Zhou Huaian and his family arrived at the brigade meeting room, where quite a few people were already sitting.
Zhou Yiding, Xu Erchun, and Xu Hongbing waved at him from the last row, "Youngest, we are here, come here!"
Zhou Sufang and her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at them hatefully and lowered their heads.
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian took out a cigarette and passed it around to Secretary Xu, Zhou Datian and several other team leaders, then walked to the back row, and Zhou Huairong and others followed him.
"Huairong, those of you who are participating in the election should sit in the first row at the front." Secretary Xu said to Zhou Huairong, pointing to the front row of seats.
"Oh!" Zhou Huairong sat next to Aunt Datian nervously.
Zhou Huaian sat in Zhou Yiding's row, Zhou's father, the old man, and Zhou Huaijun sat in Zhou Sanba's row, and Zhou's mother, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sat in Zhou Sanshen's row.
Xu Hongbing whispered to Zhou Huaian, "When I was working on the field at the bottom of the slope, I saw Xiong Laoya and Zhou Huaixing riding their bicycles across the bridge about four or five minutes apart."
Zhou Huaian: "What time did you leave?"
Xu Hongbing: "It was about ten minutes before Secretary Xu turned on the loudspeaker."
Zhou Yiding came forward and asked, "What's going on? Is someone trying to cause trouble?"
Zhou Huaian turned his head, "Zhou Huaixing and Xiong Laoya got together."
Zhou Yiding: "No good will come of these two bastards getting together!"
Zhou Huaian thought that the two of them were most likely going to the drugstore called the Big Pharmacy in Ning'an. "When I finish writing, please help me vote. I'll go to Ning'an."
Zhou Yiding: "Ask Lao Xu and Erchun to help you vote, I'll go with you!"
Zhou Huaian felt warm in his heart, "It's okay, I'm just going to take a look!"
Zhou Yiding smiled and glanced at him, "I'm not worried about you. I'm going to buy some things, and it's more convenient to take your tractor!"
Zhou Huaian didn't answer, but just patted him.
Seeing that most people had arrived, Secretary Xu sat down in front of the microphone and tapped it gently, "Fellow villagers, I have been a team leader since I was 30 years old, and later became the brigade secretary. This year I should retire.
Thanks to everyone's support over the years, I have been able to work smoothly until now. In the future, everyone should support the next batch of brigade cadres just like they supported me, and strive to get rich as soon as possible! "
Xu Hongbing shouted from below: "Secretary Xu, if the newly elected brigade secretary is like you, we will support him. If he is like Fang Tian, forget it!"
Secretary Xu looked at him and smiled, "Look, even Xu Hongbing, the old sly fellow, has come. Hurry up and take a seat. Then just cast your vote for the one you like."
"I'll listen to you!" Xu Hongbing sat down with a smile.
Secretary Xu smiled and nodded at him a few times, then continued, "Since last year, when the household contract responsibility system was implemented, everyone has been working hard to get rich. Some raise pigs, some raise ducks, and some use their skills to harvest herbs and truffles.
People who are smart, hardworking and willing to work have all tasted the sweetness of the household contract responsibility system, and everyone should continue to work hard to get rich. Now, we welcome the comrades who are running for election to come up and speak! "
There was warm applause from below...
When it was Zhou Huairong's turn to speak stutteringly, Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding hunched over and slipped out through the back door.
By the time he drove onto the asphalt road, Zhou Huaixing and Xiong Laoya were already almost to Ning'an on their bicycles.
The two men crossed the bridge, bent their bodies and pedaled their bicycles hard to climb the gentle slope, walked straight through the intersection, and stopped by the sidewalk when they reached the third store.
Zhou Huaixing followed Xiong Laoya and pushed the bicycle to the front of the drugstore and parked it. He looked up and saw a sign with large gold letters on a black background that read "Big Pharmacy".
The youngest Xiong walked into the shop carrying his backpack and smiled at the middle-aged man in a white coat sitting behind the counter, "Hello, Doctor Sun!"
Doctor Sun smiled and said, "Hello, regarding the matter of collecting truffles you mentioned last time, I can only reply to you after the boss in the provincial capital gets back to me."
"Xiao Hai told me about it." The youngest bear gratefully handed over the backpack, "Some mountain products from the mountains, try them."
"Thank you!" Doctor Sun took it with a smile and walked to the back of the shop, "Come with me!"
The youngest Xiong looked back at Zhou Huaixing, and he hurriedly followed. The three of them arrived at the backyard, only to see the wooden shelves in the yard filled with herbs.
Doctor Sun handed the clip back to a woman, asked the two to sit down, and then looked at the youngest Xiong and said, "Xiao Hai told me that you wanted to learn how to collect herbs and send them to the pharmacy. What herbs do you know now?"
The youngest bear said timidly, "Dandelion, plantain, spatholobi, hedyotis diffusa, lobelia, and Millettia reticulata."
Zhou Huaixing looked at the two of them awkwardly after hearing this, "I only know plantain, dandelion, spatholobi, and Millettia reticulata."
You don't even know as many herbs as the mountain people in the deep mountains and old forests, but you dare to partner with others to collect and sell herbs. You'd lose money like a prodigy!
Doctor Sun smiled and said, "There are more than 3,000 kinds of herbs in Ning'an. If you only collect these few herbs, I'm afraid you won't be able to make a living. If you plan to do this business, you have to learn it well!"
After hearing this, the youngest Xiong said gratefully: "Thank you, Dr. Sun, for your guidance. I will definitely study hard."
Zhou Huaixing glanced at him and said, "Doctor Sun, there is a family in our brigade that often sends herbs to Deshengtang. Do you know about this?"
Doctor Sun: "I heard that they are better than some of the old herbal farmers who have been collecting herbs for many years. If you really want to collect herbs to sell, you should learn from them."
Zhou Huaixing was extremely jealous after hearing this, and he forced a smile and said, "Doctor Sun, they are from my second uncle's family, and they didn't know any herbal medicine.
Since his youngest son married the daughter of Dr. Wang’s apprentice, he started to collect herbs to sell. My family also collected herbs and sold them to him last year.
Last year, they collected a lot of mushrooms and sold them to Deshengtang. I heard they collected them for a big boss in the provincial capital. I wonder if your family collects them?"
After hearing this, Xiong Laoyao looked over in surprise, his heart was crawling with ants: He also collects mushrooms to sell? Why haven't we heard of it? How could Zhou Laoyao's grandson be so lucky? He married a wife who brings fortune!
Doctor Sun raised his eyelids and glanced at him. "There are many mushrooms that can be used as medicine, such as Matsutake and Morchella... These mushrooms are beneficial to the human body. I wonder which one you are talking about?"
You have three white septums in your eyes and no flesh on your cheeks. A villain like you still wants to get rich, but it's more likely you'll lose all your money!
Zhou Huaixing thought of what Zhou Huaian said about the price reduction this year, so he decided to test the waters first. If the big pharmacy knew that they were buying red mushrooms, it would not be bad to buy them and sell them for 50 cents a pound.
"It's a kind of mushroom that people here don't eat. Last year they bought it from us, and we paid fifty cents a pound for fresh goods, but they kept buying it until the mushroom market went on strike, and then they confiscated it."
Doctor Sun said calmly, "Then I don't know. If you'd like, take the sample and send it to me for a look."
You said that no one eats mushrooms here, and you buy them for only two or three cents a pound, but the farmers are running away. You're still paying 50 cents a pound for fresh mushrooms? You're almost crazy!
Zhou Huaixing lobbied, "Doctor Sun, the mushrooms they collect may be as profitable as truffles. I heard from them a few days ago that they will continue to collect them this year. If Doctor Sun wants to do business in this, I can help you collect them and send them to you."
Doctor Sun laughed dryly and said, "Little brother, there are probably dozens of species of mushrooms in the mountains that people in Ning'an don't eat. You want me to charge fifty cents a pound for a mushroom you don't even know its name. I'm running a pharmacy, not a bank."
Seeing that he really didn't know about the red mushroom, Zhou Huaixing hurriedly said, "My mother said it was a kind of red mushroom, and they didn't tell us the name."
Doctor Sun was not sure which kind of red mushroom it was. "Brother, there are so many red mushrooms in the mountains. How do I know which one you are talking about? If you really want to do this business with me, show me the sample."
The youngest bear also said, "Yes, Huaixing, you just said it was red mushrooms. Some mushrooms look the same, but they can poison people to death if eaten. Are you guarding against me?"
Zhou Huaixing's family didn't pick many red mushrooms to begin with, and they didn't dare to eat the defective ones picked out by Yang Chunyan and the others at first. Later, when they saw that Zhou Sanshen and the others were fine after eating them, they had already eaten them all.
"Doctor Sun, youngest brother, you really don't have any samples. I thought your family was like Deshengtang, both of them were drugstores, and that you would recognize the things they recognize."
You damn villain, how dare you say that I am ignorant and cannot compare to those two foxes at Deshengtang!
Doctor Sun was very unhappy and looked at him with disdain, "If it weren't for the fact that you came here with Xiao Xiong, to be honest, I wouldn't even bother to talk to you when you speak half a sentence and guard against others like a thief."
The youngest Xiong stood up with an embarrassed look on his face and said to him, "Doctor Sun, I'm sorry, he never even mentioned anything about red mushrooms to me before I brought him here."
He looked at Zhou Huaixing and said, "I thought you and Zhou Laoyao were not on the same page, so I wanted to cooperate with you. I told you about collecting truffles and herbs without reservation, but I didn't expect you to be on guard against me. Forget it, it's better for us not to have any contact in the future."
"You think you are a good person? Go to the village and weigh two taels of cotton to see if there is anyone in the village who says you are good."
Zhou Huaixing curled his lips as he looked at him, "If the east doesn't shine, the west will. Even if I don't cooperate with you, I can still dig truffles and pick mushrooms to sell to Zhou Laoyao!"
After he said that, he walked straight towards the gate of the courtyard.
When the youngest Xiong saw him walk out of the hospital gate, he couldn't wait to ask in a low voice: "Doctor Sun, do you know what the red fungus he mentioned is?"
"It's probably a kind of fungus called red mushroom." Doctor Sun thought about it and said, "Let me ask the boss over there and I'll tell you next time."
The youngest Xiong thought that the red mushroom was most likely called red mushroom, but he didn't say much, "It's still a few months before the mushrooms go on the market, so I'll slowly ask around."
Doctor Sun thought for a moment and continued, "I just said that with your limited knowledge of herbs, it is hard to make a living by collecting herbs. You'd better think carefully before you do it.
There is also the business of collecting truffles. Even if they reply, you have nothing to sell. As the old saying goes, good things come when you are busy. You should wait patiently for my news. "
The youngest Xiong said gratefully: "Thank you, Dr. Sun, for your advice." (End of this chapter)
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