Portable Space: The Peasant Princess

After leaving the temple, Gu Panxia did not leave with Aunt Fang, but returned to the slums with Zhou.

Originally Aunt Fang wanted to go along, but then she thought that Gu Panxia had not seen her parents for many years and had a lot to say. She felt uncomfortable being an outsider in the presence, so she did not go along. Instead, she asked one of the grooms to take care of Gu Panxia. and Zhou were sent to the slums.

Along the way, Mrs. Zhou had a happy smile on her lips. This was the most she had smiled in so many years.

"Girl, we're here!"

The carriage slowly stopped on a crowded path, and the coachman's voice came from outside the carriage.

Gu Panxia opened the curtain and looked at the crowded path in front of her, frowning slightly.

"Mom, it's so cold. How can you stand it when you live in a place like this?"

Where is this place where people live? It was made of several wooden boards and surrounded by a layer of blackened white cloth. How could this block the cold wind?

Zhou gently patted the back of her hand and comforted her: "It's okay. When your father and I first arrived in the capital, we didn't even have a place to stay. Now that we have a place to live, it's already pretty good."

Her words were very soft and calm, but hearing them in Gu Panxia's ears made her feel sad.

The capital is so big, but there is no place to stay. That would be such a sad thing.

Gu Panxia held back her sadness, swallowed, and then said, "Not anymore. As long as I'm here, I won't let you live in a place like this."

She helped Zhou get out of the carriage and asked the driver to wait outside, while she and Zhou entered the "house" made of several wooden boards.

"Cough cough... cough cough cough..."

As soon as Gu Panxia approached the door, she heard heartbreaking coughs coming from inside.

The coughing sound was continuous, and one couldn't help but wonder whether the person inside would cough to death in the next second.

Zhou couldn't help sighing heavily, "Your father was hit by a falling rock and injured his leg. When he fell, his chest hit the gravel on the ground, leaving internal injuries. The doctor said that if he hadn't been fatal, he might not have survived. Not until today."

After saying that, she wiped away her tears silently, her red eyes filled with vicissitudes of life.

Gu Panxia's lips twitched, but she didn't say a word. She really couldn't imagine what it was that had supported them through so many years.

I heard Mr. Zhou choke and say: "Your father, he is always thinking about you. He always said that if he wants to die, he cannot die in a foreign land. He has to return to Yuehe Village and watch you before he can die in peace."

Gu Panxia's eyes instantly filled with tears. She raised her head slightly and pushed back the tears in her eyes. After a long time, she said, "No, as long as I am here, dad's illness will get better soon."

Zhou only thought she was comforting herself and sighed softly before opening the curtain and walking in.

Gu Panxia followed her into the house and saw an old wooden bed inside. Lying on the wooden bed was a skinny man with his eyes closed tightly and coughs kept coming from his mouth. .

As if he felt someone coming in, he opened his eyes slightly, and closed them again when he saw it was Zhou.

"Why did you come back so late today?"

After holding back his cough and saying a complete sentence, he coughed heavily again.

Mrs. Zhou pulled Gu Panxia to the bed, sobbed and said, "The child's father, look, who did I bring here?"

Gu Dahai opened his eyes again and looked at Gu Panxia carefully, but he couldn't recognize who the person in front of him was.

He said in a deep voice: "Ahem...whose...ahem...girl is this? Why did you bring her here? Be careful of catching my disease."

Gu Panxia couldn't believe it. The hunter who had been as strong as an ox in his impression was now as thin as a bamboo pole, with only skin and bones left.