Two weeks passed in a blink of an eye. Xiang Jin and the others had just finished their last test when they were stopped by Manager Xiao from the clothing factory.
"Classmate Yan, classmate Xiang, our manager Huang has invited you!"
"Manager Huang?"
"Yes, he is in the car outside your school gate."
"What do you want from us today?" Xiang Jin asked again.
Then Manager Xiao said again, "It's good, it's good. You two can come with me. Our boss has been waiting for you for a long time."
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen looked at each other and then walked towards the school gate together.
When Manager Huang saw the two of them arriving, he hurriedly lowered the window to greet them and invited them to get in the car. Manager Xiao also hurriedly opened the door for them.
"Manager Huang, what does this mean?"
Then Manager Huang joked, "Don't worry, I can't drag you two to be sold. It's like this. I wanted to treat you two to a meal last time, but unfortunately you were busy at the time, so I just
It didn’t happen. I happened to have something to do with you today, so I simply gave it to me."
Xiang Jin said, "Manager Huang, you are too polite. In fact, it is not necessary."
"Hey, classmate Xiang, you must give me some respect? Let's not go far, let's just find a restaurant you are familiar with on this street, okay?"
Xiang Jin looked at Yan Chen, who nodded slightly to her, and then the two of them got into the car.
"We don't know much about this street, so we can go to whichever restaurant you say we want to eat at, okay?"
The two of them nodded, and then Yan Chen reported the location of the restaurant, and then the driver drove in that direction.
After turning left and right and going straight for about fifty meters, the car arrived in front of the restaurant Yan Chen mentioned, and then several people got off one after another.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were also able to keep their composure. If Boss Huang and Manager Xiao didn't speak, they wouldn't be in a hurry to ask them why they were here, and they would just treat them as if they were just here to invite them to dinner.
Several people entered the restaurant and chose a spacious and bright place to sit down. The proprietress hurriedly and enthusiastically came over with a cup of tea to entertain them.
Seeing that Manager Huang and Manager Xiao were both wearing suits and leather jackets, the landlady asked very discerningly, "Bosses, what dishes do you want to eat?"
"What delicious food do you have here? Can you recommend it," Manager Xiao said.
The landlady said, "Oh, that's a lot. We have dried shredded pork with celery and fragrant scallions, stir-fried pork liver with green onions, stir-fried garlic sprouts, braised pork ribs, braised carp, stewed chicken with mushrooms, stewed mutton with radish, and vegetarian stir-fry."
Lettuce and pea tip meatball soup.”
After hearing the dishes she reported, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen looked at each other, why are so many of the dishes only available in their vegetable gardens?
Could it be that their family has something to do with the owner of Xinfu Restaurant in town? It is said that many members of the family of the owner of Xinfu Restaurant have opened restaurants in several nearby towns.
"Okay, then bring up all the things you reported," Manager Huang said directly.
"Oh, okay, okay," the landlady said with a smile on her face.
Yan Chen explained, "Don't put spices like dried chili peppers in the stir-fried vegetables and the meatball soup?"
It is said that Xinfu Restaurant likes to put dried chili segments in every stir-fried dish.
"Oh, alas, don't worry, this classmate, he won't let you go, he won't let him go, we won't let him go," after saying that, the landlady went to prepare the meal.
As soon as the proprietress left, Yan Chen and Xiang Jin each turned over a cup and started cleaning it. Watching them wash it two or three times repeatedly, Manager Huang and Manager Xiao couldn't help but twitch their eyes. These two children are really mysophobic.
Very good.
The atmosphere was a little cold for a while, then Manager Huang picked up the water glass and took a sip of water and said, "Classmate Yan doesn't like chili peppers?"
Yan Chen said, "I just don't like chili peppers in vegetarian dishes and vegetarian soups."
Manager Huang nodded and then asked, "How did you two students do in the final exam this time? I heard that you two are the top academic figures in the school!"
Yan Chen said, "It's just a rumor, it can't be taken seriously! I can only say that I have finished all the questions. As for how many points I can get, I don't know."
Xiang Jin picked up the water glass and took a sip, and said, "He and I are the same."
Hey, these two kids really answered the questions perfectly!
Manager Huang nodded again, "But I believe that these two students will definitely achieve good results."
The two of them didn't say anything, so Manager Xiao asked, "Are you two students still going to class in the afternoon?"
The two of them nodded, and Yan Chen said, "The teacher still needs to explain some things."
"How long will your winter vacation last?" Manager Xiao then asked again.
Yan Chen said, "I don't know yet. I guess I won't know until I get the test paper."
The two managers could only nod.
The driver parked the car and came in with a bottle of wine and a bottle of drink in his hand.
Then Manager Huang said, "We will have a drink later, but since you are still students, we adults will drink later, and you two children will drink."
Xiang Jin said, "Manager Huang, thank you for your kindness. I'm afraid we will let you down. I am taking medicine recently and avoid cold and sweet foods. The same goes for Yan Chen. He never eats sweet things.
"
"Oh, that's it, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, you can do whatever you want, you can do whatever you want, I just want to ask my classmates, is there something wrong with your body?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's nothing. I just have a cold. I got some Chinese medicine and am taking it. The doctor suggested that I avoid raw, cold, spicy, greasy, and hot things."
"Oh, so?" Manager Huang nodded clearly, "No wonder when I saw you this time, I always felt something was different. It turns out that you have lost weight, yes, you have lost weight."
"Have I lost weight? No," Xiang Jin touched her face and then looked at Yan Chen. She was taking tonics and food every day. How could she have lost weight?
Yan Chen looked at her without saying a word, then Manager Huang nodded and said, "Well, I've lost weight. I've obviously lost weight. The two big eyes are especially obvious on the face."
"Well, I think so too," Manager Xiao said from the side.
Xiang Jin was speechless. Why did she feel like they were talking about her like a big-eyed monster?
The food was served quickly, so everyone stopped talking and started eating seriously. Manager Xiao and Manager Huang still drank a little wine, but the driver didn't. Xiang Jin and the others still drank boiled water with them.
Someone touched it.
"Well, this green vegetable is good, it tastes crunchy and tender, and this pea tip meatball soup is also good." After praising these two dishes, Manager Huang asked the lady boss next to her, "Mrs.
, where did you get these vegetables? Do you have any extra? How about I buy them for you?"
The landlady was settling the accounts, so she put down her pen and said, "Oh, boss, I'm sorry. We don't have much of this dish, and it's hard to buy it."
Then Manager Huang felt a little regretful.
Xiang Jin and Xiang Jin remained silent and ate in silence.
After the meal was finished, everyone drank tea and rested for a few minutes, then the driver got up and left.
Then Xiang Jin asked Manager Huang, "Did Manager Huang pass by here today, or did you come here specifically to talk to the leaders of our school about next summer's school uniforms?"
Then Manager Huang said, "No, I'm here to find you."
"You're looking for us? Is it about designing a costume? Or is there something else?"
Then Manager Huang smiled and said, "Isn't it just for the design draft? Oh, before, classmate Yan said that you should focus on your studies. If we want to ask you to draw the design draft, it is best to do it during the summer or winter vacation. time, so it is inconvenient for us to disturb you.
Isn’t it that you are about to go on winter vacation and the Chinese New Year is coming soon? Aren’t we afraid that we won’t be able to find your people then? So I will come to you while you are on the last day of exams today. One trip.”
Xiang Jin wanted to say that, in fact, she was not afraid of being disturbed at all. As long as the price was right, she would welcome them to disturb her every day!
But since she and Yan Chen have a friendly partnership, and he actually said those words to Xuan Zhi before, she can't undermine him.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, yes, we usually have to study and are very busy, so we only have time during the summer and winter vacations. I wonder what kind of plans you have, Manager Huang and Manager Xiao, this time." Manuscript requirements?”
Then Manager Huang said, "I still have to ask you to draw a few more drawings of spring clothes and summer clothes. Although you have drawn two design drawings for each of the two seasons before, I think there are only two styles. The clothes still seem a bit monotonous, I want to add a few more styles."
"How many pictures are there?" Yan Chen then asked.
Then Manager Huang said, "I'm afraid I have to draw three or four drawings every quarter."
Xiang Jin asked, "Are they three or four?"
Then Manager Huang said, "Four pictures, let's do all four," and then his shrewd eyes carefully observed the reactions of Xiang Jin and Yan Chen.
The two of them did not respond. To be honest, Xiang Jin was very excited. There were four paintings, so there were eight paintings in total. According to the previous price of 50,000 yuan each, each of them could earn another 200,000 yuan.
With 200,000 yuan, she could buy several cents of land. However, she had seen a lot of things in the world, and she had also had tens of millions of dollars in her hands, so she had already developed a lot of joy. The ability not to show off.
When Manager Huang saw that they were silent for a long time, he said again, "Don't worry, the price will still be the same as before, this price per painting." After that, he stretched out one of his hands.
The two of them remained silent, which whetted his appetite. Then Manager Huang and Manager Xiao became a little anxious, "Oh, can you please give me a message?"
Manager Xiao was also very anxious.
Yan Chen slowly raised his eyelids and asked, "When do you want it?"
When Manager Huang saw that he finally spoke up, he immediately became happy, "It would be good if it can be done as quickly as possible. If not, you can submit half of the manuscript before the year, and then submit the other half before you start school after the year." manuscript."
Yan Chen nodded, "Okay!"
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned, including Xiang Jin. Did he pay it all together the same year before, or did he pay it partly before and partly after the year?
As for her opinion, it would be best to hand it over to the other party together years ago. His main purpose of going back this time is to buy land. If he can get an extra 100,000 yuan, she will be able to buy more land by then. Otherwise,
Don't wait until next year when land prices rise again, which would be bad.
Yan Chen said, "I will hand you the complete manuscript in one week."
"Oh, good, good," Manager Huang and Manager Xiao were immediately overjoyed.
Then Xiang Jin pretended to be worried and said, "Isn't it a bit difficult to submit eight manuscripts in one week?"
Manager Xiao and Manager Huang stopped laughing immediately, and then looked at Yan Chen with some concern.
Yan Chen said, "There shouldn't be any big problems. Didn't we draw two pictures before? Then we will check and modify them carefully. There shouldn't be any big problems with the other six pictures."
Xiang Jin nodded in agreement.
Then Manager Xiao said, "Have you drawn two pictures before?"
The two of them nodded, and Xiang Jin said, "We designed the clothes for ourselves. We plan to find a tailor to make them according to the drawings and wear them ourselves. But now that you need them urgently, we will give them to you first."
, Oh, by the way, will you only make women’s clothes this time? Or will you also make men’s clothes?”
Manager Xiao looked at his boss, Manager Huang, who hesitated a little, "Well, for men's clothing, I'm afraid there won't be much market by then?"
Xiang Jin said, "Everyone loves beauty. As long as they are human beings, there is no one who does not love beauty, and boys are the same."
Manager Huang lowered his head and thought for a while and then said, "Do you think this is good? You can design a style for men's spring clothing and summer clothing, and then we can try it out?"
Yan Chen and Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay!"
"Then according to the old rules, I will inform the finance department later to arrange half of the advance payment for you, and then the balance will be settled before you deliver the manuscript?" Manager Huang followed.
The two nodded.
After the matter was settled, Manager Huang proposed to send them back to school. The two of them did not refuse. In the car, Xiang Jin asked, "Manager Huang, when is the holiday in your factory?"
Manager Huang said with a smile on his face, "Oh, our factory may not be released until the 28th or 9th day of the twelfth lunar month."
"Business is so good?"
Then Manager Huang said, "There is no other way. The orders we received before are all piled up there to be produced. Also, we have to prepare the new clothing styles for next year as early as possible, right? Otherwise, it will be too late by then!"
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's true! Then you will start work very early then?"
Manager Xiao nodded and said, "We plan to start construction on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, so it goes smoothly."
Xiang Jin said, "Then why don't you start work on the eighth day of the lunar month? Let's get started on the eighth day of the lunar month!"
Manager Huang and Manager Xiao laughed heartily, and then Manager Huang said, "The factory in my hometown is scheduled to open on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year."
"You built it so quickly?" Xiang Jin said in surprise.
Then Manager Huang said, "There are many factories in our hometown. As long as all the equipment is available, the factory will be opened soon."
Xiang Jin nodded, "If you are smooth and prosperous, you will definitely make a fortune next year!"
Then Manager Huang burst out laughing again, "I'll lend you some good words, I'll lend you some good words!"
When the car was about thirty or forty meters away from their school, Xiang Jin asked the driver to stop there, and Manager Huang said, "Oh, we haven't reached the school yet?"
Xiang Jin pointed to the opposite side and said, "I want to go there to buy something."
The driver stopped the car, and then everyone saw a pharmacy opposite.
Xiang Jin got off the car, and Yan Chen also got off the car. Then Manager Huang said they were waiting for them there, Xiang Jin waved his hand and said, "No, no, you are busy, you can go first, we will wait for ourselves
Just walk back, it’s not too far anyway.”
Then Manager Huang looked at Yan Chen, and Yan Chen nodded towards him, so Manager Huang also nodded, "Okay, let's go first then?"
Xiang Jin waved to them.
After they walked away, Xiang Jin went to the drug store across the street to buy some cold medicine, "Do you want it, and I can buy it together?"
Yan Chen shook his head, "I don't need it, my grandparents have it at home."
Xiang Jin nodded and paid.
After coming out of the pharmacy, Yan Chen asked, "Did you get off the car here on purpose?"
Xiang Jin glanced at him approvingly, "Smart, it's the end of the exam right now. There are many students and teachers walking out of the classroom. If they see us getting out of a car,
, I don’t know how to guess us at that time, so let’s keep a low profile, keep a low profile, huh?”
Yan Chen laughed, "What's that?"
Xiang Jin covered his mouth and whispered to him, "The highest state of life is to make a fortune silently!"
Yan Chen frowned slightly and looked at her, "Why haven't I heard that this is the highest state of being a human being?"
Xiang Jin said, "That's what I said!"
Looking at her sly eyes, Yan Chen smiled helplessly, but what she said about being a low-key person was true.
When the two returned to school, they saw many students and teachers walking out of the classroom. The students looked relieved after taking the exam, and the teachers held a large amount of money in their hands.
Stacked papers.
The two of them started packing their things when they returned to the dormitory. Later, Yang Hui came back and saw that they were only carrying a backpack, and it didn't seem like there were many things in the bag, so he said, "You don't bring anything home."
What?"
Xiang Jin asked, "Why take it home? It's not like I won't come back next year? It will be a lot of trouble to take it home! Just take off the bed sheet and quilt cover and take it home to wash."
Then Yang Hui said, "This winter vacation will last for almost a month. No one will live here by then. What if I don't take the quilt home and it gets gnawed by mice?"
Xiang Jin said, "I can't chew it, don't worry, we have eaten everything in the kitchen, not even a noodle dregs are left, and the oil and salt in the kitchen are packed in my pockets for later."
I took it home directly and didn’t even eat it at home.
The mouse will not come for a stroll. Even if it comes for a stroll, our quilts are all packed in that box. The outside of our box is wrapped with a layer of iron sheet. It just wants to chew it.
It also depends on whether its teeth are strong enough."
Yang Hui said, "My box doesn't seem to be made of iron."
Then Xiang Jin and Yan Chen fell silent, and then Yang Hui asked again, "You didn't bring any clothes back with you?"
Yan Chen nodded and said to Xiang Jin, "Why bring it back? I haven't worn the school uniform enough in school every day, so I have to take it home to wear? I won't wear that, it's so cold that I can't even tell you
, it’s so troublesome to wear it two layers at a time!”
Yang Hui asked, "Then the school uniforms were designed by you?"
Xiang Jin asked, "What's wrong with our design? What we designed is not made by us. Is it possible that with your little money, people still make down jackets for you to wear? Then they are not business people.
Just open a charity instead!"
Then Yang Hui said, "Oh, I'm not, that's not what I meant. What I meant was that you still dislike the clothes you designed yourself."
Xiang Jin said, "I dislike it, but what I dislike is not the style of the clothes. I dislike that the clothes are not as thick as the cotton-padded jacket and are cold in them, you know?"
Yang Hui nodded his head, "I know, I know!"
Yan Chen walked over and patted Yang Hui on the shoulder, "We have packed it up, you should go and pack it up as well."
Yang Hui nodded, turned around and entered his room.