After hearing his answer, Jianshu smiled and couldn't help rubbing him on the back, dropping a bomb that made Gu Mingjing's mind go blank.

"Let's have a baby next year."

The chopping stopped. Gu Mingjing still suspected that he was hallucinating. He put down the kitchen knife and turned around, looking dazed and asking, "What did you just say about children? Did I hear it wrong?"

"Pfft..." Seeing him being silly like this, Jian Shu thought it was adorable. She reached out and pinched his face, then stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear, "I say, let's have a baby next year! Did you hear me clearly this time?"

"I...I heard it clearly!" Gu Mingjing was so happy that he stuttered a little. Looking at Jian Shu, he couldn't help but feel a little bit incredulous. "Shu Shu, you said we should have a child?"

"Idiot!" Jian Shu couldn't help but complain all the way, but seeing him staring at her eagerly, she nodded proudly, "Why, you don't want it? That's fine, anyway..."

"I want it!" Gu Mingjing shouted immediately, fearing that the cooked duck would fly away. Oh no, it should be the cooked child... No, that's not right! Forget it, never mind!

Putting his chaotic thoughts behind him, Gu Mingjing picked up Jianshu and spun around cheering, "Shushu, we're having a baby!"

Jianshu looked down at the smile on his face and smiled too.

She has already calculated that she will get pregnant next year and the child will be born the year after. By the time the college entrance examination is resumed, the child will be two years old. When she goes to school, the child will be able to go to kindergarten, which is just right.

The best time to give birth is in autumn, with September and October being the best. The weather is neither too hot nor too cold, and the confinement period won't be too painful. However, these are not things she can control. She can only try her best and leave the rest to fate.

"Okay, put me down quickly. I'm about to feel dizzy from spinning!" Seeing that Gu Mingjing continued for a long time, Jian Shu couldn't help but pat his arm. She was about to feel nauseous from spinning.

Gu Mingjing, who was too excited, stopped and said, "Shushu, you go and rest, I'll cook." After saying that, he was about to carry the person to the room.

Jianshu frowned, "I'm not pregnant yet!" Please don't make her so vulnerable, okay?

Even before she got pregnant, she seemed to have already seen the days after she got pregnant.

Wouldn't this man treat her like a fragile porcelain doll by then?

Is it too late to regret now?

Of course it was too late, but after repeated warnings from Jianshu, Gu Mingjing finally returned to normal. As for whether he would do it again in the future, that is unknown.

Now Jianshu is still thinking about Wu Xiufang's work. Let's take care of the present things first and deal with other things later.

A week later, the news of setting up a nursery and a children's education class spread throughout the entire family compound.

The nursery and the red education class have not been built yet. A few classrooms have been vacated in the school for use first, and the buildings will be built after the weather warms up in spring.

For a moment, everyone in the family compound ran to the elementary school. Jian Shu did not join in the fun. She did not want to squeeze with the crowd. Anyway, the news would spread quickly.

Wu Xiufang couldn't bear it any longer, and when she saw that Jianshu didn't want to go, she went alone to squeeze in with the others. Although she knew that she would get the news afterwards, she still wanted to see it with her own eyes.

Jianshu followed her and thought about food at home alone. She was craving for brown sugar glutinous rice balls, which had a sticky texture and tasted best when eaten hot.

It just so happens that I have all the materials at home, so let’s get started!

The brown sugar glutinous rice balls were very simple to make. When Jianshu was eating the balls one by one with a spoon, Wu Xiufang walked in with a smile on her face.

"Shushu, we are recruiting a lot of people this time, including childcare workers, cooks, and childcare teachers, more than ten people in total. This way my chances of being selected will be much greater!" Wu Xiufang looked excited, as if she saw the job right in front of her.

"That's good. Which one are you going to order, sister-in-law?" Jian Shu placed a bowl of brown sugar glutinous rice balls in front of Wu Xiufang. "Try it and see how it tastes. Give me some suggestions."

Wu Xiufang was silenced before she could say no. She could only take a bite and said, "It's delicious, but there's too much sugar."

"Old Gu likes sweet food." Jian Shu unceremoniously pulled Gu Mingjing out to block the attack. The sweetness was just right; Wu Xiufang was just used to being frugal.

"Sister-in-law, you haven't told me which one you plan to apply for?" She changed the subject.

Wu Xiufang immediately forgot about the sugar content and put down her spoon before answering, "I'm planning to apply to be a childcare worker. The meals I cook are just home-cooked meals, so I don't have much of an advantage. Childcare teachers definitely have academic qualifications requirements, so childcare is the best fit for me. I have experience with children."

"Nursery workers are definitely the most exhausted, so you should think carefully about this," Jianshu reminds. Nursery workers are similar to nannies, but they also look after children, often with infants and young children who can't take care of themselves. It's definitely not as easy as teachers or chefs.

"It's okay. I've liked it for a long time. Besides, any work isn't tiring, and I get paid for it. How can it be more tiring than working in the fields?" Wu Xiufang didn't care. Back in her hometown, she had to take care of the children and work in the fields alone, but now it's nothing.

Jian Shu didn't say anything more. She just needed to be mentally prepared. For people this generation, as long as they had a job, being tired wasn't a consideration.

"When is the registration date? When is the exam?"

"Registration starts tomorrow, the test is in three days, and the results will be out the next day. If you pass, you can start work next week." Wu Xiufang came back after finding out all this clearly and blurted it out.

Jianshu nodded. It was quite fast. She probably wanted to let the news get through during the two days so that no one would miss it. "Okay, I'll accompany you on the day of the assessment." She had not forgotten her promise.

"Trouble."

"You're welcome."

Time flies and it is the day of the assessment. Jianshu did not go when she registered, but later she heard from Wu Xiufang that almost everyone who could go to the family compound went. Oh, except her, there is also the possibility that there are other people who slipped through the net.

At the examination site, Jianshu looked at the group of people crowded at the door, and felt like he was seeing the family members of college entrance examination candidates waiting at the scene in the future.

She didn't want to crowd by the door, where there was no shelter and she would freeze to death. So she found a place sheltered from the wind and waited. Although Wu Xiufang wanted to stand at the door, she looked at Jianshu and followed him.

They arrived neither early nor late. In fact, Jianshu wanted to arrive later, after all, she didn't want to be blown by the cold wind, but Wu Xiufang was always fidgeting, so she came early as well.

Fortunately, we didn’t have to wait too long and were all allowed in.

Wu Xiufang went to take the test, and Jianshu had nothing to do, so she wandered around the school. It turned out that she had been there for more than a year and had never been to school before.

Today is the weekend, and there is no one in the school, so it is quite quiet.

There were graffiti and traces of games left by many children on the playground, and there were also various scratches on the walls and under the trees. She also found a piece of paper in the crack of the wall in a small corner.

It says on it - Xuanyu Yang and Zhou Jun are best friends.

Looking at the crooked font, Jianshu smiled. Childhood is the best, isn’t it?

He stuffed the paper back into the crack in the wall and turned to leave.

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