Chapter 277 Handmade
Xue Li excitedly pulled Jiang Zhizhi's hand and squeezed into the front row to look at the hair ornaments in the lesbian's hands.
Xue Li looked at them seriously. These headbands were made of simple scraps of cloth. The bright red ones were inlaid with some sparkling butterfly sequins and were lightly tied to the braid, adding a lively touch to the girl.
Another type is the head flower inlaid with beads. Some are woven with delicate fabrics. The texture and color of the fabrics are the colors of the fabrics themselves, such as bright red, khaki, and purple, which are the style of this era.
The salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative rolled his eyes and said, "The jewelry business is mostly in big cities. Otherwise, send all of them to department stores. We supply and marketing cooperatives still need connections to get them back. Why are you still making such a fuss?"
Xueli blinked and asked, "Does Zhizhi like hair flowers?"
Jiang Zhizhi took a look, shook his head, and put one hand on Xueli's shoulder, with a nonchalant and relaxed attitude: "It's not suitable for me."
Xueli pursed her lips. Her violently beating heart made her feel an urge to make a hair flower that Zhizhi liked.
She knew Zhizhi's personality and that she didn't like ordinary things.
So the question is, where can she get these scraps of cloth?
Under the sunlight, Zhizhi wore the little skirt she made for her, revealing skin that was as smooth as cream and so white it glowed. At this moment, Xueli felt that Zhizhi deserved the best.
Xueli held Jiang Zhizhi's hand tightly and said, "Zhizhi, do you know where to sell these scraps of cloth?"
Jiang Zhizhi thought for a moment and replied, "Generally speaking, textile factories have them."
There will be scraps of cloth in the textile factory, and some unqualified cloth will appear in the production process, and these unsalable defective products will be processed and sold.
Xue Li listened carefully and looked at the smiling girl's face.
In this era, amidst black, grey and white, these brightly coloured flowers bring a sense of vibrancy.
It seems that ordinary hair ornaments are difficult to attract people. Only by innovating new styles can they conquer people's hearts.
Seeing that Xueli was so interested, Jiang Zhizhi openly doted on her and took her to the department store to look at hair ornaments.
When Xue Li got the head flowers, she couldn't let them go. She picked out the most beautiful one and studied it in her hand. The originally complicated head flower became simple in her eyes.
Jiang Zhizhi, who was standing next to him, raised his lips slightly and sighed once again, saying that the bright red color was more like an important memory of the 1970s.
Xue Li decided to go all out and went back to ask if her sister-in-law knew anyone in the textile factory.
When Nong Chunhua and Yan Zi came to chat, they mentioned that their sister-in-law also had a quota at the textile factory and the military district arranged a job for her.
There is a sister-in-law named Wang Bao'e. Why not ask her if she can use her internal connections to buy some scraps of cloth.
Jiang Zhizhi had never seen Xue Li so energetic before. It directly touched the cute spot in her heart. She had no way of rejecting such a lovely girl, so she raised her hands to support Xue Li in doing it.
"Can I do it?" Xue Li asked worriedly.
"How do you know it won't work if you don't try?" Jiang Zhizhi replied with a smile.
Xue Li took a deep breath, her eyes sparkling with light, and she cheered herself up in her heart.
Nong Chunhua was popular in the family compound, so she took the initiative to take Xueli to find Wang Bao'e.
Wang Bao'e said: "I will go to the factory tomorrow to ask the deputy director about this matter. If it works, that would be great."
The next day, Wu Zhaodi, another sister-in-law who was working at the textile factory, curled her lips, thinking over and over again, and quietly pulled Wang Bao'e's sleeve, "How can it be so easy for them to do it? Otherwise, they will think that it is easy for us to get the fabric. There is no benefit at all, who will do it for you?"
"People like us who haven't even been hired yet, how can we have a say?"
Wang Bao'e ignored him and pulled back her sleeves: "We are all from the same family compound, why are you talking about this?"
The dining times in the military canteen are fixed. If you miss them, you will get a stomachache.
Xue Li lit the stove at home today, called Gu Qingpei and Gu Qingchuan to come back for dinner, and told them about this matter.
Gu Qingpei was very happy: "Brother supports you."
My sister's eyes sparkled, and she asked, who can resist it?
Gu Qingchuan scratched his head, this flower tentacles touched his blind spot of knowledge.
He also didn't know how to talk to his sister about hair ornaments. Was he, a grown man, supposed to queue up to buy one?
It’s not impossible.
Xueli didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I saw several designs at the supply and marketing cooperative today. There were red-based scraps of cloth with two balls as decoration, and red yarn flower patterns. In Mingjia Village, when the daughter of the village chief Ming got married, she would wear a beautiful red yarn flower on her head. She was guaranteed to be the most beautiful girl in the area. So I think beautiful flowers will be liked by girls."
"A headband at the supply and marketing cooperative is 30 to 40 cents a piece, and a red headband is 10 cents. It would be great if I could make one and sell it."
Jiang Zhizhi also gave a small suggestion: would it look more adorable if some cat, rabbit or panda dolls were added?
They either don't do it, or the styles of the hair ornaments they do have to be particularly novel and creative. Making these handicrafts is what Sydney likes the most.
Gu Qingpei nodded: "After it's done, the difficulty will be finding someone to cooperate with in selling it? And Xueli, can you handle it alone? If the quantity is large, do you need to ask other sisters-in-law to help?"
Xue Li frowned. To her, these were all huge challenges, but she wanted to give it a very, very hard try.
She bought two pencils and a small notebook at the supply and marketing cooperative, and used the notebook to draw some of her favorite patterns.
She observed that lesbians liked bright flowers. She had seen peach, apricot, orchid, white magnolia, purple magnolia, and rose. It was not difficult to make them.
At this time, Xue Li sincerely thanked the embroiderer. If the embroiderer had not opened the door and embroidered in front of her without any reservation, perhaps Xue Li would only sew clothes today.
Xueli was also very tight-lipped. She didn't tell the Ming family a single word about Xiu Niang.
Otherwise, given the greedy nature of the old woman from the Ming family, she would definitely threaten her to learn all the embroiderer's skills and then work day and night to embroider things so that the old woman could exchange them for food.
Until now, Xueli still feels like she is dreaming, and secretly swears in her heart that she will save more money and buy some food to thank Xiu Niang.
Jiang Zhizhi had to go to the family hospital for acupuncture and was busy, so Sister Chunhua took some time out to accompany Xueli to the textile factory to find Wang Bao'e.
As soon as I walked into the textile factory's compound, I was targeted by a group of young guys.
During this period, Xue Li's blood circulation improved, her thin little face finally gained some flesh, and her eyes were filled with water. The little girl stood there in a very pretty manner, attracting a lot of attention.
The expression on Xueli's face gradually faded. Sister Chunhua's rough hands held Xueli tightly: "Hey, we are in a hurry. Excuse me, please."
The smiles on these people's faces were malicious, and they stood in a row with an imposing manner. It was obvious at first glance that they were not good people.
Today, there are only two of them here, so it’s better to leave this place quickly and get rid of them.
But this group of people rely on the fact that their parents are both full-time workers and are leaders in the factory. They are so proud of themselves. Relying on their family connections, they act like bullies in the textile factory area and are well-known second-generation rich people.
It can be said that everyone in the neighborhood wants to keep their own workstation, and no one dares to give face to the second-generation rich.
The group of younger brothers nudged each other with their elbows. The second-generation rich man's eyes stopped on Xueli's pretty face and he swallowed his saliva several times.
"What's your name? Where do you live? Are you dating? Or are you married?"
"Come here, what are you afraid of? I don't eat people!"
Nong Chunhua's body froze, and she hurriedly tried to pull Xue Li back, but the person opposite her was like a dog-skin plaster, sticking to her eagerly.
A figure suddenly appeared in front of everyone. The man was standing with the light behind him and had a tall and slender figure. The moment he rushed over, his tall figure was like a mountain, blocking Sister Chunhua and Xueli with a full sense of security.