Mountain village beauty: Brother, don't stop!

Chapter 324: Chapter 324: Reap What You Sow

"What?"

When Zhao Youquan heard the mayor say he had to pay for the road construction himself, his mouth fell open in shock; spending his own money was like demanding his life.

"What, reluctant to part with it? Then, fine!"

With a dark expression, the mayor continued.

"If Wang Hao tells the county head about this matter, and upon investigation, they find you haven’t built the road, and further inquire into the reason behind it..."

The mayor didn’t finish his words, but Zhao Youquan’s complexion had already turned bloodless, knowing full well that if a real inquiry began from above, he’d end up spending the rest of his life behind bars.

It looked like he didn’t want to spend the money on the road construction, but he had no choice.

Zhao Youquan had only himself to blame for this; it was a case of evil begetting evil, and he could only skulk away from the mayor’s office to go home and address the road.

For Wang Hao, with nearly a thousand mu of greenhouses now added, the output was definitely going to be astonishing; road construction was just a matter of time.

Now that Zhao Youquan had offered to pay for the road, he was of course happy to accept.

Most importantly, making Zhao Youquan cough up the money he had embezzled from the village over the years was like taking revenge on behalf of the villagers.

As for Zhou Mazi, it’s likely he’d spend the rest of his life in bed, never troubling Wang Hao again.

But Village Chief Zhao Youquan, a man with a petty and vindictive nature, was sure not to let this go after being tricked by Wang Hao into spending so much money on the road; he wouldn’t rest easy.

However, Wang Hao didn’t take Zhao Youquan seriously. If Zhao hadn’t agreed to finance the road construction for the village, he’d have made sure he ended up with the same fate as Zhou Mazi.

Overall, now the only one in the entire village likely to cause trouble for Wang Hao was Village Chief Zhao Youquan. If Zhao Youquan continued to be troublesome after the road was completed,

Wang Hao decided he would not hesitate to deal with him.

In the spring of the following year, when village chief elections were held, Wang Hao definitely planned to run.

If he became the village chief successfully and gained governance over the entire village, it would clear many obstacles from his path toward realizing his dream of leading everyone to wealth.

Chen Village was one of the poorest villages in the country. Wang Hao was determined to lead the villagers to develop it into the richest village in the nation, not just one among many.

This was a grand and ambitious goal, which of course, would take a long time to achieve.

The most pressing issue at the moment was to ensure Zhao Youquan quickly finished the road; that too was a contribution toward Wang Hao realizing his dream.

But there were many preparations needed before the construction could begin, which would take some time to arrange.

Fortunately, the seeds of medicinal herbs in Wang Hao’s greenhouses had just been sown and were far from maturity, so the road construction wasn’t urgent, allowing Zhao Youquan to deal with it slowly.

Wang Hao took half a day to inspect all the greenhouses under the guidance of Su Zhenping.

"This batch of medicinal herbs is maturing about the same time as the last batch, less than a month away from harvest."

Su Zhenping walked and reported to Wang Hao; in the whole of Chen Village, he was the one who knew the greenhouses inside out.

"Isn’t that a bit too fast?"

After listening to Su Zhenping, Wang Hao frowned slightly.

"This... Is maturing fast a bad thing?"

Wang Hao’s comment caught Su Zhenping off guard.

"I mean, maturing too quickly isn’t good either; it might make others suspicious."

Wang Hao was worried about the secret of the Dragon Pond Spring being discovered by others.

Though he currently had management rights over the mountain behind the village, the actual ownership belonged to Zao City Biological Laboratory.

If the secret of the Dragon Pond Spring were leaked, they would surely reclaim the mountain’s usage rights, and that would mean a huge loss for Wang Hao.

"Your concerns are not unfounded. If only we could take control of Zao City Biological Laboratory!"

Su Zhenping felt Wang Hao made a valid point.

"Then I’ll try to moderately reduce the amount of Dragon Pond Spring water in the greenhouses to see if it slows their growth a bit," Su Zhenping said.

Wang Hao had the utmost confidence in entrusting this task to Su Zhenping.

"By the way, Uncle Su, how is your experimental base doing?"

Wang Hao suddenly remembered the experimental greenhouse that Su Zhenping had set up at the foot of the mountain behind the village.

"I’ve divided the greenhouse into more than a dozen sections for comparison; we’ll need to wait a little longer for the results," Su Zhenping proudly said.

Seeing Su Zhenping so confident, Wang Hao didn’t ask any more questions, trusting in Su Zhenping’s abilities.

"Oh, and Uncle Su, there’s a medicinal herb collection auction happening in Zao City in a couple of months. We must participate. Do you think we have anything worth presenting?"

Wang Hao suddenly asked.

"A collection of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs?"

This stumped Su Zhenping.

"How about using the Lingzhi that grows in the Dragon Pool Cave?"

"Since it’s supposed to be a collectible, this quality of Lingzhi might not be considered good. Moreover, this time I must bring out something that will make everyone look at me with new respect, and the Lingzhi here definitely won’t do!"

Wang Hao shook his head repeatedly.

Suddenly, Su Zhenping looked at Wang Hao with great vigilance.

"You lousy kid, I’ve warned you before, don’t ever think about touching the Blood Ganoderma, or I won’t let you off the hook!"

The moment Blood Ganoderma was mentioned, Su Zhenping’s face changed, and he became completely unreasonable.

Wang Hao could only give a helpless smile.

If Su Zhenping were willing to let Wang Hao take the Blood Ganoderma to the auction, Wang Hao would definitely win the competition in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, Su Zhenping was dead set against letting Wang Hao touch his Blood Ganoderma, which left Wang Hao with no options.

"Alright, alright, I won’t touch it!"

On this matter, Wang Hao had never managed to get the better of Su Zhenping.

Since the Blood Ganoderma was off-limits, Wang Hao could only set his sights on the ancient tomb.

Last time he went in haste, aside from a copy of "Shennong Herbal Medicine" and an unidentified pill, Wang Hao took nothing else.

There might be many valuable things that Wang Hao didn’t recognize, let alone know their use, so tonight he decided to take Su Zhenping with him for another visit.

This time, in addition to looking for precious items to place in the auction, there was another very important purpose: to find a way to control Ya Ya’s illness.

If this leukemia was hereditary, then surely someone in ancient times must have suffered from it, and Shen Nong, the ancestor of medicine, must have seen it as well.

After agreeing on a plan, they each went home to prepare.

Since Wang Hao had started working on the construction of thousands of acres of greenhouses, he seldom went home for a quiet meal. Today the two elders were probably also startled, so Wang Hao decided to accompany his parents for a good dinner.

"Haozi, you and Su Lin..."

Huang Yufen hesitated.

"Mom, don’t say that. I haven’t had your cooking in a long time. I’ve been craving this roast chicken for a while now!"

Wang Hao quickly changed the subject and ate his meal heartily.

"Stop dodging the issue with me!"

Huang Yufen gave Wang Hao an unamused look and said.

"Su Lin is a good girl; you better not deceive her!"

"Yes, yes!"

Wang Dazhu also rarely agreed with Huang Yufen on this.

"Mom, don’t worry, I won’t deceive Su Lin!"

Wang Hao said with a simple smile.

"Then what about Xia Xia? Don’t you plan to marry her?"

Huang Yufen asked again.

"Why must it be Xia Xia? What about Cai Lian?"

Before Wang Hao could speak, Wang Dazhu disagreed, beginning to argue with Huang Yufen.

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Huang Yufen stuck to her opinion.

"Cai Lian is also gentle and virtuous!"

This time, Wang Dazhu didn’t back down either.

The old couple had barely managed to take a unified stance, ready to give their son a good interrogation, but it all fell apart in an instant.

Wang Hao just chuckled to himself, thinking there was no better time to leave.

So, he quickly finished his meal, dropped his chopsticks, and dashed out like a puff of smoke.

Arriving at Su Zhenping’s house, the two packed their gear and headed to the hill behind the village under cover of night...