Chapter 142: Actually Chased Her All The Way To Jiang City
Everyone understood Lu Qiaoge’s meaning, and they had actually thought it through long ago—those who felt they had no talent for pastries should choose the handicraft group, but when the food factory was busy, they still had to prioritize the food group.
Those who couldn’t make flaky pastries and corn cakes could at least knead dough—these all required manpower.
Su Hui was the chief technician, Zhou Li assisted her, and Du Shuang was responsible for quantity and accounts registration; they had to reconcile accounts with Hu Ze every day.
The food factory wasn’t far from the department store, but it still took over half an hour to walk.
There definitely weren’t any cars, so Lu Qiaoge planned to apply for a handcart.
All sorts of things, and soon everything was arranged.
Meng Qingshan and Hu Ze were temporarily on duty.
Lu Qiaoge had them two find a reliable retired old worker to come patrol at night.
Actually, the military factory’s security… needless to say, was the best in Jiangcheng.
It was under militarized management, and there was also a security patrol team in the factory.
But many things were relative; for example, petty theft was something that kept happening despite repeated bans.
So there had to be someone patrolling at night.
Meng Qingshan and the others agreed, and Lu Qiaoge stopped paying attention to it.
Because at this time, Elder Sister Su brought people from the foreign trade section.
A total of five comrades came, along with a truck.
The truck belonged to Elder Sister Su.
She came to take away the straw hats and some handicrafts she fancied.
Jiangcheng had just opened a new foreign trade exhibition hall, which had a display cabinet from the district.
Su Hongmei hadn’t gone to find Zhen Xi; she felt this person was unpredictable and not easy to get along with, so she mustered her courage to find Chairman Zhen instead. Unfortunately, Chairman Zhen said he wasn’t feeling well and didn’t see her; the one who met her was that pretty Secretary Xue.
A woman’s intuition is always very accurate.
As soon as she saw this woman, she knew it was no good.
Sure enough, even holding onto the last shred of hope and asking about such matters, Secretary Xue said coldly that the Zhen Group didn’t do low-level industries like handicrafts, especially these baskets and woven baskets here, which were downright rustic.
Elder Sister Su felt that Secretary Xue was probably Chairman Zhen’s shield.
After all, all these people were like flies swarming over for orders.
Even if they were patriotic, they would probably get annoyed.
But at the same time, she truly admired Lu Qiaoge for negotiating a 150,000 deal with Zhen Xi.
The foreign trade section felt the same; upon seeing Lu Qiaoge, they shook hands warmly and introduced themselves.
Afterward, they took away all the handicraft weaving products stored in the storage room.
Lu Qiaoge had a slip of paper stamped with the official seal in hand.
Tomorrow she could go to the foreign trade section to collect the money—oh, and there was a bonus of 1,
This one was really given, and the approval procedures were unbelievably fast.
The food factory was finally open for business and making money.
It was also today that these people discovered just how sweet the rewards were from taking the high-quality products and innovation route.
Because none of these things in their hands had been made by anyone in Jiangcheng yet.
The straw hats with lace had already been connected with Beidu’s department store; they could probably be sent on the train that evening.
As for the others, the foreign trade section still had some foundation; it didn’t matter if they couldn’t sell them temporarily.
After all, these items weren’t food; as long as they were stored well, there basically wouldn’t be any loss.
The foreign trade section had new ideas opened up.
They were also arranging people to go the high-quality products and innovation route.
But Lu Qiaoge had Meng Qingshan and Chang An design a covered woven basket for sunflower seeds.
It didn’t need to be too big, just able to hold one or two jin of sunflower seeds.
First make three hundred of them; they could experiment with materials themselves, using whichever was easiest to obtain.
This time, the handicraft group’s income actually reached 318 yuan.
This was the food factory’s first real and tangible funds.
As for the department store’s, they would settle at the end of the month together.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the western sky was filled with gorgeous sunset clouds.
Qin Hengzhi drove his custom jeep to pick up Lu Qiaoge.
At this time, An Leilei stood at the main door of the Workers’ Cultural Palace, continuously wiping the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief.
Today she wore a light blue dress, and there was something slightly different about her brows and eyes compared to usual; it seemed after going through such a thing, she had grown and matured.
“An Leilei.” Lu Min’s voice came from behind.
An Leilei turned around and, seeing it was her, was surprised for a moment, then smiled and asked: “You’re here too? Just you alone?”
Lu Min pointed behind her and said in a hoarse voice: “No, I came with Cao Lanzhu.”
An Leilei immediately widened her eyes.
Looking in the direction Lu Min pointed, sure enough, she saw a girl with a ponytail excitedly saying something to a middle-aged man.
There was also a woman standing beside that middle-aged man.
At this moment, she seemed to be persuading him about something too.
An Leilei frowned, then looked at Lu Min with a half-smile: “Her coming with you is actually normal, right.”
Lu Min wasn’t in high spirits; she said: “An Leilei, you don’t have to talk to me like that. I actually know everything—your grandfather has his eye on Qin Hengzhi, but Qin Hengzhi didn’t choose you. But your good point is, you wouldn’t be like Cao Lanzhu… actually chasing him all the way to Jiangcheng.”
An Leilei’s complexion wasn’t great, but she still smiled: “Qin Hengzhi is excellent in every way, and his maternal grandfather is Old Bai. Isn’t it normal for my grandpa to look favorably on him? Besides, Qin Hengzhi is proud and aloof; us ordinary girls definitely can’t catch his eye.”
Then she added: “I just heard about Cao Lanzhu’s matter too. She came with the inspection team; I don’t know those two people, but I heard Cao Lanzhu didn’t get to see Qin Hengzhi—they say she wasn’t even allowed into the factory.”
Lu Min tugged at the corner of her mouth; either Cao Lanzhu had no brains, or someone in the Qin Family had given her hope.
Anyway, it wasn’t her business.
No, it was her business.
The stepmother got the benefits, but this proud young lady had to have her receive them.
It was really annoying.
She hoped those two could really persuade her.
Thinking of this, Lu Min said: “Actually, I don’t like you much.”
An Leilei also laughed: “I know.”
“You’re a bit different today.”
“I… encountered something today that touched me deeply.”
Lu Min carefully sized up An Leilei; they were in the same circle, and she actually envied An Leilei a lot—she was the treasure of the An family, and everyone at home treated her well.
The previous An Leilei had been very arrogant, but today she wasn’t; she seemed more peaceful.
She was too lazy to ask the reason and said: “This afternoon I learned something from Cao Lanzhu. I originally didn’t want to tell you, but just now I heard you telling someone you were waiting for Lu Qiaoge, so I feel I should tell you.”
Even though she couldn’t figure out why An Leilei would stand at the doorway waiting for Lu Qiaoge in this heat.
How did she and Lu Qiaoge know each other?
But she still said: “You might not know yet, but Qin Hengzhi has a partner at the military factory named Lu Qiaoge. He’s bringing her to the dance party today. After Cao Lanzhu found out, she went crazy looking for my stepmother.
So, I unluckily had to accompany her to the cultural palace. Look at her like that; she doesn’t seem willing to let it go easily. Speaking of which, Qin Hengzhi is quite the charmer too. If Lu Qiaoge is with him, there’ll be troubles ahead. I’ve heard Cao Lanzhu show off before, saying Qin Hengzhi’s grandmother likes her a lot and sooner or later she’ll marry Qin Hengzhi…”
At this point, without looking at An Leilei’s changed expression, she pointed into the distance: “Look, Qin Hengzhi has brought Lu Qiaoge!”
