Chapter 141 I Want to Take Care of My Brother
"Mr. Lin, arrangements have already been made for Tongtong to go to school. Do you want our property management to be responsible for picking him up?"
Wang Quan reported the situation to Lin Ye.
As early as yesterday, after Tongtong became Lin Ye's apprentice, he asked Wang Quan about the issue of transferring schools. Wang Quan directly took care of it and said he could handle it, and the place was the nearest primary school to the community.
In fact, Lin Ye only needed to talk to Zhong Shan about this kind of thing, but since Wang Quan had taken care of it, he didn't bother Zhong Shan.
What Lin Ye didn't notice was that when he brought up this matter, Zhong Shan looked at Wang Quan, who had taken the lead, with murderous eyes, and he even wanted to kill Wang Quan.
"Your property management is also responsible for picking up and dropping off children?"
"General communities definitely don't provide this service, but our community is different. Owners like you pay a lot of property fees every year, so picking up and dropping off your children is also within the scope of our service."
Listening to Wang Quan's answer, Lin Ye looked a little embarrassed, as he seemed to have not paid the property management fee yet.
As expected, as long as you have money, you can get all kinds of services.
"Although the cars used to pick up children in our community cannot compare to the nanny cars of some owners, they are not bad either. The most important thing is that we arrange two security guards to follow them every time, so the safety of the children is guaranteed."
"Okay, thank you for your help then."
Lin Ye initially thought of letting Tongtong walk back by himself. Wasn’t that how he studied when he was a kid?
But on second thought, times are different now. There weren't so many cars on the road back then. Since he accepted Tongtong as his apprentice, he had to be responsible for Tongtong and Tongtong's parents.
"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Tongtong on the side also sensibly spoke up to express his gratitude.
"Be good, Tongtong."
Wang Quan touched Tongtong's head. This boy was so cute that people couldn't help but want to touch him. Most importantly, he was well-behaved and sensible. No wonder Mr. Lin accepted him as his apprentice. It was a pity that he didn't have a daughter, otherwise...
"Go play with the kids in the community first. The teacher has to go out for a while."
Chen Shanghan’s son also came yesterday. After paying homage to his master, Lin Ye asked Bangbang to take Tongtong out to play and get to know other children in the community. Unexpectedly, Tongtong was very popular with the children. Later, Lin Ye found that Chen Shanghan’s son Bangbang came back with a pout.
The reason is very simple. The little girl who brought Bangbang to follow Chen Shanghan was very enthusiastic about Tongtong, and Bangbang was jealous.
However, Lin Ye noticed that Tongtong was a rather introverted person. Most of the time, the little girl would laugh and chat non-stop, while Tongtong would just purse his lips and say nothing.
A cool little boy.
Lin Ye knew that this had something to do with Tongtong’s childhood. Suffering from illness for a long time made Tongtong lack a happy childhood. He had few friends around him and might even have some inferiority complex. This kind of personality was not good. Children had to be lively and naughty.
Hearing about going out to play, Tongtong frowned. It was obvious that he was not used to playing with children of the same age .
"You need to have a good relationship with other children. This is what your teacher requires of you."
Seeing Tongtong frowning, Lin Ye gave the order directly, and then went out regardless of Tongtong's somewhat conflicted expression.
He was going to buy medicinal herbs for Tongtong's medicinal bath.
Buying medicine at the pharmacy was already a familiar thing for Lin Ye. He had bought a lot of medicinal materials in order to practice Tiger Roar Power, and he was very familiar with the people in the pharmacy.
After ordering the herbs and having them delivered to his home, Lin Ye was about to leave when a boy walked in.
This was a dark-skinned, thin boy, carrying a snakeskin bag. He put the bag down after entering the store, blew a breath of hot air on his hands, and then said, "Boss, I'm here to deliver the herbs."
"What kind of medicinal herbs are they?"
The manager of the pharmacy came over with a smile. It was obvious that this boy was not the first time to come here to sell medicinal herbs.
The boy didn't waste any time and directly poured out the herbs in the snakeskin bag. When the manager and several employees saw the poured herbs, several of them exclaimed in surprise.
"Where did you get these from?"
"You have entered the medicinal cave."
It’s no wonder that the shop assistants exclaimed in surprise. Many of the herbs that the boy poured out of the snakeskin bag were precious ones. The most important thing was that they were obviously quite old judging by their size.
The boy pursed his lips and didn't respond. He just looked at the manager, who looked embarrassed and said, "Your herbs look good, but it's hard to tell whether they are wild. Besides, there are regulations now that our pharmacy can only purchase from the herbal medicine market."
After hearing what the manager said, the boy's expression changed and he became a little anxious: "Wasn't it possible to collect it before?"
"It was the past. This is a new rule and there's nothing we can do about it." The manager looked helpless.
" I can sell it to you at a lower price."
"It's not about whether it's cheap or not, it's against the rules, this way..."
"Since the pharmacy won't take it, just sell it to me."
Lin Ye, who was watching from the side, suddenly spoke up. His words stunned the manager, but the boy was overjoyed when he heard it: "Really? Boss, you want these herbs?"
"Well, I want them all."
Lin Ye nodded, but the manager was not happy at this time and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Lin, this is not a good idea."
The reason why he said this was actually because he wanted to buy the medicinal herbs from the boys at a low price. There was no such regulation for Chinese medicinal herbs. In the past, the medicinal herbs sent by boys were not worth much money, so he didn't care.
But this time, looking at those pieces of Ganoderma lucidum and Polygonum multiflorum, he became jealous. The most important thing was that they were wild.
The prices of wild and cultivated ones are worlds apart.
If these herbs were purchased by a pharmacy, they would be worth about 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, but if he bought them and sold them to customers in need, they would definitely sell for 100,000 yuan.
As a pharmacy manager, he has a lot of customer resources and doesn't have to worry about having no place to sell.
Originally, according to his plan, he wanted to send the boy away, then call his friend and ask his friend to contact the boy privately to get him married, which would cost only a few thousand dollars.
As for whether this would cause losses to the pharmacy, he didn't care. The pharmacy belonged to the company, but these employees were his confidants and would not inform the company. After the medicinal materials were sold, he would just give each of these employees a red envelope.
The manager never expected that Lin Ye would suddenly appear.
"What's wrong with this? If your pharmacy can't accept it, then I will do it."
Lin Ye glanced at the manager. He saw through his intentions at a glance. He just wanted to secretly buy up these herbs at a low price.
"I... I mean, although some of it doesn't comply with the regulations, I'll apply to the company and maybe they'll agree."
With Lin Ye's interference, the manager knew that his plan to acquire the company privately might fail. So, he naturally wanted to let the company do it, which would count as his achievement and he could also get a commission.
"What if your company knew that you just used the excuse that you did not meet the acquisition requirements?"
Lin Ye's light words made the manager shudder. If the head office knew about this, he would definitely be fired.
"Mr. Lin, since you like it, come on."
The manager finally chose his job over commission. Lin Ye was a big client and he couldn't afford to offend him.
"I'll ask the pharmacy to estimate the price of these herbs and buy them all. Is that okay?" Lin Ye looked at the boy, who nodded quickly, "No problem, no problem."
Finally, after calculation by the pharmacist of the drugstore, the total value of these medicinal materials was estimated at 50,000 yuan.
Fifty thousand yuan, if calculated based on the selling price of the medicinal materials, it would definitely be more than that, but the purchase price is not equal to the selling price.
Lin Ye transferred the money to the boy, and then asked the boy to carry the snakeskin bag and go to the car with him.
"Boss, I've put the trunk in for you. I'll be leaving now."
"Don't worry."
Seeing the boy was about to leave, Lin Ye stopped him.
"Boss, is there anything else?" The boy looked at Lin Ye with some confusion.
"Where did you get these herbs?"
Facing Lin Ye's question, the boy's expression changed, and he said with some embarrassment: "Boss, this is my secret, I can't tell you."
"Let me guess." Lin Ye looked at the boy with a smile on his face, "These herbs were given to you by someone else."
"No...no, I dug it from the mountain."
Although the boy denied it, Lin Ye already got the answer from his expression.
"Did you dig it? Where did you dig it? If you want to dig this medicinal herb, you must have entered a protected forest. Believe it or not, I will call the police right now."
“I didn’t dig it in the reserve .”
The boy was a little excited, but Lin Ye had a straight face: "It's useless for you to say this to me. Do you think the police believe you?"
"I……"
The boy suddenly turned around and ran. Lin Ye looked at him with amusement. This boy was indeed very fast. If he turned into an ordinary person, he might not be able to catch up with him, but the person he met was himself.
…
Ten minutes later!
The boy stopped when he saw there was no one behind him. It was winter and his back was soaked with sweat.
The boy paused for a few seconds, and then ran hurriedly again. He had decided not to go into the city for some time.
An hour later.
At the foot of the mountain in the small town below Raocheng, there are vaguely a few families. This is a small village built on the mountain. The boy looked at the old house with smoke rising from it not far away and a smile appeared on his face.
However, the smile froze the next moment because a voice came from behind him.
"Your home is quite far away."
The boy turned around and looked at the figure that appeared behind him. He was stunned and then his expression became full of alert.
"What...what are you going to do?"
"Nothing. I've come such a long way with you. You should invite me to your house for a cup of tea."
The person who appeared behind the boy was naturally Lin Ye. He had been following the boy all the way, but the boy didn't notice him.
"You are not welcome in our home, leave now!"
The boy showed a fierce expression, but at this moment, a graceful figure walked out of the house with smoke coming out of the chimney.
"Xiaoyu, don't mess around."
A pretty girl came out and looked at Lin Ye: "Since you are a guest, why don't you come in."
Under the hostile gazes of the boys, Lin Ye walked into the house calmly.
An old house from the 1980s.
There was a table on the table with a few wooden boards on the corners, not because the legs of the table were uneven, but because the ground was a little uneven.
This type of old house does not have a cement floor. Although the ground is compacted, over time, due to the passage of moisture, some of the soil will sink slightly, forming small pits.
This kind of old house was Lin Ye's favorite when he was a child. He could play marbles with his playmates there. But by that time, this kind of old house had already been abandoned and no one lived in it.
Now it can only be seen in places like this, near the foot of deep mountains.
"Guest, have some tea!"
The girl made tea for him. The tea leaves were wild tea grown on the mountain. Lin Ye picked it up with a smile and took a sip, while Hu Yu stared at him vigilantly from the side.
"Is this your brother?"
"Well, my brother is young and a little immature, so please forgive me if I have offended him in any way."
"Are there only two of you in your family? I think there's no one left in this village, why don't you move away? At his age, he should be studying."
Lin Ye glanced at Hu Yu. It was obvious that the child was not yet an adult. Although his skin was rough and dark, his actual age would not exceed sixteen years old.
"I can't study and was expelled from school, is that okay?" Hu Yu said to Lin Ye: "Where we live is our business, what do you have to do with it?"
"Xiao Yu, how can you talk like that!"
The girl's face turned serious and Hu Yu fell silent. The person he cared about most in this world was his sister, and what he feared most was that his sister would be angry.
"I think he should still study at his age. He can't stay in this mountain village all his life, right?" Lin Ye looked at the girl and said meaningfully.
"I have also advised him, but Xiaoyu just doesn't want to leave."
"The reason he doesn't want to leave is probably because of you."
After Lin Ye said this, the girl fell silent.
"We have to separate eventually. This may not be a good thing for him. I'll give you a month."
After finishing a cup of tea, Lin Ye stood up, took something out of his pocket and put it on the table: "It's my first visit, so I didn't bring any gifts, just a little token of my appreciation."
"You are a distinguished guest, how can I accept your gift? Besides, this gift is too expensive."
When the girl saw what Lin Ye put on the table, her face was moved.
"I can't drink your tea for nothing."
Lin Ye laughed, ignoring Hu Yu's wary look, and walked out the door, saying, "If you need any help, you can come to me."
"Thank you very much, sir."
The girl bowed to Lin Ye from a distance. Hu Yu saw Lin Ye leaving and frowned, "Sister, what are you talking about with him? What do you need help with? We don't even know where this person lives."
Looking at her brother, the girl patted his head lovingly: "Xiaoyu, I wonder if it's unfair for you to stay in the village with your sister all the time."
"Sister, I'm not wronged. I'm willing to accompany you. Don't listen to that person's nonsense."
"Okay, I've prepared dinner, you can go eat first."
The girl smiled and asked her brother to go eat. She turned and walked into the room and took out a notebook from the drawer in front of the dressing table.
On the first page of the notebook, there was a line of crooked blood-written words.
"I must take good care of my brother!"
