Chapter 828 Spring of 1982
"Sister-in-law, I know a lot of people, but hair ties are such a small business, I only get a few cents of profit from them. It's hard to negotiate with those big bosses about this."
The man on the other end of the phone thought for a moment and said honestly:
"But my cousin has a small stall at the corner of the train station market. If you're willing, you can ask her to try it, okay?"
Lu Miao had previously heard from Fu Jingyou that Guangzhou Railway Station was a huge wholesale market.
It's simply unrealistic for her to go high-end right from the start.
It is safest to open up the market by increasing volume in the early stages and then consider other things when you have more funds in your hands.
With a laugh, Lu Miao agreed immediately:
"Okay, no problem. Thank you for taking care of this matter. Tomorrow, before the post office closes, I'll remit the payment to you. I'll sort out the other things later."
"Okay, sister-in-law."
Lu Miao said "hmm" gently and was about to hang up the phone. Seeing Fu Jingyou waving at her, she held the phone and said again:
"Wait a minute, don't hang up yet, your brother Xiao Fu wants to say a few words to you."
Lu Miao handed the microphone to Fu Jingyou.
They were talking on the phone and she wasn't listening.
The children in the house over there cried for half the night, and no one knew what was going on.
Lu Miao went over to take a look and realized that it was a few older children sitting on the kang playing Gobang.
Baichuan, the youngest, is also the most mean-spirited one.
When his older brothers and sisters were having fun, he would go up and either step on them or mess around with them with his little hands, disrupting the whole game.
Shi An was the oldest and didn't bother to argue with him, but he could only sigh helplessly.
Mingxia guided his brother and told him not to do that.
Little Baichuan looked at his sister's face, but he didn't listen at all and continued to do as he pleased. Mingyi, his elder brother, just couldn't tolerate him.
He stretched out his foot and Mingyi slapped his foot.
He stretched out his hand and Mingyi patted his hand.
After a few times, little Baichuan was defeated, or maybe he was tired, so he just sat aside with his hands folded, watching his brothers and sisters play obediently.
The little one and a half year old would occasionally straighten his back, his chest rising and falling, and sigh in an air of adultery when he was ignored.
Lu Miao saw it at the door and couldn't help laughing.
Brothers are friendly and respectful to each other, can control each other, and have someone they fear, which can be considered a positive development.
Seeing that the children had put down the "civil strife" by themselves, Lu Miao walked away as if nothing had happened.
No one stepped forward to intervene.
All the relatives of the Lu family have communicated with each other, so there is no need to worry that they will not have a place to pay New Year’s greetings after the New Year.
The old couple also spent the New Year in the courtyard this year.
On New Year's Eve, there were fish and meat on the table, and a copper pot with thick soup base was hung on the table, in which beef, mutton and small green vegetables were cooked.
The elders sit in the main seats.
A bench was placed around the long table, and three armchairs were placed side by side.
Except for Xiao Baichuan who couldn't sit still, the other three children all sat at the table.
The whole family was chattering around the table, it was so lively.
Lu Yuanzheng and Tang Mei were also generous.
This year's New Year's money was given in the form of gold bars withdrawn from the bank.
Each adult was given a five-liang stick.
Each person gets a small one weighing three taels.
The other one directly sent out red envelopes, the big one was one hundred, and the small one was fifty each.
Lu Miao was so busy that she forgot to prepare for her elders and children.
Fortunately, Fu Jingyou remembered it and made red envelopes with red paper in advance, giving each elder a hundred yuan and each child ten yuan.
Although the amount is not large, it is within my ability and it is a token of my appreciation.
It's a good idea to get a good start in the occasion.
Anyway, no matter who gives it to whom, the things will eventually go into Lu Miao's pocket.
This was evident when Lu Miao left the table after the New Year's Eve dinner.
There were more than two kilograms of gold bars on hand. She picked them up one by one and it took her a long time to bring them into the room.
It is rare that there was no snow in northern Beijing this year.
Lu Miao was packing things in the room, while Fu Jingyou took the children to set off fireworks, firecrackers and sky rockets in the yard.
The children's laughter and joyful screams soared into the sky along with the sound of firecrackers.
Lu Yuanzheng stood beside him holding Xiao Baichuan, pointing in a certain direction from time to time and leading Xiao Baichuan to watch the fireworks.
After Lu Miao finished cleaning the house, he came out and put away the dishes with Tang Mei.
After playing with the children for another half an hour, we were afraid that they would sweat and catch a cold, so we all started to move into the house and gathered in front of the TV to watch the New Year.
Little Baichuan was put on the ground and allowed to jump around and play.
Lu Miao sat on the swing, swaying his legs gently, and peeled a small bowl of nuts.
The youngest child didn’t know how to share yet, so she waved and called him over, handed him the small bowl, and asked him to give it to his older brothers and sisters and eat together with them.
"Mother?"
Little Baichuan tilted his head and looked at his mother, his face full of confusion.
Lu Miao pointed towards the big ones, and the little ones immediately understood and ran over there with their small bowls in hand.
Mingxia ate a nut, kissed her brother on the cheek, and was the first to respond:
"Thank you, brother~"
Xiao Baichuan seemed to understand something, squinted his eyes and smiled, picked up a nut and fed it to his sister.
Mingxia took it and ate it, then fed him one as well.
What others give is always the best. Little Baichuan stomped his feet excitedly, and was so happy that he fed his brothers and sisters all around.
Lu Miao looked at it, sighed and curved his eyes.
In just this brief moment, her lips were hit by something.
When I turned my head, I saw that it was walnut kernels handed to me by the child's father.
Her peach-colored lips curled up, her thick eyelashes fluttered gently like a small fan, her eyes sparkled, and she lowered her head to peck the walnut kernel from his hand.
"Is it tasty?"
"tasty."
"I'll peel some more for you."
"Hmm~ No, give me some raisins. I want to eat that."
"good."
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The New Year of 1982 was destined to begin in a busy manner.
After staying up until midnight, people at home turn off the lights and go to bed.
The next morning, Lu Miao and Fu Jingyou followed Lu Yuanzheng to pay New Year's greetings to several uncles with whom they were on good terms.
In the afternoon, I had free time to develop my own interpersonal relationships.
Generally speaking, you have to go early during the holidays.
I don’t visit relatives or friends in the afternoon.
But the situation is special.
For example, Lu Miao will officially start work tomorrow. If he doesn't rush over today, he won't have time to come again later.
The friends and teachers I made good friends with were all very enthusiastic.
We know that both of us are busy people, so we don’t care about these things.
Let’s talk about work.
The British Press is busy at the moment.
Lu Miao was extremely envious of the electromechanical factory, which only opened for work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year and had to return to work as planned on the second day.
Fortunately, when she returned to work after the New Year, the office arranged for her by the Guoying Press had already been cleaned up.
It's the third room at the corner of the left corridor on the third floor.
The independent space is about 20 square meters, not big, but because it has just been cleaned up, it still looks very empty.
The bookshelf is empty.
There is only one pen holder on the entire desk in the shape of an X, with two small five-star red flags inserted crosswise on the left and right.
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