Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 693: Chapter 64: Meeting the Ginseng Buyers (Part 2)

It was that time again when the Xu Family, which only dealt in Western medicine, reached out to him, claiming to have a channel for the Wild Ginseng business. The so-called channel was the guy who came with Xu Lan Ya today, a young man who looked tall and smart. The young man’s name was Li Ye, and he said that he lived on the northern slopes of Changbai Mountain.

Upon seeing the young man’s stature, it really did seem to bear a resemblance to a Northeastern person’s build, and furthermore, he was from the northern side of Changbai Mountain, which made Mr. Pang believe him even more. In the 1960s, the north side of Changbai Mountain had already been allocated to North Korea, and North Korea’s national customs need no further comment. Ginseng was an important foreign exchange resource for them, and there had been Chinese citizens who crossed the border to collect ginseng; at the very least, they would get caught and beaten, and at worst, they would simply vanish in the snowy mountains, with no one knowing what happened.

In recent years, the prices of a series of precious medicinal herbs including Cordyceps have shot up like rockets. It’s said that Wild Ginseng’s effectiveness in preventing cancer surpasses even that of Cordyceps. The huge profits have led merchants to repeatedly offer sky-high prices for Wild Ginseng. Consequently, ginseng collectors are willing to risk their lives and cross borders to gather ginseng. Li Ye’s appearance made the fact that he held dozens of ginseng roots in his hand seem reasonable.

After Mr. Pang had appraised the ginseng in the young man’s possession and tested his knowledge of the herb, he confirmed that the batch of ginseng was indeed of exceptional quality and ranged from ages thirty to ninety years old. Although it wasn’t the dazzling top-grade ginseng that would make one’s eyes light up, it was still a force to be reckoned with in the seasonal market.

However, before taking in this batch of ginseng, Mr. Pang, who appeared honest on the outside but was an old fox on the inside and a giant in the retail pharmacy business, was cautious. There’s no harm in shopping around; he was not afraid to wait but just afraid to make a mistake. He used various excuses to keep the Xu Family and the young man named Li at bay, and even led them along to examine the batch of ginseng in Pharmacist Huang’s possession.

Everyone had a discerning eye, and it was easy to see the true nature of things.

Xu Lan Ya affectionately clung to Yezi’s arm. To think that the young lad randomly brought by Huang Tengchong had actually done her a great favor. That day, when Mr. Pang suddenly asked about Yezi’s knowledge of medicinal herbs, Xu Lan Ya and Huang Tengchong among others were sweating bullets. They had only roughly taught Yezi some basic knowledge about the origins of this batch of ginseng and how to identify ginseng. If Yezi had slipped up under Mr. Pang’s questioning, all their efforts would have been in vain.

Yezi’s performance was as satisfactory as his appearance. He explained the relevant knowledge about ginseng calmly, even mentioning how to properly preserve old ginseng. Astute as he was, listening once was enough for him to grasp the gist. Besides, back in Dongnan Miao Village, Red Locust Great Wizard had always enjoyed making Yezi help with organizing medicinal herbs and occasionally tested him on their pharmacology.

Since the properties were the same, Yezi rounded off the conversation quite convincingly, and Mr. Pang didn’t notice anything amiss.

"Who are these people?" A guest at the door is a guest nonetheless, and despite not taking a liking to Xu Lan Ya, Pharmacist Huang still pretended to be someone who never knew the other party.

"Allow me to introduce them. This lady here happens to be an acquaintance, Miss Xu Lan Ya from the Guangdong Xu Family." Mr. Pang was not aware of Aisha’s background and simply assumed she was a foreign friend interested in learning about Chinese traditional medicine. As for Huang Tengchong, in his view, he was just a regular businessman who recently wanted to shift from the breeding industry to the medicinal herb industry. Today, Mr. Pang was focused on introducing Xu Lan Ya and Li Ye. "And this gentleman here runs a business dealing with Korean Ginseng."

Upon hearing "the Xu Family," Pharmacist Huang’s heart skipped a beat, knowing that the recent changes in the ginseng market were related to the Xu Family. They wanted a piece of the Chinese herbal market? He needed to report this to Miss as soon as possible, unfortunately...

Then Pharmacist Huang heard the introduction about Li Ye. Even more shocked, he couldn’t help but scrutinize this young man who looked very unfamiliar, still bearing traces of youthfulness but with glimmers of shrewdness in his eyes, signaling that this young man was sharp-minded.

To put it nicely, it was Korean ginseng; to speak unpleasantly, wasn’t Mr. Pang just saying, "Master Huang, I’ve brought your competitor to check your goods." Pharmacist Huang felt quite displeased, feeling as if there was phlegm stuck in his throat.

He coughed symbolically, "Mr. Pang, you really are too polite, bringing a few promising youngsters over right away, not afraid that our pharmacy might be too small and crowded for the guests."

Mr. Pang himself felt a bit embarrassed and chuckled, unable to find a good response.

But it was the foreign lady with a face as bright as the sun who spoke first: "Mr. Huang, I heard that your shop has excellent ginseng, can we take a look?"

"Miss Aisha is here to buy ginseng. She can afford any good ginseng," Huang Tengchong remained sycophantic, feeling jealous and envious as Yezi had gained Xu Lan Ya’s favor in just a few days, the two of them always appearing together.

"Good ginseng should also pick its consumer. I wouldn’t sell it to you even if you wanted to buy," Pharmacist Huang, looking at Huang Tengchong, knew he was the sort of person who treated ginseng as if it were a radish to be chewed on. Thinking of the recent financial turnover in the pharmacy due to the ginseng and with Miss still missing, encountering such wasteful people made Pharmacist Huang use a harsher tone.

Seeing this, Mr. Pang hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Let’s stop talking and bring out the ginseng. I want to soothe my craving."

Xu Lan Ya also pulled Yezi forward, while he subtly moved his hand aside, avoiding her touch and stepping forward a few paces.

Pharmacist Huang carefully took out a box from the medicine cupboard, and when the box was opened, there were several smaller cases inside. As each case was opened, twenty ginseng roots were revealed to everyone.

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