Overbearing Immortal Doctor
Chapter 144 - 144 Revised 143 Hidden Meanings in the Words

144: Revised: Chapter 143 Hidden Meanings in the Words 144: Revised: Chapter 143 Hidden Meanings in the Words The whole family was indignant about the mushroom business being snatched away.

Wu Xiaoyu was furious that all his hard work in irrigating and planting had ended up being taken by someone else.

His mother, Wang Aifeng, was simply annoyed at the person for knowing their family was purchasing mushrooms yet deliberately butting in.

Wasn’t this obviously trying to stir up trouble?

The more Wang Aifeng thought about it, the angrier she got.

The mushroom business was started by her son first.

Without her son, could these people who went up the mountain to pick mushrooms make any money?

Now it was even worse.

Some shameless person had just shown up to compete with her son, and everyone went to sell to him.

Wasn’t this ungrateful!

Wu Xiaoyu, seeing his mother so angry, had to comfort her, saying he had his ways to deal with the person causing trouble in the background.

That person wouldn’t be rampant for long.

Wang Aifeng felt slightly less resentful after hearing her son, and she was also afraid he might do something rash.

So she turned around and advised, “Xiaoyu, don’t rush this!

Take your time and you’ll surely find out who’s messing around behind the scenes.”

“At worst, we can raise the purchasing price to deal with him.

Don’t be impulsive.

If you end up harming someone, it wouldn’t end well!”

Hearing this, Wu Xiaoyu couldn’t help but chuckle.

Did his mother really think he was someone who only knew how to oppress enemies with force?

Usually, he preferred to convince others with virtue!

Someone opposing him and buying mushrooms from the villagers indeed made Wu Xiaoyu furious.

But at the same time, he felt a bit excited, looking forward to having a worthy opponent!

To the one daring to oppose me, I hope you won’t disappoint me!

After dinner, Wu Xiaoyu, afraid his mother would continue to feel down because of this, consoled her again before heading back up the mountain.

Tonight, not only did he need to practice well, but he also needed to set things up to make the person hiding in the shadows reveal themselves.

Actually, competing to buy mushrooms from the villagers wasn’t something that could be hidden.

There were too many eyes, so some clues were bound to slip.

It would be better to compete openly for at least a fair reputation, but some people just loved to be clever.

In addition to spreading a large number of mushroom spores deep in the forest, Wu Xiaoyu also sowed plenty below his chicken farm, just waiting for the villagers to come and harvest the next day.

The clues would then be clear.

Dawn in summer always came too early.

Before Wu Xiaoyu was fully awake, he heard sounds from outside.

Getting up and going out, he saw some cousins already on the mountain, picking mushrooms around the chicken farm.

Wu Xiaoyu hurriedly stopped them, “Bro… don’t pick those mushrooms!

Go to the upper forest instead…”

Wu Daqing and the others were naturally confused.

After all, there were plenty of mushrooms here.

Why go further to the upper forest?

“Brother Xiaoyu, there are lots of mushrooms here!

We’ll just pick these!” Cousin Wu Dayan yelled loudly.

These mushrooms were crucial.

If his cousins picked them all, wouldn’t the effort from last night go to waste?

Wu Xiaoyu had to make up, “The forest climate is better, and the mushrooms growing there are higher quality, much better than these.

You guys should go up the mountain!”

Though they couldn’t understand the difference, they reluctantly left these mushrooms and went to the forest.

Once they were gone, Wu Dushan asked mysteriously, “Xiaoyu, have you thought of a way to deal with that person?”

Wu Xiaoyu pointed to the mushrooms under the chicken farm and said, “Bro, see those mushrooms?

They will reveal that person’s true form!”

Wu Dushan didn’t understand what he was up to but waited curiously for the revelation.

As the sky brightened, the moisture on the mountain gradually dissipated, and the foot of the mountain became lively again.

The usual mushroom pickers swarmed up the mountain.

Wu Xiaoyu was about to recline on a bamboo chair, pretending to relax, when he spotted his mother in the crowd.

What was she doing on the mountain so early?

Wu Xiaoyu got up to greet her, seeing that she carried a bamboo basket.

Was she here to pick mushrooms?

Seeing this, Wu Xiaoyu frowned.

He knew his mother was trying to help, but today her help would only cause more trouble!

Sure enough, the crowd went wild over the mushrooms at the foot of the mountain, picking quickly, and his mother was among them.

Soon, noisy arguments erupted in the crowd, and Wu Xiaoyu listened carefully.

Someone joked, “Sister-in-law Aifeng, why are you competing with us for mushrooms?

Isn’t Xiaoyu earning enough?”

“Exactly… Leave us a bit, won’t you?”

Wang Aifeng was not angry at the teasing but laughed, “It’s not like I can pick much!

You’ve earned so much these days, you can’t let me earn a bit?”

The women beside her, hearing this, fell silent and focused on picking mushrooms.

Wang Aifeng, seeing this, smiled and said, “Right, I haven’t seen your names in the ledger these days.

Did you eat all the mushrooms you picked?”

Wu Xiaoyu, overhearing from afar, knew his mother was trying to get information from them and felt slightly less annoyed.

He planted these mushrooms to listen to the villagers’ chatter and find out who was buying their mushrooms.

If they argued over these mushrooms, they might mention the purchaser’s name, and now with his mother probing, it was foolproof.

The two women beside Wang Aifeng looked embarrassed by her joke but didn’t want to implicate the real buyer, so they mumbled, “We didn’t pick much… They’re drying at home!”

“Yeah!

Mine… are also drying at home.

We’ll cook them when we want to eat!”

Even they wouldn’t believe their own lies, but Wu Xiaoyu’s mother asked, so how could they tell the truth?

If the real buyer found out, they’d be offended, and if they stopped purchasing their mushrooms, what would they do?

After all, the buyer’s price was three yuan higher than Wu Xiaoyu’s!