Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 254 - 253: No Wonder

Chapter 254: Chapter 253: No Wonder

Lin Qiu’s clothing store had opened, and they settled on a very ordinary name—Four Seasons Clothing Store.

Although it appeared common, the meaning was good, representing the four siblings, spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Next door, the second daughter of Mrs. Wu from the Wu Family, Wu Zhenghong, had also opened her business, opting for an even simpler name, Zhenghong Hair Salon.

Lin Xia stood outside the shop, looking at the red characters on the wooden signs of both stores and couldn’t help but laugh, realizing that starting a business now was much simpler than it would be later.

Soon, the old Sun Family across the street also converted their storeroom and opened the Sun Family Grocery.

From then on, Lin Xia’s place became a bustling spot.

Initially, Lin Qiu was worried. Her sister had started the shop for her, and she was concerned about what would happen if she couldn’t uphold it and it began losing money.

Latterly, she realized she was purely worrying over nothing.

Not only were there many customers coming in to order individual pieces of clothing, but there were also many wholesalers coming to the shop to inspect the designs.

Lin Xia had hired a young girl named Liu Caifeng at the greenhouse to look after the stall. Sometimes she was there, and at other times she was here, creating the designs, while Lin Qiu executed the cutting and sewing with seamless coordination.

If the order was small, just for single items, Lin Qiu would make them.

If the order was large, Lin Xia would find someone to subcontract the work.

That day, Lin Xia returned from the greenhouse just as Wu Zhengyang was coming out of his own clothing store.

His face reddened as he nodded to Lin Xia as a greeting before heading straight through the wide-open door of his home.

Lin Xia smirked playfully. What was going on?

Her steps light, she entered the clothing store and saw Lin Qiu leaning over the workbench, writing something.

Lin Xia leaned in, curious, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Lin Qiu’s cheeks were also red as she shyly lowered her head, "I’m measuring sizes!"

Lin Xia muttered quietly, "I just saw Wu Zhengyang leaving here?"

Lin Qiu nodded, "Yeah! He brought a piece of fabric and asked me to make him a set of clothes!"

As she spoke of him, she dared not look up.

"Oh! No wonder!" Lin Xia instantly understood why both of their faces were red and embarrassed.

It turned out they were taking measurements!

Lin Qiu’s face reddened even more, and she whispered, "Sis! Stop teasing me!"

Now that the weather was warm and the door was open, she didn’t dare to speak loudly, afraid that someone in the nearby shops might overhear.

Especially since Wu Zhenghong, Wu Zhengyang’s elder sister, would be terribly embarrassed if she heard.

Understanding Lin Qiu’s worries, Lin Xia whispered in her ear, "What are you thinking about? Tell your sister!"

She had actually noticed a while ago that there was something special between Lin Qiu and Wu Zhengyang.

The way they looked at each other was different.

Lin Qiu bit her lip, hesitating for a moment before confiding quietly, "Sis! I think he’s quite good. He’s handsome too, but he graduated from a technical school, and I only finished junior high. There’s a gap..."

She had actually had a good impression of Wu Zhengyang previously. They had watched TV at his place during the New Year, and after more interactions, she grew to like him even more.

But what use was it for her alone to feel this way?

Once, while chatting with Wu Zhenghong next door, she heard that Wu Zhengyang had many admirers introducing potential partners to him at work, and there was even a girl from his office who was chasing after him.

Since then, Lin Qiu had never dared to let her feelings show.

However, Wu Zhengyang kept appearing in front of her. There had been fewer occasions before the shop opened, but now that business was underway and he brought fabric for clothes, she couldn’t just refuse to work, could she?

Lin Xia dismissed it, "You are also very pretty, not any less by comparison!"

She really didn’t see why her sister Lin Qiu wasn’t suited for Wu Zhengyang.

Lin Qiu had never considered herself beautiful. She looked down, "Sis! I’m only pretty in your eyes. To others, maybe not so much."

Lin Xia felt helpless. She and her sister had inherited their mother’s features, and how could they possibly have looked good, being bony and yellow-skinned from being bullied and ground down at home?

But now, after two years of better days and a more nourishing life, both their appearances and demeanors had undergone tremendous changes.

She wasn’t boasting like a self-promoting vendor, Xiaoqiu was truly beautiful.

However, considering it wasn’t appropriate to talk about this here, she didn’t pursue the matter further with her sister.

Lin Xia whispered, "Xiaoqiu! What does vocational school really matter? You’re still a small business owner now! Aren’t you earning much more money every day?"

She really didn’t see these as disparities.

If you’re talking about disparities, then it would have to be her and Lu Zheng.

Thinking of Lu Zheng, Lin Xia shook her head, refusing to dwell on those thoughts.

Lin Qiu understood her sister’s logic but couldn’t help feeling inferior.

These feelings were tied to her inherent personality and also to what she had experienced since childhood.

"Sister! My earnings are also because you handle things well! How much could I make if I worked by myself?"

Indeed, she hadn’t earned little since they opened the store.

But she didn’t dare keep so much money, so every night she handed it over to her sister to keep and save for her.

"Silly girl! Aren’t you the one doing all the work here?"

Seeing her sister hunch her shoulders, Lin Xia lightly patted Lin Qiu’s back, "Let me tell you, be confident! Stand tall, his conditions aren’t even that great, you have nothing to feel inferior about!"

Her sister was now lacking nothing and wasn’t someone to be picked at will. If Wu Zhengyang felt too good about himself, she didn’t want Lin Qiu to love in humility.

Lin Qiu exhaled, "I understand! Sister! By the way, why did you come back?"

Lin Xia slapped her forehead, she had been so preoccupied with Lin Qiu’s issues that she had forgotten the reason she came back.

"I came back to pick up some skirts, I have to go right away!"

Next door at the Wu Family, only Old Lady Wu and Wu Zhengyang were home.

Old Lady Wu inevitably asked a few questions when she saw her son return home with a flushed face.

Wu Zhengyang made up an excuse to brush her off.

He had felt a strong attraction to Lin Qiu from the first time he saw her.

It wasn’t that there were no suitors at his workplace, but he found them off-putting.

Yet when facing Lin Qiu, he couldn’t help but feel happy and want to smile.

Old Lady Wu was somewhat conflicted. She knew where her son had been.

She didn’t think ill of the girl Lin Qiu; on the contrary, she quite liked her, seeing her as kind and sensible, with a good temperament as well.

But finding a partner to marry is a major life decision, not to be taken lightly.

Setting aside whether her conditions were good or not, she also needed to look into what kind of people her family were.

Since they had moved here, she had only ever seen the three siblings living together.

Parents, or other circumstances, she didn’t know.

Living next door, she had always seen that boy from across the way going in and out of their house.

He was called "Second Brother," and she later found out he was a business acquaintance from the greenhouse.

Another tall man had visited, who looked extraordinary just by his appearance and demeanor.

She didn’t understand these relationships.

During the first days of the month, a bunch of men and women came over to their house to hang out.

When choosing a wife, one must pick someone fundamentally honest and decent, she had only this one son, and definitely had to be cautious and careful...