"Great-Grandpa, why is this water different from the one I've had before?"
Just then, little Xixi's crisp voice rang out.
"Brother Yuan's family has the undiluted original liquid. The stuff I give you at home is diluted. How could they be the same?"
Elder Hua replied with a wry smile.
Only after hearing the exchange between grandfather and granddaughter did Ye Yuan realize something.
Apparently, he was not the only one who used Birch Sap as drinking water.
"You've seen me make a fool of myself, kid. My family does indeed have Birch Sap.
But that's because it can be used in medicine, so I managed to get some through a few distributors.
I'm not as extravagant as you, using the undiluted liquid as water.
Even I only occasionally give the little girl some diluted stuff."
Elder Hua shook his head and sighed.
"This stuff doesn't seem very expensive. There just isn't much of it, right?
Even you can't get hold of it if you want it?"
Ye Yuan was extremely curious.
Given Elder Hua's status, getting some Birch Sap should not have been difficult, should it?
Why did it seem like this stuff was so hard to obtain?
But if it was so hard to obtain, where had Zhang Wujin gotten all of this from?
"You said it yourself. Price is only one aspect.
The main issue is that the annual yield is too low.
Even if I want to get some, I have to call in favors.
But favors are the hardest things to repay.
At my age, why would I owe people favors over a little Birch Sap?"
Elder Hua said leisurely.
The matter of Birch Sap was merely a minor interlude.
Neither of them took it to heart.
Over the following period, Elder Hua focused most