Transmigrated Farmgirl's Scheme to Get Rich - Chapter 231
Treacherous Hearts
Mo Feng took Ms. Liang to the storefront, and after hearing that Ms. Liang had fallen ill, Liang Lan immediately took them to Lu Manor.
Seeing Ms. Liang’s white face and continuous coughing, Mo Yan couldn’t care enough to ask questions, and called Jin’er to help her inside and place her on a bed to rest.
After seeing them escort Ms. Liang inside, Mo Feng immediately went back without even entering. Liang Lan asked a physician to come over and check up on Ms. Liang. Mo Yan personally went back to get medicine with the physician, and kept the prescription after collecting the medicine.
Jin’er made medicine for Ms. Liang to drink, “Old madame, please drink the medicine.”
Ms. Liang looked at Jin’er, “Why does this child look familiar, like I’ve seen her before?”
Mo Yan urged her, “Take your medicine and rest up first, and I’ll tell you later.”
Jin’er secretly asked Mo Yan behind her back, “Miss, this is your mother, do I also need to hide the things you told me to from her?”
Mo Yan replied, “Especially hide them from her, you must constantly reaffirm you’re a servant of the Lu family, and I’m just a guest here. But while she lives here, let her eat whatever she wants to.”
Jin’er thought about this for a while before seeming to understand something, “Alright, I understand.”
After taking her medicine and resting on the bed for a while, Ms. Liang felt much better, so Mo Yan went to talk to her.
“Mother, why have you started coughing again? I heard my brother say that Mr. Cao isn’t at home, so have you run out of medicine?”
“I still have medicine!” After saying that, Ms. Liang took the vial of medicine out of her sleeve. Mo Yan took the vial and sniffed it. It was still a strong scent of borneol, she couldn’t smell anything out of the ordinary.
These two years, she’s been taking the medicine that Mr. Cao prescribed, and had never suffered another coughing fit. The fact that she was coughing again meant that something had definitely gone wrong.
Mo Yan took the medicinal vial, “Since this medicine isn’t effective anymore, stop taking it. Have a few doses of medicine here first, and we’ll ask Mr. Cao to look at you again after he comes back.”
Ms. Liang sighed, “I still have a bunch of things to do at home! I can’t just stay at your place!”
Only then did she appraise the house and courtyard, “Whose courtyard is this?”
“Lu Junming’s, this was the courtyard his mother used to stay at. When he left, he told me to look after it.”
“How dare you! You’ve really become bold, to buy your own house.”
“Why can’t I buy a house? When I earn money, I’ll definitely buy a house that’s bigger and better than this one, and then I’ll take you to live with me.”
“What’s the point of a girl buying a house? You’ll have everything when you marry someone.”
“Mother, now that you’ve come here, who’s taking care of things at home?”
“Hmph! I don’t care anymore, they can take care of whatever they want. I took all of the money with me anyways, so they can just eat whatever’s at home, “ She patted her wallet, and then froze, “It’s not good, the money your brother got from selling the chinese foxgloves are still with them!”
Mo Yan’s heart also went cold, “My brother went to sell the chinese foxgloves?”
“That’s right! He took all of them over already, and who knows how much they sold for. It’s bad, I need to go back immediately.”
After saying that, she wanted to get off the bed, but Mo Yan stopped her and shook her head, “I’m afraid it’s already too late.”
“What do you mean, are you saying that they were plotting against me and wanted to take my money?”
“Why did you suffer a coughing fit now, exactly when the chinese foxgloves were going to be sold? Exactly when Mr. Cao had gone.”
“Then my medicine…”
“Wait for Mr. Cao to come back, we’ll know when he takes a look.”
Ms. Liang grit her teeth, “Feng’er is my biological son. I really shouldn’t have treated Xiuying so well, it must’ve been that shrew Mrs. Li’s rotten idea. I’ll go back and tear her to shreds!”
“Mother, don’t say anything until you have evidence, or they’ll use it against you. For now, just stay here, and I’ll take care of this for you.”
After thinking of the few dozen silver taels from selling the chinese foxgloves, which might have been taken home by Mrs. Li, Ms. Liang became so furious that she broke out into another coughing fit.
Mo Yan ordered Jin’er to take care of Ms. Liang, and went to the storefront to find Cao Zhang, “Young mister Cao, has your father not been at home these past few days?”
Cao Zhang froze, “He’s been here! He only went for a consultation out of the village two days ago, but has stayed at home the rest of the time. Why do you ask?”
“I can’t talk to you right now, I need to find Ze Wu to take him and Zhao’er over.”
“Who’s ill?”
“My mother.”
“Your mother lives in the village, can’t you just ask my father to visit her there?”
“She’s currently at my place, and this time her illness is a bit more difficult, so I want to ask him to come over for a more detailed consultation.”
Mo Yan went to the workshop and asked Ze Wu to pick up Mr. Cao and Zhao’er. She also told him to inform any villager who asks that the person who’s ill was his master.
Ze Wu went to get the carriage, and Chi Jie felt dissatisfied when hearing her from the side, “Yan’er, it’s fine if you lie, but you don’t have to curse me like that!”
Only then did Mo Yan realise he was here. Speak of the devil! As such, she replied with a smile, “I misspoke, you’re healthy and will definitely be able to live for a long time without any worries.”
“It was easy to catch your mistake, you need to be punished.”
“What kind of punishment?”
“I punish you to play chess with me. After Lu Junming left, I’ve only been able to play against myself.”
“I can’t, my mother’s at my place and she’s ill. I’ll definitely accompany you another day.”
“Auntie’s ill? I’ll come over to visit her.”
“There’s no need, her coughing fit acted up again and she needs rest.”
Mo Yan went to Lu Manor to wait for Mr. Cao. An hour later, Ze Wu returned with Mr. Cao and Zhao’er.
He initially heard Ze Wu say that Chi Jie had fallen ill, but when the carriage travelled along the main road, it didn’t go to the workshop but instead went to the streets. When Mr. Cao asked, Ze Wu just said that he was just following Mo Yan’s orders.
The carriage stopped in front of the Lu Manor, and Mo Yan opened the door to welcome them inside.
When he saw Ms. Liang there, Mr. Cao was very puzzled, “Why are you here?”
Then, he went to take her pulse, and he said, “Your pulse seems thready, are you coughing again?”
Ms. Liang nodded, and Mo Yan handed him the medicinal vial Ms. Liang had brought over, “Sir, please take a look, this medicine is the same one you prescribed.”
Mr. Cao took the medicinal vial and opened it, pouring out a few pills, sniffing them carefully and then bit a pill to taste it, before furrowing his brow and saying, “It tastes fairly similar, and the vial is identical, but I’m sure that what’s in here isn’t the medicine I gave your mother.”
The only reason Mr. Cao was taken here was to check if the medicine had been swapped, he couldn’t take care of anything else.
Mo Yan then handed the medicinal formula the doctor here had prescribed to Mr. Cao, who said it was virtually identical and very effective.
“Sir, then please return and make a new batch of medicine for my mother, she’ll collect it when she returns to the village,” After saying that, she then told Zhao’er, “Zhao’er, please deliver medicine to my mother personally from now on. You have to hand it to her yourself, and can’t let it be given to anyone else.”
Mr. Cao wasn’t good with words, but was an intelligent person and knew roughly what was going on. He shook his head and sighed, “People’s hearts are treacherous! If you want to notify the officials, I’m willing to be a witness.”
Mo Yan said, “This matter is like encountering a robber but not being able to catch them. Even if we reported it to the officials, there’s no way for them to be penalised.”
By this point, Ms. Liang’s breath had evened out a lot, and she said furiously, “Do you really want me to let go of that shrew so easily? She was the one who asked me for tea a few days ago, and took a look at my medicine.”
P.S. I finished my standardised testing! Please congratulate me.