The next day, Gu Xingping went to school, Gu Xingye went to Liu Yong to discuss selling grain, and Chen Lishu went to the department store.
After a night of hard thinking, she finally came up with a solution.
Nowadays, people's living conditions are limited, and the cuffs of shirts or sweaters worn under many people's coats are badly worn, and in some cases, the inner cuffs are even bare.
Since there is a 'fake collar', she can also make 'fake sleeves'. A pair of sleeves doesn't use much fabric. When the time comes, she will launch a discounted set, so she won't worry about no one buying it.
All the way to the department store, Chen Lishu fell in love with an acrylic fabric, which was thick, soft and brightly colored. There were three colors: red, green and blue.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Chen Lishu went to the back door of Nanhaitao and bought two pieces of acrylic fabric and two pieces of pure white fabric to make "fake collars".
By the time she paid all the money and cloth checks, she had not even half an inch of cloth checks left in her hand.
"I'll drive you back." Nan Haitao said after seeing her buying so much fabric.
"Don't bother. I'll ask someone to come and get it in the afternoon." Gu Xingye happened to be there. Besides, not only do you need gas tickets to fill up now, but the price is not cheap either.
"Let's go, I just happened to be on my way out to do some errands." Nan Haitao asked the warehouse manager to carry the fabrics to the car without any explanation.
Chen Lishu had no choice but to get in the car with her.
Nan Haitao took her all the way home and helped her move the fabric into the house before driving away.
After sending the person away, Chen Lishu glanced at the time and saw that it was almost time for the students to take lunch break. She put some underwear in her bag, locked the courtyard door, and rushed towards No. 6 Middle School.
When they arrived, Zhang Li and Li Fang were already waiting at the school gate. Chen Lishu hurriedly walked a few steps over and said with a smile, "I'm sorry that something delayed me for a while."
"It's okay, the teacher has finished the class and we have only arrived not long ago." Li Fang said with a smile.
"Sister Chen, I still want to..."
"There are many people here, let's go to the other end and talk." Chen Lishu interrupted Zhang Li in time and raised her finger to point to the entrance of an alley not far away.
Soon the three of them arrived at the entrance of the alley. Zhang Li couldn't wait to say: "Sister Chen, I will take thirty pieces this time."
Chen Lishu was shocked: "So many?"
Zhang Li smiled sheepishly: "I showed the underwear to my former classmates, and now there are many people who want to buy it, so I asked them to pay some order money first."
After listening to her words, Chen Lishu immediately admired the little girl in front of her a little more.
Soon Chen Lishu collected the money and paid for the goods. The two agreed on the time and place of the next transaction, and she went straight home.
Gu Xingye happened to be at home when he got home. He had already agreed with Liu Yong to come over to pick up the grain in the evening, and was about to take half a bag of grain to sell on the black market.
"Be careful when you go out."
Chen Lishu warned him and when she saw him going out, she went back to the house and took the newly bought fabric and started cutting out the 'fake sleeves'.
The cost of a pair of "fake sleeves" is about 1.5 yuan, so she decided to sell it for 2 yuan individually. If she bought it as a set, she would get a discount of 5 yuan.
Because the workmanship was simple, she quickly made two pairs and came out. Seeing that Gu Xingping was about to finish school, Chen Lishu got up and went to cook.
In the evening, Liu Yong rode over and bought all the remaining two and a half bags of grain, and ordered another 200 kilograms.
The business of his restaurant was good this year. He was so busy that he even hired two relatives to help him. As the demand increased, so did the food ingredients.
"My business has been good since winter. Sister, please see if you can get me two pigs. If you can get some vegetables, you can also get me some. The price is negotiable."
With money in his hands, he naturally becomes more courageous, and he is not as timid as he was last year.
"I'll try my best."
Chen Lishu didn't dare to lie, after all, there were few dishes in winter, especially in the north, cabbage, radish, potato seeds, even these were not much left by each family.
After seeing off Liu Yong, Chen Lishu took the fabric and "fake sleeves" and went to Wang's house.
The fake collar and sleeves had no technical content, and not much fabric was used. She planned to stock up on more goods first. At least she could make more money first. After the subsequent price reduction, the benefits tended to equal the cost, so she could give up this piece.
Went.
Gu Xingye was going back to the village the next day, and Chen Lishu went back with him, picking up some fabrics along the way.
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At Chen Mancang's house, Zhang Chunhua had been stretching his neck to pay attention to the movement outside. As soon as he saw Chen Mancang's figure, he immediately opened the door to welcome him out.
"What did the acquisition station say this time, did you keep it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Baozhu came in pushing a cart, his voice angry and helpless: "The staff said the weight was not up to standard, and they kicked him out without even letting me put it on the scale."
"Originally, the pigs were frightened and stopped eating after a long trip, but now I have to do it twice."
Chen Mancang is also very angry. This year, he has some surplus food at home and is thinking of raising a pig to sell to the purchasing station at the end of the year so that his hands can be loosened more quickly. Who knows that the pig split its legs in the summer and does not like to eat after that.
Zhang Chunhua was anxious: "The price of pork is calculated by the pound, so why don't we accept it? Why don't you say something nice to beg them?"
Chen Mancang rolled his eyes at her: "What do you know, you old bitch, that we don't know how to say nice things? You just barely bowed to them. They dragged each of them to the tune of 2,580,000 yuan, and it was useless to say anything."
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"What should we do? Seeing that we have been raising it for so long and it has not grown any meat, we are not using it as food if we keep struggling with it any longer!"
"If that doesn't work, kill yourself and keep the meat." Chen Baozhu said angrily.
"What's the condition? I can keep it for myself to eat."
Seeing Chen Mancang and his son starting to unload the pigs, Zhang Chunhua suddenly felt blessed. He said to the father and his son: "His father, isn't the second brother's family also raising pigs this year? His pigs are very fat and strong. The purchasing station
I am definitely willing to accept it. If we send it over with his family, will the purchasing station accept it?"
After she reminded him, Chen Mancang's eyes lit up.
Lean meat is not popular these days, and buying stations are happy to accept fat pigs.
"I'm going to talk to my second brother right away." Chen Mancang said as he walked towards the courtyard gate, but was stopped by Zhang Chunhua.
"Why are you going to do this? I'll tell our mother later and let her go."
The pork collected at the purchasing station is also graded. Their pigs are not weighed enough, so they can only drag Chen Mantun's family. This will definitely affect the grade of Chen Mantun's family. Downgrading involves money. This kind of thing makes Mrs. Chen
If Chen Mandun and his wife came forward, they would definitely agree and not refuse.
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"Dad, do you still remember Liu Yong from the state-owned hotel in town?"
Chen Mandun smiled and nodded: "I even gave him game meat last year."
Chen Lishu nodded: "Last year, my husband's pigs were sold to him. One piece and three pounds per pound, which is several cents more expensive than the purchasing station. He wants to collect more pork this year, so just sell the pigs at home to him."
The Gu family will definitely keep some more pork this year because Gu Xingye is getting married. It is better to sell the Chen family's pigs to Liu Yong than to go to the black market again.