Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

"Brother Wang, is your ginseng from the mountains or from the forest? Or...?"

Wang Sanjin said frankly, "Of course it's genuine old wild ginseng. Forest-grown ginseng is also available, but could I possibly sell you that?"

Despite saying that, Niu Dazhuang still didn't intend to buy it; he really didn't understand this stuff.

If you really want to buy ginseng that's over 50 years old, it's safer to buy it from official channels. It might be a bit more expensive, but state-run pharmacies are generally reliable these days.

"Forget about ginseng, what's the price of tiger bone?"

"The skull and tibia are 25 yuan per kilogram, and the rest are 20 yuan per kilogram. However, there aren't many tiger bones left in our unit now."

"Alright, I'll take all the tiger bones you can bring. And two catties of Hua Ergang's sika deer antlers, please. If you have tiger bone and deer antler wine, bring me a hundred catties too!"

"Brother Niu, you really have an eye for things. Only people in our industry know that tiger bones are getting harder and harder to collect. The government introduced control policies this year. I can still get some for you now, but I don't know about next year."

These words served as a reminder to Niu Dazhuang.

"Thank you, Brother Wang. I won't trouble you twice, so please go to your trouble and get me a tiger penis!"

"Brother Niu, you've put me in a difficult position. I really don't have that stuff!" Just as he finished speaking, Wang Sanjin remembered their last meeting and asked mysteriously, "Brother, could it be that your eldest son is impotent?"

"Brother Wang, I can't just buy it and store it away; I can drink it when I'm old!"

"Hehe, I understand, I understand! But I really can't get my hands on tiger penis!"

"No rush, take your time. If we happen to meet, I can offer a high price. I won't let you work for nothing!" With that, Niu Dazhuang took out ten yuan and put it on the bedside table.

Wang Sanjin glanced at the money on the bedside table and immediately had an idea.

"Brother, you really want it?"

"Of course it's true."

"If you really want it, I can ask around for you. Old hunters might have some."

Niu Dazhuang then took the money and stuffed it into Wang Sanjin's hand, saying, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Wang. Whether it's settled or not, you have to keep this money!"

"Hehe, how could I accept that? I'll take it after it's done." He said this, but his actions betrayed him. After putting the money away...

"Brother Niu, you're so generous! I'll go back right now and get you some tiger bone, tiger bone and deer antler wine, and the deer antler. Next time you come, I promise I'll get you a tiger penis!"

Money really does have magical powers. Just a moment ago, he was adamant that he couldn't get tiger penis, but after taking the money, he assured me that he could.

Niu Dazhuang waited at the guesthouse for about half an hour before Wang Sanjin came in carrying a wine jar.

"Brother Niu, please put all your things inside!"

Niu Dazhuang quickly took it and put it on the ground.

"This jar weighs ten jin, and there's more in the tricycle." After several trips, they brought in all ten jars of tiger bone wine, along with two and a half cloth bags of tiger bones and a bag of deer antlers.

"This bag contains tibia and skull, fifteen jin. Here are the other tiger bones, thirty jin. The tiger bones total 375. The two jin of deer antlers are 180. Tiger bone and deer antler wine is twenty per jin. This hundred jin is two thousand. The total is 2555. You can calculate it." After saying that, he handed the receipt to Niu Dazhuang.

Niu Dazhuang took the receipt and looked at it; it also had the official seal of Fengtian Chinese Medicinal Herbs.

"Would you like some gold bars?"

"Yes, but it can only be done at the bank's rates."

"Okay, then I'll just give you gold bars." With that, Niu Dazhuang turned around and took out two large yellow croakers from his military green backpack.

Wang Sanjin picked it up, weighed it in his hand, and then bit it with his teeth, which was his assessment. Clearly, this guy had done this many times before and was very confident in his judgment.

"A single large yellow croaker from the Republican era cost 1300. These few should be fine, right?" Wang Sanjin said earnestly.

"no problem,"

"That's good. I still need to find you 45." He then pulled a cloth bag from his pocket.

"I'll give you all three of these top-quality sika deer penises. We're even now!"

"Brother Wang, you really know how to do business, that's great."

Wang Sanjin, carrying the two large yellow croakers, didn't linger: "Brother Niu, next time you come, it'll be my treat. Goodbye!"

After seeing the people off, Niu Dazhuang returned to his room and put all the items into his spatial storage.

Niu Dazhuang wasn't heartbroken this time; tiger bones and pure tiger bone wine were things he couldn't buy even if he had money in the future.

I went to the lumber mill humming a little tune.

The truck was finally loaded just as the sun was setting, a full load of logs. The master and apprentice drove back to the guesthouse compound and had a good night's sleep.

The next morning, Gao Chunsheng told Niu Dazhuang to wait at the guesthouse while he rented a donkey and went out.

They didn't get back until after 10 o'clock.

"Loaded and off we go," Gao Chunsheng called to Niu Dazhuang.

Niu Dazhuang climbed onto the vehicle first, Gao Chunsheng handed it to him from below, and Niu Dazhuang took it from above, stuffing the two heavy sacks of parts into the gaps between the logs.

After leaving Fengtian, Niu Dazhuang asked, "Master, what kind of part is this?"

"We can't keep the agricultural machinery parts to ourselves this time; we'll need to work with other teams."

"As long as it's not a wasted trip!"

"That's true. This trip certainly won't be as good as the last one, but we can still make forty or fifty yuan by reselling it."

The truck was loaded with logs, and it was so slow that it took four more days to finally reach the furniture factory in Kyoto.

This trip took another ten days or so.

I didn't get home until evening.

"Brother-in-law! You've been gone for more than ten days, and you didn't even bring back any good food!" Qin Ningru said with dissatisfaction.

"How was I supposed to know you were coming? I'm off tomorrow, how about I take you guys out for a drive? Consider it compensation!"

"Great, great! I've been here for four or five days, and my sister hasn't taken me out to play!" Qin Ningru clapped her hands and cheered.

"Your sister is going through a special period, so I told her not to go out."

"Hmph! My sister moved to the city, and she's become so spoiled!"

"You little ungrateful brat, if I didn't say that, would your parents have let you come?" Qin Xueru said, displeased.

"Hehe, I was just saying. You really care about me, sister. If you hadn't called me here, I'd still be working in the fields back home." As she spoke, Qin Ningru put her arms around Qin Xueru's neck.

"Alright, you're all grown up now, why are you still acting like a child with me? Go heat up your brother-in-law's food!" Qin Xueru said indulgently.

"No matter how old I am, I'm still your sister." After saying that, she let go of her older sister, opened the stove damper outside the door, and started making dinner for Niu Dazhuang.

After washing up, Niu Dazhuang sat down and smoked while waiting.

Finally, I don't have to eat pickled vegetables anymore. A bowl of vegetable and egg soup and two big white steamed buns were gone in less than ten minutes.

He wiped his mouth, lit a cigarette, and got off the kang (heated brick bed): "I'm not going out tonight. Xue Ru, you can make the arrangements."

Qin Xueru smiled smugly: "Okay."

Niu Dazhuang's original intention was to have his wife set up a bed for Ningru in the outer room. Little did he know that Qin Xueru had already made preparations.

After Niu Dazhuang left the house, he found himself holding a jar at the corner leading to the backyard.