The two men left more than three kilograms of fresh fritillaria and took their goods.
Li Long could tell that the middle-aged man was quite happy, while the young man was not.
But that did not matter. As long as he himself was happy, that was enough. Besides, the middle-aged man was the one making the decisions.
The young fellow had not yet taken a beating from Southern Mountain. He had no idea how miserable things would get here in another half month.
Sure enough, as soon as they entered the woods, the young man questioned him again.
"Gaba, those three-plus kilograms of fritillaria were worth at least ten or twenty yuan. Wouldn't it be better to leave the mountains and trade for supplies in a village outside?"
"They won't trade with you." The middle-aged man explained patiently to his nephew, "The general stores in the villages outside don't accept fritillaria, only money. Have we got money? No.
"Besides, we don't have any papers or letters of introduction. If we run into someone with bad intentions in a village, they could tie us up with a rope and hand us over to a Forestry Team ranger. They'd even get a reward! Can we go there?"
"Then go to the County Seat! Isn't there a Purchasing Station there? You said so yourself!" The young man kept thinking about how to keep Li Long from making money. He felt Li Long was too greedy and was earning far too much.
If they took this fritillaria out of the mountains, they could surely get twice as much in exchange!
"It's over thirty kilometers from here to the County Seat, sixty or seventy li. A round trip would take more than two days. How much fritillaria could we dig up in those two days?"