He Lixuan and Shiyue were completely unaware of what had happened at home.
Actually, they've been living a pretty good life lately.
Shen Yuanbai left the day after their wedding.
Although the person has left, nothing that needed to be done has been left undone.
He first visited the makeshift weaving factory set up by the Qianjin Brigade, and then expressed his appreciation for the craftsmanship of Sun Erhu and several others.
After carefully questioning Sun Yongfu and confirming that they had the capacity to take on the job, they placed an order for one hundred gift boxes on the spot.
The pattern used was provided by Shiyue.
And they paid a deposit on the spot.
Sun Yongfu was so happy that he felt like he was floating when he walked for several days.
Moreover, Shen Yuanbai stayed in the commune for half a day and drafted a contract for the supply of live pigs with Secretary Zheng of the commune, contributing to the construction of the Red Flag Commune once again.
Why is it called a draft?
Because the current pig production of Hongqi Commune is simply insufficient to supply the number of food factories!
But Secretary Zheng assured them that they would expand the breeding scale as quickly as possible to meet the supply requirements.
So an agreement was drafted, and once the requirements are met, the factory's purchasing staff will come and renegotiate with the farm.
But such an agreement is enough to make Secretary Zheng happy for days on end!
Shiyue was also busy.
That day, she spent over a hundred yuan buying old cloth shoes for several elderly people in the group chat, which really broke Shiyue's heart!
As her balance dwindled, she realized she needed to figure out how to make money!
Although He Lixuan and her parents gave Shiyue several thousand yuan, which is a huge sum of money in this era!
But it's different in a group chat.
If I really wanted to spend that little bit of money in the group, I could probably spend it all in just a few days.
This inevitably made Shiyue feel a sense of crisis.
What can I sell?
The only two things she could think of right now were wild vegetables and cloth shoes.
Spring has arrived, and wild vegetables have already sprouted all over the mountains.
And it's at its freshest and most delicious time.
In the past few days, under the pretext that "my in-laws love to eat wild vegetables," Shiyue has already purchased a batch from the team and then sold them for a good price in the group chat.
Actually, the price of wild vegetables in the group is not as high as in winter, but Shiyue has already built a good reputation.
Everyone knows that she lives in the mountains and that she sells wild vegetables that she actually digs up from the mountains.
It's different from those that are artificially cultivated.
So when Shiyue organized several group buys, they sold out almost instantly!
But we can't keep selling wild vegetables.
After all, even if her in-laws love to eat it, they can't eat it every day!
So the main business still has to be making shoes.
I had been thinking about this issue since October.
If we're just talking about craftsmanship, she thinks that, not to mention the elderly people in the team who have made shoes for their families their whole lives, even she herself is no less skilled than the people in the group.
Just by looking at the cloth shoes she bought, she could immediately tell how they were made.
How to say it?
Most of them are just for show.
It looks nice, but it actually skips several steps.
That's why those shoes wear out so easily.
Later generations thought it was nothing, that they just wanted to be comfortable.
But in reality, good shoes don't break so easily!
If that's really the case, then everyone should just quit everything and stay home making shoes every day!
Although Shiyue felt they had an advantage in craftsmanship and were willing to put in the effort, she was worried that they didn't have the materials.
Thick corduroy and large pieces of white cotton cloth are things people here would never even dream of. Even if they did have them, who would be willing to make shoes with them?
In the end, He Lixuan gave her a suggestion: to ask if she could have her materials processed.
Processing with supplied materials?
This is yet another new term for Shiyue.
However, she quickly understood the meaning of the word.
She immediately added the shoe seller in her private message and shared her thoughts in a private chat.
The person opposite her told her that he was a wholesaler, and that handmade cloth shoes were just one of his many products. He didn't own a factory and had no intention of expanding his business.
However, the man was quite nice. Although he couldn't provide Shiyue with a source of goods or sales channels, he was willing to help her contact other agents.
When Shiyue finally thanked him, he only said, "Once I've made the arrangements, remember to save five jin for me when you order wild vegetables again. They're so hard to get!"
Shiyue was overjoyed.
That person was quite helpful.
Within two days, they connected Shiyue with a buyer and helped the two exchange contact information.
That person had probably already heard about Shiyue's situation from others.
I don't know how the guy who asked for wild vegetables described Shiyue before, but he directly regarded Shiyue as a village official who went to the countryside to support rural construction.
I thought she was helping the poor villagers in Laobian find a way to get rich.
Not only were they very easy to talk to, but they also generously sent over a kit of materials for Shiyue and her team to make a sample, without even charging a deposit.
After the sample was sent, he generously said that he would take as many of these goods as there were.
He paid eight yuan for processing each pair of shoes.
If we can process more complex designs according to the drawings he provides, the processing fee can be negotiated further.
There's no way to compare it to October, and we don't know if the processing fee is high or low.
But she was already very content!
After all, making a pair of shoes can take two or three days at most, and one or two days at most!
It's much faster than making gift boxes!
This time, Shiyue didn't go all out. She just found a few aunties and older women she was on good terms with and gave them the material kits first.
The main reason is that this time it involves material packages, and Shiyue is afraid that once they are distributed, some people will become greedy and embezzle the materials and not return them.
Then I'll be completely disgraced.
We can't let the good reputation she's built up in the group go to waste!
Besides making money, Shiyue was also generous with his spending.
Knowing that the elderly couple were in poor health, Shiyue didn't skimp on their food at all!
Since they were already living under the same roof, there was no point in being wary of each other, especially since He Lixuan also knew about the small house and the group buying group.
So after thinking about it for a few days, Shiyue decided to tell He Siyi the secret.
After spending time with him, she still trusts her father-in-law's character.
After the initial shock, the Shiyue family finally entered an unprecedented period of good times.
The main reason is that I can finally eat all the food I bought without having to hide it anymore!
With Shiyue feeding them, the elderly couple's complexion improved within a few days, and their cheeks even gained a little weight.
He Si also took the initiative to say that they should pay attention to their eating habits in the future, and not always do this, as it would be easy for others to notice something amiss.
Shiyue agreed, but she still couldn't help but take out some meat from time to time to supplement everyone's nutrition.
When people have good days, who would bother eating coarse food and wild vegetables?
And it was under these circumstances that no one expected that one day when they woke up, He Liping would come knocking on their door, looking travel-worn!
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