The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 434 - 419: Old Acquaintance

After leaving the bookstore, they went to a shop that sold glass. She knew where this store was; Lu Jingqiu had lived here before, and when their Educated Youth Spot needed to replace the glass, it was this place they came to. There was also a town above Ten-miles Village where they used to go for activities, but the town didn’t have a glass shop.

It was still dozens of kilometers away from Ten-miles Village, but that wasn’t the place she was nostalgic for.

They needed to replace two panes of glass, which would cost two yuan to swap out.

Tsk tsk, the price of glass isn’t cheap these days.

After making their purchases, Jiang Nanzhou took them to the police station.

Lu Jingqiu bought a bag of apples, a tin of Malted Milk, and two packets of brown sugar.

Since they were in the area, they had to stop by and say hello to Zhuang Chen.

Zhuang Chen was now the head of the Criminal Investigation Department. When he heard someone was looking for him, he thought it might be case-related.

But when he came out and saw Lu Jingqiu and her husband, he was taken aback.

It was Jiang Nanzhou who stepped forward and offered him a cigarette, "Comrade Zhuang, hello."

"Comrade Jiang, Jingqiu, how come... Don’t tell me Xiao Yan is in trouble again?"

Lu Jingqiu shook her head, "No, it’s not about Zhuang Yan..."

Zhuang Chen naturally knew about Zhuang Yan’s incarceration; a one-month sentence and a fine, which was already lenient.

"That’s on him. You don’t need to make a special trip all this way over that matter," he said as he invited them to his office.

Once in the office, Lu Jingqiu finally said, "Brother Zhuang Chen, our visit isn’t about Zhuang Yan. Comrade Jiang has been transferred to Guan Mountain Machinery Factory, and I’ve come with him. Now that we’re in your jurisdiction, we wanted to come and say hello right away."

Zhuang Chen said, "Ah, Comrade Jiang was transferred to our machinery factory? The one up in the mountains, right?" He shook hands with Jiang Nanzhou, "That’s one of the best facilities in our province. You’re quite capable."

Jiang Nanzhou hurriedly replied, "Not really, there are many highly skilled seniors over there."

"How long have you been here?"

"Comrade Jiang has been here for a month, and I’ve only been here a few days. I’m working at Chengguan No.1 Middle School now."

"Chengguan No.1 Middle School, huh? My cousin’s daughter goes to that school; she’s in the first year of senior high now."

Lu Jingqiu said, "I teach art for the first-year senior high students."

The couple chatted with Zhuang Chen for a while, left the things they brought, and then left.

Zhuang Chen insisted on having them over for dinner.

Unable to refuse his generous hospitality, they followed him home, where they could also meet his wife.

Zhuang Chen’s house was in a residential building belonging to the public security department, a tube-shaped building, in the middle on the second floor, one room.

She had seen Sister-in-law Zhuang once before when Zhuang Chen left the team.

In the blink of an eye, several years had passed, and now their child was nearly at the end of elementary school.

Sister-in-law Zhuang’s second little boy was also three years old now.

When Sister-in-law Zhuang saw that Lu Jingqiu had come, she quickly went down to get two pounds of meat and cooked rice to entertain them.

Big Sister-in-law Zhuang said, "I really didn’t expect you guys to end up here. Have you settled down okay?"

"We’ve settled down fine."

"That’s good then. You should come visit our home often, just like relatives."

"Sure. We’ll be relying on Sister-in-law from now on."

"Reliance? We don’t have many relatives or friends here in the county, either."

While chatting with Sister-in-law Zhuang, she also mentioned that her cousin’s daughter was doing well in her studies.

It’s rare for someone from the village to get into high school.

Lu Jingqiu and Jiang Nanzhou spent over an hour at Brother Zhuang’s home, and by the time they left, it was already quite dark.

Since Zhuang Chen knew they had a motorcycle, he had kept them for so long.

It was after eight when they got back home.

The little one slept in Lu Jingqiu’s arms and didn’t even wake up when laid on the bed at home.

The day had been a full one, and Lu Jingqiu lay in bed too tired to even think about taking a bath.

She flopped onto the pillow and fell asleep.

The next day.

Her husband got up early to buy vegetables and meat.

The breakfast was all made by her husband.

As the family of three were just eating, the gatekeeper came over to call them.

It was the window repair.

Jiang Nanzhou hurried downstairs to greet them.

Xiao Cheng said, "Mom, why are they coming so early?"

"Uncle has a store to look after; he usually helps people with work early in the morning or heads there after work in the evening.

During the day, he must stay in the store to watch over it and welcome customers."

"Oh, they really work hard."

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"Oh, earning money is so hard, then I won’t eat popsicles anymore."

Lu Jingqiu pinched his little nose, "It will be cool soon, and even if you wanted, I couldn’t buy them for you."

"If Great Grandfather and Grandpa were here, they would buy popsicles for Xiao Cheng no matter how cold it was."

"Only your Great Grandfather and Grandpa spoil you like that. Hurry up and eat; Uncle is coming over to work at our place soon, and we need to clear some space."

"Mom, can I go downstairs to play?"

"You can, but don’t go far."

"Okay."

As soon as the little guy heard he could go down to play, he wolfed down his food and ran downstairs with a quick wipe of his hands.

Lu Jingqiu wanted to give more instructions, but it was too late.

The installation workers came up, one to the bedroom, the other to the kitchen.

The masters were fast; after measuring the dimensions, they went downstairs, cut the glass, installed it, and it all took just half an hour.

Afterward, Jiang Nanzhou escorted the two men to the door again.

Lu Jingqiu also came downstairs.

She wanted to check on the small vegetable garden; at this time, Xiao Cheng was playing in the playground with several other children from the building.

When she asked if he wanted to go to the small vegetable garden, the child, caught up in his play, was unwilling to join them.

Lu Jingqiu gave a few words of caution and then followed Jiang Nanzhou to the back of the family building.

The area was uneven, and each family’s small vegetable plot was not together; each was about three to four meters long and about one meter wide.

But each household’s plot was different.

They were somewhat scattered.

There were a few plots next to theirs.

They were all planted with cabbages and radishes, which had sprout a few small leaves.

Jiang Nanzhou said, "When the community divided these plots earlier, there were some greens, but I eat at the cafeteria and don’t cook, so I let the neighbors take them.

Now, it’s the season to plant cabbages and radishes."

"Let’s prepare the soil this afternoon and buy some cabbage and radish seeds to plant. We rely on these veggies in the winter here."

"Okay. There are seeds at the convenience store; I’ll go buy some and also borrow their hand hoe."

"I’ll wait for you here."

Jiang Nanzhou was back in twenty minutes, bringing two tools and also Xiao Cheng.

The little guy, hearing about tilling the soil, took a small hand hoe and imitated his dad’s actions.

In just half an hour, Jiang Nanzhou had prepared the small patch of ground.

He leveled the soil, scattered the cabbage seeds on one side and planted radishes on the other.

Then he fetched water and gave the seeds a simple watering; it was all done by a little past ten.

They had rib soup for lunch.

Lu Jingqiu was going to work tomorrow, so she looked through her wardrobe for a few sets of clothes and asked Jiang Nanzhou to help her decide.

She showed him one set, and Jiang Nanzhou thought it looked good. She showed him another, and he still thought it looked good.

She then said that you should never ask a man about clothes.

But Jiang Nanzhou wasn’t wrong; Lu Jingqiu indeed looked good in her usual attire.

She had a good figure, so anything she wore looked nice, and she had a good eye for choosing clothes.

After much searching, Lu Jingqiu settled on a white knitted shirt paired with a plaid skirt.

This outfit stood out in the neighborhood and was even more notable in the county.

But these were clothes Lu Jingqiu had from a few years prior.