The Formidable Lady of the Poor Scholar’s Household - Chapter 38
Chapter 38: Shi Jinhua’s Further Breakdown
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Fatty Wang pointed at his stomach and pulled his chin with all his might. “I have too much fats! I want to lose weight!” Did she understand now?
The nanny’s stroked his hand and asked, “Young Master, have you lost weight?”
Fatty Wang had completely given up. He had nothing left to live for!
He was like a numb wooden puppet, drooling and crying while nibbling on pig trotters and drinking soup.
‘Just take it that I didn’t say anything!’
“Be good, Young Master. Don’t cry. I’ll give you all the delicious food! No one can snatch it away!”
The nanny’s heart ached as she wiped Fatty Wang’s tears.
‘Who’s going to snatch it? You don’t have to. I’ll give it to you! Boohoo… I’m tired.’ Fatty Wang sighed.
“Young Master!” It was the person guarding the door who ran in.
“What’s the fuss?” Fatty Wang turned his grief and indignation into appetite as he looked at the person who ran in.
“Young Master, Scholar Shi is here. He’s waiting for your reply at the entrance.”
‘Madam is here?’
“What reply?” Fatty Wang was puzzled.
“Young Master, we’ll only let him once we have your permission.”
When Wang Yang heard this, he silently took a few steps back and counted in his heart, ‘One, two, three!’
“Ah! Do you want to die? That’s Madam!”
As he spoke, he lifted his servants up one by one. “Why don’t you go to heaven? Does a father have to stand at the door to see his son?”
“Young Master, Old Master is in the capital!”
“F*ck your master!” He threw his servant aside.
He quickly walked out of the room. Seeing the uneaten pig trotters on the table, Nanny Jiang quickly picked it up and chased after the young master while trembling. “Young Master, you haven’t finished eating yet. Why are you so anxious?”
Wang Jiaxun was running down the stairs when he turned around. ‘Wow! That old lady is really stubborn! If she falls, that might be it for her!’
“Alright, alright. I’ll eat it! You’re my elder!” As he spoke, he took the pig trotter and nibbled on it as he walked.
“Young Master, come back early tonight. I’ve made black chicken soup for you!”
Wang Jiaxun had no idea what to say. The nanny was definitely a stumbling block on his way to losing weight! She always cooked something that women ate during their confinement period!
When Shi Jinhua saw Wang Jiaxun, the latter was holding a pork trotter and his mouth was covered in oil. Now he understand why the little fatty had grown to this size!
“Madam! Are you looking for me? From now on, you can come in directly! Treat this as your own home!”
As he spoke, he wanted to pull Shi Jinhua over! However, the other man dodged.
‘My wife made this by staying through the night!’
“I need to talk to you about something.”
Shi Jinhua followed Wang Jiaxun into the house and saw that there were pavilions, small bridges, and even small lakes in the Wang family’s courtyard. Yet, there was not a single person in sight!
“Madam? Why are you looking for me?”
Shi Jinhua bit his cheek. “Don’t call me Madam!”
“Then what should you call you?”
Fatty Wang finally finished eating the pig trotters. A servant then delivered six slices of watermelon.
“Anything but Madam!”
Fatty Wang thought for a long time but couldn’t think of what to call him. He took a sip of tea and said, “Why don’t I call you Master’s Husband?”
Shi Jinhua looked at Wang Jiaxun as if he was looking at a monster. ‘His brain’s built differently!’
“Whatever!” ‘I surrender! At least it sounds better than Madam!’ “I’m looking for you to think of a way to find someone to teach Huwa how to wash clothes, cook, and tidy up the house.”
‘Otherwise, I really can’t afford to keep her…’
“That’s good. Huwa is a savage and doesn’t know anything. It’ll be troublesome if she embarrasses Master when she goes out in the future!” Wasn’t his master being embarrassed equal to him being embarrassed?
“I’ll find you a nanny!” Hehe, he’d let Nanny Jiang go!
One didn’t know how to speak, and the other couldn’t hear! It would be interesting when these two were together.
“Let me tell you, this nanny is wonderful. She was my grandmother’s nanny. After my mother got married, the nanny took care of me and brought me up. Don’t you think I respect you a lot?”
The main thing was that he could lose weight without the nanny by his side! That would be killing two birds with one stone!
Shi Jinhua wanted to confirm if this nanny’s age was the same as he had imagined. “You mean the nanny’s that old?”
Fatty Wang waved his hand. “It’s fine, it’s fine! She’s still young! She’s healthy and her teeth are good! She even runs fast! It’s just that her ears are a little bad.”
Shi Jinhua stared at Wang Jiaxun. “How old is she?”
The little fatty laughed to hide his embarrassment. “Seventy.”
Shi Jinhua immediately stood up and said, “Goodbye!” He was already on tenterhooks with a mentally challenged Huwa at home!
Fatty Wang smiled guiltily.
A seventy-year-old nanny? Did they think that he was too rich or that Doctor Wang was his father?
“Aiya, Master’s Husband, if there’s anything, we can discuss it! There’s nothing absolute in this world.” He tugged on Shi Jinhua and refused to let him go.
Wang Yang opened his arms and blocked the way. Fatty Wang hung on Shi Jinhua’s body.
Shi Jinhua thought to himself, ‘Don’t you know how fat you are?’
Seeing that Shi Jinhua’s face was bloodshot and the young master was still hanging on, Wang Yang couldn’t help but think that Master Qian might very well become a widow.
“Young Master, get up first.”
Fatty Wang let go of Shi Jinhua. “Look at you. What’s the hurry? How about this? I’ll send food to your family for as long as my nanny stays in your house. Is that okay? 50 catties a day!” He couldn’t possibly give much more than that.
Shi Jinhua, who was originally very determined, replied, “You should have said so earlier! You made me panic!” As he spoke, he sat back down.
“Where’s your nanny? Ask her to follow me home later.” He didn’t want to wait a moment. Huwa had too good an appetite.
“Wait here. I’ll go get the nanny for you,” Fatty Wang said and was about to turn around.
“Young Master, there’s no need to go get her. Nanny is already outside the second gate. Why don’t you ask Sister Xinyue to quickly pack Nanny’s luggage?”
“You know that and you’re expecting me to do it?”
Fatty Wang glared at Wang Yang. “Ask Xinyue to take good care of Nanny.”
“What? You’re sending a maid too?”
‘Fifty catties of rice a day, and you’re bringing a maid?’ Of course Shi Jinhua was unwilling. He was on the losing end of the deal!
“Oh, I say, Nanny is seventy years old. She doesn’t need anyone to serve her during the day. But I don’t think she can do without someone to take care of her at night. Besides, I thought you don’t need to pay for the maid.”
At this moment, the nanny was trembling as she walked down the steps.
Shi Jinhua’s brows furrowed into a frown. Was it too late to reject his deal now? It wasn’t easy to earn 50 catties of rice a day!
The nanny finally caught up with her young master. Her turbid eyes lit up. “Young Master!”
Looking at the nanny trembling as she walked over, Shi Jinhua’s heart skipped a beat. If she fell, this old woman’s long life would probably come to an end.
Wang Yang was experienced. He had already picked up a pen and paper to write down what he wanted to tell the nanny.
When the nanny came in front of him, he handed the paper over with both hands. She took the paper and looked around for light.
When Shi Jinhua saw this, he said, “Well, I still have something on. I won’t trouble you. I’ll leave first!”
This was not something a normal person could do!
Fatty Wang had long been wary of Shi Jinhua, this stingy man.
“Aiya, sit down. Granny might not agree. What’s the hurry? Come and drink some tea!” Fatty Wang had just finished speaking when the nanny spoke up.
“Sure, I agree.” She wanted to see what the huge girl was like.
“Old lady, there’s no need to force yourself. You don’t have to agree.”
Shi Jinhua bowed and cupped his hands.
He thought to himself, ‘Really, you don’t have to agree. I’m afraid…’
After handing the paper in her hand to Wang Yang, the nanny turned around and said, “What?” She stuck her ear in front of Shi Jinhua.
She meant that the scholar had to raise his volume. She really couldn’t her him mumbling to himself.
Shi Jinhua looked at Fatty Wang with a puzzled face.
‘Is that what you meant by a bit of… bad hearing?’
How was that a little hard of hearing? She couldn’t hear at all! She was simply making wild guesses based on her low level of lip reading!
On the way back to Shandong Village, Shi Jinhua looked at the nanny and maidservant sitting in the carriage, as well as Fatty Wang, who was brimming with freedom from head to toe!
Shi Jinhua felt that the sky in his world had suddenly turned pitch-black. It felt like a storm was brewing in the background!
