On the third day, the flow of people did not decrease; on the contrary, more and more people came because of the reputation, and even the middlemen came. However, the three of them did not have time to discuss these matters today and could only agree to talk about them tomorrow.

At noon, Yu's mother and father arrived with their entourage. The three of them were overjoyed to see them, as if they had seen a savior. It was no exaggeration at all; all three of them were practically hoarse from exhaustion.

Yu's mother brought six people, and Yu's father brought two people.

However, the three of them were too busy, so the interviews had to be left to Liu Jing, since she was the one in charge. When Yu's mother saw this, she quickly offered her help.

"This is Zhang Guodong. He was discharged from the army because his leg was injured in an explosion and he has lingering effects. This is his wife, Wang Zhaodi. This is Zhang Tiehu. It's obvious why he was discharged, but he can still manage the warehouse. This is his wife, Liu Lan. This is Wang Hai and Liu Jun. They are in excellent health, so don't worry about them. These are their wives, Luo Hua and Wu Ye. That one over there is Zhou Mei. As for whether it's suitable or not, you can discuss it yourselves regarding the salary."

Liu Jing checked the people and confirmed they were all fine. Only Zhang Tiehu was missing an arm, but he could still manage the warehouse. "Uncle, we trust the people you found. These four are fine, but we'll have to test the ones helping in the shop. For now, the warehouse workers are thirty, the movers are forty, and the shop workers are also thirty. We'll work for two months first. After two months, if all goes well, we'll expand our recruitment, so the work will be harder, and the wages will increase. But we'll discuss the specifics then. Is that alright?"

"Okay." "Alright."

Liu Jing: "Do you have a place to stay?"

Father Yu: "Except for Zhou Mei, who is from the city, everyone else just came from the countryside today."

Liu Jing: "Our dorms haven't been set up yet, but if you rent a place on your own, we'll give you a subsidy of five yuan per person per month. If you can't find a place, we can only make time to vacate a dorm for you tonight."

This was Liu Yun's idea, and the two of them thought it was fine. The three of them hadn't expected the business to be so good, and it was also the first time they had done this kind of thing, so there were many things they didn't understand and hadn't considered properly. They could only slowly make up for it now.

As a result, except for Zhou Mei, the rest of them decided to rent a house. After all, there were four couples, and renting a house would be more convenient.

After finalizing the arrangements, the four men went out to look for a house. Those who helped out at the shop would try it out this afternoon to see if it was suitable. If it was, they would stay; if not, other arrangements would be made.

Liu Jing then guided the five people to familiarize themselves with the business, telling them how to store the clothes and how to collect money. As for the prices, they were easy to distinguish: clothes of the same price were placed in the same area, and everything had a brand and price tag. However, they needed to remember which type of clothes cost how much, since it was impossible for anyone to hang clothes randomly when they were looking at them, and they would need to find them immediately if they saw them.

With the help of the five people and Yu's mother's family, the three of them could finally take a breather. These past few days had been really exhausting. It would have been okay for a day or two, but anyone would have been unable to withstand this for a long time.

Last night, Liu Yun mentioned that if business was good, they could expand production. She had another house that she could renovate, and it was located quite far from here, so they could start operating there. However, sixteen sewing machines might not be enough, and they would have to hire more people to work in two shifts. If there were also middlemen involved, their inventory might not be enough. It just meant they would have to hire more people.

The person Yu's mother found was quite reliable; he adapted well in just one afternoon and did a pretty good job.

I only found this place this afternoon, so I definitely can't get everything ready. That's why I'm closing the shop early today and treating them to a meal at a state-run restaurant.

The business was booming the next day, showing no signs of slowing down. Several more middlemen came, but Liu Jing had time to entertain them today.

Liu Jing has been speculating and trading for so many years that she is adept at handling these kinds of things.

"You can take the goods, but there's one condition: you can't sell them in Xinshi, but you can sell them anywhere else. As for the price, we can discuss it."

After all, with sixteen sewing machines working overtime overnight for twenty days in advance to meet the deadline, there was still a considerable amount of stock. Although a lot of goods were sold in the past few days, those sixteen sewing machines never stopped operating.

Liu Yun had known for a while that a middleman would come. Just before she opened her shop, someone who had bought clothes from her before said they would come to pick up goods. However, they were out of town for the past two days and would not be back for a while. It didn't matter who she sold to; as long as the goods were suitable, they could all be sold. As for the pre-orders, she could just hire sixteen more people and run two shifts with the sewing machines. If all else failed, Liu Yun said that she would find a suitable place and build a small factory. Once she had more land, she would buy a few more sewing machines.

Once things started to fall into place, Liu Jing was allowed to come and check on things occasionally, while the rest of us just came over whenever we had time, and everyone got busy with their own things.

Everyone was incredibly busy. Liu Jing spent her days greeting various well-known middlemen and going to the fabric factory. Eventually, she became too overwhelmed and handed over the fabric factory business to Cheng Ke. After all, Cheng Ke was in charge of making and designing clothes, so it was actually more appropriate for her to manage it than Liu Jing, given that the situation was different from a few years ago.

Meanwhile, Liu Yun was renovating her shop on the other side. She also planned to buy a place to build a small factory, not a factory, but just a warehouse. However, she couldn't buy land yet, so she could only find adjacent houses to demolish and rebuild.

She actually found one, but it was located in the suburbs. Liu Yun didn't plan to use the money the three of them had saved to start a business; she planned to build it herself. Building a small one-story factory wouldn't cost much, and she had that kind of money. Besides, if she paid for the foundation and the property certificate, it would be in her name. Once it was built, their situation would be basically stable, and then they could talk about the distribution of profits. She didn't plan to waste all her time on it. She just wanted to cling to a powerful backer and get by.

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