Chapter 44 Dragon Boat Race is about face
"It seems that our family is really going to prosper. Although these two ginsengs are not enough for a house by the Pearl River, they are enough to ease the family's financial situation and also make my Lingnan Lin's Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic famous, hahaha~~~" br>
Lin Musen became very happy, and then he remembered something:
"By the way, how much do these two ginseng sticks weigh? How much did you spend in total? Did you get the money from selling the tea?"
Lin Sanqi also took a ginseng stick and took a few sips, as if it could prolong life:
"This ginseng is 28 grams, and this one is 47 grams. I used tea to establish a relationship with the director of the 59-year-old traditional Chinese medicine hospital and the director of the pharmacy, and then one was special, the other was first-class, and finally... The price of the third-class product was sold to me, and the total cost was almost 1,800 yuan.”
"1,800 yuan? If you calculate it as a monthly salary of 3 or 40 yuan, it would have been a sky-high price in 1959. A treasure is a treasure, and ordinary people in any era cannot afford it."
"Baby, I sold 20 kilograms of jasmine tea and 10 kilograms of Longjing tea for 2,300 yuan. No, I still have more than 500 yuan left after buying ginseng. For us, these two century-old ginsengs are just like There is no difference if you pick it up for free.”
Hahaha~~~The father and son laughed happily.
"By the way, Dadou, how are you going to sell this ginseng?"
"Isn't there going to be a Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow? Our Shilou Lin clan also has a dragon boat fleet going out. When the Xiangjiang clan kinsman Mr. Lin Heming comes to line up, you have to call your uncle. He will come back to pay homage to the ancestors and watch the dragon boat. This time, people will buy it. He is the one who has made ginseng for hundreds of years.”
In Dongguang Province, almost every village has relatives overseas or from Hong Kong and Macao.
Especially Xiangjiang, because it is the closest to Huadu, there has been a large flow of people between the two places for more than a hundred years, and many Lin clan members from Shilou Village have settled in Xiangjiang.
Lin Heming is a small capitalist in Xiangjiang. His family is estimated to have hundreds of millions of assets, but any more will be gone.
If you are a big capitalist, as long as you open your mouth, Goutuizi will deliver century-old ginseng to your door. This is the foundation of a wealthy family.
Hundred-year-old wild ginseng is already a very rare thing, and Lin Heming is not a wealthy person, so he can only purchase a hundred-year-old ginseng through public acquisition.
Lin Sanqi asked curiously: "Dad, how much is this great uncle from Xiangjiang willing to pay?"
Lin Musen took out his mobile phone, clicked on the "Lin Clan Group" in WeChat, pointed to a message inside and said:
"Look, the other party's bid is between 2 million and 3 million. This price can only be considered medium, so we will just take out the 27 grams of wild ginseng. As for the 48 grams of wild ginseng, it's just a mere 3 million is not enough?”
"Okay, listen to me."
Lin Musen was so excited that he wanted to take this 48-gram special century-old wild ginseng as a family heirloom.
If he gets old, is about to die, and can't hold on any longer, then he can get some ginseng roots to make soup, and he might be able to come back from hell and live a few more years.
In the evening, Lin Sanqi did not go back to 1959. Anyway, it was a day here and only an hour there.
The next morning, Lin Sanqi was awakened by the sound of gongs and drums in the village.
At the entrance of Lin's ancestral hall, 40 young and middle-aged descendants of the Lin family were already uniformly dressed and ready to go. Although everyone was tanned, their expressions were firm.
Lin Peidong, the clan leader and village chief, laughed so hard that his eyes turned into slits. He patted the dragon boat team members on the shoulders one by one and encouraged them: "Look at Pingzi's momentum. He is a cadre. Our Shilou Village will definitely win this year!" (Lin Yangping, Deputy Director of Tianhe District Personnel Bureau)
"Wow, Liangzai, how did you grow those muscles? Be as hard as possible. The harder, the better. You can kill those desperate people in Pingle Village!" (Lin Yaliang, security captain of Shilou Property Company, retired special forces)
"Hang Zai, I heard that you were one hour late for training yesterday. If you lose today, I will skin you!" (Lin Hang, CEO of Feihang Real Estate Company)
"Xu Zai, are you confident in defeating Pingle Village today? Yes, good, you are such a good boy." (Lin Jixu, teaching director of Tianhe Experimental Middle School)
"Chen Zai, work hard. Today the dragon boat is the first. Tomorrow let A Fang give birth to a big fat son." (Lin Chen, the clan brother who sold tea to Lin Sanqi)
Uncle Lin walked around all the Dragon Boat Team members and encouraged each one personally.
In the eyes of the old patriarch, these children of the Lin family have no distinction between high and low. No matter whether you are an official or a boss, or you sell pork in the village market, you are all children of the Lin family.
Getting on the dragon boat represents the Shiloulin clan.
"Everyone is a good boy, a good boy, and a handsome boy from my Lin family. They are not like those bone-changing dragons in Pingle Village. They all have bad heads and brains and look like they eat shit. So today everyone must defeat Pingle Village. Show off the majesty of our Shilou Village. Grandpa, I will give you a dragon boat meal at the middle gate of the ancestral hall!”
"Okay!!!"
The 40 young and middle-aged men of the Lin family roared in unison, prompting continuous praise from the Shilou villagers.
Uncle Lin waved his hand: "Let's go!"
For a time, firecrackers were blasting in the village, colorful flags were fluttering, and gongs and drums were noisy. The villagers standing on the roadside kept shouting to their nephews to come on.
The same scene appeared in "Pingle Village" next to Shilou Village.
At the entrance of the Yin's ancestral hall in Pingle Village, Yin Jishui, the head of the Yin family and head of Pingle Village, is also encouraging the young people in the village:
"I have remembered it all. You must work hard today. Even if you are exhausted, you still have to trample those people in Shilou Village under your feet. You can lose to any team, but you cannot lose to Shilou Village. Otherwise, I will take care of you!”
The 40 dragon boat sailors from Pingle Village also shouted: "Defeat Shilou Village!"
Yin Jishui personally took the gongs and drums, beat them all the way, and escorted the young people in the village to the competition venue.
If you use a drone to shoot from a high altitude, outsiders will not be able to tell the difference between Shilou Village and Pingle Village.
Because the two villages are closely connected, and the houses are connected to the houses, it is impossible to tell where the village boundary is.
Only the locals know that Shilou Village and Pingle Village are two distinct villages. The two villages are bounded by the Shahe River in the center of the village, with Shilou Village in Hebei and Pingle Village in Henan.
Although the two villages have been neighbors for generations, they have never dealt with each other for generations. It is estimated that their ancestors once had fierce conflicts over grabbing water and land, so the two villagers were extremely jealous when they met as enemies.
The Shahe River is very narrow. The narrowest river width is only 5 meters and the widest is only 20 meters. As the boundary river between the two villages, only two ancient bridges can pass through.
Since ancient times, when villagers in two villages quarreled, they would often exchange curses across the river. You would curse and I would curse, and then look for help from each other. The two sides would curse, just like Guangxi's folk songs.
Of course, there are no more fights. There were fights a few decades ago, and beatings to the scalp and bleeding were commonplace. In today’s civilized society, gentlemen use their words but not their hands.
The only chance for a fight is the annual Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race.
(End of chapter)