Chapter 104

By the time the BrainQingsong product was fully developed, it was already summer.

During this period, Su Xiu went to Guangzhou and after returning, she worked hard to improve her underwear. Zhen Zhen heard on the radio a few days ago that many people abroad were launching the NoBra movement, but the problem was that many things had to be put on to be easier to take off.

For domestic women who are short of resources, being able to wear a decent bra that can provide some support for the breasts and facilitate running and jumping is an urgent matter.

With Zhen Zhen's help, Su Xiu designed more than 10 types of underwear and also made a supportive corset.

Corsets are not actually very good for the body, but many people need to wear corsets when wearing skirts, so Zhen Zhen thought it was not impossible to do so.

Watermelons had just come on the market, so Zhen Zhen picked up a watermelon and put it in well water to cool it. After it was chilled, she cut it into small pieces and gave them to the employees and children to eat.

I had just eaten two pieces when I saw Sister Qian running over, "Sister Zhen, go check it out! Your naughty kids are going crazy!"

Zhen Zhen sends her child to Song Qiao for foster care during every winter and summer vacation, and asks Sister Qian to cook for her family. Sister Qian is grateful for her help and will also help her look after the child on her own initiative.

"What's wrong?"

"Hi, my monkey and your monkey both went to play on the dam."

It rained a lot in the summer and the river water rose. Zhen Zhen repeatedly reminded Meng Nan not to take his younger brother and sister to the river, but Meng Nan took them there anyway.

Wu Wa looked around, found a branch as thick as a finger, and handed it to Zhen Zhen, "Grandma, beat my brother and sister!"

Zhen Zhen took the branch and said, "Hey, I have a bad temper. Today, I will let them have a complete childhood."

Wu Wa smiled darkly, "They are bad, Xiao Wu is good; they are disobedient, Xiao Wu is obedient."

Zhen Zhen pinched his cute little face, handed Wuwa to Tao Aihong, and rode her bicycle to Dam.

She parked her bike and saw from a distance a group of children lined up on the dam and ready to jump into the water.

Meng Nan called out from the side:

"Come on, come on, don't mess up the formation. Sanwa has finished dancing, it's your turn to send someone out!"

A skinny little boy hummed:

"We are all men, we can definitely dance better than you."

"Bah! You're still a man! You guys haven't even grown all your hair yet, it's great that you're a little bit taller!"

Sanwa also followed his two sisters and walked towards them angrily, but then he turned around and felt something was wrong and unconsciously covered his lower body.

"Anyway, we are older than you and swim better than you, so we will definitely not lose!" The little boy said, standing on a high rock and pretending to dive. "Hello everyone, I am the diver Sun Xiaojie! Now I will show you my real diving skills! Please applaud!"

Meng Nan held his head high, obviously unconvinced, but Sun Xiaojie was really capable and jumped down while pinching his nose.

Meng Nan was not convinced, so he pushed Erya onto the rock and said to Sun Xiaojie who had just emerged from the water:

"Open your eyes and watch carefully! I'll show you what a disappearing splash is! Arya, come on!"

Arya always listened to Meng Nan. Upon hearing this, she stretched out her hands and jumped into the water headfirst.

Zhen Zhen was frightened and ran to the water's edge, where she happened to see Erya diving into the water. To be honest, Erya didn't make any splash at all. Sun Xiaojie's team admitted defeat immediately.

"Student Meng Nan." Zhen Zhen called out expressionlessly.

Meng Nan was stunned, and immediately hid behind Sanwa in panic. Erya swam ashore and knew something was wrong when she saw her grandmother.

Meng Nan flattered him, "Grandma, you're here just because you came. Why do you bring a stick with you?"

Erya giggled and said, "Grandma must want to take it home to burn for firewood."

Sanwa nodded:

"It's time to replace the fire stick at home."

Si Ya bared her teeth: "Anyway, it's not used to hit us!"

As soon as she finished speaking, someone else covered her mouth.

Since the child is safe, Zhen Zhen is ready to give them some face.

She walked forward with an expressionless face, and Meng Nan pushed the bike to catch up with her in a flattering manner, "Grandma, sit in the back seat of my bike and I'll push you home. This road is so long, how can I ask you to walk back by yourself?"

Sanwa: "It's okay, grandma is tired from walking, I'll give her a leg massage."

Arya: "I'll massage your feet."

Si Ya: "I'll bring you water for washing your feet!"

Meng Nan chuckled: "Grandma, did you see that? Your grandchildren are so filial! Occasionally, sometimes, even if they make some harmless mistakes, you shouldn't be angry with them!"

Zhen Zhen laughed and waved his stick, "No harm to you? Meng Nan, how deep is the water in that reservoir! Your brother and sister don't know the seriousness of the situation, and you don't know it either? You will be in the second grade of junior high school next semester, and you are still doing such a dangerous thing. If you really die in this water, I want to see what you will do!"

"Oh, grandma, we are good at swimming."

"You're good at swimming? People die in this reservoir every year? Are you luckier than others or what?"

Zhen Zhen was very angry, but he was too lazy to talk to them after returning, so he asked Meng Daguo to go into the warehouse and carry out a few sacks of peanuts.

Meng Daguo was quite happy to see his mother scolding the naughty child. After his mother scolded the child, she would not scold him anymore.

Zhen Zhen poured the peanuts from the sack into the basin.

"Come on, wash them and clean the mud off the peanuts."

Zhen Zhen brought another large basin of chicken feet, "After washing, trim the nails."

Sanwa cried with a sad face: "I feel like I lost my parents!"

Meng Nan bent his fingers and tapped his head, "Little fool, if your parents died, they would have died. Our uncle and aunt are alive and well. How can you say such a thing!"

As expected, Tao Aihong took off her shoes and was about to hit him, and Sanwa immediately ran around holding his head.

If you do something wrong, you will be punished. This is the rule in our family.

When there was too much work at home, the family would often ask the children to do child labor. Some of the children were quite skilled at their work, and even Si Ya could do it quite well.

Just after punishing the child, Song Xiaoyu came over and said that there was a man at the door looking for Zhen Zhen.

"Who are you?" Zhen Zhen looked a little confused.

The man was a bit overweight and middle-aged, with his hands behind his back, looking quite serious.

He extended his hand sincerely, "Hello, my name is Zhou Zhicheng. I just saw a little girl diving on the dam, about eight or nine years old, with short hair. Is she your child?"

"That's my second granddaughter Meng Xi."

Zhou Zhicheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. "It's like this. I'm the coach of the city diving team. Our diving team is selecting good diving talents from all over the country. When I passed by the dam, I happened to see your granddaughter diving. She is very talented. Do you want her to develop in the direction of diving?"

Zhen Zhen was stunned, "Diving?"

"That's right. Diving in our country has just started and we are in need of divers. If your child has talent, he will be able to participate in the Olympics in seven or eight years and win glory for the country!"

Zhou Zhicheng was a little nervous. He recruited five team members in the city. The other team members came from poor families, and they thought that sending their children to training would provide them with food and accommodation at no cost, so they agreed immediately.

But the Zhen family's conditions were obviously much better. Zhou Zhicheng had inquired and found out that the Zhenjia Bed Board's Zhenxin Food Factory was a major taxpayer in Xinyao County.

Would a family like this be willing to send their children to practice diving?

Zhen Zhen finally came to her senses. She had not expected that Meng Nan's unintentional act would bring such an opportunity to Meng Xi.

Sending Meng Xi to practice diving and win glory for the country in the future? She had never thought about it.

"I am the child's grandmother. The child's parents have to make the decision and we have to ask the child himself."

Zhou Zhicheng thought to himself that as expected of a wealthy family, they still had to ask their children's opinions.

Meng Daguo and Jiao Huilan were both a little surprised when they heard what Zhou Zhicheng said.

Xinyao County is more than two hours' drive from the city. Mengxi is only 8 years old this year. It makes Jiao Huilan, as a mother, feel very uncomfortable to see such a young child leaving home to go to the diving team to experience the hardship of training.

Meng Daguo couldn't make up his mind either, "Mom, what do you think?"

Zhen Zhen looked at Meng Xi. Meng Xi was not as good at studying as Meng Nan, and he didn't have his own ideas either, but he had a strong character, didn't talk much, and was a hard-working person.

"It depends on what the child wants," Zhen Zhen let Meng Xi make his own decision, "Do you want to learn diving?"

Meng Xi tilted his head and asked, "Why practice it?"

"If you're good, you can participate in the Olympics."

"Olympics?" Meng Xi's eyes lit up. "Can it be on TV?"

"Sure." Zhen Zhen thought the girl was very funny. "If you win the Olympic championship, the county party secretary will have to come to our house to receive you."

Meng Xi seemed to be thinking, "What about studying?"

Zhou Zhicheng explained: "After training, the team will arrange cultural courses so that you won't become illiterate."

When Meng Xi thought about not having to go to school every day, she felt that her life was about to take off. She seemed to have no ideas, but in fact she didn't like studying very much.

"Can I consider it?" Meng Xi asked seriously.

Zhou Zhicheng nodded: "Okay, I'll come again tomorrow."

Zhen Zhen invited Zhou Zhicheng to have dinner with him, but Zhou Zhicheng refused. After Meng Nan and his four little soldiers finished processing the peanuts and chicken feet, they took Meng Xi to the small dark room.

The five people were whispering to each other, but no one knew what they were talking about.

Zhen Zhen eavesdropped on a few words outside, and heard Meng Nan say seriously:

"You should go if you can bring glory to the country."

“Not everyone can participate in the Olympics.”

"Are you stupid? The coach says you are talented. Besides, who in our family is bad? You were born in a family like this, so you are destined to have an extraordinary life."

Zhen Zhen hadn't expected Meng Nan to be so good at fooling people. It would be a shame if he didn't give a speech with such eloquence.

Meng Xi was obviously very conflicted. "But if I leave, we won't be able to see each other often. I only come back once a month, and I will miss you."

"Silly, when you're on TV, we'll be able to see you on TV, how glorious it will be!"

"That's right," Sanwa also thought Meng Xi should go, "Olympic champions are awesome. If you win, we can sell things under your name!"

They discussed together that they would form a business partnership in the future. Meng Nan was good at studying and could be a manager. Sanwa wanted to study abroad in the future. Siya was a little socially anxious and didn't like to go out or talk. She was introverted and was suitable to stay with her grandmother.

Meng Xi's positioning is a bit vague. If she were an Olympic champion, she could be used as a living signboard.

"My grandma once said that the celebrity effect is very powerful. After you become the champion, you go on TV with a bottle of Didiwei and say that drinking this stuff can make you smarter! People all over the country will run to you to buy Didiwei to drink! That would be really amazing!" Sanwa was excited just thinking about it.

Meng Xi was amused by him, "Okay! When I become an Olympic champion, you will all be the family of an Olympic champion! You will be proud wherever you go!"

Several people were happy just thinking about it. Zhen Zhen heard the laughter in the small dark room and shook his head with a smile.

The next day, Zhou Zhicheng got a positive answer and was very excited. Meng Xi was a rare genius with great talent. If she could persist in training, she might be able to participate in provincial competitions in two or three years.

Zhou Zhicheng is going to take Meng Xi away now.

Zhen Zhen helped Meng Xi pack his luggage and stuffed a lot of snacks into it. Zhou Zhicheng saw it and reminded him, "You can't eat snacks after training."

Zhen Zhen blinked at Meng Xi, "It's over, we've been caught."

Meng Xi chuckled and hugged Zhen Zhen's waist and rubbed it, "Grandma, I'll come back to see you when I'm free."

Zhen Zhen hugged Meng Xi. He was only eight or nine years old, but he had to endure the hardship of intensive training.

"Arya, the hard road is always uphill. Grandma wishes you can realize your Olympic dream."

Meng Xi chuckled and gave her a kiss on the face.

Su Xiu made a few pajamas for her. This was the inspiration she got in Guangzhou. The new pajamas were soft and cute, and Meng Xi liked them very much.

The city's diving team has simple equipment, the diving pool is very old, and the training and accommodation conditions are not good.

Meng Daguo felt a little distressed, but fortunately Meng Xi didn't care about it. After getting acquainted with his roommates, he put on the newly issued team uniform and went to the training.

Meng Daguo told this story when he got home. Zhen Zhen said:

"Training is hard work. If you are worried about the children's accommodation conditions, at worst we can donate an electric fan to them to help pay the electricity bill for the team, and donate some towels, clothes, etc. Anyway, my family makes clothes and we are not short of these things."

Meng Daguo nodded. He used to favor boys over girls and had always hoped that Meng Xi was a son.

His mother corrected his idea and did not let Jiao Huilan take the pill to change her pregnancy, so Meng Daguo had a second daughter.

He felt indebted to this young lady, and he always thought that he still had a lot of time and as a father he could slowly and lovingly make it up to her.

Who would have thought that Meng Xi would leave his parents to join the swimming team when he was only eight years old.

Meng Daguo felt upset. "Mom, what were you thinking when you sent Meng Hua to Beijing? Weren't you sad?"

Zhen Zhen smiled, "Meng Xi is only two hours away from you by car, and you're already sad? If your children go abroad to settle down one day, will you have trouble living like this?"

"Go abroad? That won't work? I raised the child, and she settled abroad. I haven't seen her for several years. Isn't it a waste of time to raise the child?"

Zhen Zhen doesn't think so. "A child is like a bird in your hand. If you clip her feathers, she can't fly, but she also loses the chance to soar into the sky and pursue freedom. The key is whether you really love her or just pretend to love her."

Meng Daguo couldn't let it go and tossed and turned at night, unable to sleep. Jiao Huilan saw this and rode her bicycle to the pig farm to find Meng Daguo the next day.

"Why are you here?"

Jiao Huilan smiled softly, "Don't you want a concubine? Let's go to the swimming team to see her."

Meng Daguo was stunned, "How do you know I want a concubine?"

Jiao Huilan thought that she hadn't slept the whole night, tossing and turning, and she didn't know what was going on.

"I want to be your girlfriend, is that not okay?"

"Since you want to be a concubine, let's go and have a look!" Meng Daguo took the car and let Jiao Huilan sit in the back seat. "Women are emotional. There's nothing we can do about you."

The two of them joined the swimming team and hid outside the training hall to peek at Meng Xi. Little Meng Xi was wearing a swimming suit and standing with his teammates, his chest and back straight, like a proud little poplar tree.

"Wife, my daughter's eyes aren't red, are they? She didn't cry secretly, did she?"

Jiao Huilan glanced at him for a few seconds. How could Meng Xi look like he was homesick at all?

Meng Xi didn't cry, but Meng Daguo was obviously crying. Jiao Huilan took out the camera she had prepared and secretly took a few pictures.

Not only did he take a picture of the lady, he also took a picture of Meng Daguo peeking at her.

This camera was a gift from Meng Hua. The family also took a family photo during the Chinese New Year. Tan Wenyin taught Jiao Huilan how to take photos and told her to take photos of any nice designs she saw in Guangzhou.

Jiao Huilan is quite skilled in taking photos. Looking at her little daughter, she feels reluctant to leave. However, she knows that no matter how far apart the family members are, their hearts are together.

Meng Hua obtained the advertising approval from CCTV. The packaging and research and development of Naoqingsong have been completed, and tens of thousands of boxes are in stock.

Director Wan of the Second Chinese Medicine Factory hoped to retain them, so he actively introduced them to the pharmacy channel.

Kenao Qingsong is a new product, and pharmacies are not very active in purchasing it.

Zhen Zhen took charge and adopted the method of promoting chili sauce, delivering the goods first and settling the bill after the goods were sold out.

It’s no wonder that once this policy came out, coupled with the high commissions that Nao Qingsong gave to its waiters, pharmacies quickly placed Nao Qingsong at the entrance.

On Friday night, Meng Daguo tuned up the TV antenna and the whole family gathered around the TV, ready to watch the first commercial of BrainQingsong.