Not long after Jiang Rui’s red and white dress went out, many similar styles appeared on the streets. She made another aqua-blue shirt-style one-piece dress, but within a few days, many people wore the same clothes as her.

She started to compete. After a lot of thought, she used wool to crochet a hollow cardigan with complicated patterns. It matched the newly made red dress, which was trendy and elegant. This time, no one was imitating her.

A few days later, when she went out to buy groceries, she met a stranger who spoke to her.

The person who came claimed to be the deputy director of the clothing factory. He happened to see Jiang Rui’s plaid dress a while ago. After smelling the business opportunities in it, he organized the factory to produce a batch of plaid skirts, which just catered to the trend of young people nowadays. It was sold out quickly. The later shirt skirts were also made by their factory. If Jiang Rui’s later cardigan method was not too complicated, the same style now will be everywhere on the street.

“You mean, you want me to be a technician in your factory and teach workers how to make clothes?” Jiang Rui felt a little strange.

“Yes.” Shi Kaiming could not help but look at her more, then said: “But it’s not the Red Star Factory, it’s another garment factory.”

With the changes in national policies, some people with a keen sense of business are moved by the news. Shi Kaiming is one of them.

He is the deputy director of a clothing factory and travels frequently to various places. His vision and courage are different from ordinary people. He has long discovered the great benefits contained in the word trend and wants to go to the sea to do it alone. But he is reluctant to bear the iron rice bowl1 and has been hesitating.

Until recently, several unique clothes produced by the Red Star Factory were snapped up. A large amount of money returned made him realize once again that the people have money in their hands and are willing to spend money on new trends.

Networking, sales, production materials, and plant equipment are not a problem for him. In that case, why not give it a try?

He approached Jiang Rui, first because of her trendy taste, and second, because of her outstanding appearance.

The same piece of clothing, worn by different people, must have different effects. If Jiang Rui is not beautiful enough, no matter how fashionable clothes are worn, how can others compete to imitate it?

This is the same as the popular Xiaoqing shirt and Xingzi shirt.

Jiang Rui was very interested in what he said. She liked to make beautiful clothes by herself. If she can do what she loves and get paid for it, why not do it?

But she did not immediately agree, she had to ask Zhao Nan’s opinion. The two agreed to see each other two days later.

Half of the summer was over, and Jiang Rui received a letter from her family saying that Du Baozhen had finished her college entrance examination. She did well in the exam and was admitted to a college in the provincial capital.

She is the first college student in the Xishan Brigade and she was one of the few in the entire Chaoyang Commune. For this reason, the commune specially rewarded the Du family with 50 yuan and the team also rewarded 50 yuan.

When Zhao Nan returned, Jiang Rui was writing a reply at the table.

“A letter from home?” Zhao Nan walked behind her, leaning over her on the table.

Jiang Rui leaned back and leaned in his arms, “Baozhen has been admitted to college and my parents are very happy. The letter said that there was a banquet at home to celebrate.”

“It’s a good thing. Are we going to wrap a red envelope back?”

This can be regarded as their local custom. If there is a child in the family who is admitted to college, relatives, and friends will send red envelopes. No matter how many, it is the heart.

“Yeah.” Jiang Rui nodded, “I’m thinking about how much to pack.”

“You decide.” Zhao Nan said. The economic power of their small family is now in Jiang Rui’s hands.

“Go and ask Brother Ge and my sister-in-law later.” Jiang Rui was also undecided, “By the way, I have something else to tell you.”

She told Zhao Nan about meeting Shi Kaiming today and the other party’s intentions.

“You met him on the street?” Zhao Nan frowned.

“Yes, I haven’t responded to him yet. What do you think?”

Zhao Nan said, “Be cautious when you meet strangers in the future. Don’t talk to them casually. Some people have bad intentions.”

“What? Right at the gate of our military area, with so many guards guarding, which bad guy would dare to come? Besides, do I look so stupid and so easy to deceive?” Jiang Rui was not convinced.

Zhao Nan did not say anything. He couldn’t say that in his heart, every strange man who talked to his wife was criticized by him as having bad intentions, right?

Jiang Rui asked again: “Then, do you agree or not?”

“Do you want to go?” Zhao Nan asked back.

“I think it’s pretty good, just make a few clothes and still have money.”

Zhao Nan said: “When the time comes, I will ask for a leave. I will go and talk with the other party with you.”

“Aren’t you unable to walk?” She has been here for so long, except for the previous leg injury, she has never seen him take a serious rest.

“It’s okay.” If he could not walk away, he would have to find some other time. He did not feel relieved if he did not see it with his own eyes.

So two days later, Zhao Nan and Jiang Rui went to see Shi Kaiming together.

Jiang Rui was listening, watching the two men coming and going. It was the first time that she had seen Zhao Nan speak so sharply. On the other hand, Shi Kaiming originally wanted Jiang Rui to be a technician. After talking about it, Zhao Nan talked about becoming a technical shareholder. Although the share was not much, it was not the same as before. Compared with receiving a fixed salary, there is a fundamental difference.

When going back, Jiang Rui looked at Zhao Nan with sparkling eyes.

Zhao Nan did not squint all the way and seemed unmoved. Until they returned home and closed the door, his ears slowly turned red.

Jiang Rui smiled and threw herself on his back, unceremoniously praising: “Uncle is really great.”

“Beware of falling.” Zhao Nan supported her with both hands.

“How can you know so much?”

Zhao Nan confessed: “I asked the Political Commissar for advice.”

“So that’s the case. But the aura of Uncle’s strategizing and controlling the overall situation just now was too powerful. You suppressed the other party in one fell swoop.”

Zhao Nan just snorted. His little wife praised him without reservation, which always made his face hot.

Since then, Jiang Rui has also become a woman with a job and a career.

Every morning, the two went out together, one went to the camp, and the other went to work. They had lunch at noon, went home to cook dinner together in the evening, and went downstairs for a walk after dinner.

In the beginning, people saw that the husband and wife went in and out together, as if they were one person, and they often joked. Later, they get used to watching it, but occasionally they still feel emotional. Looking at such a taciturn person, Battalion Commander Zhao did not expect to be very considerate of his wife.

At the end of the year, Zhao Nan got a TV ticket. The two discussed it and spent 420 yuan to move a 12-inch TV from the department store. It was only a black and white TV and the color TV cost more than 2,000 yuan.

This year, the material is too scarce. The salary of an ordinary worker is only 30 or 40 yuan. If people want to buy a TV, they have to save for nearly a year without eating or drinking. Even if they save enough money, if they can’t get a ticket, they still can’t buy it.

After buying the TV, Jiang Rui’s savings were reduced by half. Before she was distressed, the clothing factory paid dividends.

It has only been a few months since she opened the factory and she was allocated 560 yuan.

She occupies a small share and Shi Kaiming can also earn more. With such an amazing profit, it is no wonder that he is willing to abandon the iron rice bowl he has been holding for ten or twenty years.

Regardless of how much others earn, Jiang Rui only knows that she is rich again. She counts the banknotes in her hand, slaps the table, and says boldly: “Come on, let’s go to the restaurant.”

Zhao Nan also let her go, really changed his clothes, and went out to eat.

When winter just started, Zhang Liyun asked Zhao Qianqian to write to them asking if they would like to go home for the New Year this year.

Zhao Nan is planning to go back. In the past, he used to be alone, but now he is worried about his wife being homesick. It’s just that during the Spring Festival last year, he took family leave, so it should be someone else’s turn this year. Therefore, he and Jiang Rui did not set foot on the return journey until the early days of the first month, when the previous wave of visiting relatives returned to the team.

Jiang Rui brought gifts to everyone in the family and brought them home in large and small bags.

Last year when she left home, she wore cotton-padded clothes and cotton-padded shoes. Now, she was wearing a new woolen coat and small leather boots from their factory. Walking on the yellow mud path of the brigade, she met many acquaintances who hesitated when they saw her. They did not dare to open their mouths, thinking that they had admitted the wrong person, until Jiang Rui greeted them with a smile, and greeted them one by one.

There is no need to say the surprise of others, even the Zhao family is also naturally surprised and delighted.

Zhang Liyun was happy and proud at the same time. She knew that this daughter-in-law had chosen the right one. In the past, the brat was single, just like a wild horse without a rein. There were not many letters throughout the year, let alone come back to visit relatives regularly. Now, there is a regular letter every month. From the beautiful handwriting, she can tell it is from her daughter-in-law at a glance. When he goes home to see them, he knows he has bought something home.

There was not much change in the family, except that Li Xiaoe was pregnant again. Her swollen belly made Jiang Rui look at it curiously for a long time.

Seeing her performance, Zhang Liyun also thought of one thing: It stands to reason that her son and daughter-in-law have been married for more than a year and the relationship between the two seems to be good. They have been reunited this year and there should be good news. How can she see that her daughter-in-law’s stomach has not moved at all?

Is it because the body is not strong enough? But it doesn’t look like it. Let alone the brat, he is as strong as a cow. Her daughter-in-law also goes up and down the mountain and can do all kinds of work, she doesn’t look weak.

That is the brat who is too tired in the army and has no energy?

This is quite possible. She heard when the other soldiers in the brigade came back, they all said how painful and exhausting the training in the army was and they slept like dead pigs every day after touching the bed. If he was really tired like that, even if he had a beautiful wife by his side, he might not be able to be tempting.

Zhang Liyun was thinking fast in her mind. If her son was out of energy, she had to hurry him up when he got home. With a thought in her mind, she went out for a while. When she came back, she cooked in the kitchen secretly.

At the dinner table in the evening, Zhao Nan shared a bowl of soup alone, and no one else had it.

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