Chapter 42: Entering the Space Again

She patted her chest for a long while before finally swallowing it down.

Once she had recovered, she immediately headed toward that small pool of water, set the buns down, and cupped some water to her mouth.

But suddenly, she stopped her movement.

She stood up, splashed the water onto the field where she had planted vegetable seeds not long ago, turned around, and walked straight toward the house.

A short while later, she came out again, holding a spoon made of teak and a small bowl made of red sandalwood, and returned to that small pool.

Afterwards, she used her will to retrieve a coarse porcelain bowl from the pile of items she had taken from the Ge family, scooped some water with the spoon into the coarse bowl, and prepared to test it.

Only then did she remember the two chickens she had taken from the Ge family earlier; she had never seen them.

Could it be that, like the other items from the Ge family, they had been stored in the warehouse?

But when she had been rummaging through things inside before, why hadn't she seen them?

As she thought of chickens in her mind, she heard a "cluck, cluck, cluck" sound; following the sound, she saw that the chickens had actually appeared on a nearby hillside. She guessed that since living creatures couldn't enter the warehouse, those two chickens must have been drawn to the few unknown trees on that hill.

After all, apart from the hillside which still held some vitality, the rest of the space had been empty before; saying it was desolate was not an exaggeration.

At the same time she received spiritual power from the jade pendant earlier, she also learned that within this space, her will could control everything; now was a good time to try.

She placed the coarse porcelain bowl at the foot of the hillside and used her will to drive the chickens toward it; surprisingly, it really worked.

After the chickens drank the water and nothing bad happened, and they actually looked even more spirited, Liu Chuxue felt relieved.

She used the teak ladle to scoop a bowl of pool water for herself; it tasted cool and sweet upon entering her mouth. Although she couldn't immediately feel any change in her body, it indeed made her feel refreshed and at ease.

Thinking of her parents in the hospital, an idea formed in her heart.

She quickly returned to the room, carried a wooden bucket out, washed it clean at the freshwater source on the perimeter, then tested it with the chickens to ensure there were no issues. Afterward, she carried a bucket of freshwater back to the kitchen and cleaned the two pots, one large and one small, on the stove.

Afterwards, she went to fetch another bucket of pool water and poured it into the large pot. The firewood she had taken from the Ge family now came in handy; she prepared to boil a pot of pool water to keep, planning to feed it to her parents slowly later.

Although she didn't know what effects this water actually had, she was certain it would be beneficial and harmless to the body.

Next came the preparation of bait. In her previous life, due to work reasons, she had accompanied clients fishing many times and had privately studied this aspect quite a bit; mixing bait was very simple for her.

At this moment, she was glad she had visited the Ge family before coming to the city; otherwise, she would have been like a skilled housewife unable to cook without rice, and likely wouldn't have been able to make bait at all.

Her movements were nimble, and she quickly made a large bowl of bait.

She found a piece of clothing from the pile of items from the Ge family, tore off a pocket with a forceful pull, used it as a cloth bag, and put a small portion of the bait inside for later use.

Afterwards, she rummaged through that pile of items again, preparing to find something usable to make a simple fishing tool.

However, this rummaging was too forceful, and she directly knocked over Ge Pozi's sewing basket; a small cloth roll bounced and fell to a distance.

Originally, she hadn't paid it any mind, but when she picked it up to throw it back into the basket, she felt the texture was wrong.

Upon opening it, she discovered it was the money Ge Pozi had hidden; inside were nine large-denomination banknotes rolled up.

So Ge Pozi had hidden the money here; to be honest, most people would never think of this place.

With this money, she felt slightly relieved; at least, she wouldn't need to be so anxious about raising the treatment fees in the coming days.

(End of this chapter)