vncnus Chapter 178 Going with the Flow
Chapter 178 Going with the Flow
Chapter 178 Going with the Flow
Li Qin never expected that even at this point, Yi Zhonghai would still have the nerve to utter such deceitful words.
The key point is that the residents of the courtyard actually believed it.
At this moment, Li Qin was speechless except for marveling at Yi Zhonghai's shamelessness and pretentiousness.
"I was just thinking about how to let Yi Zhonghai and the others go without leaving a trace, but now I don't need to worry about that anymore."
Yi Zhonghai thought he had fooled everyone.
But little did they know that Li Qin never intended to kill him with one blow from the very beginning.
After all, without Yi Zhonghai, there would be far fewer things happening in the courtyard, and Li Qin would have far fewer opportunities to collect emotional power.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Li Qin had already decided in his heart that as long as Yi Zhonghai and the others did not actively seek death, he would not take drastic measures to eliminate them.
We'll just have to deal with these beasts slowly.
This maximizes profits.
Moreover, Li Qin took the opportunity of Yi Zhonghai's words to clarify his debt situation.
This also eliminates a potential problem.
At the same time, it can also harvest a large amount of emotional energy from these people.
Thinking of this, a smile immediately appeared on Li Qin's face;
"Oh, I see. It seems I was overthinking it. But next time something like this happens, you'd better make things clear beforehand."
Otherwise, it would be bad if it caused another misunderstanding.
Li Qin's tone was somewhat strange.
Others might think that Li Qin genuinely believed Yi Zhonghai's words, but Yi Zhonghai himself knew that wasn't the case.
Because Li Qin's eyes were still cold when he spoke.
When she looked at him, there was even a hint of warning in her eyes.
Although Yi Zhonghai was very uncomfortable, he didn't say anything when he saw that Li Qin seemed to want to let bygones be bygones.
He remained silent, but Li Qin spoke up again at this moment:
"However, since the old man brought up the matter of my debts, I'll take this opportunity to explain it to everyone."
So that everyone won't worry about me.
Li Qin glanced at everyone, a smug smile suddenly appearing on his face.
This puzzled everyone.
After all, if they were burdened with such a large high-interest loan, they wouldn't be laughing.
"As everyone knows, after I joined the steel rolling mill, I was assigned to the procurement department of the logistics department, mainly responsible for the procurement of unplanned materials."
At the beginning of the month, in order to complete the purchasing task as quickly as possible, I went to the countryside every few days, one of which lasted for several days.
Those present were aware of what Li Qin was saying to some extent.
These people knew that Li Qin had gone to the countryside for several days and had not appeared at the courtyard house.
Now, upon hearing Li Qin's words, they all nodded subconsciously.
At this point, Li Qin continued:
"After all, I was just a new purchasing agent. Although I went out frequently, I didn't get much benefit. Later, I really couldn't think of any other solutions."
I was thinking of going into the mountains to hunt some wild game or something, which would at least help me complete my purchasing task.
At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on what Li Qin was saying.
Although Li Qin hadn't finished speaking, they had a feeling that something extraordinary was about to happen.
Seeing that Li Qin was already engrossed in the story he was telling, a smile flashed in his eyes.
Then he continued speaking again:
"To be honest, I don't know whether to say I was lucky or unlucky that time I went into the mountains. I went into the mountains several times, but I didn't catch a single wild game."
On the last day, just when I was about to give up, I unexpectedly found a ginseng plant in the mountains.
As he spoke, a bright smile immediately spread across Li Qin's face.
His eyes were filled with relief and pride...
"Although I don't know much about ginseng, I could tell that the ginseng was definitely not an ordinary ginseng, so I carefully dug it out."
After returning to Beijing, I took the ginseng to the famous Jirentang pharmacy.
Li Qin had already told the story to this point, and the people in the courtyard could more or less guess what would happen next.
He simply sold the ginseng to Jirentang and received a sum of money.
At this moment, the people in the courtyard were even more curious about how much the ginseng had sold for.
Li Qin naturally noticed the curiosity in these people's eyes.
He then said directly:
"After confirmation by the master craftsmen at Jirentang, it was determined to be a rare 500-year-old ginseng, and Jirentang immediately offered 1,000 yuan to buy it."
Five-hundred-year-old ginseng!
One thousand yuan!
Upon hearing this, the residents of the surrounding courtyard houses immediately became restless.
Chinese people know about ginseng.
Five-hundred-year-old ginseng—just hearing that name tells you it's no ordinary thing, but they never expected it to sell for a thousand yuan.
You should know that the average worker's monthly salary is only thirty or forty yuan.
A thousand yuan is something that would take two or three years of not eating or drinking to save.
Even for senior workers like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, it would take a long time to earn that much money.
Now that Li Qin had obtained it so easily, the people present immediately felt unbalanced.
At this moment, everyone looked at Li Qin with complicated expressions:
Envy, jealousy, greed, passion...
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Li Qin had long anticipated that revealing this matter would provoke the residents of the courtyard house.
The system notification sound coming through my ears now confirms this.
"I heard a while ago that someone made a thousand yuan selling ginseng at Jirentang, but I never expected that person to be you."
Yan Bugui, who had been silent until now, suddenly looked at Li Qin with a complicated expression.
It turns out that when Li Qin was selling ginseng that day, one of the people present happened to be the parent of Yan Bugui's student. After returning home, this person told his family about Li Qin selling ginseng.
The child also heard about it.
The next day, he told his friends about it at school.
Finally, the more they traveled, the wider the area became.
Yan Bugui then found out.
At first, Yan Bugui thought it was just a child talking nonsense.
However, this matter stuck in Yan Bugui's heart.
Later, for some inexplicable reason, Yan Bugui, for whatever purpose he was inquiring about this matter, went to investigate it.
After making inquiries, it was confirmed that the matter was indeed true.
At that time, Yan Bugui was so envious that his eyes almost lit up.
Yan Bugui even considered going into the mountains to dig for ginseng.
After all, a single ginseng root can sell for thousands of yuan, making money incredibly fast.
It wasn't until Li Qin revealed this that Yan Bugui realized the person he admired was actually Li Qin.
The other residents in the surrounding area, after hearing Li Qin's words, felt both envy and jealousy, but also some doubt.
After all, what Li Qin said was really too outrageous.
It's almost like telling a story.
But now Yan Bugui's words have confirmed the truth of the matter.
The way everyone looked at Li Qi changed again.
"Li Qin's luck is just too good, even a little uncanny. First, he helped the steel mill get in touch with a batch of meat..."
The issues of job promotion and housing allocation were resolved;
Then, I casually went into the mountains and unexpectedly dug up a five-hundred-year-old ginseng, a precious medicinal herb, earning a thousand yuan. I wish I could take it!
At this moment, the people around them all had the same thought in their hearts.
Although no one spoke, Li Qin could roughly guess what they were thinking from their eyes and expressions.
Li Qin couldn't help but laugh inwardly.