The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 50 - Xia Lins Enthusiasm
Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Xia Lin’s Enthusiasm
Chapter 50 -50: Xia Lin’s Enthusiasm
Father Lu smiled awkwardly and then smiled at the two of them.
After dinner, they didn’t stay long, as they had to return to the military unit with Father.
Lu Jingqiu came out to see them off, which coincided with her own plans to go out and buy study materials.
Before they had a chance to leave, Xiao Shun and Xiao Yin came over with a small broken bowl, “Sister Xiao Qiuqiu, look.”
Lu Jingqiu saw the bowl full of earthworms and quickly covered her eyes, feeling a bit nauseous, but she knew it was food for the chicks. With one hand over her eyes, she pointed to the chicken coop and said, “Just throw a few to them, that’s enough. You dug up so many, can your chickens even finish them all?”
Jiang Nanzhou watched Lu Jingqiu’s actions and was slightly startled, and Lih Huakun also chuckled covertly, thinking how delicate girls were, scared by a few earthworms.
Xiao Shun smiled innocently and said, “They can, they will probably eat them, and once finished, they can lay eggs, and then my sister and I will have eggs to eat.”
Father Lu only then noticed that there were two new chickens at home, and smiled, “Did you get these chickens from Aunt Liu?”
Lu Jingqiu laughed just as naively as Xiao Shun, “Now that we have chickens, we will have eggs to eat in the future.” Her thoughts were as simple and happy as Xiao Shun’s.
Xiao Yin, at this moment, quietly came up to Lu Jingqiu and took out a little spotted cat from a tattered cloth bag, “Sister Xiao Qiu, can we keep this cat at your place first, tonight my brother and I will make a proper cat cage and then take it back.”
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“Ah, you really want to keep a cat?”
Xiao Shun then excitedly came over and said, “Sister Xiao Qiu, I found this one in the yard, it was being bullied by other cats, it’s so pitiful.”
Since there were guests at home, Lu Jingqiu didn’t talk much with them and nodded, “Okay, let’s put it in the yard for now.” Lu Jingqiu, worried that it would run away, covered it with a wooden barrel that was broken but had air holes.
After seeing the two kids off, she locked the door and followed Father and the guests toward the big courtyard’s entrance.
Just as they reached the entrance of the big courtyard, they happened to run into Gao Shu and Xia Lin.
Xia Lin, upon seeing them, quickly approached with a smile. Lu Jingqiu was just thinking about how Xia Lin had never been this enthusiastic when seeing her before, knowing that such warmth from her probably meant no good.
The next second proved her wrong.
“Comrade Jiang, long time no see.”
Lu Jingqiu glanced sharply at Jiang Nanzhou, who gave her a nod in return.
“Comrade Jiang, you left in such a hurry last time, I didn’t get a chance to thank you. Which unit are you with? Come over for dinner when you have time.”
“Doing good deeds is what we should do, it’s our duty, Comrade Xia need not be polite. We have other matters and must go now,” he said, skillfully sidestepping Xia Lin and catching up with Father Lu ahead.
Gao Shu, who was just bidding farewell to Father Lu, and Xia Lin could not stay any longer for conversation.
It was then that Lu Jingqiu remembered Zhang Yumin’s words that Jiang Nanzhou had saved Xia Lin while hunting wild boars, what a coincidence.
After exiting the gate, Lu Jingqiu went her separate way from the others.
She went to the New China Bookstore and with two book coupons, purchased several study materials.
It was already February, and alongside working, she also had to focus on reviewing, having forgotten the exam questions from her previous life. But she could still remember some of them generally.
Of course, she needed true talent too, as the butterfly effect could change things, and Lu Jingqiu didn’t know if it had affected Yun Yuzhi and the others.
Oh dear, she had forgotten to ask Gao Shu.
Having returned home, Lu Jingqiu started reviewing textbooks and trying out some practice questions.
To test her current level.
English was her weak point, and she was determined to conquer it.
Her and Yang Bo’s work in municipal government was so outstanding that they were commended by the municipal committee and even received rewards from their unit—this month they would each receive five extra yuan.
An editor from one department came today, needing three of them to produce some illustrations for a collection of three hundred stories, and poems, all in ancient Chinese style.
Each person was allocated ten illustrations; Lu Jingqiu spent her days at the unit drawing and, at night, seriously studied at home.
Five days later, she went to the editorial department of the West City Daily News and submitted her Tree Planting Day illustration. She was received by a female editor in her thirties, whose name she didn’t know because she traveled there in person.
The selection was still in progress, and after internal evaluation, they would write to her.
After leaving the newspaper, she passed by Gao Family’s place and noticed they were moving things out.
Lu Jingqiu guessed that Gao Shu’s family was moving away.
It was better for them to move. Although she had let go and no longer loved, it was still suffocating to see their intimate behavior every day.
When she got home, Lu Jingqiu soaked a steamed bun and prepared a raw egg for Hua Hua.
The three-month-old Hua Hua was now beginning to get fluffy. All furry and so clingy. Hua Hua had given her quite a lot of happiness during this time.
“Hua Hua, today Sister drew the artwork she submitted with you in it, work hard Hua Hua. One day Sister will create a series of illustrations for you, how’s that?”
“Meow.”
“You agree?”
“Meow, meow.”
“Eat first then.”
Lu Jingqiu also fed some to Xiao Shun’s family’s kitten, and while she was doing so, Xiao Shun and Xiao Yin sneaked over.
“Sister Xiao Qiu, thank you. We have finished it now,” they said.
Lu Jingqiu, hearing Xiao Shun’s furtive whispers, knew Aunt Liu must be unaware: “Your mom doesn’t know yet, does she?”
The two kids laughed guiltily, and Xiao Yin said, “We just put it in a corner outside the house, using bricks and wood to make it a den. If my mom finds out, we’ll just put it in your yard for a few days.”
Xiao Shun, seeing that the Bengal cat was full, picked it up straight away: “Sister Xiao Qiu, don’t you think it’s very docile?”
Lu Jingqiu nodded.
“We’ll take it with us now. When we get back, we also plan to make a little sand pit for it, err, just a small one. Otherwise, my mom will find out.”
“You can just dig a little in the corner of your vegetable garden,” Lu Jingqiu suggested.
Xiao Shun and Xiao Yin nodded, telling her they had already named the cat Ah Fu.
Lu Jingqiu felt it sounded more like a dog’s name, but thought Ah Fu still sounded quite nice.
After sending off the two little ones, she went upstairs to start working on her own test papers. Hua Hua had eaten on the first floor and had run up to lie beside her on the second floor, sleeping silently.
Literature was no problem for her, and although she had forgotten some math, a little review would not be a big issue.
Since she was aiming for the art college, she also needed to practice her sketching.
Even though she had relived her life once, she had never been exposed to these things before; everything was unfamiliar. If she wanted to get into a university, she had no golden finger and could only rely on her own efforts.
These days, Lu Jingqiu got up very early. When Father Lu awoke, she would join him, sitting on the balcony to memorize vocabulary, political science, physics, and chemistry.
Her own efforts were also rewarding.
That day, Lu Jingqiu visited her old high school and found the senior year’s homeroom teacher. After explaining her situation, the teacher was very supportive, telling her she could come to him with any questions on problems she encountered.
The teacher even suggested she attend classes at the school and, upon learning that she was working and it was inconvenient to come to the school, still reminded her to review diligently and not miss this opportunity.
Lu Jingqiu’s visit to the school was to ask the teacher for some review papers.
The teacher said the senior students had just started the semester with new lessons and would not enter the review phase until a month later. He told her to come each week to collect review test papers from him then.
Although Lu Jingqiu’s trip was in vain, she was still quite happy.
After finishing the ten sets of illustrations for the ancient poems, she made a few revisions, and the editor was quite satisfied. With a few scattered illustrations from time to time, work wasn’t too busy.
That day, just after Lu Jingqiu got off work and arrived at the yard, she ran into Shen Mu, whom she hadn’t seen for half a year, at Gao Family’s doorway.
“Comrade Lu Jingqiu.”
“Shen Mu? …Are you here to report?”
Shen Mu nodded enthusiastically: “School is starting soon, so I came a few days earlier to see my brother as well.”
“Oh,” Lu Jingqiu said, looking behind him at the Gao Family’s home, “Are you here to find Gao Shu?”
“Yes, I just found out he moved. It was a wasted trip.”
“Where are you heading now? Do you want to sit at my place for a while?”
“No need, I’m going to find my brother.”
“Are you going to the army camp? I’ll go with you then; I’m going there to eat.”
“What a coincidence, my brother also told me to wait for him in the canteen.”
“Then accompany me back home to drop off my bike,” Lu Jingqiu said.
“Sure.”
On their way home, Lu Jingqiu couldn’t wait to ask him which school he got accepted into: “The same school as Gao Shu, Politics and Law University.”
“What about Sister Yuzhi and Li Yinger?”
“Li Yinger and Li Qing got into Li Yinger’s city’s Normal University, Zhang Yumin went to Agricultural University in Capital City, Yun Yuzhi also got into a college in Capital City, just a teacher’s training junior college, and Zhang Shuo also got into a junior college.”
“Not bad, not bad at all, both couples are in the same city, I’m really happy for them.”
“It’s all thanks to those materials you gave Sister Yuzhi and Li Yinger, we relied entirely on them towards the end.”
“I just thought they’d be bored over there, so I gave them some books; I didn’t expect it would help you guys.”
Shen Mu smiled, turned his head to see the fleeting look of loss on Lu Jingqiu’s face, paused, then consoled, “Comrade Lu Jingqiu, I heard from Gao Shu that you were not bad in school either, you can try this year.”
Lu Jingqiu hummed in response, “We are like old comrades who have worked together for years, just call me Jingqiu. And yes, I’m already preparing for it.”
“You’ve already started reviewing?”
“Yep.”
“If you come across any difficult problems in the future, you can come find me at Politics and Law University.”
“Thank you, if there are any, I will definitely go.”
Lu Jingqiu put her bike at home, and though she wanted to invite Shen Mu in to sit for a while, knowing that there was no one at home, she declined out of consideration.
With home recognized, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future. Lu Jingqiu took a box of food and went to the canteen with him.
On the way, they talked about eating in the canteen and Lu Jingqiu quickly explained, “Lately I’ve been reviewing as soon as I get off work, and my dad has been busy recently. I’m too lazy to cook for myself, so I almost always eat in the canteen these days, saves time.”
Upon arriving at the canteen, Lu Jingqiu didn’t see her dad but instead ran into Jiang Nanzhou, who, clad in training clothes, spotted them at first sight.
