Chapter 488 Full of Ritual
There was someone at home looking after the children, so Zhou Jing and Gu Jia went shopping in the mall after dinner.

Gu Jia is about to return to work. She has gained a few pounds after giving birth and has no clothes that fit her, so Zhou Jing accompanies her to buy some clothes.

After looking at the sleeping child, Gu Jia changed her clothes, wearing a white T-shirt with an apricot yellow sweater on top, a khaki A-line skirt underneath, and flesh-colored stockings on her legs.

"How about it?"

Gu Jia looked at herself in the mirror and said with a smile.

"Five years younger."

Zhou Jing looked at Gu Jia in the mirror and said.

"It's not that exaggerated. I bought this dress last year and haven't worn it many times. I don't know if my hips have gotten bigger or I've gained weight. This dress is a little tight for me. Can you tell?"

Gu Jia found her bag in the closet and put it on her shoulder.

"can not tell."

Zhou Jing discovered that Gu Jia's figure had recovered very well and no change was noticeable even when she was wearing clothes.

"We should be able to come back when Zhou Zhou is ready to feed."

Gu Jia looked at the child again and left.

"Jia Jia rarely goes out, so take a walk for a while. I'll feed Zhou Zhou with milk powder."

Wu Suqin said to her daughter-in-law.

Breast milk is enough for the time being, and Gu Jia tries her best not to feed the baby with formula.

"It's convenient to have someone to take care of the children."

In late March, when the weather is warm and flowers are blooming, Gu Jia feels happy both physically and mentally as she feels the breath of spring.

Zhou Jing hugged Teacher Gu's slender waist and smiled, "Do you want to watch a movie on the weekend or today?"

"Come drive for the teacher on the weekend."

Having not driven for a long time, Gu Jia took the car keys from Zhou Jing and drove.

"The feeling of stockings."

Zhou Jing sat in the passenger seat with his left hand on Gu Jia's leg. Gu Jia's long legs were wrapped in stockings, looking delicate and smooth.

"You're not being honest when sitting in the passenger seat."

Thinking of Zhou Jing's obsession with stockings, Gu Jia couldn't help but laugh. It had been a difficult time for him over the past few months.

Speaking of dishonesty, Zhou Jing felt ashamed. A few days ago, he tore a pair of Yang Wenwen's stockings beyond recognition.

After leaving the community, Gu Jia turned and merged into the lane, lightly stepped on the accelerator and slowly accelerated. Her red Mercedes-Benz was restricted today, and she drove Zhou Jing's black A6L. "The traffic is still so heavy even though the number of vehicles is restricted."

"It's hard to tell whether there's a license plate restriction or not. The biggest benefit is probably to boost car sales. People in BJ can buy two cars if they can afford one."

Zhou Jing looked at the flashing neon lights outside.

"Too."

Gu Jia’s biggest feeling after coming to the capital was that there were no poor people.

Arriving at a famous brand shopping mall, Gu Jia found a parking space, parked the car and got out. The mall was very luxurious. When night fell, neon lights flashed everywhere and it was bustling and lively. Gu Jia, who had been staying at home for several months, realized the value of freedom.

"Want to drink milk tea?"

Gu Jia stopped at a milk tea shop and said.

"I want boba."

Zhou Jing glanced at Gu Jia's chest and suddenly remembered this milk tea.

“Not in this one.”

Gu Jia looked at the menu and said.

"That domineering orange."

"Hello, one cup of domineering orange and one cup of domineering grape, orange and ice grape at room temperature."

Gu Jia said to the waiter while taking money out of her bag.

"Master really understands his disciple."

Zhou Jing handed the bag to Gu Jia.

Gu Jia smiled and said, "I want to try the ice one, too."

The milk tea was ready. Zhou Jing put a straw in it and let Gu Jia taste it. Gu Jia also let Zhou Jing taste it.

When they arrived at the mall, they first went to a women's clothing store. Gu Jia walked and looked around, and Zhou Jing followed behind.

"Which color looks good?"

Gu Jia looked at a spring shirt and said.

"What are you going to wear next?"

Zhou Jing thinks all the colors look good.

"That makes sense. Wear it everyday with a white skirt."

Gu Jia nodded.

"Pink and blue are both fine. Light green is also fine."

"We have pink at home, try the light green one." Gu Jia gave the milk tea to Zhou Jing, took a light green shirt to the fitting room to try it on, came out and looked in the mirror and turned to Zhou Jing and said, "How is it?"

"Yes, it goes well with the khaki skirt."

Zhou Jing looked at it and said.

"I'll try blue."

Gu Jia took another blue one to try.

After walking around the mall, both of them were carrying bags. Gu Jia bought two sets of clothes for work, one set for daily wear, and two pairs of shoes, and bought two versatile clothes for Zhou Jing.

After coming out of the mall, Gu Jia looked at the time. It was past eight o'clock, so it was no use going to the movies so late at night.

When I got home, the child was already awake and had eaten the milk powder but was still awake.

"Look who's back."

Mother Gu came out of the bedroom holding the child.

"Oh!"

When he saw Zhou Jing and Gu Jia, the child's expression immediately became colorful.

"Do you miss mom and dad?"

Gu Jia put down her things and pulled the child's hand.

The child grabbed Gu Jia's finger and roared like a dragon.

"You want your mother to hold you, right? I'll hold you later."

Gu Jia went to the bathroom first.

"Come and give dad a hug."

Zhou Jing took the child from Gu's mother's arms and carried him to the bedroom, putting him on the bed to coax him.

Looking at Zhou Jing, the little guy was very happy. He grabbed Zhou Jing's fingers with his little hands and tried hard to smile on his cute little face.

"Did you cry?"

Zhou Jing knelt down to see if the child had any booger. There was some, so Zhou Jing took a facial tissue and carefully took it out.

"Wow, open your mouth and let mommy see."

Gu Jia lay on the other side of the bed teasing the child.

"Don't show it to mom, just give dad a kiss."

Zhou Jing put his face close to the child's mouth. The child's lips were soft and he kissed Zhou Jing on the face, which felt good.

Gu Jia pushed Zhou Jing away and half hugged the child, "Dad only knows how to bully Mom and ignore Dad."

Zhou Jing sat up, held the child's two little feet in his hands and kneaded them gently.

“Are you sleepy? If you are, close your eyes like mommy does.”

When it was time for the child to go to bed, Gu Jia lay down and prepared to coax the child to sleep.

The child's watery eyes blinked and his little hands moved.

"Go to sleep with mommy, and daddy will tell you a story." Zhou Jing put down the child's feet, lay down and said to Gu Jia, "English has a good hypnotic effect. Read some English to the little cutie."

"Zhou Zhou won't hypnotize a student like you."

Gu Jia patted Zhou Jing and picked up the fairy tale book on the bed to read.

Zhou Jing did not disturb Gu Jia from coaxing the child to sleep. He went to the study and turned on the computer to work for a while. Yang Wenwen had not yet gotten off work, so Zhou Jing chatted with Yang Wenwen for a while and talked about work with Bai Xiyao at the same time.

Bai Xiyao: "The phone will start testing this weekend. If the test goes well, it can be officially produced next month. Now that the online channels are open, are you ready to sell it offline?"

Zhou Jing: "Mobile phones should be bought offline. Most people won't buy things worth a few hundred yuan online now."

Bai Xiyao: "How many will be produced in the first batch?"

The cost of mobile phones is relatively high, so Bai Xiyao is more cautious and does not dare to start production directly. A mobile phone costs more than three hundred yuan.

"Ten thousand. Offline cooperation mainly involves the telecom business halls in the province. We don't plan to make money from this phone. We will lower the price when necessary and give away free phone bills when recharging."

Zhou Jing didn't need Bai Xiyao to send people to sell him. Mobile phones are different from Bluetooth speakers. They are still traditional mobile phones. Users will first look at the brand when buying a mobile phone. Even if they buy a copycat phone, they will still look at what brand it is.

Bai Xiyao: "OK, if we sell it online for more than 100 yuan or sell it wholesale to knockoff phone dealers at this price, it will sell like hot cakes."

Zhou Jing: "That's right, then we can open up production and sell it wholesale to knockoff retailers for one or two hundred yuan."

Bai Xiyao: "Is this true? Aren't you afraid of affecting the brand?"

Zhou Jing: "Reverse marketing is sometimes more effective than regular marketing. You can become famous if you kill other knockoff mobile phone manufacturers."

Bai Xiyao: "Then I really did it. If one is 150, I will lose 170 when I sell it."

Zhou Jing: "Even if I sell one million, I won't lose 200 million."

Bai Xiyao: "You are awesome. You can sell it at cost price. Let's sell it at cost price first and see how it goes."

After coaxing the child to sleep, Gu Jia glanced at the door of the study and turned to watch TV in the living room.

"Jia Jia, drink some soy milk."

Wu Suqin made some soy milk in the evening and brought one bowl to Gu Jia and one bowl to Zhou Jing's study.

"Mom, take a break. I'll wash the dishes after I finish drinking."

After being served for several months, Gu Jia felt embarrassed to continue doing nothing.

After being busy for a while, Zhou Jing turned off the computer, took a shower and went back to the bedroom to rest. Since returning home after the birth of the child, Zhou Jing and Gu Jia have basically never turned on the main lights in the bedroom. They only turn on the desk lamp at night so as not to make the child uncomfortable.

The child was sleeping soundly. Zhou Jing was lying on his side beside him watching him. The little guy looked so cute while sleeping.

"You go to sleep first. I'll wait for Zhou Zhou to wake up and feed him before he goes to sleep."

The child has his own schedule, and usually wakes up by himself when it's time to feed. It's past ten o'clock now, and the next feeding will be around twelve o'clock, so Gu Jia doesn't go to sleep yet.

"Can't sleep."

Zhou Jing is not in a hurry to rest as he is not going to the company tomorrow.

Gu Jia moved the child to the crib and took the laptop to the bed to watch a movie. "Put on the headphones and watch a horror movie. Find one that challenges my nerves."

"Sure?"

Zhou Jing said with a smile.

"Sure, I have Zhou Zhou to keep me company anyway."

Gu Jia now feels that she is very brave, even though Zhou Jing is away on a business trip, she still has the child with her.

Zhou Jing searches for "The Grudge 3"

“How scary is this?”

Gu Jia plugged the headphones into the computer, put one on herself and gave the other to Zhou Jing.

"There is no blind spot for horror. When people are scared, they usually feel safer in bed. In this movie, ghosts will appear in bed unexpectedly."

Zhou Jing was frightened the first time he saw it in his previous life, and he felt creepy even in bed at night.

"All right!"

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At the beginning of the film, Zhou Jing put his arm around Gu Jia's waist.

Gu Jia felt that she would no longer be afraid of horror movies, but she would still be scared when seeing some scenes. However, after having a child, she became much braver and was not so frightened.

“It’s definitely scarier than what’s happening back home.”

After watching the movie, the child was still asleep, and Gu Jia was stealing vegetables on the computer.

"Do you dare to cover your face when you look in the mirror?"

Zhou Jing took the cup of water and took a sip.

Gu Jia shook her head. "I don't dare. I feel like I don't even dare to look in the mirror at night."

"If you look in the mirror and see that it's not you, don't scream. Act as if nothing has happened."

Zhou Jing deliberately frightened Gu Jia.

"You scared me so much that I didn't dare to go to the bathroom with you."

Gu Jia pinched Zhou Jing, got out of bed, put the computer on the table, and carried the child to the bed. Just as she put the child on the adult bed, the child's eyelids moved and he woke up.

"Ok!"

"Don't cry, don't cry, mommy is here!"

Gu Jia quickly picked up the child. The child whined twice and was about to cry, but his little mouth felt a familiar feeling and stopped, then he began to suck milk with a smacking sound.

"Why is it so cute?"

Zhou Jing's heart melted by the cuteness of the little guy.

"Our Zhou Zhou is the cutest." Gu Jia changed the other half for the child to eat, looked at Zhou Jing and said, "Zhou Zhou should be very smart. What extracurricular projects do you plan to let her learn in the future?"

"Learn a sport, such as archery or air rifle. It's more elegant and the training is not so hard. It would be a great honor for the family if you can win an Olympic championship in the future."

Zhou Jing thought for a while and said.

"can."

Gu Jia also thinks it is a good idea to let children practice a sport, which can strengthen their bodies, and if they practice well, they can participate in competitions.

"I am full?"

The child's head avoided Gu Jia's arms, and Zhou Jing gently poked her face.

"Aww!"

The child seemed to have a good memory. After Zhou Jing taught the evil dragon how to roar, she liked it very much.

"Are you happy now? Your mother is so anxious that she can't even keep up with feeding."

Gu Jia wiped the corner of the child's mouth and said.

"You must be active when eating. Let daddy hold you, okay? If you want daddy to hold you, just open your mouth and say 'ah'."

Zhou Jing clapped his hands and asked for the child's opinion.

"Ah oh!"

The baby makes babyish sounds.

"Then go with Daddy and let Mommy rest for a while." Gu Jia handed the child to Zhou Jing and found two toys to play with the child. "This is a rattle. Hold it tightly and shake it."

“Oh.”

The child held the rattle in his small hands and shook it clumsily.

After keeping the child awake for more than half an hour, Gu Jia put the child down and lay down to coax the child to sleep.

The next day Zhou Jing did not go to the company. He got up in the morning and waited for the child to finish feeding. He coaxed the child in bed and let them eat breakfast first. Zhou Jing did not get up until the child was sleepy and he fell asleep.

"If you like taking care of your children so much, leave the company to me and you can stay at home and take care of the children."

When Zhou Jing is not at home, Gu Jia has to coax the child. When Zhou Jing is at home, Gu Jia only needs to feed the child and doesn't have to worry about coaxing the child at all.

"can."

If there is no company, Zhou Jing will stay at home to take care of his children. He finds it very comfortable to write novels and soothe his children.

"The food is getting cold, Xiao Zhou, go eat quickly."

Mother Gu happily came to Zhou Jing and Gu Jia's bedroom and looked at the sleeping child.

The whole family revolved around the child from morning to night. Everyone in the family liked the child. Zhou Jing realized that one child was not enough and it would be better to have another one.

When the baby was one month old, Wu Suqin and Gu's mother started preparing meals early in the morning. They had dumplings for lunch. Wu Suqin kneaded the dough while Gu's mother made the dumpling filling.

Gu Jia helped with the cooking. Zhou Jing worked on his computer in the study.

BJ Company went to work as usual this morning, had singing in the afternoon and had dinner in the evening. Zhou Jing couldn't go, so he sent a message in the company group wishing them a good time and good food today.

Mr. Gu's flight arrived in BJ at noon, and Zhou Jing went to the airport to pick him up.

Mr. Gu had never met the child in person. When he got home and saw the cute child, a gratified smile appeared on his face.

After lunch, Zhou Jing prepared hot water in the child’s special bathtub, and Gu Jia held the child to bathe and change clothes.

Wash the child's face and hair before bathing. To wash the child's hair, the child's body and head must be supported. Zhou Jing has big hands, so he sits by the bathtub and supports the child with his left hand. Gu Jia first soaks cotton cloth to wash the child's face.

"Close your eyes and mom will wash you."

Gu Jia gently wiped the area around the child's eyes.

"Don't cry, little cutie. Take a shower and change into new clothes."

Children simply don’t like washing their faces or hair, and Zhou Zhou is no exception. Zhou Jing and Gu Jia coax her while washing her.

After washing the face and hair, Zhou Jing gently covered the child's ears. Gu Jia wet the child's hair with cotton cloth, squeezed some children's shampoo, rubbed it into foam in the palm of her hand, and applied it to the child's hair and washed it gently.

"It's better to have big hands. Are you tired?"

The child was held steadily by Zhou Jing's hand, and Gu Jia said with a smile.

"Not tired."

After washing the child's hair and taking off his clothes, Zhou Jing held the child horizontally with both hands and put his buttocks into the water to let him adapt.

"Chou Zhou is good."

The child was whining, a sign that he was about to cry, and Gu Jia was trying to comfort him.

"It's okay, you'll be fine once you get used to it. Children are not that fragile. Just control the water temperature."

Mother Gu was an experienced person and spoke to the flustered couple.

"I panic when I hear a child crying."

Gu Jia said with a smile.

After the child got used to the water, Zhou Jing put her on a reclining small chair in the bathtub and turned the sunflower-shaped shower head over her body. The little one seemed to be enjoying it, staring at the sunflower shower head with her watery eyes.

"Feel comfortable, Daddy is a professional in taking care of you."

Gu Jia gently wiped the child's body with a towel.

"Zhou Zhou takes a bath, and the little yellow duck takes a bath too."

Zhou Jing went to the bedroom to get the rubber duck, put it in the bathtub to wash it, and squeezed it in front of the child.

After giving the child a bath and wrapping him in a dry towel for a while, Gu Jia put red clothes on the child.

Wu Suqin and Gu's mother had almost prepared other things. Red envelopes, the child's bracelets, longevity locks, wine to be sealed, apples, eggs, etc. were placed on the bed in a circle, giving a full sense of ritual.

"The protagonist is in position, lie down and let dad take a picture of you"

Gu Jia held the child in the middle of the bed.

(End of this chapter)