Black pants make you look thinner. This sentence touched Wang Fengjiao's heart. After she got married and had a child, she couldn't lose weight.

If you can't lose weight, it's good to wear clothes that make you look thinner.

"Nian Nian, how much is this pair of pants?"

"Ten yuan a pair." Yang Niannian said with a smile, "I have another pair in my room. If you like it, take it back and try it on first."

"Such good material is only ten yuan a pair?" Wang Fengjiao was even more tempted when she heard the price. "I'll take it back and try it on. If it fits, I'll buy one too."

"I'll get it for you."

Yang Niannian turned around and went back to the house to get the pants. When Wang Fengjiao touched the material, she felt that the ten dollars was well worth it.

In those days, materials were scarce, and it cost about ten yuan to go to a tailor shop to buy cloth and make a pair of pants. An ordinary family in the countryside could not afford to buy themselves new clothes all year round.

A piece of clothing can be worn for several years by mending it up. If it can no longer be worn, the fabric can be used to make shoe uppers and insoles. In any case, no fabric will be wasted.

The prices in Haicheng are relatively higher than in the countryside, and she thought the pants would cost at least ten yuan.

Wang Fengjiao returned home with the pants, smiling. As soon as she closed the door, she couldn't wait to try on the pants.

Hey, you know what, these pants fit me perfectly, they are very elastic, comfortable to wear, and they don't feel strenuous whether I sit or squat.

Wang Fengjiao was so pleased with the pants that she ran to Yang Niannian's house wearing them, smiling so much that she couldn't close her mouth. "Niannian, where did you buy these pants? They fit me well, and I want to buy a pair, too."

Yang Niannian felt that the pants did not look good on her and she thought they looked tacky.

But stepped pants were popular in that era. Even if she said they were not good-looking, she could not extinguish the flame of the times. The nationwide popularity of stepped pants was history, and she did not think she had the ability to change it.

"You look much better in it than I do."

Yang Niannian first flattered her against her conscience, and then talked about doing small business, "Sister Wang, let me tell you the truth, I didn't buy the pants, I went to the market to buy them in bulk, and planned to sell them in the city."

"Selling pants?" Wang Fengjiao was surprised. "You need to be thick-skinned to do business. Can you swallow your pride?"

Yang Niannian, "It's a little bit hard to get used to it the first time, but it will get better slowly."

"Does Captain Lu know?" Wang Fengjiao was quite surprised. She didn't expect that Yang Niannian, who looked weak and fragile, could actually have quite a lot of ideas.

These days, everyone has been saying behind Captain Lu's back that he had found a great-grandmother to worship, and that Yang Niannian was lazy and not hardworking. In her opinion, even if all the military wives in the hospital were tied together, no one could compare to Yang Niannian.

To have culture is to have ideas.

"I know." Yang Niannian nodded, "He has no objection."

Since Captain Lu has no objection, Wang Fengjiao will definitely not say anything discouraging.

Yang Niannian was willing to tell her about her business, which showed that she trusted her, so she had to support her even more.

Wang Fengjiao smiled happily, "Then I will be your first customer. I will buy these pants."

Changing the subject, she reminded him seriously, "Niannian, I have never done business, but I know that you have to be ruthless in business. Since you are doing business, you can't care too much about friendship. No matter who comes to you to buy clothes, you should charge them according to the price. You have to make some money, but don't lose money."

"Sister Wang, don't worry." Yang Niannian nodded, with an expression that she had learned something. "No matter who wants to buy these pants from me, I won't sell them for less than fifteen yuan a pair."

"It's not in vain that I taught you." Wang Fengjiao said happily, "I'll go back and get the money for you."

She went back and got fifteen yuan, but Yang Niannian insisted on taking only ten yuan.

Given her relationship with Wang Fengjiao, she wouldn't feel bad even if she gave Wang Fengjiao the reserve price. But she is doing business now, and if she reveals the reserve price at the beginning, she will not be able to do business.

If Wang Fengjiao bought it from others, it would cost at least ten yuan, but she charged ten yuan, so no one suffered a loss.

"Niannian, you have to make money by doing business. It will definitely be more expensive if I buy it from others. It's better to let you make money than to let others make money." Wang Fengjiao stuffed the money into Yang Niannian's hands.

Yang Niannian refused to accept it. "Sister Wang, you are the first person who has taken care of my business. For this reason, I cannot charge you fifteen dollars."

Wang Fengjiao was very happy with Yang Niannian's words and did not refuse anymore. It was almost time to go home for school, so she didn't stay any longer because she had to go back to cook.

Before leaving, he reminded her, "Nian Nian, you must not tell anyone about your business in the city. If anyone asks, just say that you found a job selling clothes for people in the city. Got it?"

The women in the family compound are no different from the women in the village. They dislike you for being poor, fear you for being rich, and are jealous. They will seize on your mistakes and exaggerate them. If the news of Yang Niannian's business get out, who knows what others will say behind her back.

Unexpectedly, Wang Fengjiao thought the same thing as her. Yang Niannian quickly nodded and agreed, "Sister Wang, I'll listen to you."

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After lunch, Yang Niannian followed Wang Fengjiao to the vegetable field to learn how to grow vegetables. The cropped pants they wore attracted the attention of other military wives.

"Hey, Fengjiao, did you buy new pants?"

"These pants look really nice. How much did you buy them for?"

These military wives basically have nothing to do in the afternoon. While their children are running around in the yard, they gather in groups of three or five under the big trees, knitting sweaters to keep cool.

If something unusual happens, people will gather around immediately, as if they were watching a big circus.

At this moment, they all gathered around Wang Fengjiao and Yang Niannian, staring at their pants.

Wang Fengjiao felt that this was a good opportunity to promote Yang Niannian and immediately began to use her social skills.

"Nian Nian found a job in the city, helping others sell clothes. I thought the cropped pants her boss sold were pretty nice, so I asked her to buy me a pair. The pants have good elasticity and quality, and they are very comfortable to wear."

Yang Niannian was almost laughing to death and couldn't help but praise Wang Fengjiao for her natural acting.

Everyone was focusing on the pants and didn't pay attention to Yang Niannian's job search in the city.

A military wife put her one-year-old baby on the ground and tugged at Wang Fengjiao's pants.

Surprised, "Hey, this elasticity is really good, and the fabric feels really good."

The other military wives also touched it and surrounded Wang Fengjiao to ask about the price. When they learned that it was thirteen yuan per piece, they all thought it was worth it.

Since there were children at home, no one had time to go to the city, so two military wives immediately offered to give Yang Niannian money and asked her to help buy one.

The military wife holding the baby said very seriously, "I want the one that Nian Nian is wearing. I think it looks better on her."

Wang Fengjiao glared at her in annoyance, "Go away, you are insulting me, Nian Nian and I are wearing the same one."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present burst into laughter. The military wife who was holding the baby blushed and felt a little embarrassed.

The news spread faster than the intelligence bureau. Within half an hour, Yu Hongli and Ye Meijing got the news.

Ye Meijing sneered, "What a fool, what a pair of pants that cost thirteen yuan? It's enough to eat meat for a whole year."