Chapter 61: Small Details

  "Wow, the air in this new house is so good. I slept well last night!" Zhang Yu came out of the bathroom and saw that both Ning's grandma and mom were awake, and said with a smile: "When we used to live in a rental house, it was noisy all around. Now it's much quieter, feeling refreshed and invigorated!"

  "It's so cool! This big balcony is super awesome!" Zhang Rui Li was busy going out to the balcony and looking at the view, laughing and saying: "Yesterday when we were moving things, I was too tired to take a good look outside. Now I'm making up for it."

  "Come on, help me cook breakfast quickly and eat before going to work." Zhang Yu said, wanting to enter the kitchen, but was pushed out by Ning's mother. "No need to help, just squeeze some soy milk will do. You can call Xiaomin to get up."

  The house has three bedrooms and one living room, with the master bedroom having an independent bathroom. Ning Qingmin thought that her aunt would go to the bathroom at night, originally planning to let her aunt and mother stay in the master bedroom, but they refused. They said that since Ning Qingmin bought the house, she should sleep in the master bedroom herself. Ning Qingmin had no choice, so she slept in the master bedroom. Although she was tired from the previous day and slept soundly, when she heard Zhang Yu lightly knocking on the door, she immediately woke up and quickly washed up before coming out.

  "The boss is awake!" Zhang Ruili came in from the balcony, laughing and saying: "Yesterday's moving was tiring, my shoulders are a bit sore. It would be better if there were men at home."

  "Haha, in a few days I'll ask two boys to come and help with the stall, after that the heavy work will be taken care of." Ning Qingming sat down laughing, suddenly feeling a bit numb in his shoulders.

  "Xiao Min, are you going to hire someone? Your uncle's family has a pair of twin grandsons who have nothing to do and are from a trustworthy family. They've been raised since childhood, why not ask them to help out, it'll be more reassuring." Ning's grandmother heard that Ning Qingmin was going to hire someone and made a recommendation, "Those two strong ones, if you ask them to deliver goods or something, almost no need to hire movers."

  "Is Grandma talking about Sun Wen and Sun Wu?" Zhang Yu heard Ning's grandma's words, interrupting to say: "They were in the same high school class as me! At that time, they signed up for a sports school, unfortunately didn't make the cut-off score."

  "They, as soon as the college entrance exam results were announced, ran to Shenzhen to sell pirated discs. Later, the pirated discs they sold were confiscated by the city management, and they lost their capital, so they ran back home. I heard they are planning to go to Dongguan to work now!" Zhang Ruili smiled and said: "Boss, if you really invite them out, it's true that you can rest assured. They are tall and strong, with a lot of strength."

  "Oh, how is he in terms of interpersonal relationships?" Ning Qingming smiled and said: "He's your classmate, shouldn't you know better than me?"

  "When I was in school, I loved acting cool. Don't know if I'm more polite now?" Zhang Yu smiled and said: "Not very fond of talking to girls, otherwise it's fine."

  "It's better to have them come over. I'll just give them a call!" Ning Qing thought to herself, considering she still had classes to attend. She couldn't personally keep an eye on the stall every day. If she were to ask someone to help, it would be best to know their character thoroughly before feeling at ease.

  "I'll make this call! The countryside home is still being taken care of by their family anyway." Ning's aunt took on the task. She urged Ning Qing and Ming to say: "Didn't you say you had an appointment with a client to see samples today? Hurry up and eat breakfast and leave!"

  Ning's mother was busy in the kitchen. She brought out soy milk and said, "Xiao Min bought a soy milk machine. It's used to squeeze soy milk. It's very convenient. These yellow beans were brought from the countryside. The soy milk squeezed out is much more fragrant than what's sold outside. You all try some quickly!" As she spoke, she also brought out two plates of buns.

  "Wow, it smells so good!" Several people took the soy milk and tasted it. They all praised that it was indeed fragrant. Hehe, haha, laughing and saying: "Someone cooked breakfast, I'm so happy to death!"

  "Right, last time I bought a juicer at the supermarket, there was also a lucky draw. I drew three vouchers for 'Food Paradise'. I wonder if they're still valid?" Ning Qingmin finished drinking his soy milk and went to find the vouchers in the box of the juicer. He took them out and looked at them saying: "It's tonight at 8 o'clock, Grandma, Mom, do you want to go take a look?"

  "Where is it?" Ning's mother took the admission ticket and looked at the instructions on the back. Smiling, she said: "It turns out that it's a food festival organized by the TV station. People will cook their signature dishes in front of the audience, and then the people below will go up to taste them one after another. If it tastes good, they'll get a small red flower sticker."

  "Let's go and have a look!" Ning's grandmother also took one to take a look, squinting her eyes and saying: "We run a snack shop in the countryside, the things we make are delicious, but I don't know if they suit the taste of people here. Let's go and try other people's stuff, it'll be good for reference."

  "You guys must be interested, I'll take you to see tonight!" Ning Qing was busy changing her shoes, and saw that Zhang Yu and Zhang Ruili had already changed and were waiting at the door, so she quickly walked out of the door.

  Arrived at the office building, Zhang Yu was busy wiping the table and fetching water, saying: "Boss, today we have an appointment with that French client to show them the samples, hopefully this time there won't be any more revisions."

  "The French are quite demanding when it comes to clothing. The last style I looked at was revised three times, and they didn't let go of even the smallest details. Hopefully this time there won't be any problems. Fortunately, the ones he likes are all over 10,000 yuan, so no matter what, we have to revise them until he's satisfied." Ning Qingmin checked some orders, clipped them onto a folder, and saw that the delivery worker had brought the samples, so she hurried over to take them apart.

  "Wow, it looks much more upscale after the modification." Zhang Yu saw Ning Qingmian carefully examining the clothes and also went over to evaluate, "Only the same-colored black rice pearls are inlaid at the collar and cuffs, no pearl pieces, the effect is really better than before."

  "People are used to seeing branded goods, born with a pair of poisonous eyes." Ning Qingming was extremely satisfied with the revised sample, put it down and went to take out the camera to take a photo, letting Zhang Yu store it on the computer.

  "Boss, I heard from the translator that this client has booked a lot of goods on the other side of White Horse and will ship several containers every month. If we cooperate for a long time, just him alone would be enough to cover the cost for a year."

  He nodded and said, "He is indeed a big client, so we are willing to modify the sample repeatedly until he is satisfied. As long as we can secure this customer's business, it doesn't matter if we lose other small clients. The problem is that he has to return home tomorrow, and if we don't finalize the order this time, I'm afraid we'll have to wait until next month. That's why I was so anxious about this sample, and I made several phone calls last night to confirm with the factory that they had modified it correctly and sent it out, only then could I rest assured."

  Just then, the phone rang, it was the voice of a French client's translator, asking if the samples had arrived, saying that they had already taken the elevator with the customer.

  Putting down the phone, Ning Qingmin smiled and said: "This time it should be fine!" As he spoke, he carefully re-examined the sample again, flipping it over to see if there were any threads inside.

  "Heavens, how could you use white thread to sew on a button?" Ning Qing cried out in surprise, her angry fingers pointing at the bottom button of her dress. "Black clothes, black buttons, even an idiot would know to use black thread for sewing, and yet, the last button is actually sewn with white thread."

  "It's possible that the worker ran out of black thread and thought it wouldn't be noticeable on the bottom, and since it was just a sample and not a large order, they simply used white thread instead." Zhang Yu also became anxious and hastily looked for black thread to re-sew it.

  The button sewn with white thread, if not turned over to the back side, would not be noticed. But French customers are what kind of people? They are a group of people with discerning eyes, and once an item of clothing has been scanned by their eyes, it's hard to hide its flaws. And this small detail will directly affect his suspicion of the quality of his clothes, and may even lead to a lot of effort being wasted.

  At this time, the sound of conversation came from the corridor, and it was clear that the French client was talking to the translator. Zhang Yu's movements were even faster, but he couldn't undo the buttons and re-sew them in time.

  There will be an update at 8 pm tonight.