Overbearing Immortal Doctor
Chapter 148 - 148 148 Stunned and Speechless

148: Chapter 148: Stunned and Speechless 148: Chapter 148: Stunned and Speechless Wu Dushan’s words left the villagers speechless.

The mushrooms grew on his land, why should he give them to you?

Although this was true, the villagers had been busy all morning, and it was hard for them to accept going back empty-handed.

Moreover, Wu Xiaoyu’s business was quite big; he couldn’t be so stingy as to not even share some mushrooms, right?

The villagers thinking thus clearly chose to forget that Wu Xiaoyu had also been dealing in mushrooms these days, and had bought quite a lot of mushrooms from them.

Would he really let everyone harvest mushrooms on his territory?

How impossible!

Just as some villagers, a bit more sensible, were about to leave disappointedly, Wu Xiaoyu suddenly spoke up, “My brother and the others haven’t come down from the mountain yet, so…

shall I let you pick these mushrooms?”

Upon hearing this, the villagers immediately beamed with joy and praised Wu Xiaoyu’s generosity.

But then Wu Xiaoyu suddenly added a condition: the mushrooms harvested today must be sold to him at the same price as days before.

Although Wu Xiaoyu’s purchasing price was two or three yuan lower than Liu Sheng’s, wasn’t today’s money just like picking it up off the ground?

How could they pick and choose!

Some people even secretly laughed at Wu Xiaoyu, thinking he was foolish.

Those mushrooms could clearly be harvested by himself, yet he hired everyone to pick them.

Wasn’t this just stupidity?

But was Wu Xiaoyu really foolish?

This was probably a matter of opinion.

Just as the villagers swarmed into Wu Xiaoyu’s woods to pick mushrooms, Liu Sheng also came up the mountain with a basket.

Now that Wu Xiaoyu already knew it was him competing to purchase the mushrooms, there was no need to hide anymore.

He could compete openly!

But when he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he found no villagers picking mushrooms.

What was this?

Had everyone stopped picking mushrooms?

No one wanted to make money anymore?

As he wondered, he found that there were no mushrooms at the foot of the mountain.

Had they all been picked already?

That shouldn’t be!

Filled with doubts, he slowly climbed up the mountain.

After walking a bit, he heard the villagers’ noisy chatter, and the direction of the sound was Wu Xiaoyu’s chicken farm.

Liu Sheng hurriedly climbed up, reached the chicken farm’s fence, and saw villagers picking mushrooms in its woods.

What the hell is going on?

Why were there no mushrooms at the foot of the mountain and around the farm, while there were so many mushrooms in the farm’s woods?

And why did Wu Xiaoyu let them in to pick mushrooms?

Wasn’t this just giving away money to the villagers?

What was his motive behind this?

Wu Xiaoyu saw him coming up the mountain and quickly walked over, leaning on the fence with a smile, “What?

You’re here to pick mushrooms too!

Should I let you in?”

To Liu Sheng, these words were undoubtedly a blatant insult.

Burning with anger, he retorted, “Don’t get too complacent!”

“Complacent?

Why shouldn’t I be complacent?

Didn’t I tell you yesterday that you wouldn’t have any mushrooms to pick today?

Didn’t believe me then, but you do now, don’t you?” Wu Xiaoyu deliberately struck a smug pose and mocked him.

Only then did Liu Sheng remember that Wu Xiaoyu had indeed threatened him like this yesterday.

But why were there no mushrooms at the foot of the mountain today?

Was it he who secretly harvested everything?

Just to deprive me of business, using such underhanded tactics?

But how could he harvest such a large area at the bottom and mid-mountain all by himself?

He didn’t have three heads and six arms!

Just when Liu Sheng was puzzled about how Wu Xiaoyu made all mushrooms on the mountain disappear, Wu Daqing led a few cousins down from the top of the mountain.

Their baskets were all filled with fresh mushrooms.

After greeting Wu Xiaoyu, they headed straight down the mountain.

Was it them?

Liu Sheng, though angry, couldn’t help admiring the bond between these cousins.

“So?

Do you still want to pick mushrooms or not?” Wu Xiaoyu interrupted him, asking.

Liu Sheng furiously glanced at his empty basket, then resentfully at the villagers picking mushrooms nearby.

He felt both bitter and helpless.

But would he give up so easily?

No!

He couldn’t!

If he didn’t get mushrooms, how would he deliver to Boss Chen?

If he delayed Boss Chen’s business, how would he earn that much money?

Liu Sheng snorted coldly and walked to a nearby big tree to sit down.

He waited for the villagers to come out, hoping to buy mushrooms from them, even if at a higher price!

After waiting for a while, the villagers who had finished picking mushrooms came out one after another with their baskets.

He hurriedly stood up and approached them, saying, “Auntie, sisters-in-law, sell the mushrooms to me.

I’ll add three more yuan, eighteen yuan a catty, how about that?”

Hearing eighteen yuan, some villagers were inevitably tempted.

That was five or six yuan more than Wu Xiaoyu’s offering!

But regardless of their temptation, no one agreed to sell to Liu Sheng.

After all, it had been agreed beforehand to sell the mushrooms to Wu Xiaoyu.

If they didn’t sell to him, he wouldn’t have let them in to gather mushrooms in the first place.

Now that they had picked mushrooms from his land, how could they turn around and sell to someone else?

If they did such a shameful thing, they wouldn’t be able to live in the village anymore, and their neighbors would embarrass them to death!

Seeing the villagers ignoring him and following Wu Dushan down the mountain, Liu Sheng felt an overwhelming sense of desolation.

He had let them make that much money, yet now they turned their backs on him, including his own sisters-in-law and aunts who ignored him.

Watching the villagers leave, Wu Xiaoyu also came out of the chicken farm and sympathetically said to Liu Sheng, “Look, you really can’t get any mushrooms.

What will you do?

Will Chen Zhaofeng scold you?”

Hearing his name, Liu Sheng blurted out, “How do you know…”

Realizing he had fallen into Wu Xiaoyu’s trap, he sulkily said, “So what if I sell the mushrooms to Boss Chen?

Is it any of your business?”

So it really was sold to Chen Zhaofeng!

It seemed that before terminating the contract with him, that old guy had already aligned with Liu Sheng!

Wu Xiaoyu reached out, trying to pat Liu Sheng’s shoulder, but Liu Sheng dodged.

Wu Xiaoyu shook his head and smiled,

“What are you afraid of!

I won’t hit you, but I do sympathize with your business.

Look at you, you’ve only been in the mushroom business for a few days, and it’s already going to fail!”

Seeing Wu Xiaoyu’s infuriating face, Liu Sheng didn’t dare provoke him but felt extremely agitated inside.

Why was he so arrogant?

Just because he pre-harvested the mushrooms?

Tomorrow I’ll be here at dawn; if I can’t find any at the bottom, I’ll go to the peak to pick.

I don’t believe that you can pick mushrooms at the top and I can’t!