Chapter 240 229: The Rat Drills the Bellows
The next morning, Yang Chunyan, her two sisters-in-law and Zhou Huaian set out together. It was only just dawn when they arrived at the intersection of Fangtian mechanized farming road.
Yang Chunyan looked in the direction of Fang's house and asked, "I wonder if Brother-in-law Fang has gone out yet?"
Zhou Huaian stretched his neck and said, "I don't have time. Waiting for someone is the most troublesome thing."
They waited for a while before seeing Fang Zhiqiang riding over, "I thought you guys weren't here yet!"
Zhou Huaian curled his lips, but before he could say anything, Zhou Huaishan smiled and said politely, "We just got here a while ago."
"Let's go." Zhou Huaian got on the bike and said to Yang Chunyan, "Be careful when you go up the mountain, and get down early."
"I understand."
Fang Zhiqiang looked back at Yang Chunyan and the others and said, "Youngest, your family is still the best. The sisters-in-law are all harmonious."
"They are quite friendly. When they get together, they chatter non-stop!"
"Alas! My wife's relationship with my eldest sister-in-law is even worse than that of outsiders."
"There are many sisters-in-law in the village who don't get along. If the family is divided, they will become two families and each live their own life!"
Fang Zhiqiang nodded and said, "Yes, we all lived our own lives before, but ever since my sister-in-law's family saw Xiaoxue and I going up the mountain to dig herbs to sell, we can earn more than ten or twenty yuan a day.
My sister-in-law came to the door flatteringly, and when she saw that Xiaoxue disagreed, she urged my mother to pressure Xiaoxue to agree to take sister-in-law with her. No matter what Xiaoxue said, she refused to agree, saying that if she was asked to take sister-in-law with her, she would rather not go.
"Xiaoxue and your sister-in-law don't have a good relationship, so she definitely doesn't want to take her with her!"
"Did your mother also ask Chunyan to bring your sister-in-law to dig grass together?"
Zhou Huaian slowed down, "No! You know that I don't have a good reputation in Fu Niu. My brother and sister-in-law didn't say much about the Xiong family's dead cow in the early spring, but later...
My sisters-in-law were a little tempted when they saw us making money, and some even said...but we agreed to take them along because they have always been nice to us."
Fang Zhiqiang said enviously after hearing this: "Your brothers and sisters-in-law are really nice, but my brother and sister-in-law are far behind. When Xiaoxue and I were looking for a partner, my eldest sister-in-law disliked her.
He often told my mother that Xiaoxue was too small to do hard work, and he often made things difficult for her after they got married... I am now like a rat in a bellows, getting bullied from both sides."
"Tsk~" Zhou Huaian sneered, "It's all your own fault. Your sister-in-law bullied your wife for no reason, and you didn't support her. Instead, you made her swallow her anger. If anyone dares to bully my wife for no reason, I will not show any respect to them!"
Fang Zhiqiang looked at him in surprise after hearing this, "You don't even give face to your brother and sister-in-law?"
Zhou Huaian asked back, "They don't give me face, why should I give them face?"
Fang Zhiqiang hesitated for a moment and said, "You're right, they didn't give me face either!"
Zhou Huaian and his companion arrived in Ning'an, and they parted ways after crossing the bridge. One went to the guesthouse, and the other went to Deshengtang on North Street.
After handing the vegetables to Huang Yongcai, he took out the bananas and gave them to him, "Brother Huang, my mom just chopped them and ripened them."
Huang Yongcai was not polite and took it with a smile, "Your bananas are better than others."
"My mother said she used neem leaves to cover it."
Huang Yongcai looked at him in surprise, "Aren't chinaberry leaves bitter? Why are the bananas so sweet?"
"I don't know either. I heard that my mother-in-law taught her."
Huang Yongcai suddenly said with some sadness: "Old people in the past could cook a lot of things. My mother-in-law and my mother could make soy sauce, sweet potato wine, and sweet potato crisps. After they passed away, we no longer have the soy sauce and wine we brewed ourselves."
Zhou Huaian then realized that Huang's mother was gone. He patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Brother Huang, my mother can make soy sauce and brew sorghum wine. She will send it to you when it's ready."
"Okay, I'll be waiting." Huang Yongcai looked at him and smiled, "Hurry up and deliver the goods. If you encounter any difficulties in Ning'an in the future, come to Brother Huang."
"Hey!" Zhou Huaian went over and pushed his bicycle, waved at him, got on the bike and went to North Street, but saw that Fang Zhiqiang was not there.
He got out of the bike and turned to look inside the clinic. Seeing that only Doctor Wang was seeing patients inside, he pushed his bike to the backyard.
Wang Zhen heard the noise and turned to see him, "I was just thinking, you should be here!"
"I was delayed for a while talking to Brother Huang." Zhou Huaian smiled and took out the small bananas. "My mom said you like them. They are freshly cooked."
"Thank you!" Wang Zhen took it with a smile, "Auntie's bananas taste really good."
"Three more broods have been born this year. From now on, my mom will be responsible for their bananas."
"How can I be so embarrassed!" Wang Zhen helped him lift the sack down, revealing the Ganoderma lucidum in the bamboo basket. "Hey~ You went up the mountain with the Fang family?"
"A few people went up the mountain together, saying they found a nest of Ganoderma lucidum." Zhou Huaian picked up a flower with a smile, "Look, she said it's called Fragrant Blood Ganoderma lucidum!"
Wang Zhen took it and looked at it. "It's the fragrant blood Ganoderma. This variety of Ganoderma belongs to the blood Ganoderma family. The price should be a little higher than the top-grade purple Ganoderma."
"It's good enough that it's taller than the purple Ganoderma lucidum." Zhou Huaian happily took the Ganoderma lucidum out, "She found eight this time, and only one had a worm eye!"
"These are all good!" Wang Zhen picked up the Ganoderma lucidum and put it aside. "Let's weigh the herbs first, and then I'll ask Grandpa to give you an estimate!"
"Yes!" Zhou Huaian put the pole vine on the scale, "This thing looks quite strange."
Wang Zhen took a look and said, "There are more shoulder pole vines in the neighboring Yun Province, but we have less here. This thing is not valuable, so we only charge 20 cents per pound."
Zhou Huaian thought of the cicada flowers in his bag, "Here's another good thing." He took out the cicada flowers, "They picked them up in the woods yesterday."
Wang Zhen took it and looked at it. "This is called cicada flower. The price is not bad. The current purchase price is fifty to one hundred yuan per catty. These weigh about seven or eight taels."
Zhou Huaian was surprised, "Oh my god, this damn thing is worth so much?"
Wang Zhen smiled and joked: "It's better to be more expensive, so you can sell it for more money!"
Zhou Huaian gave him a thumbs up and said, "Dr. Xiao Wang is really honest!"
"Haha! As long as you don't scold me, I'll be happy."
After the two weighed all the herbs, Wang Zhen called Doctor Wang, who picked out five top-quality ones and sold them at 80 yuan per catty, and the remaining three at fifty yuan. He also picked out seven or eight catties of top-quality purple Ganoderma lucidum, and the rest were all second-rate goods.
Five fragrant blood Ganoderma lucidum weighed exactly one pound and two ounces... plus other things, Zhou Huaian got more than 1,200 yuan from selling the medicine, and said goodbye to Wang Zhen with a grin on his face.
He came out of the backyard and looked around, but still didn't see Fang Zhiqiang's men. "Why is Old Fang like this? We agreed to go back together, but there's not even a hair of a person to be seen."
Before he finished speaking, Fang Zhiqiang came over from the supply and marketing cooperative, "Youngest, have you weighed it?"
"It's good!" Zhou Huaian waited for him to come over, "Let's go to the market to buy some meat before going back!"
(End of this chapter)
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