Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 519 - 518: Children are Very Useful

Chapter 519: Chapter 518: Children are Very Useful

With the experience from the first time, attracting everyone’s attention this time was even easier.

Lin Nianhe offered reasonable suggestions and provided golden thread materials, and since she was from the Foreign Trade Department, various halos added to her appeal, which made the factory directors willing to give her face and stop their ongoing discussions to look at her.

"Nianhe, what is it?"

Lin Nianhe smiled at this very supportive uncle and then said, "In addition to being an employee of the Foreign Trade Department, I am also one of the representatives of Lan County Textile Factory. Our factory has limited resources and capabilities; we’re unable to compete with the bigger factories and can’t produce export-quality fabrics. Our main business is headwear; thankfully, with the care from all of you, we could come here."

Lan County Textile Factory had recently made some notable moves. Not only are their Head Flowers hot-selling items in Beijing and Shanghai, but they also made it to the Huaxia Daily. As everyone is in the same industry, it would be hard not to know about it.

Hearing Lin Nianhe say this, the factory directors couldn’t help but show a hint of concern in their looks.

With Lan County Textile Factory standing out and her identity in the Foreign Trade Department, if she insisted on taking the most central position... they really couldn’t say much.

This round booth was actually not very friendly for them; only the one-meter square outer ring was effectively utilizable. The inner circle could also place samples, but textiles need to be scrutinized for details; what use is it to put them in a place where the patterns can’t be clearly seen?

Lin Nianhe, pretending not to notice their concerns, pointed to the center of the booth and said, "We know we can’t compete with everyone, and if we place headwear among the sample fabrics in the middle it would look odd, so may we use the position in the inner circle?"

The inner circle?

Everyone suddenly relaxed and unanimously expressed,

"Sure, sure, you can use it as you want! It’s no bother to give the whole inner circle to you!"

Lin Nianhe happily hopped off the stool, her 1.9m height advantage having expired.

The previously supportive uncle squeezed through to Lin Nianhe, frowning and saying, "Nianhe, you were so clever earlier, how come you’re confused now? If you put the samples in the middle, how can the foreign merchants see them clearly?"

"It’s alright, Uncle," Lin Nianhe said with a smile and a shake of her head, "we are the only ones at the entire textile fair selling Head Flowers, if they’re interested in buying, it’s very easy for them to find us."

The supportive uncle still looked a bit worried, frowning as he considered for a moment before asking her, "Where is your booth located? Is it a good spot?"

Lin Nianhe pointed out the clearest booth in the hall to the uncle, thankful that the uncle was tall, otherwise, he would not have been able to see it.

"Yi, how should we handle this," the supportive uncle kept shaking his head, suddenly reaching out to rub Lin Nianhe’s head, "Nianhe, bring more samples tomorrow, put a few in our factory’s booth, otherwise your factory will be ’bald-headed.’"

"Thank you, Uncle, you’re really kind," Lin Nianhe said beamingly.

"That’s nothing, you Nianhe are as old as my own daughter, I take care of you a bit, so when my daughter goes out, she can also meet kind people," the uncle said cheerfully, smiling naively, intending to talk more with Lin Nianhe when two young people came to find him.

"Nianhe, you go ahead and get busy, come to me if you need anything."

"Okay, thanks, Uncle."

Lin Nianhe waved to the uncle and watched him as he left and then made her way through the crowd to find Niuwa.

"Come on, it’s your turn to work!"

Lin Nianhe picked up the wooden stump and the samples, gesturing for Niuwa to follow.

"Okay!"

Niuwa followed Lin Nianhe happily, not feeling any trouble in working.

When the two returned to the booth, most of the people around had already dispersed. The booth setup would not start until tomorrow; they needed first to go back and set up their own factory booth, and also to select two of the best products.

With fewer people, it was easier to get things done. Lin Nianhe put down her stuff and told Niuwa, "Take off your shoes."

"Okay!"

Niuwa bent down to remove his leather shoes, then was lifted onto the booth by Lin Nianhe.

"Walk slowly, be careful," Lin Nianhe cautiously tested letting go of Niuwa.

Niuwa was equally careful, and after moving a few steps, he found the stand very stable and relaxed.

Lin Nianhe handed him a wooden stake, directing him to place it right in the center of the stand.

The wood they brought was from the most beautiful tree Second Uncle Li found after searching the mountains for a long time, pruned of its finer branches, leaving only those thick as fingers capable of providing support. The main body of this section of wood had a diameter of half a meter. To prevent accidents, Second Uncle Li prepared many mortise and tenon joints for the extendable branches, which could be assembled as needed.

Second Uncle Li also specifically drilled a hole at the bottom of the wooden stake and filled it with a lead block to stabilize the base.

For such precise carpentry, Lin Nianhe had asked Factory Director Ji for two hundred yuan in compensation for Second Uncle Li.

At this moment, Niuwa stood on the stand, and following Lin Nianhe’s directions, positioned the wooden stake properly, securing its branches one by one.

Their actions quickly attracted the attention of the bystanders.

It wasn’t due to the surprise of the wooden stake’s appearance, but because there was a child here!

Probably the only child at the entire Spring Trade Fair!

At this moment, they only wanted to ask Lin Nianhe one question—What were you thinking?

Where there’s curiosity, there are always inquiries.

To this, Lin Nianhe responded nonchalantly: "Children are useful too. Look, he’s doing tasks we adults couldn’t handle."

After all, a stand is still a stand, and particularly since this belongs to the textile exhibition team, it doesn’t have very good load-bearing capacity. If an adult stepped on it, it might just break in two.

This left no room for refutation. After watching for a while, they went on about their own tasks.

Niuwa worked industriously, and soon, a fine layer of sweat covered his forehead.

Lin Nianhe fanned him from the side, muttering, "It’s so hot here, and our place isn’t ventilated... We need to figure out how to get an electric fan."

Niuwa looked at her questioningly: "What’s an electric fan?"

The little guy was curious, having never seen an electric fan.

Lin Nianhe paused briefly, explaining, "It’s an appliance that blows air when plugged in. Tomorrow, I’ll go out and find one."

Niuwa blinked his eyes trustingly, choosing to believe Lin Nianhe without any doubts.

While Second Uncle Li was making the wooden stand, he felt these fellows weren’t cut out for carpentry, so he simplified everything as much as possible and marked numbers on the branch joints for assembly, allowing Niuwa to finish it in twenty minutes.

"Niuwa, sit down for a bit. Don’t move around too much; keep it stable. I’m going to check the effect," Lin Nianhe handed her fan to Niuwa.

Niuwa obediently sat down, motionless: "Okay."

Lin Nianhe stepped back several steps, standing at the door to scrutinize their wood.

On the white-covered stand, a brown "coral tree" was centered, its crown about two meters in diameter, complementing the four-meter diameter of the stand as if it were meticulously designed. Its branches were not dense, but artistically arranged like a carefully carved ornament.

Lin Nianhe walked around the stand to ensure every part was perfect before returning to Niuwa, giving her a thumbs up: "Luckily we have you, otherwise this task would really be impossible!"

Niuwa smiled, his small face beaded with sweat, yet his smile was exceedingly satisfied.

He reached out to Lin Nianhe: "Sister Hehe, hand me the sample, I’ll hang it up."

"Rest a bit more before doing that, come, I’ll help you down."

"I’m not tired, really, let’s finish this quickly!"

"Well... okay then, but you have to tell me if you get tired."

"Mm!"