Chapter 88 A man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth, and a horse cannot get fat without night grazing. ...

When Qin Xiangxiang returned home, the past few days and nights felt like a dream. She hated herself for being such a fussster, for being so picky, and for trying to categorize everything so clearly.

The product inspector said it was enough, but she still said it wasn't.

Looking back now, I really want to slap myself.

Although Qin Xiangxiang was filled with regret, she had brought a lot of things with her when she took the boat home. People respectfully saw her off and she was seated in the best cabin all the way. When she arrived on the island, Li Jinling came to pick her up with her daughter Suisui, and two young soldiers helped carry her things.

"Sister-in-law, you're finally back!"

Little Sui Sui: "Aaaaaah!"

Qin Xiangxiang kissed her daughter's cheek. "I brought back a lot of good things, Jinling. Let's go home."

Qin Xiangxiang brought some Coca-Cola with the labels removed, as well as some imported Dream Chocolate. When she got home, she put the Coca-Cola in the refrigerator and gave each of the soldiers who helped carry her luggage a piece of chocolate.

"Come and share in the joy!"

Li Jinling ate a piece of chocolate and praised, "It's imported, a foreign thing. I've really broadened my horizons."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." The two young soldiers were overjoyed. Such good things were rare on ordinary days. Captain Li was so lucky to have such a wife.

Qin Xiangxiang was breastfeeding her daughter when Li Jianzhi returned. She poured out her grievances to him, describing her situation as incredibly miserable: "I'm suffering so much, so tired, I feel like jumping into the sea..."

"I will never do this again. Let whoever wants to do it do it."

"Look at me! Take a closer look and see if I've lost weight? I've been wronged by the boss, all because of this stupid thing! I'm exhausted and about to die. I won't recover for a month or two."

"Li Jianzhi, you need to massage my shoulders and legs, I'm exhausted."

Li Jianzhi comforted her for a long time, then skillfully patted his daughter's back to help her burp, saying, "My wife, you've worked hard. I'll make you something delicious later."

Qin Xiangxiang: "...It feels like you're punishing me."

Li Jianzhi chuckled: "Today I'm telling you to understand the classics, what does it mean to be so fresh that your tongue will pop?"

Qin Xiangxiang closed her eyes. Her daughter was lying beside her, and she felt very peaceful. What was her strange, deadbeat husband up to now?

Li Jianzhi is quietly fiddling around in the kitchen; he must be up to no good!

Li Jinling asked worriedly, "Brother, are you drugging me?"

"I can't stand this stuff. It makes my throat feel sore and painful."

When Li Jinling discovered that her older brother was trying to add "cola" to the meat, she panicked, "This is pork ribs!"

Li Jianzhi: "I'm not only adding cola to the ribs, I'm also adding cola to the chicken, and making cola potatoes."

Qin Xiangxiang brought back these Coca-Cola bottles, but they wouldn't last long without the labels, and there weren't many to begin with. Li Jianzhi planned to make some Coca-Cola ribs, Coca-Cola chicken, Coca-Cola potatoes, and so on, so that his family could try them.

At that time, no one had yet discovered how to use cola in cooking. It was only in the 1980s that a chef accidentally added cola to chicken wings to caramelize sugar, which led to the creation of cola chicken wings.

Using cola to make pork ribs or chicken wings is a very simple, easy, and foolproof quick and easy dish.

They don't have the facilities to make chicken wings at home, so they can only make cola ribs and cola chicken cubes.

"I felt like my vision went black." Qin Xiangxiang stood at the kitchen door and saw the cola bubbling and turning into syrup in the pot. The thought of the pungent smell of cola combined with meat made her feel like she was about to faint.

Li Jianzhi is like a kitchen nuclear bomb.

"You man, why do you put everything in the food?"

Qin Xiangxiang said thankfully, "Luckily, we still have Little Fatty at home."

"We can't give this to Little Fatty, my wife has to eat it first." Li Jianzhi sprinkled some roasted sesame seeds on the cooked cola ribs. The ribs, beautifully coated with a layer of caramel color and fragrant sesame seeds, looked really delicious and tempting.

Knowing that cola had been added, Qin Xiangxiang didn't dare to taste it.

"Try it, honey."

Qin Xiangxiang mustered up her courage and took a bite, discovering that the taste was absolutely amazing. The beautiful, rich, dark brown sauce had a reddish glow, and it tasted incredibly sweet. Even a god wouldn't let go of it after being slapped.

Li Jinling was amazed after trying a piece; after finishing the meat, the juices still clung to her chopsticks, making her want to suck on them.

"Dad! Mom! Aunt! What delicious food are you eating!" Little Fatty, who had been playing wildly with his friends in the courtyard, smelled a strong, sweet aroma as soon as he got home.

He felt betrayed!

A group of adults carried him on their backs to enjoy some delicious food!

Li Jianzhi: "This is to celebrate your mother's achievement. She has done a great job!"

Li Jinling: "My sister-in-law has done a great job!"

"Did Mom do something amazing?"

Qin Xiangxiang felt like a salted fish being roasted over a fire. Oh well, even if she didn't achieve anything, eating the cola ribs in front of her wasn't a loss.

Let's eat first and talk about it later.

The Guangzhou Fair opened as scheduled, attracting many foreign business groups to place orders, including from Europe and Southeast Asia. Many domestic products sell very well abroad, such as silk, tea, and porcelain – these three traditional items have always been popular.

The entire import and export commodity fair lasts for more than twenty days, with textiles usually featured in the last week.

Domestic textiles currently favor color combinations of red and green, such as bright red and green, or red flowers and green leaves. The patterns are relatively simple, but the advantage lies in the low price, which attracts many foreign companies to place orders for a considerable amount of goods every year.

Eight major domestic foreign trade companies participated in the textile exhibition. Manager Meng held a morning meeting with several sales representatives, instructing them to memorize the prices. The sales representatives were astonished.

"This fabric is good."

A brown-haired, green-eyed, bearded foreigner stopped in front of a pile of unremarkable items, but the sudden appearance of exquisite and high-end goods caught his eye. These were all top-quality items.

The visual impact of a mix of good and bad products is completely different from that of all good products. As the saying goes, one bad apple spoils the whole bunch. Similarly, flaws in textiles greatly diminish their aesthetic appeal.

Especially when it comes to things that are flawless, it makes you feel like you've struck gold.

The man spoke to the translator beside him and gave a quote.

The sales representative watched nervously from the side, like a prisoner awaiting sentencing, desperately trying to figure out how to negotiate the price. However, after hearing the quoted figure, he was dumbfounded.

The price quoted by the foreigners was far higher than the price quoted by Manager Meng.

The sales representative was stunned! This...this...do we still need to negotiate the price?

How about we raise the price a bit higher?

It's done!

"Good news! Good news!"

"Exceeded the target! Manager Meng! Exceeded the target!"

With good news coming one after another, Manager Meng was so excited that his face turned red. The order price was at least 30% to 40% higher than expected. It was the same goods, just with a distinction between high and low grades, yet so many more were sold.

The total amount of this figure is shockingly high!

The planned tasks were exceeded! Extra foreign exchange was earned! Manager Meng couldn't even imagine it! The sales staff were also as excited as if they were on steroids, feeling elated every time they calculated the numbers.

We've exceeded our goals; it'll be in the newspapers!

Of the eight major foreign trade companies, only the textile foreign trade company where Manager Meng works came out on top, with impressive orders at the exhibition. Manager Meng was so happy that he couldn't sleep for two nights, but he still woke up every day full of energy.

We're signing orders every day, and we've signed a lot more orders than we should.

"Manager Meng... what's going on here?"

"You have so many orders this year?"

"Several of your items sold for exorbitant prices; these prices are outrageous!"

Manager Meng beamed with joy: "This is all thanks to an outstanding female textile worker in the province who discovered the problem. She found that we were selling some mid-range and low-end textiles together, which caused the textiles to not fetch a good price. The low-end goods dragged down the price of the high-end goods. Now, by separating the high-end goods, these high-end goods are selling at a good price! The foreigners are very generous with their quotes, and no one can find fault with them."

"My God, does that mean we've been losing money for years?"

"This is a major discovery!"

"I don't see anything wrong with it. The labels are all the same, the numbers are all the same, the materials are all the same, they are all the same things."

Manager Meng: "You can't just look at the numbers on the labels. You have to have an experienced craftsman come and see. The workmanship and skill level are different. They're not obvious when they're mixed together now. But it's very clear to distinguish between high-end and low-end products!"

"This important issue must be reported and taken seriously!"

Qin Xiangxiang received a call from Manager Meng.

"Director Qin, you're a hero this time! I've already reported your achievements in detail. You have no idea how much loss you've saved for our country!"

"Your deeds will be published in the newspapers soon, Director Qin. Flowers and applause are for you."

"I hope you can take the time to attend the summary and commendation meeting in a while."

Qin Xiangxiang blushed with excitement. When she learned that she would receive a reward of 500 yuan in foreign exchange certificates, she felt as if a huge pie had fallen from the sky and hit her on the head, almost making her dizzy.

Manager Meng also promised to find a way to apply for the purchase of foreign machinery for their new factory, increase the quota of raw cotton and chemical fiber for Feiyan Textile Factory, and introduce her to important figures in the provincial textile industry at the commendation meeting.

"Director Qin, you are young, have ideas, are capable, and have skills. Keep up the good work."

Qin Xiangxiang didn't hear anything else clearly, but she remembered the five hundred yuan in foreign exchange certificates. She quickly went to collect the reward. There were also reporters interviewing her at the time, and she just said a few words and took a group photo very naturally.

Let's go shopping!

A man cannot get rich without unexpected wealth, and a horse cannot get fat without night grazing.

Originally, they thought it would take a year to save up enough for an imported Rolex watch. Now, with these 500 foreign exchange certificates, Qin Xiangxiang and her husband pooled their savings and raised over 900 yuan to buy an imported Rolex watch, as well as some imported coffee and chocolate.

Qin Xiangxiang said confidently and proudly, "Hurry up and put your watch on!"

Li Jianzhi smiled as he took off his old watch and put on a new imported watch. The watch had a silver body with alternating glossy and matte finishes, and the dial featured a laser-cut honeycomb pattern. The texture was exquisite and rare, making it highly recognizable, just like a work of art.

The most beautiful part is the back of the watch, which features a transparent case back that reveals the skeletonized gold automatic rotor movement, along with exquisite and beautiful wave-pattern decorations.

Pure mechanical beauty, vying for men's hearts.

Qin Xiangxiang whispered in his ear, "Go and show off in front of Chen Ruifeng. Take it off and make him see the back of it!"

The old watch that was replaced was given to Li Jinling, since she was the only one in the family who didn't own a watch, besides the children.

Li Jinling: "My older brother is so lucky! Brother, put a house on your wrist!"

Her brother is living off a woman!