Reborn in the 1980s: Nine Stunning Beauties Get Pregnant Before Marriage

Chen Yongqiang smiled, didn't explain further, and simply paid the money.

Xiao Jing hugged her new schoolbag and stationery tightly, her face flushed with excitement. She looked up at Chen Yongqiang and said softly and earnestly, "Thank you, Uncle Chen."

"You're welcome." Chen Yongqiang ruffled her hair.

On the way back, Xiaojing kept her new schoolbag clutched to her chest. After a while, she whispered, "My dad... has never bought me a new schoolbag like this before."

Chen Yongqiang pedaled his bicycle silently. He knew that Xiaojing had an older sister; in the countryside, it was always the older sister who wore out the younger sister's things before it was her turn.

When the two returned to the small courtyard where Wang Guixiang was renting, Wang Guixiang was carrying the last plate of stir-fried vegetables out of the makeshift kitchen.

Her gaze first fell on the new military green schoolbag in her daughter's arms, and paused for a moment.

"Mom! Look!" Xiao Jing ran forward impatiently, holding up her schoolbag and stationery to her mother like a treasure.

"Uncle Chen bought these for me! They also include a pencil case and pencils with erasers!"

Wang Guixiang put down the plate, wiped her hands on her apron, and took the schoolbag, examining it for a while.

Then he looked at Chen Yongqiang, who had just parked his bicycle and walked in, his eyes filled with gratitude: "You've gone to so much trouble for me, kid. You're always causing me trouble."

"It's nothing, as long as the child likes it." Chen Yongqiang sat down at the table naturally.

Xiao Jing excitedly moved the books from her old schoolbag to her new schoolbag and took out her new stationery one by one to play with them.

Looking at her daughter's happy expression, Wang Guixiang's eyes softened: "Eat first! We'll clean up later."

The three of them ate their meal in the courtyard, chatting and laughing. This heartwarming scene resembled that of a family of three.

Chen Yongqiang also got a taste of what it's like to be a father in advance, and couldn't help but look forward to the child he and Lin Xiulian were about to have.

After eating and resting for a while, Xiaojing couldn't wait to put on her new schoolbag and go to school as soon as possible to show it off to her classmates.

"Mom, I'm going to school!" she called out as she skipped and hopped toward the door.

Wang Guixiang gently reminded him, "Be careful on the road, and listen carefully in class."

"Okay!" Xiaojing turned around and waved to Chen Yongqiang, "Goodbye, Uncle Chen!"

Chen Yongqiang smiled and nodded, watching Xiao Jing's figure skip and hop away until she disappeared at the gate of the courtyard.

Wang Guixiang stared blankly in the direction her daughter had gone for a while before turning around.

The courtyard suddenly fell silent, leaving only the two of them.

"Come inside and rest for a bit before you go back," she said softly, turning and going inside first.

Chen Yongqiang followed him inside. The room was simply furnished, but neatly and tidy.

Wang Guixiang tidied the bed and said softly, "Xiao Jing has never been this happy before."

"You don't need to be so polite with me anymore!" Chen Yongqiang clearly considered this place his second home.

After making the bed, Wang Guixiang took off her coat. She had already come to regard Chen Yongqiang as her man.

Thanks to Chen Yongqiang's help, the most difficult days are finally over.

She slowly turned around and said softly, "If it weren't for you, I don't know how my son and I would have gotten through this time."

Seeing Wang Guixiang like this, Chen Yongqiang felt a surge of heat rising in his heart.

He stepped forward and put his arm around Wang Guixiang: "Sister Guixiang, you're so beautiful, it won't be difficult for you to find a man in town."

Wang Guixiang misunderstood: "You...you don't want me?"

Chen Yongqiang quickly explained, gently stroking her waist, "That's not what I meant. I meant that I took advantage of her."

Wang Guixiang relaxed and leaned against him: "I don't plan to remarry either, this is fine. As long as you become successful in the future, don't forget about us, mother and daughter."

She understood that if she remarried with her daughter, Xiao Jing would inevitably face rejection and bullying in her new family.

Chen Yongqiang kissed her: "Don't worry, Sister Guixiang, I'll help you get rich."

Wang Guixiang was taken aback by his sudden action, but then softened in his warm breath.

Chen Yongqiang's words echoed in her ears, and she kept her eyes half-closed.

She knew Chen Yongqiang was quite capable. Following him meant she wouldn't go hungry, but as for getting rich, she didn't dare to think about it too much.

But now, being held tightly in his arms and hearing the certainty in Chen Yongqiang's words, her heart, which was used to being adrift, actually began to feel a vague, unprecedented expectation.

Wang Guixiang didn't say anything more, but just leaned obediently in his arms, letting him lead her to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

The two of them soon collapsed onto the kang (a heated brick bed) covered with an old printed sheet, having already reached a tacit understanding.

The sun outside the window was shining brightly, casting a hazy glow through the thin curtains into the dimly lit room.

Chen Yongqiang leaned down to look at the person beneath him. Wang Guixiang seemed unusually different today, displaying an almost awkward and shy demeanor that he had never experienced with her before.

Her coy yet welcoming demeanor stirred something within him.

Chen Yongqiang had only ever experienced this feeling with Lin Xiulian and Ding Wanru before.

Looking at Wang Guixiang's flushed cheeks and slightly parted lips, Chen Yongqiang felt the fire in his heart burn even brighter.

Wang Guixiang felt a tightness in her chest under his gaze and turned her face away, saying, "Don't look at me like that..."

Chen Yongqiang smiled, lowered his head and kissed her soft lips, silencing all the words he had left unsaid.

More than an hour later, Chen Yongqiang sat up and began to get dressed.

He took out his wallet from his pocket, counted out two hundred yuan, and placed it on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

Wang Guixiang was tidying her hair when she saw the stack of money and stopped in her tracks.

She opened her eyes wide: "Why are you giving me so much money?"

Chen Yongqiang, buttoning his shirt, explained, "I've discovered a way to make money."

"Recently, more and more people have come to sell mountain products. Use this money as capital to specifically select valuable medicinal herbs to buy. When others bring them to you, just buy them at the market price."

Wang Guixiang was even more confused: "Why collect so many medicinal herbs? How can our place possibly consume so many?"

"This is called hoarding." Chen Yongqiang fastened the last button.

"Buy the good stuff first, and then sell it when the price goes up."

Wang Guixiang looked up at him. Although she still didn't fully understand the intricacies of the deal, she knew that trusting him was the right thing to do.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

"Don't worry about the money, take as much as you can! Let me know if you need more."

There are many wild medicinal herbs now, and they are worthless; some people sell them for just a few cents per kilogram.

For farmers, it's all free from the mountains anyway; they don't realize that wild things are becoming increasingly scarce.

Chen Yongqiang made money by taking advantage of this information gap.