ROHYX Chapter 163 : Jiang Family (2)

Since someone was blocking the ducks way in the front and someone was chasing after them from behind, more than 20 ducks quacked and flew everywhere, which turned the place into a real mess of duck feathers.

Yuxi looked at Jiang Qi, who wanted to get angry but had to endure it silently. This was the first time for Yuxi to see Jiang Qi looking like this. Uh-huh, it made Yuxi feel pretty good instead.

In the end, the ducks were driven back by two old women servants. When Old Madam Jiang's gaze fell upon the lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze young misses, she invited everyone to go sit inside her courtyard.

While the others were silent, Yuxi found her very much interesting. Before, she had never heard Old Madam Jiang had such a playful nature. So she ignored Jiang Qi's ugly expression and asked, "Old Madam, we won't be disturbing you, will we? Jiang Qi Meimei said that you like a quiet atmosphere, so she asked us not to disturb you."

The Old Madam laughed and replied, "You're not going to bother me, and I'm going to like it very much! Come, my courtyard is just up ahead, only a few steps away."

Jiang Qi glanced at Yuxi with great dissatisfaction. If it had not been for Yuxi, she would have found an excuse to leave with everyone. [+]

When Yuxi started to follow the Old Madam, naturally, it wouldn't be good if Jiang Qi decided to leave with the others. At that moment, she reluctantly followed along after the two of them.

Although the Old Madam said it was not far, it took a few minutes for the group to arrive there. Looking at the clean courtyard, Yuxi looked left then right and saw that there were no ducks around.

The Old Madam smiled at this and said, "The ducks are back there! It was the maid who left the door open just now. Thus she let them run out. If you want to see them, I can take you there."

The Old Madam's courtyard was the largest one in the Jiang family residence, and it came with a small backyard. The Old Madam instructed the maids to separate the backyard into three plots, and then they planted vegetables on the plots. Now, looking at the growing greeneries on those plots was very satisfactory. The ducks, which had just made a mess, were kept under lock at the right corner of the courtyard.

Yuxi felt that everything was fascinating and smilingly praised, "Old Madam is so amazing to have such well-grown vegetables." She remembered the time she tried to plant medicinal herbs in her former Rose Courtyard backyard for five years, and the results, the backyard was still looking so bleak. Originally, she wanted to wait for someone to sort out the Rose Courtyard. She wanted them to raze it to the ground before planting herbs there, but she was too busy to do that. Of course, it was mainly because she now found that reading books was more valuable than growing herbs.

The Old Madam smiled so much that there were more wrinkles on her face, "I'm so old already that I can't even stand up from planting these few pieces of vegetables. I used to work all day in the fields, and I would be fine after a good night's sleep." It was rare to meet such an attractive young girl, so the Old Madam couldn't help but speak a bit more.

Yurong exclaimed, "Old Madam still goes to work in the field?" Wasn't that something that a menial worker would do? Why would the Old Madam of the Jiang family do the work of a lowly worker?

If there was a hole in the ground, Jiang Qi wished she could squeeze herself in.

When Old Madam Jiang noticed Jiang Qi's indignant look, she sighed slightly in her heart and responded with a smile on her face, "I plant vegetables to move my muscles and bones. I'm getting old already. If I don't move my arms and legs, they will become stiff." She had never shied away from her origin because she didn't feel anything shameful about it. What was wrong with being a peasant girl? What was there to be shameful of, as long as you didn't steal or rob others and you relied on your skills to support yourself? But her granddaughter wanted to save face, and she could not afford to embarrass her in front of everyone.

Old Madam Jiang hated Yu Shi. Not to mention that Yu Shi was trying to harm her eldest grandson, if she had to say, when she saw the way Yu Shi taught her two children made Old Madam Jiang unbearably weary. That child, Hongjin, already had a deep mind when he was still a young boy. At the same time, Jiang Qi had become competitive and petty. On top of that, both children despised her origin. Old Madam Jiang did not mind her background, but she did mind how the two children treated her. Ever since they came to the capital, the two children had been very distant towards her. They had never treated her like she was their grandmother and the way they treated her like she was a stranger. So every time she saw Yu Shi put on her false smile, she would be full of anger. If it weren't for her eldest grandson, she wouldn't want to stay in the capital even for a single day. She would be more at ease in Jiangnan than in the capital. Only because she was worried that Yu Shi would harm her eldest grandson again that she held back and planned to wait until he was married before returning there.

Yuxi smiled and refuted, "Old Madam doesn't look old at all, and I want to ask Old Madam about your planting skills! What Old Madam doesn't know, I have tried planting a few herbs in my yard before, but they always end up dead." Whenever she spoke of her experience of planting herbs, she always shed bitter tears.

The Old Madam asked in amazement, "You're learning a medical skill?"