Chapter 55: Return Trip

Leaving Xuefei, the three of them were silent.

It wasn’t until they arrived at Zhang Xia’s factory that Yu Hong quietly asked Xia Keqing, “Can you really sue that woman in this situation?”

Xia Keqing: “Of course.”

“It’s slander, a baseless accusation. I have to protect my rights.”

Yu Hong was incredibly impressed.

She had known Xia Keqing for so long, and she always knew that this little girl was extraordinary and capable.

She always had a faint smile on her face, giving people a gentle and serene feeling, which made her think that this little girl was tough but gentle.

Now she realized that this little girl was actually not easy to mess with.

Just because someone said a few words, she would call the police and arrest them?

Of course, Yu Hong didn’t think it was wrong, it’s just that she’s been alive for decades, and she discovered that there was actually another way.

This completely overturned her worldview.

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Zhang Xia’s clothing factory was called Yuxia Clothing Factory, and looking at the factory building, it was even bigger than Xuefei.

Zhang Xia explained, “My factory didn’t have such a large area originally, it expanded slowly.”

“We made some money at the beginning, then I gave birth to a child and couldn’t manage the factory, so I let my dad and my husband manage it, now the child is in school, so I came back.”

Xia Keqing and Yu Hong looked at each other, they felt that Zhang Xia’s words had a hidden meaning.

But she didn’t say it explicitly, so they didn’t ask much.

Entering the factory, Zhang Xia called a few people, asking them to help move the clothes Xia Keqing bought into a warehouse.

It wasn’t that Xia Keqing was being petty, it’s just that there were too many strange people at “Xuefei”, Yu Hong’s batch of goods was fine, they were all Xuefei’s own things, even if the people from Xuefei held a grudge, they wouldn’t touch the goods.

Because those goods were produced by themselves, if something happened to the goods, it would affect their factory’s reputation.

These were all things she had chosen one by one in the clothing market.

If they were damaged, it would be disgusting.

When they got to Zhang Xia’s office, Yu Hong suggested going to see the factory’s goods.

After all, she sells clothes, if the clothes are good styles and the price is right, she can take some goods.

Zhang Xia heard this, and immediately found someone to take Yu Hong to see the goods.

Then she took Xia Keqing to the office.

Xia Keqing didn’t immediately draw a design, but first confirmed the contract with Zhang Xia, confirming each clause word for word.

Zhang Xia was originally afraid that the little girl was young and unreliable, but after getting to know her, she was completely relieved.

Although the little girl was young, she was sharp, she did things logically, she couldn’t take advantage of her, but she wouldn’t be at a disadvantage either, that’s the best.

Anyway, she wasn’t trying to take advantage.

Doing business should be a win-win, that’s how it can last.

After confirming the cooperation contract, Zhang Xia asked her people to print it, during which time there were many problems in the factory, Zhang Xia was busy running around.

Xia Keqing frowned.

It was more than an hour later when Zhang Xia was done.

Zhang Xia was very embarrassed, “Don’t laugh at me, there are a lot of chores in the factory, I’m busy every day.”

Xia Keqing didn’t maintain her gentle and understanding persona.

“Director Zhang, I shouldn’t be the one to say this, but we’re going to be partners, if your factory is still as chaotic as always, with unclear responsibilities, I think we might not be able to continue cooperating.”

“I opened a clothing studio, although I don’t have big ambitions, but I’m also here to make money.”

“Your factory is responsible for producing the clothes I need, but in your situation, it’s hard for me to believe that you can complete the task on time, in quantity, and in quality, do we have to wait until something goes wrong before I come to you?”

Zhang Xia was sweating profusely, “Yes, you’re right.”

Xia Keqing was very young, her cheeks were round, her skin was fair, her big black eyes were very clear, she looked almost harmless, it was hard to imagine that under this girl’s gaze, she felt a little embarrassed.

“I will definitely deal with these problems.”

Xia Keqing nodded, actually, she had noticed this problem as soon as she entered the factory.

Yuxia Clothing Factory, although the factory building was large, the employees’ work attitude was lazy, and their responsibilities were unclear, even the warehouse manager wasn’t there, and the goods had to be directly delivered to the factory director.

If she had just come to visit today, she would have nodded, smiled, kept her mouth shut, and not interfered with their business.

But since she had already signed a contract and decided to cooperate with Zhang Xia, she couldn’t ignore this problem.

If Zhang Xia couldn’t handle the problems in the factory, it means she’s not capable, then she needs to find a different partner.

On the other hand, it means Zhang Xia is capable and they can cooperate.

Zhang Xia was also her “nobleman”.

After all, so many people came to the designer competition that day, but only Zhang Xia wanted to buy her design.

Thinking back to what Zhang Xia said about her getting pregnant and giving birth, and handing over the clothing factory to her husband and father, Xia Keqing thought, maybe this was one of the reasons for the unclear responsibilities.

Even the management was chaotic, and the people below were just following suit, weren’t they?

“I heard you say just now that the factory was making money at the beginning, but then you got pregnant and gave birth, and you handed over the factory to your husband and father?”

Xia Keqing said, looking at Zhang Xia with meaningful eyes, Zhang Xia was even more embarrassed.

“Don’t worry, I will definitely make up my mind to make a good overhaul, I will definitely not affect our cooperation.”

Xia Keqing saw that Zhang Xia understood, so she didn’t say anything.

People need face.

She and Zhang Xia were just partners, it’s not appropriate to talk about deeper topics when the relationship is not deep.

Compared to her, Zhang Xia’s relationship with her husband and father was definitely closer.

That’s her family matter, she needs to find a way to solve it herself.

Two days later, Yu Hong’s payment arrived.

She paid the goods from Xuefei, used the contact information Ding Jianfei gave her to contact a truck driver, and directly loaded her goods onto the truck, along with Xia Keqing’s things.

Because Yu Hong’s cargo volume wasn’t very large, she rented a double-row cargo truck.

Xia Keqing had never ridden in this kind of truck before, neither had Yu Hong.

But thinking about Shen Jichuan’s military jeep, this excitement instantly disappeared.

Compared to this, the jeep was still cooler.

Coincidentally, this truck was also army green, a very common style and color in this era.

The driver was a middle-aged man, with a round face, he looked very talkative, and he quickly chatted with Yu Hong.

Of course, Yu Hong was also an old hand, she didn’t reveal too much personal information.

She also said that she was taking her niece out to see the world this time, but her niece’s parents were worried, and her husband was also worried about the two of them going out alone, so they would come to pick them up when they got to their province.

Xia Keqing: …

Where did she get someone to pick them up?

Yu Hong winked at her.

After getting along for a few months, Xia Keqing understood Yu Hong quite well, and she understood that she had already made arrangements, so she felt relieved.

It takes at least ten hours to drive from Guangdong Province to Jiangxi Province.

This is still an estimate with highways in the future, and the road conditions have to be good.

Now it’s the 1980s, there might not even be highways.

Because the original text didn’t have any records about this, Xia Keqing didn’t know much about this aspect of history, so she really didn’t know.

But even if there were no highways, there should be national highways.

Another problem is that there was no navigation in this era, driving was all about relying on road signs.

At first, Xia Keqing and Yu Hong were staring at the road signs, but the driver seemed to sense their concerns, he chatted with them while driving, and they gradually lowered their guard.

After driving for nearly three hours, the driver found a place to park, and he brought Xia Keqing and Yu Hong two bottles of water.

Yu Hong was much more polite to the driver, “Thank you, Master Huang.”