Secretary Li and his team finished their work and left. The team leader asked Tian Ye to drive a tractor to take them back, and he was also preparing to arrange for everyone to go back to work.
"Captain, wait a moment, I need Yun Zhiqing's help."
Li Xiami ran back into the house, brought the piece of donkey-hide gelatin over, and asked her, "Yun Zhiqing, I only ate a little bit of this donkey-hide gelatin. Can I return it?"
"Yes, Yun Zhiqing, this thing is more valuable than gold. Can it be returned?" Li's mother also asked.
"More precious than gold?"
Yun Huaying raised an eyebrow, looked at the donkey-hide gelatin block in his hand, and asked, "How much is this one?"
"35."
"What? Thirty-five dollars?"
Not only Yun Huaying was shocked, but also the other neighbors and educated youth who had not left had their eyes bulging out of their heads. Curious people gathered around, wanting to see what this donkey-hide gelatin, which was more valuable than gold, looked like.
“Is this thing so expensive?”
The captain was shocked by the price. He snatched the donkey-hide gelatin from Li Xiami's hand, stared at it left and right, almost staring a hole in it. He asked Yun Huaying, "It looks just like a piece of candy. What precious stuff is it made of?"
"Donkey hide gelatin."
Everyone:"!!!"
"Made from donkey hide?"
Mother Li's voice was sharp and piercing, and the anger that had just been suppressed surged again. "It's made from donkey hide, and she's selling it for so much? Is she treating us like pigs?"
"It's made from donkey hide, but the production process isn't as simple as you might think. Donkey-hide gelatin is truly a sacred blood tonic, with excellent yin-nourishing, moistening, and blood-boosting properties. It's a relatively precious tonic, and supply is limited. It's only available in major hospitals and state-owned stores in big cities. Ordinary people can't buy it. Even the families of officials who want to buy it have to get a pre-order."
Yun Huaying spoke frankly about this fact, but then changed her mind and said, "Although donkey-hide gelatin is precious and rare, it doesn't deserve such a high price. She really ripped you off with the price."
"Yun Huaying, what was the original price of this thing?" the captain asked her.
"I bought three for my aunt last month. I didn't buy them at the hospital, but asked someone else to help me buy them. They were about the same size as this one. I paid some handling fees, so the total cost for the three was 20 yuan."
Li Xiami grimaced, his teeth grinding in anger. "So, it's only five or six yuan a piece, but she sold it to me for 35 yuan. She's treating me like a big idiot."
Yun Huaying raised an eyebrow and suggested, "I'm not sure about the price in Yang County. The county hospital probably doesn't have any donkey hide gelatin in stock, but the doctor should have a rough idea of the price. You could go ask around first."
"This Doctor Liu is really ruthless. She charges thirty yuan for a piece of donkey-hide gelatin. She has a really big appetite."
"Yeah, I heard Xiami say this stuff was incredibly expensive. I thought it was only three or five yuan. I even told him that as long as Qu Dan was good for him and the baby, it didn't matter if it was a little more expensive. Who knew it was so expensive? That's a month's salary for a worker in a state-owned factory."
"Xami is really generous. Just such a small piece, 35 yuan, he is really willing to spend a lot of money."
"Qu Dan finally got pregnant, and thinking this thing was good, and it was prescribed by a doctor, he gritted his teeth and bought it for the sake of his child."
“…”
The noise outside was so loud that Qu Dan in the room heard it. She quickly shouted, "Sandong, Sandong, quickly take the things back."
"Yes, take it and return it." Mother Li was so angry that she was about to explode.
The Li family was about to return the goods when another neighbor squeezed over and asked, "Yun Zhiqing, my mother-in-law went to the doctor yesterday, and Dr. Liu prescribed some medicine for her. There was a box of calcium tablets that cost six yuan. Was my mother-in-law ripped off?"
"Calcium tablets don't cost six yuan. If you ask the doctor at the county hospital for a prescription, they're only a little over two yuan for a big bottle."
Lin Shan knew the price of calcium tablets, so she continued, saying, "Grandma Han bought them last month. We accompanied her to the hospital to buy them."
"Liu Yu is so young, but she's such a ruthless person. She said she's offering free consultations, but it turns out she's actually ripping people off on medication. She's so unethical! I'm going to complain to Secretary Li of the commune about her cheating us out of our money. She's acting like a capitalist."
The other party cursed and hurried back, shouting, "What the hell, wait a minute, I'll go back and tell my mother-in-law to return it too."
Seeing that many people in the team had been cheated and were clamoring for a refund, the team leader had no choice but to ask each family to send one person, and he would lead everyone to deal with the matter, while everyone else went back to work.
Liu Yu had just had a big argument with Li Wang on the road, calling him a hooligan and a toad wanting to eat swan flesh. Just as she sent him away, Secretary Li came back and called her into the office, severely criticizing her for her actions today.
However, before Secretary Li finished his lecture, Zhao Xuelin came over with a group of neighbors.
Upon learning that Liu Yu was taking advantage of the free medical consultation to sell medicine at exorbitant prices, Secretary Li was furious. He immediately called an emergency meeting of the commune cadres, suspended Liu Yu's work, reported everything she had done to the county, and urgently notified all the people in the commune who had seen her and bought medicine to get their money back.
On the other hand, Li Wang didn't know that Liu Yu was in trouble. He was lobbying his parents at home to prepare the betrothal gifts as soon as possible.
Liu Yu is beautiful, a college student from a big city, and her family is very powerful. Li Wang has been eyeing her for a long time. He originally wanted to slowly bring her home, but today they fell into a pile and kissed each other. This was the perfect opportunity, so he hurried home to find his parents.
Li's parents have always doted on him, and he is willing to pick any stars in the sky. He took a fancy to Liu Yu, and when they learned that this woman was a medical student sent by the higher-ups, they were very satisfied and felt that she was worthy of their son, so they went to get the money and make preparations without saying a word.
My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
