Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 724: Zhou Jing's little cotton-padded jacket is airtight

"Drinking is bad for your health. Can Zhou Zhou let your father drink?"

The wine is good, Gu Jia said to the child.

"Dad, you're not allowed to drink~"

The little girl knew how to stop Zhou Jing from drinking, so she pulled Zhou Jing and said.

"Dad, drink less with grandpa. It's okay to drink less, okay?"

Zhou Jing touched the two antenna braids on the child's head and said.

"Then drink a little~"

The little girl said cutely.

"Zhou Zhou has grown up and knows how to care about adults."

Dad Gu said with a smile.

"Tell grandpa to drink less and smoke less."

Gu Jia said to the child.

"Grandpa, drink less and smoke less~"

"Okay, Grandpa will listen to you."

Father Gu rubbed the child's head and said.

It was a rare occasion for Gu Jia to go back to her parents' home, so the dinner was very sumptuous. Gu Jia ate while feeding the child. Zhou Jing drank with his father-in-law. Gu Jia poured three or four taels of wine for each of Zhou Jing and his father-in-law, not more or less, and did not pour more after they finished drinking.

After dinner, when Gu Jia helped Gu's mother clean up the kitchen, Zhou Jing dressed the child and returned to the villa.

"When will Jiajia come tomorrow?"

Gu's mother gave some of the fruits at home to Gu Jia.

Gu Jia said, "You don't have to make breakfast for us. We'll come over at around nine o'clock."

"Then I'll bring you something."

Gu's mother went to the kitchen and filled two bowls of flour for Zhou Jing and Gu Jia to take back to cook for the children. She also packed a few buns that she had made in the morning, some cooked meatballs and beef, two cucumbers, and two cloves of garlic.

"Say goodbye to grandpa and grandma."

Zhou Jing said while holding the child as he left.

"See you, grandpa and grandma~"

The little girl waved her hand sensibly.

"Call grandma and tell her what you want to eat tomorrow and she'll make it for you."

Mother Gu kissed the child's hand, and then she and Father Gu walked her out to the elevator.

Zhou Jing was drunk, Gu Jia was driving, Zhou Jing held the child in the back seat, and after getting in the car, Zhou Jing fastened the child's seat belt.

"Your father is very fierce when he is drunk. Ask your father if he is drunk?"

Gu Jia turned around and said after getting in the car.

The little girl touched Zhou Jing's forehead and said in a baby voice, "Daddy, is he drunk?"

"Dad is drunk and dizzy, what should I do?"

Zhou Jing looked at the child and said.

"Dad, go to sleep~"

The little girl patted her legs and asked Zhou Jing to lie down.

"Daddy is asleep and no one will hold you."

Zhou Jing thought to himself that the little cotton-padded jacket was airtight.

"Mom, give me a hug~"

"Mom still has to carry your dad on her back. Can you move your dad?"

Gu Jia started the car, paid attention to the back, and slowly reversed.

"Then I'll go~"

The little girl leaned on Zhou Jing, holding Zhou Jing's big hand with her small hand.

Gu Jia said: "You are really your father's sweetheart. Your mother can't carry your father on her back, so she has to let him sleep on the street."

"No, that will give Dad a stomachache~"

When they arrived at the villa area, Gu Jia stopped the car to buy something at the supermarket, and Zhou Jing got out and took the children with him.

Gu Jia took out two masks from her bag, gave one to Zhou Jing and one for herself, and then took out a children's anti-smog mask and put it on the child.

After entering the supermarket, Zhou Jing took out a shopping cart, put the child in it and pushed it.

"Is this car better to ride in or is our car better to ride in?"

Gu Jia said as she looked at the happy child sitting in the shopping cart.

“This is good~”

In the eyes of children, a car with a bumpier ride is better. When they returned to their hometown, they loved their grandfather’s three-wheeled motorcycle very much.

“When I was a kid, I loved riding on a tractor.”

Zhou Jing said with a smile.

Gu Jia took Zhou Jing's arm and said with a smile: "When I was a child, I liked to ask my dad to take me on a bicycle. The kind of bicycle with a crossbar in the front and a small seat on the top. Have you seen it?"

"I have. My family and my grandfather's family have them. I also liked to ride them when I was a kid. When I was a kid, I liked to move my feet around when I was riding a bicycle. One time, my foot got caught in the wheel. There is still a scar on my foot."

Installing child seats on bicycles is a unique memory for those born in the 1980s, and Zhou Jing is no exception.

"Dad, I want some jelly and some cookies~"

Seeing the wide variety of snacks on the shelves, the little girl sitting in the shopping cart stretched out her hand but couldn't reach them.

"Your mother has all the money, please ask your mother."

Zhou Jing hooked the child's bangs with his finger and said.

"Mom, buy it for me~"

The little girl acted coquettishly towards Gu Jia.

"I'll buy it for you if you can make mom happy."

"I love you, Mom. I'll have a good sleep at night~"

The little girl tried hard to please Gu Jia. It was not easy to get her favorite snacks.

When he reached the bulk snacks section, Zhou Jing stopped.

When the little girl saw the jelly, she was so greedy that she seemed to be drooling, and her hands kept grabbing it through the air.

"Tell mom how many you eat every day?"

Gu Jia tore a shopping bag and said.

The little girl counted on her fingers and muttered, "Two, four, six, seven, eight~"

"I should just eat as much as my mother tells me to eat."

Zhou Jing put down the child's outstretched hand and said.

"If you don't listen, mom won't buy it for you to eat. Dad and mom will eat it."

Gu Jia picked out jellies of various flavors, and took two shopping bags, one for small biscuits and the other for hawthorn rolls. She also bought some food for adults, and took out a bag of spicy rice crackers and a bag of non-spicy rice crackers, and two buckets of potato chips from the shelf. Zhou Jing went to the beverage area and took out a large bottle of Coke. Eating rice crackers and potato chips would make you half as happy as eating a cup of happy water.

Then I bought some eggs, a pumpkin, and two five-liter buckets of purified water.

When they were leaving, Zhou Jing walked in front with the child and waited outside the checkout counter for Gu Jia to check out. There were too many things that Gu Jia bought to carry, so Zhou Jing let the child walk by himself and Zhou Jing helped to carry the things.

"Would you like to help mom get something?"

Gu Jia took out a bag of rice crusts from the plastic bag and handed it to the child.

The little girl held Zhou Jing's finger with her left hand, held the rice crust with her right hand and said, "Mom, I want to eat jelly~"

Gu Jia said, "You can eat it when you get home."

"The little cutie is so sensible, he knows how to help his mother get things."

Zhou Jing put the rice crust in the child's hand into the hood of his down jacket.

“Is Zhou Zhou a good child for Daddy and Mommy?”

Gu Jia touched the little bear ears on the child’s cotton hat and said.

"Yes~"

"If you don't listen, you're not a good child."

After delivering the things to the car, Gu Jia went to the fruit store to buy some sugar cane and other fruits. Zhou Jing and the child waited in the car, and he gave the child some jelly to eat. "It's so nice~ Dad is nice too~"

The little girl took a bite and fed it to Zhou Jing.

It was late when they returned to the villa. Gu Jia tidied the bedroom while Zhou Jing fed the child milk powder. After the child finished the milk powder, Zhou Jing gave him a hawthorn roll and took him to the bathroom to wash. After the wash, Gu Jia changed the bedroom sheets and Zhou Jing coaxed the child to sleep.

"I fell asleep, Dad."

The child covered his eyes with a quilt, then suddenly kicked the quilt while lying down and made a face at Zhou Jing.

"Naughty, go to bed, good night, little cutie, daddy goes to bed too."

Zhou Jing kissed the child's face and closed his eyes.

"Good night, dad~"

The little girl also kissed Zhou Jing on the face, hugged Zhou Jing's arms with both hands and closed her eyes.

Zhou Jing kept his arm motionless until the child fell asleep, then he carefully pulled his arm away, covered the child with a quilt, got out of bed, went to the bedroom to rest, poured himself a cup of Coke, and opened the spicy rice crust to eat.

"It's finally quiet. Are you going to the company tomorrow morning?"

When Gu Jia came back from the first floor and saw that the child was asleep, she felt that the whole world had suddenly become quiet. She poured herself a cup of Coke and sat down to eat rice crusts. After eating two pieces of rice crusts, she opened a bucket of potato chips.

"I'm going after lunch. Are you going?"

Zhou Jing drank a sip of Coke, lifted one of Gu Jia's legs and placed it on his own leg. Gu Jia's thighs were wrapped in thick cotton tights and looked very round.

"We'll see tomorrow."

Gu Jia wanted to go and take a look at Ideal Technology. As the boss’s wife, she had not been to Ideal Technology many times and had never been to the Ideal Technology’s office building even once.

Zhou Jing pulled Gu Jia's stockings and said, "After lunch tomorrow, we'll go to the office building, and then to the northern suburbs."

This time Zhou Jing had other intentions in bringing Gu Jia back to Tangdu. He wanted to let Gu Jia attend Ideal Technology's annual meeting, and also take Gu Jia to the year-end summary meeting in January to enhance Gu Jia's presence in Ideal Technology.

"Okay, let's toast to the boss."

Gu Jia picked up the Coke and said with a smile.

Zhou Jing held Gu Jia's hand and said, "I'll give you the position of vice chairman at the year-end summary meeting in January. You can return to Tangdu in April or May next year to familiarize yourself with Ideal's business."

"You're the boss and you have the final say. If you live in Tangdu permanently next year, no one will look after BJ's family."

Of course Gu Jia would have no objection. Ideal Technology is the core of her own business. As the boss's wife, she should be familiar with it. It would also be more convenient for her to take care of Zhou Jing by living in Tangdu.

"It doesn't affect it."

Such a big villa cannot be lost. BJ has a lot of valuables at home, but there is a 360-degree surveillance system inside and outside the villa. The property management of that kind of villa area is very responsible.

Gu Jia said, "In the blink of an eye, I have lived in BJ for more than three years. Will you continue to live in Tangdu for the next few years?"

Zhou Jing nodded. Ideal Technology will be the core of the business in the next ten years. When Taiwei Semiconductor develops the lithography machine, Zhou Jing will not need to worry too much about Ideal Technology. At that time, Ideal Technology will have no rivals, and Zhou Jing's work focus will shift to other fields.

The two of them chatted while eating snacks, and after finishing a bag of rice crusts and a bucket of potato chips, they went to take a shower.

The villa in Tangdu was not as luxurious as the one in BJ, but it was not bad either. The bathtub in the master bedroom on the second floor was for two people. Gu Jia prepared the toiletries, waited for the water in the bathtub to fill up, got in, and leaned against the side of the bathtub. Gu Jia raised one foot and kicked the water towards Zhou Jing.

"Even naughtier than Zhou Zhou."

Zhou Jing grabbed Gu Jia's foot and tickled it.

"Call my sister."

Gu Jia hooked Zhou Jing's chin with her foot and said.

"Good sister."

Zhou Jing held Gu Jia's feet and kissed them.

"So nice."

Gu Jia put her foot down and teased Zhou Jing's ** with a smile.

After taking a bath, the two went to bed to rest. It was late at night and the child who was sleeping on the bed made even breathing sounds through his nose. Gu Jia put the child's hand into the quilt, and Zhou Jing reached into the quilt and held the child's feet.

“It’s grown so big without me noticing.”

Gu Jia looked at the child with emotion. The child would be two years old in just over a month. He was so tiny when he was born, but now he weighs almost thirty kilograms. Gu Jia can hardly hold him.

“Life is amazing.”

Zhou Jing found it incredible that such a large life came from cells that were invisible to the naked eye.

"It would be nice to have twins next year."

The biggest thing on Gu Jia’s mind is having a second child.

The next day, Friday, Zhou Jing woke up in the morning to the sound of her child rocking her. The little girl woke up on time as usual. Every day when she woke up, she would stare at the adults in a daze. If the adults were slow to wake up, she would provide wake-up service.

"Dad, wake up~"

The little girl lay on Zhou Jing and kissed him on the face.

"What if Dad is still sleepy?"

Zhou Jing opened his eyes, hugged the child and said.

"Then Dad will go back to sleep~"

The little girl rested her head on Zhou Jing's pillow, and touched Zhou Jing's face here and there with her hands.

"Come with mom." Gu Jia took the child over and said, "You don't have to go to work, so why did you wake up so early?"

"Mom~"

The child buried his head in Gu Jia's arms and started eating.

"Mom will give you a younger brother next year. Do you prefer a younger brother or a younger sister?"

Gu Jia sniffed the child's head and said.

"I like porridge."

Zhou Jing held the child's two chubby feet in his hands. It was very warm to have a child in the quilt in winter.

After waking up and lying down for a while, Gu Jia got up, changed the child's diaper and prepared milk powder. After the child was full and satisfied, he started a new day full of energy. The child was like a perpetual motion machine, and it seemed as if he had endless energy.

Zhou Jing had nothing to do in the morning, so he lay on the bed and played with his child. The child sat beside Zhou Jing and happily fiddled with the toys.

"What is this, Zhou Zhou?"

Zhou Jing used a jigsaw puzzle board to piece together an elephant pattern. His family bought a lot of nine-square jigsaw puzzles for their children, which include various animals, vegetables and fruits. These puzzles can help children learn about things and exercise their brains.

"Elephant~Woof woof~"

The little girl was holding a puppy puzzle in her hand, and after some seemingly random moves, she actually pieced together the correct pattern.

"You little cutie is really smart, even smarter than your mother." Zhou Jing showed it to Gu Jia who was combing her hair beside the bed and said, "Zhou Zhou's masterpiece."

"Great, you are worthy of being my mother's baby. Tell me if you want to eat eggs or dumpling soup?"

What surprised Gu Jia was not that the child could spell correctly, but the child's patience.

"Zhou Zhou wants to eat egg dumpling soup, right?"

Zhou Jing makes decisions for the child.

Gu Jia looked at Zhou Jing and said, "I want to eat pumpkin porridge. Do you want to eat it with Zhou Zhou or with me?"

Zhou Jing said: "Pumpkin porridge, Zhou Zhou said that mom has worked hard."

"Thank you for your hard work, mom~"

"If you don't cause trouble for your mother, she won't have to work so hard."

Gu Jia gently pinched the child's face. Children are really cute as long as they are not naughty.

"Zhou Zhou is the best and never causes trouble for her mother."

Zhou Jing kissed the child's feet and said.

"Dad, tell me a story~"

The little girl opened the story book and said.

Gu Jia combed her hair and went to the kitchen to cook. She boiled the pumpkin first, mixed the beef, and started cooking for the children at 7:30. She made egg dumpling soup for the children. She prepared an appropriate amount of flour in a bowl, added an appropriate amount of cold water and stirred the flour into a neither too thick nor too thin batter, then cut some cabbage and chopped green onions, stir-fried them until fragrant, and added water.

After the water in the pot boiled, Gu Jia held the noodle sieve in his left hand and the bowl in his right hand and poured the batter into the sieve. This way the dumpling soup was very even without large lumps. Gu Jia learned this from Zhou Jing.

After Gu Jia prepared breakfast, Zhou Jing and the child also got up. After combing the child's hair, Zhou Jing took the child to the first floor. Zhou Jing and Gu Jia were very busy when there was no one to help take care of the child.

"Mom~"

Seeing Gu Jia on the first floor, the child waved in the corridor on the second floor.

"Come down and have dinner."

Gu Jia brought the children's meal to the rest corner and turned on the TV to the children's channel.

The adults eat only after the children have been fed. Pumpkin porridge, steamed buns, and cucumber with beef are Zhou Jing and Gu Jia’s breakfast. After the children have eaten their fill, they watch TV by themselves without disturbing the adults while they are eating. The best time for children is within half an hour after a meal, except when they fall asleep.

(End of this chapter)