Chapter 93 Three Years Old!

Seeing that her mother still refused to admit that she was the second place, Little Coconut was so anxious that she raised her face and showed a row of neat little white teeth when she spoke: "Mom, you are the second place!"

Lin Xiang, the person involved: "..."

It's hard to refute a child who just turned three today.

He was even last in the race, but was overtaken by Lin Xiang because his shoes flew off when he was near the finish line. Otherwise, he would have been last in the race!

"Okay, if you like to think so, then think so." Lin Xiang looked at her husband and saw that he also had a smile in his eyes. She whispered, "Our daughter is really good at math. It's up to you!"

He Hongyuan was shot innocently: "...? When I was in elementary school, I could pass math."

But his mother ruthlessly exposed his true colors. He Guifang led her granddaughter out and said, "Xiangxiang, don't listen to Hongyuan's nonsense. He was not honest in school and loved to skip classes. In math, he either handed in a blank paper or failed."

He Hongyuan: "..."

What a dear mother!

Lin Xiang held Little Coconut's other hand, glanced at the man with a smile, and then lowered her eyebrows and said to the boy, "Come on, we can't learn from Dad."

The little coconut chicken nodded like pecking at rice: "Yeah!"

The family of four took the bus to the nearby city to buy delicious and fun things for the little birthday boy.

The three-year-old Xiao Yezi knew that he was the oldest today. He had eaten eggs in the morning and now he was shouting, "I want to eat candied haws, meat buns, egg cakes, malted milk... um... and biscuits!"

Lin Xiang knew this girl was incredible: "You are small, and your stomach is small, can you eat so much?"

"We can eat it!" Little Coconut said excitedly, "If you can't finish it, just leave it there and eat it later."

He Hongyuan was in charge of paying for the cakes and buying delicious food for the young lady. He also asked her, "Do you want to buy some nice clothes?"

"want!"

Little Coconut wants everything for his birthday!

We bought some food in the department store and tore off two five-foot-long pieces of twill fabric with white floral patterns and pink plaid to make two summer dresses for the children. Finally, Little Coconut picked out two hairpins and a hair tie herself in her favorite color, red.

After buying the things, the family went to a state-owned hotel to celebrate the child’s birthday, and let Little Coconut order the dishes by himself.

Lin Xiang read it out and Xiao Yezi chose one. The last dishes served were Ants Climbing a Tree, Lamb with Green Onions, Stir-fried Vegetables, and a Cabbage and Tofu Soup.

Little Yezi became more and more skilled at using chopsticks and spoons. He would pick up vegetables and put them in the bowl, mix them with rice and eat them together. His mouth was greasy from eating, and he would turn his head to ask someone to wipe his mouth: "Mom, wipe your mouth."

After wiping your mouth, you can continue eating. It really makes things easier.

Lin Xiang spent 60 cents to buy four bottles of Arctic Ocean soda at the counter and toasted to Little Coconut to celebrate his birthday.

"Come on, let's wish Linlin a happy birthday. Now that she's three years old, I hope she'll be healthy and happy and grow up well."

Little Helin held the glass bottle in her hand and beamed with excitement: "Happy birthday, Linlin! Great!"

Today she was allowed to drink a bottle of soda as an exception. It tasted so good. Hiccup~

Even my burps smell like orange!

After playing for most of the day, on the way home, little Helin was held by her mother, with her little head leaning on her shoulder. She leaned close to her mother's ear and whispered, "Mom, I'm so happy."

Lin Xiang smiled and replied: "Does it start today, or will you be happy every day?"

Xiao Helin thought about it: "Every day is happy, but today is the happiest!"

Because it was her daughter's birthday, Lin Xiang did not return to school this Sunday and planned to leave early the next morning.

In the afternoon, He Guifang was busy making a skirt for her granddaughter with the newly bought cloth. The style was suggested by Lin Xiang, and she started working on the sewing machine.

On the other side, taking advantage of the clear weather and pleasant sunshine, Lin Xiang and He Hongyuan gave their daughter a bath.

The child was sitting in the bathtub playing with water. He was attracted by the bubbles created by his mother rubbing the soap, so he simply joined in and rubbed the bubbles on himself.

The hot air made her face red and puffy. She was so happy that she even wanted to rub her face with fragrance for her parents: "Mommy washes too, and daddy washes too."

The ruthless little hand grabbed a ball of soap bubbles and threw them at his father's face. He Hongyuan was unable to dodge and half of his face was covered with bubbles.

The old father chuckled helplessly: "Do you want to take a bath or should I take a bath?"

Little Coconut said confidently: "Daddy will wash it!"

Turning around, she stared at her mother again, her ruthless little hands ready to attack again.

"Linlin, let's all wash Daddy! Mommy won't wash!" Lin Xiang quickly united with the children and shifted her target of attack to He Hongyuan.

Finally, after giving the lady a good bath, He Hongyuan, who was dressed in military uniform, was splashed with foam on his face and arms...

"You two are really..." He Hongyuan gave up resisting and smiled slightly.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, the bright sunlight shone directly into the house through the transparent glass window, climbed up onto the sewing machine that He Guifang was standing on, and reflected the lines and patterns on the machine body. It turned a corner to illuminate the family of three who were laughing in front of the bathtub, and was broken by the clear and loud laughter of the little girl. Fragments of gold spilled all over the floor, leaving mottled light and shadows.

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In April, Kyoto University held a sports meet, and in May, the city's college students held a table tennis competition.

Factory 119 No. 2 once again sponsored the event for free, supplying thousands of bottles of coconut juice, which brought the company to the attention of many students from different universities.

Students from different universities in the capital were amazed: "Where did this soda come from? It tastes so good!"

"Why haven't I seen it in the department store? Could it be a new soda from Arctic Ocean?"

"You know, it says 119 Food Factory, and it's called Coconut Juice."

At the same time, Lin Xiang collected two newspapers, which reported on the Kyoto University sports meet in April and the Kyoto University city-wide table tennis competition in May.

In the black-and-white printed pictures, the scene of the athlete holding the 119 coconut juice and drinking it with his head tilted back was also recorded, and there was even a text report, although it was just a sentence in the corner.

Lin Xiang sent the newspaper back to the 119 Food Factory. Zhao Jianjun spread out the newspaper and gave a passionate speech in the factory building: "Look, this newspaper in the capital is really good. There are still people drinking our coconut juice. Look at what is written in this report, athletes are drinking white soda before the game..."

Melon seed lady Qiu Hongxia cracked melon seeds while listening to the factory director's boasting. She replied, "Director, you only wrote about white soda? You didn't mention our name at all?"

Zhao Jianjun: “That’s another price.”

Never mind the price. Even if I gave two boxes of coconut juice to a newspaper for free, they wouldn't write about it. It would be difficult.

Kong Zhenzhen helped circle the photos and articles about 119 Coconut Juice in the two newspapers with red ink: "It's already good, we have made it, at least it's on the newspaper in the capital! That's the capital! Factory director, where is this stuck?"

Zhao Jianjun waved his hand and said, "It's on the bulletin board outside! Oh, and send it to Xiao Huang and Xiao Tang first. We are brothers in the same factory, so we have good news to share and can't hide it."

Factory Director Huang and Secretary Tang of Factory 1 saw the newspaper from the capital: "..."

You can do what you can!

However, I have to say that I am envious, because it is the capital!

When the newspapers were put on display in the bulletin board behind the glass, many workers came over and gathered around to discuss excitedly, as if they had brought honor to their family.

Qiu Hongxia was cracking melon seeds and watching from afar with a satisfied look on her face, wondering if she could get some Spanish mackerel sauce over there in the future to get some of the coconut juice. Then she turned around and saw her girlfriend jogging back to the factory with a letter in her hand, looking very happy.

"Yafen! Are you writing to Xiang Dongkai again?" Qiu Hongxia was really worried about her daughter. She ignored all the good young men on the island and only took a fancy to that educated youth with a pretty face and a white face.

If Xiang Dongkai was still an educated youth on the island, he might be okay with her. But now he has been admitted to university in the capital, and this girl is still thinking about him and writing letters to him to talk about finding a partner!

"How many times do you want me to tell you that the man has gone so far away, do you expect him to come back and marry you after graduating from college?"

Zhang Yafen was so annoyed by her mother's nagging that her ears were about to tingle: "Mom, Dongkai will definitely do it. Besides, what if I also get into the capital in the college entrance examination this year?"

"You? Tell me honestly, is it possible?"

Zhang Yafen: "..."

It is indeed impossible that no one knows a daughter better than her mother.

"But we are good friends. He is the one for me. You see, Dong Kai still told me in his letters that he is studying at university. He said that he will take me over when he is assigned a job, and I can register as his hukou then."

Qiu Hongxia thought her daughter was really stupid: "You want to wait for a man who went to the capital to study for four years? What's wrong with you?"

"Mom, you are prejudiced against the educated youth."

"I am biased, so what? There are many educated youth in this area who left their husbands, wives and children behind and returned to the city." Qiu Hongxia was so angry that her heart was pounding. "Listen to me, break up with him and find another target!"

"Mom, don't bother me. I have already made an agreement with Dong Kai. I will marry him! I don't like anyone else." Zhang Yafen took the letter and ran away. Qiu Hongxia was so angry that she stomped her feet. Only when Kong Zhenzhen called her to go into the house to reply to Lin Xiang did she shift her attention.

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Lin Xiang received a reply from Factory 2 and a bonus from the factory. The letter was written by Kong Zhenzhen, and it was full of excitement among everyone at Factory 2 about seeing coconut juice featured in the capital's newspapers. In the end, the familiar workers shouted one sentence each, and the two pages of letter paper were filled up.

The matter was settled, and Lin Xiang took the opportunity to become familiar with the two major events at Peking University. She was looking forward to the big event at the end of this year.

But before that, she had to prepare for her final exams.

The final exams for the freshman semester will be held in late June. The students, who are busy studying all day, spend every day in the library and are all motivated.

Lin Xiang was no exception. When she didn't have classes, she would go to the library with her roommate, carrying books. If they went there early in the morning, it would be a problem to get a seat.

There was a long queue at the door of the library, full of people. When the doors opened at 7:30, everyone rushed in. The most skillful person in the dormitory was Zhang Jing, who had been an educated youth in the countryside for several years. She always led the others, throwing out the four books in her hand in a hurry, and then putting her hair ties and hairpins to use, and thus took up six seats.

Lin Xiang was full of admiration: "Sister Jing, you are really amazing!"

Zhong Lihua also lamented: "If it weren't for Sister Jing, some people in our dormitory would have to stand to read."

The last one to run in, the youngest Pan Xiumin, panted and said, "Oh, I'm so tired, everyone is just scrambling for food."

Lin Xiang pointed at the youngest and said to the eldest, Feng Qiuyue: "Sister Qiuyue, we should take Xiumin out for a run at the next sports meet. This little girl lacks exercise."

Feng Qiuyue wiped all six tables carefully and replied with a smile: "Okay!"

"I don't want it!" Pan Xiumin tried to resist.

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One week before the exam, Lin Xiang did not go home on Sunday. She told her family in advance that she would stay in school to review and spent the whole day in the library.

The week-long final exams began on Tuesday.

Little Coconut counted the days on her fingers. Her parents taught her how to count slowly, and she took it very seriously. She immediately started counting: "One day, two days, three days... Dad, Grandma, I haven't seen Mom for many days."

Lin Xiang hasn't been back for almost two weeks, and Little Coconut is getting really impatient.

He Hongyuan finished his classes early today and went home to help his mother pick some cabbage. He rolled up his sleeves and was washing the vegetables under the tap. Hearing this, he continued to test the girl with the sound of running water: "How many days are many days? Can you count them clearly?"

Little Coconut continued to stare at his own hands, two little hands, ten fingers, how many days had it been since he last saw his mother?

"It's just so many days!" Little Coconut was angry. He couldn't count and was mad.

"Hey, are you still angry?" He Hongyuan was amused by the lady and pinched her cheek with his hands soaked in cool water. "You have a bad temper, Comrade He Lin."

With water droplets on her face, Little Coconut pouted unhappily, wiped it with the back of her hand, and pulled her father's trouser leg: "Baba, where's Mommy? When will Mommy come back?"

"Come back today. Your mom's final exams are over. Let's have a nice meal tonight."

When Little Coconut heard this, his eyes lit up, and he turned to his grandmother who was cutting pork shreds and said excitedly: "Grandma, Mommy is coming back~"

He Guifang smiled brightly: "Hey, grandma knows, let's give your mom some good nourishment."

Little Coconut ran to the door again to wait for his mother. Seeing the neighbors passing by, he was also excited and wanted to tell everyone: "My mom is coming back~"

Hong Wei had just returned from the training base. He took his wife, who had not been home for a long time, back to the house to pack up and prepare to go to the city to visit his parents-in-law. When he walked to the front of the house, he was attracted by the voice of a neighbor's daughter: "Hey, Linlin, is your mother coming back for summer vacation?"

"Yeah!" Little Coconut moved a small stool to the door by himself and stood on tiptoe waiting for his mother.

While taking out the key to open the door, Hong Wei said to his lover Ding Youshan: "Look at how pretty and obedient Brother He's daughter is. Let's have a baby too."

Ding Youshan was stunned and immediately refused: "If you want to have a baby, go find someone else to live with."

"Hey, what you said is true. You are my wife, how can I find someone else to live with?" Hong Wei smiled with his white teeth showing.

Lin Xiang rode her bicycle to the yard, then carried the baby upstairs. As soon as she reached the corridor, she saw the little one at the door of her house.

After not seeing each other for two weeks, little Helin ran to her mother as soon as she saw her and threw herself into her arms, saying, "Mom, why did you come back just now? I missed you so much."

"Oh, our Linlin misses mommy~" Lin Xiang squatted down, hugged her girlfriend and kissed her several times, "Mom is taking an exam, and now she's back after the exam. Mommy won't leave, and will accompany Linlin for two months during the summer vacation."

Little He Lin was aggrieved, her little head buried in her mother's soft and fragrant embrace, her little hands tightly grasping her mother's beautiful blue and white plaid skirt: "Okay, it's a deal."

He Hongyuan heard the noise and walked to the door. He went forward to help carry his daughter-in-law's bicycle back home and put it away. He turned around and looked at his daughter-in-law: "You are so old, and you are still crying."

Little He Lin was carried back to the house by her mother and made a face at her father: "Huh~"

When Lin Xiang came back from summer vacation, the one who cried the most was little He Lin, and the one who laughed the happiest was He Guifang.

"Eat more meat. It's summer vacation now. You should stay at home and make up for it." He Guifang has become familiar with the neighbors in the military school's family compound. She knows where to ask people to buy chickens and ducks. "I'll buy a chicken in a few days and make chicken soup for you. Studying is hard and takes a lot of brainpower."

"Mom, I need to replenish my body. A lot of my brain cells have died."

He Hongyuan picked up a piece of shredded pork with green pepper for his wife with his chopsticks and said, "You look really thin. Are you studying too hard in school? Are you under too much pressure?"

"Really?" Lin Xiang didn't pay attention to whether she had lost weight or not. She was really working hard. Everyone was studying hard, and she was also immersed in it, reading books every day.

After taking a bath and changing into pajamas at night, Lin Xiang was ready to go back to her room to rest, but she heard a conversation between a father and daughter bargaining from behind the half-open door.

Through the crack in the door, you can see little Coconut sitting on her parents' bed under the warm yellow light in the room, listening to her father's advice.

"You sleep with grandma tonight. Your mom is on summer vacation now and will be at home for the next two months. You can sleep with her anytime you want."

Little Coconut pouted and was not happy: "Dad, do you want to sleep with mom in your arms?"

He Hongyuan leaned over and reasoned with his daughter: "What do you think? Daddy will buy you some candy tomorrow, just be obedient."

"But I also want to sleep with my mom in my arms." Little Coconut flipped through the comic book in his hand and refused to leave. "But if Dad buys me some popsicles, I'll consider it."

He Hongyuan never thought that this three-year-old kid could bargain!

"Okay, I'll buy you some popsicles tomorrow. They're red bean popsicles. They're fragrant and sweet." He Hongyuan continued to increase the offer.

This time, Little Coconut raised his head from the picture book, frowned and thought for a while, as if he was struggling madly. After all, his mother didn't want him to eat the popsicle himself, so he could only take a bite when she was eating. His mother said that he was too young to eat such a cold popsicle.

Thinking of the cold popsicle, Little Coconut nodded sadly: "Okay, then you hold Mom to sleep tonight, and I will hold Mom tomorrow."

While talking, he opened his hands and obediently let his father hold him to sleep with his grandmother.

As soon as the door opened, the two found Lin Xiang standing at the door. Little Yezi said goodbye to her mother with a reluctant look in her eyes: "Mom, I want to sleep with you tomorrow night~"

Lin Xiang looked at the back of her daughter being carried away by the child's father, and couldn't help but sigh: I have never made a sugar-coated popsicle!

This little brat!

Three minutes later, He Hongyuan returned to the house and saw his wife lying on the bed applying lotion. The fine, sweet scent spread, smeared on her fair cheeks, then evenly spread on her snow-white neck, and finally climbed up her slender arms.

"You are so nice, you even dare to bribe the child with candy and popsicles!" Lin Xiang was ready to settle the score with the man.

He Hongyuan lay down and chuckled: "It was Comrade He Lin who couldn't resist the temptation of the sugar-coated bullets. It has nothing to do with me."

Lin Xiang: “…?”

Listen, is this human language?

"How dare you, a three-year-old kid, to be tempted by gunpowder jackets and gun bullets!" Lin Xiang glared at him.

When the light cord was pulled, the originally bright room was plunged into darkness in an instant. Lin Xiang felt the man's arm against her waist and his hot chest leaning against her.

She pushed the anxious man aside and said calmly, "My period has come and I forgot to tell you."

Her waist tightened, she felt the man's body stiffen, and she almost laughed out loud: "You bought the candy and popsicles for nothing."

He Hongyuan: "..."

The next day, little He Lin was given a red shrimp cake by her father. He bought her a popsicle but only let her take a bite. Her eyebrows were almost knotted: "Dad! I want more~"

"It's not good for children to eat too much popsicles. Just eat one bite." He Hongyuan took a big bite of the popsicle and was almost pierced by the lady's big watery eyes. "Be good."

"Mommy, Baba bullied me." Little Coconut ran to complain.

Lin Xiang didn't even raise her head: "Did you eat the popsicle secretly?"

Little Coconut shook his head and retreated: "No, I didn't eat the delicious red bean popsicles!"

Lin Xiang: "..."

This silly girl is really confessing everything without being asked.

Lin Xiang stayed at home throughout the summer vacation, and occasionally took Xiao Yezi for a walk around the neighborhood with her mother-in-law. Although He Hongyuan still had to go to classes and did not have much time to accompany them, they went out to play on their own and traveled around most of the capital.

When we came down from the Great Wall in late August, Little Coconut felt so great that he kept shouting to everyone he met: "I climbed the Great Wall~"

She never mentioned the hard work of her old father who carried her most of the way.

Holidays always go by quickly, and in the blink of an eye it’s time to go back to school.

In early September, when Lin Xiang, who had already shed her freshman youth, returned to school to start her sophomore year, she saw the welcoming team and suddenly remembered that another group of college entrance examination candidates had entered the school.

The students who failed the college entrance examination at the end of 1977 continued to fight, took the college entrance examination again in July this year, and entered the university in the golden September.

Unfortunately, Lin Xiang heard from her correspondence with Kong Zhenzhen that Zhang Yafen, the daughter of Guazi elder sister, was still unsuccessful.

Lin Xiang left her study notes to the workers in the second factory. Zhang Yafen made great progress with her own efforts and the help of her notes, but she stubbornly applied to Capital University, but failed the entrance exam.

You know, her score should be enough to get into several universities in Shanghai Province.

Qiu Hongxia was so angry about this that she almost scolded the man. She lamented how the girl was so determined to pursue that educated youth Xiang and refused to listen to any advice.

Lin Xiang, who had become a half-freshman, returned to campus. She and her classmates looked at the freshmen with curiosity, as if they saw themselves half a year ago.

The courses in the second semester of university gradually increased in difficulty and depth, and there were more and more group public courses. It was common for two classes to attend class together, and it was very lively.

There are four classes in the Department of Economics and Trade. After more than one semester, we became familiar with each other. During the night talks in the dormitory, one of my roommates mentioned all the male students in the department.

Lin Xiang had experienced all of this before. It was the same when she was in college before she traveled through time. The boys in the dormitory would talk about their female classmates, and the girls in the dormitory would also talk about their male classmates.

Luo Meng mentioned the class monitor she talked about with the teacher during class today, and she expressed admiration in her words: "The class monitor knows a lot. He was able to discuss with Mr. Xu for such a long time."

Zhang Jing teased her: "Meng Meng, you are not in love with the monitor of the previous class, are you?"

"Sister Jing, what are you talking about! I am just expressing my admiration for my schoolmates."

Dormitory night talk is taboo-free. Lin Xiang joined in: "Don't say it, our Mengmeng definitely doesn't like bookish people like the monitor of Class 1. From what I've observed, she definitely likes people who are good at sports and can play table tennis and basketball."

Luo Meng seemed to have hit the nail on the head: "Sister Xiangxiang, believe it or not, I will climb up and tickle you right now."

"See if I got it right~"

The dormitory was filled with laughter. Pan Xiumin was the youngest, but the least shy: "Then I like bookish and educated people. What about you, Sister Lihua?"

There are six people in the dormitory, three of them are now married with children, and the remaining three, Zhong Lihua, Luo Meng and Pan Xiumin, are not married.

Zhong Lihua and Luo Meng are slightly older and had dated someone before, but it ended in failure. However, Pan Xiumin had never had a date at all.

Zhong Lihua turned over and said, "I don't know either. I'll find out when I meet someone I like. Now I should just study hard."

Feng Qiuyue praised her: "Look at Lihua's realization, not bad!"

Speaking of dating, Zhang Jing became even more interested: "It's a pity that the three of us got married early, and now we don't have any thoughts, unlike those unmarried people who are still feeling amorous now."

The three unmarried lesbians laughed and scolded her: "Sister Jing, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"Oh, that's exactly what I meant! Especially Xiangxiang, when you first entered school, so many male classmates asked about you. I heard that there were also sophomores, juniors and seniors asking about you. Who would have known that they found out that you were not only married, but also had a child. Many male classmates were heartbroken."

When they got home on Sunday, Lin Xiang teased He Hongyuan deliberately: "People in our dormitory were talking about how it was a pity to get married too early and go to college, unlike those unmarried female classmates who might still be able to have a passionate love affair in school."

He Hongyuan's brows were firm and his eyes were sharp: "Is the talk on the island not loud enough? The sound of the cannons on our island is definitely louder than the sound of reading in your school."

Lin Xiang: "..."

Brother, you are so hardcore! It is really too sensational.

In addition to the intense study, there is also a boom in extracurricular activities of varying degrees on the Kyoto University campus, including poetry clubs, opera clubs, singing teams, table tennis teams, basketball teams, volleyball teams, cheerleading teams... everything you can think of.

The students are not just bookworms, they are also active in participating in various extracurricular activities, and each of them has some skills to show off.

Lin Xiang was persuaded by her roommates to join the cheerleading team. She did aerobics three times a week, which was quite a way to keep fit.

In late November, when the capital welcomed its first snow, Lin Xiang received another letter from the second factory.

Kong Zhenzhen told her about the factory's steady development in the southern provinces and cities. The supply was slowly increasing every month, and the coconut plantation in Wudaogou had also begun to bear fruit in large quantities. Now there were countless coconuts in the factory.

After using up the coconut milk, crush the coconut meat and squeeze out the juice, there is still some left.

"The factory manager also let us take some coconut meat home and fry it. In our factory cafeteria, everyone loves to fry coconut slices, coconut meat fried with chili, coconut meat fried with pork slices... My mouth is full of the taste of coconut now."

Lin Xiang was so happy that she could imagine the scene. When she wrote back, she suddenly remembered something and suggested, "If there is too much coconut meat, you can try to make coconut milk. Now that our factory is deeply tied to coconuts and has developed coconut juice, we can also try to produce coconut sugar, so we can make the best use of it."

The production of the 119 Second Factory is now stable. It has developed coconut juice to the extreme and is deeply tied to coconuts. It is better to vigorously develop other uses of coconuts.

However, they still have to research and formulate the specific production methods themselves to see if they can produce coconut candy with good taste.

It was already December when Lin Xiang received Zhao Jianjun's reply.

The snowstorm in the capital was getting stronger. She put on a thick wool coat and stood under the eaves reading a letter, a beautiful and fresh blue figure.

Zhao Jianjun is a man who dares to take on challenges. He was very interested in Lin Xiang's suggestion. 119 Food Factory can produce all kinds of food, so it would be nice if they could really study sugar.

Especially the coconut sugar, it sounds fresh.

Now that they have a stable supply of raw materials from coconut plantations, they can give it a try.

After reading the letter, Lin Xiang put the letter back into the envelope, wrapped herself in her coat, tightened the white wool scarf knitted for her by her mother-in-law around her neck, and ran to the cafeteria in the wind and snow.

Her roommate had already prepared dinner for her and was waiting for her to take the letter.

However, this time, something seemed different in the usually bustling cafeteria. What everyone was discussing was not study or reading, nor the rich extracurricular activities, but the big news that came out today!

Several newspapers were circulated crazily among the students. Lin Xiang found her roommate's seat and sat down. She heard Pan Xiumin, who had read the newspaper somewhere else, come back excitedly and said, "The newspaper said that this meeting decided on policies for internal reform and external opening up! Everyone said it was extraordinary!"

Students from the Department of Economics and Trade are quite sensitive. Luo Meng immediately thought: "Will we be more useful in the future?"

Lin Xiang smiled and nodded: "Of course!"

The epoch-making moment came with the snowstorm outside gradually getting stronger, covering the sky and the earth.

Lin Xiang saw a detailed report of the conference in the school library. It was not just about internal reform and external opening up, but involved many policies and guidelines.

After flipping through several issues of newspapers, Lin Xiang suddenly realized that the State Trademark Office was restored in September of that year.

No one would have noticed this detail before, but after seeing the previous newspaper, Lin Xiang felt that this matter had to be put on the agenda.

Businesses in the 1970s and 1980s had no idea about trademarks, and as a result, they would suffer losses in the future.

While busy in the school post office, Lin Xiang spent a few cents to call Director Zhao and brought up the issue of trademark registration.

Zhao Jianjun really has never cared about this matter: "Is trademark registration necessary? What is the specific idea?"

"Of course it is necessary. No matter how big and powerful 119 is now, if someone snatches our registration in the future, we are protected by law and a lawsuit is filed. In the end, our factory may no longer be able to use the name 119, and we will have to give up the brand that we have run for many years."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jianjun immediately became alert: "You have to register. How do I register? I'll go and ask around."

"The trademark was restored not long ago. I'm in the capital, so I'll go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau to inquire." Lin Xiang didn't know the trademark registration situation at that time.

"Okay, you ask first, and I'll discuss it with Xiao Huang and Xiao Tang."

Lin Xiang: "Okay."

It’s just that the factory director is getting more and more comfortable calling them Xiao Huang and Xiao Tang.

On Sunday, during the break, Lin Xiang, accompanied by He Hongyuan, prepared to go to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. The place was not easy to find, after all, there was no flexible map at the time. She asked for an approximate address, and when she arrived at the place, she asked again before confirming that she had to turn into an alley.

"Reform and opening up have just been confirmed, and various policies are said to be relaxed. I wonder if the Industry and Commerce Bureau is busy."

The sky was snowing heavily, and snowflakes fell on Lin Xiang's eyes, eyebrows, shoulders and sleeves. He Hongyuan lowered his eyebrows and looked at his wife: "Are you cold?"

"Fortunately, I have a scarf and a hat." Lin Xiang shook her head and walked another hundred meters or so before finally seeing the building of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. There was only a red sign hanging on the wall.

Pedestrians passed by the red sign one after another, all wrapped up tightly. When a young couple who were talking and laughing passed by, Lin Xiang felt that they looked familiar.

"What's wrong? The Industrial and Commercial Bureau is right here." He Hongyuan noticed that his wife suddenly stopped and stared at somewhere ahead in a daze.

"I saw my roommate." Before Lin Xiang could call for help, Zhong Lihua had already walked away chatting and laughing with a gay man.

The man even raised his hand to remove the snow petals on her head, which was quite intimate.

"Lihua, are you dating someone?" Lin Xiang was quite surprised.

"Isn't that normal?" He Hongyuan and his wife went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau together.

"You don't know, Lihua said she wanted to study first. We all thought she would be the last one to date. I didn't expect that she would do it secretly without telling us! I didn't question her when I got back... But why do I feel that man looks familiar? I think I've seen him somewhere before."

He Hongyuan guessed: "He must be a student from your school."

Lin Xiang couldn't remember for a moment: "Really?"

The two walked to the lobby of the Industry and Commerce Bureau, and Lin Xiang found a clerk to inquire about the trademark registration status, but received a slightly surprised look from the clerk.

"Wait a minute, I'll ask."

Lin Xiang and He Hongyuan sat down in the waiting area and waited. Lin Xiang's mind was still filled with the image of her roommate Zhong Lihua and the man who had just passed by.

In a flash, she sat up straight: "I remember now, I really have seen that person, on the island!"

He Hongyuan was surprised: "You said your roommate's partner is from our island? Who is that?"

"One time when I was having dinner with Sister Hongxia, I saw her daughter Yafen chatting and laughing with a man from a distance. Then I learned that Yafen was in love with an educated youth named Xiang Dongkai. The man who was with Lihua just now was that educated youth!"