Chapter 146: Delivering the Medicinal Wine

After finishing the official business, Xiao Weiguo continued to chat casually with Shi Guanglin.

"Brother Lin, how come you've started drinking wolfberry tea nowadays? Your physical condition still looks quite good to me," Xiao Weiguo joked.

Fortunately, Shi Guanglin had an easy-going personality; otherwise, Xiao Weiguo wouldn't have dared to make such a joke with a section chief.

Shi Guanglin smiled helplessly and said, "A man in his middle age no longer has full control over his own body. Don't even get me started."

"Then I've come to the right place today! Brother Lin, have you ever heard of kidney-tonifying and essence-generating wine? Just one sip is worth eating several pounds of wolfberry. The best part is that it is completely harmless to the body. Would you like to try some?" Xiao Weiguo straightened up and said with a mysterious air.

"Really? In that case, I'll take some," a spark of hope seemed to light up in Shi Guanglin's eyes.

"Let's make it clear beforehand, this stuff is a bit expensive. I can only give Brother Lin three taels for now. You should drink at most one tael a day, or even less, and preferably only when the need arises—that way it's even more effective."

Because he needed to bring medicinal wine to Sister Ling today, Xiao Weiguo had happened to carry a backpack. Using his mental power, he directly drew three taels of wine from his spatial dimension, then pulled a small ceramic bottle out of his bag and handed it to Shi Guanglin.

"How much is it, Weiguo? I'll pay you right now. If it doesn't work, you'll have to treat me to a meal," Shi Guanglin said as he pulled open his drawer, intending to take out the money.

"Brother Lin, with our relationship, this first batch is free. Just try it and see how it works. If the results are good, I'll be counting on you to help me spread the word. I got this stuff from a hermit in the deep mountains, and the medicinal herbs used in it are extremely precious."

"Alright then, I won't stand on ceremony with you. If it works, this thing will be much more useful than you think, and it can bring you more than just money. Leave the rest to me; you just need to provide the goods." Shi Guanglin took the medicinal wine, opened the stopper, and immediately caught the rich aroma of medicinal herbs wafting out.

"Brother Lin, do you know about Sister Ling's situation? I originally intended to give her this wine today so her husband could try it and see if it has a good effect on male infertility. Wait for my news."

"Sister Ling is a good person, but she's had a very hard life. You must help her."

Emerging from Shi Guanglin's office, Xiao Weiguo returned to the Third Team's main office and found Sister Ling.

He directly produced a ceramic bottle containing half a jin of medicinal wine.

"Sister Ling, here is the medicinal wine I mentioned to you last week. Keep it safe and tell your husband the instructions and dosage when you get home—at most one tael each time, and finish all of this within half a month. We'll see how effective it is afterwards."

"Weiguo, thank you so much. I'll have your brother-in-law try it as soon as I get home. If it works, I'll make the decision—you'll be the child's godfather from now on," Chang Ling said excitedly.

"There's no need for that! How old am I? I'm too young to be a child's godfather," Xiao Weiguo laughed.

"Oh, right, Sister Ling, do you know where Shao Jiefang lives?"

"Why? Weiguo, you mustn't do anything reckless. Just ignore old Shao and treat him like air."

"How could I? I'm just planning to send him a little gift so he won't go out of his way to target me in the future."

"Send a gift? There's no need for that. We aren't that submissive. Just listen to your elder sister. His family lives at No. 12 Paizi Alley, right in the Zhengyangmen area." Chang Ling looked at Xiao Weiguo with worry, terrified that this younger brother might do something foolish.

"Alright, thank you, Sister. Oh right, give me my paperwork so I can go to the finance office to settle last week's account, collect this week's funds, and then head out for purchasing."

Chang Ling handed the relevant slips to Xiao Weiguo, which included the reward slip for his previous automobile invention. It had just arrived at the office this week to be handed over to Xiao Weiguo, and it surprisingly came with a hundred-yuan cash reward and a sewing machine purchase ticket.

Chang Ling had originally intended to ask Xiao Weiguo about this matter in detail, but there had been simply too many tasks today, leaving her with no time at all.

"Zhengyangmen? Well, besides checking out Shao Jiefang's living situation, I can also make a field trip to Xinghua Elementary School to see if I can root out those two spies directly," Xiao Weiguo thought as he pushed his bicycle toward the exit of the factory compound.

He had just been to the finance office to collect his dues. Because he had sold two pigs and a large number of chickens to the factory last week, he had actually earned several hundred yuan. Combined with the one-hundred-yuan reward, his official, visible wealth was now quite substantial. As for the sewing machine ticket, Xiao Weiguo planned to stash it away without rushing to use it.

He had also collected his salary for the previous month, which, along with various subsidies, came to twenty-six yuan. Xiao Weiguo tucked it away casually; relying solely on wages would lead to starvation.

Although his salary had been raised to thirty-three yuan after becoming a regular worker, it was pitifully small compared to his other income. Still, regular workers were issued various daily ration tickets every month, which were quite useful—such as bath tickets, soap tickets, and the like.

Arriving at Paizi Alley, Xiao Weiguo pretended to just be passing by while actually searching for No. 12.

Xiao Weiguo intended to strike a blow at Shao Jiefang by targeting his accumulated assets. He didn't plan to ruin him completely—he just wanted him to stop being a nuisance.

He certainly didn't believe that Shao Jiefang had worked as a purchasing agent for so many years without lining his own pockets. On this subject, Xiao Weiguo knew all the tricks in the book. After all, wasn't he a purchasing agent himself?

To his surprise, No. 12 turned out to be a rather humble, single-family courtyard residence.

He hadn't expected Shao Jiefang to be quite this well-off—possessing what amounted to a private courtyard bungalow right in the inner city of old Beijing.

Xiao Weiguo walked as close to the wall as possible, then used his mental perception to scan the interior of the courtyard.

Finding the house completely empty at the moment, he could inspect it to his heart's content. If anyone had been home, he wouldn't have dared to snoop around so casually, mainly due to his own moral boundaries.

At this point, Xiao Weiguo wasn't even sure if his spatial mental power possessed X-ray vision. The main reason was that such an ability was simply too abnormal. Hence, he had already made a pact with himself in his heart never to abuse it.

People were prone to corruption, and Xiao Weiguo was terrified that one day he might turn into the very kind of person he once despised the most.

Having traveled to this era, he simply wanted to live a good life with his loved ones while experiencing the vibrant atmosphere of this fervent era.

"He's got quite a bit of wealth tucked away."

Xiao Weiguo had already discovered over two thousand yuan in cash, along with various ration tickets. Purchasing agents really knew how to rake it in; just an old procurement officer could amass this much money over the span of a few years.

Wait! Xiao Weiguo actually discovered three large "Great Yellow Fish" gold bars hidden beneath the stone table in the courtyard.

Judging by a weight of over three hundred grams per bar, these three together weighed about a kilogram. Calculated at the bank's current acquisition price of a little over three yuan per gram, they were worth more than three thousand yuan.

Combined with the two thousand found inside the house, that totaled over five thousand yuan in wealth.

This old fox Shao Jiefang was certainly full of hidden surprises.

Xiao Weiguo memorized the exact locations of the cash and gold bars in his mind, then continued pushing his bicycle forward.

His objective was achieved. Tomorrow, he would teach this old fellow a lesson.

Next on the agenda was to check out Xinghua Elementary School. Actually, Xiao Weiguo didn't harbor high expectations of hitting a massive jackpot on his very first visit. His plan was simply to scout the location first; after studying the situation more thoroughly later on, he was bound to find something—after all, didn't he possess mental perception?

Inquiring along the way, he finally arrived at Xinghua Elementary School and heard the crisp sound of children reading aloud drifting from within.

Who could have imagined that hidden inside such a place of education were two lurking Japanese spies?