The garment factory's waste warehouse contained approximately 5,000 kilograms of scrap fabric. The bags were piled up in the warehouse, forming a small hill.

Zhao Zhenzhu asked He Bo to call over his brothers as well.

Many hands make light work.

In just over two hours, Zhao Zhenzhu and the others had picked out and packed up the usable scraps of cloth.

After being weighed, it weighed a total of 3,100 jin.

More than 3,000 kilograms of scrap cloth were packed into more than 30 bags and lined up in front of the warehouse, looking rather impressive.

Zhao Zhenzhu took Yu Hongying's approval slip to the finance department and paid thirty-one yuan.

On the way back to the warehouse, Zhao Zhenzhu was still a little dizzy. So many scraps of cloth for only thirty-one yuan? It felt like a dream.

“Pearl, let me send you a car! Where are these scraps of cloth being transported? To Peach Blossom Town?” Yu Hongying asked.

Yu Hongying knew that He Bo was from Taohua Town.

"Yes, yes, yes! Sister Yu, thank you so much. How much is the shipping fee? I'll go to the finance department to pay right now." Zhao Zhenzhu was overjoyed.

Just half a minute ago, Zhao Zhenzhu was still racking her brains about how to get so many scraps of cloth home!

With so many people around and so many eyes watching, Zhao Zhenzhu couldn't possibly throw the scraps of cloth into her spatial storage!

"Nonsense! Are you trying to insult me? Why would I need shipping fees?" Yu Hongying waved her hand and said, "You're a long-term customer of our garment factory now, so I have the right to deliver goods to customers for free."

Zhao Zhenzhu was so surprised that she didn't know what to say.

The cost of her truckload of scrap fabric wasn't even as high as the shipping fee, was it?

"It's nothing, this is normal procedure." Yu Hongying gently nudged Zhao Zhenzhu's arm with her elbow and whispered, "Just remember to have Xiaobo bring me the fabric in a couple of days. How much is it? I'll pay you now."

"Sister, are you trying to make fun of me?" Zhao Zhenzhu glanced at Yu Hongying and said, "What kind of relationship do we have? Why are you telling me this? Let's do it the day after tomorrow! I'll definitely get this done by the day after tomorrow."

Yu Hongying couldn't stop smiling.

Zhao Zhenzhu meant that she wanted to give the fabric to Yu Hongying.

Although Yu Hongying wouldn't actually refuse to give her the money, it shows that Zhao Zhenzhu didn't treat her like an outsider.

When loading the scraps of cloth onto the truck, He Bo and his brothers worked with great enthusiasm.

In He Bo's eyes, these thirty-odd bags of scraps of cloth were not scraps of cloth, but money!

He Bo believed that Zhao Zhenzhu's hair ties would definitely sell well. He was sure he could make a lot of money by following Zhao Zhenzhu.

He Bo had his younger brother Liangzi ride with him to transport the scraps of cloth back to Peach Blossom Town. He himself, along with Zhao Zhenzhu and another younger brother Erniu, went to set up a stall selling hair ties in front of the cotton mill.

Qingshan County has several factories, among which the cotton mill has the most female workers.

The cotton mill has more than 3,000 workers, more than three-quarters of whom are women.

After setting up her stall, it coincided with the cotton mill's lunch break. Zhao Zhenzhu was dressed fashionably today, and standing next to the stall, she instantly became a beautiful "sight" in other people's eyes.

"They're here, shout!" Zhao Zhenzhu urged He Bo and Erniu when she saw them standing there blankly.

"What are you shouting?" He Bo didn't understand.

"Watch me, you'll have to learn to shout it later." Zhao Zhenzhu had no choice but to demonstrate.

"Take a look! Look at these trendy hair ties from Guangzhou, cheap and pretty!" Zhao Zhenzhu shouted.

Several female workers heard Zhao Zhenzhu's shouts and quickly came over.

"Come and take a look! There aren't many left, they'll be gone once they're sold out," He Bo shouted.

Erniu was tongue-tied; after stammering for a while, he finally managed to utter four words: "Good-looking, cheap."

A group of female factory workers in their early twenties approached and surrounded the stall, chattering as they asked, "Are you selling goods from Guangzhou?"

"What is this for?"

How much does it cost?

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Zhao Zhenzhu quickly picked up a floral hair tie and tied it to the end of her braid. While showing it to everyone, she said, "You can use the hair tie to tie your braid or your ponytail, it's up to you."

To make it clearer for everyone, Zhao Zhenzhu even demonstrated on the spot, taking off her braid and tying it into a high ponytail.

"Wow, it looks really good tied up like that!" exclaimed a round-faced female worker.

"How much is one?" another female worker asked.

"Three mao and fifty fen each," He Bo said quickly.

"Three cents and fifty cents is so expensive? It's just a cloth hoop, it can't use much cloth, right?" a square-faced girl questioned.

“Beautiful lady, although the fabric used for these hair ties isn’t much, the travel expenses are high! Guangshi is over a thousand kilometers away from our Qingshan County! Besides, these hair ties are just becoming popular in Guangshi; our department store in Qingshan County doesn’t even sell them yet. You have the only ones of their kind,” Zhao Zhenzhu said with a smile.

The square-faced girl was dizzy from Zhao Zhenzhu's exclamation of "beautiful lady." Suddenly, she felt that the 35 cents hair tie wasn't so bad after all.

"I heard that it takes several transfers to get from Guangzhou to our Qingshan County. Xiaoyun, it's not easy for them to get their goods, so don't nitpick." The round-faced girl was moved by the words "unique in Qingshan County".

"I wasn't nitpicking! I was just saying. I want to buy it." Miss Xiaoyun blushed.

"I want one too." The round-faced girl hurriedly took out her money.

"I want one too."

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Young women and married women all love to look beautiful. Seeing that Zhao Zhenzhu looked even more beautiful after putting on a hair tie, they couldn't help but rush to take out their money to buy one.

"Alright then, today is our first time selling goods at the cotton mill gate, so we're kind of destined to meet. Let's have a special offer today: one for 35 cents, two for 65 cents, and three for 90 cents," Zhao Zhenzhu said hastily, seeing that everyone was getting excited.

"Then I'll take three. Three for nine cents, that'll be a discount of fifteen cents!" the round-faced girl said excitedly.

In this day and age, everyone takes pride in being able to save money.

"Xiaoping, are you sure you can use all three hair ties? Be careful your mom scolds you when you get home," Xiaoyun said, holding a hair tie in her hand.

"What's there to be afraid of? I'm not going to use them all myself. I'll get one for my sister and one for my sister-in-law. They'll definitely like them," Xiaoping said nonchalantly.

"Then...then I want three too." Little Yun changed her mind and quickly picked up the other two hair ties she liked.

He Bo quickly collected the money and gave change.

Erniu stared wide-eyed, afraid that someone might try to take advantage of the situation and steal the hair tie without paying.

"Can we buy them together as a group of three for nine cents each?" a female worker with a long face asked Zhao Zhenzhu.

After receiving an affirmative answer, the three girls quickly buried themselves in picking.

When the people behind heard that they could "group buy" like this, they quickly ran back to the factory to call their friends to come and buy together.

Many female workers would buy three hair ties at once.

Textile factory workers earn a decent wage, at least thirty-odd yuan a month! Sometimes they work overtime, and the overtime pay can add another ten-odd yuan a month.

The female workers couldn't bear to buy a new dress that cost ten or twenty yuan, but they were willing to spend nine mao (0.9 yuan) to buy a few hair ties to dress themselves up.