After the matter was settled, Chen Lishu not only continued to make windbreakers after returning home, she also found time to design several other clothes.
Anything that is too avant-garde is definitely not suitable. Thinking of the bat shirts and double-breasted dresses that were popular in the 1980s, Chen Lishu made two of each, as well as men's tunic suits and later popular jacket overalls. She
They also made two clothes. After finishing all these, they were all sent to Zhao Kang at once.
Seeing that the delivery date agreed with Nan Haitao was approaching, Chen Lishu made a special trip back to the village.
The busy spring plowing has come to an end. During this period, Zhang Qin, Li Xiulan and Liu Yuemin made a total of twenty-five windbreakers.
There happened to be a few days of free time in the village, and Chen Lishu thought that she still had some dry goods collected years ago that she could fry and sell at the train station. Now is the time of spring when there are not many snacks, so the prices will definitely rise again.
Thinking of this, Chen Lishu asked Gu Xingye to go to town with her.
The next day, Gu Xingye was frying melon seeds at home, and Chen Lishu sent the thirty agreed-upon clothes to Nan Haitao, and at the same time brought back some fabrics.
"Sister Chen, you are back."
"Why don't you go into the courtyard and stand here?" As soon as Chen Lishu turned around the alley, she saw Ding Chen standing at the door of her courtyard.
"I saw Brother Xingye was busy, so I didn't go over to disturb him."
Chen Lishu knew that Gu Xingye had always been hostile to Ding Chen, so the child became a little frightened when she saw Gu Xingye.
"It's okay, you come in with me." Chen Lishu smiled at him and pushed open the courtyard door.
Ding Chen glanced at the courtyard and shook his head and said: "No, I just came to tell you that the photo studio has been doing well in the past two days. Brother Zhao is very happy, and some people have started to ask where to buy the clothes. We will all follow your instructions.
We made an appointment in the alley behind the department store. The time is next Thursday. I have written down all the customer's requests for you."
"Thank you so much."
Chen Lishu didn't expect Ding Chen to be so attentive. She took the paper he handed over and said thank you with a smile.
This kind of private transaction must not be arranged at home. The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has not yet been held, self-employment is not allowed, and renting a store is too conspicuous. Chen Lishu had to come up with an impossible solution, changing the time every week
Location, through Zhao Kang and the others, they will be able to help customers more centrally, and there will be no need to run around, which will save a lot of time.
After sending the person away, Chen Lishu just entered the house and found that Gu Xingye had fried half a bag of melon seeds. She grabbed a handful and tasted them and found that they tasted very good.
"I can't help but let it go when the weather gets warm. It gets wet easily once I let it go, so I don't dare to speculate more. I'll take some of it to the station to try it out later. If it sells well, I'll speculate more tomorrow."
Chen Lishu nodded when she heard what he said. Before entering the house, she did not forget to warn: "Pay attention to safety when you go. If something goes wrong, you would rather take away the things than get caught."
Gu Xingye nodded in agreement, and then went out with half a bag of melon seeds.
After Chen Lishu returned to the room, she opened the paper Ding Chen gave her and roughly counted the number of people who had made reservations. There were more than twenty people.
Looking at the dense records above, Chen Lishu felt a little worried. She would definitely not be able to handle so many orders with only one pair of hands, and she had been busy making clothes during this period and even delayed her studies. It would definitely not work if it continued like this. It seemed that she had to think about it.
A way to expand production scale.
If you want to expand the scale of production, you need manpower, and preferably a sewing machine. After thinking about it, Chen Lishu decided to go to Wang Chenglin's house next door.
Wang Chenglin and his wife both work in a clothing factory and are definitely familiar with making clothes, and their home happens to have a sewing machine. The most important thing is that her family has a large population, with seniors and juniors, and a lot of expenses. Chen Lishu knows that both of them are familiar with each other for such a long time.
He is a kind person, and even if he disagrees, he will definitely not say anything out loud.
Thinking about this, Chen Lishu immediately decided to go to Wang's house to explore the situation after dinner.
"Third sister-in-law, I'm back." In the afternoon, Chen Lishu was cutting clothes when Gu Xingye suddenly opened the door and came in.
Chen Lishu raised her head in surprise: "Why did you come back so quickly and sell well?"
"No." Gu Xingye hurriedly poured himself a glass of water. After drinking it in one gulp, he finally felt that his smoky throat had calmed down a lot: "The sales are so good, all the ones I brought are gone."
Immediately afterwards, Gu Xingye poured out a lot of cents from his bag. They were all one-cent and two-cent pieces, and occasionally one-cent pieces. He straightened them up and stacked them together, then slowly counted them. At the end of the count, he was shocked.
"Sister-in-law, five dollars, eighty-six cents!" He had not been out for three hours. And before he left, he weighed himself and found that the melon seeds he brought over were only thirty-two kilograms, which was almost two cents a kilogram.
Yes, the key is that the price charged at the beginning was only a few cents.
Knowing that this thing was profitable, Gu Xingye immediately became very motivated. After collecting the money, he went out to fry melon seeds again.
When he finished frying the melon seeds to be sold tomorrow, Chen Lishu looked at the time and Gu Xingping was about to finish school, so she put down her work and went to cook.
After dinner, Gu Xingping cleaned up the kitchen, and Chen Lishu took a pound of melon seeds to Wang's house.
"Sister, here you go, sit down quickly." The Wang family had just finished eating. When Sun Min saw her coming in, he handed the work in his hands to his sister-in-law and casually wiped his hands to greet her.
"There were some melon seeds left during the Chinese New Year at home, and my uncle came over to fry them today, so I brought them over to give the children a snack." Chen Lishu smiled and handed the melon seeds in her hand to Sun Min.
Several children of the Wang family were doing homework around the square table. When they heard there were melon seeds to eat, their eyes lit up.
"Hurry up and do your homework. Don't procrastinate and light a lamp to cook at night. Electronic writing is not money, right?"
Sun Min scolded the children and took the melon seeds handed over by Chen Lishu: "Sister, you are too polite. These children will be very lucky since you moved here."
The relationship between the two families was good. Chen Lishu would occasionally bring something back from the countryside and not only give it to the Ding family, but she would also never forget the Wang family.
"It is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. It is not a valuable thing at all, but it just takes advantage of the fact that our home is in a rural area."
After saying this, Chen Lishu looked at the room and saw that no one else was around, and then said seriously: "I came here this time to ask my sister-in-law if there is an opportunity to make money in my spare time, would you do it?"
Chen Lishu did not explain everything clearly at the beginning. If Sun Min did not agree, there would be no need for her to go on.