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Uncle Feng Tianbao had invested real money, but Feng Guiqin swindled the old man out of three hundred silver dollars with a promise to make Zheng Jin change his surname.

Three hundred silver dollars! That was raised by the Feng family by selling a shop.

Having spent such a large sum of money to buy five bottles of pills, Feng Tianbao was eager to see what kind of high-end goods they were.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jin, his face reeking of alcohol, pulled out bottles of medicine from his pocket one by one.

"One bottle, two bottles... five bottles!"

Zheng Jin took out five bottles of medicine and placed them on the table, saying, "Look, Uncle, take a good look. Eighty yuan a bottle! Even before the price went up, you had to pull strings to buy them. Now you can't even buy them anywhere."

"Burp~"

Zheng Jin let out a burp, exhaling a breath reeking of alcohol. His aunt then fanned him with her hand, asking, "How much did you drink?"

Zheng Jin said, "Senior Brother Wei helped me make money and gave me a way out, how could I not treat him to a good drink?"

"I'm doing this for our family, to bring honor to your family, Grandpa, so that our Feng family can produce martial arts scholars in the future..."

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Feng nodded and said, "Good, good."

As they were talking, Feng Tianbao picked up a medicine bottle, opened it, and wanted to see what this Qi and Blood Pill was all about.

Feng Guiqin said, "Don't move around."

Feng Tianbao frowned and said, "Our family spent three hundred silver dollars, what's wrong with that?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jin stopped Feng Guiqin, saying, "Mother, don't stop him. If Uncle wants to see, let him see as much as he wants. Let him have a good look."

Feng Tianbao then poured out a pill, took it, and frowned upon looking at it. He glanced at Zheng Jin, who, with drunken eyes, said, "Well, Uncle, you've learned something, haven't you?"

Feng Tianbao didn't reply. He picked it up and smelled it. Just as he was about to stick out his tongue to lick it, Feng Guiqin quickly stopped him: "What are you doing? This medicine is for you too."

Upon hearing this, Feng Tianbao, who had already licked the pill, turned pale and said, "Pah! A worthless hawthorn pill, why can't I eat it!"

Hawthorn pill?

The stone stirred up a thousand waves; everyone paused, and even the usually composed Old Master Feng suddenly stood up.

Zheng Jin also focused his gaze on Feng Tianbao.

After her initial shock, Feng Guiqin quickly realized what was happening and scolded, "Brother, what nonsense are you talking about? This is a Qi and Blood Pill."

Upon hearing this, Feng Tianbao's expression changed, and he angrily retorted, "Qi and Blood Pill my ass! Isn't this just a hawthorn pill?"

As he spoke, Feng Tianbao threw the pill in his hand into his mouth, chewed it, and said, "Pah, it tastes exactly the same as the ones sold by Ruizhitang."

Upon hearing this, Feng Guiqin's expression immediately changed. She quickly opened the bottle and poured out all the medicine inside, which rolled all over the table.

Zheng Daguo was also getting anxious. He stepped forward and looked at the table full of hawthorn pills, saying, "No way, you haven't made a mistake, have you?"

Feng Tianbao then spat out the hawthorn pill in his mouth: "Pah! When I was a kid, I had indigestion, so my dad would go to Ruizhitang to buy me hawthorn pills. I've been eating them since I was a child, how could they be wrong?"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Guiqin panicked completely. Four hundred silver dollars! That would have emptied the savings of two families.

It's the money she's accumulated over the years through scheming and swindling countless people.

At that moment, she frantically lunged at the table, opened the remaining four bottles of medicine, and poured them all onto the table.

Hawthorn pills, hawthorn pills, all hawthorn pills!!

Finished!

Feng Guiqin's face turned ashen. It was all over!

Feng Tianbao then realized what was happening and looked at Zheng Jin, saying, "Zheng Jin, you give us an explanation! Four hundred silver dollars, and you only bought five bottles of hawthorn pills? One silver dollar can buy fifty bottles of those!"

Zheng Jin sobered up instantly and stared wide-eyed at the hawthorn pills on the table.

His face was deathly pale, how could this be? How could this be?

At this moment, he grabbed the hawthorn pills on the table, his eyes reddening. How could he not recognize the hawthorn pills and the Qi and Blood Pills? No, that's not right. He clearly checked them one by one, and he even ate a Qi and Blood Pill that Senior Brother Wei had taken out. There was no problem.

How could they all turn into hawthorn pills? How could this happen!

Zheng Jin was completely dumbfounded; his mind went blank.

At this moment, Old Master Feng couldn't say a word. He was just breathing heavily, and his eyes were widening as if he couldn't catch his breath.

At this point, Feng Tianbao got angry and shouted, "Dad, all our family's savings, including the proceeds from selling a shop, were used to buy five bottles of hawthorn pills. And this is your good grandson?"

"Ugh... ugh..."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Feng choked on his breath, rolled his eyes, and slumped back into his chair.

"father……"

Everyone gasped at the sight, but Zheng Jin, staring at the table full of hawthorn pills, grew increasingly red-eyed, muttering, "Liars, liars, they're all liars..."

Thinking this, Zheng Jin burst out the door and ran straight outside. Seeing this, Feng Guiqin immediately rushed out and shouted, "Where are you going?"

Zheng Jin roared, "I'm going to settle accounts with that swindler!"

It was still dark outside. He ran all the way before curfew, rushed into Tianjin, and found the black market. Zhao Erbiao had already disappeared. Where could he find him?

After thinking for a moment, he rushed straight into Wei Datong's house.

"Wei Datong, you come out here!"

Wei Datong emerged from the courtyard with a dark expression. Upon seeing him, Zheng Jin roared, "You dare to lie to me? I'll fight you to the death!"

As he spoke, he rushed forward. Wei Datong was also furious. He had finally managed to set up a scheme to swindle some money, but after drinking in the afternoon, that bastard Zhao Erbiao ran away, and he didn't earn a single penny.

Seeing Zheng Jin rush up, he was filled with rage and had nowhere to vent it, so he started beating Zheng Jin up.

Zheng Jin had not yet entered the sequence, while Wei Datong was already a ninth-level martial artist. The two fought, exchanging blows, and Zheng Jin was beaten terribly.

After an incense stick's time, Zheng Jin lay on the ground, his face bruised and swollen. Wei Datong, having calmed down, looked at Zheng Jin and asked, "Are you calm now?"

Zheng Jin stared at him, wide-eyed, and said, "Why did you lie to me?"

Wei Datong angrily retorted, "When did I lie to you? I also bought five bottles of fake medicine, and when I got back, they were all hawthorn pills! We were both scammed by the fake medicine seller!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jin instantly broke down: "Four hundred silver dollars! That's all the money our family has..."

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face. "I've really ruined my family's life. Four hundred silver dollars!"

At this moment in Nanhe Village, Zheng Daguo sat hunched over on the steps, looking up at the sky, his heart filled with despair. Four hundred silver dollars, just like that, gone down the drain. That was all the money he had earned over the years, including the thirty silver dollars he had secretly earned from selling Zheng Xuanda's tile-roofed house. It was all in there.

Now, not only is the money gone, but his son is also going to change his surname to the Feng family name, making him feel like a live-in son-in-law.

Thinking back to how his father vehemently opposed his marriage to Feng Guiqin, but he didn't listen, he now deeply regrets it. What a terrible mistake!

Meanwhile, inside Zheng Xuan's house, Zheng Xuan smiled and called the fisherwoman to him, saying, "I'll show you something good."

As he spoke, he took out a large bag containing four hundred silver dollars.

The fisherwoman was immediately stunned: "Wow, how can there be so much money!"