hard wife

Chapter 24

There is a European-style rest pavilion on the lush lawn. Qiao Jiaojiao, who is dressed in ordinary white casual clothes, is staring at the silver-rimmed laptop.

There is still a bottle of mineral water next to her, and the screen of the laptop is the design interface of CorelDRAW. She concentrates on the work in hand and looks at her design drawing with satisfaction.

After she clicked save on the interface, she gently closed the computer, put the computer in her handbag, and prepared to take a walk in the garden.

The air here is indeed a hundred times better than sitting in the house on weekdays, and no one will disturb her cleanliness.In fact, this place is also a good place she discovered by accident. It belongs to the Gu family's yard, but the strange thing is that no servants usually come here, not even those talkative relatives of the Gu family.

When Qiao Jiaojiao goes to work, she always leaves early and returns late, in order to avoid encountering Qiao An'an face-to-face. She is not afraid of Qiao An'an, but she doesn't want to see the man she likes to please another woman in front of her.And when she is resting, she usually stays inside the house, and doesn't step out of the door.

But recently, life has been a bit uneven, and several maids don't take Qiao Jiaojiao's identity seriously.

Either they made it difficult for her when cleaning the room, and they made things difficult for her, or they made all kinds of clinking outside, which prevented her from concentrating on her work.

Qiao Jiaojiao also thought about finding a quiet place outside, but that would make her look too cowardly and incompetent. It just so happened that God helped her choose such a good place.

After Qiao Jiaojiao packed her things and was about to leave here with a briefcase in her hand, she suddenly saw a figure in white clothes, an ordinary straw hat, and large black scissors in her hand. The grass and trees in the yard are being trimmed.

This person should be the gardener who manages the yard.Qiao Jiaojiao glanced at this person, although she still felt a little strange in her heart, after all, no one had appeared in the past few days, so why did she appear in this place now.

"Ouch..." Qiao Jiaojiao walked around the gardener slowly, but heard a cry of surprise from behind.

When she looked back, the old gardener accidentally fell off the ladder.Although Qiao Jiaojiao was indifferent on the outside, seeing this situation, she couldn't help turning around and walking back to the old man.

"Old man, are you alright?" Qiao Jiaojiao looked at the old man whose face was wrinkled and bent down and asked softly.But because of habit, the voice is inevitably mixed with a cold tone.

The old gardener who was sitting on the ground was stunned for a moment. He raised his head and looked at Qiao Jiaojiao with a little worry in his eyes. The sun was shining brightly behind Qiao Jiaojiao, and Qiao Jiaojiao's shadow just blocked the sunlight.

He touched the back of his head and sighed: "Oh... little girl, why did you appear here?"

Qiao Jiaojiao was taken aback for a moment, the title "little girl" seemed very far away to her, but the old man in front of her called her like that, which inevitably aroused Qiao Jiaojiao's nostalgia and kindness.She pointed to the briefcase in her hand, and said with a slight smile, "Naturally, I want to be quiet here and concentrate on my work."

Seeing Qiao Jiaojiao's black briefcase, the old man showed a kind smile on his face: "Little girl, after you've finished your work, why don't you help me and help me trim the weeds in the yard?"

Weeding?Qiao Jiaojiao was slightly stunned, she had never done such a thing before, and she never knew how to do it.She looked at the old man sitting on the ground in front of her, and then at the high ladder over there, feeling half-hesitant in her heart.

"Old man, I, I have never done such a thing..." Qiao Jiaojiao said with a bit of embarrassment on her face. Although she can help, if she can't do it well, it will bring him trouble.

Hearing Qiao Jiaojiao's words, the old man sighed, shook his head and was about to get up, but only heard a "click", and the old man sat back on the ground again.

"Old man, how about I take you back?"

"Little girl, you may not know that if I can't finish the work here, I may be fired by the people here. When I think about it, I still have..." The old man shook his head and politely rejected Qiao Jiao's offer. Qiao Jiaojiao's kindness made Qiao Jiaojiao suddenly think of her grandfather.

In a blink of an eye, Qiao Jiaojiao thought that she still had enough time, put the briefcase aside, and then squatted beside the old man with a smile: "In this case... old man, I will help you. It's just that the old man needs to guide because I am afraid that I will cause trouble to the old man."

Hearing Qiao Jiaojiao's words, the embarrassment on the old man's face turned into a smile, and he nodded.

Qiao Jiaojiao took the scissors from the old man's hand, and looked helplessly at the grass in front of her.

"Little girl, you can see that the grass and trees here have grown a lot of branches and leaves, just cut them off according to the outline." The old man pointed to the half-trimmed grass and trees beside him.

She compared the scissors in her hand to the grass and trees, and she became a little proficient in a while.It's just that some small mistakes are made occasionally, and the grass and trees are cut from the flowers inside.

After finishing all the work, Qiao Jiaojiao gently wiped the sweat from her forehead. Looking at the finished vegetation, she let out a long breath in her heart, turned around and put the scissors in her hand aside.

The old man seems to have recovered a lot, and he can get up and walk around now.She helped the old man into the small pavilion where he had just rested. The old man took out a kettle from under the stone table in the pavilion, and drank heavily.

Qiao Jiaojiao admired the old gardener very much from the bottom of her heart. Now that she is quite old, she can still do this pruning work. If it were someone else, she would have gone to the nursing home to cultivate her body and mind. However, after thinking about it, Qiao Jiaojiao suddenly remembered that not everyone can go to nursing homes, because those who have no money still have to travel outside.

After taking a sip of water, the old man took off the straw hat on his head, fanned the straw hat with a smile on his eyes, looked at Qiao Jiaojiao's distracted look, and asked with a smile, "little girl, why are you here?"

Maybe it was because this person made her feel like her own grandfather. Qiao Jiaojiao briefly talked about her affairs in the Gu family. Although the words were calm, there was still a bit of depression in the words.

"Then why don't you leave, little girl?"

"Old man, I can't go, because this matter is not up to me."

"What about your husband?"

Hearing the old man ask about Gu Qing, Qiao Jiaojiao shook her head helplessly, she sighed and said, "He has his own life, I don't want to trouble him with everything."

The old man was stunned by what Qiao Jiaojiao said, but then he put on a straight face and said: "This is your fault, since you are his wife, if you have any difficulties, you should say it, otherwise everything will be wrong." It's not going to work out, and it's only going to get worse."

Is it getting worse?Qiao Jiaojiao never begs for anyone, no matter what she does, she handles it all by herself, she will never beg that person for anything.

"Old man, don't worry about my affairs, but you, if you have any difficulties, I may be able to help you." Qiao Jiaojiao changed the topic, not wanting to talk about it anymore.

The old man put the straw hat back on his head, and said with a smile in his eyes: "I have no problems, but I am a little lonely, especially in the Gu family's yard here. I am always doing these things alone in this yard, so it is inevitable that I will encounter some difficulties. , when the time comes, I'm afraid..."

The old man paused while he was talking, and he sighed.

Hearing this, Qiao Jiaojiao thought of her grandpa in Qiao's house, who was also alone, and now she couldn't stay by his side.

Since this old man is not so bad, and is so similar to grandpa, why not help him yourself.

Thinking of this, Qiao Jiaojiao nodded slightly and said: "If I am resting, I will come to accompany you. Although I may not be able to help you much, I can still take care of you."

"That's good, Jiaojiao, you see, I don't have a granddaughter in my life, how about you don't call me old man, just call me grandpa?"

Qiao Jiaojiao looked at the old man in front of her and smiled, with anticipation in her eyes, her heart softened, and she called softly, "Okay, old... grandpa."

So, in the days that followed, whenever Qiao Jiaojiao was free, she would go to the yard to look for the old gardener. Unexpectedly, in the days to come, the old man would always appear in the yard.

The two talked about a lot of things, all over the world, everything.Qiao Jiaojiao regarded the old gardener as her grandfather, and even a confidant. She didn't expect that the old man could teach her how to deal with those harsh servants. Qiao Jiaojiao felt that it was ginger or old hot.

That day, Qiao Jiaojiao and the old man were walking in the garden when they suddenly heard a gentle but thorny voice.

"My sister is so kind, to take a walk in such a place?" Qiao Anan stopped Qiao Jiaojiao's way with pride on her face.

Ever since Qiao An'an moved into Gu's family, she secretly used Gu Nan's mother's hand to give some 'pointing' to those servants.Qiao Anan originally wanted Qiao Jiaojiao to retreat and leave the family.But when the servants came to report recently, Qiao Anan never thought that Qiao Jiaojiao, who had always swallowed her anger, would be able to deal with the embarrassment of the servants.

From then on, Qiao Anan felt that this matter was a bit strange, and Qiao Jiaojiao ran towards this side every day, which made her even more suspicious. Could it be that someone gave Qiao Jiaojiao some advice?
It happened that Qiao Jiaojiao just left, and the servant who was staring at Qiao Jiaojiao hurriedly reported to Qiao Anan, who couldn't sit still after hearing the news.

If someone is helping Qiao Jiaojiao, then she will get rid of them as well!Thinking of this, Joan got up and quickly walked towards the yard.Sure enough, when she saw Qiao Jiaojiao walking with an old man, Qiao An'an was sure in her heart that it must be a good thing that this bad old man ruined her.

"Sister, my sister has also heard about my sister's various discomforts these days. How about this, my sister thinks that my sister should leave this place quickly, so that my sister's life will be easier." Qiao Anan, who was wearing a small white dress, smiled As she spoke, she cared about Qiao Jiaojiao on the surface and gave advice for Qiao Jiaojiao, but no matter who listened to it, she felt that there was something in Qiao Anan's words.

"Qiao girl, why haven't I heard you mention such a beautiful sister?" The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Qiao Anan who suddenly appeared in front of him.

(End of this chapter)