The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 239

Chapter 239: Chapter 221, Shame_1

Songhe Courtyard.

Madam Yan of the Yan Family, with an unreadable expression, sat on an elevated platform, meticulously pruning a few pots of green chrysanthemums and red plum blossoms with a pair of small scissors in hand. After finishing with a pot, she had the nanny, Sun, move it away.

Below her, Yan Zhigao was visibly restless, glancing up at his elderly mother from time to time, unease heavy in his heart.

Even though he was now a man of mature years, and held the position of a Fifth-rank Prefectural Governor, facing his mother who was taciturn and rarely smiled, he still felt considerable pressure.

His mother had been widowed at a young age and had a difficult temper while raising their siblings; when her anger flared, he was utterly unable to withstand it.

Madam Yan didn’t put down her scissors until she had pruned all of the potted plants on the table. She then looked indifferently at her eldest son sitting below her and asked slowly, “Sending the child to my courtyard, was it your idea, or did it come from the Lin Family?”

Yan Zhigao, seeing that his mother had initiated conversation, felt a weight lifted off his chest. He eagerly replied, “It was Madam Lin’s suggestion, but after giving it some thought, I also felt it made sense. The children at home are usually caught up with their lessons and scarcely have the time to accompany you in laughs and talks. I was thinking, with mother by herself in the courtyard, it would be dreadfully dull if there weren’t…..”

Madam Yan interrupted, “So you thought to leave a child in my courtyard to help pass the time?”

Yan Zhigao sheepishly nodded in agreement.

Madam Yan humphed coldly, “They say a child is flesh torn from the mother’s body, yet your concubine seems quite generous. The child wasn’t born a few days ago, and she’s already in a rush to send her over to this old woman.”

Yan Zhigao, hearing the sarcasm in his mother’s words, felt the need to defend his beloved concubine, “She too wants to show respect to you, thinking about you being bored alone…”

Madam Yan grew impatient and waved her hand to interrupt her son once more, “Show respect? I have three proper daughters-in-law; do I need a mere concubine to show respect? There’s only the two of us here. If your wife and your brothers’ wives were to hear this, they would spit on you.”

“She shows respect by sending her child over. Then what about the wife of your youngest brother? She gave birth to Wen Cheng last year and never sent him to me; isn’t that disrespectful?”

Yan Zhigao was struck dumb; he truly hadn’t considered the third branch of the family.

Madam Yan glanced sideways at her eldest son, “And which of your eyes saw that I was bored?”

Yan Zhigao swept his gaze across the many potted plants in the room, each meticulously maintained, filled with an air of vibrant life.

Clearly, his mother had devoted much time to tending them.

Just then, an abrupt voice rang out.

“Not bored, not bored, the old madam is not bored!” _{freewebnøvel.coɱ}

Yan Zhigao’s expression stiffened as he turned his head to look at the parrot hanging by the window ledge.

At this moment, Madam Yan, with a smile, stood and walked towards the parrot with a plate of peeled sunflower seeds, scooping a generous handful into the bird’s food dish.

Seeing the parrot immediately bend its head and start pecking vigorously, she chuckled and said, “Like master, like pet, Daohua that girl is a foodie, and you’re a little foodie too.”

Daohua also worried about the old madam being bored and had sent the parrot over early in the morning to keep her company and entertain her.

“The old madam is a foodie too! Being a foodie is good, it means robust health, everything tastes delicious.”

Seeing his mother instantly amused by the parrot, Yan Zhigao’s face grew increasingly awkward.

After playing with the parrot for a bit, Madam Yan resettled herself on the elevated platform, sipped her tea, and spoke indifferently, “I can guess a bit of your concubine’s ulterior motives. Tell me, do you really think she only wanted to show respect?”