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  In the following days, Big Cow accompanied Xiao Yu to almost all of the big mountain, although it was winter, but this natural scenery also had its unique flavor.

  Xiao Yu also wanted to try his luck, to see if he could find the kind of blood clam that Grandpa Da Niu used to give him to eat. However, this treasure was hard to come by, and after searching in the mountains for several days, he still had nothing to show for it.

  That day, Big Cow and Little Yu had just returned from the mountain when they saw a group of people surrounding the village. Two men in the middle were shouting to the villagers with loudspeakers in their hands.

  "Fellow villagers, we are from the county's medicinal materials company. We heard that you have planted gastrodia elata here, so we came to your doorstep to purchase it. Our truck is parked at the long-distance bus station outside. If you want to sell gastrodia elata, please come over quickly. We will weigh it right here and guarantee a price that is the same as the county's purchasing price!"

  It turned out that they were collecting wild ginger, and Xiao Yu saw that the mother of Big Cow was also among them. He pulled at Big Cow's clothes, and the two of them squeezed in together.

  The two men in the middle were both around thirty years old, one wearing a baseball cap and the other with a small black mustache. Next to them was a large scale, apparently for on-site purchases.

  The big cow's mother asked one of the men wearing a baseball cap, "Big brother, what is the purchase price of hemp today?"

  That man took a glance at the big cow and said casually, "Fresh Tianma is 10 yuan per kilogram, dried Tianma is 50 yuan per kilogram. If you want to sell, do it quickly, we still have to go to the next village to collect later."

  The big cow nodded and backed out.

  Several Ganoderma lucidum planting households heard that the two were about to leave and immediately ran back home to prepare the harvested Ganoderma lucidum for sale to them.

  Xiao Yu's heart skipped a beat, no way, when he heard Old Chen from the pharmaceutical company say that the purchase price of Tianma this year is rising, fresh Tianma should be 30 yuan per kilogram, and dry Tianma is 150 yuan per kilogram. For Yangcun's Tianma grown in the mountains, the quality is better than those grown on flat land, so the price should be even higher.

  Could it be that these two people are impostors?

  Xiao Yu sneered and threw a mind-reading technique over.

  "Target: Medicine Peddler, Intermediate Mind-Reading Result: I've heard that the people in these mountains are stupid and easy to cheat. It seems it's true. This time, I must make a good profit!"

  Xiao Yu pulled Da Niu out of the crowd and caught up with Da Niu's mother, asking, "Auntie, what is the purchase price of Tianma this year?"

  The big cow's mother frowned and said, "Fresh Tianma is five yuan cheaper than last year, and dry Tianma is fifteen yuan cheaper. Although our family planted an extra mu of land this year, after deducting the cost of Tianma seeds and fungal strains, the money earned is about the same as last year."

  "How could this be? Is it because there are more people of this kind? The acquisition price is low?" said the big cow beside him, scratching his head.

  Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "Auntie, you've been cheated! The current market price is twice as high as their price!"

  "Really? Xiao Yu, they said it was from the County Pharmaceutical Company. How could people from a state-owned unit cheat us?" Big Cow's mother was somewhat skeptical.

  Xiao Yu thought that people in this mountain village were indeed honest and trustworthy, whatever others said was true, no wonder swindlers would come here, it's too easy to cheat.

  "He had to patiently explain to the big cow's mother, 'Auntie, this time when we came back from Zhengzhou, there was someone on the same road who was from the county pharmaceutical company. He personally told me the current market price for buying Tianma, it's absolutely correct!'"

  "Oh! Right! That man is called Old Chen, we even helped him catch a thief on the train, he's a pretty honest person, shouldn't be telling lies." Big Cow also remembered this Old Chen guy.

  Dà niú tā niáng jiàn xiǎo yǔ èr rén shuō de zhè meì yí dìng, xīn li yī jīng, duì xiǎo yǔ dào, "wū yóu, wǒ kě yào gǎn jǐn gàosù xiāng qīn men, zhè huìr èr gōng fū, kǒng pà yǐjīng yǒu hǎo jǐ gè xiāng qīn dōu yǐjīng bǎ tiān má mài gěi tāmen le."

  The big cow rushed back into the crowd and started talking with the villagers.

  The crowd suddenly boiled over, and those few fellow villagers who had just sold the Tianma to the two medicine dealers immediately rushed forward to reason with them.

  Those two men, seeing the situation was not good, felt a bit guilty. The medicine peddler with a small mustache pulled out a small blue booklet from his pocket and held it high, shouting, "Fellow villagers, don't listen to rumors! Our purchasing price is the national designated purchasing price. This is our work permit, if you don't believe us, come check!"

  Xiao Yu saw that the guy was still tough, so he walked over and took the work permit from his hand. Upon examination, it read "Neihuang County Pharmaceutical Company" with Xiao Huzi's photo inside.

  Xiao Yu took a closer look and immediately discovered the flaw. He sneered, "If it's a work permit, why doesn't it have an official seal or stamp? This fake is too unprofessional!"

  To be honest, if this job were given to Xiao Zhou from the wholesale market, it would definitely be done more professionally.

  The villagers, upon hearing that the two were impostors, became agitated and angry, grabbing their hoes and shouting, wanting to beat the two to death.

  The two drug dealers were scared pale, originally thinking that with this fake work permit, they could cheat these country bumpkins, one by one, but unexpectedly, a Cheng Yaowen appeared halfway.

  This young man in front of us is obviously not from this village, and I couldn't help but feel a little resentful. What business does he have coming here to interfere with our affairs?

  "...Little Hu Zi quickly pulled Little Yu to the side and whispered, "Young brother, put in a good word for us. I guarantee that after we get the Tian Ma, we'll give you 20% of the profit. How about it?"

  Xiao Yu's face showed disdain, and he said to him, "Now there is only one choice, which is to return the swindled Tianma to the villagers. Otherwise, I think we can't get out today. Although the people here are simple-minded, they have a strong folk custom. If we delay for too long, I don't dare guarantee that we won't get into trouble."

  Xiao Huzi's face suddenly changed color, and he whispered a few words to the baseball cap. On the spot, he returned several bags of Tian Ma that had been collected to those villagers.

  Before leaving, Xiaohu gave Xiaoyu a ruthless remark: "Kid, if you have the ability, don't sell Tianma, otherwise, we'll make you look good later!"

  "I'll give you one more sentence, if you don't leave now, I'll make you look good!" Xiaoyu took a wooden stick from the villager beside him and swung it at Xiaohuzi's head.

  Xiao Huzi was so scared that he shrunk his neck, didn't even bother to take the scale, and pulled the baseball cap to run out of the village in a flash.

  The drug trafficker left, and all the villagers gathered together to discuss what to do next.

  The village has inconvenient transportation and every household is not wealthy. Let alone trucks, there are no ox carts either. How can so many Tianma be taken to the county seat for sale?

  It seems that I can only rely on carrying Ganoderma lucidum with a shoulder pole and taking a long-distance bus to the county.

  Xiao Yu heard the villagers' gossip and became anxious, remembering that Old Chen had given him a business card. He quickly found it in his wallet, opened his phone, and after searching for half a day in the village, climbed to the top of a haystack, finally getting one bar of signal. Not bad, he hurriedly dialed Old Chen's number.

  Five minutes later, Xiao Yu came forward with a smile and said loudly to the villagers, "Fellow villagers, I have contacted the county's medicinal materials company. They will send a truck here immediately to collect the gastrodia elata. Fresh gastrodia elata is 25 yuan per kilogram, dried gastrodia elata is 140 yuan per kilogram. Please everyone go home and prepare your medicinal materials! Let's gather back here in an hour and a half!"

  The price is slightly lower than the market price, but this is a door-to-door collection price, and the transportation of vehicles is also handled by the pharmaceutical company, which is already very good.

  "Ah, this price is much higher than the two people's earlier offer!" The villagers were astonished and couldn't help but show joy on their faces. With this money, the conditions at home can be greatly improved.

  The villagers surrounded Xiaoyu, repeatedly expressing their gratitude, saying that if it weren't for Xiaoyu, they wouldn't know how many people would have fallen into the trap of the drug dealers today, and everyone's hard work for a year would have been in vain!

  One and a half hours later.

  The people from the pharmaceutical company arrived at the village on time. The leader was Old Chen, and he came with two colleagues from the county pharmaceutical company.

  The gastrodia in this mountain is much better than that on the plain, with higher content of gastrodin. Almost all of them are first-class gastrodia. Upon hearing Xiao Yu's information, Old Chen hastily dispatched two trucks from his company and rushed over.

  When Old Chen saw Xiao Yu again, he almost couldn't recognize him. When they parted ways, Xiao Yu was just a half-grown child, but now he had become a big and tall young man?

  There's a saying that girls change completely after they turn 18, but don't boys go through this process too? This is just too amazing!

  If it weren't for the fact that Little Yu now and Little Yu in the past looked very similar, and suddenly called out Old Chen's name, Old Chen almost bit his own fingers to prove he wasn't dreaming.

  Lao Chen handled the matter very seriously, weighing, collecting Tianma, paying money, registering and issuing receipts, following the procedure meticulously. With the help of his colleagues, he quickly completed the purchase of Tianma from the villagers.

  The villagers were delighted to have received the money, and they sent a lot of wild game from the mountains to Old Chen and his family. They also helped them carry the gastrodia out of the village with shoulder poles and loaded it onto trucks before returning home in high spirits.

  This year, the Dà Niú family planted two mu of land and harvested a lot of Tianma, selling it for over 7,000 yuan, making them the richest household in the village. This made Dà Niú's mother so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.

  Xiao Yu brought a lot of money this time, originally intending to leave some behind to buy a return ticket, and also leaving the remaining 2,000 yuan at Da Niu's house. Now he feels it's somewhat excessive.

  "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." Now the people of Yang Village, through planting gastrodia, with their hardworking hands, have the ability to live a good life.

  The next day, the villagers each contributed some money and asked Zhang Gen Shu to take a few people to the county's Chinese herbal medicine company to buy gastrodia elata seeds and fungal strains, which was agreed upon with Old Chen yesterday.

  Because they bought gastrodia here, Old Chen promised to give Yangcun a discount when selling gastrodia seeds and fungal strains.

  Seeing the high yield of gastrodia, almost every household has increased its planting volume. Those few households that did not plant gastrodia saw others making a lot of money and regretted it to death. This time they borrowed money from others to buy gastrodia seeds.

  These twenty or so households collectively gathered 50,000 yuan. For a small mountain village where the average annual income per person is only a few hundred yuan, this was a staggering amount. Chang Gen Shu specially chose three robust villagers to accompany him on the long-distance bus ride to the county town.

  Xiao Yu and Da Niu originally wanted to follow, but were stopped by Zhang Gen Shu, saying they would leave tomorrow, so it's better to stay at home and pack things up, and spend more time with Grandpa and Da Niu's mother.

  This time, the three people who went with Zhang Gen Shu were strong and powerful, and everyone was carrying a carrying pole. Even if they encountered the robbers from last time, they would not be without the power to resist.

  Both children want to leave, and the old cow's mother is really reluctant to part with them. However, as the children grew up and times progressed, they couldn't stay in the mountain valley all their lives without making a name for themselves. Since the children wanted to go out, the old cow's mother had no choice but to let them be.

  Xiao Yu is a clever child who is kind-hearted and loves to help others. She thinks that if the two children work for him, she will also feel more at ease.

  The whole family finished dinner early and started packing up, except for a few people's personal belongings. Since Xiao Yu likes to eat wild game from the mountains, Dà Niú's mother stuffed a full travel bag with cured meat, and also brought a lot of sausages made by èr Yā.

  The old grandfather of the big cow called Xiaoyu into his room, took out an old wooden box from under the bed, and took out a cloth package from it. When opened, there were seven or eight things shaped like jujube kernels inside.

  Handed over to Little Yu, "Little Yu, this is what my master left behind before he died. In the Jianghu, there's a name for it called 'Date Pit Dart'. I just don't know how to use it. If I keep it here, it'll only rust and gather dust. You're smarter than a big cow and have better leadership skills, so take it with you instead. It's better off in your hands."

  "Jujube core darts?" Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat as he took the iron pellets from Old Master Niu. His palm involuntarily sank, they were very heavy. It seemed that these things were not made of pure iron, but mixed with some special substances. Upon closer inspection, the jujube core darts were dark and glossy, with pointed ends and a rounded middle, resembling the shape of a jujube pit. The body of the dart was streamlined, very unusual.

  This jujube pit dart has such a special shape, it seems that throwing this hidden weapon must also require special techniques. I don't know if the hidden weapon skills I've learned can be applied, and I couldn't help but throw a reconnaissance technique on it.

  "Jujube pit dart, hidden weapon, attack power +25, effective distance 20 meters, usage condition: Hidden weapon skill level - intermediate."

  Originally, the Dark Weapon skill had to be at intermediate level to use it, but for now, it's still not useful, so carefully put away the Date Pit Pellet. Xiao Yu was just about to ask Master Bull some questions about the Unnamed Inner Strength when someone outside shouted, "Something's wrong! An accident happened! The money to buy seeds has been robbed!"

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