The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 133 - 131: Hua Hua Giving Birth

Lu Jingqiu waited until midnight, and when she saw that Hua Hua was truly hungry, she reassuredly cleaned the dirty cloth underneath and carefully replaced it with a clean piece of torn cotton cloth before going to sleep with peace of mind.

Despite having gone to bed at midnight, she was up again just after 6 a.m. the next day, simmering millet on a low stove flame, and with a basket in hand, she cycled to the farmers’ market to queue up for vegetables.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t much meat available today, but lucky for her, there were two pig bones which Lu Jingqiu was able to buy for twenty cents.

She planned to have pork bone noodles for lunch that day, while also improving Hua Hua’s meals a bit.

The four little ones hadn’t opened their eyes yet, all fumbling around in search for milk.

In order not to expose Hua Hua to the cold, Lu Jingqiu arranged a very large wooden basin filled with a lot of sand inside the house.

To serve as their toilet.

That whole day, Lu Jingqiu found herself curiously observing the little ones.

When Jiang Nanzhou arrived after six in the evening, he found her knitting a sweater, sitting on the living room floor.

"Jingqiu, the cafeteria made eggplant today, I’ve brought you a portion," he said.

Lu Jingqiu waved him over, "Nanzhou, come look, Hua Hua has given birth to four kittens."

Jiang Nanzhou leaned in for a look, and sure enough, was this why she was sitting here, just to watch the cat?

Lu Jingqiu helped him stand up; there was rice porridge on the stove, perfect since there was no need to cook anything else.

"Nanzhou, have you eaten?" she asked.

"I have, when do you want to go to school, I’ll take you," he replied.

"You’re off tomorrow, right? Great, let’s go buy bedsheets then," she suggested.

"Okay," Jiang Nanzhou said, helping her open the lunch box which they had bought on the train last time.

Lu Jingqiu had given Jiang Nanzhou one, used another for school herself, and stored one at home.

The packed food boxes were actually quite convenient. The deep boxes held more food and didn’t burn the hands.

Although Jiang Nanzhou had already eaten, Lu Jingqiu still served him a bowl of porridge, insisting he join her for a little more.

"Jingqiu, I’m not that busy lately, I’m thinking of looking at some houses," he said.

"Great, where are you considering to buy?" she inquired.

"How about somewhere close to the barracks and your school?" he suggested.

Lu Jingqiu thought about it; the distance between the two places was somewhat far.

She put down her meal and took out a map of the local transport routes from her father’s room to show Jiang Nanzhou.

Jiang Nanzhou studied the map and drew a circle, marking two points within it.

In the end, he chose a range between South City Street and Chenger Street; this area between the two streets was the most suitable.

Lu Jingqiu laughed, that place was indeed suitable. In the 1990s, the houses there were demolished and redeveloped into commercial buildings.

Each household was allocated at least two apartment units, with the most receiving four or five.

Lu Jingqiu hadn’t considered commuting to school, but it was still good to buy them now while they were cheap and wait for their value to increase. At present, they were selling for only three to four thousand, but in a few years, they would probably go for five to six thousand.

Most people who traveled back in time had a space to utilize for making money in the future, but she wondered why she wasn’t as clever and could only stock up on a few houses and sit and wait for a property division during redevelopment.

Maybe in the future through these houses, she could also become a landlady.

The next day, Lu Jingqiu sorted out some cloth coupons. Jiang Nanzhou came over early in the morning, not letting her make breakfast.

They rode a bike to eat breakfast outside.

Both had two big Meat Buns each and a bowl of porridge at the neighborhood breakfast joint.

At that time, portion sizes were quite generous, leaving Lu Jingqiu feeling a bit full.

Jiang Nanzhou did not take her directly to the department store, but retraced the spot they had marked on the map yesterday. There was a plastic factory on one side and the factory’s family compound took up a large part as well. There were also clusters of private houses.

Only then did Lu Jingqiu realize that this place was not far from the third community on Academy Street Central Road, a five or six-minute bike ride across two streets would get her there.

Jiang Nanzhou was only there to look around, finding a house still required patience.

The two went to the department store and headed straight for the home textile section.

There were various fabrics here, as well as ready-made bed sheets that were pink with patterns of twin birds playing among peonies printed on them.

After looking for a while, Lu Jingqiu felt that the ones she had bought a few days ago in a darker shade of pink looked nicer.

"Are the two of you here to buy bed sheets? This finished product is a new arrival," said the salesperson as she noticed Lu Jingqiu spending a lot of time looking at the ready-made bed sheets. The salesperson warmed up a few degrees to this handsome man and beautiful woman, who looked so pleasant and obviously were an unmarried couple. She took out a new style of bed sheet that arrived yesterday, "It’s said to be machine-embroidered, with twin birds playing among peonies, and it even has pleated lotus leaf edges."

Lu Jingqiu felt the fabric, which was exceptionally plain and of good quality, "How much is this style?"

"Six yuan and three foot of cloth tickets."

Lu Jingqiu looked at Jiang Nanzhou, "Do you like it?"

"I think any style will do. You female comrades know more, so I’ll listen to you. Let’s buy what you like."

Lu Jingqiu laughed at his words and turned to the salesperson, "I’ll take this one. We’re getting married, do you have a celebratory backing?"

"Yes," the salesperson replied, taking out a big red one with inconspicuous patterns for the backing, "These are all new styles that arrived yesterday. They look like satin. There is red, purple, and a pink one. The red one has dark red threads making up the pattern, the purple one is also embroidered with dark purple, and the pink one uses silver. The patterns on all of them are of peony flowers."

Lu Jingqiu looked them over and indeed found them to be quite nice; this type of material would last for twenty years without any issues.

"How much is this one?"

"This one is two yuan fifty per foot. You’ll need more than six feet for the backing, so if you buy seven feet, the leftovers will be just enough to make two pillows. That’s seventeen yuan fifty in total. You’ll also need the lining, that’s three yuan, so altogether that’s twenty yuan and fifty cents, plus two three foot cloth tickets."

"Big sister, I’ll take a set of the red and a set of the pink."

As Lu Jingqiu was about to take out her money and vouchers to pay, Jiang Nanzhou was quicker, handing over the cloth coupons and money to the salesperson.

Lu Jingqiu laughed, "You gave me all your money, where did you get this?"

"I still have my salary card."

Lu Jingqiu understood, realizing that what he had given her was a secondary savings card.

Jiang Nanzhou took advantage of the moment the saleswoman was cutting fabric to lean over and say, "Did you forget the amount of translation materials I brought when I arrived?"

"That quick?" Finished translating already?

Jiang Nanzhou smiled without saying a word, which served as his answer.

After the two quilt sets were ready, the saleswoman, seeing they were not short on money and there weren’t many customers around, leaned over and whispered to Lu Jingqiu, "Sister, do you need any satin fabric?"

Lu Jingqiu paused for a moment while packing, scanning the surroundings inconspicuously before whispering back, "Big sister, do you have some?"

"Just tell me if you want it or not."

"I would like to see it."

"Meet me by the main entrance corner in a few minutes."

Lu Jingqiu whispered an acknowledgment and pulling Jiang Nanzhou by the sleeve, they left.

On the counter, the saleswoman said to a sister at a nearby counter, "Keep an eye on this for me, I need to go to the restroom."

Jiang Nanzhou naturally heard the conversation, but since Lu Jingqiu did not ask him to follow, it was not appropriate for him as a public officer.

"Just wait for me at the main entrance."

"Be careful."

"Yes, from this spot, you can see me."

Lu Jingqiu didn’t rush off immediately but waited for a bit until she saw the saleswoman appear, then she headed over.