Jubo

An intermittent light rain began to fall from the sky. This light rain seemed to herald the true arrival of winter. The air temperature dropped several degrees at once. Pedestrians were in a hurry, and those who wore thinner clothes were rushing home. Home was the only place they could warm up.

When Wang Cheng saw no customers, he closed the shop and went home. There were not many people on the street, only some women holding umbrellas and going to the market to buy dishes for dinner.

Wang Cheng stopped the car stopped outside, and braved the rain, running to the yard. There was a sunshade tent in the yard, and there, he wiped off the raindrops from his body. He walked to the door of the house, but before he stepped in, heard a voice from inside. Peeking inside, the person who spoke was actually the man who united with the medicinal plant businessman to cheat them of their medicinal plants, and was nominally a friend of Papa Wang’s.

This person’s surname was Huang. He was a foreigner who moved to a village near the Wang’s Village ten years ago. After marrying a woman from the Wang’s Village, he took root in the village. He had known Papa Wang through his wife for many years. The relationship between the two was pretty good.

After suspecting that his motives were impure, Wang Cheng and his parents began to guard against him. He had not been told about the sale of the medicinal plants to Che Fan. After a few days, he couldn't hold back, so they only met because he came to the door directly.

"Brother Wang, are you thinking about it? Boss Xu called me this morning and asked me if you wanted to sell or not. He came from another place, and is not staying in Shanhai City for long. With this in mind, it's better if you get this done as soon as possible. If you miss this chance, you won't have it again."

Huang Fulai made a worried expression that seemed to be for their sake. He didn’t know that his true face has long been known by Wang Cheng’s family. He used to have a good old man's face, but now he looked disgusting. They wanted to expose him on the spot and turn their faces away from him.

"Uncle Huang." Wang Cheng walked in and greeted him with a smile.

Huang Fulai found it was him, and his expression was a little uncomfortable for a moment. He deliberately chose a time to come when Wang Cheng was not at home, because he was worried about being discovered by Wang Cheng. He was confident that he could hide from Papa Wang and Mama Wang, but was rather worried about Wang Cheng.

"Wang Cheng, why are you back so early today?"

“Can’t I come back earlier? Is Uncle Huang afraid I will delay your business?" Wang Cheng sat in front of him and said deeply.

Huang Fulai froze. "How could it be."

"Fine, then let's talk about the batch of herbs." Wang Cheng nodded with a smile.

Huang Fulai was immediately energized. These days he had been waiting for news from them at home, but Wang Cheng's family had not made a move. He was afraid that something went wrong and could not restrain himself from coming over to probe them. "Then have you thought about it? How about it?"

Wang Cheng shook his head. "The price he gave is too low, and we don't plan to sell it."

"What?" Huang Fulai was stunned, "But the reason why the price is low is because the effect of medicinal plants is lost. You also know that once the effect of medicinal plants decreases, many businessmen will not buy them. Now it is rare for the boss to buy, this is a good opportunity!"

"The so-called decline in effect is just one-sided words from the other party. Uncle Huang didn't know that before the north mountain was contracted by my family, nearby villagers would go to the north mountain to look for medicinal herbs when they were sick. After drinking the boiled medicine, their bodies recovered well. It’s completely different from what the other side said is not effective. I discussed it with my parents. That person may want to lie to us and buy the medicine in our hands at a low price."

Cold sweat broke out on Huang Fulai’s back when he heard Wang Cheng’s words. "But ... but the villagers believe it is useless. If you mess with Mr. Xu, what should you do if he spread rumors? I heard that he has many friends in Shanhai City. If other medicinal companies believe what he says, your medicinal plants really can't be sold. Consider it carefully."

"Uncle Huang, why are you always saying good things for that Boss Xu? Speaking of which, you seemed to have introduced him to us, maybe you ..."

"Wang Cheng, there must be a limit for joking." Huang Fulai interrupted Wang Cheng angrily. If such a thing was spread, if the villagers knew that he had done such a thing, he wouldn’t think of his life in the future. So, it was absolutely impossible for him to admit it.

"I haven't said anything and yet the reaction is so big. Should Uncle Huang be guilty?" Wang Cheng laughed, he really couldn't help it.

Huang Fulai stood up and said to them with an angry face: "I kindly introduced you to the buyer. Even if you’re not grateful, now you also suspect that I have bad intentions. Wang Hongxin, I talked to you as a friend. Now I think I see your true colors. In this case, I will not come to the door of your house in the future."

Preemptively decreeing these words, Huang Fulai turned and left.

"Uncle Huang, I'll tell you one more thing. We already sold the medicinal plants. The other party is also in the medicinal plants field, but he is an expert. After he personally came to my house to see the batch of medicinal plants, he told us the complete opposite of what you said. The price is twice as high as yours."

As soon as he heard this, Huang Fulai was stiff. He did not dare to turn his head and left, dismantled on the spot. What face did he have? The justification for the price had just disappeared.

However, Wang Cheng and his parents still underestimated the character of this person.

Breaking down Huang Fulai was just to let him know that they had seen through his plan, so that he would stay far away in the future and not appear in front of them. Most people would do it like this, but Huang Fulai was narrow-minded.

Huang Fulai hated that Wang Cheng and his parents played him as a monkey, but was afraid that they would shake things out, so he decided to preemptively spread rumors of Papa Wang's ingratitude.

The rumor was first spread in the marketplace. The market people talked a lot, and much news was spread from there. When Mama Wang went to buy food, she heard about it and was so angry that she cursed Huang Fulai on the spot. When someone familiar with Mama Wang saw this, she asked her what was going on.

Mama Wang originally didn't want to make things big, but since the other party didn't leave room for herself, she didn't plan on hiding anything. She immediately told the things Huang Fulai had done. Compared with Huang Fulai, most villagers were more willing to believe in Mama Wang’s words.

When Wang Cheng and Papa Wang learned of this, the direction of the allusions had quietly changed, but there were still some counter-arguments. After all, there was no evidence to prove which party was right.

Huang Fulai didn't know what to think. After the incident broke out, he acted high-profile, accusing Wang Cheng's family several times in public with fierce words, and taking the appearance of the victim. Although it was fake, there were some foolish villagers who were deceived, standing on his side and accusing Wang Cheng’s household.

Zhang liked this gossip most, especially since it was related to Wang Cheng's family. When the news spread, she immediately guessed the truth.

Papa Wang had always been nice and hospitable to his friends. Huang Fulai was his friend. Papa Wang definitely could not do these kinds of ungrateful things, so Huang Fulai was definitely lying. However, she did not sympathize with the Wang family. Slightly gloating, she went to visit the elders that afternoon.

The eldest uncle's family had recently been troubled by Wang Ningkai's affairs. After breaking up with Lisa, Wang Ningkai's company had been affected to some extent. Some customers originally did business with them in the face of Lisa's father. Now that they broke up, some customers were worried about whether they would be involved in the dispute, so they canceled the verbal agreements. Because the arrangements were made in advance, the customer's withdrawals caused great trouble to the company. Wang Ningkai and his father were too busy to worry about other things and weren’t in the mood to care about these matters, not to mention that they had some scruples against Wang Cheng. However, Li, because she couldn’t help, could only stay at home with the two elders, from time to time scolding Wang Cheng and his parents together.

They didn't care about Zhang's arrival. They were not in good spirits and didn't bother to greet her. However, Zhang's spirit and complexion were good, and her smile was as if she won a big prize.

"Sister, are you still sulking? I bring you and your parents great news today. Once you learn it you’ll feel one hundred times better than before."

Li thought to herself that Zhang usually loved gossip. The so-called good news was probably nothing more than that. She was even more interested in knowing, "Say whatever you’re going to."

"To be honest, I sympathize with them, too. That little bastard Wang Cheng's is too much, now even God can't get used to him and sent someone to clean them up."

"What did you say?" Li finally reacted when she heard Wang Cheng's name.

"I said God sent someone to clean him up. Recently, neither Wang Cheng nor his parents have thought about getting better." Zhang smiled.

"Be straight with me, what happened?" Li's face became impatient when she saw that she was still advertising.

Zhang didn't care, and immediately told her what she had inquired. Even if Huang Fulai was at fault, they still felt relieved when they saw the third family’s bad luck.

Li's mood really improved after listening to it, and then she shared the matter with the two elders. However, they were only happy for a few days before things changed.

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