In later generations, it was not uncommon for foreigners to live in China, especially in the capital, where many foreigners lived all year round, but in the late 70s and early 80s, foreigners were still relatively rare, after all, the country had just promulgated the reform and opening up policy.

When the two foreigners were walking in the park, they attracted the attention of many people, secretly pointing at them, and their eyes were full of curiosity.

The two foreigners saw Xia Zhi's family, but they didn't pay too much attention, they thought that Xia Zhi's family didn't understand English, so they didn't have any taboos when they spoke.

"Oh, David, you see, most of the clothes these Chinese wear are gray, black, green, and they are too earthy."

"I didn't find fashion in this country at all."

"Yes, it's a country that lacks fashion and beauty."

"You see that the clothes they wear do not have the slightest sense of beauty, and they do not highlight the charm of women and the heroic posture of men at all..."

Next, Xia Zhi listened to the two foreigners keep complaining, how backward Huaguo is, how soiled, and there is a faint feeling of being on top.

In this era, China has just formulated the policy of reform and opening up, and people in most parts of the country can't even eat enough, and they are still hungry.

This is also in the capital, the common people can generally eat enough, so the mental outlook is not bad, although the clothes on the body look dirty, but at least clean and tidy.

But in the vast rural areas, it would be good for the people to be full, who cares if the clothes on their bodies are not beautiful and fashionable?

Gu Beicheng is a national soldier with a strong sense of honor, although he knows that his country is not as good as Europe and the United States at this time, but listening to these two foreigners in front of him and belittle Huaguo to nothing, Gu Beicheng is still a little angry, and his originally smiling face looks a little gloomy at the moment.

An An, Little Monkey, Little Bun, and Little Fish can all understand English, and when they hear the conversation between two foreigners, several children are also very angry.

In particular, the little monkey came to the two foreigners angrily, with a serious face, and said to the two surprised foreigners, "Two gentlemen, are you biased in belittling our country like this?" ”

"I admit that there are many aspects of our country that are inferior to yours, but your country has not been trampled on and invaded by foreign countries, and our country has re-established its current state after one or two hundred years of war."

"Many of our people are still starving, and there is a famous saying in our country, "You know etiquette when you are sufficiency, do you want to point to a group of hungry people to talk about fashion?"

The little monkey's spoken English is very good, because when the little monkey learns English, the summer solstice will practice speaking in English with a few children from time to time, after all, the summer solstice has traveled to so many countries, and the spoken language is very fluent, two foreigners did not expect that they were taught a lesson by a Chinese child.

The two foreigners immediately became a little annoyed and said angrily, "We know that your country is poor, but is poverty the reason?" In our eyes, you Chinese people just don't understand fashion, and I can't see any beauty and brilliance here in you. ”

The two foreigners are right, although the summer solstice clothing store is very popular, and many people go to her store to buy clothes, but they may go to the summer solstice clothing store to buy clothes, after all, they are a minority, and most people in the capital are still reluctant to spend dozens of yuan to buy a piece of clothing, and they feel that it is not worth it.

Therefore, it is not surprising that these two foreigners see that most of the Beijingers are dressed in gray, black, green, and white colors.

The little monkey clenched his fists in annoyance, unable to find a reason to refute them for a while.

How could Xia Zhi endure his son being bullied, and immediately stood up and said, "Good morning, two gentlemen, if you say that most Chinese people don't understand fashion, we admit this, after all, most people are still running for life, but there are also people in our country who know fashion and beauty, and it is human nature to love beauty, and everyone likes beautiful things." ”

Xia Zhi's words made the two foreigners disapproving and said, "I'm sorry, ma'am, maybe what you said is right, there are people in Huaguo who understand fashion, but I haven't seen it." ”

Xia Zhi was not annoyed, and chuckled, "If the two gentlemen have time, they can go to my clothing store to have a look, I am the owner of a clothing factory, and I also open two clothing stores myself." ”

When the two foreigners heard that Xia Zhi was a garment factory, and there were two clothing stores under the owner's name, they couldn't help but be a little surprised, "We are designers from country M, and we came to China to seek inspiration for design, but we didn't expect to be disappointed after coming here, and the people here don't understand fashion at all." ”

Of course, these two foreigners did not simply come to China for inspiration, they also wanted to open up the market in China, after all, China is a large country with 1 billion people.

If they can open up this huge market, it will bring them incomparably huge profits, but after coming here, after they see the clothes worn by the Chinese people, they are first disappointed and then ecstatic, and feel that the fashions designed by their company will definitely be welcomed by the Chinese people.

It's a pity that when they took out those fashions, there were very few people who said they would buy them, because those fashions were too revealing for the Chinese people at this time, so the two of them immediately became disappointed.

One of the foreigners said, "Since the lady has a garment factory and two garment stores, we would love to have a look at your factory and the garment store."

Xia Zhi also said that he was welcome, and then told the two of them the address of his clothing store, and said that she would be free tomorrow morning, and the two of them were welcome to go at any time, and the two foreigners also said that they would definitely go to her clothing store tomorrow morning.

The two foreigners soon left, and the little monkey pouted angrily, "One day, our country must be no worse than theirs." ”

Xia Zhi patted the little monkey on the shoulder comfortingly and said, "Don't worry, there will be such a day, our country will become stronger and stronger, and one day, the whole world will be shocked and trembled." ”

Xia Zhi's words soothed the sensitive little boy's heart, and the little monkey nodded.

The little bun on the side said, "Mom." ”

Xia Zhi looked at his son with a smile, and Xiao Baozi said with a serious face, "My wish has always been to become a scientist. ”

Xia Zhi knew that Xiao Baozi studied very hard, and she was also reading books about science outside of class in her spare time, and she also knew that her son's ideal was to become a scientist, so she nodded and encouraged, "Xiao Baozi is so good at studying, you will definitely become a scientist." ”

Xiao Baozi added, "Now, I want to become an expert in weapons and arm the army with science and technology, so that other countries will not easily underestimate us." ”

Gu Beicheng listened to it on the sidelines, full of relief, and the little unhappiness in his heart just now quickly dissipated.

An An has not yet clarified what his ideal is, and Xiao Yu'er is a snack, I am afraid that he has not thought about it so much.

At this time, it was already past 12 noon, and Xia Zhi asked a few children, "What do you want to eat?" ”

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Xiao Yu'er preemptively said, "Mom, I want to eat shabu mutton." ”

The little monkey raised his hand and said, "Mom, I want to eat roast duck." ”

Xia Zhi looked at Duoduo, Duoduo blinked his eyes, smiled sweetly at Xia Zhi, and then said slowly, "I... Anything goes. ”

Xia Zhi smiled, reached out and patted Duoduo's shoulder, and then looked at An An and Xiao Baozi, both of whom said that they could eat anything.

Gu Beicheng is also not a picky eater, Xia Zhi thought for a while and said, "Then we will eat shabu mutton at noon, and when we finish eating, we will go buy two roast ducks and keep them for home at night." ”

Several children nodded in unison, and then the family rode their bicycles to Donglaishun.

It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon when the family arrived in Donglaishun, and there were still many people in the hotel.

When the family entered the door, the waiter led them to a large table, and Xia Solstice ordered two flavors, one spicy and the other not spicy.

Xia Solstice also likes to eat spicy food, but Nuan Nuan is still young and can't eat spicy things, so Xia Solstice wants two flavors.

Xia Zhi handed the waiter her menu to a few children, and asked a few children to order, since it was mutton shabu, the little monkey first ordered two plates of mutton, and then ordered some haggis. Ordered some more barbecue.

The food was served quite quickly, the family happily ate a meal, and after eating, they rode their bicycles to buy two roast ducks, and then slowly planned to ride their bicycles home.

When the family got home, it was already 3 p.m.

Old man Gu was wearing glasses and reading the newspaper and drinking tea, Mrs. Gu was holding a needle and thread in her left hand, thinking about making a small dress for Nuan Nuan, Mrs. Gu's eyes were not good, and she was wearing glasses at the moment, holding a ruler to make a gesture on the fabric.

When he got home, Gu Beicheng picked Nuan Nuan off the car, Nuan Nuan ran into the house on her short legs, and called sweetly, "Grandpa, grandma, I'm back." ”

When Old Man Gu saw Nuan Nuan, he said with a smile, "Where did Nuan Nuan go to play with her parents, brothers and sisters today?" Unhappy? ”

Nuan Nuan nodded solemnly, "I went to see the little monkey, and the big bear..."

Mrs. Gu hugged Nuan Nuan into her arms, and the little monkey walked into the door with two roast ducks, showed the roast duck in her hand to Old Man Gu and Old Lady Gu, and said, "Grandpa, grandma, Mom bought roast duck, let's eat it at night." ”

Old Man Gu and Old Lady Gu have been drinking Lingquan water, although their bodies are still quite tough, but their teeth are about to fall out, and it is okay to eat some fatty meat usually, but Xia Zhi is afraid that the two old men will not eat fatty meat well, and they also control the number of times they eat fatty meat on weekdays.

The two old men couldn't bite the roast duck at all, but Mrs. Gu still smiled and said, "Okay, put it in the kitchen first, and grandma will heat it up for you in the evening." ”

The next morning, early in the morning on the summer solstice, I rode my bicycle to the clothing store.

Xia Zhi first went to Chunli clothing store to take a turn, the clothing store just opened in the morning, there are not many people inside, Xia Zhi checked yesterday's sales, and inventory, yesterday weekend, sales are very good, there is not much inventory.

Xia Zhi called Meng Liang and asked Meng Liang to send another batch of clothes.

Then I rode my bicycle and went to the Yiren clothing store, but I didn't expect that Xia Zhi hadn't walked to the door of the store yet, and I saw two tall, blonde foreigners standing at the door from a distance.

Xia Zhi guessed in her heart that it should be the two foreigners she met yesterday.

The two foreigners soon discovered the summer solstice as well, and when the next summer solstice parked their bicycles in front of the store, the two foreigners walked up to the summer solstice and said with a smile, "Good morning, beautiful lady." ”

Xia Zhi smiled and nodded, "Good morning, two gentlemen." ”

One of them, David, who was a little taller, said to Xia Zhi, "Madam, my friend and I have been to your clothing store just now, and I have to say, you are a very talented lady, but..."

David shook his head, "It's not enough. ”

Mike on the side also said, "Madam, I admit that the clothes in your store are indeed beautiful and fashionable compared to the clothes on other people, but the clothes in your store are still too far from the fashion in our hearts. ”

Xia Zhi didn't get angry after hearing the words of the two, and said, "Since the two of you have already seen my clothing store, you might as well take a look at my design draft again." ”

Xia Zhi stretched out his hand to invite two people into the store, Xia Zhi has an office in the store, Xia Zhi rarely sits in this office on weekdays, but the waiter still helps Xia Zhi clean up every day.

Xia Zhi asked the waiter to bring them three cups of tea, and then asked the two foreigners to sit down first, opened the briefcase he brought, took out a dozen drawings from it and handed them to the two of them.

The two of them looked unimpressed at first, but when their eyes fell on the drawing, the two of them were so shocked that they almost stood up from their stools.

Because the clothes on the summer solstice sketch are so beautiful, the first dress is a bandeau and a long skirt with a waist and mopping the floor.

This dress exudes nobility and elegance, and the model in the painting, after wearing this dress, looks like a powerful queen.

The second sketch is a modified cheongsam from the summer solstice, with a slanted collar pinching the waist on the upper body and a fishtail mopping skirt below.

The model in the painting wears this dress, which fully reveals her demonic and bepleasing figure, and the word sexy is swirled all over her body.

The third sketch is a neutral women's suit, and the model in the painting wears this casual black suit, showing the shrewdness and ability of the working people all over the body, as well as a strong aura.

After reading the dozen or so drawings, David stared at Xia Zhi with burning eyes and said, "Ms. Xia, are these drawings all painted by you?" ”

Xia Zhi smiled and nodded, the paintings above were not copied by Xia Zhi, but Xia Zhi was well-informed in his previous life, coupled with some of his own creativity and ingenuity, which made the clothes on the sketch exude full fashion.

David and Mike glanced at each other, the arrogance on Mike's face was swept away, and he turned to hold Xia Solstice's hands enthusiastically, and urged him to invite,

"Madam, your talent touched me, your world should not be Huaguo, you should go international, there is the world where you can show your talent, this world is too small to give full play to your talent."