PFC Chapter 377
Chapter 377
The group had just left the herbal medicine shop and were about to turn back to the inn where they were staying through a small alley behind the shop.
Just as he reached the middle of the alley, Dafeng was suddenly grabbed by a hand, which scared him badly.
When a few people came forward to check, they saw a woman lying behind a pile of firewood. She was about thirty years old, with a snow-white face, no trace of blood on her lips, and her eyelids half-closed, as if she was awake but also seemed to have fainted. But the hand she stretched out was tightly grasping Dafeng's ankle.
"Brother Chen, what should we do? This person must have fainted?" Dafeng stood there without moving. The others wanted to reach out and help the woman up, but they were worried that the difference between men and women might be seen and misunderstood.
Chen Dongzhi stepped forward and felt the woman's breath. She should have just fainted.
"Shaoping, go back to the Meng family herbal medicine shop. The girl who just gave you the medicine is the store's herbalist. Ask her to come over and help."
After hearing the arrangement, Wu Shaoping quickly rushed back to the Meng family's herbal medicine shop. The medicine boy was only twelve or thirteen years old. Hearing what he said, he was a little skeptical and worried that they were trying to deceive him.
However, the owner of the drugstore thought this was a good thing and asked her to go over to help.
"Ayao, you go. Our young lady should be here soon. Go and take a look and come back." said the owner of the drugstore. It wasn't far away anyway, so he asked his daughter to go and take a look.
The little girl named A Yao put down the small scale in her hand and followed Wu Shaoping out.
She walked to the middle of the alley and saw that there was indeed a person lying behind the people who had just come to buy medicinal herbs. Only then did A Yao feel relieved, knowing that these people did not trick her out to do anything wrong.
She was just about to squat down to see what was wrong with this person, when she saw that the face that appeared on his face was so familiar.
A Yao screamed in surprise, "Miss? Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Upon hearing that the medicine boy knew the woman lying on the ground, Chen Dongzhi asked and found out that this was Meng Yuzheng, the owner of their Meng family herbal medicine shop.
The girl usually only helped to prepare medicine in the pharmacy, so she had no idea what happened to the young lady and her eyes immediately became red.
Seeing this, Chen Dongzhi asked the youngest boy Shao Ping to carry the lying woman on his back. The age difference between the two was more than ten years, so there was no need to worry about gossip if someone saw them.
They asked Wu Shaoping to send the person back, and they went back to the inn with the purchased medicinal herbs.
A Yao followed behind Shao Ping and escorted Meng Yuzheng back to the herbal medicine shop. As soon as she entered the shop, she shouted, "Dad! Dad! The young lady fainted in the back alley. Quickly ask the master to come out and take a look."
The shopkeeper heard his daughter's voice and hurried out with the doctor in the store. "Where is he? Get out of the way and let the master take a look!"
After Wu Shaoping dropped the girl off, he was about to return to the inn. The sharp-eyed innkeeper saw him leaving and approached them to ask where they were staying, saying that he would come to thank them after their young lady woke up.
In the inn, Chen Dongzhi and others were packing up the medicinal herbs they bought from several herbal medicine shops. Although the quantities of a few items were slightly different from the quantities on the list given by the Yu family, this was not their fault.
The Gao family's herbal medicine shop suddenly changed its mind and was unwilling to give the agreed goods to the Yu family, but they still tried every means to purchase enough goods to take back, which was considered to be the most they could do.
After Old Zou collected the Gastrodia elata on the carriage and counted the quantity, he finally relaxed and said, "We really wasted our time on this trip. If the Yu family blames us, we really can't do anything about it. If they still want us to help them find the goods next time, we'd better not take this job. It's really tiring!"
Da Feng smiled and said, "The Yu family didn't know that the Gao family would suddenly change their minds. Honesty is the most important thing in doing business. I don't think the Gao family will last long!"
"That's true, it's all the Gao family's fault!"
While they were talking, Shao Ping came back. When they learned that everyone was fine, no one said anything more and continued to pack up the remaining herbs, preparing to return to Yunzhou early the next morning.
The Yu family waited and waited, and half a month had passed since the agreed ten-day deadline. If they hadn't known that the White Tiger Escort Agency was always reliable, the Yu family would have suspected that the people from the escort agency had packed up and left with their payment.
Finally, after waiting for another three days, Mrs. Yu asked the people in the herbal medicine shop and learned that several herbs for making pills were out of stock. She couldn't help but find the escort agency.
"Why haven't you come back for so long this time?" Mrs. Yu asked with a frown. If the business of the store was delayed because of the escort agency this time, she thought she would reconsider whether to continue cooperating with the White Tiger Escort Agency in the future, or should she switch to another one?
Escort Master Duan has been visited several times by the families of the escort masters in his escort agency, asking questions about his work. He originally thought it was normal, as they would come back a few days late once or twice when escorting goods.
But this time it was indeed several days late. He was a little anxious but still said to Madam Yu calmly, "Maybe something happened on the way. I have asked one of our escorts to go to Wuzhou to see what happened. Please give us more time."
He spoke sincerely, but Madam Yu had lost her patience and said coldly that she would no longer cooperate with their escort agency after this time and would look for someone else.
Escort Master Duan cursed in his heart. The people who went out this time were the most reliable and steady in the escort agency. How come they haven't come back yet? Could something have really happened?
He was worried about everyone's safety and was distressed that the escort agency had lost another important client.
Zhong Ruyi from the restaurant next door was also looking forward to it. When she saw Madam Yu coming out of the escort agency next door, she greeted her.
"Ma'am, how come you have time to come here today?"
Seeing that it was her who was speaking, Madam Yu smiled faintly, "Some time ago, I asked the escort agency to help me bring back a batch of goods from Wuzhou. I came here to ask if they have returned."
Only then did Zhong Ruyi learn that Chen Dongzhi went to Wuzhou for Madam Yu's goods, so the two of them stood at the door and chatted. She invited Madam Yu to come into the store and sit down, but was politely declined.
"I have something to do right now, so I won't go in. I'll come to see you next time I have a chance." Mrs. Yu waved her hand and got on the carriage and left. It seemed that she had something very important to do.
After everyone left, she knocked on the door of the escort agency again. When Master Duan opened the door and saw that it was her, he said before she could say anything, "Are you here to ask when Dongzhi will be back? I've already sent someone to Wuzhou to check what's going on. Go back and wait!"
Zhong Ruyi received a reply that was not really a reply. It seemed that many people had asked about this during this period of time.
"I know you're anxious, and we're anxious too." Escort Master Duan sighed and said, "Did you see Madam Yu's face just now? It was as black as the bottom of my pot."
With a "puchi" sound, Zhong Ruyi was amused. She had indeed seen Madam Yu come out with an expressionless face just now, but it was not to the point of being as funny as the bottom of a pot.
When I was returning from the escort agency, a lot of people came to the store - Ah Hai, who had eaten watermelon last time, came down with his crew to buy watermelons.