This means we'll need to find three more women to do the work!
"Third Sister, if it's piecework, how is it calculated?" While Wu Chunhua was still struggling with the question, Liao Hongying thought it was a good idea! Based on today's sales volume, if they could produce more, they would definitely make more money. She just didn't know how they would control their costs.
"For cutting, a pair of gloves or a pair of earmuffs costs one copper coin. Sewing is more expensive, five copper coins a pair. Decorative sewing and stuffing are one copper coin a pair. For now, you two will be doing the sewing and embroidery. If you need someone else to do it in the future, you can pay according to this price!"
This is called liberating productive forces. We need to do more of this quickly. This business is new and exciting. In ten days or half a month, I estimate there will be many people selling gloves and earmuffs in the county town!
Furthermore, our Red Bean brand is excellent; from now on, all our products will be called Red Bean brand gloves and Red Bean brand earmuffs! Genuine or fake, guaranteed!
Having experienced the trials of modern commerce, Qin Sanniang understands the significance of branding even more. Often, even with the same fabric and workmanship, branded products are more expensive, and people are willing to pay the higher price! Simply put, a brand represents reputation and quality!
Upon hearing the last few words, Wu Chunhua no longer hesitated and busied herself with hiring people.
Fortunately, Wang Guixiang came to her house at this time, saying that her family had a lot of yams and were willing to sell them, and planned to bring them over today.
Qin San Niang naturally agreed, telling them to come over and that the money would be settled on the spot!
After telling this story, Wu Chunhua and the others invited her to come and do crafts together!
Seeing such exquisite craftsmanship, Wang Guixiang was worried that she was too clumsy to handle it, but after seeing that the cutting work wasn't difficult, she happily agreed! It only cost one coin per set! It was very simple!
Xiao Hu can already take a few steps on his own, and the older children like Da Wa and A Zhi can easily watch over him! Besides, He Yingyuan is watching over him, so there shouldn't be any problems.
Fatty took on the task of stuffing cotton, which meant we needed to hire another worker, so the job naturally fell to Wang Guixiang. The girls didn't know many people at all!
"Guixiang, we need another woman to sew and decorate. Do you have any suitable recommendations? They're all one coin a piece!" Wu Chunhua asked, without stopping her work.
After frowning and thinking for a while, she realized that the person she was looking for had to be trustworthy and couldn't be a blabbermouth. Someone like Liu Xiangmei was definitely out of the question. After thinking it over, she actually came up with someone.
"Sisters, I just remembered someone. You should know her. It's He Shi, the granddaughter-in-law of Uncle Chen Geng who gave you directions the other day!"
This woman is efficient and reliable!
He Xing was one of the few people in Shiligou who could talk to her, and Wang Guixiang thought she was a good person!
When He Xing heard that she was asked to come and help, she remembered the white flour buns that Qin San Niang's family had given her before, and how her own Da Xiong had eaten a whole one! She quickly put down what she was doing, told her mother-in-law, and came over.
After Wu Chunhua's explanation, they quickly got the hang of it. Just as Wang Guixiang had said, He Xing was a quick and efficient worker! Liao Hongying was also very satisfied, and the group started chatting and working enthusiastically at the same time!
During the conversation, He Xing learned that these were intended to be sold in the county town as ear warmers and gloves. She would also be paid for her work here. As long as she sewed on the red beans and reinforced the straps, she would receive one copper coin for each set.
This is absolutely fantastic! I can sew at least fifty or sixty sets this afternoon! That's over fifty copper coins! Enough to buy several kilograms of coarse grain! I made up my mind that I had to work hard and not take their wages for nothing!
Niu Niu and Xiao Hu from Wang Guixiang's family walked slowly on the ground together. Perhaps because they had a companion, neither of the children asked to be carried anymore!
The Qin family had made a lot of snacks beforehand, and the children's pockets were usually filled with candies and treats, which was enough to keep them entertained.
Seeing that everyone was busy, Liu went to the kitchen and brought out mung bean cakes and jujube tea, so that everyone could have some tea and cakes before getting back to work.
Wang Guixiang and He Xing were a little embarrassed that there was more food, but they couldn't resist the warm hospitality of Liu Shi and Qin San Niang. The mung bean cake looked so delicious that their mouths watered, so they gently took a piece and put it in their mouths. So sweet! So fragrant!
"Sister-in-law, I heard you're buying yams, is that right?" He Xing asked softly.
When she arrived, she heard the village head's wife going door-to-door announcing the news! They also had yams, but their family was large, spanning four generations, so they had enough manpower!
"Yes, does Ah Xing have yams at home too?" Liao Hongying knew about Qin San Niang's yam harvest.
He Xing nodded. Her in-laws were both hardworking; last year they had reclaimed a lot of wasteland and planted yams. "Yams are easy to grow. We planted a lot; they can even replace grain!"
Grandpa planned to use yams instead of grain. If the yams could be sold, she thought it would be better to sell them! With the money, they could buy grain, after all, the taste of grain gave people peace of mind! However, these were matters that the elders would naturally decide, and as a grandchild and a woman, she couldn't say anything.
Wang Guixiang knew a little about their family's situation. Last year, they cleared wasteland and planted a lot of yams! It was truly enviable; they must have made a fortune!
"Ah Xing, your family has so many yams, you could make a lot of money! Third Sister-in-law and the others are such honest people, yams are only one coin a pound! I wish I had grown some too!"
The yams of this era were smaller and thinner than the iron-stick yams of later generations, but they were still quite heavy. Whenever Wang Guixiang thought of this, she felt sad, as if she had lost a fortune! But the thought that her work could still earn her money instantly cheered her up!
He Xing was taken aback by the unexpected price! But then she was overjoyed. Her family had at least several hundred catties of the product, and if they sold it all, they would earn several hundred coins! That was a considerable sum!
Ten coins a pound of brown rice with bran—you can buy quite a lot! It's a very good deal!
Before long, the women heard a noise outside the door. It turned out that the villagers knew that Qin San Niang was buying yams, so they all pushed their carts over.
"Sister, we're here!" The loud voice that spoke was none other than Wang, the village head's wife, who was standing outside the door with a smile, boasting to her elder brother.
"This is a family that just settled here, and they even have a scholar! They say they'll be setting up a school in Shiligou in the future!"
"Oh, your brother-in-law is overjoyed! These families are the ones who handled the yam harvest. I knew it! I had such a keen eye. If I hadn't strongly recommended them to your brother-in-law, they probably wouldn't have settled here, and they wouldn't be enjoying these benefits!"
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