The Fierce Farm Girl Has A Secret Space

Chapter 2929: Chapter 2929: Celebrating the New Year (6)

In the blink of an eye it was the twelfth lunar month. After a big snowfall, the weather turned cold; the transport teams that had gone out to various places all started coming back one after another, and the villagers began getting busy with New Year preparations.

Qing Dou and Broad Bean had come in October and still hadn’t gone back. Not only had they not gone back, another person came—no, actually two people.

”Empress Dowager—no, I should be calling you Grand Empress Dowager now. Why are you running around in the dead of winter?” Yang Ruxin frowned at the old lady wrapped up in a white fur cloak, her brows raised high. ”The canal’s frozen over; riding in a carriage like this is torture, you know?”

And it wasn’t just the Grand Empress Dowager who came; accompanying her was Noble Consort Miao, who now had also become the Grand Imperial Noble Consort.

”My son and great?grandson have both come out here—am I supposed to stay alone in the palace like some old fossil?” Jiang Rong laughed. ”Didn’t you say before you’d keep a room for me? Well, here I am.”

”I’m here to accompany Mother.” The Grand Imperial Noble Consort Miao explained with a smile.

”But...”

”No buts.” Jiang Rong waved her hand, cutting off Yang Ruxin’s attempt to decline. ”It’s rare that I get to come out; this year I’m spending the New Year here.”

Very soon, after getting the news, Qi Wei came out to greet them. ”Mother.”

”The environment here really is wonderful.” Jiang Rong smiled as Qi Wei supported her into Yang Ruxin’s house. ”You really know how to pick a place to enjoy life. But don’t call me ’Mother’ here; just call me ’Mom.’”

”Mom, now that Chenchen is already capable of handling everything on his own, I naturally should let go completely.” Qi Wei grinned. ”Only after letting go did I realize life can be this leisurely.”

”It’s best if you can think that way.” Jiang Rong looked very pleased. Once inside, she widened her eyes in surprise. ”It’s really warm in here.”

”Our houses here are small; once the stove is lit it warms up nicely. The palace rooms are too big—no matter how you burn just one stove it never gets truly warm.” Yang Ruxin hurriedly had food and drinks brought out, and also sent someone to arrange things for the attendants.

”Where are the little beans?” Jiang Rong looked around, but didn’t see a single little kid.

”They’re all at the school.” Yang Ruxin chuckled. ”You’ve had a long, tiring journey. Eat something, drink something, rest for a while—you’ll see them this evening.”

The Grand Empress Dowager was already eighty now. Thanks to the conditioning from the food in Yang Ruxin’s space, her health could be considered quite good, but her energy really wasn’t what it used to be. She didn’t try to tough it out and went straight to the room Yang Ruxin arranged for her to take a nap.

That evening, when the kids finished school, things got lively all over again.

”Tell me, Old Master Qi, is your old lady really going to spend the New Year at my place?” After dinner, Yang Ruxin went to find Qi Wei.

”My old lady has always been someone whose word is law. Besides, she’s doing business with you—shouldn’t that make your relationship even closer?” Qi Wei retorted.

”But if that’s the case, you, the retired Emperor, and the Grand Empress Dowager both won’t be in the palace. What’s the Emperor supposed to do?”

”The Emperor has the Empress, concubines, and all the civil and military officials.” Qi Wei didn’t care in the slightest. ”Even when we’re in the palace, he just drops by when he has a spare moment to pay his respects. How could that possibly be more comfortable than being here?”

Yang Ruxin curled her lips. Fine, if they didn’t mind, then she cared even less. At the end of the day it just meant a few more mouths to feed—no big deal.

The weather was cold, so naturally fewer people went out; everyone stayed curled up at home, tinkering with food.

”Madam.” While they were busy, Miao Jian came running in at top speed, holding a child in his arms. ”This child was found unconscious at the foot of the mountain.”