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Chapter 184 - 179: The Family’s Doting

Chapter 184: Chapter 179: The Family’s Doting

It wasn’t until they were almost at her aunt’s restaurant that Lu Jingqiu told Jiang Nanzhou about her winning an award for her work.

If Jiang Nanzhou weren’t currently on the road, he definitely would have lifted Lu Jingqiu up in a circle and said, "My Jingqiu is the best."

Not only her father and fiancé joined in the praise, but her Uncle and aunt knew too and they also praised her endlessly. Her aunt even personally cooked a table full of dishes for her.

As closing time was approaching, her aunt simply let her few employees leave early, leaving just their family to cheer for Lu Jingqiu.

In the end, her very principled father also drank a couple of small glasses, and even Jiang Nanzhou drank a little bit.

On the way out of the restaurant, Lu Jingqiu updated them about the situation with the new house and also mentioned that she had bought a homestead and was currently building a house on it.

The few listeners were all taken aback.

Her aunt asked, "Since you have bought a homestead, why are you still renting a house?"

"Auntie, renting came first, the homestead came after. The homestead I bought is quite small, without much of a yard, so I built a commercial property instead," Lu Jingqiu explained.

Her uncle inquired, "What’s a commercial property?"

"It’s for others to rent and do business in, the rent is higher than for normal houses."

After Lu Jingqiu finished speaking, she glanced at her father, who had been silent. Lu Xianrun wasn’t surprised and, seeing his daughter looking at him, he smiled and said, "If you’ve bought it, you’ve bought it. Do as you think is right. Your father won’t interfere. It’s fine as long as you’re confident in your decision."

"Yes, I’m confident, dad. Don’t worry, I didn’t buy the house blindly."

"Okay, okay, I believe you." His daughter was so outstanding, what was there for him to worry about? He still looked at her indulgently and said, "When we get back, I’ll give you these past few months’ salary. You can use it."

Jiang Nanzhou from the side said, "I have money in my card; we don’t need to use Uncle Lu’s. Let’s use ours instead."

Lu Xianrun liked hearing Jiang Nanzhou say this, and he felt good at that moment, thinking he had found a good son-in-law.

"You guys, brother-in-law, just spoil her," Zhou Lanqin said, although her eyes and heart were filled with indulgence too.

During dinner, Father Lu discussed with his sister’s family as well, and they decided to visit Mother Lu’s grave early the following morning. As the future son-in-law, Jiang Nanzhou would also join them.

So, Lu Jingqiu got up early in the morning and went to the farmers’ market, where she lined up to buy two pounds of kumquats and two bunches of bananas.

She also went to the shop for the afterlife papers to buy paper money and incense.

In the cemetery in West City, Lu Jingqiu knelt on the ground, her eyes red with tears as she burned paper money for Mother Lu, "Mom, we’re here to see you. Dad and I have been doing very well this year, Hua Hua is also healthy, and she has her own children now. Mom, I have a boyfriend, he is very good and treats me well. I brought him to see you today."

Next to her, Jiang Nanzhou also knelt down next to Lu Jingqiu and offered incense to Mother Lu, saying, "Mother Lu, my name is Jiang Nanzhou, and I am your future son-in-law. Rest assured, I will do my best to treat Jingqiu well, I won’t let you down, and don’t worry about Uncle Lu, I will take good care of him."

Zhou Lanqin standing behind them couldn’t help but tear up, "My sister was unlucky. Just as Qiuqiu started to understand things and the days got better, she didn’t live to enjoy it."

Company Commander Yang comforted her from the side while Father Lu’s eyes were also red. He turned his head away, not wanting to let his tears fall in a show of weakness. Throughout the year, he knew how much he missed his wife and there were times he almost couldn’t bear it. But for his daughter, he, a man, just had to pull himself together.

Lu Jingqiu cried for a while in front of the stele before being pulled away by Jiang Nanzhou.

She was still engulfed in sadness even after returning home.

Jiang Nanzhou glanced at the time; it was already past ten o’clock. He poured a glass of water for Uncle Lu, intending to have him rest in his room for a while, but Uncle Lu couldn’t sit still and went straight to his team.

Seeing Lu Jingqiu hugging Hua Guoguozi and spacing out on the bed, he softly said, "How about we go to the farmers’ market together to buy vegetables? I can make you braised eggplant today, how does that sound?"

Lu Jingqiu shook her head, "I have no appetite. Oh, right, we agreed to deliver lunch to Company Commander Yang at noon. Just kill all the chickens in the cage."

Jiang Nanzhou said, "Why kill the chickens when they’ve been raised so well?"

"They have stopped laying eggs for the year, and with me at school and Father often away from home, Aunt Liu and my younger aunt have been helping us out. We’ll send one to Company Commander Yang and split the other half and half between Aunt Liu and my younger aunt. Tomorrow, I’ll kill two ducks and make duck soup for Company Commander Yang."

"Alright, I’ll do as you say," Jiang Nanzhou said as he helped wipe the tears not yet dried from the corner of her eyes, with such a tender gaze that it made Lu Jingqiu hastily turn her head away.

"Go wash your face and rest for a while. I’ll call you when everything is ready."

"Okay." With that said, Lu Jingqiu hurried upstairs as if she were fleeing.

Jiang Nanzhou, now feeling less restrained in the Lu Family home, went to the kitchen to boil some water as if it was familiar territory and then grabbed a kitchen knife and headed for the yard.

It didn’t take long before both chickens were dealt with. Xiao Shun, from next door, heard the noise and thought it was Hua Hua playing with the chickens. He quickly peered over the wall and saw Jiang Nanzhou in the yard wearing an apron and holding a chicken. His eyes went wide with surprise, "Uncle Jiang, why did you kill the chicken?"

"Mm, felt like eating chicken, so I killed one," he replied.

Xiao Shun swallowed hard; he wanted to eat too, but the chickens at home were cherished by his mother.

Jiang Nanzhou beckoned to him, and Xiao Shun quickly climbed down the wall and scurried into the Lu Family’s yard.

By this time, Lu Jingqiu had also come out from the house.

Seeing Xiao Shun, she smiled and said, "Little guy, you’re in for a treat today."

Xiao Shun hurriedly shook his head, "Sister Xiao Qiu, I’ll just look, I can’t eat at your place, or my mom will definitely not let me off easy."

"Is she going to give you a beating? Don’t forget, you and Xiao Yin put a lot of effort into feeding these two chickens. It wouldn’t be wrong to say you two raised them. Later on, let your Uncle Jiang cut half for you, and I’ll bring it to your house, so your mom can make chicken stew for dinner."

"Ah, Sister Xiao Qiu, are you really going to give us half?"

"Not just the chicken, tomorrow I’m going to kill the ducks, and you and Xiao Yin will have your share."

Xiao Shun swallowed again, but in the end, he still shook his head, "I still cannot accept it."

Lu Jingqiu didn’t argue with him further. Once Jiang Nanzhou was finished de-feathering the chickens, Lu Jingqiu chopped up the innards and gave half to Hua Hua and Hua Guoguo, leaving the rest for Xiao Shun to take to Laifu.

Lu Jingqiu then chopped half of the two chickens and directly delivered it to Xiao Shun.

"Sister Xiao Qiu, if I take it, when my mom comes back, it’ll be difficult to explain," he said.

"If anything happens, just put the blame squarely on me," she said. "Tell her I insisted on you taking it."

"Okay, thank you, Sister Xiao Qiu."

Without lingering, Lu Jingqiu chopped one chicken into pieces, blanched them, and then placed them in a clay pot with some mushrooms, slowly simmering them. She also made pickled vegetable porridge for Company Commander Yang.

Jiang Nanzhou indeed prepared a dish of braised eggplants for Lu Jingqiu as well and put the chicken soup into two lunchboxes. The porridge was also poured into a thermos lunchbox, and he even prepared a separate meal for Li Huakun.

He served a bowl of the chicken from the soup to Xiao Shun and Xiao Yin, fearing the kids would decline. He slipped into the kitchen to pour it directly into the pot, then quickly returned.

When Lu Xianrun returned, Lu Jingqiu stir-fried some greens and reheated a few buns.

The family’s lunch that day consisted of salty rice porridge and steamed buns.

After eating, Lu Xianrun went to the hospital along with the two of them. Yang Minting had taken a bullet for his son-in-law, so as a father-in-law and leader, it was only natural for him to go see for himself.