As soon as the New Year was over, Zhao Qinglan had no intention of taking it easy.
Her husband goes to work, the children go to school, and she stays at home, doing housework and reading books.
For this reason, she made a special trip back to the region.
As 1983 approached, the atmosphere for individual business owners became more relaxed, and she began to consider opening a new store.
This time, she no longer needs to be registered under the name of a so-called public institution; she can obtain a business license for an individual business under her own name.
In fact, this policy has been implemented in many places for the past two years, but now the benefits have finally reached them.
She had heard some rumors at the end of last year, but she had been observing the situation. Now that the policy has been implemented, she immediately took action.
The main store of the military-civilian joint venture is still affiliated with the military; she has no intention of separating it.
After all, the military-civilian cooperation initially benefited greatly from this.
With the new store, she can finally unleash her full potential.
The people working in the military-civilian joint venture are all elderly; we can easily transfer people from among them to open a new store.
She also immediately began renovating and expanding her store.
When it comes to recruitment, although she will transfer people from the old store to manage it, she still gives priority to military spouses when recruiting new employees.
When they learned that she was recruiting, the wives of soldiers in the troupe were incredibly proactive.
Fortunately, she no longer lives here, so she doesn't have to face these kinds of social obligations.
Thanks to previous experience, the decoration and layout of the new store, as well as the recruitment and training of employees, went very smoothly.
Just three months later, the second branch of Junminhe in the region was grandly opened.
Its scale is no smaller than the main store, and in some aspects it even surpasses it.
With her main store doing so well, and then opening a new store on the other side of the city, the managers of several state-owned restaurants in the city felt quite resentful.
However, Zhao Qinglan didn't care about these things. This was normal business competition, and whether the business was profitable or not depended entirely on each person's ability.
Her new store wasn't affiliated with any agency this time, so naturally some people were unhappy.
But this is her personal freedom. Now that there are more and more individual business owners, Zhao Qinglan is no longer particularly conspicuous.
After the new store opened, she observed it for a few days and found that everything was running smoothly, so she let the store manager take over, and only took care of regular inspections and checking the accounts.
Once she finished things here, she rushed to the capital.
My younger sister's wedding is scheduled for mid-June, and as her older sister, she needs to go early to help with the preparations.
None of their family members lived in the capital; only her maternal uncle was there. Since her maternal relatives were far away, they put even more effort into the wedding preparations, not wanting their younger sister to be looked down upon by her in-laws after marriage.
Zhao Qingzhu was to be married off from her courtyard in the capital.
Previously, when Madam Sun visited the capital, she spent a few days with Old Master Dou and selected a house in the capital for her youngest daughter. This house was the most valuable item in Zhao Qingzhu's dowry.
When Zhao Qinglan came over after finishing up with the new store, her mother, Madam Sun, had already been in the capital for two months.
She personally arranged the courtyard in the capital city bit by bit, and after Zhao Qinglan arrived, there wasn't much left for her to do.
Sun Guangming was very concerned about his niece's boyfriend, whom he introduced to him, since he had no children of his own.
Thanks to him, things became much easier for the Sun family.
Zhao Qingzhu's in-laws initially looked down on her because she was from out of town, but when they learned that she owned a courtyard house in Beijing, they were truly impressed.
Thanks to the convenience of reform and opening up, many things are no longer in short supply, and some no longer require ration coupons.
Sun Shi bought a lot of things for her youngest daughter, which made Zhao Qingzhu feel embarrassed, since her two older sisters didn't receive so many when they got married.
However, neither Zhao Qinglan nor Zhao Qingzhu cared about these things. They even added a lot of things to their younger sister's dowry, mostly gold and silver, making Zhao Qingju's dowry even more abundant.
Zhao Qingzhu was pregnant and her belly was too big to move around easily, so Sun Shi didn't let her come over early. Zhao Qingzhu asked her eldest sister, Zhao Qinglan, to bring the dowry for her younger sister first.
There are many things that need to be discussed before marriage. Sun Guangming is busy with work and can't keep up with everything. Fortunately, there is help from Grandpa Dou and the Zhang family.
Zhang Yu and his wife Song Yi returned to Shenzhen after spending the Chinese New Year in Beijing.
However, once Song Yi's belly grew bigger, Zhang's parents urged their son to let his daughter-in-law come back to prepare for childbirth, so that they could take care of her and she would also have someone to look after her.
In fact, Song Yi didn't lack people to take care of him in Shenzhen. His company's real estate business was progressing smoothly, and the houses were almost sold out in a few months, bringing in a large amount of cash. Not only did they pay off the bank loan, but he and Zhao Qinglan also received a large dividend.
Zhang Yu had hired a nanny to do housework and take care of his wife long ago, but no outsider can be as caring as family.
Song Yi didn't want her in-laws to worry, so she returned to Beijing in May. Now she's almost due and will give birth in a few days.
Holding a large share of dividends is also the source of Zhao Qinglan's confidence to expand aggressively and open new stores.
After the new store in the region has been operating for a while, she plans to open another store in the provincial capital.
Having suppressed her ambition for so long, she can now expand her horizons and unleash it completely.
However, all of this will have to wait until she finishes her younger sister's wedding.
With his wife about to give birth, Zhang Yu put aside his business in Shenzhen and returned to Beijing.
Knowing that Zhao Qinglan's younger sister was getting married, he kind-heartedly ran around helping out, not considering himself an outsider at all.
Sure enough, with him around, Zhao Qingju's in-laws valued her even more.
Although Zhang Yu did not follow his elders' wishes to pursue a career in politics or the military, he was still a member of the Zhang family.
Although Zhao Qingju's husband's family was not considered an upper-class family in Beijing, they were still considered middle-class. Their relatives were distributed among different government units and state-owned factories.
This is also why some members of her husband's family initially looked down on Zhao Qingju.
Fortunately, Zhao Qingju's boyfriend and his family were generally good people, which allowed Zhao Qingju and her boyfriend to continue their relationship.
If this family hadn't been decent, Sun Guangming wouldn't have introduced them to his niece in the first place.
Just a few days before Zhao Qingju's wedding, Song Yi gave birth.
Song Yi's pregnancy wasn't very noticeable, but when she gave birth, it turned out to be twins, a boy and a girl, which delighted the Zhang family.
When the news reached Song Yi's former in-laws' home, their feelings became increasingly complicated and filled with regret.
They embarrassed Song Yi at her wedding, and Zhang Yu holds a grudge, so he took some retaliatory actions afterward.
Now that Song Yi has two lives, the other side is increasingly regretting it.
As soon as Zhao Qinglan learned that Song Yi had given birth successfully, she rushed to the hospital to visit her.
Upon seeing Zhao Qinglan, Zhang's mother was overjoyed and chatted with her for a long time.
After seeing Song Yi and Zhang Yu's child, the rest of Zhao Qinglan's family arrived.
Li Huai and Zhou Jingsheng, along with several children who had just started summer vacation and pregnant Zhao Qingzhu, came by train.
The courtyard where Zhao Qingju got married suddenly became lively.
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