After the New Year, with the help of her family, Ruan Ruan completed her two-month postpartum confinement period. Of course, in the second month, she was allowed to take a bath once a week. By the time she finished her confinement period, it was already March.
During her postpartum period, Ruan Ruan was bored, so she drew a blueprint for a baby stroller and asked Huo Haocheng to find someone to help make it.
Huo Haocheng originally intended to take the blueprints to the village carpenter after get off work to see if he could make them. However, at the end of the training, the blueprints were accidentally brought out and seen by Ge Xiaotian and the others. After Huo Haocheng explained the situation, they felt that they could do it, and after he repeatedly assured them, Huo Haocheng left the blueprints with them.
Several people used their spare time to study and work on the project, borrowing all the necessary materials and tools from the logistics department. A week later, they had made the stroller from the blueprints.
"Captain, how was it? We told you we could do it, right? Do you still have any doubts?" After training, Ge Xiaotian showed Huo Haocheng the results of their work over the past few days.
This was the first time Gu Jinghe had ever seen a baby stroller like this. "Xiao Tian, what are these for?"
"This is a baby stroller drawn by Ruan Ruan. We saw the blueprint and asked the team leader for it. It took her a week to make. What do you think? Not bad, right?"
Seeing the gleam in Gu Jinghe's eyes, Ge Xiaotian felt extremely smug.
"It's not bad," Gu Jinghe said, while his hands were busy pushing the handle back and forth a few times.
“I’m saying, brothers shouldn’t be biased. You did it for Huo Haocheng, so I can’t do less for him, right?” Gu Jinghe thought about how his wife was working and his mother-in-law was helping to take care of the children. The couple had agreed to give his mother-in-law some money every month.
However, as the child grows bigger and heavier, the mother-in-law gets tired carrying the child outside every day. Having a stroller like this would make things much easier.
Listening to Gu Jinghe's words, Huo Haocheng also thought of Ruan Shaohong and Huo Haoshi's child, who was about the same age. After thinking about it, he paid for the materials himself and asked them to help each family make one.
No one had any objections to this; after all, we're all brothers, it's just a matter of lifting a finger.
That evening, Huo Haocheng returned home with the stroller, and his grandmother praised him profusely, "Oh my, my grandson, you've finally done something right!"
The old lady and Wang Qun had never seen such a stroller before. Fearing that the stroller was not sturdy and might hurt her great-grandson and granddaughter, the old lady braced herself with both hands and pressed down hard a few times. After confirming that there was no problem, she found an old cotton coat that she no longer wore, cut it up and used it as a pad, and then held the baby on it to test it out.
"Great, great, this stroller is really useful. By the way, Haocheng, where did you buy this stroller? Is it still available?" The old lady thought of Li Huan's child back home. This kind of stroller must be very expensive. The old lady thought that if Huo Haocheng had a way to buy one, she would pay for it herself and send it back. Now that spring has arrived, the busy farming season will be coming soon. With this stroller, it will be much more convenient for Li Huan to take care of the child.
"Grandma, no need to buy it. Ruan Ruan drew this picture. Ge Xiaotian and the others did it in their spare time. I've already told them that the logistics department will help buy the materials tomorrow. Once it's finished, I'll send it home."
Huo Haocheng thought that with this experience, they would be able to do it quickly again.
As he expected, with experience, they made all the material models needed for the three strollers at once, and then paired them up in pairs, completing the three strollers in just a few days.
On the day it was finished, Gu Jinghe took the stroller home and was praised by Dr. Jiang and his mother-in-law. Afterwards, his mother-in-law pushed the stroller around the family compound, showing it off. The main thing was that Dr. Jiang had been living at home during her pregnancy, and Gu Jinghe had been going back every day, which made Dr. Jiang's mother the subject of ridicule in the family compound.
No matter how Jiang's mother explained, the couple gave them food, but it was no use. They were convinced that the couple had come back to the wife's family to freeload. They just wouldn't believe it. To put it bluntly, it was jealousy. Every family has a married daughter. They believed that Gu Jinghe was the only person they knew, regardless of who their son-in-law was.
Now that they see the stroller that Gu Jinghe brought back, their jealousy is reignited. But compared to jealousy, they are also extremely envious.
Similarly, when Huo Haocheng sent the strollers to Ruan Shaohong and Huo Haoshi, the two mothers pushed them around outside. People with children at home all asked them where the strollers came from, expressing that they all wanted to buy one.
After receiving the news, Ruan Ruan immediately contacted Zheng Xuyang. After discussing it, the two felt that this was a profitable industry.
The next day, Zheng Xuyang took the documents to the government building and applied to register a furniture factory. He also had Huo Haoshen and Lan Chaoyang visit several material factories and sign cooperation agreements.
And so, in mid-March, Ruan Ruan had another furniture factory under her name. Of course, Ruan Ruan still asked Huo Haocheng for help with the workers. Every year so many people are transferred from the military. Even if there are no more in Yuncheng Military Region, there are still people in other military regions. She told him to call and ask if there were any people who needed work and had good character, and he could introduce them to her.
Therefore, Ruan Ruan bought several more plots of land from Mayor Guo, one south of the school, the other near the pharmaceutical factory and staff quarters, and the other north of the school. Of course, they were all within a few kilometers of each other.
In the following days, Ruan Ruan discussed the furniture factory with Zheng Xuyang and Lan Chaoyang at home. This time, Ruan Ruan wanted to build the family apartment building as well. The construction team she found was Chen Liang. Just like before, he took the lead and found two construction teams that they had cooperated with before. He was the chief engineer.
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