In the blink of an eye, it is the twelfth lunar month again.
When Cheng Maixiang mentioned their marriage to Lin Jiayu that day, Lin Qingwan was surprised and happy. For three consecutive days, she did not go to Shuangshui Village and helped Lin Jiayu prepare the betrothal gifts for proposing to the Cheng family.
In this era, the best wedding gift among the people is three turns and one ring, which are also the four household items that every family dreams of owning. They are a radio, a bicycle, a sewing machine and a watch. This is also the highest wealth that ordinary people can have in this era.
Lin Jiayu was naturally no exception. Although Cheng Maixiang repeatedly emphasized to her that she didn't care about these things at all, Lin Jiayu wanted his young wife to marry out of the village in a grand manner. So even though he had already donated a sewing machine to the garment workshop in Shuangshui Village and bought his young wife a watch in Guangzhou, he still bought these four major betrothal gifts again.
When the brand new Phoenix sewing machines, Fei Ge bicycles, Red Star radios and Hai Shi watches were delivered to Shuangshui Village, it caused a sensation in the entire village.
Over the years, few girls from the village who got married could have such a decent betrothal gift. Cheng Maixiang is really a blessed girl. Not only is she the top scorer in liberal arts in East Province and was admitted to the provincial university, but even the family she chose is so capable.
Families with daughters in the village all regard Cheng Maixiang as a role model, and use her to educate their children every day to work hard and make progress. Moreover, families that originally thought that their daughters' education was a waste of time have gradually changed their minds and are willing to send their children to school.
Cheng Maixiang was not interested in the words of envy or jealousy from the villagers. She had more important things to do.
After discussion between the two families, the wedding of Cheng Maixiang and Lin Jiayu was scheduled for the 18th day of the first lunar month of the following year. Because the Lin family had no elders, Lin Jiayu and Lin Qingwan agreed to hold the wedding in Shuangshui Village. Although most of the preparations for the wedding were taken care of by Lin Qingwan and Cheng Dasao, many things still required Cheng Maixiang's approval.
In addition, with the Chinese New Year approaching, Cheng Maixiang and her mother are busy calculating the annual income of Shuangshui Village and distributing wages, bonuses and benefits to the employees of the garment workshop.
Ever since Guangshi Garment Factory and Cheng Maixiang re-signed the profit-sharing contract, Jiaxiang brand clothing has been sold to Gangcheng and has been selling well in Gangcheng. Although it has only made it into the top 15 clothing brands in Gangcheng in terms of sales, the consumption level of Gangcheng people is far beyond that of the mainland.
Not only that, Qin's mother is very good at business operations. She took advantage of the low costs in the mainland and the novelty of Jiaxiang brand clothing and successfully sold clothing to other countries through the Qin Group. Because local consumers responded well and there was a huge demand for orders, Guangzhou Garment Factory could hardly meet the needs of the Qin Group.
Because the clothing sales were booming both domestically and internationally, starting from May, the garment factory had been earning money continuously just from dividends. Compared to simply selling the clothes on the shelves at the county supply and marketing cooperative, it was unknown how much more it had earned, which also gave Cheng Maixiang bigger ideas.
"Aunt, aunt, Yingying and I have brought you the gift sent from Hong Kong."
Qiaomai and Yingying ran in from outside hand in hand, followed by Lin Qingwan and Wei Lingcheng. Each of them was carrying two large boxes and walked in with difficulty.
Seeing this, Cheng Maixiang quickly took the box from Lin Qingwan's hand and placed it on the floor in the main hall.
"Excuse me, sister and brother-in-law."
Over the past year, Wei Lingcheng has accompanied Lin Qingwan to Shuangshui Village on time almost every week. When he arrived at Cheng's house, he would rush to do the work and was extremely kind to the children. This summer vacation, he even drove the two children and Lin Qingwan to a neighboring city for a trip, which made the two children extremely excited.
Now, Lin Qingwan has gradually accepted him, Yingying can also talk to him in private, and although Lin Jiayu still dislikes him, he will no longer give him a cold look in public.
"You're being polite, Aunt Cheng takes care of Yingying all day, so it's only natural for me to do some work for her. But having said that, your partner is really great. He sends you a bunch of Hong Kong-style dim sum every holiday. It's really thoughtful."
Speaking of which, Qin's mother is really a smart person. She knows that if she sends things to Lin Jiayu, they will most likely be returned, so she gives gifts to partners in the name of the group, and the recipient on the mailing slip every time is the person in charge of the Shuangshui Village Garment Workshop. Therefore, every time, Cheng's mother has to get a letter of introduction from the brigade and go to the county post office to pick it up. Later, Lin Qingwan also went with her.
In those days, there were few parcels sent from the port city, and Linwen County was a small place, so this kind of parcel was even rarer. The staff of the post office quickly remembered them. Later, when Cheng's mother was not available, Lin Qingwan went to pick it up alone, and the staff of the post office would still give it to her.
Cheng Maixiang tore off the neatly sealed tape on the box and opened it. As expected, it was another specialty pastry from Gangcheng.
"Wow, the wife biscuits and chicken biscuits Aunt Qin sent me last time were so delicious. Are they the same two this time?"
Qiaomai and Yingying squatted beside Cheng Maixiang hand in hand, looking at the neatly arranged small boxes in the box with envy, especially Qiaomai, whose saliva was almost dripping.
Cheng Maixiang didn't count how many boxes were in the box, but she thought there were about sixty or seventy boxes. Every time Qin's mother sent cakes, there were about one hundred and twenty boxes of each kind.
Cheng Maixiang was surprised when she received these pastries for the first time. She thought the quantity was too much and spent money to return them. But she didn't expect that not long after, she received a handwritten letter from Qin's mother, saying that she had no other intentions, but just a little gift to her partners, not only for the garment workshop, but also for the Guangshi Garment Factory, and asked her not to refuse.
After Cheng Maixiang contacted Director Lian, she found out that what she said was true. The Qin Group actually gave each worker in the garment factory a box of snacks. After receiving the gift from Cheng's mother for the second time, Lin Jiayu decided to keep it.
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