Don't get married if you're reborn.

Chapter 21 County Road Search
Boss Zhuang is a straightforward man. After inspecting the goods, he couldn't help but praise Zeng Xiangdong's alchemy level.

Zeng Xiangdong turned around and smiled at Zeng Wenjie. He was still groping in the dark before and knew nothing about alchemy and purification!

"Okay, I'll take it. How about one hundred and seven per gram?" Boss Zhuang asked, rubbing his chin, staring at the gold with cross-eyed eyes.

"Boss Zhuang, we came all the way here from Baishui Town. Your price is not suitable! We can't even make back the money for the transportation." Zeng Xiangdong spread his hands and said.

The gold price in Tingnan Province is slightly higher than that in Chongshan Province, and Boss Zhuang has obviously lowered the price.

This is also a test between businessmen. They will quote a relatively low price at the beginning, and then they will not hesitate after the number of transactions increases.

After some negotiation, the deal was finally closed at 110, making 3 yuan more than the initial price, which is more than 2,000 yuan.

Boss Zhuang said, "Please try to ship at this time in the future. I receive a lot of goods every day, and if you ship later, I may not have the money to trade with you."

Zeng Xiangdong nodded, counted the money and put it away, and said, "Thank you, Boss Zhuang. We will come to your place often."

It is foreseeable that his business will grow bigger and bigger, and the daily delivery volume will probably reach kilograms, which will be a considerable amount of money.

After the transaction was completed, the father and son left Boss Zhuang’s gold shop and got on their motorcycle.

"Dad, let's not go home yet. Let's go to several villages in the lower reaches of Baishui River to collect some goods. Gold is also paid there." Zeng Wenjie said.

"Okay, you show me the way." Zeng Xiangdong turned the motorcycle with a smile on his face.

Zeng Wenjie pointed the way and they went to two villages and a town, collecting about 50,000 yuan worth of raw goods.

The remaining 50,000 yuan was not spent because there were too many individual customers who wanted to "short-term bet", and the payout rate here was not as good as that of Yinziping.

When I rode my motorcycle out of the town, it was already dark. This place is quite close to Shizhu County, about less than 20 kilometers away.

Zeng Wenjie suggested spending a night at his aunt's house and returning to Baishui Town along the county road of Shizhu County the next day. On the way, they could go to the surrounding villages to pick up the goods along the county road.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zeng Xiangdong rode his motorcycle towards Shizhu County.

Zeng Wenjie was really tired these days. He leaned on his father's back and fell asleep in the bumpy ride without realizing it.

When he was about seven kilometers away from Shizhu County, he woke up inexplicably.

"Awake?" Zeng Xiangdong said easily.

"Um..." Zeng Wenjie agreed, and suddenly felt a light flash at the turn ahead.

He hurriedly said, "Dad, there seems to be an inspection ahead!"

Zeng Xiangdong was also startled and hurriedly slowed down the car. He said in a deep voice, "What should we do? We still have more than 50,000 worth of raw goods on us. If we are caught, all the money will be confiscated!"

At this time, people's favorite thing is to catch the gold boss, confiscate the money when they catch it, and the harvest is rich. Once they catch one, they will not say a word.

Zeng Wenjie saw the road sign on the side of the county road, took off his backpack and threw it under the road. There was a small river below with a wide riverbed.

He threw it down in the dark, and he didn't know where the gold backpack was thrown, but judging from the force he exerted, he should have thrown it onto the riverbank.

"Let's go." Zeng Wenjie noted the location of the road sign again and said.

Zeng Xiangdong drove his motorcycle about 200 meters forward and saw a police car with the engine turned off and parked on the side of the road. One officer in uniform and the other in plain clothes stopped the car after seeing the two men.

The uniformed man asked, "What are you doing? Where are you going?"

Zeng Xiangdong said, "Oh, our hometown is Baishui Town. We went to Shikou Town to do some work. It was getting late, so we planned to go to Shizhu County to find my sister and stay at her house for a day."

The man sneered, "Doing business? Smuggling gold, right?" Zeng Xiangdong was completely bewildered, his acting skills off the charts. He asked curiously, "Gold? What gold?"

The man sneered and pointed at the bag on Zeng Xiangdong's waist, saying, "You said you weren't smuggling gold, so what is this?"

The string bag is one of the basic equipment for gold customers.

Zeng Xiangdong suddenly became a little nervous, so Zeng Wenjie said, "Uncle, you all know how many robbers and thieves there are now. We use the string bag just to prevent being robbed."

The man glanced at Zeng Wenjie and saw that he looked young, so he said, "If you don't tell the truth, we have to search you!"

Zeng Wenjie said, "Search for me. My father and I are legal citizens. My uncle is the captain of the Shizhu County team. He taught me to obey the law since I was a child. How could I lie to you, uncle?"

But the man didn't believe it. He waved his hand and came up with his colleagues in plain clothes. He asked the father and son to stand up straight and then began to search.

They felt the cash in the bag, but did nothing but continued to search, hoping to find the gold.

As long as we find the gold, we will be able to catch the criminal red-handed, and the cash can also be seized!
The father and son were searched from head to toe, even the soles of their shoes were touched, and then the motorcycle was searched from inside and out.

"Okay, go away!" The man said impatiently with a cold face and waved his hand.

Zeng Xiangdong breathed a sigh of relief, told his son to get on the motorcycle, stepped on the accelerator, and drove away immediately.

Faintly, Zeng Wenjie heard someone talking——

"I guess they just delivered the goods and didn't get anything."

Zeng Xiangdong didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he could no longer see the car in the rearview mirror.

"Should we go back and get our bag later?" Zeng Xiangdong asked.

"No, let's go get it tomorrow! It's too dangerous to do it in the dark. If we get caught, it'll be all over the place." Zeng Wenjie said, "The outside of the county road is overgrown with bushes and the steps are high. I don't think anyone would go down there."

Zeng Xiangdong thought about it and felt that this made sense, but he still felt uneasy about leaving more than 50,000 worth of goods there.

I’m afraid I won’t be able to sleep tonight!
After arriving in the county town, I went straight to my aunt's house and had a hot meal, which finally made me feel better.

Aunt Zeng Yunmei asked, "How's business been lately? Is it okay?"

Zeng Xiangdong nodded and said, "Not bad, I've been there every day."

Wu Hongwu sneered and said, "I did escape in vain. It was a close call that I didn't lose my life on the mountain with my son!"

Zeng Xiangdong felt a little embarrassed, so Zeng Wenjie said, "It was a mistake! We were so excited that day that we didn't pay attention to the time. We won't make such a stupid mistake again."

Wu Hongwu sighed, wanting to say something harsh, but he didn't say it out loud. He then warned, "Two hundred disappearances in less than a year is no joke. Be careful. Money may be hard to make these days, but life is more important!"

Zeng Yunmei said, "I heard that the banks in Shizhu County will start accepting gold from the public soon. If you have gold in the future, you can sell it here. It's at least safer. I know someone at the bank and I'll introduce you to them later."

"Okay, thank you, aunt! It is indeed much more convenient to go to Shizhu County." Zeng Wenjie said with a smile.

"You are just a young boy, and you are going to college. Why are you thinking about the gold business all day long?" His aunt rolled her eyes at him and hit him on the head.

"To see the world!" Zeng Wenjie said with a smile.

At dawn the next day, Zeng Xiangdong, who had hardly slept the whole night, woke up Zeng Wenjie. The father and son got on their motorcycle and went along the county road to look for a bag of gold that was lost the day before.

(End of this chapter)