Xue Mao followed Lu Jiajie over, and he had been cooking all three meals a day; now that Xiao Qiu had come over, he went out with Lu Jiajie as well.
Lu Jiajie was responsible for procurement and communicating with several leather factories and processing plants. The four people he brought along, Ah Sheng, Ah Le, and Sha Xiangyang, were each assigned to one of three shoe processing plants—to oversee progress and ensure quality; Master Jia was in charge of inspecting raw materials. His thirty-plus years of experience in a shoe factory meant he could identify the quality of leather and cotton padding at a glance, and he could easily distinguish real from fake leather by touch. He would also handle the final inspection of the shoes. This job wasn't strenuous, but it required someone experienced and with integrity. As for Lu Jiazong, he had moved into the rented warehouse and would be in charge of guarding it from now on.
