Chapter 379: Apology (Two chapters combined)
As the weather got cold, the entire shopping mall switched to winter styles almost overnight. Zhang Miaomiao's cotton coats were also delivered in advance. The colors and styles were similar to last year's, which were average and not amazing.
In addition, every store is selling winter clothes, so the sales of cotton clothes in Su Jiaojiao's two stores are average. Among all clothing categories, floral shirts still lead the retail sales.
The store is not as busy as before. Su Jiaojiao designed a cotton-padded jacket these two days, bought all the fabrics and accessories, and asked Wang Xiaoyu to go to Kyoto to make the sample according to the production process.
Next year she plans to make her own cotton clothes and won’t buy from Zhang Miaomiao anymore.
Zhang Miaomiao’s husband Zhou Chentao is a conservative and steady man. Most of the styles in their home are designed by him. They remain the same for years and will not be changed easily.
Su Jiaojiao was too busy in the past few months and had no time to take care of the winter goods, so she had to buy goods from them. Firstly, the wholesale price they gave her was low, and secondly, their quality was good and customers also agreed.
When you are not busy, you don’t have to get up so early.
Su Jiaojiao asked Ding Linyu and Cai Ting to take their own shifts, and only open one shop in the morning to deliver goods. If she had classes in the morning, she would not go to Wudaokou, but go directly to school from Jinyuan.
When doing business, you have to be relaxed to a certain extent. It’s not good to be tense all the time.
Jinyuan was only one stop away from the school, so she asked Ding Linyu to drive to Wudaokou and she walked to school, taking a walk to relax.
Ding Linyu drove steadily and she felt relieved.
Cai Ting is still struggling with the second part of the driving test. She would not have been able to get a driver's license before the New Year. It's quite strange to say, but it is actually very easy to get a driver's license now. She has no problem reversing into a parking space or parking sideways, but she can't pass the S-curve.
In fact, the S-curve is not difficult. The coaches have fixed formulas and you can pass it by memorizing them. Cai Ting has no problem with the theory, but she is not good at practice. She drives crookedly and the coach doesn't even let her take the test.
This made Cai Ting very discouraged and she said she didn't want to take the exam anymore.
Su Jiaojiao and Ding Linyu took turns to comfort her. Su Jiaojiao went to the store to take her place during the day when she had nothing to do and asked her to learn how to drive. Su Jiaojiao didn't believe that Cai Ting could not pass the second test.
The solar term on December 7th is Heavy Snow.
There were indeed some snowflakes falling early in the morning. Su Jiaojiao was worried about the batch of goods that Fang Zeyang was sending to Jiao County, so she called him after class in the afternoon and asked about the batch of goods.
Fang Zeyang said that he knew there would be snow after reading the weather forecast, so he sent out yesterday afternoon, and now he is almost reaching Jiao County.
Su Jiaojiao finally felt relieved.
Fang Zeyang is a very prudent person.
There is no need to rush for the last batch of goods. It can be sent around February next year, and the finished products can be shipped in batches during May Day. By the time 100,000 floral shirts are on the market, her capital chain will be revitalized.
By then, spring, autumn, summer and winter styles will all be included in the millennial style series.
Let there be hot items in every season.
Out of concern for his work, Su Jiaojiao asked him about the demolition of Fangji Factory No. 2. The fabrics for her short-sleeved floral shirts were all produced at Fangji Factory No. 2.
Fang Zeyang said that they were still discussing it, and that even if the deal was reached, he would have to take half a year to move out completely. As for the specific time of moving, it depended on the sincerity of Wanzhuo Group.
Because of Lu Jingyou, Su Jiaojiao didn't dare to express her own opinion. She just chatted about fabrics for a few minutes. She looked at the time and it was almost four o'clock, so she decided not to go to Wudaokou.
It was a rare occasion that she came back early, so she bought some vegetables downstairs and planned to make dumplings in the evening. Ding Linyu's dumpling filling was particularly delicious, and both she and Cai Ting loved it.
Lu Jingyou drove and followed her from the school gate all the way to Jinyuan.
Ever since Su Jiaojiao hung up on him last week, she hasn't contacted him since. She doesn't answer his calls and doesn't reply to his text messages. He knows she is really angry.
When he calmed down, he realized that he was impulsive. It was impossible for a girl as reserved as her to have close contact with a man casually. She had to do it only because of work reasons.
Not only did he not understand her hard work, but he was jealous instead. It was his fault.
He hadn't been able to contact her for so many days and was feeling depressed. He recalled Qi Heng in advance to replace his job in the suburbs of Beijing and rushed back to apologize to her.
He saw her buying groceries downstairs and knew she was going home to cook, so he took out a big bouquet of roses from the car and waited for her at the door.
When Su Jiaojiao saw him upstairs, she was slightly surprised, then her face turned cold: "Boss Lu, what's the matter?"
She wasn't good at arguing with people, especially with him.
After not seeing him for more than a month, she felt that this man was very strange, so strange that she didn't want to see him.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't be angry with you. I'm here to apologize." Lu Jingyou handed her the flowers and took the vegetables from her. Su Jiaojiao subconsciously refused, but he still snatched the vegetables from her. He looked at the cabbage and meat she bought and immediately said, "I'm hungry too. Let's cook together."
The corridor was still quite cold. Su Jiaojiao took out the key and opened the door while holding the flowers. Lu Jingyou walked in with the vegetables, changed his shoes, and brought the vegetables to the kitchen.
The room was heated. Lu Jingyou took off his coat and hung it on the hanger at the door. He went to the bathroom to wash his hands, sat on the sofa, picked up the remote control and asked her, "What TV are you watching?"
Su Jiaojiao ignored him, carried the flowers back to the bedroom, put them on the table, took off her down jacket, went to the kitchen, took out the dough bowl, scooped a ladle of flour and started kneading the dough.
She had bought dumpling wrappers once before, but they were too hard. She preferred the ones made from homemade dough to be softer.
Lu Jingyou knew she was still angry, so he found a TV and watched her go into the kitchen. He followed her in and hugged her from behind. "I felt bad that you went to the suburbs of Beijing without meeting me. I admit I was jealous. You would rather have dinner with other men than ask me out."
He would be very happy if she showed any sign of needing him.
But in her eyes, he, her fiancé, seemed dispensable. He could not accept such a gap. His eyes were full of her, and he hoped that she would keep him in her heart.
Su Jiaojiao didn't say anything and continued to knead the dough.
Suddenly I remembered a line from a song: Falling in love is always easy, but getting along with each other is too difficult. Things that were normal before have changed in his eyes now.
Now it was this incident, and there would definitely be other things happening in the future. What she didn't understand was why she trusted him so much, but he refused to believe her.
She saw with her own eyes the scene of Lu Jingyou and Yu Mingyuan standing and talking at the hotel entrance, but she didn't say anything.
He, on the other hand, questioned her and doubted her without even seeing anything with his own eyes. What a typical male chauvinist!
Thinking that Su Jiaojiao had already kneaded the dough, she found a clean cloth to cover it and started washing the meat. She originally wanted to go home to make dumplings and would not change her plan because of his arrival.
Seeing that she was busy and ignoring him, Lu Jingyou let her go, rolled up his sleeves and walked to the basin: "I'll wash the vegetables."
Su Jiaojiao simply let him wash it, took the meat, put it on the chopping board and started cutting it.
Neither she nor Ding Linyu eats fatty meat, so Su Jiaojiao bought a piece of pork tenderloin. The pork tenderloin is all lean meat and is easy to cut. She chopped it a little, cut some green onions, mixed it with soy sauce and salt, and marinated it for later use.
Thinking of the peeled shrimps in the refrigerator, Su Jiaojiao took them out to thaw. The dumplings stuffed with cabbage, pork and shrimp were just as delicious.
Lu Jingyou had already washed the cabbage and took a basin to drain the water. He was not good at doing these things. Sometimes in the old house, he would occasionally see Song Ma and others draining the washed vegetables, so he would follow their example.
If he has the chance in the future, he will also learn these daily life things carefully.
Su Jiaojiao is used to doing these things. Although she doesn't do them often now, she is still skilled at it once she starts.
She cut the washed cabbage in half, leaving only the leaves, chopped it up, added salt, wrapped it in gauze, squeezed out the water, and put it in a basin for later use. She kept the cabbage white for later use when cooking, as the cabbage white contained too much water and would affect the taste.
The dough has been kneaded, the vegetables and meat filling have been prepared, but the shrimps have not yet thawed.
Su Jiaojiao walked into the living room and looked at the clock. It was only 5:10. Cai Ting and Ding Linyu would not be back until around 6:00. By the time the shrimps were thawed, they could start wrapping them.
The main reason is that the dumpling filling she made is not as delicious as Ding Linyu's. It won't be too late to make it after Ding Linyu comes back.
The three of them cook for themselves most of the time and rarely eat out. This saves money, is economical, and they can eat well and improve their cooking skills at the same time.
In Su Jiaojiao's opinion, cooking is something you may not need to use, but you must know it. At least you can ensure that you can fill your stomach without relying on others.
This is different from having money or not.
Lu Jingyou also looked at his watch, knowing that they didn't have much time left to be alone together, so he simply picked her up and carried her into the bedroom: "Don't be angry, listen to my explanation..."
"You don't have to explain, I guessed it all." Su Jiaojiao pushed him away, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said indifferently, "When Yu Mingjie was talking to you about work, he must have deliberately mentioned the encounter with me, and then exaggerated it and said something about Fang Zeyang and me. Then you believed it and called me to question me. On the surface, you blamed me for not contacting you after I went to the suburbs of Beijing, but in fact, you suspected that I was with Fang Zeyang..."
The more she spoke, the angrier and more aggrieved she felt. All the running around and suffering she had endured in the past few days flooded back to her mind. Her eyes reddened uncontrollably as she choked out a sob, "I've told you before that Yu Mingjie isn't a reliable person. Why are you still trusting him? If you keep going on like this, I won't be able to stay with you."
Seeing Su Jiaojiao crying, Lu Jingyou walked over and hugged her: "I was wrong. I promise I won't do it again. Please forgive me this time. I'm just afraid of losing you. I'm worried that others can do better than me..."
She is so independent and doesn't rely on him at all.
Instead, he felt that he couldn't hold on to her. When he was in the suburbs of Beijing, he always wanted to come back to see her, but he was delayed again and again because of one thing and another.
After hearing what Yu Mingjie said, he got angry.
"We're just work colleagues. No matter how well he does, how much better can he be?" Su Jiaojiao pushed him away, but he held her tightly. The two of them fell on the bed. Seeing her emotional, Lu Jingyou didn't take any further action. He just held her in his arms, patted her back, and comforted her, "I know. I was overthinking it."
"Fang Zeyang knows you, and he's very measured in his interactions with me, never crossing the line." Su Jiaojiao saw that he was still wearing the floral shirt she'd made for him, and her anger subsided a lot. She told him about what happened that day, "Yu Mingjie went to negotiate with Fang Zeyang's father about the factory demolition. I ran into him while I was looking at fabrics at a factory. I didn't want to stay for dinner, but it was dinner time, and the Fang family father and son insisted, so I couldn't refuse, so we had dinner together."
"Yu Mingjie knew about you and me. He mocked me for relying on you to get started and even encouraged me to drink baijiu. It was Fang Zeyang who helped me out. The Fang family is a real business, not as bad as he said."
"If you encounter something like this again, you must tell me. No matter how busy I am, I will always put you first. If I can't even protect you, what's the point of me making more money?" After hearing what Su Jiaojiao said, Lu Jingyou wanted to fire Yu Mingjie right away and then beat him up. He dared to force his fiancée to drink at the table and was tired of living.
"I think I can handle such occasions and don't want to disturb you." Su Jiaojiao is used to being independent. When encountering problems, the first thing she thinks of is to solve them by herself. Only when she can't solve them will she think of asking others for help.
She had dinner with Yu Mingjie because she knew her limits and she believed Fang Zeyang was on her side.
"Jiao Jiao, I think we should redefine each other's identities." Lu Jingyou propped up his arms and looked at her. "You are mine, and your business is also my business. I hope you understand that Wanzhuo Group and I are just partners. You and I are one."
"I know what you mean, but I think we should have our own space. If I depend on you for everything, won't I lose myself?" Su Jiaojiao understood Lu Jingyou's thoughts and disagreed. "Once a person loses himself, he will become anxious and worried. I hope you can understand my thoughts. I won't become a vine just because of a relationship or marriage."
When in love, men like women to be dependent and petite.
It’s not necessarily the case after marriage. It’s not good to be like a little bird that depends on others. It’s better to spread your wings and fly high in your own world.
"I understand you and I believe in you." Lu Jingyou almost forgot that his fiancée was an independent girl. She was not a vine, but a big tree like him. She would grow with him instead of relying on him and entangling him.
"The location of Fangji Textile Factory No. 2 happened to be within the planning map of the Ring Road, so it involved the issue of demolition. Yu Mingjie offered them 200,000 yuan in compensation, but when they disagreed, he threw rocks into their yard." Su Jiaojiao brought up the matter of Fangji with Lu Jingyou. "I asked Fang Zeyang, and he said he intended to pay 500,000 yuan in compensation. His father wanted 300,000 yuan in compensation plus a new piece of industrial land. I don't think their demands are excessive."
Although land is cheap in the suburbs of Beijing, housing prices have not risen for the time being.
But Fangji is a factory after all, and it's a new factory with a large area, so it's reasonable to give it some compensation. I've heard of people getting rich overnight because of demolition, but I've never heard of people getting poorer because of demolition.
Yu Mingjie's eating habits are so ugly.
"Why are they throwing rocks again?" Lu Jingyou frowned slightly. "I've already dismissed the previous group of people. Yu Mingjie was appointed by Yu Minghuai. Besides, there are compensation standards for demolition, which are calculated based on data. It's not up to one person to decide."
"If you don't believe me, go to Fangji Textile Factory and find out more." Su Jiaojiao leaned into his arms. She was determined to persuade him. It was Yu Mingjie who had offended her. Seeing her gentle tone, he turned over and pressed her down, looking down at her. "I believe you, and only you."
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