Chapter 159 Mushroom Picking

Yu Chunman didn't expect Su Zhizhi to say that, and waved at her with a smile:

"Come closer and I'll tie your hair back together."

As Su Zhizhi chatted with everyone, she started talking about things in the village.

The doctors asked Su Zhizhi and Xue Che to talk about Yu Rubai's condition:

"Xiaobai has been in your village for so many years. Has any girl taken a fancy to him? Is he considered good-looking in your village?"

Su Zhizhi bit the hawthorn and said:

"The most handsome man in our village is my dad. He's the most handsome man in the world. Doctor Yu in our village, well... he's second best, I guess. He's also very handsome."

"Before, in our village, apart from Sister Hua, there were no girls around Doctor Yu's age. Now, there are many sisters, but Doctor Yu doesn't talk to them except when they come to see a doctor."

Yu Chunman caught the key words in Su Zhizhi's words:

"Sister Hua? What's that girl's name?"

Su Zhizhi: "Well, Sister Hua is about the same age as Doctor Yu. People in our village call her Hua Er Niang. Sister Hua is so amazing. Sometimes even Doctor Yu can't detoxify the poisons she makes."

The doctors, young and old, gathered around the room, all looked at each other in surprise and excitement, their eyes ablaze with gossip.

"Tell me, do Xiaobai and Hua Erniang usually have contact?"

Xue Che: "When Doctor Yu went to collect herbs, he would happen to run into Sister Hua who was picking mushrooms. Other than that, they didn't meet much."

Su Zhizhi: "Doctor Yu and Sister Hua always quarrel, and Doctor Yu blushes when they quarrel."

Yu Chunman: "What are they arguing about?"

Su Zhizhi dug out some fragments from her mind:

"It seems like... when we were collecting herbs, Doctor Yu said it was effective, but Sister Hua didn't believe it. Doctor Yu said it really was effective, but Sister Hua said she had to try it to know..."

Everyone: ...Huh?!

"Doctor Yu asked Sister Hua how to detoxify, and Sister Hua said she needed benefits... Then Doctor Yu seemed to be so angry that his face turned red, and he went back angrily."

"Before we came to the northwest, the villagers asked how the quarrel was going, and Sister Hua said she hadn't succeeded yet..."

Su Zhizhi felt a little dizzy when she talked about it, but she just said whatever she thought of it.

Xue Che added, "Once, villains came to our village, and Doctor Yu used a hidden arrow to kill one of the villains who attacked Sister Hua."

The doctors in the room's eyes lit up as they listened.

OK, OK.

There is drama.

Xiaobai has always had a deadpan expression on his face since he was young. When he fought with his seniors and juniors as a child, he never got angry or blushed.

Even when he received praise from the elders, he never laughed out loud with joy.

It's obviously abnormal to be able to blush because of a few words from others.

And as for Hua Erniang, if she is the girl who left the Five Poison Valley ten years ago, then this matter will be even more certain, because they are fellow villagers!

Yu Chunman winked and smiled, then poured two more drinks for Su Zhizhi and Xue Che:

"Come on, come on, if you have anything else, continue."

"What kind of girl is Hua Erniang?"

Su Zhizhi thought for a moment and said, "Sister Hua is very good. Not only can she make poison, but she can also pick mushrooms. Everyone says that Doctor Yu is the mushroom that Sister Hua wants to pick into her basket."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Hahaha little white mushroom..."

“Haha, that’s so funny…”

There was a burst of laughter in the room.

Everyone thought of Yu Rubai's cold and silent personality since childhood, and the fact that he wore white clothes every day. Isn't he just a white mushroom that doesn't speak a word?

When the winter gets warmer, all the light and shadows cast on the ground become clear and distinct.

A figure moved to the door, followed by a cold voice:

"What mushrooms?"

The room suddenly became quiet.

All those who were laughing seemed to have their throats suddenly strangled, and their laughter was stuck in their throats.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, and they twisted their stiff necks to look outside.

Yu Rubai, dressed in white and with a handsome face, walked in.

The group of people who were laughing so hard just now began to look around and pretend nothing happened.

Su Zhizhi and Xue Che shouted:

"Doctor Yu!"

Su Zhizhi said: "Doctor Yu, we were just talking about—"

"Xiaobai, we were talking about wanting to eat stewed mushrooms." Yu Chunman took over the conversation and then naturally changed the subject and asked, "You used to take three days to leave the Medical Book Pavilion, how come you came out in two days this time?"

Yu Rubai said briefly:

"I saw it quickly this time."

Yu Rubai looked away when he said this.

He didn't actually read quickly, but he didn't read at all.

In the medical book cabinet, he sat there for two days holding the book, without even turning the pages.

The junior fellow student who went to the Medical Book Pavilion to deliver food saw that he was still stuck on the page he was reading yesterday, and thought that he had encountered some difficult problem.

He did encounter difficulties.

The names of medicinal herbs and diseases in the medical books mixed into a messy mess in his eyes.

He tried to find the starting point of the thread, and all that came to his mind were the words of his uncles.

They said Hua Qianjiao left the valley on her own initiative.

They said Hua Qianjiao had taken the poison that would eat away the heart of thousands of insects.

They say...

How is that possible?

Hua Qianjiao clearly seemed so relaxed when she talked about leaving the valley.

She said that her father was the master of the valley and he couldn't bear to punish her.

Hua Qianjiao always acted unruly in front of him and had a bad temper. She always snatched medicinal materials from him, spoke to him in a frivolous manner, and even touched him.

He couldn't imagine how someone like her could have traveled thousands of miles from north to south alone after being poisoned and tortured...

After they met in the martial arts world, Hua Qianjiao has been with him ever since, and they even went to the Black Bandit Mountain together.

Hua Qianjiao said that she made poison every day and was afraid that she would poison herself to death one day. If she stayed with him, at least he could save her.

Come to think of it, they really have known each other for many years.

We met when we were young, and after we grew up, we lived in Black Bandit Mountain for eight years. We saw each other every day.

Why did she leave the valley? Why did she stay in Black Bandit Mountain?

Yu Rubai held the book in his hand tighter and tighter.

Before he tore the book in his hand, Yu Rubai walked out of the Medical Book Pavilion.

As soon as he came out, he heard that Hao Ren and his group had come to see him.

Yu Rubai wanted to ask Hua Qianjiao in person what had happened.

But after walking around the valley, he didn't see Hua Qianjiao.

"Zhizhi, Ache, how many of you came?" Yu Rubai asked.

Su Zhizhi: "There are eight of us. Sister Hua has gone home too. We will pick you up first, and then pick up Sister Hua."

Yu Rubai hesitated for a moment, but still asked:

"When did she go back?"

Su Zhizhi: "A few days ago."

Yu Rubai: "How many days?"

Su Zhizhi couldn't remember, so Xue Che calculated: "About five or six days."

Yu Rubai sat for a while, then suddenly said:

"I haven't found the Tianshan Snow Lotus yet, so go get her first."

Yu Chunman interrupted the conversation: "It's time to eat. We can discuss any plans after dinner."

Su Zhizhi softly asked a young disciple of the Divine Doctor Valley beside her:

"What is the Tianshan Snow Lotus? Does it grow on a mountain as high as the sky? Is it a lotus made of snow?"

The disciple poked the small bud on Su Zhizhi's head with his finger:

"It's a very difficult medicinal herb to collect. I've never seen it before. It's said to grow on snowy mountains and has the power to bring the dead back to life."

Su Zhizhi muttered, "I wonder if it's harder than iron ore."

By the time we finished eating, it was already dark.

When Yu Rubai was about to discuss with Hao Ren, Yu Renxin, Yu Changsheng, Yu Weiwen and others arrived.

"Xiaobai, your master needs you to deliver a letter to the Five Poison Valley. This matter is urgent and concerns both factions."

Yu Renxin's expression was serious.

Yu Rubai: "What happened?"

Yu Weiwen acted like an elder:

"This matter is confidential. It's not the time for you youngsters to know about it yet."

Yu Changsheng also shook his white beard and said:

"Aren't you looking for the Tianshan Snow Lotus to make up for your regrets from the past? You can't just look in our area, you should also go to the Five Poison Valley and try some."