Chapter 364: Chapter 364

After Gong Ruini and her group quickly harvested the mature herbs, they swiftly began processing them.

Compared to the few people in the village who could process herbs, they had Zhan Jing guiding them personally, so their skills were reasonably good.

This way, the speed at which they could deliver the harvested herbs increased significantly.

Cai Meina watched the children working so hard, especially her own daughter Ni Zi, who had just recovered slightly and was already working so diligently. How could Cai Meina, as a mother, not feel heartache?

She wanted to let Gong Ruini have a good rest, but seeing Zhao Xuran and the others working hard to make money, Cai Meina really didn’t dare to let Gong Ruini take a break.

Although she couldn’t let Ni Zi rest, she could provide them with good food. The family’s meals had been excellent these days, and even the stored cured meat was taken out to nourish the children.

Anyway, it wouldn’t be long before they could go hunting in the mountains. By then, they could hunt more and expand their stockpile again.

Erya knocked on the door cautiously. Honestly, these days she felt very embarrassed and didn’t know how to face Gong Ruini and the others.

"Erya, you’re here." Gong Ruini wiped her sweat, planning to handle the harvested herbs. She looked up to see Erya and greeted her warmly.

Zhao Guangran didn’t have the same attitude. Seeing Erya, he snorted coldly a few times, then turned his back to her. The truth was, these days, Zhao Guangran didn’t want to see these so-called villagers.

Seeing them reminded Zhao Guangran of the villagers’ disgusting behavior.

Erya was so frightened by Zhao Guangran’s attitude that she was about to cry and turned to leave, "Our family really didn’t participate."

"It was the secretary’s wife who spread the story."

After saying this, Erya quickly ran away. These days, she wanted to talk to Gong Ruini and the others about this, but she never found the opportunity.

Especially when the incident first surfaced, Erya was worried that Gong Ruini and the others would be angry, unwilling to listen to her explanation, which would make things even more awkward.

Erya wasn’t worried about Gong Ruini and the others having opinions about her, just worried that it would spread and bring disaster to her family.

After all, they still had to live in the village.

It was the secretary’s wife who said it? Gong Ruini only knew more about Li Jian Country, the captain, and didn’t really know much about the secretary, let alone his wife.

"Why would the secretary’s wife speak out?" With so many wives and daughters either marrying into the village from elsewhere or marrying out, no one else had come forward to say anything.

How come it was the secretary’s wife who spoke out? Gong Ruini could only say that the woman’s awareness was unusually high, wanting to improve the lives of people in the surrounding villages.

"A person with ambition," Zhan Jing’s expression also fell. Indeed, if it weren’t for someone like that, why would Li Jian Country handle the aftermath?

"It seems this time her contribution will be huge," Zhao Gang’s face also darkened. Previously, Zhan Jing and he had brought some good reputation to the Red Flag Brigade, not expecting it to whet some people’s appetites even more.

If Gong Ruini didn’t understand at this moment, she would be a fool. It was that the secretary’s wife did not speak carelessly but had considered it for a long time, perhaps thinking of going to the commune to become a leader.

"Alright, let’s stop this matter here, don’t spread it," Zhao Gang glanced around, focusing on Zhao Guangran.

Zhao Gang trusted everyone present, except he was worried Zhao Guangran might let this slip, "Erya told us as an act of friendship, among so many in the village with good relations with our family, has anyone else mentioned this?"

The development didn’t exceed Zhao Gang’s expectations. With more people picking herbs, once they dried the honeysuckle, the supply was stopped first.

Then schizandra and eleuthero also quickly reached saturation, causing dissatisfaction among some members of the Red Flag Brigade.

Last year, they couldn’t complete the task even after picking for several months, and this year, before September arrived, the supply and marketing cooperative stopped purchasing. This made everyone very unhappy.

"Are good people going to be leaders, and not taking care of our brigade?"

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"We originally thought we could get some good food for the family by the New Year, now we can’t even hope for that."

The sharp decline in herbal income equated to a sharp decline in family income, which made it hard for everyone to swallow.

When Gong Ruini went to the village to deliver something to Cai Ming, she heard the villagers’ discussions along the way, which was quite satisfying.

To know, for the past few months, outsiders looked at Zhan Jing like they were biased and excessive, and even the villagers didn’t understand.

Now, they see the results of trying to be good, but it’s too late.

"Ni Zi." As Gong Ruini was about to pass through, someone called her.

Gong Ruini looked at the person in surprise, embarrassed that she really didn’t recognize them, "Hello, Auntie."

Even though she didn’t recognize them, she still needed to greet politely.

"Good, you’re so obedient. Oh, Ni Zi, is your family still picking herbs?" Lin Laodi thought they couldn’t solve the problem and believed Doctor Zhan Jing would know how to handle it.

"Not picking anymore." Hmph, trying to get information? Sorry, they had already slowed down their picking speed. As for the stockpiles, they were kept as a façade.

So the villagers wouldn’t guess they were out of stock, "The supply and marketing cooperative isn’t buying herbs anymore, our family already has quite a bit in stock."

Gong Ruini wore a worried look, "This year’s purchase volume isn’t large."

Although Gong Ruini said the purchase volume wasn’t large, actually what people didn’t know was that it was because the villagers picked too much, completing the purchase task early.

Ah, even Doctor Zhan Jing’s family has herbs left? This surprised everyone greatly, "Why not think of a way to sell them?"

Yes, isn’t there still Zhao Gang, with his agile mind, isn’t he often out and about, he should know where there are still needs for procurement.

"You could let your Uncle Zhao go out and have a look," Lin Laodi, with a quick turn of her eye, kindly suggested to Gong Ruini.

Hmph, wanting Zhao Gang to help open up the market, who would that ultimately serve but them? Then the surrounding villages would find out, followed by all sorts of criticisms about Zhan Jing and Zhao Gang only caring for their own good life.

In this era, doing more could lead to more mistakes, why do such foolish things.

Once having suffered a loss in this regard, it was more than enough, and there couldn’t be a second time.

"Uncle Zhao has been busy earning work points in the fields lately." Hmph, wasn’t it always said by the village that Zhao Gang took Gong Tao around to loiter in other villages daily to avoid farm work, yet still aiming for many work points, with all sorts of excessive rumors?

See, that’s so-called human nature, once those rumors spread, Zhao Gang was so angry he almost spat blood. Since that’s the case, he went to work every day. As for broken equipment in the surrounding villages, sorry, but he was busy working every day and had no time to go out.