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After walking for about five minutes, Father Meng finally brought everyone to the depths of the courtyard. He stopped in his tracks and tured to look at Mo Zhu. He seriously pointed at the herbs in the courtyard and introduced them, “These are all herbs grown in my house. As you can see, there are
many types of herbs. If you have anything you like, feel free to ask. I’ll pluck some for you later as a small greeting gift.”
‘When Xu Huan heard this, his eyes almost fell to the ground again. Using the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb as a small greeting gift! The Meng family’s father was really generous!
Upon hearing this, Huo Xuan’s eyes darkened as he looked at Father Meng silently.
Mo Zhu did not speak. She quietly walked around the courtyard and roughly looked at all the herbs. She said lightly, “Uncle, after these herbs mature, what do you usually do with them?”
Father Meng followed Mo Zhu’s words and looked thoughtfully at the herbs in the shed. He smiled and said, “Some of the cheaper ones are sold at pharmacies in the major cities. For some that are not commonly seen in the market, we will directly provide them to the families who specialize in collecting
herbs.”
Mo Zhu shook her head lightly. She knew very well that Father Meng was not telling the truth.
Not to mention the uncountable number of Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb in front of him, just a small handful of the herbs in the shed that could be bought anywhere in the other markets could be sold for a few million yuan.
If it was really as Father Meng had said, and they were sold at pharmacies in various big cities every time, the Meng family would have long been targeted by someone with ill intentions. With the living conditions of the three of them, it was impossible for them to survive until today unscathed.
One had to know that with so many rare herbs appearing in the world, not only would the aristocrats be jealous of them, many hidden forces in the pugilistic world would also target them. After all, who didn’t want to make a windfall?
Thinking of this, Mo Zhu subconsciously rubbed her palms. She looked up quietly at Father Meng and said, “Uncle, if I’m not wrong, you didn’t sell a spirit herb of such a high price like the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb to pharmacies and some families, did you?”
After a pause, the girl raised her eyebrows and continued, “Or rather, you didn’t sell much of the other herbs to the pharmacies.”
As Mo Zhu had pointed it out, Father Meng decided not to hide it anymore. He looked up and stared straight into the girl’s eyes. He immediately laughed and said, “Girl, you’re indeed not an ordinary person. Back then, when I attended the parent-teacher meeting with Ranran, I only took a cursory glance
at you and I could tell that you were not simple. I didn’t expect that I had guessed correctly. However, seeing that you have taken care of my Ranran so many times, I won’t hide this from you.”
After saying this, Father Meng stood up and took two steps forward. He gently pushed open a transparent glass door in the middle of the courtyard and brought everyone to the small table inside the room. After sitting down, he explained lightly, “Actually, the spirit herbs I have are not only limited to this
small herb garden in front of me. Compared to the herbs planted in my private manor, these are not considered precious.”
“These are not considered precious? A Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb can already be sold for a sky-high price! Could it be that you have spirit herbs that are even rarer than this?” Xu Huan frowned and asked the question in his heart.
‘When Father Meng heard this, he nodded lightly and replied, “To be honest, I have many spirit herbs that are more valuable than this, but I’ve never sold them in the market.”
At this point, Father Meng seemed to have thought of something. He raised his hand and gently knocked on the table. “I wonder if everyone has heard of the Immortal Medicine Mountain?”
Upon hearing this name, before Xu Huan and Mo Wu could react, Huo Xuan had already answered in a low voice, “Many years ago, I heard an elder mention the name Immortal Medicine Mountain. It’s said that there’s a family on the mountain that has protected the cultivation methods and methods of
planting and nurturing rare herbs for generations. Furthermore, they specialize in providing herbs for the descendants of the Guo family.”
At the mention of the Guo family, an idea flashed across Huo Xuan’s mind. He lowered his eyes to look at Mo Zhu and lowered his voice to remind her, “The Guo family should be the family behind your Master.”
When Mo Zhu heard this, she thoughtfully tumed her gaze to the herbs that had grown extremely well outside the glass door. All these years, Old Guo had never taken the initiative to mention the family behind him and the origins of his medical skills in front of her. Even the many years of relationship
he had with the Guo family was only found out by her by coincidence.
Although she was not very interested in the matters between these noble families and the descendants of the noble families, Grandma Zhang’s death had indirectly reminded her that some things were not things that she could choose freely. She had to get herself involved in this mess no matter what..
