Boss, He’s Becoming a Father

Chapter 36: The Prodigal Son (36)

    Shao Dabao touched the back of his head and said with some guilty conscience: "This, I didn't inquire."

    Dr. Lu frowned upon hearing this, and said, "The growing conditions of longevity grass are harsh, and it is very rare in the market, so the price is not cheap."

    Shao Dabao immediately realized that most of these villagers had been undercut by others in the past, and the good longevity grass did not directly mention the name, but was named after Huilong grass, mostly to deceive people. .

    Lu Yuner said from the side: "Why don't I go to the village with my father to identify whether this is the longevity grass."

    "You don't go, I'll just go." Doctor Lu didn't want Lu Yuner to go out.

    Lu Yuner heard the words and said: "Dad, since you want to teach me medical skills, how can you make me work behind closed doors at home? Only by being able to personally touch these herbs can I have a deeper understanding of these. "

    Dr. Lu originally wanted to put it off, but after hearing what she said, Shao Dabao on the side was not unhappy. Then simply teach to the end.

    Shao Dabao has just returned from the countryside, and now he has packed up and went to Huilong Village with his future husband and daughter-in-law.

    Huilong Village was very lively at this time. When the three arrived, it happened to catch up with everyone in the village running to one place.

    Shao Dabao grabbed the fellow who used to stay overnight.

    "Brother Shao, there is a meeting in the village, I have to go first." The villager said anxiously.

    Doctor Lu immediately said: "We are not good at mixing things in other people's villages, Dabao, take us to the mountains to see."

    Hearing this, the villager was surprised. He was very fond of Shao Dabao, so he didn't think about it anywhere else.

    After hearing that the other party was a doctor, the villager became excited and said, "Doctor, go to the mountains and see if there is any way to save our Huilongcao, hurry up Let the worms eat it up, those god-killed worms can't be caught, and people are worried."

    Doctor Lu nodded when he heard the words, while Lu Yuner, who was beside him, looked left and right, and immediately saw a group of people came here with several baskets.

    With the arrival of this team, the villagers are obviously a little excited.

    "Is that the buyer in the village?" Shao Dabao asked curiously.

    The villager nodded, and he didn't care about greeting Shao Dabao and others, and ran to the village ancestral hall in a hurry, for fear that he would miss something if he went late.

    Shao Dabao has been to the mountains once, and this time he took the two of them on the same old road.

    "Why not?" Shao Dabao said in surprise.

    After all, the last time he came here, there was a seedling of dragon grass in this place, there was no reason for it to grow up in the past two days.

    Doctor Lu stepped forward, touched the marks on the ground, and said, "It was pulled out."

    "That's only one finger high, and the leaves are tender..." Shao Dabao understood before he finished speaking, there must be some villagers who couldn't wait, so they eagerly pulled out this plant. Dragon grass.

    "It seems that the situation in this village is really serious." Doctor Lu said with emotion.

    At this time, Lu Yuner had walked to the side, holding a small thing in her hand. It looked very bright green. The **** are stacked together.

    "What is this? It's so beautiful, can I eat it?" Shao Dabao asked curiously.

    Lu Yuner nodded and said, "It's edible, sweet."

    As she spoke, she handed it to Shao Dabao, Shao Dabao twisted it a little, and just as he was about to put it in his mouth, he heard Lu Yuner say again: "This is the feces of the longevity worm."

    Shao Dabao hurriedly stopped.

    Lu Yuner didn't feel anything, but continued: "This thing has a clear mind and eyes, it's a rare good thing."

    When Shao Dabao thought that it was worm poop, he couldn't eat it, forced a smile, and returned the thing to Lu Yuner.

    Lu Yuner took a handkerchief and wrapped it carefully.

    After the three circled in the mountains, they returned to the village. During this time, the village meeting was over, and the villagers walked together in twos and threes.

    Shao Dabao found the villager who was staying there before. The villager was talking about something, as if he was summing up something, and even the three of Shao Dabao did not notice the approach.

    "According to the head, each person is two taels of silver. There are six people in my family, that's one or two..."

    Listening to how difficult it was for fellow villagers to count, Shao Dabao directly helped him count: "Twelve taels."

    The villager heard this and counted it again. If it was twelve taels, he boasted to Shao Dabao: "Shao Huolang, you really know how to settle accounts."

    Shao Dabao smiled and asked, "Brother, what are you talking about? Did the Dragon Grass sell for a good price?"

    The villagers sighed and said, "This year's Huilongcao is full of worm eyes, and people don't want it."

    "What kind of money is this?" Shao Dabao asked curiously.

    The villagers felt that this matter was not a secret, so they said: "They don't take back the dragon grass, they want to buy a mountain."

    "Buying a mountain?" Shao Dabao was a little puzzled.

    "This mountain belongs to our village. Everyone has a share. It has to be bought by the head. My family can get twelve taels." It's still my third cousin's family, there are fifteen people, and I don't know how much it is."

    "Thirty taels." Shao Dabao said.

    Under the dazed eyes of the villagers, Shao Dabao continued to explain: "Fifteen people, that is thirty-two."

    The villagers didn’t think otherwise, nodded dumbly, and said, “Now that the dragon grass on the mountain can’t be supported, it’s better to sell the mountain and get a sum of money.”

    Although the folks said so, but the hesitation on his face is obviously because he is still calculating, after all, Huilongcao can't be this year, it doesn't mean that it won't be next year, and the money he got now looks like I can top the income of the previous two years, but there will be no other sources of income in the future.

    "Under normal circumstances, how much do you get from selling dragon grass every year?" Shao Dabao asked.

    The villager said: "I have a small family, and I sold seven taels of silver last year."

    Lu Yuner on the side heard this, and asked him how much the 7 taels of Dragon Grass weighed.

    After listening, she made some calculations, looked at Shao Dabao, and shook her head gently.

    Although Lu Yuner didn't say it directly, but looking at her expression, Shao Dabao can also understand that the price is actually severely suppressed.

    Shao Dabao asked again: "Brother, is this the only buyer in your village all these years?"

    The villager nodded and said, "We also secretly delivered them to the pharmacies in the city, but they didn't accept them. Only Mr. Zhao was kind and sent people to collect the medicinal materials every year."

    Doctor Lu glanced at Shao Dabao and explained: "Longevity grass is not common, so many pharmacies don't know the name, and it's normal."

    Shao Dabao nodded. He understood the whole story more clearly. Longevity herbs are rare, and this Uncle Zhao accidentally knew that the grass on Huilong Mountain was Huilongcao. After that, they came to buy every year.

    The villagers don't know about the longevity grass, but this Uncle Zhao obviously knows it very well, so he proposed to buy this mountain when the longevity grass failed this year.

    He obviously knows that the harvest of the longevity grass is only temporary, and the most important thing is this mountain. Silver Mountain.

    As for what will happen to the villagers after they lose this fixed source, it is obviously not within the consideration of this uncle Zhao.

    "We will reply tomorrow at the latest, but we don't have any other choice now, just sign earlier or later." Although the villagers are reluctant, they also know that the final result is mostly The arm can't twist the thigh.

    Doctor Lu frowned, and when there were only three people, he couldn't help but say, "This Uncle Zhao, didn't he harm the villagers? No, he must be exposed."

    Lu Yuner nodded, but Shao Dabao did not speak.

    When Dr. Lu saw him like this, he was immediately dissatisfied and asked, "Aren't you going to take care of this?"

    Shao Dabao shook his head and said, "I was just thinking, what should I do if I stopped him."

    It is a trivial matter to stop Uncle Zhao, the important thing is to find another way out for the villagers.

    "Whether it's a longevity worm or a longevity grass, such a big mountain cannot be eaten by your hospital." Shao Dabao said.

    Doctor Lu nodded.

    Shao Dabao thought about it and said, "Can you contact all the medical clinics and pharmacies in the city and eat the business here together?"

    Shao Dabao has a selfish heart in his heart. If there is only one medical clinic in the Lu family, it will inevitably appear too out-of-the-ordinary, and it is easy to attract the grudge of Uncle Zhao, but if there are so many families together, he will not be able to take revenge. .

    Dr. Lu opened a medical clinic, and earning money is not the first priority. Hearing this, he nodded without thinking much.

    Shao Dabao said again: "If Nanzhou City can't eat it, you can also pull in a few caravans, and then send them to other places to sell, which is also a way."

    Doctor Lu was a little more satisfied with this future son-in-law after listening to him being so thoughtful.

    Under the arrangement of Shao Dabao, Doctor Lu took his daughter back to the city first to contact various pharmacies, but he stayed to persuade the villagers in Huilong Village to wait.

    The villagers of Huilong Village, although they say that selling directly is not cost-effective, but because of Uncle Zhao's strong attitude, they are afraid that there will be no such store in this village, so they can only reluctantly Sell ​​it yourself.

    "What? Can the worm's Baba still sell for money? Just fool me." After hearing this, the villagers immediately expressed their disbelief.

    Shao Dabao explained the longevity grass and the longevity worm again, saying: "This worm eats such a good thing, and its feces are naturally valuable."

    Although the villagers did not believe each one, but behind the scenes, they have already told their own people to go to the mountains to see.

    "Longevity grass has a pest disaster every few years. When there is a pest disaster, it will grow better in the coming year."

    The villagers were unavoidably shaken when they heard the name "Longshengcao" on their own mountain, and there are more benefits to follow.

    "Now I can sell it to make money for a while, but as long as I keep it, it will be a long-term gold mountain and silver mountain." Shao Dabao said.

    The villagers have earned a lot of money from this mountain over the years, so they prefer to have an annual income compared to a buyout that is only equal to two years of harvest.

    When most people heard Shao Dabao's arrangement, they couldn't help but start to defect, but there were still some dissenting voices in the crowd.

    "You doll, a foreigner, is so kind for no reason? What kind of longevity grass, what kind of worm's cake, are you hindering us from making a fortune?"

     "Thanks to Uncle Zhao in the village over the years, we have had a good life. Now we can't sell Huilongcao, Uncle Zhao kindly is willing to give us a sum of money, why do you want to? stop?"

    Hearing such a voice, Shao Dabao was not angry, but said with a smile: "There are hundreds of people in the village, and Uncle Zhao just poured in nearly a thousand taels of silver because of his kindness? This is no ordinary kindness."

     

    Shao Dabao said again: "You have been inciting the villagers to sell the mountains, did you receive any benefit from Uncle Zhao?"

    This man heard this, his face flashed a trace of guilt, but he still insisted: "There are only a few people in my family, and I can't share much money by selling the mountain, I just don't want to see it. The villagers were deceived by you and missed the opportunity in vain."

    But soon other villagers said: "I saw you hooking up with the housekeeper of the Zhao family before. Now it seems that you are really uneasy and kind."

     

    Shao Dabao just said it casually, but he didn't expect this person to have a really dirty buttocks, and he was very surprised at this time.

     

    When the next morning, the Zhao family came to the village again and brought the deed.

     But at this time, the people who returned to Long Village were not so willing to sign.

     "Village Chief, what are you making of trouble?" The housekeeper of Zhao's house frowned and said, obviously very dissatisfied with the behavior of the people in the village.

    The village head looked at him and said, "Steward Zhao, the people in the village haven't figured it out yet, so let me persuade me for a few more days."

    The village chief didn't say anything to death, but just came up with a trick.

    "I didn't think about it all night, it can be seen that you are not so popular as the village chief." Butler Zhao sneered.

    The disdain in his eyes also showed that he despised these mud-legged villagers at all, so he never thought about whether they would not sign this document.

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     Butler Zhao thought that these villagers had no other way out, and he had the upper hand if he continued to drag it on. He was about to nod his head, but saw the Huilong villager he had bought in the crowd, who was frantically facing the He winked.

    Although housekeeper Zhao didn't know the reason, he immediately realized that continuing to drag on should not benefit him at all, and suddenly changed his face and said, "No, now you must give an accurate word, if you don't want to. , let's go straight away, and don't care about your village."

    Butler Zhao's attitude suddenly became tough, as if he was not afraid of the villagers' repentance at all, but it made the villagers panic.

    Shao Dabao hid in a group of villagers, and the villagers around him also whispered at this time: "Brother Dabao, is your side reliable? If your side fails, we can became a sinner in the village."

    Shao Dabao does not have such strong confidence in whether this can be done or not. After all, his future husband is a man who cannot see money, so Shao Dabao is also afraid that he will mess up .

    Although he has no confidence in his heart, he is still very confident on the face, and said: "You are guarding a treasure mountain, what are you afraid of? There are good things in the mountain, and the owners of the pharmacies in the city are not ignorant. of."

    "What do you know about the goods, they didn't recognize them when they delivered them to your door..." The villagers muttered casually.

    Shao Dabao's face stiffened, and then he said: "Longevity grass mostly grows in Miaojiang, and it is extremely rare in the market. It is estimated that they did not expect that in a place so close to Nanzhou City, there are Such a treasure mountain."

    The villagers heard this, although they were quite content, but they were more worried about their own interests, and said to Shao Dabao: "Brother Dabao, you are also in business, if the Zhao family is this The head is yellow, and the shopkeepers in Nanzhou City are not coming, can you eat the business here?"

    Shao Dabao heard the next move.

    The villager continued: "We know this is a dilemma, don't worry, the price will be negotiable at that time."

    Shao Dabao made a quick calculation in his heart, his own money had long been used by Shao Yu to buy land, and he could not eat so much alone, even if he barely ate it, he would have to pay another Recruit people to form caravans and send them to other places.

    Shao Dabao is very self-aware now. He knows that he has never had any experience in layman business. It is the first time that he has done such a big job.

    Shao Dabao touched the place where the fingers of his left hand were broken, and said softly: "Brother, I'm just a small businessman, aren't you embarrassing me by letting me eat so much food? Trust me, even if the shops in Nanzhou City don't come, I will help you find another way out."

    Hearing that Shao Dabao did not follow up, this villager felt very sorry, but seeing that he made a promise, he felt a little confident in his heart. Looking at the arrogant butler Zhao on the stage, he was not so flustered at first. .

    The emotions among the villagers are contagious. If everyone panics, it will not take long for them to sign the deed together. They all calm down.

    Seeing that these people were not frightened, Butler Zhao frowned. He didn't know what went wrong. It was obvious that most of the people had the intention to sell the mountain last night. Suddenly they all changed their minds.

    Shao Dabao didn't have any intention of making a comeback, he hid himself among the villagers, as if he was a villager of Huilong Village.

    But he was so careful to hide, but he still did not escape the identification of the traitor in the village.

    "It's him, it's this kid who confuses the public!" Seeing that housekeeper Zhao couldn't come down, the traitor pointed out Shao Dabao directly.

     Butler Zhao's eyes fell on Shao Dabao.

    Shao Dabao did give him a very strange feeling. Although Shao Dabao has been tossing hard in the past two years, he still looks extraordinary among a group of villagers.

    Steward Zhao only felt that if he had seen such a person, he would never forget it.

    "You are not from this village." Butler Zhao said with certainty.

    The village chief on the side did not speak.

    The housekeeper Zhao said again: "Village chief, it's obviously your village and my Zhao family's business, why do you want to mix in an outsider? Are you deceiving me that there is no one in the Zhao family?"

    Seeing him interrogating him like this, the village head called him haha ​​and said, "Steward Zhao, don't be angry, don't be angry, this kid is a relative of the fifth, and wants to come over to join in the fun, we said again It's not a shameful thing, so why not let him hear it?"

    In this case, but failed to appease the housekeeper Zhao, he said angrily: "The Zhao family has been taking care of you back to Long Village for many years. Is this how you repay us?"

    As Butler Zhao spoke, he seemed to regard the Zhao family as the benefactor of Huilong Village.

    If it was in the past, the village chief was afraid to coax him, but now that he knows the true value of Huilongcao, the village chief is not so patient, and only said: "Do business, you are willing If it's really unprofitable, then you Zhao family can't do business with our village."

    The housekeeper Zhao heard this, but he became more angry and only said: "It seems that you really want to turn your face when you return to Longcun. I will tell my uncle truthfully about today's affairs."

    The village chief frowned slightly. The reason why he treated the housekeeper Zhao so politely was that the uncle of the Zhao family was a ruthless character known to everyone, and easily offended him. Must not.

    Butler Zhao glared at Shao Dabao again and said, "You kid, my Zhao family remembers it."

    Shao Dabao wanted to hide himself, but he was still remembered by the other party at this time, he simply stood up and said, "Doing business is what you want and I want, buy and sell by force. It's not the long-term way."

    The housekeeper Zhao has relied on the Zhao family to be domineering for many years, how can he hear such words directly: "In this land, our Zhao family's words are counted, so what kind of onion is your boy? Dare to teach grandpa to do things?"

    Before Shao Dabao answered, a calm male voice came from outside: "The Zhao family has the final say? What a big tone, do you still have Wang Fa in your eyes?"

    "Here, the Zhao family is the king's law!" Butler Zhao replied without thinking.

    But soon, the speaker came in.

    This man was dressed as a middle-aged scribe, walked in at this time, just smiled at Butler Zhao.

     Butler Zhao was stunned for a moment.

    "Chen...Chen..." Butler Zhao suddenly got stuck.

      Seeing each other from behind.

    The Chen family is the largest medicine store in Qingzhou City. If that's the case, it's nothing, but there is a girl in the Chen family who fills the house for the youngest son of the prefect of Qingzhou.

    In this way, the Chen family has a close relationship with the prefect. Under such a relationship, the Chen family does business locally, and ordinary people have to give them three points.

    Behind the middle-aged man, a group of people came in hula la.

     Butler Zhao looked at this posture, but the more he looked, the colder his heart became.

    When so many people came, he immediately knew that the Zhao family's plan for returning to Longshan for many years was completely unsuccessful.

    Shao Dabao suddenly saw a familiar face in a group of people, he came over immediately, and whispered: "Dad?"

    He was also very surprised, after all, Shao Yu opened a grocery store, and he didn't seem to be in the herbal business, so why did he come.

    But the shopkeeper of the Chen family was very polite to Shao Yu, and said with a smile: "Tiger fathers have no dogs, shopkeeper Shao, thanks to your son for what happened today."

    The longevity grass on Huilong Mountain has been confirmed, and the longevity grass contains high profits. As long as it can be made today, everyone present can make a lot of money.

    Shao Yu smiled and said, "He also made a mistake, and he just knew the depth."

    "The fact that so many of us can gather here by mistake shows how powerful Ling Lang is." The shopkeeper of the Chen family said with a smile.

    Shao Dabao was a little confused on the side, watching Shao Yu chatting and laughing with these drug store shopkeepers, they seemed to be very familiar with each other, but he remembered that his own small grocery store did not seem to do it. In the herbal business.

    "Dad, do we have to do business this time?" Shao Dabao asked softly.

    Shao Yu nodded.

    "But there is no way for our family..." Shao Dabao said softly.

    One line has a line of rules, Shao Dabao was afraid that Shao Yu would rush in, and he was afraid that he would suffer a loss.

    "Who said I had no way?" Shao Yu asked rhetorically.

    Under Shao Dabao's surprised eyes, Shao Yu said with a smile, "I don't have just one warehouse."

    Shao Dabao:…

    With so many people pouring in, the Zhao family has no chance at all. Even because the Zhao family maliciously suppressed the price in the past, Huilong Village directly kicked the Zhao family out, and finally Huilong Village used a number The price was twice as high as the Zhao family's previous price, and the prices of the longevity grass and insect **** were negotiated with various shops.

    Shao Dabao followed behind Shao Yu, this was his close look at how Shao Yu did business, he only saw Shao Yu a few words, and together with the Chen family, took up the bulk of this transaction .

    Even so, the shopkeepers of other drug stores still looked very grateful to Shao Yu, and everyone treated the Shao family father and son very affectionately, and Shao Dabao was dumbfounded.

    This matter has been busy all day, and when it was over, Shao Dabao also left with Shao Yu. Before leaving, he ordered the goods with the villagers and waited for him to deliver it after a while .

    Having made such a large business, the villagers are naturally full of gratitude to Shao Dabao, and even agreed that if there is any shortage in the future, they must buy from Shao Dabao. As a result, Shao Dabao It's been a business for several years.

    On the way back, Shao Yu suddenly said, "You did a good job this time."

    Shao Dabao heard the words and said, "I helped the villagers solve their problems, and the villagers began to trust me."

    Shao Yu nodded and said, "You were not suitable for opening a shop before, but now you are almost fine."

    Shao Dabao immediately smiled when he heard it.

    "You will continue to be your businessman during this time. When the house is built, you can have your shop." Shao Yu said with a smile.

    "The house?" Shao Dabao understood immediately and couldn't help asking, "Is it the land outside the school?"

    Shao Yu nodded with a smile.

    After half a year, the Fuxue in the western suburbs was completed. At the same time, a three-story building was built several hundred meters away from the prefecture.

    The building is very large, but at this time there are only four stores on the first floor, and all other places are empty.

    The four stores are a grocery store, a medical store, a lantern store, and a bookstore.

    The location here is not particularly good, but the new store has just been completed, which is a lot of promotions.

      .

    The business is on the right track, and the marriage of the two children is also on the agenda.

    On this day, the Shao family was originally decorated with lights, but suddenly there was a commotion outside.

    "Who am I? I'm the bridegroom's mother, why won't you let me in!" The woman's loud voice could be heard clearly from a distance.

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