Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 330: Entertaining the Future In-laws
On November 25th, Zhou Guozhong and Wu Suqin rushed to Yulin City early in the morning. They felt like they were being forced into something they were not fully prepared for; they had to arrange a meeting between their son and his parents in a hurry as they had not yet gotten used to Gu Jia.

However, as parents, Zhou Guozhong and Wu Suqin can rest assured both physically and mentally. They don't have to worry about anything and can just wait to hold their grandchildren.

"How much do you plan to give as a gift?"

Wu Suqin said to Zhou Jingdao.

"Eighty-eight thousand and eighty-eight."

Zhou Jing chose an auspicious number as a token of his appreciation. His father-in-law is a senior official in the city and will soon be promoted to the provincial level. It would be inappropriate to give too much as a betrothal gift at this critical juncture.

"Just tell me what you need from me and your dad. When are you going to officially get engaged?"

Wu Suqin was thinking about some things about the engagement, and she felt a little helpless that her son made all the decisions on his own.

"Let's talk about it later. Let's get the certificate first."

Zhou Jing is planning to get his marriage certificate with Gu Jia but they have no plans to hold a wedding for now. Gu Jia is the same. The two plan to get their marriage certificate this year and have a baby next year.

As for the wedding, if we have a child next year, we can hold it when the child is four or five years old.

Of course, this is just Zhou Jing's vision. When the situation becomes a mess, Zhou Jing doesn't know what will happen.

Wu Suqin took the household registration book from home and gave it to her son.

"I don't think we need your household registration booklet!"

Zhou Jing was not aware of this when he got his marriage certificate for the first time. He had moved his household registration to the city and obtained a separate household registration book.

"in case."

"Why don't we find time to get married next year?"

At this point, Zhou Guozhong hopes that his son can start a family soon.

Wu Suqin agreed, saying it would be good for her son to settle down as soon as possible.

“We’ll see next year!”

Zhou Jingxian didn't want to hold a wedding, and he didn't have time next year. Next year was a critical year for his career, and the mess of getting married would delay it by at least a month.

"Does Jiajia agree to having a child without getting married first?"

Wu Suqin thinks it's okay to have a child first after getting the marriage certificate. The child is the most important. Her son and Gu Jia have a special relationship. Having a child will be a reassurance for both her son and Gu Jia.

"agree."

Zhou Jing nodded.

Wu Suqin thought so too. Gu Jianian would be 29 years old next year and would definitely be more anxious than her son.

Gu Jia personally cooked dinner for Zhou Jing's parents. After resting for a while at Zhou Jing's place, Zhou Jing took his parents to Gu Jia's place at around 2 o'clock.

"Uncle and aunt."

Gu Jia was waiting outside the community, smiling gently.

"Jia Jia, you don't have to come out specially, are you cold?"

Wu Suqin took Gu Jia's arm, touched her arm and said with concern.

"It's not cold, I came out to buy something."

Gu Jia took out the things she had just bought from the car, some vegetables and a bottle of red wine.

"Just tell me."

Zhou Jing took the things from Gu Jia and carried them.

"I'm just sitting around doing nothing, uncle is smoking."

Gu Jia took out a box of Huazi that she had brought with her, opened the box and handed it to Zhou Guozhong.

"Don't pass me a cigarette. I hate it when someone smokes at home."

Wu Suqin rolled her eyes at Zhou Guozhong and thought to herself that her son had found a good daughter-in-law. Every time her son came home, he would buy cigarettes for his father and persuade him to smoke good cigarettes. His daughter-in-law would also smoke a whole box of Huazidi. It was true that people from the same family were alike.

"I don't smoke much usually."

Zhou Guozhong was in a good mood because his son found a good wife. He took the cigarette and smoked one.

"Jia Jia, put on your gloves. Does Zhou Jing usually smoke and drink?"

Wu Suqin took off her gloves and handed them to Gu Jia.

"Thank you, Auntie." Gu Jia glanced at Zhou Jing and said with a smile, "I'll drink a little wine, but I won't smoke."

Wu Suqin looked at her son and said, "Try not to drink alcohol, especially when driving. Don't touch a drop."

"Zhou Jing is a very principled person and never drives after drinking." Gu Jia is very confident in Zhou Jing about this.

Always being scolded by his mother, Zhou Jing slowed down and followed his father who was smoking behind him.

Zhou Guozhong walked slowly while smoking. He exhaled a puff of smoke and smiled meaningfully, "Are women troublesome?"

"You mean my mom is troublesome?"

Zhou Jing directly exposed his father's little thoughts.

"That's it."

Zhou Guozhong was used to it. He would let the mother say whatever she wanted and he would continue to smoke.

Zhou Guozhong is not a heavy smoker, and the cigarettes his son buys are enough for him to smoke, but he doesn't want to be conspicuous outside. His son smokes the Huazi cigarettes he buys at home and in the school dormitory, and smokes the ten-yuan cigarettes he buys himself outside.

When they arrived at Gu Jia's residence, Zhou Jing helped make tea.

It was her first time here. Wu Suqin looked around the room. It was clean and tidy, and she could tell that Gu Jia was a very virtuous woman.

"You don't need to wash these dates. They've been soaked in white wine. If you wash them, they won't have that smell."

Seeing Gu Jia taking the "drunken dates" that Wu Suqin brought from her hometown to the kitchen, Zhou Jing reminded her.

"Will eating this date make you drunk?"

Gu Jia picked up one and ate it. The red dates were plump due to being pickled in white wine. When she put it in her mouth, the fragrance of the dates was mixed with a faint aroma of wine. It was very fresh and delicious.

"Not drunk, but if you've eaten too much it should be detectable."

Zhou Jing took two and ate them. When he was a child, he especially liked the drunken dates made by his grandmother. It was very simple to make. When the red dates were still hard in autumn, they were picked by hand, washed with white wine, put in a jar and sprinkled with some wine to seal it. Then he could eat fresh dates in winter.

"You can eat dates like this."

Gu Jia took a plate, put some in the living room, and put the rest in the refrigerator.

"You can eat it without worry. The liquor has neutralized the poison." Wu Suqin touched Gu Jia's legs, which were covered in thick black pants, and said, "These pants don't look very thick. Are they warm?"

"It's very warm. It's fleece inside. When it's coldest, you can wear a thin one inside and a thick one outside to keep warm. I'll buy two for my aunt to try when I go shopping tonight."

Gu Jia lifted up the waistband of his trousers to let Wu Suqin look inside.

"Okay, it looks great."

Wu Suqin touched Gu Jia's leg again.

This kind of thick stockings is really good for keeping warm, it is fashionable, beautiful and slimming.

Noticing that the boy was staring at her legs, Gu Jia stuffed a date into his mouth. The boy was right when he said that he had no resistance to her wearing thick black stockings, and he could always make her stockings wet with kisses.

"Thicker clothes are not necessarily warmer."

Zhou Jing grabbed the pantyhose on Gu Jia's legs and pulled them, and they felt very good.

The warmest cotton pants Zhou Jing has ever worn were the ones sewn by his grandmother when he was a child. They were filled completely with cotton. They were warm, but very bulky, and he felt embarrassed about wearing them when he went to school as a child.

After three o'clock, Zhou Jing and Gu Jia went to cook, and Wu Suqin wanted to help them.

"Do you want to drink white wine or red wine with your meal?"

There was only herself and Zhou Jing in the kitchen, Gu Jia asked.

Gu Jia brought the white wine and two bottles of Wuliangye from home, and bought the red wine.

"Wine Bar."

Zhou Jing thought about it and decided that he would have to drink white wine when he went to Gu Jia's house tomorrow, so he had already bought the wine.

"I'm a little unsure. I'm the chef, so you can give me some pointers."

It was the first time for Gu Jia to cook for her future in-laws, and she wanted to perform well.

Zhou Jing looked at the ingredients and asked, "What are you going to make?"

“Steamed fish, fried shrimp, sweet and sour pork ribs.”

Gu Jia arranged the ingredients one by one and spoke.

Zhou Jing looked at the ingredients and thought that Teacher Gu must have put in a lot of effort in the past two days.

Both of them put on aprons and prepared the ingredients and side dishes for each dish. Gu Jia first made the dishes that required a long stew and the cold dishes.

Since Gu Jia wanted to show her virtuous side, Zhou Jing was willing to help her.

(End of this chapter)