Chapter Fifteen Grandma Discovered

  Fang Mo Nan crawled over the threshold and walked forward, wiping away the tears streaming down Grandma's eyes with his tender little hands. "Grandma, don't cry."

  "What's wrong!" Little aunt came back from school and saw grandma silently shedding tears, she asked Fang Mengnan.

  Fang Mo Nan signaled to Xiao Yi to lower her head and whispered in her ear, "Big Uncle has come, don't call Grandma to sell buns anymore."

  "What?" Little Aunt pulled her aside and loudly said in a fit of anger: "You tell me, what did your big uncle say when he came?"

  Fang Mo Nan recounted what had just happened. Xiaoyi listened and stomped her foot, anxiously pacing back and forth. "Mom..."

  "Little Swallow, I'm back. I'll go cook dinner. Just take the dough you kneaded and put it in a higher place, cover it with a pot lid. We'll continue steaming tomorrow." Grandma put the cup on the table and walked towards the outer kitchen. Her figure was somewhat desolate and lonely. But her back was straight, exceptionally resilient and strong, she decided to keep going, nothing could stop her.

  "This country encourages development, I rely on my own skills to make money. To be honest, it's only important that the money is in my own hands, what others say doesn't matter to me, they don't feed me or give me drinks. The taste of being poor is really unbearable." Grandma muttered to herself, thinking that making money was crucial.

  After finishing the task assigned by her grandmother, Xiaoyi ran outside and said, "Mom, if I take over that stall, I won't go to school anymore. The steamed bun stall seems to be making a lot of money! One day can earn two or three yuan. In a month, there will be more than 100 yuan!" Xiaoyi was different from her usual spicy personality, her fiery temper did not erupt, but she calmly expressed her own thoughts, it seemed that she had also become smarter.

  "Nonsense, for your education, your Uncle Lin has put in a lot of effort, even if it's just as an auditor. It's not bad, as long as you study hard, your mom will have to keep working to support you through university. I'm still waiting to celebrate, don't play tricks on me, I know what you're thinking. You're using retreat as a way to advance!"

  "Wow! Uncle Lin didn't teach me 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' for nothing, my mom even knows I'm using strategy!" Xiaoyi hugged her grandma's shoulders, "Mom, don't worry, I promise to study hard and strive upwards every day." She stood up straight, gave a exaggerated military salute, making her grandma laugh and dispelling the gloom brought by her eldest uncle.

  That night, after three o'clock in the morning, the moon was moving westward. Grandma usually slept until dawn, which was because Lin Fangmo would recite the "Anshen Zhou" for them every time he entered the space. But today, grandma woke up for some reason, perhaps it was because of the arrival of her elder brother during the day, although the old man said to continue working, but in his heart, he was still thinking and feeling uneasy.

  Grandma couldn't sleep, tossing and turning with her eyes closed. She reached out to feel beside her and sensed that something was off. Opening her eyes, she took advantage of the moonlight shining through the window to look around. She saw that Fang Mo Nan was nowhere to be seen beside her. With a start, she sat up straight, first looking at the foot of the bed, then at the direction of the chamber pot in the room, and even on Little Aunt's single bed. Her heart sank. Where could he have gone in the dead of night?

  "Grandma softly called: 'Nan Nan... Nan Nan...'"

  Fortunately, Fang Mo Nan had just finished his meditation in the space and heard Grandma's call. If he didn't go out, it would definitely make a bigger commotion than now. She decided to solve the present situation first and then leave the space.

  After Fang Menger suddenly appeared, she quickly covered Grandma's mouth with her hand, turning her loud shriek into a muffled "Wu Wu" sound. Then she said, "Grandma, don't shout, let's chat." Seeing Grandma nodding, she released her hand.

  Grandma patted her own chest, this suddenly appeared, greatly changing into a living person! "You... you... what's going on" she said in a low voice, afraid of waking up the little aunt on the small bed.

  Fang Mo Nan thought about these days, his grandmother's performance was much stronger than before, maybe telling her wouldn't be a bad thing, this way he would also have someone to rely on. He touched the cold sweat from earlier when his grandmother had startled him and calmly said it.

  Her grandmother's expression was as if she had been struck by lightning, her eyes wide with shock.

  "Grandma, don't worry about it, just take a look, there's no need to be nervous, and there won't be any pain." As soon as Fang Mo Nan finished speaking, someone was brought in.

  Her grandmother's expression was not painful, but still dull. But she looked at the real and surprising scenery in front of her, and she came back to life. To say that the scenery here is like a fairyland, without exaggeration, her eyes were not enough, looking around. Fang Mernan pulled her hand and walked towards the main house, introducing the crops, fruits, vegetables, medicinal materials, and giving a brief introduction of the distant view.

  Grandma was stunned and dizzy, being led into the study by her, sat down, holding the tea water she handed over, took a sip. Moistening her throat, looking around the study, carefully looked at her and said: "Nan Nan, what's going on? First, it was a big change in people, now it's like this." She pointed here and outside.

  Fang Mo Nan thought for a moment, considering that his grandma was uneducated and didn't have access to the vast amount of information from TVs and computers, so he explained it in simple terms: "Grandma, this is Guanyin Bodhisattva's treasure, cultivated by her and left behind in the mortal world. I'm lucky to have obtained it." Grandma believed in all kinds of gods and especially revered Guanyin, so she forgave his lie.

  As expected, Grandma stood up solemnly and respectfully, pulling Fang Mo Nan together to kneel on the ground, constantly saying: "Guanyin Bodhisattva bless us."

  After a while, Grandma stood up and said seriously: "Nan Nan, who else knows about this?"

  "No, grandma was the first one, if it wasn't for tonight, grandma wouldn't have woken up and discovered it."

  "That's good, this thing is too feudal and superstitious. In the future, unless necessary, it's better not to let people know about it. This thing is too eye-catching, we can't protect it."

  It's clear that Grandma was taken in by Fang Mo Nan, and she's delighted. 'Feudal superstition' is what they call it, and people from that era are all afraid of it. That's why Grandma is so worried.

  "Since it's a treasure of the fairy family, let's get out of here! Don't desecrate it." Grandma said worriedly.

  "To be honest, there's nothing much to say. Simply put, this is just a warehouse where anything can be stored, it's just a storage space. Grandma doesn't have to worry anymore, since I've obtained it, it means we're fated."

  Fang Mo Nan pulled Grandma's hand, and they instantly moved to the wheat field. With a wave of her hand, the wheat was automatically harvested, threshed, ground into flour, and bagged. She pulled Grandma along as they instantaneously moved through the entire process. Then, holding the seeds, she waved again, and the seeds quickly grew to an inch high. "How's that? Not too difficult, right?"

  "This is too wonderful, at this speed, it will grow up soon." Grandma exclaimed in surprise at the wonder of it all.

  "It's been about three days according to the time here."

  Fang Mo Nan took her to the warehouse for a visit, and Grandma looked at the neatly arranged slaughtered pigs, cattle and sheep, as well as the chickens, ducks and geese hanging beside them. The vegetables were stacked neatly on the ground, and there was also a granary full of grain.

  Grandma finally believed this was what she called a 'storage space', and so put her mind at ease.

  "What's going on with the vegetables in the backyard, it's really reasonable and can be explained." Grandma often went over there and found that the vegetables grew much faster than those outside, and they looked better too. She had been suspicious for a long time.

  "Hmm! The vegetables in the backyard are space-grown sprouts, so they grow faster than those outside. One day here is equivalent to one hour outside."

  "Grandma nodded: 'So you're saying that every night at 3 o'clock, you come in and do what? Get up at 5 o'clock and stay here for two days.'"

  Fang Mo Nan listened to her question and then took her to visit the pharmacy, study room, telling her that he studied medicine, writing and painting here.

  "Grandma shook her head and said, 'No wonder, Old Man Lin said you're making progress too quickly. It turns out you've been working hard here! Good...good...it's not easy for a child like you.'"

  Fang Mo Nan then led her into the kitchen, and let her experience the magic of the kitchen. Finally, the two sat down at the dining table next to the kitchen, and had a hearty meal together.

  "Mmm! That was delicious!" Grandma said after finishing her meal.

  Fang Mo Nan looked at his grandmother strangely "You're not surprised, you're scared."

  "Xianjia treasure, isn't it supposed to be like this? What's there for me to fear?" Grandma had a "you're stupid or what" look on her face.

  No wonder, seeing her harvest wheat and cook in the kitchen. Not surprised at all, nor did she treat her as a monster. It turned out that one sentence of "Xianjia Baobei" explained everything. Fang Mornan thought to himself, also thanks to Old Man Lin for mentioning "Journey to the West" from time to time when he had nothing to do, so Grandma had super strong acceptance ability and didn't need to explain too much.

  "Right, the backyard is just a cover, we've been eating vegetables from here all along!" Grandma suddenly remembered.

  "Yes! Eating it doesn't seem to have any adverse effects, Grandma. Don't you feel like your body has been getting stronger lately? Your mind is clearer, your thinking is sharper, and your skin has improved. It's as if you're becoming younger!" Fang Mo Nan pointed at the black, sticky mud on her body. "Look," he said, then pulled her into the hot spring in the backyard.

  "Ah! What's this?" Grandma looked at the dirt on her body, soaking in the hot spring, washing while looking at her and asking.

  "The food in this space has the effect of washing one's marrow when eaten here for the first time, and taking it outside to eat has the effect of strengthening the body, tonifying the body, prolonging life and increasing longevity."

  "Oh! No wonder, I thought my old problem was too busy to come and find trouble, and I was relieved! It turns out the root is here!" Grandma had a look of realization.

  Taking this opportunity, Fang Mo Nan thought of getting the kitchen manual into her own hands. She didn't want to eat Grandma's single dish anymore.

  After they could eat pumpkin, Fang Mo's lunch became a pumpkin feast. Pumpkin noodles, pumpkin soup noodles, pumpkin buns, pumpkin porridge, vinegar-soaked pumpkin slices. In short, everything revolved around pumpkins. Although pumpkins are good for you, with benefits like moistening the lungs, benefiting qi, dissolving phlegm and pus, expelling parasites and toxins, relieving asthma and promoting urination, beautifying skin... but still, they couldn't stand eating it every day!

  "Grandma, the dishes you make in this kitchen are so delicious." Fang Mo Nan saw Grandma nodding in agreement, "Good things should be shared. These days, Grandma has also earned some money. Can Grandma hand over our family's kitchen to me? I'll make good food here and take it out."

  Grandma looked at her granddaughter's eyes rolling around non-stop, thinking that these days had been hard on her too. She could see and touch, but didn't dare to eat openly. Looking at her longing gaze, Grandma's heart ached: "Alright, anyway now Grandma is earning money, eating better, and no one will gossip about it. It's good for strengthening the body and prolonging life, just right for your aunt to supplement. You suffered a lot when you were young. However, you still have to grow those vegetables, can't lose face. In the future, be careful with what you do, I'll help you too."

  "Of course, let's add Old Man Lin too! After all, it's just some food." Fang Mo Nan asked while discussing.

  "Look, during this time I've also seen that he's genuinely teaching you and your little aunt, and has helped us a lot. We should thank him." Grandma thought to herself that he was indeed a lonely and pitiful old man.

  After soaking in the hot spring and washing up, Fang Mo Nan took Grandma's hand and brought her to tour the periphery of space using the instant transfer method. They looked at the vast grasslands, the azure sea, the dense forests, and the distant snow-capped mountains. Finally, he also brought her to visit everything inside the house.

  They returned to the study room. "Grandma, don't you still believe what 'Shenpo' said?" Fang Mo Nan asked her seriously.

  "I didn't believe it before, but I do now." Grandma looked at everything now and nodded. "You're indeed a lucky one."

  "I'm now very clever and can help grandma, dad, mom and little auntie with many things."

  "Grandma's mind was filled with thoughts of the past, 'You're still a kid, you don't need to be so tired. You should be playing and having fun now. Let us worry about grown-up things.'"

  Fang Mo Nan choked back tears, "Our family's good life has just begun, we all work together, I don't feel tired at all, on the contrary, I'm happy to be able to help you guys."

  Her grandmother held her in her arms and gently patted her back, calming down her excited emotions.

  "It's getting late! Are you going to continue studying here or come out with me? We've both been in here for so long. Otherwise, your little aunt will wake up and be like me." Grandma put her down and tidied up her clothes.

  "Ah! Little aunt can't wake up. Every time I come in, I've been giving you all a 'calming spell' that won't harm your body."

  "No wonder, I feel refreshed every morning and don't have nightmares anymore." Grandma said with a knowing tone.

  Fang Mo Nan waved his hand and pulled Grandma's hand, "Whoosh" and they left the space. After saying goodbye to Grandma, he suddenly disappeared again.

  Grandma sat on the bed, watching her little granddaughter disappear before her eyes again, silently reciting "Guanyin Bodhisattva bless". From now on, she will burn more incense. After a chaotic day like this, she patted her own cheek, cheered up, not for anything else, but to keep secrets for her grandson's daughter, and she also had to make more money.

  A new day has arrived, so many things have happened, grandma can't sleep either. Looking at the clock on the desk, it's already past 4 o'clock. The sky is already a little bright, get up and work!

  No matter what, the old lady would insist on coming down. The big uncle came again later and saw that it was useless to persuade her, so he gave up the idea of persuading her again. He knew his mother very well, although she usually looked soft and gentle, with no temper, and even a bit weak, but once she got stubborn, ten cows couldn't pull her back.