Chapter 182

Chapter 182

Wang Qinghe put down his daughter and went out to open the door.

Bai Xiuxiu also poured tea for Yu Cheng. He was their best connection to the provincial city and a good channel for selling her medicinal herbs; she needed to treat him well.

Outside, Yu Cheng saw Wang Qinghe come out and hurriedly urged him, "Quickly open the door for me. I’ve been on the train all night and I’m exhausted."

Wang Qinghe calmly opened the door and welcomed him in.

"Brother Yu, didn’t you just go back a few days ago?" Wang Qinghe asked casually, though he wasn’t surprised by his arrival. Who could resist the profit right in front of them, especially knowing that he had more herbs?

But his quick return suggested he had made a good profit.

Yu Cheng was not one to play tricks. When Wang Qinghe asked, he didn’t hide anything: "I’ve already sold the previous batch of herbs. Little Brother Qinghe, this time I’m here to bring you money."

As he spoke, he looked around. "There’s a small matter we need to discuss inside."

"Sure."

The two entered the house, and Yu Cheng greeted Bai Xiuxiu warmly, "Sister-in-law, it’s great to see you again."

"Brother Yu, please sit," Bai Xiuxiu invited him to take a seat.

Yu Cheng noticed how neatly dressed they both were and was a bit surprised. "Are you two going out? Are the kids coming too?"

"Xiuxiu now works at the local government office. Xiao Zhang helped arrange the job, and I’m doing well there. If you hadn’t come, we would be heading to work now," Wang Qinghe explained truthfully.

"I’m sorry to interrupt your day. Don’t worry, I’ll just say what’s important and then go find Xiao Zhang," Yu Cheng said, quickly getting to the point.

He took out two hundred and fifty yuan. "This is the half of the profit we agreed upon. I always keep my word. Now, should we consider sending another batch of herbs? I remember you mentioned having some more."

Those herbs...

Yu Cheng hesitated, unsure if Wang Qinghe was ready to sell them now.

"No problem, Brother Yu. We won’t deceive you. Not now, but tonight. Remember to bring a scale," Wang Qinghe agreed immediately.

Once these Huangqi were sold, they could move on to other herbs.

He had already obtained the seeds for the herbs. Selling large quantities of the same herb might raise suspicion.

In ten or fifteen days, he could start learning acupuncture from Uncle Zhang.

Uncle Zhang said he would teach him herbal formulas once he mastered acupuncture.

Once he learned everything, Uncle Zhang would recommend him to his old friends.

Only then could he quietly use up the herbs in Xiuxiu’s space without anyone noticing.

Seeing Wang Qinghe’s straightforwardness, Yu Cheng was pleased. "Good! I haven’t misjudged you. But..."

Yu Cheng seemed hesitant.

"Brother Yu, just say what’s on your mind," Wang Qinghe guessed his concern, likely about the variety of herbs.

"Qinghe, do you and Sister-in-law only have one type of herb? Can you get others? This time is fine, but if it’s the same herb next time, people might get suspicious," Yu Cheng didn’t want to take too much risk.

Though he wasn’t ambitious and his father ignored him, he didn’t want to court disaster.

Indeed, Wang Qinghe understood Yu Cheng’s reasonable concern.

"Brother Yu, this batch is still Huangqi, what we had left. Next time, we’ll switch to something else, but I can’t guarantee what it will be. After all, what grows in the mountains isn’t up to us."

Wang Qinghe frowned slightly, as if troubled.

Seeing this, Yu Cheng believed him even more.

That’s right; Wang Qinghe was someone who lived off the mountains. Getting so many Huangqi was due to accumulation.

At most, he could buy a little more from familiar sources.

As for other herbs, it depended on what the mountains produced.

He was asking too much.

"Little Brother Qinghe, don’t worry about finding other herbs. Whatever you have is fine. I’ll just be more careful!" Yu Cheng felt he was being unreasonable.

"Wang Ge, rest assured. Next time, we’ll switch. After all, Xiuxiu and I are also cautious. We just want to make the herbs more valuable and increase our income. If it becomes dangerous, we won’t continue."

Wang Qinghe looked like an honest man with good looks.

Yu Cheng agreed with this logic. He had a general impression of the people in the county.

How bad could they be?

Gazing at the strikingly attractive family of four, Yu Cheng was reminded of something. "Qinghe, do you recall the family I spoke of before my departure to the provincial city?"

Wang Qinghe nodded silently, indicating he remembered.

Bai Xiuxiu was also curious about what happened.

Yu Cheng continued, "Their family was desperately looking for their lost child. Initially, not many people knew about it, but their second son suddenly went crazy because his mother kept talking about the lost child every day. He became hysterical.

He made such a fuss that everyone in the courtyard now knows about it.

What a spectacle!

Now everyone knows.

Their daughter He Wei still has feelings for the little tyrant in the courtyard and didn't follow her mother's wishes to go on a blind date. Now their family is in chaos.

No one knows who the son they left outside is, how unlucky.

Yu Cheng said these things to remind Wang Qinghe that this family is a mess, full of both danger and opportunity.

Wang Qinghe listened without any emotional fluctuation.

His child is already a few years old; would he still expect any parental affection?

He is Yueyue’s father and Xiuxiu’s husband.

That is his entire life.

"However, there is still profit to be made from them. The provincial capital is much better than this small county. Qinghe, do you remember what I told you before? You look quite similar to my uncle from that family. No one knows if their son is alive or dead.

Why don’t I help you take his place?

Then you could live a good life too."

Yu Cheng genuinely wanted to help him. If he only cared about the benefits, he wouldn’t say anything at all.

After all, Wang Qinghe being here in this county is where he profits.

But he likes all four of them! He just wants them to live well.