The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 427 - 416: Onboarding

Passing by the Public Security Bureau, Lu Jingqiu thought of Zhuang Chen.

However, she was with the children today, had strolled for quite a while, and it was hot, so she decided to postpone the visit.

Moreover, since Zhuang Yan had been detained for a month, she didn’t know how to explain it to Zhuang Chen.

Unable to make it home for lunch, Lu Jingqiu found a state-owned restaurant and ordered two dishes.

After taking a bite of the green bean and pork stir-fry, the aunt complimented, "This tastes quite good."

The second cousin laughed, "Mom, after all, he’s a head chef at a state-owned restaurant, so it couldn’t be bad."

"Don’t say that, some head chefs aren’t that great at cooking. However, Qiuqiu, if you don’t feel like cooking in the future, come to this place, it’s not bad."

Lu Jingqiu nodded, "I might not come here often in the future either." freewebnσvel.cøm

The second cousin asked, "What about your job situation, how is it coming along?"

"It hasn’t been decided yet, it should be in the next few days."

"Well, if the job isn’t good, you don’t need to stick with it, we’re not short on money anyway."

The aunt disagreed, "Whatever the job is, it’s still a job, and it’s better than staying at home doing nothing. Qiuqiu, don’t listen to your second cousin."

Lu Jingqiu nodded and replied, "Don’t worry, aunt, if the job is leisurely, that’s fine. Even without a job, relying on the society and the newspaper’s freelance work, I can do better than going to an office."

"How could I forget, my Qiuqiu is a big artist now," said the aunt.

After eating, they drove straight home, and on the way, they encountered a truck selling watermelons, and Lu Jingqiu bought two big ones.

When they arrived at the residential complex downstairs, some people Lu Jingqiu didn’t know greeted them, but they had all heard that the family of the second group leader arrived yesterday.

Previously, there hadn’t been such a stir, but this time, they came in a big truck.

It was a relative’s truck, which not only transported belongings but also unloaded a motorcycle.

People mentioned a television, but since they hadn’t seen them set up an antenna, it wasn’t certain.

Downstairs, there were many who greeted her, and while Lu Jingqiu didn’t recognize them, she responded to each one.

By the time they got home, Jiang Nanzhou had already gone to work, and the second cousin had carried the gas stove upstairs and installed it.

The aunt asked Lu Jingqiu to put the two children to sleep, while she busied herself in the kitchen.

She started by preparing the dough for steaming buns.

The two little ones had slept for a bit in the car on the way home at noon, so they were wide awake now.

Lu Jingqiu sent them to clean up after Hua Hua.

She put one of the watermelons in the fridge to chill.

The second cousin didn’t like taking naps and wasn’t bothered by the strong midday sun, so he went out for a stroll on his own.

The summer weather meant that the dough set out at noon would rise in just a couple of hours.

She and the aunt then steamed the buns together, and afterward, took the two children to the supply and marketing cooperative to get some soy sauce and vinegar.

Since they didn’t have bottles, they spent two cents to buy a couple at the cooperative.

They bought a pot of oil and paid twenty cents for the oil pot itself.

Besides these, they bought spices for cooking like Sichuan pepper and fennel.

They also got the children a pound of glutinous rice strips and milk candies.

The tickets that weren’t often used before were all utilized today.

After leaving the cooperative, they stopped by a small shop and bought two packets of instant noodles and two pounds of eggs for the children.

By the time they returned, the second cousin was already at home.

Seeing them with so many items, he hurried over to help carry them.

As they walked, he remarked, "The workers around here seem to live quite well. Tsk, it looks like almost every family has a bicycle."

"I haven’t really paid much attention," Lu Jingqiu replied.

"Qiuqiu, an ordinary technician here makes a monthly salary of fifty or sixty yuan. I’m talking about the ordinary ones; the high-level ones can make seventy or eighty, or even over a hundred."

"Oh, that’s actually possible."

When Jiang Nanzhou came back in the evening, the Second cousin discussed the local situation with him.

Jiang Nanzhou had just arrived and didn’t know much, but his salary should be one hundred and twenty.

Auntie steamed some really good buns, which were fluffy and soft.

Lu Jingqiu seasoned some cucumbers and stir-fried a plate of tomato and eggs.

Jiang Nanzhou, worried the gas at home wasn’t properly turned off, picked up two dishes from the cafeteria after work.

The Second cousin ate three buns in one meal.

Jiang Nanzhou also ate three, and Auntie laughed, "At this rate, we’ll need to steam buns every two days."

Lu Jingqiu said, "Yeah, it seems there’s nowhere to buy buns around here."

Jiang Nanzhou said, "The cafeteria sells them, and they also have potstickers. By the way, you’ve gotten a job."

As Jiang Nanzhou spoke, he quickly got up and took out a transfer document from his briefcase.

The name on it was Lu Jingqiu.

"Where?"

"At Guan Mountain No.1 Middle School in the county, teaching art," Jiang Nanzhou said as everyone already saw on the document.

Lu Jingqiu was surprised, "An art teacher, and at a high school no less, I’ve never taught students before."

Jiang Nanzhou smiled, "Art is your specialty, so it shouldn’t be difficult for you. Initially, they assigned you to a newspaper office in the city, which was too far away, so I got the leaders to arrange a position in the county for you."

Auntie said, "The county is still a distance away, it would be nice if she could work at the middle school in the factory."

Jiang Nanzhou said, "I did try to get Jingqiu a position at the factory’s junior high, but the middle school there was fully staffed."

Lu Jingqiu said, "The county’s fine too, it’s only about a twenty-minute motorcycle ride back and forth, about the same as when I went to school before. I know where Chengguan No.1 Middle School is."

Second cousin asked, "Riding a motorcycle?"

Lu Jingqiu replied, "Yeah, I can ride a motorcycle. Not only that, I can also drive a car."

Second cousin said, "Driving would be even better, protected from wind and rain. Are you going to bring your car over?"

Jiang Nanzhou had that in mind, but Lu Jingqiu shook her head, "Having a motorcycle is already showy enough, driving a car would be too conspicuous. It can attract trouble. I don’t like that."

Auntie said, "First, see how many classes you’ve been assigned. If you don’t have many, going back and forth is fine, but if you have a lot, you should just stay over there. Why run back and forth?"

Jiang Nanzhou laughed, "There’s a bus that goes from the mountain city to the county, set up especially for this area. It starts at six in the morning and there’s an evening bus at seven. A bus every half hour."

"Where does it stop?"

Auntie said, "Why don’t you go and see tomorrow? When are you going to assume the position?"

Jiang Nanzhou said, "Students are on summer vacation now. How about next week? Any of these days should be fine. School just started, you should hurry over."

Auntie agreed, "That’s right, we can’t delay the students’ classes."

The next day, the Second cousin drove them to the county again.

On the way, they paid special attention to the bus routes.

Along the way, with frequent stops, they finally realized that the bus route passed by the only two high schools in the county.

The terminus is at another school, Chengguan No.2 Middle School.

Auntie said, "It just goes to show officials are clever. They know where the crowds are and that there’ll be plenty of children. They must have considered the children’s education when setting up the routes. Though they’re boarding schools, there are boarding students coming and going every week. To make it convenient for the kids, they’ve set up bus stops right by the schools."

Second cousin added, "That makes sense. Qiuqiu, you don’t have to worry about that now."

"Right."

Aside from a slightly longer daily commute, she was quite fond of the job, a deputy subject, teaching only a few classes a week.

Lu Jingqiu thought it over and, since she was there anyway, asked Auntie and the Second cousin to wait outside while she went to complete her joining formalities