and uncles, fearing that what they heard might be inaccurate, even came to Old Cui's house to ask, making Old Cui's house bustling with visitors for a while.

As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast.

However, in reality, good news can also spread quickly.

Before Li Xiangdong had even received the ginseng roots, Xu Yunfeng from Yangpi'ao already knew about it.

The fact that Xu Yunfeng dared to start a middleman business when everyone else was still dutifully toiling in the fields shows his vision and courage.

He wasn't working alone; he had four or five brothers and good friends from his own clan working under him.

That day, as he was calculating the ginseng production situation in several nearby villages, one of his underlings, Xu Yunhai, hurriedly arrived at his house.

Xu Yunfeng's wife, Wang Lili, was cooking when she saw Xu Yunhai rush in like he was on fire. She greeted him with a smile, "Yunhai's here? Have some dinner!"

Xu Yunhai's face darkened. "Sister-in-law, where's my brother!"

Wang Lili gestured with her chin, "They're watching TV inside!"

Xu Yunhai lifted the curtain and entered the room, where he saw Xu Yunfeng leisurely leaning against the pile of quilts, with his chubby son nestled in his arms, watching TV.

The black-and-white television was playing the movie "Little Flower". At this moment, it was showing the scene where Liu Xiaoqing, who plays Little Flower, and her adoptive father were carrying her injured brother up the mountain steps. In order to alleviate the drop, Liu Xiaoqing could only kneel down and kowtow on the steps to climb up.

Xu Yunfeng watched with great interest.

"Bro! You're still watching TV?! They're practically stealing from your doorstep!"

He angrily turned off the TV as he spoke.

Xu Yunfeng looked at Xu Yunhai's anxious expression and chuckled, "What's the rush!"

"What's the rush? Haven't you heard that people from the interior are buying ginseng? They're offering more than a dollar more than we are!"

Xu Yunhai's loud voice startled his chubby son, who was fast asleep on Xu Yunfeng's chest. The boy looked around a couple of times, then grinned and was about to cry.

Xu Yunfeng quickly changed his son's position to soothe him, gently patting his little bottom to lull him back to sleep.

He glared at Xu Yunhai. "Keep your voice down! How many times have I told you not to act like a firecracker setting off a monkey's tail every time something happens!"

Xu Yunhai reluctantly shut his mouth, but he was still breathing heavily through his nose, revealing his inner turmoil.

After a while, Xu Yunfeng finally managed to coax his chubby son back to sleep.

He pulled Xu Yunhai into the courtyard, lit a cigarette, and slowly said, "I told you before, the business we're in will definitely attract attention. I just didn't expect someone to get involved so quickly."

Xu Yunhai asked anxiously, "Then what should we do!"

"What to do? Just deal with it!"

"No way! A bunch of outsiders, do you think I'll let them establish themselves in our country? I'll drive them out of Northeast China!"