MM Racing Chapter 121 It's Too Much
Chapter 121 It's Too Much
"Grandma, are you really unwilling to pay so you just make up an excuse to me?" Yi Zhonghai was doubtful and unhappy.
"Why would I lie to you?" The deaf old lady was extremely angry. She quickly took out a mahogany box from the bedside table and opened it: "Look for yourself. It used to be full of gold bars and antiques, but now it's empty."
"Are you saying these are all true?" Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai recalled the lost gold bars and wondered if it was done by the same person?
"Why would I lie to you?" said the deaf old lady.
"The several gold bars I had hidden also disappeared. Could it be done by the same thief?" Yi Zhonghai guessed.
"What did you say?" The deaf old lady was surprised: "Your gold bars are also lost? Then where is your money?"
"The money is fine and the passbook is still there. Maybe the other party found that the passbook was useless and didn't steal it." Yi Zhonghai explained.
The deaf old lady looked at Yi Zhonghai carefully, and seeing that he did not seem to be lying, she almost believed what he said.
"Who did it? Who are the people who know that we have hidden the gold bars?" asked the deaf old lady.
"Old lady, could it be Li Haoyu? We have never gotten along with that guy." Yi Zhonghai speculated.
However, the deaf old lady shook her head and said, "Although I hate that brat, he thinks highly of himself and would not do such a thing as stealing other people's property."
Yi Zhonghai thought about what the deaf old lady said and felt that there was some truth in what she said. Besides, Li Haoyu was not financially tight and the royalties from writing this book were enough for him to squander, so there was no need to steal.
Li Haoyu interrupted their conversation at this time: "Sorry, I took it, I guessed wrong."
"If it wasn't Li Haoyu, then who else could it be?" Yi Zhonghai asked.
The deaf old lady pondered for a moment and said, "The Jia family is most likely the culprit. Both Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu are not easy to deal with."
"Then what should we do? We don't have any solid evidence, and the matter of the gold bars cannot be made public." Yi Zhonghai said.
"Wait for an opportunity, wait until the Jia family is not at home, then sneak in and search. This thing may have been taken away by the Jia family." The deaf old lady suggested.
Yi Zhonghai nodded and continued, "Old lady, where is the money you gave me to buy ginseng? I am very short of money now, and I also heard that a single root of the thousand-year-old ginseng can extend a person's lifespan."
Hearing this, the deaf old lady's eyes lit up. Her desire for life became stronger as she grew older. Now that she was nearly eighty years old, she wished she could live another twenty years.
Although Yi Zhonghai's presence made her feel uncomfortable, he was still a senior figure and no one in the courtyard trusted him. After careful consideration, she suggested, "First, you can take the old mountain ginseng back, and I will make up for it with a 'big yellow croaker' later."
The so-called big yellow croaker is actually a 312-gram gold bar. Although it is a full pound, it is not huge in size. An ordinary small portion is only 31.2 grams. Nowadays, a big yellow croaker is worth 6,000 to 7,000 yuan or even nearly 10,000 yuan in the market. Of course, the price will fluctuate.
When he heard about the extra reward, Yi Zhonghai guessed that the old lady might have hidden quite a few things. "Don't stare at me like that. I also understand the principle of a cunning rabbit having three burrows. As long as you take care of me until I grow old, all my property will be yours sooner or later." The old lady promised.
Yi Zhonghai agreed: "Okay." He knew that the deaf old lady was either rich or noble, so it would not be surprising even if she moved out a box of gold bricks.
After thinking it over again and again, he decided to buy ginseng together for safety. "But you have to give me more ginseng after you return it to me." The deaf old lady did not forget her thoughts: she just wanted to extend her life for a few more years.
"Don't worry about that." Yi Hai replied, thinking that the old lady was just trying to survive because she was afraid of death.
So he went to the bank to withdraw 2,500 yuan early in the morning, and Cui Dake also spent all his savings and earned the same amount privately. When they arrived at the steel mill, they met, but Xiao Wang was not invited to go with them.
They went straight to the suburbs to look for Brother Qiang. "Brother Qiang, we have collected 5,000 yuan, can we have a share of the Millennium Old Mountain?" Cui Dake urged.
When Brother Qiang saw that 5,000 yuan had been deposited into his account, greed flashed in his eyes. He managed to remain calm and said, "Originally I didn't want to sell it, but seeing that you are determined to get it, I have no choice but to risk my life to keep you company." Brother Qiang handed over the ginseng box in his hand, and the transaction was concluded with one hand paying the money.
The two carefully opened the box and saw that the ginseng was bright in color and had thick and long roots. It was undoubtedly a thousand-year-old ginseng, and it exuded a strong medicinal fragrance. The two were extremely happy.
Seeing them leave, Brother Qiang followed closely behind and peeked until he was sure that they were far away. He hurried back into the house. At this time, Xiao Wang walked out of the room and said, "Brother Qiang, let's divide the money."
Brother Qiang laughed and said, "Just right, 5,000 yuan, 2,500 yuan each." Then he gave it to Xiao Wang. In fact, Xiao Wang had already sold his job at the steel mill and planned to go south. Brother Qiang was a street wanderer, and the two of them rented a house. The monthly rent of 5 yuan had already been spent for a month.
The original intention of setting up this bureau was because they heard that Cui Dake had always been eager to purchase hundred-year-old ginseng. When Cui Dake mentioned this matter, Brother Qiang immediately proposed to try a major action. Unexpectedly, the progress was so smooth.
Yi Zhonghai and Cui Dake didn't know that Wang Xiao had left the company long ago, and they were in urgent need of the hundred-year-old ginseng, so they didn't doubt the authenticity of the ginseng they got.
After packing their belongings, they quickly headed to the train station.
Here, Yi Zhonghai and Cui Dake arrived at the medical station as quickly as possible.
Li Haoyu was reading a book, and Ding Qiunan was rubbing his shoulders behind him. As soon as Cui Dake stepped into the medical station, he was furious when he saw this situation, because Ding Qiunan was the woman he liked, but now she was rubbing Li Haoyu's shoulders, which made him unbearable.
When Yi Zhonghai saw this scene, an idea suddenly occurred to him. He thought that this boy must have an unusual relationship with the female staff at the medical station. He could take the opportunity to sow discord between him and He Yushui when he returned.
However, the two suppressed their impulse at the moment, as they still needed Li Haoyu's prescription to treat infertility.
Noticing someone coming, Ding Qiunan stopped what he was doing.
"Doctor Li, I have bought a hundred-year-old ginseng. Please see if you can prescribe a prescription to treat my condition," Cui Dake said.
"That's right, Li Haoyu, the hundred-year-old ginseng has been obtained. Didn't you say before that with this thing, there is hope of curing my condition?" Yi Zhonghai added immediately.
Li Haoyu picked up the water cup and drank a sip of water. His eyes were full of doubts. He looked at Cui Da's box curiously and said:
"Hundred-year-old ginseng? Did you really buy it? I really want to see it carefully."
Cui Dake hurriedly put the box on the table and opened it, saying, "We bought this with great difficulty, be careful not to damage it."
Li Haoyu stared at the things in the box and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of water. "Haha."
He really couldn't help himself and burst out laughing.
Cui Dake and Yi Zhonghai asked quickly: "What are you laughing at?"
Li Haoyu laughed so hard that he covered his stomach: "Let me laugh for a while, I really can't help it."
Ding Qiunan, Wang Yuyan and the others also came over to look at the so-called "hundred-year-old ginseng". From their professional perspective, there was something wrong with this medicinal material.
"Master, what's wrong with this ginseng?" Ding Qiunan asked.
Yi Zhonghai was a little anxious at this time. He spent 2,500 yuan on ginseng. "Li Haoyu, what's going on? Is there something wrong with my ginseng?"
Li Haoyu did not answer directly, but asked: "Well...how much did you spend on it?"
"Five thousand yuan." Cui Dake blurted out, then realized that he had said something wrong and closed his mouth tightly.
When they heard the price, the people at the medical station were surprised. Five thousand yuan is by no means a small amount.
Li Haoyu raised his thumb and said jokingly, "Great, you two. This is the first time I've seen someone spend 5,000 yuan to buy a carrot."
"Carrot? It's clearly ginseng, Li Haoyu, are you seeing things?" Yi Zhonghai turned pale and couldn't believe it when he heard that.
Li Haoyu smiled and said, "Look at these roots yourself. They are glued on. Although they look like ginseng, it is not easy for laymen to tell them apart."
"This is impossible. It's obviously ginseng, how can it be a carrot? I've seen carrots a lot!" Yi Zhonghai retorted excitedly.
"That's right, Doctor Li, you must have made a mistake. We spent a lot of money to buy it, and it was introduced by Wang Xiao. Master Yi, Wang Xiao should be in the fitter workshop." Cui Da continued to argue.
“Yes, and it also has a medicinal aroma. How could you have smelled it wrong? Carrots have such an aroma?” Yi Zhonghai emphasized.
"Believe it or not, that is the taste of Panax notoginseng, not ginseng. If you don't believe it, go to the pharmacy and find a professional to verify it." Li Haoyu waved his hand, and Yi Zhonghai and Cui Dake's faces turned pale instantly.
The two men carried the boxes and went straight to the factory.
"How could this be? Colleague Wang resigned last week? I saw him yesterday, how is this possible?" Cui Dake asked hurriedly when he heard this.
"He handed over the work at hand to Lao Li, and he never came back since then."
"Damn, we must have been tricked." Yi Zhonghai and Cui Dake fully realized at this moment that they had been tricked.
I quickly ran to the courtyard where my eldest brother was, only to find that the place was already deserted.
A neighbor happened to pass by, and Yi Zhonghai immediately stepped forward and asked: "Comrade, do you know where the eldest brother who used to live in this house has gone?"
"Oh, are you talking about that guy Wang Qiangqiang? This house doesn't belong to him, he rented it. He packed his luggage and left early this morning." The neighbor explained.
Yi Zhonghai and Cui Dake fell to the ground, and five thousand yuan was wasted just to buy a carrot.
Now they know in their hearts that they have been deceived.
But they still held out a glimmer of hope, so they went to the drugstore to check it out. They found that it was indeed just soaked white radish, with the aroma of Codonopsis pilosula covering up the smell, and the roots glued on with glue, making it look like ginseng.
Immediately, they rushed to the police station to report the case. When they heard the money was 5,000 yuan, the police took it a little more seriously. However, the person had long since disappeared. The police were inefficient in solving cases nowadays, so how could it be so easy to track him down?
In the clinic:
"Master, was that really a radish? Why couldn't I see it?" Nie Xiaoqian questioned.
"It is indeed a radish, but it may be due to lack of nutrition that it grows thinner. After soaking it in urine for a while, we add some Panax notoginseng to confuse the taste, and then attach the roots with glue. It is easy to fool those who don't know much about it." Li Haoyu explained.
"That's too much."
"How do I learn about herbal identification? The content in the book doesn't seem to be detailed enough." Wang Yuyan asked.
"When I have time, I'll take you to Shennongjia. You can learn a lot about the rich and diverse Chinese herbal medicine resources there," Li Haoyu planned.