Using a sewing machine?
Hu Zhaodi looked struggling. She had seen her neighbor operate a sewing machine and knew the whole process by heart, but she had never actually tried it.
Since Comrade Qiao asked, he must want to recruit someone who can use a sewing machine.
Should she tell the truth?
Hu Zhaodi is an honest person. She really wants to get this job, but she doesn't want to lie to the employer.
Hesitant and vague, not knowing how to answer.
Seeing her hesitation, Qiao Baozhu guessed that her family didn't have a sewing machine. These days, only wealthy families have sewing machines, and many people have never seen one.
If she had never seen a sewing machine, Hu Zhaodi should have said it clearly. The reason why she is so embarrassed now is probably because she has seen a sewing machine but is not proficient in using it.
"I see. Sister Hu knows how to use it but she's not very skilled at it."
Without waiting for Hu Zhaodi to speak, Qiao Baozhu nodded in understanding and made a conclusion.
Hu Zhaodi suddenly raised her head and stared at Qiao Baozhu with an even more nervous expression.
Qiao Baozhu laughed at herself in embarrassment: "I have a sewing machine at home, but my fingers are so fragile that I can't do anything right. For housework, I either ask the neighbor in the family compound to help me, or I just go to a tailor shop to do it."
Director Yang was dumbfounded and couldn't help asking, "You can't even sew, so why do you want to open a clothing store?"
Qiao Baozhu answered confidently: "It was because I spent too much money at the tailor shop that I realized that doing this could make money. Although I am not good at sewing, I have a good eye. I can draw beautiful clothes and let my mother make them and sell them in the supply and marketing cooperative. They are very popular."
The clothes had just been delivered to the supply and marketing cooperative, and Qiao Baozhu's guess as to whether they were popular was just her own. However, she believed in her own judgment, and even more in Sun Jihong's ability.
"So you can draw patterns for clothes, that's amazing."
Director Yang praised from the bottom of her heart, saying that in her eyes, Qiao Baozhu was a capable person.
She grew up in such a poor family, but within two years of going to the countryside, she became a farm cadre and married a battalion commander. She was able to catch spies and dared to lead rural women to make money by doing handicrafts. Now she is opening a clothing store, and who knows, she may even help all the housewives in the street to get rich.
The more Director Yang thought about it, the hotter he felt inside. The newspapers kept saying that men and women were the same and that women could hold up half the sky.
Isn’t this the best example?
Director Yang looked at Qiao Baozhu with fiery eyes and thought to himself that if Qiao Baozhu's garment shop was opened and helped the women in the surrounding streets to make money, it would also be the credit of their street office.
Perhaps, it won’t be long before she can be promoted to a full-time position as deputy director of the subdistrict office.
"I have a sewing machine at home, too. It's easy to operate and you can learn it in no time. My mom can use it even at her age, let alone young people."
Director Yang patted Hu Zhaodi on the shoulder and secretly encouraged her.
"By the way, Sister Baozhu, you just said that you have four new sewing machines at home. Are you going to hire four people? Now you have one, but you still need three. Do you want me to help you find someone?"
Director Yang has been holding this thought in her mind for a long time. Her younger brother can now learn skills from Master Qiao and she doesn't have to worry about him anymore, but her sister-in-law still hasn't found a job.
Qiao Baozhu laughed in her heart as she watched Director Yang's anxious look.
It's not a good deal to rush in. Yang Ming is already her father's apprentice, and he's learning for free. If she asks Yang Ming's wife to come to work, it would seem too flattering.
"I don't have high requirements for my employees. They just need to be diligent, clean, and obedient. But Sister Yang, those who come from poor families like Sister Hu, or those who are physically disabled and cannot go out to work, should be given priority."
"My parents are both disabled. They are hardworking and can endure hardships. Unfortunately, most factories don't want them because of their physical disabilities. However, my small workshop doesn't care about its image. I give priority to hiring people with disabilities."
People born in the 1950s and 1960s don’t care about eugenics or good upbringing, they only care about having many children and being blessed.
The more turbulent the society, the higher the birth rate. The more children there are, the more labor force there is. In addition, the medical level at that time was not good. There were many healthy children who had minor illnesses but had no money to see a doctor. Fever led to disability and mental retardation.
Yang Ming did not receive timely medical treatment when he was a child, which resulted in a healthy and good-looking child becoming disabled.
The Yang family was not well off and could not afford a high bride price to marry a healthy daughter-in-law to take home as a family ancestor. So they married a daughter-in-law who was also unhealthy and had a crooked neck.
"Baozhu, do you really want to recruit disabled people? You..."
Director Yang was shocked and didn't know what to say. Hu Zhaodi's eyes lit up and she regarded Qiao Baozhu as her idol.
Qiao Baozhu's awareness is so high that they admire her so much.
"Now there are few people, so we give priority to the disabled. When the factory grows bigger and there are fewer disabled people, other people will also have to be considered."
Qiao Baozhu smiled, feeling a little uneasy at the praise from Hu Zhaodi and Director Yang.
Giving priority to hiring people with disabilities is indeed Qiao Baozhu's true inner thought. Because of the hardships her parents have gone through, she also wants to hold an umbrella for others.
In addition, she also played some tricks.
The city is not open yet, and the people setting up stalls on the street, whether they are selling cigarettes, repairing shoes or even making wontons, are the ones that the street cannot find jobs for.
Disabled people, lonely elderly people, retired and injured soldiers who cannot do heavy physical work...
Qiao Baozhu is a military family member, and is different from that group of people. If someone gets jealous and secretly makes trouble in the future, it will be just like the group of people in the farm corps.
Maybe you not only fail to make money but also lose your life. What's the point of rebirth then?
So Qiao Baozhu wanted to tie herself to the street and recruit workers who were all disabled people recommended by the street.
Then the nature of her clothing store changed, from profit-making to public welfare and welfare-oriented.
Qiao Baozhu was a military wife and had caught spies and made contributions. It would not be a problem for her to open a garment store that provides jobs for the disabled.
At least, no one dared to stand on the moral high ground and question the attributes of Qiao Baozhu's clothing store.
Those people in the committee are really good at putting accusations on others.
If Qiao Baozhu could think of this, it is impossible that Director Yang could not have thought of it.
Qiao Baozhu was sure that Director Yang would not see through her little thoughts.
Because Director Yang will be the biggest beneficiary of her clothing store.
As Qiao Baozhu guessed, Director Yang stopped smiling and said seriously, "There are several registered disabled people in the street waiting for us to arrange jobs for them. I will go back and ask the secretary to handle the matter for you. We will try to complete all the procedures for opening a store within three days."
Today is Tuesday, and the business license and other procedures can be completed by Friday at the latest.
By the way, I will select the employees and try to open the business next Monday!
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