Chapter 245 Grandma Yao's Entrustment
Although Grandma Yao was old, she was still somewhat frightened and asked tremblingly, "My dear, are you...are you a fox fairy?"
She had heard from storytellers before that there were foxes that transformed into spirits, then transformed into humans and married humans in the mortal world. The good ones would repay the kindness, while the evil ones would absorb the spirits and harm humans.
Xia Juanjuan suddenly disappeared out of thin air and reappeared with a box of gold. Is she good or evil?
However, she married Li Zhan and gave birth to three cubs. She had seen and held those cubs before, but they didn’t look like little foxes at all…
Xia Juanjuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Grandma Yao, I am a human being. It's just that I may be a little different from other people..."
She thought about it and decided to give it a try, so she said again: "Grandma Yao, I will try to take you to a place. If you can go there, you will understand."
As she spoke, she tightly grasped Grandma Yao's hand, closed her eyes, and tried hard in her mind to bring her into the space.
Previously on the barren mountain, she had tried to bring the injured Lizhan in, but failed.
But... the teleportation function can be used at will after being practiced, and last time, she also brought the snow wolf pack in. It is impossible to bring animals in but not humans.
Later, she thought of the possibility that space has the ability to protect the host.
Human greed and desires are always terrible. Bringing animals in is not too risky. But if you bring humans in casually, it will expose the existence of the portable space, which will bring her unknown dangers.
Now, Grandma Yao is almost running out of money, so she decided to take a risk.
Xia Juanjuan opened her eyes again and found that she had entered the space, and Grandma Yao was standing next to her. She had actually entered her space as well.
Grandma Yao's eyes widened, and then she wiped them in disbelief. She saw thousands of acres of fertile fields in front of her, all planted with various crops such as grains, cotton, and medicinal herbs. There were also livestock farms, where horses, cows, and sheep were leisurely eating grass. Large white pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese could be seen everywhere, as well as wild pheasants, wild boars, rabbits, and other wild animals commonly seen in the mountains...
"My dear, is this heaven? Am I already dead?"
If we had such pleasing crops, livestock and poultry, would we still worry about not having enough food to eat?
Xia Juanjuan handed a big meat bun to Grandma Yao and said, "Grandma Yao, you eat it."
Grandma Yao stared at the buns in a daze. Could this thing really be eaten? Was she really not dreaming? Or had she reached heaven?
However, the white, soft, and freshly-baked meat buns are so tempting that they are worth it even if they are the paradise in my dreams!
Grandma Yao took it, took a bite, and the aroma of meat filled the air, and her mouth was filled with oil.
Grandma Yao finished the meat buns quickly. Her empty stomach was comforted and she felt much better all over!
Xia Juanjuan took out another plate of fried dumplings filled with meat and shrimp and said, "Try this too."
Grandma Yao didn't hesitate to eat a few more. She felt that she had never eaten anything as delicious as this in her life, except when she was a maid and a wet nurse in the Shen family when she was young.
Xia Juanjuan watched her eat and said, "Grandma Yao, this is not a dream, you are still alive. Although you may not believe it, this is my personal space, the food, livestock and poultry in it can all be taken out and used. Also, the gold I just showed you can also be stored in here, no one can steal it. So, don't worry. I will never steal Aunt Shen's things."
Grandma Yao nodded and said, "Although I don't understand what space is, but you told me such a big secret, and I saw how much you took care of my sister in the past two years. I believe you!"
Xia Juanjuan brought Grandma Yao out of the space. Before coming out, she did not forget to scoop out a bowl of spiritual spring water.
Grandma Yao then spoke and told Xia Juanjuan where Shen Wanxue's things were hidden.
Then, he asked Xia Juanjuan to remove a loose brick from the corner of the wall inside her bed, took out three keys from it, and then put the brick back intact.
This key is the key to the box that contains those things.
As soon as she finished speaking, Grandma Yao started coughing violently and it seemed that she couldn't even breathe.
When the Chen family members, who had been waiting outside impatiently, heard this, they could no longer endure it and rushed in.
"Mom! Mom! Are you okay? Drink some water!"
"Mom! We're going to get you some medicine right now, you'd better hold on!"
The two eldest sons of the Chen family said.
Judging from what their mother said just now, there is clearly something else going on, so they have to be more filial now.
Xia Juanjuan quickly scooped out some of the spiritual spring water from the space and fed it to Grandma Yao.
However, although the spiritual spring water has healing properties, it cannot cure a person who has reached the end of her life. It can only make her condition a little better.
Sure enough, after drinking the water, Grandma Yao's cough gradually subsided and she was able to speak normally again.
"I'm fine..."
At this time, Chen Qi brought in the prepared porridge soup and sat on the edge of the bed to feed Grandma Yao.
Having filled her stomach with the food she had just eaten in the space, and now having a bowl of warm noodle soup in the middle of winter, Grandma Yao felt much better.
She looked at the children and grandchildren who were all anxious or worried, and couldn't help but sigh. Then she said, "Go dig under the jujube tree in our yard. There is an iron box with two gold bars inside. They are for the eldest and second sons' families. When I die, you can dig them out and divide them up."
This was given to her as a thank you when Shen Wanxue secretly transported things to the countryside a few years ago and asked her to help keep watch over them.
However, Grandma Yao knew the personalities of her two sons very well, and knew that if she gave it to the family for use at that time, the eldest and second sons in the family would definitely quarrel over it.
They might even suspect that she is hiding something and force her to take out other things and share them.
If that were the case, then the things that my sister asked her to keep that night would no longer be safe.
That's why she kept it a secret for so many years.
Who would have thought that the dowry Shen Wanxue gave to her granddaughter with such good intentions would end up in such a mess.
Grandma Yao continued, "If you know how to live, one gold bar for each family will be enough for your grandchildren to live a rich life. If you spend lavishly after getting the gold bars, then this thing will be a disaster. But... I am old and can't control you anymore, so you should take care of yourselves. There is just one thing, this gold bar is divided among you and for Qiqi's little yellow croaker. If you dare to ask her for it again, then your mother... cough cough cough... even if I die, I will beat you in my dreams!"
After hearing this, the eldest and second brothers of Chen were immediately beaming with joy and responded excitedly: "Don't worry, Mom! Our family is just too poor, so we always quarrel over trivial matters, right? Now that we have the gold bars, we brothers will definitely not quarrel anymore! Mom, then you take a rest for a while, and we will go and dig out the gold first, so that outsiders won't hear it, it's not safe!"
As they spoke, the two brothers, their wives, children, and all rushed to the yard to dig under the date tree.
The door was almost broken apart.
Only Grandma Yao, Chen Qi, Wu Feng, and Xia Juanjuan were left in the room.
After Grandma Yao finished speaking, she lay back on the bed as if she had used up all her strength and began to daze.
"Grandma, you...you should drink a little more..." Chen Qi said in a crying voice, trying to feed Grandma Yao some more noodle soup.
Grandma Yao shook her head and said, "Grandma is full... I'll give the rest to your eldest brother and second brother's kids later. The two kids were staring at me eagerly just now..."
After saying that, he looked at Xia Juanjuan again and said in a weak voice: "My dear girl...my sister Wan'er...I'll...I'll leave it to you..."
As he spoke, a tear slowly flowed from the corner of his wrinkled eye.
Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but feel sad, and nodded heavily, saying, "Grandma Yao, don't worry. I'm here!"
In the yard, Chen Lao Da and Chen Lao Er finally dug out the iron box and opened it impatiently. Inside, wrapped in silk cloth, were shiny gold bars, each weighing 150 grams.
The Chen family members were so happy that they went crazy, but they didn't dare to say anything. They carried the iron box and hurried into the house. The eldest and second oldest Chen almost had a fight over who should carry the iron box.
Suddenly, Chen Qi's sad cry came from Grandma Yao's room: "Grandma——"
After Grandma Yao passed away, Chen Qi naturally had to stay at her parents' home to help with the arrangements, so she asked Wu Feng to ride a bicycle to send Xia Juanjuan back and then come back.
Xia Juanjuan asked him to go halfway and then let him go back to Chen's house, otherwise he would have to go through more trouble.
The key is that she has to go to the place Grandma Yao told her to dig out Shen Wanxue's things and take them away.
The place where the things were hidden was behind a small mountain temple in the nearby mountains. Xia Juanjuan took out a shovel from the space and dug for a long time. Sure enough, she dug out three large camphor wood boxes, all of which were locked.
Xia Juanjuan didn't even open them to see what was inside. She just put the three camphor wood boxes into the space, filled them with soil, and covered them with dead grass and leaves. Then she entered the space and went straight home.
At night, Xia Juanjuan went to find Shen Wanxue to tell her that Grandma Yao had passed away.
However, before she got there, she saw Shen Wanxue already walking towards her house.
Xia Juanjuan knew that she must have heard the news from somewhere, so she went to meet her and went back to her room with her.
Shen Wanxue's eyes were red as she asked, "Juanjuan, I heard from the village that Grandma Yao passed away? Is that true?"
Xia Juanjuan nodded and said soothingly: "Aunt Shen, don't be too sad. Grandma Yao is old, and there is nothing we can do..."
Shen Wanxue lifted the corner of her clothes to wipe her tears, waved her hands, and after a long while, she said, "Auntie also knows. It's just... she took care of me since I was a child, and I grew up drinking her milk. When she died, I didn't even see her for the last time or send her off... Alas... She lived such a hard life, and I don't know if she had a full meal before she passed away..."
Xia Juanjuan said: "Don't worry about that. Grandma Yao died with a full stomach. Her family prepared big buns and fried dumplings, all filled with meat. She died peacefully. Her family members were by her bedside, so she wasn't alone..."
Except that the buns and fried dumplings were not made by the Chen family, and that the Chen family was digging for gold in the yard at that time, she did not lie about anything else.
Moreover, with Chen Qi, Wu Feng and her company, Grandma Yao did not feel lonely when she passed away.
After hearing this, Shen Wanxue sat there in a daze for a while without saying anything. Then, she came to her senses and said, "Ah... I just heard that you went to see Grandma Yao at that time, so I came to ask about the situation. There's nothing else to do. You guys go to sleep, I'll be back..."
Xia Juanjuan pulled Shen Wanxue and said, "Auntie, come with me."