Zhenzhen and Xi Junjie had already discussed it when they got married. They should work hard on their careers while they were still young, and it wouldn't be too late to have children when they were 25 or 26 years old. Xi Changbo and Ling Xiulan were not the traditional parents-in-law who couldn't live without grandchildren. In their eyes, whether or not the couple wanted children and when to have them were their own business, and they, as parents, had no right to interfere too much. In order to make Zhenzhen feel more comfortable, Ling Xiulan even made an excuse for Zhenzhen in front of Mrs. Xi, saying that it would be safer to have children two years later.
Since she had made it clear in front of the elders, Zhenzhen had been using contraception since she got married. Just now, when Old Lady Li suddenly asked about the child, Zhenzhen touched her belly and suddenly felt something, as if as long as she wanted a child, no matter if she wanted to have one, twins, triplets, or multiple babies, whether she wanted a boy or a girl, she could have it. This feeling was very strange, Zhenzhen looked at her hand in a tangled way, and then tentatively put it on Wang Sufen's belly, and the wonderful feeling just now came again, as if as long as she had a thought, Wang Sufen would be able to have a pearl, and it didn't matter how many children she wanted, whether it was a boy or a girl.
Seeing Zhenzhen's strange behavior, Mrs. Li's eyes sparkled with excitement: "Are you pregnant?"
"No!" Zhenzhen shook her head in horror. Old Lady Li was so angry that she poked her forehead with her hand: "What's that expression on your face? How come you don't care about your child at all when you are pregnant?"
Zhenzhen smiled and hugged Mrs. Li's arm: "I have a child too, why do I need one?" Seeing Mrs. Li's worried look, Zhenzhen smiled and shook her arm: "Grandma, don't worry, I know what's going on." Mrs. Li wanted to glare at her again when she heard this, Zhenzhen quickly explained: "Junjie and I have discussed it and will have a child in a few years. I have also told my parents-in-law. My mother-in-law said that a few years is fine. Young people are at the right time to start a business, which is better than just staying at home and having children."
When Mrs. Li heard that Ling Xiulan had no objection, she was relieved and smiled a little more: "That's why we say my daughter Zhenzhen is so lucky. Other mothers-in-law would want to get married this month and get pregnant next month, and they would be upset if it's two or three months late. But your mother-in-law is different. You've been pushing her out for several years, and she still happily praises you for your idea."
"Times are different now. The policies are so good now. If you don't think about ways to make money, you will lose a lot of money if you focus all your energy on having and raising children." Zhenzhen took a bite of the apple and said confidently, "Besides, my mother-in-law knows everything. She is not interested in her daughter-in-law having children."
Mrs. Li thought about how busy Ling Xiulan had been recently and how she didn't have the energy to take care of Zhenzhen's child, so she whispered in Zhenzhen's ear: "Does your mother-in-law have no time to help you take care of the child? Zhenzhen, don't worry, grandma loves you the most. Whenever you want to have a baby, just give birth. Your mother and I are here to help you take care of the child."
Zhenzhen looked at the noisy children in the room and couldn't help but asked with a smile, "You haven't taken care of them enough even though they are making such a fuss."
"What do you know?" Old Lady Li rolled her eyes at her and said, "When you get older, you like this kind of excitement. If it were just me and your parents at home, it would be boring and boring. There would be no vitality at all."
Seeing Jiaozi and Shaobing sweating profusely, Zhenzhen nodded in agreement: "It's quite lively."
The boys were having fun in the living room, while the three girls were playing house in Old Lady Li's room. Tangbao took her two little cousins to sit on Old Lady Li's bed, and played with them using a bunch of dolls that Zhenzhen had bought.
The two little girls were the last children of Mingxi and Mingbei, born one after the other, and both were girls. Encountering such a lucky thing, the two brothers discussed and gave the two girls nicknames that sounded like sisters, one was called Diandian and the other was called Xinxin. Although it sounded much better than various buns and dumplings, it still didn't stand out from the eating queue.
Now the two little girls are three years old, they are white, tender and soft, and look so cute. Every time Mingbei hears his daughter Xinxin calling him daddy in a soft and sticky voice, he will smile like an idiot. If he has a tail behind his butt, it will definitely shake up to the sky.
Hearing the sweet and soft laughter of her great-granddaughter coming from inside the house, Old Lady Li couldn't sit still anymore: "I have to go check on those two little girls."
"Oh my, you don't need a granddaughter anymore when you have a great-granddaughter." Zhenzhen deliberately pretended to be jealous and shook her head and sighed: "Just now you said that you liked me the most, but you forgot it in the blink of an eye."
Hearing this tone, Mrs. Li couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, okay, I like you the most. You are so old and you still compete with my little niece for favor. Aren't you afraid of being embarrassed?" Mrs. Li stretched out her hand and pulled Zhenzhen into the house, muttering: "My Zhenzhen is so lucky. Our family's feng shui has changed since Zhenzhen was born. Otherwise, how could we have such a good thing as three girls in one generation."
After a while of excitement, it was time for lunch. Because they had to go back to the old house in the evening, Xi Junjie came to eat with Grandma Li at noon, and did not forget to bring New Year gifts for the children. Clothes, jewelry, and supplements for Grandma Li, Li Muwu, and Wang Sufen had been delivered long ago. These were bought for the children. Xi Junjie took out a bag of new clothes and divided them among them according to the names on them. In addition, each child who went to school had a new schoolbag and a set of extracurricular books, and those who did not go to school were given toys and snacks. Diandian and Xinxin hugged a doll that was taller than themselves, and they were so happy that they gave Zhenzhen a wet kiss on the face.
After lunch, Ling Xiulan was already taking a nap when the couple returned home. The family planned to go to the Xi family's old house at 4 pm. Although it was still two days before the Chinese New Year, the old lady usually gave the nannies a holiday at this time, and the cooking and cleaning were all done by the family.
Although the Xi family's old house is big enough, Mrs. Xi has three sons and many grandchildren, so the old house is full during the Chinese New Year. In fact, there is nothing wrong with having more people, as long as there are no top-notch people. Fortunately, in the past few years that Zhenzhen has been in contact with the Xi family, the only top-notch relatives are Xi Sumei's family, and they cannot be seen during the Chinese New Year.
In the past few years, Mrs. Xi's life has been getting better and better. She has become less and less tolerant of her little daughter who always dislikes everyone and her granddaughter who is full of calculations. She will never allow them to come on important occasions such as the New Year, festivals, and birthdays. If they want to come over, Mrs. Xi will avoid Sunday or Saturday nights, not wanting Xi Sumei to disrupt her family reunion.
Xi Sumei's three brothers and one sister had long lost their hearts to her. At most, they didn't miss her even if they didn't see her for more than a year. Instead, they almost forgot about her. Xi Sumei's daughter Shang Qingran once thought about making friends with Zhenzhen and then making money from her. It must be said that Shang Qingran's idea was very good, but Zhenzhen didn't give her the opportunity to implement it. Zhenzhen has never had a good impression of people who have "I want to scheme against you" written on their faces, but she doesn't have time to quarrel with them. She can make more money with that time. Why waste time on such people
Therefore, Zhenzhen's method of dealing with Shang Qingran was to hide. With space and supernatural powers, as long as Zhenzhen didn't want to see someone, that person would never find her even if he died. As time went by, Zhenzhen's factory became bigger and bigger, but at this time Shang Qingran's plan to make Zhenzhen a best friend was still in the egg, and it had no chance to hatch.
The couple walked hand in hand back to their courtyard. Xi Junjie was still looking forward to the rare free afternoon. As soon as he entered the room, he wanted to drag Zhenzhen to roll in the sheets. Zhenzhen smiled and pushed Xi Junjie onto the bed, then turned around and ran away: "A business partner brought me some goodies from the south, I'm going to get them first."
Xi Junjie climbed up from the bed and was about to say something, but Zhenzhen had already disappeared. He could only tuck himself back into the quilt in frustration.
Zhen Zhen used her consciousness to see that the whole family was taking a nap in bed, so she went directly to the space to change into summer clothes and came to the southernmost island of China. Today, this island is not as prosperous as it is in the future, but the clear green water and rows of wild coconut trees are much more beautiful than in the future.
A wooden boat was released from the space, and Zhenzhen sat on it steadily. There was no wind on the sea at this time, but the sea water still pushed the boat quickly towards the depths of the sea. Zhenzhen closed her eyes and lay on the boat. Her consciousness went deep into the seabed, controlling the waves to accurately place the sea cucumbers, abalone, sea urchins, shrimps, blue crabs, flower crabs, groupers, mango snails, ivory clams and other seafood in the sea into buckets one by one on the boat. The boat had only been out for 20 minutes, and the buckets under Zhenzhen's feet were already full.
The seafood was so crowded in the bucket that they couldn't even turn around, but because of Zhenzhen's ability, they were all alive and kicking. There were so many seafoods that even if the two families shared a portion, it would be enough to eat. Zhenzhen was about to leave this place, and suddenly she saw several particularly large lobsters swimming through the sponge under her feet, and Zhenzhen's saliva immediately overflowed. After moving these buckets of seafood into the space, Zhenzhen took out another empty bucket, and soon ten large lobsters with bared teeth and claws were sent into the bucket by the waves. Smelling the unique fishy smell of seafood, Zhenzhen smiled with her eyes curved.
Because they had to go to the old house in the afternoon and didn't have much time to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the sea, Zhenzhen waved her hand and disappeared on the sea with the boat and lobsters. The buckets of seafood that disappeared were now staying obediently in Zhenzhen's space. Zhenzhen took out a pair of cotton gloves from the western-style building, quickly divided the seafood she caught into two, and packed them in several wooden boxes.
Before coming out of the space, Zhenzhen still did not forget to look at home. Xi Changbo and Ling Xiulan were quiet in the house and probably hadn't gotten up yet. Xi Junjie was sleeping soundly with Zhenzhen's pillow in his arms. The nanny at home had already gone on vacation, and the huge house was quiet at this time. Put the seafood in the front yard first, so that you can put it directly in the car when you go to the old house later.
The remaining five boxes were for parents and grandma to eat during the New Year. Zhenzhen went to the next yard and called a few boys over to ask them to move the seafood. Old Mrs. Li was watching TV, and when she saw Zhenzhen acting mysteriously, she put on her clothes and followed to watch the fun.
There were five wooden boxes, each weighing more than 20 kilograms. The boys were all panting after lifting them. Zhenzhen followed behind and kept shaking her head while admonishing them, "You guys don't have enough physical strength. You can't even lift something this heavy. It's a bit embarrassing."
The boys all knew that their aunt was very strong, so no one dared to say anything until they put the things in the kitchen, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.
"What are these foods?" Old Lady Li bent over and listened to some crackling sounds in the wooden box. She was very curious: "Why is there still movement?"
Zhenzhen casually cut the rope outside the box that made the loudest noise, and several large lobsters that had been trapped for a long time immediately crawled out. They were scared by the group of boys and fled away screaming.
Zhenzhen picked up the lobster and threw it into the bucket beside her. She laughed at her nephews crying and said, "You are so useless. I won't give you any to eat later."
Mingxi and Mingbei also heard the noise and came over. They knew a lot of seafood was caught by looking at the scene. They rolled up their sleeves and found scissors, preparing to take out everything in the box to prevent them from being damaged.
Who knew that after opening several boxes in a row, except for the grouper that looked like it had just died, the others were still alive. Mingbei asked Zhenzhen in surprise: "How did they get them all the way from the south and they are still alive?"
Zhenzhen had an unfathomable expression on her face: "What do you know? They sent it all the way here just to build relationships. If they sent dead fish and shrimp, it would offend people. I guess these are all transported with seawater and oxygen, and they will be packed before sending them. Okay, I won't talk to you anymore, just pack the things and add some clean water, otherwise it will be useless if they die."
Seeing Mingbei and Mingxi busy packing, Zhenzhen said hello to Old Lady Li: "Grandma, I'm leaving first. I think my parents-in-law should be awake by now. We still have to go to the old house."
"Go ahead." Mrs. Li said with a smile, "Say hello to Junjie's grandmother for me, and ask her when she will bring your aunt to our house to play mahjong."
Since Ling Xiulan and Zhenzhen decided to open a beauty salon together, one of the three regular card partners has been missing. Ling Xiulan's sister-in-law Chang Leqing was worried that her mother-in-law was not at home every day, but the old lady dragged her away in the blink of an eye. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law played cards with Old Lady Li and Wang Sufen in the morning. After lunch, they went back to the room prepared by Ling Xiulan for the old lady to take a nap, and then got up in the afternoon to play some opera. They were busier than Mayor Xi at work, leaving early and returning late.
Zhen Zhen heard that Old Lady Li was still thinking about playing mahjong, and couldn't help but frown: "It's so cold, it's nice to sit on the sofa and watch TV. Wouldn't your waist get sore after sitting there for two hours playing mahjong?"
"What do you know?" Old Lady Li said confidently, "Your grandmother said playing mahjong is good for your brain, and you won't be confused even when you live to be a hundred." As she spoke, Old Lady Li's eyes fell on the grouper in the bucket, "This is good to eat fish, steam two tonight, eat more fish and you won't be confused when you get old."
Zhenzhen smiled and shook her head, said hello to her family and hurried back to the next door. Xi Junjie had already gotten up. Zhenzhen washed her hands and face and changed her clothes. After the couple packed their suitcases to go to the old house, Ling Xiulan also came over to call for help.
The family walked out carrying the boxes. When they reached the gate, they were stunned to see five neatly arranged wooden boxes. Before Ling Xiulan could ask, Zhen Zhen smiled and said, "These are seafood sent by a business partner."
Zhenzhen's business is now very big. I heard from Xi Changshan that this year the furniture factory has become the factory that pays the most taxes among all enterprises in the capital. The original factory building of the furniture factory can no longer meet the production needs. Zhenzhen has applied for a large piece of land in the suburbs of Beijing and plans to build a new factory building after the Chinese New Year. It is not uncommon for such a capable person to send seafood from far away during the Chinese New Year.
The family of four drove to the old house. Mrs. Xi was talking to a group of grandchildren. When she saw Xi Junjie and Zhenzhen coming, she smiled: "You are here? Is it cold outside? Zhenzhen, what did your grandma say before you came?"
Zhenzhen smiled and said, "My grandma asked me to say hello for her, and also asked me to find out when you're going to play mahjong after the New Year."
Mrs. Xi was immediately happy: "Let's go after the 15th."
Although it was not Chinese New Year yet, the family was together, not to mention that Zhenzhen brought so much fresh seafood, which was a rare delicacy in the cold winter.
Although Xi Junjie is the best cook in the Xi family, the Xi family does not think that cooking during the New Year must be Xi Junjie's job. Except for Grandpa Xi and Xi Changshan who are drinking tea in the study, everyone else is crowded in the hot kitchen, some are preparing seafood and some are washing vegetables. Everyone has to cook their own specialty and then ask Grandma Xi to taste it and see which dish is better.
The seafood that Zhenzhen brought was enough for the whole family to eat for several meals. Those who were not so good at cooking rushed to boil shrimps and steam crabs. After all, they were the freshest and tasted best with their original flavor.
After the lively New Year, Ling Xiulan, Sun Rende, and Wang Xinzhi left China with the people they had chosen. The furniture factory was temporarily managed by Sun Rende's deputy, who was jointly recommended by Sun Rende and Wang Xinzhi. He was very capable and thoughtful. Sun Rende could fully support the factory without him, and Zhenzhen didn't need to worry too much.
As for the clothing factory, Si Yaren was in charge. Apart from his poor market sense, there was nothing to complain about him. Zhenzhen was worried that he would produce antique clothes that couldn't be sold again, so she simply designed a few new spring clothes herself and asked him to lead the workers to produce them first.
Both factories are well-organized enterprises, and the loss of a few people will not affect the normal operation of the enterprises in a short period of time. In contrast, the beauty salon makes Zhenzhen worry more. There are 30 beauticians in the beauty salon who are participating in the training. It is impossible to take all of them abroad for training. Therefore, Ling Xiulan selected the best from the best in the early training and selected a total of six people to go abroad to visit and study in the top beauty salons in France, and to learn how to use related beauty equipment at the equipment factory. In the future, these people will not only be senior beauticians in the beauty salon, but also the people who are most likely to be promoted to management.
The good employees were all gone, and the rest were left alone. To prevent staff turnover, these thirty people signed long-term contracts. Since they were being paid as usual, Zhenzhen couldn't let them slack off and forget what they had learned in the past period of time. Zhenzhen brought them back to the beauty salon. In addition to daily cleaning, she also let them get familiar with the environment and practice what they had learned on each other's faces.
The advantage of being a reporter was revealed at this time. With Zhenzhen's qualifications, she certainly couldn't follow news like national affairs. She mainly covered social economy and people's livelihood. This kind of manuscript required interviews in many places and was not particularly time-sensitive. Therefore, Yu Shoujing usually gave Zhenzhen three to five days or a week to complete the interview and manuscript production tasks.
Apart from her normal work, Zhenzhen basically spent all her time in the beauty salon. It was not until a month later when Ling Xiulan returned with a new-look employee, more than a dozen beauty equipment, and some fashionable clothes from major international brands that Zhenzhen breathed a sigh of relief.
The equipment was installed one by one, and the senior beautician who returned home after completing his studies passed on the skills he had learned abroad to his colleagues who stayed in the country without reservation. After everyone had mastered the skills and the hired hairdressers had also become familiar with their equipment, the beauty salon was finally ready to open.
In the early stage of the beauty salon construction, Zhenzhen used paint to paint a beautiful advertising wall for the beauty salon on the baffle, which attracted a lot of people's attention. The beauty salon is located less than 100 meters away from the most famous commercial street in the imperial capital. In the past few months, people in the imperial capital basically know that a beauty salon is going to open here.
Even so, Zhenzhen and Ling Xiulan still made a lot of preparations before the opening. They not only hung up advertising banners but also hired a lot of people to distribute flyers. The early advertising posters and the pre-opening hype meant that on the opening day of Yiren Beauty Salon, not only were there dozens of people queuing up for beauty treatments, but hundreds of people came to watch the fun, and even reporters from TV stations and newspapers came. This was the first beauty salon in the capital, and it was of great significance.
As the firecrackers were lit, Ling Xiulan opened the door of the beauty salon. Beauticians and hairdressers dressed in light pink and light blue lined up inside and bowed in unison to the customers and onlookers: "Welcome to Yiren Beauty Salon." This gesture gave a shot in the arm to many who were still hesitant, and the lines immediately became longer and longer.
The original positioning of Yiren Beauty Salon was high-end luxury, so even the beauty services open to ordinary people on the first floor are not cheap. A full set of beauty services is 28 yuan, and the cheapest ordinary skin care massage is 10 yuan. Although the prices of the hair salon on the other side are not that high, the price of a haircut is twice as expensive as that of a barber shop outside. It goes without saying that the price of perming and hairstyle design is even higher, but here you can use magazines to make curls exactly like those of celebrities, which is not comparable to those people outside who use hot irons to curl their hair.
There were so many people queuing that soon all the beauty beds on the first floor were filled up. The ten people at the back entered the waiting area in advance. The service staff with sweet smiles quietly asked the customers about their tastes and then served them tea, juice and coffee. Biscuits, cakes and fresh cut fruits were also provided.
The customers who were upset about being late were all smiling this time. Although they only took one bite of the cake, the soft texture was enough to make them savor it for a long time. Although it was not convenient to deliver food to those waiting outside, the service staff also delivered hot tea to each of them.
Although you don't have to look at the waiter's face when buying clothes in a restaurant like you did a decade ago, this is the first place where the waiter is so warm and considerate that he serves tea and water and gives you free cakes and cookies.
In just one day, Yiren Beauty Salon became a place that people talked about.
The author has something to say: I can't handle the menstrual period plus the little devil at home~~Here is today's update~~Tomorrow's update will arrive earlier, and it is expected that the anti-theft chapter will be posted at noon, and then the update will be made in the evening.