Chapter 607: Fat Boy

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

When the exam questions were distributed in the examination hall, the candidates’ small whispers still rang out from time to time. However, they quickly quietened down.

The first test officially began.

Ah Yu was bringing Old Madam Wang around the market that sold flowers and birds.

“Grandma, Grandma, buy two parrots to keep at home. Parrots are the best at talking. Previously, 1 saw a performer in a city who brought his parrots to talk to everyone. It was very interesting.”

At the side, Old man Wang said, “Do you think our family hasn’t raised one before? When your Grandma was young, she was actually—”

Old man Wang was preparing to tell Ah Yu about Old Madam Wang wanting to raise small animals when she was young.

In the end, when he turned around, he received Old Madam Wang’s gaze as if she was looking at a dead person.

“What happened when Grandma was young? Grandpa, continue. I’m listening!” Ah Yun teased the parrot as she stuck her ears up at Old man Wang.

“Ahem—I want to say that your Grandma also likes small animals very much. Our family has raised parrots, rabbits, turtles, and all kinds of fish of all sizes. We’ve raised many cicadas, crickets, and field chickens.”

Ah Yu listened excitedly. A vivid image seemed to appear in front of her. It was the scene of Grandma living happily with a group of small animals.

“Why didn’t you raise them after that? 1 only saw chickens at home.”

There wasn’t even a pig.

Old man Wang coughed again and said after some deliberation, “Later on, didn’t we encounter a famine? Coupled with the war, those little fellows couldn’t be kept. After that, we stopped raising them.”

Of course, he couldn’t say that they’d all died under Old Madam Wang’s care.

At that time, Old Madam Wang was still a princess who did not do any chores. Those skills were not something that could be adapted to in a day or two.

There were countless small animals raised by Old Madam Wang and all kinds of plants that died under her care. Ordinary families could not afford this kind of loss at all.

Initially, Old Madam Wang did not even know that the stomach was not the only place on a fish that could be eaten. She also didn’t know that pig intestines could also be eaten.

Other than vegetable cores, the other parts of vegetables could also be eaten.

In addition, she placed more than ten medicinal herbs and expensive meat and boiled them together. She didn’t know that other than the resulting small bowl of soup, the soup ingredients were also edible.

This included the little animals. She thought that they would grow up well just by buying and placing them at home.

Initially, Old Madam Wang had suffered a lot. Their lives were in a tizzy.

Fortunately, they had money. Even if they didn’t have the means to keep a group of servants, they still raised two old servants. Later on, they took in the King of Carving and another child.

The two children were especially hardworking after being taught by Old Madam Wang. They were busy and finally managed the family well.

However, looking back now, the first two years they spent together were actually the years when Madam Wang laughed the most. Neighbors would subtly approach him and say, “When choosing a wife, it’s best to choose a virtuous one. A wife who likes to cause trouble like this is better off not being chosen. We marry wives, not ladies of noble families, isn’t that right?”

Seeing that Old man Wang was silent, the enthusiastic neighbor even introduced his niece, hoping that Old man Wang could see how good his niece was.

However, this matter eventually came to an end without any significant outcome. Madam Wang, in her usual manner, mocked and ridiculed the neighbor for their efforts.

Now that he thought about it, perhaps it was from that time that Old Madam Wang began to learn the art of sarcasm from her neighbors.

However, the gossipy women liked to stir up trouble and their mouths were dirty. Old Madam Wang’s tongue, on the other hand, was sharp and to the point.

Unknowingly, it had become like this.

At the thought of this, Old man Wang was suddenly stunned. Previously, he only thought that his wife had suddenly become like this. Now that he thought about it, everything had proceeded step by step.. How could anyone suddenly become a completely different person from before?