"Yanjun, you're here so early." Tang Quan stepped forward and shook Ji Yanjun's hand: "Thank you for your hard work."
"Good morning, Uncle Tang," Ji Yanjun replied, turning his gaze to Wen Qing.
Wen Qing remained calm.
Tang Quan quickly said, "Yanjun, come here, let me introduce you. This is Wen Qing, our factory's garment consultant."
Ji Yanjun looked at Wen Qing.
Wen Qing calmly met his gaze and said, "Hello."
Ji Yanjun's eyes flickered slightly, and a smile crossed his handsome face: "Consultant Wen, hello."
“Wen Qing, Yan Jun is an old friend of mine. He came all the way from Dongzhou to take my dozen or so sewing machines back to the factory for repair, just so that our clothes can be shipped out without delay.”
“Uncle Tang, it wasn’t a special trip, it was just on the way,” Ji Yanjun corrected.
“It’s all the same, it’s all the same,” Tang Quan said with a smile.
It was indeed on the way. Wen Qing remembered that in her previous life, she met Ji Yanjun two months later. He did say he was going to Xizhou, but she still had a fight with him, mainly taking out her anger at Liang Wenhua and Ji Ningzhi on him.
I never imagined we'd meet so soon in this lifetime.
"Old Ji, when are you leaving?" At that moment, the man who was moving the sewing machine called out.
"Wait," Ji Yanjun replied.
"Let's go this afternoon, let's go this afternoon. Let's have a good lunch first. It's been so long since we last saw each other," Tang Quan said with a smile.
Ji Yanjun said, "Yes, it's been a long time."
Wen Qing remained silent.
"Then let's leave this afternoon," Tang Quan decided.
Ji Yanjun did not object.
Tang Quan patted Ji Yanjun on the shoulder, pulled him into the factory, and talked to him about transportation.
As soon as Wen Qing took a step, Master Zhu and Master Ye greeted her warmly: "Wen Qing, you've arrived."
Wen Qing smiled and said, "Good morning, Master Zhu and Master Ye."
"Good morning, good morning." Master Zhu greeted her with a smile, then got straight to the point: "Wen Qing, Master Ye and I finished making the clothes yesterday afternoon, and we were just waiting for you to come and see them today." "That was fast." Wen Qing smiled and followed Master Zhu and Master Ye into the factory. As she approached the sewing table, she saw two sets of clothes hanging on the clothes rack.
A light red short-sleeved shirt paired with black trousers. The trousers have black decorative buttons on the side slits, and a row of small flat buttons along the side slits. The trouser legs are folded in half and ironed to create a clear straight line, serving a symmetrical and neat purpose, which was a popular trend at the time.
The other outfit was a green, ruffled-neck short-sleeved top paired with black trousers, also with small black flat buttons down the side slits, and the trousers tapered slightly at the ankles, looking very cool and breezy. "Consultant Wen, what do you think?" Master Ye asked. In any case, he, Master Zhu, and Tang Quan were very satisfied and were certain it would sell very well.
It must be said that Master Zhu and Master Ye are extremely skilled; their work is almost 99% accurate in reproducing her artwork.
However, Wen Qing frowned slightly, staring at the two pieces of clothing, and asked, "Master Zhu, Master Ye, are there any female workers in the factory? Not fat ones."
"Yes, yes, yes, they're all thin," Master Zhu said, calling over two female workers.
Wen Qing had them put on the two outfits, and then she circled around them, examining them closely.
At this moment, Ji Yanjun and Tang Quan had finished their discussion. The two walked over and saw Wen Qing carefully examining the work, occasionally asking the female worker how she felt.
Tang Quan remained silent, watching from the side.
Ji Yanjun stared intently at Wen Qing.
Wen Qing was completely absorbed in the clothes and didn't notice anyone else. She touched the ruffled collar of the green round-neck short-sleeved shirt and said, "Master Zhu, Master Ye, this ruffled collar is too long. You can shorten it by an inch. On the edge, make two stitches back and forth on the sewing machine and use green thread to prevent it from coming undone."
Upon hearing Wen Qing's words, Master Zhu and Master Ye immediately took note. They had already thought the two garments were perfect, but after Wen Qing's explanation, they felt they were even more perfect.
Tang Quan smiled upon hearing this.
Ji Yanjun looked at Wen Qing with a probing gaze, lost in thought.
“Here…” Wen Qing lifted up his light red short-sleeved shirt and touched a row of small black buttons on the female worker’s hip.
"What's wrong?" Master Ye asked. "It looks quite nice."
Actually, Wen Qing didn't want to wear side-slit pants; she thought front-slit pants would look better. But in this era, women's pants all had side slits, while men's pants had front slits.
If a woman wears pants with a front slit, she will definitely be gossiped about behind her back, accused of having improper morals, and told how could she wear pants with a front slit, etc.
The front slit design only changed in a few years. Everything has a gradual process. For example, if you wore Lady Gaga's clothes at that time, you would probably be drowned in spittle even if you appeared on TV, let alone walking down the street.
Wen Qing eventually gave up the idea and said, "Replace this row of buttons with concealed snaps." There were no zippers back then; they were either visible or concealed snaps.
“But you drew this yourself,” Master Ye said hesitantly.
Wen Qing smiled and said, "There will always be differences between theory and practice. Let's take practice as the standard, shall we? Replace the visible buttons on these two with concealed buttons, and sew the removed visible buttons onto the cuffs of the capri pants."
"Why are you nailing them to the trouser legs?" Master Ye asked.
Wen Qing said, "It looks beautiful."
Master Zhu and Master Ye: "..."
“Yes, that’s how it should be!” Tang Quan’s voice broke in.
Wen Qing was holding scissors, preparing to unbutton a button, when she turned around and saw Tang Quan and Ji Yanjun walking over.
Ji Yanjun looked at her as usual.
She smiled at Tang Quan, then walked to the sewing table and searched for suitable snap buttons in the button box, completely ignoring Ji Yanjun.
Ji Yanjun reached up and scratched the back of his head, letting out a breath.
"What's wrong?" Tang Quan turned around and asked.
Ji Yanjun put his hand down: "It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just a little hot."
"It's hot? I have a desk fan in my office, why don't you go and cool off? Let's go eat together after Wen Qing finishes her work."
Have a meal?
Wen Qing paused for a moment; she didn't want to eat with them, and continued searching for the hidden key.
"No need, no need, I'll just sit here and wait for Consultant Wen." With that, Ji Yanjun sat down at a sewing machine nearby, grabbed a piece of chalk from a small storage box, and twirled it around on the table.
Wen Qing turned slightly to the side, her back to him.
Ji Yanjun: "..."
Tang Quan, Master Zhu, and Master Ye were completely unaware of this, and simply watched as Wen Qing began to make clothes.
Wen Qing was initially concerned about Ji Yanjun's presence, but after a while, she became engrossed in the clothes and completely forgot about him.
After discussing and revising the clothes made by Master Zhu and Master Ye, we made some detailed modifications.
Wen Qing was quick and meticulous, and skilled at using the sewing machine. In no time, she had removed the buttons, sewed up the collar, and attached the snap fasteners.
When the two outfits came out, they immediately caught everyone's eye.
Originally, Master Zhu and Master Ye thought that the clothes modified by Wen Qing's two ideas wouldn't be much different. Unexpectedly, the whole feeling was different after they came out. They were simple, elegant and fashionable with a sense of the times.
"Okay, okay, that's settled!" Tang Quan made the decision on the spot.
Master Zhu and Master Ye nodded in agreement.
Wen Qing said, "Master Zhu, Master Ye, this light red short-sleeved shirt can be paired with a pair of off-white trousers made of polyester, in the same style as the long trousers. If someone wants to buy it, they can choose black trousers for a more conservative look, or white trousers for a more fashionable look; both are good choices."
"Good, good, good," Master Zhu said repeatedly, even more satisfied with the two new clothes the female worker was wearing.
Next, Wen Qing made revisions to the drawing so that Tangquan Garment Factory could produce the garments better.
Tang Quan secretly thought that hiring Wen Qing as a consultant for one hundred yuan was an absolute steal.
"You guys go ahead with your work, I'm going to the restaurant to order a couple of dishes, hurry up and come over." Seeing that things were almost done, Tang Quan turned around and patted Ji Yanjun on the shoulder. Ji Yanjun got up and followed Tang Quan to the restaurant first.
The two went to Limin Restaurant and sat in a private room. After Tang Quan ordered the dishes, he gave the menu to Ji Yanjun. Ji Yanjun ordered a few dishes that he didn't like but that someone else liked, and then sat down at the table to wait.
Soon after, Master Zhu and Master Ye arrived.
Tang Quan quickly ordered the dishes to be served.
Ji Yanjun looked past the two men and didn't see Wen Qing: "Where's Consultant Wen?"
“Wen Qing didn’t want to come,” Master Zhu said. “Her mother brought her food, but she said it was too hot and she was afraid the food would spoil, so she ate at the factory.”
“How can you do this? She’s a great contributor.” Before Tang Quan could finish speaking, Ji Yanjun had already stood up: “I’ll go call her.”
Wen Qing was at the small canteen of Tang Quan Garment Factory. After finishing her white steamed bun with bean paste, she was washing a white porcelain jar in front of the tap by the wall when she turned her head and saw Ji Yanjun walking over.
She turned off the tap and was about to leave.
Ji Yanjun took a step forward, and a tall figure blocked her way. He looked down and asked with a smile, "Still angry?"
Wen Qing thought for a moment. She was reborn, while Ji Yanjun was from the present world. Her memories were of two lifetimes, while his memories were of her being with him. Not just "being with him," but that they were still together now, which was why they acted so intimately. This was the norm between them in their previous life.
Wen Qing remained silent for a moment.
Ji Yanjun asked again, "Is it because of Ning Zhi?"
Wen Qing remained silent.
"I have no problem with you teaching her a lesson, just don't go too far. Let's go eat." Ji Yanjun reached out and grabbed Wen Qing's hand, and Wen Qing immediately stepped back.
Ji Yanjun was taken aback, then laughed: "It hasn't been long, and you've already become estranged from me?"
Wen Qing: "I've already eaten."
"Eat it again." Ji Yanjun reached for Wen Qing's hand again, but Wen Qing took a big step back as if startled, until her back hit the pool, staring at Ji Yanjun with a look of rejection.
Ji Yanjun was stunned and looked at Wen Qing with a puzzled expression.
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