The Baby Who Regressed Refuses Childcare - Chapter 91
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“Shelby is a beauty.”
“That’s right….”
“A husband with a beautiful wife has a lot of work to do!”
“You speak the truth….”
I narrowed my eyes and spoke to Jen reproachfully.
“From now on, use those strong arm muscles of yours a bit more!”
“….”
“How could you let Burmard switch Shelby’s medicine for over two weeks?”
Jen hung his head low.
Despite his large frame, he looked completely dejected.
He looked somewhat pitiful, so I was about to comfort him when—
“…Didn’t you hear what the Princess said?”
A hoarse and cracked voice came from beside Jen.
Startled, I turned my head to see that Shelby had regained consciousness.
She had been an incredible beauty even with her eyes closed, but now that they were open, her beauty shone even brighter.
I forgot to greet her and just stared at Shelby’s mysterious blue-green eyes.
“Honey! Are you awake?”
Jen urgently gripped the bed with reddened eyes.
When the makeshift bed shook slightly, Shelby frowned deeply.
“Won’t you let go? What if it collapses under that bulk of yours!”
Jen quickly withdrew his hands.
While he whimpered like a puppy that needed to go, Shelby slowly sat up.
The bandages wrapped around her legs now showed only a tiny bit of blood seeping through.
The emergency treatment I’d given as soon as I arrived seemed to be showing results already.
“Princess, I don’t know how to express my gratitude….”
Shelby’s sharp gaze that had been directed at Jen softened gently.
She blinked her jewel-like eyes as she looked at me.
“Just accepting immigrants like us so readily was already something to be grateful for… and now you’ve even cleaned up the mess my husband made, I mean, his mistake.”
“Huh? No, it’s nothing really.”
“No, it’s not. I had somewhat expected that bastard I wanted to kill would screw me over in ways I couldn’t even imagine.”
A grinding sound leaked out between her pretty lips.
“The number of guys who approach me knowing I’m married is predictable. I should have hung him upside down from a tree and beaten him unconscious with a frying pan….”
“She, Shelby!”
When Jen tried to stop her, Shelby quickly came to her senses.
Then she covered her mouth and looked at me with an embarrassed expression.
“Oh my… I’m sorry. Using such harsh language in front of the young Princess.”
I shook my head.
“No, no! It’s fine! Curse all you want!”
Shelby’s eyes widened.
“Is that really okay?”
She frowned deeply and began muttering again.
“Actually, I got so angry listening to my husband’s conversation with the Princess earlier. To think my wound wasn’t healing because the medicine had been switched….”
“Yeah, there was that unpleasant incident….”
“Yes. When I think that crazy bastard did such a sneaky thing and then ate and slept in the same tent, it makes my blood boil. I should have fried that asshole like squid tempura.”
Jen hung his head low with frightened eyes.
Then Shelby turned her gaze to Jen.
“You too. Are you really that stupid?”
“She, Shelby….”
“What did I tell you when we got married? Act like a dejected puppy only in front of me.”
“No, I did get angry at that Burmard bastard!”
“You just got angry?! I told you countless times not to spare your fists on guys like that! I said I’d take responsibility!”
“So, sorry….”
I watched with interest as Shelby scolded Jen, who was three times her size.
Shelby shook her head and looked at me again.
“I have no words. I don’t even know how to repay all this kindness.”
“Then I’ll tell you! How to repay the favor!”
“Huh?”
Shelby tilted her head.
Jen did the same.
I briefly made eye contact with Soya, then asked Jen.
“Jen, are you good at carrying sacks and such?”
Jen looked puzzled for a moment.
But he quickly answered hesitantly.
“Yes, I have experience running a tempura business in a coastal village….”
“So you carried like ten sacks of tempura flour at once?!”
“Ah, ten would be too much, but I could easily carry five at a time.”
I broke into a big smile and this time looked at Shelby and asked.
“What are you good at, Shelby?”
“I’m not as strong as my husband, but I do have quite good dexterity.”
“Dexterity?”
“When you prepare 150 squid, 500 shrimp, and about 20 forearm-sized fish a day, you develop that skill.”
Jen also added with a bright face.
“Yes, there was no one in the village who could prepare seafood as well as Shelby! People would pay money to ask her to prepare their ingredients!”
Shelby said “You really,” while slightly lifting her chin.
It seemed like she wanted him to say more.
Jen hesitantly continued.
“Also, you know how you arrange food prettily on plates. Shelby would sometimes pick some leaves to put on top, and carve shell shapes into lime peels for decoration….”
“Oh.”
No matter how I looked at it, this couple was perfect for working in the greenhouse.
I would need to hire dozens more people, but this was a smooth start.
Soya was diligently writing something on paper behind me.
Though I was playing the interviewer role now, Soya would need to do this job soon.
“Great! You’re hired!”
When I announced brightly, Jen and Shelby tilted their heads.
“Please take care of us from now on! You two will be working in the new greenhouse being built in Evehill!”
“A greenhouse?”
“Yes! There will be good accommodations, and we’ll pay you. Food too, of course!”
I glanced at Jen once and added.
“Jen is tall so one person’s portion probably won’t be enough, so eat lots of food!”
Jen’s face instantly brightened.
However, he glanced at Shelby and quickly put on a serious expression again.
“Are we really qualified to handle such an important job?”
“Yes! We’re going to hire many more people, so do you have anyone to recommend? In this tent!”
Jen looked around the tent.
In one corner sat an elderly man with a straight back, wearing a curious expression.
“Over there, that elder helped nurse Shelby every dawn. Because I seemed unable to sleep at all….”
Shelby nodded and added.
“That’s right. Also, there was someone who made wheat porridge for me because I couldn’t eat the distributed bread well.”
“Wow, really?”
“Yes. Even though it was just wheat porridge, it was incredibly delicious. It was so good that my appetite returned even while I was sick.”
Soya nodded her head.
“Anyway, at least one person needs to stay at the greenhouse during sleeping hours… How about having people who don’t sleep in take the dawn shifts, Young Lady?”
I answered with a proud expression.
“Yes! That’s a good idea.”
“And the person who made the porridge should work in the kitchen.”
As expected, Soya seemed to have completely learned how to recruit people in such a short time.
I stepped back with an excited expression.
Now Soya began asking various questions to Jen, Shelby, and the two newly selected people in earnest.
A few more people who were watching from inside the tent also volunteered.
From now on, Soya would filter and select these people to create a list of those who would work at the greenhouse.
‘I really made the right choice picking Soya as my first advisor.’
The hiring for Evehill Greenhouse workers was somewhat finished.
There was roughly one major task left to handle before going to the Imperial Capital.
“Grandmother! Give Chairman Herman to Annellia!”
When I shouted while eating snacks, Grandmother’s eyes widened.
Grandmother was looking at me with a bewildered expression.
“We were talking about the greenhouse and suddenly what…”
“I want to make Chairman Herman my second advisor!”
Grandmother frowned slightly.
“Chairman Herman of the Council of Elders? You don’t even have any friendship with him.”
“I’ll build that friendship from now on!”
And I said what I had prepared.
“Chairman Herman is needed because his heart is pitch black!”
“You need him because his heart is pitch black?”
“That old man is extremely calculating. There must be many invisible power struggles in the Imperial Capital, and at times like that, such a ruthless person is absolutely necessary!”
Just then, a small noise came from the direction of the door.
When I turned my head, Chairman Herman was standing awkwardly in front of the door.
“I knocked but there was no answer…”
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M Lin
That’s hilarious, calling that old geezer pitch black and getting caught.