Female Novel
Chapter 1246
On the other side, there were several tomatoes. The tomatoes had already dried up, except forsome purple ones hanging on the branches. They looked a little old, probably because they weren'tpicked for a long time.
I was really bored. Seeing that there were some weeds in the garden, I couldn't help but stretch myhands out to get rid of them. When I heard footsteps behind me, I thought it was Tobias. Hence, Ididn't turn around. I opened my mouth and said, "Did you plant all these? I didn't expect you, acynical young master, to be so down-to-earth."
I didn't hear any reply, so I stayed silent. However, when I turned around, I saw a woman, probablyin her forties. She was wearing a grey chiffon shirt, a pair of black wide-legged pants, and a pair offlat shoes that had mud on them. It seemed that she had just stepped on mud.
With a basket in her hand, a sunhat on her head, she looked at me and gave me soft smile. "Areyou Tobias' friend?"
I was taken aback. I tried to figure out who that woman was, and who was she to Tobias. At HayesManor, I heard Monica saying that Tobias' mother was a model. She should be in her fifties. Hence,the woman before my eyes shouldn't be Tobias' mother.
Was she his elder sister or aunt?
I walked out of the vegetable garden, looked at her with a small smile, and said, "Hello, is thisgarden yours? It's very well taken care of!"
The woman smiled softly and handed me a bunch of grapes from the basket. "Try some. I justpicked them. There's no pesticide. You can eat it without any worry," she said.
I took the grapes from her with a smile and took a bite. My eyes widened, and I couldn't stopsmiling. "This grape is so sweet. Did you grow them?"
She nodded and smiled. "I planted them last year, and picked them today. Not bad, right?" Then,she looked at the weeds that were pulled out by me. "Do you also like gardening? I've been thinkingabout cleaning up these weeds for a few days now, but I've been too busy recently and it slipped mymind. Thank you!"
I shook my head with a smile and said, "These vegetables are a little old. We can only keep themas seeds. They can't be eaten anymore."
She nodded and put the basket aside. She looked at me as she said, "Are you interested in takingcare of this garden with me? All the vegetables have to be picked. Then, we have to take out theseeds and dry them, and wait till next year to plant them."
I agreed. It was really hard for me to sit around and wait for the news. I wanted to find something todo to distract my attention.
After chatting for a while, I learned that the woman's name was Yulia. She told me that she lived inthe yard, and occasionally took care of the flowers and plants in the yard to kill time. I thought thatshe was probably a gardener hired by Tobias.
Together, we picked all the vegetables in the garden, and then took out all the seeds in thevegetables. After washing them, we put them out to dry. There was not much work to do, but it wasvery healing.
Maybe it was the process of picking every ripe vegetable and putting them in the basket. It was verysatisfying to look at the basket being filled slowly. We washed and cut the cucumbers one by one,and scooped out all the seeds with a spoon. After we were done, we washed them and dried them. Ididn't need to think about anything. All I had to do was concentrate on what I was doing.novelbin