Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 999

Chapter 999: Chapter 872: The Wave Is Coming

During the ten days of her business trip to Hai City, whenever there was enough time for rest back and forth, Zhou Jiao would always rush back to the village to accompany Grandpa Jiang, apart from visiting the Gu Family’s ancestral tomb.

It’s not about reciprocation, nor about money, but for the kindness and reluctance in the old man’s eyes, and his tireless teachings on how to conduct oneself throughout life.

This grandparent-grandchild bond made her face full of tears the last time she left the village. Perhaps others couldn’t understand why the old man was reluctant for his granddaughter to leave and yet didn’t follow her to Beijing.

But Zhou Jiao understood...

Here was his lifelong beloved wife, the familiar sound of his hometown dialect, and the heart of a wanderer who had drifted a lifetime outside now finding peace.

This is the power of roots!

Just like her grandfather never left the motherland, she also never thought of immigrating overseas.

Returning to Beijing again, it was already the end of August. The station was still bustling with people, and after meeting Zhang Guoqing who came to pick her up, the street scenes viewed from the car on the way made her eyes dim slightly.

"Go home first or to the workplace first?"

Zhou Jiao glanced at the time on her watch, "Let’s go to the workplace first, I need to handle business matters so I can relax for the next two days later. There’s quite a bit of stuff this time, you’d better help out a little."

Zhang Guoqing chuckled and shook his head. He knew his wife wouldn’t take things for free domestically and deliberately asked, "How much money did you spend this time?"

Hearing this, Zhou Jiao blushed, "I splurged a bit. Apart from the visible tens of yuan, I spent almost six hundred yuan privately. Things were really cheap, and one careless move ended up with overbuying."

"Hahaha..." A joyous laughter escaped from Zhang Guoqing’s mouth. He was fond of this kind of wife; he wanted to take advantage of that loveliness, but what could he do?

"Bro?"

Zhang Guoqing stopped laughing, teasingly comforting her, "It’s fine. This isn’t considered wasteful, all are essentials. My wife really knows how to live."

"You’re just rambling on."

Zhang Guoqing’s side glance caught an elderly man with a lopsided haircut ahead and quickly diverted her attention, saying with a laugh, "Our son is waiting for you to come home, you better hurry up."

Talking about the child, Zhou Jiao perked up, "I bought quite a few pastries and snacks, enough for the three brothers to last a meal. Later, make sure to remind me to take out the hairy crabs, don’t forget."

"Okay." Without her prompting, Zhang Guoqing would also insist on checking for any omissions that might cause suspicion. "While you were away these days, our son and I planted quite some wild vegetables,"

"Went to the countryside to play?"

"Yes, and went twice to the Welfare Institute, sowed quite a few wild vegetable seeds when no one was watching. The fruit trees in three yards were also picked clean by the four of us."

"Wow, I thought you guys would miss me, turns out life has been quite lively."

Zhang Guoqing quickly took a swipe at her cheek, glancing at her with a smile, "Who said that? It’s hard to sleep alone. Our son said it’s tough days when mom’s not home."

Zhou Jiao gave him a side-eye, "Comrade, we are on the street."

So only when not on the street is it alright then? Zhang Guoqing knowingly nodded after misinterpreting her words, thinking it’s good enough! He didn’t like taking risks either.

On the way from the main street near the workplace, Zhang Guoqing knew her character and agreed to meet Wan Dayong next door first.

Seeing her enter the workplace gate, Zhang Guoqing pondered for a while but didn’t go into Wan Dayong’s workplace. These days weren’t peaceful, and running into something would be troublesome.

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