Chapter 163 Your village has really good feng shui
Liu Zhixia said to Liu Shouren, "Father, I'm going to say a few words to Brother Gangzi."
Liu Shouren glanced at Gangzi warily. Although Gangzi had attended the wedding banquet before, he always felt that this kid was not a good person.
"Be careful. I'll wait for you over there. Call me if you need anything."
Liu Shouren walked to the shade of a tree not far away and stood there. He couldn't hear the conversation from this distance, but if anything happened to his daughter, he could rush over with just one shout.
Liu Zhixia lowered her voice: "Brother Gangzi, are we getting more stock again?"
Gangzi nodded: "The price of Dendrobium has skyrocketed recently, and I don't have much stock left. If you have any, please share some with me; we can discuss the price."
He held up eight fingers and said, "I'll bet eight!"
"So many?!" Liu Zhixia exclaimed in surprise.
Gangzi smiled smugly: "There's a big boss buying it, and he's very generous."
Upon hearing the word "big boss," Liu Zhixia's heart skipped a beat. She thought of He Shijie and briefly recounted the events in her village.
Gangzi slapped his forehead: "So the thing that's been all over the place is about your village? Don't worry, I don't deal with those strangers. My buyer is a legitimate medical researcher."
His expression hardened, and he lowered his voice: "Be careful of He Shijie. I've heard that he was the one who tipped off the black market when it was shut down last time. The former black market boss has put a bounty on his head. Stay away from him, or you'll get covered in blood."
Liu Zhixia was shocked; she hadn't expected things to be so complicated.
She put down her basket: "Do you need anything else? I brought some with me today."
"I want them all! Give me all the Dendrobium!"
Liu Zhixia took out medicinal herbs from her basket. Although the quantity was not large, each one was of excellent quality.
Gangzi inspected the goods and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement: "Tsk tsk, your village has really good feng shui. If it weren't for the recent unrest, I would have hired people to dig there."
Liu Zhixia chuckled twice: "This must be kept a secret. If He Shijie finds out, there will be all sorts of trouble."
"Understood. Those who value money over life are not to be trifled with."
Gangzi readily pulled out a wad of cash.
Liu Zhixia took the thick stack of ten-yuan notes. Despite her best efforts to restrain herself, her hands still trembled slightly.
This is a real fortune!
And it belongs only to her!
Gangzi glanced at her guiltily: "Girl, I'm a middleman, so the price I'm offering is definitely lower than the market price..."
Liu Zhixia nodded in understanding: "I understand, you need to eat too. Just don't sell me out, and whatever you do, don't reveal the source of the goods to the buyers."
Gangzi breathed a sigh of relief and laughed heartily: "Don't worry! I know the rules of the game! Let's have a pleasant cooperation!"
"It's a pleasure to work with you."
Liu Zhixia carefully pocketed the money, slung her basket over her shoulder, called Liu Shouren, and hurriedly left.
He Shijie was looking for medicine, and so was Gangzi; this dendrobium was definitely a hot commodity. Although Gangzi would surely make a fortune reselling it, she didn't want to get herself into trouble for that small price difference. Rather than getting herself into trouble, she'd rather let Gangzi take the fall.
Gangzi was afraid that the buyer would skip the order, so she would definitely keep the secret to herself, which became her best protection.
Anyway, the dendrobium in the space grows fast, so it's a sure-fire way to make money.
Gangzi happily packed the medicinal herbs into his basket and was about to leave when a black sedan suddenly rushed out of the alley and crashed straight into him!
"squeak--!"
Gangzi reacted very quickly, lunging to the side. Although he dodged the front of the vehicle, he still fell heavily to the ground, and his basket rolled to the side.
"Don't you want to live?! How can you drive like that?!" Gangzi got up and started cursing.
The car door opened, and He Shijie stepped out with two bodyguards.
Upon seeing who it was, Gangzi's cursing stopped abruptly, his face turning deathly pale: "It's you..."
He Shijie ignored him completely and gestured to his subordinates with his eyes.
The bodyguard stepped forward, picked up the basket on the ground, and dumped all the medicinal herbs inside.
Looking at the pile of high-quality medicinal herbs, He Shijie smiled knowingly: "Heh, I thought that girl from the Liu family was so high and mighty, but it turns out she's been doing this kind of thing behind the scenes."
When the bodyguard opened the cloth bag containing the dendrobium, He Shijie's smile froze.
Those dendrobium plants had thick, golden roots; even a layman could tell they were the absolute best of the best! Better than anything he'd ever seen on the black market!
He Shijie gave Gangzi a meaningful look: "She has such a good thing, yet she won't sell it to me..."
Then, as if he had figured something out, he sneered, "Those idiots in the Lu family are really good for nothing but causing trouble. They actually offended such a god of wealth."
He pulled a wad of cash from his bag and threw it contemptuously at Gangzi: "I'll buy this batch of dendrobium."
After saying that, he gestured to his men to throw the other medicinal herbs back to Gangzi, and then took the dendrobium and left.
Watching the car speed away, Gangzi had a bad feeling.
This is going to be bad!
Ignoring the pain in his body, he got up and chased after Liu Zhixia in the direction she had left.
Fortunately, I had been to Liujia Village before, so I knew the way fairly well. When I reached the village entrance, I finally saw the Liu family father and daughter.
"Comrade Xia! Wait a minute!"
Liu Zhixia stopped and turned around: "Brother Gangzi? What's wrong? Did you leave something behind?"
Gangzi ran up, panting, and winked at her.
Liu Zhixia understood and walked to the side: "What happened? Are you short of medicinal herbs?"
Gangzi looked guilty and recounted the whole story of how he had been robbed.
Liu Zhixia's eyes darkened: "I didn't expect him to find out. But it's alright, since he knows there's this stuff near our village, he won't talk about it, after all, he wants to keep it all for himself. Brother Gangzi, thank you for making the special trip to tell me. Do you still want the goods? I still have some."
Gangzi choked, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets: "There...there's more?! How much have you hoarded?"
Liu Zhixia smiled slightly, her tone confident: "How much do you want? I have as much as you want."
Gangzi followed her home and took out all the money He Shijie had given him.
Liu Zhixia didn't stand on ceremony and restocked the goods for him at eight yuan per kilogram.
This time, she made sure to wrap it tightly in several layers of thick cloth: "Take good care of it this time, so it doesn't get stolen again. Luckily, as long as the goods didn't hurt anyone, you won't lose out."
Gangzi scratched his head awkwardly: "He knows I make a living this way, so he won't dare to cause a big scene. Okay, I'll leave now. You guys be careful."
Gangzi left with the medicinal herbs. Just as he stepped out of the courtyard gate, a rustling sound suddenly came from the grass not far away.
He was startled and looked over warily, but saw nothing.
He looked in the direction of the sound but didn't see anything. He then shrank back, picked up his basket, and strode away.
After Gangzi walked away, Yang emerged from the shadows and glared fiercely at his retreating figure.
She saw it all clearly just now: the man gave Liu Zhixia a large sum of money, and Liu Zhixia gave him a bundle.
There's definitely something fishy going on here!
Good heavens! The Liu family is getting bolder and bolder, actually colluding with outsiders to do shady things! No wonder they've made a fortune lately, their hands are all dirty!
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