Era: My backyard is the garbage dump of the universe

Chapter 320: Only slightly worse than my uncle.

"Chen Zhongju, what are you doing? Are you crazy?" Zhao Yinwu was surprised and quickly stepped back to avoid it.

Fortunately, I dodged in time and was not hit by the hatchet.

But Chen Zhongju had no intention of letting Zhao Yinwu go. He raised his hatchet and pointed it at Zhao Yinwu, his eyes filled with murderous intent. "You bastard, what are you saying to me? You took my father's 2,000 yuan life-saving money, but why haven't you said a word to my father even though he's dead?"

"I...I..." Zhao Yinwu hesitated to speak.

Seeing this, Wu Niang stepped forward and snatched the hatchet from Chen Zhongju's hand: "Can you please stop chopping people? Now that your father is dead, what we should do now is to bury him properly instead of causing trouble for your uncle Zhao."

"As for the 2,000 yuan life-saving money, I saw him give it to Ma Yiheng of the Common People's Pharmacy. Now Ma Yiheng has not sent the wild Ganoderma lucidum from the Tiger Mountain Pepper Cliff. What can you, Uncle Zhao, do?"

"Really... is it really like that?" Chen Zhongju looked at Zhao Yinwu with some surprise.

"Oh! That's true." Zhao Yinwu sighed, "I sent someone to look for Ma Yiheng about this matter, but there's been no news so far."

"Ma Yiheng wouldn't take the money and run away, right?" Chen Zhongju asked.

"It shouldn't happen, because he can run away, but he can't run away from the temple. There is still a common people's pharmacy!" Zhao Yinwu replied.

"Then why has there been no news from him for so long?" Chen Zhongju frowned. For some reason, he always felt that Zhao Yinwu was fooling him.

Zhao Yinwu sighed and said, "Who can tell the specific reason why Ma Yiheng didn't come, but there is news that the wild Ganoderma lucidum in the Huajiao Cliff of Tiger Mountain has skyrocketed recently. The price has been hyped up to 10,000 yuan per plant, and there is no spot stock yet. We have to wait."

"I guess this is the reason why Ma Yiheng hasn't shown up yet."

"No way? This... the wild Ganoderma lucidum from Tiger Mountain is so valuable?" Chen Zhongju was stunned when he heard this, with an expression of disbelief in his eyes: "What if Ma Yiheng helps me buy the wild Ganoderma lucidum from Tiger Mountain, then I still have to pay him the remaining several thousand yuan?"

"That's for sure! This was agreed upon when your father gave me money before he died," Zhao Yinwu reminded.

"That's troublesome." Chen Zhongju wanted to cry but had no tears. His father was no longer the person in charge of the medicine market. Where would he find several thousand dollars to pay the bill?

"Hey! Things have come to this, don't worry." Zhao Yinwu reached out and patted Chen Zhongju on the shoulder: "The new person in charge of the medicine market and I will help you find a solution."

"By the way, let me introduce you." Zhao Yinwu said as he pulled Liu Qingsong to the side and said, "This is the new person in charge of the medicine market, Liu Qingsong. Give him your father's account book and the golden knife."

The golden knife is a symbol of the person in charge of the medicine market and also represents power.

All vendors and villagers doing business in the medicine market must obey the orders of the owner of the golden knife, who is the person in charge of the medicine market.

Chen Zhongju naturally knew this. After hearing this, he took a look at Liu Qingsong and turned and ran away.

After a while, he brought back a bamboo basket full of account books and a quaint wooden box.

When the wooden box was opened, a golden knife appeared inside.

This golden knife is only the size of a palm, dark yellow in color, and engraved with complex runes. It looks like an ornament.

Liu Qingsong picked up the golden knife and weighed it in his hand, only to find that it was very heavy and did not seem to be made of gold.

But he didn't ask any more questions, but put the golden knife back into the wooden box.

Seeing this, Zhao Yinwu reminded him: "Why did you put it in? This golden knife should be hung on your waist, so that everyone in the medicine market knows that you are the person in charge."

"Okay!" Liu Qingsong had no choice but to do as he was told.

But to be honest, he felt a little weird with such a heavy thing hanging on his body.

"As for the account book," Zhao Yinwu thought for a moment and said, "Since you are in a hurry to go back, find someone to take care of it!"

"Then who do you think is suitable to take over?" Liu Qingsong asked.

"Don't ask me about that." Zhao Yinwu smiled bitterly: "As a native resident of Yao City, I can't make choices for you. If those old guys find out, my Zhao family will be in trouble."

"Old thing?" Liu Qingsong was puzzled.

Mr. Jiang and Li Fenfen also looked at Zhao Yinwu.

Just as Zhao Yinwu was about to explain, a tall, thin middle-aged man with sweat all over his forehead appeared at the entrance of the cave.

This tall and thin middle-aged man carried a bamboo basket on his shoulder and leaned on a crutch made of a branch in his right hand. His trouser legs were scratched by thorny vines and there were bloodstains on his calves.

He is no one else.

It was exactly Ma Yiheng that Zhao Yinwu had mentioned before.

Seeing that Zhao Yinwu, Wu Niang, and Chen Zhongju were all there, Ma Yiheng immediately went up to greet them: "Sorry! I'm... late."

Obviously, he already knew that Chen Yuping, the former head of the medicine market, had passed away.

"Ah! You!" Zhao Yinwu sighed and pointed at Ma Yiheng: "I don't know what to say to you. Now that the person is dead, what's the point of you coming here?"

"Have you...have you purchased the wild Ganoderma lucidum?" Chen Zhongju also asked nervously.

If he bought it, he would be in trouble.

"I didn't buy it." Ma Yiheng smiled bitterly: "I came here today not only to apologize and return the money, but also to tell you something very important."

"You say." Zhao Yinwu listened.

Chen Zhongju also breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as he doesn't purchase wild Ganoderma lucidum, everything will be easy. Otherwise, he will be in trouble.

Ma Yiheng said: "This matter is related to your mountain products. The Grass Carp Supply and Marketing Cooperative intends to cancel the cooperation from next month and will no longer purchase mountain products from your medicine market, unless..."

Speaking of which.

Ma Yiheng didn't know how to continue.

"Unless what?" Zhao Yinwu asked.

Chen Zhongju, Liu Qingsong, Li Fenfen, Wu Niang, Jin Ruyi and others also pricked up their ears.

“Unless you reduce the price by another 30%.” Ma Yiheng replied.

"No...the price of mountain products that used to be a few cents per pound is reduced by another 30%? What are the supply and marketing cooperatives thinking?" Zhao Yinwu couldn't help but get angry.

"Don't ask me about this. The Grass Carp Supply and Marketing Cooperative has no worries about not being able to purchase mountain products and game. It's normal for them to lower the price." Ma Yiheng reminded with a sigh.

To sum up in one sentence, it is at the neck of the drug market.

After hearing this, Zhao Yinwu turned to look at Liu Qingsong and said, "Now you are the person in charge of the medicine market, what do you think we should do about this matter?!"

"I think you don't want to sell it." Liu Qingsong replied with a smile: "Next time I come, I will bring people to buy them all at once, and the payment will be in full."

"Are you sure?" Zhao Yinwu was a little surprised.

"Sure." Liu Qingsong replied confidently.

His second sister is now the manager of the Dongfanghong Farmers' Market. If she could buy all kinds of mountain products at a few cents per pound, she would definitely be very happy and would definitely make a lot of money.

Only the Grass Carp Supply and Marketing Cooperative dared to strangle the mountain people. If it were placed in Songmu Commune, they would probably not know how they died.

"Then let's make it like this." Zhao Yinwu reached out and patted Liu Qingsong on the shoulder: "If you have something to do, you can go with Wu Niang first. When you come to the medicine market next time, I will take you to familiarize yourself with the surrounding situation and meet the local people."

"Great!" Liu Qingsong wanted more than anything else.

After Li Fenfen helped carry a bamboo basket of account books, he took the lead and walked out of the cave with Wu Niang.

Old Jiang, Li Juren, Old Man Wang, and Jin Ruyi followed behind.

Ma Yiheng watched them disappear from his sight: "Is that young man the new person in charge of the medicine market? How come I have never seen him before?"

"besides……"

"Wasn't the person you previously appointed as the person in charge of the medicine market your daughter Zhao Xiaoying? How did it become him?"

"Alas! This is a long story." Zhao Yinwu smiled bitterly: "In short, don't ask. This young man is very extraordinary. Maybe he can really lead our medicine market out of the current predicament."

"Are you sure he has such ability?" Ma Yiheng was a little surprised.

"He is indeed very capable." Zhao Xiaoying stepped forward and said, "You don't know how brave he was when he passed the five levels and how powerful he was when he snatched the tiger king's skin. My brother was killed by him."

"What? Zhao Daniu is dead? Died at his hands?" Ma Yiheng looked at Zhao Yinwu in horror: "Then why did you let him go?"

If it were him, he would have hired someone to kill him long ago, instead of waiting until now and doing nothing.

"Could it be that... the rumors are true? This Zhao Daniu is really not Zhao Yinwu's son?" Ma Yiheng secretly guessed in his heart.

Zhao Yinwu guessed what Ma Yiheng was thinking, but he pretended to be confused: "What else can I do if I don't let him go? At that time, he had already grabbed the tiger king skin and became the person in charge of the medicine market. If I took action, the entire Zhao family would be wiped out by those old guys."

As soon as the three words "old thing" came out.

Ma Yiheng couldn't help shrinking his neck and looking around cautiously: "Are they still alive and well now?"

"What do you think?" Zhao Yinwu asked back. If the old guys were not alive, his Zhao family would have openly seized the position of the head of the medicine market, instead of sending younger generations to participate according to the previous tradition.

Of course, having these old guys around has its benefits.

For example, the current Chen family and several other foreign families who were eyeing the medicine market have been suppressed by a few old guys. Otherwise, the medicine market would have been in chaos long ago, and would not be as "orderly" as it is now.

Ma Yiheng naturally knew the inside story, so he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and handed them to Zhao Yinwu: "Count them and see if the amount is correct."

"Okay! Okay!" Zhao Yinwu nodded repeatedly.

……

After Liu Qingsong returned to the Nanzhu greenhouse where Wu Niang was.

He took Li Fenfen to help select the herbs that Mr. Jiang needed.

After making the selection, Liu Qingsong moved the account book in the bamboo basket to Wu Niang and said, "Please keep this for me for the time being!"

"Do you trust me just like that?" Wu Niang smiled.

Jin Ruyi on the side also smiled and looked at Liu Qingsong with light in her eyes.

"Of course I believe you." Liu Qingsong replied softly.

In fact, it’s not a question of whether to believe it or not, but that he doesn’t want to deal with this mess.

"If you believe me, then burn these account books." Wu Niang became serious.

"Why?" Liu Qingsong was a little puzzled.

Li Fenfen was also very confused.

The account book was burned, so what can we use to reconcile the accounts?
Wu Niang asked Jin Ruyi to guard the door and then whispered, "These account books contain a lot of confusing and bad accounts. If you leave them with me, I will be killed."

"So instead of doing this, you might as well burn it. This way you can save a lot of trouble and it won't make things difficult for me."

"Is that so?" Liu Qingsong nodded. "So, should we burn the account book openly in the canyon or secretly?"

"It's definitely not possible to burn it openly, because those old guys will obviously interfere and will be dissatisfied with you." Wu Niang hesitated for a moment before continuing, "How about this, just leave it to me. I will do it secretly and won't disgust those old guys."

"Okay!" Liu Qingsong agreed readily.

In a word, just don't let him interfere. He doesn't have the time or the mind to do so.

Seeing that Wu Niang and Zhao Yinwu mentioned the old thing several times, she was about to ask about it, but Li Juren at the door spoke up: "Qingsong, stop chatting, let's go! Otherwise, we won't be able to go back today."

"Okay! Okay!" Liu Qingsong said to Wu Niang and Jin Ruyi, then walked out of the Nanzhu greenhouse with Li Fenfen.

Jin Ruyi sent it out.

She wanted to send him out of the medicine market, but was stopped by Wu Niang: "Silly girl, he is the man you can't have, so don't think too much about it."

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Jin Ruyi's oval face turned red instantly.

"Am I talking nonsense?" Wu Niang shook her head in amusement: "Don't forget that your mother is also an experienced person. You can't hide the look in your eyes when you look at the person you like."

"I...I..." Jin Ruyi stammered and couldn't answer.

Wu Niang didn't talk to Jin Ruyi anymore, but went into the Nanzhu greenhouse to do her own thing.

……

At around 6:30 in the afternoon, Liu Qingsong and his group, along with the porters carrying herbs, finally returned to the military jeep and three-wheeled vehicle after trekking through mountains and rivers.

"Qingsong, send Fenfen and Mr. Li back first. You don't have to worry about me." Seeing that it was getting dark, Old Jiang immediately spoke to Liu Qingsong.

"Okay! Okay!" Liu Qingsong nodded. After waiting for Li Fenfen to help Li Juren sit on the passenger seat of the sidecar, he drove the sidecar towards Huangaoling.

After more than ten minutes, they arrived at the mountain road opposite Li Fenfen's house.

Because the road ahead was blocked, Liu Qingsong stopped the tricycle.

After going down, he was about to help support Li Juren, but he heard a fierce quarrel from the direction of Huangnitang.

"What's going on?" Liu Qingsong frowned and looked over.

Li Fenfen and Li Juren were also somewhat confused.

Wasn't the dispute over the water source of Huangni Pond settled by the police station? Why did they start a quarrel?

"Do you want to go over and take a look?" Liu Qingsong suggested.

"Okay." Li Juren nodded, and led the way towards Huangnitang with his crutches.

When we got closer, we found that dozens of villagers from the sweet potato production team were fighting for water with a dozen or so descendants of the Li family. None of them would give in, and they were arguing so fiercely that they were about to fight.

Old Master Li shook his head as he watched this scene. He originally wanted to act as a peacemaker to stop the two groups from arguing, but after thinking about it, he did not do so. Instead, he whispered something in Li Fenfen's ear.

Li Fenfen listened quietly.

After understanding it, he turned around and ran home.

This made Liu Qingsong very confused. Just as he was about to ask Li Juren what his plan was, thousands of hornets came buzzing in the sky. After hovering over the dam of Huangnitang, these hornets suddenly flew towards the two groups of people fighting for the water source.

"No..." Liu Qingsong was stunned watching this scene.

But the two groups of people fighting for the water source started cursing each other, then turned around and fled in embarrassment.

In just a moment, everyone ran away and no one was left behind.

But the hornet did not chase them. Instead, it flew high into the sky and disappeared.

"Grandpa, are they all gone?" Li Fenfen ran over happily at this time.

"Let's go." Li Juren replied with a smile, stroking his beard.

"If they leave, they will come back. This is only a temporary solution, not a fundamental solution," Liu Qingsong reminded.

"Do you have a better solution?" Li Juren asked.

"This..." Liu Qingsong hesitated to speak.

He actually had a good idea to resolve the dispute over water sources, but when he thought of the impending severe drought in the second half of the year, he didn't say anything more. Instead, he said goodbye to Li Fenfen and Li Juren and rode his sidecar tricycle towards the Huaishu Production Team.

……

back home.

It was already around seven, almost eight in the evening.

Liu Qingsong saw that Mr. Jiang and his group had returned a long time ago, so he didn't bother to pay any attention to them and went straight to the kitchen to find something to eat.

Surprisingly, before I got close, I heard Liu Lijuan crying and Liu Chunhua's consolation.

"What's going on? Who bullied my second sister?" Liu Qingsong wanted to eavesdrop on what was going on, but Xiao Nuomi ran out from the main hall at this time: "Uncle, uncle... why did you come back just now? I... the turtle meat I left for you is cold."

"Brother, I also left two pieces of turtle meat for you." The little rascal following behind echoed.

"Really?" Liu Qingsong smiled and took Xiao Taoqi and Xiao Nuomi's hands: "Where did you get this turtle meat?"

"They were caught by Ye Qubing's master. He heard that eating soft-shelled turtles could cure Ye Qubing's illness, so he caught three or four big soft-shelled turtles today!" The naughty boy replied with his head tilted.

"Yeah, yeah! Master Ye Qubing is very powerful, only slightly inferior to my uncle." Little Nuomi followed.

"Oh?" Liu Qingsong couldn't help laughing out loud.

In the kitchen, Liu Lijuan and Liu Chunhua heard their conversation and hurried out.

Among them, Liu Lijuan wiped the tears from her face as she walked, as if she wanted to avoid being seen by Liu Qingsong.

But Liu Qingsong didn't care about that, and asked directly: "Second sister, why are you crying for no reason? Did anyone bully you?"

"If you are, tell me. I will teach him a lesson for you."

"Uncle, Second Aunt..." Before Xiao Nuomi could finish her words, she was interrupted by Liu Lijuan: "Don't talk nonsense, kid. You and Xiao Taoqi go to the main hall to play. I will tell Qingsong about my affairs in person."

"Oh!" Little Nuomi had no choice but to run away with Little Taoqi.

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(End of this chapter)