sinovels Chapter 1165: Zhao Family Joins the Gang
Chapter 1165: Zhao Family Joins the Gang
Chapter 1165: Zhao Family Joins the Gang
Even Li Xiaoqiao could see that he was about to be in great trouble, so how could Li Ruhai not know it?
"Dad! Mom..." Li Ruhai took a few steps back and saw his parents rushing towards him fiercely. Li Ruhai shouted loudly, trying to awaken the fatherly and motherly love, but seeing the fierceness in Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei's eyes became more fierce, Li Ruhai turned around and ran away.
The young man has good legs and feet, and Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei really can't catch up with him.
But at this moment, Li Baoyu rushed out from the Zhao family courtyard, arrived later but was the first to knock Li Ruhai to the ground.
The five members of the Li family finally reunited today. But seeing his younger brother being pinned to the ground by his father, mother, and elder brother, Li Xiaoqiao subconsciously took two steps back, as if he was afraid of being splashed with blood.
"Murder! Help! Murder... ugh..." Li Ruhai screamed for help, but Jin Xiaomei covered his mouth. Then, Li Dayong grabbed his wrists, and Li Baoyu grabbed the two trouser legs of Li Ruhai's Zhongshan suit pants, and the father and son lifted Li Ruhai up.
This was like slaughtering a pig, and the dogs in the Zhao and Li families' yards barked non-stop.
After Li Ruhai was arrested and taken home, Li Dayong and Li Baoyu stripped off his cotton jacket and Zhongshan suit. Then, there was a "pa pa" sound, and Li Dayong pulled the V-belt wheel, leaving an afterimage.
Li Ruhai cried loudly, causing the dogs outside the house to howl.
At this time, in the Zhao family's house, Zhao Youcai, Zhao Weipeng and others were eating fried dishes and dumplings and drinking Xifeng wine.
Zhao Weipeng was curious when he heard the dogs barking outside, but when he asked, Zhao Youcai quickly changed the subject and started talking about Northeastern specialties.
When talking about Northeastern specialties, we have to mention the three treasures of the Northeast.
The Northeast Three Treasures are divided into the new three treasures and the old three treasures. The new three treasures are ginseng, mink fur, and deer antlers, all of which are valuable.
The three treasures are ginseng, mink fur and Ula grass, which is also called Wulu grass. People in Northeast China use it to make straw sandals.
In the first part of "Liu Laogen", Yao Xia Zi helped the villa collect second-hand goods and received this kind of straw sandals. At that time, Yao Xia Zi muttered: "A pair of them."
Broken straw sandals are worthless, but they are listed among the three treasures because people used to be poor and stuffed the Ula grass into their shoes as insoles in winter. This is just like what Zhao Jun said to Zhao Weipeng that day, that rural people use corn leaves as insoles, both for warmth.
There were many poor people in the past, and no one could live without Ula grass, so it was listed among the three treasures.
When talking about the three treasures, a group of people talked about deer antlers. From deer antlers, they talked about medicinal deer.
Zhao Weipeng was very curious because he knew nothing about this. After listening to the method of killing deer with poison, Zhao Weipeng asked in surprise: "Since the medicine bean is highly poisonous, can people still eat the deer killed by it?"
"Basically, it's fine." Zhao Youcai said with a smile, "The medicine will lose its effect if it comes in contact with water."
"Why else would we put the wax ball in it?" At this time, Ma Dafu said, "In the mountains, even when it rains and there is a rise in humidity, we are afraid that it will get wet."
"Ah..." Zhao Weipeng felt relieved after hearing the two say this. Thinking of what Zhao Youcai said he would give him Luqiang wine, Zhao Weipeng was looking forward to it very much.
Everyone raised their glasses and drank the wine in their glasses, then they filled their glasses and ate. Don't drink too much at lunch, and drink well in the evening.
After putting down the cup, Zhao Weipeng took the rice that Zhao Jun served him. But Boss Zhao was not in a hurry to eat the food, but asked Zhao Youcai: "Brother, can you get the wild ginseng of that grade here?"
Zhao Youcai blinked his eyes when he heard this.
In the past, Zhao Youcai didn't dare to say it, but this year he and Zhao Jun had brought out wild ginseng of different grades, and there were more than one seedling.
But the old man was a secret of the Zhao family, and Zhao Youcai would not tell anyone even if he was drunk, so he said to Zhao Weipeng: "Of course there are. Just look at our family area, there are eight people who joined the gang, not to mention the villages within a dozen miles."
At this point, Zhao Youcai took a mouthful of pickled cabbage and slurped it into his mouth, then said vaguely: "This is the Can Gang. There are still many people that man has gone to release."
As he spoke, Zhao Youcai raised his chopsticks and pointed at Zhao Jun, then said to Zhao Weipeng: "Last year, your eldest nephew and his brothers went up the mountain to hunt and brought a few seedlings, but they were not enough to count."
"Ouch!" Zhao Weipeng looked at Zhao Jun in surprise and asked, "You can do that too?"
Zhao Jun smiled faintly when he heard this, and at this time Jie Chen said on his behalf: "Uncle Zhao, my brother Jun is very good. In the beginning of spring, when the mallet just pushed the seedlings up, my brother Jun opened his eyes."
"You're just talking nonsense." Zhao Jun smiled and patted Li Chen, saying, "How can it be so mysterious?"
Then, Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Weipeng and said with a smile, "Last year, there was also mountain wealth. There were a few seedlings of clubs there, but none of them were top-notch."
Indeed, the wild ginseng brought out by Zhao Jun's leaders, Li Baoyu, Zhang Yuanmin and others, was not as good as the fourth-grade and fifth-grade leaves.
Nowadays, the quality of ginseng required to be excellent must be very good, and it must cost more than 5,000 yuan.
"Brother." Zhao Youcai asked Zhao Weipeng, "You asked about Lundeng Club. Are you going to give it to someone?"
The value of wild ginseng is not determined by weight but by appearance.
Some people say: Seven taels is ginseng, eight taels is treasure.
This is too one-sided!
Wild ginseng is different from ginseng. It has extremely high requirements for the growth environment. There are only three countries in the world that have wild ginseng, namely Huaxia, Luosha and Beibang where Changbai Mountain is located.
Oranges grown in the south of the Huai River are oranges, while oranges grown in the north of the Huai River are tangerines.
Not to mention the differences between the wild ginseng produced in these three countries, even the wild ginseng produced in the same forest area can be good or bad.
If the soil on this mountain is black, then it is impossible to grow good wild ginseng. Any wild ginseng grown on black soil will be white and watery, and its shape will not be good, and it will definitely not be a good ginseng.
If the mountain is loess with stones, the appearance and quality of the wild ginseng dug out will be much better than that from black soil. The high-quality ginseng sticks also come from this kind of land.
But as long as it is wild ginseng, it is a very nutritious food and is enough for use at home.
So when Zhao Youcai heard Zhao Weipeng say that he wanted to discuss ginseng of equal quality, he thought he was going to give him a gift.
"I came here a few days ago. A friend of mine asked me to ask him." Zhao Weipeng said, "He said he wanted to buy some and keep them."
At this point, Zhao Weipeng looked up at everyone and said, "I asked him what he was doing with that thing, and he said he didn't understand."
Zhao Youcai and the others treated Zhao Weipeng's words as a joke, and told Zhao Weipeng that the medicinal value of wild ginseng is almost the same.
But Zhao Jun didn't think so. He knew that Zhao Weipeng's friend must be no ordinary person.
In this world, there are people who collect antiques, people who collect calligraphy and paintings, and people who collect wild ginseng.
Zhao Jun had dealt with ginseng in his previous life, so he knew that those who collected wild ginseng were either rich or noble, and had outstanding insights.
"Nephew!" At this time, Zhao Weipeng smiled at Zhao Jun and said, "Next year, when you go up the mountain again and find that good ginseng, you can sell it to my friend. He has money and will definitely not let you down."
"Okay, uncle." Zhao Jun agreed with a smile. Over there, Zhao Youcai and the others started chatting about the local gangs, discussing which gang leader was capable and which gang had carried out big goods.
"In fact, that White Three Fingers is also quite powerful." Zhao Youcai suddenly mentioned a person and said, "He doesn't associate with those gangs. When he goes out to the mountains, he brings his own family with him. He brings his wife, son, and daughter-in-law with him. It's okay for them to be a whole family."
When Zhao Youcai mentioned the white three fingers, Zhao Jun thought of the seedling conjoined mallet. At this time, Lin Xiangshun followed up Zhao Youcai's words and said, "If we want to gouge out the eyes in this area, it has to be old blind Pang. I heard them mumbling that the old man released a seedling mallet, and there was a small spur under the red hammer of the mallet. Then blind Pang asked his apprentices to arrange them in the direction pointed by the small spur. After a short while, the seedling had four leaves."
"So awesome!" When Zhao Weipeng exclaimed, Xie Chen glanced at Zhao Jun inadvertently, but when he was about to speak, he was kicked under the table by Zhao Jun.
The "Xiao Ting" mentioned by Lin Xiangshun is called Kuahai in the mountain tour. Zhao Jun would also see that, but he didn't want Jie Chen to say it out.
Zhao Jun was not afraid of anyone knowing, he just thought that this kind of thing was not worth bragging about.
The land of China is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and talented people are emerging in large numbers.
In his previous life, Zhao Jun traveled back and forth between the two countries to sell wild ginseng, and had met many powerful people.
Zhao Jun remembers it very clearly. It was in 99 when he was doing business in Luosha.
The Chinese are hardworking and willing to work hard. They go wherever they can make money. At that time, there were many Chinese people in Luosha who went to deal with wild ginseng. Some of these people could not return to China, so they set up ginseng gangs in the local area.
Those who had joined the gang took out their clubs and gave them to Zhao Jun and his men.
We are all in this business. The more we deal with each other, the less trust there is in each other, and the more cunning people become. Sometimes, if you are not careful, you can easily be deceived. Moreover, this business is very similar to the antique business. If you sell something for a while, you can't ask for the money back.
To put it bluntly, in this business, the same old saying applies: when buying and selling wild ginseng, it depends on its appearance.
But the word "quality" is sometimes a matter of opinion. The quality is good, but it is the same whether it costs 30,000 or 300,000.
At this time, it depends on one's ability. When it comes to money, it depends on whether one can be accurate.
Zhao Jun remembered that year, a gang leader took out a Miao club to show his bosses. The Miao club weighed 240 grams, and was definitely a good product, but the leader asked for 300,000 yuan.
Three hundred thousand in 99 is no small number.
However, the psychological price of bosses like Zhao Jun is not more than 150,000.
At that time, the price was very high, so there was no transaction.
There is no righteousness in buying and selling.
Although the deal didn't go through, it was nice to come out and look at the goods. But just as the show was about to end, another boss came to collect ginseng.
It was obvious at first glance that the boss was an outsider, but he brought a young man with him, and Zhao Jun still remembers that young man vividly.
At that time, he looked to be about twenty years old, with a very handsome appearance. If it weren't for his shabby clothes, the Zhao army would have thought he was a nobleman.
It was this young man who went over to take a look at the young ginseng and then turned back to whisper something in the boss's ear. Then the boss gave the ginseng a price of 240,000 yuan.
Everyone else present at the time, including the head of the gang, was stunned, but then the deal was made at 240,000.
Later, Zhao Jun heard that the ginseng worth 240,000 seedlings was shipped back to China, and its price increased tenfold, to a sky-high price of 2.4 million.
Moreover, it was sold to a ginseng dealer.
That was in 99. A batch of wild ginseng from Miao was worth million, which was almost half of Zhao Jun's wealth.
A year later, by chance, Zhao Jun met the young man again while grazing in the primeval forests of the Far East.
That day, Zhao Jun and his companions placed Sanmiao clubs by the river, and the two of them left happily.
But when the two were preparing to cook, they found that the salt bag was missing.
It would not work without salt. When Zhao Jun and his companions returned to look for it, they saw the young man again by the river where they released the ginseng.
The young man must have been hiding in the dark and watching Zhao Jun and his men carrying ginseng. After Zhao Jun and his men left, the young man found out where Zhao Jun and his men were carrying ginseng. Then, based on the location where they were carrying ginseng, he deduced that there must be more large quantities of ginseng along the river.
Zhao Jun and the other man hid aside and watched the young man carry out a seedling with four leaves and a seedling with five leaves.
Who could bear this? Zhao Jun and his companions went up to argue with him, and they started fighting. As a result, the young man was skilled, and Zhao Jun suffered a loss, but there was no acquaintance without fighting. Although the young man was very capable, he was forced into the deep mountains and forests, and he had nothing to eat.
Zhao Jun treated the young man to a meal of rice porridge mixed with salt. The young man, grateful for the meal, told Zhao Jun and the others some "superficial" knowledge.
The technique of searching for ginseng across the sea was taught to Zhao Jun by the young man. This was a great skill for Zhao Jun, but it was just a superficial skill for others.
Because Zhao Jun accidentally heard the young man say that ginseng not only has the ability to cross the sea, but also has the ability to probe the tongue. But the young man did not say what a probe the tongue is.
It’s strange that twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhao Jun was poor before his rebirth, and he had thought about going up the mountain to collect ginseng. But he went up the mountain many times and got nothing. On the contrary, several old women in the village could see red hammers when they went up the mountain to pick soft dates.
This is exactly in line with the saying in the mountain travel: No blessing, no wild ginseng.
After rebirth, Zhao Jun felt very blessed, and now he knew the locations of several old houses. Among them, the old house on the door frame of Widow Wang helped Blind Pang's family buy a house in Zhao Jun's previous life, and it can also help him get rich in this life.
As for Bai Sanzhi's conjoined Miao ginseng club, Zhao Jun kindly decided to help Bai Sanzhi escape the tragedy of his family being broken up, so he must get the Miao ginseng out before Bai Sanzhi.
But a single thread cannot make a line, and a single tree cannot make a forest.
The work of clearing the mountains can be done by one or two people, but the efficiency is too slow.
So Zhao Jun also thought that if it really didn't work out, he would wait until Ma Ling got married next year, and then he would follow Bai Sanzhi's example and bring his father, mother, and wife to the mountain.
"Son!" Just as he was thinking of taking her up the mountain, Wang Meilan came over by herself. She came to this room and lowered her head to whisper in Zhao Jun's ear: "Go to that courtyard and see if your uncle and the others are almost there. Invite them to come over for dinner."
The incident happened suddenly, and Li Dayong's family of three rushed out before they even finished their meal. Half an hour had passed, and if the fight had continued, Li Ruhai would have been dead long ago.
Wang Meilan guessed that either Li Dayong and his wife were educating Li Ruhai, or the family was embarrassed to come.
So, Wang Meilan sent Zhao Jun over to say hello.
Anyway, Zhao Jun had finished eating, so he stood up, put on his cotton jacket, went out, climbed over the wall to the west courtyard, and when he passed by the east window, he looked into the house and saw Li Ruhai kneeling on the ground.
In front of him, Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei were sitting on either side of the kang table, probably scolding Li Ruhai.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun did not stop in front of the Li family's house, but went around to the back of the house to see Hua Niuniu.
(End of this chapter)