Ye Shiqi shared so of her secrets with her grandmother, omitting only the matter of her "space," that she had so dical skills, so estate planting techniques, and so knowledge of making costics!
These were skills that could be openly displayed, and she planned to run a costics factory. It was enough that her family knew she possessed these skills.
As for her proficiency in Qin, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting, and etiquette, she had studied all of these. She was not exceptionally skilled, but competent enough to deal with officials’ sons and rich ladies.
Second Madam never knew that life was so hard for her son and daughter-in-law in the countryside, that they could still teach their children etiquette and Qin, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting under such pressure.
Despite not knowing their identity, the foster parents who didn’t like his children much, or the circumstances of his daughter-in-law, sohow raised the children so well!
Second Madam felt very distressed for her son and daughter-in-law in the distant land.
She longed to grow wings and fly to see her son and daughter-in-law, but that was just a wish. The court would not allow them to return to the capital, nor to their hotown.
Apart from her son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren visiting them, there was no way for them to return to their hotown.
Returning would an defying an imperial edict, risking a death sentence. Before, when all seed hopeless, it was one thing, but now, with a son, daughter-in-law, grandsons, and granddaughters, they dared not make the slightest mistake.
Returning ho would only bring trouble to relatives they had just recognized.
Second Madam also knew, this ti, her granddaughter’s visit ca with much adversity. She had learned from the old housekeeper and other sources that they had been hunted by assassins several tis but miraculously survived each encounter. It was as if Heaven itself blessed their reunion.
Ye Shiqi chatted with her grandmother and then taught her new bookkeeping and calculation techniques, hand in hand.
Second Madam, who had limited literacy, had to learn so characters later in life, and understand ledgers and calculations after much effort.
The skills her granddaughter was teaching were quite hard for her to learn.
In her heart, she admired her son’s high standards; he had spent money on a teacher for his grandchildren, allowing Shiqi to be so intelligent and clever at such a young age. Such a young girl, yet she had the ability to manage an estate’s financial accounts!
So aristocratic family’s young ladies and officials’ daughters lacked her granddaughter’s abilities.
No wonder the old housekeeper had said that Shiqi was the village’s genius since childhood.
Under her grandmother’s admiring gaze, Ye Shiqi did not beco proud—her bookkeeping skills were not learned from a teacher!
They were acquired from her past life of studying, going abroad for further education, and coming back. These skills were all learned overseas!
It was also because her family owned a company, and she was forced to go abroad with the intent to return with her accomplishnts to compete with her stepmother and stepsister for the family inheritance.
Sadly, she t with tragedy right after returning; she wondered if her father had handed over the inheritance to that mother and daughter pair who had hard her.
It was only after eting the Old Lady, who reminded her of her past life’s stepmother, that she acted so decisively and ruthlessly.
The Old Lady had never hurt her, of course—part of her reaction was triggered by the scene where Second Madam was being bullied at that ti.
It aroused Ye Shiqi’s protective instinct towards her family.
Ye Shiqi’s four maids also taught the people around Second Madam; those who were Second Madam’s right-hand assistants had to learn such skills.
Before dinner, the General returned ho and saw his equal wife and granddaughter enjoying a harmonious ti together; the Old General was proud and happy.
"Grandfather, there’s a letter for you. The gatehouse asked to pass it on this afternoon."
Ye Shiqi glanced at her grandfather who had co in smiling, then went to change into everyday clothes and reappeared.
"Oh?" The Old General took the letter, opened it, and glanced at the contents.
He fell silent for a mont, lost in thought.
"Grandfather, who sent the ssage?" Ye Shiqi had her guesses, but still asked.
"Just a rchant, let the old housekeeper take care of him!" The Old General seed not to want to talk about this person, after all, the man was a rchant from a neighboring country, and it was more inconvenient to let the family see him!
"Oh," Ye Shiqi was quite curious but otherwise paid no more attention; this person had a purpose in visiting, and if it was for her, they would inevitably et sooner or later, so she was in no hurry to find out who he was.
"Old Master, please take a look, this is the accounting thod taught by your granddaughter!"
The Second Lady boasted with a smile to the Old General.
"Oh, let see!" commanded the Old General, and the maid beside the Second Old Lady imdiately handed over the account book in the Second Old Lady’s hand for the General to inspect.
The Old General only glanced at the surface of the account book, noting the tidy handwriting and the clear data structure.
"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"
The Old General exclaid in admiration, imdiately thinking that their Military Departnt actually needed such an account book as well.
"When there’s ti, have soone teach the accountants at the Military Departnt," the Old General said this to the Second Old Lady.
This was the start of training a new group of people with special abilities!
"Let’s eat, your granddaughter is starving!" the Second Old Lady ordered the preparation of the al.
The Old General casually asked, "The old housekeeper is quite busy today?"
The old housekeeper wasn’t always with the Old General because, after all, he was the steward of the house, and they relied on him for their food supply channels. He was also quite busy dealing with the outside information.
"The old housekeeper has gone to the farm on business!" The Second Madam smiled as she glanced at her granddaughter and spoke.
"Oh, are there still things to be busy with at the farm now?" the Old General wondered. He wasn’t in charge of the farm, but he had so idea about it, and since winter was approaching, there shouldn’t be much busyness, should there?
"Starting today, things will get busy!" The Second Madam looked again at her granddaughter, inviting the Old General to guess.
"I do want to know what the old housekeeper is busy with. Let’s eat first, and after the al, your granddaughter will tell you why the old housekeeper has been so busy," said the Old General, waving his hand to comnce the al.
Ye Shiqi... as a Lady, she was not idle either!
After dinner, the old housekeeper did co back. He first reported to the Second Madam and the Old General about what he had done at the estate in the afternoon.
Hearing this made the Old General chuckle with joy, stroking his grizzled beard: "Now that our granddaughter is here, the soldiers won’t have to worry about food!"
"Exactly, these several hundred acres will produce an extra season’s harvest, and our grains can supplent our food supply for a while!" the old housekeeper said cheerfully.
Ye Shiqi, seeing their lively conversation and how the old housekeeper seed to have forgotten his hunger and fatigue, felt a pang of sympathy:
"Housekeeper Grandfather, you’ve worked hard. Go have your al first; we have so things to discuss with you and Grandfather later!"
Hearing Ye Shiqi’s warm words made the old housekeeper forget all about his hunger and fatigue with a heart filled with warmth.
"Haha, brother, your little granddaughter really cares about you!" the sour words of the Old General made the old housekeeper chuckle as he left.
"Granddaughter, co with to the study," said the Old General. He did not abide by rules that forbade won from entering the study, feeling that his family was lacking in manpower, and believed that every master of the house must be trained to shoulder their responsibilities.
His daughter of the past, and now his foster daughter, they still didn’t know their true origins, and there was no need to inform her just yet; there was a plan to be made when the truth could no longer be hidden.
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