HLnovel Chapter 430
Chapter 430
Tomorrow he would go and share this good news with Jiang Jiu!When it was time for bed at night, he dug out his piggy bank.
There were only a few bucks inside.
The money he had saved before had all been given to his mom.
Zhou Zedong returned to the room, saw his face full of worry, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Brother, can you lend me some money?"
He knew his older brother must have saved a lot of money, because his brother didn't like eating snacks. He usually spent all his money buying snacks for himself, leaving very little behind.
His previous savings had been taken away by his brother, and now he was the poorest in the whole family.
Second Child felt so insecure.
Without money, he couldn't be the big boss, because following a big boss meant getting to eat and drink well, but he couldn't afford it.
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Zhou Zedong frowned. "What do you need money for?"
"I, I want to buy a present for my little brother."
"Little brother?" Zhou Zedong froze for a moment. After realizing he was talking about the little baby in Si Nian's belly, he paused.
How did he know it was a little brother?
He still preferred a little sister. Sisters were obedient, while brothers were clumsy and silly.
But it would be his own biological brother, so he couldn't exactly despise him.
Taking care of one little brother was already hard enough, let alone taking care of two.
Zhou Zedong hurriedly shook his head and said, "I can lend it to you, but you have to do me a favor."
Zhou Zehan nodded eagerly.
Inside Si Nian's room, Yaoyao fell asleep listening to her mother tell a story.
Zhou Yueshen carried his daughter back to her room and covered her with a small quilt. After returning to their room, Zhou Yueshen pulled Si Nian onto his lap, gently poured out some of her skincare products, and rubbed them on her face. "Don't go to school for the next few days. Rest at home for a couple of days."
Hearing this, Si Nian felt a bit helpless. "I'm not that fragile, am I? Though I don't have many classes these next few days anyway."
Because she wasn't like other students who took every class available; she only majored in her own specialty, so her course load was indeed light.
Previously, Si Nian had thought that since she was in Beijing anyway, she would stay a bit longer if she could develop her career.
But now she was pregnant. It was fine for now, but once her belly grew bigger, it would be inconvenient.
It seemed she still needed to finish her studies as quickly as possible.
She had already been to college once before, so finishing in a year or two wouldn't be difficult.
Better to finish early and go back home to enjoy a relaxed life.
She basically understood the housing situation now, so all Si Nian needed to do was quietly wait for it to appreciate in value.
Zhou Yueshen and Chen Nan were doing business together, and it was also flourishing. Once they opened a branch company and returned to their city, everything would be just about perfect.
Zhou Yueshen nodded. In his eyes, there were too many students at the school who loved to roughhouse, and that group of people from last night also looked like students.
If an accident happened, it would be bad.
"There are no streetlights around here, and it's not safe at night. From now on, wait for me to pick you up after class."
"Won't that delay you too much? After all, your social engagements are all at night."
"It's no problem. I can get away."
Si Nian nodded. She could tell that Zhou Yueshen cared very much about her and the baby; otherwise, he wouldn't go as far as picking her up after class. She wasn't a child, after all.
It really didn't seem like his usual steady and mature self.
"In the future, don't tell the three children not to touch me in front of them. Even though I know you're worried about the kids bumping into me, it will scare them. Little Han and the others are sensitive inside. If you make them think you love your own baby more and don't love them, they will be sad."
Si Nian knew Zhou Yueshen didn't mean to do it; he was just being overly cautious. He also spoke rather bluntly, unlike others who would beat around the bush.
For a moment, he had neglected the feelings of the children.
Others might not know, but she was well aware of how sensitive the children were deep down.
Zhou Yueshen paused, then nodded and said okay.
The next day, Second Child went to school carrying a foam cooler.
As soon as class ended, he took it out and dug out a large pink popsicle to give to Jiang Jiu.
"Xiaojiu, this is a big popsicle my brother made. I'll give you one, it's strawberry flavored."
His brother had said that if he helped sell the popsicles for three cents each, his brother would get two cents and he would get one cent.
This way, by the time his little brother was born, he would be able to save a lot, a lot of money.
Jiang Jiu looked at the strawberry-shaped popsicle in surprise, his eyes wide and round.
Just yesterday, his dad had bought him a big popsicle, but it was nothing like this one.
It wasn't as pretty as this one, and it didn't look as delicious.
"Did big brother make this for me with his own hands?"
Ever since he gave big brother the globe, big brother had been especially good to him.
Usually, when second brother asked for money, he wouldn't give it, but when big brother ran into him, he would buy him candy.
Thinking of this, Jiang Jiu was so moved that tears were about to come out.
"Big brother is so nice. If only I were a girl."
Second Child didn't understand. "Why?"
"If I were a girl, I could be big brother's wife, and then we would be one family!"
Thinking about being able to eat big popsicles, Jiang Jiu had a look of longing on his face.
Second Child: "..."
Why did that sound so weird?
"Oh right, Xiaojiu, let me tell you, I'm going to be a big brother."
"Why?"
"Because my mom is going to give birth to a little brother for me."
"Second brother's little brother is my little brother. Don't worry, second brother, I'll help you take care of him."
"Of course, after all, we are the best friends in the world."
The two of them sat in their seats, each holding a popsicle and licking it.
While looking forward to their future life of raising a little brother.
The surrounding children stared straight at them when they saw this.
"What is that? It looks so delicious."
Second Child introduced, "This is a popsicle my big brother made. Jiang Jiu's is a strawberry popsicle, and mine is banana flavored."
Everyone was surprised. "Do popsicles have this many flavors?"
The big popsicles they bought outside were all just white, with no fruit flavors.
"Of course, my brother invented this himself."
Second Child felt honored by association, his nose turning up to the sky as he opened his foam cooler and said, "Look, there's also soda-flavored popsicles here, this one is watermelon-flavored, this one is mung bean-flavored. Right now there are only these five flavors."
"Wow, this one even looks like it has watermelon seeds, it really looks like a watermelon. Can you share this with me?"
The children opened their mouths wide.
"Of course not, these are for sale. If you want to eat them, you have to pay. Fruit-flavored ones are three cents each."
"Outside they only cost two cents," a child said, sniffing his runny nose.
"Could the ones outside be as pretty and delicious as the ones my big brother makes?" Zhou Zehan raised his chin.
Everyone looked at each other; what he said made sense.
"If you don't want them, I'll close it. I still have to go out and sell them at noon later."
Big brother said to wait until it was time to sell before opening it, otherwise they would melt easily.
But Second Child really couldn't resist showing off, which was why he took them out to show everyone.
He immediately put the lid back on.
"Don't do that Zhou Zehan, I want one, I want one, okay?"
"I want a watermelon-flavored one."
"I want one too, I want the soda-flavored one."
"..."
Second Child was strong, but Zhou Zedong had only made twenty popsicles for him.
He was afraid he wouldn't be able to sell them all.
But unexpectedly, in just one morning, the foam cooler was empty.
The children each held a popsicle, slurping them until their mouths were covered in it.
"It's so delicious, this is way better than the ones outside."
"Yeah, second brother, will you have more tomorrow? I want another one tomorrow."
"Tomorrow, I want the soda-flavored one."
"I think watermelon tastes better."
"Strawberry is obviously the best..."
Second Child absentmindedly hummed in agreement while counting his money. He was grinning from ear to ear, completely unable to wipe the massive smile off his face.
At this rate, he and his little brother would definitely be the best of friends in the whole wide world!