People came and went in a hurry. "My eldest sister-in-law's daughter is 12 this year. She can already do needlework to supplement the family income."
"They say children from poor families grow up early. I used to be like that too, but things have only gotten better in the past two years. As long as your family works hard, things will definitely get better for you in the future."
The woman remained silent for a long time before she said, "I hope so."
She looked at Chunxiao and said, "I always forget to introduce my name. My husband's surname is Zou, and mine is Wang. The one just now was my sister-in-law Zhao."
"Sister Wang, my last name is Yan."
As they were talking, they heard a commotion outside.
"Grandpa, grandma, why are you both here? Grandpa, look, look at my new cotton-padded jacket, it's so warm."
"Xiao Lin, your new clothes look so good." A little boy's voice came over.
The woman smiled and said, "It's my sister-in-law's son, Xiaoshu." She walked out and said, "Come in, Dad, Mom, why are you all here?"
"Your sister-in-law said that a kind-hearted person wanted to give us cloth to make clothes, so I had to come and thank him." A crowd of people suddenly rushed into the room.
"Thank you, ladies, for giving us the cloth and cotton to make clothes for us."
"I'm not a young lady." Xiaohua jumped down. "I'm a maid. Our young lady hates being polite. Don't thank me so much." She took out two more pieces of cloth and pointed to the cotton in the corner. "Everything is here. Aunt, sister-in-law, come and make your own."
Zhao pulled Li over and said, "Then we won't be polite. Mother, please take a seat. I'll make one for you and father first."
"Let's do it for Yue'e and Xiaoshu first. Look, Yue'e's lips are all black from the cold."
The little girl stood at the back and looked very well-behaved. "Grandma, we are fine. We will make it for you first. It won't be cold in the house."
Old man Zou couldn't help, so he found a stool and sat aside to start weaving sacks. When a few boys saw this, they also sat beside him to help.
For a moment, the only sound in the room was the sound of scissors.
Chunxiao was not very skilled and could not help much, so she looked at this and that in the house, and finally went to watch the old man weaving sacks.
"Uncle, are you growing hemp here?"
The old man smiled and nodded, "Miss, you are right. We grow hemp here, and we rely on this to make a living."
"Uncle, are you making these sacks for your own use or to sell?"
"They're braided and sold. The one I'm braiding is dense, and it's selling for 12 wen each. There's also a kind with a big hole that sells for 6 wen each."
“Is that a good sale?”
The old man sighed, "There are so many people making them, so it's not that easy to sell. If I'm lucky and someone wants them, I can sell more than ten at a time. If I'm unlucky, I may not be able to sell any of them."
The price of hemp must have increased in the past two years. She remembered that it used to cost 5 cents each in Qingzhou. However, since cotton has increased so much, it is normal for hemp to increase in price.
"Ms. Yan, you are in the cotton business. The price of cotton is much higher than that of hemp. We don't make much money from this." Wang said from the side.
Chunxiao smiled and said, "Although I'm in the cotton business, I have to use these bags when people buy cotton from me during the harvest. If I were to buy a bag from you, would you sell it to me?"
Everyone in the room who was working diligently was stunned.
"You said you wanted to buy bags from us?" the old man said excitedly, "Then, how many do you want?"
Zhao and the others also dropped their things and came over, "Miss, do you really want to buy a bag from us?" If someone bought a bag from them, then they wouldn't have to worry about their future life.
Chunxiao nodded. "The farm here has just started planting, so we'll definitely need some when the time comes. But I want to see what you've woven first. How many can you weave in a day at most?"
"Xiao Lin, go get the thick and thin bags that mom made and show them to Auntie."
Everyone in the room stopped working and sat around.
"Ms. Yan, how many bags does your farm need? Do you want thick or thin ones?"
"Miss Yan, the bags we weave are very useful. Don't worry, there are many families in our village who weave bags."
Xiaolin quickly brought the bag over and handed it to Chunxiao. Chunxiao opened it with his hands and took a look. It was indeed well-made. "I want a lot. You don't have to make them all at once. About 2,000 thick ones and about 2,000 thin ones." These things should have been prepared early. If they were made at such a close time, the price would have to be increased unless they were regular customers.
The Zou family was dumbfounded. They thought they could get hundreds of them at a time, but how could they handle so many?
Old man Zou's hands were shaking. "Miss Yan, do you want to pay all this at once?"
Zhao's heart was also pounding. The person her sister-in-law took in was a very capable person. How could she have such luck?
Chunxiao looked at their excited expressions and smiled, "That's not necessary. Just make enough before July. Do you want to take this order?"
Old man Zou was so excited that he almost cried, "Yes, take it. But we certainly can't weave these by ourselves. Can I take other people's and hand them in together?" Even if their whole family went out together, working from morning to night, they could only make less than 20 coarse-hole ones a day, and fine-hole ones would take even more time.
"As long as the quality of the bag is not a problem, it's fine."
Xiaohua was quietly making clothes on the side, and their young lady started to do good deeds every day again.
"Okay, okay." The old man stood up excitedly, "Come on, Yue'e, Xiaolin and Xiaomu, quickly kneel down and kowtow to the young lady. She is saving our lives."
Several children knelt down without saying a word.
Chunxiao hurriedly pulled the child up and said, "Stop kneeling. You've made your new clothes dirty."
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