Since that day, Wu Yunhua had been subtly changing the way she taught Hua Miaomiao.
By repeatedly teaching her the same thing, Hua Miaomiao quickly mastered the skill of brushing her teeth.
To celebrate this, Wu Yunhua specially bought some meat.
Granny Lin scoffed and kept muttering at the dinner table.
"You two should have more kids while you're still young. Otherwise, I don't know what you'll do when you're old!"
"Just because Miaomiao learned to brush her teeth, you're so happy. What's the use? I'm not a person who values sons over daughters. It'd be nice if you could just give me a normal granddaughter!"
Wu Yunhua's face paled, and her smile turned into a look of uneasiness.
"A normal granddaughter?"
"Me? Grandma, are you talking about me? I think I'm quite normal and super smart. I bet all the best genes of the Hua family in the past eighteen generations are in me. Even if Aunt Wu has another child, it won't be as good as me. And who's going to take care of the baby?"
"Grandma, will you take care of it?
"You go out as soon as it's dawn and come back just in time for meals. What's the baby going to do? You don't want to take care of it, but you still want Aunt Wu to have one. Do you want to exhaust her?"
Granny Lin glared. "How can having a baby exhaust her? In our generation, women had several kids!"
"Come on, you should be ashamed to say that." Hua Qingqing rolled her eyes. "If you had taken good care of my dad back then, he wouldn't have ended up in the countryside. If someone hadn't picked him up, the grass on your dear son's grave would be meters high by now. You still dare to use yourself as an example. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"
Granny Lin was so angry that she couldn't speak.
"You, you, you! Disrespectful!"
Today, Hua Jia had something to do in the army and wouldn't come back for dinner. Plus, Hua Qingqing had been behaving docilely recently, which made Granny Lin start to get restless.
But Hua Qingqing wasn't going to indulge her. Every time Granny Lin made a move, she would push her back.
Granny Lin finally understood.
This granddaughter was still as wild as ever!
How dare she talk back to her elders! It was just outrageous.
Before Granny Lin could say anything.
Hua Qingqing added, "Actually, you can talk to my dad. As long as you tell him in person that you're willing to take care of the baby if Aunt Wu has one, everything will be fine."
"However, Aunt Wu, I still support you in becoming a teacher. If my step - mom is a great teacher, I'll definitely be a super happy little girl."
Seeing her mother - in - law being defeated, Wu Yunhua finally smiled.
As soon as Hua Jia came back, Granny Lin immediately went to complain.
Unfortunately, Hua Jia had troubles at work and didn't want to deal with family matters at all. He just told Granny Lin not to make trouble and then went back to his room.
Hua Qingqing went to find the Guang siblings for zippers.
The two didn't refuse her immediately, but they also didn't ask how many zippers she needed. They just said they'd check and then give her a quote.
Hua Qingqing agreed.
This thing had only been gradually improved in the past two years.
"I also have something to show you!"
Hua Qingqing took off the backpack behind her. She had borrowed this backpack from Hua Miaomiao when she went out this morning.
As soon as she took out the bag, it immediately piqued the curiosity of the two.
"What's this?"
"Is this the backpack you mentioned before? So this is what it looks like!"
Guang Bai loved it at first sight.
Hua Qingqing took a pair of jeans, stuffed it into the backpack in front of them.
"How about it? Isn't it great? You can put books in it, or other things."
"The first batch is being made. I'll use the capital as a test - selling point. In a few days, when students go back to school, you should focus on promoting this. For every one sold, I'll give you a commission of 50 cents. How about it?"
Of course it was a deal!
Guang Bai didn't even think twice before agreeing.
Selling one would earn 50 cents. Selling 170 would earn 85 yuan. It was just a side - job anyway. Maybe they could really sell some. This 85 yuan would be like found money!
Seeing that she was quite enthusiastic, Hua Qingqing told her a little trick.
"See that ice - cream vendor over there?"
"It's hot, and his business is quite good. Just like him, you can carry this backpack and sell it in places with a lot of students. I'll write the advertising slogan for you. Besides selling the bags, you also need to help promote our products. As long as our products become popular, there will be more ways for you to make money in the future. I won't let you lose out."
Under Hua Qingqing's "lure", the siblings seemed to see a bright future in front of them and shamefully felt their hearts flutter.
A week passed quickly.
Zhou Cai finished the order one day ahead of schedule, packed everything up, and sent it to the capital.
Hua Qingqing took the Guang siblings to pick up the goods. 170 backpacks were really a lot.
Fortunately, the Guang siblings borrowed two bicycles. They made two trips and got all the backpacks home.
Hua Qingqing had been busy all the time and was exhausted.
She didn't notice that someone was staring at her in the dark.
Since Hua Qingqing lived in the army compound and there was no extra space to store things, and she also didn't want the Hua family to know that she was doing small business. Otherwise, Hua Jia and Granny Lin would surely have something to say.
She didn't want to cause trouble for herself.
"Sister Qingqing, we've looked into the zippers you asked about before. There are zippers, but the production is low, so there aren't many available. Fifty zippers, one yuan each. Do you want them?"
It was a bit expensive...
But Hua Qingqing didn't hesitate for long and immediately decided to buy them.
But there was one thing she had to make clear.
She looked at them seriously. "I'm going to do this business for a long time, so I need both the cloth and the zippers. But if one day you can't keep up with me, I'll have to leave you behind."
Guang Hei and Guang Bai's faces changed. Their young faces showed a bit of panic.
Maybe the word "leave behind" was too harsh and cruel, but Hua Qingqing wasn't going to waste her time. She was willing to spend some time teaching them now.
"It's time for you to make progress. The reason I took a fancy to you two is that I think you have the ability, but ability needs to be gradually improved. It's not the same as a few years ago. The policies are getting better, people's lives are getting better, and so are we."
The two were inspired by her words.
They even wanted to drop the things in their hands and go back immediately to find more materials for Hua Qingqing.
Hua Qingqing gave Guang Hei the storage fee, but he was reluctant to take it at first.
"Only fools don't make money."
"This stuff will be stored at your place for several days. Maybe the next batch will also be stored here. If you don't take this money, you'll feel more and more taken advantage of in the future, but you'll be too embarrassed to ask me for it. Then we'll all feel uncomfortable. Take it. Even brothers need to settle accounts clearly."
Guang Bai took the money but snorted.
"We siblings aren't like that. It's just storing some things. We're not that stingy."
Hua Qingqing grinned playfully. "If I didn't say that, would you take the money?"