In the days after New Year's Eve, there were guests at home almost every day, most of whom came to visit grandpa.
In addition to greeting guests at home, Liu Meiyun sometimes also had to go to other people's homes to wish them a happy new year with Lu Changzheng. Her daily schedule was packed, and she also had to find time to draw a few design drawings. In the busyness, time passed in the blink of an eye. It was not until the fifth day of the New Year that the family finally quieted down.
There were no customers coming, and she and Lu Changzheng had done all the favors they needed to repay. The plan to go to the hot springs that they had mentioned before the New Year was finally put on the agenda.
When the triplets heard about going to the hot spring, they all raised their hands in agreement. Only grandpa and mother Wu refused to go. They felt that it was no different from taking a bath in a bathhouse. Lu Wanjun had agreed to go together the day before, but something urgent happened in the hospital in the early morning, so she rushed there and didn't sleep all night. She couldn't go anywhere the next day.
So in the end, only the five of them went to the hot spring pool in the suburbs.
Lu Changzheng was driving the car, his wife was sitting as the passenger, and the triplets were chattering in the back, asking a question every few minutes. When they got excited, they even sang a song together, which made Lu Changzheng so excited that he wanted to kick them out of the car every moment.
Liu Meiyu also felt tortured, especially listening to her third son singing, which was more torturous than listening to Lu Changzheng playing the harmonica.
Fortunately, the hot spring pool they went to was separated by gender. Liu Meiyu had some free time, so she soaked comfortably in the women's pool for half a day.
There was a lady in the pool who saw that Liu Meiyun was very pretty, with smooth and delicate skin. She couldn't help but look at her for a few more times, so she came over to talk to Liu Meiyun, thinking that if it was suitable, she would help her son.
But when I asked around, I found out that the girl was already 30 years old, not only married, but also had three children.
The mother's smile froze in embarrassment and she left without saying a word.
After coming out of the hot spring, Lu Changzheng noticed that his wife's smile never faded: "What makes you so happy?"
Liu Meiyun told her about her mother introducing her to a date and said happily, "I really hope that in a few years when I walk down the street, there will still be mothers introducing me to someone."
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Lu Changzheng's face was full of black lines. He didn't want that at all.
"Mom, even though my dad is old, he is still my biological father. You can't dislike him!"
Lu Xiaobao, who was following behind them and overheard what was said, immediately stood up for his father.
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Lu Changzheng was not comforted by his youngest son. Instead, he felt as if someone had stabbed him in the chest for no apparent reason.
Especially the eldest son added seriously: "Our father doesn't look old at all, he is old to begin with."
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Erbao wanted to say something, but Lu Changzheng covered his mouth with his hand: "Stop talking."
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Watching the four father and sons playing and fighting along the way, Liu Meiyu couldn't stop smiling, especially the man who was playing with his son. He didn't look old at all, and was still as handsome and energetic as ever.
It was still early after the hot spring bath, so Cyndi Lau took them to see a movie. The main character in the movie was the same age as the triplets, also an elementary school student. It was a movie about pursuing dreams, overcoming obstacles, and working together with friends to bravely realize their dreams.
Both Cyndi Lau and Lu Chang-cheng fell asleep in the cinema, but the kids loved it.
Until they came out of the cinema, the triplets were still immersed in the protagonist's story and couldn't extricate themselves, vying with each other to express their thoughts after watching the movie.
Liu Meiyu waved her hand and asked the three of them to go back and write a weekly diary each. The three brothers immediately covered their mouths and kept quiet.
During the New Year holidays, time always flies by in the blink of an eye.
After the New Year, those who are busy with work are busy with work, and those who are busy with study are busy with study.
Except for Grandpa and Aunt Wu, everyone else in the family is away from home most of the day.
At the beginning of the spring after the Chinese New Year, Liu Meiyu took the twenty or so sets of spring design drawings to the factory to supervise the material selection and sampling, and then asked Yao Shunliu to find a house to use as a warehouse. Otherwise, the small spare warehouses of their two clothing stores would not be able to accommodate so many clothes, and the number of clothes would increase in the future.
In the countryside outside Beijing, news also came from the village chief that the land could be contracted for 70 years at one time, with the contract fee paid annually. Liu Meiyu went there to sign the contract, go to the department to get a certificate and go through the formalities, and pay the first year's payment at the same time.
Once all the formalities are completed, there will be a lot of things to do, such as finding fruit seedlings to plant and hiring people to manage and care for the plants.
At the clothing store on Youyi Road, because Song Qi was going back to Huaqing to complete his studies, she had to hire another person.
"Sister Meiyun"
Just as Liu Meiyun was about to post a recruitment advertisement in the store, Chen Lili came to her with a troubled look on her face and said, "My sister-in-law asked me to ask if she can come to our store and sell clothes with me?"
Chen Lili's sister-in-law came to the store to help out for a few days before the New Year. She was quite hardworking, but there was still a big gap between her standards for recruiting a formal employee.
"Do you want to introduce your sister-in-law?" Liu Meiyu asked with a smile when she saw that the little girl's eyebrows were twisted into a knot.
Chen Lili shook her head almost subconsciously.
After she realized what was happening, she pulled at her sleeves, bit her lip and said with embarrassment: "Sister Meiyun, I... don't really want to."
Liu Meiyun: "What do you mean?"
"Although my sister-in-law is a nice person, she is not well educated. Sometimes there are foreign customers in the store, and I find it difficult to handle them myself. If my sister-in-law comes again, we should stay together, but I am afraid it will affect the business of the store."
Liu Meiyu raised her eyebrows. It was rare for a young girl to be so clear-headed and look at things objectively.
"But when my parents saw that I was making money from this job, they wanted me to bring my sister-in-law in. They told me every day that I don't even dare to go home for dinner now, otherwise they would always say that I don't help the family... "
Chen Lili's eyes were red, and the more she spoke, the more aggrieved she felt.
At first, she and her sister-in-law were both unemployed, and her mother was the only one in the family who could step down and let her take over. However, she went out to find a job and gave up the opportunity to take over.
Now that she has found a good job, her parents think that they are still young and there is no need for them to give up their jobs so early. They want her to just let her sister-in-law sell clothes with her, and then they can go back to take over the job when they retire in two years.
If her sister-in-law could do this job, she wouldn't be so worried, but the problem was that she had to learn spoken English after get off work every day. Occasionally, foreign customers came to the store to ask about clothes and she had to ask Song Qi for help. Once Song Qi left, she was already uneasy, and if someone worse than her came and delayed the store's business, which boss would be happy?
She didn't want to say it at first, fearing that Sister Meiyun would be angry, but today her parents actually brought their two nephews to her rental house and lectured her on a lot of principles, and even said some nonsense in front of the children...
After listening to the little girl's aggrieved complaint, Liu Meiyu had no way to comfort her, as every family has its own problems.
Although the palms and backs of the hands are made of flesh, they are also thick and thin.
"How about this, I'll post the job posting on the door. In a few days, you can ask your sister-in-law to come for an interview. If she passes the test, she can come to work in the store. The test content is the words on the first two pages of the vocabulary book you are memorizing."
"Sister Meiyun?" Chen Lili raised her head in surprise, disbelief flashing in her eyes. Just as she was about to say something, Liu Meiyun waved her hand to interrupt her: "Just go back and tell your parents that you fought for the assessment content, just like the assessment you took when you entered the factory. When the interview comes, if your sister-in-law can perform better than others, she can come to work in my store."
"I understand! Thank you, Sister Meiyun!"
Chen Lili, who was originally feeling guilty and aggrieved, suddenly came to her senses after hearing Liu Meiyu's words. She was so excited that she wanted to hug Liu Meiyu.
"I'll go home and tell my parents after get off work!"
Sweeping away her previous depressed mood, Chen Lili was so happy that her eyebrows and eyes turned into crescents.
The family conflict that seemed difficult to handle in her opinion was unexpectedly resolved in no time by Liu Meiyun, and it was handled as if she were practicing Tai Chi, leaving people speechless.
So when she got home from get off work that day, Chen Lili told her family the news.
"It's not a state-owned factory, why do we need to take exams?"
Chen Lili's parents thought that it was necessary to make such a fuss about a small clothing store? Who doesn't know how to sell clothes?
Fortunately, Chen Lili's elder brother and sister-in-law are not so ungrateful. Especially when Chen Lili's sister-in-law went to help before, she attended the "annual meeting" and felt that although the clothing store could not compare with the state-owned factories, the treatment was not bad at all.
Chen Lili's elder brother: "Mom, don't the factories have to take exams to recruit skilled workers? Don't make things difficult for me. It's good enough that I can get the exam content. Besides, we are not in trouble at home now. If you don't want to quit, just let Juan'er cook at home, and we can get by as a family."
"Yes, Mom, my younger sister has already helped a lot." Sister-in-law Chen nodded quickly, feeling a little sorry for her sister-in-law. She had just mentioned it casually to her husband at the dinner table before, saying that she envied her sister-in-law's job. She didn't expect her mother-in-law to hear it. When she heard that the salary was high, she wanted her to go too.
She had tried to persuade her mother-in-law at first, but her mother-in-law was such a stubborn person, and secretly, she actually wanted to sell clothes, which would be much more comfortable than working around machines in a factory workshop.
"This clothing store is very special and upscale. The decoration looks better than a department store. The requirements are definitely high, and there are foreign customers. I was able to get the test questions, which means I got them through the back door. I have to work hard these few days. It's just a few words, I will memorize them all. If I can't do it, forget it. Don't make the boss hate me. She will lose her job."
Aunt Chen curled her lips and said, "Isn't this for your own good? I have two mouths to feed, and Lili hasn't married yet, so I have to give her more dowry so that she can find a good husband. Otherwise, with the little money we have now, what good family can the matchmaker introduce to your sister?"
Chen Lili listened on the side, feeling mixed emotions.
These days, the family has been very tense because of her eldest sister-in-law's work. She doesn't know how to deal with it. She doesn't want to be wronged, nor does she want to lose her job. She has even made up her mind to throw the jar into chaos. At worst, she has moved out. Her parents only care about making money and her eldest brother, and she can live on her own.
But now, after hearing her elder brother and sister-in-law speaking for her and saying that her parents were working hard to save money in order to buy her a decent dowry, she suddenly felt that her previous idea of just throwing away the jar was too naive.
On the day of the interview, Liu Meiyu arrived at the store early and saw that in addition to Mrs. Chen, there were three other young girls.
"Please introduce yourselves and tell us about your families."
In order to save time, Liu Meiyun always goes straight to the point and the three of them meet together.
Mrs. Chen worked hard at home for several days. She cooked, took care of the children, did housework, and even went to the toilet while memorizing words. There were only thirty words in total, and she asked her sister-in-law for help. After finally memorizing most of them by rote, she thought she had a good grasp of it. However, when she heard that the three girls next to her had all been to school and one had even graduated from high school, she immediately became deflated.
She didn’t even go to primary school for two years, and memorizing those words almost took away half her life. She couldn’t eat or sleep well these few days. Her husband even said that she started to stop speaking “human language” in her dreams at night…
After introducing the basic situation, Liu Meiyu took out the 30 words she had prepared in advance. The test method was also very simple. Whoever could remember more words within 30 minutes would win.
At this time, it was unrealistic to expect to recruit another top student like Song Qi who could speak English to come to her clothing store to sell clothes. Not to mention speaking English, even if he could recognize two words, it would be good enough.
Liu Meiyun doesn’t really have such high requirements. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know English, but you must have strong learning ability.
For example, someone like Chen Lili, who only graduated from junior high school, studies whenever she has free time every day. At first, when she received foreigners and listened to them talk, it was like playing the lute to a cow. But they were willing to work hard and ask more questions. Now, when facing foreigners, Chen Lili can even deal with them by gestures and guessing.
There were thirty words, and Liu Meiyun only gave the others twenty minutes, but Chen Dasao had two days more than them.
I originally thought that this backdoor must be safe.
But when she started writing the answers on the paper, Mrs. Chen was so nervous that her mind went blank and she couldn't think of anything.
Except for the one who just graduated from high school, the other two girls were not much better. But they were young and had good memories, so they could at least write one or two of them correctly even if they guessed. But Mrs. Chen just stood there with a flushed face, her hair was all bald, and she couldn't remember a single word.
In the end, there was no doubt that Liu Meiyu only kept the girl who had the most dictation words and had just graduated from high school.
The girl has a rural household registration, did not get into university, and has no job. Now she helps with farm work at home. She came here to try her luck, but she didn't expect to actually get the chance. She was so excited that her eyes were red on the spot.
"Sister-in-law, don't be sad. Next time, if the boss has other suitable opportunities here, I will tell you as soon as possible."
Chen Lili comforted her sister-in-law at the door of the store.
"No." Mrs. Chen waved her hands and suddenly thought: "I can't do this job. I'm OK with heavy work. You have to use your brain and talk, and it's stressful if you can't sell it. I'd better go home and take care of the kids."
She didn't want to experience that tense and embarrassing moment again.
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