He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

The old man in the Chinese herbal medicine shop, Mr. Sun, was sweating profusely with anxiety.

The man he was facing, Boss Tan, was in his forties, tall and burly, with a face full of menacing features, and quite fierce.

There were two other burly men standing nearby, who didn't look like nice guys.

Absolutely awful!

Completely involved in the underworld.

Mr. Sun was almost in tears.

"Boss Tan, even if you give me 1000 yuan, I still can't come up with it. There's a saying that goes, 'Even a clever housewife can't cook without rice,' and a man can't have children without a wife."

"If I didn't have Poria cocos that's over thirty years old, how would I make money off you, right?"

Boss Tan stared intently at Boss Sun, making the old man break out in a cold sweat and plead with him.

At this moment, Boss Tan also realized that Boss Sun did not have wild Poria cocos of that high age.

He was somewhat helpless, so he tried another approach.

"Old Sun, as the most capable herbal medicine dealer in the area, you must know where to find wild Poria cocos, or who can get your hands on it. Arrange it for me immediately!"

"If anyone manages to get wild Poria cocos that is over thirty years old within a single day, I will definitely reward them handsomely."

"And you, I'll give you a referral fee, how about 50 yuan?"

Mr. Sun could only manage a wry smile.

"Boss Tan, I also want to buy wild Poria cocos that are over thirty years old. I'd even be willing to buy 20 years old, let alone 30. But I've asked many people and they all say they can't get any."

"I really have no other choice. You should find someone else."

This Mr. Tan seems to really need wild Poria cocos that are over thirty years old.

Hearing this, I was very unhappy.

"Boss Sun, you're really asking for trouble."

"No matter what, I've searched so many places and still can't find what I'm looking for, so I'm sticking with you. Slap him twice, and if he doesn't agree to help me find it, or if he can't find it, keep beating him."

This boss, Mr. Tan, is quite an unreasonable person.

Upon hearing this, his two henchmen immediately moved towards Boss Sun.

One grabbed his arm, while the other raised his hand to slap him.

Boss Sun cried out in grief and indignation, "Tan Zhihu, you...you can't be so unreasonable! Even if you beat me to death, I can't find any wild Poria cocos older than thirty years for you! Let go! Let go!"

Tan Zhihu stood there with his arms crossed, sneering, looking like he was treating human life like dirt.

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the doorway.

"Stop it, all of you! It's broad daylight, and they can't produce anything, yet you're forcing them to. What kind of behavior is that?"

"Are you all tyrants from the old society?"

Tan Zhihu suddenly turned his head and saw a man and a woman walking over.

The man was carrying a heavy, bulging sack on his shoulder.

Tan Zhihu sneered.

"Kid, you want to be a hero? Do you know what the consequences of being a hero are? I'm afraid you can't afford the consequences."

When Boss Sun saw the person who came in, he was taken aback. Being a kind-hearted person, he quickly reminded him.

"Young man, don't cause trouble, just get going!"

The people who came in were none other than Niu Bayi and He Zhenzhen.

He Zhenzhen did not accept Boss Sun's kindness and glared at Tan Zhihu angrily.

"You scoundrel! You bully! You shameless person! You should be arrested by the police."

Tan Zhihu laughed heartily, not caring at all, and even asked a question in return.

"Would the police dare to arrest me?"

He Zhenzhen was about to scold him again, but Niu Bayi tugged at her arm and she immediately shut up.

Then, Niu Ba put the large sack on the ground, looked at Tan Zhihu, and grinned.

"Boss Tan, is it? Fine, let's leave the unpleasant things behind! You want to buy Poria cocos that's over thirty years old for 100 yuan per jin?"

Tan Zhihu was somewhat disdainful.

"What's wrong? Do you have one?"

Niu Bayi readily nodded.

"I happen to have some, quite a lot. Are you going to buy as much as you have, at 100 yuan per jin?"

Tan Zhihu gave him a deep look and curled his lip.

"You, a guy who looks like he hasn't even grown all his hair, could possibly get your hands on wild Poria cocos that's over thirty years old?"

Meanwhile, Boss Sun had broken free from the two men's grasp and ran up to Niu Bayi.

He looked at the bulging sack of large hemp that he had placed next to him and was filled with surprise and delight.

"Young man, you didn't actually dig up some wild Poria cocos at Monkey Wrestling Ridge, did you?"

Niu Bayi nodded calmly.

"That's right."

Mr. Sun was even more surprised and somewhat incredulous.

"How...how did you climb up there? Even the most experienced hunters and herb gatherers can't climb up there. In fact, several people fall to their deaths every year."

He Zhenzhen proudly said, "We first found two bears and had them climb up. Bears are the best climbers of trees and mountains in the world, even better than monkeys. Monkeys can fall down, but bears can't."

"After they climbed up, they tied the rope to a big tree and let it hang down. We pulled on the rope and climbed up easily."

He Zhenzhen is telling the absolute truth.

But Boss Sun, Tan Zhihu, and his two subordinates looked at each other in bewilderment.

Suddenly, they all burst into laughter.

Tan Zhihu laughed and shouted, "Are you guys a little out of your minds? Sending a bear up Monkey Wrestling Cliff to dig up wild Poria cocos for you? I know about Monkey Wrestling Cliff—"

"Even immortals might trip and fall while climbing, let alone a bear trying to climb it!"

"Why don't you just say you asked the Jade Emperor to help you climb up!"

He Zhenzhen was about to refute, but Niu Bayi grabbed her wrist, indicating that she didn't need to lower herself to the level of someone who was ignorant.

Then, he stared at Tan Zhihu and asked, "Boss Tan, let's cut to the chase. I'm just asking you, are you willing to pay me 100 yuan per kilogram for wild Poria cocos that's over 30 years old?"

Tan Zhihu stared at him and pointed a sharp finger at his nose.

"Kid, let me tell you, I, Tan Zhihu, always keep my word. If you can get any Poria cocos that's over thirty years old, I'll take it, no matter how much."

"And I'll buy it from you for 100 yuan per jin."

"But if you're just spouting nonsense and joking around with me, I'll punch you so hard you'll hang from a telephone pole outside, you believe me?"

He pointed outside.

Niu Bayi nodded heavily, then squatted down and untied the large sack.

Then, hold the bottom of the large sack and lift it upwards.

Suddenly, a bunch of round, plump things, like giant potatoes, slid down.

When Boss Sun saw it, he was completely dumbfounded.

He raised his hands, rubbed his eyes hard, and then let out a tremendous shout.

"Old Poria cocos! They're all old Poria cocos! My God, so many of them are over twenty years old, and these... these few must be thirty or forty years old or more! Young man, you really dug up so many, it's unbelievable!"

A wild, old Poria cocos rolled right to Tan Zhihu's feet.

He was also shocked. He quickly squatted down, picked it up, looked at it from left to right, and even smelled it.

He murmured, "First of all, we can confirm that this is truly old Poria cocos. Given its age, could it really be over thirty years old?"