Ding ding ding ding ding
"Qiao Lu, I'm back." Xu Haizhou finished work early today and went home. As soon as he entered the yard, a little steel cannon rushed up like a gust of wind.
"Dad——" He kicked the small ball he was playing with away and went to meet him.
Compared to when they first got married, Qiao An had gained a lot of weight and was quite heavy. He rushed over so quickly that Xu Haizhou took two steps back out of inertia before he could hold him steady.
Xu Haizhou smiled helplessly, picked up Qiao An, and put his cheek close to his.
"Son, what are you playing?"
The boy held his face and kissed him again and again, pointing at the little ball that was rolling farther and farther away: "This is the little ball you bought for me. I play with it every day!"
"You're so kind. Dad will buy you other toys next time."
The kid jumped happily in his arms: "Okay!"
Inside the room, Qiao Lu came out happily and took his arm: "Haizhou, I spent the whole afternoon thinking about a slogan."
Looking at her curiously, Xu Haizhou put his son down and asked, "What slogan?"
"Let me read it to you, ahem..." Qiao Lu cleared her throat and said with full energy: "Purple Dragonfly! I think it'll work!"
puff--
"Hahaha, sister-in-law, is this a slogan for selling clothes or health products?" Li Hongjun, who arrived late, happened to hear this and burst into laughter without mercy.
Qiao Lu couldn't help laughing and glanced at him: "What? Although our slogan is not that high-sounding, the most important thing is that everyone, including illiterate people, can understand it! Only in this way can we achieve the best communication effect. Do you understand?"
"Ah? It's so complicated?" Li Hongjun smiled and unloaded the goods.
But if he was asked to shout this slogan at the door of the store every day, even if he was thick-skinned, he would still feel a little embarrassed...
"I think it's okay. It's simple, easy to remember, and quite brainwashing." Xu Haizhou agreed with his wife's idea.
"Dad, I'm the same as you. I like it too." Qiao An agreed and shouted the slogan: "Purple Dragonfly! I think it's good!"
Qiao Lu couldn't help laughing and rubbed his face: "Yes, that's what we want, the brainwashing effect."
There was no need to promote high-end products in the 1980s. People are now hungry for a long time, not hungry for snacks after a full meal.
People nowadays pursue style and novelty, and new and trendy styles. It was not until the late 1990s that people began to pay attention to quality.
The market for young people is even more so.
Li Hongjun sighed helplessly: "Okay, as long as you like it, but it would be awkward if I really had to yell."
Qiao Lu smiled and patted his shoulder: "Hahaha, Ke Qu Ke, I let Haizhou, who is so shy, call me that. Good brother, I believe you can do it!"
"Uncle! An An believes in you too!" Qiao An raised his hand happily and agreed with his mother.
Li Hongjun: "..."
Well, you three have helpers in your family, so you can bully him as a lone family.
He dropped the groceries off, got on his bike and waved, "I'm not going to talk to you anymore. I'm going to go home and lie down and rest. I'm exhausted today."
"Okay, walk slowly and be careful on the road!"
"Goodbye, uncle~"
After watching him leave, Qiao Lu withdrew her gaze and was about to take her husband and son back to the house when the children in the yard suddenly ran up to her and asked, "Qiao An, what were you talking about just now? What purple dragonfly?"
"My mother gave our clothes a nice name, Purple Dragonfly." Holding Qiao Lu in one hand, Qiao An raised his little head proudly.
Qiao Lu rubbed the heads of several children and said, "Kang Kang, Nan Nan, please help promote our family when you have time."
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Children have limited abilities and their purchasing power is even less, but word-of-mouth promotion always costs nothing.
Let the public form muscle memory, so that when they hear the word Purple Dragonfly they will think of their clothes as a conditioned reflex. Isn't this a marketing method?
"Purple dragonfly?" The children looked at each other in bewilderment. Chen Nannan clapped her hands happily: "Nice! Nice! I've never seen a purple dragonfly before."
"We will help you promote it. I will tell all my classmates that the clothes you sell are called Purple Dragonfly!" Chen Jingkang said, patting his chest.
After all, I go to Qiao Lu's house to watch TV every day, so I have to help with this little favor.
The adults also came up to join in the fun and listened: "Okay, I'll help you go to the outer courtyard and tell everyone about it after dinner. When you have time, you can also promote it to the people in the next courtyard."
"Sister Qiao Lu, I can help you too. Many of my female high school classmates like to go to Baiyun Street to buy clothes." Fang Youwei said shyly.
Chen Jiamei's second brother Chen Ershun said: "I will help you too. Go to the factory to promote tomorrow. We have a lot of female comrades in the factory!"
Tian Jianzhong followed suit and said, "There are many gay men in our factory, but they all have wives and partners! I will help you too."
"Hahaha--"
"Thank you, thank you everyone!" It's really touching. Neighbors these days are so simple.
Qiaoan: "Mom, they are all fine." They are all willing to help mom promote Purple Dragonfly.
Qiao Lu: "Yes, helping each other is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation."
Qiao An immediately raised her hand: "I know this, Mom! And also respect the elderly and love the young, be thrifty, honest and trustworthy..."
He recited it fluently without even taking a breath, and the neighbors kept praising Qiao Lu for her good teaching.
Qiao Lu smiled modestly, quite proudly: "No, no, the child has a good memory and is smart."
Easy to learn!
Look at this proud tone, it really doesn't fit in with the "repressive education method" of Chinese parents.
If it were someone else's, they might start to be "humble" and belittle their own child: No, no, this child is so stupid, it took him a long time to remember it.
This kind of education method does undermine children's self-confidence, but they believe that it is cultivating children's humble character and preventing them from developing bad habits of arrogance and complacency.
However, humans are emotional animals after all, and if we only criticize without praising, we will fall into hidden inferiority complex as we grow older.
No matter how other parents educate their children, Qiao Lu prefers the encouragement method of education.
Look at her little baby, he becomes more lively and clever the more he is praised, how wonderful.
When it’s time to suppress, suppress. When it’s time to praise, don’t be stingy!
After chatting and laughing with the neighbors for a while, the chicken soup in the kitchen was ready.
Qiao Lu went into the kitchen to get some chicken soup, planning to spend the last five minutes stir-frying some vegetables before starting to eat.
Xu Haizhou walked into the room silently at some point and put his arms around her waist from behind.
"There's still some vegetables left to cook. It'll only take five minutes. Move the dishes out."
"Okay." The man responded softly but did not move.
Qiao Lu poked his chest with her elbow in amusement, "Get out of here, are you hot?"
"Take off your coat if you're hot." The temperature in the kitchen is high and you won't catch a cold easily.
"I'm too lazy to take it off." He then handed the chicken soup over and said, "Take it out."
Xu Haizhou went out with the chicken soup in his hand, and came back in less than a minute. The small kitchen was not very spacious to begin with, so it was difficult for him to even turn around.
"What are you trying to do here?" Qiao Lu glanced at him with amusement, still cooking.
"I want to tell you something," he said.
"What? Let's talk after dinner." I thought the man was going to say some corny love words like: It feels like a long time since we last met. Only by hugging and kissing more can we enhance our relationship.
He suddenly held her shoulders and leaned over to whisper in her ear: "Haven't you always said you wanted to buy a house in Nanhu Garden? I'll take you there tomorrow."
After turning off the gas stove, Qiaolu turned around in surprise and hugged him, one of her legs unconsciously rising up, looking playful and cute.
"Really? You're buying it tomorrow?"
These days, buying a house is a big deal!
In the 1980s, a household with an asset of 10,000 yuan was a symbol of wealth. Now their family assets are considered moderately wealthy. A house in Nanhu Garden costs at least 13,000 yuan. After spending all that money, their life will be like that before liberation. The remaining 2,000 yuan directly makes them "middle class".
Xu Haizhou laughed and pinched her face: "Bring An An with you to choose tomorrow, and decide on the one you like."
The deposits in the bank are definitely sufficient.
"Dad, are we going to see a new house again?"
The boy was like his father, appearing and disappearing mysteriously. I didn't know when he would be leaning on the kitchen door frame, staring at the couple hugging each other with his big grape eyes.
Qiao Lu pushed the man aside, picked up her son and walked into the house: "Haizhou, sprinkle some salt on the vegetables and serve them up. It's time to eat."
"good."
Qiaoan has a special impression of Nanhu Home. She visited the community three times last year alone.
He is always impressed every time and he particularly likes that place.
There are trees, flowers and plants, a beautiful garden, and the grounds are spacious and clean, without any clutter like in a large yard.
The most important thing is that my mother said that every house there has an independent toilet.
This means that if you have diarrhea in the future, you can go to the toilet in just a few seconds!
And the toilet is very clean, so clean that you can take a shower in it. You don’t even have to go to the bathroom anymore!
He was so excited that his two short legs swung wildly.
Qiao Lu pinched his face and inhaled the scent of milk: "We are not going to look at houses, we are going to buy a house."
The young man was so excited that he danced with joy: "Wow - we are finally going to buy a house! Can we live in a big garden in the future? Where should we buy it? Can we buy it behind the canteen? Then, we can go downstairs and reach the canteen in no time. It is very convenient to buy things."
Qiao Lu looked at him with amusement: "You like living above the grocery store? But it's next to the street and it will be very noisy with more cars."
"Mom, do you like quiet?" Qiaoan asked with her head tilted.
"Yeah, it's good to sleep when it's quiet." She pushed aside the fringe in front of his forehead and chuckled.
"Then..." The young man thought about it seriously and compromised: "Then buy the ones inside. I want my mother to sleep well."
Adults work very hard. They need to sleep well at night so that they can work hard during the day.
"My son is really sensible."
"You are such a great son." Xu Haizhou also praised him: "Then choose one that is not so close to the street and is close to the canteen."
Put down the chopsticks and hug Xu Haizhou tightly: "Okay~ I like Daddy!"
"Stinky boy, do you like me?" Qiao Lu rubbed his head. It was so fun to tease children.
Qiao An nodded quickly: "I like it, I like it. Mom will buy us a new house."
Qiao Lu tapped his nose and said, "No, this money was earned by mom and dad together."
"Mom and Dad are both so great, I love you guys~" In the entire compound, among all the people they know, they are the first to buy a house, how cool!
There was laughter and joy in the room.
There are very few people buying houses in 84, and the locations that people like are basically unavailable.
Qiao An likes a place that is closer to the canteen, Qiao Lu likes a quieter one, and Xu Haizhou likes a place with better lighting... In the end, they chose a building behind the canteen, on the third floor. It is neither low nor high, and it only takes four or five minutes to walk to the canteen by going downstairs.
It's rare to find a house that satisfies all three of us. It's open from north to south, with excellent lighting, and it's bright without turning on the lights. There's also a small balcony outside the living room, which would be beautiful if you plant some flowers and plants.
After noting the structure of the house, Qiao Lu has begun to imagine the interior design in her mind, wondering what style the house should be decorated in... preferably a classic style that will not be outdated even after decades.
After choosing a house, I walked around the neighborhood a few times before finally making up my mind.
So, under the guidance of the staff, various evidences were processed...
It was four hours later that the payment was made and the contract was signed.
If the house is removed, Xu Haizhou and his wife are not as rich as Li Hongjun now. It is really a "rich man's experience card".
Holding the property certificate, Qiao Lu was so excited on the way home that she almost lost her voice!
I remember that before I traveled through time, I didn’t feel as excited as I do now when I spent five million to buy a large flat!
Finally, they have a proper house for their family of three!
There is a kitchen, a living room, a balcony and a bathroom. The distance to Baiyun Street is also shortened by half. It's great!
"Haizhou, let's go to a restaurant later to celebrate."
"good."
"How about covering the whole house with tiles, with white and blue as the main colors, and decorating it in a fresh style?" Qiao Lu suggested while sitting in the back seat.
Xu Haizhou was still very confident in his young wife's aesthetic taste. Besides, he didn't really understand these things, so he naturally let her decide everything.
"It's up to you. I can do anything. Just ask An An what she likes." It would be better to ask his son than to ask him. Xu Haizhou thinks he just needs to be a quiet ATM.
"Forget it, it's pointless to ask you. You can say anything." Qiao Lu laughed and punched his back. "The money for buying the house was earned by both of us. I can't make all the decisions. You have to have some sense of participation."
Of course it takes two people to build a happy home. You don't even have a little bit of romance, man——
Qiao Lu: "After buying the house, we still have 2,000 yuan in savings. We can keep 800 to 900 yuan for working capital and the rest for decoration, but I'm afraid the budget is not enough."
Xu Haizhou: "No, one thousand is enough. I will go find the decoration team."
Finally, he had a chance to show his talents. Qiao Lu waved her hand generously: "Okay, I'll leave it to you."
"After all, this is our first house. I want to decorate it well and take my time. Are you in a hurry to move in?"
Xu Haizhou shook his head: "It's all fine with me. There's no rush. You can arrange the house however you want."
"Okay, then take your time. Let's install the ventilation system for a month before moving in. It'll be safer."
"Um."
…
The sun was shining brightly at noon. It was only about an hour after I finished lunch and came out of the state-owned hotel.
Xu Haizhou is resting today, and Li Hongjun is the only one guarding the store.
The store at the entrance of the alley was open, while the store at the end of the alley was not open, but the fitting rooms were still open. If anyone wanted to try on clothes, they could go there. Yu Fan would be there to help watch over them so that no customers would sneak away.
On the way home, they passed a long and steep slope, so Qiao Lu and her son had to get out of the car. Xu Haizhou also got out and pushed the car up the slope before riding again.
There was a woman pushing a tricycle on Banpo, with a large pile of goods loaded on the tricycle.
There were so many things on the tricycle and they were so heavy that the woman was exhausted and accidentally slid backwards under the weight of the tricycle. She couldn't keep it steady even if she pushed with both hands.
Seeing this, Qiao Lu rushed over and gave him a helping hand: "Haizhou!"
Upon hearing the sound, Xu Haizhou also dropped his bicycle and rushed to help. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he helped the woman push the tricycle to the top of the slope.
Qiao An was still guarding Xu Haizhou's bicycle on the hillside. He was afraid that some bad guys would steal their bicycle!
It was so cute, standing there stupidly like a woodchuck, with its hands clasped in front of its belly, looking at the three adults helplessly.
Xu Haizhou took two steps at a time down the slope and pushed the bicycle to the top of the slope. The little boy held on to his father's clothes and followed him closely.
"Thank you very much. Thank you so much! Ah - Boss Xu?"
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