Cheng Yaoyao smiled and said, "Please ask your brother to build a dormitory. Our garment factory originally recruited locals and did not have dormitories."
Xie Fei heard this and said worriedly, "How much will it cost to build a dormitory? It's too much to build a new dormitory for the few friends I brought with me... Sister Yaoyao, please tell my brother. I don't dare."
Cheng Yaoyao pulled her out and said, "What are you afraid of? Your brother loves you so much, why are you afraid of him?"
"Who are you afraid of?" A deep voice sounded. Xie Zhao's slender figure came from not far away, with a small orange and white fat cat squatting on his shoulder and a beautiful red collar around his neck.
Cheng Yaoyao squinted at Xie Fei and said, "I'm afraid of you."
Xie Zhao looked at his sister whom he hadn't seen for a long time, his eyes were gentle, and he smiled and said, "Why are you afraid of me?"
Xie Fei had something on her mind, she bit her lip and dared not speak.
Cheng Yaoyao fiddled with the collar on Jianjian's neck: "Where did you get this new collar?"
Xie Zhao said: "I bought it while shopping in the mall."
Jianjian, this country cat, quickly switched to the mode of a second-generation rich man who spends money lavishly. When he sees something he likes, he raises his paw and points at it, and won't leave unless he buys it for him. Xie Zhao also has a bunch of things in his other hand, all bought by Jianjian.
Xie Fei said, "You are so stubborn. You have become a bad person since you came to the city. Your grandma would never buy these for you at home."
He nodded stubbornly, not feeling embarrassed at all.
Xie Zhao took out an exquisite box and said to Xie Fei, "This is Commander Kai's chestnut cake, fresh from the oven."
Xie Fei took the cake and said happily, "That's great. I've heard that Commander Kai's cakes are delicious. My friends haven't tried them either. I'll save some for them to eat together!"
Cheng Yaoyao said: "You can come home and live with us."
Xie Zhao also looked at Xie Fei.
Xie Fei shook her head and said, "Sister Xiaolei and the others are unfamiliar with Shanghai. I can't leave them behind."
Xie Zhao said, "Okay. You should be careful and don't run around. Huang Liu lives next door to you, let me know if you have any problems. Your sister-in-law and I will pick you up tomorrow morning to go out and play."
"Yes! Thank you, brother, thank you...thank you, sister-in-law." Xie Fei cleverly changed the topic, squinted at Cheng Yaoyao, and whispered, "Please talk to my brother about that matter for me."
After watching Xie Fei return to the guesthouse, Cheng Yaoyao and Xie Zhao left together. Jianjian squatted on Xie Zhao's shoulder, enjoying the evening breeze.
Cheng Yaoyao grabbed Jianjian's drooping tail and stroked it endlessly: "How adorable! Jianjian has gained weight again."
The stubborn girl dared not speak, and her little claws kept scratching Xie Zhao's neck. Xie Zhao had no choice but to ask, "Sister, what did Xiao Fei say to you just now?"
Cheng Yaoyao's attention was diverted: "Ah, it's about the dormitory. Our garment factory doesn't have dormitories. We can't let them live in the guesthouse forever, right?"
Xie Zhao looked over with long eyes and a smile that seemed to penetrate people's hearts: "You want me to help you build a dormitory?"
Cheng Yaoyao groaned, "How can I ask you to help me build it? Anyway, the furniture factory also needs to build dormitories. Our two factories are close to each other, so we can build them together."
Xie Zhao naturally agreed. Both the garment factory and the furniture processing factory were to expand their workforce. The two factories were not far from each other, with a sugar factory in between.
Nowadays, the refined white sugar and various candies produced by private factories have long squeezed out the market share of state-owned sugar factories. Not long after, the sugar factory was put up for sale. Xie Zhao bought it at a very low price and converted the factory building into workers' dormitories.
The outskirts of Shanghai are still desolate now, but in a few decades, this will be the most prosperous area in Shanghai. The land alone can be sold at a sky-high price.
After all, a dormitory can't be built overnight. Cheng Yaoyao asked Sister Meng to help her rent a clean house for eight yuan a month, which was just right for a few girls to live in. On weekends, she would bring Xie Fei home to stay for a few days.
Everything in Shanghai was new to Xie Fei, especially the places Xie Zhao and Cheng Yaoyao took her to: Western restaurants, Chinese restaurants, cocktail parties with foreigners, dance salons, big shopping malls... Xie Fei eagerly tried to learn from all of these, while carefully suppressing her inferiority and timidity.
Jianjian, who was also entering the city for the first time, adapted well. After arriving in Shanghai, he quickly expanded his territory. Whenever Xie Zhao went to inspect the factory, he would follow him. When foreign merchants saw this sleek and arrogant little fat cat, they would come up to him curiously, but he squinted his eyes and looked calm, not even glancing at them.
As for Fanfan, he quickly went from being the only child to the second child. Now he no longer does parkour or smashes things. He meows all day long and tries to compete with Jianjian by acting coquettishly and obediently.
If Frustration could understand human language, it would be disappointed to find that it had to count beyond the sixth fetus.
Summer vacation is over soon. In just one and a half months, a lot of things happened.
Starting from small things, Xie Fei's friends have established themselves in the garment factory. Qin Yangyang and her friends finished their part-time jobs and earned a living of more than 80 yuan. The garment factory expanded its recruitment and opened a new store in the capital.
From a broader perspective, the policies of the higher authorities changed every day, and new factories were constantly opening in Shanghai, while others closed down. Under the impact of the tide of the times, only those who stood firm were the real winners. Xie Zhao's career was constantly expanding, and Cheng Yaoyao was not left behind.
Tiaotiao's new product posters were changed twice, and the brand gradually gained popularity. In places that ordinary people could not see, Tiaotiao quietly created a high-end line - crimson.
The new products launched by Jiangse every month are compiled into a booklet. The clothes in it are more exquisite and made of more expensive materials than the new products in the store.
Cheng Yaoyao once gave each of these foreign merchants a hand-embroidered silk scarf with an exclusive label on it. Naturally, these foreign merchants gave the scarves to their wives or sisters. These female relatives became the first members of Jiangse.
Jiangse has no branches and adopts a membership access system. To join, one must have a certain status or be recommended by an acquaintance. This membership system has become a symbol of status for those noble ladies. For a time, Shanghai's noble ladies were proud to have a Tiaotiao membership card.
Some members even asked Sister Meng that the crimson products should be completely distinguished from those in ordinary stores!
After listening to Sister Meng's report, Cheng Yaoyao said lightly, "Then double the price of crimson, and members who don't buy enough in the first quarter will automatically quit."
Sister Meng said nervously, "That's too expensive! Will people be willing to buy it?"
Cheng Yaoyao smiled and waved his hand: "Just do as I say."
Sister Meng did as she was told with trepidation. Who would have thought that those celebrities were not scared off by the price, but were even more eager to buy it. Sister Meng was dumbfounded and exclaimed that Cheng Yaoyao was amazing.
Cheng Yaoyao spread her hands. Having been a lady for twenty years in her previous life, no one understood the minds of these socialites better than she did.
What’s more, the socialites in the 1970s had very little knowledge and enjoyment, and Tiaotiao completely opened the door to a new world for them.
Besides, Jiangse's clothes are really beautiful and of good quality. Wearing them out is not inferior to the brands that others bring back from overseas. Jiangse's service is even better. It can be tailored to the customer's body shape and requirements. Every quarter, along with the brochure, there are exclusive scarf accessories for members. Every member's birthday also has a big bouquet of flowers and a perfumed card. It is a hundred times more considerate than the object. What reason is there not to be addicted?
Several unscrupulous garment factories sold pirated clothing from Tiao Tiao and teamed up to lower prices in an attempt to squeeze Tiao Tiao out. Little did they know that the focus of Tiao Tiao's profit making had long since moved away from Tiao Tiao. After several rounds of tug-of-war, Tiao Tiao remained standing, while the pirated garment factories bankrupted themselves.
When customers found that the quality and style of the pirated clothes were incomparable to Tiao Tiao's, they became more determined to buy Tiao Tiao.
Unfortunately, no matter how successful his career is, Cheng Yaoyao still has to go to school.
Xie Zhao had finished running and taking a shower, but Cheng Yaoyao was still lying limply in the quilt, unable to get up no matter how hard Xie Zhao tried to hold her. Jianjian also slumped and twisted on the bed, and was picked up by Xie Zhao and thrown to the ground.
Jianjian climbed up with a grumble and breathed heavily at Xie Zhao. Fenfen suddenly hit it from behind, and Jianjian immediately jumped up and ran after Fenfen.
Cats are flying and jumping early in the morning.
Xie Zhao picked up Cheng Yaoyao and his blanket and said, "It's the first day of school. You can't be late."
Cheng Yaoyao struggled miserably: "I've made so much money, why do I still have to get up early to go to school!"
Xie Zhao asked calmly, "Do you earn as much as I do?"
"…What's yours is mine!" Cheng Yaoyao said angrily.
"Yes, they are all yours." Xie Zhao nodded perfunctorily and forcibly peeled off the quilt.
The expectant gaze fixed.
Cheng Yaoyao was dressed neatly, and the food slipped softly from his hands to the ground: "Humph! Xiao Fei has already prepared breakfast, let's go out and eat quickly."
Cheng Yaoyao ran to the door and was hugged by Xie Zhao, who forced him to replenish his energy.
"Brother..." Xie Fei popped her head up the stairs. She was so scared that she turned around and ran, running straight into the garden. The cool breeze in the early morning brushed her face, gradually calming her down, but her heart was still pounding.
Xie Fei gradually became sensible, and she heard from her grandmother that Cheng Yaoyao and Xie Zhao were newly married, so it would be inconvenient for her to live at home. As for what the inconvenience was, she didn't quite understand.
Cheng Yaoyao and Xie Zhao hugged and kissed, and Xie Fei had seen this several times when she was in the countryside. But this time, the atmosphere between the two of them made Xie Fei blush and her heart beat fast at a glance.
Xie Fei covered her face with her hands, and a pair of smiling peach blossom eyes appeared in front of her eyes, like hooks. Xie Fei was frightened and screamed, staring at the other person stupidly, thinking she was dreaming.
The man in front of me was wearing a neat military uniform, with broad shoulders, and his smiling eyes were full of evil, like a fox staring at a little white rabbit: "What a coincidence."
Seeing that she didn't respond, he reached into the iron railing and gently pulled her braid: "Why aren't you wearing the hairpin I gave you?"
It didn't seem to be an illusion. Xie Fei smelled a faint smell of tobacco on the man's hand.
Lu Qingtang narrowed his peach blossom eyes, still smiling: "Do you remember what I said last time?"
His eyes were magical, guiding Xie Fei's chaotic brain to work, and he retrieved the words he had said long ago: "If you dare to throw it away, I will kiss you to death."
Xie Fei finally reacted, and jumped away with his eyes wide open: "I...my brother is at home, my brother will..."
Xie Fei kept turning his head to look at the door, not sure whether he was afraid that Xie Zhao would come out or afraid that Xie Zhao would not come out.
Lu Qingtang twirled his fingers, sneered, and moved his red lips silently at Xie Fei a few times.
Xie Fei shuddered violently again.
When Xie Zhao and Cheng Yaoyao walked out of the door hand in hand, they saw Xie Fei standing in the yard with red eyes, as if she was frightened.
Cheng Yaoyao pinched Xie Zhao's palm hard and glared at him angrily: "I said Xiao Fei must have seen it! She must be scared now, right?"
Xie Zhao was slightly embarrassed. He hadn't done anything to Cheng Yaoyao at the door just now... Xie Zhao coughed softly and said, "Xiao Fei, is breakfast ready?"
"Well...it's done. I cooked millet porridge and bought some shengjian." Xie Fei came back to his senses and hurriedly followed him to the kitchen.
Xie Fei was distracted while eating breakfast. Cheng Yaoyao and Xie Zhao thought she had seen something she shouldn't have seen, and they were embarrassed. They ate a quick meal and were ready to go out.
Jianjian hugged Xie Zhao's thigh and insisted on going with him. During the summer vacation, Jianjian followed Xie Zhao out all day long, and he always brought delicious food and fun things with him. He has long been a cat that has seen the world. Today, when she saw Xie Zhao going out with a bulging bag, she was even more certain that he was going out to eat delicious food and not taking her with him.
Fanfan is still a little cat who only likes to play in the yard. At this time, he seems to be much more sensible than Nianjian.
"We are going to school and can't take you with us." Cheng Yaoyao tore off the Jianjian forcefully.
Jianjian circled around Xie Zhao's long legs, and Xie Zhao shook his head helplessly. Jianjian said "hmm", turned around and walked away angrily.
Cheng Yaoyao said hypocritically: "Xiao Fei, you really don't want to go to school with us?"
Xie Fei picked up the angry Jianjian and shook her head: "I had an inspiration today and wanted to finish drawing that skirt."
Cheng Yaoyao originally wanted Xie Fei to go to school with him so that she could see what college life was like. But Xie Fei had no interest at all. Cheng Yaoyao couldn't help but look at Xie Zhao.
Xie Zhao held Cheng Yaoyao's hand and said, "If Xiao Fei doesn't want to go, just stay at home. Don't go out by yourself."
Xie Fei smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother. I'm not a child anymore."
The sound of bicycle bells rang crisply, and Cheng Yaoyao sat sideways on the crossbar of Xie Zhao's bicycle and went to school in the morning breeze.
Xie Fei was looking at this beautiful scene with envy, when suddenly she saw a flash of green outside the railing. She was so scared that she picked up Jianjian and ran back into the house.
The first day of school at Shanghai University was very lively. The most eye-catching couple in the whole school got married! Students from the department and other departments all came to join in the fun. There was not enough wedding candy to give out. Xie Zhao asked someone to send a few more packages of wedding candy to drive away these hungry wolves.
Qin Yangyang, Jiang Mu and others surrounded Cheng Yaoyao and interrogated her: "You are so bad, Yaoyao! You hid such a big thing from us!"
Qin Yangyang was the most indignant: "Last time I bought so many martial arts books, it turns out they were for your boyfriend... No, your husband! Humph, I treated you as a good sister and even helped you buy a new magazine, and this is how you treat us?"
"So it was you who changed it!" Cheng Yaoyao slammed the table.
Qin Yangyang and the others immediately held her down: "What? Do you still think you're right?"
"No, no..." Cheng Yaoyao wanted to cry but had no tears. She felt wronged! She must tell Xie Zhao the truth when she returns and clear her name!
The teacher came in with the lesson plan, and the students quickly sat down obediently, not daring to say a word.
The teacher saw the wedding candy on the table and couldn't help but look at Cheng Yaoyao, smiling and teasing him a few times. At last, his face became serious again: "Students, what I hold in my hands is your final exam score rankings from last semester. Of course, scores don't represent everything, but these scores more or less reflect your learning status last semester. Now, I will read out the class rankings..."
The students who were originally laughing and joking all became nervous. Cheng Yaoyao couldn't help but sit up straight. The rankings were being announced in front of everyone. If he was ranked last, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
The teacher read: "... Cheng Yaoyao, fifth in the class, eighteenth in the grade."
"Wow, Yaoyao!" There was a low cry in the class, and all the envious and admiring eyes were directed towards Cheng Yaoyao.
Cheng Yaoyao has never been diligent enough in her studies, and with the popularity of "Tiao Tiao", she always gives people the impression that she is just a pretty vase. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yaoyao's first voice is so amazing!
The teacher also smiled and said, "Cheng Yaoyao's scores in other subjects are above average, but her English score is the best in the whole school! Everyone should learn more from Cheng Yaoyao and ask for advice."
Cheng Yaoyao was a little shy, which was unusual for her. This was mainly because everyone had learned Russian as a foreign language before, and Cheng Yaoyao had been learning English since she was young. Otherwise, with her hard work, she would not be able to compare with other students.
Qin Yangyang and the others pushed Cheng Yaoyao happily. Cheng Yaoyao came to her senses, stood up and nodded to everyone before sitting down again. She happily folded the report card and prepared to show off to Xie Zhao after school.
After school, Cheng Yaoyao stood on the bulletin board on the first floor, looked at the name of the top student in the school written on the big red paper, and silently crumpled up the report card.
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