Free Web NovelChapter 79: Chapter 79 Confiscation of All Properties
"Uncle Su, what effect do you think the Dragon Spring water would have on the greenhouse?"
Wang Hao couldn’t resist asking Su Zhenping.
"It will definitely double the efficiency, and the medicinal effects of the herbs will increase too. They’ll be worth much more than ordinary herbs."
Su Zhenping’s eyes lit up as he excitedly responded.
At that point, Wang Hao took out a water bottle he had prepared earlier, filled several bottles and placed them in his basket, thinking of trying it on the medicinal herbs in the greenhouse to see what miraculous effects they would have.
After filling the water, Su Zhenping looked around the cave and couldn’t help but applaud.
"This cave really is a great place, not only nurturing these medicinal herbs and poisons but also perfect for Qi Concentration, making it an excellent spot for martial arts training."
"Then teach me martial arts here!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Hao’s heart leapt with joy, and he quickly put down his basket and ran to Su Zhenping.
"Alright."
Seeing Wang Hao’s enthusiasm for martial arts, Su Zhenping didn’t want to refuse and readily agreed.
As Wang Hao saw Su Zhenping agree so readily, he couldn’t help but feel a chill down his back—this old man wouldn’t be tricking him, would he?
And sure enough, Wang Hao guessed right.
The first stance Su Zhenping taught Wang Hao was to squat in the horse stance, and he had to hold it until dawn.
"Uncle Su, you’re not deliberately torturing me, are you?"
As daylight approached, Wang Hao woke Su Zhenping and complained.
"This is basic training. You need to make your lower stance steady. Don’t you know that?"
Su Zhenping, weary-eyed, gave Wang Hao a look.
In fact, Su Zhenping did it on purpose.
He had intended to let him practice the horse stance for an hour, then teach him two basic moves, but the place was so comfortable that he fell asleep without realizing it.
And Wang Hao, believing that Su Zhenping wanted to temper him, didn’t utter a complaint and kept squatting in the horse stance all night until he couldn’t hold on any longer in the morning and woke Su Zhenping.
"It’s almost dawn; we should hurry back."
Seeing the sky brightening, Su Zhenping grew anxious that the two girls would worry if they couldn’t find him, so he suggested they head home.
"Okay, let’s hurry and block the cave entrance while it’s still not fully light, to prevent others from discovering it, which would cause trouble."
Together, they found a large stone to block the cave entrance. By the time they were done, daylight had come.
Although Su Zhenping slept in the cave that night, he felt very comfortable and woke up feeling completely refreshed.
Even though Wang Hao squatted in the horse stance all night, he was nourished by the Dragon Spring water nearby, feeling the Dragon Tattoo Energy inside him had greatly increased, which made him ecstatic.
Not knowing martial arts training could have such effects, he decided to come here to train whenever he had time.
The two of them walked while digging up medicinal herbs and seeds from the roadside and put them into their baskets to take home for planting.
Early in the morning, the villagers also arrived early to work in the fields; although the medicinal herbs were already sown, they still needed to be watered every day.
"Xia Xue, have you seen Wang Hao? I went to his house, and he wasn’t there, not in the greenhouse either,"
Wang Xiaoer came looking for Wang Hao early in the morning but couldn’t find him. His phone calls went unanswered, too.
Seeing Xia Xue checking on the greenhouse, he ran up to ask.
"I haven’t seen him either. He didn’t come back last night."
Xia Xue answered truthfully.
"Alright!"
Wang Xiaoer replied to Xia Xue’s answer, but after thinking about it more, he felt something was off and asked again.
"Eh? Xia Xue, you and Wang Hao don’t live in the same house. How would you know he didn’t come back all night?"
Xia Xue’s face turned red, and she gave Wang Xiaoer a disdainful look before walking away.
"You blockhead, you really don’t understand anything. Whether or not they live in the same house, do you know?"
Wang Xiaoer’s father smacked him on the head and scolded him irritably.
Xia Xue, walking far away, also heard their conversation and really wanted to march forward and kick them both.
It was about seven-thirty in the morning, the sun had already risen high in the sky, and Wang Hao and Su Zhenping had just come down from the mountain.
"Wang Hao, so you and Manager Su went to the back mountain, when did you go up? Xia Xue said you didn’t return all night?"
Wang Xiaoer, spotting Wang Hao and Su Zhenping with their baskets on their backs as they descended from the mountain, quickly approached to ask.
Wang Hao felt a surge of happiness upon hearing that Xia Xue had been concerned about him the previous night.
"We went in the middle of the night."
Knowing Wang Xiaoer’s personality and expecting further questions about where they went and what they did, Wang Hao handed over the medicinal herbs and seeds they had dug up for Wang Xiaoer to plant, keeping him busy and hence avoiding his barrage of questions.
Just as Wang Xiaoer took the basket, he noticed Zhao Youquan approaching rapidly with an aggressive demeanor.
"Hold on, did you get these medicinal herbs from the back mountain?"
Zhao Youquan demanded, grabbing the basket.
"Do you ever not talk nonsense? If not from the mountain, where else would we dig them up, your home? Does your home even grow such herbs?"
Since the incident when Wang Hao fell off the cliff, Wang Xiaoer’s attitude towards Zhao Youquan had soured.
"How dare you speak to me like that!"
Zhao Youquan exclaimed, pointing at Wang Xiaoer’s nose.
"Put those things down right now, they belong to the government!"
"What are you talking about? Why would they belong to the government?"
Wang Hao, predicting no good would come from Zhao Youquan’s arrival, walked over to Wang Xiaoer and pulled him behind.
"Why? Take a look for yourself; you’ve been to college, you should recognize all the words here, shouldn’t you?"
With that, Zhao Youquan flaunted a document on Wang Hao’s body and arrogantly crossed his arms over his chest.
Wang Hao took the document and saw that it declared the national ownership of the forest land, complete with an official seal in the corner.
The declaration stated clearly that all the forests of Chen Village belonged to the Chen Village Committee, and that individual villagers were prohibited from personally exploiting or using them. Violators would be severely punished and could face legal accountability.
After reading it, Wang Hao couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh.
Previously, when the villagers could hardly feed or clothe themselves, the government encouraged everyone to cultivate the mountains.
Now that Wang Hao had returned and intended to use the mountain’s medicinal herbs to make money, a declaration of public ownership appeared, obviously aimed at him. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
But the declaration was indeed issued by the government, and Wang Hao dared not act recklessly. If Zhao Youquan got hold of anything incriminating, he would surely exploit it to Wang Hao’s ruin.
"Mayor, what exactly do you intend to do with this declaration?"
Wang Hao asked coldly.
"What do I intend to do? It’s written clear as day here that the mountain is the property of the state, and so is everything on it. To take anything from the mountain, you must get the permission of the village committee."
Zhao Youquan said smugly.
Now with this document and the town mayor backing him, Zhao Youquan wasn’t afraid of Wang Hao’s popularity. Without the mountain’s medicinal herbs and seeds, he was curious how Wang Hao intended to farm, since even buying them would cost a hefty sum.
"Mayor, are you trying to cut off the entire village’s means of livelihood?"
Although Wang Hao was furious, he had no good solution at the moment.
"The entire village’s means of livelihood?"
Zhao Youquan scoffed.
"It seems to me it’s just your own financial path, Wang Hao! Tell me, the money from selling centipedes captured in the mountains, didn’t it all go into your own pocket? Has anyone in the village even seen a penny of it?" freёwebnovel.com
"Now you’re taking all the medicinal herbs from the mountain to plant in your greenhouse. Once you sell them, the money will all be yours too. You have the nerve to speak of the whole village, yet it seems to me you just want to embezzle public property!"
Zhao Youquan was shameless to the extreme—literally putting his pants on his head.
Initially, it had also been him who forced Wang Hao to catch centipedes in the mountains; later, after he got bitten, he ordered Wang Hao to dispose of the centipedes. Now, however, he accused Wang Hao of privately embezzling public property.
Zhao Youquan was shameless beyond belief.
"Wang Hao, this document comes from the higher-ups, and I’m just acting according to the regulations. You need to dig these out and deliver them to the village office; they belong to the state too."
Zhao Youquan said, pointing to the medicinal herbs that had just been planted in Wang Hao’s greenhouse a few days earlier.
Seeing this, Wang Hao positioned himself at the entrance of the greenhouse, glaring viciously at the men Zhao Youquan had brought with him.
"I’d like to see who dares to touch anything inside my greenhouse!"
