In the mountains southeast of the wooden cabin, Li Zhengting silently packed fritillaria into a sack. Most of it was what he had dug up over the past two days.
"Zhengting, listen to me. Taking it down the mountain to sell ourselves won't necessarily be a better deal than selling it to that fellow with the tractor. Never mind spending over a day on the round trip, we might not even get much more money. Why bother?"
"I just can't accept it." Although Li Long had as good as saved Li Zhengting's life, Li Zhengting actually found him rather displeasing.
Li Zhengtang felt exactly the opposite. Li Long had brought them medicine late at night and later traded supplies with them, which left him quite grateful. Having a "general store" like that in the mountains gave drifters like them another way to stay alive and live better.
He could vaguely guess why Li Zhengting resented Li Long and refused to exchange his fritillaria for money there. Most likely, he felt he was no worse than Li Long and had only ended up in his current situation through bad luck.
Simply put, Li Long was doing better than him, and he was jealous. Being young, he could not suppress that jealousy. He would rather put himself through more hardship than let Li Long gain anything extra.
As for Li Long giving them medicine, Li Zhengting felt he had already thanked him, so they were even.
Li Zhengtang did not see it that way. Could a debt like that really be settled?
The fritillaria had sprouted over the past two days. Few people came into the deep mountains now, and there was little supervision. Although the Forestry Team also sent people to dig fritillaria, they only had so many hands. There were