Chapter 4 Other people's territory is also my home turf
About a quarter of an hour later, the waiter came out from the back and led Lin Xi and the other person into a side hall, where a man in yellow clothes was already waiting.
The waiter quickly introduced, "This is Manager Ni, the owner of our Jishiditang."
Lin Xi hurriedly laid out the cleaned herbs one by one, "These were just dug yesterday, they are very fresh."
Ni Zhang walked to the herbs that Lin Xi brought and looked at them carefully. After a moment, a look of pity appeared on his face. "These herbs are indeed fresh, but they are common ones. We don't charge them high. You can give me fifty cents in total."
Lin Xihe had no idea about the market price of medicinal materials. Since Ni Zhang said fifty, she thought there was little room for bargaining, so she agreed.
"Please stay. In addition to medicinal herbs, if you have sweet potatoes, rice, grapes and the like, we will also purchase them," Ni Zhang added.
Lin Xi was a little surprised as to why the clinic would collect these things, but then he thought, maybe it was necessary for daily operations.
The two men took fifty coins and walked for another two hours to return home.
At this moment, Lin Xi didn't want to move at all, but she still said, "We made money today, we must return the money to Aunt Wu as soon as possible."
Xiao Yongyan had the same idea as Lin Xi, "I will go to the Wu family to return the money tomorrow morning."
"Remember to walk on the main road, so that everyone can see you." Lin Xi reminded.
She wanted to let the villagers know that although they were exiled, they were not vicious criminals. Instead, they were trustworthy and abided by the rules. There was no need to exclude them.
Xiao Yongyan did as Lin Xi suggested. Early in the morning, while everyone was out doing work, he went to the Wu family with some wild vegetables.
It was not appropriate for a grown man like him to just walk into someone else's house, so Aunt Wu's son came out to collect the money.
Xiao Yongyan also specifically emphasized that all the money he borrowed from Aunt Wu was here, along with a bunch of wild vegetables, as a thank you for her help in the past.
The villagers never expected that Xiao Yongyan would pay back the money just a few days after borrowing it, and they were all shocked.
Xiao Yongyan pretended not to see anything and strode back to his home.
Now the villagers' opinion of Xiao Yongyan and his wife has slightly improved. At least they know how to pay back the money they borrowed.
Those who firmly believed that they could not pay back the money were now completely silent. They were very puzzled as to where they got the money from in just a few days.
At home, Lin Xi calculated that he had sold the medicinal herbs he had dug in the mountains yesterday for a total of fifty cents. After deducting the forty cents he returned to Aunt Wu, he had ten cents left.
It's only ten cents. If I really want to buy some daily necessities, it's not enough. I have to find a long-term way to make money.
When Xiao Yongyan came back, he saw Lin Xi sitting on the haystack thinking.
Looking at the empty environment at home, Xiao Yongyan frowned and picked up the machete in the corner, "I'll go up the mountain to cut some bamboo and build a bed for you."
When Lin Xi heard that Xiao Yongyan was going into the mountains, he quickly stood up and said, "I'll go with you."
Xiao Yongyan was about to refuse subconsciously, but before he could say anything, a voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Is anyone there?"
When Xiao Yongyan went out, he saw that it was the guy he met at Jishidiang yesterday.
As soon as the guy saw Xiao Yongyan and Lin Xi, he immediately said, "Finally found you, something big has happened! It seems that you are also decent people, how could you do such a heinous thing!"
The two were confused by the guy's words. When did they hurt anyone?
Lin Xi put her hands on her hips and said, "Young man, don't say anything careless. If you can't produce any evidence, I will ask everyone to judge for you!"
The clerk shrank his head slightly. How could this woman, who looked so delicate and gentle, speak so rudely? However, thinking of what his boss had told him before he left, he still gritted his teeth and continued, "You are selling fake medicine and you think you are right. Come on, take them back!"
As he was speaking, two burly men rushed out from behind the waiter and controlled Lin Xi and Xiao Yongyan.
Under normal circumstances, Xiao Yongyan would have no problem dealing with the two of them, but after the long-term torture of exile, Xiao Yongyan's health is now much worse than before. It is not noticeable in his daily actions, but if he were to take action, his chances of winning would be very low.
The news that Xiao Yongyan and Lin Xi were taken away quickly spread throughout the village.
Those who were puzzled now began to talk again.
"I was wondering, where did they make all that money in such a short time? Turns out they made it by selling fake drugs!"
Some people's words are becoming more and more unpleasant.
The little girl in Aunt Wu's family refused to believe that Lin Xi and the others were that kind of people. She ran back home and told Aunt Wu the news.
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The backyard of Jishiditang.
Lin Xi and the other person stood in front of Ni Zhang. Although they were escorted all the way here, they did not look like being escorted. Instead, they looked like the owners, with a calm and composed look.
"Tell me, what is the matter that you invited us here for?" Lin Xi spoke first.
Ni Zhang was a little speechless. Shouldn't this line be his? His momentum was weakened for no reason.
However, he quickly adjusted himself and scolded them harshly, "Yesterday, I only paid you 40 cents for the medicinal materials because of your hard work. I charged you 50 cents. I didn't expect you to use fake medicine to pass it off as real medicine!"
Fake medicine? How could something that has been verified by the Shennong system be fake? Lin Xi didn't believe it at all.
"You guys are quite creative. You actually sell real and fake products together, putting the real ones on top and the fakes at the bottom." Ni Zhang said.
The man placed a bundle of herbs in front of them.
Lin Xi recognized the straw rope, as she had packed it herself yesterday.
"Shennong System, test these plants in front of you."
[Accepting the host's request, this test will cost 1 experience point, and the detection range is one kilometer around, do you want to start? ]
"Open."
[Payment successful, testing in progress...]
Lin Xi only sent three kinds of medicinal herbs yesterday: honeysuckle, anemarrhena asphodeloides, and polygonatum odoratum. But now, after checking through the Shennong system, it was found that radish sprouts and gray grass were also mixed in.
"We didn't bring the radish seedlings and gray grass!" Lin Xi said affirmatively.
"It is obvious that these two things were mixed in the medicinal materials you sent. If you refuse to admit your mistakes, we will go to the government to seek justice!" As he said this, Ni Zhang looked at Lin Xi and Xiao Yongyan.
At this moment, Lin Xi himself gradually came to his senses.
If Ni Zhang really wanted to report the matter to the authorities, why did he tie them up here? It would be a waste of time. Wouldn't it be better to just let the authorities arrest them directly?
Xiao Yongyan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "Just tell me what you want me to do in order to not sue the authorities."
Ni Zhang finally heard an answer that satisfied him, and his expression relaxed a little. "It's not a big deal, but it's not a small deal either. How about this, if you are willing to admit your mistakes and kowtow three times to our family, then we'll let it go."
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