Looking at Gu Lanyan through the moonlight streaming through the window, Gu Lanying said, "Sister, you're really different now. Looking at you makes me feel like there's hope for the future. Sister, do you think I can really make money?"
Gu Lanyan nodded confidently: "I guarantee it will. There's no cost involved, so you won't lose money at all. As long as you put your heart into making the food taste good, there's no way you won't make money. Lanying, you have no idea how amazing your niece is. She can earn money while still in school. She's even started a factory with a partner. What are you afraid of? Even the kids aren't afraid. Speaking of which, our family's turnaround is all thanks to you, our niece."
Gu Lanying looked at the blooming flowers and said, "This child used to be quiet, but now she looks different. It's because her grandmother really pushed her too far. Fortunately, she hasn't been ruined by their pressure."
Hua Kai sat up, wrapped in a blanket, and said, "Auntie, the more experience people have, the more successful they become. I've seen a lot. Actually, looking back at my grandma's side, they're not very successful. There's no need to stoop to their level. Just make yourself strong, and those people will keep their distance from you in the future. You won't have to fight them anymore. When we've established ourselves in the city, let my cousin come over too."
Gu Lanying nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, looking at you kids, you are really more capable than your cousin. He's always in the village and doesn't have much experience. He's definitely far behind in speaking and doing things."
After saying that, she turned to Gu Lanyan and said, "Sister, your Qingyi has really grown up. This child looks different. Huakai and Qingyi look like city people now."
Gu Lanyan smiled and said, "These two children have been in the city for a long time, so they have changed a bit, but that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that they are both studying. Although the eldest didn't finish middle school, he is studying hard now and plans to take the college entrance exam again in the future."
Gu Lanying looked at Gu Lanyan in surprise: "What? Qingyi is planning to go to school?"
Gu Lanyan said, "Well, Lanying, I won't tell you too much at once. When you start going to the market, you'll see more people and hear more, and you'll understand on your own. What I'm saying now may seem far removed from you, but when you slowly come to understand it, you will."
Hua Kai was very pleased with her mother's changes, because her mother had indeed changed a lot because of going to the market.
Gu Lanying had aspirations for the future: "Sister, if I can make money, if I can help Jianjun get out of this mountain village, then I will have done my duty to the Chen family."
Hua Kai said, "Auntie, you've done right by Uncle. Your dad's family takes such good care of the elderly. You don't need to always feel like you should do this or that, or feel like you owe anyone anything. What you should be thinking about now is how to live a good life and make the living happier."
Gu Lanying smiled: "Yes, Auntie knows. Kai Kai really talks like an adult now."
Gu Lanyan lay down first: "It's too cold sitting down, hurry up and lie down. Lan Ying will be staying for a few days this time, so we have plenty of time to talk. Once the holidays start, they'll definitely come to visit you again."
Gu Lanying lay down and said, "Yes, when the time comes, all three children will go and stay for a few days. Jianjun will be so happy."
Hua Kai spread out the cotton-padded jacket that was pressing down on her feet under the quilt, and lay down as well. Soon they both fell asleep.
The next day, Hua Kai and Hua Qingyi both got up quite early because they needed to take an early bus back to the city.
Of course, breakfast was already prepared when they got up.
Looking at her busy mother, Hua Kai felt truly warm inside. Although the house was dilapidated and the temperature was low, the warmth of family affection was high.
After breakfast, Hua Kai and Hua Qingyi said goodbye to Gu Lanying, telling her to stay at home and then the two siblings went to find Li Jing and took a car back to the city together.
When she arrived at school, it was just in time for class. It was a Monday morning, and Hua Kai was in high spirits, listening attentively to the lesson.
After Zhou Xinrui was expelled, Wang Lingling basically disappeared. Her life was free of all the messy things, and she could focus on studying and drawing every day, which was very relaxing.
This week, the house renovation was basically finished. Hua Kai took Section Chief Cheng and his wife to the sofa factory to show them the general style of the sofas. After all, the renovation had been completed for a while, and they would get anxious if they didn't see what the furniture looked like.
After reading it, the couple was completely relieved and said they were just waiting for their store to open, along with a local customer.
Hua Kai also said that when the store opens, she would let them go and take a look at some curtains and bedspreads so that they could have a reference. Of course, she would keep her word and accompany Section Chief Cheng and his family to the department store to shop.
The communication with the customer went very well. By Friday, the first batch of sofas and beds was completed. Each sofa, bed, and coffee table came with a set of ten. There weren't many of each type of product in the first batch, but there were quite a few styles, eight in total. The main purpose was to make sample catalogs for promotion, and also to have more styles for the store opening.
After Hua Kai and Ye Yifan went to see the finished product at noon, they were truly pleasantly surprised, because in this day and age, these sofas are really high-end products, so novel.
Hua Kai and Ye Yifan agreed that in the afternoon, the manager would hire a car to bring one set of each style of sofa, coffee table, and bed to the store, and then Li Jing would go over to tidy up the store first.
Huakai took leave from evening self-study today to go to the store to actually arrange how to display the products more appropriately. Then, tomorrow, Ye Yifan will go over to take photos because the light is good at noon. At this time, there aren't many devices available, so we can only look at the natural environment.
The curtains should arrive in a few days, then everything will be ready, and we'll just be waiting to open next weekend.
After school that evening, Ye Yifan came to pick up Hua Kai, and Gu Xiaoxue, out of curiosity, followed along.
When they arrived at the store, the lights were on, and Li Jing was tidying up inside. She had brought in the sofas, along with some dust and packaging materials, which she cleaned up.
Once inside, Hua Kai introduced Gu Xiaoxue and Li Jing to each other, and then began arranging the sofas.
The company had already considered the issue of moving the sofa upstairs and downstairs before the event. Moving the sofa horizontally is not difficult, but moving it up and down between the first and second floors is not easy without professional laborers. It takes a bit of skill to do this.
So before the flowers bloomed, I told the manager to put the five most expensive sets upstairs, and the remaining three sets, along with some shoe cabinets, chests of drawers, and other small items, downstairs.
Now, Hua Kai has gone upstairs first.
The first room was in a modern Chinese style, with the sofa, bed, and coffee table all in that style. There was already a display shelf there, so it looked quite atmospheric. After arranging everything, she took a notebook and wrote down a few more decorations that needed to be added, but she still felt that something was missing.
Ye Yifan looked at Hua Kai, who was frowning and puzzled, and asked, "Is it because the furniture doesn't suit your taste, or is there a problem with the renovation?"
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