Chapter 118 - 119: Replenishing the Medicinal Wine

Chapter 118: Chapter 119: Replenishing the Medicinal Wine

After that, all the customers who had bought medicinal wine from Li Yang yesterday came back. Most of them even brought other men with them. The subtext was clear: they wanted to buy more medicinal wine from Li Yang. You could say the return rate was one hundred percent.

Not only that, but the men they brought with them also wanted to buy the medicinal wine.

With them spreading the word, Li Yang barely had to do any advertising for the next batch of customers. He quickly attracted a whole new group.

Just like that, in the blink of an eye, Li Yang had already made around 1.2 million.

Staring at the balance on his phone, Li Yang felt a bit dazed.

’Damn, this is what you call a massive profit.’

He glanced at the medicinal wine and saw that less than half a bottle was left.

’Anyway, this wine isn’t for saving lives. I’m not profiting off life-saving medical skills, so it doesn’t matter.’

"My God..." Li Yang laughed heartily. "I’ve discovered it’s not just easy to do business with women. Middle-aged men are easy customers, too."

"Our shop is packed!" the proprietress said, also ecstatic. "Look, we’re completely full. They’ll have to wait in line. I’m telling you, President Li, I never expected this. Your medicinal wine has brought us so much business! I really can’t thank you enough."

They both burst into laughter.

"Proprietress, it looks like the word is out, so there’s not much else for me to do here," Li Yang said calmly. "How about this? I’ll head back, and you can keep selling the medicinal wine for me here. You already know the drill. I’ll give you a ten-percent commission. What do you think?"

"President Li, you’re not staying another night?" The proprietress was reluctant to let him go. ’Last night, I’d almost managed to get him into bed, but that bastard Chang Lin had to ruin it. If it weren’t for him, we would have sealed the deal.’

"I’m afraid I’m running out of the medicinal wine. I need to go mix another batch," Li Yang said happily. "The road in my village needs repairs, and it’s going to cost several million. Whether I can get that road fixed depends on this medicine. I have to hurry up and find another snake to brew more of this wine, or else the supply will run out."

The proprietress knew this was important business, so she could only nod. "Alright then. I’ll help you sell it here. You go do what you need to do."

Li Yang chuckled and whispered in her ear, "Proprietress, when we get the chance, let’s get a hotel room. That’s the way to have some real fun."

The proprietress giggled, her face lighting up with a coquettish expression. "You’re the one who said it. Don’t be all talk and no action, or else I’ll look down on you. I might even think there’s something wrong with your body."

"Nonsense!" Li Yang said with a righteous look. "How could there be anything wrong with my body? You just wait. Get plenty of rest, and one of these days, I’ll take you to a hotel for a wild time."

’This young man really knows how to flirt.’

’It’s strange, really. Being teased by someone so much younger than me... and actually enjoying it.’

At this thought, a faint blush appeared on the proprietress’s face.

’How embarrassing.’

Li Yang drove off happily, heading straight for his village.

The first thing he did upon returning to the village was to find the local snake-catching expert, Li Shulin.

"That kind of snake you’re talking about?" Li Shulin shook his head. "In the local dialect, we call it a ’Chanshe’. They’re very rare. I hear they’re highly spiritual creatures. It’ll be hard to find one now."

Of course, Li Yang knew the snake was called a Chanshe; he had come to ask Li Shulin precisely because it was so rare.

"Uncle Shulin, do you know where I might still find one?" Li Yang asked earnestly. "I really need one right now. It’s very important to me."

"There probably aren’t any left in our village. There might be some in Daqing Mountain, but they’re incredibly hard to find..." Li Shulin shook his head. "If you’re really determined, I think you’ll have to look elsewhere. For example, you could try Taomu Village. They have a lot of snakes over there. You might have better luck."

"Really?" Li Yang was overjoyed. "Then I’ll go take a look."

Taomu Village was a village downstream from theirs, about seven or eight li away.

That village used to have a lot of snakes, which was why many of its residents had been Snake Catchers.

But after a ban on snake catching was put in place, the people in the village gradually stopped.

Their standard of living used to be decent because of the snake trade, but as the practice declined, their quality of life slowly worsened.

Li Yang got in his car and drove directly to the village.

The village seemed quite lively. When Li Yang arrived, he saw that everyone was busy with farm work. No one looked like they were out catching snakes.

Li Yang found a villager and asked, "Excuse me, Uncle. I wanted to ask, is there anyone in your village who still catches snakes?"

The villager gave Li Yang a wary look. "What are you talking about, catching snakes? No one in our village has caught snakes for a long time."

Li Yang knew the man was afraid he was an official trying to set an entrapment. He could only give a wry smile. "Don’t be scared, Uncle. I’m here on legitimate business, not to cause you trouble. I just want to buy a Chanshe snake. I was hoping you could tell me if you have any around here."

Only then did the man look at him a few more times, seemingly convinced. "Well, you could go ask Gui Fa at the end of the village," he said. "His family used to be Snake Catchers. See if he has any. If he doesn’t, then nobody does."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle!" Li Yang said happily and went on his way.