Rebirth in 1980: The Farm Wife Makes a Comeback
Chapter 308: Considerations

Chapter 308: Chapter 308: Considerations

Once the New Year is over, she will go over there. Nuannuan is also about to enter her final year of high school, so there isn’t much she can do. At the very least, she can cook a meal for the two children. Granny Hua will first look after the place. Although Hua Jun is a bit simple-minded, he is a good kid and can help Granny Hua with some things.

Both of them are also about to return to Capital City. Let’s not mention the stall for now, Qin Xiangnuan needs to go to school, and Jian Zhiqing has to work. Qin Xiangnuan posted her handwritten rental sign inside the glass, so it’s not afraid of wind or sun. The shop’s location is good, too; during the hot summer, the sun can’t reach here, but it’s not dark either. It’s just that the bus station’s waiting room has a very large covering, which blocks the sun here. As for the winter, there’s nothing to worry about either, because there will be heating and air conditioning later on, and this area is densely populated, so it won’t get too cold. However, two shops down from hers, the other shops are fiercely baked by the sun in the summer, causing their walls to practically peel.

Qin Xiangnuan didn’t think of this, but Jian Zhiqing did, so this time, it was thanks to taking him out. Otherwise, she feels she would have been at a great disadvantage.

After returning, Qin Xiangnuan closed up and did her homework in the system. She revised her books, memorized what needed to be memorized, and reviewed what needed to be reviewed. Not to say her grades are good or anything, but with the amount of time she threw into studying, even the dumbest bird could fly far.

She isn’t very smart. In her past life, she only knew a few characters. Everything she has now was learned in this life. If others need one hour, she needs ten. Over the years, not a single day has she slacked off. It took her ten times longer than others to maintain her second place in the class.

She really wanted to be first.

However, when she saw that boy wearing glasses as thick as the bottom of a glass bottle, who doesn’t talk to anyone but just clings to his books every day, she couldn’t bear to snatch the first place from him. It’s not that she can’t, but she really doesn’t have the heart. She’s afraid if she gets first place, what if that kid can’t think straight and knocks himself dead on a book? So, she always wavers between second and third place in exams, slightly behind the first place and neck and neck with third place. It kept her consistently ranked, and the teachers were quite happy with her, and she was also considered one of the teacher’s favorites. However, she’s not very sociable. It’s not that she isn’t; she’s lived two lifetimes, and she has too many secrets. So, there are only a few people who are close to her, including Li Li and Mao Xiaomei. They have eaten her scallion pancakes for two years. Whenever Qin Xiangnuan sets up her stall, she never missed their breakfast, and neither have the two girls, who have grown quite a bit over these two years, from little girls to young women.

Originally, everyone went to school late at this age, but if they didn’t go to school, they’d probably be mothers by now.

In the evening after school, Qin Xiangnuan saw that Jian Zhiqing had arrived early. Conghua was obediently lying at his feet chewing on a bone, hugging it tightly between its two big paws and biting it with loud crunching sounds. Its teeth were indeed strong; such a big bone was about to be gnawed away after several days of chewing.

It whined softly, with wet, teary eyes that made it look incredibly endearing. Despite being a military dog, it had such cute eyes. This little tearful look always made people not know whether to laugh or cry.

"I know," Jian Zhiqing patted its head, "I’ll bring you another one tomorrow."

"Woof..." Conghua whined again, then continued gnawing on its bone.

"Brother Jian, you’re back early."

Qin Xiangnuan put her backpack in her room, then followed back out, since she still had to go buy groceries and cook dinner.

"Brother Jian, what would you like to eat today?"

"I want to eat soup dumplings," Jian Zhiqing said when he got back, having developed a bit of envy for the dumplings outside. He also knew that Qin Xiangnuan was skilled at making dumplings. If she were to sell them, they would be no worse than her scallion pancakes. It’s just that making dumplings was bothersome, which is why Qin Xiangnuan didn’t do it.

But when it came to eating them occasionally, that was not a problem.

"Sure, I’ll go buy some groceries," Qin Xiangnuan tied up her hair, feeling it needed to be cut since it had grown too long and became inconvenient.

"I’ll go with you," Jian Zhiqing stood up, and Conghua, with a whoosh, stood up as well.

"Go chew your bone," Jian Zhiqing said cooly, giving Conghua a cold stare. "Looking so hideous, are you trying to scare someone?"

With those little, shiny, black eyes, Conghua ran to Qin Xiangnuan’s feet, rubbing her legs with its head, continuously whining. The dog looked extremely pitiful. It wasn’t ugly, it really wasn’t; it had noble ancestry, being descended from a military dog. How could its owner call it ugly? That was just an insult to dogs.

Qin Xiangnuan was indeed helpless in the face of Conghua’s pleading eyes. Such a big dog, trying to act cute and whine, just made people feel helpless.

"Yeah, Conghua isn’t ugly," Qin Xiangnuan pinched Conghua’s sharp ears. "You just look too scary; you could make a child cry. When we return, how about I bring you a bone?"

As soon as Conghua heard this, its tail wagged, and it promptly ran inside, as if it could no longer show its face.

"Let’s go," Jian Zhiqing glanced at the sky; it was getting late. In the deep winter, darkness fell quickly, and soon there would be no one left at the market.

Qin Xiangnuan was aware of that too. Otherwise, why would she drop her backpack and rush to the market? She wanted to make sure she didn’t arrive too late when there would be no more vegetables to buy. As for the ingredients needed for the store, she had already prepped them when she came back at noon; the dough was also ready, so she didn’t need to worry about that. Tomorrow, all she had to do was open the shop.

At the market, Qin Xiangnuan purchased a piece of meat, not much, just enough for a meal of dumplings. She also bought eggs, chives, and other ingredients, as well as some spices. Oh, and she got a pork leg bone for Conghua, still with some meat attached, which she would cook for him when they got back.

She didn’t like allowing Conghua to eat raw meat, not wanting it to smell the blood and become prone to biting people. Maybe it was because Conghua had been overfed, or perhaps it had a genetic mutation—it was bigger than a typical military dog. After all, it was a big wolfhound; they couldn’t have it biting people, or else it wouldn’t be allowed to stay at home—it might end up becoming dog meat.

Fortunately, Conghua had good ancestry and was quite intelligent and obedient. After raising it for so many years, it had become treasured. Sometimes it wasn’t just about biting people, it had even learned to roll its eyes, which looked just like a certain silly Husky.

With a bunch of groceries bought, Jian Zhiqing was truly a good man.

He paid the money, carried the items, and of course, when the food was ready, he ate the most.

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