Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 248 Unexpectedly Bought Lingzhi_1

Chapter 248: 248 Unexpectedly Bought Lingzhi_1

Hearing that Gu Chen had brought so much stuff, Qiao Hua on the other end of the phone was somewhat at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

"Boss, you don’t need a marriage certificate or a household registration book, but you do have to decide on a company name, we have to check it’s not already in use first," Qiao Hua said.

Gu Chen frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then a light suddenly shone in his eyes.

"Let’s call it Abundant Harvest Trading," he suggested.

Whether buying grain or selling medicine, the most important thing was a bountiful harvest—so long as the yield was good, there was no fear of not making money!

Abundant Harvest, now that was a good name.

Simple and easy to remember, auspicious meaning, perfect!

He nodded in satisfaction and couldn’t help but admire his own skill in naming.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Hua nodded his head over the phone.

"Alright, Boss, give me an hour. I’ve still got some goods to take care of, I’ll be done soon, and then I’ll come over to find you," Qiao Hua said.

Owing Boss Gu two hundred yuan, getting a business license would cost one hundred and fifty yuan.

That meant he still owed him fifty yuan.

Thinking about how much money he would save, Qiao Hua couldn’t help feeling happy.

"I’ll come to you, just give me an address, and we’ll talk face to face later!" Gu Chen said decisively.

"Right, Boss, I’ll send it to your cell phone," Qiao Hua replied.

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Not two minutes after hanging up the phone, Qiao Hua had composed a message and sent it to Gu Chen.

Just ahead was Huangxian’s largest vegetable market.

Gu Chen thought it over—since he still had an hour before meeting Qiao Hua, why not use half an hour to buy groceries now? One thing less to do!

Arriving at the market, he parked the car by the roadside and walked in.

The market was large and quite orderly, with neatly arranged stalls.

It was neither too early nor too late in the day.

The sun was still strong, the air carried a dull wave of heat.

There weren’t many people buying vegetables in the market.

Even the vendors appeared somewhat listless.

Gu Chen walked around with his hands behind his back.

The mangos looked good today, and so did the bananas, he decided to also get two jin of apples.

After buying fruits, he headed toward the back of the market.

He planned to buy a couple of fish, as both Ji Pianran and Tangtang loved fish.

He picked two big carp and checked the time—it was almost up, and Gu Chen was getting ready to leave.

That’s when he noticed a middle-aged woman sitting on the concrete floor in the corner.

Her skin was very dark, her hair a matted mess tied at the back, dressed in a green cloth dress with flowers, linen trousers, and cloth shoes.

This appearance, every inch the rural inhabitant.

Importantly, in front of the woman was a piece of black torn fabric covered in soil, with four corners held down by stones of various sizes.

In the center lay something dark brown, almost stone-colored.

From a distance, it somewhat resembled dried mushrooms.

Gu Chen’s eyebrows twitched.

Hm?

Dried mushrooms?

They tasted pretty good.

As a child, he would go with his mother and brother to pick mushrooms and dry them himself. When winter came, with no fresh vegetables around, they would add some to noodles.

Dried mushrooms were chewy and became more flavorful the more you ate.

That flavor, Gu Chen still remembered to this day.

Every time, he would sneak and pick an extra two chopsticks full from his brother’s bowl before he was satisfied.

He walked over to the middle-aged woman and asked, "Sister, how much are you selling these dried mushrooms for?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman sitting on the ground sighed, her face growing even more downcast.

She looked up at Gu Chen, her tone filled with resignation.

"You too think these are dried mushrooms?"

Today is already the thirtieth person who says these are dried mushrooms!

But these really aren’t dried mushrooms!

They are Lingzhi!

Wild ones!

I went to the back mountain last night and dug all night, only to harvest this much.

I didn’t expect them to be so small that everyone thought they were dried mushrooms!

As soon as they hear they are Lingzhi, they all scatter, and not a single person buys any.

As she said this, Boss Gu was stunned.

He blinked, his expression somewhat surprised.

Not dried mushrooms?

If these aren’t dried mushrooms, then what are they?

Seeing Boss Gu’s curious face, the middle-aged woman said helplessly, "These are Lingzhi, ones I dug up after a whole night. They’re not dried mushrooms."

My son is getting married, and the girl demands a dowry; she won’t marry without thirty thousand.

Over the past ten years or so, we’ve only managed to save twenty thousand.

Thirty thousand, it’s truly an exorbitant dowry.

To be honest, I don’t like that girl. She’s picky with food, can’t even wash a bowl, and she demands such a high dowry.

But my son, he’s set his heart on that girl. I have no choice, so I can only go to the mountains every night to see if I can dig something up, dig up anything to sell.

Fortunately, my son is still young, not yet graduated, so I can save up for a couple more years.

If I still haven’t saved enough by then, it’ll be up to my son. After all, I would have done my best.

Hearing this, Boss Gu laughed, "Your Lingzhi really is quite small."

No wonder Boss Gu said that, as it was clear the Lingzhi hadn’t grown up; they were harvested when they were just this small. Places that specialize in selling Lingzhi, they have Lingzhi larger than a hand, no wonder she can’t sell hers.

The middle-aged woman sighed.

"Small they may be, but these are wild, definitely different from the cultivated ones. Besides, I’m selling these cheaply. If you want them, I’ll give you the whole lot for fifty; what do you say?"

The Lingzhi might be small, but there’s a fair amount.

By any count, that’s at least two pounds, easily dozens of them.

A normal person certainly wouldn’t buy them, even if they were cheap, because these things are little and the medicinal effects aren’t strong enough. If they don’t have the right effects, why buy them?

That would just be burning money.

However, Boss Gu was different; he had his own space.

If he bought them, he essentially bought seeds.

And two pounds for fifty, that really is cheap.

Keep in mind, wild Lingzhi can sell for over a hundred each just for being bigger.

In short, the larger they are, the more valuable they are. Like those thousand-year Lingzhi, they can go for three to four thousand each.

Why did Boss Gu know this?

Because when his mother was unwell in his past life, the doctor had said she needed to consume Lingzhi spore powder.

When he was buying medicine, the seller told him that what he bought was just artificially cultivated, and a pound of it cost six hundred.

If it were wild and old, a pound could easily fetch three to four thousand.

But that was back in 2020.

Now, it surely wouldn’t be as expensive, but it could still definitely go for eight or nine hundred.

Thinking like this, the stuff really was quite valuable.

As long as he planted them in his space for a while, the harvest would surely be premium, and the price would double!

Thinking this, Boss Gu took fifty yuan out of his pocket and handed it to the middle-aged woman.

"Big sister, I’ll take them all."

The big sister was just trying her luck when she asked, after all, she’d been trying to sell them all day without success.

She never expected Boss Gu to pay without even haggling.

She was thrilled, quickly getting up from the ground and fishing a plastic bag out of her pocket to pack all the Lingzhi into it.

Who cares, earning a little is still earning!

She handed the bag to Boss Gu, an excited expression on her face.

"Big brother, I’ll tell you the truth, the mountains still have plenty of Lingzhi like these. This morning when I came back, I saw at least ten pounds more. Do you want them? If you do, I’ll be here at the same place tomorrow, and I’ll give you a better deal. How about it?"