"Grandma, how are you?" A Jiu's eyes welled up with tears in her anxiety.
"Give me some spiritual spring water quickly," Madam Wang coughed for a long time before her breathing settled. She walked to the cell door and sat down cross-legged.
"Yes, yes!" A Jiu hurriedly took out a waterskin from her embrace and handed it over.
Grandpa Niu's eyeballs almost popped out. How had he not noticed this girl carrying a waterskin?
But the priority was still to calm his elder sister down and ask about the result for his granddaughter.
He watched Madam Wang gulping it down, "Anything else?"
Anything else? Before Grandpa Niu could interject, the girl took out another waterskin from her embrace and handed it over.
Over there, she kept a wary eye on the jailers. Fortunately, Elder Brother Yun Hao was chatting with them about the recent case they were investigating, his voice animated.
The few jailers were also listening with startled exclamations, completely engrossed.
After drinking the two waterskins of spiritual spring water, Madam Wang closed her eyes halfway and began to regulate her breathing.
"Fortunately, you've come. My spiritual energy was insufficient yesterday. That dog official said if it rained, he would release your father and mother. What a pity... cough, cough, cough."
A Jiu immediately understood. Seeing her Grandma cough again, she reached her hand through the bars to comfort Madam Wang.
"Grandma, don't worry. Quickly do that... that thing you do." She couldn't quite name it, but she knew that as long as Grandma drank the spiritual spring water and her belly rose and fell, she would get better.
Over there, Grandpa Niu's mouth hung open, staring at this elder sister. He had forgotten to blink.
It seemed that the dark clouds yesterday were indeed the result of this old immortal summoning the rain.
"Old immortal, you are truly a divine being." This time, Grandpa Niu was even more convinced of her.
Madam Wang knew the purpose of her visit. While regulating her breath, she said faintly,
"Your granddaughter is about a hundred li to the southeast, in a place called Nanzhou County. She fell into the hands of a family named Ma. Go find her."
A Jiu was stunned. She watched Grandpa Niu, who was so excited that he kowtowed repeatedly.
Could what Grandma said be true? At this moment, A Jiu really didn't dare to doubt her Grandma's abilities.
The dark clouds and lightning yesterday were the proof.
"Grandpa Niu, why don't you hitch up the carriage and go look for her now? Don't worry about me, I have relatives in the city I can stay with."
Seeing Grandpa Niu burning with anxiety and yet reluctant to leave her behind, A Jiu said this.
"Then... I'll be going now."
"Go ahead, Grandpa Niu," A Jiu said with a smile.
Niu Dasheng trotted off, holding the front of his robe.
"Grandma, how are you feeling?" A Jiu squatted beside her and asked.
"Much better," Madam Wang pressed her palms together. When she opened her eyes, she said with deep feeling,
"Fortunately, I have you."
"Grandma, what are you saying? It's A Jiu who is fortunate to have you."
"Haha," Madam Wang chuckled dryly twice. "From now on, you must remember every single word I say."
"Alright, Grandma, please speak," A Jiu said, listening intently.
"You will live in the city with your sister-in-law for now. Find a way to send me some spiritual spring water every day. Within five days, I will surely have the ability to summon the rain. At that time, your parents' matter will also be resolved."
"I understand, Grandma," A Jiu nodded fiercely.
"There's also an important matter. You must not mention my summoning of rain to outsiders, lest it bring about karma and great trouble."
Madam Wang's last sentence confused A Jiu a little.
"Isn't summoning rain for the people a good deed, Grandma? Why can't I speak of it?"
"You silly girl, your foolishness catches me off guard. With my current abilities, I still need your spiritual spring water for support. If it rains, it will only be in the vicinity of Nanming City. Do you think I have the ability to bring blessings of rain to the entire world? Do you want to kill me?"
Madam Wang was fuming. Look at how spiritual this girl was, yet she couldn't figure out such a simple matter.
A Jiu saw how angry her Grandma was. It seemed that the spiritual spring water had been converted into some kind of spiritual power, just as she had said.