The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 317 - 307: Husband on a Business Trip

The next day, Jiang Nanzhou dropped them off at school, and Lu Jingqiu and Luo Xinyue looked at the publicity page she had designed, along with the welfare tickets.

Luo Xinyue glanced at them and said, "This is pretty good, give me a few more of these tickets when the time comes, I’ll send a few to my mother-in-law for their company. Hey, do you think we could do something like this at the front desk, with a sequence of numbers printed on them, tear off one ticket for each bowl sold, and we reconcile with the front desk based on the number of tickets torn? For sure, the kitchen has to have a ticket to serve the soup."

Lu Jingqiu thought this method was not bad, although there were still loopholes, it was already a decent idea.

So during the break, Lu Jingqiu designed a numbered ticket for the front desk, with sequential numbers on them.

Since time was tight, the two of them went to the society during lunch time, of course with Zhang Miao accompanying them, to discuss with the person in charge of the printing factory. The printing factory gave them the lowest price upon seeing they were their own people and even expedited the job, saying it would be ready by tomorrow.

Lu Jingqiu ordered two hundred copies of publicity sheets, one hundred welfare tickets, and a thousand numbered tickets for the front desk.

It cost a total of fifteen yuan.

In the evening, Jiang Nanzhou didn’t come over to pick them up, and Lu Jingqiu knew he must have been held up by something.

So she and Luo Xinyue took the bus home together.

Today, Lu Jingqiu made pies with chive and egg filling and stewed chicken soup, fearing that Jiang Nanzhou wouldn’t be full, she even steamed some rice.

When Jiang Nanzhou arrived, it was already very late, and he was carrying a small wooden box in his hands when he entered.

He entered excitedly, "Qiuqiu, Qiuqiu, I’m back."

Lu Jingqiu was already in the living room, waiting for him while knitting trousers, and she had already walked up to him by the time she heard him come in.

"Why did you come back so late today?"

Jiang Nanzhou lifted the box in his hand and said, "Wife, guess what this is?" After speaking, he pulled her into the living room, opened the small wooden box, and inside was bird’s nest, seemingly wild, still with bits of twigs and black specks mixed in.

"What is this?"

"Bird’s nest, I discovered it today in a mountain cave, two in total. I brought them back."

"From a swiftlet? Where did you find it?"

"I followed the team to West Mountain in the suburbs today. My comrade found it, and I climbed up and scraped it down. This stuff is good stuff, I’ll make you a bowl of bird’s nest tomorrow."

Lu Jingqiu held the wooden box and opened her mouth in surprise, "Isn’t this too extravagant?" She had never had this stuff in her previous life.

"What’s extravagant about it? It’s just rare. If there’s a chance, I would go to the mountains every day to find it for you. This stuff is quite common in our country, and it’s indeed a good thing for nourishment."

"Yeah," Lu Jingqiu found it quite novel and examined it for a long while.

Jiang Nanzhou then went to the kitchen and saw that his wife had already prepared dinner, so he quickly served the meals.

During dinner, Lu Jingqiu listened as Jiang Nanzhou told her about climbing the cliff to get the bird’s nests.

Jiang Nanzhou spoke casually, but Lu Jingqiu listened with trepidation.

She said, "I’d rather not eat it than have you take such risks."

Jiang Nanzhou replied with a smile, "I’m happy to give my wife the best."

Before going to bed, Jiang Nanzhou also expressed regret, "I have many books back at home in Capital City. I read one before that has instructions on how to make bird’s nest porridge."

Lu Jingqiu said, "Just boil it with water, add some red dates, goji berries, and rock sugar. We don’t have goji berries at home, but we have red dates."

"Alright, were you busy over there today? Sorry I couldn’t be of much help."

"It’s just some trivial matters over there; what’s most important for you right now is yourself, keep it up, husband."

"Heh, with my wife cheering me on from behind, I’ll definitely charge forward regardless of everything. Oh, and today I asked Jiang Yuan whether his family had any difficulties. He said no, and that he knew about his little sister coming out to look for a job. Since she was in elementary school, she has been helping the neighbor make paper boxes. Now that she’s in junior high, they let her board at school so she wouldn’t fall behind in her studies because of handcraft work."

"I told him about my encounter with Jiang Yiyi and mentioned that you would help look after his sister for him. He’s in the squad and sometimes his sister doesn’t listen to him. So if there’s a suitable job, one right under our eyes that she wants to do, then she can go for it. Jiang Yuan is worried that if he doesn’t allow her to work, she might agree on the surface but secretly look for something unsuitable. He would be worried about that," Jingqiu said.

"Her brother is right to think this way. Kids in junior high are at a sensitive stage mentally, and you can’t oppose them too much," someone responded.

By Wednesday, Lu Jingqiu had helped Jiang Nanzhou pack his clothes in advance, including all the daily necessities.

That included the knitted sweater and pants for his grandfather.

The weather in Capital City should start cooling down in October with continuous autumn rain. Lu Jingqiu packed him three sets of autumn clothes, undershirts, and two sets of casual clothes for going out.

She packed him three pairs of shoes and over a dozen pairs of socks.

For the first time, Jiang Nanzhou experienced the benefits of having a wife, who was much more thoughtful than him. Before, when he was alone, he just had one set of uniform, one set of casual clothes to alternate between, and couldn’t even fill a briefcase.

Now, his wife had prepared two full packages for him, as well as a travel trunk, and this was without even preparing any gifts for the family in Capital City.

Since he was leaving tomorrow, Lu Jingqiu couldn’t send him off. That night, Jiang Nanzhou also couldn’t stand parting with his wife, constantly touching and kissing her belly, he could only watch helplessly, unable to do as before, which was also distressing.

In the end, Lu Jingqiu came up with a solution. By the end, Lu Jingqiu felt rather embarrassed.

On Thursday, Jiang Nanzhou left his car at home, asking Shang Ze to help take them to school.

Lately, Shang Ze had been going to school riding his own motorcycle, making all his classmates green with envy.

Shen Mu had ridden with him several times.

Normally when he came over, if his second brother wasn’t home, he felt awkward staying there too long.

But this time, since his second brother was going to Capital City for a month and mentioned that his sister-in-law was pregnant, he told Shen Mu to come over and check on his sister-in-law when he had time.

Shen Mu was quite surprised to hear about Jingqiu’s pregnancy. They had been married only for so short a time, he couldn’t help admiring his brother for being so capable.

However, his brother didn’t want the matter to be discussed with the family, saying it was better to wait until the three-month mark—some old folks have this belief, though he didn’t understand it.

What’s key is that he only found out in the past couple of days that his sister-in-law and a few friends had opened a beef soup restaurant. He and Shang Ze had agreed to help out during their vacation.

Xue Jianian took a day off on Thursday. The staff that had been hired for the restaurant were all there, and she brought the beef and offal along with the other ingredients needed.

She even had the retired soldier that Jiang Nanzhou introduced help deliver them on a bicycle.

They nearly forgot the seasonings, so they had to send a new employee to the market to pick up a few packages.

Xue Jianian first did a training session with about seven or eight employees to get to know each other.

Then she instructed the three kitchen staff on how to stew the beef soup.

Today was considered a trial opening; they hadn’t made much, just half a pot.

While she was teaching the kitchen staff to make the soup, the people upfront helped the sign maker hang up the sign.

West City’s first beef soup restaurant required the broth to be stewed for at least two hours.

Around ten in the morning, the rich aroma of beef had already wafted out of the front door.

Some people even came in to ask about it.

So, the first bowl of beef soup was sold with success.

The staff didn’t show much on their faces, but on the inside, they were extremely excited, especially Xue Jianian. Watching the customers from the kitchen, she was incredibly nervous, hoping the taste was good.

After the customer finished eating, Xue Jianian personally took care of the checkout and especially inquired about the taste. When the customer said it was quite good, Xue Jianian finally relaxed.