Chapter 250 The Stingy Comrade Zhou Jianguo

At 8 p.m., Pei Jiuyan brought Qin Suisui and Jia Zhenzhen back to the guesthouse.

Because Qin Suisui and the others suddenly disappeared, the group naturally missed the train, so they rebooked their tickets for 7:00 AM the next morning.

Hu Jue and Pei Jiuyan's other colleague, Zhou Jianguo, were waiting at the guesthouse. When they returned, he gave them a brief greeting and didn't ask any further questions. Qin Suisui guessed that Pei Jiuyan must have said something to them.

After returning to the room, Pei Jiuyan explained to her, "I told them that you ran into a friend who was in some trouble and you went to help him."

When Qin Suisui and the others were arrested, Hu Jue and Zhou Jianguo were still eating noodles in the noodle shop and didn't see anything.

Qin Suisui nodded. She wasn't familiar with Hu Jue, so it was best not to reveal certain things. However, Zhou Jianguo was Pei Jiuyan's colleague, so he should know the truth.

Back in the room, Pei Jiuyan's gaze turned icy as he looked at the bloody marks on Qin Suisui's wrists. He picked her up, placed her on his lap, and began to examine her injuries.

This position made Qin Suisui a little embarrassed. She pushed Pei Jiuyan away and jumped off his lap: "Oh dear, I'm fine. It's just that my wrists were injured when they were tied up. You know my skin is delicate. Even a small bump will leave me bruised for days..."

As she spoke, she noticed Pei Jiuyan's gaze become meaningful, and she jumped away, exclaiming, "Pei Jiuyan! What's going on in your head all day long?!"

Pei Jiuyan innocently touched his nose: "I didn't say anything, you're the one who misunderstood!"

Qin Suisui turned her head away and ignored him.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry anymore, it's my fault." Pei Jiuyan stepped forward and took her hand: "Are you hungry? You haven't eaten anything tonight, have you? I'll go get you something to eat?"

Speaking of this, Qin Suisui got even angrier: "Oh, those two damned things! Zhenzhen and I just bought tea, snacks, and rice at the teahouse, and before we could even eat a bite, they all fell onto the street...!"

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Pei Jiuyan pick up several aluminum lunch boxes from the table next to him, turn around and look at her with some confusion: "What did you just say?"

Qin Suisui: ...

"You picked them all up?"

Pei Jiuyan nodded, then shook his head: "Jianguo helped pick it up. He didn't know you were arrested. He thought you were overturned by that donkey cart and were rescued from under the donkey's hooves."

So that's how it is. Qin Suisui almost questioned Pei Jiuyan. She had been arrested, so how could Pei Jiuyan still have the mind to pick up this little bit of food?

Pei Jiuyan was completely unaware that he had almost been scolded by his wife. He looked down and sorted through a few brown paper bags and aluminum lunch boxes, and said to Qin Suisui, "Your sticky rice chicken and char siu buns are still here, and the clay pot rice didn't spill either. It's just that the double-skin milk pudding broke. I'll go buy you some more tomorrow morning."

"Oh right, Jia Zhenzhen's boat congee also spilled. I'll go to the guesthouse kitchen to heat it up and take Jia Zhenzhen's portion over to her while I'm at it."

Qin Suisui nodded and watched him leave. She wanted to take a shower; after a day on the boat and being kidnapped, she felt sticky and uncomfortable. But since she was outside alone, she was worried that if she locked the door, Pei Jiuyan wouldn't be able to open it when he came back. Just then, Jia Zhenzhen knocked on the door.

Jia Zhenzhen must have already showered and changed her clothes. Her hair was still wet and wrapped in a towel. "Sui Sui, did you shower? Are you hungry? I'm starving. Should we go downstairs and ask if the guesthouse has anything to eat? It's already past eight o'clock, they're probably all gone..."

Jia Zhenzhen is much stronger than the average person, so naturally she has a big appetite. She hasn't eaten for so long and is starving.

Qin Suisui quickly pointed outside: "Comrade Zhou Jianguo helped us pick up everything. It's just that your porridge and my double-skin milk spilled. The rest are all here. Pei Jiuyan just went to the kitchen to heat them up. Wait here for a while and keep an eye on the door for me. I'm going in to take a shower."

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhenzhen's previously dejected expression immediately brightened: "Good lad! As expected of Zhou Jianguo. Everyone always says he's stingy, but I never thought his stinginess would come in handy. If you ask me, this isn't stinginess, this is clearly a fine quality!"

Qin Suisui covered her mouth and chuckled. She had heard of this "stingy Comrade Zhou Jianguo." It was said that the grass near their dormitory was the cleanest because as long as some wild grass or vegetables sprouted and were edible, Comrade Zhou Jianguo would dig them up and cook them the next day.

Sometimes, the leftover food and cornbread from the unit's canteen would be bought by Comrade Zhou Jianguo. He would buy them and eat them for several days. If the cornbread got moldy, he would just peel off the moldy layer and eat it again, which was very economical.

His clothes also had the most patches in the entire group.

However, Qin Suisui also knew that everyone's teasing of Comrade Zhou Jianguo was not malicious mockery or contempt, but just a good-natured joke. After all, in this era, "hard work, simplicity, and thrift" were considered honorable, and Comrade Zhou Jianguo's behavior was not only not shameful, but rather exemplary.

The guesthouse naturally doesn't have a private bathroom. You just pull a curtain at the back of the room to create a separate space where you can wipe yourself down. You definitely can't take a comfortable bath like you would at home.

Qin Suisui pursed her lips. She had sweated a lot and smelled bad. If she took the train tomorrow, she wouldn't be able to shower for two days and two nights. She couldn't stand it, so she took a pot of hot water that Pei Jiuyan had brought back in advance and went into her space to wash up.

When Pei Jiuyan returned with the lunchbox, Qin Suisui had also finished washing up and came out with a towel wrapped around her head.

Qin Suisui only bought two boxes of claypot rice, which she originally intended to eat with Pei Jiuyan. However, Jia Zhenzhen ran out of porridge, and they definitely couldn't finish a sticky rice chicken and a char siu bun. So Qin Suisui simply mixed the two boxes of claypot rice together and shared them equally among the three of them. There were also plenty of leftover char siu buns and sticky rice chicken, enough to fill the three of them up.

As Jia Zhenzhen ate, tears welled up in her eyes: "It's all thanks to Comrade Zhou Jianguo, otherwise I would have gone to sleep hungry. I also want to thank Sui Sui. Luckily you bought a lot. Waaah... I'll treat you and your husband to breakfast tomorrow. Oh, and I'll include Comrade Zhou Jianguo's share too!"

Their train was at seven o'clock the next morning. In order not to miss the train and to have a full meal, Jia Zhenzhen knocked on Qin Suisui's room door at five o'clock.

At that moment, Pei Jiuyan was sleeping soundly with Qin Suisui in his arms when he heard Jia Zhenzhen calling the door. Qin Suisui immediately got up, still thinking about the bowl of double-skin milk she hadn't had the night before!

Pei Jiuyan sighed helplessly; the only thing that could get his wife up so early was delicious food!