The sooner rather than later, the better to take over the shift. The next day, Cheng Jiawen sent Xu Qianjiao to the station and prepared to go find her.
He helped Xu Qianjiao off the bicycle, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Wife, I'll go find someone later. If we get things done soon, you can rest earlier."
Xu Qianjiao held her belly and said, "Well, I'll go to work first. Be careful."
"Go ahead. If you feel unwell, be sure to tell me. I'll bring you lunch at noon." Cheng Jiawen handed her the handkerchief in his hand, then squatted in front of her. "Baby, Daddy's going to work. You better be good and don't bother Mommy."
Xu Qianjiao looked at the man squatting in front of her and a happy smile appeared on her face.
Now Cheng Jiawen comes to bring her lunch every day at noon. There is no other way because her belly is big and she walks slowly, making it inconvenient for her to go to the cafeteria. By the time she slowly walks over, the cafeteria is already full of people.
By the time she got her meal, there were not many dishes left in the cafeteria. After seeing this, Liu Fangjie helped her get her meal a few times, but later Xu Qianjiao felt embarrassed to bother her every time.
Later, when Cheng Jiawen learned about this situation, he volunteered to deliver meals to her every day.
"Okay, let's go to work, it's getting late."
Cheng Jiawen stood up and said, "Okay, I'm leaving now. Be careful."
"I know..." Xu Qianjiao said coquettishly in a long voice.
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Xu Qianjiao, holding her big belly, walked step by step to the ticket counter. Liu Fangjie saw her coming and greeted her with a smile, "Jiaojiao, good morning."
"Xiaojie, good morning." Xu Qianjiao sat down holding her stomach. After just a few steps, beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She took a handkerchief and gently wiped away the sweat.
Seeing this, Liu Fangjie next to her couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Is it really that hot? You look sweaty."
Xu Qianjiao wiped her sweat and explained with a smile: "Ever since I got pregnant, I've been very afraid of heat, and now my belly is so big, it's hard for me to walk even a few steps, so I'm sweating so much."
"Oh, yeah, with such a big belly, pregnancy must be so hard," Liu Fangjie said with a bit of fear. "Having such a big belly and having to travel such a long distance to work every day, wouldn't that be very hard?"
Xu Qianjiao sighed, "Yeah, it's hard for me to ride a bicycle now. My belly is too big, so I can only sit sideways, and I can't ride too bumpy, so I have to leave home earlier every day."
"This is too hard." Liu Fangjie shook her head and couldn't help but sigh, "Oh, no wonder people say pregnant women are powerful, it turns out it's true."
"Indeed, when you are pregnant, you have to endure all kinds of pain. You can't sleep well at night, it's difficult to turn over, your legs will be swollen, it's hard to put on shoes, and your daily life and travel will be affected." Xu Qianjiao pursed her lips and counted the difficulties of pregnancy on her fingers.
"But, you feel the baby in your belly slowly growing. This kind of happiness is truly an unprecedented experience." As she spoke, a happy smile filled her face. "When you become a mother in the future, you will understand."
After hearing what she said, Liu Fangjie was also a little moved, but she didn't show it too obviously. She just smiled and said, "Hmm, maybe."
The two men packed up the things on the table, opened the window and prepared to start selling tickets.
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Time passed by little by little, and in the blink of an eye it was noon. Cheng Jiawen came to the ticket window with his lunch box and stood aside waiting for Xu Qianjiao to get off work.
Xu Qianjiao looked up and saw Cheng Jiawen standing aside. She quickly cleaned up the things on the table and said, "Xiao Jie, I'm off work."
Liu Fangjie also noticed Cheng Jiawen standing aside. She smiled and joked, "You are so lucky. Your husband brings you food every day."
Hearing this, Xu Qianjiao just smiled and said nothing. Liu Fangjie helped her down from the high stool at the ticket window and said, "Go, go, I'm going to the cafeteria to eat too."
"good."
Xu Qianjiao supported her big belly and walked slowly and carefully towards Cheng Jiawen. Cheng Jiawen quickly stepped forward to support her. "Baby, have you been good today? Did you make trouble?"
Xu Qianjiao shook her head and gently touched her belly, "No, they are very well behaved today."
Hearing Xu Qianjiao's words, Cheng Jiawen also smiled and touched her belly, "So good, then after you come out, Daddy will take you out to play."
The two walked step by step to the cafeteria and sat in a corner. Cheng Jiawen took out the lunch box in his hand, opened the lid, and a rich chicken soup wafted out, attracting people at the next table to look at them.
In the lunch box, the light yellow chicken soup, paired with white and plump dumplings, makes people's appetite just by looking at it.
"It smells so good! Where did the chicken soup dumplings come from? You don't have such good food in your cafeteria, right?" Xu Qianjiao asked in confusion.
Cheng Jiawen placed the dumplings in front of her, took out chopsticks and a spoon from his bag, wiped them clean and handed them to Xu Qianjiao. "I asked Fatty to help make these. Eat them quickly, or they'll get cold."
After saying that, he opened another lunch box, which contained only sweet potato rice and shredded potatoes. He picked up the chopsticks and began to eat with big mouthfuls.
Xu Qianjiao watched him wolf down his food, even the sweet potato rice and shredded potatoes with gusto. She placed a few dumplings in his bowl with a distressed look on her face. "Eat slowly, be careful with your mouth."
"Well, you eat the dumplings yourself. I don't want any." He saw the dumplings in the bowl and wanted to pick them up and give them back to Xu Qianjiao without hesitation.
Xu Qianjiao glared at him and said, "You eat, there's enough in my bowl, and there's even soup."
Seeing Xu Qianjiao's persistence, Cheng Jiawen had no choice but to follow her wishes and eat the dumplings sweetly.
While eating, Xu Qianjiao said distressedly: "You don't have to go to the state-owned restaurant to buy lunch for me, just buy it directly in the cafeteria. The food in the cafeteria is also very delicious."
She knew that Cheng Jiawen cared about her, that she was picky about food and didn't like the food in the cafeteria. Plus, she also needed to supplement her nutrition, so every now and then he would go to the state-owned restaurant to pack dumplings, chicken soup, braised pork and so on for her.
The cost was much higher, so he could only order vegetarian dishes in the cafeteria. He was busy with work and had to take care of him at night, so after a few months, he lost a lot of weight.
Cheng Jiawen finished the meal in a few bites. He shook his head and said, "It's okay. You and the child need to supplement your nutrition. You need to eat something delicious. Don't worry. There's money at home."
In fact, his monthly salary plus bonus is quite a lot of money, plus Xu Qianjiao's salary, and most importantly, the dividends he gets from the third brother and the fat man, which means he earns at least 300 or 400 yuan every month.
As for why he is a vegetarian, there is no other reason, he is just stingy. He does not care about food, and he does not eat vegetarian meals every time. He can eat meat when he gets home in the evening. Sometimes Xu Qianjiao will share her meat with him at noon.
So there’s nothing wrong with having a vegetarian meal at noon.
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