“After hundreds of years, you only came up with a thousand dollars? Doctor?
Brother, let's go, he has no money. Even if he has money, he's still a fake doctor, or maybe even a quack. "
Leng You was about to jump off the bench as he spoke, but Xiang Wentian caught him steadily in his arms.
"Who said I can't come up with a thousand yuan? Who said I'm not a doctor? You can ask around in the entire Bei'an area. Is there anyone who doesn't know my name, Tuozi Sun? I... uh..."
Sun Tuozi was so angry that his head was buzzing. He realized something was wrong after he had finished speaking.
"One thousand dollars, deal!" Leng You wanted to slam the table, but Xiang Wentian was holding him in his arms, so he could only wave his little fist.
"Deal...deal?" Sun Tuozi was confused.
"Great! It's good to deal with people who are straightforward, without so many troubles.
Doctor Sun, let's exchange the money for the goods!"
Hu Liu seemed more excited than both the buyer and the seller.
Sun Tuozi was in a daze and somehow took out a bundle of banknotes from his waist. Then Hu Liu carefully wrapped the ginseng and stuffed it into his arms. Finally, he was escorted back by Hu Liu's men.
"Brother, I'm sorry! We agreed to sell it for 1,500 yuan, but I asked for 500 yuan less. Don't be angry."
Just as Hu Liu handed the bundle of banknotes to Xiang Wentian, Leng You suddenly spoke in a soft voice.
"Ah?" Hu Liu was about to take his hand back but stopped.
The price of one thousand yuan was far beyond his imagination.
“If I were to give a complete and top-quality ginseng like this to a wealthy family as a gift or for urgent use, I would pay 8,000 yuan, let alone 5,000 yuan.
If he doesn’t meet a buyer of this strength, even if he splits the ginseng and sells it during his regular visits, the price can be increased by five to ten times.”
Leng You gave Hu Liu a detailed explanation with the straightforwardness of a child.
"Ah? Oh my God! Can it be sold for so much money?" The door to a new world was opened to Hu Liu.
"This is for you." Xiang Wentian took out ten bills from the bundle and placed them on the table in front of Hu Liu.
"Ah? What are you doing? No, no, no, I can't accept this, I absolutely can't accept it." Xiang Wentian's actions made Hu Liu utter onomatopeia for the umpteenth time today.
He is tired of living and dares to accept kickbacks from this big Buddha. If Xing Da finds out, he will definitely kill him.
"This has nothing to do with Xing Da, just keep it!" Xiang Wentian seemed to see through Hu Liu's thoughts at once, and his tone did not allow for any argument.
"Take it! We will be cooperating often in the future, and you also need to eat, right?" Leng You also joined in, his sincerity making it impossible to refuse.
"Well... okay! Then I would like to thank you two young friends. If you have any problems in the future, just come to me. As long as it is something that I, Hu Liu, can do, I will do it without any hesitation." Hu Liu did not expect that two such young children would be so open-minded, and immediately patted his chest to make a promise.
Seeing Xiang Wentian carrying Leng You and preparing to leave, he enthusiastically offered to keep him for dinner, but Leng You and Xiang Wentian naturally refused, so they quickly asked their men to bring out a large bag of things and stuff it into Leng You's arms.
"What is this?" Leng You refused to take it.
"It's just some snacks and fruits, not worth much. I know you don't need them, but this is a token of my appreciation. If you don't mind, please accept them."
Although Hu Liu is quite ruffian, he is also a very righteous man. Leng You and Xiang Wentian are open and generous to him, so he naturally cannot act too stingy.
"Thank you, Uncle Hu!" Seeing that Xiang Wentian had no intention of objecting, Leng You took the bag generously.
"Hey! No thanks, no thanks. Please don't be polite to uncle. Come often in the future!" The word "uncle" directly melted Hu Liu's heart as an old father. This was a feeling that his four sons, who worked on the roof all day long, had never given him.
My hands are itching and I want to take off my shoes and spank some bad boys.
"Uncle Liu, it's snowing so heavily, please come in!" Seeing that Leng You and Xiang Wentian were about to disappear, Hu Liu was still standing at the door in a daze, so his men spoke carefully.
"After all, he is a child from a wealthy family, so he has a lot of prestige, unlike that old fox Sun Tuozi, who is really good at acting. If it weren't for the little kid's reminder, I would have been fooled by that old guy."
Hu Liu spat fiercely with a ferocious look on his face.
"Although the ginseng sold for 500 yuan less, the two kids still gave you 100 yuan as a kickback. Look at that hunchback Sun, he made so much money but still acted crazy and stupid, taking advantage of others, huh!
Uncle Six, are you planning to let that hunchback Sun get away with it?"
The subordinates were indignant.
"How is it possible, haha...the person in Bei'an County who treated me, Hu Liu, as a fool wasn't even born yet.
Old boy, just wait for me!
Oh… by the way, give the order that the two kids will be protected by me, Hu Liu, from now on. If anyone dares to embarrass them, it will be against me, Hu Liu.”
The flesh on Hu Liu's face was exposed and his eyes were full of ferocity.
"Yes, Sixth Uncle!" The subordinate felt a chill on his back and immediately turned around and ran out.
…
After Leng You and Xiang Wentian came out from Hu Liu's place, they continued to walk into the alley.
"Do you want rice?" When they had only walked about twenty meters away, a middle-aged man came up to them, looked around vigilantly, and only dared to speak quietly after confirming that only Leng You and Xiang Wentian were there and that they were not young children.
It is still the late 1970s, and although the movement has ended, individual speculation is still not allowed, as it is a crime of speculation.
Despite this, some bold and quick-witted people still seized the opportunity and secretly sold some scarce and necessities for people's lives, mainly rice, flour, grain, and oil.
"How much is one pound?" Leng You asked.
"There are ones that cost 1.1 cents and ones that cost 1.3 cents, which are Indica rice; the best one is 2.1 cents, which is Xiaozhan rice. Which one do you want?" The man concluded from his experience that when people send their children out to buy things, they will basically pick the cheapest one and buy in small quantities.
"One hundred pounds."
"It's 21 cents."
Xiang Wentian and Leng You spoke at the same time.
"One hundred kilograms? And it's 21 cents?" The man was shocked. No one had ever been so generous.
This is mainly because city dwellers will not buy so much at one time, and country people cannot afford to buy so much at one time.
"It will be cheaper if you buy so much!" Leng You spoke again.
In fact, he was also shocked by the number Xiang Wentian said, because he had other things to buy and he also had to carry her on his back.
"Sure, sure. I'll give it to you for two cents." The man lowered the price very happily.
"Okay!" Leng You expressed his satisfaction.
Her clear memory from her previous life indicated that the market price of this Xiaozhan rice was 20.5 cents.
"I'll get it for you." The man still remained vigilant, not wanting Leng You and the others to know his address.
"I'll pay you first, and we'll come to get it later." Xiang Wentian took out the money from his pocket.
"Here..." Leng You was half a beat slower than Xiang Wentian, so he had to take the money back, thinking of returning it to him when he got back.
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