The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 394 - 383: Great Progress in One Semester

Jiang Nanzhou had a holiday on May Day and drove back home. Occasionally, when the weather was good, he would drive back overnight right after school on Friday afternoon.

Once, he took a wrong turn in the middle of the night and didn’t arrive until noon the next day.

But after making the trip several times, he became familiar with that route.

From time to time, he would also give people a lift.

Nowadays, it wasn’t very peaceful, and Lu Jingqiu worried about him encountering bad people on the road by himself.

In the end, he pulled out a fruit knife from the car and also carried a small one on him.

Lu Jingqiu sighed; being a soldier, his vigilance was exceptionally sharp.

During this semester, most of Lu Jingqiu’s time was spent looking after the child. The child grew bit by bit, from being able to roll over at six months, to crawling at seven months, and now he had even started to refuse being held.

Sister Erping said the child was eating well and had strong bones, so during the day, she would tie a scarf in the baby’s crib, lift him up, and let Xiao Cheng walk around in the room and the yard.

Xiao Cheng was quite cheerful, especially when he saw Hua Hua. Hua Hua also clung to him, and if Xiao Cheng couldn’t see Hua Hua for a moment, he would become restless.

Aunt Zhang was afraid that Hua Hua’s fur might not be good for the child and worried that Xiao Cheng might inhale it, so she was extremely careful.

When the weather got a bit warmer, Lu Jingqiu shaved Hua Hua’s fur.

She also specifically sought out He Tongzhang to help her get some medicine for deworming animals.

Now that there were people at home, Lu Jingqiu no longer let Hua Hua go outside to catch mice to eat. Every day, she had Aunt Zhang prepare meals for it. Leftover rice and noodles, it could eat all of that, and occasionally they would give it some chicken meat and offal to enjoy.

If one were to ask whose cat was the fattest, Niannian’s needed no mentioning.

Her house had no shortage of fish and ducks, and they would occasionally feed these to the cat, which ate better than humans.

Lu Jingqiu joked with He Tongzhang about getting some cat and dog food instead.

He Tongzhang said that air-dried chicken meat would do; he had experimented with it, and it needed to be soaked in hot water before eating.

Lu Jingqiu found it too troublesome; keeping a cat at home now wasn’t something they could afford on a daily basis.

Lu Jingqiu had nothing better to do, so she began to explore what Hua Hua could eat, all because the child had more contact with the cat, didn’t she?

Apart from their responsibilities at the collective, neither she nor Luo Xinyue submitted any work to the major newspapers anymore, because there was plenty of work to do at the collective this year, and Lu Jingqiu also needed to take care of Baby, so she hadn’t taken on too much work.

The money at home was sufficient now; they received quite a bit from the beef soup shop dividends and from Second cousin’s side.

At the start of the summer holidays, Niannian alone gave them eight thousand yuan; this was the dividend from the first half of the year.

Business in the first half of the year wasn’t as good as in the second half, mainly because it was hot these past few months.

Second cousin offered her money too, but she declined, saying they would talk about it during the New Year.

That’s because in May, Second cousin just brought back three or four private cars.

He set up a shop in Yangcheng City, and if sales were good there, he would consider the West City side next year.

This summer, Xiao Cheng already turned one year old.

At Xinyue’s family grab-party, the child chose a ruler by himself, which made the family quite happy, following the footsteps of the elders.

Grandpa and Jiang Nanzhou prepared for Xiao Cheng’s grab-party together.

For the grab-party, Grandpa even specially carved a wooden gun.

Jiang Nanzhou prepared books, gourds, scallions, spoons, as well as a scale weight and an abacus.

Lu Jingqiu prepared The Four Treasures of the Study, Gourd paintbrush for him.

The little guy first grabbed The Four Treasures of the Study, then he grabbed a gourd.

Grandpa frowned when he saw the gourd the little guy had taken, but then he smiled, thinking of the symbolism of the scallion. Baby might inherit the family business.

Family business? Ha, isn’t it just like him and his dad? Great, fantastic.

Jiang Nanzhou was also quite satisfied. With The Four Treasures of the Study, this child would definitely be smart, and smart people’s lives never turn out too bad.

Lu Jingqiu felt that postnatal education was also very important.

This summer, Manman wouldn’t be coming to West City.

Lu Jingqiu and Jiang Nanzhou were planning to go to Capital City.

Grandpa also hadn’t been back for a year, and Dad hadn’t seen his grandson in a year either.

"Really going back to Capital City? If you go, I will have no company for two months."

"But you’ll still have Niannian."

"Niannian and her husband are too busy to be home all the time. Recently, the men’s clothing business has been doing so well. After dealing with military tents, they started with civilian ones, which also sold pretty well. Now they’re getting ready to make shoes, too."

Lu Jingqiu looked at Niannian and said, "The factory business isn’t bad, huh? Your Jincheng is really capable, even preparing to make shoes."

Xue Jianian nodded, "Yeah, those military shoes are very durable. Once they’re made, I’ll get a pair for each of the men in your family."

Lu Jingqiu nodded, but she had never thought Wei Jincheng would end up making military equipment.

However, that was good too, as there was no contact with Xia Lin, and what they were making did not conflict with each other’s products.

Before she could say anything, Niannian spoke again, "Xia Lin has also started making men’s clothing recently."

Luo Xinyue pursed her lips and said, "It’s only because she saw how good Sister Yan’s business next door was getting, with more varieties. She wants to take business back, so she thought of making men’s clothing. Hey, doesn’t this mean she’s in competition with your factory now?"

Xue Jianian said, "There’s a little bit of competition, but it’s not significant. Ah Cheng’s factory wholesales to other cities, like Yangcheng City and surrounding provinces and cities. They don’t do much in the local market, but there is some. She’s anxious now, saying she wants to expand the factory. She had her eye on a place. Oh right, Jingqiu, it’s the courtyard your aunt is renting out now. Tsk, tsk, she must be furious."

Lu Jingqiu laughed, "I don’t know about furious, but that courtyard, my aunt has rented it to someone in the rock candy business. They’ve set up a small workshop there."

Luo Xinyue said, "You don’t need to worry about her; she’s also well-connected. The steel factory’s manager, didn’t we see them dining together last time?

Last week, Shang Ze and I were returning to the compound, and we saw those two at its entrance.

It seems the steel factory’s manager got promoted and has been transferred to a government department."

Xue Jianian said, "Wow, I really didn’t know that. I’ve been leaving early and returning late lately. Their compound has been very quiet."

Xue Jianian wanted to say that she hadn’t heard any arguing between the couple.

Of course, they didn’t argue now since they were both busy with their own matters.

Because in another half year, they would have to deal with job postings, and each of them had their own ideas. Due to previous disagreements over work, neither wanted to discuss the matter with the other.

So, life was dull and depressing.

"Hey, Niannian, you’ll graduate in a year. Where do you want to go?"

Xue Jianian shook her head, "I’m not going anywhere. I plan to give up my assigned job. Starting a business with my husband is better than working in the unit.

Plus, I don’t like the nine-to-five life, you all know how active I am, I just can’t sit still."

Luo Xinyue didn’t understand, in her opinion, a stable job was better than anything, at least it secured your life and your future: "You’re making money now, but what about later? What will you do when you’re old and there’s no pension from a private business?"

Lu Jingqiu laughed, "The money she’s saved in two years is enough for her to live on when she’s too old to work."

Xue Jianian gave a thumbs up, "Right, Jingqiu is absolutely right. That’s exactly what I think."