"Thank you so much, Auntie." Jiang Xue sniffed, took a pair of socks, and stuffed them into the auntie's hand.
“You must have children at home, so these little ones are for your children. Consider it a token of my appreciation. It’s really not easy for someone to be willing to help me when I first arrived here.” Seeing that the aunt refused, Jiang Xue stuffed the clothes into the aunt’s pocket without saying a word.
"Auntie will go and ask if anyone wants it for you. Don't leave, just stand here and wait."
Jiang Xue watched the aunt's hurried figure and felt very gratified. People in this era are really simple and kind-hearted.
Sure enough, after standing there for a short while, a large group of middle-aged women followed behind the woman.
Jiang Xue was completely dumbfounded. "Don't you guys have to go to work?"
“No need,” the kind-faced woman explained to everyone. “My husband works in a factory, and some of us work while others stay home to take care of the kids. We just collect cardboard boxes to paste together at home.”
"The socks here are very warm; I've already bought several pairs."
But some factory workers' family members just wanted to watch the excitement. "You're willing to buy socks? You wouldn't even go to the store once in six months."
"Hahaha, I remember you've been wearing that floral jacket for five years now, haven't you?"
"Yeah, his son's pants are covered in patches. Are you a shill? Speaking up for him."
The woman's face was full of embarrassment, and she was completely honest and didn't know how to argue back.
She dejectedly put down the socks, looking at Jiang Xue with embarrassment, as if to say, "I can't help you sell them."
Jiang Xue glanced at everyone and said, "That means our aunt knows how to manage money. I remember she made a few more pieces of clothing at my shop last time."
Jiang Xue pretended to be puzzled and leaned closer to the aunt, "Auntie, you bought this for your mother-in-law last time, and then for your husband. You really don't know how to take care of yourself at all."
Everyone felt a little awkward. It wasn't that she was stingy or unwilling to spend the money, but rather that she had bought it all for her elderly parents and husband. How many women could be so magnanimous?
"Oh, you too, you should be kinder to yourself."
Seeing the worker's family trying to persuade the aunt, Jiang Xue quickly said, "Yes, every time I ask her to make one for herself, but she just won't. Last time when I bought socks, she only bought some for her husband, saying that her husband earns money at the factory to support the family. The whole family depends on one man to earn money, so how can they not make sure they're warm?"
Jiang Xue saw that everyone was listening very attentively, and some of the women even blushed. It was clear that they rarely thought about how their families relied entirely on men.
“You all rely on your husbands to earn money now. When we get old, we will have to rely on our husbands’ pensions. If we can be as caring as you are, the men in the family will suffer from all sorts of ailments, such as rheumatism, arthritis, etc. Not only will we have to take care of them, but the medical expenses are also very high.”
As everyone listened to Jiang Xue's heartfelt words, they suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.
"Give me two pairs."
"I'll take six pairs."
"I want one too, I want one too."
......
After Jiang Xue's brainwashing, a whole basket of socks was sold out, and even the cotton pants she brought herself to try selling were mostly sold out.
After everyone left, Jiang Xue realized that the aunt from earlier seemed to have disappeared. She felt completely numb, as if she had worked for nothing, or perhaps she had accomplished something.
What is she going to do?
Jiang Xue stopped a family member of an employee, "Do you know where that auntie from earlier is?"
Seeing the other person looking at him suspiciously, Jiang Xue quickly explained, "I was too busy just now and forgot to give her the change."
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