Lin Haodong looked incredulous: "How is that possible? Where would she get the skill to draw? How could she possibly draw any design drafts?"
"Really? Are you sure? Do you really know anything about her abilities?"
Liu Pianran questioned him repeatedly, and Lin Haodong became suspicious.
What can Ji Xia do? She used to love reading and drawing, but after graduating from high school, her family arranged a job for her at a supply and marketing cooperative, and then she started working.
Then, Lin Haodong coaxed Ji Xia into doing chores, having her accompany him after get off work, help tidy up the Lin family home, and take care of his mother.
When she got paid, I coaxed her to spend the money on food, supplies, and medicine for her mother.
Lin Haodong couldn't say a word about what she liked or what she was good at.
Liu Pianran gave him a disdainful look: "A man like you is utterly useless and short-sighted. She must be very glad that she was able to get rid of you, right?"
"Think about it, how much money can she earn a month from design work after she dumps you? With you, will she have any opportunities to make a difference?"
Lin Haodong was so angry at her words that he wanted to explode, but soon his thoughts turned in another direction.
A painting costs thirty to fifty yuan. If you paint dozens of paintings a month, how much money would that cost?
Designing and making clothes costs 200 yuan per set. How much fabric is needed for one set? How much does it cost? How much profit can be made from making several sets?
Lin Haodong had been in a university for half a year and knew that some people in the university did part-time jobs such as drawing and translating foreign languages, and their salaries were very high.
No, design drawings aren't that easy to create. A design may seem simple, but how much thought does it actually take to come up with it?
He shook his head and sneered repeatedly: "You think design drawings are so easy to make? Dozens a day? Dream on."
Whether she dreams or not, I don't know; I also don't know how many paintings she makes a day.
Liu Pianran shook her head and sighed repeatedly: "But I know that I begged Chen Zhang to lend me goods. In that month or so, I borrowed more than a dozen new styles from him, all of them women's clothing. I heard that she also has men's and children's clothing."
"There are tons of people coming and going from that wholesale yard. Guess how many new styles she releases each month?"
Seeing his constipated expression, Liu Pianran smiled and walked home with her handbag slung over her shoulder and a swaying hip.
This news can't just be told to Lin Haodong. We also need to make his mother happy and let her know how capable her former daughter-in-law is!
If she had known Lin Haodong was this kind of person, she wouldn't have taken the job months ago. She wasted so much money and ended up with a good-looking but useless man. Liu Pian regretted it to death.
Of course, she regretted it, and she wanted the Lin family mother and son to regret it even more than she did, only then would she feel relieved.
After watching Chen Qiuyu leave, Ji Xia and Sun Xiaoyu lost interest in strolling around any further.
Ji Xia said, "Xiaoyu, do you want to keep looking around? Or should we just go back?"
"Let's stop shopping and go home!"
Sun Xiaoyu lost interest and shook her head: "Xia, after the New Year I plan to take my grandfather to the Jiangnan area."
“It’s good for you to go together. You two have been relying on each other for so long, it’s only right to bring you along. After the New Year, I’ll have Chen Jing find someone else in the brigade to guard the gate and cook.”
Ji Xia nodded, and as she walked back, she asked, "Did you buy a house over there?"
"Not yet, but dormitories have been built over there. I'd like to settle down in the dormitory with my grandfather."
Upon hearing this, Ji Xia shook her head in disapproval: "You can stay in the dormitory, but there are too many people and no privacy at all. What's so good about that?"
"Second brother, you're not short of money now, and your salary isn't low either. Why don't you buy a yard on the outskirts of the city, tidy it up, and have your own little nest? What do you think?"
The Jiangnan region, especially the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, developed exceptionally well decades later.
No matter which city expands, it will definitely expand outward from the surrounding area.
Even if you don't know where the expansion will take place, as long as you buy a yard and land in the suburbs, the chances of encountering demolition and redevelopment in the future are still quite high.
Sun Xiaoyu thought this made sense and nodded.
Ji Xia added, "Don't rush to sell that courtyard in the city. At worst, my elder brother and sister-in-law can stay there for a while longer. If you really want to sell, give me priority. I want it."
Sun Xiaoyu couldn't help but shake her head and chuckle: "Didn't you already buy a yard? Why do you still want more?"
“That courtyard is too remote; it’s a bit far to go to school and home. I still prefer my second brother’s courtyard; the environment is much better.”
"Then you can stay wherever you want. Between siblings, why talk about money?"
Ji Xia turned around and chuckled, "Of course not. Even siblings have to keep clear accounts. If I don't sell, and my brother's family wants to live here, it'll be difficult for me, their married daughter, to ask for it."
Most importantly, if Ji Xiangjun wants to sell, she pays the money, the property is transferred, and the subsequent demolition compensation will be hers.
If she doesn't transfer the property title and doesn't pay any money, how could she possibly accept the demolition compensation?
Of course, her treasure chest was still in that room; she really didn't want anyone else to take it.
Sun Xiaoyu agreed immediately, but she had a strange feeling in her heart. Ji Xia would be taking the college entrance examination next year. How long would she stay at home? Was it necessary to spend money to buy an old house that she couldn't live in?
On their way back, the two encountered villagers, and Ji Xia openly introduced her to everyone as her second brother Ji Xiangjun's girlfriend.
I heard that Ji Xiangjun has found a partner and is planning to get married soon. Some people sent their blessings, while others secretly regretted that he had already found a partner so soon after returning.
The two returned to the Ji family home, where Ji Xiangjun and Chen Jing finished all the chores.
Ji's mother unpacked the New Year's goods that Ji Xia had brought back and tried on the new clothes she had specially brought for the Kang Kang and Le Le twins. She was happily playing with them.
“Our Kang Kang and Le Le look so good in this outfit, they are especially beautiful.”
Ji Xia chuckled and reminded her from the side, "I prepared an inner lining for these cotton-padded clothes, and there are two sets of outer garments to change into."
"Also, once it gets warmer in the spring, this inner lining can be removed and worn as spring clothing. If the sleeves and the top are too short, just lengthen them."
"I see, you little rascal, you always have so many ideas."
Mrs. Ji smiled and nodded repeatedly. After a while, she turned to Sun Xiaoyu and said, "You've been out for a long time. Are you tired? Would you like something to eat?"
As she spoke, she instructed Ji Xiangjun to bring over the snacks, but Sun Xiaoyu waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "Auntie, don't be shy, I'm really not hungry, and I didn't walk very far just now."
Ji's mother asked, puzzled, "Where did you take your sister-in-law?"
"We didn't go anywhere. We just walked up to that little hill and saw that Chen Qiuyu was injured, and Lin Haodong was pretending to be kind and offering to help her, so we stayed there with her."
"The Chen family girl?"
Secretary Ji, who was sitting to one side smoking a hookah, frowned upon hearing this: "What did Lin Haodong do to the Chen family girl?"
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