Portable Space: The Peasant Princess

Chapter 71: Spiritual water cures diseases

As soon as they arrived at the door of Dr. Zhou's house, they saw their uncle Zhou Jian and his wife Lin helping their grandfather out, with heavy expressions on their faces.

 Grandma who was following behind her had red and swollen eyes, and her face was full of sadness.

 “Mom, how is dad?”

 Zhou Zheng strode forward, only to see Zhou Jian shake his head.

Grandma Hao was lowering her head and crying uncontrollably: "Doctor Zhou said, I'm afraid your father won't survive this year!"

"What?"

Zhou Zheng loosened his grip and looked at them in disbelief. Both Zhou Jian and Lin's eyes turned red and they looked away.

"Okay, cough cough - I'm still coughing, I'm not dead yet, why are you crying? Ahem -"

Grandpa spoke weakly, and Gu Panxia's eyes turned red. Fortunately, fortunately, grandpa was fine!

She led the little bun forward and said with a red-eyed smile: "Grandpa, you will be fine!"

 As long as she is here, grandpa will be fine!

 “Are you...Pan Xia?”

Hao Shi raised his head when he heard the sound and looked at her and Xiao Baozi in disbelief.

She had obviously visited them last month, and both of them were thin and dark. How could they have changed so much after not seeing each other for such a short period of time?

“Grandma, Pandong misses you and grandpa so much! My uncle said that grandpa was sick, so Pandong and my sister came!”

Little Baozi broke free from Gu Panxia's hand and trotted forward to hold grandma's hand. His voice was soft and waxy, making people feel soft after hearing it.

“We haven’t seen each other for so many years. Ahem—I hope Xia Du will become a girl! Ahem—”

Zhou Dong suppressed a cough and managed to say a word.

“Looking forward to summer, looking forward to winter, haven’t you had lunch yet? Come on, let’s talk about it when we get home!”

A smile broke out on Zhou Jian's face that resembled his grandmother's. Gu Panxia nodded and smiled at Mrs. Lin who was staring at him.

 Lin was startled, and then smiled back at her.

Hao wiped away her tears, took their hands and followed Zhou Jian away.

 After returning to Zhou's house, Mrs. Lin started busying with lunch, while grandma was responsible for decoction for grandpa.

 Lin's temperament is a bit shy and she doesn't like to talk. Gu Panxia only met her once when she was a child, and then she never came again.

Zhou Zheng was in a low mood. After coming back, he sat aside with a stool in a daze.

Grandpa’s continuous coughing sound came from inside the house. Gu Panxia lowered her eyes slightly, suddenly stood up and walked into Grandpa’s room.

 “Grandpa, drink a glass of water!”

 She saw a pot of water on a low stool in the corner. The water was already cold. She rinsed the bowl with water, turned her back to her grandfather, and poured the spiritual water into the bowl.

She carefully brought it to the bed and said with a smile: "Grandpa, just drink a bowl of water and sleep again!"

 “Ahem—” Zhou Dong was about to speak, but without thinking, he couldn’t help but cough as soon as he opened his mouth.

Those cloudy eyes looked at Gu Panxia apologetically.

“I know what grandpa wants to say. Grandpa must be saying that you are old and no longer useful, right?”

She remembered that this sentence was her grandfather's mantra, and she had heard it almost since she was a child.

Hearing this, Zhou Dong laughed silently and couldn't help but cough a few times.

Gu Panxia thoughtfully brought the bowl to his mouth and fed him to drink.

As soon as the water entered his throat, Zhou Dong felt a chill in his throat. The symptoms of dryness and itchiness had disappeared. His whole body, which was originally sore, felt as if it had been washed by something and felt very comfortable.

"Pan Xia, this... this, this, what's going on?"

He looked at Gu Panxia in shock, his eyes widening.

 Gu Panxia smiled in confusion and said mischievously: "This is a good thing. I got it accidentally. Grandpa, please don't tell others!"

“Pan Xia, tell grandpa quickly, what is the drink you gave grandpa just now?”

Zhou Dong felt like he was in a dream. He had not experienced this refreshing feeling for many years. It was simply amazing!

 (End of this chapter)