Gao Haining took the receipt, then took the money and counted it hastily before putting it in the pocket at his waist.

Huo Shuyan was pregnant and had been standing for half the morning, so she was quite tired and polite to her mother-in-law.

Even if we kill the blind man, the forestry station will take him; it's all up to us.

Huo Shuyan intended to sell those ginseng roots, so she had to process, dry, and preserve them properly.

"Oh dear, let him sit down and rest for a while, and have a drink of water."

“If that’s the case, you should take leave and accompany him. Just take him to Songjiang River. He’s in a meeting, so you can go to the county seat.”

By noon, the whole forest farm knew that the blind man who had been causing havoc on the cornfields had been killed and brought back by Gao Haining and his men.

"Yes, yes, we'll take them all." The staff member nodded hurriedly. "In that case, he'll come outside with you, and we'll talk in detail."

Then Sheng Xitai was the first to rush back into the courtyard, followed by Chen Feng, Sheng Yunfang, Sheng Yunfei, and several others. At the very front were Sheng Xikang and Sheng Xiping.

If that's the case, Huo Shuyan can afford to pay the compensation.

People come and go outside the house, so it's possible to openly dry things in the sun. Even if they're placed outside the storage room, they have to be put in cloth bags to avoid being seen.

After pondering for a long time, Lao Hu finally relented and refused to grant Gao Haining a holiday.

"Comrade, could you please take a look? Are they taking those things?"

On the morning of the 8th, Huo Shuyan went to the First Bureau to report for duty and listen to the first training arrangements. Huo Shuyan then went outside the bureau to meet Zhao Yongsheng, Zhao Guangning, and others.

Wang Jiachuan even had someone broadcast a reprimand over the loudspeaker to the educated youth who had been watching the spring last night.

Fortunately, there were few people, and it was close to the forest farm. The family took turns dragging them in, and they returned to the forest farm about an hour ago.

Hua Hua grabbed the piece of meat with its hind paws and, seeing that it made no other move, held it in its mouth.

Huo Shuyan, supporting her waist with one hand, stepped back through the door, about to make a move, when Zhang Shuzhen stopped her.

However, everyone immediately turned around, found a corner where no one could see them, and went to eat meat.

Even if she's showing, she's still seven months pregnant. Traveling from the forest farm to Songjianghe takes several hours by car. Is that feasible?

Gao Haining looked at his wife's belly and heard the old men in the forest farm say that Sheng Xiping's pregnancy was too obvious.

What was inside the cloth bag was something else entirely—the ginseng king and eight-grade leaves that Huo Shuyan and his family had dug up from outside the mountains.

Several people dragged the blind man to the Sheng family's house, and skinned him and separated him right outside the courtyard.

Back then, schools didn't schedule many major subjects. A few periods a week were for politics, music, art, and physical education. Even if that was a mistake, the rest of the time was spent on the homeroom teacher's classes.

If it's for something else, how much is bear bile worth anyway?

Upon arriving at the purchasing department of the medicinal herb company outside the county, Gao Haining first took out the bear bile.

Huo Shuyan had just tied the bear bile to the beam of the warehouse and was waiting to come out when she heard footsteps at the small door.

"Okay, sold it. Please give me an invoice. It's from several damaged stores, so you'll need to report it when you get back."

Seeing that the children had all returned, Zhang Shuzhen hurriedly stood up, glared at her eldest son, and muttered as she stepped out of the house, leaving the pot lid open to pack up the food.