Ding Yun, being pregnant, was unable to rush her divorce or make quick decisions. Thus, she had no choice but to tolerate Lin Guihua for the time being and avoid major conflicts with their family.
Meanwhile, her fruit selling business also needed to be expedited.
One needed a career and money to feel secure.
Considering she was staying at home and renting a warehouse would be an unnecessary expense, Ding Yun eventually revealed a little truth to her parents.
She stated she had a good source for fruits and intended to start her own business.
She explained that once the business grew, she would need to store fruits at home for packaging and shipping. She even mentioned that when she was further along in her pregnancy or during her confinement period, her parents might need to assist with shipping.
Her parents had no objections to Ding Yun's plans or her desire to start an online fruit store. Firstly, the investment cost was low, and it would be good for their daughter to have something to focus on.
Secondly, they had tasted the fruits Ding Yun intended to sell and knew how delicious they were, confident that her fruit business would never lack repeat customers.
They believed the business would not fare poorly.
Thirdly, they looked further ahead.
If she successfully divorced and had the baby, running an online fruit store from home would offer more flexibility and allow her to spend more time with the child. Once they retired, they could also help with some of the work.
Aside from needing to pay her own social security, everything else was fine.
With her parents' understanding and support, Ding Yun no longer had to discreetly handle various procedures. Some tasks could even be handled by her parents, significantly speeding up the process.
Before the online store officially opened, Ding Yun also focused on preparation and pre-launch marketing. This didn't involve stocking a large quantity of fruits, but rather a batch of "enhanced" fruits to give to relatives, friends, and colleagues. Launching an online fruit store would be challenging initially. Without spending money on promotion or hiring people for reviews, it would be even more difficult.
She didn't have much money for such things at the moment.
So, she started with those closest to her.
She believed that after being enhanced by the low-grade herbal alchemy furnace, the fruits' deliciousness would be irresistible, and no one would refuse to repurchase them. If friends and relatives also shared them with their own friends, family, and elders, sales would surely increase.
At that point, local deliveries alone would likely be substantial.
This was Ding Yun's plan, and she put it into action. Even before the online store was set up, she was distributing small gift boxes. To avoid trouble with her company leaders, she gave them extra fruit and also informed them of her situation.
She stated she would not be taking maternity leave.
She would resign directly before giving birth.
She asked them to turn a blind eye and not hinder her small-scale advertising. If her entrepreneurial venture failed, she might have to take pregnancy and maternity leave and request extended time off at any cost.
Her direct supervisor was a bit disappointed, but ultimately agreed. After tasting the fruit, he specifically asked Ding Yun for the online store details and contact number, becoming her first customer.
This also led to Ding Yun's first sale.
Overall, Ding Yun's original leader was quite good. If it weren't for her mother-in-law's scheme that led to her pregnancy, and if she had waited another two or three years to get pregnant, she might have already been promoted and received a raise under her leader's care.
With the tacit approval of her superiors, Ding Yun's distribution of small fruit gift boxes at the company to promote her upcoming online fruit store went very smoothly. Even those who were reluctant to buy from acquaintances wouldn't refuse a free gift. Who could refuse something given to them?
As for whether they would buy it,
Who could force them to buy?
However, after tasting the fruit in the small gift boxes, most people couldn't resist their fondness for it. While not one hundred percent, at least over ninety percent of people found Ding Yun to inquire about purchasing fruit.
The response from friends and relatives was similar.
Accustomed to fruits with relatively light flavors and average deliciousness, where buying exceptionally good fruit was a matter of luck or involved spending a lot of money at high-end fruit markets, who could resist the temptation of Ding Yun's intensely flavored and incredibly delicious fruits?
Especially after inquiring about the price, finding it acceptable, and receiving Ding Yun's assurance that the fruit quality would not deteriorate and that they could get a refund or return anytime if it did, her colleagues eagerly began to order.
Before long, Ding Yun's local delivery service
was on track.
She also began to consider resigning.
If she had intended to continue working, there would be no need to consider resignation, nor would she have to forgo her rightful benefits like maternity leave.
But now, not only had she decided not to return to work after childbirth, but she had also promised her department leader that she would resign before giving birth in order to expedite the promotion of her fruit business.
Now that the fruit business was on track,
and the daily profits far exceeded her salary,
there was no reason for her to go back on her word and offend people.
Moreover, as the order volume increased, Ding Yun's free time was no longer sufficient to fulfill all the orders.
For the past few days, she had only been managing with the help of her parents, so her resignation and transition to full-time fruit selling had become quite urgent.
However, resigning wasn't as simple as just leaving.
Necessary handover procedures still needed to be completed.
Therefore, after submitting her resignation, Ding Yun spent several more days completing the handover before officially leaving her job to return home, nurture her pregnancy, and arrange for inventory and shipping.
During this period, Lin Guihua visited a few more times.
Fortunately, the property management was reliable, so it didn't cause any significant trouble, only minor annoyances that made Ding Yun and her family unhappy.
However, Ding Yun and her parents' firm stance did make Lin Guihua sense something was amiss.
She no longer felt that the matter was easy to handle.
But in this era, unlike the past, a woman marrying into a family was almost equivalent to becoming their property, subject to their whims. Now it was a society of laws. Even if Lin Guihua had ill intentions, she could only suppress them.
Adding to this, she also didn't want anything to happen to the child in Ding Yun's womb. Therefore, she ultimately decided to temporarily cease her troublemaking.
She would wait until her daughter-in-law gave birth.
If it was a boy,
She might be more amicable and even compromise a little. But if it was a girl, she wouldn't be so patient or tolerant.
It was precisely because of Lin Guihua's mindset that
after causing trouble for a while, she stopped and instead took up permanent residence at her son's home, doing laundry, cooking, and cleaning for him.
She was afraid her son would get tired or go hungry,
or that eating takeout every day would be bad for his health.
It was no wonder that a child raised this way would be willing to do housework and share chores.
However, Lin Guihua's temporary cessation of troublemaking
did bring Ding Yun and her family a lot of peace.
They could focus on developing their business and nurturing the baby with peace of mind.