Chapter 354 Dangerous
The Liu Family siblings could discuss the Wang Family all they wanted, but the Wangs wouldn’t hear it.
It was not easy sending off all the neighbors who had come to visit Wang Yongping.
It was already midday, and after a night’s rest and taking the medicine prescribed by Doctor Liu, Wang Yongping felt much better. He could even sit up and eat on his own, leaning against the wall.
After the meal, Wang Yongzhu saw that Wang Yongping was in good spirits and finally began to ask what exactly had happened. How had he been trapped by the landslide?
"Xiatian Chongzi Gully is full of hunters, and their mountain goods are plentiful and high-quality, which is well-known. But the village always kept to itself and rarely came down from the mountain. They would have others deliver their goods to sell. So I thought, our family couldn’t just collect the cheap mountain goods; we definitely needed to get some of the better stuff. Otherwise, if those big bosses thought we weren’t capable, that we couldn’t even get high-quality goods, what would happen if they decided to stop doing business with us?"
"I figured I should go there in person to suss things out, and if I could secure that route it would be great. So that day, I had Jinhoo bring back all the mountain goods I had previously collected and I sneaked into Xiatian Chongzi Gully following the mountain paths."
"And indeed, they had many good things. After visiting just two or three households, I had already acquired several fine furs, half a liang of Yellow Pine Mushrooms, as well as several jins of large pine seeds, dried bamboo shoots, and the like."
"I had planned to collect more, but I didn’t bring enough silver with me. So, I thought I would take back what I had collected to let Big Brother check over, and then we would make another trip to Chongzi Gully. The day before coming back, Chongzi Gully had a heavy rain. I was so anxious that as soon as the sky cleared, I hurriedly set off. I didn’t expect to encounter a landslide, but luckily, I was quick and managed to climb up on a large rock. It’s just a shame that all those mountain goods got buried underneath..."
As Wang Yongping spoke about it now, he made light of it, but Wang Yongzhu who listened beside him could imagine just how dangerous it must have been at that moment.