Chapter 152: Really Brave
Rutang was really happy. She took her mother's hand and went into the house, explaining the ins and outs of the place to her mother.
Yu Yaoyang was ignored by his wife. He pouted, tugged at the bow tie on his neck and complained: "This thing is too hot on my neck. It's making my neck sweat. If I stay any longer, I'll get a heat rash!"
Every time Yu Yaoyang went there, he would not just ride his donkey backwards, but would wear the suit he had ordered for his wedding, a shirt and bow tie, and his newly bought shiny leather shoes, looking like a big boss.
Not only that, he also borrowed a bus from Accountant Wang of the Tobacco Company, and always went to the garment factory in a car.
Create an impression for the leader of the garment factory that he has a background in a large state-owned enterprise and is not short of money.
This was also what Rutang came up with.
Her family only has 5,000 in funds, but wants to make goods worth 50,000.
This was figured out by Ru Tang using an abacus. She was sure that she had to sell so many goods in the first batch to achieve a stunning effect.
If you go to a clothing factory and tell them you want to order 5,000 worth of goods, you might get kicked out.
5,000 is a huge sum of money for an ordinary family, but it is just a small amount for a factory.
To produce clothing independently, you need to open a separate production line and hire workers to make patterns and samples. From purchasing fabrics to opening the production line, a certain quantity must be reached.
50,000 is not actually a lot of money, but considering the current financial situation of the Rutang family, this is the only amount they can take out.
If any garment factory had an independent legal department and carefully analyzed Yu Yaoyang's contract, they would feel that it was too bad and would not agree to sign the contract. It was almost an unequal treaty.
It stipulates the obligations that garment factories should fulfill and restricts them in terms of delivery time, product quality, confidentiality codes, etc.
However, there are very few binding terms on Yaoyang, and the deposit is only 10%.
Anyone with a little legal awareness would not sign such a clause.
But this was the 1980s, and legal awareness was relatively weak. The people in the garment factory only paid attention to the surface. When they saw that Yu Yaoyang was well dressed and had a car, they were fooled by him and thought that Yu Yaoyang was rich. In order to prevent the loss of big orders, even though they felt that something was a little wrong, they were still willing to talk to Yu Yaoyang.
Today was the critical point of the negotiation. Yu Yaoyang showed his extraordinary talent for socializing. He chose the wine table as the place for the negotiation. He used the last bit of money left in the family to buy two bottles of the best liquor, and got several factory leaders drunk. He also made the factory director happy and signed the contract in a daze.
That’s why Rutang said that even if they couldn’t sleep, it was the people in the garment factory who couldn’t sleep. This contract was simply an unequal treaty.
Fortunately, she and Yu Yaoyang are not liars. If they had any bad intentions, the garment factory would be in trouble.
Rutang certainly wouldn't cheat the garment factory. She was fully confident that this project would be a win-win situation. However, her family's initial start-up capital was limited, so she could only use this marginal method.
After listening to what her daughter said, Hao Mei was completely confused. Seeing Xiao Li standing beside her with an indifferent look, Hao Mei looked at her in-laws with admiration.
"Xiao Li, do you understand?"
"No." Xiao Li said proudly.
"Uh...then why are you so happy about that?" Hao Mei was a little confused about her relative-in-law. He obviously didn't understand anything just like her, but he looked so happy?
"I believe in our Rutang. If she says there's no problem, then there must be no problem. Hey, where's Yangzi?" Xiao Li saw that her son hadn't come in for a long time.
"I'll go out and take a look." Rutang walked into the yard and saw Yu Yaoyang bending over with his back to the sink, and bursts of vomiting sounds could be heard.
Rutang's heart twisted, and when he saw Xiaoyue standing by, he asked worriedly, "How much did your brother drink?"
"He drank the two bottles of white wine he brought, and ordered a case of beer. I wanted to share the burden with him, but he wouldn't let me."
"You drank so much..." Rutang's eyes were wet.
He was really willing to do anything to help her realize her wish.
She wanted to go over and pat him on the back, but thinking that he was so strong-willed that he might not want her to see him like this, Rutang turned around, went into the house and poured a cup of mung bean soup that she had prepared in advance. She would use this to help him sober up when he came into the house. She also squeezed tomato juice with gauze and added a little salt to help decompose the alcohol.
The original accumulation of capital inevitably involves these.
The slightly salty tomato juice was not very tasty. Yu Yaoyang wanted to put down the bowl after taking just one sip, but when he saw his wife with red eyes looking at him like a little white rabbit, he made up his mind and drank it all in one gulp.
This is the taste of tomatoes, the taste of salt, the taste of home, the taste of daughter-in-law. This taste will accompany Yaoyang for many years. The long years have blended struggle, protection, trust, and support together and engraved them in the depths of his soul, making it almost impossible for him to tell whether he likes the taste of salty tomatoes or the inadvertent tenderness of his daughter-in-law.
Hao Mei stood at the door, watching the young couple sitting side by side on a small bench. He was drinking hangover soup, and she was looking at him with her chin propped up. Both of them looked carefree. Hao Mei stood there, not knowing whether she should continue talking.
Xiao Li appeared beside Hao Mei at some point and smiled and shook her head at her.
"Oh, we were just a little bit away from becoming a ten thousand yuan household, but now we're completely back to the days before liberation." Hao Mei still felt sorry for the money and had some resentment towards Chen Guilan.
If Chen Guilan had not suddenly appeared and disrupted the family's thriving business, her daughter would probably still be earning hundreds of dollars a day.
The family suddenly went from being the richest family on the street to being impoverished. Hao Mei was only thankful that she still had a few hundred yuan from selling meals, which she could use to support her daughter so that she wouldn't have to go hungry during her pregnancy because she had to spend all her money on business.
Seeing that Xiao Li was only looking at the young couple lovingly, Hao Mei couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid that they will lose money?"
Hao Mei felt that her relative was amazing. She had experienced no less hardships than herself, but she was always smiling and optimistic. She treated her daughter so well that she didn't act like a mother-in-law, but more like her own mother.
"He's afraid of losing money. Every family has been poor. When his damn dad returned to the city, Xiaoyue was sick and I had no money. If Yangzi hadn't risked his life to get money, his brother's life would have been lost." As a woman abandoned by her husband, Xiao Li understands best that money can kill a hero.
Hao Mei's heart skipped a beat. In fact, as a mother, she said that she disliked her daughter spending money, but in her heart she was more afraid that her in-laws disliked her. She said it in advance just to shut her in-laws up. By asking this, she was also testing their attitude. Who would worry more about their child than a mother?
As a woman who had never been out of the countryside, Hao Mei had limited experience and could only test cautiously in this way.
"Big Meizi, I haven't finished talking yet, why are you so nervous? I am afraid of being poor, but I am more afraid of seeing my son unhappy. Look at Yangzi."
Xiao Li pointed at her son with a smile.
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