Overbearing Immortal Doctor
Chapter 30 - 30 30 Wolves in the Mountains

30: Chapter 30: Wolves in the Mountains 30: Chapter 30: Wolves in the Mountains The news that Wu Xiaoyu dug up ginseng in the back mountain and sold it for a lot of money caused a huge stir in the whole village.

Ginseng in the back mountain?

No wonder there are so many poisonous insects and fierce beasts!

People often say that wherever there are poisonous insects, there must be elixirs.

It turns out that this seemingly dangerous back mountain is actually a treasure vault.

The desire for money overcame fear.

Men and women, young and old, from every household, anyone who could move, all carried medicine baskets or cloth bags, and entered the mountain with all sorts of tools.

Wu Xiaoyu, on the other hand, stayed at home, painstakingly explaining to his uncles and grandfathers the dangers in the mountain and the rarity of ginseng, which is not easy to find.

But these elders, whose eyes had turned red with greed, didn’t listen at all.

Instead, they thought he was trying to block their path to wealth and left with perfunctory responses one by one.

After everyone had left, his father, Huze, angrily scolded, “Now it’s great!

Everyone knows you have money.

Are you proud now?”

“How about tomorrow you take a big red paper, write down how much money we have, and stick it on the big tree at the entrance of the village so everyone passing by will know you’re rich!”

Chinese people follow the principle of not flaunting wealth.

Today, in front of so many people, revealing a ‘fortune,’ his mother kept her head down in silence.

Seeing this, Wu Xiaoyu hurriedly persuaded his father, ”

“Enough!

It’s already happened.

Scolding mom won’t change anything.

No matter how you try, you can’t cover up the truth.

When I start the chicken farm, others will still know we have money.

Instead, by saying it today, we prevent malicious speculations later!”

Hearing her son’s words, Wang Aifeng felt much relieved and even smiled, “Exactly!

Exactly!

Xiaoyu wants to start a chicken farm, people will still know we have money.”

“So, are you agreeing to let him start the chicken farm now?” his father asked, following his mother’s tone.

Although still a bit reluctant, mother Wang Aifeng compromised and said, “Let it be!

I can’t control it anyway!”

Now that his parents had agreed, his enthusiasm surged.

However, with so much happening today, he wasn’t in the mood to go to the town for procedures and instead went back to his room to check references.

Since he decided on free-range farming in the back mountain, the length and width of the net needed careful design so the chickens couldn’t fly out but also not waste material.

The placement of food and water facilities also needed careful calculation; this was not a simple task.

All the chickens had to be able to eat without clustering together in one spot.

Around 4:00 p.m., while he was fiddling with his phone to check data online, his cousins Wu Dushan and Wu Daniu came looking for him and insisted he go up the mountain with them.

No matter how he explained the rarity of ginseng in the mountain, these two wouldn’t listen and demanded he take them to where he supposedly dug up the ginseng last time.

But Wu Xiaoyu had never dug up any ginseng!

With no other choice, he had to take them for a stroll in the mountain.

But as soon as he reached the back mountain, he was taken aback.

Holy moly!

The mountains were filled with men and women, young and old, all bent over, searching carefully, not missing any inch of ground, and some even quarreling because others came to their ginseng-finding spot.

He originally intended to tell a white lie to deceive his parents, but accidentally ignited the villagers’ dreams of getting rich overnight.

Unexpectedly, the hillside he planned to fence for free-range farming, about a hundred meters from the horizon, had been dug all over by these people.

All kinds of weeds had been uprooted, leaving only the tall trees staring at the scorching sun.

Those digging for ginseng in the mountain, upon seeing Wu Xiaoyu, rushed over, all warmly approaching him, “Nephew, where did you dig up the ginseng last time?

Show auntie!”

“Yes!

Brother Xiaoyu, where did you dig the ginseng last time…”

Seeing these people’s fervent eyes, Wu Xiaoyu felt a bit scared.

He didn’t dare lead them deep into the forest, so he had to say, “It was around here.

I don’t dare to go anywhere else!”

But this section of the hillside had already been turned upside down by these people, with not even a shadow of ginseng, only some common herbs like plantain and toad herb.

Wu Xiaoyu wanted to persuade these people to go back, but feared being seen as playing tricks, so he had to follow his cousins, wandering aimlessly.

As dusk approached, some people started heading home one after another, and Wu Xiaoyu suggested to his cousins, “It’s so late now, let’s go back too!”

But Wu Daniu, driven by greed, ignored him and continued searching, and Wu Xiaoyu, being held as a guide, couldn’t leave.

As the sun gradually set and dark clouds began to spread in the deep mountain, Wu Xiaoyu was contemplating how to get these people to leave when three to five young men came running out of the forest.

They were running and shouting for help.

Seeing this scene, Wu Xiaoyu knew they must have gone deep into the mountain and rushed over to grab one of them, asking, “What happened?

Hu!

What scared you like this?

What did you encounter in the mountain?”

Upon seeing Wu Xiaoyu, Li Hu, like finding a savior, stuttered excitedly, “Mo…mountain…wolf…wolves…”

Seeing him stuttering, Wu Xiaoyu was extremely anxious.

Wolves in the mountain?

How many?

Did everyone you entered the mountain with come out?

Ignoring these critical questions, Wu Xiaoyu slapped him and said, “I know there are wolves!

Is there anyone left inside?”

The remaining people, still hopeful of finding ginseng, hearing about wolves in the mountain, also started running downhill, not caring about anything else.

After being slapped, Li Hu calmed down slightly, and urgently said, “My cousin…

Jiajia…

Jiajia is still inside the mountain.”

Saying this, he started crying, regretting bringing his cousin into the mountain.

If something happened to her, how could he face his aunt?

How could he face his second uncle in the afterlife!

Hearing that Li Yuejia was still in the mountain, Wu Xiaoyu also got anxious.

If not for his claim of finding ginseng here, she wouldn’t have gone up the mountain.

If something happened to her, he’d never forgive himself.

After hearing Li Hu’s words, Wu Xiaoyu grabbed a machete from his cousin’s hand and rushed up the mountain.

His cousins Wu Dushan and Wu Daniu immediately held him back, shouting, “Are you crazy?

Didn’t you hear there are wolves?”

Breaking free from his cousins’ hold, Wu Xiaoyu yelled, “Precisely because there are wolves, I have to go!

What if the wolves take Jiajia away!” Saying so, he dashed into the deep forest.