The tailor delivered Zhou Mingli's custom-made suit, and he changed into it before showing it to Jiang Ci.
Standing at 1.85 meters tall, with broad shoulders and a V-shaped waist, coupled with a handsome face of exceptional quality, even Jiang Ci couldn't find any flaws in him.
Jiang Ci looked him up and down. Within two days, Zhou Mingli's already limited collection of accessories included several different styles of eye-catching cufflinks, lapel pins, and collar clips.
Jiang Ci told Zhou Mingli how to use cufflinks, what kind of suit to wear with a lapel pin, and which button a lapel clip should be worn above.
Finally, she put a watch on Zhou Mingli's wrist.
"You have a good sense of time, but it's not appropriate to take out your phone to check the time in every situation."
Jiang Ci helped him put on the watch, raised her eyebrows and said, "It can not only help you keep track of time, but it is also a good helper for seeing guests off and declining invitations."
After Zhou Mingli established his own business, he personally proved Jiang Ci's words true.
That watch was the first watch Zhou Mingli truly owned, and he was deeply impressed by the brand.
Jiang Ci maintained her crossed-chest posture and said, "This proves I have good taste; it's a perfect match for you."
Zhou Mingli couldn't help but smile, leaning closer to Jiang Ci, "I like it very much."
Zhou Mingli also told Jiang Ci about sending Huang Zheyue to No. 1 Middle School. Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao are also five years old. Their school is close to home, so they can go to and from school with their friends, saving people the trouble of picking them up and dropping them off.
It's not a good idea to keep Huang Zheyue from going to school.
Jiang Ci had no objection to this; he had been studying on his own and was waiting to return to campus.
Jiang Ci also got a rare three-day holiday. Including the weekend, she can rest for four days and go back to work on Monday.
So Jiang Ci quickly climbed into bed to adjust to the time difference.
Zhou Mingli didn't bother her. He finished cleaning the house himself and washed and hung up Jiang Ci's underwear that she had changed out of.
If you ignore the fact that he would occasionally go back to the room to look at Jiang Ci, then stare at her fair face and quietly sleeping face and couldn't help but peck her cheek again and again, looking like a wife-gazing stone, Zhou Mingli would still seem quite normal.
The farmer selling eggs hadn't left yet, but the eggs were all gone, leaving only some mung beans. Zhou Mingli looked them over and finally bought two jin of mung beans to take home.
He lit a fire and started cooking the washed and soaked mung beans. He also cut up the cured pork and prepared two bowls of flour to make scallion pancakes.
Zhou Mingli went to the grocery store again and bought a pigeon and a grass carp. As for fruits and other similar items, they had been sold out long ago, so Zhou Mingli couldn't buy them even if he wanted to.
He cleaned the pigeon and grass carp, stewed the pigeon, and sliced the fish.
When Zhou Yang, Zhou Miao, and a group of children ran home, they smelled the wonderful aroma of the food in their house.
They had originally planned to go out and play with their friends, but the aroma made them want to go home instead.
"Dad! What delicious food are you making!"
Zhou Yang, being a little glutton, quickly squeezed next to Zhou Mingli.
The pigeon was still stewing in the casserole, while Zhou Mingli had already stir-fried the ingredients for the boiled fish fillets. The aroma that the two children smelled was the aroma of the stir-fried ingredients.
"Fish meat." Zhou Mingli glanced at Zhou Yang, then at Zhou Miao who was following closely behind, and said, "Put your schoolbags back in your rooms and wash your faces and hands."
Okay~
The two children agreed, and Zhou Miao was about to go out when she glanced into her parents' room. She exclaimed "Wow!" and without going back to her room, she ran over and opened the half-closed door.
"Mother!!"
Zhou Miao's joyful cheers rang out. Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment, but when he heard Zhou Miao call out "Mom," he immediately followed her into the house.
Sure enough, Zhou Yang saw his mother still sleeping in bed and excitedly shouted, "Mom's back!"
Zhou Mingli didn't even have time to stop the two children.
Seeing how noisy they were, Zhou Mingli knew that Jiang Ci wouldn't be able to sleep, so he shook his head and let them be.
Jiang Ci was still sleeping when she was woken up by the two shouts. She looked up from the kang (a heated brick bed), her head still heavy.
Zhou Miao used both hands and feet to climb onto the kang (a heated brick bed), then quickly crawled to Jiang Ci's side. "Mom! You're back!"
Jiang Ci looked at Zhou Miao's rosy cheeks and kissed her on the cheek. "Yes, have you and your brother gotten out of school yet?"
Before she could even finish asking that question, Zhou Yang pouted and leaned in to kiss Jiang Ci's cheek, exclaiming, "Mommy! You're finally back!"
"We asked Dad when you'd be back, and he kept saying soon, but it's been so long... Hmm... It's been almost a hundred days and you still haven't come back!"
"Mom, I miss you so much."
"I want to too!"
The two children chattered away, tattling on her and expressing how much they missed her.
Jiang Ci's heart was completely filled with joy, and she was no longer sleepy. She sat up and gave each of the two children another kiss, saying, "I missed you both too!"
The two children got a bit tanned after the summer, and it was obvious that Zhou Mingli and Huang Zheyue hadn't put hats on them.
Jiang Ci led them to wash their faces and hands.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao stayed close to her, talking about summer vacation and what happened after school started, chattering away incessantly.
Jiang Ci didn't find it annoying. She watched Zhou Mingli busy in the kitchen, took a palm leaf fan, and listened to their conversation while fanning herself.
Occasionally, when they weren't paying attention, Zhou Mingli would feed them a couple of bites of food, and then he would continue to listen to them talk with a smile.
Huang Zheyue and the other people in the compound returned home around the same time. Jiang Ci went straight home without going back to the office. When her colleagues saw her sitting at the door talking to her child, they couldn't help but laugh and say, "Little Jiang is back! I heard it from other people in the department, and I thought it was a lie!"
Jiang Ci responded with a smile, "The ministry sent a car to pick me up. The leaders were very considerate and let me go straight home."
A colleague asked, "Xiao Jiang, how was your trip abroad? I heard you went to five or six countries."
"It's alright. It's summer there in Europe too, and the scenery is quite beautiful when you walk around."
Some people even asked, "The things over there don't require tickets, do you have any... Hehe, if you have any good stuff, remember to tell everyone, and share it with them!"
Jiang Ci laughed again, "You should have told me this before I left, given me the money directly, and I would have bought it for you abroad and brought it back to you."
Upon hearing this, the others felt a pang of regret; Jiang Ci was right!
They should have given Jiang Ci money first and asked her to buy things abroad for them!
It's a government-funded trip abroad, so there's practically no charge!
The group stopped in front of Jiang Ci's house and chatted with her. Jiang Ci was happy to listen to what was happening in the ministry.
Zhou Mingli finished cooking, came out and patted Jiang Ci on the shoulder, and Jiang Ci immediately understood.
She stood up. "Zheyue, you're back from school!"
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