novelraw Chapter 168: Training tentatively scheduled for 3 months.
Chapter 168: Training tentatively scheduled for 3 months.
The girl named Juying was from a prominent family on the Japanese side. She was a highly trained special agent from a young age and was also the superior of the mute woman Ito.
They stayed in Chenjiatun, and in order to make their own movements easier, they killed the kind person who had taken them in. Over the years, their main task was to search for those things, but they also gathered information and cooperated with their superiors to complete some temporary tasks.
This time, they were on a mission from their superiors to kidnap Tong Anfu in cooperation with their own people. They wanted the prescription the old man had. The medicine that could restore Grandpa Li and the others to health was especially tempting! They also believed that another medicine appearing on the black market might be produced by the Tong family.
Logically, Tong Yuheng presented these two prescriptions under two different identities, so they shouldn't have linked the two medicines' producers together.
But the world is never short of clever people. Tong Yuheng and Dong Wuyou appeared at the same time, and she also provided Zheng Yunqing with the same health-enhancing pills. Following the clues, they connected the two parties based on their guesses.
They originally thought capturing an old doctor wouldn't be difficult, but who knew the Tong family's skills were so formidable! Not only did they suffer heavy losses, but they also exposed their long-hidden spies, suffering a devastating blow!
The revelation of the mute old woman's story shocked the villagers. They stopped gathering to chat for many days, and a crisis of trust arose among them, with everyone looking at each other like spies.
The Tong family didn't get involved in the matter; they remained quiet and went about their business as usual.
In March, Tong Yuheng received permission from the village chief to go to Yanshi to buy rice seeds, and she returned with a large amount of supplies.
It just so happens that Chen Liying is getting married soon, so she went to her best friend's wedding and gave her a set of pearl jewelry, which was very beautiful.
These are seawater beads that she traded for supplies in the homes of people by the sea. She personally polished and drilled them to make necklaces, bracelets, and earrings.
Chen Liying liked it very much and happily put on the bracelet. Afraid of attracting attention, she put away her earrings and necklace. It seems she has matured quite a bit in the past year and knows how to be discreet.
When Chen Liying asked about her situation, Tong Yuheng told her that she had a boyfriend but didn't plan to get married anytime soon. She also said that she would invite Tong Yuheng to her wedding.
Chen Liying also told her about what was happening at the factory. The two were still very close and said they would continue to write to each other.
When Tong Yuheng returned this time, she did not stay at the Li family's house. After visiting Grandpa Li, she left some health-promoting pills for him to distribute, and also left some pregnancy-preserving pills for Li Chengsong's second aunt and aunt.
Grandpa Li apologized for Grandpa Tong's kidnapping and said that recently some people from ancient martial arts families wanted to buy the pills from him, hoping that she could sell some so that they wouldn't have to dig out the alchemist.
Tong Yuheng then discussed with the old man about providing the Ancient Martial Arts Association with information about selling the pills, to see how much demand they had, since these pills could only be made by hand and they couldn't supply too many.
The old man said they were willing to pay fifty yuan per piece, and of course, the more the merrier. That's why he asked her what to do, whether to provide any, and how much to provide—it was all up to her.
Tong Yuheng didn't want to deal with those ancient martial arts families for the time being, so he entrusted the sale of the body-strengthening pills to Grandpa Li. These pills could enhance physical fitness, and those ancient martial arts practitioners would naturally want them.
"Grandpa, as long as I have enough medicinal herbs, I can easily supply two or three thousand pills a month. How about this, just provide me with some herbs that are used in large quantities, and my grandfather and I will be responsible for making them. I will only charge ten yuan per pill for materials and labor, and I won't care how much you give them."
"Aren't you losing out?" Grandpa Li asked. "It's about cost price, so we're basically breaking even. I can cultivate two of the rare medicinal herbs, which others can't get."
"That thing we talked about last time, when do you think we should start? Is there any difficulty? Do you need Grandpa's help?" Grandpa Li was still thinking about training ancient martial arts warriors.
"It's not difficult at all. I'm preparing, and we can start in April. I'll prepare some auxiliary medicines for the soldiers, all at cost price. I'll write all of this down in detail in the plan..."
"That's all fine. Do you have any other requests?" the old man continued to ask.
"My supplementary medicines are even more coveted by people from ancient martial arts families than that health-enhancing pill."
I hope to sign a confidentiality agreement with the relevant personnel to ensure that everything during the training process is kept strictly confidential. I don't want to be besieged by all the ancient martial arts families! After all, our families are mostly elderly people and women and children.
Furthermore, I will tell them that they are practicing the martial arts techniques of the Qing Shi Tong family. Besides abiding by national laws and military discipline, they must also follow the rules of the Qing Shi Tong family. These are the family precepts we have drafted for Tong family martial arts disciples. Please take a look…”
The rules that Tong Yuheng and Liu Fengyi discussed were few: no committing crimes, betraying the country for personal gain, bullying the weak, harming fellow disciples, etc., and no targeting Tong family members without cause. These rules did not conflict with national laws.
However, there is one condition: if anyone uses their superior martial arts skills to harm society or commit injustices, then the Tong family has the right to take back the skills they have been taught and clean house according to the rules of the ancient martial arts world!
"That's all? No problem. We had Xiaosong choose a location in the mountains for our training base. How long do you think it will take? What do you need to prepare?"
"There's not much to prepare. I'll prepare the necessary supplementary medications. I anticipate high food consumption, so we need to ensure we have enough meat and grains."
Let's tentatively schedule the training for three months. Internal strength requires persistent practice; we can't rush it. They'll need to work hard themselves in the future.
"Don't worry about any of that, the logistics department will take care of everything. By the way, I heard your fifth sister is particularly good at math, how about we send her to school here? And after she graduates high school, can we recommend her for university?"
"I'll go back and ask her. That girl is very determined. Thank you, Grandpa Li, for thinking of her!"
"Haha, no need to be polite, we're family. We tested your uncle's improved landmine detector in the southwest, and it worked great! Your whole family is amazing!"
"Hehe, Grandpa Li, you don't need to praise me, or I'll become arrogant!"
After leaving the Li family, Tong Yuheng went directly to Gu Zhitao's house. His daughter, Gu Yanting, had just returned from get off work, and her complexion was much better than before; she was also more lively.
"Yuheng! When did you get back! How is Aunt Tong? How are your sisters?" She was very happy to see Tong Yuheng and even hugged her. She was much more lively than before.
"Sister Yanting, my mom and sisters are doing well. My mom remarried, and her new dad treats us very well. You seem to be feeling much better too!"
"Of course! Thanks to the medicine Grandpa Tong gave me, I can run up and down the stairs twice without getting out of breath! By the way, how is Grandpa Tong? I heard he's taken his hat off! That's really good news!"