Nan Haitao took her all the way home and moved the fabric to her house before driving away.
With the fabric in hand, Chen Lishu first sent some of it to Wang's house, and after returning home, she began to make underwear in earnest.
She made a total of four pieces of underwear in one afternoon. She took a look at the time and it was almost time for Gu Xingping to leave school. She thought that Ding Yongfeng and Sun Shuzhen were not here during this period, and Ding Chen would probably have to make do with dinner alone at home, so she got up and went out.
Before leaving, I took the mustard and frozen tofu I brought from the village to the kitchen to melt, then I wrapped myself in a hat and scarf and went to the grocery store to buy meat.
After buying the meat, she started to make dinner. She was simmering the rice in the pot and simmering the vegetables on the stove. The time was just right. When the pot was about to be cooked, Gu Xingping was out of school.
"Little sister, please wash your hands first. Uncle Ding and the others are not at home. I will go next door to call Ding Chen and ask him to come over and eat together."
"Okay, Sister-in-law, you go ahead." Gu Xingping put down her schoolbag and took the basin and started to fetch water.
When Chen Lishu left, Ding Chen was preparing to soak pancakes in hot water. When he heard Chen Lishu calling him to eat, he immediately threw away the hard pancakes in his hand and followed him.
"No news from uncle and aunt?" Chen Lishu couldn't help but ask while serving rice.
Ding Yongfeng and Sun Shuzhen were selected as the teachers responsible for correcting test papers in the province this time. After Chen Lishu and the others had just finished the exam, they were arranged to go to another county to be closed down.
"I have to finish all the test papers and record and sort them out. I don't think I'll be able to do it for ten or twenty days."
After all, there are hundreds of thousands of candidates in the province, which is a lot of workload. Even if dozens of teachers work overtime, it will take a long time to complete the approval.
Ding Chen took the time to reply, then lowered his head and continued to eat.
Sun Shuzhen made him a pile of sourdough cakes when she left. Occasionally, he would go to Zhao Kang's place to have a meal. He had acid reflux in his stomach after eating cakes in the past two days.
In the evening, Ding Chen left, Gu Xingping did her homework, and Chen Lishu started cutting underwear.
She spent the next two days making underwear at home, and Gu Xingping also started her final exam.
During this period, Gu Xingye sent food again. Because his wedding was also on the agenda and a lot of things needed to be prepared, the matter of selling food could only be left to Gu Xingmin temporarily.
After Chen Lishu took him to the black market twice, she gave him full responsibility for selling grain.
After Gu Xingping finished her exam, it was also the day that Chen Lishu and Zhang Li agreed to deliver the goods.
"Third sister-in-law, let me go with you." The holiday had just begun and Gu Xingping was not in a hurry to write her winter vacation homework. Seeing Chen Lishu busy making money, she was also a little itchy.
"Okay." Chen Lishu said and put part of her underwear in her bag, and Gu Xingping also put part of it in her bag.
This time Zhang Li ordered thirty items as usual. After paying the goods, the three of them separated.
Since the students were on vacation, the remaining two sisters-in-law had no choice but to target an area for employees' families and then slowly sell it.
In the whole afternoon, only twelve items were sold.
It was cold and dark and early, so the aunt and sister had no choice but to go home for dinner first, and then think about what to do next.
"Sister-in-law, how about we stock up first and wait until school starts?"
She happened to be free during this period. When school started, it would be March next year, and she didn't know what she would be busy with at that time.
The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will not be held until next year, and it will probably be the end of the year when it is fully implemented.
Thinking about this, Chen Lishu couldn't help but sigh in her heart. If there was a store, it would be easy for people to find her. When she was looking for customers, it was like a blind cat slaying a mouse, purely based on probability.
"It would be great if there was a store." Chen Lishu said to herself. Just after she finished speaking, her soul flashed, and she suddenly raised her hand and slapped her forehead heavily: "I am living more and more, how could I forget them?
Already."
"Third sister-in-law, who have you forgotten?" Gu Xingping asked curiously.
Chen Lishu smiled: "Who else could it be? Have you forgotten those supply and marketing cooperatives I went to when we first started doing hairdressing? Their coverage area is much wider than ours."
In the beginning, the sales volume of hairdressing products depended on them, and now the sales volume of underwear can definitely be improved as well.
The more I think about it, the more I think this method is feasible. Anyway, the underwear is small and doesn’t take up much space. They can automatically screen customers as they come into contact with many people every day.
Because she had a plan, Chen Lishu and Gu Xingping went straight to each supply and marketing cooperative the next day, each carrying a bag of underwear.
"Isn't this Comrade Chen? I haven't seen her for more than a year. What have you been busy with recently?" As soon as she entered the first supply and marketing cooperative, the clerk there recognized her.
Chen Lishu took a look at the store and asked with a smile: "Do you still sell things here?"
When the clerk heard her words, he immediately became energetic. When he first started selling hair flowers on behalf of others, he was the first to do it with Chen Lishu. Now there is almost no profit from hair flowers, and many people no longer sell them.
Now Chen Lishu came over and asked, there must be something good, and she had to catch it immediately.
Thinking about this, I couldn't help but curiously asked: "What is this girl doing this time?"
Seeing her interest, Chen Lishu took out a piece of underwear from her bag and said, "Such underwear costs three yuan on the market. If you want to sell it, sister, I can give you these two pieces for trial sale, and I'll get a commission of 10 cents for each piece."
After all, the cost is high, and it is impossible for Chen Lishu to put so much in every house at the beginning.
"I agree to sell." The clerk nodded hurriedly.
You can make a steady profit without spending any money. Even if you only sell one piece a day, you will still make three yuan a month. This is much more profitable than selling flowers.
After thinking about it, the clerk happily left two pieces.
The subsequent ones all had the same effect, eight in total. Seeing that the entire town was covered, Chen Lishu and Gu Xingping started to walk back.
In the next two days, Gu Xingping studied, while Chen Lishu continued to make underwear at home. It was not until the third day that she took her satchel and went to each store to check the situation.
"Sister, you are here. Not long after you left, I sold those two pairs of underwear."
Chen Lishu was surprised: "So fast?"
The clerk said with some pride: "You don't know, although you sell underwear specifically for little girls, you don't actually have to keep an eye on them. Think about how many opportunities they will have to come out to buy things? You have been working here for so many years.
I know how many girls there are in any family. Think about it, if the adults don't pay, where will the children get money?"
Chen Lishu felt that what she said made sense, and she couldn't help but admire her secretly.
No wonder she couldn't sell it before, she was looking for the wrong person.
"Sister, I have a limited amount of goods on hand right now. I will give you these ten pieces first. I will come back in three days. If the sales are good, I will give you more."
The other party nodded happily: "Okay."
Then Chen Lishu visited all the remaining seven houses. The situation was roughly the same as that of the first house. Because the quantity was limited, she could only get three or five pieces from the subsequent houses.