Lin Yuan had already taken leave to go home and move these past few days, and she couldn't ask for leave again.

She said that her school starts early and she has enough time, so Lin Yuan can go to work tomorrow.

Lin Yuan's parents also advised him, saying that they could help Huanhuan and let him go to work, since the Military Intelligence Bureau was different from ordinary units.

That afternoon, the Lin couple moved over from Lin Yuan's place. The two elderly people lived in one bedroom for themselves, and the other room was reserved for Lin Yuan and his family.

From now on, the young couple can stay here for a day on Sundays as well.

They ate dinner there that evening before returning to their home in the area.

The next day, Lin Yuan went to work, and Zhao Huanhuan, along with her mother-in-law, father-in-law, mother, and An'an, busied themselves tidying up the small shop.

After hiring a carpenter to make some shelves, racks, tables, and chairs, Zhao Huanhuan began taking her in-laws to visit the farmers' markets and wholesale markets. These were all state-owned wholesale warehouses or markets. If they wanted to wholesale and sell things, they needed to bring an application form approved by the industrial and commercial department. Only after seeing that big red stamp would they be allowed to sell their goods.

After all that trouble, about ten days had passed.

The convenience store finally looked like a convenience store. After Zhao Huanhuan helped them set the prices, she went back to school.

Zhang Jinhua often brought An'an to sit and talk to them at the entrance of the convenience store, looking after them and worried that they might be bullied.

Fortunately, Aunt Chu and Uncle Lin are both literate. They run a small shop and are busy every day, so they don't feel lonely. Helping Huanhuan run the shop also allows them to get to know more people in the area.

Moreover, Zhao Huanhuan sets her prices only after visiting supply and marketing cooperatives and other small shops and comparing prices. The prices in her small shop are always one cent less than those in other shops.

Gradually, people learned that her shop sold the same things as everyone else's, but at a price one cent cheaper, so naturally people were willing to come and buy from her.

Zhao Huanhuan would come to the convenience store every Sunday to see what was selling well and what was running low on stock, and then she would take Uncle Lin out to get more stock.

Later, after Uncle Lin became familiar with the routes, he started riding his bicycle to purchase goods himself.

When they moved last time, they brought their bicycles with them.

Gradually, the family's situation, which had been depleted by the construction of the house, began to ease, and they gradually started to save money.

In addition, Lin Yuan hands over his monthly salary to his wife on time, and Zhao Huanhuan then allocates it according to needs: part for her parents' living expenses, part for purchasing goods, and part for their own family's use.

Gradually, the family's life became more stable.

Lin Yuan watched as his family's life stabilized in less than a few months. He praised his wife for managing the household well, keeping everything in order. Not only was their family life back to normal, but his parents' life was also stable. When he occasionally went to see his parents early after get off work, he would see their happy smiles.

In 1979, the call for reform and opening up resounded throughout the country, and the Lin family elders' small shop finally received its official business license.

The name is still Zhao Huanhuan, since it requires a household registration. The elderly couple's name is in Taojia Village, and if we use theirs, we would need to go back and get a letter of introduction, so we'll just use Zhao Huanhuan's name.

However, seeing that the two elders were already very experienced in running a small shop, Zhao Huanhuan handed the shop over to them completely, saying that all the money earned from the shop would belong to the two elders and she would not ask for any more money.

In the past, when the convenience store made money, Zhao Huanhuan would divide it into three parts: one part was given to her parents for their living expenses, one part was kept by the convenience store as a reserve fund, and the other part was deposited in a bank account for emergency use.

After all, she was the one who provided the initial capital for the small shop, and her parents would give her an account every month, which Zhao Huanhuan would then distribute.

In 1979, Zhao Huanhuan entered her second year of high school, and she will take the college entrance examination the following year.

High school was still a two-year program at that time.

After taking the college entrance examination, Zhao Huanhuan plans to start her own business.

She set her sights on the textile industry.

After all, the original owner had also worked in a textile factory, and she planned to apply to the textile university in the original city when she took the college entrance examination.

She discussed it with Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan supported her unconditionally!

Those who study textiles mainly deal with two major sectors: the textile industry and the apparel industry.

What Zhao Huanhuan wants to do is to go all the way in the textile and garment industry.

Her first thought was to open a textile factory belonging to Zhao Huanhuan, and to do a complete business from spinning thread and yarn to spinning pure cotton underwear.

As for the apparel industry, that's a later plan.

But while the idea was good and the goal was ambitious, without strong financial resources, she couldn't even buy a spinning machine.

If she wants to start working right after graduating from university, then she needs to find ways to earn money and save up funds during those three years.

Even if you have a portion of it yourself, you can only keep going by starting the business first and then taking out a loan.

Meanwhile, in the autumn of 1979, An'an also started first grade.

He attends the same primary school his mother attended, Yuancheng No. 5 Primary School, which is near his maternal grandmother's house, making it convenient for her to pick him up.

In the first week after An'an started school, his teacher discovered that he had a talent for drawing and that he drew very well.

The art teacher at the Fifth Primary School happened to be a member of the original city art association and was considered a veteran painter. He particularly liked An'an's paintings and asked him if he had studied art before starting school.

An'an, being a very honest child, told me that his mother had taught him to draw.

The teacher then asked him who his mother was, and An'an told him his mother's name and that she used to be a teacher.

Then, when Zhao Huanhuan went to her mother's house on Sunday, she met An'an's school teacher on a home visit.

It's great. Everyone knows her; they were all her former teachers. Suddenly, everyone feels like family. The teachers were surprised that Zhao Huanhuan's child is already so big and has even enrolled in the school she attended.

The people who came were the homeroom teacher and the art teacher.

The two teachers explained their purpose, saying that An'an is a child with great artistic talent, and Teacher Geng wanted to take him on as a close disciple so as not to interfere with his schooling, which would involve learning to draw at his home on Sundays.

Teacher Geng was a highly respected senior artist. In the original book, he later became a famous painter and held many art exhibitions. After his death, his posthumous works could sell for hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan.

It can be said that Mr. Geng's fame and his paintings have supported his descendants for three generations.

Zhao Huanhuan never expected that the other party would take a liking to her An'an, and she never expected that Teacher Geng would still be teaching art at the school after all these years.

Without hesitation, she readily agreed, but instead of immediately agreeing on An'an's behalf, she asked for An'an's opinion.

An'an said he was willing. He had seen the teacher's paintings and said he liked the teacher very much.

And so, An'an immediately became Teacher Geng's apprentice, and from then on, Zhang Jinhua would take An'an to Teacher Geng's house every Sunday to learn painting for half a day.