Starting out as a drug dealer in 1988

Outside the house, Zhao Aiguo and his wife were still muttering.

Zhao Aiguo still felt bad about selling his fruit business, as if someone had taken away a huge sum of money that belonged to him.

Wei Chunlan thought that the price of Bupleurum chinense at 6 yuan per kilogram seemed a bit expensive, which was 20% more expensive than the price in town.

Even if they are all from the same village, it shouldn't be like this.

But since Zhao Wenhao had already made the decision, Wei Chunlan had no choice.

She was a weak rural woman and had no good idea about these things. Since her son had made up his mind, what she needed to do next was, of course, to spread the news.

More than ten minutes later, Wei Chunlan walked out of the house and began to go door to door to explain the matter of purchasing Bupleurum to the group of people.

As for Zhao Aiguo, he started preparing at home.

This time, he seemed quite positive. After all, Zhao Wenhao had made a promise to him.

The news spread quickly, and by noon, almost the entire Zhaojiayu Island had begun to take action.

After all, there is a precedent for purchasing honeysuckle. Everyone may still have deep prejudices against Zhao Aiguo, but they have 100% trust in his son Zhao Wenhao.

"Goudan, why are you wearing a sack too?"

"You think you're the only one who got the news? Aunt Chunlan came to our house this morning to say hello. She's buying Bupleurum for 6 yuan per kilogram, which is one yuan more expensive than in town. We can't count on what we have in our village, so we can only go to the next village to buy it!"

"Weren't you scoffing at the honeysuckle purchase earlier? What's the matter? Now you believe it's really possible?"

"Hey, I'm just observing the situation. Who said I don't believe it?"

"Erdunzi, are you planning to go out too? Do you have the money to buy it? Aunt Chunlan said it would take ten days to get the money back. You're not going to pawn your wife off, are you? Hahaha..."

"None of your business, the mountain man has a clever plan!"

A bunch of young people are eager to make a living. These days, no one is well off. It is not easy to make a small fortune.

Now, with such a good opportunity, especially since there is a precedent, everyone has started to move out of Zhaojiayu and actively develop outside the village.

What's more, some of them ran out of the village without saying a word to inform their relatives at home to help make arrangements.

Trust seems to be a wonderful thing, and almost no one doubts what Zhao Wenhao said.

They all discussed it privately, and they believed that Zhao Wenhao must have a channel, but no one knew about it.

Of course, there are bound to be some who are happy and some who are jealous.

But no one would resist making money. After all, in such a poor village, if there is such an opportunity to make money, no one would give up such an opportunity unless they are fools.

As it was getting close to evening, just when Zhao Aiguo was getting bored waiting at home, the villagers who had gone out began to return one after another.

"Hey, Aiguo, you're here to help in person?"

In terms of seniority, Zhao Liujin, who is considered to be Zhao Aiguo's elder, came over and started to ridicule Zhao Aiguo with a hint of sarcasm.

Zhao Aiguo knew that everyone disliked him, and he was too lazy to argue. He simply took the weight, moved a bag of Bupleurum over and poured it onto the plastic paper, and began to check.

"Don't worry, it's impossible to be adulterated. It's all genuine, dried and collected." Zhao Liujin raised the corners of his mouth, and his tone of voice was also disdainful. Obviously, he still looked down on this nephew of the same clan.

"That also needs to be checked. Who knows if you guys are up to something?"

Zhao Aiguo didn't care what he said and just grabbed a handful to try. Seeing that it was exactly as Zhao Liujin said, he re-packed the bag and weighed it.

"Zhao Liujin, nine pounds and six ounces, please write it down." Zhao Aiguo shouted at Wei Chunlan who was holding a notebook.

"You're talking nonsense! It's clearly 9.8 jins. I weighed it at home." Zhao Liujin grabbed Zhao Aiguo's collar and shouted angrily, "Zhao Aiguo, you're such a dishonest person! You even cheated me of the 2 jins."

Nowadays, the scales in rural areas are not very accurate. If there is an extra one or two taels, it basically depends on who holds the weight.

Zhao Aiguo was obviously unhappy with what Zhao Liujin had just said, so he put the scale bar high.

Actually, if the weight was pulled back, adding an extra two taels wouldn't matter. But Zhao Liujin said that the moment he came over, Zhao Aiguo certainly wouldn't give him a good look.

Of course Zhao Liujin was unwilling to accept this and immediately went up to argue.

Not only him, but the other villagers who came with him to deliver the goods also did not want Zhao Aiguo to do so.

This concerns the interests of all of them, so how can they let Zhao Aiguo interfere here?

For a moment, Zhao Aiguo's behavior aroused public anger.

Zhao Aiguo was only poor and arrogant at home. When he was faced with such a large crowd, he was so scared that he couldn't speak.

"What are you doing? Is it a big deal about just one or two taels?" Zhao Wenhao, who had heard the noise from inside the house, came out in time and said, "I'll weigh it for you again."

After saying that, he glared at Zhao Aiguo fiercely, then took the weight and hung the sack on it again.

"Nine catties and seven ounces is a bit much, so let's just calculate it as nine catties and eight ounces. We're all from the same village, so stop arguing and line up and come one by one."

Zhao Wenhao put down the sack and pulled Zhao Liujin, "Uncle, is it really that serious? Why can't we just talk it out? Why did you resort to violence? If everyone is like you, I won't be able to continue this acquisition!"

In front of everyone, Zhao Wenhao still had to protect Zhao Aiguo's face a little. No matter what, he was his father in name only. Even if he was wrong, he still couldn't let Zhao Liujin be so presumptuous.

Zhao Liujin dared to grab Zhao Aiguo's collar in person, but he really didn't dare to do the same to Zhao Wenhao.

Not to mention that Zhao Wenhao was indeed fair in his work, and the fact that this young man dared to point a screwdriver at the deputy mayor's chest made him a little afraid of Zhao Wenhao.

"Hehe, Wenhao, wasn't I a little impatient? Two taels is sixty cents. I'm sorry, I was impulsive." Zhao Liujin apologized quickly, and walked around the father and son to confirm with Wei Chunlan.

"Everyone, stop crowding around. It's getting late. Let's get on the scale quickly."

Zhao Wenhao didn't care about this little thing and started to help.

With Zhao Wenhao's participation, things were handled quickly. All the Bupleurum chinense delivered were packed in sacks, placed in piles inside the courtyard gate, and covered with plastic paper to prevent it from getting damp.

"Wenhao, we harvested 128 kilograms on the first day today."

In the evening, Wei Chunlan finally closed the account book and gave her son a number.