Soon, Mo Qianshang stared dumbfounded at the empty kitchen and couldn't help but put her hand to her forehead.
If she remembered correctly, after they entered the mountain village and were assigned houses, the old people and women who had been taken captive by the village gave each of them some food.
How long has it been? How come there's not a single grain of food left!
After a few moments of reflection, Mo Qianchang suddenly felt relieved.
If you had a lazy bum like Liu Shouyi, no matter how much grain you had, it would all be squandered. Besides, a pound of coarse rice wouldn't be enough.
Fortunately, she carried the online store with her. Right now, Madam Yao was resting inside with Madam Zhu and shouldn't come over, so she could use the online store to buy things without worry.
Considering that Zhu's digestive system must be in a very weak state, Mo Qianchang did not buy any large fish or meat, but only some brown rice and leafy greens to make vegetable porridge.
Remembering that the nutritional needs of the elderly are slightly different, Mo Qianshang, after browsing through many medicines in the mall, chose a medicine that could both nourish the elderly and be secretly placed in their food without being noticed.
Hopefully, Mrs. Zhu will recover soon.
As he was praying for Zhu Shi in his heart, Mo Qianchang Yugong caught a glimpse of the herbs that Xiao Yao Shi was giving to Zhu Shi.
With just one glance, Mo Qianchang could tell that there seemed to be something else mixed in with the herbs, something was not right.
She quickly put down the large ladle used for cooking porridge, rushed forward, and grabbed a bunch of herbs to examine them.
As a mercenary who spends most of his time on missions, Mo Qianshang has extensive experience in outdoor life and naturally knows a lot about herbaceous plants.
She picked out a small amount of the unusual herb that had been added to the list, and then brought it closer to smell it. Her heart skipped a beat.
Isn't this poisonous herb the fake coffin she and her companions used in her past life to fake their deaths and escape? How could it suddenly appear in Zhu's herbs?
Yesterday, when Xiao Yao brought herbs to Zhu, Mo Qianshang was watching the whole time and did not see any trace of the poisonous herb, "fake coffin," which proves that the fake coffin was added by someone else later.
To find out exactly who it is, we'll probably have to ask the Zhu family...
Having lived most of her life, Zhu Shi was a shrewd person. She took the hot porridge that Mo Qianshang brought over, took a small sip, and put it aside, unwilling to drink any more.
“Young Lady Mo, you and Madam Yao are both my saviors. Just say what you have to say, and I can take it.”
Her life was truly uninteresting. As a child, she toiled at home, and after getting married, she revolved around her family. In her old age, she still carried the heavy burden of protecting the only son of the Liu family.
She was so tired and exhausted that even if Mo Qianshang told her right now that she didn't have many days left to live, she could accept it...
"Actually, it's nothing serious. I just noticed some loose mud near the wall and was worried that someone might climb over and cause trouble, so I wanted to ask if you've seen anyone else since we left?"
"Only Shouyi, I've never seen anyone else." Zhu answered with great certainty, and a bitter smile involuntarily appeared on her lips when she spoke of her grandson.
"I don't know where he went yesterday, but he's been unusually diligent since he came back. I don't even have to remind him to go to the kitchen. I really hope he's really grown up..."
"I hope so," Mo Qianshang replied casually, then secretly exchanged a glance with Xiao Yaoshi, who readily agreed to go home to take care of the children.
After they left, Zhu went to the kitchen with some suspicion, but found nothing. She could only wait and see, and then calmly drank the herbal decoction.
Compared to yesterday, she was much healthier. She always received help and assistance from others, and she felt extremely guilty.
Just then, she overheard two women passing by their door discussing going to the mountains to dig for wild vegetables. She quickly grabbed her tools and rushed to the door.
"Hey ladies, could you take me with you when you're digging for wild vegetables? Don't worry, I won't try to take advantage of my age and compete with you."
Hearing Zhu's words, both women couldn't help but cover their faces and chuckle.
"Auntie, you don't know this, but the bandits who used to live in the village usually went to the surrounding villages to rob things for food. Wild vegetables and the like were not even worth their attention."
"This also means that there are plenty of wild vegetables and the like around, so there's no need to talk about fighting over them! Just come with us."
"Thank you very much!"
Zhu tried her best to cheer up and followed them into the mountains. Sure enough, just as they had said, there were wild vegetables everywhere, which made her very happy.
Since fleeing the famine, Zhu had never seen such abundant wild vegetables. She was extremely careful when digging them up, and I may have wasted some.
It was precisely because of her exceptional attention to detail that she suddenly discovered a mushroom that was quite unusual.
She seemed to have heard someone describe it before, saying that this kind of mushroom that looks a bit like a ruyi (a traditional Chinese ornament symbolizing good fortune) is very good, something called lingzhi, and is a rare and precious thing.
Everyone has selfish desires. She quickly glanced in the direction of the women to make sure they weren't looking in her direction, then quickly picked the Ganoderma lucidum and hid it.
After returning home, she gave the gift to Mo Qianshang as a token of her gratitude and apology.
At first, Mo Qianshang was reluctant to accept it. Everyone was having a hard time on the road of fleeing famine, and it was just a small favor for her. Besides, Liu Shouyi had never gotten anything good out of her, so there was really no need to deliberately give her such a precious Ganoderma lucidum.
Just as she was about to refuse, a mechanical voice came to her mind. She wondered if it was just her imagination, but the mechanical voice seemed to carry a hint of excitement.
【bite--】
[Wild, century-old Ganoderma lucidum, 3,000 taels/plant, is it for sale?]
The sudden arrival of three thousand taels of silver stunned even the usually composed Mo Qianshang. She quickly checked the shop notification again and confirmed that it was indeed three thousand taels.
Now, it's a little difficult to say no.
Zhu saw her hesitation as selfless help, which made Zhu admire her even more, so she simply stuffed the Ganoderma lucidum into Mo Qianshang's hand.
"Take it quickly! Don't worry, I know this is a good thing, that's why I brought it to you. I will never let anyone say that you cheated me."
Zhu's attitude was very firm, and her old eyes even widened in dissatisfaction. Mo Qianshang could not refuse, so she had no choice but to accept the Lingzhi and secretly decided in her heart that she must take better care of Zhu in the future.
No sooner had Madam Zhu left than Qin Zixuan rushed in, his little face filled with excitement.
“Mom, you guessed right! I asked the other kids, and after Liu Shouyi ran out of our yard yesterday, someone saw him heading into the deep mountains.”
“I also showed the herb to Gou Dan’s sister, just as you said. She said she had indeed seen it in the deep mountains. But the herb grows in a very strange way. They’ve been kidnapped to the mountains for so long, and no one has dared to pick it. So there shouldn’t be any of this in the village.”
The implication is that the fake coffin, this poisonous weed, could only have been picked by Liu Shouyi just yesterday.
Thinking of this, Mo Qianshang suddenly felt that the Ganoderma lucidum she had just received was a little too hot to handle.
Everyone in Fushou Village knew very well how much Liu Shouyi meant to Zhu Shi. If someone were to rashly say that Liu Shouyi wanted to harm her, Zhu Shi would certainly not believe it.
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