Era: Seven money-losing girls? They're trying to trick me into having a daughter again!

For the next three days, Fang Qiang got up before dawn every day.

Zhou Li got up earlier than before. She lit an oil lamp in the kitchen, baked two pancakes, wrapped them in oil paper, and stuffed them into Fang Qiang's arms.

"Get one for your brother too."

Fang Qiang glanced at his wife, then obediently stuffed the pancake into his pocket.

Zhou Li stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching her husband carry farm tools toward the old forest farm, and only returned to the house after his figure had completely disappeared.

She returned to her room, took a small cloth bag from under her pillow, opened it, and found three one-yuan bills folded inside.

Fang Wei never missed a single penny of the one yuan he earned each day.

Zhou Li touched the few banknotes and smiled silently.

In the past, after finishing his own farm work, Fang Qiang would take odd jobs to supplement his family income, but sometimes he would not be able to get paid for the work.

With this stable income of one yuan a day, she felt much more at ease.

"mother……"

Fang Ping'an poked his little head out from under the covers and called out in a drowsy voice.

Zhou Li quickly wrapped the money up again, stuffed it back under her pillow, and went over to pick up her son.

"Ping An, sweetie, Mommy will make you some malted milk powder."

She opened the lid of the malted milk powder, scooped a small spoonful into a bowl, poured in hot water, stirred it with chopsticks, and brought it to her son's lips.

Fang Ping'an took a sip and, just like the previous two days, smiled and said, "It's delicious! Mom, you should have some too!"

"Mom won't drink it."

Looking at the satisfied expression on her son's face, Zhou Li's eyes welled up with tears. She shook her head and said softly, "If Ping An thinks it tastes good, drink more. I'll make you more when you finish."

……

"Brother Fang! Brother Fang!"

Just as Fang Wei was about to leave, he saw a young man in a gray cloth coat hiding in the corner of his yard, waving frantically at him.

He's one of Boss Wang's young apprentices!

Fang Wei's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately walked over quickly, asking in a low voice, "What is it?"

The young man looked around to make sure no one was nearby before leaning close to Fang's ear and whispering, "Brother Fang, our boss, Mr. Wang, sent me to give you a message."

"That Mr. Du who runs a medicinal herb business in the city arrived at Yingbinlou last night."

"Our boss wants you to get the goods ready as soon as possible; Boss Du is waiting for you at the restaurant."

Boss Wang originally wanted his young apprentice to come over overnight, but for safety reasons, he waited until this morning.

"Okay, I understand."

Fang Wei's heart skipped a beat. He pulled a dollar from his pocket and stuffed it into the young shop assistant's hand. "Take this to buy some water. Go back and tell Boss Wang I'll definitely be there first thing tomorrow morning!"

Going today would be too rushed; he needs to think carefully about how to maximize his profits!

Seeing Fang Wei's generosity, the young waiter immediately smiled and nodded before running off in a flash.

Fang Wei carried his work tools toward the old forest farm, slowly calming his excited emotions.

Every husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime.

A poor country boy suddenly appears with a large quantity of top-quality Gastrodia elata, which is extremely valuable. Even a fool would know that something is wrong.

If he were to dig up all those hundreds of kilograms of gastrodia elata and take them over in one go, that wouldn't be selling goods, that would be courting death!

Therefore, for this first transaction, he could only use a small portion of the money, firstly to test the other party's strength and character, and secondly to leave himself a way out.

Fang Wei quickly did a mental calculation.

Given the current market price of top-quality wild Gastrodia elata, it would be most appropriate to take three or four kilograms for the first transaction.

This allows herbal medicine merchants to know they have top-quality goods without giving the impression of an oversupply, and also allows them to drive up prices to the highest level.

Fang Wei had made up his mind, but on the surface he acted as if nothing had happened and continued to work at the old forest farm.

When he finished work that evening, he gave Fang Qiang a dollar as usual, and said, "Brother, I have some things to do in town tomorrow morning, so I might be a little late getting to the forest farm."

"You keep doing this, I'll come over when I'm done."

Fang Qiang took the money, glanced at him, and didn't ask any further questions: "Okay."

……

The next morning around four o'clock, Fang Wei got up in the dark, went to the old forest farm to dig out the gastrodia elata, and after breakfast he immediately went to town.

This time, he still went around to the back alley of the Yingbin Building.

Seeing that the back door was not open as usual, Fang Wei hesitated for a moment, but still raised his hand and knocked.

A few seconds later, the door was pulled open a crack from the inside.

As soon as Wang Hongzhong saw that it was Fang Wei, he immediately opened the door: "Brother Fang! You've finally arrived! Come in, come in!"

Fang Wei slipped inside.

Two young men were busy at the stove in the back kitchen. When they saw Wang Hongzhong bring someone in, they just glanced at him and then went back to work.

"Come with me."

Wang Hongzhong led Fang Wei directly up to the second floor, and only when they reached the door of a private room at the end of the second-floor corridor did he raise his hand and knock on the door.

"Old Du, the person has arrived."

"Come in."

Wang Hongzhong pushed open the door, stepped aside to let Fang Wei go in first, and then followed behind to close the door.

The private room was small, with an octagonal table in the middle, on which sat a purple clay teapot and several small teacups.

A middle-aged man sat by the window, wearing a dark gray Zhongshan suit, gold-rimmed glasses, and his hair was neatly combed; he looked like a refined gentleman.

Boss Du looked at Fang Wei and said calmly, "Old Wang, this is the one you told me about..."

"Yes! That's him!"

Wang Hongzhong introduced with a smile, "This is Fang Wei, Brother Fang! Old Du, don't let his youth fool you, Brother Fang has quite a few good things on him!"

"Oh?"

Boss Du looked Fang Wei up and down, then gestured with his eyes, "Have a seat."

Fang Wei didn't stand on ceremony and sat down in the chair opposite him.

He understood immediately upon seeing Boss Du's attitude.

The other party probably only agreed to meet him because of the piece of gastrodia elata and Wang Hongzhong's reputation; they didn't really think that a country bumpkin could produce any decent medicinal herbs.

"Brother Fang, quickly bring out the item so Old Du can take a look!"

Wang Hongzhong urged from the side.

Fang Wei took out a small package and placed all the Gastrodia elata inside on the table.

Boss Du suddenly stood up, disregarding any pretense of modesty, reached out and picked up a piece of Gastrodia elata, brought it close to his eyes to examine it carefully, and then brought it to his nose to smell it.

"This...this..."

His breathing became somewhat rapid. He examined the gastrodia plant over and over again several times, and then picked up another one to compare.

"Where did you get this gastrodia elata?!"

Actually, Boss Du was quite excited when he saw the piece of Gastrodia elata that Wang Hongzhong took out yesterday.

But this quality of Gastrodia elata is extremely rare, and he didn't think the farmer Wang Hongzhong mentioned had any of the same kind.

He originally planned to buy the Gastrodia elata directly and leave, but Wang Hongzhong insisted on keeping him there and making him meet the owner.

I never expected to have such good luck this time, encountering so many top-quality wild Gastrodia elata!