Phi-Fic Chapter 191 Processing scraps of cloth
Chapter 191 Processing scraps of cloth
Lunch was prepared by the three Zhou Rong sisters, and Zhou Jiaguang and Chen Zhan Ning helped pick vegetables and light the fire.
During the meal, Shen Chunheng changed his silent nature and took Zhou's father to chat about some things in the countryside while drinking.
The two of them got along very well and soon became brothers.
Shen Bohang thought his father would fail today, but he didn't expect him to be so talented and could deal with his future grandfather so quickly.
As expected of a dad!
According to the rules, before the Shen family left, the Zhou family had to return some of the gifts to the Shen family, two or four of each.
As the saying goes, a daughter is her mother's flesh and blood, and she is reluctant to give her daughter to others. Zhou's mother kept the 6 kilograms of meat brought by the Shen family, and returned the rest to the Shen family in four portions, and also gave Shen Bohang a red envelope of 66 yuan.
Shen Bohang immediately gave the red envelope to Zhou Gui, saying that it was agreed before that the family’s money would be kept by her.
When everyone saw this, they all praised Shen Bohang as a good man who loved his wife. They also teased Zhou Gui, saying that she had become the head of the family so quickly.
Zhou Gui's cheeks turned redder and redder...
After the two got married, Shen Bohang would go to Zhou's house whenever he was not busy at work. He learned cooking from Zhou Jiaguang seriously and tried to gain favor with Zhou's family.
If he doesn't learn how to cook, there will be more people to speak well of him, so that the wedding won't be ruined...
Zhou Xiang and Zhou Tian also studied in private schools for several years. They were young and went to night school alone. Zhou Chuanxiang was worried, so at Zhou Rong's suggestion, when he went to apply for a grain purchase certificate, he gave some gifts to Tao Fen from the neighborhood committee and got a letter of recommendation for junior high school.
Let the two sisters start directly from the first grade of junior high school. After graduation, they will have a formal academic degree and can go to technical secondary school or high school.
Zhou Rong lent the elementary school textbooks she got from school to Zhou Xiang and Zhou Tian, asking them to study at home. If they didn't understand something, they could come and ask her.
Shen Xiaomei felt sorry for Zhou Jiashun's hard work in earning money, and she didn't want to sit around and do nothing, so she carried her son Tiedan on her back every day to go out and look for a job.
I originally wanted to leave Tiedan to the care of Zhou Jiaci's daughter-in-law Wan Chunmiao, but for some reason, Tiedan and Shitou were incompatible and would fight whenever they were together, and they would not stop until the other person cried.
Zhou's mother had to take care of Zhou Qinghong and Nini, and was also busy with embroidery. Shen Xiaomei didn't want to disturb her, so she had to take Tiedan to find a job.
There is a shortage of jobs in the city now. Even the able-bodied people may not be able to find a job, let alone her with a child?
No unit wants her.
Shen Xiaomei was worried about this for several days.
Zhou's mother told Zhou Rong about her situation and whispered, "Xiaomei is also a poor child. Her family has been poor since she was a child and she has never had a good life. After moving to the city, she was afraid of being a burden to Jiashun, so she went out to look for work every day.
I asked her to leave Tiedan with me, but she didn't want to trouble me and insisted on taking the child with her to look for a job. Which boss would dare to hire her in that state?
If you have any connections, please help her. She and Jiashun are not ungrateful people and will definitely remember your kindness in the future."
Zhou Rong thought for a moment and asked, "Can she sew?"
Zhou's mother: "Who in the countryside doesn't know how to sew? The clothes Jiashun and Tiedan are wearing were all made by Xiaomei herself.
Boss Song's embroidery shop has not received many orders recently, otherwise I would have asked her to do embroidery with me."
Zhou Rong: "I will go to the store tomorrow and talk to Xu Man, and then give you a reply."
Mother Zhou: "Okay, if it's inconvenient, forget it. Xu Man has helped us so much, I don't want to cause trouble for her."
Zhou Rong: "I know what's going on. I won't make it difficult for her."
Mother Zhou: "That's good."
After the last upgrade, Zhou Rong's space can access the Internet, but the Internet fee is extremely expensive, 10 yuan per minute, which is directly deducted from the account balance.
Zhou Rong gritted his teeth and searched online for some handicrafts suitable for making with scraps of cloth, and quickly took pictures of them with his mobile phone.
Because the download speed was 2G, which was too slow, Zhou Rong didn't want to waste money...
The next day at work, Zhou Rong took some sketches he had made and discussed with Xu Man about making use of the scraps of cloth in the warehouse.
In the past, scraps of cloth from clothing stores and cloth shops were either thrown away or given to the clerks to take home. After the public-private partnership, all materials in the stores belonged to the state and private individuals were not allowed to use them. All of them were piled up in the warehouse.
Xu Man looked at Zhou Rong's sketch and said with a smile: "You have a good brain. You can even do this! It's a good thing to be able to recycle waste. I support you."
Zhou Rong: “The store is already fully staffed, so I plan to recruit some temporary workers to complete the production of these small items.
We pay by the piece, 5 cents to 1 cents per item, and sell it for one to two times the price. Since it is made from scraps of cloth, we don't charge cloth coupons. How do you think?"
Xu Man: "Sure, this standard is fair, let's set it this way."
After get off work, Zhou Rong found Shen Xiaomei and said, "We have some scraps of cloth in our clothing store. We want to use them to make some headbands, hair decorations, cushions, seat cushions, pillows, dolls, handbags, etc.
Tailors and shop assistants all have their own job responsibilities and do not have the energy to process these scraps of cloth. If you are willing, you can be a temporary worker in our store and we will pay you by piece.
The processing fee for headbands and hair decorations is 5 cents each, cushions, seat cushions, and pillows are 8 cents each, and dolls and handbags are cents each. The fee is settled on a daily basis, and the patterns and raw materials are provided by the store.
If you want, you can go to the store tomorrow to get the materials and take them home or process them directly in the backyard of the store. If you take them home, the items cannot be damaged or lost, otherwise you will have to pay compensation and we will no longer cooperate with you in the future."
Shen Xiaomei didn't know what Zhou Rong was talking about. She thought that with her hands and feet, as long as she worked hard, she would have no problem earning ten yuan a month, so she readily agreed.
After Wan Chunmiao learned about this, he also wanted to help with the processing to earn some food money for his family, and Zhou Rong agreed.
This was a good opportunity to make friends. Zhou Rong not only asked Shen Xiaomei and Wan Chunmiao to help process the scraps of cloth, but also asked Zhou's mother to find those women in Chang'an who were unemployed, could do needlework, and had not offended their family, to see if there were any interested.
Zhou Rong asked his mother to help convey the salary standards and cooperation conditions.
With such a good opportunity to make money, how could anyone not accept it?
They all thanked Zhou's mother and told her that if they encountered any problems in the future, they would always call them...
The country is implementing the "First Five-Year Plan", and there have been substantial improvements in industry, agriculture, transportation, people's livelihood, etc. Compared with previous years, wages have increased to varying degrees. With the increase in income, consumption capacity will naturally increase as well.
The small items made by Shen Xiaomei and her colleagues are very popular in the store.
Girls can't put down headbands and hair flowers. Everyone who comes to buy cloth or clothes will take 1-2 headbands or hair flowers home under the encouragement of the salesperson.
The rag dolls were also very popular. They looked delicate and lively. Not only children liked them, but even Xu Man bought two and took them home. She gave one to Chen Xiaowei and kept one for herself, playing with it when she had nothing to do.
Zhou Rong gave Nini a rag doll. From then on, she held the doll tightly and talked to it and told stories to it every day...