Polygonatum has numerous medicinal effects, including nourishing yin and replenishing deficiency, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, as well as strengthening muscles and bones and invigorating yang.
Drinking some Polygonatum water during this cold season is very beneficial to the body.
Zhang Cheng thought about the telegram.
If this Polygonatum is transported to the county to be sold, it will surely bring in a lot of money.
However, private trading is still on the edge of a no-go zone, and one could easily be labeled as "speculating and profiteering" if not careful.
Moreover, the heavy snow had blocked the mountain passes, and the roads leading to Funing County were almost completely buried, making them extremely dangerous.
But time waits for no one!
You must seize any opportunity to make money!
Zhang Cheng took a deep breath, his gaze sweeping over the people sitting around the fire. His tone was calm yet carried an undeniable power: "Brothers, go home now and bring all the dried Solomon's Seal you have."
"I'll take you to make money!"
After he finished speaking, the room fell silent for a moment.
"Make money?" Zhang Jianhao was the first to react, his face full of doubt. "Brother Er Gouzi, you mean selling Polygonatum? But with the heavy snow blocking the mountains, the roads are impassable. Where are we going to sell it?"
“Yeah, Er Gouzi,” another young man chimed in, “which village doesn’t have some of this stuff in stock? Who would spend money to buy it?”
Tie Zhengzi went even further, pointing out the risks: "Er Gouzi, you wouldn't be thinking of going to the county, would you? That's considered speculation and profiteering, and you'll be arrested and imprisoned!"
A faint smile appeared on Zhang Cheng's face, conveying a sense of knowing everything.
He was certainly aware of the risks.
But he also knew that a wave of change was about to sweep across this land.
It's 1986 now, and the policies are already loosening.
Next year, the special economic zone in the south will raise its banner.
Although Funing County is small, it has ambitions to become a county-level city, and policies to encourage business will surely be introduced next year.
Unfortunately, the people trapped in the mountains are used to comfort, and how many of them can seize this opportunity to change their fate?
Zhang Cheng didn't explain much, but emphasized, "Don't ask so many questions now."
"If you trust me, go home and bring all the Polygonatum!"
His eyes were sharp, carrying a convincing power.
"Hey! It's just a few pounds of Polygonatum!" Zhang Jianhao slapped his thigh. "Since you've spoken, Brother Er Gouzi, I'll go back and get it right now!"
“Yes! I’ll give you Huangjing! But Brother Er Gouzi, you absolutely mustn’t risk going to the county. I went with Li Hao a few days ago, and the snow is so deep it could bury a person; there’s no road at all!” Another young man chimed in, but still couldn’t help but worry.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhang Da Tou Nao suddenly stood up, his voice booming, "Hurry home and get the Huang Jing! I trust Brother Er Gou Zi!"
"No matter what Brother Er Gouzi is up to, I, Lao Zhang, will follow him!"
Seeing this, everyone got up and went outside.
Er Ya had been listening quietly, but now she blinked her big eyes, leaned closer to Zhang Cheng, and whispered, "Second Uncle, can Polygonatum... really be sold for money?"
"Of course!" Zhang Cheng nodded firmly.
"Then, then my mother's house still has three or four catties, can I bring those over too?" A glimmer of hope flashed in Er Ya's eyes.
"become!"
With Zhang Cheng's permission, Er Ya immediately got up, carefully supporting her waist, and walked out with her big belly sticking out.
When she returned to the main house in the front yard, Old Zhang, Zhang An, and her mother were not there.
Er Ya went straight into the inner room, found the small earthenware jar containing the Solomon's Seal, and picked it up with great effort.
Her belly was so big that she looked clumsy and struggled to carry even a small earthenware pot.
I had just slowly moved out of the inner room when my mother walked in with her hands tucked into her sleeves and a gloomy face.
"What are you doing carrying a jar, you brat?!"
When the old woman saw the earthenware pot in Er Ya's arms, she was stunned for a moment, then burst into a tirade: "Your stomach is about to explode and you still dare to move? If you hurt my grandson, I'll skin you alive!"
She darted forward and snatched the small earthenware pot from Er Ya's arms.
"Mom, it was Second Uncle who said that the Solomon's Seal could be sold for money in the county." Er Ya shrank back after being scolded and explained softly, "I thought no one in the family would drink it, so I asked Second Uncle to take it to sell..."
"Sell it for money?!" The old woman's eyes widened, and she stomped her foot, cursing, "You actually believe what that ingrate said?! Polygonatum grows all over the mountains, what fool would spend money to buy it?!"
"Besides, with the heavy snow blocking the roads, even if Zhang Ergou had wings, he couldn't fly out of this mountain valley!"
"That's speculation and profiteering! He'll get shot! If you let him help you sell, you'll go to jail too!"
The old woman was spitting as she scolded Er Ya, who pouted, her eyes reddening, feeling both scared and wronged.
A short while later, Lao Zhang and Zhang An also returned.
My mother immediately embellished the story and recounted the events.
After hearing this, Zhang An's face turned ashen, and he glared fiercely at Er Ya: "If it weren't for your big pregnant belly, I would have slapped you right now! Don't you know what kind of person Er Gouzi is? Selling Huangjing? Are all the other people stupid? Why would they want to spend money to buy it? Are they just wasting their money?!"
"Er Ya," Old Zhang said with a stern face, "you're about to give birth, so don't go to that dilapidated house in the backyard so often!"
During this time, Er Ya often went to Zhang Cheng's place to eat. Old Zhang and the others knew this, but thinking it was for the sake of their unborn grandson, they turned a blind eye.
But now that it involves "speculation and profiteering," Lao Zhang can't ignore it.
If Zhang Chengzhen gets arrested, his family will also suffer!
Meanwhile, in the mud house in the backyard.
Zhang Da Nao and the others had returned, and one by one they threw the cloth bags containing Huang Jing (Polygonatum sibiricum) on the ground.
"Brother Er Gouzi, my family has five jin!"
"Brother Dog, my dad insisted on keeping some, so the rest is all here, about four pounds!"
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