Linshan Village used to be quite large, with more than 200 households. Later, due to the official road infrastructure project, more and more villagers went out to work. Those with some ability settled in big cities, while those with no ability returned to their hometowns and worked in the town. Buying a house in the city or in the county is also for the children to have a better education.
Nowadays, the people left in that village are all old people who are used to the simple and peaceful life in the countryside and are not willing to stay in the birdcage all day. But every year during the Spring Festival, unless there are no elderly or children at home, they will basically go back to their old houses in the countryside to celebrate the festival.
A luxury motorcade came to Linshan Village today. Led by Huang Zhi's car, it slowly stopped on the side of the road in front of a two-story building. Huang Zhi's parents and two elderly people in their seventies were all looking forward to it, and many people in the village came out to watch. Those young people were somewhat knowledgeable. When they saw the luxury cars, they immediately knew that a big shot was coming to the village.
When Li Mo saw elder Huang Zhi coming out to greet him, he quickly got out of the car and came forward to meet him. Qin Sirui and Liu Yingying wore masks on their faces, so it could only be seen that they were very tall, and they were guessed to be beauties.
Brown Bear took out several boxes of famous cigarettes from the carriage. Everyone present was given a pack, and the children got chocolates.
"Uncle Huang, we are going to be bothering you for a few days."
"Our whole family is too late to welcome you, so there is no way to complain. It's just that we rural people are more casual and eat simple meals. I'm afraid it won't be to your liking, Mr. Li."
"We are not that pretentious. Compared with 20 years ago, the current standard of ordinary food has been improved by several levels."
"Mr. Li, please, let's sit in the room."
Brown Bear and the others did not follow. If all ten of them followed, the room would definitely seem crowded.
"Li Mo, these are the best buds that my dad specially found on the market. How do you think they look?"
Huang Zhi took out a small handful of dry green buds from a simple transparent bag. Li Mo picked up a little and smelled it, and then said, "Is there a mountain spring?"
"Yes, they were brought back from the nearby mountains."
"Don't rush to brew the water after it boils. Let it roll in the pot for a while."
Huang Zhi nodded when he heard this, filled half the pot with a stainless steel pot and put it on the charcoal stove to burn it.
"Mr. Li, I was chatting with my neighbor in the village a few days ago and accidentally let it slip that a big investor was interested in our unnamed tea and would come to the village to inspect it in a few days. Unexpectedly, the news spread quickly In the town, several leaders came over yesterday and wanted to see you. I wonder if this has caused trouble to you?" Huang Zhi's father was a little uneasy. He knew everything about Li Mo from his son. Although his son has not revealed much, one can imagine how strong Li Mo is by looking at his current achievements.
"Dad, I haven't even said a word about this yet, how can you say it casually?"
Huang Zhi was a little anxious.
"It doesn't matter. If they want to come, just talk to Huang Zhi. From now on, this matter will be under his control, but it will be more difficult if there are too many things."
"Li Mo, I don't understand the tea market at all. If you put me in charge of this matter, I can't do it."
"You have to learn from me. If you don't understand, why don't you let someone who understands do it? You also know Niu Sanpang. His wife is a famous tea and wine chain store, and she knows the rules very well. All we need here is funds. Once it is in place, the project can be launched immediately. The channels have already been laid out, and with our own connections, this unknown tea will soon become an upstart among teas, of course on the premise of quality assurance."
After hearing these words, Huang Zhi seemed to have a new world opened in front of him.
"The water is boiling."
The water boiled in the pot for thirty seconds before Huang Zhi lifted it up and poured it into the cup. Immediately, a refreshing aroma of tea rose up and became stronger and stronger. The buds stretched under the boiling water. One tooth and three leaves.
“What a fragrant tea.”
Qin Sirui could smell the tea even while wearing a mask, let alone other people in the room.
"The aroma of tea is so strong." Huang Zhi was also surprised. He had been drinking this kind of tea since he was a child, but he never knew that top-quality Wuming tea could be so good. Ever since we developed, we have been drinking famous teas, so when we smell the fragrance of Wuming tea, we immediately know that as long as Wuming tea can gain a reputation, its value is not at all lower than that of Longjing Biluochun.
After brewing for about two minutes, Li Mo picked up the tea cup and took a closer look at the color of the soup and the unfolded tea leaves.
"Huang Zhi, please contact Xu Jiaxin later and ask her to arrange for two masters of tea frying to try it. I estimate that the quality of this tea can be improved to another level. We must seize the first batch of Yuqian tea and Mingming tea after the new year. Tea first, I will make the packaging more distinctive later, and I will use the first batch to give away to the elders."
"Okay, I'll take care of this."
Li Mo has almost paved the road in advance. If he fails to do this, he will have no shame in staying in the group anymore.
"Huang Zhi, this village has a long history. Is there anything special about it?"
"Now everyone who can go out to work has gone out, and the houses have not been lived in for more than a few days all year round, so they look dilapidated and many houses have become dilapidated. It is because of this that the officials plan to demolish this place uniformly and then transform it into farmland Contract it out. There is nothing to see, and only a few large fish ponds nearby will be released for fishing at the end of the year. At that time, many people from all over the country will come to watch, and it will be very lively. "
"The history of our village is almost a hundred years old. A few years ago, the officials wanted to transform this place into an ancient village tourist attraction. Later, they investigated and found that it lacked some of the unique characteristics of the place, so the matter was shelved. Nowadays, the most famous thing in this village is the Dai Clan Ancestral Hall. Now there is only a shell and skeleton left, and people who don’t know better think it is a dilapidated building.”
"Dai Laoba took the money and didn't come back to repair it?"
"I heard from people in the village that they haven't seen him come back." Huang Zhi's father said helplessly, "I guess he used it to gamble again, or to find a woman."
Li Mo picked up the tea cup and took a few sips. It was very good.
"Anyway, we have nothing to do. Let's go out for a walk. It's freezing cold and snowy in the north, but the temperature is much higher in the south."
"Okay, I'll walk around with you."
When a few people walked outside, the villagers greeted them warmly. Naturally, they knew Huang Zhi. Who doesn't know that he made a fortune outside and became a billionaire. As long as someone from their family returns to the village, people from the town and even the county will come to visit them.
"Yingying, do you still remember when I was a child and I went to the countryside with you and my master and my wife to celebrate the New Year? At that time, I thought the countryside was much more fun than the city. There were so many children, and they would go to more than a dozen houses to have a meal and a bowl. Time. It goes by so fast, more than ten years have passed in a flash.”
"We've all grown up."
Liu Yingying also fell into memories, with a sweet smile on her lips.
"Our base camp is in Yanjiao. I am thinking about buying a piece of land in Yanjiao when I return to Kyoto. I will build a Soviet-style garden there, dig fish ponds, and plant vegetable orchards. On one side, I can enjoy the quietness away from the hustle and bustle of the city. While living, you can also integrate into an international metropolis like Kyoto at any time.”
"This is a good idea, but the land there may not be easy to buy." Huang Zhi said this, then thought of something and laughed at himself, "Of course, when it comes to you, these things don't matter. Li Mo, look over there , which is Dai’s former ancestral hall.”
Dai's Ancestral Hall is built in the middle of the village. From a distance, it looks like a three-room building, but the door is wider. There is a plaque on the door with the four characters "Dai's Ancestral Hall" engraved on it. Over the years, the plaque has been riddled with moth-eaten holes and is also covered with cracks, ready to fall off at any time.
Li Mo walked to the ancestral hall. The roof had basically lost its function of keeping out wind and rain, and there were piles of empty things inside. There are also several large cracks in the wall of the ancestral hall. Judging from the situation, it will collapse at any time if it is not demolished.
"You guys stand outside and I'll go in and take a look."
Qin Sirui and Liu Yingying both knew what he was thinking, so they did not follow him in. Instead, they talked quietly with Huang Zhi outside.
Li Mo walked into the ancestral hall. There was nothing to see in the ancestral hall. The only thing that caught his attention were the four pillars.
The pillars are made of cement. Each pillar is so thick that it requires two adults to cover it. Four pillars occupy the four corners and become the pillars of the ancestral hall. The surface of the cement pillars has been painted several times, but it has almost peeled off now, revealing the original mottled color of the cement.
"Am I being paranoid?"
Li Mo used his special pupils to see through the ancestral hall. He used to dig three feet into the ground, but now he can see through three meters, and nothing unusual happened. Then I scanned the surroundings one by one. Unfortunately, a brick wall is a brick wall, and there is no mezzanine or the like.
With the idea of leaving no inch behind, Li Mo finally looked at the four most conspicuous cement pillars. There was no abnormality in the first pillar, and there was no abnormality in the second pillar, but when it came to the third pillar, Li Mo's eyes suddenly penetrated and he saw something else in the middle of the cement pillar. It was a round piece of wood, about 1 meter long. About five meters in length.
There seems to be something different about a log hidden in a concrete pillar. When Li Mo's thoughts came to him, his strange eyes penetrated inside again, and then a dragon suddenly appeared in the world in front of him.
It was a five-clawed dragon.
Li Mo's face was shocked for a moment, and then he saw a gray halo coming out, forming circles of light that continued to spread. These circles of light were very different from the gray halos he had seen before, because he vaguely saw a five-clawed dragon swimming in those fluctuating circles of light.
The giant dragon was full of domineering power and reached the top. And it seems that the whole body is filled with boundless sharp energy, and the whole world surrenders under its claws.
Li Mo clenched his fists and made a gurgling sound. He closed his eyes for five seconds, then opened them again. This time, the world in front of him was still gray, but without the giant dragon. It seemed like he was hallucinating just now.
The thing that shines through the gray aperture is a sword hidden in a wooden box.
What sword is that?
It actually made him hallucinate the first time he saw it.
Moreover, the sword was placed in a sword box. The sword box was hidden in a log. Finally, the log was poured into a cement pillar, standing quietly in this dilapidated ancestral hall that was about to collapse at any time.
"Xiao Mo."
Qin Sirui called him outside.
Li Mo turned his head and scanned the last concrete pillar with his strange eyes, but there was no response at all. He heard the footsteps coming in, turned around and said, "It's dangerous here, it's going to collapse at any time, we'd better get out."
Qin Sirui's eyes were a bit questioning, as if asking him if he had noticed anything weird. Li Mo shook his head slightly, walked out of the ancestral hall with her and said to Huang Zhi: "You can have someone put up a warning sign here. I'm really worried that a heavy rain or a northwest wind blowing all night will cause this ancestral hall to collapse suddenly. The Spring Festival is coming soon, A lot of people will come back, so don’t have an accident happen when you’re happy.”
Huang Zhi looked at the cracks on the outer wall of the ancestral hall, nodded and said quickly: "I'm going to call the village director now. This matter must not be taken lightly."
When the four of them left, Li Mo looked back at the cement pillar standing in the northeast corner. The layers of concealment could only mean that the sword was very unusual, and it was definitely one of the most important treasures of the Qing Dynasty.
Then they walked to the foot of a mountain near the village, where a small ditch extended through Linshan Village.
"Li Mo, look at the tea trees that are still green on the mountain. They are basically unformed and have not been planted on a large scale. Because it is unknown tea, the old people in the village will go to the mountains to pick tea during the season, or they will fry it themselves and then make it during the festival. Go to towns and sell them to earn some living expenses. Or you can pick them and sell them directly to tea merchants. Normally, the Yuqian tea and Mingqian tea will be taken away by the tea merchants because the price they offer is a little higher."
"Our neighboring counties are all based on mountains, so the tea trees on the mountains are still relatively large. The government also wanted to vigorously develop this green industry, but many investors came, but none of them made a difference. After all, this Tea is just like wine. The more famous the tea, the higher the price. The higher the price, the more people rush to buy it. If it is just ordinary, it means that the profit is very low, and the project will become obsolete over time. "
"This is better. We will invest money to do it again. If it succeeds, maybe we will make a party rich. This is a major event that benefits the country and the people. Let's just wander around the foot of the mountain."
At about 10:30 in the morning, Huang Zhi received a call, and then his face became particularly ugly.
"what happened?"
"It's not Dai Laoba who caused this. He owed another gambling debt and was escorted back to the village by his creditor. He suffered a slight injury and should have been taught a lesson by the other party. You also know that Dai Laoba once Our family has helped, and now I have achieved success in my career. Although my parents hate him, they are all from the village after all, and they still want to help if they can."
"It's useless, you don't understand the mentality of a gambler. If you help today, he will owe more debt next time. Don't forget what happened to me. To deal with this kind of person, you can only be cruel .”
"Do you have any good ideas?"
Li Mo understands Huang Zhi's concerns. Now that he is rich and a billionaire, if he doesn't help, people will inevitably think that he has forgotten his roots as soon as he becomes rich.
"Go back and have a look."
When the four of them returned to Huang's house, the door was already full of people. Li Mo asked the two women to sit in the car first, and he and Huang Zhi squeezed into the circle. Dai Laoba was beaten very badly this time. His cheeks were swollen and there were dark circles around his eyes. The cotton-padded jacket on his body was torn, exposing the cotton inside.
Standing next to him were five men with fierce faces, each with a tiger head tattoo on their right hand.
Seeing Huang Zhi appear, Dai Laoba immediately crawled to his feet, hugged his calf and shouted miserably: "Uncle Huang, save me, you must save me this time. If If I don’t pay back the money, they will chop off my hands to pay off the debt.”
"Let go." Huang Zhi wanted to break away, but he was now Dai Laoba's only savior, so he couldn't break free at all.
"Uncle Huang, I helped you when your family was in the most difficult time. You can't just ignore me this time when I'm in trouble."
Li Mo signaled Huang Zhi to hold back his anger, then gently kicked Dai Laoba's feet off and said, "I think cutting off your hands is the best idea. Think about it for yourself. Without your hands, you will really stop smoking." If you gamble, you can also get rid of all your debts. This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. Why are you crying in front of the villagers?"
The voice sounded familiar to Dai Laoba. When he looked up, the crying expression immediately froze. Then he stood up from the ground and bowed respectfully and said, "Mr. Li, long time no see."
Li Mo pouted and said, "How much do you owe?"
"Not much, not much at all, just over 30,000 yuan." Dai Laoba replied with his head bowed.
Li Mo turned around and looked at the five men at this time, pointing at Dai Laoba: "He just said that if he doesn't pay back the money, you will chop off his hands?"
"He has no money to pay back, so we have to give the boss an explanation. If he says he has no money, we will have to keep busy. Sir, we also need to support our family."
"It's not easy. In this case, everyone should stay away and avoid being splashed with blood. It looks unlucky all year round."
Dai Laoba and the five creditors were immediately dumbfounded as to what kind of operation this was.
"What are you doing standing still? If you chop off his hands earlier, you can go back and recover earlier. Turn around later if you are timid. After all, the bloody scene is not suitable for children."
Li Mo retreated while urging them to take action quickly.
But after the five people looked at each other, one of them said to Li Mo: "This boss, we don't really want to chop off his hands, but if he doesn't pay back the money, we will be sad this year."
"I can understand your situation, so I asked you to chop off his hands directly. Firstly, his debts will be written off, and secondly, you can go back and recover. But judging from your looks, you don't have the guts. In this way, you will put him Take him back and hand him over directly to your boss, and you can just follow his orders on how to deal with him."
At this time, the brown bear and a group of people were approaching. They were all born as soldiers, had carried guns, drawn knives, fired cannons, and were trained in extremely harsh environments. The momentum with which they appeared on the scene scared the people around them and made them retreat one after another.
"Give you one minute to get out, or we will have to throw you out." The tall and strong body of the brown bear was like a giant beast that was about to go berserk, and the faces of several people changed in fear.
"Dai Laoba, we will come back to ask for that money later. Don't even think about escaping. Otherwise, if you fall into our hands next time, you won't just get a few punches. Let's go."
The five people trotted away in confusion. Li Mo walked into the house, followed by Huang Zhi, and behind him was Dai Laoba who luckily escaped.
"Are you okay?"
Li Mo sat on the chair and looked at Dai Laoba and asked.
"Mr. Li, thank you so much just now." Dai Laoba whispered while covering his face. Opening his mouth too wide would cause air leakage.
"Can't you just live honestly? Let me remind you again that your Dai family's ancestral hall will collapse at any time. It's best to demolish the ancestral hall before the hidden danger breaks out. Otherwise, someone will be accidentally hurt. , it’s not you who is unlucky. If things get serious, even skinning you and removing your bones won’t be enough to compensate you.”
Dai Laoba was obviously a bachelor. He scratched his messy hair and said, "The ancestral hall will definitely be demolished after the year. I don't have any money now, so there's no point in worrying."
Li Mo really wanted to step forward and beat him a few times, but in his mind he thought of the sword hidden in the wood in the ancestral hall, so he had no choice but to endure it.
"Dai Laoba, I have asked the village director to get some warning signs and put them there. You'd better pray that nothing big happens, otherwise you will basically stay there for the rest of your life."
Dai Laoba had obviously been in there before, so he felt a little shadowy. He rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, how about you lend me some money, and I'll rent two trucks and ask the neighbors to help. Tomorrow we will demolish the ancestral hall, transport all the bricks and the like over there, and clean it up so that there will definitely be no hidden dangers in the future."
"Dai Laoba, shut up." Huang Zhi stepped forward and was about to kick him. This guy was already so shameless.
Li Mo reached out to block him.
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