The evil sister is in charge, and the mother is getting married

Chapter 14: Catch the thief! My wallet is missing!
Sheng Wanqiu spotted the pharmacy and decided to go over and take a look.

"Then you go. I'll go to the grain and oil shop in front to take a look. Don't run around. Come to me after you're done." Mrs. Sheng is very confident in her granddaughter. Although this girl can be quite crazy sometimes and should not be underestimated, she always has her own opinions when doing things, so just let her be.

So the grandfather and grandson agreed on a meeting place and then went their separate ways.

As soon as Sheng Wanqiu entered the pharmacy, she smelled a mixture of fragrant herbs. She immediately felt like she was about to become an immortal. The smell of the herbs was quite pleasant.

"Hello, young man. I would like to ask how you collect ginseng and ganoderma lucidum?"

"Does it depend on the year? Or the size?"

Sheng Wanqiu saw a servant who looked like a medicine clerk pounding medicine and went up to him politely to ask.

"We don't accept medicine here. We have a special channel and don't accept medicine from outside!" The servant raised his head and looked Sheng Wanqiu up and down with a very cold tone.

This is what is called respecting the clothes first and then respecting the person. Sheng Wanqiu looked down at the dress on her body. It was indeed a bit old and some parts were worn out.

These shop assistants have sharp eyes. They know that you are just asking casually and you definitely don’t have anything in your hands, so they will refuse you as soon as they open their mouth.

What do you mean by not accepting herbs from outside? It's just that he looks down on her and doesn't want to bother with her.

If I can't stay here, I'll find another place that will stay. Sheng Wanqiu decisively left this pharmacy and went to the one next door.

The two pharmacies are very close to each other, but this one looks shabby in terms of both decoration and plaque, and it seems that its business is not very good.

When Sheng Wanqiu walked in, she saw an old man with a white beard dozing off at the counter. She walked up and knocked on the counter, and the old man with a white beard opened his eyes.

"Little girl, are you here to get some medicine? Or are you here to see a doctor?" The man with white beard smiled kindly. His white hair and beard, coupled with his overall temperament, gave him the air of a Taoist immortal.

"Hello, old man. I want to buy some herbal seeds. Do you have any?" Sheng Wanqiu smiled and looked at the white-bearded old man.

"What kind of seeds do you want? I don't have many here. Tell me and I'll find some for you." The old man with white beard did not refuse.

"I want both ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum. Give me whichever is more expensive." Sheng Wanqiu said affirmatively.

She is now eager to make money and improve her life, so of course she will plant whatever has value.

"You little girl, are you planning to go home and grow ginseng?"

"Isn't this nonsense? These things are all wild. I have never seen them grown by ourselves." The white-bearded old man shouted.

"Old man, are you going to sell it or not? If not, I'm leaving!"

"I just want to give it a try. How can I know if I don't experiment? Don't you think so?"

Finally, with Sheng Wanqiu's persistence, he successfully bought ten ginseng seeds. He didn't buy anything else, but he got a bag of carrot seeds and a bag of watermelon seeds.

The main reason is that the old man with white beard only has ten ginseng seeds, otherwise Sheng Wanqiu would definitely buy more.

Just these ten seeds cost her one or two taels of silver, and she felt so painful.

She planned to plant them one by one, and then say that they were dug up from the mountain. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain if she directly took out ten ginseng roots.

I skipped and skipped to the agreed place, thinking that grandma must be waiting for me there.

"Catch the thief! My purse is missing!" a young scholar suddenly shouted. "Oh my God! My purse is missing too!" a middle-aged woman also cried out in surprise, covering her empty pockets.

Then, the bustling streets were filled with people coming and going. Sheng Wanqiu roughly counted and found that more than a dozen people’s wallets had been stolen, and they were all stolen without anyone noticing. Could it be that the King of Thieves has returned?

This shouldn't be the case. I've never heard of such a person here!
This thief's skills are quite high. He stole from so many people and no one noticed. He is a master!
"Wanqiu! Grandma's purse is missing!"

As soon as Sheng Wanqiu met Mrs. Sheng, she saw that she had a sad face. She was very upset that she was so busy looking at things that she didn't pay attention to the safety of her wallet.

"What, grandma, your money is missing too? I came over there and heard a lot of people say their wallets were stolen, more than a dozen of them!"

"I didn't expect that your purse was missing too. Think carefully about who you met when your purse was still there. When did you find out that your purse was missing?"

"Grandma, don't get excited yet. Think about it slowly. Maybe we can still find it back!"

Sheng Wanqiu comforted her. She saw that the old lady was about to cry. If she didn't say something to comfort her, she was really afraid that she couldn't bear it.

"When I came out after buying salt, my purse was still there. There were three taels of silver in it. This is all the money I saved by living frugally!"

"This damn thief must die!"

"What a sin! My silver!" Mrs. Sheng became angrier and angrier the more she thought about it, and she wished she could eat the thief alive.

"Grandma, think carefully about whether there is anything wrong, like whether someone bumped into you or squeezed you?"

Sheng Wanqiu thought that the thief's skills would not be so elusive, and he must have taken advantage of others' distractions to strike.

"Yes, yes, yes. When I was leaving the shop, someone bumped into me from behind and apologized to me."

After being reminded by her granddaughter, Mrs. Sheng immediately remembered what she had just overlooked, and anxiously pulled Sheng Wanqiu's sleeve and said.

"Grandma, can you still remember what that person was wearing? Or is there anything memorable about his face? Also, is there anything special about him?"

"Yes, he was probably in his twenties, with a mole on his eyebrow, and I forgot what color he was wearing."

"The heels of the boots I was wearing had a leaf-shaped embroidered pattern on them."

Why did Mrs. Sheng remember the shoes? Because after the man bent down to apologize, he hurriedly trotted away. When he lifted his foot, he almost fell. Mrs. Sheng saw him kick a stone on the ground when he stabilized his body, and then she noticed the shoes on the man's feet.

Mrs. Sheng took Sheng Wanqiu's hand and drew the shape of a leaf on her palm.

"Grandma, it's still early. Go to the oxcart at the city gate and wait for me. I'll be right back."

"Give me half an hour, and I should be able to find the person who stole your purse."

"Half an hour later, whether I can find the thief or not, I will go to the oxcart at the city gate to look for you."

Mrs. Sheng wanted to say something, but Sheng Wanqiu's firm look stopped her from saying the rest of her words.

This granddaughter has been a person with her own ideas since she was young. Except for being a little confused about the matter of the boy from the Bai family, she has done well in other aspects. She is bold and dares to think and act, which is better than her two younger brothers.

(End of this chapter)