Chapter 211: Debt Collector
The location Fu Zhaoning calculated was quite far from the village at the foot of the mountain.
Grandma Wang said that Uncle Wang had been doing farm work all his life, so he was nimble and skillful, and he often went into the mountains, so he was familiar with them and could walk faster than others on mountain roads.
When she reached the distance she had estimated, she saw a dense forest.
"These trees are growing so lush." Fu Zhaoning was surprised.
But Mr. Ji's eyes lit up.
"Disciple, let me tell you, places like this usually have a lot of medicinal herbs, probably more than just the bitter vine."
They all came with medicine baskets on their backs and were not prepared to go down the mountain empty-handed.
Fu Zhaoning asked Chen Shan and a few others to follow him up the mountain. Each of them carried a basket, but they were afraid of following too closely, so they followed from a distance.
Fu Zhaoning left a mark from time to time.
"Master, why don't you just look around here on the outside, and I'll go in and look for it."
Fu Zhaoning was afraid that Mr. Ji would be tired.
"No need, I just need to take a rest, you take a look first." Old Ji found a place nearby and sat down, he hissed secretly and pounded his legs.
I'm really tired. My legs are about to break.
This damn girl walked so fast.
Fu Zhaoning had noticed his movements out of the corner of her eye. Feeling a little guilty, she immediately took out her homemade activating oil from the medicine store and handed it to him.
"Master, rub your knees with this medicinal oil first. The joints will warm up and quickly eliminate fatigue and soreness. I'll go in and take a look first."
"No, my legs don't hurt."
Before Mr. Ji finished speaking, Fu Zhaoning said, "I made this medicinal oil myself. I plan to sell it for fifty taels per bottle."
"Fifty taels?!" Old Ji quickly snatched the medicine away, "You are so evil-minded."
So expensive!
That must have been effective.
Fu Zhaoning smiled and said, "I haven't tried it on anyone else yet, Master, just treat it as a test of the efficacy of the medicine for me."
"Okay, okay, I'll help you try and tell you how it feels then." Ji Lao waved his hand, "You go and take a look first. Don't run too far alone. When Chen Shan and the others arrive, I'll let them go in to look for you."
Fu Zhaoning sprinkled some insect and snake repellent powder around him, and then entered the dense forest alone.
Mr. Ji looked at her back, his eyes a little hot.
This girl is pretty good. She obviously guessed that he was tired and needed to rest for a while, so she sprinkled the powder on him.
As soon as Fu Zhaoning entered the forest, he felt the humid air inside.
She even saw mosses growing on many of the tree trunks around her. A little further in, she saw a fallen tree with traces of fungus being harvested, and a few small fungus flowers were still left on it.
Now she knew why Mr. Wang went into the mountains at such an old age. He went into the mountains to pick mountain products, which he could not only eat himself but also dry and sell in the city.
She walked a little further inside.
The ground in this forest is not very flat, and there is a certain slope overall.
"Ms. Fu."
Situ Bai's voice came from the front.
Fu Zhaoning stopped and saw Situ Bai sitting on a bent tree in front of him.
There was also a backpack next to him.
Even when he went up the mountain and into the forest, he was still wearing a moonlight-white robe, with flowing black hair and a jade-like face. Sitting in the forest with dark green and retro tones, he seemed a little unreal.
The young master seemed to have walked out of a dream.
"Master Situ is quite fast."
Fu Zhaoning didn't expect that he would run ahead of him.
"I used Qinggong." Situ Bai laughed helplessly, "To catch up with you."
This statement always sounded like a double entendre, but Fu Zhaoning chose to ignore it.
"Didn't you bring A Pian with you?" Fu Zhaoning looked around and didn't see the boy who had always disliked her.
"A Pian may have caught a cold last night. He got a headache halfway through the journey, so I asked him to go back."
"oh."
Situ Bai looked at her, "We together?"
"Together?"
"Let's find the bitter vine together. I want to tell you something." Situ Bai jumped down from the tree, took something out of his arms, and walked in front of Fu Zhaoning.
"You speak first."
Fu Zhaoning had no intention of going with Situ Bai to look for the bitter vine, but she had to listen to what he said to her.
Situ Bai stretched out his hand in front of her, and in his palm was a longevity lock made of gold and inlaid with white jade. It was very delicate and exquisite, and tied with a braided red rope.
The lock is very small, and you can only see the meticulous workmanship and craftsmanship when you get close to it. It is definitely not something you just buy from a jewelry store.
However, this looks like it should be worn by a child.
"This is?"
Fu Zhaoning didn't quite understand what he meant.
"This lock was actually sent to the Fu family in Beijing by someone."
Situ Bai gently opened the lock, and there was a word engraved inside: Ning.
Fu Zhaoning was stunned.
"At that time, someone came to Tongfu Pharmacy to ask for medicine. It seemed urgent, but those medicinal materials were not cheap." Situ Bai said as he gave her the lock and motioned for her to go inside.
Fu Zhaoning looked at the lock in his hand and the word "Ning" (Ning), his head buzzing.
Why did she feel that the word "Ning" was a bit similar to her father's handwriting?
The Fu family also has some things left by Young Master Fu, such as poems, engraved seals and so on. She has seen them before, and this character "Ning" really looks like it.
"Then what?"
Situ Bai took a look at her expression and continued, "The man was penniless at the time, but he was desperate for the herbs. He said he had already asked all the pharmacies and clinics, but they either didn't have the herbs or were unwilling to sell them to him on credit. The owner of our pharmacy was going to chase him away, but I happened to be on my way to inspect the shops and ran into him."
"man?"
"Yes, a thin man with a beard covering his face. He saw me, took out this lock, and said that I would have a chance to inspect the shops in the capital. Then I could take this lock to the Fu family in the capital and ask for the money for the medicine back."
puff.
Fu Zhaoning never expected that this lock had this meaning!
Are you here to collect a debt?
Did she misunderstand Situ Bai? Did she express her feelings to the wrong person? Was he not trying to get her into trouble, but was he here to collect a debt?
"So, you checked it out and it's my house?"
Situ Bai smiled bitterly.
"There is a Ning character on this lock. Beijing, Fu family. I have asked around these days and it is true that only your family fits the bill."
Originally, he was thinking of coming here to ask for the money for the medicine.
However, he had never expected to meet such a Miss Fu. Now he no longer wanted to collect the debt. After all, if the debt was paid off, there might be nothing to bind him and her.
"He was going to give you this longevity lock for your second birthday, but he didn't have time to give it to you."
"When did it happen?" Fu Zhaoning asked.
She had a lot of curse words in her mind but she didn't know whether she should say them or not!
So her parents not only left behind an "enemy" like Xiao Lanyuan, but also left her and her grandfather with a debt? !
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