Chapter 369 Sunflower Volunteer, Liujiawan's Straw Hat
When Wei Yanju and Mi Xing rushed into the room, what they saw was Bai Jingyi's red eyes and Kang Ying's hand that she had not yet had time to withdraw.
"Kang Ying! Don't bully my wife!!"
Kang Ying rolled her eyes helplessly. As soon as she met Bai Jingyi, Wei Yan's brain stopped working!
Kang Ying stayed in Liujiawan for an afternoon and then left.
When leaving, she not only took away some local specialties prepared by Bai Jingyi, but also the colorful straw hats produced by Liujiawan Hat Factory.
As soon as she left, Mingdai and Gu Sinian returned from Shenzhen.
Wei Yan and Bai Jingyi went to the commune excitedly and were very happy to see the new factory.
I was still shocked when I saw the half-old production line in the middle of the venue.
Mingdai actually brought the machine back from America!
After that, Mingdai and Gu Sinian worked in the commune to prepare the factory and debug tools.
They are living a peaceful life here, but Kang Ying and his men in Song City are simply going crazy!
When the tiger is away, the monkey becomes king.
As soon as Wei Yan left, all kinds of evil spirits came out. Kang Ying and Wei Yan, one in the open and the other in the dark, cooperated with each other and soon cleared out the officialdom in Song City.
As soon as it was over, Kang Ying couldn't wait to come to Liujiawan and rushed Wei Yan to Song City to make the final handover.
She and Bai Jingyi went to the commune and visited Mingdai's sanitary napkin production line.
Listening to the roar of the machines and watching the finished sanitary napkins appear on the production line, Kang Ying and Bai Jingyi were still very shocked.
"Xiao Ming! You are so amazing!"
Mingdai took Pan Xiaosi to put the things into the warehouse one by one. As soon as she turned around, she saw two people coming together.
"Mother Bai, Aunt Kang! Why are you here?"
Kang Ying walked over with a smile and nodded to Gu Sinian beside him as a greeting.
"I and your white mother are coming over to see if there's anything we can do to help you."
Ming Dai pointed to the piles of boxes in the warehouse and said, "There really is something you need help with. I plan to recruit volunteers from Sunflower."
"Volunteers?"
Ming Dai looked at her with sparkling eyes: "Yes! Now everyone is busy at work and busy with farm work. I guess no one has time to listen to our promotion.
Especially for the girls in the village who are trapped at home and have to work, if they delay their work, their families will definitely not let them out.
So I plan to train volunteers before winter, and then have them take picture books and sanitary napkins to various villages to promote the campaign.
Then, those girls who have nothing to do and are stuck at home will be able to go out and attend our classes.”
Kang Ying looked at the glowing girl and felt more and more impressed.
Bai Jingyi also nodded. She had lived in the village and the Liaowangshan Farm for some time and knew the specific situation of the village.
"You're very thoughtful. If these girls miss work because of our activities, they won't be able to get a taxi. In winter, there won't be so many concerns. What kind of volunteers do you plan to recruit?"
Ming Dai looked at Kang Ying: "Aunt Kang, you said before that you have a good relationship with the provincial hospital, right?"
Kang Ying nodded: "Yes, I know their dean."
Ming Dai smiled and said, "I really need to trouble you with this matter. The provincial hospital should hold regular fertility skills training, right?"
Kang Ying recalled: "Indeed, there is. This is usually technical assistance provided by advanced units to hospitals with backward medical technology."
Ming Dai raised her lips and said, "Can the provincial capital provide some more assistance to the midwives in the villages?"
"Midwife"
Ming Dai nodded solemnly: "No one is more suitable than them to be the publicity volunteers for the Sunflower Project.
Nowadays, most births in the village are delivered by them. A good midwife can deliver more babies than a gynecologist throughout the year!
Therefore, in the village, they are not only popular, but their words are also very influential.
Only with such people in charge of promotion will the villagers be more convinced and women's physical problems will be taken seriously.
Moreover, their craft is passed down from generation to generation, and the quality of the craft depends entirely on their own understanding. Many people's skills are not up to standard, and production accidents are also very common in the village.
If we can improve their skills, we can save more children and mothers.”
Kang Ying pondered for a while and felt that this was completely feasible!
"Yes, these midwives will also go to the hospital to pick up some disinfectants, so each hospital also has a specific registration list.
As long as the provincial hospitals issue training tasks, these hospitals should take the initiative to contact these people. "
Ming Dai was very excited and handed the sunflower picture album to Kang Ying: "Then I'll trouble Aunt Kang. In addition to the training tasks assigned by the province, you can also let these midwives learn the sunflower manual. When winter comes, they can go directly to the village to promote it.
We pay for publicity, 8 yuan for a village, and we also give commissions for sanitary napkins, 0.5 cents for a box of sanitary napkins.
This way, they will be more motivated to participate in the training.”
Kang Ying gave her a thumbs up: "Xiao Ming, you are a good girl with great love in your heart!"
Gu Sinian and Bai Jingyi looked at Mingdai with pride.
Just like that, after the first snow fell in Heilongjiang Province, thousands of midwives in the province took action, braving the heavy snow, riding sleds, pulling carts of sanitary napkins and sunflower brochures, rushing between villages.
For the first time, only women were allowed to enter the village committee office, and men were not allowed to approach.
The women sat on the warm kang, each holding a picture book, and learned little by little from the midwife's narration.
The picture book was easy to understand, and the midwife's explanations were included, and soon screams and curses were heard from inside.
At the end, the woman took the picture album and a small package and left secretly.
When I went to class the next day, the sisters who had used it shared their experiences excitedly.
"No more leaks. We don't have to get up in the middle of sleep to change toilet paper anymore!"
"Me too! I can work normally during the day and don't have to hide in bed anymore."
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With her genuine sharing and low prices, many people started buying sanitary napkins from midwives.
For girls and orphans from poor families, midwives also gave them free gifts with the approval of the women's director.
Just as Mingdai worried, when the women in the village started using hot water to wash dishes and vegetables and started spending money on things that men thought were unnecessary, the men in the village could no longer sit still and began to boycott the midwife from continuing to teach the women in the village.
Midwives often deliver babies in the village. What kind of strange things have they not encountered?
These people are not allowing her to attend classes, which is cutting off her source of income!
How can this be tolerated?!
Just take the sanitary napkin to the house of the man who opposes you and scold them so hard that they dare not show up.
They really don't dare. Women in the village still have to rely on midwives to give birth, otherwise it would be so expensive to go to the hospital to give birth!
Just like that, one winter, midwives carried sanitary napkins and sunflower brochures and traveled to every village in Heilongjiang Province.
Popularize physiological knowledge, women's health training and infant care knowledge to every rural woman in Heilongjiang Province.
Business training in the second half of the year has enabled these midwives to learn basic gynecological knowledge. When they encounter women with problems, they can directly examine them on the spot. If they find anything wrong, they will arrange for them to go to the hospital for treatment.
The hospital also has a special sunflower treatment window. As long as you go there with a sunflower picture album, you can see a doctor for free.
Just like that, over the course of one winter, the sunflower truly blossomed in the hearts of every woman in Heilongjiang Province.
This year is the busiest year for Mingdai and Gu Sinian.
Now, the sanitary napkin factory Mingdai has been handed over to Pan Xiaosi. She, Huang Dalian and the aunties in the village work overtime in the factory to meet the orders that come in like snowflakes from all over the place.
Mingdai led people to the village to strengthen the seedlings and help the ginseng survive the first winter.
The fresh vegetables in the village have already been put on the market.
Because several surrounding villages and Lookout Mountain Farm have started growing winter vegetables, the prices of fresh vegetables this year have been cut down.
Originally, Wei Yan was a little worried that the villagers would blame Mingdai and Gu Sinian for the price drop, but he didn't expect that not only did the villagers not blame them, but they also obediently followed Mingdai and started growing strawberries together.
This year, Liujiawan built a total of 4 greenhouses, plus the original one, a total of five large greenhouses, all planted with strawberries.
Mingdai asked Gu Sinian to prepare five beehives early in the morning and put them in the greenhouse during the strawberry flowering season.
Soon the beehives are full of honey and green strawberries are beginning to appear.
Looking at the strawberry potted plants with fruits hanging densely, Liu Dazhu's mouth was almost crooked with smile.
Also because of the issue of exporting fresh vegetables and strawberries, the transport teams are extremely busy, transporting truckloads of fresh vegetables.
Just before the Chinese New Year, Mingdai and Gu Sinian arrived in Beijing with a truck full of potted strawberries.
As soon as we arrived, they were all snatched up by people from the Friendship Store and the Rest Home.
Just after delivering this year's orders, next year's orders came in, and they are basically twice as long.
There’s nothing we can do about it, their strawberry potted plants are so popular!
Strawberries are a rare commodity in this season, but if they are well taken care of, there will be no problem keeping these strawberries in trays until the Chinese New Year.
What's more, the basket that wraps the strawberry potted plant is durable, and the headscarf it uses is beautiful in color, thick and warm, and is deeply loved by family members.
When visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year, if there is a bowl of strawberries like this on the table, everyone would feel proud!
You just have to keep an eye on it all the time, otherwise, if you’re not careful, it will be eaten by the little gluttonous bugs in the house!
The news of the strawberry potted plants spread throughout the capital, and many people approached Tian Yongzhang and Lu San of the Friendship Store to express their desire to purchase them.
Just like that, as soon as they arrived in Beijing, they received a thick stack of reservation orders.
The strawberry industry in Liujiawan is stable!
After delivering the goods, Mingdai and Gu Sinian did not leave but stayed in the Friendship Store.
After communicating with Tian Yongzhang, Mingdai and Gu Sinian successfully secured a counter in the Friendship Store.
After they took out the things they wanted to consign, the Tian family's father, daughter and three others fell silent.
A cabinet full of colorful straw hats.
Especially the one in the middle, with layers of handmade flowers and pheasant feathers on it!
It's so colorful that it makes people dizzy.
Tian Yongzhang was a little disappointed. He thought Mingdai had brought out something good again, but it turned out to be a bunch of ugly hats.
Tian Li also curled her lips and looked at Gu Sinian who was adjusting the angle of the hat for the mannequin. It must be this big guy who ruined Mingdai's aesthetic sense!
Tian Fei was staring at these hats in a trance. She had read some Western magazines before and knew some foreign hat styles. Plus, since Ming Dai had recommended them, she had some confidence that she should be able to sell one or two.
Coincidentally, a tour group from a Western country came here to shop.
These people had obviously done their homework. When they arrived at the Friendship Store, they headed straight to the drugstore counter. More than 30 people easily bought up all the anti-acne creams and anti-freckle creams at the drugstore counter.
Tian Yongzhang was both happy and sad.
Fortunately, since Porcelain Beauty came to him, he no longer has to worry about performance issues.
Sadly, the goods that Ming Dai just brought over are sold out again!!
It is said that several tour groups will come here later, and he has no stock left. By then, those foreigners will eat him alive!
After buying out all the goods, these foreigners began to browse other counters.
Influenced by cosmetics, foreigners now have a new understanding of the magic of Chinese medicine. They gather around the Chinese medicine counters and buy a lot of things.
Then there are Chinese porcelain and silk.
As I was walking around, I saw an unusually eye-catching counter.
"Oh! My old swan! These hats are so pretty!!"
In an instant, Mingdai and his friends' straw hats attracted a senior dance enthusiast.
She walked quickly to the hat cabinet and took down the intricate "Red Sky Garden".
Mingdai asked Gu Sinian to make this based on his own hat. He made some slight changes in the middle and added pheasant tail feathers on it. It is very gorgeous and beautiful.
Originally, Gu Sinian thought it would not be able to be sold, but unexpectedly, it was the first one to be chosen!
Seeing the customer's excitement, Mingdai immediately stepped forward, took off her hat, and helped the foreign guest try it on. Gu Sinian held up two mirrors to show her what it would look like after she put it on.
The woman was obviously extremely satisfied, and excited words popped out one after another.
Tian Yongzhang was dumbfounded. What kind of vision do foreigners have? They actually took a fancy to such a popular and ugly hat.
If you don't make money, you're a bastard!
He immediately stepped forward and offered to help translate.
Who knew that as soon as he approached, he heard Mingdai's unusually standard spoken English. Not only did she answer fluently, she also seemed to have used a few metaphors, which made the woman smile from ear to ear. He decided on the hat on the spot.
"Oh, dear! I really can't guarantee that I will find such a suitable hat again. No matter how much it costs, please help me pack it up!"
Ming Dai looked at her distressedly: "Madam, if you want to know the price of other hats, I know that they range from 5 to 50 dollars. But this hat has not yet been priced because it is a show model and there is only one in the world. It is a unique show model."
When women heard it, they thought it was a unique show piece!!
Buy it!
Must buy it!!
Ming Dai looked at her increasingly anxious expression, nodded with satisfaction, and spoke as if she had thought of something: "Madam, you look like someone who often visits fashion shows. Take a look, how much does a hat like this cost? Please give me an estimate!"
The woman's eyes lit up, and she touched the hat and observed the exquisite crocheting: "65 dollars, even though it's a fashion show hat, but you know, straw hats are always worth a little bit."
Mingdai struggled for a while, and her face was full of confusion.
Seeing this, the woman immediately quoted: "70! 70 US dollars, this is the highest price I can give!!"
Ming Dai seemed to have made an important decision and nodded: "This is our first cooperation, so consider it as our sincerity. $70! Deal!"
The woman took the hat with surprise and asked her to pack it, then happily took the bill and went to pay.
When he came back, he even gave Mingdai a one-dollar tip!
The Tian family father and daughter and Gu Sinian, who were standing by, were stunned when they saw this.
Tian Yongzhang was smiling on the surface, but he was actually MMP!
Is this still the stingy, hard-nosed foreigner he knows? !
A hat costs $70!
How dare you think of that?!
Gu Sinian was also shocked. They originally thought that a hat could be sold for $5, but they didn't expect Mingdai to sell it for $70!
Ming Dai: No woman can escape the word "unique", let alone a show-off model.
What show?
Liujiawan's field straw hat show! !