Chen Jing couldn't help but ask in surprise, "How did you figure that out? You guessed it right away?"
"He really has taken a liking to Sun Xiaoyu? I never would have guessed."
Ji Xia smiled slightly. In her previous life, her second brother only found someone to marry two or three years later under pressure from their parents.
But instead of looking in the countryside, he found a teacher in the city through an introduction; she was a refined and pretty girl.
Zhang Hong's sister probably wouldn't be interested. Apart from Sun Xiaoyu, the others in the small workshop were from the brigade. Putting aside their young age, if he could have taken a liking to them, he would have done so long ago.
Sun Xiaoyu is shy and pretty. She quickly got the hang of managing the workshop and is quite educated, which is exactly the type her second brother admires.
Ji Xia smiled slightly: "Actually, Sun Xiaoyu and my second brother seem quite well-matched. They're even family, which is great."
"You seem to admire her quite a bit?"
“I think he’s good. He’s educated, capable, and good-looking. Most importantly, he comes from a simple family, unlike my sister-in-law’s family.”
Amidst their laughter and conversation, it was time to leave work. Ji Xia picked up the things she had packed earlier, told Chen Jing to wait outside, and then went to the warehouse to sign her name before leaving.
Ji Xia was happy to see Ji Xiangjun and Sun Xiaoyu's relationship come to fruition, but did not intend to interfere.
Relationships are a matter between two people. If Sun Xiaoyu is interested in her brother, then everyone will be happy.
If she doesn't like someone, she can only pretend she doesn't know, to avoid making things awkward for others.
Chen Jing brought back more than a dozen study materials, including several sets of test papers, which she completed diligently and had her high school teacher correct them.
Although she only attended classes for half a day each day, she was repeating a year of high school, and she mastered many knowledge points after reviewing them several times. Her foundation was more stable than that of the average student, and the teacher was happy to give her guidance.
Besides studying, she has also been extremely busy with design drafts lately.
Ji Xiangjun will be leaving in half a month, and the goods for him must be prepared within half a month.
Since there was no cotton available at the moment, she designed shirts, trousers, and several thicker, more draping fabrics. She also designed two long coats, one double-breasted and the other with a large lapel.
Because there was no cotton available, she designed a thin version, but added a removable inner lining with two kilograms of cotton inside.
When the weather is cold, adding a cotton lining transforms it into a long cotton coat for warmth. In the warmer spring and autumn, removing the lining turns it into a long spring and autumn overcoat.
The coat she designed for Chen Jing was a long, double-breasted coat with a stand-up collar. Chen Jing had broad shoulders and long legs, and the long coat, with a belt in the middle and the buttons fastened around his neck, gave him a somewhat ascetic look.
But with her chest open and clothes fluttering, she walks like a moving clothes rack, unruly and full of wild beauty.
The renderings she drew were based on Chen Jing as the model for the design circle, and Chen Jing was very satisfied with them.
In addition to Chen Jing's new coat, she also designed four wedding dresses, still in the style of a bright red kimono, but with most of the embroidery reduced, and only simple cross-stitch patterns used in key areas to add the finishing touch.
These four styles include not only wedding dresses prepared for oneself, but also samples prepared for department stores.
Besides men's and women's clothing, the children's clothing produced by the small workshop is also getting better and better.
The small workshop assigned two people to make children's clothing, producing a batch every two or three days. The clothes were very popular, and they used up all the large scraps of fabric they had accumulated. Then they used whole rolls of fabric to make children's clothing and began mass production of the same style.
Ji Xia originally designed more than 20 styles of children's clothing, featuring color blocking and patchwork patterns, for boys and girls ranging from infants to seven or eight years old.
After receiving the order, Sun Xiaoyu discussed it with Ji Xia and selected eight samples to send to the department store.
Amidst their busy schedules, Sun Xiaoyu and Ji Xiangjun went from being ambiguous to falling in love. On the eve of Ji Xiangjun's departure, Sun Xiaoyu and Ji Xiangjun officially became a couple.
While everyone in the workshop was extremely busy, Zhang Hong spent more than forty days in the city during her postpartum confinement period.
After more than forty days of recuperation, both Zhang Hong and the twins are growing well.
The twins weighed only two or three pounds at birth, but by forty days later they had grown to about seven pounds. They had chubby little faces and very bright, dark eyes, and were extremely cute.
After the autumn harvest, Ji Zhijun went to the city to see his sons, and couldn't help but grin when he saw them.
"My son is so handsome."
Ji Zhijun smiled slightly at his wife and said, "Look at these eyes, don't they look like mine?"
Zhang Hong looked at her husband's narrow eyes and chuckled, "Your eyes are so small, how do they resemble yours? I think they look more like Xia's eyes, big and round."
"Ah Xia's eyes are also nice. When she was little, everyone said that she had beautiful eyes."
As Ji Zhijun spoke, he glanced at his wife's slightly plump figure and felt a surge of warmth in his heart. He chuckled softly, "You've had a tough time these past month."
"I'm fine. With Ah Lan around, it's not too hard."
As Zhang Hong spoke, she looked at her husband's dark face and then at his thinner figure, and couldn't help but sigh: "I think you've lost a lot of weight. Haven't I eaten any meat in the past month?"
“It’s not convenient to buy meat in the countryside, so we can’t buy meat often. My mother traded it for a few pounds of eggs at home, which is already considered good compared to other families.”
As Ji Zhijun spoke, he reached out and held his wife's hand tightly: "I'm in good health. I'll just need to rest and recuperate over the winter. But you, take good care of yourself so you can have another daughter next time, making us both a son and a daughter."
Zhang Hong spat, "Your son is only a little over a month old, and you're already thinking about your daughter. Don't you even think about how much money you've spent in the last two months?"
"What are you afraid of? Xia is planning to retire, and I'll take over your job. With a monthly salary of just a few dozen yuan, are you worried about not being able to support two or three children?"
Zhang Hong was intrigued when the topic of working at the supply and marketing cooperative came up.
Ji Xia often takes leave and can't take care of the work at the supply and marketing cooperative at all. She has long wanted to take over the position, which would earn her twenty or thirty yuan a month.
As the couple were talking, Zhang Lan's surprised voice rang out from outside the door: "Mother, Second Sister, what brings you here?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Hong listened carefully and heard her mother's shrill voice, causing her heart to sink.
The couple came out carrying the child, and sure enough, they saw Zhang's mother coming in with her second sister, Zhang Qing, carrying a small basket.
Seeing her daughter's fuller, fairer figure, and then looking at Ji Zhijun's dark and thin face, Zhang's mother grinned and said, "Ah Hong has done a good job during her postpartum period. Zhijun, you've worked hard."
"No, it's my third sister who has worked hard. She's been taking care of her older sister for over a month," Ji Zhijun chuckled.
"Of course, she's her own sister, it's only right that we take care of her."
Zhang's mother modestly complimented, but Zhang Qing looked at her younger sister with a hint of jealousy. In just over a month, Zhang Lan had not only gained weight and her face had become fuller, but she had also become fairer and looked prettier than before.
Even the clothes he was wearing were much cleaner and tidier than before.
She couldn't help but say sarcastically, "The mistress is really lucky. She's only been in the city for a little over a month, and she's already gotten so pale. Anyone who didn't know better would think she's enjoying a life of luxury in the city!"
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