Chapter 379: School
The tables inside had all been tidied up. Jian Zhiqing was sitting to one side, his expression somewhat poor and tinged with fatigue. Clearly, like Li Li and the others, he was nearly worn out by these tasks, so Qin Xiangnuan retracted what she had just said. Jian Zhiqing was no less stressed than they were; being a student had its own hardships, just as work did.
For the sake of living, it’s not easy for anyone; after all, in this era, most people aren’t born into wealth.
She placed the dumplings on the table, then prepared two bowls of dipping sauce.
A large plate of dumplings didn’t seem to count for many—vegetarian dumplings weren’t very filling. Fortunately, they were vegetarian. Chun Xiangnuan was grateful that Granny Lu truly understood them and hadn’t made meat dumplings. Otherwise, eating so many might have caused Li Li and Mao Xiaomei’s stomachs to burst.
She ate less, while Jian Zhiqing ate more, as she wasn’t very hungry and would be going to bed soon, but Jian Zhiqing was different.
"Brother Jian, how about we take the bus by ourselves tomorrow, and you don’t have to come?" she suggested.
Using so much effort just for a day, she felt it was unfair to Jian Zhiqing.
"It’s okay," Jian Zhiqing took another dumpling for himself, "The work will be the same when I get back. I’ll just rush through it tonight. Don’t worry," he patted Qin Tongnuan’s head reassuringly, "Your Brother Jian isn’t as exhausted as you guys, at least I don’t have to rack my brains. It’s just for a day or two."
Chun Xiangnuan bit her chopsticks and went to pick up another dumpling, but it ended up in Jian Zhiqing’s bowl.