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"I was just about to ask you, aren't red mushrooms edible? Why did you say those things to Zhang Cuilan?"

Seeing that Pan'er and Gu Yu both looked confused, Shang Qing simply smiled.

After realizing that Zhang Cuilan and Liu Shuqin had gone far away, she said to Pan'er, "Pan'er, there is one more thing I need you to do. Go and invite Doctor Chen from the village to Zhang Cuilan's house. Tell him that Zhang Cuilan has been poisoned and needs him to treat her."

Although Pan'er was confused, she never questioned her mother's decision. So she didn't ask any more questions and obediently went.

As for Gu Yu beside him, Shang Qing took him up the mountain without saying a word.

“Zhang Cuilan must have been the only one to have come to this mountain, but she stole the most, and not only that, she stole red mushrooms, but some of them were poisonous varieties.”

As Shang Qing spoke and laughed, Gu Yu beside her was even more perplexed: "Red mushrooms come in different varieties, and they all look the same to me."

Shang Qing smiled without saying a word, squatted down, picked some from two different spots, and then handed them to Gu Yu: "Young Master Zhao, take a closer look."

Gu Yu reached out and took it, examining it closely, but still couldn't discern much difference.

"Actually, if you look closely at their shapes, there are some differences. This one is more rounded, while this one is somewhat pointed, and one is a darker color and the other is a lighter color."

Gu Yu followed Shang Qing's gaze for a while longer before he could make out the difference. He couldn't help but admire Shang Qing's wit.

"Moreover, almost no other plants grow near poisonous red mushrooms because they are quite toxic. But edible red mushrooms are different; just go and see for yourself."

"The poisonous red mushrooms only started growing in the last two days, and they're growing in clusters. I think Zhang Cuilan picked them because they looked good, but I never expected they were all poisonous."

Shang Qing originally planned to come and clean it herself in the next couple of days, but Zhang Cuilan beat her to it, which is quite funny.

"How toxic is it? Can it be fatal?"

Shang Qing shook his head: "After eating poisonous red mushrooms, the reaction will come very quickly. Unless you eat an excessive amount, it won't be fatal, but it will be quite troublesome."

This is why she asked Pan'er to invite Chen Youcai right now.

Gu Yu seemed to understand what Shang Qing was planning to do, but he did not ask any further questions.

At that time, in Zhang Cuilan's home.

Although Liu Shuqin suffered some abrasions, they were all superficial injuries and would heal in a few days with rest. At this point, the mother and daughter were quite happy, after all, they had gotten the better deal, and it was Shang Qing who had gotten the better deal.

"If you ask me, Shang Qing is just too stingy. And Jiang Yingyue too, even if she steals something, she doesn't do it neatly, so she gets caught in the end, and who knows when she'll be released."

They spoke as if they hadn't been discovered at all.

Zhang Cuilan happily treated Liu Shuqin's wounds. After applying some simple medicine, the mother and daughter took a basket of red mushrooms to the well to wash them.

"Things haven't been easy lately, but tonight we can finally have a good meal. Jiang Yingyue was right after all; these red mushrooms look so fresh, they probably taste even better than pork!"

Liu Shuqin suddenly recalled Shang Qing's words from before, and couldn't help but worry: "Mother, what Shang Qing said... these red mushrooms might not be poisonous, right? And the color seems a bit off."

"How could that be? Jiang Yingyue assured me. Don't worry, Shang Qing is just trying to scare us."

After rinsing them clean, Zhang Cuilan went to the kitchen to cook.

It must be said that these red mushrooms have a unique and delicious flavor when stir-fried.

Once the dishes were served, Zhang Cuilan couldn't wait to pick up a piece and taste it, then praised it repeatedly.

Liu Shuqin was about to try it when she heard hurried footsteps outside.

"Chen Youcai, what are you doing at our house?"

Zhang Cuilan did not give this uninvited guest a friendly look.

Seeing Zhang Cuilan's rosy complexion, Chen Youcai was also puzzled: "Pan'er told me you had food poisoning, but you look perfectly fine now. Could it be that this child is playing a trick on me?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Cuilan stomped her feet in anger: "That Gu Pan'er, isn't she deliberately cursing me?!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. She quickly clutched her stomach and cried out repeatedly.

She initially thought it was just temporary pain, but the pain churned her stomach and intestines, then seemed to have moved to other places, and soon she was sweating profusely from the pain.

Liu Shuqin was stunned by the scene before her. After she came to her senses, the first thing she looked at was the plate of stir-fried red mushrooms on the table.

Chen Youcai hurriedly helped her sit down to take her pulse, but Zhang Cuilan was in so much pain that she fell to the ground, rolling around and unable to calm down at all.

Chen Youcai had never seen anything like this before. "What exactly happened? Did your mother eat something?"

"It must be this red mushroom that's poisonous!" Liu Shuqin cried uncontrollably, her voice trembling. "Shang Qing said before that this red mushroom was poisonous, but my mother didn't believe him. Before you came... she had eaten the red mushroom. It must be this red mushroom that's poisonous!"

This really stumped Chen Youcai. After all, he wasn't some kind of miracle doctor; he only knew how to treat common ailments. If he used the wrong medicine or something went wrong, he couldn't bear the responsibility.

Seeing Zhang Cuilan in unbearable pain, Chen Youcai and Liu Shuqin carried her to the bed, and then shouted, "There's no other way! Go and find Shang Qing now! Since she knows that these red mushrooms are poisonous, she must also know how to treat them!"

Although Zhang Cuilan was wailing in pain, she immediately stopped Liu Shuqin upon hearing this: "Shuqin, don't call her! If you call her here, she'll be playing right into my hands. I think she's just trying to make me look bad!"

Chen Youcai couldn't help but yell, "Zhang Cuilan, this is a matter of life and death! If you want to live, listen to me, otherwise you can just die in pain here!"

The thought of possibly dying made Zhang Cuilan lose her arrogance; naturally, her own life was more important.

Liu Shuqin stumbled and fell all the way to Shang Qing's house, where Shang Qing was indeed waiting for her.

"Please, please go and save my mother! Doctor Chen can't cure her!"

Shang Qing naturally didn't want anyone to die; at most, he just wanted to take this opportunity to teach Zhang Cuilan a lesson.

So she agreed, packed her things quickly, and left with Liu Shuqin.

Liu Shuqin was a little suspicious when she saw that she hadn't brought anything, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions.