Zhou Hao picked up a steamed bun and stuffed it into Lao Ding's mouth: "Even eating can't stop your mouth!"

Old Ding rolled his eyes as he was choked by the steamed bread, and kept hesitating: "I'm not wrong! Brother Hao, your grades were so good back then! My dad would always complain when he got drunk, saying that even if ten of me were put together, they couldn't be as good as you..."

Zhou Hao poured himself a glass of wine and drank it. Qian Qing felt a pain in her heart when she saw Zhou Hao like this.

Lao Ding kept on talking for a while, but finally, he couldn't stand the drunkenness anymore and slumped on the table without moving.

Qian Qing was a little worried: "Did he faint?"

Zhou Hao reached out and flipped Lao Ding's eyelids: "It's nothing serious, he fell asleep."

Once Old Ding fell asleep, Zhou Hao was too lazy to care about him. He just took care of Qian Qing until she was full, and then carried her back.

Lao Ding's store is two-story, the first floor is a dance floor, and the second floor is where people live. When the two took Lao Ding back, the dance floor had already dispersed. Zhou Hao put Lao Ding back in his room, and then took Qian Qing away.

The moonlight was cool, and the shadows of the two people stretched a long trail on the ground.

Nights like this remind Qian Qing of the time when Zhou Hao confessed his love to her.

It was also such a night with a bright moon hanging high in the sky. At that time, Zhou Hao was not as clear-headed as he is now. He was like a stone that could not be warmed up.

"I was adopted by my family to a distant relative. My adoptive mother died in an accident two years ago."

"So now I'm back with my biological mother."

He didn't even dare to say that he liked her. He could only show all his cards to Qian Qing and then wait quietly for the other party's judgment.

Qian Qing held Zhou Hao's arm. Over the years, Zhou Hao had changed a lot, but she felt more and more that she couldn't leave Zhou Hao.

"What are you thinking about?"

Qian Qing stared at Zhou Hao's eyes in the dark: "Thinking about what a poor little thing you were in the past."

Zhou Hao took his wife's hand and put it on his face: "I am still a poor little thing now."

Qian Qing smiled and pinched his cheek: "How can you be pitiful?"

"The little husband stays at home all day, but his wife doesn't come home."

"...Didn't I bring you out?"

"You're busy with work, and I'm so lonely all day."

After a long while, Qian Qing said calmly: "Then I will give birth to a child to accompany you."

Since they got married last year, the two have been taking measures. Now Qian Qing said this out of the blue, which almost stunned Zhou Hao.

"Why? You don't want to?"

"Speak, are you dumb?"

Suddenly, Zhou Hao picked up Qian Qing and said, "What else are you talking about? Go back and have the baby."

****

Qian Qing and Zhou Hao stayed in the provincial capital for seven days. Except for the first two or three days when they went to look for a foundry, they didn't go anywhere in the following days.

On the way back, Qian Qing held her waist, deeply regretting why she had given in.

You shouldn't talk about having a child! Isn't it better to just let nature take its course?

After returning home, Qian Qing rested for a few days, and then called Ding Jie back from the south.

After not seeing each other for half a year, when Ding Jie came back he was wearing a red blouse with a sling bag, long wide-leg pants, and a thick and wide suit jacket over his clothes.

Qian Qing didn't even have the courage to look at him a second time. What's the difference between dressing like this and dripping chili oil into one's eyes!

"What the hell are you wearing?"

Ding Jie posed coquettishly: "Sister, you don't know, this is the fashion in the south now! Many people on the street wear this way. Look, I even brought you a dual-card recorder!"

Qian Qing had no interest in the dual-card recorder and forced Ding Jie to change his eye-catching outfit.

Ding Jie's suit jacket was stripped off, revealing a small white belly. Qian Qing looked at him teasingly.

Ding Jie pulled down the old man's sweatshirt shyly: "...blame Ah Fei for always asking me to come over for dinner!"

Then he complained to Qian Qing, saying that Ah Fei was now a big shot, that the small stall had been changed into a small restaurant, and that there was a transparent glass counter in the store, which contained Qian Mu's chili sauce. He did not allow unlimited purchases, but required stamps. You could get a stamp for every clay pot rice you ate, and if you collected ten, you could buy a bottle of chili sauce.

Qian Qing became interested: "This is interesting. We can also learn from Qingyue's shop. What is this thing called?"

Ding Jie: "They say it's called a point card, and that some stores in Japan do that."

No matter whether it is Little Japan or not, as long as there are benefits, Qian Qing is happy to learn.

"Then let's do the same thing. Let's make a small notebook and write it down. Let's do a top-up. If we give a hundred dollars in advance, it can be used as a hundred and ten dollars! Two hundred can be used as two hundred and twenty! With this calculation, our cash flow will be much more relaxed."

Ding Jie certainly supports his sister's approach, but he is still a little puzzled: "Sister, why do you care so much about cash flow? We have three stores, so cash flow should be no problem."

Qian Qing cleared her throat and said seriously, "Because I, your sister, have started giving birth now!"

During this trip to the provincial capital, she decided to work with three OEM factories, including the Mudan Garment Factory, and placed orders for all of the more than 30 styles of clothing for this autumn season.

Even if she only paid half of the deposit in advance, Qian Qing didn't have enough cash. After she came back, she asked Qian Yu to borrow some working capital to pay the full deposit.

At this stage, cash is the key to her. This batch of orders must be completed within a month, and there is no sign of the remaining balance!

Ding Jie was shocked. Her sister acted so quickly for such a big thing.

but……

"Sister, does that mean I don't have to go to the south this time?"

He originally stayed in the south for the purpose of purchasing goods. Now that his sister has taken care of the production, he no longer has to keep an eye on the south for purchasing goods.

Qian Qing sneered at her brother's stupidity: "Are you kidding me? If we start production ourselves, can't we sell the goods to the south?"

Ding Jie: …

Sister, is it really okay for you to take such big steps?

You went there to buy clothes before, but now you become a supplier?

Qian Qing took her brother in her arms and taught him, "Your task will be very important in the future. Not only the sales in the south, but also the latest clothes in the south and the trend in Hong Kong Island must be well controlled. We can't do production by ourselves behind closed doors. How important is fashion? Do you need me to teach you a little bit?"

Ding Jie nodded, then thought about it and realized something was wrong: "Then why did you ask me to come back?"

Since he is not being transferred back, is there any urgent matter in calling him back now?

It really exists.

Qian Qing's face was full of mystery. "There will be a trade fair in the provincial capital next month. I have already asked and they said that private enterprises can also participate. I have already got the admission ticket... Whether we can become a hit this time depends on this trade fair."

In fact, there were very few places for private enterprises. If Qian Qing went alone, she might not be able to get a ticket. But she was cooperating with three state-owned factories, all of which were small and in dire straits. The economic department in the provincial capital was already having a headache.

The collapse of a factory is not a big deal, but behind every factory are dozens or even hundreds of worker families.

The factory is gone and these people are out of work, which is a source of instability.

The leaders had a lot of headaches about these things. Qian Qing was doing OEM work under the name of a private enterprise, which indirectly saved the three factories from bankruptcy. So Qian Qing got the ticket to the trade fair very smoothly.

"There are probably hundreds of companies and self-employed individuals attending this trade fair, including foreign companies. We are just in time to make the first batch of autumn clothes, and I have already placed orders for tens of thousands of pieces. I plan to keep all of this batch of clothes and promote it at the trade fair. Whether it will succeed depends on this."

"When the time comes, all of our Qingyue employees will have to go to the site. During this time, you will help me train them. You yourself should also receive training. You must memorize our rules and regulations, the core of our corporate philosophy, and our styles."

Ding Jie was completely convinced. There was nothing in this world that his sister dared not think about or do.

Without even knowing what the trade show would be like, they placed orders for tens of thousands of pieces of clothing. What if they fail to sell?

Qian Qing had thought about this possibility, but if she thought about it carefully, she would not worry about the backlog of clothes. At the very least, she still had three stores, so could she really let these clothes hang around? The purchase price of this batch of clothes was in the range of a dozen yuan, so as long as the quality was up to standard, it would be easy to sell them for thirty or forty yuan.

But the trade fair opportunity was fleeting. Although Qian Qing had never participated in one, she knew it from the first Hongxing Garment Factory she visited in the provincial capital. The factory was about to go bankrupt, but they were still busy participating in the trade fair. It was obvious that they were going to put all their hopes on this trade fair, which showed the scale and expectations of this trade fair.

In the remaining days, Qian Qing did not mention the purchase of autumn clothes, but urged all stores to clear out all summer clothes. Then she reserved a few days in advance for training.

Ding Jie, Wu Pandi and Yang Hua are the key training targets, and the remaining two women will be left to Yang Hua.

Qian Qing and Wen Lan stayed up for several nights, checking for omissions and making up for deficiencies, and finally produced all the materials related to Qingyue. At Wen Lan's suggestion, Qian Qing even bought a camera and asked Zhou Hao to take pictures of Qingyue's several stores and warehouses, as well as the crowded scenes inside the store. In the end, these photos were used with text to make a stack of promotional brochures.

Zhou Hao also built two wooden racks and hung promotional posters for Qian Qinghua on them.

After half a month of training, Qian Qing finally received calls from several OEM factories in the provincial capital, saying that the production task had been completed and could be accepted at any time.

Qian Qing then took her employees and some promotional materials to the provincial capital. The exhibition lasted for three days, and Qian Qing did not have the money to pay the balance. After all, the balance alone would cost tens of thousands of yuan for these tens of thousands of pieces of clothing.

Seeing Qian Qing rubbing the corner of her clothes nervously, Wen Lan comforted her and said, "It's okay. I have prepared the loan documents for our company. We can delay the final payment for half a month. If the exhibition goes well, we can pay it back immediately. If the situation is not good, I can also get a loan quickly."

That's right. Qian Qing owns a two-story building in Xiaodongmen and several shops. He can easily mortgage these things and get a loan of tens of thousands of yuan.

Qian Qing took two deep breaths and looked at Ding Jie who was carrying the materials, the Yang Hua trio who were obviously a little nervous because they had never been out before, and Wu Pandi who looked very nervous...

"Let's go!"