Just as Su Yue stepped into the house, a stick just brushed past her face and flew behind her, hitting the door with a bang, and then she heard Yun's mother cursing.
"Mother Yun, I'm not being lazy. I've been collecting firewood in the mountains." She swiftly dragged a bundle of firewood from the door to prove that what she said was true.
"Bah, you collect firewood every day and the kitchen is filled with it. I think you, a little bitch, want to burn down the house." Obviously, the reason for collecting firewood was no longer valid.
So Su Yue spread out her right hand, revealing two copper coins. When the old woman saw the money, her eyes lit up. Without waiting for her to say anything, she ran over and grabbed the money in her hand.
"Where did you get the money?"
"When I went up the mountain to collect firewood, I saw some grass that looked different from the others, so I picked some and asked Doctor Wang about it. Doctor Wang said it was herbal medicine and gave me two cents to buy it." This was the excuse she had thought of early in the morning.
"You are lucky. Do you still have the herbs? If you do, pick them all and send them to Doctor Wang." Yun Ma stuffed the two coins into her arms like a treasure. Then, as if she remembered something, she asked her viciously, "Did you embezzle them?"
Apparently Su Yue had thought of this a long time ago. She curled her lips as if she was afraid of her expression: "Mother Yun, I haven't taken a penny. If you don't believe me, go ask Doctor Wang."
Yun Ma was very satisfied with her reaction and nodded. "I don't think you, a little bitch, would dare to do that. I'll ask Doctor Wang in a few days. If you dare to lie to me, I'll break your dog legs."
After saying that, he ignored Su Yue and turned around to scold Gu: "Are you blind? Can't you see that it's almost dark? Don't you want to collect the clothes?"
Hearing her mother being scolded, a trace of murderous intent flashed in Su Yue's eyes. When she found the Mandragora flower, all three of them would die!
Now they all moved to Zhang Dong's room to eat, because before when she brought food to him, Zhang Dong broke two bowls. Yun's mother felt really bad, so she decided to go eat together.
When they finished eating, there were still the familiar few leftovers. After eating calmly, she pulled Yun Ma and said, "Yun Ma, mother knows about herbs, but I don't."
"What does your mother's knowledge of herbs have to do with me?" The old woman obviously didn't understand what she said.
"Have you forgotten the two cents you earned during the day? From now on, my mother and I will go up the mountain. My mother knows about herbs and I am agile. We can pick them and sell them to Doctor Wang. We won't have to worry about making money!" These words made the eyes of the three people present light up.
"Mom, this little bitch is right." Zhang Dong is also a money-grubber. When he heard that he could make money, he wished that the mother and daughter could go out every day.
When Mrs. Gu heard her daughter say this, she looked up and was about to say something, but she met her daughter's eyes, and her daughter gently shook her head at her, indicating that she should not say anything.
My mother doesn't know about herbs, but she does. But when I go out every day, my mother has to do all the heavy work at home, and she gets beaten and scolded at every turn.
In addition, seeing that Zhang Dong's health was getting better and better, and he began to glance at her mother with obscene eyes every day, she had to keep her mother by her side.
"Then my mother and I will go up the mountain early tomorrow and try to collect more herbs." After telling them, she and her mother were busy for a while before returning to the room, where they heard a familiar snoring sound coming from next door.
"Mom, look what this is?" Su Yue took out the lotus cake she had bought during the day as if she was presenting a treasure.
When I opened it, I found that the pastry was basically broken because I had not dared to take it out and was doing housework.
"Is it hibiscus cake? Yue'er is thoughtful. Mother likes it very much." Looking at her daughter's lost face, Gu picked up a small piece and put it in her mouth.
"It's delicious, better than the hibiscus cakes my mother had before." The hibiscus cakes here are definitely not as good as those sold in the imperial city. They are a bit greasy due to their sweetness, but compared with the leftover rice and soup every day, they are really delicious.
"Really?" Seeing her mother eating a small piece of the cake, which seemed to be really delicious, she felt happy as she thought it was worth the high price she spent on it.
"Really, mother never lies to Yue'er." Gu gently stroked her daughter's hair, her eyes full of love.
"Come, let's eat it together."
After the mother and daughter divided the cakes, they drank some water from the only broken teacup they had. They were both more satisfied than ever before.
"By the way, Yue'er, you just said that I know herbs..." Gu thought of what happened during the meal and became worried.
"It's okay, mother. I just feel uneasy about you staying in this house alone, so I wanted to find a reason to take you away with me." She did not hide anything and told him her plan openly.
"Yuer feels sorry for her mother, and she can feel it, but she really doesn't know any herbs." She thought that if Yun's mother saw through her daughter's lies, she might be beaten again.
"Mother, I know."
"You..." Gu was surprised when she saw that her serious look didn't seem to indicate she was lying. My daughter has been by my side since she was a child. As a mother, I know her weight better than anyone else. How could she know herbs?
"Mom, there are many things I can't explain to you, but my daughter will always be your daughter." Su Yue gently took her mother's hand and gave her a reassuring look.
Seeing that her daughter seemed like a different person during this period, Mrs. Gu finally came to terms with it. Now her daughter is sensible, considerate, and willing to learn to read with her, which is already very, very good.
What was she still doubting? Everyone had their own secrets. Maybe her daughter had some adventure.
The mother and daughter lay on the small broken bed and slept soundly.
The next morning, at daybreak, she called her mother to get up and left the house early. On the way up the mountain, she spent a penny to buy two hot buns. After eating the hot buns, she had the strength to walk.
Because I agreed with Yun's mother that in order not to delay collecting herbs to make money, they don't need to worry about collecting firewood, they just need to focus on collecting herbs.
Datura flowers like warm, humid and sunny places. Su Yue has been wandering on such hillsides recently.
When they arrived at the destination, she let her mother sit down and rest while she searched by herself.
The Nine Lives Resurrection Herb was picked nearby, and there was still a lot of it there. She was not worried about the herbs today at all.
The most important thing at the moment is to find the mandala.
"Yuer, what are you looking for? Mother can help you find it." Gu sat on a large rock nearby, feeling sorry for her daughter walking around looking for something.
"Mandragora." She didn't want to hide it from her mother.
Mrs. Gu was obviously shocked. Although she didn't understand medicine, she knew that Datura was highly poisonous.
"Mom, you're right. I just want to use it to deal with Yunma's family who should have died long ago!" Su Yue looked up, with undisguised hatred in his eyes.
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