Chapter 140 - 138: Water of the Fake Lin Xian Village

Chapter 140: Chapter 138: Water of the Fake Lin Xian Village

In a mountain hollow about two kilometers from Lin Xian Village, two tricycles were loaded with a large number of water jugs.

Two young men were using a hose to fill the water jugs with water flowing from a spring.

"Brother Si, is this really going to work? They want water from Lin Xian Village, but this isn’t from Lin Xian Village at all!"

"What do you mean it’s not? This place is only two kilometers from Lin Xian Village. It’s still within Lin Xian Village’s boundaries."

Wang Siming thought about the price people were offering—one hundred yuan per jug—and was now filled with energy.

The previous evening, he’d heard that people were buying water from Lin Xian Village and offering a hundred yuan per jug. He made some inquiries and found out it was actually true.

’There are actually suckers like that out there,’ he thought. ’It would be a crime against heaven not to take this money.’

First thing in the morning, he called his good buddy Liu Dafu. The two of them hauled a cart full of water jugs to this spring.

"Brother Si, what if someone finds out?"

"Just get to work. Didn’t you see I prepared five jugs of real Lin Xian Village spring water? We’ll add a little to each jug later."

The two worked from morning until noon. The main issue was that the spring’s flow wasn’t very strong, so their progress was slow.

After all the jugs were filled, they poured a little of the real Lin Xian Village water into each one.

"Alright, seal them up quickly. We’ll drive over to Lin Xian Village and then haul them down the mountain from there."

After word spread that drinking water from Lin Xian Village had benefits, a group of people without any connections started offering money to buy it.

They had originally planned to get it from the employees of Lin Xian Village, but unfortunately, the employees’ salaries weren’t low. Plus, knowing the benefits of drinking the water, only a few were willing to sell.

It was precisely this situation that gave Wang Siming an opportunity, leading him to think of this method to make money.

The two drove their tricycles along the road by Lin Xian Village for a bit before heading down the mountain.

Not long after they got on the county road, they were stopped by a chubby man.

"Hey, little brothers, have a smoke. Is this spring water from Lin Xian Village?"

Wang Siming took the cigarette and said, "Yeah, it is. What’s up? We heard drinking Lin Xian Village’s water is good for you, so we went up the mountain and filled some jugs."

"How did you manage to get so much?"

Wang Siming said with a smug look, "I have a relative who works there. I got in through them."

"Little brother, is this water for sale?"

"You want to buy? How much can you offer?"

"Fifty yuan a jug."

Wang Siming turned and got back on his vehicle, pretending to leave.

"Hey, little brother, why are you leaving? If you don’t agree, we can negotiate."

Wang Siming said rudely, "People are offering a hundred a jug, and you’re only offering fifty. If I don’t leave, am I just going to let you rip me off?"

Xia Baorui said hurriedly, "But you have two whole vehicle loads. Without the right channels, no one will buy your water.

I’ll raise my offer a bit—sixty yuan a jug. I’ll take all of it."

"All of it? No way, I need to keep some for my family to drink."

"Don’t you have a relative working there? You can just go fill some more later."

"Even if it’s a relative, they can’t just let me fill up jugs all the time. If they get caught, they’ll probably get fired."

"Then you keep two jugs, and give me the rest. Come on, take out your phone, I’ll pay you right now."

Wang Siming’s eyes darted. "I want cash. Also, I bought these jugs for ten yuan each."

"These jugs cost five yuan each, and you’re asking for ten. I’ll return the jugs to you later."

"Fine, five yuan it is. Swapping jugs is such a hassle and a waste of time."

"Deal. But I have to taste your water first."

Wang Siming shouted, "Come on, Dafu, get a jug down for this gentleman and pour him a cup to taste."

Liu Dafu nimbly moved a jug down and poured some into the cup Xia Baorui handed over.

"Mm, not bad. It really is water from Lin Xian Village. Can you get that jug down for me to taste, too?"

"Why are you being so difficult? Fine, taste this one too. If you’re not buying, then forget it."

After Xia Baorui tasted it, he found it was the same as the water from the previous jug and no longer had any doubts.

The three of them returned to Mountain Ridge Town at the foot of the mountain and quickly completed the transaction. Xia Baorui drove off in his small truck, hauling the water toward Wuyuan County.

Wang Siming, having gotten the money, was very excited. He pulled out five bills and handed them to Liu Dafu.

"Let’s go, Brother Si’s treating you to a big meal!"

Back in the county seat, Xia Baorui used his connections to sell off the water.

Soon, some people learned he had water from Lin Xian Village and started seeking him out to buy some.

Seeing so many people in need, he urgently contacted Wang Siming, hoping he could get more water.

When Wang Siming heard the news, he grew even bolder. He continued to collect real Lin Xian Village water while also going to the mountains to fill jugs with ordinary spring water.

In reality, most people in Wuyuan County had never drunk water from Lin Xian Village. As for the few who had, they could get it directly from the village anyway.

The result was that no one could tell the fake water wasn’t real.

Lin Feng had also heard that people were selling water from Lin Xian Village, but he assumed it was water that employees and tourists had taken with them, so he didn’t look into it.

Inside the laboratory of a foreign pharmaceutical company, a group of people were testing the water they had purchased. When the results came in, they were all completely baffled.

"Isn’t this just ordinary spring water? There’s nothing strange about it."

"Did the higher-ups make a mistake?"

"Just report the test data. This matter has nothing to do with us."

When the person in charge received the water quality analysis report, he too was full of questions. How could this be different from the report he had seen?

He immediately made a call to the person who had given him the information.

"Why is the data we detected different from what you gave me?"

"Different? Send me your test report and let me take a look."

After the person on the other end looked at the test report, he was also confused. It was just ordinary spring water.

"Where did you get your water from?"

"We had someone buy it in Wuyuan County."

"There’s something wrong with your water. Send someone directly to Lin Xian Village to fill a few bottles. Don’t buy it from outside sources anymore."

The person in charge was stunned when he saw the reply. ’There’s fake water?’

He sent people to Lin Xian Village to obtain water while also having someone investigate the matter.

At this time, Lin Xian Village was busy preparing for a chefs’ exchange conference, completely unaware that someone was frantically selling water outside.

After selling water a few times, Wang Siming had initially been worried about being discovered. But when Xia Baorui kept coming back to buy more, he grew bolder.

The guy stopped going near Lin Xian Village altogether and just found a spring in the nearby mountains, starting to sell water in large quantities.

Actually, Xia Baorui had already grown a bit suspicious, but in the face of huge profits, he chose to selectively ignore it.

Furthermore, the people buying the water had no interaction with anyone from Lin Xian Village, and it was true that some employees did sell the water they took with them.

As a result, no one discovered that the water they were buying was fake Lin Xian Village water.

Then, someone grew jealous of the money being made from selling Lin Xian Village’s water and reported the matter to the Bureau of Natural Resources.

When Lin Feng received the call from the county, he was completely bewildered.

"Sir, I’m not selling water resources. The water in Lin Xian Village has always been free for everyone to drink."

"Someone in the county is selling large quantities of water from Lin Xian Village. You should look into it and see if it’s one of your employees."

"Sir, I’ll look into it right now. Please hold on."

Lin Feng didn’t go ask his employees. Instead, he opened his panel and checked the Well’s output volume, finding no abnormalities.

The output from the spigots was about the same as yesterday. Although after the news about the water spread, a large number of tourists had indeed been coming to get water.

However, this was still within the normal range; there was no unusual spike in output.

Then, he called the surveillance room, and they also reported that no one had been seen transporting large quantities of water out.

"Sir, I’ve checked on my end, and no one is transporting large amounts of water out. Could there be a mistake?"

The official was also taken aback. If it wasn’t water from Lin Xian Village, then where was it coming from?