Compared with the hustle and bustle on the first floor of the beauty salon, the second floor is much quieter. Five or six women who seem to be over 50 years old but still have charm are sitting on the comfortable sofas, some holding a glass of freshly squeezed juice, Some were sipping freshly brewed coffee, while others were drinking a high-end tea that is very hard to find in the market. On the coffee table among them were all kinds of delicate snacks and fruits.

"I said that Xiulan has been busy for more than half a year, and she hasn't seen anyone all day. It turns out that she has managed such a big beauty salon quietly. It's amazing." With an envious smile, she looked at Ling Xiulan's eyes that lit up: "It's different at a few years younger. If I was asked to do business, I would have neither the energy nor the ability."

"My daughter-in-law invests in a beauty shop, she doesn't have time to manage a lot of things. I'd better have something to do when I'm idle at home." Ling Xiulan looked at her with a cup of fruit tea with a smile: "Look at you, what you say is better than I'm a lot older, I'm only two years younger than you, and by birthday, it's only a little over a year."

"It's mainly because Ling Lanchang is young and looks much younger than us. In fact, we are basically all first-year students." Another looked at Ling Xiulan's smooth and tender skin and was a little more interested: "Xiu Lan, you said that beauty treatments can really make your skin look like yours."

Ling Xiulan touched her face and smiled and said, "This is how I was in France when I regularly went to a beauty shop in France. You remember when I first came back, when you said that my skin was tender and looked like a little girl. Yes, there is no place for maintenance in the past few years. You can see that there are several fine lines in the corner of the eye. The air in our imperial capital is too dry, and skin care products alone will not work at all."

"Then let's try it too. Anyway, I'm bored at home. You can talk and drink tea here." Those who are worthy of sisters Ling Xiulan are all wealthy owners. Their husbands are in high positions, and their children are also rich. Don't worry, except for shopping, I usually stay bored at home. Compared with Ling Xiulan, they all lack energy.

Seeing that a few people were interested, Ling Xiulan smiled and said, "This time I invite you all to have a good experience. If you need makeup and beauty in the future, just come directly to the store, but I brought some girls to France specially. It's been trained, and it's guaranteed to get your money's worth."

"Then let's have a good feeling. If it's as good as you said, not only will we issue the annual card you mentioned, but we will also bring guests to you." A few people laughed and followed the waiting staff to the locker room. .

Those who have money to spend on the second floor have some status and face, so the dressing rooms are independent, in addition to the special wardrobe and sofa, there are TVs and beds, just like a small living room.

Just after changing the bathrobe, the service staff guides the customer to the essential oil rack on the side to choose the essential oil they like. Just drop three drops in the water, and the whole bathroom can smell the faint fragrance.

The leisure hall on the second floor became quiet. Ling Xiulan ate two cakes and drank the fruit tea in the cup. She closed her eyes and rested for a while before slowly opening her eyes. She walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows and watched downstairs waiting for a beauty treatment. The queue was getting longer and longer, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Being the first person to eat crabs, Ling Xiulan and Zhen Zhen also took a lot of risks, not to mention that Ling Xiulan was the best choice when it came to rebuilding a beauty salon and purchasing equipment abroad. Ten thousand. If the business is not good, even though he has private money to make up for his daughter-in-law's investment, his tossing for the past six months has become a joke. Now looking at the bustling crowd downstairs, Ling Xiulan put on a confident smile on her face. This step is on the right track.

Just about to go downstairs to see the situation on the first floor, suddenly the elevator door opened, and the waiter walked in with an actor Chen Xue who was often seen on TV.

Ling Xiulan stepped forward and shook her hand, with a decent smile on her face: "Hello, Ms. Chen, welcome to Yiren Beauty Store. How can I help you?"

Looking at Ling Xiu's outstanding temperament and different dresses from other service staff, Chen Xue asked with a smile, "Are you the store manager." Seeing Ling Xiulan nodding, Chen Xue immediately stated her needs: "That's right, this afternoon. I'm going to attend a more important banquet, and I need to dress differently... um... old-fashioned..." Looking at the blue coat on her body, Chen Xue felt helpless: "I don't know much about makeup except for lipstick, this time I will Thank you."

A movie that Chen Xue acted in has been sought after by many young people, and the clothes she wore on the screen became popular, but I didn't expect her dress to be so old-fashioned.

However, after all, the concept has just changed. It is normal for those who accept fast and those who accept slower. It’s just that Ling Xiulan didn’t expect Chen Xue to take such a big step. She jumped from blue clothes and black trousers to make-up and styling. stage.

Ling Xiulan still had a decent smile on her face: "I don't know what kind of clothes you have prepared yourself? Is it convenient for me to see?" Chen Xue blushed and handed out the bag in her hand, her voice was a little low: "There is a woolen skirt. "

Ling Xiulan opened it and saw that the material was really good, but it looked like it was made before, and she could put on a sweater even if she looked fat.

Ling Xiulan folded her clothes and asked tentatively, "This skirt doesn't look right. If Ms. Chen doesn't mind, you can also take a look at the various evening dresses our store has prepared for customers."

"Can you pick clothes here too?" Chen Xue looked around in surprise, thinking there was a clothing store or something. Ling Xiulan took her to the beauty room. When she entered, there was a floor-to-ceiling shoe rack. Pairs of delicate shoes were placed on it. Under the light, they shone like Cinderella's crystal slippers. Next to the shoe rack is the world of leather bags. Dozens of beautifully styled leather bags are scattered in the grid. Although Chen Xue does not know the brand on it, but just by looking at the workmanship, you know that it is not a cheap one.

Seeing so many shoes and bags was already shocking, and when Chen Xue waited to see the rows of beautifully cut clothes hanging on the inside, she didn't know what to do with her expression.

These clothes are all selected by Ling Xiulan one by one. It can be said that she is familiar with each of them. Although Chen Xue did not say much about the banquet, Ling Xiulan felt that it would definitely be possible for a plainly dressed actor to do the styling. It's not ordinary, so what she recommends are more formal little dresses.

Chen Xue didn't dare to reach out when she saw the beautiful clothes. Ling Xiulan simply chose the three most suitable for her according to her figure, and asked directly, "Which one do you like?"

Chen Xue's eyes skipped the black and white skirt and landed on the big red dress. Ling Xiulan handed the dress to the service staff. After about ten minutes, Chen Xue in the red dress walked out of the fitting room. came out. She looked down at the skirt with some unease, and felt a little worried when she touched the exposed arm.

Ling Xiulan walked to Chen Xue and looked at her in the mirror: "If you are not used to showing your arms, I can match you with a jacket." Chen Xue nodded immediately, and the service staff put the jacket on her. , Chen Xue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her arms were covered.

Ling Xiulan asked with a smile, "Is it convenient to untie the braid?"

Chen Xue nodded and untied the braid by herself. Ling Xiulan used her hand instead of a comb to gather her hair and note it down. This helped her spread it over her shoulders. The big wavy curly hair was matched with a red skirt. It was the first time for Chen Xue. I know that I can actually be so bright.

"Can I wear this?" Chen Xue looked at herself in the mirror, her face flushed.

"Of course." Ling Xiulan smiled: "How beautiful you look!"

"Yeah, it's so beautiful." Chen Xue was also attracted to herself in the mirror. She turned her head and smiled sweetly at Ling Xiulan: "How much is this dress?"

Ling Xiulan smiled and quoted a price that made Chen Xue stunned. It seemed that Chen Xue was not very familiar with the brand. Ling Xiulan first briefly introduced the brand, and then said: "This is this year's limited edition new model, not to mention Huaguo. There are not many in the world, this dress is mainly in bright red, and the style is slightly conservative, which is more suitable for the people of China, so I bought this dress as soon as I saw it."

Chen Xue looked at herself in the mirror, and her love for beauty finally prevailed: "Then choose this dress."

The service staff led Chen Xue into the dressing room with a smile. After taking a bath, skin care, makeup, and hairdo, Chen Xue could no longer recognize herself when she stood in front of the mirror. The fluttering ugly duckling has now transformed into a beautiful white swan.

Ling Xiulan stood by and looked at Chen Xue, and asked with a smile, "Ms. Chen, are you still satisfied with the makeup? Is there anything that needs to be modified?"

Chen Xue came back to her senses, but her eyes were still reluctant to leave the mirror, so she nodded slightly: "I'm very satisfied." She looked down at the high heels under her feet, and tried walking around the room twice, until she got used to the soles of her feet. I feel a little worried about going down. It's not far from the Imperial Hotel, but Chen Xue is so beautiful and wears makeup that she is worried that dust will blow on her face when she walks over. After all, it is spring, and there is a lot of wind and dust.

Seeing Chen Xue's concerns, Ling Xiulan smiled and said, "I don't know where Ms. Chen is attending the banquet. If it was inconvenient in the past, our beauty shop can provide a car dispatch service, and your changed clothes and backpacks can be temporarily stored in our storage. In the cabinet, you only need to come and pick it up within three days, or our service staff can help you deliver it to your home."

Chen Xue was overjoyed and quickly said, "Just put it here, I'll come and pick it up tomorrow." The service staff immediately brought brand-new clothes bags, and put them neatly in front of Chen Xue. After taking out a thick stack of money to pay for this expensive consumption, he got off the elevator with a brand-new handbag and delicate high-heeled shoes.

The elevator door opened, and the people in the waiting area all looked up at the same time. Facing the gazes from all directions, Chen Xue became nervous again, and subconsciously reached out to pull the skirt around her legs, but Ling Xiulan grabbed her hand as soon as she tilted her body. Turning her head to look at Ling Xiulan's graceful attitude, Chen Xue took a deep breath, raised her head and kept smiling.

"Is this Chen Xue?" Someone finally recognized her: "Wow, the real person is actually prettier than on TV, isn't this hairstyle too beautiful?"

"The skirt looks good too. The red is real. It has to be satin. It looks very smooth."

"This hairstyle is so beautiful. I originally wanted to perm the cauliflower head this time, but now I decided to perm the same as Chen Xue."

"Me too. When the weather warms up, I'll buy a red dress to wear. It's absolutely fashionable."

More and more praises made Chen Xue's smile more and more confident. She turned to look at Ling Xiulan and said sincerely, "Sister Ling, thank you."

"No thanks, come over next time when you have time." After Ling Xiulan sent Chen Xue away, before she could wait, a woman in her 10s and 50s grabbed her hand: "When Chen Xue came, I happened to be queuing outside, and I was in line with him. The comparison just now was like two people, you said that I will go up and you will clean up for me, can you look good too?"

Ling Xiulan smiled: "We also have dresses suitable for your age, but the services above are more expensive."

"It doesn't matter if it's expensive, I have all the money with me. To tell you the truth, I met my in-laws for the first time tonight. My in-laws are from Modu, and I just came back from overseas a few years ago. My son said that he was dressed in an old fashion. I have to work hard, but I can't bring shame to the people of the imperial capital." She took Ling Xiulan's hand and walked towards the elevator: "You can rest assured and help me. My son has made a lot of money by flipping electrical appliances in the past few years."

Ling Xiulan looked at her dumbfounded, until the elevator door closed before whispering, "Eldest sister, we are really expensive. If you are like Chen Xue, it will cost you 1,800 yuan."

"That's not cheap." The aunt was hesitant, but when the elevator door opened, she gritted her teeth and came in after seeing the environment inside: "Originally, people looked down on my son as a self-employed person, so I dress up in sloppy clothes. Definitely not. Just give me the order like Chen Xue did, I can't let my son get married because of me."

Ling Xiulan smiled: "Then you and I choose clothes!"

*****

A year has passed in the blink of an eye, and several designers from the garment factory have finally made their mark. Several new clothes they designed have sold very well, and they are catching up with the clothes of celebrities, not to mention the beauty salon. Although the cheapest beauty care costs ten yuan, it still can’t stop the people in the imperial capital. As Ling Xiulan said at the beginning, going to the beauty salon in Yiren has become a fashion and a trend. thing.

Many young people from provinces and cities near the imperial capital also come here. If you come to the imperial capital for a honeymoon and come to the Yiren beauty salon for beauty treatments, it will become a must-have item. .

After the clothing factory and the beauty salon were on the right track, Zhen Zhen's mind was all about work. Seeing that she had been married for more than a year, Mrs. Li couldn't help but urged her again, Zhen Zhen still smiled and told She: "Don't worry, it's still early."

Just when Mrs. Li was about to talk to Xi Junjie and ask him to do Zhen Zhen's ideological work, Xi Junjie received a job notice to be sent to France for three years. After Zhen Zhen got the news, she immediately submitted an application to the Hua Guo News Agency and offered to be transferred to the French office.

Considering Li Mingzhen's actual situation and her work performance, the application submitted by Zhen Zhen for overseas residency was quickly approved. Mrs. Li originally heard that Xi Junjie was going abroad for three years, and she couldn't help worrying about what the couple would do if they were separated for so long, but after Zhen Zhen's application was approved, Mrs. Li was a little reluctant, and she started to fight Zhen Zhen. After she was born, Zhen Zhen has not left her side.

Regarding Mrs. Li, Zhen Zhen also has 120 worries. She discussed with Mingdong, Mingxi, and Mingbei. The three brothers took turns to come to the courtyard every month to stay with Mrs. Li and her father. mom. In order to allow Mrs. Li to adapt in advance, the Mingdong family stayed here first.

Zhen Zhen saw that Mrs. Li was unhappy, took her hand and coaxed her: "Three years will soon pass, I will call you once a week, and I promise to come back from France, I will give you a beautiful baby great-granddaughter."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li sighed again: "You said that your elder brothers have two or three children in their family. When you have a family plan, one will be lonely."

Zhen Zhen gritted her teeth: "When I come back, I promise to give birth to a pair of twins."

"Really?" Mrs. Li squinted at her: "You can't fool me about this."

"Really!" Zhen Zhen patted her chest: "I promise."

The people next to him were delighted to hear the conversation between the grandparents and grandchildren, and Mingxi couldn't help but interjected with a smile: "This twin is not guaranteed to come, this stuff is inherited, and there is no precedent for twins in our family, Junjie. I don't have a home either, and I think that's enough."

Mrs. Li was unhappy, she stretched out her crutch and slapped Mingxi with a stick: "Shut up for me, you know the shit!"

Mingdong pinched Mingxi from behind, and quickly echoed: "What the milk said is that Mingxi is still a scientist, and he doesn't know anything about Jing nonsense. Zhen Zhen, wait for you and Junjie to work hard after they come back from France, and fight for one more time. You will be able to give birth to twins."

There were other people making jokes, and the sad parting dissipated a lot, and when Zhen Zhen left, Mrs. Li was still smiling. Mingxi and Mingbei were afraid that Mrs. Li would feel uncomfortable, so they did not dare to leave. They volunteered to play mahjong and sing with Mrs. Li. Although Mrs. Li was gloomy, she saw that her grandson and grandchildren were crowded together. Coaxing myself to be happy in front of myself, I suddenly felt that my life was complete.

*****

After getting off the plane, Xi Junjie took Zhen Zhen to a brokerage company to get the keys, and then went directly to an apartment of Xi's family in Paris. Because Xi Changbo had already revealed the tone of the expatriate, after the tenant's contract expired, Xi Junjie did not entrust the brokerage company to renew the contract, and took it back early.

Pushing open the door, Zhen Zhen looked at the furnishings inside curiously, because it has been a long time and has been renting out, the sofa and dining table in the house are a bit outdated, but fortunately, the tenants who lived in this house before are relatively clean. It was neat and tidy, and there was no trace of fumes left in the kitchen.

The young couple cleaned the house again, while Zhen Zhen took advantage of Xi Junjie to take a bath, she quickly put the quilt and pillows into the space, and took out a new set to spread on. The sofa and dining table are okay, let her sleep on other people's bedding, Zhen Zhen said that she can't get over the hurdle in her heart.

Putting on the sheets and pillowcases, Zhen Zhen didn't care about admiring her new home, so she quickly updated the map in her mind. This time, she came to apply to come to France, one is to gain work experience, and the other is to take advantage of China. After the cultural relics of the country are not fired to sky-high prices, they will buy back as many as possible.

Back then, the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens was destroyed by the British and French allied forces, and many Chinese cultural relics and treasures flew across the sea, some in museums, and more in the hands of private collectors. Zhen Zhen is quite confident about the treasure collection, she buys what she can buy, and replaces what she can't. Anyway, according to Zhen Zhen's observation, there are many treasures in the land and sea in France.

Zhen Zhen went to the study, she opened a notebook and listed down the relatively heavyweight and precious cultural relics that she saw in her consciousness.

"What do you write?" Xi Junjie leaned over curiously: "The jade seal of Qianlong, the bronze statue of the animal head in Yuanmingyuan... What are you writing about?"

"The cultural relics I'm going to buy back." Zhen Zhen smiled: "You know I like to collect these things."

It was only after Xi Junjie got married that he found out that Zhen Zhen actually had a collection of artifacts in a house. Although he didn't know those artifacts very well, he saw that every time Mr. Xu Mengguo came to his house, he was rushing to the house to collect artifacts, and he didn't want to come out after staying for a day. Know that there are many precious cultural relics inside.

Xi Junjie's hobby of Zhen Zhen has always been in favor of both hands. Xi Junjie put Zhen Zhen in his arms and kissed her on the lips affectionately: "Go and take a shower, I'll take you to eat something good."

"What about eating well?" Zhen Zhen looked at him with bright eyes.

Xi Junjie thought for a while, then smiled again: "Then I will hand over all my financial accounts to you, and I will wait for you to give me pocket money in the future."

"Don't you feel bad when you hand over your small treasury?" Zhen Zhen smiled and tapped Xi Junjie's chest with her finger.

As early as in the imperial capital, Xi Junjie truthfully reported his assets in France to Zhen Zhen. Although it was not comparable to Zhen Zhen's net worth, it was a considerable amount of wealth.

Seeing Zhen Zhen's cramped expression, Xi Junjie smiled: "I'm pretending to be you all in my heart, what kind of money does it hurt."

"Smooth tongue." Zhen Zhen stood up from Xi Junjie's body and said with a serious face: "Don't make any account adjustments after eating, and accompany me to buy the 1982 Raphael." Looking at Xi Junjie, he was a little dazed. Like this, Zhen Zhen waved her hand domineeringly: "Let's wrap it up for him!"