Overnight, Lin Feng was surprised to find traces of wild boars on his property.
When he woke up, a notification informed him that a wild animal had invaded the village the previous night. He followed the prompt and went to investigate.
Not far from the vineyard, he discovered tracks left by wild boars. It looked like there were three to five of them.
’Strange. There’s no lack of food in these mountains. Why would the wild boars come out here?’
Lin Feng wouldn’t have found it strange if wild boars had appeared in winter. But for them to show up before autumn was even over was a bit unusual.
"WOOF, WOOF WOOF..."
Mo Yu barked wildly at the tracks. The little guy had already leveled up and was doing pretty well. Its body was slightly larger, its Constitution was now 4, but it still had no Talent.
After one more level-up, Mo Yu would gain combat abilities and could start guarding the property.
However, the next level required 1,000 experience points, which meant it would take over a month to level up.
"Hey, you’re here? I’m heading back now."
Hu Xia was getting ready to film, so Lin Feng hurried back.
As soon as he arrived, he heard Hu Xia say, "Boss Lin, the effects of your grapes... they can’t really be the same as what the description says, can they?"
"I can only say they do have those effects. As for how potent they are, I’m not entirely sure myself."
It was only after waking up this morning that Hu Xia belatedly realized that after eating the grapes, her sleep had improved, and the skin on her face showed a slight change.
The last time she’d noticed such a change was also after eating the grapes, which finally reminded her of their effects.
"What kind of magical grapes are these? They actually work!" A look of pleasant surprise spread across Hu Xia’s face.
"By the way, how many grapes do you have left? Can I buy them all?"
’Of course, I have to buy up something this good right away. If other people find out, I won’t be able to get them even if I want to.’
"There are 1,030 bunches of grapes left. However, 400 have already been pre-ordered, so there are 630 bunches remaining."
"I’ll take them all!"
Zhao Shiyun, who had tagged along again today to buy grapes, immediately grew anxious. "No way! I want some too!"
"Ah! Right, I forgot you came to buy grapes, Shiyun. In that case, I’ll let you have 100 bunches."
Zhao Shiyun’s eyes widened, as if she were seeing the real Hu Xia for the first time.
She gritted her teeth and said, "I want half!"
"Shiyun, if you take that many, they’ll spoil before you can finish them."
"I’m not worried about them spoiling. My family has a dedicated cold storage unit and a climate-controlled room. I can vacuum-seal the grapes first."
Seeing she couldn’t trick Zhao Shiyun, Hu Xia had no choice but to negotiate. After all, these grapes had skin-whitening and anti-aging properties.
In the end, the two reached a verbal agreement: Zhao Shiyun would purchase 300 bunches, and the rest would all go to Hu Xia.
"Sis, are there any grapes for me?" Hu Zhiming asked quietly.
"Get lost. You’re a boy, what do you need grapes for? I’ll buy you that limited-edition toy you wanted when we get home."
Hu Zhiming muttered under his breath, "But I want to eat them too. Those grapes are so delicious."
Just as the two women finished dividing the grapes, a car pulled up to the main gate. After asking their purpose for visiting, Lin Feng let them up the path.
Su Qingqing and He Limin drove up the mountain and looked around, their faces full of doubt. ’So this is the place where those legendary grapes grow? It doesn’t look like anything special.’
The name was certainly special, though: "Lin Xian Village."
"Hello, my name is He Limin. I’m a doctor from the county hospital, and this is my student, Su Qingqing. We heard there’s a very miraculous type of grape here that can be used to improve one’s health. I was wondering if you could show us these grapes?"
Hu Xia and Zhao Shiyun instantly shot them a glare. ’More people here to fight us for the grapes.’
Before Lin Feng could speak, Hu Xia jumped in. "Sorry, but the two of us have already bought all of those grapes."
He Limin had already noticed them and even recognized Hu Xia, having watched her livestreams before.
As for Su Qingqing beside him, she loved to scroll through videos in her free time. She had watched Hu Xia’s video just yesterday, so of course she knew she was a streamer.
He Limin said sincerely, "Excuse me, ladies. Would it be possible for you to part with a few for us to take back for research? Just one or two bunches would be enough."
Zhao Shiyun looked at Hu Xia, who looked right back at her. Both wanted the other to be the one to give up some grapes.
"You have thirty more bunches than me. You should be the one to give them up."
"It’s only one or two bunches. It’s no big deal for you to part with them."
Lin Feng was speechless. ’I really don’t understand women. Is it really necessary to argue over one or two bunches of grapes?’
"Alright, you two. If this gentleman only needs one or two bunches, I can provide them."
Su Qingqing didn’t understand. ’It’s just two bunches of grapes, and at such an expensive price. How can they be fighting over them?’
"Boss Lin, you have more grapes?!" Hu Xia asked urgently.
"Don’t even think about it. The rest are for my family. They’re not for sale."
Lin Feng turned to He Limin and said, "Since you’re buying grapes for medical research, I’ll just give you two bunches. Consider them a gift."
He turned, jogged over to a nearby van, and took out two bunches of grapes, which he put in a bag and handed to them.
"Thank you, but we heard these grapes are very expensive. We should pay for them."
"Don’t worry about it. To me, it’s just two bunches of grapes."
Su Qingqing took the bag curiously and looked at the grapes inside. They were exactly the same as in the video.
Even though she had seen them on video, she was still stunned to see them in person. The grapes were gorgeous and looked incredibly appetizing.
"Thank you, then. If our research yields any results, you’ll be the first to know."
Lin Feng waved his hand, unconcerned. The grapes’ effects were already described, so any research results wouldn’t be of much use to him.
’The main issue is the limited supply. It’s not like I can just raise the price again,’ he thought.
After seeing them off, Lin Feng turned to Hu Xia. "So, how are we going to shoot this promotional video? And what’s your price?"
"I’ll do a livestream here today, which you can consider a freebie. Then tonight, I’ll go to the summit to film the starry sky for your promotional video. The price for that will be thirty thousand yuan. Is that acceptable?"
"Deal. There’s nothing here that can’t be shown on a livestream, so feel free to film whatever you want."
Once they both signed the contract, Hu Xia took out her phone and prepared to go live.
Meanwhile, in Mountain Ridge Town, another group of elderly people, all around sixty years old, had arrived. They stepped out of their cars and looked around with curiosity.
"Is this the place?"
"This is Mountain Ridge Town. Lin Xian Village is under its jurisdiction, but the village itself is up in the mountains. We’ll have to ask someone for directions."
The owner of the small shop at the town entrance welcomed another wave of customers. He didn’t even have to guess; he knew they were here for Lin Xian Village.
He had met many customers like this over the past few days. It had been great for business, and he was very grateful to this Lin Feng fellow.
After the customers finished their purchases, he spoke up. "You must be looking for Linshan Village, the one that’s called Lin Xian Village now, right?"
"Yes, yes! Sir, do you know where it is?"
"There’s a road up ahead that goes up the mountain. Just follow it uphill until you see an intersection with a sign that reads ’Lin Xian Village.’ Turn there, and you’re there.
If you’re worried about getting lost, you can find someone up ahead to guide you, but it’ll cost you fifty yuan."
"Thank you, we understand."
After leaving the small shop, the old man in the lead said, "Let’s go, let’s go! We know where it is now. We’ll go up ahead and pay fifty yuan to hire a guide."
This group consisted of the old men from Zhou Zhenhai’s social circle, who had been pressured by their wives into coming to Lin Xian Village to buy grapes.
The drivers they had hired were completely baffled by the old men’s behavior.
However, their bosses had told them to drive, and they were getting paid for it, so they knew better than to ask too many questions.