Tingting had been to Fang Pingying’s shop a few times. Each time, she played there for a while and then Fang Pingying let her take a lot of snacks back for her family to eat. Although Fang Pingying had once promised Luo Zhiyong not to get too close to Liu Fengsheng, this time Juzi buying a house was a formal affair, and Fang Pingying naturally couldn’t manage that much. The dealings that should take place still needed to happen. It couldn’t be that because of Luo Zhiyong’s dislikes, she would cut off normal social interactions with friends. So, after hanging up the phone, Fang Pingying said to Luo Honglan who was dressing the little ones, "Hong Lan, buy some extra groceries today. We’ll have a few friends over for dinner tonight. I’ll call my mom later to come and watch the kids." Luo Honglan immediately responded with a smile, "Alright, sister-in-law, I’ll start cooking early tonight, and you all come back early." Fang Pingying nodded her head, went to hug the two little ones and played with them for a bit before heading to the shop with Fang Xiu. Now, Fang Pingying’s small snack shop was fully on track and had accumulated a group of regular customers. The monthly income was quite stable; she could make a few thousand yuan a month. Although it couldn’t compare with the profits of a supermarket, or Zeng Weiguo’s department store counters, it was still a source of income. The shop had Yu’er and Fang Xiu working there, so Fang Pingying didn’t need to invest much effort, just occasionally check the books. Fang Pingying walked around the shop, cleared up the accounts for the past few days, saw that there were no special issues, and took some snacks from the shop to the clothing shop, planning to provide breakfast for Sister-in-law Qiulin and others. The clothing shop opened two hours later than the snack shop. When Fang Pingying arrived there, Juzi had not yet come, just Qiu Lian had just opened the door. Googlᴇ search novel⁂fire.net Seeing Fang Pingying, Qiu Lian smiled and said, "Pingying, what brings you here so early?" "There’s nothing much at home, so I came over to have a look," Fang Pingying said, handing the pastries in her hand to Qiu Lian, "These are from the shop, have them for breakfast." Qiu Lian took the snacks, but advised Fang Pingying, "I’ve already had breakfast. I was just getting ready to open the shop. Next time don’t bring me so many pastries; you can sell these for money, letting me eat them is a waste." Fang Pingying laughed, "Sister-in-law, no worries, I made these myself. Could I really be reluctant to eat them?" "I usually make simple stuff like steamed buns and buns for breakfast," Qiu Lian mainly now had a decent salary at this clothing shop, and most places that pay this salary don’t include food and accommodation. But Fang Pingying not only found her a place to live but also often brought food for her, which made her feel a bit embarrassed. "Then these pastries are just to change your taste. If you can’t finish, just keep them for later. They are well packaged and won’t go bad." Fang Pingying naturally didn’t mind these things, she patted Qiu Lian’s shoulder, let her put the things away, then casually asked, "How has the shop been doing recently?" "Not bad, the pure profit of about 100 to 200 yuan a day is still there," Qiu Lian happily finished speaking, then sighed somewhat incomprehensibly, "Pingying, the people in the city are really willing to spend money on clothes, they casually buy a piece of clothing that’s enough to feed our family for several months." "All women love beauty," Fang Pingying said with a smile. She took the accounting book, flipped through it casually, just checked the recent income and expenditure, then put the book back. This shop was handed over to Juzi to manage, and they usually balanced the books once at the end of each month; other times Fang Pingying didn’t really look at the books. Sister-in-law Qiulin nodded, then sighed deeply again, "City women really know how to live. We rural women are good as long as we can eat and wear well, having a bit of spare cash at home is better than anything." The two were discussing when Juzi came in, one hand carrying a bag and the other a paper bag. She winked at Qiu Lian and laughed, "Sister-in-law Qiulin, you’ve got to change that old-fashioned view. Nowadays, whether in the city or the countryside, we all have to know how to live. You’re only twenty-eight, always dressed like an old lady, either in black or grey. Doesn’t your husband complain?" Qiu Lian’s face turned a bit red from Juzi’s words, she glared at Juzi and muttered, "Don’t talk nonsense, we’re old husband and wife now, not like you young couples..." Juzi laughed heartily; after a while, as if she suddenly remembered something, she handed the paper bag to Fang Pingying, "By the way, I saw a very nice set of clothes in the mall while shopping last night. I bought a set for myself because it felt comfortable. Yesterday, I went and bought two more sets, and specially bought one for each of you, too. Go try them on and see if you like them." "Buying clothes for us?" Fang Pingying while taking the bag from Juzi jokingly said, "We have such a big shop, yet you go and buy clothes elsewhere. Why not let us earn the money?" Juzi winked at Fang Pingying, pushing them into the room, "Don’t hurry to blame me. Go check them out, I’m sure you’ll like these clothes." Fang Pingying and Qiu Lian found it strange, why was it so secretive just to look at clothes? The two exchanged glances, took the bag into the room where Qiu Lian was staying. When they opened the bag and took out the clothes, Qiu Lian’s face immediately turned red. It turned out that what Juzi gave them were women’s underwear, but these were not the kind of underwear commonly worn at that time. At that time, most women wore a sort of small tank top that was just shorter and tighter than usual tank tops, but what Juzi had given them was the bras that all women would wear later on, which were just a strap connected to two palm-sized pieces of fabric. Fang Pingying had worn such items in her previous life and naturally didn’t react much. She held the lingerie up against herself to gauge the size, planning to try it on. Beside her, Qiu Lian stammered to Fang Pingying, "Pingying, are you really planning to wear this? Isn’t it too..." Fang Pingying comforted her with a smile, "Sister-in-law, no worries, this garment is to be worn underneath; it’s good for women. Not many may wear it now, but in a few years, probably all women will wear this type of lingerie." "Really?" Qiu Lian picked up the garment in her hand and looked at it, somewhat incredulous. Could this garment be worn? Just looking at it made her feel a bit embarrassed. Thinking about it, if her old-fashioned husband saw it, who knew what he would criticize her for. Fang Pingying smiled, but took the garment and held it up against her, jokingly persuading her, "If you don’t believe it, just try it on and see. After you wear this garment, your figure will also appear much more shapely."