Wanting to ask more questions, the four returned to their dormitory and got busy.
Ji Xia was mainly busy; her bed hadn't been tidied up yet, and she was putting away the things she bought today.
The weather was still warm, so the cotton wick was temporarily put back on the top shelf of the wardrobe, and some food was also put in the wardrobe. Only a bag of golden jujubes was specially bought for Liu Yujuan and was generously placed in front of her.
We don't have bed sheets, duvet covers, or pillows yet, but we need to bring three pounds of cassia seeds home to make pillows.
After tidying up her things, she turned to Rong Ruoshi and asked, "Ruoshi, do you have a bicycle? Are you going home?"
"I have class tomorrow and won't be back until the weekend. If you need it, you can ride over first."
Rong Ruoshi generously tossed her his bicycle keys and told her where the bicycle was.
"Thanks, I'll go back and get a three-piece set, and I'll return the key to you when I get back."
Ji Xia waved the keys in her hand, then slung her small bag over her shoulder and left.
Liu Yujuan watched her retreating figure, her lips moved slightly, and she turned back to give Rong Ruoshi a shy smile.
"Ruoshi, Ji Xia said she can make money by drawing design drafts, is that true?"
"It should be true. My aunt saw her make a beautiful wedding dress for a female educated youth who was preparing to get married, and after seeing her design drawings, she recommended her to apply to the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts."
"Making a wedding dress for someone else?"
"Yes, I heard that wedding dress cost more than twenty yuan. It was very beautiful. After deducting the cost of the fabric and other items, they should have made five or six yuan profit!"
"Actually, my aunt said that she scored over 360 points on the college entrance exam this time, which is the highest score in the whole school. If she hadn't applied to the Academy of Fine Arts, she probably would have gone to Tsinghua University!"
"Over 300 points? She's a top student!"
Jiang Qingci looked amazed. She had scored less than 200 points on the college entrance exam. The difference between people was so great!
"She's already making money before even starting school, and I'm starting to get tempted. Do you think she'd be willing to tell me if I asked her how to make money?"
Liu Yujuan glanced at Jiang Qingci in surprise, and Jiang Qingci finally voiced her thoughts.
Her family isn't well-off, so does she need to earn her own money?
She fell into deep thought. Making a piece of clothing for someone earns a few dollars, and if she makes a few pieces a month, she can earn tens of dollars.
Some people in the commune only earn ten or twenty yuan a month working.
However, she didn't even have a sewing machine, so how could she have the opportunity to make clothes for others?
Rong Ruoshi nodded casually: "Probably. She's very generous. It's not a big deal. What's wrong with talking about it?"
When Ji Xia returned to the courtyard house, Hou Fang and Ah Xiong were busy setting up the showroom in the front yard. Upon seeing Ji Xia, someone immediately called out loudly, "Sister-in-law is back?"
"Sister-in-law, haven't you started your classes yet? Have you eaten?"
Ah Xiong was a new recruit on this trip to Beijing. I heard that his family was not well-off. Chen Jing saw that he was hardworking and articulate. After consulting with him, he hired him to work in the workshop and was in charge of wholesaling goods.
Ji Xia waved her hand: "I've eaten. Registration is today, classes start tomorrow. Are you all done? Isn't A-Jing here?"
"There's a problem with one of the cars in the backyard, let Jing go check it out."
"Then you guys get back to your work, I'm going back to the backyard."
She pushed her bicycle to the tree by the courtyard wall, locked it, and carried three kilograms of cassia seeds back to the backyard.
In the backyard, Chen Jing walked out of the workshop with his hands covered in black machine oil. He was delighted to see Ji Xia and asked, "You're back? Finished with work in the dorm?"
"Yes, I'm done."
She frowned and looked at his hands: "Go wash your hands first, I'll go to the warehouse and get some fabric."
Chen Qiuyu asked in surprise, "Sister-in-law, you just got back and you're already working on fabric? Have you got another creative idea?"
"Hmm, I do have an idea. You can issue me an order for shipment later."
The workshop's entry and exit procedures were strictly in accordance with later standards to avoid any data confusion or discrepancies between inventory and data.
However, Ji Xia has special privileges. She can fill out an application form with the amount of fabric she needs, indicating that it is for design purposes, and then she can clear the inventory to avoid discrepancies in the inventory data.
Chen Qiuyu readily agreed. Ji Xia returned to her desk, put the cassia seeds aside, and first drew a diagram, listing the dimensions.
Drawing a three-piece bedding set is easy. I just roughly calculated the size of the metal bunk bed in my dorm room; it's about 190*110CM.
As for the duvet cover, the duvet insert I just bought is 200*150 cm, so just make sure it's a little larger than that size.
The pillow is made to a standard size of 70*37 cm, with seams added to all four sides.
Of course, the pillow core is a little smaller than the pillowcase, filled with cassia seeds, and then placed inside the pillowcase.
I quickly drew the dimensions and then went to the warehouse to pick out the fabric.
The warehouse received 400 bolts of fabric a few days ago, mostly for women's clothing. The majority of the fabric is pure cotton, while the fabric for autumn and winter clothing is relatively thick, which is just right.
She chose two colors, in the same color family: light green and dark green. The dark green was a solid color, while the light green had small white and green flowers on it, giving it a fresh and clean look.
The bed sheets are dark-colored, the duvet cover is light green with a dark green base, and the pillows are the same color scheme. After sewing, the entrance is made with a hidden layer, and the buttons are also made with a hidden layer.
As for the pillow filling, she selected several large, stained pieces and sewed them together, then filled it with cassia seeds and added a few pins in the middle to secure it.
The three-piece bedding set was made quickly, in less than half an hour. After ironing the duvet cover and sheets, and laying it out on the bed in the room, the style was completely different.
Chen Qiuyu's amazement was quite obvious: "Sis, this makes a nice bed, but the sheet is a bit small. Sis, why didn't you make a bigger one?"
"The beds in the dorm are already so small, why make them bigger? But what do you think about us starting a bedding line, specializing in producing complete bedding sets? How about that?"
"A dedicated line for the bed? That sounds good. Should we discuss it with Third Brother?"
"Let's talk about it later. Let's wash it and dry it first, then we can take it to school tomorrow."
I washed the three-piece bedding set, boiled a kettle of water to scald it, and then put it on the clothesline to hang it out to dry.
The sheets and pillowcases were hung up to dry. The duvet cover was quite thick, and even after wringing it out for a while, it was still dripping wet.
"Why didn't you call me when you were wringing out the wet blanket? Where would you get the strength?"
Chen Jing washed his hands and came out. He frowned as he watched her actions, then took the bed sheet and twisted it a few times: "Didn't you say you weren't planning to live at school?"
Ji Xia had promised him that she would come home from school every night.
Chen Jing made a special trip to Beijing to develop his career, so of course he wanted to be able to see Ji Xia every day, so that the two wouldn't be separated and cause problems over time.
Ji Xia smiled sweetly at him, her eyes crinkling: "Don't worry, I asked the dorm supervisor today, and I can come back after school tonight. But I should rest in the dorm for a while at noon."
Chen Jing was finally satisfied. He unfolded the duvet cover and hung it out to dry, then wrung out the sheets again.
Looking at her hands, which were red from rubbing them, he said, "Your hands are all red. Aren't you tired? Why didn't you ask Qiuyu to help you?"
"This is my blanket, why are you calling her?"
Ji Xia bit her lower lip coquettishly, pulled her hands out and rubbed her wrists, then suddenly became happy again: "When we went to buy duvet covers today, I suddenly had an idea, and I wanted to discuss it with you?"
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