Chapter 547: Chapter 545: Finale_3
This idea is not bad, but getting a promotion isn’t easy, and aiming for a position in Beijing is even harder.
"I’ll go back and tell him to work hard."
As soon as Yi Chichi said this, Qin Jiu knew his wish to keep the person here had completely fallen through.
But the child has a big heart too, thinking it’s okay if he can’t stay, at worst, he can go to the island during winter break, and visit his brother there every year during vacations.
He’s got good plans, but reality is often disappointing.
With the beginning of the year, Qin Jiu turned a year older, and got into a "study till death" mode; even his rare vacations were taken over by his grandfather who sent him to the military camp for training.
Because the path the child wants to take is the path of scientific research.
However, those doing research must have good health, otherwise, they won’t be able to handle late nights, and they might even start losing hair.
Having come from a family with researchers and having interacted a lot with scientific researchers, the old man at home knew exactly what it was like when a researcher gets into work mode.
Therefore, Qin Jiu’s wish to spend winter and summer vacations at Yi Chichi’s place fell through.
After the reform and opening up, Yi Chichi maintained a two-year partnership with the Friendship Store. In May 1980, she was invited to join the Embroidery Research Center in Southern Province, working with Master Tang and others, collaborating with embroidery inheritors from various provinces and cities, exchanging skills, and refining their embroidery techniques.
In 1985, she established her own studio.
She recruited Liu Lan, along with Master Tang and others.
Ning Jiandong was so angered by this that he nearly spat blood; he scolded Yi Chichi every time he saw her until she almost lost her temper, and that was when the matter was settled.
When Wen Yi was ten, Wen Shi’s job position was relocated to the headquarters in Yangcheng.
In the same year, Yi Chichi received a task to embroider a portrait for the president and first lady of a certain country.
The following April, after successfully completing the task, Yi Chichi caught the eye of relevant departments.
And also the attention of some wealthy businessmen, which set off her life of gaining both fame and fortune, along with having many apprentices.
After the millennium, the country entered a period of rapid development, subsequently, the country began to vigorously support traditional culture.
As one of the four famous embroidery styles, Su Embroidery has never retreated from the stage of history, and Yi Chichi will continue to delve deeply into it.
Not only that, but after Wen Yi got married and had children, she also planned to train Wen Shuzhen, the girl from the third generation of the Wen Family.
However, this child was only spiritually adept, lacking in manual dexterity, and her ten fingers were riddled with injuries.
She wasn’t even as good with needlework as her brother.
Helpless, she had to give up.
At night, she lay in bed sighing, and Wen Shi, coming out of the shower, habitually picked up hand cream to care for her hands, "What’s wrong, who upset you now?"
"No one upset me, I just feel regretful, that there’s no one to inherit my craft."
Wen Shi’s hand paused, tentatively suggesting, "How about letting Dabao try?"
"Dabao’s goal is to be a research scientist like his uncle Qin Jiu and bring glory to the country."
Wen Shi felt displeased about this, "Why doesn’t he take you and his dad as role models."
"Two military members in one family is enough."
The military route is tough, and being a military family isn’t easy either. With two soldiers already in the family, Yi Chichi had no thoughts on the third generation pursuing the same path. Her principle was always that one’s life is one’s own responsibility, parents can give advice, but the final decision should rest with the children themselves.
So she advised, "If Dabao wants to be a scientist, let him do it. Besides, the child is still young, maybe his goals will change over time."
That’s true.
"Is Xiaobao really without any talent?"
"No talent."
Yi Chichi couldn’t understand, "I’m quite dexterous, you’re not bad either, and Wen Yi was a little hands-on genius since he could walk. How is Xiaobao so clumsy? When she tries to sew, she ends up creating a winding mountain road rather than a straight line."
Wen Shi was silent for two seconds, then said softly, "Well, it runs in the family. Chang Yue is clumsy too."
Yi Chichi thought of her daughter-in-law Zhou Changyue’s destructive hands and resigned to it.
"I’ll just have to find another child from the studio to teach."
The ones at home can’t be counted on; they’re unreliable.
Unless Wen Yi and his wife are willing to have another child, but both are career-focused: one is rooted in the military contributing to the nation’s defense, the other shines in finance.
"Wife, when do you plan to retire?"
"On the day my eyes fail me."
Wen Shi, "..."
Oh boy, it’s over. She’s prepared to be stubborn with her embroidery until old age.
"Isn’t taking care of the grandkids appealing?"
Yi Chichi thought seriously, and just when Wen Shi thought she was about to say taking care of the kids is appealing, she responded, "I’ve thought it over carefully, and after much contemplation, I still find pursuing a career and making money more appealing."
Grandchildren are truly lovable when they are well-behaved and can melt her heart, making her want to pluck the stars for them.
But once they turn into stubborn mules and little troublemakers...
"They are the true embodiment of the saying: distanced they are fragrant, up close they stink."
Wen Shi was amused by her words full of resentment, "Alright, dear wife, I got it. Let’s go to sleep, focus on your career, and it’s okay to enjoy the kids occasionally."
"Alright."
Thus, the couple lay down together.
Time to sleep, for when they wake, it will be another day of striving for their careers and families!
