Victory in Life
Chapter 118
"Jasper, we meet again"
Zachary walked over laughing heartily as he watched Jasper get out of the car.
As he spoke, he smiled sincerely as he shook hands with Jasper and patted Jasper on the shoulder with his relaxed hands.
Jasper smiled and replied, "I'm sorry to bother you with my arrival to Harbor City this time"
Zachary returned with a smile as well and said, "It's okay, it's our responsibility to host you as the owner of this place"
Then, Zachary guided Jasper to the manor, he said as he walked, "How is the view of Harbor City on the way from the airport?"
Jasper thought for a moment and sincerely said, "I see prosperity along the way, I also see opportunities everywhere"
Zachary said meaningfully, "Young people are full of vitality, Your vision is indeed different."
"Come, old man is in the backyard, I've talked to him about you and he really wants to meet you" Zachary said.
Following Zachary into the backyard, Jasper noticed an old man in loose daily clothes wearing a straw hat, he was doing weeding work in a small vegetable garden.
Frankly, Jasper really didn't expect this to be his first meeting with the legend of Old Man Law's company.
"Usually, when the old man has no job, he likes to occupy himself in this little vegetable garden, There's nothing we can do about it" Zachary explained and then walked towards the vegetable garden.
At this moment Old Man Law saw the two of them, ignoring Zachary who was walking over, he gestured to Jasper and gestured for him to come.
Jasper entered the vegetable garden and smiled "Old Brother, you are as fit as a violin"
The old man was born in 1923 and is now 77 years old.
Old Man Law leaned against the garden hoe, his forehead was a little sweaty, he took a breath and smiled "There is a lack of energy to do other things when one is old, but it just feels like being in a vegetable garden"
"Come, young man, come and talk"
The old man was very thin, he was not a tall man, not as the novel described him as ambitious or stubborn, his entire demeanor did not smell the domineering aura of the kind of person who enjoyed just ruling over everyone.
On the contrary, he looked more like an ordinary old farmer, only that his eyes were very bright even though he was almost 80 years old, his gaze was not gloomy but full of vitality
The old man observed Jasper from head to toe and praised, "Not bad"
"Young man, come here and see, how's my vegetable garden?" ask the old man with some pride.
Jasper saw and noticed that the vegetable garden was not large, but it was clear that someone took good care of it every day, some vegetables grew well.
If it was an ordinary person, they would rack their brains to think of praise and flattery regardless of the situation.
However, Jasper shook his head "Old Brother, you planted it wrong"
The old man was surprised, he asked, "How could it go wrong?"
Jasper pointed to the tomato seedlings and cucumber seedlings next to him, saying, "Old Pak, tomatoes and cucumbers cannot be planted together, cucumbers have relatively shallow roots and need to be watered regularly, so that they can not be grown together, but tomatoes on the contrary have deep roots and low water requirements.
"If the two were planted together, cucumbers would die from lack of water or tomatoes would die from most water, only a child born to a family of farmers like me would know such a thing"
The old man patted his forehead and said with a sudden realization, "So that's why I can't grow tomatoes? Unfortunately, the knowledge gained from books does feel shallow."
Zachary who was not far sweating profusely.
He never really expected the old man and Jasper, where the age difference between the two was over 50, to have a great conversation on the topic of growing vegetables.
Anna, who had come to his side at some point, laughed out loud.
"What are you laughing at?" Zachary asked curiously.
Anna looked at the two people in the vegetable garden and said, "Previously, Grandpa didn't even listen when he was told to rest more, but it's okay now, Grandfather would probably be embarrassed to show off the garden hoe again now that someone had revealed his flaws"