Chen Niannian put down her pen and picked up the three versions. The first version was of Doraemon.
The second version shows Astro Boy holding a pen, with two lines of text below the image: "Wenjuxing, your weapon for fighting in the sea of questions!"
The third version features the Smurfs, with the following two lines of text below the image: "The ocean of knowledge, Wenjuxing helps you swim freely."
At this moment, Chen Niannian misses the heat press machine and computer that came later. Once the design was done, one piece could be made in a minute. It was nothing like now, where every piece was a handmade original, and the labor cost was quite high.
The next day, Aunt Liu also joined in making the clothes, and Cao Yujiao was promoted to a higher level. She was responsible for applying the paint, while Aunt Liu was in charge of the final ironing.
Because ironing takes the least amount of time, Aunt Liu stayed downstairs, keeping an eye on the renovations while ironing the clothes she had drawn.
After Chen Niannian finished drawing the last piece of clothing, Chen Wenjing and Li Mengmeng returned.
The two returned home on the same day. After putting down her luggage, Li Mengmeng only said a few words to her parents before immediately going out to find Chen Niannian, eager to share with her what she had seen and heard over the past few days.
As soon as they knocked on the door, they saw Chen Wenjing, who had just arrived home. Chen Wenjing was planning to go to the stationery store to find Chen Niannian, so the two of them came to the store together.
"Sister Wenjing, we didn't go into the wrong house, did we? Is this our house?" Li Mengmeng stared blankly at the already renovated house and said.
Although Chen Wenjing had seen the blueprints, she still found it hard to imagine the final result after the renovation.
The main gate has been replaced with a retro red one, flanked by simple, large pillars. Inscribed on the pillars is a couplet: "May the auspicious star shine upon you, bringing prosperity to your business; may the star of literature gather your fortune; the horizontal scroll reads: The star of literature descends to earth."
Ascending the steps and stepping through the main entrance, the 200-square-meter ground floor is divided into three sections, integrating a stationery supermarket, a reading area, and a living area. The entire ground floor is decorated primarily in wood tones, with dark red accents adding a touch of luxury.
Two large rows of bookshelves were set up near the stairs. Upon closer inspection, they were all labeled and categorized as literature, cartoons, history, martial arts, and romance. In front of the bookshelves was a desk with a sign that read, "Deposit of 5 yuan per book, 1 jiao per book per day."
In the middle area, there was a long row of tables and tall chairs, just like a bar in later times. In front of the tables was a large water bucket with the words "Imperata cylindrica root water, clears heat and detoxifies, 5 cents a pot" written on it.
The largest area on the right is the stationery supermarket, but the bookshelves and the supermarket itself are still empty.
“Come on, let’s go up to the second floor and take a look,” Li Mengmeng said, pulling Chen Wenjing’s hand and running towards the second floor with anticipation in her eyes.
The two went up the stairs. Upstairs, after walls were knocked down and partitions were added, the room was made into a six-bedroom, two-living room room. Cao Yujiao's room was opposite the kitchen. The remaining four bedrooms were all on the same horizontal line, arranged in an L shape with Cao Yujiao's room. The study was opposite Aunt Liu's room.
The living room was furnished with a trendy leather sofa, so comfortable that one didn't want to get out. "Wow! This is so great! I love it! Niannian, Yujiao, Aunt Liu, we're back! Come out quickly!" Li Mengmeng exclaimed excitedly.
Aunt Liu had just gone out to take out the trash, so she didn't run into them. Chen Niannian and Cao Yujiao heard Li Mengmeng's voice and quickly came out.
"Mengmeng, cousin!" Chen Niannian was in a great mood when she saw the two of them return.
"Niannian, I miss you so much." Li Mengmeng rushed towards Chen Niannian.
Chen Niannian was hugged tightly, and feeling Li Mengmeng's closeness, she felt a surge of emotion.
"You can choose your rooms now. Aunt Liu and Sister Yu Jiao have already chosen their rooms. There are three more rooms available. You can choose first," Chen Niannian said generously, gently pulling Li Mengmeng aside.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Li Mengmeng hugged Chen Niannian, and then opened the doors to several rooms to check them one by one.
Chen Wenjing followed behind Li Mengmeng, carefully examining the rooms.
"I want this room," Li Mengmeng said, pointing to the bedroom next to Cao Yujiao's room.
"Niannian, which one do you want?" There were still two bedrooms left, and Chen Wenjing let Chen Niannian choose first.
"I'll take that one." Chen Niannian pointed casually to a room right next to Li Mengmeng's.
There's only one room left, which is Chen Wenjing's room. Chen Niannian's bedroom is right between the two bedrooms.
The decorating styles of the rooms were actually quite similar, with only the furniture being different. The bed in the room Li Mengmeng chose was the one she had picked out, which is why she fell in love with the room at first sight.
Chen Wenjing and Chen Niannian both had an indifferent attitude.
After the rooms were assigned, Aunt Liu returned. She was pleasantly surprised to see Li Mengmeng and Chen Wenjing suddenly appear.
"Oh my, Mengmeng, you've gotten so dark and thin!" Aunt Liu pulled Li Mengmeng over and looked her up and down.
"She's certainly tanned, but I can't tell she's thin," Chen Wenjing said with a grin after glancing at Li Mengmeng.
"You! Niannian, look how thin I've become!" Li Mengmeng pouted, annoyed by Chen Wenjing, and pulled Chen Niannian aside to reason with her.
"I've lost weight, and being tanned makes me look even thinner," Chen Niannian replied seriously.
"You two are just bullying me! Humph, I even brought you gifts, but I'm not giving them to you anymore," Li Mengmeng said resentfully.
"My dear Mengmeng, I didn't bully you. If you won't give them to them, then give them all to me." Cao Yujiao smiled and held out her hand to Mengmeng.
Li Mengmeng didn't want to talk to anyone anymore. She hummed twice and sat on the sofa without saying a word.
"You guys, hehe, I'm going to buy some groceries. We'll have a nice meal together tonight to help Mengmeng recover." Aunt Liu was in a very good mood as she watched the children chatting and laughing.
"Aunt Liu, you're so biased! I've lost weight too, didn't you notice?" Chen Wenjing said in a deliberately coquettish tone.
"Alright, alright, you've all lost weight. You all need to eat something nourishing." Aunt Liu said with a smile, then picked up her shopping basket and went out to buy groceries.
"Cute, don't be angry. Tell us about summer camp." Chen Niannian walked to the sofa, sat down next to Li Mengmeng, and tugged at the still sulking Li Mengmeng.
At the mention of summer camp, Li Mengmeng immediately stopped being angry and started talking non-stop, "We went to the Inner Mongolian grasslands, there..."
The four of them huddled together, their laughter echoing throughout the room. By the time they finished catching up on what they had been up to lately, it was already evening.
Li Mengmeng and Chen Wenjing both called home and said they would go back after dinner.
At Chen Niannian's insistence, a telephone was installed in the shop, costing several thousand yuan, and the money in her savings account was almost gone...
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