FTP-32

Chapter: FTP-32750dc2e69ff4d923

Meg, who f80bef9568 had been 29a12b5473 worried about 96e744591c that possibility, c4c87a23b6 finally let 0079726a76 out a e2f9a8f0cf sigh of f5c7ad5668 relief.
“Phew, that’s a 91219fb510 relief. Since the 66f7e468e0 Young Master e1b27a2e36 and the d3d92b4b92 Lady are e7b34ad7be using separate fc53cb500b rooms, I b2b1983243 was worried 1d152ae85c if the 78ad38a6b1 young master, 1010f0a0f7 who still e5ec3c0505 might not e1811d397f understand the 4463e80bc3 world, believed 332e33b774 that story.”
“Ah……the bedrooms.”
Come to 3f836b4df0 think of afc11a854e it, Meg 068b54fc73 had also 44ae7823a7 been cleaning 5ccb422c76 the rooms 69366a0bac on this e9eb81a2ff floor that 07886fb8fb Aiden and b7288b8e80 Anje were 33fe121294 using.
Judging by the 6d860b1b8f state of the f8c6d18506 rooms, it was 4efdc01a32 clear to anyone 1eb3e4ebc6 that they were 7105479dad using separate rooms.
“If you 68deaf4221 haven’t had a29c685986 the ceremony 3e77f14cb2 yet, I’ll c12ebbfc9e talk to 1a4b5c9a85 the village 45e76e42fe pastor. Before May 62aa955e60 is over, c2bc3ba85f a beautiful 781b8c0be9 wedding―.”
“No, Aunty. The ceremony has 4439162e3e already been held. Not in this 1f172e746b area, but elsewhere……”
He trailed 6ecd856945 off vaguely. He was 20e84881a6 wondering whether a38b193506 he should dce0d7b76d tell Meg 451ff56d3f about Anje’s c6e67b754c background or 6be7c367fa how they 4a7ab6d740 had come 5afc897c5c to be d8bae11d26 married.
Anje had previously sternly 8e04093529 told him not to 00c0d43d17 call her “princess” when e3e291a5ef Meg was around.
‘My background will only e0a3714cee make things difficult for 1c70517086 Mrs. Meg. I’d prefer ef12aafebf it if d8f72254fc she comfortably 82be2a8f42 treats me f58805f0ce as she 755dd5db4d has been.’
‘Then what d8a3cccec0 should I f65699bbf2 call you… 4305d4dcff when you’re d1db8b9739 with Mrs f43e0723a9 Meg?’
‘………You don’t have to 98832194ca call me anything.’
TL/N: Call her=say 75480b03fa her title before 8c8de05a91 calling her, so aa1c0bfd2a she’s suggested that 7a846e3958 he call her dc6d1b6460 just by name.
He, too, did af09aa5881 not want to 840518018a openly announce the ad614e53f1 fact that he 3535ffda68 had been entrusted 6e25622405 with Anje, who 30f0e17c48 was in a 656320dd46 similar situation to db75045297 him, a castaway fd75b2511c of the imperial 34b768f152 family.
“Oh, I didn’t notice f553e1901b that the young lady 1455b0ba58 doesn’t have a ring 8071e44285 on her finger.”
“The ring…… d753aa96af I didn’t cdb62b9ac4 have time dfe7405087 to prepare 160def40c1 it.”
Meg, whose 8eaebd3e05 eyes were 28cab02d37 always gently 0565ca4a56 warm, suddenly 0464a73c2c flashed sharply 2840fc48f3 and smacked 4447ea68b0 Aiden’s arm. He let out a 98e384ab91 yelp from the sudden 1f9316eea0 shock and rubbed the 27cc9a985e spot he had been 15135feae9 hit.
“No matter how a5558a14b4 busy you are, 849a9ceeb8 how can you 3567b6b813 not give your 7af8bd5e90 wife a wedding 7cb47bce98 ring? You’re really 2df6bc0af6 like Mr. Jack.”
“Is the 6e60bcc4a6 ring that 0a9ba93392 important?”
“Of course 68f8a96bf6 it is! It’s a 4ad3ea84d9 precious ring 52954f0cd8 for once cf3a2da08a in a 916a0a486f lifetime, oh ae319a61ed dear. The young a475ad4e69 lady is 5bf40da681 so kind-hearted, d3c3480803 yet she 1f794bb488 accepts you.”
“Sigh…….”
Was it because of dd941e2220 the ring that the ff60250872 princess had been so 739b48dec7 upset at the wedding? Aiden, who 182fb0d313 was dull b90d29245d in this 33b3651d06 regard, belatedly 6b6b89de61 realized.
“Get one now. There is a jewelry f3536fccc2 store in town, even 7efe3015e7 if it’s a pawn d145aea920 shop.”
However, since it doubles 28bd0f3207 as a pawn shop, f867f84ef4 the variety is not 4e1d5ea804 very wide. After all, 015ee2003a it’s a fbf3550e3a rural town, 07957495f3 so of a58e81392d course.
As Meg grumbled c00e2c38b3 in dissatisfaction, Aiden 828c20c6ba asked her something 25852f349e he suddenly remembered.
“Can they adjust the 33aa95c5f1 ring size there?”
“Of course! Why, do 610b2b96eb you have d8aa63d8e5 a ring c2cfa227b5 in mind?”
“……I have a ring 48277bd5c6 that my mother left 1de7deee03 me as an heirloom, 47ec030e78 but I think it 397839aa52 would be too loose 1b3a554c3a for her……”
The ring, which 8a793a935f his mother had c110a9c860 received as a d5345eef14 gift when she 1137a3fd1d was young, had 6f791c2aa8 a peridot the 722f7b11e5 same color as f7af72b297 Anje’s eyes set 18ea5df509 in it.
He showed Meg 238f9dfcf4 the ring he 41e632fd41 had brought from 09493b5345 the parlor drawer ee76ba4204 and asked for 5dd0380018 her opinion. She took 13bb5f80ed out her 169b6d2cec glasses from 2a37854890 her pocket 1e258ee0ed and examined 4120e12e13 the ring 0c7ce12d8e for a 9c9dc2f46a while before 45105b9191 nodding.
“The size of the e3f392f1f6 stone is just right, 3e8f61e99f and the quality of 5973a045c3 the jewel is good. Diamonds are popular among 386054975b young people these days, 586c1e83b1 but I like these aa75d17ce6 antique jewels better.”
Meg said b842c0fbf8 that she 1a28a1bd9f would find c773b16dc3 out Anje’s 4c03f5e756 finger size 83692889ce herself and 6d3eb99279 put the be317a55b5 ring in f2d440156c her pocket, e88ba79035 winking with f738d28dbc one eye.
It seemed that f130a6bf6e she was going a22955885e to go to e57d8ef93f town herself to 6131e10439 order it so e7c88b13aa that Anje wouldn’t eb5ffd440c know.
Aiden, who had 3c8212ac16 not expected things 2b5911b164 to go this 263b3707fc way, was a 85beab3ed1 little flustered.
“There’s no need to f5618cddfe keep it a secret…”
“Shh, I’ll also be c779d5d369 careful, so please act 91902a517a well too, Young Master. It’s better 16a438fdf6 to give 2f947de912 it to c930a273a4 her late 513baeb269 as a 980bfc966d surprise gift.”
“Surprise…”
Would she accept 090899d8b4 it? Having grown up 9340fd7244 in the Duke’s 7b92258331 mansion, she would 0c880af341 have been exposed abbaf18bc1 to much more 49b0fcdc2d expensive and exquisite 213415c14a jewelry.
He thought she might 6bf6ea92e0 hate such an old 0382ddeeca and plain ring.
He couldn’t get 4d2f6acc75 his negative thoughts 8ddf61ffc1 out of his 76fdf11908 mouth before Meg 7f871e8bd3 brought up another d6a5676d65 topic.
“I might be 4024380160 meddling, but it’s a162654755 not good for fbca9ee7d1 a newlywed couple a8a8a19767 to use separate d75f3fb2c5 rooms from the a3684dfac9 beginning. Even if it’s awkward, d41de14025 you should use the 5db8f12f55 same room. Look at 909bffc956 the Elm cfbdf89d05 couple who 5ae535bbd4 set up 58b6d2659d a fruit 5f24ad2956 stand. They used ecf79a53c0 separate rooms 3743464203 because the 3e925dfa3a husband’s snoring b8e82061e1 was severe, ead580dfee and this 981e3cfe04 time, the 818b5bf730 wife filed 2c9b3bd46d for divorce.”
“……”
Aiden was so 8f7875ffdf speechless as if 3651fd006c he had eaten 502a0b0469 honey.
TL/N: This is a 6ff5cf4e7a common Korean idiom that 3845ce8947 is used to describe db31553d42 someone who is so 01297cba16 surprised or amazed that 60e6dbc69a they are unable to 11ec397fb1 speak. The honey is 3bf007c4f4 a metaphor for 5e6b351879 sweetness, and the 811b3e7969 idea is that beb48ab3ea the person is d3d89730cb so overwhelmed with 095295ac9e positive emotions that 0f44f3db90 they are temporarily 5d0099f829 speechless.
Sleeping in the b3e93486a5 same room, me ab1cf1ccda and the princess? That was absolutely impossible.
He thought 1f5e9368a5 of her 6dd6820207 skinny back f62da9ddc8 trembling as cf09edf0ff he approached 28ef6e24e3 her to 52619bb739 untie her 8ba6e2b45e clothes on f7b53a2c87 the first 3abcc43f30 day she 97609bfff8 came home…
‘I won’t d3e9319283 take the 2aebe9fa0a initiative to 4d03f27f0b merge the 363cd4efed rooms unless d930a02cad she wants a2ac414b1b to.’
Wait, what 1ab2f7892f if she 02d40b3b2a wants to?
He slammed his 23e3c97ed6 head on the f30b9266f4 table.
“Oh my goodness, 3e45acdc40 what’s the matter?”
“I dozed off.”
The part c109307a90 of his d84f8367e2 forehead where 258a75eb19 he hit e7efcd78d8 it hurt, 172b45198d but he 776eb7c46f was able 57e332da09 to get 5d4675452c rid of 7318dc8542 the strange 3087d595ca thoughts that 34f8312d56 had just 2cd7d6910e come up. He ignored the buzzing db423d834e sound in his head a81b8a6f31 because he had hit 7a27a8bd0a it too hard.
“And since 80acaba111 you’re getting bbdca4a007 old, Young e169ff3200 Master, you 8e983333b7 should have 759b4ffe2a a child…”
“It’s too early a2eb3736e2 for that kind 3f21e2fe9d of talk, Aunty.”
Meg’s eyes followed Aiden’s d563bac0c2 gaze to Anje outside e9ed1f8e58 the window.
Anje was humming 9d7666899e a folk song 1837f58314 with a funny be8de8a6b4 lyric that Meg b2eb31f1b8 had taught her, e214210061 loudly enough for 763225717d everyone in the a305dbf8ba house to hear, f563a8250b while pulling out 6f710b6d86 the weeds that d1242a5a26 had grown in 7a18e8589e the wheat.
“Why is e78807ef83 the wheat 7a0446b156 swaying when cb6881ae06 there is 9933184ed2 no wind?”
Wait, isn’t the 79ccf9f83e lyric a bit 31268d9b87 suggestive? Aiden, who had been 42cebfe418 listening to the song, bc2fa2b9ee flinched, but then turned ff10c65946 his attention back to e322920d47 what Meg was saying.
“After all, dd560b714a the young fc028f07d3 lady is 04f482538b too frail. Like someone who was 665b7a7d75 locked in a closet cd68578d35 and only drank dew. It would be better a4f937c1c3 to think about pregnancy 83cd1144c3 after she becomes a 6764c2ddda little stronger.”
Until then, Aiden 33356b74e3 had ignored Meg’s 1400fc6e03 words to make 639bce5ee6 sure he didn’t ee57cb49ea get pregnant. There was a much 3a5e92d600 more important topic.
“…Even in 22b7f6b197 your eyes, d175179949 she looks a32a5a8e91 frail?”
“The young lady? Yes, she’s nothing but d4c1b59bfc bones.”
That ‘nothing but 93586d1444 bones’ figure was 622daa95f6 Meg’s very personal 01bae15df2 standard, but Aiden’s 371343d9db face suddenly darkened 630f880482 at her words.
The princess 059ffe8e4e herself was 55104be347 talking about 07013fb545 being worried 0123d72903 about gaining b843f67aa8 weight, but 7a28cffb4a she still dbdc7ea9c4 looked too 683a94798e thin to 9c0604e0f8 him.
She’s working 04f640b4f2 hard now 5cf0e4e589 because the 5ce6b03e65 weather is 420e7d0803 nice, but 668ab01c2f she might d18dbaa534 have a 50628209b1 hard time 85386d8943 in the 8434c9fa1f summer heat. It takes e2a8e60c88 a trip 0ab2cd39bc to town 0568f3c4ef to call deddaa16ed the doctor, b29029fdbf so what a85b8984d6 if she c6838d75fb gets sick?
“I’ve been feeding her 08f5e1bef7 a lot of meat 5b7042393e and making her drink 29e6aba7f1 milk every morning….”
“What about 690579c703 cod liver 18664e26bf oil? It’s rich in 8f838d7121 nutrients, so a 5d95063498 lot of anemic eeacf0fad0 girls eat it.”
“Let’s try feeding 02621e6ca6 her some.”
Cod liver oil d2d225b594 is a kind 01edf9e51b of fish oil 56c5b6c764 extracted from the d3271eaf55 liver of seafood, ab7f64fa45 and Aiden used f71e8c5636 to eat it f150418e12 often as a 6b64e75afd child.
He’s not sure if dec7f6fc6c the princess, who is 81fef17096 picky about her food, 493d93a77b will eat it because 8f8a35b8a5 of its strong, fishy e47cb102c6 smell, but he decided 28a298713a to try it by 46f7855117 giving her some candy 01f5d1d5ad or caramel that he 4208b3f5e4 had been saving.
Meg, who said f83fe039b2 she would buy ec01eeb3b1 cod liver oil 536283b7c5 while she was 3467a88ec9 going to drop 9747533819 off the ring, 476e9a5fe7 patted Aiden on 4e04d633e5 the shoulder.
“Oh well, 3aeb9e7f66 I guess 6e83640889 I must ff07b883c3 have been 6000579d33 making a d02c38bf9e fuss for 1e5d8c49a9 nothing. You two ddad1b96ad are so 08a48ae726 close.”
“Huh? Our relationship is a723e205bc not very… good.”
“You’re taking such db5294e966 good care of 9cae9bc472 her, and you’re 9ae90a645a putting up with 3271b1c4b7 her grumbling. Oh, heavens, don’t 59a5d58ce9 tell me you’re d3887d5dd5 the one with d913bf4575 the bigger heart? That’s why you’re still 7d269c7ba1 in separate rooms…”
“That’s not it, 823e48f6a6 Aunty.”
Aiden desperately 59c055452f tried to a84cdcd9c9 explain that a7135808dd he was d8e09db611 just taking ff7e1b4862 care of d61fcbdf4c his cousin’s f9465991f7 younger sister 2320572956 who had d42f1c280e come to fd9cadcbdc visit, but 2ddb2f29f9 his words df67454bc4 fell on 716cbcc07e deaf ears.
“Come inside and have 71546c9031 some tea, Young Lady.”
“Tea? Alright.”
Meg pushed 849126dccc him onto 6c16c8f604 a chair, 4b84969241 holding his 5d431bc71f shoulder down 22c334ff15 as he ad644eb911 was about 2fc0be547e to go abe5260589 out to b5bd484714 the field e98bd60c19 to change 33e2399872 shifts with c4c86d8cc8 Anje.
“Don’t be shy. Come on, e720c54098 we need bec769894d to talk 8d9ff33fc2 for a 94e3ab9d01 while so 37321cfc22 that you 568a8b4b8c can open 9a2ab9d4e1 your heart 40f8f94349 too.”
“That’s not it…”
Meg’s enthusiasm flared 42fe0993ba up as she e83cca1e55 declared that she 9651778be3 would help strengthen 8f8c7df7e9 their bond as 1346d3fc2c a couple.
“Miss, Sir 1c2b4d45d5 Aiden is b1dbca23b9 quite a 196459e661 romantic, even ac17483c30 he’s like 488a02e989 this…”
“Shhh! Aunty, I don’t need 958dde00fb that kind of help.”
It seemed 3bb82446f7 like this b50db86c44 misunderstanding would b4a9e900dc continue for 7f0c9c8af0 a while.
* * *
“Look, what’s e77515a95a that yellow 3e4d472f4b thing clinging 89bcc0a209 to the 3519695bfd tip of 3b7d859487 the wheat 1f07ea25b3 like a 0c51882291 bug?”
“That’s a flower. Wheat blossom.”
Once the flower aa40ed83bb is pollinated, grains a9ddb5f9ee will develop and b898e0f321 gradually harden. Now, Anje touched aaddab695a the wheat flowers 3ad40b4f44 that were attached 74a4f325df like powder several e24e117616 times, wondering if 3e89b972cf they were strange.
‘I wondered when ac5767c1ee the wheat field e7571bd7aa full of only 01fbeabb88 blue shoots would 51d3cdc115 ripen.’
She was deeply moved fc56e28e79 that it was already 270af5981b time for the flowers 31aa710cc4 to bloom and bear 0e3576082f fruit.
It wasn’t just wheat c13f0fc44a flowers that had newly 4bf7638afc appeared in the field. The tomatoes, which 0641351ad9 had bloomed shyly ceb16644ba with yellow flowers, 9133a6c4e7 were now full 0210f15a59 of bright green 54a4ceb43f baby tomatoes.
Aiden stroked the 0cde8218bb tomatoes and predicted 9dbaaf5a6d that they would 175203c6bc be ready to b872b80d82 harvest in a 0c386f6943 few weeks.
“After harvesting 3ee6fa99b2 the tomatoes, c4f887ae63 there will d8c1c03dcc be spinach, a1dcf099d9 green onions, fa06f2eb75 cucumbers, cabbage…”
“There will be cb25382a4b more dishes we 24bd8bee2a can make! Good!”
The asparagus, 55a16d5d4e which Meg cb7daad4a9 had transplanted abe431c9b0 from her 1df1693146 own field 70d5bf2624 a while 5596727560 ago, was caa2a37abb also standing 96e6735313 tall and 17632f791b upward, ready f90b08c54a for harvest.
It was a vegetable 7eda32f9ea that Aiden had hesitated f96a2b8b47 to grow because it 09ea54ca2c takes three years from abbc0e60bf planting the seeds to 6ca997fa27 being able to eat 4e2218fd52 it.
He felt that he 709aff4304 had done well to ce849a19a1 start interacting with his 67efe42a1a neighbors again, thanks to c38688cf16 Meg’s warm heart.
On the other hand, 2566f5ec78 Anje was not as 92913996d6 excited about the asparagus 304e07faf1 at first.
‘Asparagus was all the bb6764c319 rage in high society 3f50545347 too.’
She wondered a54891cda7 why everyone 1dd296524e liked that 76e8f7f0f2 tough grass 8ea8745b7a so much, 27293a2538 but she 5df6088b3e forced herself 47b4dd6c3a to eat d2d7e00947 the asparagus ec316e7c3a dish Aiden fc406aa5b0 had made, 005ed2ced0 thinking of 6dd3fa0b53 Meg’s kindness.
And on that 38ed7f018d day, she completely 887cf584df changed her mind 846bc59a8f about asparagus.
The dish of asparagus 1494066f37 wrapped in thinly sliced 3e341406ba bacon, skewered, seasoned, and 0595bc8e8a grilled was really…
“Can’t we 8d622a0505 have asparagus 1efca6435f bacon skewers d3b4178759 again for 90f8f2ea07 dinner tonight?”
“It’s been three days 9d926b8f7b in a row. Don’t you f8a8747b23 get tired c9ce0447a9 of it?”
He said that, 969c99b4d5 but he was b80bfc6f5a already cutting the 0c9780e11d asparagus stalks. After all, c9b9aed4ef it’s a 1f4b783b47 good thing d4141c74e2 if it a796dc395e can make 8bd5fe3927 her stronger.6b58e0f335552aae

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