The old man knew that his son had made money and bought a lot of medicinal herbs from the neighboring village. He thought that the village chief and his men wanted to come and cooperate with his son, so he also said to George.
"You go to work first. Zhao Zhaocai, come with me to the next village today. You should know what the consequences of what you have done will be." The village chief said to Zhao Zhaocai with half-closed eyes.
Zhao Zhaocai was shocked when he saw this scene, but then he thought that he had formal procedures, so what was there to be afraid of? If anyone dared to threaten him, he would report it and no one in the village could make money.
"What is the village chief talking about? I don't know. But if you ask me to go with you, it's ok." Zhao Zhaocai said with a smile, and then he put the hoe in the corner of the courtyard wall.
Ms. Deng and Mr. Zhao were looking anxious. Zhou Li was also worried that Zhao Zhaocai would be arrested for buying and selling Chinese medicine. She said anxiously, "Village Chief, I'll go with you. I won't eavesdrop. I'll just wait outside."
It can only be said that the Zhao family is very united and has a very good relationship. If they can live a peaceful life, they can be considered a happy family.
The village chief put his hands behind his back and said in a calm voice: "Well, you two should come with us. I just happened to be visiting the next village. It's a good opportunity for you to go back to your parents' home."
The couple looked at each other. They also guessed roughly, but they could only take one step at a time. The four of them walked very quickly to the next village and went straight to the village chief's house.
"Xiao Li, son-in-law, don't you have to go to work today? How come you have time to come back? And this is the head of Shuitou Village and the village party secretary, right? Why are you here too? Is there anything you want to talk to my old Zhou about?"
The person who spoke was a woman with short hair, a few thin bangs in front, a protruding mouth, a flat nose, and narrow eyes like leaf eyebrows. This woman was Zhou Li's mother Hua Hong.
Zhou Li walked up to Hua Hong with a smile and said to her, "Mom, my village chief and village party secretary came here this time to talk to my father about something. Where is he now?"
"Your father must have gone to work in the fields at this time. I was just about to go when you came. How about I go and find him?" Hua Hong said seriously to the village chief and the village party secretary. He thought they had something important to do and his tone was rather anxious.
The village chief nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Mrs. Zhou. We'll wait for him at the gate. This matter is very important and has a bearing on the future development of the two villages."
Hua Hong also understood the overall situation. After hearing this, she ran to the field in a hurry. About ten minutes later, Hua Hong came back panting, followed by Zhou Li's father Zhou Damao.
"Old Zhao, how come you have time to come and see me today? Let's go inside and talk." Zhou Damao greeted Zhao Maosheng with a smile, and when he saw that several people were standing at the door, he said to Hua Hong fiercely: "And you, you damned woman, the guests have come, but you don't even pour them a glass of water, and you don't even make a stool for them. This is how we treat guests in our family."
Zhao Maosheng quickly stopped Zhou Damao and said to him, "Sister Zhou is anxious to find you. Besides, we also want to stand and are not thirsty... We all have water with us."
"Then please come in. Please go and get us two cups of tea." Zhou Damao invited the village chief and the village party secretary into the house, and the last sentence was said to Hua Hong.
As soon as they sat down, the village chief got straight to the point. He said to Zhou Damao, "Village Chief Zhou, do you know that your son-in-law Zhao Zhaocai is doing business?"
"Haha... Of course I know about this. It's a business done together with our village, so it shouldn't be a big deal. It seems that your village has also applied for a credit union to buy and sell medicinal materials!" Zhou Damao said with a smile. After all, his son-in-law is capable of making money. There is nothing to hide.
Zhao Maosheng wondered if Zhou Damao would still be able to laugh after he knew that his son-in-law had earned so much money in their village?
Thinking of this, Zhao Maosheng also said: "You did go through the formal procedures. If you were doing business normally, I wouldn't say anything. But you made too much money. This is not right."
"Village Chief Zhao, what are you talking about? Only by making more money can we improve the lives of the villagers. If we make less money, we might as well work in the fields, right? If you don't make money, would you still build a credit union to make money?" Zhou Damao didn't think it was a big deal. If we don't go, can every household make ten yuan a day?
Zhao Maosheng looked at Zhou Damao's expression and guessed that Zhou Damao probably didn't know how much his son-in-law Zhao Zhaocai could earn from each pound of herbs. If he knew, he wouldn't be so calm, unless he was also involved.
"According to our price, for example... our purchase price for Gastrodia elata is more than 90 yuan. But your purchase price is 5 yuan, which is a difference of 90 yuan. This is not considered a huge profit. How can you do such a conscienceless thing and dig into the corners of society? As long as I report you to the commune, you will all be in trouble." The village chief said indignantly, slamming the table.
Zhao Zhaocai was shocked to hear this. The drug store actually made so much money from him. If he had known earlier, he would have gone to ask across the street. This helped others.
When Zhou Damao heard this, he turned around and looked at his son-in-law in surprise. He slammed the table heavily and yelled at Zhao Zhaocai, "You really made 90 yuan per kilogram. How could you do such a conscienceless thing?"
"Dad, I really don't have so many clothes on. I was cheated by the people in the drugstore. Their purchase price was only six dollars. I only made one dollar as a running errand fee." Zhao Zhaocai lied. Anyway, they couldn't go to the drugstore to verify it, so no one could find out even if he lied.
Zhou Damao looked at Zhao Zhaocai with scrutiny, trying to find some flaws in his face. He didn't know if Zhao Zhaocai's acting skills were too good or what, but he didn't let this old fox who was over fifty years old see any exaggeration.
"Then I'll believe you this time. I'll cut off ties with them from now on. Why would I cooperate with such a scam shop?" Zhou Damao still had some bottom line. If he hadn't been discovered, he would have done it. But now that someone had found his home, he couldn't just ignore it. After all, he still wanted to continue to be the village chief.
Zhao Zhaocai said with a bitter face: "Dad, I also want to cancel the cooperation with them, but we have signed a contract. If I don't deliver the goods to them according to the contract, I will have to pay the penalty."
Zhou Damao asked angrily, "How much is the penalty for breach of contract? If you don't have enough, I can lend you some. No matter what, we can't associate with people like this."
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