Li Xiaochuan returns to Shiling Village, purchasing qualified fresh tea leaves at twelve yuan while bearing the risks of tea harvesting, transportation, and processing. Gao Wanshan agitates the tea farmers to wait for a typhoon to drive up market prices, rising from fourteen to twenty yuan and twenty cents. However, the buds and leaves continue to grow, the wind and rain arrive early, and labor, vehicles, and processing points all become bottlenecks. Gao Wanshan sells his own first at thirteen yuan and fifty fen, yet persuades others to keep waiting. Ultimately, a large batch of fresh tea leaves drops in grade, sold cheaply at eight yuan and five yuan. Li Xiaochuan takes the lead in building a fresh leaf distribution center, establishing rules for record-keeping, punctuality, and grading, allowing tea farmers to sell the appropriate buds and leaves at the appropriate time.