Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 69 I give you 102 points

It was another busy Saturday morning for Zhou Jing.

I get up at around seven o'clock to clean the house. I scrub the bathroom thoroughly to remove any odors, squeeze toilet cleaner into the wastebasket, rinse it clean and put it in the garbage bag, and mop the floor twice. This is what I call cleaning the house before inviting guests.

For a young lady like Gu Jia, a bad environment would seriously affect her appetite.

After cleaning, Zhou Jing sprayed air freshener in the living room, bedroom and bathroom, carried the garbage bag out of the house, threw the garbage into the trash can, had breakfast, and then went to the supermarket to buy groceries.

There can be no perfunctory attitude when inviting Gu Jia to dinner, Zhou Jing has to be 100% serious.

Considering that Gu Jia's relatives are still here these days, Zhou Jing tries to avoid greasy and heavy-tasting meals and does not prepare cold dishes.

The main dishes are a steamed fish, a broccoli and shrimp, and a celery fried with bean curd. The bean curd had been soaked in water last night. There are just these three dishes, plus a yam and pork ribs soup, which makes it light and nutritious.

Zhou Jing chose a live sea bass weighing less than two pounds and asked the boss to kill and clean it.

It was still early when he got home, so Zhou Jing prepared all the necessary side dishes first so that he wouldn't have to rush around.

Only the pork ribs soup took a lot of time to prepare, so Zhou Jing stewed the yam and pork ribs soup first, and started cooking other dishes after ten o'clock.

Gu Jia drove to Zhou Jing's residence just after half past ten and brought a box of tea from home, which was the Jin Jun Mei tea that someone gave to her father.

"Teacher Gu is too polite."

This box of tea is enough for Zhou Jing to buy all the ingredients for today.

The thing Zhou Jing has the most right now is tea. Yang Wenwen gave him a box before, and the school gave him a box on Teacher's Day. Zhou Jing plans to take the box of Jin Jun Mei given by Gu Jia home to his father.

"I didn't spend any money, I got it from home."

Gu Jia never spends her own money to buy gifts for others, as there are plenty of local specialties that others give to her father.

"Thank you, Teacher Gu."

Zhou Jing accepted it.

"What do you need me to do?"

Gu Jia took a look at the kitchen door. Although she couldn’t cook, she had no problem washing vegetables.

"No, I'm ready."

Zhou Jing would be busier if he had someone to help him cook, so he doesn’t like others to help him.

"You can cook fish too? How are you going to cook it?"

Gu Jia thought the home-cooked dishes the boy was talking about were things like fried shredded potatoes, tomatoes and eggs, but she didn't expect them to be so sumptuous.

"Steamed. I haven't made steamed fish many times. Please forgive me if I don't do it well."

Steamed fish is a piece of cake for Zhou Jing, but braised fish is troublesome.

"Let me help you!"

Gu Jia felt embarrassed to wait for food.

"I would be distracted when Teacher Gu is in the kitchen. If you don't know, you would think Teacher Gu is going on a blind date today!"

Zhou Jing can joke appropriately with Gu Jia in private.

It's not entirely a joke though.

Gu Jia was wearing an off-white slim-fit T-shirt today, and an A-line skirt that was neither too wide nor too narrow. Her legs were curved and beautiful, and her legs were wrapped in flesh-colored stockings without any flaws. If she had worn black stockings, it would have been even more perfect. Even Tang Seng couldn't help but stare blankly at Gu Jia's legs in black stockings.

"Do you still have evil thoughts about your teacher?"

Gu Jia pinched the boy's arm and pretended to be annoyed.

"I liked Mr. Gu's class the most in high school."

Zhou Jing answered in a more tactful way.

"You idiot, you like my class the most. Your English is so bad. I thought you liked Teacher Yang's class the most."

Gu Jia was not surprised at all. It was normal for boys to like young and beautiful female teachers, and girls would also like young and handsome male teachers.

"It's hard for me to concentrate when Teacher Gu is hovering in front of me."

Zhou Jing looked at the time and saw that the fish was almost marinated and was ready to be steamed.

"You mean you can't learn English well because I'm too pretty?"

Gu Jia said, leaning against the kitchen door frame.

"The food today is not tasty. It's also Teacher Gu's fault for coming early."

"What a quibble."

Gu Jia looked at the boy and found him more and more interesting.

"It's also my fault for being too superficial."

Zhou Jing pretended to laugh at himself. "I'm glad you understand."

Gu Jia not only did not think the boy was superficial, but found him even more interesting.

Zhou Jing washed the glass and poured a cup of homemade honey lemon tea for Gu Jia.

Gu Jia took a sip and found it had the fresh fragrance of lemon, a hint of tea, and the sweetness of honey. She looked at the glass kettle and said, "It tastes good. Did you mix this with lemon and honey yourself?"

"Yes."

Zhou Jing opened the refrigerator and took out a can to show it.

It contains honey soaked with fresh lemon slices and tea juice. When drinking, just take two spoonfuls and soak them in a kettle.

"That's a good idea. Did you make the kimchi too?"

Gu Jia pointed to the glass jar of pickles in the refrigerator, which contained cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, etc.

"Uh, I'm going to cook noodles for this this weekend."

Zhou Jing nodded.

"I'll try it later."

Gu Jia was really enlightened. It was the first time she met such an all-round treasure boy.

Zhou Jing suddenly thought of a sentence.

The best way for a woman to tie a man down is to tie his stomach down. What about the other way around?
Don't tie Gu Jia's stomach down.

Unable to help, Gu Jia decided not to make trouble in the kitchen. She looked around the room and saw books on the table at the bedroom door. She asked the boy if it was convenient to go into the bedroom. After getting permission, she stepped into the bedroom.

Gu Jia looked at the bookshelf for a while, then took a magazine and sat at the table to read.

[Jia Jia, take a photo of someone and show it to mom]

Gu's mother sent a text message to her daughter and heard that her daughter was having dinner with a boy today. Gu's mother was happy but also suspicious. She wondered if her daughter was trying to fool the family by saying she was going on a date with someone. How could she have a date in the morning?

【There is not even a stroke of the eight characters】

Gu Jia told her family that she had made a dinner appointment with the boy just to shut her mother up, otherwise she would be annoyed by her constant urging for marriage.

Mother Gu: [Mom, just take a look]

【Come back and show you】

Gu Jia thought for a while, went outside the kitchen, turned on her cell phone camera and took a picture of the boy's back.

click!
Gu Jia forgot to turn off the sound, and calmly explained to the boy who turned around: "Deal with my mother, otherwise she will urge me to go on blind dates all day long."

"Then do you want to take a frontal shot?"

Zhou Jing, who had experienced being urged to get married, understood Gu Jia's feelings and didn't think much about it. He had fooled his mother in this way in his previous life. He could at least buy his mother a few months of breathing time by fooling her every time, otherwise there would be an endless stream of blind dates.

"It's exposed right away. My mom has seen you. It was my mom who looked for the key last time."

Gu Jia took two more photos of the boy's back, then returned to the bedroom table and sat down to look at the photos.

The boy in the photo has a tall and straight back. His arms in short-sleeved shirt are of moderate thickness, with beautiful muscle lines, making him look masculine and strong. Because he is wearing an apron, his masculinity is tempered with a bit of gentleness like a warm man.

Looking at the photo, Gu Jia sighed softly.

At least I should be able to fool my mom.

As for your identity, just say you are 27 years old and a PhD student, and you will consider other options after you graduate.

Gu Jia felt a lot more relaxed as she no longer had to be urged to get married for a while.

"The food will be ready soon. Teacher Gu, how about trying this soup?"

Zhou Jing first served Gu Jia half a bowl of soup. In addition to yam and pork ribs, Zhou Jing also added sweet corn kernels and red dates. It was simmered on a low heat for more than an hour. The soup was filled with the faint sweetness of dates and the fragrance of corn.

"It smells good." Gu Jia sat at the dining table, holding the spoon and blowing gently, then took a sip carefully, pursed her lips and nodded: "Your cooking skills are really good, as good as my mom's."

"I'd be proud if Teacher Gu praised me like that."

"I give you 102 points. You can use the other two points to be proud of yourself."

Gu Jia feels proud that the boy has this skill.

“Pride holds people back.”

While he was talking, Zhou Jing finished the last dish, celery and bean curd.

"Let me take a picture first."

After helping to arrange the dishes, Gu Jia opened her cell phone and took two pictures.

(End of this chapter)