Chapter 117 Chapter 117 Big news.
Little Fangfang, who knew nothing about this, was still enjoying her carefree childhood. When she was told that the holiday was over and they were going home, her face was full of shock and reluctance, but she still followed her parents obediently into the car going home.
After having a lively and fulfilling Lantern Festival at home, the child comforted herself and happily went to kindergarten with her little schoolbag on her back. She had a lot of interesting stories to share with her good friends.
Moreover, they are all older children who will be promoted to the middle class this year. Everyone agreed long ago that they would go to the small class classroom to watch the fun at the beginning of the school year and laugh at those little kids who are still breastfeeding on their first day of school.
The children are busy reporting to school, and the adults are naturally busy with work.
While others could still celebrate the Lantern Festival with peace of mind and make the transition, Liu Suqin did not stop for a moment. She plunged into her busy work the next day after returning to Shenzhen. As a result, the arrangements for the Lantern Festival and her daughter's school registration were all handled by the child's father.
Lin Nanjiang took care of the logistics and went straight to open for business.
Liu Suqin was busy for several months.
After the Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival is the only peak season, and the entire month of March is the off-season. Logically, Liu Suqin should not be so busy, but it may be that she has squeezed her two capable people, Li Hong and Zhang Mingliang, too much, causing them to ask her for leave during the off-season.
The reason is the same, both are preparing to accompany their partners back to meet their parents.
In fact, Li Hong had already discussed her plan to meet her parents over the phone during the Chinese New Year.
She went home alone for the New Year again this year. Her parents and their aunts and uncles kept urging her to get married, and she was so annoyed that she told her family half-truths that she had actually found a partner outside, but the man had no car, no house, no education, and was from another province. She was afraid that they would not agree, so she did not bring him home.
Unexpectedly, even after she said that, her parents, who had always been snobbish, didn't care at all. They told her to just bring the tie home. It didn't matter if the boy's family was poor. As long as he had all the necessary skills and was hardworking and down-to-earth, they wouldn't be picky.
Of course, Li Hong didn't believe that the couple had suddenly become so considerate. After some testing, she found out that it was because she had become a well-known "old maid" in the nearby villages, and her parents couldn't hold their heads up in the village. Now, as long as someone was willing to take over this hot potato of hers and it wouldn't affect her younger brothers' marriages, the family would be thankful. Her parents didn't bother to be picky about the man's conditions at all.
Li Hong, a promising young man with a house and a career, had become an old maid who couldn't get married in her hometown. When she first found out about this, she felt like the sky had fallen and she was completely terrified. But when she turned her head and saw her parents who were troubled by this old maid, she suddenly felt relieved.
The more her parents care about this matter, or even get anxious about it, the more favorable the situation will be for her.
After figuring this out, Li Hong began to manipulate her family. The more they urged her to bring her boyfriend home to meet him so that they could finalize the marriage, the more Li Hong hesitated and refused to give in. She started complaining, saying that her boyfriend's family was poor and that he couldn't help at all, and that they had to rely on him to work outside to earn money to build a house for them. However, he had no education or background, and his salary was average. The expenses in big cities were so high that he didn't have much money left. If she married him, she would have to tighten her belt to buy a house in Shenzhen, and raising children in the future would be even more difficult.
His half-truthful complaints left his parents and brothers stunned.
In the end, Li Hong revealed her true intentions. If she brought her current partner home, she would not be allowed to accept any betrothal gifts, and her family would not have to prepare a dowry for her. They would just simply get a marriage certificate and save money to raise a child in the future.
Li's parents were too afraid that this unpromising daughter would become a burden to them. It was a small matter if she herself could not get married, but it was a big deal if it affected their beloved son and made him not be considered a good wife. So they had no choice but to grit their teeth and accept this condition.
But they also made a request that Li Hong must bring the person back by the end of the year and let everyone in the village know that she was married.
In order to prevent her from going back on her word, Li's parents took her to the village store to make a phone call. They heard with their own ears that she and her boyfriend agreed to meet their parents before they would stop.
The small store at the entrance of the village is equivalent to the information exchange center of the village. After Li Hong made this phone call, the whole village knew that she had a partner.
So later, Liu Suqin called her to discuss work arrangements after the New Year. After they finished talking about business, Li Hong told her the story directly as gossip.
At that time, Liu Suqin's focus was on the battle of wits and courage between her good sister and her parents. She was very pleased and admired.
Although from the perspective of Li Hong's parents, asking Zhang Guoliang for a dowry was just a small request, it was probably around three to five thousand, and this was only Li Hong's own monthly income, so it was nothing to give it to her.
But Liu Suqin knew very well that they were not worth it. Li Hong briefly described to her the situation during her divorce in her previous life. She was almost deserted by everyone. Her family members who were usually so close to her and said they would support her ran away one by one, as if they would be contaminated by her if they were not careful.
Li Hong said that she did not cry when she found out that her husband was cheating on her, and she was not sad at all when she divorced him because she had fought for the property she wanted. However, after hearing countless complaints and accusations from her parents and brothers, she quietly left and found a corner outside to cry loudly.
Therefore, for such selfish people who do not consider other people's parents and brothers at all, giving them is like throwing meat buns to a dog, which is totally unnecessary.
In her previous life, Li Hong's marriage was quite bumpy, with several ups and downs. Every time, the ones who hurt her the most were her so-called blood relatives. Only later did she truly see their true nature and began to quietly distance herself from them, focusing on her own life and children, and only maintaining a little face with her natal family.
But Li Hong has not experienced those setbacks yet. Every time she goes home, her parents are very concerned about her, their daughter who can make money in the big city. While Liu Suqin is happy for her, she is also afraid that one day her family will accidentally cheat her out of money.
Although this possibility is very small, Li Hong has never given 100% to her parents in her two lifetimes, but she has a high income now. Even if she gives 30% or 50%, it is still a huge sum of money. Why should she let that selfish family get it for free?
So after hearing Li Hong talk about her amazing operation and how her family couldn't get a penny of the betrothal money, Liu Suqin was really happy. At that time, she was only concerned with secretly praising her for doing a great job.
After returning from the trip, Li Hong told her her more detailed plan. She wanted to meet Zhang Guoliang's parents first during the off-season at the store, so that she could take him back to her hometown during the Chinese New Year. This would not only solve the problem of lifelong affairs, but also would not affect her work much.
Liu Suqin strongly supported her friend's decision, and she made a promise at the time that she would grant her a week's leave so that she could stay at her future mother-in-law's house for a few more days and observe their character.
But she didn't expect that she had said it too early. Zhang Mingliang saw that her work partner had taken a week off to meet his parents, so he shamelessly came to her to apply.
Liu Suqin: ...
They were all veteran backbones, and they all had to go to meet their parents for such an important event, so she couldn't favor one over the other. In the end, she gritted her teeth and approved leave for Zhang Mingliang as well.
Of course, Zhang Mingliang has to wait until Li Hong returns to work before he can start his vacation.
He didn't mind. After getting the boss's verbal promise, he smiled and made a promise to Liu Suqin in reverse. He patted his chest and promised that as long as the meeting with the parents went smoothly and the wedding date was set, he and his partner would only hire their own people to take the wedding photos and wedding makeup, and would never let outsiders take advantage of the opportunity.
Liu Suqin ate the cake. After all, with Zhang Mingliang's income, it was not difficult for him to bear these expenses, not to mention that his girlfriend was a local wealthy woman.
Yes, Liu Suqin was quite familiar with Zhang Mingliang's girlfriend because they went on a field trip together a few years ago. This guy was restless at work and fell in love with the bride's cousin at first sight. He kept pestering her for her contact information. The two of them had only known each other for less than half a year, so Liu Suqin was impressed by his efficiency.
Anyway, good things are about to happen to everyone, so Liu Suqin still expressed her blessings. However, she was caught off guard by their consecutive leave. March, the quietest month, was actually the busiest for her, the boss, and she was almost fully staffed.
After Li Hong and Zhang Mingliang finished their personal affairs and returned to work, the store had to start preparing for the May Day peak. They were committed to recommending customers to start arranging wedding photos about two months before the wedding and try on makeup at the same time, so as soon as April began, some customers who listened to their advice came to the store.
Chen Jiaming and He Yaohua also came here to take wedding photos in early April.
As for their wedding attire, after several months of discussion, He Yaohua and her mother each compromised and decided on two sets: a wedding gown and a dragon and phoenix gown.
Liu Suqin was delighted and helped her try on the makeup herself.
On the day of Chen Jiaming and He Yaohua's wedding, Liu Suqin and Lin Nanjiang acted separately. She led the team to the bride's house to make preparations early in the morning, while Lin Nanjiang and others took a bus to the village for the banquet.
As a famous demolished village outside the Great Wall, Uncle Chen's village is very traditional and quite confident. The wedding was held in the ancestral hall of his hometown, and a famous banquet chef was invited. Considering that Chen Jiaming also had many clients, colleagues and friends in the city, all of whom had sent invitations, the groom's family, who were not short of money, directly chartered a bus to pick up the relatives and friends.
After Liu Suqin finished putting makeup on He Yaohua, she drove with her colleagues to the outside of the Great Wall.
Weddings in the countryside are lively until the evening. The families of the bride and groom are not short of money, so they directly book a whole day of service. Liu Suqin brought people to Chen's house, changed the bride's makeup, and watched traditional performances such as jumping over the fire basin and serving tea.
The banquet started around four in the afternoon. Liu Suqin and her colleagues had finished their work, and since they were not needed for the next event, she led a few young people to the banquet. Before they even entered the ancestral hall, they were stopped by Lin Nanjiang, who was waiting at the door. "You've been busy all day, you must be tired. I saved a seat for you. Come on, come on."
When they got to their seats, besides Lin Quansheng, Zhang Guoliang and the others, Liu Suqin also saw Li Liang. Just as they greeted each other and sat down to eat, Li Liang leaned over and dropped a piece of big news in their ears, "You might not know this yet, but the street where we bought ours might be demolished!"
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