Chapter 189 A Strange Stone
Haru was a little anxious when he was called over.
As soon as he saw Fu Zhaoning, he didn't bother to say anything else, and just said, "Miss, they took your things and want to pawn them!"
Fu Zhaoning was stunned for a moment.
"My what?"
She didn't even know what she had that could be pawned by those people.
"It was a stone that was buried in the garden. I saw the Third Master find a few people to move the stone away. He was very happy and came back to tell the Third Madam that the stone could be sold for a good price. He also said that he could take them out to live for a few days."
Chunzheng and several others entered the Fu family. Dongshi was responsible for taking care of Helian Fei, Chen Shan followed Fu Zhaoning to drive the carriage, Qiu Sheng and Xinggu were busy at home, and one of them opened a small vegetable plot in the corner of the yard, saying that he could grow some vegetables and beans, and raise a few chickens.
A tailor, Chunzheng was still making clothes for the old man, Helianfei, Fu Zhaoning and others. He felt that he was of no great use and was a little anxious.
So when he heard that the people from other rooms were not on good terms with Fu Zhaoning and the others, he took the initiative to keep a closer eye on them.
Maybe it was because they felt that he had just entered the Fu family and didn't know anything yet, so sometimes he pretended to be lost wandering in the garden, and no one else paid much attention.
Chunzheng looks a little silly.
But it was also because of this that he discovered what the second and third rooms had done.
"What stone?"
Fu Zhaoning didn't understand.
"It's at the east corner of the front yard. Isn't there a tall osmanthus tree there? There used to be a stone under the tree, but they moved it away."
Chunzheng actually didn't quite understand what was so valuable about a piece of stone.
"I heard that some wealthy families would collect some strangely shaped stones in their yards and place them in the garden as a landscape, but I don't think that stone is anything special, it's just gray."
Chunzheng was a little anxious. "But, could it be that I was born in a poor family and have never seen any good things, and I don't know how to appreciate them? Miss, they just left last night, and they said they had an appointment with a master to do business this afternoon. If you rush now, you still have time."
He went to ask Uncle Zhong, and he was told that the stone had always been in the Fu family's garden, so it was the Fu family's stone. It was not obtained after the second and third family members moved in. So they had no right to sell the stone.
Chun Zheng felt that as a servant bought by Fu Zhaoning, he had the responsibility to help his master take care of the things in the house.
He was still struggling before. It was just a piece of stone. Should he come over and tell Fu Zhaoning about it? Would Fu Zhaoning laugh at him?
But Xiao Tao happened to go to him and said that the young lady had something to ask him, so he immediately made up his mind and hurried over to tell her.
"Where are they going then?"
"They said they were going to the eastern outskirts of the city. There was a mountain there, and at the foot of the mountain was a large field and some farms."
Chunzheng was a little embarrassed, "But I didn't hear which farm they were going to, because there are many properties of masters and wives, and many masters' families there."
Fu Zhaoning thought of Fang Shiqing.
Isn’t Mr. Fang, Fang Dafu, right over there?
He had quite a few fields there.
I heard that the harvest from the fields was quite good this year, so Mr. Fang became richer. Otherwise, Fang Shiqing would not have gone to the poetry competition and hunting competition in Chaoyun Mountain this time.
Because the family was wealthy, Mr. Fang wanted to help his daughter enter the circle of noble ladies, so he made her many new clothes and bought her a lot of jewelry.
Fang Shiqing said that her father also prepared many small gifts for her, asking her to use them to entertain those rich ladies and give them more gifts so that she could make friends.
"Stone?"
Fu Zhaoning pondered.
What was so special about the stone at the corner of the front yard? She had never paid attention to what the stone looked like.
"Yes, it's really just a piece of stone. The stone looks like it weighs dozens of kilograms," said Chunzheng.
"Go and have a look."
Fu Zhaoning went to the osmanthus tree in the front yard, and sure enough, there was a trace there. It could be seen that there had been a stone there for many years. Now that it had been moved away, there was still a shallow pit left, and the soil underneath looked newer and had no traces of grass or moss.
She went back and asked Old Master Fu.
Old Master Fu thought for a moment and patted his thigh, "That stone? Your parents brought it back from their travels."
Fu Zhaoning was stunned for a moment.
"I laughed at them at that time. Why did they just bring back a big rock after going out? Your father said your mother liked the rock very much. It didn't get in the way anyway. The house was so big, so they could just put it anywhere in the garden. After that, the rock was left there and no one paid any attention to it."
Now Fu Zhaoning would no longer think that Fu Er, Fu San and the others were just moving some stones for fun.
Chunzheng was not wrong, they must have really moved the stone away and sold it.
Could it be ore?
Originally, she didn't want to alarm those families and was thinking of keeping quiet, but now that this incident had happened, she decided to go find them.
Since we can't say anything about Fu Si, we can always use stones to make some trouble.
"I'm going to get that stone back."
"Zhaoning, it's just a piece of stone. I'm afraid you'll get hurt." Old Master Fu was afraid that Fu Er and Fu San had already found a buyer. If the buyer was someone important or was a rude and unreasonable person, Fu Zhaoning would get hurt if he chased after him.
He is very worried.
"Or you can take Zhong Jian and the others with you."
Zhong Jian glanced at Fu Zhaoning from outside.
Now that the Fu family has a few more servants, he doesn't know how long he will have to protect Old Master Fu here.
"No, Grandfather, Zhong Jian will stay here."
Fu Zhaoning is now on guard against Fu Si and his wife.
"I'll take Chen Shan and Chun Zheng Qiu Sheng with me."
Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Old Master Fu could only remind her to be careful.
After Fu Zhaoning went out, he called Zhong Jian aside.
"What I am most wary of now is Fu Si and Zhong Jian. Once I have found out the details of Fu Si and his wife, and my grandfather is in better health, you can return to Prince Juan's Mansion."
Fu Zhaoning knew that he couldn't keep Zhong Jian forever.
He is actually a member of the Fu family.
Xiao Lanyuan should also need Zhong Jian.
"I will take good care of the house." Zhong Jian thought for a moment and called a guard. "But Miss, you should bring Eleven with you. The servants around you don't know martial arts, so they may not be able to help you if something happens."
Eleven has been staying with Zhong Jian at the Fu family all this time. Fu Zhaoning nodded and agreed.
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