Chapter 423: Chapter 423

There’s nothing you can do if people don’t want to interact with you.

Jiang Xinyu took a break at noon today, and no one disturbed her, which was quite nice.

The entire afternoon was spent reviewing, tagging all entries that couldn’t be accounted for with special funding notes.

However, Jiang Xinyu also established a new special account book; this is the true source of the funds.

Wang Jianshu sighed inwardly, this Vice Factory Director Jiang is just too cautious. If this account book really gets out, it will be big trouble.

Left work on the dot. There’s a lot to do at home. I don’t even know how many peaches have been delivered today.

When she got home, she saw five baskets of peaches in the side room, around three hundred pounds or so. It seems the jars for the canned goods are indeed insufficient.

The two children were very curious about making peach preserves and followed Jiang Xinyu around.

"Shi Jing, Feifei, what do you two want to eat?"

"Mom, we can eat anything."

"Mom, I want some bread. Can you make some when you have time?" Feifei said a little sweetly.

"No problem. Mom will prepare the dough tonight and steam it for you tomorrow morning. As long as my two darlings want something, mom will try to get it done."

"Thank you, Mom." Both children’s faces were filled with contentment.

Jiang Xinyu also felt quite happy. To have children so easily satisfied is a mother’s pride.

"Master Shang, shall we have seafood porridge for dinner?"

"Sure." Shang Zhenkun had no objections. Since following these two kids, life has been much better for him. And this Xiao Jiang can cook dishes he likes.

Jiang Xinyu worked swiftly, and when making porridge, she found five large bowls, soaking peaches in four of them.

Seafood porridge, also boiled some eggs, fearing the children wouldn’t have enough nutrition. Actually, she was overthinking; the two kids looked very healthy with rosy complexions.

An hour later, Wang Ailing and her family of four arrived. Jiang Xinyu deliberately made more seafood porridge for the two kids to continue eating.

Wang Ailing and her husband sat down with small stools to peel peach skins.

Jiang Xinyu was responsible for removing the peach pits, while boiling water on the tin stove to brew sugar water later on.

The couple was fast, and Jiang Xinyu wasn’t slow either, managing to cut the pitted peaches into quarters.

After the four children had their fill, they curiously watched the proceedings from the side.

Jiang Xinyu found them a task, asking them to help bring jars from the side room.

Kids are like that; when adults give them work, it makes them feel acknowledged. They were quite happy.

"The four of you must be careful. If the jars fall on the ground, they’ll break and can’t be used, and it’s dangerous. You can take your time."

The four kids nodded happily, as Shang Zhenkun placed two kang tables in the yard, and the kids went back and forth carrying jars.

Jiang Xinyu smiled and praised them on the side, "You’re amazing, helping the adults with work at such a young age, making a contribution to the family."

Hearing this, the four children became even happier, but they remained cautious.

"Xinyu, you’re an expert at coaxing kids."

"How is it coaxing? I truly think so. Sister, I tell you, raising outstanding kids isn’t just about strictness and scolding; praise is also necessary."

"I’ll do the same from now on."

Chen Guoliang was peeling peach skins on the side, listening to them chatting and laughing.

Soon after, there was another knock on the door; She Xiaoyun and her family of three arrived.

Shi Jing ran over, pulling Zhiwei’s hand, "Brother, we saved some seafood porridge for you, it’s really delicious, but we only left you one bowl."

She Xiaoyun and her husband also sat down to work, while Shang Zhenkun was in charge of putting peaches in for them.

With four people peeling peach skins, Jiang Xinyu was not able to keep up, so Wang Ailing also came over to help with the pits.

When three women come together, there’s always endless gossip.

"Sister She, I heard our Mr. Qian always goes to your supply and marketing agency?"

"The news travels fast. He wasn’t here yesterday, and hasn’t come today either."

"Maybe he went to meet someone outside."

"Could be. That girl Gao Ruyun has a lot of schemes. Since Qian Jun has this idea, how would she give up? Xinyu, has Qian Jun said anything?"

Jiang Xinyu shook her head, "He hasn’t said anything, but Yao Shimin did ask him to think it over. Oh, Sister She, do you know any good girls, to help introduce someone to Yao Shimin? This guy is in such a rush that he’s lost all shame."

"There’s no suitable match, nowadays girls have too many ideas. Yao Shimin is a good person. It’s not right to introduce someone unsuitable."

"Sister She is right, Yao Shimin is indeed a good person." Jiang Xinyu agreed with her.

The two men working there had some disdain in their hearts, wondering what’s so good about Yao Shimin. How could he be considered a good man? Women must have bad judgment.

"Xinyu, isn’t Vice Factory Director Yao married?" Wang Ailing didn’t know about this yet.

"He went back to get a divorce a few days ago. It’s been tough, as the two were always living apart," sighed She Xiaoyun.

"Xinyu, what was the reason?"

"I’m not really sure, he didn’t feel comfortable telling me either." Jiang Xinyu knew a bit, but couldn’t say it. It’s someone else’s wound, it’s private.

The two men there were both thinking to themselves that it must be some issue on the woman’s side if the man went back to divorce.

"Vice Factory Director Yao is quite good, it’s just that we don’t have any excellent girls around."

"I have a high school classmate who graduated from college and is now a teacher. I think they’d be quite compatible. However, since Yao Shimin has been divorced, my classmate is very outstanding, and I worry she might not be pleased. So, I wrote to ask."

"If Vice Factory Director Yao and her end up together, it might be troublesome. One works in the city and one here, they’d still have to live apart, right?"

"It’s not far, it can be resolved."

"Sister She is right, it can be resolved.

The peaches are quite a bit now, I’ll start canning them."

Jiang Xinyu got up, started making the syrup, and gave each child a piece of rock candy. She also gave them sugar-syrup peaches. The five children were ecstatic since which child doesn’t like sweets?

Then Shang Zhenkun took charge of the fire. The eleven of them worked until half-past eleven, completing two hundred and five jars. Quite a significant number indeed.

Jiang Xinyu asked both families to take twenty jars each and reminded them to keep an eye on them. If the juice of the peach preserves turns cloudy, they should eat them immediately as they don’t keep well.

By the time Jiang Xinyu lay down on the kang, it was already half-past eleven. She had prepared the bread dough. Content orıginally comes from 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⟡𝕗𝗂𝗋𝖾⟡𝕟𝕖𝕥

The kang had been heated too much today, too hot to lie on, so hot that Feifei went to sleep with her brother.

In the end, with no other choice, she had to endure it. She didn’t even realize when she fell asleep.