Chapter 47

Edited by Erin & genesis

Chu Xun woke up at half past six sharp in the morning. Jiu Jiu, who was lying in the crib, was already awake, but hadn’t made any noise. He was sucking on his fingers and quietly staring at the wind bells hanging on the ceiling. After a hard struggle, they had finally helped Jiu Jiu form the habit of sleeping at night and waking up during the day. Although there were still gaps in time, in any case, to the greatest extent possible, they could still have a smooth and steady sleep. Jiu Jiu was not the kind of baby that must be held when awake, so for the most part, this baby was relatively easy to take care of.

Jiu Jiu could recognize people slightly. When he saw Dad, he would grin. There were two little milk teeth in his little mouth, like a little rabbit. He wouldn’t cry and make noise when a stranger held him. Chu Xun felt that his baby was really a little slow-witted, but he would be very happy to see his dad, grandpa and grandma he recognized and immediately smile.

Jiu Jiu held out his small hand to Chu Xun and waved it around: “Da, Dad…”

He was now more than seven months old. He had just begun to learn to speak vaguely. He could only utter some simple syllables, such as “ah” and “yah,” these meaningless sounds. The only word he knew was ‘Dad’.

Chu Xun knew that he wanted to be held, but he didn’t hold him. Instead, he first added water to the milk powder and tested the temperature before coming.

Jiu Jiu was happier to see his bottle than his father! His hands and feet danced happily and he babbled a few baby words, as if thanking his father for making milk for him to drink.

Children’s happiness was very pure, very infectious. When he smiled, he looked even more like Lin Yanchen. His bright and beautiful smile could light up your heart. Chu Xun also smiled slightly and shook the bottle in front of him: “You little fool, still a little foodie.”

Jiu Jiu loved milk powder, rice congee, and fruit paste.

Chu Xun held Jiu Jiu in his arms to feed him. Jiu Jiu reached out to hold the bottle. At first, he was in a hurry to drink. Chu Xun helped stroke his back. “You’re like this every time. No one is fighting over it with you. So voracious.”

Jiu Jiu held the bottle and drank the milk happily. After he finished drinking it, he still wanted more and pouted. Chu Xun wiped the milkstains by his mouth.

Jiu Jiu was satisfied, smiling with curved eyes, clapping his hands: “Yi…yi…”

Chu Xun thought he was quite funny: “You even clap your hands? You’re this happy after having a drink of milk ah?”

He left the bedroom with Jiu Jiu in his arms and opened the door to go out, when Chu Xiao Pang, who was laying at the foot of the sofa, rushed over, wagging his tail and barking at the baby. His voice was very loud. Some little babies would be scared by the barking of dogs, but not Jiu Jiu. He was not only not scared, but on the contrary it seemed to poke at his funny bone – when he heard Chu Xiao Pang’s barks, he would giggle like a string of silver bells ringing, which was pleasant to hear.

Chu Xun put Jiu Jiu on the sofa. Now Jiu Jiu could sit up and lean on the back of the sofa with some effort.

Chu Xiao Pang barked twice. He laughed. He barked twice. He laughed again.

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Before, Jiu Jiu would randomly drag and fling things; when a dropped fragrant sachet was smashed, he paused, didn’t cry, and laughed.

On a different occasion, he ate a tangerine, but the tangerine was too sour. Turning around, he saw that Jiu Jiu was looking at him with impatient eyes, having nothing to eat. He could only stick his little fist in his mouth, yet it wouldn’t go in. Chu Xun split the tangerine and let him lick a bit. It was so sour he quivered, wrinkled his little face, and even tears came out. Chu Xun panicked for a while, and at the bottom of his heart, scolded his hands. He thought that Jiu Jiu would start crying in the next second. As it turned out, the little guy was being foolish again and slowly began laughing again.

This was a cute little foolish egg.

Teacher Chu made breakfast and the family sat around to eat.

Because they were teaching Jiu Jiu how to sit, instead of putting him back in the crib, they put him in a special baby chair and let him sit.

The three of them had noodles. Jiu Jiu had a small bowl of milk and egg soup.

“Today it’s my turn to feed Jiu Jiu,” said the child’s grandfather anxiously, “Don’t fight with me for it!”

Chu Xun: “Teacher Chu, no one wants to fight over it with you.”

He took a small wooden spoon and scooped up the egg soup for Jiu Jiu to eat. When Jiu Jiu ate, he was very proactive. He didn’t need to be coaxed at all. He ate the egg soup happily. As he ate, his mouth squirmed, his eyes wide open, and he curiously watched his Dad eat noodles, watering at the mouth.

He hasn’t eaten that. He also really wanted to eat it, oh…

Jiu Jiu followed Chu Xun’s chopsticks with his eyes; Chu Xun saw him looking and laughed. He reached out and pinched his little face: “Why do you want to eat everything?”

Jiu Jiu laughed: “Yiya, yiya…”

Grandpa smiled: “My clever grandson, isn’t this called eating from one’s bowl while looking in the pot?”

Grandma was also amused: “Aiyo, this greedy little cat.”

Chu Xun laughed at him: “Only grew two teeth, and you still want to eat noodles.”

But he still broke a noodle with his chopsticks, took a small section about two centimeters long, and fed it to Jiu Jiu’s mouth. Jiu Jiu was like a chick. When he saw his father’s chopsticks coming, he stretched out his neck, raised his smiling face, opened his mouth, and waited to be fed. After eating, he was even happier.

With this little baby, the family was joyous and harmonious every day.

After filling his stomach, Jiu Jiu crawled about on the soft carpet; after a while, when he was tired from playing, he used Chu Xiao Pang as a cushion and lay on him, falling asleep.

Chu Xiao Pang lay on the ground, not daring to move at all.

While the child was asleep, they could talk about adult matters.

Teacher Chu asked, “Didn’t you say you were preparing to work again? What’s your plan now?”

In terms of work, Chu Xun was still a little proud. Even though he had a gap of a year and a half after resignation, as long as he went out, he was sure to be able to find a good job… Y City was not the city where he used to work, but he also had connections. He contacted them and the other party was willing to offer a job with a considerable salary, but he estimated that he would be rather busy, so he would not have time to care for his child.

But no work meant no money to raise his child.

He wanted to do his best to find a job with some free time and a tolerable salary… but there was no such good thing in the world.

At this time, Chu Xun heard that his master had become independent from the Zhuang family and created his own company, which was located in Y City. It seemed that he even got the support of the local government.

Chu Xun got in touch with his master.

His master had a rather rare surname. His surname was Liu,and his personal name the single word Ce.

Mr. Liu was rather surprised when he received Chu Xun’s phone call, and immediately worriedly scolded him: “Why didn’t you discuss with me before resigning? After resigning, you even vanished from the face of the earth, making people completely unable to contact you!”

Chu Xun rubbed his nose, embarrassed: “I had some… en… a situation that was inconvenient to discuss.”

Mr. Liu snorted coldly and said knowingly: “It’s been this long and you didn’t look for me, but now you are looking for me so suddenly. You are definitely a weasel with bad intentions. Do you want me to give you a job?”

Chu Xun said, ” I saw it in the newspaper…”

Mr. Liu only pretended to be angry. He was originally already extremely worried for this person; unexpectedly, Chu Xun sent himself to his door. The little apprentice he had taught himself, with his character and capabilities, he could absolutely feel at ease.

He said, “When will you be free to work?”

Chu Xun looked at the sleeping Jiu Jiu, and thought of the expenses that made his head ache. He asked tentatively, “Tomorrow?”

Mr. Liu made the final decision and said in a business-like manner: “Tomorrow, then. Dress up neatly. First, you can be a secretary by my side. I’ll see if after you’ve disappeared for a year or two you’re still sharp and nimble at work. Don’t rely on being my apprentice and think that I’ll protect you. “

Chu Xun didn’t think his master was joking.

He was stricter than anyone else. When he first joined the company, other employees in the same group complained about the manager’s unkindness. He was the only one who worked diligently. Later, his master only taught him, not caring about the others. Occasionally he also wondered if the manager especially didn’t like him. Until one day, his master smiled at him and praised him for doing well.

Chu Xun had really pinched out some sweat: “I thought I would be scolded.”

His master smiled and said, “It’s because I care about you that my standards towards you were so high, I was taking you in as my apprentice.”

When he said this, Chu Xun had become inexplicably nervous.

He hoped his return to the workplace would be smooth…

Jiu Jiu was sleeping soundly. When Chu Xun looked at him, he lost any bad temperament he might have had. He gently poked his face with his fingers and said, “Dad is going to make milk powder money for you, oh.”