Chapter 69 Chapter 69 Processing
After Liu Qin left, the tense atmosphere in the living room instantly dissipated. Lin Xuanyin held Shu Niannian's hand and complained, "I don't have the patience to deal with her, but I can't help it. After all, they are all family members of Jinhong's father's old colleague. I can't just chase them away, but you are wronged."
Shu Niannian smiled and shook her head. She was not that sensitive, but her visit today was not very pleasant.
First, she was ridiculed by the snobbish nanny, and then Liu Qin scolded her. Fortunately, Lin Xuanyin and Ye Jinhong had always protected her, otherwise, she would really have to consider whether to continue her marriage with Ye Jinhong.
Ye Jinhong saw that Lin Xuanyin had been holding Shu Niannian's hand and would not let go, the two of them were talking and laughing, but he was being left out like an outsider, and he began to feel uncomfortable.
Ye Jinhong grabbed Shu Niannian and stuffed a box into Lin Xuanyin's hand. "Mom, Niannian also brought you a face cream. Do you want to try it?"
Lin Xuanyin was chatting with Shu Niannian to enhance the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, when Ye Jinhong suddenly snatched her away. She was so angry, but since it was Ye Jinhong who snatched her away, she couldn't say anything.
After all, this brat is her own son. Lin Xuanyin said to herself, forget it, it’s not worth it to get angry with a brat. When Shu Niannian gets married in the future, this brat will be in the military area, and she and Shu Niannian will be in the military compound. Is she still afraid that she won’t have time to chat with Shu Niannian?
Her idea was nice, but what she didn't know was that Ye Jinhong would never let Shu Niannian live in the military compound. He wanted Shu Niannian to follow the army and live with him in the military area.
Lin Xuanyin unscrewed the lid of the box in her hand and smelled it. She was instantly amazed. "What brand of face cream is this? Why does it smell so good? It has the fragrance of roses and the coolness of chrysanthemums?"
Lin Xuanyin bent down and smelled it again, and felt that the two flavors were blended very well, fragrant but not greasy, and refreshing.
Seeing that Lin Xuanyin liked it, Shu Niannian smiled and said, "I developed this cream myself. I used rose essential oil and chamomile essential oil in it. Rose can whiten your skin, and chamomile can fight allergies. I also added rose hydrosol to moisturize. I think this cream should be more suitable for you, so I brought it to you. I hope you don't dislike it."
Afterwards, Shu Niannian emphasized, "It is not a three-no product. The ingredients of this cream have been tested and certified by the Food and Drug Administration. It is a regular qualified product, but it has not yet been mass-produced."
Lin Xuanyin heard from Ye Jinhong early in the morning that Shu Niannian was doing business. She didn't expect that Shu Niannian was in the skin care business. She heard Shu Niannian speak very clearly and the products had been tested and verified through official channels. For a moment, she felt that Shu Niannian was doing things very steadily and appropriately.
No matter what business you are doing, you can always save a lot of trouble if you can go through formal channels.
Shu Niannian did not explain much, and she did not tell her plan. Although Lin Xuanyin was her future mother-in-law, there were some things that could not be said too clearly.
She is well aware that things are accomplished through secrecy.
But she formally introduced Zhang Chunyang to Lin Xuanyin, "Auntie, this is my partner, the boss of Miaoshou Huichun, and his ancestors were also Chinese medicine practitioners."
Zhang Chunyang was wearing a long gown with a slanting front and a pair of old-fashioned glasses. He stood there in a very dignified manner. Zhang Chunyang only glanced at Lin Xuanyin and asked, "Madam, have you been suffering from insomnia recently?"
Li Xuanyin was startled, then he smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang is really a god. I really haven't been sleeping well recently."
Zhang Chunyang also smiled and said, "Madam, you are in good health. Maybe you have been thinking too much recently, so you suffer from insomnia. It's not a big deal. Just massage Shenmen, Neiguan and Yujiexue before going to bed. It only takes 5 minutes and your insomnia will be relieved. Relax your mind. Good sleep will lead to good health."
Zhang Chunyang stretched out his left hand and showed Lin Xuanyin the specific locations of the three acupoints and the kneading methods, then he said goodbye. "I was born and raised in Haicheng. Nian Nian wanted to give you some gifts, so I temporarily acted as a guide. I didn't expect that we walked for an hour and finally found the Ye family. Unexpectedly, the nanny refused to let us in. She said that we were country folk and we had to identify ourselves before entering. Fortunately, we met Captain Ye, otherwise, Nian Nian and I would have made a wasted trip."
Shu Niannian didn't want to say these words directly, but Zhang Chunyang didn't want Shu Niannian to suffer the bullying of a nanny. What the hell, a servant of the Ye family dared to ridicule Shu Niannian?
Zhang Chunyang revealed the words and deeds of the nanny Sister Wang in a few words. Lin Xuanyin's face looked extremely ugly. She had always been kind and easy-going to others, but she didn't know that in a place where she couldn't see, the nanny Sister Wang had such a face?
Lin Xuanyin took Shu Niannian's hand and patted it, "Don't worry, I will definitely not let you suffer in vain."
Zhang Chunyang was about to leave, and Shu Niannian stood up to see him off. After she sent Zhang Chunyang out the door, she thanked him. Although she could take care of the nanny, Sister Wang, by herself, she still felt very grateful that Zhang Chunyang stood up to protect her and stand up for her.
Zhang Chunyang waved his hands and smiled, "What's the big deal? I just can't stand such a mean servant. Nanny Wang is just a servant, but she acts more pretentiously than the master. If we don't catch her now, you may have to endure her bullying when you get married."
Shu Niannian nodded, and she pointed at the gate of the Ye family and said to Zhang Chunyang, "Old Zhang, you have to remember this place."
Um?
Zhang Chunyang looked at Shu Niannian in confusion. Shu Niannian just said, "We are doing business together. If the business is mediocre or even loses money, it's not a big deal. But if the two of us are very successful, it may cause some unnecessary trouble. The two of us have no foundation in Haicheng. If we really encounter troubles that we can't solve, you know what I mean."
Shu Niannian didn't express it very clearly, but Zhang Chunyang already understood what she meant.
If he really encounters troubles that cannot be solved in the future, he will come to the Ye family for external help. This is what Shu Niannian meant by borrowing strength. This is probably one of the important reasons why Shu Niannian brought him to the Ye family today.
After Zhang Chunyang left, Shu Niannian returned to the living room. Originally, Shu Niannian also planned to visit the Ye family's grandparents, but Ye Jinhong told her that grandparents were not in Haicheng recently. Shu Niannian had no choice but to tell Ye Jinhong, "Then when grandparents come back, please help me give them this batch of mountain mushrooms. Although they are not worth much, they are a token of my parents' love."
Ye Jinhong doesn’t care whether something is valuable or not, as long as it is given by Shu Niannian, it is good.
He nodded and agreed immediately, "Of course. You don't know that after my grandparents came back from Shujia Village, they talked about this mushroom several times. They said that the mushrooms we had at your house were the freshest they had ever eaten in their lives."
There is absolutely no truth in this statement. What has Grandpa Ye not eaten in his life? But after going around in circles, I still think that the pot of mushroom soup that was cooked in the snow during the 25,000-mile Long March is the most unforgettable. It would be a lie to say that mushroom soup is more delicious than abalone, shark fin, and bird's nest. But that pot of mushroom soup represents Mr. Ye’s revolutionary spirit and the testimony of his hard work and fearlessness of life and death in the face of hardships. Mr. Ye has been in a high position for so many years, so what delicious food has he not eaten? But he always missed the taste of that mushroom soup.
It's not like he had never asked someone to make mushroom soup before, but no matter how skilled the chef was, or how precious the mushrooms were, none of them could produce the taste that he missed.
It was not until he went to Shujia Village, after wandering around for most of his life, that he finally tasted the flavor in his memory at the home of his future granddaughter-in-law. Grandpa Ye was so excited that he almost wanted to cry on the spot.
After returning home for so many days, he kept talking about the mushroom soup to Grandma Ye, but he was too embarrassed to say it. His future granddaughter-in-law hadn't even come home yet, and as a grandfather, he couldn't ask her to give him a gift, right?
It doesn’t look good!
Shu Niannian was afraid that Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye would dislike the shabby mountain mushrooms she gave them, but she didn't know that after Mr. Ye received the package of mountain mushrooms, he wanted to put a big gold bracelet on Shu Niannian's wrist.
What does it mean to give a gift that touches the heart?
This is called giving a gift that touches the heart.
Of course, this is all later.
Nanny Wang took the money to the farmers' market to buy vegetables. She bought all the fruits and vegetables that Liu Qin liked to eat. She didn't know that Liu Qin had left and was still thinking about pleasing Liu Qin.
Lin Xuanyin took Shu Niannian aside to chat about daily life. Shu Niannian responded appropriately. Lin Xuanyin liked Shu Niannian more and more. Before dinner, she went upstairs to get a gift for Shu Niannian, which she had prepared long ago and was just waiting to give it to her when Shu Niannian visited her for the first time.
While Lin Xuanyin was away, the military district called the Ye family. Ye Jinhong went to answer the phone and also walked away. Shu Niannian sat alone on the sofa in the living room. Nanny Wang Jie started to serve the dishes. After she put a plate of sweet and sour fish on the table, she looked around and didn't see Liu Qin, so she knew that Liu Qin had left. Immediately, Wang Jie felt a surge of anger in her heart. She picked up the plate and put it heavily on the table. With a click, it instantly attracted Shu Niannian's attention. This was the effect Wang Jie wanted. When she saw Shu Niannian turning her head to look at her, she began to sneer, "Some country people are so shameless. They just picked up some worthless mountain products from the countryside and had the nerve to eat at other people's homes?"
"Don't you even open your eyes to see where you are? The host is respectable and doesn't hit someone who gives a gift. He just casually asks people to stay for dinner, but some people actually take it seriously?" Seeing that Lin Xuanyin and Ye Jinhong were not in the living room, Sister Wang thought that the two hosts were deliberately ignoring Shu Niannian. She had been busy in the kitchen for most of the day, and all the dishes she had carefully prepared were for Miss Liu Qin. How could she give them to this wild girl from the country so easily?
Shu Niannian glanced at the nanny who was inexplicably going crazy and ignored her, but the nanny Wang Jie was relentless, "This is the sweet and sour fish that Miss Liu Qin likes to eat. I make it for her every time she comes. Miss Liu Qin is not here today, so some country bumpkins have gotten the advantage. Those ignorant country bumpkins, I'm afraid they have never even heard of the name of the dish, sweet and sour fish, in their entire lives?"
She spoke softly, but Shu Niannian heard it clearly. Shu Niannian knew that she was said intentionally for her alone to hear. Shu Niannian did not say anything, but looked at Sister Wang as if she was a fool. The look as if she was looking at a fool deeply hurt Sister Wang. She felt that she was despised, and the person who despised her was actually a country bumpkin whom she looked down upon!
Ever since Sister Wang became a nanny in the Ye family, everyone who came in and out, even high-ranking officials who came to the Ye family, would be polite to her. Where did this country bumpkin get the confidence to actually look down on her? !
Sister Wang was furious. She rolled up her sleeves and put her hands on her hips. Just as she was about to teach Shu Niannian a lesson, Ye Jinhong came over and asked, "Sister Wang, what are you doing?"
When Sister Wang saw Ye Jinhong, her momentum suddenly dropped by half. She had been in the Ye family for so many years, and no one knew better than her that the Ye family was actually an extremely kind family. No matter who the visitor was, as long as they entered the Ye family, the Ye family would treat them well. In front of Ye Jinhong, Sister Wang would never dare to be disrespectful to Shu Niannian. That was not what a qualified nanny should do. But Sister Wang really couldn't swallow this breath at the time, so she could only complain tactfully, "This is the sweet and sour fish I prepared carefully. I served it to the table just now. I saw that Miss Shu didn't like it very much, so I explained to her that this is Miss Liu Qin's favorite sweet and sour fish. The wealthy families in Haicheng all like to eat this kind of sweet and sour fish."
Ye Jinhong's face suddenly turned cold, which made Sister Wang feel a little uneasy. You know, although Ye Jinhong didn't come home often, he was very kind to her. She had been in the Ye family for so many years, and this was the first time that Ye Jinhong treated her coldly. Sister Wang didn't know what she had done wrong, but she had been a nanny in the Ye family for five years after all. She thought that in the past five years, she had worked hard even if she had no merit. No matter what, Ye Jinhong would not embarrass her for a country relative. Sister Wang slowly straightened up and became more and more confident. "I was just telling Miss Shu that this sweet and sour fish is my specialty. They can't eat such delicious fish in the countryside. It's possible that today is the first time Miss Shu has eaten sweet and sour fish in her life. After all, in a place like the countryside, people rarely eat meat, so how can they afford sweet and sour fish?"
Sister Wang glanced at Shu Niannian with disdain and continued to smile, "Of course, I don't have any other intentions. I just want Miss Shu to have a taste of the upper-class family in Haicheng."
Although she spoke gently and showed a humble attitude, her words were full of thorns. Ye Jinhong frowned, and Shu Niannian gently patted Ye Jinhong's hand, "I don't like sweet and sour fish, change to braised fish, medium spicy, and the fish meat must be tender but not mushy."
Ye Jinhong immediately turned around and told the nanny, Sister Wang, "Take away the sweet and sour fish and replace it with braised fish."
Sister Wang stared at the interaction between Shu Niannian and Ye Jinhong with her mouth wide open. Her head was in a knot. "Ah, the sweet and sour fish was just cooked, and you haven't even eaten a single bite? Isn't this a waste of food?"
Ye Jinhong said coldly, "Do as I say."
Sister Wang glanced at Shu Niannian and hurriedly took the sweet and sour fish away from the table. She didn't understand what was going on. In her opinion, Miss Liu Qin was obviously more outstanding, with a good family background and abilities. Why would Ye Jinhong choose that country bumpkin?
Is it just because that country bumpkin has a vixen-like face?
Sister Wang brought the braised fish again, and Shu Niannian only took a symbolic bite. Lin Xuanyin and Ye Jinhong asked at the same time, "Not to your liking?"
Shu Niannian said in front of Sister Wang, "Yes, this braised fish tastes sweet, with a hint of sugar. I don't like it."
Sister Wang stood by the dining table and pouted, thinking, whether you like it or not, I'm not serving you!
Lin Xuanyin was unhappy, but she was a respectable person and didn't want to embarrass Sister Wang in front of Shu Niannian, so she just held back.
After Shu Niannian left, Lin Xuanyin fired Sister Wang. Sister Wang cried and shouted, unwilling to leave, "Madam, I have worked in the Ye family for five years. In these five years, I have never made any mistakes. Why are you going to fire me today just for a plate of braised fish!"
Sister Wang held onto Lin Xuanyin's legs and refused to let go. Lin Xuanyin had no choice but to speak out, "Over the years, you have worked in my house, and I have never treated you unfairly in terms of wages. In addition to giving you a salary increase every year, I will also give you an extra bonus at the end of the year. You said that you have worked in my house for so many years and have never made any mistakes? Sister Wang, how can you say this with such nerve?
As far as I know, you would deduct a certain amount of money from the food money I gave you every month as your own living expenses. You would deliberately burn some meat dishes if you wanted to take them home for your family to eat, and then pack them up to take back. You would be particularly attentive to anyone who came to visit you and gave you small gifts. Sister Wang, I know all this, but in the past, no matter from whom you accepted gifts, you were able to stick to your duties, and I would turn a blind eye and pretend not to see anything. Who would have thought that my tolerance would instead broaden your appetite and allow you to dare to point fingers at the guests who came to our house and gossip about them? !
Did You Know? Shu Niannian is my future daughter-in-law. My son will marry her soon. You embarrassed her today and stabbed her everywhere. How can I let you continue to work in the Ye family? ”
Sister Wang felt like she was struck by lightning and regretted her decision so much. She never thought that Ye Jinhong would give up a lady from a wealthy family like Liu Qin and marry a country girl like Shu Niannian?
If she had known earlier that Ye Jinhong's partner was Shu Niannian, how could she have embarrassed Shu Niannian? She would have to worship Shu Niannian as her ancestor today!
"I'm sorry, madam! I was wrong. I will definitely change in the future. Please give me another chance. Next time Miss Shu comes to our house, I will definitely serve her well and comfortably. I promise, I swear! Madam, you can't chase me away!"
Sister Wang withheld money from the food expenses and deliberately burnt the meat dishes. She always thought she was being very secretive about these things, but she never expected that everything she did was seen by Lin Xuanyin, who even condoned her actions. What a good host!
She worked as a nanny in the Ye family and earned a high salary. She could bring some chicken, duck, fish and meat back from time to time to improve the family's meals. Her original family was very poor, and she was looked down upon by her mother-in-law in the first half of her life after marriage. Until she entered the Ye family as a nanny, her salary was higher than that of the men in the family. The economic base determines the superstructure. The high salary allowed her to live without having to look at her mother-in-law's face, and she gradually gained a say. She could not lose this job. She did not want to live a life of being ridiculed by her mother-in-law anymore!
"Ma'am, I was wrong! I will never dare to do it again! I will behave myself in the future. Please don't chase me away!" Sister Wang sat on the ground and cried.
No matter how miserable Sister Wang cried, Lin Xuanyin did not give her any leeway. She asked the guard to pack up Sister Wang's things, sent Sister Wang to the labor agency to go through the dismissal procedures, and then sent Sister Wang back home safely.
Lin Xuanyin did things decisively and efficiently, and from then on, Sister Wang had nothing to do with the Ye family anymore.
It's so funny. Her son Ye Jinhong finally found a girlfriend and was about to arrange their marriage, but the future daughter-in-law was harassed by a nanny when she entered the house for the first time? !
If she, as the mother-in-law, did not express her opinion, Shu Niannian would definitely think too much. She did not want to create unnecessary rifts with her future daughter-in-law because of an insignificant nanny.
Ye Jinhong sent Shu Niannian to the hospital. He wanted to spend more time with Shu Niannian, but he couldn't. He had to go to the Second Army for a meeting. After the meeting, he had to rush back to the small county town to deal with the unfinished work. Shu Niannian also knew that Ye Jinhong was very busy now. The meal he had with her at Ye's house today was probably squeezed out of his continuous overtime work. She grabbed Ye Jinhong's hand and shook it, smiling sweetly, "I know, you go, I can take care of myself."
Ye Jinhong held Shu Niannian's hand tightly, and finally couldn't help it. He pushed Shu Niannian into the car and kissed her...
After Ye Jinhong left, Shu Niannian went to Miaoshou Huichun to reunite with Zhang Chunyang. Zhang Chunyang stared at Shu Niannian again and again, and finally couldn't help asking, "Why is your mouth so red?"
Shu Niannian's heartbeat quickened a few beats when she thought of that overbearing suction force. She turned around and pretended to look for something. Her cheeks flushed as she said, "The food at noon was spicy. I ate it too quickly and I still haven't recovered from it."
Zhang Chunyang continued with a righteous look, "That's right, among the surrounding cities, Haicheng's peppers are the spiciest!"
Shu Niannian:......
After she calmed down, she began to discuss the next business layout with Zhang Chunyang. "We have 1,500 in cash now. I also asked around. The rent for a counter on the first floor of an old department store is 150 a month, starting from half a year, and the transfer fee is 300. It seems that the money we have is only enough to rent a 10-square-meter counter on the first floor of a department store."
Zhang Chunyang had naturally heard about this news early on. Although renting a counter in a department store would require all the capital he had saved up in the previous eight months to be invested at once, Zhang Chunyang had confidence in Shu Niannian. He clenched his fist and said, "10 square meters is 10 square meters. As long as the business can be turned around, the money will be earned back."
Shu Niannian smiled and said, "The rent of the department store is too expensive, and the cost performance is not high. I am not planning to buy a counter there."
Zhang Chunyang had a question mark on his face, "So what are you going to do?"
Shu Niannian handed a flyer to Zhang Chunyang and said, "I plan to join Xinhualian."
Zhang Chunyang frowned tightly. As the first private department store in Haicheng, Xinhualian had been promoting itself recently, which Zhang Chunyang naturally knew, but he had never thought about doing business with Xinhualian. The reason was simply because Xinhualian was a "private enterprise."
Now the department stores in Haicheng, whether it is "Red Star Department Store" or "Red Flag Department Store", are all state-owned enterprises, they are national enterprises, they are government enterprises. For ordinary people at this stage, state-owned enterprises are the safest. There are company canteens for meals and department stores opened by the state to buy daily necessities. These are all formal enterprises.
What about private enterprises? Private enterprises are informal enterprises, just like the people who sold local eggs in the countryside and traded bicycles, radios and televisions through special channels a few years ago. They were not allowed to see the light of day and all crowded under the overpass to trade secretly. Since the reform and opening up, although all the people who did business in the bridge tunnels have slowly begun to come out, the urban management will drive them away like flies. In the minds of ordinary people, the same egg is different when bought in a state-owned department store and under an overpass. They feel that the eggs in the state-owned supermarket are more formal, and they feel more at ease eating them. Even if the eggs in the department store are more expensive than the eggs in the overpass, they are willing to spend more money to buy the more expensive eggs. The reason why they appear under the overpass is because the eggs in the department store are limited to purchase, and tickets are required to buy eggs. When they do not have egg tickets, or cannot buy eggs even with tickets, the eggs under the overpass can only be sold.
Zhang Chunyang's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could pinch a fly to death, but he didn't say anything to refute. From the moment he started working with Shu Niannian on his first business deal, he told Shu Niannian that he would support every decision Shu Niannian made.
Shu Niannian saw that Zhang Chunyang was hesitant to speak, and knew what Zhang Chunyang was thinking. "The small vendors under the overpass have been out for a year. In addition to being driven away by the urban management, have they been arrested by the police and detained in the police station? Have they been fined?"
Zhang Chunyang shook his head and said honestly, "That's not the case."
Although he didn't have that, he was being chased around by the urban management all day long, making him look like a stray dog and a vagrant.
Shu Niannian smiled meaningfully, "Lao Zhang, if I hadn't met you and used your shop to do business, I would be no different from the businessmen under the overpass. But except for not having a shop, tell me, how is the face cream I make worse than those big brands' face creams?"
After hearing what Shu Niannian said, Zhang Chunyang suddenly understood.
What's the difference?
The facial cream made by Shu Niannian is not inferior to those big brands in terms of raw materials, quality or efficacy. If you really want to say where the difference lies, the facial cream made by Shu Niannian is not well-known and cannot have a counter in department stores that would allow the facial cream made by Shu Niannian to compete fairly with those big brands.
Shu Niannian took out a piece of paper and wrote a few words on it: market economy.
She pushed the paper to Zhang Chunyang and continued with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, after the reform and opening up, people's lives have become better and better. They have more money in their hands. State-owned department stores can no longer meet people's purchasing needs. The market economy came into being. Small vendors came out to do business, but they can't always walk around the streets. They need a place to live. This place is a new type of supermarket like Xinhualian, which allows them to do business openly."
"Xinhualian is just the beginning. From now on, more supermarkets will appear on the streets of Haicheng in various forms."
Zhang Chunyang was still a little confused and hesitant. Although he didn't know what state-owned and privately owned were, he subconsciously felt that state-owned old-brand supermarkets must be good!
But now, she was excited by Shu Niannian's words. Following Shu Niannian's words, she could even imagine that in the near future, their face cream would be fully popular and appear in the streets and alleys of Haicheng, and be known by more people in Haicheng.
Zhang Chunyang looked at Shu Niannian with burning eyes and said, "Okay, you have the final say. Just tell me what you need me to do. I'll listen to you!"
Zhang Chunyang's palms were sweating with excitement. Ever since Shu Niannian took the college entrance examination, he had been ready to work hard with Shu Niannian anytime and anywhere.
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