The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

Leading the way were Hu and Ma, the new transport team members, followed by their respective apprentices.

As soon as the group stepped outside, they saw piles of sacks next to the steps.

Master Ma was a middle-aged man in his forties, lean and with a pair of bright, darting eyes.

He walked over in a few steps, a smile on his face:

"Hey, Master Li, where have you been making your fortune? You've brought back so much stuff!"

"Mind your own business, go away!" Zhou Zhiming retorted when he saw the person who spoke.

The reason Zhou Zhiming was so impolite was because this was the same person who had snitched to Director Xie last time.

Master Ma's face stiffened, then he said righteously, "How dare you talk like that? I'm your senior, after all."

"senior?"

Zhou Zhiming sneered, "The senior who snitches behind people's backs, huh?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Tian, ​​Du Ziteng, and Qian Dazhuang couldn't help but laugh.

"You, you..." Master Ma's face turned bright red, and he pointed at Zhou Zhiming, unable to speak.

Seeing this, Mr. Hu, who was standing next to him, quickly stepped forward to smooth things over: "We're all comrades, let's talk this out."

As he spoke, he tugged at Master Ma's sleeve: "Let's go, Old Ma."

Master Ma glared at Zhou Zhiming, muttering something under his breath, but Master Hu pulled him along by the arm.

After they had walked a distance, Captain Wang finally spoke:

"Zhiming, why are you arguing with him? Isn't that lowering your own status?"

"Captain Wang, I just can't stand his two-faced behavior!"

Zhou Zhiming was still fuming.

"Alright, Zhiming, stop sulking!"

Li Kaixin patted his apprentice on the shoulder and said calmly, "Let's carry these up first!"

As he spoke, he bent down, picked up a sack, and walked into the guesthouse.

Fifteen minutes later, all the sacks filled with mountain produce were moved into Zhou Zhiming and Wu Tian's room.

Li Kaixin held a two-pound monkey head mushroom in her hands and walked up to Master Chen with a smile: "Master, this is my gift to you."

Master Chen was taken aback at first, then joked:

"Kaixin, what are you doing? Wu Tian brought some monkey head mushrooms to Old Wang, and you came along too?"

"Master, then just tell me, do you want it or not?" Li Kaixin shook the monkey head mushroom in his hand.

"Of course I want it!"

Master Chen took it immediately, saying, "I can't let Old Wang outdo me."

Upon hearing this, Captain Wang, who was standing nearby, laughed and scolded:

"Old Chen, the way you're saying it makes it sound like I'm deliberately trying to compete with you!"

"Of course!"

Master Chen carefully wrapped the monkey head mushroom, then looked up at him:

"I wonder who it was? Last year they were competing to see which apprentice they took on was the most skilled."

Captain Wang was momentarily speechless, then gave Wu Tian a reproachful look:

"It's all your fault, you brat! Why did you have to be so attentive?"

Wu Tian knew his master was joking, so he just chuckled twice.

Zhou Zhiming, who was sorting through mountain goods, saw this scene and instantly had a bad idea.

He took out a portion of the monkey head mushrooms he was given and immediately ran over to Master Chen.

"Master, this is my tribute to you."

"Okay, okay, thank you, Zhiming."

Master Chen took it, then raised an eyebrow at Captain Wang, his face beaming with pride.

Captain Wang couldn't stand the shock and turned around:

"Let's go, let's go! Xiao Tian, ​​let's not stay here, lest we see some people showing off!"

Upon hearing this from behind, Master Chen burst into laughter:

"Old Wang, you're leaving already? Want me to give you some more?"

"No need, keep it for yourself to nourish your body!"

As Captain Wang spoke, he pulled Wu Tian out the door without looking back.

The room fell silent for a moment.

Li Kaixin turned around and looked at Zhou Zhiming, who was still secretly laughing.

"Zhiming, you're just stirring things up."

"No way!"

Zhou Zhiming spread his hands, feigning innocence, and argued, "I learned this from you, Master!"

"Learn from me?" Li Kaixin said, lightly slapping his apprentice on the back of the head. "Then you'd better show me some respect!"

Zhou Zhiming rubbed his head and smiled obsequiously, "Master, you already have so much, you definitely wouldn't care about what I have."

"Alright, stop being so cheeky."

Li Kaixin raised her hand to interrupt, "Hurry up and tidy up this pile of things, look at the mess in your room."

Zhou Zhiming responded and immediately got to work, starting to move the sacks.

......

The next day, just as dawn broke, Zhao Laosan and Zhao Laosi drove their tractor to the guesthouse.

The same old man was still guarding the first floor, drinking hot water from an enamel mug.

When he saw the Zhao brothers come in, his attitude was noticeably better than last time.

"You two are here to see Comrade Li again?"

"Yes, sir, has Comrade Li gotten up yet?" Old Zhao San took out a Daqianmen cigarette from his pocket and handed it over with both hands.

The old man took the cigarette and tucked it behind his ear: "You wait here, I'll go up and call out."

After saying that, he put down the enamel mug and slowly went upstairs.

Not long after, Li Kaixin came downstairs with Zhou Zhiming, Wu Tian, ​​and a few others.

"Brother Zhao Si, Brother Zhao San, you're here so early! Have you had breakfast yet?"

Li Kaixin quickly walked up to the two of them.

"I've eaten, I've eaten." Zhao Laosi nodded, then pointed to the tractor outside the guesthouse.

"Brother Li, these are the remaining mountain produce; we've brought them all over today."

Li Kaixin looked in that direction and saw that the tractor was indeed piled high with bulging sacks.

"Goodness, I thought yesterday's truckload was all loaded, but I didn't expect there to be so much left!"

Zhou Zhiming rubbed his hands together and ran over excitedly.

Just then, Captain Wang and Master Chen came down from upstairs. They had heard last night that another truckload of mountain goods was to be delivered today.

Captain Wang circled the tractor once, clicking his tongue twice: "Goodness, this must weigh five or six hundred pounds, right?"

"almost!"

Old Zhao replied, "Including the eight or nine hundred jin yesterday, it's about 1,500 jin."

As soon as he finished speaking, several more people walked out of the guesthouse.

It was Master Hu and Master Ma from yesterday, followed by their apprentices. They looked like they were going to have breakfast.

When Master Ma saw the cart full of sacks, he started to say in a sarcastic tone again:

"Wow, another truckload? Mr. Li, you guys have a really big business!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiming's eyebrows shot up and he was about to speak when Li Kaixin grabbed his hand and stopped him.

"Master Ma is joking. We're just exchanging some local products to take back to our families to try. What kind of business is that?"

Li Kaixin smiled, then changed the subject.

"But what about you? Didn't you get anything decent in return? Want me to give you some?"

Master Ma could easily hear the sarcasm in Li Kaixin's words.

Knowing he couldn't afford to offend the person in front of him, he turned and left with his men.