In early September, Zhumeng Primary School opened. As the founder of the school, Ruan Ruan made a symbolic appearance, and the rest of the work was left to Zheng Xuyang and his team as usual.

After the start of the school year, the supermarket and the health center were completed one after another. This time, the supermarket basically did not need to go out to attract investment, as manufacturers from various places came to it on their own.

Of course, the products from those stores in Tangcheng were delivered to the supermarket as soon as it was completed.

They also benefited from Ruan Ruan's convenience. Other manufacturers' similar products needed Huo Haoshen to carefully compare and understand them before they could be put into the supermarket. Because Ruan Ruan took 20% of their factory's profits, she was considered one of their own. So, they turned on the streetlights and reserved three booths for them.

After the basic living facilities were completed, the last step was the clothing factory. Ruan Ruan was aiming for the mid-to-high-end market for the clothing factory in Beijing, so the overall design was quite high-end. In addition to the workshops, the factory also included VIP reception rooms and areas for private clothing customization.

To better showcase the clothes, they left space along the walls of the entire factory, designing them as shop windows. Ruanruan even had people from a furniture factory come over, take measurements, and create several mannequins.

Ruan Ruan gave Zheng Xuyang the wedding dress she had previously designed for her own family, the ethnic costumes she had learned from the old ladies in Yuncheng, and some spring clothing design sketches she had drawn. After the clothing factory finished making them, she gave them all to him.

After the garment factory was completed, Zheng Xuyang, as previously agreed, appointed Li Renzhao as deputy factory director, and transferred Luo An, Luo Xiaodong, and Zhang Xiaowei from the furniture factory to take over the garment sales.

Time flies, and it was the 20th in the blink of an eye. On this day, Ruan Ruan was still at home drawing design sketches. The clothing factory was now fully completed. The clothing design sketches that Ruan Ruan had drawn in previous years had been given to Deputy Factory Director Li, who asked him to rush to produce a batch first and establish some brand awareness, so that at least people in Beijing would know about their clothes.

The designs she's currently drawing are for the trade fair in November. Ruan Ruan's thinking is simple: the factory is already built, and since other industries are also participating, adding clothing is fine too. Besides, due to the sluggish domestic economy in recent years, the domestic clothing industry hasn't had any particularly outstanding products. Most of the nicer clothes come from Hong Kong. Therefore, if her clothing is included in the trade fair this year, it will be a groundbreaking debut for domestic clothing.

Ruan Ruan thought that since she was going to participate, she should focus on domestic characteristics, so she designed the clothes based on the costumes of the 56 ethnic groups in China.

She wasn't a painter by training, and her knowledge of design was only superficial. The clothes she was drawing were based entirely on what she had seen in short videos. Along with the ethnic costumes, there was also the Hanfu Mamian skirt. Ruan Ruan remembered that in her later life, there were many different opinions because a well-known foreign brand had copied the Mamian skirt. So Ruan Ruan thought that at this trade fair, she should highlight the Mamian skirt and let it be launched first, so that these things wouldn't happen in her later life.

Just as Ruan Ruan was racking her brains to draw, several elders from the Ruan and Gu families came to find her.

"Brother Ruan, Brother Gu, what brings you two busy people here today? Sister-in-law, please come in and sit down." Old Master Huo, who was practicing calligraphy in the yard with his two children, heard a knock at the door and immediately went to open it. As soon as the door opened, he saw Ruan Erlai and Gu Erlao together.

"Haha, it must be a good wind that blew us here." Several elderly people walked into the house chatting and laughing. When they passed the front yard, they saw two children, about half their age, writing large characters on a low stool. "Our big baby and little baby are starting to learn to write?" they said, and then they went closer to take a look.

"Great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-maternal grandfather, great-maternal grandmother, hello." The two children stood up obediently to greet the visitors.

"Hello, Great-Grandpa, Great-Grandma, Great-Grandpa, Great-Grandma." Huo Wenli greeted everyone along with Da Bao and Xiao Bao. Huo Haoshi and Li Huan had been busy lately and couldn't take care of the children, so the old master and old lady asked them to leave Huo Wenli here as well. Huo Haoshen's child, Huo Wenxun, was also about to turn one year old, so they decided to leave him here together to wean him off breast milk.

Since Da Bao was slapped by Ruan Ruan for hitting someone last time, and Huo Haocheng reasoned with him afterwards and even made him stand as punishment, Da Bao has been much more obedient than before. This is because Huo Haocheng told them that if they don't want to do something, they should say so themselves. Moreover, if others want to do something to them and they don't want it, they must also say so first. We should be polite first, then resort to force. If they still don't listen after we've spoken, then we can take action. Of course, before taking action, we must first make sure that we can get away unscathed. It is said that reason prevails everywhere.

After Da Bao and Xiao Bao understood what their father said, they refused to be kissed by anyone, whether it was family or strangers. They felt that they were big kids now and could express themselves, so they couldn't be kissed anymore.

Adults respect children's thoughts, so now when they see them, they just pat their heads and pinch their cheeks, and they don't kiss them anymore.

"Come on, let Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandpa see what you've written!" They were quite curious about the fact that their two children, who were just over one year old but not yet two, had started learning to write.

"Great-grandfather, great-grandfather, our great-grandfather taught us to write 'one, two, three' today. Before that, he taught us our own names. Look, these are our names. My full name is Huo Wenjun, and my sister's name is Huo Wenting. Great-grandfather also said that when we grow up, we should be upright and honest people..." Da Bao told them one by one the characters he and his sister had learned in the past few days. He was especially happy when he talked about his and his sister's names.

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