Chapter 77: Excuse

Tomorrow, Mingcheng and the others still have to go to school. Zhang Lan asked Wang Zhenhe to take the children back and let just their youngest daughter stay alone to accompany her.

Wang Zhenhe asked with some concern, “Wife, is it okay for the children to be alone at such a young age?”

“It’s okay. There needs to be an adult at home. You take the children back. Our daughter won’t have any major issues here.”

Wang Qian advised from the side, “Dad, you should go back first. I’ll definitely take good care of Mom. Don’t forget to bring us breakfast tomorrow morning.”

Having a meal was important. They couldn’t stay at the hospital with empty stomachs.

Wang Zhenhe gently touched his children’s soft hair and looked at his daughter’s distressing half-face. “Qianqian, take care of yourself. Don’t forget to apply the ointment. Stay here with your mom. Dad will come early tomorrow.”

Wang Zhenhe left with the three children. In their hospital room, Zhang Lan was the only patient, so they weren’t worried about having nowhere to sleep at night.

Wang Qian lay on the hospital bed and didn’t dare to sleep. She was afraid that something might happen to Zhang Lan and she wanted to be there for her. “Mom, once you’re better, why don’t you go to Grandma’s house for a few days? We can also collect some things there. The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. I need to earn some money quickly so we won’t go hungry. I’ll earn a lot of money in the future to spend on you, Mom.”

Lying on the hospital bed, Zhang Lan listened to her daughter’s description of a beautiful future. Even she couldn’t help but imagine their family’s prosperous future.

“Qianqian, help me up,” Zhang Lan felt a suffocating sensation. Wang Qian quickly got off the bed, helped her mom up, and propped her up with a pillow. But even so, Zhang Lan still felt uncomfortable. “Mom, should I call the doctor?” Wang Qian asked.

Zhang Lan shook her head. It was an old problem of hers, and even if the doctor came, there was nothing he could do.

At this moment, Wang Qian thought of the space. Since it was a treasure, could it alleviate her mom’s discomfort? With this in mind, she moved the bed and her mom into the space. Zhang Lan realized that she had entered the space when she saw the surroundings.

However, she felt her heart was more comfortable here. “Qianqian, Mom feels much better. This place of yours is really nice.”

The feeling of being unable to breathe was really uncomfortable. Zhang Lan now felt really comfortable and couldn’t help but get off the bed.

Wang Qian also didn’t expect the space to have this function. She looked up at the bead emitting a faint green light in the air and felt that her mom’s comfort was related to this thing. Since Zhang Lan didn’t feel uncomfortable, she wasn’t worried about her getting out of bed.

Mother and daughter walked along the ridge, and the corn and wheat had started to bear fruit. “Qianqian, let’s go pick some tomatoes and cucumbers to eat,” Zhang Lan saw from a distance that the two trellises of tomatoes and cucumbers they had set up earlier were ripe. The red and green colors made her feel a bit greedy.

Wang Qian ran over, picked two tomatoes and two cucumbers, and they washed them in a bucket before eating.

Zhang Lan felt that the tomatoes tasted much better than those from the earth. “Mmm, so delicious. Qianqian, you should try it too. Mom has never had such delicious tomatoes.”

Wang Qian also took a bite of the tomato and felt the same way. It was so delicious. “Mom, in the future, you should eat more vegetables from the space. Maybe they have vitality too.”

Zhang Lan never doubted anything her daughter said. Even such a precious thing was found by her children, so there was nothing she couldn’t accept.

“Okay, in the future, we’ll also grow some vegetables here in the winter. It’s just enough for us to eat. It’s best if it can cure illnesses. In that case, Mom can spend more years with you. Even if it can’t cure the illness, we’re fortunate to have such delicious food.”

The mother and daughter slept in the space that night. Before going to bed, Wang Qian had already secured the room’s door from the outside, so no one could enter. Zhang Lan hugged her child, and the two squeezed into the same quilt, entering dreamland in this warm space.

Zhang Lan woke up relatively early, but she didn’t know what time it was. She quickly woke her daughter. “Qianqian, wake up. We should go out.”

Having had a good night’s sleep, Wang Qian stretched lazily and looked outside. Yes, the sky was already starting to brighten. With a flash of thought, the mother and daughter returned to the room.

Wang Zhenhe was the first to come and bring food to the mother and daughter. Seeing that both his wife and daughter looked good, he finally felt relieved after a night of worry. “Wife, how do you feel?”

Seeing her husband coming over, Zhang Lan’s face showed a gentle smile. “Zhenhe, I’m much better. I can leave the hospital today.”

Upon hearing his wife’s positive response, Wang Zhenhe quickly went to find the doctor to confirm. Meanwhile, the mother and daughter ate the breakfast he had brought.

“Mom, we’re running low on cornmeal at home. This time, you should eat rice when we go back. I feel like that rice should also be effective. It’s been stored for many years, so it must have absorbed some vitality. This time, listen to me. We’ll eat rice and white flour at home. I estimate that our family will definitely have a good harvest. I’ll handle the excuse. I’m making the decision on this matter,” Wang Qian said.

Zhang Lan nodded with a smile. Her daughter was becoming more and more like a little old lady, considering more than she, as a mother, did. If her child was thinking for herself, then she also had to live well for her child.

“Alright, Mom will listen to you this time. I’ll do as you say. Come over and I’ll apply some medicine for you,” Zhang Lan said.

This time, Wang Zhenhe and the senior doctor came together. After listening to Zhang Lan’s heartbeat, even the doctor found it quite miraculous. “Zhang Lan, it seems like yesterday’s medicine was very effective. Your heartbeat sounds much stronger than yesterday. Take good care of yourself at home. Come and get some medicine from me.”

Upon hearing the doctor’s words, Wang Zhenhe was overjoyed and hurried to get the medicine and complete the hospital discharge procedures.

When the three of them returned home, Zhang Lan almost felt like she was dreaming. She didn’t know if she would even survive after yesterday’s situation.

“Mom, you stay at home with Dad. I’ll go to the reservoir to fish and get some fish to supplement Mom. Don’t worry about me. Your daughter is armed with a kitchen knife,” Wang Qian said.

The couple laughed as they watched their daughter’s antics. “Mom, Dad, I’m leaving now.”

After leaving home, she went to the reservoir to catch some fish and watered the crops inside. She hoped the crops inside would grow quickly.

Carrying the fish and a small fishing rod, she walked and thought about finding an excuse to bring out the rice and flour from the space. Seeing the vehicles passing on the main road, she had a good idea. What could be more convenient than something she had picked up?

She arrived at the east side of her house, where the back faced the main road and the east side was a field. As long as she placed the items here, she could call Wang Zhenhe from behind the courtyard wall.

Thinking about this, she took out all the rice and flour from the space. She called out from behind the courtyard wall. Upon hearing her daughter’s call, Zhang Lan quickly asked her husband to go out and see what had happened. The recent events at home had made Zhang Lan a bit fearful.

Wang Zhenhe ran out of the yard and saw his daughter carrying a fish and two bags of items.

“Daughter, what’s going on? You seem fine,” he said.

Wang Qian said mysteriously, “Dad, I picked these up from the road. Hurry and carry them back home. Don’t let anyone know.”

Wang Zhenhe didn’t know what was inside, so he quickly followed his daughter’s instructions and carried the two bags back home. Zhang Lan took a look and immediately understood what had happened.

Wang Zhenhe was eager to know what was inside. When he opened the bags and saw the rice and flour, his face showed an indescribable excitement. However, he then fell silent and pondered for a while. “Qianqian, do you know who dropped these?”

After the children had gone to school, Zhang Lan remembered something. “Qianqian, make some extra rice and stew some fish tonight. You can send some to the old man Zuo. We promised to take care of him, and we can’t go back on our word. Put it in a bowl and secretly take it to him. Also, send two fish to your uncle’s house. It was your aunt who brought us food yesterday.”

She sent the fish from the space to her uncle’s house. Wang Juan didn’t expect her young niece to have such skill in fishing. She could catch such big fish.

“Aunt, I have to go back to take care of my mom. You all can continue with your work,” Wang Qian said as she left her uncle’s house.

After leaving her uncle’s house, she went to the production team. The people who had been sent to work were sitting in the courtyard chatting. When the old man Zuo saw the young girl’s figure, he understood and went out for a stroll. When they were in a secluded place, Wang Qian spoke up. “Grandpa Zuo, how are you doing now?”