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Back to the 80s: A Cherished Marriage
Marrying a daughter-in-law and marrying off a daughter are naturally very different things.
When a daughter gets married, she becomes a burden to another family, but bringing a daughter-in-law home means living together as a family. How could Chen Cui be willing to bring home a daughter-in-law she doesn't like and who is destined to clash with her?
Therefore, upon seeing Qi Juanjuan for the first time, Chen Cui had different thoughts.
"It's Juanjuan, right? Why didn't you come in and sit down? Why not just stay for lunch?" This was Chen Cui's first conversation with Qi Juanjuan, and she was quite warm and friendly.
Faced with such a Chen Cui, Qi Juanjuan couldn't help but feel flattered.
Previously, her mother and Grandma Zhao were not satisfied with her. She thought that when she came to the Zhao Family, no one would welcome her. Unexpectedly, Chen Cui greeted her with a smile.
However, Zhao Lei couldn't care less about Qi Juanjuan's feelings at that moment. As soon as he heard the conversation, he knew his mother must have misunderstood his relationship with Qi Juanjuan. He didn't want to stand with Qi Juanjuan any longer and immediately told her to leave.
"I..." Qi Juanjuan certainly didn't want to leave. If she could seize this opportunity to build a good relationship with Chen Cui, it would undoubtedly be a great chance for her.
"Are you leaving or not? Fine, if you're not leaving, then I will." Seeing Qi Juanjuan standing still, Zhao Lei turned around and went into his own yard. Then, right in front of Qi Juanjuan and Chen Cui, he slammed the door shut from the inside.
Chen Cui's fondness for Qi Juanjuan ultimately did not surpass her love for her own son. Seeing Zhao Lei's attitude and reaction, Chen Cui no longer cared about getting along well with Qi Juanjuan.
With an awkward smile, Chen Cui didn't say much else; she just gave Qi Juanjuan an apologetic smile and muttered "this child" before following Zhao Lei into the Zhao Family.
At this point, only Qi Juanjuan was left standing alone in place.
To be honest, Qi Juanjuan felt very desolate and sad.
However, no matter how sad she was, she couldn't shamelessly follow the Zhao Family. Even if she went in, Zhao Lei wouldn't welcome her; what good would that do?
Feeling greatly discouraged, Qi Juanjuan left with red eyes.
This time, she didn't go anywhere else but obediently headed home.
When Qi Juanjuan returned home, Cheng Fangfang was waiting for her in the yard.
As soon as Cheng Fangfang saw Qi Juanjuan appear, she jumped up without a second thought. Then came a series of harsh scoldings. "Can't you do anything right? Didn't I tell you to please your grandmother? Where have you been? What on earth happened?" Cheng Fangfang rushed to the Qi Zheng Family without even being able to eat. On the way, she still held onto a glimmer of hope, thinking she might find Qi Juanjuan at the Qi Zheng Family.
In the end, she couldn't even enter the front gate of the Qi Zheng Family before Grandma Qi informed her that Qi Juanjuan had long since left and was not at their home.
This wasn't the first time Cheng Fangfang had been turned away by Grandma Qi. Yet today, she had to vent her anger on Qi Juanjuan, which was an undeserved misfortune for Qi Juanjuan.
However, Qi Juanjuan had no way of knowing Cheng Fangfang's feelings at that moment. She had already anticipated that returning home would surely lead to scolding; although her heart felt increasingly heavy, she still held it in.
Cheng Fangfang's voice scolding Qi Juanjuan could be heard in the yard, and naturally, Qi Tingting inside the house also heard it. However, she had no intention of going out to help.
Under normal circumstances, if she went out and said a few words in support of Qi Juanjuan, her mother would probably calm down and stop scolding her.
But today, Qi Tingting simply did not want to help.
As for the reason? Of course, it was because she didn't want Qi Juanjuan to live such a comfortable and smooth life.
She wasn't even married yet; what right did Qi Juanjuan have to get married? Although Zhao Lei and Tao Tao were certainly incomparable, Qi Tingting couldn't stand seeing Qi Juanjuan so happy and getting what she wanted.
If everything went smoothly for her marriage to Tao Tao, that would be one thing. She wouldn't mind if Qi Juanjuan added some joy to their family.
However, knowing that her own romantic life was not going well, Qi Juanjuan was still in a hurry to get married. Who was she trying to mock?
Unable to tolerate Qi Juanjuan's thoughts and methods, Qi Tingting naturally wished to see Qi Juanjuan get scolded by Cheng Fangfang.
It must be said that these thoughts of Qi Tingting were purely a reflection of her own dark heart.
Although Qi Juanjuan wasn't exactly the best girl, she had always been very close to her sister, Qi Tingting. She definitely didn't intend to mock Qi Tingting for not being able to marry Tao Tao as she thought.
If we follow Qi Tingting's line of thinking, it would actually be Qi Juanjuan who would suffer. Could it be that if Qi Tingting never got married, then Qi Juanjuan wouldn't be able to marry either?
This kind of understanding was indeed quite wrong!
Of course, it was fortunate that Qi Tingting was smart enough not to let her thoughts be heard by outsiders. Otherwise, she would surely face real ridicule and sarcasm, along with resentment and complaints from Qi Juanjuan.
Even someone who loved her like Cheng Fangfang would definitely not agree with her.
Since Qi Tingting's thoughts went unnoticed, the biggest disaster for their family at the moment was still Cheng Fangfang's dissatisfaction with Qi Juanjuan. The entire courtyard echoed with Cheng Fangfang's scolding of Qi Juanjuan.
Accompanied by Cheng Fangfang's beatings and scoldings of Qi Juanjuan, both the things that should have been kept private and those that shouldn't were heard by the fellow villagers living on either side in Willow Leaf Village.
In the village, the walls of every household were hardly soundproof, and with Cheng Fangfang being such a loudmouth, it was no wonder that outsiders were amused by the situation.
Since it was a joke, many people were eager to listen. Before long, everyone knew about the entanglement between Qi Yuehong, Qi Juanjuan, and Zhao Lei.
In this whole affair, Qi Yuehong was undoubtedly the most innocent and the most confused person. After all, she wasn't even home.
Although the fellow villagers loved to gossip, they didn't have any malicious intent. They recognized Qi Yuehong's innocence and deliberately avoided discussing her too much.
However, Qi Juanjuan and Zhao Lei were different. Both of them were currently not attending school and would likely remain at home in the future. The villagers chatted excitedly about the drama, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
With such a grand spectacle unfolding, it was hard for Zhao Lei, Qi Yuehong, and Qi Juanjuan not to gain notoriety.
Grandma Qi and others had also heard these rumors. Initially wanting to intervene and stop the gossip, they found themselves at a loss after listening closely to the chatter outside.
When fellow villagers mentioned Qi Yuehong, they only praised her for being a good student who had even entered high school. There was no negative impact on Qi Yuehong's reputation due to Zhao Lei and Qi Juanjuan.
On the contrary, Zhao Lei was subtly defined by everyone as a toad dreaming of eating goose meat.
There was nothing to be done; after all, Qi Yuehong was seen as perfect in everyone's eyes. But Zhao Lei? He simply didn't measure up!
Clearly, the relationship between the Zhao Family and the Qi Family wasn't great, and Zhao Lei and Qi Yuehong seemed mismatched. Yet Zhao Lei and Grandma Zhao still insisted on causing more trouble at the Qi Family's place—did they lack awareness or self-knowledge?
As for Qi Juanjuan, she faced even harsher criticism.
Originally, Qi Juanjuan had nothing to do with this! If Grandma Zhao had come out from the Qi Zheng Family first and then let Cheng Fangfang visit Zhao Lei's house for a matchmaker visit later on, no one would have thought much of it.
However, just as Grandma Qi felt a bit uncomfortable inside, everyone was puzzled as to why Cheng Fangfang had to barge in and cause trouble right when Grandma Zhao was getting close to Grandma Qi.
Fortunately, it was Zhao Lei; Qi Yuehong didn't think much of him, and the Qi Zheng Family had no intention of agreeing to this marriage. But if it had been someone else who was a good match, wouldn't it have turned into Qi Juanjuan publicly competing with Qi Yuehong for a man?
Oh dear, after all, they were family cousins. Was Qi Juanjuan's behavior really appropriate?
And then there was Cheng Fangfang, who at her age still couldn't tell right from wrong?
Or perhaps Cheng Fangfang did it on purpose? Deliberately choosing that moment to jump in and trying to sabotage Qi Yuehong's marriage?
Thinking this way, the fellow villagers looked down on Cheng Fangfang even more.
Faced with the increasingly intense discussions, Zhao Jin simply took Qi Yuehong to the city before her vacation at the end of the month.
Zhao Jin didn't mention much about the affairs in the village to Qi Yuehong.
Qi Yuehong was still a student, her main focus was on studying, and she didn't need to worry about other matters.
As for the troublesome issues at home, with Zhao Jin around, they would surely be resolved for Qi Yuehong.
The reputation of Golden Accessories had already become quite prominent in the city, and business was doing well. Although the tug-of-war with the shopping mall was still ongoing, so far, Zhao Jin had not shown any signs of defeat; it didn't seem like they would lose.
On the contrary, the person in charge of the shopping mall had approached Zhao Jin several times. However, neither side showed enough sincerity, making it impossible to smoothly develop cooperative matters as they initially intended.
Originally, the shopping mall wanted to take advantage of the situation to suppress Golden Accessories. However, Aunt Sun stepped in with a stern face and made her stance clear. As a result, the shopping mall became cautious and had to tread carefully.
Meanwhile, as "Golden Accessories" became increasingly popular among customers, the mall was more cautious about making any rash decisions.
The main concern for the mall was to maintain its reputation, as it worried that the incident involving Zhao Jin could affect other businesses.
Ultimately, with a sense of reluctant dissatisfaction, the mall temporarily chose to give up on Zhao Jin and its lucrative prospects.
Of course, the mall's "abandonment" only referred to not causing trouble for Zhao Jin. At this moment, the mall was busy introducing other new brands, waiting for the right opportunity to immediately start competing with Zhao Jin.
Competing in this manner may seem simple, but when it comes to execution, it is not as easy as the mall anticipated.
For instance, while they were making moves, Zhao Jin was not sitting idly by and waiting to be attacked.
While the mall was busy, under Qi Zheng's suggestion, Zhao Jin quickly packed a batch of newly produced clothes and loaded them onto Uncle Tao's truck that was transporting furniture to another province.
This time, Uncle Tao personally drove the truck, while Qi Zheng accompanied him.
According to Uncle Tao's plan, he took the opportunity to show Qi Zheng around and observe the market demand outside, understanding the differences between the other province and their hometown.
Since Qi Zheng intended to promote Zhao Jin's clothing line in the market, it was essential for him to go personally. With Uncle Tao as a guide, it would be much more efficient and save a lot of time while avoiding unnecessary detours.
Initially, Qi Zheng had considered bringing Jin Yi along. However, with two children at home still needing milk, Jin could not be away for long.
Thus, in the end, Qi Zheng decided to abandon his earlier plan. He planned to wait until Guo Guo and Dou Dou were weaned before taking Zhao Jin on more trips to other provinces.
With Qi Zheng stepping in, Uncle Tao naturally placed a hundred percent emphasis on Zhao Jin's clothing. Even the buyers over there had already been contacted in advance.
After all, being an experienced businessman, although Uncle Tao is not well-versed in clothing, he has a wide network of connections.
Once they arrived at the location, leveraging his connections to navigate the new market was not particularly difficult for Uncle Tao.
Especially since Zhao Jin's clothes are genuinely good. Anyone who has seen them would agree that they are attractive and well-made.
This greatly alleviated a lot of trouble and discussion for both Uncle Tao and Qi Zheng.
Seeing that the clothes had just been taken out and already attracted the attention of several buyers, Uncle Tao felt reassured and subtly signaled Qi Zheng to hold off on speaking for now and observe the situation before making a final decision.
Qi Zheng was not one to be overly anxious. Moreover, he had confidence in Zhao Jin's clothing, which made him naturally more composed than Uncle Tao.
Noticing Uncle Tao repeatedly signaling him, Qi Zheng pursed his lips and nodded slightly.
Uncle Tao, being a businessman, was shrewd through and through. At this moment, as he was helping Zhao Jin establish her brand in another province, he became even more cautious.
With Qi Zheng standing firmly by his side, Uncle Tao grew increasingly calm. He then decided to adopt a bidding approach for pricing, which was quite rare for him.
Before coming here, Zhao Jin had given Qi Zheng her expected price range.
However, once they arrived at the venue, Uncle Tao felt a surge of excitement as he saw the dawn of victory approaching.
As for Qi Zheng, he did not mention the price Zhao Jin had given him and remained silent. He stood firm without stating a price himself, calmly allowing several buyers to bid against each other.
Since the buyers were all very interested in collaborating with Zhao Jin, the final bidding price naturally exceeded Zhao Jin's expected price by a significant margin.
Uncle Tao nodded repeatedly, his heart already filled with joy.
Qi Zheng was also quite satisfied. Without further delay or hesitation, he finalized the collaboration with the highest bidder. At the same time, they exchanged contact information.
As for contact information, Qi Zheng naturally did not have any. What he left for the buyer was Uncle Tao's office landline number.
Although it wasn't his own number, Qi Zheng felt very reassured about Uncle Tao and didn't hesitate at all.
In response to Qi Zheng's trust, Uncle Tao patted his chest, saying little, but it was the most genuine answer.
The term "brotherhood" didn't need to be spoken; they expressed it through their actions.
It must be said that Qi Zheng and Uncle Tao's trip this time was quite successful.
Both furniture and clothing sold quickly. With a market, the response was also very good. By the time they left, they had received several more orders in hand. Moreover, these were all substantial orders.
This clearly demonstrated how popular Qi Zheng and Zhao Jin's products were.
"Qi Zheng, Second Uncle has to thank you. If it weren't for you, Second Uncle wouldn't be where he is today!" Uncle Tao exclaimed as he patted Qi Zheng on the shoulder.
To others, it seemed like he was supporting Qi Zheng. However, those close to him knew very well that it was Qi Zheng who was helping him succeed.
Without Qi Zheng, he would still be that frustrated boss furrowing his brow over how to increase lumber sales. How could he be in a position now where he didn't worry about business or making money?
It is no exaggeration to say that Uncle Tao's Lumber Mill truly began to turn a profit from the moment he started collaborating with Qi Zheng.
In the past, Uncle Tao's factory could only ship wood two or three times a year, just enough to maintain a basic livelihood. Sometimes, when business was particularly poor, the entire year would be spent in a state of loss.
However, ever since Qi Zheng's furniture came out, Uncle Tao no longer worried about orders. Money flowed in abundantly, filling his pockets to the brim.
Who else could he be grateful to if not Qi Zheng?
To outsiders, it seemed that if Qi Zheng had not met Uncle Tao, he would still be the impoverished Qi Zheng struggling to make ends meet. The Qi Family would certainly not be enjoying such good days now! But in Uncle Tao's heart, he knew that if it weren't for him, there would be others. What Qi Zheng lacked was merely opportunity, not ability. A hidden gem like Qi Zheng would eventually shine brightly.
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