The eldest son of the Li family, Li Shaoting, and the second son, Li Shaoyang, did not go home for the Spring Festival as they were both on missions. Li Shaozhong, who had been recuperating at home, was able to spend the Spring Festival with his parents.
His illness has improved a lot, but he is still a little weak and needs to recuperate.
Yang Jinping prepared the Li family’s New Year’s Eve dinner herself, and the family of three ate together.
Sitting at the dinner table, Yang Jinping suddenly wiped away her tears.
Li Jianye looked at his wife and said, "It's Chinese New Year, why are you crying?"
Yang Jinping wiped her tears and said, "In previous years, Jingyu's laughter was always heard at this table. I don't know what happened to my eldest grandson, or whether he is still alive."
Li Jianye saw his wife's expression and quickly advised, "They must still be alive. Those people are just trying to distract the Li family from Jingyu's energy, so they won't do anything to Jingyu. We'll keep sending people to look for them, and we'll definitely find them."
Yang Jinping wiped her tears and said, "Don't comfort me. The ship sank into the sea. No one can escape."
Seeing that her youngest son was not eating and looked lifeless, Yang Jinping said distressedly, "Shaozhong, why don't you eat? Eat more. Look how much you've lost during this period of illness. You're just skin and bones."
Li Shaozhong lowered his head and began to eat in silence. He thought of Ye Shuning, wondering if she was also having her New Year's Eve dinner somewhere. And his little nephew, wondering if he would have any candy this year.
Li Shaozhong was now emaciated, his cheeks sunken, and his clothes were too big for him. His complexion was pale and unhealthy, looking like a frail scholar.
The more Yang Jinping looked at her youngest son, the more upset she felt. She had to help her son get over it as soon as possible.
She picked up some food for her youngest son and said, "Shaozhong, it's not your fault that Xiaoning and Jingyu got into trouble. It was those damned bad guys who did it. Don't blame yourself anymore. The dead can't be resurrected, and we who are still alive must live well."
Li Shaozhong was most reluctant to hear his mother say this, "Xiaoning and Jingyu are not dead. They must still be alive. I will definitely find them."
Yang Jinping wanted to say something but was pulled back by Li Jianye. Li Jianye shook his head at his wife. Yang Jinping sighed and said nothing more.
The Li family’s New Year’s Eve dinner passed in a dull atmosphere.
After studying for a while, Ye Shuning began to try to write a script, writing and revising it. The first script was very slow to progress, after all, it was an unfamiliar field. Fortunately, she had a good story as a framework, so writing was not too difficult.
Ye Shuning's main job is still costume design. After completing the first month's work tasks, she spent her time thinking about scripts, drawing comics, and reviewing cultural knowledge.
Several clothes she designed were put on the market years ago and sold very well. The garment factory has been working overtime to produce her designs.
Two foreign businessmen took a fancy to the clothes of Huiya Garment Factory and immediately ordered 20,000 sets of clothing in ten styles.
Ye Shuning designed several high-end clothing styles. Qin Zongye didn't ask her to make more, but the client liked them and ordered all of them. Although the number was small, it was still a way to expand into the overseas market.
This immediately caused the clothes at Huiya Garment Factory to be in short supply.
Qin Zongye was the happiest one. Huiya Garment Factory had exported clothes before, but the customers were relatively scattered, and no customer would order so many clothes at once.
After the customer paid the deposit, Huiya Garment Factory began to produce the clothes the customer needed. At the same time, Qin Zongye also called Ye Shuning to tell her the good news.
Ye Shuning was naturally delighted by the popularity of her designs. When she received her first month's salary, she received 10,000 yuan. That was 8,000 yuan in salary plus a 2,000 yuan bonus. She was also informed that she was officially employed by Huiya Garment Factory, and her salary would increase to 10,000 yuan. This was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise.
Because the supply demand of Huiya Garment Factory increased and there were not enough workers, Qin Zongye recruited more than 500 female workers.
Qin Zongye was overjoyed at the increasingly better sales performance, so he specifically instructed the finance department of the garment factory to give Ye Shuning a bonus of 2,000 yuan.
Qin Zongye even specifically instructed the few people at the garment factory who knew about the girl's part-time designer identity to keep it a secret. Perhaps this part-time designer would be their secret weapon in the future.
Qin Zonghang, Qin Zongye's eldest brother, had been keeping an eye on his younger brother's business. His subordinates reported that the second brother's garment factory was selling well recently and was a little worried. After listening to his subordinates' report, he asked, "Have you found out if there have been any recent changes at the second brother's garment factory?"
The subordinate reported, "I heard that the Second Young Master has hired a new fashion designer. The clothes produced by their garment factory have indeed become much better-looking recently and are very popular. Even foreigners have placed orders with them.
And I heard that the Second Young Master has been looking for new fabrics everywhere recently."
Qin Zonghang nodded and said, "It seems that Lao Er has tasted the sweetness. Go check the designers in Lao Er's factory and see who designed those new styles."
Ye Shuning paid next month's rent as soon as she received her salary, so she wouldn't have to use her savings anymore.
Now that she had money, Ye Shuning bought two pounds of pork ribs and a sea fish, preparing to make a delicious meal for Li Jingyu in the evening.
In the evening, Ye Shuning made braised pork ribs, steamed fish, and rapeseed with garlic. These three dishes were enough for two people.
Li Jingyu adapted to life in Nangang very quickly, mainly because children's world is simpler and easier to accept and integrate into.
Li Jingyu did not suffer too much psychological trauma from the last kidnapping, and Ye Shuning felt relieved.
Ye Shuning had been trying to find a way to contact the mainland, but she didn't dare contact her family until she was completely sure. She was afraid that a single mistake would put her father and the Li family in danger. She could only wait patiently for an opportunity.
Qin Zongye found some review materials for Ye Shuning, and the more Ye Shuning studied, the more confident she became.
Qin Zongye also found her the college entrance examination papers from previous years. After reading them, Ye Shuning felt that if the difficulty level was all the same, it would be too easy and there would be no doubt that she would pass the college entrance examination.
Ye Shuning quickly finished her first comic strip. It was a story-based comic strip with pictures and text, essentially a picture book, except her pictures were exquisite, and the stories were also fascinating.
Picture books are also very popular in mainland China. If children have a set of picture books, they will be very envied.
Ye Shuning thought that in the future she could make up some short stories about historical figures, idioms, etc., and then draw them into comic strips. Some famous works, fables, etc. could also be drawn into comic strips. There are really so many themes.
Ye Shuning submitted the manuscript to a publishing house recommended by Qin Zongye, using her current name - Shu Ning.
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