Chapter 678: The Grown Children
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Old Madam Wang had actually always been more at ease with her second son. Iler son always pretended to be obedient in front of her.
Actually, Old Madam Wang knew that he just wanted her to have something to do to avoid loneliness.
Especially after leaving Hu Family Village, Old Madam Wang had fewer things to do than usual. There was no Flower Jiang to trouble her, nor was there anyone else who needed her to do anything.
The children gradually grew up and had their own thoughts and abilities. The older generation slowly lost their use.
Just like the tools that were once used regularly, as time passed, they gradually became decorations.
She had raised four sons and a daughter. She also had eight grandsons and a granddaughter. Now that she had a great-grandson, in the eyes of outsiders, it should be an extremely lively family.
However, it was really not very lively around her. Her eldest son, Wang Chuanfu, stayed in Hu Family Village to farm all year round. Their family did not like to move around and only asked people to send them some farming things during the holidays. They basically didn’t meet.
The third son, Wang Chuanfu, opened a restaurant in Nanhe Town. The couple originally planned to open it in the prefecture capital, but they thought that they couldn’t be too far from their eldest brother, lest he felt lonely, so they decided to stay in town.
The fourth son had been traveling for a few years to do business. Now, he did not always stay at home and was busy in the farmstead all day. In the past, he was busy making the farmstead bigger and stronger. Now, he was busy raising tea plants and taking care of the school grounds that his family had bought.
Especially the academy that All Yu had taken from King Xiaoyao. Now that Ah Yu was going to be on duty in the Astrology Divination Bureau, everyone was afraid that she would be tired, so they did not let her run around all day. The academy was handed over to Wang Chuanman to take care of.
Her youngest daughter, Wang Aibao, opened a grocery store and guarded the small shop every day. She seemed to want to live her life in a simple manner like this. Old Madam Wang did not persuade her and only let her form her own thoughts slowly.
As for her grandsons, other than learning literature and martial arts, they had to take the Imperial Examination. They naturally couldn’t accompany an old woman like her.
Ah Yu, on the other hand, often noticed the emotions of everyone in the family. She was like a special observer. She would always be the first to discover anyone who was unhappy. She would circle around them like a little fairy until the other party was happy.
If anyone was sad, she would definitely be the first to run to them to comfort them.
As an old woman, Ah Yu surrounded her all year round. After that, Ah Yu grew up and went out to study. Although the child still made her feel warm in her heart, the child was already a young adult now after all. She had more things to do, so the less time she spent by her side.
Ah Yu was destined to be an eagle that was meant to fly, so she naturally had to let her fly further.
As for the grandsons whom she had scolded since they were young, she no longer scolded them as much. Sometimes, even if she wanted to scold them, she realized that she didn’t know where to start.
As time passed, she became much quieter.
There was only her second son. He had been receiving her scoldings for more than 30 years. Even if she wanted to pick up the bearing she had when she was a princess in the past, she would often not be able to help but give up.
In the end, she had only been a princess for more than ten years. Then, she lived as an ordinary farmer. It had been nearly 40 years.
It was unknown if she had more of the Princess engraved in her bones, or more of this “Mother” and “Grandma” role.
Therefore, how could she not know that Chuangui was deliberately annoying her so that her role as a “mother” could always be needed?
“Idiot.” As Old Madam Wang taught, she looked at Wang Chuangui’s occasionally deliberate stupid expression, and she couldn’t help but scold him.
Wang Chuangui agreed readily. “Aiya, I’m stupid. Didn’t Mother know about it long ago? After I take over the position, there will still be many things that I won’t understand. I have to ask Mother to write more letters to remind me..”