Chapter 740: It’s Different When You Have a Job

Fu Mingxue nodded. "Yes, a month at the very least, I’d guess."

Mrs. Fu knew her daughter’s job was demanding, so a business trip like this was unavoidable.

So she reminded her, "No matter how busy you get with work, you have to take care of yourself. Make sure you get enough rest and eat three proper meals a day."

"Mom, don’t you worry. You know I take care of myself. After all, I plan on living to be a hundred right alongside you. No, wait, you have to live twenty years longer than me."

Hearing this, Mrs. Fu rolled her eyes at her daughter.

’Live another twenty years? Wouldn’t that make me one hundred and twenty?’

’I’d practically be an old monster.’

"Alright, enough of your clever remarks. Go brush your teeth and wash your face. Since you’ll be gone for so long, you should pack some extra clothes later."

’She got back so late last night, she definitely hasn’t had time to pack her suitcase yet.’

’Oh, right. I should hurry and boil some eggs for my daughter to eat on the road.’

Fu Mingxue went to brush her teeth and wash her face. By the time she sat down at the dining table, her breakfast was already laid out for her.

There were meat buns and plain congee.

Fu Mingxue wolfed down five meat buns in one go.

She also finished a bowl of thick, plain congee.

After breakfast, she returned to her room to pack—

When she was ready to leave, Mrs. Fu brought out about twenty hard-boiled eggs.

"Take these with you."

Fu Mingxue was surprised. "Mom, why did you boil so many eggs?"

"I just happened to buy a bunch at the market yesterday, or else I wouldn’t have had this many. Now that they’re boiled, you should take them. Don’t worry about us at home. I’m raising three hens, and in a month or so, they should start laying."

Since returning, she had gotten everything she needed to set up the house.

Including her grand chicken-raising enterprise.

This time, she hadn’t bought chicks, but three half-grown hens directly.

When the weather got a bit warmer, she planned to buy a few more chicks.

Besides, no one would report you for raising a few extra chickens these days.

Fu Mingxue had no choice but to take the twenty eggs with her.

Just then, she heard the sound of a car outside.

"Mom, my ride is here. I have to go."

She then crouched down to say goodbye to her two children. "Mommy’s going to work now. You two be good and listen to Grandma while I’m gone."

"Mommy, don’t worry! My sister and I will take care of Grandma," young Qin Hao declared, full of conviction.

His expression was exceptionally determined.

Qin Keke nodded quickly as well. "That’s right! My big brother and I will take care of Grandma."

Mrs. Fu: ...?

’What did I just hear?’

’Who’s taking care of whom?’

Fu Mingxue found her two children utterly adorable.

"Then I’m counting on you two to take good care of Grandma!"

Then, she kissed each of them on the cheek.

"Bye-bye, my sweethearts!"

"Bye-bye, Mommy!"

The two children walked their mother to the door. They watched as she got into the car and it drove away.

Only then did they start to cry.

Seeing the two children crying, Mrs. Fu couldn’t help but sigh. "Come here to Grandma. Your mommy will be home before you know it."

’Maybe my daughter was right about not wanting kids,’ she mused. ’Look at these two, already missing their parents’ company.’

’But then again,’ she thought, considering her daughter’s salary, ’kids don’t necessarily need their mother with them all the time. Having a grandma like me is just as good, really.’

The people in the family compound hadn’t expected Fu Mingxue’s job to be so demanding. She had only just returned yesterday afternoon, yet today a car was already there to pick her up.

She even had a suitcase—was she off on a business trip?

Tsk, people with jobs really were different, unlike some of them who were unemployed.

They wondered if the military base could arrange a good job for them, too—one just like Mingxue’s.

「Meanwhile, Fu Mingxue arrived at the base.」

She’d never gotten carsick before, but this time, she did—