Chapter 210 She is really not short of money...

The roots of this wild ginseng are very intact, with almost no broken roots visible. Although it does not weigh more than three taels, two taels is definitely enough.

If you were to buy something of this quality and weight in a pharmacy, you might not even be able to get it for a hundred bucks!

How could Xia Juanjuan, who was able to dig up whole wild ginseng, mistake ginseng slices for licorice slices?

Mr. Fu and Fu Weixin also knew that ginseng was very valuable, so they couldn't help but look at each other. Then, Fu Weixin took the wooden box, closed it, and returned it to Lizhan.

"Didn't I tell you not to waste money? You should return this ginseng to the pharmacy where you bought it. Look at what you can do! You even learned how to give gifts from others? Where did you learn this bad habit?"

Fu Weixin looked quite serious.

Grandpa Fu also glanced at Lizhan and Xia Juanjuan, and sighed, "Lizhan and Juanjuan, I know you are filial. But if you really want to, you can come to my house more often to see me, an old man. This kind of false courtesy is not tolerated in my family!"

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

Li Zhan: "..."

Fu Nanzheng: “…”

Fu Qingye upstairs was quite gloating over the misfortune.

Humph! You picked it from the mountain yourself? Do you think wild ginseng is some cheap thing? You can just pick it whenever you want?

Most likely he bought it at the drugstore, trying to curry favor with the Fu family with a pretentious attitude!

Does Lizhan need to be flattered? Of course not!

So, this was all Xia Juanjuan’s bad idea!

Now, Xia Juanjuan's status in the eyes of Mr. Fu and Fu Weixin must have plummeted, and she has been turned into a worldly villain who loves to flatter and corrupt them with sugar-coated bullets!

You deserve it!

Xia Juanjuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Although these were not really picked from the deep mountains, they were grown and prepared by her own in her space.

How can it be bought from a drugstore?

However, she was not familiar with the Fu family, so she hesitated as to whether she should open her mouth to explain. Even if she explained, would others believe her?

Li Zhan grabbed her hand and said with a smile: "Grandpa, Uncle Fu, you really misunderstood. If we bought this at the drugstore, we would not dare to take it out, otherwise it would sully the reputation of Grandpa and Uncle Fu. I have been a good person for so many years, don't you believe me? This is really what my wife brought back from the mountains."

Fu Nanzheng also laughed and said, "Yes, Grandpa, Dad, you are mistaking it. For example, what is not fixed and rationed now? Wild ginseng is indeed delivered from Changbai Mountain regularly, but each time there are only four or five ginsengs, or two or three ginsengs, and they are all three to five years old. How can they compare to Juanjuan's? There are also records of which medicine store the wild ginseng was distributed to. If you don't believe me, I will go to the medicine store in a couple of days to check and I will know."

After hearing this, Mr. Fu and Fu Weixin thought about Lizhan's character and believed that he would not do such a wrong thing, so they dispelled their doubts.

“Did they really pick it from the mountain?”

Xia Juanjuan then smiled and said, "Yes. The resources in the deep mountains over there are not very abundant, but I was lucky enough to pick them. It really didn't cost me any money."

Master Fu nodded, still feeling quite happy, and said with a smile: "If that's the case, then just stay! It's rare to see Juanjuan's kindness."

Although no evidence has been found yet, it is very likely that this was given to him as a gift from his granddaughter, so there is no reason for him to refuse it!

Fu Weixin had a similar idea. A rare smile appeared on his usually serious face. He said, "Even if it was picked from the mountains, it's too dangerous for a girl like you to go deep into the mountains to dig ginseng. You can't go there again. If you are short of money, just tell your family..."

It is common in rural areas that people do not have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear. What can we do?

I can only find ways to make money to buy food and feed my family.

Lizhan also adopted his eldest brother's child. Together with his own three children, there are six kids to support in the family. It is normal that Lizhan's allowance is not enough.

Xia Juanjuan must have gone into the mountains specifically to dig ginseng so that she could sell it to supplement her family income.

Hence, Fu Weixin had the idea of ​​making up for her lack of money.

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

She's not short of money...

However, there was no need to argue about this, so he just agreed vaguely and left.

When Fu Qingye saw that in the end, Mr. Fu and Fu Weixin did not dislike Xia Juanjuan, but instead cared about her, she was so angry that she turned around, slammed the door and went back to her room.

Fu Nanzheng looked up at her door, then went to the kitchen and asked Sun Chunhua with a smile:

"Aunt Sun, I want to ask you something. Which pharmacy did you buy the ginseng in the chicken soup today? It's not cheap, and I'm afraid the money my dad gave you for buying vegetables is not enough."

Sun Chunhua looked a little unhappy, and hesitantly said, "It's... it's a drugstore not far from the street where the vegetable market is. I bought slices of ginseng, which are cheaper than the whole one. I have enough money!"

After hearing this, Fu Nanzheng knew that Sun Chunhua was lying.

Even ginseng slices are only sold in a few designated large pharmacies in the market. You definitely won’t find them in any pharmacy near the vegetable market.

But he didn't ask any more questions and just left.

Sun Chunhua breathed a sigh of relief. She also wanted to buy real ginseng as Fu Qingye suggested, but when she went to the pharmacy to ask, it was too expensive and she couldn't bear it.

A close friend of hers, who also came from the countryside and worked as a helper in a family in the compound, told her that she could buy some licorice tablets to make up the number, and she listened.

Anyway, what can a country girl know? How can she tell the difference?

Unexpectedly, Xia Juanjuan actually studied Chinese medicine! However... she also admitted that she was wrong, and Fu Nanzheng didn't say anything just now, so he probably didn't reveal anything...

No one bothered about Sun Chunhua's matter anymore - mainly because her mind was full of other things now. Even if the matter of using licorice slices as ginseng slices was exposed, it was just a trivial matter!

How come the country girl who came today looks... so much like... Fu Wenhui?

Could it be that...

That's impossible... Didn't I hear that the child was already dead?

Sun Chunhua couldn't sit still anymore, so she took off her apron and wanted to find Fu Weixin, wanting to take a few days off to go back to her hometown in the countryside.

But after thinking about it, he held back.

It's such a coincidence that she said she wanted to go back so suddenly. Let's talk about it in a few days!

Fu Nanzheng arrived at Fu Weixin's room, knocked on the door, and called out, "Dad."

Fu Weixin was packing to go to a meeting at the army, and after hearing this he let him in.

Fu Nanzheng closed the door and smiled, "Dad, let me tell you something. It's about the ginseng slices in the chicken soup at noon. Lizhan's wife was not mistaken. It was indeed licorice slices."

Fu Weixin, who was buttoning his collar, paused when he heard the words and turned around to look at Fu Nanzheng.

Fu Nanzheng guessed Fu Weixin's thoughts and said with a smile, "They themselves admitted that they were wrong. Isn't it because they are concerned about our family's reputation and don't want to embarrass us? But we can't be so confused."