Chapter 65 It's Not Worth It for Him

The director of the publishing house saw Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia from behind and asked his colleague curiously, "What do those two comrades who just left want to do at the newspaper office?"

The backs of the two people are so beautiful, one is tall and handsome, the other is graceful and elegant. The two of them walking together are like a scene from a movie.

The staff member heard this and asked, "Which couple? The woman wants to come for an interview..."

Wen Wan casually took over the conversation: "Then the female comrade is here to interview for the translation job, right?"

The director of the publishing house looked at Wen Wan and asked, "Do you know him?"

Wen Wan smiled and said, "Yes, I know her. She is from the next village. She failed the college entrance examination three times before getting married. She is very ambitious."

The director of the publishing house lost interest instantly. She said to Wen Wan, "Try to translate this foreign book as soon as possible. We are in a hurry."

"Okay, Director Zhang, don't worry. I promise to submit the manuscript on time. I'll leave now and come back in three days."

Director Zhang ignored her and walked straight to the printing department.

On the street

Zhou Chenglei rode his bicycle and asked the person behind him: "Is there anywhere else you want to go?"

Jiang Xia: "Go to the department store."

Zhou Zhou's clothes were all worn by the Guangzongyaozu brothers. Although the styles could not be distinguished between men's and women's, they were all very old.

Jiang Xia wants to buy a few sets of clothes for her to wear to school.

Zhou Chenglei rode his bicycle towards the mall. He hesitated and asked again, "Do you want to work at a newspaper?"

Zhou Chenglei had made up his mind that if she really wanted to go, he would find a way to arrange it for her, as long as there was a vacancy in the publishing house.

Jiang Xia: "No, I just want to work part-time and translate foreign language original documents. We can't go out to sea every day, and when we don't go out to sea, it's boring to have nothing to do at home."

Two families share one boat, and sometimes a typhoon delays the boat for a few days. So all you calculate is that there are actually not many days left to go out to sea.

Moreover, when trawling on the boat, the waiting time is long, and you can also do translation work.

"Part-time job?" Zhou Chenglei understood a little, but also didn't understand a little.

Jiang Xia explained it.

Zhou Chenglei understood that it was just like the women in the village weaving fish nets and making handmade plastic flowers to make some extra money.

It’s just that his wife’s part-time job is a bit high-end.

Zhou Chenglei thought of the large bookcase that took up an entire wall in Jiang's father's study, which also had many foreign language books. He was not surprised that Jiang Xia knew foreign languages.

The two returned to the department store, and Jiang Xia stopped at a store selling children's clothing to pick out clothes for Zhou Zhou.

When Jiang Xia saw Zhou Zhou, she thought of herself as a child, so she wanted to be nice to her.

Jiang Xia lowered his head and carefully selected clothes, picking them up one by one to compare, looking at the outside, the inside, and even checking the pockets.

She looks very beautiful and gentle from the side when she is choosing clothes carefully.

Zhou Chenglei thought that if they had children in the future, she would definitely be a very gentle mother.

He thought that Jiang Xia only brought a few sets of clothes, so he looked around and saw a suit hanging not far away, which consisted of a blue floral shirt on the upper body and a white skirt on the lower body.

Clean, simple, youthful and beautiful, Zhou Chenglei felt that Jiang Xia was very suitable at first sight, so he walked over.

Jiang Xia was still carefully choosing clothes for Zhou Zhou. After choosing the clothes, he walked over and carefully chose shoes and a schoolbag.

Zhou Zhou's schoolbag was also picked up from his brothers. It was dirty, old and had patches on it.

In the end, Jiang Xia bought three sets of clothes for Zhou Zhou, including a skirt, and then bought a cross-body backpack, a pair of cloth shoes and a pair of small leather shoes.

Zhou Chenglei had already walked back to his original position carrying the red, white and blue plastic bag, and Jiang Xia didn't notice anything.

Zhou Chenglei took the things she bought and stuffed them into the red and white bag. "Is there anything else you want to buy?"

"Buy some clothes for your parents?"

Zhou Chenglei nodded: "Okay, buy a set for your parents too, and bring it to them next time we go back to see them. Buy the clothes first, and the rest next time we come, the bicycle can't carry so many things."

"good."

So the two of them went to buy clothes for their parents.

Jiang Xia asked Zhou Chenglei for some reference about the sizes of Jiang's father and mother, but she was really unsure.

Then Zhou Chenglei went to buy two cans of milk powder. Jiang Xia didn't like malted milk, and after drinking it once, he was no longer willing to drink it. So he gave all to Zhou Zhou, who loved it.

Jiang Xia thought he bought it for Zhou Zhou and didn't say anything.

After shopping, Jiang Xia glanced at her watch. It was already past two o'clock. It would take more than three hours to ride her bike back home, and she also had to go to the shipyard to inquire about it. She said, "Let's go and take a look at the shipyard."

"good."

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Zhou Chenglei stuffed all the things into the red, white and blue bag, then placed them on the vegetable basket on the front of the bicycle and drove Jiang Xia to the shipyard.

The city's shipyard is built on a remote, sheltered coast. Although it is remote, the road to the shipyard is very good. Because the shipyard often needs to transport large parts or equipment, the city specially built a road leading to the shipyard.

This is also the reason why Zhou Chenglei was willing to take a detour of several miles in the morning to take Jiang Xia on this route, so that she could sit more comfortably.

There is only one such shipyard in the entire city, and it is also the largest shipyard in the entire province.

When we arrived outside the shipyard, we saw several black cars parked outside.

After Zhou Chenglei explained his purpose, the talkative guard reminded him, "We have foreign guests in the factory today. Did you see those two cars? They are theirs. Those foreigners are too difficult to deal with. They are always complaining about this and that. They want good things but are reluctant to pay more. The factory manager is in a dilemma and doesn't know how long it will take. I guess I don't have time to receive you for the time being. You'd better come back another day!"

Jiang Xia took a look at the two cars. They didn't see them when they passed by in the morning, so they had to go back and come back next time.

The two got on their bikes and left.

The sun was strong in the afternoon and the concrete road was scorching hot. Jiang Xia was drowsy sitting on the back seat of the bicycle.

Zhou Chenglei was just about to ask Jiang Xia if he wanted some water when Jiang Xia's head suddenly rested on his back and the hands that were around his waist loosened their grip.

Zhou Chenglei realized that the person behind him had fallen asleep! He quickly held her hand around his waist to prevent her from falling, but he didn't have the heart to wake her up.

She had been very hard-working these days, accompanying him to go fishing every day from dawn to dusk. She used to ride a car, but after marrying him, she rode a bicycle. On the day of the move, her hands were so delicate that she got blisters from using a hoe, and now they have thin calluses.

Zhou Chenglei held her two hands clasped on his abdomen with one hand, held the handlebars with the other hand, and pedaled the bicycle steadily forward.

The concrete road surface was scorched by the sun, and steam was rising up in waves.

Zhou Chenglei was sweating profusely at the moment, and he didn't dare let go of Jiang Xia's hand to wipe the sweat, for fear that she would fall off the bicycle. He also couldn't bear to stop to wipe the sweat, for fear of waking her up.

Big drops of sweat flowed into Zhou Chenglei's eyes, but he just blinked hard to get rid of the salty feeling of the sweat in his eyes.

The car passed by them. Wen Wan, who was sitting by the window, could clearly see Jiang Xia sleeping soundly on Zhou Chenglei's back. Zhou Chenglei was sweating profusely, with beads of sweat flowing into his eyes, making them so bitter that tears came out. He was reluctant to wake up the person behind him.

Wen Wan suddenly felt sorry for Zhou Chenglei! She had just gone to see Wu Qizhi and knew that Jiang Xia and Wu Qizhi had exchanged letters, and those letters were now in her hands.

Jiang Xia really wanted to divorce before, and the letter was full of disgust for the Zhou family, for Zhou Chenglei and the Zhou family, and for the countryside.

Now that Jiang Xia knows that Zhou Chenglei is the future richest man, she will not divorce him!

Why should such a person be treated like a good man like Zhou Chenglei?

She opened the car window, leaned out and shouted, "Brother Zhou, Sister Jiang Xia, it turns out it's really you!"

(End of this chapter)