Li Xiangdong didn't mince words and retorted, "We are a legitimate collective enterprise, what kind of money do we make?"
Huang Mao's face flushed red and then turned pale. "That's not what I meant..."
Old Cui sensed something was wrong, although he didn't know why Li Xiangdong, who had wanted to buy wild ginseng a few days ago, had suddenly changed his attitude.
He stepped forward to smooth things over, "Huang Mao, don't talk nonsense! Dongzi and his company are legitimate businesses, and you've made them sound like speculators!"
Huang Mao was still a little unconvinced, "Uncle, don't try to fool me. I know the Immortals are in cahoots with Xu Yunfeng and his group. Now that the news has leaked out, you're not going to go talk to Sun Deyi yourselves, are you? You can't leave me behind..."
The more Huang Mao talked, the more he regretted it, and he wished he could slap himself!
The referral fee should have been agreed upon before giving Li Xiangdong the specific address!
Sigh, it's all over now. Old Cui knows Sun Deyi too. When he takes Li Xiangdong there, what chance will I have?
Old Cui felt uncomfortable seeing him stubbornly refusing to listen to him. "Alright, alright! If you want a kickback, go sell this information to Xu Yunfeng! We don't care!"
"They already knew..."
Huang Mao's mouth moved faster than his brain; he spoke without thinking, and as soon as he finished half a sentence, he realized what he had said and quickly stopped.
Li Xiangdong, with his sharp ears and keen eyesight, felt even more confident after hearing this.
Huang Mao returned empty-handed.
Old Cui closed the door, and although he knew there were no outsiders, he still looked around again before whispering to Li Xiangdong, "Dongzi, I know Sun Deyi well. I was the matchmaker for his youngest daughter-in-law. The two families are related. If you want to buy his wild ginseng, I'll take you there."
Trading through Lao Cui is naturally much more reliable than trading through Huang Mao.
However, Li Xiangdong shook his head.
"Why not do it?"
Bai Yulong asked first.
He had sold wild fritillaria bulbs to pharmaceutical factories and had also seen people buy wild ginseng. To put it bluntly, a single wild ginseng root was worth more than a whole truckload of wood ear mushrooms!
"Yes!"
Luo Yonggang also didn't understand why Li Xiangdong made this choice.
"I just feel like something's not right."
Li Xiangdong slightly furrowed his brows; it was an intuition.
Huang Mao's sudden appearance gave him a very abrupt feeling, especially when he mentioned that Xu Yunfeng already knew about it, this feeling became even stronger.
"Alright, this is our first time buying ginseng, so let's just do it within the bounds of reason and law. As for other things, we have to leave room for others to make a living."
If you ruin Xu Yunfeng's livelihood, others might come and ruin theirs.
Li Xiangdong did not intend to completely block Xu Yunfeng's path, but he also caused Xu Yunfeng's plan to fail in its infancy.
In Zahatun, Li Xiangdong was busy harvesting ginseng.
Sheepskin Pass, Xu Yunfeng's home.
Xu Yunfeng was still leisurely lying on the deck chair under the grape trellis, pretending to doze off, with two black hunting dogs with shiny fur lying at his feet.
Xu Yunhai, Xu Yunsong, Da Niu, and Lei Zi stormed in and headed straight for the grape trellis.
Da Niu spoke first, "Brother! That old bastard Li Jin didn't fall for it at all!"
Lei Zi said with a dark face, "Damn! Bro, they've started collecting ginseng over there! I see a long line outside Old Cui's house."
Xu Yunhai looked worried. "The price they offered was too high, and many people from other villages have also gone there to sell ginseng."
Only Xu Yunsong remained relatively calm. He sat down on the stone bench and voiced his idea, "Brother, I managed to find a bottle of Moutai. Doesn't Director Ai like drinking Moutai? Why don't you take it and have a get-together with him?"
Xu Yunfeng opened his eyes, a hint of barely perceptible anxiety showing on his usually calm face.
"Have you found out everything?"
Xu Yunsong said, "It's really bad luck. These guys are using the name of a collective enterprise and they have relevant qualification certificates. My dad went to see them in person."
Therefore, they cannot be labeled as speculators.
"He hasn't been to Chaoyang Village even once?"
Da Niu shook his head. "No."
He continued, "Brother, why don't we buy Sun Deyi's old ginseng? We can at least make ten thousand yuan by selling it. I don't think we can get any wild ginseng this year."
"How vigilant!"
Xu Yunfeng exclaimed in admiration.
Lei Zi tentatively asked, "Everyone says Li Xiangdong is the reincarnation of Master Huang. Do you think it might be true...?"
After these words were spoken, everyone else fell silent.
"Brothers, what I mean is, just in case, just in case, this Li Xiangdong is really as capable as they say, then we really can't afford to set him up..."
Lei's family believes in guardian spirits; his parents were shamans in the past.
Xu Yunfeng sat up abruptly and succinctly outlined the next steps.
“Yun Song and I will go to Sun Deyi’s house to get the 60-year-old wild ginseng. Yun Hai, you and Da Niu, Lei Zi, go out and see if there are any villages that are still unaware of Li Xiangdong’s ginseng purchases. If there is any more ginseng, we will settle the payment in cash this time.”
"Okay, all right!"
"But brother, we don't have that much cash on us!"
Xu Yunfeng thought for a moment and realized that the initial capital he had saved for the business was indeed insufficient. He shouted loudly into the house to his wife, "Lili! Lili!"
Wang Lili was playing with her chubby son when she heard her husband calling her loudly. She quickly ran out and asked, "Honey, what's wrong?"
Xu Yunfeng didn't shy away from asking directly, even though others were present, "How much cash do we have left?"
Wang Lili glanced at her brothers, some sitting and some standing beside her, and bit her lip. "There's still 1,700 left. I spent 1,300 on the TV, and another 100 or so on miscellaneous expenses."
Xu Yunfeng made the final decision: "Bring it all out, let's focus on this business deal first!"
"ah?!"
Wang Lili was dumbfounded. "Didn't we keep all the money from our previous business? Why are you taking money from home again!"
Xu Yunfeng impatiently explained to her, "Just go when I tell you to!"
Xu Yunsong stood up. "The money we got last time is with my mother. I'll go get it too!"
With these two setting an example, the other three also expressed their willingness to take out the dividends they had previously received.
Xu Yunfeng stood up from the recliner, his expression serious. "The market is good this year, so we should try to buy as much as we can. Ginseng is expensive now, but it will only be more expensive in Guangzhou!"
"If you pull this off well, you guys can build four big brick houses and get married in style, no problem at all."
After enjoying their wonderful new life for a while, the group went their separate ways.
Everyone else here got their money very quickly, but Da Niu didn't come back for ages, with a bright red handprint on his face.
It is said that Da Niu's mother refused to take out the money, holding the money box and saying that she had no money but would give him her life.
If it weren't for Da Niu's father using a diversionary tactic to help Da Niu snatch the money box, Da Niu probably wouldn't be back now.
Even so, Da Niu's mother slapped both Da Niu and his father across the face.
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