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Chapter 249: You Shouldn't Go!
Chapter 249: You Shouldn't Go!
The meeting lasted for three hours, primarily discussing matters related to the Guangzhou Import and Export Fair. Jiang Xia came prepared with writing materials and took diligent notes.
After the meeting ended and everyone had left, Jiang Xia approached Jiang Mu and greeted her with a smile, "Jiang Lady, how about we have lunch together? Ahlei is also here, probably waiting in the lobby."
Jiang Mu glared at her, "You have no respect for your elders! I have a dinner engagement at noon. Do you want to join me?"
What kind of respect was she talking about?
Jiang Xia smiled, "No need, it's not appropriate for family members to attend your dinner. Mom, has Dad returned from his business trip yet?"
Jiang Mu replied, "Not yet. He's coming back tomorrow morning. What's going on with you today? Your Aunt Fang said you're working as a part-time translator for several factories at the same time? How come I didn't know about this? Why didn't you consider our garment factory? If you want to be a translator, why didn't you come to me?"
Jiang Xia explained, "I didn't want to trouble you. It's better to avoid relatives when appointing the virtuous."
Jiang Mu scoffed, "What nonsense are you talking about? You're working for so many factories at once, how can you manage? Don't end up not helping at all and causing trouble for them. The Guangzhou Import and Export Fair is a big deal, and each factory has foreign exchange quotas. You shouldn't go, there are still a few days before the fair, and they can hire another translator if needed. You shouldn't go!"
Jiang Xia was speechless.
"I'm confident I won't cause any delays, and I'm not their only translator anyway."
"Just don't go! Being a translator is exhausting, it's not as easy as you think. Ahlei is at home, why don't you stay and keep him company? Otherwise, he's always going out to sea for days and weeks. When will you two have time for a child?"
Jiang Xia felt that Jiang Mu was acting strangely again, so she could only say, "I've already promised them, I can't refuse. I have to go, and Ahlei will be going too."
Jiang Mu was taken aback, "Ahlei is going too?"
Then Jiang Xia definitely couldn't go!
Jiang Xia nodded, "Yes, he knows several foreign languages and is quite good at speaking them."
Jiang Mu said, "You young people are always making things complicated. If both of you go, what about your home? Just let Ahlei go, and you stay home! What if something happens at home and no one is there?"
Jiang Xia replied, "My father-in-law and mother-in-law are at home!"
Jiang Mu felt that Jiang Xia was being unreasonable.
She never listened!
"Think carefully, don't be foolish! I'm advising you not to go, it's for your own good. Don't ignore my advice." Jiang Mu had to leave for her dinner engagement and couldn't keep everyone waiting, so she said, "You and Ahlei go home for lunch. I'll call the auntie to cook for you, and I'll head to my dinner now."
Jiang Xia didn't understand what foolishness she was referring to, but she didn't dare ask further. She could only respond, "I understand. There's no need for the auntie to cook for us, we can eat out, and after we're done, we'll go shopping at the mall and then head back."
With autumn approaching, she wanted to buy some autumn and winter clothes for Zhou Zhou.
Hearing this, Jiang Mu said, "As long as you know what you're doing, don't stay out too late! If it gets too late, just stay overnight and don't rush back to the village in the middle of the night."
"I know." The two of them left the meeting room and entered the lobby, where they saw Zhou Chenglei talking with Zhou Fangzhang and Xu Fangzhang.
They called out to Zhou Chenglei to join them for lunch, assuming he would be going with Jiang Mu.
It was the same dinner engagement, and even factory directors were attending to further discuss the Guangzhou Import and Export Fair.
On the coffee table in the lobby, there was a large box of snacks and a plastic bag full of food packaging.
The food factory and plastic factory had seen Zhou Chenglei waiting for Jiang Xia and asked him to take home some of their products for trial use.
When Zhou Chenglei saw Jiang Xia come out, he said, "My wife is here, I'll ask her..."
"Zhou Chenglei walked towards Jiang Xia and Zhou Mu, "Mom."
Jiang Mu smiled, "Have you been waiting long? Shall we go eat?"
Zhou Chenglei turned to look at Jiang Xia, he would listen to her.
Jiang Xia replied, "We're not going."
At this moment, Xu Fangzhang and Zhou Fangzhang greeted Jiang Mu, "Director Yang, let's go! Let's go eat!"
Jiang Mu smiled and greeted them, "Director Xu, Director Zhou, you two go ahead, I'll be there in a bit."
After saying this, she turned to her daughter and son-in-law, "Then you two find something good to eat, I'll head over first."
It wouldn't be polite to be the last one to arrive at such a dinner gathering.
After seeing Jiang Mu and the two factory directors from the shipyard leave, Jiang Xia finally spoke to Zhou Chenglei, "Let's go! Let's go eat something and then go shopping."
Zhou Chenglei walked towards the tea table, carrying things with one hand, and asked, "What do you feel like eating?"
"I feel like having Beijing Roast Duck from Xinfeng Restaurant," Jiang Xia followed him and went to move the box.
Zhou Chenglei didn't let her carry it, holding a box of snacks in one hand and lifting the plastic bag with the other, heading out.
"Does your wound hurt?" Jiang Xia was concerned.
"Didn't you see? It's all healed, the scab is almost gone," he replied.
Wen Wan had just finished using the bathroom and was walking out from the hallway when she saw Jiang Xia sitting sideways on the motorcycle.
Wen Wan hurriedly said, "Brother Zhou, Sister Xia, can I ride your motorcycle back to the village? There's no other way back to the village now! I need to go back and take care of Guo Hua."
Jiang Xia directly refused, "No way!"
It was quite speechless!
The motorcycle's rear had a box and a plastic bag attached, leaving limited space.
Moreover, both of them were wearing skirts today.
With skirts, one could only sit sideways on a motorcycle, how could two people fit?
How could she bring this up?
"Let's go!" Jiang Xia patted Zhou Chenglei's shoulder.
Zhou Chenglei started the motorcycle and rode off.
Wen Wan thought that both of their skirts were long, and sitting side-saddle, squeezing a bit wouldn't be an issue.
In this era, a motorcycle could carry a family of five, so why couldn't it carry one more person?
Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei went to the restaurant for a meal, then to the mall to buy six sets of autumn outfits and three pairs of autumn shoes for Zhou Zhou, three thin sets, two thick sets, and a skirt.
Zhou Zhou didn't like wearing skirts, and the skirt she bought in the summer was only worn once or twice before being discarded.
Wearing skirts was indeed inconvenient when playing with friends in the village.
But Jiang Xia loved that skirt and couldn't resist buying it.
After browsing the entire mall, Jiang Xia also bought two sets of clothes for their parents and two sets for Zhou Chenglei, as well as a down jacket.
Jiang Xia already had many clothes, and almost all the clothes in the two wardrobes were hers. She hadn't planned to buy more, but Zhou Chenglei picked out three sets and a down jacket without asking her and proceeded to pay.
The three sets of clothes and the down jacket cost over six hundred yuan, which was all the translation fee she had earned today.
Fortunately, he had good taste, and Jiang Xia liked the styles of the clothes.
Jiang Xia said, "I originally wanted to wait until the Guangzhou Import and Export Fair to buy some, and see if there were better styles there."
Zhou Chenglei carried all the items with one hand and held her hand with the other as they walked out, "If there are better styles later, we can buy more. I didn't buy that much."
Perhaps he couldn't give her a good life now, but he could at least ensure she had enough food and clothing.
After buying the clothes, they returned to the village.
As soon as they arrived home, Zhou Mu was about to go out, and upon seeing them, she smiled and said, "You're back? Your elder sister-in-law said she's going to eat there tonight, I'll go help first, you two finish up and come over later!"
(End of Chapter)
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