"Great! You've finally arrived. I've been waiting for you these past few days. The umbrellas are almost finished!"
"Then take me to see it." Lu Zhixia was very happy; her first investment was clearly a success.
So they made their way to the warehouse, where the gate was still open and workers were transporting goods back and forth in vehicles.
Factory manager Niu led them into the warehouse, randomly picked a box, opened it, and took out the umbrellas with the printed words inside.
"They're all printed with your blessings, just as you requested. I've also had a batch of high-end umbrellas embroidered. See if you can sell them. The price is the same as the printed umbrellas; I won't charge you extra. Consider it a bonus."
Lu Zhixia saw that the umbrella had been improved and was more refined than before. It looked quite nice when opened, especially the words printed on it, which were small and exquisite.
"I think it's pretty good."
"Sister Xia, the umbrellas you ordered are really good!"
Xiao Wang had already figured out that if he took this umbrella out to sell, anyone who didn't have an umbrella at home would be tempted.
Moreover, nowadays a family has several members, so how can one umbrella be enough when it rains?
At the very least, one for adults and one for children, with "passing the imperial examination" printed on them, parents will definitely like them.
Even he grew to like it, picking it up and unable to put it down.
Lu Zhixia was quite satisfied with the umbrella she had made, thinking of the umbrellas used by the military.
"Factory manager, I recently received another order for welfare benefits for the military. I'd like to print some slogans about defending the country on them. I wonder if it's still possible to get it done in time."
"Sure! No problem. There are still a few hundred orders left to finish. I've called back all the old employees and asked them to work overtime for a few days. Once this batch of goods in the warehouse is sold, I can pay them back their wages. That way, I can finally have a peaceful New Year!" Factory Manager Niu said cheerfully.
“They are all long-time employees of the factory. Although they didn’t say it to me, I knew that we couldn’t keep owing them money.”
"Girl, you're lucky you met me, otherwise this factory would have gone out of business this year."
"Don't say that. Meeting you is my luck. I'll make money after I sell these umbrellas."
Lu Zhixia looked around and was very satisfied with her investment.
"Let's go to the office and continue our chat," Factory Director Niu suggested. "We'll go out for dinner together later, it's on me!"
Lu Zhixia quickly declined, "There's no need for dinner, I have something to do later."
Factory Director Niu nodded knowingly, "Then let's go chat for a while."
They then went to the office and talked for about half an hour.
Lu Zhixia felt that Factory Director Niu was even more talkative than last time, but luckily she remembered the time so they didn't chat too late.
When Xiao Wang and I left the umbrella factory, it was already 3 p.m. He was going to find some other partners, so we parted ways at the intersection.
Lu Zhixia quickly rode her bike back to the tenement building, parked it in the garage, and checked her watch. It was already 3:30. She could go upstairs to change her clothes and then go downstairs to wait for Gu Lingxiao.
As I came out of the garage, I saw Zhu Hong in front of me. A man and a woman stood beside her, both of whom looked to be in their forties.
One of the men was wearing a dark blue security uniform, which immediately reminded her of the hospital security captain Zhu Hong had mentioned, who was her brother-in-law.
Zhu Hong turned around and saw Lu Zhixia, immediately waving and calling her over.
"Xia Meizi!"
Lu Zhixia walked over gracefully. She had already guessed Zhu Hong's purpose and was very grateful to her.
Zhu Hong said to her brother-in-law, "I was just telling you about her situation. Brother-in-law, do you think you can help me out?"
Hu Youli sized up the woman in front of him, and the image in his mind matched the person in his memory.
"So it was you!"
"How come we know each other?"
Lu Zhixia looked closely at the person in front of her and was sure she didn't recognize him. Why did the person say, "Oh, it's you?"
"That's right. Ten years ago, you were sent to the hospital to give birth in a very urgent situation. If you hadn't been able to hold on, you would have died."
"I see."
"The main reason I remember you is because of your eccentric husband and your unreasonable mother-in-law."
"I don't know much about what happened back then. After I woke up, they discharged me from the hospital. What happened in between?"
"The doctor who delivered your baby was Lao Ma. I still keep in touch with him. He's now a chief physician at a hospital in the south."
"That's great! You're still in contact. I'm looking for him."
Lu Zhixia perked up instantly. Now that she had the doctor's exact location, she wondered if she could go there and find out what happened back then.
Hu Youli recalled, “Old Ma is a very good-tempered person. Your husband was just being unreasonable and injured his eye. He went back to rest for a few days afterward.”
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