Huang Wanzhen frowned after hearing this. "It's common for large families in Jiangnan to marry into other families. How could he not be married or engaged at his age? With the Wang family's experience as a cautionary tale, it's best to investigate further."

Because it was related to Su Jingyi's lifelong event, Huang Wanzhen specially sent a telegram to Song Wenyin, asking her to find someone to help inquire about Li Kewei's family.

Song Wenyin sent back a telegram within a month, which contained only eight words: The family background and traditions of the only legitimate son are acceptable.

Huang Wanzhen showed the results to Su Jingyi. Su Jingyi didn't say anything, but her smile became even brighter.

At this time, Su Jingyi had already decided to apply for a graduate degree at Boston University. She and Huang Wanzhen discussed with the New York foreign company and hired a professional manager. The Boston branch would be run by Huang Wanzhen and Su Jingyi.

Huang Wanzhen still wanted to stick with her old profession. After studying for so many years, she had completely fallen in love with fashion design. In addition, the real estate here was not very expensive. After gathering some information, she decisively took action and acquired two adjacent shops on Beishichang Street. One allowed her to open a clothing company, and the other allowed her to open a beauty salon.

Xiuqing finally didn't have to make clothes for Huang Wanzhen at home. She permed her hair into big waves, put on her favorite cheongsam, and transformed herself into the manager of the "Beauty" beauty salon.

What made Huang Wanzhen a little uncomfortable was that when their company opened and they were recruiting employees, the neighbors who had originally ignored them suddenly became enthusiastic. Mrs. George from the west sent food to the Huang family for a week in a row.

Huang Wanzhen had tried her best to avoid her, but she was like a camera in the Huang family, and she would always send it to Huang Wanzhen when she was at home.

Huang Wanzhen just smiled as she took her food and returned a portion. No matter what Mrs. George said, she just responded with a smile and refused to give in.

Even Su Jingyi, who lived in the Huang family, was fed up with Mrs. George. "These foreigners are too snobbish. They used to be indifferent, but now they are so humble. I am really ashamed of myself."

Huang Wanzhen placed the car keys on the coffee table and sat down on the sofa. "It's all for our own children. In fact, if Mrs. George's daughter wasn't so lazy, I would really agree to hire Miss George because of her eagerness for her daughter."

Su Jingyi raised her eyebrows and asked curiously, "Do you know Miss George?"

Huang Wanzhen tied up her shoulder-length hair with a rubber band. "Everyone around here knows that Miss George is incredibly overweight, probably because of some medication she took when she was sick as a child. It's just like where we are, where women generally don't work outside the home. When she reached adulthood, Miss George got married, but she was sent back home within six months. They said she was lazy and greedy, and the man regretted marrying her."

Su Jingyi, who was slumped on the sofa, immediately straightened up and asked curiously, "Find someone else to marry."

Huang Wanzhen glanced at her sideways and said, "Well, maybe she hasn't found a good one yet. I heard that at the beginning of the year, Mr. George found her a job, but she only worked there for a few days and then quit."

"Haha, doesn't Mrs. George want you to be a scapegoat?"

"She is willing, but she has to ask me if I am willing," the new maid brewed a pot of tea and poured a cup for Su Jingyi and Huang Wanzhen respectively.

Huang Wanzhen looked at the color of the tea and said, "It's hot now, so I like to drink green tea. I'll drink black tea when the weather gets colder."

The maid's hand holding the teacup trembled, and the red tea spilled into her hand.

"ah--"

Huang Wanzhen hurried to help her get the burn ointment.

Su Jingyi curled her lips, made two "tsk tsk" sounds, and went straight upstairs.

A few days later, the Huang family changed their maid. This time, she was introduced by Mrs. Friant. She was a plump, fair-skinned woman in her forties. Although she was a bit talkative, she was still very efficient at her work.

This year was a very smooth one. When Huang Wanzhen checked her accounts, both her clothing store and beauty salon were profitable. What surprised her most was that her family's first Chinese restaurant was actually making more money than the two stores combined. While this was partly due to its early opening, the average monthly income was still quite substantial. This made Huang Wanzhen itchy, and she began to consider the possibility of opening another branch.

Not to mention Su Jingyi's company, it has been stable for a long time and has good dividends. She has been admitted to a graduate school in Boston. After discussing with Huang Wanzhen, they bought two villas next to each other and became neighbors.

The yard of the new house is bigger than the original one. Huang Wanzhen mainly considered it as a place for Zhao Dahua to grow condiments. Now most of the condiments in the restaurant, such as chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, are grown or made by the Huang family themselves.

To this end, Huang Dongshi went to Old Lady Qiao to learn how to make vinegar. Huang Wanzhen didn't want her to go because people in that era placed great importance on skills. But Huang Dongshi said, "Dahua knows how to make soybean paste and pickle vegetables. Let Sister Qiao choose which one she wants to learn."

In the end, Mrs. Qiao didn't learn anything, but she did teach Mrs. Huang how to make vinegar. "Hey! What's the big deal? I can make soybean paste and pickle vegetables. In Shanxi, every family knows how to make vinegar. It's not a special skill. The ingredients may be different, and the place where they are stored may be different, so the taste may be different. Everyone has different tastes. If you want to learn, I will teach you. When I'm gone, my son and grandson will have a place to find vinegar if they want to."

Mrs. Huang Dong also did not let Mrs. Qiao suffer any loss, and almost all the seasonings for the Qiao family were purchased by Mrs. Huang Dong.

After changing houses, the two families were closer and could walk to each other. The two old ladies in a foreign country became more and more closely connected and became like a pair of old best friends.

For some unknown reason, Mr. Qiao's second wife Avril did not give birth to a child. Mrs. Qiao also relented and agreed to let Mr. Qiao raise Qiao Jingshu. Qiao Jingshu also worked very hard and got A in all subjects.

The Qiao family seemed to attach great importance to academic performance. Whenever Mrs. Huang visited the Qiao family after the final exams, she would be asked about the grades of her two students.

Studying isn't difficult. As long as you have a normal IQ and work hard, you can expect to do poorly. Huang Wanzhen and Zhenzhen are both very serious about their studies and know how to work hard, which is why they both have excellent grades.

Whenever Mrs. Qiao saw Huang Wanzhen and Zhenzhen, she would smile and praise them. In the year when Huang Wanzhen graduated with a master's degree, she even wanted to introduce Huang Wanzhen to someone else, but Huang Wanzhen refused on the grounds that she still had to continue her doctoral studies.

In the same year, Su Jingyi and Li Kewei walked into the church and held their wedding in the presence of friends, teachers and Huang's family.

Over the past few years, the Huang family has established a deep relationship with Su Jingyi. Not only was the wedding dress made by Beautiful Clothing Company, but even the Chinese wedding banquet was booked by a Chinese restaurant.