The New Year is here, we get rid of the old and welcome the new, and replace the old charms with new ones.

This year is the quietest and warmest Spring Festival since Qiao Lu traveled to Li'an.

On New Year's Eve, the couple worked together to cook a new year's eve dinner, which included three meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes. What they couldn't finish was sealed and frozen on the balcony, as the temperature outside was still very low.

Dinner was ready. With the sound of firecrackers going off outside the window, the family of four sat around the dining table and turned on the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

There weren't many people, but because there was a little baby, it felt a little more heartwarming than in previous years.

When they were almost done with the meal, Joan carried her sister to the sofa and watched the show closer to the TV.

But he was restless and watched the show, playing with his sister from time to time.

Fortunately, Qiaoqiao also laughed very politely. Since she learned to call him "brother", she has been calling him "brother" from morning to night.

When I eat, I have to call my brother. When I take a bath, I have to call my brother. When I drink milk, I have to call my brother...

"Brother is done with you. When can you call me dad and mom?"

After dinner, Xu Haizhou cleared the dishes and went into the kitchen to wash them. Qiao Lu touched her heavy belly, walked to the sofa and sat down next to the two little babies, holding one in each hand and kissing them again and again.

Fragrant and soft, very comfortable.

The little guy blinked his eyes. The five-month-old baby can already eat complementary food. Today, her father made a small bowl of rice porridge for her. She ate it mouthful by mouthful, shaking her head and nodding from time to time, as if to say that the rice porridge made by her father was really delicious.

While eating, without any warning, he called out crisply: "Mom!"

The baby's voice was as clear as a bell and came so suddenly that Qiao Lu was surprised and happy.

Putting down the bowl and chopsticks, he held the little baby's face, and said with excitement: "Baby, what did you shout? Say it again?"

"Brother~" He tilted his head and smiled with a joking expression.

Qiao Lu held her forehead helplessly and poked her head: "No, it's mom."

"Yes, Qiaoqiao, you should call mommy, mommy." Qiaoan was also correcting her with a serious expression, acting like a "little adult" like her brother.

Qiaoqiao blinked her pretty eyes, opened her mouth and raised her teeth: "Brother~Mom!"

"Oh, that's right, isn't that right? It's mommy. You naughty baby, are you teasing your mommy?"

"Brother~Mom~Mom~" She kept shouting, as if she was addicted.

"Qiaoqiao, can you call me mom just for once?" Qiao Lu asked temptingly, tapping the bowl of rice porridge lightly.

The little guy was drooling and patting the edge of the bowl with his little hands: "Mom? Mom!"

"That's right, that's right!" He held her face and kissed her again and again, feeling so happy, "My dear, mommy loves you so much, how can you be so cute."

"I love my sister too." Qiao An leaned over, bent down and gave his sister a kiss on the cheek.

The little guy was laughing and drooling.

There were endless fireworks and firecrackers tonight, and I couldn't sleep. Qiaoqiao couldn't sleep either, so she rolled around in Mom and Dad's big bed.

Qiaoan was also playing on the bed. Today, because it was too noisy outside, his parents made an exception and let him stay in the room for a while before going back to sleep.

Qiaoqiao can now call her brother and mother, but she remains unmoved by the word "dad" no matter how much she is coaxed, which makes her old father very upset.

"When can I call you daddy? Hmm? Qiaoqiao, call me daddy, daddy."

"Mom~" Facing her father's handsome face, the cute baby called out "Mom" without hesitation.

Qiao Lu laughed so hard and patted her little butt: "Only you can make your dad embarrassed.

Xu Haizhou glanced at her sadly: "You two are here specifically to annihilate me."

Qiao Lu laughed, put her arms around his waist, and put her chin on his shoulder, where the temperature was high and warm: "I want to defeat you. If not you, who else can I defeat? Not only you, but you have to be willing to be defeated by me."

Sniffing the fragrance of Qiao Lu's face, the man chuckled, turned his head and kissed her lips: "Yes, I am willing."

The next day, Xu Haizhou was awakened by the pat of his lady's small fleshy hands, muttering something.

"Dad~ Baba~ Papa~"

"Hmm? Qiaoqiao?" Xu Haizhou woke up slowly. The skin on both sides of his cheeks was slapped red by some kid. When he touched it carefully, he felt a little pain.

How long did it take for this little guy to shoot?

Helplessly pulling the child into his arms, the little guy grabbed his father's fingers and muttered: "Mom, Dad~"

"Do you need to poop?" Xu Haizhou asked, and touched her diaper. It was too thick and he couldn't see anything. He had to go to the toilet and open it to find out.

"Dad~" It sounded like someone was calling him, and the pronunciation was quite clear.

Xu Haizhou thought seriously and pinched her face: "Is it daddy or daddy?"

He held Qiaoqiao up vertically, and the little guy wrapped his arms around his father's neck. He stepped on his thighs and jumped with his little feet, up and down, with considerable force.

She came over, bit his face, and left a saliva kiss: "Daddy~Daddy~"

Xu Haizhou was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed and shook her arm: "Scream again?"

"Dad, Dad?" It's not so clear, but it's definitely Dad!

"Qiaoqiao, you're awesome! Daddy loves you!" Xu Haizhou was so excited by such a surprise early in the morning that he lost all desire to sleep.

"Dad, Dad~Dad~"

I'm addicted again...

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The second day of the Lunar New Year should be the most relaxing and leisurely time of the year, but the entire Xu Haizhou family, young and old, went out, from the 29-year-old father to the five-month-old baby, to open the business together to make money!

There is no other way. If you want to be respected in front of others, you have to suffer behind the scenes.

During the first month of the lunar year, the entire consumer market is at its busiest. If you take a break to have fun at this time, your money will be taken away by others.

Today's busyness is for a happier vacation in the future.

Busy! It's time to be busy!

A large number of employees were also called up, and they could be paid double wages for working during the Spring Festival. Those who were willing to stay could stay, and those who were unwilling could go home for the New Year. The factory director also gave each employee a red envelope of ten yuan, and the favor was immediately shown.

Coupled with the fact that wages doubled during the Spring Festival, two-thirds of the employees chose to stay in the factory during the holiday.

It’s not like I work all day long. At least I can get off work at six o’clock and go home to spend the New Year with my family.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, An An and Qiao Qiao were brought to Xindian by Qiao Lu. Qiao Qiao sat in the stroller and played with her dolls, occasionally wanting to come out for a walk or crawl.

An An is responsible for taking care of her sister, and if anything happens, she just needs to run over and tell Qiao Lu.

Qiao Lu has to entertain guests, do the accounting, and count which clothes are out of stock so that she can send drivers to restock them in time.

She was too busy, so busy that she had no time to rest. And Xu Haizhou also had to take care of factory matters. All the pressure was put on her alone, which was very hard.

Fortunately, the two little babies were very supportive. They didn't cry or make any noise and played quietly in the store with the window.

Because the place is expensive, few customers go there, so it is enough space for the two little babies to play.

The floor was mopped clean and Qiaoqiao was crawling on it, wearing fingerless gloves made by Qiao Lu to protect her palms from being frozen by the cold floor.

Qiao An is now acting like an older brother. He stands in front of Qiao Qiao and encourages her to crawl faster. Sometimes, Qiao Qiao sits down on the ground out of fear of being tired. Qiao An will shout, "Qiao Qiao, come on! Try to stand up and take a few steps. If you can't, brother will help you. I will help you walk together."

So the two kids just entertained themselves.

"An'an, Qiaoqiao, come and get something to eat. Dinner is still an hour away. Are you hungry?"

Qiao An carried her sister to sit on the carpet, making sure there were no objects around that could fall over. Then she ran up with crisp steps, took the date paste roll and said, "Mom, I'm a little hungry, but can my sister eat this?"

"Just feed her less. Don't feed her date paste rolls. Feed her this, a softer cake." Qiao Lu handed another piece of cake to Qiao An, "Go ahead, feed her little by little. Don't let her choke."

Qiaoan often helps his mother feed his sister complementary food and bottles, so he is very experienced. The little guy is also naturally meticulous, so Qiaolu feels relieved to leave Qiaoqiao to him and will occasionally pay attention to the situation there.

"Okay, I know, I can!" and he ran away.

I fed my sister a bite of cake, put the bottle to her mouth and asked her if she was thirsty.

So considerate, a real warm-hearted guy.

Qiao Lu records the daily revenue every day. Business is booming during the Chinese New Year. Those who didn't notice this store during the opening period will definitely pay attention to it when they come shopping during the Chinese New Year.

The flow of people near the department store is not exaggerated at all. The flow of people on Baiyun Street is more than doubled.

Qiao Lu rarely goes to Baiyun Street now. No matter how high the income is there, it would cost more here every 11 or 12 days.

So, this is why we have the concept of commercial streets, to gather the flow of people into one area so that everyone can make money together and no one will lose out.

It’s true, even the female saleswomen who sell clothes in department stores would come to Ziqiongting for a walk after get off work. Occasionally, they would buy a piece of clothing if they were tempted. The clothes in department stores are no longer attractive to them.

Purple dragonfly is king!

Besides, the popular style this year is leather jackets. Not only are they expensive, but everyone is flocking to them and they are selling very well!

Leather jackets are made of sheepskin and goatskin, and are expensive, costing about three or four hundred dollars each!

But the strange thing is that most young people would save several months’ salary to buy one even if they have no money.

Therefore, Ziqingting Women's Wear has specially set up a small counter for these "high-end" leather jackets in the new store and placed it in the most conspicuous place at the door. If you have money but don't make it, you're a fool. You can't be rigid when you need to be flexible!

Qiao Lu speculates that faux leather jackets will appear in the future, and the price of jackets will plummet accordingly.

Therefore, before this, Purple Dragonfly must strongly promote its leather jackets and sell more of them while the trend is hot. After this point in time, it will be difficult to sell them.

As for why young people suddenly love these leather jackets, Qiao Lu asked a young couple, and the man said: "There was a movie in the United States recently. The male protagonist in the movie wore a leather jacket and looked so handsome. Lesbians all like this. We have to keep up with the trend."

It turns out that he wanted to pick up girls, no wonder he was willing to spend such a huge sum of money.

A goat leather jacket and a gold ring are symbols of status and wealth these days, and are also the best props to pick up girls.

Well, Qiao Lu finally understood that from this time on, the concept of luxury goods began to spread among the general public.

The sudden popularity of leather jackets has made it a fashionable luxury brand for young people overnight. In the future, there will be more opportunities for explosions. If you catch one, you can soar into the sky like a rocket.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Qiao Lu had an idea and hurried to the factory, instructing the factory employees to immediately free up a production line and work overtime to make women's leather jackets!

She has already drawn the design, making some minor changes to the men's version to make it lighter and smaller, with more varied and brighter colors. It is a leather jacket designed specifically for lesbians.

Who said only men can wear it?

From the late 1980s to the beginning of the 21st century, society was open to an unimaginable degree. Women with androgynous styles already appeared in those days and were quite popular. They were also a symbol of fashion trends and not clichés.

We had to act immediately and produce women's leather jackets when leather jackets were at their hottest. If we waited until it was produced by other companies, Purple Dragonfly would only be able to sit back and watch.

If they are the first to release the product, they can vigorously promote the genuine product in the future.

So now you can make money from both ends, and make a lot of money!

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the last day of vacation for office workers, the streets were bustling as never before. Even reporters from newspapers were out in force to do an exclusive interview on the Spring Festival, which made the headlines of the Li'an Daily.

Mainly centered around the Spring Festival and the festive atmosphere, it aims to introduce to you the hustle and bustle of Li'an during the Spring Festival, and the enthusiastic spirits of the citizens, reflecting the people's praise for the reform and opening-up.

In short, it is a politically correct article that praises the people, the party, and the new style of the times.

The interview was conducted in the busiest commercial street. We first went to the department store, where there were many people coming and going, so it was easy to find people to interview. Then we went to some small shops and public streets nearby. Finally, we noticed a small, gleaming house not far from the department store.

That's so attractive!

Two reporters came to see it out of curiosity. They were amazed by the beautiful decoration. After going in to ask, they realized that this was a typical example of ordinary people achieving financial freedom through reform and opening up!

Interview! Interview now! And make it an exclusive interview, write it in the newspaper as a typical case, and strongly praise the country's measures for the welfare of the people!

Qiao Lu was a little confused at first when she received the interview requests from two reporters, but she quickly reacted and warmly invited them to come into the store and sit down.

There aren't many scammers pretending to be reporters these days, especially since they even brought their work IDs.

I took them to the lounge chair in the custom-made area, patted Qiaoqiao's crib, and said to Qiaoan, "Anan, take your sister over there to play. Mommy needs to talk to the reporters here."

Qiao Lu carried Qiao Qiao to the stroller and put her there. Qiao An, the old lady, was also pushing the stroller and preparing to leave. She asked, "Mom, what is a reporter uncle?"

"They are the staff who write newspapers. Go quickly and go to Sister Yingying's place."

"All right."

She walked slowly in the stroller, her steps looking quite "mature and experienced". Qiaoqiao was sitting in the stroller, waving to her mother. She wanted to turn her head to look at her, but because of her short neck and uncoordinated body, she couldn't turn around, and Qiaolu burst out laughing.

"Both of them are your children?" The two reporters expressed disbelief.

"Yes." Qiao Lu smiled slightly.

Then I received a deep look from the two of them: I really can't believe that this woman who looks like she is in her early twenties is already a mother of two children!

"It's so beautiful. Both children are beautiful. You are so lucky." While the male reporter was talking, the female reporter holding the camera had already started taking pictures of the store. The decoration here is so beautiful that it must be included in the headlines of this chapter of the newspaper!

Qiao Lu smiled subtly and pushed aside her hair: "Then how do we conduct the interview?"

The male reporter immediately sat up straight and put down his paper and pen: "Comrade, just tell me how you opened this store, why you opened it, the difficulties you encountered along the way, and how you solved them in the end."

"Okay." As for telling stories, Qiaolu often exercises, so this is not a problem for her.

Because she had to consider the male reporter's writing speed, Qiao Lu slowed down her speech and paused from time to time to wait for him. The entire interview lasted for an hour and a half!

Fortunately, the store was not busy at the moment, otherwise it would have disturbed their business.

After the interview, the two of them flattered each other for a while, and the male reporter asked another question: "I would like to ask what you think of the series of national measures such as reform and opening up?"

Whatever Qiao Lu can say, of course she must strongly agree and encourage. Besides, she herself rose to prominence riding on the spring breeze of reform and opening up, so she absolutely cannot say anything bad about it.

The interview finally ended successfully. The two reporters stood up to say goodbye, but before leaving, they couldn't help but walk around the Purple Dragonfly store for several rounds.

Especially the female reporters, who have just taken office for the past two months and have been busy with work, have not been out shopping for a long time. They did not even know that such a unique and beautiful clothing store had opened near the department store.

She had basically seen all the popular styles, but she had never heard of the custom-made ones. It was so amazing!

The color combination, design and style all stimulate her love of beauty.

The male reporter was attracted by the leather jacket hanging under the window. The comfortable fleece lining made him reluctant to let it go, but he lost interest when he asked about the price.

Qiao Lu smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll give you a discount of 20%."

"20% off? That's quite a deal." The male reporter scratched his head a little embarrassedly, wondering whether he should buy one. Wearing leather jackets has become very popular recently, and many gay men in the newspaper office buy them... But he always felt that they were expensive, so he didn't dare to buy them.

Just at this moment, Li Hongjun came over from Anqiao Garment Factory delivering goods. After getting off the car, he trotted in and handed Qiao Lu a list.

"Sister-in-law, here is a form for you to sign."

Qiao Lu took it, took out a pen and signed her name: "Just ask the driver to bring it over. Why do you have to come here in person?"

Li Hongjun grinned, a little silly: "Hehe, I made an appointment with my girlfriend to have lunch at the hotel nearby, so I took a ride with the driver."

Qiao Lu smiled knowingly, glanced at him and joked, "You seem to be getting along very well with her recently. When are you going to get married?"

Li Hongjun frowned and pouted: "Marriage? Well... I don't have that idea for now. We have been together for a long time and our relationship is okay, but I always feel that we have not reached the stage of marriage."

How do you say it? Almost there?

Qiao Lu naturally didn't want to interfere with other people's feelings, so she nodded and said, "Okay, but if you don't want to get married, don't do anything rash."

Li Hongjun blushed for once, his eyes darting around: "No, what are you talking about, sister-in-law? We just held hands and kissed at most, nothing more."

Phew—the more you talk, the more obscene it becomes.

After handing the order to Qiao Lu, she was about to leave when she suddenly noticed two reporters in the store: "Hey, is that a customer? Why is he holding a camera?"

After working in the industry for several years, Li Hongjun has already developed a keen intuition: "Could it be that he is from the same industry? He came to buy our custom-made products and then went back to make pirated copies?!"

Puff——

Qiao Lu laughed out loud: "Although I commend you for your prudence, I'm not a journalist. I'm here to interview you."

"Reporter? Interviewing what? It can't be under the name of interview..."

"No." Qiao Lu laughed and gave a brief explanation. Li Hongjun then suddenly understood and looked at the two reporters doubtfully.

He does have the temperament of a "scholar", and he doesn't look like a bad person... An idea suddenly popped up in his mind, and Li Hongjun said excitedly:

"Fuck! Sister-in-law, isn't this the best promotion for our Purple Dragonfly and An Qiao?"

Before Qiao Lu could react, Li Hongjun ran up to the two reporters and asked anxiously, "Hey, two reporters! Have you written down our boss's heroic deeds?"

"Heroic deeds?" The two looked at each other in confusion.

"It's like this. The owner of our Purple Dragonfly Clothing Store is this Boss Qiao." He pointed at Qiao Lu and introduced her, and then said, "Boss Qiao's husband is the director of Anqiao Clothing Factory, which is also the factory where Purple Dragonfly gets its goods. It's called Anqiao Clothing Factory. The factory director is also our Boss Qiao's husband. He helped the police to crack down on the most rampant human traffickers in Li'an City! And then..."

Blah blah, Li Hongjun told the two reporters about Xu Haizhou's glorious deeds of bravely rescuing the children and destroying the human traffickers' base.

The male reporter's brain was almost out of capacity after hearing this, and he kept writing and writing without stopping, sweating profusely - this news was so explosive that it could have a separate page!

"Okay, okay, let me go back and sort it out carefully. Thank you for your support!"

"Hahaha, you're welcome." He also wants to thank you for promoting Zi Qingting and An Qiao for free!

The two reporters hurried back to work. After seeing them off, Qiao Lu patted her head and said, "I was so busy that I didn't think that it would be published in the newspaper and could also promote our store."

Smart all your life, but confused for a moment.

"Hahaha, it's okay, luckily I'm here. Wait and see what they write. Maybe it can really be an advertisement."

Li'an Daily is the most popular newspaper in Li'an. In these days when information is scarce, newspapers are undoubtedly the best choice. Compared with the Internet era in the 21st century, the dissemination power is more intensive and it can be said to be precisely delivered to every citizen of Li'an City.

So in recent days, several shareholders have been paying attention to the news in the Li'an Daily.

…

Two days later, the Li'an Daily was freshly published, and Xu Haizhou, as usual, rode his bicycle to buy a copy at a newsstand along the street, and took it to the factory office to read it quietly.

As it turned out, when they opened the stall, they saw the stylish cover of their Purple Dragonfly store.

Even the black and white newspapers could not block the bright light coming from the two glass rooms.

"Really? Wow, quite impressive." It was clearly an interview on new social trends during the Spring Festival. People who didn't know would have thought it was an exclusive interview with Purple Dragonfly.

In the most conspicuous place in the middle of the newspaper, there was a long string of bold words: "The eighth Spring Festival of reform and opening up, witnessing the progress of the times from the birth and growth of Purple Dragonfly!"

After reading through six paragraphs, the article ends with the following sentence: "Thanks to the support and encouragement from the national government, the people are living a happy life that they never dared to imagine before."

Good guy, really good guy.

I just didn’t expect that there are even better things to come…

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