Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 350 Life in the Countryside

"Are you not afraid that your grandparents will hear it?"

The old man and the old lady next door could be heard talking in the room, Gu Jia pinched the boy and said.

"You make uh-huh and ah-huh noises all the time."

It is quite inconvenient, Zhou Jing was just talking. The countryside is extremely quiet at night. Any noise can be heard not only in the grandparents' room next door, but also in the parents' room across the street.

"Damn it, it's so hot here."

Gu Jia kicked the boy, then lay down and rolled around on the kang.

"The temperature difference between day and night is huge. It's cold in the morning before the fire is lit."

Zhou Jing made the bed, put the mattress and sheets in place, and then put the quilt in place.

"It's so comfortable. I'll install a Kang in the bedroom when I renovate my house."

Gu Jia rolled over to the prepared bed and settled down in the quilt.

The quilt was bright red, with only Gu Jia's head sticking out of the quilt. Her face was rosy, and her hair was slightly messy. She looked so charming that Zhou Jing suddenly longed for the wedding night. If there was a chance in the future, Zhou Jing would try his best to have a wedding with Gu Jia, to make it for Gu Jia and also for himself.

"I miss Master so much."

Zhou Jing got into the bed and hugged Gu Jia, kissing her fair face, while one hand went into her clothes.

Gu Jia pinched the boy's cheeks with both hands and smiled, "Your relatives don't know about our relationship, right?"

"understood."

Zhou Jing shook his head and said.

"Then I won't see your relatives anymore. Who told anyone about it?"

Gu Jia's pressure suddenly increased.

"Truth cannot be hidden." Zhou Jing said indifferently, "Others will know sooner or later."

"My reputation has been ruined by a traitor like you. Turn off the lights and go to sleep."

Gu Jia looked melancholy and pushed the boy's claws away.

"Let's go to Mount Zhongnan to live in seclusion."

Zhou Jing turned off the lights, crawled into the bed, and lifted up Gu Jia's pajama top.

Gu Jia knocked the boy's head helplessly, really worried that the boy would snatch food from other children in the future.

"Five minutes. Why is there a signal over there but not over here?"

Gu Jia picked up the phone and took a look. The signal in the middle room was poor, but there were two bars enough to send text messages. There was no signal at all here.

"Because the kang over there is next to the window, there is also a signal next to the window over here, and there is a mountain behind the house."

Zhou Jing said while eating.

"All right!"

A smile appeared on Gu Jia's face. He turned on the light, opened the camera on his mobile phone and took two photos of the boy. Then he turned off the light and admired the photos. He wondered how the boy felt when he saw the photos of him like this after so many years.

Zhou Jing lay on Gu Jia like a cat.

After a while, the middle room became quiet. The old man and the old lady should have gone to rest. At almost ten o'clock, the room on the far right also became quiet.

Gu Jia wanted to say something but stopped herself, as it would be too embarrassing if they heard it.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Zhou Jing'an sat down and talked seriously with Gu Jia about what to do next. It was already late February and there were no plans for a wedding for the time being, so the next thing would be to have a baby and they could consider the specific time.

Zhou Jing asked Gu Jia for her opinion.

"If you don't want to give birth in summer, then autumn or spring. If it's autumn, then October is the best time to give birth in October. September, August or spring. If it's May, then April or March. How about giving birth around July this year?"

Gu Jia is already 29 years old and can't delay any longer. The older a woman is at childbearing age, the more difficult it will be for her to recover after childbirth.

Zhou Jing nodded. Of course he had to listen to Gu Jia on this matter.

"If the first one is a girl, do you still want to have one?"

Gu Jia looked at the boy and said.

"It's the same for both men and women, just take one."

From a woman's perspective, Zhou Jing knew that Gu Jia definitely didn't want to have more children because it was too hard.

"Let's wait and see after the first one is born!"

Gu Jia smiled and sighed.

The next day, when he woke up, it was already bright outside. The room was a little chilly. Zhou Jing stretched and looked at Teacher Gu, who was a little lazy, and asked, "Is it much colder this morning?"

"It's okay. It's not comfortable to be too hot. Is my voice hoarse?"

The kang was warm last night, and Gu Jia could hear that her voice was hoarse.

"Well, lie down for a while. I'll go light the fire." Zhou Jing yawned and got up. Seeing that Gu Jia was about to get up, he said, "There's no hot water to wash your face even if you get up."

"It was dark last night and I couldn't see clearly what was going on outside."

Gu Jia remembered to take a look and sat on the bed to change clothes.

"Whoever gets up slowly will have to fold the quilt." Zhou Jing tickled Teacher Gu's feet.

"How shameless of you."

Gu Jia kicked the boy, still calmly.

Zhou Jing got up first, went downstairs to use the toilet, and emptied the chamber pot. He took some firewood back to the house to burn. When he came back, Gu Jia was folding bedding and tidying up the kang. After she got up, Zhou Jing took her to find the toilet.

"It's a mansion, about 400 square meters, right?"

Walking out of the house, Gu Jia saw the whole picture of the house and sighed that it was much more magnificent than the tall buildings in the city.

The courtyard was expanded and renovated last year with funds provided by Zhou Jing. The entire courtyard is surrounded by a wall. Inside are three neat bungalows, each of which is about 50 square meters. On the left are two slightly smaller rooms, one for storing miscellaneous things, and the other is a bathroom and toilet.

Because there is no heating, it is inconvenient to take a bath in winter, but it is very convenient to rinse in summer.

The floor of the yard is made of bluestone, a specialty of Qing County. The slabs are inlaid very smoothly. There are sewers in the corners of the walls. A large locust tree and two jujube trees have been preserved in the yard.

There are two courtyards in the compound. The big courtyard is the residential area, and there is a door on the right wall leading to the small courtyard.

There is a vegetable garden, a chicken coop and a toilet in the small yard. The toilets are clearly divided into men's and women's. The specifications and facilities of my grandfather's house are the most luxurious in the entire village. The only drawback is that the road at the bottom of the slope is a bit narrow and cars cannot get up, but my grandfather's three-wheeled motorcycle is no problem.

The winter sunshine shines in the courtyard, so comfortable.

Spring Festival couplets and paper-cuts are posted in every room, and large antithetical couplets are posted on the front door.

"Do you feel that the house Tangdu bought is not attractive anymore?"

Zhou Jing first took Gu Jia on a brief tour.

"This is where people live. The buildings are like high-altitude prisons."

Gu Jia sighed and thought how nice it would be to have such a house in the city.

"Jia Jia, did you have a good rest tonight?"

Wu Suqin poured water for washing her face and asked with a smile.

"Get some rest."

Gu Jia slept till dawn. There was no noise from motorcycle engines and no turbid air in the countryside, so how could he not get a good rest?

"These two chickens and half a lamb in the freezer are ready to honor my parents-in-law."

Arriving at the small yard, Zhou Jing pointed at the two big roosters in the chicken coop and said.

"Wow, what a beautiful big cock."

Gu Jia walked closer to take a look. The big rooster had bright and colorful feathers. In a big city like Tangdu, a chicken like this would be snapped up for 200 yuan. Compared to these things in the countryside, those sold in city supermarkets are simply feed.

"No need to bring so many for my parents, one is enough."

Gu Jia thought that the boy was too honest, and bringing him a local chicken was much better than a bottle of good wine.

You must not be stingy when visiting your parents-in-law during the Spring Festival. Zhou Jing has never been a stingy person.

Gu Jia went to the bathroom and Zhou Jing went back to the room to wash his face.

"Are you used to having Jiajia come to live here?"

Wu Suqin asked her son in a low voice.

"Habit."

The countryside has blue sky and white clouds, and the snow on the mountains has not melted yet. It is a world of white snow country. Compared with the city, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a paradise. If people cannot get used to living in such an environment, it can only be said that city people do not know how to enjoy and live.

"Can Jiajia get used to eating mutton offal?"

Wu Suqin was preparing to cook and asked Gu Jia about her taste in advance.

"Sure, she's not picky about food."

"Then we won't cook any dishes. We'll just eat mutton offal, steamed buns and cakes."

"Row."

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“Are there still opera singers in the village?”

After coming back from the bathroom, Gu Jia patted the boy's butt and said.

"This village is gone. Do you like watching plays?"

Zhou Jing prepared water for Gu Jia to wash her face.

"I like crowds. I liked crowds when I was a kid, but I didn't like crowds in high school and college. As I get older, I slowly start to like crowds again."

Gu Jia drank half a glass of water and said with a smile.

“People who don’t like crowds are single people with no one to hang out with.”

"You deserve a beating. Don't be so blunt. I want to go hiking. How about we go hiking after dinner?"

Gu Jia thought about it and it made sense. Wasn’t it because she had boys to accompany her that she started to like being lively last year?
"Let's go buy fireworks in the city and then go hiking."

Today is the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, and in the evening Zhou Jing is going to set off fireworks that are even more gorgeous than those on New Year's Eve.

(End of this chapter)