40: Ex Classmate 40: Ex Classmate Editor: _Lunaelle, The_Dreamweavers Wearing a camouflage outfit and a pair of old leather shoes that hadn’t been polished for a long time, with very short hair in a crew cut, that’s how Peter looked now.
After wandering around the herb market in East Sea Province for a while, Peter couldn’t help but marvel at how huge this place was, as he hadn’t managed to visit the entire market in such a long time.
Along the way, Peter saw many trucks and cars carrying herbal medicine to be distributed all over the country.
Peter found a medicinal diet hotpot restaurant, ordered a hotpot, and ate alone.
After taking a few bites, Peter shook his head in secret, thinking that the medicinal diet hotpot was not well-matched, and there were big problems in the choice of herbs from a pharmacological perspective.
However, he just thought about it for a moment and didn’t intend to change anything.
As he ate the hotpot, an idea came to Peter’s mind: if he opened a hotpot restaurant in the future, he might be able to make some money.
While he was eating, there were voices coming from the entrance, and then some young men and women accompanied by two middle-aged people walked in.
When Peter looked up, his eyes lit up and he stared at a beautiful woman in the center.
The beautiful woman also saw Peter at this moment and asked hesitantly, as if she couldn’t recognize him.
“Hello, Class President.”
The woman was Sophia Gibson, his beautiful class president from high school.
Peter had copied her homework many times back then.
“You really are Peter!”
A look of surprise and joy appeared on Sophia’s face.
“I didn’t expect to meet you here, Class President!”
Peter was also amazed.
“Our class of students came here with our teacher to learn about herbal medicine.”
Peter was surprised, “You’re studying medicine?”
Traditional medicine!”
Peter was astounded, as he had never thought his beautiful class president would have chosen to study traditional medicine.
This was something he could never have imagined.
“Haha, you didn’t expect it, did you?
Let me tell you, my grandfather and my father are both practitioners of traditional medicine, so of course I have to study it too.”
Seeing Sophia’s proud look, Peter also laughed, remembering that her father was indeed a doctor of traditional medicine.
“Sophia, who is this?”
A handsome male student suddenly asked.
“Jalen, this is Peter, my high school classmate.”
The handsome male student looked at Peter with a wary gaze and relaxed when he saw Peter’s outfit.
He showed a faint smile and said, “Nice to meet you, I’m in the same class as Sophia, and I am the vice president of the student union.
Would you mind telling me which school you are studying at, Peter?”
Noticing the change in Jalen’s expression and looking at Sophia, who was even more beautiful now, Peter gained some enlightenment.
“Haha, today I’ve spent some time in the market, and have you guys gained anything?” An elderly man with a scholarly air asked with a smile.
At this moment, Sophia’s classmates entered the restaurant.
Listening to the students eagerly reporting their findings to their teacher, Peter couldn’t help but feel envious.
He was reminded of his time at school and couldn’t help but sigh.
If it weren’t for that incident, he might now be a college student too.
Glancing at Sophia, Peter guessed that she should be a third-year college student now.
Being able to go to college was a happy thing, but unfortunately, such a happy life was impossible for himself.
“Peter, a few days ago, I got calls from several of our old classmates.
They mentioned you, and everyone said they hadn’t seen you.
Give me your phone number, so we can call you when we have a reunion.”
Peter had no choice but to give his mobile number to Sophia.
Seeing Sophia constantly talking to Peter, Jalen frowned and suddenly said loudly, “Peter, are you working here?”
His voice was loud enough to be heard by everyone, and all the people who were talking turned their eyes to Peter.
Exactly the response Jalen wanted, he introduced Peter to the other classmates with a smile: “Fellow students, this is Peter, an old classmate of Sophia.
Isn’t it amazing that we met here unexpectedly?”
When he spoke, Jalen also looked Peter up and down and asked, “Peter, are you working here?”
“No, I’ve contracted some land, and I came to see what herbal medicine I can plant.
I plan to buy some and plant them.”
“Contracted some land?” Jalen looked Peter up and down again and smiled.
“You’re from the countryside?”
Peter nodded and said, “Sophia knows, I’m from a farming family.
Now, I’ve contracted a piece of wasteland in the village.
I came here to see if I can plant some herbal medicine.”
“Do you know how to grow herbal medicine?”
“I will learn, it shouldn’t be difficult.”
Jalen laughed and said, “Farmers nowadays are really awesome.
They want to plant herbal medicine as if it’s no big deal.
I do know that some herbal medicines are very valuable, and you can try planting them.”
I didn’t know what to plant.”
Jalen laughed first and said, “It’s hilarious.
Don’t you know that cordyceps cannot be cultivated?
It is a fungus that parasitizes the caterpillar of a moth, and the fungus develops into a caterpillar-fungus product under specific environmental conditions.
The conditions required for cordyceps are very stringent and cannot be artificially replicated.
To date, no one has been able to successfully cultivated cordyceps.
Many people now use various insect pupae and some fungi to produce something that looks like cordyceps, but it is not the real thing.
Its medicinal value and nutritional value have nothing to do with real cordyceps.
Even 90% of the cordyceps sold in the market is fake because the actual yield of cordyceps is minimal.
As soon as they are unearthed, they are bought up, and only a few reach the market.
Even the ones sold in branded stores are not entirely genuine.
You don’t even know some basic common sense, and yet you want to plant herbal medicine.
I wonder how much money you can earn from it?”
Peter nodded and said, “You’re very knowledgeable.
Thank you for your enlightenment!”
Jalen originally wanted to mock Peter, but he hadn’t expected Peter to praise him instead.
He suddenly felt awkward, as if his punch had not hit anything.
“Peter, take it slow; don’t try to do everything too quickly.”
Sophia apparently knew Peter’s family situation and thought that Peter might have just been released from prison and didn’t know the situation yet.
He must have borrowed money to start something, and she felt she needed to give him some advice.
Peter said, “Well, I’m just looking for now.”
“How about you join us and take a look together?
We can give you some suggestions if needed.”
Sophia was also very enthusiastic.