Qin Huaimin really did start checking the moment he got his hands on them.
From every pile, he randomly pulled out five or six big brooms, hefted them in his hands, swept the ground with them, then tugged at the Jiji Grass.
There was a hint of amusement in Li Long's expression.
"Xiao Long, that look on your face... I don't see anything wrong with Qin's inspection. He's being pretty thorough. Why are you looking at him like he's an amateur?" Sharp-eyed Li Xiangqian noticed Li Long's expression and pulled him aside to ask quietly.
"Section Chief, we're among friends, so since you asked, I'll tell you the truth. Section Chief Qin's method is perfectly fine for ordinary brooms, and it certainly looks the part, but if you inspect Jiji Grass brooms this way, every single one will pass.
"We found fifty or sixty faulty ones ourselves. If Section Chief Qin inspected those, he'd pass every one, but we wouldn't let brooms like that leave our hands."
"Then how should they be checked?"
"See how he's mainly looking at the Jiji Grass? When he inspects them, he needs to check not just the grass but the handles too. With Achnatherum splendens, it's not only a question of whether it's firmly secured. You also have to see whether it's brittle and breaks easily.
"You check whether the handle is tied on straight, whether the wire loops are twisted tight, and whether enough has been burned and chopped off the tips of the grass.
"Checking those things mainly prevents problems after the big broom has been used for a while: the grass might not come loose, but it could snap, the handle could fall off, or the wire loops could come undone.
"Some people pass off inferior goods as quality ones, tying