Lin Qingping didn't know what Liu Yan was thinking about, nor did she care.
After the Capital Department Store Qingcha Store incident, she forgot about it because more people came to her - shopping mall managers in Tianjin and Shanghai.
They are all Wu Tianjiao’s friends.
After sitting in Wu Tianjiao's shopping mall for a while, he suddenly had a new idea.
First of all, they were determined to move such a popular dessert shop to their own shopping mall, so they came to Lin Qingping to negotiate.
At that time, we did not yet have the model of directly-operated stores or franchise stores. It has to be said that these people were qualified to be shopping mall managers. They were very capable, had a keen sense of smell and open-minded thinking.
Not only did they think of introducing a dessert shop, they even thought of introducing a restaurant in the shopping mall.
This is a big step.
As the economy developed, e-commerce swept across the board, and the entire physical industry was hit hard. Shopping in many shopping malls was depressed, but the catering industry was booming.
These people have really active minds. Just lighting a spark in front of them can instantly ignite their imagination and bring forward the business model for decades to come.
In any case, this is a good thing for Lin Qingping, which means that she will have more money in the future.
She is not afraid of survival of the fittest, she believes that she will be the "better" one.
She was even busier in the following days.
She certainly cannot neglect her schoolwork, and she also has to balance the design work for two garment factories and the dessert shop. As for the two out-of-town stores, she can only ask them to send people to the capital store to learn, which really makes it a franchise model.
The days passed in such non-stop busyness, and before we knew it, it was the end of the year.
Another winter vacation is here.
Lin Qingping and her family did not go back home during this winter vacation because Gu Juncheng did not have a winter vacation and had to train.
This is quite what Lin Qingping wants.
She didn't want to go home.
It’s not that she dislikes the countryside, but there is really no one at home who is worthy of her returning.
Of course, there are her parents-in-law, who are Gu Juncheng's closest relatives. However, Chen Xia's incident during the summer vacation created a gap between her and her mother-in-law.
She is still grateful to her parents-in-law and will be filial to them, but it is a bit difficult to be close to them.
Now that the second sister is not going back, it is the best thing for the whole family to celebrate the New Year in the capital.
When the holidays come, business at the Capital University branch of Qingcha Dessert Shop becomes quiet, with only a few customers every day, so the shop can basically be closed as it doesn't need so many staff. Gu Youlian usually leaves the capital during the holidays, either taking Xiaomai to reunite with Du Gen or returning to her hometown.
This year was no exception. As soon as the winter vacation arrived, Gu Youlian took Xiaomai back home, leaving only Lin Qingping, the second sister, Sister Zhao and Zhiyuan at home to prepare for the New Year.
She also learned from the northerners to store cabbage and pickle sauerkraut, and bought enough honeycomb coal and charcoal to fill half the yard.
The family also stored a lot of meat. Gu Juncheng's comrade-in-arms who supplied her with cream also sent her two sheep. The weather in the north was cold, so these were placed on the balcony to freeze, so there was no need to worry about them going bad.
As the Chinese New Year was approaching, Sister Zhao was on vacation, and Lin Qingping had almost finished buying some New Year's goods, except for some candies, melon seeds, etc. She took half a day off and called her second sister and Zhiyuan to go buy them together.
They bought several bags full of various candies, cakes and dried fruits. The three of them had lunch outside, bought some red paper, and then went home.
Unexpectedly, there were uninvited guests visiting the house.
A strange woman, wearing a mink coat and with short curly hair, looking very fashionable and noble, was standing at the gate of her house waiting.
"Excuse me, who are you..." Lin Qingping didn't know this woman.
The arrival of the uninvited guest made her ignore Zhiyuan's reaction.
The woman had been staring at Zhiyuan. When she heard Lin Qingping's voice, she raised her head and smiled. Her smile was a little nervous, and she was even at a loss. "I...that I..."
She said "I" for a long time without saying anything else. Finally, she smiled at Zhiyuan and said, "Zhiyuan, do you still remember me?"
Lin Qingping suddenly understood what was going on.
She looked down at Zhiyuan and saw that his little face was tense, with a rare expression of indifference and distantness.
"I don't know him!" After saying that, he opened the gate and walked straight in.
Lin Qingping and her second sister were still standing at the door, staring at the woman. Zhiyuan shouted from inside, "Mom, Second Aunt, why don't you come in? My dad said, don't talk to strangers and don't let anyone into the house casually. It's not safe!"
Lin Qingping: …
Good man, in order to irritate this woman, he not only called her "Mom" affectionately, but even Gu Junchengdu was finally promoted to the position of "Dad".
Gu Juncheng could never have imagined that this is how he gained recognition, right?
Lin Qingping glanced at the woman and decided to listen to her son and stand on the same side with him.
He went into the house with his second sister and closed the door, leaving the woman standing outside.
Zhiyuan was busy all day. He helped Lin Qingping put away all the New Year's goods, did his winter vacation homework in the afternoon, and helped pick vegetables while Lin Qingping cooked in the evening.
After dinner, the three of them watched TV together. Zhiyuan became distracted while watching and didn't even hear Lin Qingping calling him.
The second sister sat next to Zhiyuan and touched his arm.
He suddenly came back to his senses and saw Lin Qingping staring at him. He lowered his head silently and said, "Mom, I'm sleepy. I'm going to bed first."
"Okay, go ahead." Lin Qingping did not dissuade him.
Zhiyuan was really well behaved. He took a shower by himself and closed the door.
The second sister was a little worried and whispered to her elder sister, "Hey, it's obvious that he's worried. Why don't you go and take a look?"
Lin Qingping sighed, "Let him stay alone for a while and talk slowly. He has been acting all day."
He has been acting indifferent and strong in front of her all day long. He should always be given some time to be alone and take off his disguise.
She and her second sister were not in the mood to watch TV. Lin Qingping was peeling melon seeds mechanically. Before she knew it, a small pile of melon seeds had formed on the table, but she did not eat any of them.
She was trying hard to recall that she had never seen Zhiyuan's mother in her previous life, and Zhiyuan had never mentioned this person. She wondered if she had ever come to see Zhiyuan?
"Sister?" the second sister asked her in a low voice, "If Zhiyuan's mother came to take him back, would you agree?"
Lin Qingping was also thinking about this question.
What did Zhiyuan’s mother come here for now?
Are you picking up the kids?
To be honest, she doesn't think highly of Zhiyuan's mother.
She didn't know why Zhiyuan's mother left in the first place, but there was one thing she couldn't understand. If she really loved Zhiyuan, why didn't she want Zhiyuan in the first place? Even if she wanted to leave, couldn't she take Zhiyuan with her?
But she is Zhiyuan's mother after all.
Various scenes of Zhiyuan appeared in front of Lin Qingping's eyes.
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