What Li Xiaoai embroidered was a lotus, and every petal was embroidered vividly.
Really good.
There was surprise on Li Rong's face: "Grandma Zhang's craftsmanship is really good, the sword is still young. And Xiao Ai, looks so young, I didn't expect to be able to embroider such beautiful flowers. Grandma Mo taught me?"
"Well," Li Xiaoai was at the age where she loved to hear compliments, and nodded vigorously, "I learned from my grandma when I was a child."
Grandma Mo was smiling at the side, and Grandma Zhang said: "It's good. Among today's young people, who would be willing to embroider since elementary school? I heard that gringos have machines and can embroider things quickly."
Machines can indeed embroider, especially private garment factories in Yangcheng, which already have machine embroidery.
However, this machine is expensive and not many garment factories can afford it.
Li Rong is not ready to take the road of batch-making ready-made clothes in a garment factory, and she doesn't care about that much now.
In later generations, she was also a fashion designer, and she took a longer-term view than they did.
In this world, things with less will always sell for higher prices.
There are also handmade things, which are best sold at high prices.
In later generations, among those high-end custom-made clothing brands that have existed for decades or hundreds of years, which one does not carry the banner of pure handcrafting?
Li Rong is still doing private customization. Although it has not reached the level of world-renowned haute couture, she is already working hard.
As people's economy improves, Li Rong will have more and more private appointments.
As long as she insists on making good clothes and marketing, Li Rong believes that one day she will be able to make the "Furong" brand famous all over the world.
It's too far gone.
Li Rongzhanyan: "Embroidery is a craft, and it's good to be able to do it. Those things that can be embroidered by machines are all made in batches, and the stitches are not particularly tight. When you see them,
I just know that my embroidery is beautiful."
"Xiao Rong is indeed a business owner. She has even seen the embroidery done by the machine."
Zheng Yanhong went home after watching the embroidery.
Yesterday, Grandma Mo was asked to start working today. Li Rong asked the other two: "Can we start working now?"
The two of them nodded in unison: "Okay."
Li Rong took out the cloth she had cut out earlier and drew a picture on it with a pencil.
The large sleeves of the coat are for Grandma Zhang, and the shoulder fabric is for Li Xiaoai.
The Li Rong skirt is divided into two parts, one for Granny Mo.
Grandma Mo and Grandma Zhang were embroiderers in the past, and they knew the fabric was not cheap as soon as they got it.
"Hi~ This purple is so beautiful, how did you dye it?" Grandma Mo has not seen such good fabric for a long time, and the color is so beautiful.
Li Rong: "I don't know. The fabrics are all imported from abroad. If you ask me how to dye them, I really don't know how. I can only make clothes."
Holding the cloth and feeling its delicate feel, Granny Zhang asked uneasily, "Isn't this cloth quite expensive? Are we allowed to touch such a good cloth, and are we not afraid of screwing it up?"
"I have seen your craftsmanship. I can also embroider myself. I can tell at a glance that your craftsmanship is of the level of a master. I believe you will be able to embroider well. Besides, I have no doubts about employing people. Since I keep you, I will
I won’t doubt you.”
The top of the high-quality fabric was the silvery gray color of pencil. A few people could only tell that they were flowers, but they didn't know what color Li Rong wanted or what kind of flowers they were.
Before they could ask questions, Li Rong took out the design she drew and placed it in front of them: "This time we are going to embroider this outfit."
The three of them looked at the drawn design and remained silent for a while.
Although this dress looks nice, there is something strange about it.
I can't say what's weird about it, it just looks good.
"What do you usually wear clothes like this?" Grandma Mo asked the other two people what they were thinking.
Li Rong smiled and explained to them: "I am a student at Tsinghua University, and this is my entry for the competition. In the fashion design competition, what is important is fashion sense and stunningness. As for where to wear it, it is not a necessary consideration.
factor."
A few people seem to understand, but they probably still don’t understand what Li Rong mainly does in terms of personal customization.
I only know that I am an embroiderer.
Forget it, they will gradually understand this later, so Li Rong is not going to spend time explaining it to them.
Li Xiaoai's eyes were full of surprise and admiration: "Sister Li Rong, you are actually from Qingda University, you are so powerful!"
Li Rong smiled: "Ready to graduate."
Li Xiaoai calculated: "Wow! Then you are still a candidate for the first batch of the resumed college entrance examination, right? If you can get into Tsinghua University at that time, your results should be among the best in the province, right?"
Li Rong laughed out loud: "It's all over. The future is still up to you. Study hard and pass the university entrance examination."
Li Xiaoai's eyes dimmed, and she pulled her lips and smiled: "I don't even go to school anymore!"
"Huh?" Li Rong saw that both her grandfather and grandson didn't want to say anything, so she didn't dig any further. Now she mainly wanted to make clothes.
I thought I would ask if I have any chance in the future, if I have any difficulties, I would like to help if I can.
Li Rong changed the topic: "By the way, when you work here, you get a meal for lunch and no accommodation. The wages here are calculated as commission, and the commission is different for each piece of clothing. I will elaborate on it later. Now that this piece is ready, here it is.
The commission of 30 yuan each of you will definitely be higher than that of future customers. I hope you won’t be dissatisfied when you get less than 30 yuan as a customer in the future.”
Although they didn’t understand what Li Rong meant by customer order, and they didn’t know how much they could get based on the commission, but just after the dress was finished, they received thirty yuan, which was enough to surprise them!
"Thirty dollars?"
Grandma Mo was stunned: "I have been saving scraps for a month and haven't even sold them for thirty!"
Grandma Zhang was equally surprised. She originally came with Grandma Mo to have a look, and she didn't think about how much money she could earn. She just wanted to find some work and earn some money to support her family.
Li Xiaoai almost jumped up: "Thirty! Grandma! I can earn thirty from embroidery!"
In 1982, the wages of workers in cotton textile factories were calculated according to their grades. Level one was a little over thirty, level two seemed to be thirty-six, and the highest was level eight. The specific monthly wages are not clear.
If you embroider the flowers on your hands now, you can get thirty!
It’s a very, very high salary!
Li Rong waited until they were happy and said again: "This is just the commission for this dress. The commission in the future may be a few yuan, a dozen yuan, or of course, it may be hundreds."
They are only responsible for embroidery, and they are given thirty yuan for this dress. Everyone who looks at it will exclaim that the salary is high!
Although it looks like a lot, it doesn't mean that Li Rong is someone who has money to burn and is being taken advantage of.
In Li Rong's eyes, the work they do is only worth so much money, and there is no need to reduce workers' wages for the sake of net profit.
They are considered the beneficiaries of intangible cultural heritage. If they receive it at a low price, then who will do this business in the future?
Li Rong's private orders sell at high prices, so she is naturally willing to pay high wages to her workers.