Lu Qian coughed lightly, "I used to think it was her, but now I think it should be you."
Li Mai glanced at him indifferently. This kid is very shrewd. No wonder the Lu family head trusts him to manage so many of the Lu family's businesses.
"Hehe, Li Mai, can you tell me why you and your brother don't share the same surname?" Lu Qian asked.
"Because we are half-siblings!"
Li Mai glanced at him and began to organize the ledger of clothes sold yesterday, to see which styles sold well. She needed to summarize the reasons for those best-selling styles, whether it was because of the color, the material, or the details of the clothes, in order to design the next batch of clothes.
"Oh, I see!" Lu Qian replied, then pondered for a moment. Did the half-siblings share the same father or the same mother?
Then he realized he still didn't know why they didn't share the same last name.
"Is your brother from the capital?" Lu Qian asked again.
He felt that the three young men spoke with accents that sounded like they came from the capital area.
"Yes, that's right!" Li Mai replied casually.
"Li Mai, what's your brother's background? He seems like someone important," Lu Qian asked again.
Li Mai looked up at him. "What, you've taken a fancy to my older brother?"
"Ahem, what are you saying, woman? This young master likes women, not men. I'm just curious!"
“Your brother doesn’t look like a simple character. Just looking at him makes my legs tremble. And your two apprentices, they must be extraordinary too. The jade pendants on their waists are not something ordinary people can use,” Lu Qian muttered to himself.
"Lu Qian, have you ever heard this saying?" Zhou Quan said casually as he entered through the back door.
"What?" Lu Qian turned to Zhou Quan.
"The less you know, the older you live."
Lu Qian: ......
"Alright, I won't ask anymore. I trust my own judgment anyway." Lu Qian surrendered. These two really kept their mouths shut.
Then, he took out an invitation from his pocket and presented it to Zhou Quan with both hands.
"Brother Zhou, sister-in-law, my dad said he wants to formally invite your family to visit us. The date is set for three days from now. We hope you can do us the honor of coming, and remember to bring Zhuzhu."
After saying that, he waited with a smile for Zhou Quan to take over.
But Zhou Quan didn't answer; instead, he looked him up and down and asked, "Why did you invite our whole family?"
"Take a look at the post!" Lu Qian gestured.
Zhou Quan didn't answer, but sat down in the middle chair instead. "Tell me the reason!"
Lu Qian coughed lightly and began to speak, "You know that the day before yesterday, while you were busy hanging up clothes, I took Zhuzhu out for a walk, right?"
Li Mai stopped what she was doing, exchanged a glance with Zhou Quan, nodded, and gestured to him, "Let's go, let's talk in the backyard."
Although Lu Qian was puzzled, he still followed the two of them to the back to chat.
Zhou Tao and the waiters were tidying up the shop. Li Mai thought that Lu Qian must have benefited from Zhu Zhu's presence when he took her out, otherwise the Lu family wouldn't have invited them like this.
She felt it was best not to scare the young people with something like this.
After listening to Lu Qian recount what happened the day before yesterday, Li Mai smiled faintly and said, "That's because you were lucky. That's why they say that as a person, you must be a good person and do good deeds. People are watching what you do. Look, isn't this a blessing from heaven to reward your kindness?"
"Our shop has been able to operate normally thanks to your many interactions with us. This is a case of good deeds being rewarded, and you deserve it. We don't need the invitation; we are very grateful for your kindness in taking care of us!"
Lu Qian chuckled, "I only helped you so I could make friends with you. Who knew we'd get such a great reward in return? We really owe Zhuzhu the day before yesterday. If she hadn't pulled me along, I would have just walked over there myself, given my usual personality."
"Opportunities sometimes come to you unexpectedly. If you miss them, you will lose an opportunity. Congratulations to you."
"However, you must also know how to hide your treasures. There are too many people in this world who want something for nothing. Be careful that others find out and it could bring you death!" Zhou Quan reminded him.
“I know, right now only my parents and you two know,” Lu Qian quickly said, glancing around.
"Don't worry about us, we're not interested in that stuff and we won't tell anyone. You two just need to be careful," Zhou Quan instructed him.
“Okay!” Lu Qian agreed.
"I won't go to your residence since you've invited me. Your father can come to the restaurant another day when he's free, so our two families can meet. After all, we're not qualified to be guests at the Lu residence, and we don't want to cause you any trouble," Zhou Quan declined.
Lu Qian responded, "Alright, if I don't want to go, then I don't have to go!"
"Go back to your work. As for the identities of my elder brother and two apprentices, don't ask about them anymore. It won't do you any good. They're just here to see me and they won't be doing business here."
As the most prestigious family in the capital, the Chu family would not conduct business in a small town like this, and as for Zhong Hui, his family would be even less likely to do so.
As for the Cloud Kings, needless to say, they came here to see him as well.
Lu Qian chuckled, said he understood, bid farewell to the two men, and went off to attend to his work.
Since Li Mai said that, he guessed in his heart that those three people must be of high status.
It seems that his friendship with Li Maizhou Quanshan was the right thing to do. He should maintain a good relationship with the couple in the future. Although he may not gain much benefit, it will definitely not do him any harm.
My father once said that doing business well is not about making hundreds of thousands of dollars, but about not losing money and suffering no harm.
He knew that being friends with Li Maizhouquan was the best business opportunity; it wouldn't result in losses, nor would it bring any harm.
He has come to believe in the character of these two people after spending so much time with them; they are good people, highly capable, and have unlimited potential for the future.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan returned to the shop, and Li Mai arranged for Zhou Quan to send the clothes made for those people to the village.
There were also burlap sacks for storing clothes and handkerchiefs, which customers really liked. Li Mai thought about making more handkerchiefs so they could be given away as free gifts with multiple purchases in the future, and customers certainly wouldn't mind.
In addition, Li Mai thought that she could also find some young women in the village who knew how to embroider to make some sachets and pouches, and embroider the words "Red Pomegranate Garment Workshop" on them, so that they could be used as holiday gifts or free gifts for buying more.
As long as the free gift has your own shop's name on it, you can promote your shop.
It's a pity that logos aren't popular these days, otherwise she could have designed one for her own company.
No one else has this feature, but she designed and used it. This makes it easy for some unscrupulous people to exploit it and harm others, which could easily damage the reputation of her own shop.
Anyway, you can make a lot of these little things with the leftover scraps from cutting clothes.
She can also design small items with color blocking.
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