I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 313 - 288: Night Visit to Qiong Bamboo Temple 2

"We are five brothers, I’m Zhao Dahu, and next is Zhao Wuhu." Zhao Dahu pointed to the youngest beside him.

Xie Yunhai and Jiang Ming’an exchanged a glance: Five Tiger Generals indeed!

The brothers’ order could be distinguished from their faces, and they confirmed that the pig farm on Laojun Mountain was indeed managed by the Zhao Family Five Tigers, truly bold.

But then again, such boldness is needed to grow as strong as the Zhao Family Five Tigers.

Zhao Dahu had already accepted the drink by now, sniffed it, and the aroma was even richer. At that moment, he changed his mind, signaling his brothers with his eyes, and the other four brothers received the signal and made way in unison.

Only then did the tension in Xie Yunhai’s heart ease. For them, who engage in shady dealings, it’s best not to offend anyone when there’s no benefit.

"Thank you! Thank you! Brothers, I have some business today, so I won’t accompany you. I’ll definitely visit another day. Zhao, you are a brother I’ve decided to make, but I wonder how I can find you then?"

Zhao Dahu stared deeply at the smiling man in front of him, thinking to himself how skilled he was at acting. But if you want to continue, I won’t grant you your wish.

While Zhao Dahu was sizing up Xie Yunhai, Xie Yunhai was doing the same.

Ha! Just from those eyes, he dared to assert that the Zhao Family Five Tigers were not simple. Huang Mao was still too inexperienced.

Originally, he thought Zhao Dahu would make up an address for laughs and then they’d part ways. Unexpectedly, Boss Zhao suddenly said, "You don’t already know where I live? Didn’t that Huang Mao brother of yours slip in and ripened all the melons?"

"Cough cough..." Xie Yunhai immediately choked on his own saliva. Damn, he lost this round. They were indeed here to intercept him tonight, not just confront them.

Within a second, Xie Yunhai switched gears, "Haha... it’s a misunderstanding! Just a misunderstanding!" He then suddenly drew close to Boss Zhao, speaking quietly enough for only the two of them to hear: "I just want to collaborate with capable people. Your pig farm must need plenty of feed, right?"

After saying that, he backed off two steps and waved with a smile, "I really have business to attend to, so I’ll be on my way first."

Once he was far away, the hot-tempered Zhao Santu couldn’t help but get anxious, "Big brother, why let them go like this? Weren’t we supposed to deal with them hard, make them submit so we can use them... no, make us money?"

Boss Zhao responded slowly, "San Hu, I’m afraid he can’t be swayed."

"What?" Zhao Santu still wanted to argue that a good beating will eventually make him submit, after all, Zhao Family Village is under their control. But he was held back by the fourth sibling beside him.

Zhao Wuhu, cautious yet attentive, asked, "Big brother, what did Xie Yunhai just say to you?"

If Xie Yunhai were still there to hear Five Tiger Generals call his real name, he probably wouldn’t sleep well for a month.

Zhao Dahu didn’t answer directly but asked instead, "You all should know how much we spend on pig feed daily, right?"

Zhao Santu: "Sure we do! Our family went from fourteen pigs initially to three hundred now. At first, if we worked hard ourselves, we could manage with the time apart from labor. As the number of pigs grew, we couldn’t sustain them on our own, so we had to buy from villagers quietly.

Sigh! It only got worse from there, later we even bought the whole village’s straw, corn leaves, rice bran, and whatever pigs could eat. But it wasn’t enough, so big brother took us to neighboring villages to secretly purchase more. However, crop yields vary, and in bad years, farmers wouldn’t sell even rice bran and straw were their food. Now, every month we’re anxious about where next month’s feed will come from. Prices are rising, pigs aren’t eating enough, costs are growing—if it continues like this, we can’t keep the farm running."

Oh! So Santu is not a brainless person.

"Third brother, don’t talk nonsense!"

Zhao Dahu stopped him, "What San Hu says is true. Besides, large feed purchases risk exposing us, and for the past two months, I’ve been contemplating if we should disband the farm."

"No, big brother!"

"Yeah, big brother, we’ve worked so hard to get here, and for several years we’ve finally been eating our fill. I’m not willing to give up."

"I’m not willing either, so that person named Xie might have a solution."

The other four looked at each other, "So that’s why big brother let him go?"

Zhao Dahu: "That kid already knows about our pig farm. If he was malicious, we would’ve been in trouble long ago. I see potential in him, why not meet up and talk? Besides, don’t you want to drink?"