Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

Chapter 417 Emerald

Liu Jingxue saw with her spiritual sense that Zheng Pengcheng got on the ox cart. She stopped following him and continued to observe him with her spiritual sense before walking towards Old Lady Guo's house.

It has been about a month since she last went to deliver food to Old Lady Guo's house. She has to hurry and deliver another batch of food to her.

After arriving near Mrs. Guo's home, Liu Jingxue found a secluded place, put out the backpack, and took out 20 kilograms of cornmeal, 10 kilograms of corn grits, 10 kilograms of sorghum rice, and 5 kilograms of millet from the space.

I also took some eggs, duck eggs, a pheasant, a rabbit, and two fish.

After carrying her things and removing her invisibility spell, Liu Jingxue came to Old Lady Guo's house and knocked on the door.

Liu Jingxue's spiritual sense has seen that Old Mrs. Guo has completed her street sweeping work this morning and is resting at home.

Judging from her complexion, she must have been having a good time recently.

Come to think of it, she had created a dream for her neighbors, letting her eldest daughter, a revolutionary martyr, ask them to take care of her mother, and letting them know that her youngest daughter was still serving the country in a secret place and would come to pick her up later. Naturally, those neighbors would not make things difficult for her.

But she had her own support, so she had no shortage of food or nutrition.

The street sweeping task assigned to her by the subdistrict office was quite easy to handle as there were no people deliberately causing trouble and there were people secretly helping her.

In addition, every time I came over, I would throw good luck charms and health charms at her residence, and drop a few drops of spiritual spring water into her drinking water, so it was hard for her to be in bad health.

When Mrs. Guo, who was resting in the house, heard the knock on the door, she quickly got up and walked to the yard, raising her voice and asking, "Who is outside?"

When Liu Jingxue heard her question, she quickly replied, "Grandma Guo, it's me, Xiaoxue.

I came to see you."

When Mrs. Guo heard that it was Liu Jingxue, she was delighted and immediately ran over to open the door.

When she opened the door and saw Liu Jingxue, before she could say anything, Mrs. Guo pulled her in and said, "Xiaoxue, come in quickly."

Liu Jingxue was afraid that if she struggled too hard, she would hurt her, so she quickly followed her force and entered the door.

Turning around and bolting the gate, Old Lady Guo turned around and pulled Liu Jingxue inside, "Xiaoxue, you haven't been here for a while."

"Grandma Guo, it was the busiest time for spring ploughing some time ago. I was busy working in the fields and had no time to come to town.

As soon as I finished my work in the fields, I came to the city to see you."

The two of them talked all the way into the house.

Old Mrs. Guo saw Liu Jingxue carrying a backpack and wanted to help her take it off.

Seeing her movements, Liu Jingxue quickly moved a few steps to the side, "Grandma Guo, you don't need to help me, I can do it myself.

The things in the backpack are a bit heavy, don’t hurt yourself.”

Liu Jingxue took off the backpack and put it on the ground.

"Grandma Guo, this is the food I brought to you. It should be enough for you to eat for a while."

Looking at the things in the backpack, Mrs. Guo felt embarrassed, "Xiaoxue, why did you bring so many things over again?

There’s still some food left from the last time you sent me.

These grains are not easy to come by, so keep them for yourself."

"Don't worry about me, grandma. I have enough food to eat.

You also know that I am in the countryside, and buying food from villagers in the team is much more convenient than in the city. No tickets are required, and the price is cheap. "

Old Lady Guo shook her head and said, "Xiaoxue, don't treat me like an ignorant old lady.

You don’t need a ticket to buy food in the village and the price is cheap, but there is not enough food in the countryside now, and I don’t know if I can fill my stomach.

You send me so much food every once in a while. To buy this, I guess you have to go to many houses and spend a lot of effort."

Liu Jingxue thought to herself, it wasn't hard for me to get these foods. They were all distributed by the team and some were purchased.

The food they eat is all produced in the space, and most of the food in the cowshed is also produced in the space.

The food distributed or purchased by the team was hardly touched.

This is food. Even if the space produces too much food to eat, Liu Jingxue has no habit of wasting food.

This place with Old Lady Guo is the best place to put the food.

Of course, she wouldn't tell these words to Old Mrs. Guo.

She couldn't refute what Mrs. Guo had just said.

“It did take some effort to get these foods, but I’m still young, so it’s nothing. I can recover after a rest.

But you, if you don't eat enough and take good care of your body, how can you wait for your little daughter to come back?

We are a family and we meet by chance. I can't just watch you starve.

Just accept the things I give you, even if it's just to make me feel at ease."

As Liu Jingxue spoke, she carried the backpack to the kitchen, poured the food she had brought into Old Lady Guo's grain bag, and put away the other things she had brought.

Liu Jingxue specially brought the pheasants and rabbits alive, and let Grandma Guo prepare them whenever she wanted to eat them.

The weather is getting a bit hot nowadays, so if you take the processed food, it won’t be kept for long.

Seeing Liu Jingxue busying herself in the kitchen, Mrs. Guo hurriedly trotted to her bedroom.

After using a knife to pry up a brick on the wall that seemed to fit perfectly, Mrs. Guo reached into the wall and fiddled with it for a while.

Suddenly a wall opened up, revealing a passage wide enough for two people to walk side by side.

Old Mrs. Guo picked up the flashlight beside her, turned it on and walked in.

Behind that wall was another wall, and between the two walls was a flight of stairs winding downwards.

Old Mrs. Guo walked down the stairs.

After Liu Jingxue had put everything in order, she saw that there was little water in the kitchen water tank, so she picked up the bucket and planned to help Grandma Guo fill the tank with water.

Although the well is in a corner of the yard, it is still difficult for an old lady of this age to draw a bucket of water.

Since she is here, help her fill the water tank. It will be enough for her to use for a while.

Then she would drop a few drops of spiritual spring water into the water tank to nourish her body.

After Liu Jingxue filled the water tank, she chatted with Old Mrs. Guo for a while and then said goodbye.

"Xiaoxue, don't leave in a hurry. Come and have lunch with me today."

"Grandma Guo, I won't eat anymore.

I have an appointment with someone to go into the mountains to collect herbs this afternoon, so I have to hurry back to the team."

During this period, every afternoon, Liu Jingxue took the villagers into the mountains to teach them about herbs and to collect them, so it was really hard for them to be absent.

After hearing what Liu Jingxue said, Mrs. Guo couldn't try to keep her.

She picked up the wooden box on the table next to her and handed it to Liu Jingxue, "Xiaoxue, take this."

"Grandma Guo, what's in this?"

“Some worthless things you play with.

But you have to be careful not to let other people see it."

After hearing what Old Lady Guo said, Liu Jingxue was very curious about what was inside.

"Grandma Guo, can I open it and take a look?"

"Of course you can look at what's given to you."

After opening the box, I looked at the sets of necklaces, earrings and rings inside. The emerald green color was very beautiful.

Liu Jingxue didn't know much about jade, so she simply asked Mrs. Guo, "Grandma Guo, what kind of jade is this? It's so beautiful."

“It’s an emerald.”

Even if Liu Jingxue didn't know much about jade and jewelry, she knew that emeralds were very valuable in later generations. She wouldn't dare accept such a precious thing if Old Lady Guo gave it to her.

She quickly closed the box and handed it back to Mrs. Guo, "Grandma Guo, this is too valuable. I dare not accept it."

Old Lady Guo sighed, "In the past, this thing was indeed very expensive, but in this world, it can't even be exchanged for a few kilograms of food."

Pushing the box over, she said, “Just keep the things grandma gave you.

You give food to grandma to seek peace of mind, and grandma gives you this thing to seek peace of mind.

Actually speaking, grandma is the one who got the biggest bargain. This thing is not worth a few pounds of grain, but you have already given grandma a lot of things.

If you don't accept it, grandma won't be able to take your food, so you should take it back.

I will exchange the things I brought back for money for you, and don’t send me food anymore.”

"But grandma, maybe after this period of time, this thing will be valuable again. Wouldn't it be a shame for me to keep it?"

“No matter how good something is, it can’t replace your life.

If it weren't for you, grandma might have passed away the day she met you.

What do you think is more important, this thing or grandma’s life?”

Liu Jingxue stopped talking. In her opinion, life is indeed more important than things.

"So, just take it and let grandma feel at ease."

Having said that, Liu Jingxue could only keep it.

“Then I’ll shamelessly accept it.

But from now on, if I send something to you, grandma has to accept it, and she can’t talk back to me or give me anything.”

Seeing that Liu Jingxue agreed to accept it, Mrs. Guo was immediately delighted, "Okay, okay, just accept it.

Grandma will listen to you."