Chapter Ninety-Seven: Melon and Pumpkin

  Before Ning Qingming's rebirth, apart from not counting as a romantic relationship with Guo Shangliang, she had never been in close contact with other boys. Emotionally speaking, she was still a blank sheet of paper. As soon as she thought that Du Hujia might also have feelings for her, her heart started racing wildly. Although she was holding something in her hand, she still felt like she didn't know where to put her hands and feet, feeling a bit at a loss and flustered.

  "I feel like there's a burning sensation on my back, as if many people are staring at the big characters on my back and reading them." Du Huajia raised his eyes and found that although the market was crowded and noisy, many people were still looking at him. He coolly said: "You're not doing your own business well, why are you staring at me?"

  Ning Qing glanced sideways at Du Huo's home, secretly laughing so hard his belly hurt. He wore an advertising T-shirt like a tight-fitting shirt, but below it were high-end pants and shoes. His thick, jet-black hair exuded the charm of a mature man. Every gesture he made seemed to scream "successful man", yet he was holding a bunch of wilted vegetables, making him look utterly ridiculous.

  "Hmm, they rarely see a handsome guy at the vegetable market, so of course they want to take a good look. Ning Qingming chuckled, "They're looking at them, anyway you won't be shortchanged on meat, it's fine."

  Du Huajia was usually in the company, staring at employees with a glare that made them too afraid to speak. But when he saw the vegetable vendors and young women at the market staring back at him defiantly, he didn't know what to do. He turned his head to see Ning Qingmian laughing and said with annoyance: "I'm actually very conservative, how can I let them look at me wildly?"

  "Haha......" Ning Qing couldn't help it anymore, half bent down, laughing so hard she couldn't move.

  Two people came out of the vegetable market, Du Hu almost had a look of fleeing in disarray, wiping his sweat and saying: "These aunties at the vegetable market are really fierce, they look at you with a straight gaze, almost making me think I'm a delicious snack."

  Ning Qingmin got on, and all the way she secretly smiled.

  Du Huajia saw Ning Qing's mouth corners rising, her cheeks white with a hint of red, and her face filled with an uncontrollable smile. She couldn't help but turn her head and say: "It's rare to see you so happy!"

  "Really?" Ning Qing's eyes sparkled with water as she looked at Du Hua, "Was I always a sour face before?"

  "Haha. That's not it, I just didn't want to look at her gloomy face." Du Hu looked ahead, accidentally meeting Ning Qing's eyes. His heart skipped a beat. It was safer not to look at her.

  Ning Qingmian saw Du Hu's family focus on starting the car. She sneaked a peek at his profile. Took another look at the advertisement shirt he was wearing. Reminded of when he showed off his abs before. Her face turned red and her heart skipped a beat. Didn't dare to look at him again. Turned her head towards the outside of the car.

  Arrived at Du Hu's home, Qing Mian put down the dishes. She couldn't help but run to his original study room first and took a look. Exclaimed: "Wow, there are new books and advertisements for learning." Last time, Ning Qingmian borrowed several practical business books from Du Hu, gained a lot, and was thinking of borrowing a few more from him. Glancing around the room, it seemed that some more books had appeared. She said, "It didn't seem like there were so many books last time."

  "Uh-huh. I had my older brother buy them overseas and mail them back home. There are many nice ones, let me show you." Du Huajia smiled and said: "Take a look, pick some to take back with you."

  "Great!" Ning Qingming now feels that he has a lot to learn about business and is thinking of finding some practical books on the subject.

  Du You protected his family and saw Ning Qingmian holding a book, reluctant to put it down. He smiled and said: "You read for a while. I'll wash the melon seeds and put them in a purple sand pot to heat up, then let you out to stir-fry dishes later. After dinner, we can have some cool tea!"

  "Uh-huh!" Ning Qingming nodded and said: "I'll flip through it and come right back!"

  Just after a while, "Drip... Drip..." The phone rang. Ning Qingmin took a look at the screen and saw that it was her mom calling. She remembered that she hadn't told her mom yet that she would be late coming home tonight, so maybe her mom was calling to ask why she wasn't coming home for dinner. She quickly picked up the phone and just said "Hello?" when her mom anxiously said on the other end: "Xiao Min, where did you run off to? Your grandma just fell in the bathroom while taking a bath and is now being taken to the hospital. Hurry over."

  Ning Qing was frightened, her grandmother is an older person, and she doesn't know how badly she's hurt. She quickly picked up the phone and told Du Hu's family, then hurried to get to the hospital.

  "I'll take you there!" Du Huajia heard this and didn't care about anything else, grabbed the key and hurriedly followed Ning Qingmian downstairs.

  Rushed to the hospital, the doctor just took a picture of Ning's grandmother and said that she didn't hurt her bones, it wasn't serious, but the elderly were a bit lacking, so it was best to drink some milk in the morning and evening.

  Ning Qing saw that her grandmother's arm was red and swollen, and asked the doctor: "Doctor, do you need to get an injection or take medicine? Can't we just apply some ointment?"

  "It's nothing serious, this swelling will go away on its own." The doctor smiled and said: "Fortunately, it didn't hurt the bone. If it had hurt the bone, your hand would have been crippled."

  Ning's mother saw that it was Du Huajia who accompanied Ning Qingmian to come, and she had already understood that her daughter had gone out with him, but she didn't say anything. She waited for Du Huajia to bring them...

  Home, An Dun good Ning outside grandma, just pulled over Ning Qingmin said: "Xiao Min, home appointment? Ah, Mom didn't tell you, he's not a good match?"

  "Mom, don't worry about it." Ning Qingming said somewhat irritably, lowering her head: "He and I are just ordinary friends, that's all."

  Ning's mother sighed, stroking Ning Qingming's head and said: "Xiao Min, Mom hopes you can be happy, don't follow in my footsteps, okay? If you must be with him, you need to have some strength of your own, so you won't get bullied by him.

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  "Hmm!" After Ning Qing's mom went out, she went to see her grandma again and saw that she was asleep. She finally put her mind at ease and entered her own room. Her phone rang, it was a call from Du Huo's family. Du Huo's family asked a few simple questions about Ning's grandma, heard that there was nothing wrong with her, and laughed saying: "No problem is good!"

  "Right, you're going out to eat, aren't you? The dishes in the kitchen need to be refrigerated, some of them will be thrown away by the cleaning service tomorrow, don't let them go bad. Those few packs of iced tea, just ask the cleaning service to make it for you when you want it!" Ning Qingming instructed a few sentences, planning to cook a few more dishes for Du Huajia to eat, but didn't expect her grandmother to fall down, and now Du Huajia is standing in front of the kitchen, probably not knowing how to deal with all those dishes.

  "When I came back, the melon bone soup was just done. Just now when I drank it, I smelled the melon and felt a strong pumpkin flavor, used chopsticks to scoop it up, and it scattered, then took another sip, only to realize that this so-called melon was actually a pumpkin." Du Huajia said with a smile on the other side: "I remember I bought both melons and pumpkins."

  Ning Qing smiled, the flesh of the watermelon and pumpkin are red, with black seeds in the middle. If you peel them off and cut them up, they're all just a big red block. Du Hu's family would definitely not be able to tell them apart and would mistake the pumpkin for watermelon.

  "Hmm, from this dish, I realize that cooking also requires talent. My talent is clearly not in cooking." Du Huajia looked a bit embarrassed, "The soup tastes too bland and is hard to drink, I forgot to add salt."

  "Haha, you still have takeout!" Ning Qing thought of Du Huo's embarrassed expression when he was cooking soup and couldn't help but laugh.

  "I'll send over the books you've flipped through when I arrive." Du Hu's family came from the other side with the sound of flipping books, "These few are not bad."

  "Good!" Ning Qing felt that since Du Huo's family was so familiar with him, saying thank you would be a bit insincere, and his tone became more casual.

  After a few days, Ning's grandmother's arm also disappeared, and Ning Qingmin was still worried, so he accompanied her to the hospital for another check-up. After the doctor confirmed that everything was fine, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. After sending his grandmother back home, Ning Qingmin was busy with the autumn clothing launch event. Some matters were still handed over to the advertising company that had taken photos last time, and both parties had good communication after contacting each other again, quickly reaching an agreement to invite a singer to perform a few songs at the launch event to create momentum.

  When Ning Qingming hung up the phone, Sun Wen said beside him: "Boss, the commercial vehicle you ordered last time, the car dealership called and said it's arrived. They want us to go over for a test drive!"

  "Alright, let's go with the installment payment method for this car." Ning Qingming had invested a lot of money in Li Zili's factory and didn't have much cash on hand. With the autumn fashion show coming up, he needed to spend more money, but if they had domestic clients, they would need to invite them to attend the fashion show, which meant they needed a car for transportation. Buying a car was already urgent, and since they were short on cash, installment payments were the only option. Given that Ning Qingming had assets, this method was also welcome by the car dealership.

  "Boss, I didn't expect that holding an autumn wear release conference would cost so much money." Zhang Yu had been following Ning Qingmian in and out of spending money for the past few days, and was heartbroken. He stuck out his tongue and said: "Just renting a place from others at the square costs a lot of money, and the rent is even calculated by the hour, it's too ruthless."

  "It's worth spending the money, I want to make my business bigger and better, this money has to be spent." Ning Qing smiled calmly, combining her past experience with the business insights she was desperately absorbing now, knowing that some expenses were unavoidable.

  Products need to be known by more people, advertising is the best way, and press conferences must go smoothly.

  When we find that the varieties of similar products are increasing, dazzling and difficult to choose, at this time, we will habitually choose those products that have been advertised and impressed. For example, for the same type of shampoo, those with advertisements are naturally more popular than those without advertisements. Clothing is also the case, even if it is branded clothing, those with more advertisements will always sell more than those with fewer advertisements in a certain period of time.

  Many consumers have inertial consumption, that is, they are used to buying goods of a certain brand. As long as the product does not go wrong, it will generally not shift its target to buy another similar product. However, if some advertisements attract their attention, they may shift their target based on the psychology of trying it out. If there is no advertisement at all, it will only miss the opportunity.