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Chapter 566-570

Chapter 566
A Story to Trick a Child

Within the Manobam clan's military district courtyard in Beijing, Soon Jae Manobam was clothed in his usual gray robe, with his pair of secateurs, trimming overgrown branches in his garden. His vision is not what it used to be, making this seemingly simple task more difficult each day.

Not too far away at the stone table was Song Yeong, removing his coat in a calm and collected manner, revealing his striped shirt, as he patiently waited for his old friend to finish with his routine bonsai capistry. He silently watched with his tea cup in one hand, waiting to speak. After all, matters like these couldn't be rushed.

Right by the courtyard stood Soon Jae Manobam, who was silently giggling to herself as she watched the two gentlemen. Nobody could tell what she was so happy about.

About 15 minutes later, Soon Jae Manobam finally decided that his boxwood tree was good to go; it was trimmed into a satisfyingly smooth circle. He then decided to stroll to the stone garden table, put his seatmates down, and sat right across Song Yeong.

He took a sip of the warm tea and slowly let out a long sigh, as if he had just finished a hard day's work. In contrast, his face was bright and proud, as he casually took multiple looks at his boxwood plant and grinned contentedly. "These plants you see, don't think it's pointless to trim them every once in a while. It might not seem to have changed much, but once you trim them you notice how big of a difference it is, haha!"

Soon Jae Manobam sounded like he was talking to himself. He was extremely pleased with his gardening skills, but Song Yeong quickly took the conversation over. "Well I don't have as much patience and tenacity to deal with my plants, I get the servants to handle it for me. But I do agree that these plants should be trimmed regularly. It's just that I never had the will to do it myself. If one of them really bugs me I might just uproot it."

"Oh no, don't do that," Soon Jae Manobam reactively shook his hands and said, "For a tree to grow to a stage where they can be trimmed is not easy, if you cut off a branch, there's still the trunk; if you chop off the trunk, there's still the roots. And maybe even the roots are connected to other trees, and they might grow into a plethora of saplings. You never know what blessings could come from just one tree. If someone is willing to care for it and maintain it, a little hard work might just be worth it."

Song Yeong took a sip of tea, which led to a satisfied smile on his face, as he said, "Soon Jae Manobam, your tea really is remarkably rich."

"Haha, Song, my old friend, if you really like it you can bring some of it back. These tea leaves aren't of any famous or expensive brands, they were just harvested and roasted from some of the tea trees back at my old garden. I have been living quite the frugal lifestyle all these years. If you really want me to savour that good tea that costs a few thousand bucks for a couple grams I might even complain about it tasting too exquisite!"Soon Jae Manobam shook his head and said.

Song Yeong joyously agreed. "Well the frugal life suits us better, at this age, who knows how long more we can savour exquisite food? I'm afraid my old guts might not be able to take it. How about I get Yunpeng to bring over some pickled vegetables in return for your homegrown tea?"

"You old bag, I'll take it! But don't let me catch you tricking me by buying fermented vegetables from a store!"

"I would never pull a trick that doesn't look believable." Song Yeong gave him an earnest look.

Just like that the two elders started talking about their homes, their gardens; just like any other old friends that hadn't met one another in a long while. If one delved into their conversation one might even think they were going senile!