bookrebus Chapter 36 Selling wild ginseng
Chapter 36 Selling wild ginseng
As Lin Xiaoqian got into the taxi, she cursed the unscrupulous businessman in her heart. She gritted her teeth and said to the driver, "Master, take me to the bus station."
Then he took out his phone and sent a message to Grandma Lin: Grandma, I have to go to the city for a while. If it gets too late, I'll stay in the city for the night.
Grandma Lin replied promptly: My dear, what are you doing in the city? Be careful.
Lin Xiaoqian: I'm going to buy some things. Don't worry, Grandma, I'll get back to you as soon as I get there.
It was almost five o'clock when we arrived in the city. We found a Chinese medicine shop with high ratings online and went in to inquire.
This shop is quite honest. Seeing that Lin Xiaoqian brought wild Ganoderma lucidum, which was of good quality and large in size, they quoted a price of 1,200 yuan per kilogram.
Lin Xiaoqian sold them without much hesitation. She brought a total of forty jin (20 kg) and sold them for 22,000 yuan.
Seeing that this shop didn't cheat its customers, Lin Xiaoqian took off her large shoulder bag, unzipped it, and showed the ginseng inside to the shopkeeper: "How much is this ginseng worth?"
The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his fifties with a round beer belly. When he saw a ginseng root about the thickness of a thumb in the bag, with its roots sticking up, he exclaimed, "Wow!"
He glanced at Lin Xiaoqian and said, "Come inside with me."
Lin Xiaoqian hesitated for a moment, but then she remembered that she had drunk the strength potion and her fighting ability might not be bad, so she boldly followed.
Inside is an office with a computer desk and a sofa.
The shopkeeper poured Lin Xiaoqian a glass of water and handed it to her, saying, "Sit down."
Lin Xiaoqian took the water but didn't drink it, instead saying "thank you".
The shopkeeper rubbed his hands together excitedly: "Take the ginseng out and let me see it."
Lin Xiaoqian didn't refuse; if he wanted to sell ginseng, he had to at least show it to the customer.
He carefully took the ginseng and slowly counted: "1, 2, 3... 60! There are sixty reed bowls! The reeds are perfectly round, and there are even jujube-shaped reeds. This is a wild ginseng that is at least a hundred years old!"
Lin Xiaoqian never expected that the smallest ginseng she picked from the warehouse would be a century-old ginseng.
"An aged yet handsome form, a pure spirit crossing the seabed, tsk tsk, it almost looks like a human." The shopkeeper exclaimed with admiration.
Then, touching the tendrils of the wild ginseng with a pained expression, he said, "How did you manage to tear these tendrils like this? Who dug this up? How could they be so careless? Sigh, what a waste!"
Lin Xiaoqian chuckled dryly, after all, you can't expect primitive people to know how to dig ginseng.
The shopkeeper admired the ginseng for a while, then carefully placed it on the coffee table and asked with some curiosity, "Young lady, where did you dig this ginseng?"
Lin Xiaoqian continued to make up a story: "I didn't dig it up. My boyfriend gave it to me. His family lives in Changbai Mountain."
The shopkeeper nodded. Yes, that area has produced quite a few wild ginseng plants.
He asked, "Young lady, do you want to sell this wild ginseng or what?"
Lin Xiaoqian blinked: "I'm considering selling, but we have to see the price. My boyfriend and I are getting engaged next year, and we're thinking of buying a house in our city."
The shopkeeper looked enlightened, then frowned and pondered for a moment.
Then he said, "Young lady, to be honest, I plan to collect this wild ginseng, and I can offer this price." He held up two fingers as he spoke.
Lin Xiaoqian regretted her impulsive decision to sell ginseng. She hadn't prepared properly and should have checked online how much a century-old wild ginseng cost. Now, she couldn't even tell whether the offer was 20,000 or 200,000.
Seeing that Lin Xiaoqian didn't speak, the shopkeeper assumed she wasn't satisfied with the price and became a little anxious. He said, "Young lady, I'll add another 300,000. To be honest, your wild ginseng rootlets aren't quite complete, and this is the highest price I can offer. If you agree, we'll transfer 2.3 million to your bank account right away, and you can go see the house first thing tomorrow morning."
Lin Xiaoqian remained calm on the surface, but his heart was in turmoil. So it was two million!
Lin Xiaoqian secretly clenched her fist under the bag, then smiled slightly: "Alright then, I'll sell it to you since you seem to have a connection with me, Uncle."
The shopkeeper beamed, "I won't rip you off or cheat you. You can ask around or check online; the prices are pretty much the same."
After saying that, he was about to take Lin Xiaoqian to the bank to transfer money.
Since she hadn't received the money yet, Lin Xiaoqian picked up the ginseng from the coffee table and prepared to put it in her bag.
The shopkeeper exclaimed in surprise, "No, no, no!"
Then I went out and got a box of medicinal herbs, and carefully put the ginseng in it.
Then he returned the money to Lin Xiaoqian.
Lin Xiaoqian still has a good impression of the shopkeeper and thanked him with a smile.
Unexpectedly, he waved his hand and said frankly, "Once the money is transferred, it will be mine. I'm just protecting my own things."
Lin Xiaoqian put the box in her bag and followed the shopkeeper out the door. There was a bank nearby, so the two of them went straight in to handle the transfer at the manual window.
I completed the transaction right before the bank closed.
When the two returned to the store, Lin Xiaoqian's phone also received a transfer notification. Lin Xiaoqian took out the box and handed it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper took it with a smile and couldn't help but open it to admire the wild ginseng again.
He plans to use this ginseng in the competition, and maybe its value will rise further. Even if it doesn't, keeping it at home can be a family heirloom.
After leaving the traditional Chinese medicine shop, Lin Xiaoqian couldn't help but take out her phone to check again after taking a few steps. Still not entirely at ease, she logged into her mobile banking app to confirm.
Seeing that there really was an extra two million, I was overjoyed.
She first went to the river to eat hot pot, then went shopping and bought a lot of clothes, shoes and bags that she liked, then went to a top-notch spa for a massage, and finally stayed at a five-star hotel for one night.
After waking up, Lin Xiaoqian lay in bed, looking at the balance on her phone, wondering what to do with the money.
Why don't we buy a car first? Actually, it only takes a little over an hour to drive from the town to the city, but if she wants to take a bus, she has to take a public bus to the county first, and then take a bus from the county to the city, which adds a lot of unnecessary detours.
It would be different if you owned a car.
She got her driver's license in her second year of college, but because her family didn't have a car, she never had the chance to drive. It's been two years now, and she doesn't know if she can still drive.
After making up her mind, Lin Xiaoqian decided to go to the 4S store for a visit.
After looking around, I decided to buy two cars, one to drive at home and one to keep in the warehouse.
First, she spent one million to buy a Land Rover. The salesman was all smiles throughout the process, providing a one-stop service for signing the contract, picking up the car, and getting the documents. Seeing that Lin Xiaoqian wasn't very skilled at driving, he accompanied her to practice driving for a whole morning.
He watched Lin Xiaoqian leave with a final smile.
Lin Xiaoqian sighed sincerely, "It's so good to be rich."
I filled up the tank, turned on the navigation, and slowly drove the car to a secluded corner nearby. Seeing that no one was around, I put the car away in the storage room.
Then I went out onto the street, hailed a taxi, and went to another store to buy a trolley worth around 100,000 yuan. By the time I got the permit, it was already late afternoon.
After driving around the city for a while and buying some food, clothes, and other necessities for my grandmother, I drove back to the town.