Chapter 120 Chapter 120 What are they doing here?
Ye Qiuju, who Ji Mingyue had been thinking about, had just gotten off work. She was still living in the apartment Song Zhenzhen had previously rented. Although Song Zhenzhen had moved back into the dorm, she knew she was reluctant to pay the rent. But during Chinese New Year, seeing everyone else enjoying their family reunions, she couldn't resist inviting Song Zhenzhen over to join her for a few days. Perhaps everyone was feeling vulnerable during the Lunar New Year, so Song Zhenzhen not only didn't refuse, but also bought a lot of things to celebrate with her.
"Zhenzhen, how long do you plan to work in this factory?" Ye Qiuju asked gently.
"At least for a full year." Song Zhenzhen said and let out a sigh. She has been here for more than half a year. Every day she either works in the factory or familiarizes herself with the routes nearby. She has not found a suitable person yet.
"Does it have to be a year? Your boss is really cruel." Ye Qiuju cursed Jiang Lili in a roundabout way.
"This is the condition for coming to Jingshi from Yuncheng. Now that you have chosen it, you must abide by the contract." Song Zhenzhen glanced at her after she finished speaking, somewhat confused as to why she was asking this.
"What do you plan to do then?" Ye Qiuju asked.
"Sister, just ask whatever you want to ask directly. It's not like you to be so roundabout." Song Zhenzhen looked at her and said.
"Will you go back? Ji Mingyue is a very smart girl. I'm afraid she will try to get information out of you." Seeing that she was so direct, Ye Qiuju went straight to the point.
"If I don't go back, I will selectively mail them some money." Compared to Ye Qiuju's parents, Song Zhenzhen's parents treat her better, so she plans to secretly mail money to her parents without letting her brother and sister-in-law know.
"You send them money by post, but they are just subsidizing your brother and sister-in-law. I think you might as well keep it for yourself," Ye Qiuju suggested.
"No rush. I don't have much money right now anyway. Let's talk about it later." Song Zhenzhen has been here for more than half a year. She spends most of her salary on herself, buying new clothes, cosmetics, and investing in herself.
"You look no different from the people in the city now." Ye Qiuju looked at her clothes and said sourly.
"You're the same." Song Zhenzhen glanced at her. She probably spent all the money she earned in the past few months on herself. When it comes to ruthlessness, she can't compare to her.
"This woman should be nicer to herself." Ye Qiuju understood what she meant, and her tone was full of emotion. Now thinking back on the past year or so, Ye Qiuju seriously suspected that her brain was filled with bean dregs. If she had woken up earlier, she wouldn't have to suffer with Ji Yushu for so long.
"That's true, but children are always innocent." Song Zhenzhen spoke tentatively. She actually felt sorry for Ji Xingyue. Although Ji Mingyue was thrown home by her when she was a child, at least she was by her side.
Ye Qiuju didn't respond, but asked in a low voice, "Yao Yan and Jiang Lili don't know I'm in Beijing, right?"
"Who wants to know about you? Don't worry, they don't know." Song Zhenzhen knew that she couldn't just invite herself over for the New Year.
"That's good. This place is too close to your factory. I plan to move to another place." Ye Qiuju had this plan a long time ago, but other places were too expensive, and she had never had enough money before. Now, she has found a host who provides food and accommodation, and she will move there tomorrow.
"Are you moving away?" Song Zhenzhen asked.
"Yes, I'll come to see you when I'm free." Ye Qiuju nodded. She didn't intend to tell Song Zhenzhen about her current job. In her heart, she still thought that being a nanny was a job of serving others, but the boss paid a lot, so she hesitated for a long time before agreeing.
"Okay, do you need my help with moving?" Song Zhenzhen asked.
"No, remember not to tell anyone about me." Ye Qiuju reminded.
"Yeah, I know." Song Zhenzhen understood what she was thinking, but she was too lazy to expose her. She was thinking about the last call she made to Jiang Lili, and she didn't know if she had listened to her words. If Ji Mingyue really climbed up the social ladder, Ye Qiuju should regret it, right?
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Soon the school started, and Ji Mingyue still hadn't heard any news about Ye Qiuju. She was not discouraged, because she already knew that Song Zhenzhen's telegram was sent from Beijing, so she thought Ye Qiuju should be in Beijing as well.
The second semester of her sophomore year officially began, and Jiang Lili resumed her usual busy schedule. More than half a year had passed since the advertising campaign began, and this time she was seriously considering a new product. It was a relatively simple fishing toy, utilizing magnets. Jiang Lili planned to release two models: a standard fishing rod, and a second one that caught different versions of Miaowu and Wangbao. This product was designed to improve children's hand-eye coordination, so whether the target was a fish or something else wasn't important.
Meow, they already exist, they just need different expressions and movements. In addition, regular fish are even easier to draw, the same fish, but different expressions and shapes. Jiang Lili completed the drawing in just two days, and she directly faxed it to Cheng Yuntian in Beijing.
"It looks good. Last time, Sister Mei said that a client suggested that we buy some toys for younger babies. Do you have any ideas?" Cheng Yuntian asked casually.
"Then let's go for the baby fitness frame." This toy quickly flashed through Jiang Lili's mind. It is indeed suitable for young babies, allowing them to touch and feel it with their hands and feet.
"Baby fitness rack?" Jiang Lili was a little confused.
"A fitness rack, as the name suggests, is a rack with various brightly colored toys hanging on it. When young children see them, they will spontaneously grab and take them, and move their hands and feet. Isn't this fitness?" Jiang Lili explained simply.
"It sounds great." Cheng Yuntian was a little tempted.
"Yes, you can also add other elements, like a musical mimicking doll, add electronic parts, nursery rhymes or some other options." After saying so much in one breath, Jiang Lili felt a little thirsty and stood up to pour some water.
"You're right. According to our previous survey, children like brightly colored and flashy things." Cheng Yuntian said affirmatively.
"Well, I'll send you the drawing when I'm free. I guess I'll have to go next week. School starts this week and there's a lot to do at school." Jiang Lili explained to her.
"We've hired a designer here, and he used to work in a toy factory. I don't know how good his skills are yet." Cheng Yuntian mentioned things in Beijing to her.
"It's indeed time to recruit someone. It's not so difficult this year as I'm in my second year of high school, but I won't have so much time next year." Jiang Lili said tactfully. Next year is the most important year, and she will definitely spend more time on studying, and then she won't be able to take care of this side.
"I will supervise them. You can come over this summer to inspect the results." Cheng Yuntian did recruit people for this reason, but their performance so far is unsatisfactory. As she said before, they are novices in the toy industry, and they rely on all kinds of novel toys to successfully get orders and not be eliminated by the market.
"School has just started, and summer vacation feels like a very distant vacation." Jiang Lili sighed softly.
"Time flies. The 20,000 orders in the contract that Sister Mei signed before are about to be delivered. They are all distributed according to the proportion. She has now placed an order for 3,000 musical imitating dolls and 2,000 second-generation cross-dressing dolls." When Cheng Yuntian mentioned this, his eyes were full of smiles.
"It seems that she is indeed a big client." Jiang Lili thought that it was right not to fall out with her last time.
"It seems that she is about to get married again. The man she is marrying looks better than Yun Heping and is younger." After talking about work, Cheng Yuntian started chatting with her about gossip again.
"She really is. Isn't it good to be in a relationship all the time? Why does she have to get married?" Jiang Lili didn't know what to say for a moment. She thought she had learned a lesson from Yun Heping last time and knew that she couldn't help the poor. Now it seems that she didn't.
"That's right, but we outsiders can't say anything, so just send your blessings. She may send you an invitation. Will you come then?" Cheng Yuntian asked.
"Did she forget that I'm still studying?" Jiang Lili declined directly.
"I guess so. I will go to the scene and see if I can get to know a few more people. Since I want to gain a foothold in Beijing, I must make more friends." This is Cheng Yuntian's plan.
"Then you can use Sister Mei as a breakthrough point. I think she would be happy to do so. Compared to us, she is a qualified businessman." Jiang Lili reminded her that there are ready-made connections around her that can be utilized. In the eyes of a qualified businessman, everyone around her is a resource.
"What a coincidence, that's what I was planning too. Now we're only producing the second generation of cross-dressing dolls, and Zhao Dong has less time than before. Let him be responsible for making the pattern for the new product this time. After all, you've already run-in on it once before, so you have experience." Cheng Yuntian asked for her opinion.
"I'm fine with either. I'll cooperate with anyone." Jiang Lili said she wasn't picky about the other party.
"Okay, I'll let Zhao Dong contact you directly then. You know that Sister Jiang wants to be transferred to Beijing, right?" Cheng Yuntian asked casually.
"Well, I know. By the way, Sister Cheng, has your family bought a house in Beijing?" Jiang Lili suddenly asked.
"Old Cheng bought it, do you want to buy a house?" Cheng Yuntian quickly guessed her intention.
"Yes, I will live with my mother at that time. Having a house will make me feel safe." Jiang Lili explained to her.
"Do you need me to keep an eye on it for you?" Cheng Yuntian asked.
"Not for now. I'll have a whole summer off after the college entrance exam to look into it. Now I'd just like you to help me find out about the settlement policy so I can prepare in advance." As Jiang Jianyi gets older, Jiang Lili hopes that he will go to Beijing with them. The medical conditions and educational resources of a big city are what everyone yearns for. Jiang Aiguo and his wife both have stable jobs in Yuncheng, so the possibility of moving to Beijing is not great, but Jiang Jianyi can still consider it. Isn't the purpose of her working hard to make money so that her family and herself can live a good life?
"Okay, I'll go and ask for you when I have time." Cheng Yuntian quickly understood what she meant.
Jiang Lili was making a phone call in the study at Jiang Aiguo's house. When she came out of the study, Jiang Yulan discussed with her whether they should install a telephone at home. After all, their demand for telephones was increasing.
"Don't worry, even if you didn't tell me, I was planning to talk to you about it." Jiang Lili nodded, indicating that she had already planned this.
"Okay, I'll contact you about this tomorrow. You can go downstairs with Tongtong later." Jiang Yulan reminded her that she had been reading all day and she also needed to have a balance between study and work.
"What? You're not worried about my studies now?" Jiang Lili deliberately joked.
"It's most important to combine work and rest. Tongtong, take your sister Lili downstairs to play for a while." Jiang Yulan shouted directly to Jiang Qitong who was watching TV.
The little guy looked over with joy upon hearing this. Jiang Lili immediately emphasized, "Let me make it clear first, I don't want to jump rubber rope."
"Then let's catch some pebbles?" Jiang Qitong asked. The "pebbles" she mentioned were not real pebbles, but apricot kernels.
"Is there no other option?" Jiang Lili looked at her with some embarrassment, her hands scratching on the ground, which could easily cause her skin to rub.
"How about playing with sandbags or shuttlecock?" Jiang Qitong picked up the sandbag and shuttlecock next to her.
"Then you should just jump rope, and I'll help you stretch it." After looking around, stretching rope is still the easiest.
"Great." Jiang Qitong immediately cheered and went to her schoolbag to get the rubber band. Her favorite thing was jumping rubber band.
The weather in September was still quite hot. Jiang Lili looked at the rubber band that had stretched to her waist and reminded them, "Go slower. It would be bad if you fall."
They stayed together for an hour and a half. As it was getting dark, Jiang Lili reminded them, "It's time to go home."
Jiang Qitong was putting away the rubber band with some reluctance. Jiang Lili touched her head casually. Her hair was half wet. She hurriedly urged, "Go back and wipe it off quickly. It will be so late by the time you finish your shower and blow-dry your hair."
"My mother will repeat it later, so please don't say it, Sister Lili." Jiang Qitong looked at her helplessly.
"Okay, I won't say anything more." Jiang Lili was amused by her tone.
When Jiang Lili returned home in the evening, she suddenly realized something. Since the start of her school term, Jiang Yulan seemed to have stopped working overtime. At first, she thought it was a coincidence, but now it seemed not to be. She couldn't help but ask, "Mom, don't you need to work overtime now?"
"No need. Xiao Cheng has found someone to study with me, and I'll let her take care of the overtime." The person who replaced her was a college student. She was very good at computers, but she still needed to practice typing. In her opinion, she would be able to completely replace her in a month at most.
"That's good. You don't have to work overtime and it's more relaxing." Jiang Lili said softly while holding Jiang Yulan's arm. Working is already hard, and working overtime will only make it harder.
"It's not so hard. Now that I don't have to work overtime, I have more time to spend with you. The remaining year and a half is the most important. Lanlan is going to take the college entrance examination this year. I plan to have her come home for dinner every weekend, so we won't go to your uncle's house anymore." Jiang Yulan discussed with her. Before, she had to work overtime and had to trouble Aiguo and his family all the time. Now that she can go to work normally, she feels embarrassed to continue to trouble them. No matter how good their relationship is, they can't withstand such constant interruptions, so she decided to eat alone.
"Okay, we can eat by ourselves, and we can invite my uncle and others to come over for dinner on weekends or holidays." Jiang Lili suggested.
"It seems that we have the same idea. I will talk to your uncle and others tomorrow." The mother and daughter were in sync with each other, and Jiang Yulan looked very happy.
Jiang Yulan has always been a man of action. The next day, when Jiang Lili came home from school, she saw that the home phone had been installed. She took a look and saw that there was an extension in her bedroom. She was a little surprised: "How come it was so fast this time?"
"I was the one who handled the phone numbers for several offices in the factory before, so I guess I'm familiar with them now," Jiang Yulan guessed.
"It will be convenient to call in the future. Have you told Sister Cheng this number?" Jiang Lili asked.
"No, it's lunch time now. I'll tell her in the afternoon. You should also tell your friends and classmates that they can call this number directly next time." Jiang Yulan handed her a piece of paper with the new home phone number on it.
"Everyone is busy at noon, let's talk about it in the evening." Jiang Lili glanced at the number on the note, read it silently several times, and quickly memorized it.
"Alright, come eat." Jiang Yulan said as she went to the kitchen to bring out the dishes. Since there were only two of them, she kept things simple. "I'll go to Lanlan's school before work and ask her to come directly to our place every week during her holidays. This is the most crucial six months, and her body needs nutrition. She's been through such a hard time before, and we can't let her fail in the last six months."
"Mom, you are really thoughtful." Jiang Lili's tone was full of praise.
Besides Cheng Yuntian, Ke Sisi and the others usually looked for Jiang Lili. After giving them her number, she suddenly remembered Lu Hongzhe, so she dialed his number. When the call was connected, the person on the other end sounded a bit puzzled: "Hello?"
"Brother Hongzhe, this is Lili. This is my home number. Next time you have something, just call this number." Jiang Lili directly explained to him the purpose of the call.
"Okay, I got it. School has started now. How do you feel?" Lu Hongzhe asked casually.
"It's pretty good. What about you guys? Are you still living there?" Jiang Lili still envied the freedom of university.
"Yes, I have no plans to move out yet. After all, it's cheaper here. By the way, regarding what you said during the Chinese New Year, my dad plans to invest in a few dedicated lines to try." Lu Hongzhe mentioned the freight matter to her.
"Dedicated line?" Jiang Lili thought about it and quickly understood. After all, some places do not have a great demand for freight. Now they should choose a dedicated line with great demand and then develop it slowly.
"Yes, after all, not every line requires a large demand." Lu Hongzhe explained to her.
"It's good this way, it reduces unnecessary losses." Jiang Lili expressed her understanding.
"That's right. It's very late. You should go to bed." Lu Hongzhe glanced at the clock on the wall and reminded with a smile.
"Yeah, I have to get up early tomorrow, so I have to go to bed quickly. Bye." Jiang Lili said and hung up the phone. The person on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.
Soon it was the first weekend that the mother and daughter went home for dinner. Ji Lanlan didn't want to disturb them at first, but Jiang Yulan went to pick her up from school. Her eyes were hot: "Aunt Jiang, thank you." She considered things for herself that even Yao Yan hadn't considered for her.
"If you really want to thank me, study hard in the remaining six months and get into a good university." Jiang Yulan said as she patted her shoulder.
"I will." Ji Lanlan said firmly.
Afraid that Ji Lanlan would not be used to it, they did not invite Jiang Aiguo and the others to come over for dinner. When they chatted, they only talked about trivial matters in life, which made Ji Lanlan feel less nervous.
Time passed slowly, and the first monthly exam of the second semester of her sophomore year soon arrived. Meanwhile, Jiang Lili received a call from Zhao Dong regarding the pattern making for a new product. As Cheng Yuntian had said, the two had worked together once before and had a good rapport, so the communication went smoothly. Finally, Jiang Lili reminded him, "As for the colors, remember the brighter the better. Children love bright colors, and the more colorful the color scheme, the better."
"Okay, I've made a note of it. I'll call you next Friday unless there are special circumstances." Zhao Dong quickly added the last sentence.
"It's okay to call me at any time, just pay attention to the time." Jiang Lili said she didn't care.
The monthly exams are in full swing, and pattern making in Jing City and Yuncheng have also started one after another. Both sides will launch new products together. The person who studies with Jiang Yulan is called Yan Xiaoqing. Although she is a college student, she is very humble in front of Jiang Yulan and is very studious. Therefore, this time, from pattern making to production, Jiang Yulan let her do it freely and work with Wang Jianguo to let the new product enter the market earlier.
After her last exam on Friday, Jiang Lili rode her bike straight to the factory from school. She first went to the workshop where Yan Xiaoqing and Wang Jianguo were discussing something. When they saw her come in, Yan Xiaoqing quickly waved at her, "Lili, come over here. I have a question for you."
"Sister Yan, what's the matter?" Jiang Lili approached the two and saw that they were arguing about color.
Jiang Lili explained with a smile, "The colors should be brighter. Young babies' eyesight isn't fully developed yet, so they like bright colors, like bright red and green."
"See, Xiaoyan, I told you it was this kind." Wang Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief.
"Will parents dislike the ugly color combination?" Yan Xiaoqing was a little confused.
"No, young babies like these. They are usually mentioned in parenting books." Jiang Lili also explained why she knew this.
"I was negligent. I need to buy some parenting books to catch up." Yan Xiaoqing felt that she was not working hard enough.
Jiang Lili smiled but said nothing. After they reached a consensus, she left the workshop and went to Jiang Yulan's office. In the office, Jiang Yulan was checking the inventory forms in the warehouse. Seeing her, she asked casually, "Why are you here so early today?"
"We're having a holiday right after the exam today. Sister Lanlan should also be having a holiday soon, right? How about I go back first?" Jiang Lili just remembered this.
"Okay, then you go back first, I'll be back soon." Jiang Yulan instructed.
Jiang Lili looked at the time and finally decided to ride her bike to Ji Lanlan's school to pick her up. When she arrived near the school, she saw Ji Yuanping and Chen Guilan from afar. She couldn't help but frown. What were they doing here?
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