Chapter 233 Where to celebrate the New Year?

After moving, Li Shufen's life became fulfilling. She would send her children to school in the morning and then go home to make clothes.

Apart from cooking and picking up the children, Li Shufen basically spends her time doing needlework.

Su Mei's life remains the same. She runs between home, classroom, cafeteria and laboratory every day.

A fulfilling life always makes time pass quickly. Before you know it, two months have passed.

As the year was coming to an end, Li Shufen finally finished making all the clothes.

She asked Su Mei to make an appointment and delivered the clothes to Qin's house during the weekend.

The styles of the clothes were designed by Su Mei based on the characteristics of several people.

Master's wife Dai Yin is a female writer who usually writes freely at home and leads a simple and carefree life. Su Mei designed a very elegant long skirt for her, with a cape with cuffs.

The master's wife Liang Jing is the principal and a strong woman. Su Mei designed a professional suit for her based on her status, which makes her look professional and decent when she wears it.

As for the master's wife's daughter-in-law and daughter, Su Mei designed clothes for them in the Hong Kong style of the early 1980s. They were both fashionable and had the unique flavor of that era.

These were not difficult for Su Mei. After all, she did not need to actually design the clothes. She only needed to draw the clothes that she thought were suitable based on her memory.

As a mover, it is naturally not difficult to move things from the future.

Naturally, the clothes were recognized by their owners.

In addition to clothes, Li Shufen also used the leftover scraps from making clothes to make head flowers, embroider handkerchiefs, purses and other items, and gave them away for free.

Originally, the sister-in-law had no intention of accepting money from Liang Jing. After all, Liang Jing had helped Qiuqiu go to school. Li Shufen had no way to repay such a great favor, so how could she afford to take her money?

But Liang Jing insisted on giving it to her, saying that she really liked the clothes made by Li Shufen, but if Li Shufen didn't charge her, she would never ask Li Shufen to make clothes for her again.

In the end, Li Shufen had no choice but to accept the money.

The four sets of clothes cost a total of 80 yuan. As soon as Li Shufen and Su Mei returned home, she took out 50 yuan to give to Su Mei. She said:

"You are the one who solicits the work and designs the clothes. These are the most difficult things. The clothes are popular mainly because the styles you designed are new.

I just did some hard work, so I should be paid according to the price of hard work. You must accept this money, otherwise I will be embarrassed. "

The design is indeed worth the money.

But Su Mei didn't take the three of them seriously. But she didn't take a penny either. She took twenty yuan from her sister-in-law.

Then she told Li Shufen clearly:

"Sister-in-law, design is indeed very important. If it were someone else, I would definitely take half of the money, but you are in urgent need of money right now, so I will only take twenty.

Aren’t you planning to buy some more cloth to make clothes for my wife? If you give me fifty, there will be very little money left after you buy the cloth, and your work for the past two months will have been in vain.

This is the first time we have made money together, so I will let my sister-in-law take some of the spoils. If we have the opportunity to make more money together in the future, I will definitely take the money that I deserve.”

It doesn't matter if Qian Sumei takes less; she doesn't care about this tiny profit.

But she had to let Li Shufen know that she only took this money because she was generous, not because her design was worthy of taking this money.

After all, in her plan, she and Li Shufen still have a long way to go.

What needs to be made clear should still be made clear.

She didn't need the twenty dollars, but she still took this small portion symbolically.

Because of the differences between gratitude and resentment, people's hearts are very complicated. She refused to take it this time for Li Shufen's sake, and she will not take it next time because she feels sorry for Li Shufen.

If she takes the money when she earns more in the future, who knows what Li Shufen will think then.

Everyone has selfish desires. Although Su Mei has already recognized Li Shufen's character, if she wants to maintain a long-term relationship with Li Shufen, she must grasp the scope of the situation.

Moreover, if she took the money, Li Shufen would feel better.

However, although Su Mei's words hit the mark, Li Shufen, apart from being grateful, did not take it too seriously.

Because the Chinese New Year is less than two months away, Li Shufen is already planning to return to her hometown.

She dreamed of returning to her hometown and working in the town's tailor shop.

Yanjing is a good place, but Li Shufen has no intention of staying here.

Here, she had no household registration, no house, and no job. She was a burden to Su Mei and had no sense of security.

She wanted to return to her hometown and live a down-to-earth life, and had no intention of staying in Yanjing to make a lot of money by taking on illegal jobs and working with Su Mei.

However, Li Shufen's dream was soon shattered by the tempting reality.

Because half a month later, the ladies from the Qin family found Su Mei and Li Shufen again. They used their connections to bring eleven lists to Li Shufen.

For outsiders, Su Mei quoted a price of 60 yuan per body, which was three times what the women in the Qin family paid.

With such high prices, Li Shufen thought no one would come to her shop to make clothes for her. But not only did she receive orders, she received 11 orders.

Su Mei was not surprised at all. The people that Dai Yin and Liang Jing could come into contact with were all rich or noble, and those rich ladies would definitely be willing to spend money on making clothes.

It will take five months to complete the 11 orders. After completion, Li Shufen will receive 660 yuan, half of which will be given to Su Mei, and Li Shufen will still have 300 yuan left.

If she returned to the town, the monthly salary that the town could offer a tailor was only 30 yuan, which is 360 yuan a year.

In Yanjing, she could earn in five months what she would earn in a year in the town.

Li Shufen wanted to refuse to make these clothes. She was about to go back to her hometown to work. How could she have the time to earn this money?

But faced with the naked temptation of numbers, Li Shufen swallowed her thoughts back.

She is so poor that she dares not go against money.

After accepting the orders, Li Shufen said to Su Mei: "If I accept all these jobs, I won't be able to go back home by the end of the year!"

"Why go back?" Su Mei also took this opportunity to persuade Li Shufen, "Qiuqiu has a school to go to, she can get the best education here. You can also make money, what's wrong with staying in Yanjing?

The tailor shop in town asked you to work there, but that was a few years ago. The situation is different now. What if they don't want you when you go back?

My fifth brother said in the letter that the widow of the Liu family has married Huo Jianjun, and is now fighting wits and courage with Qiuqiu's grandmother every day, causing chaos in the Huo family.

If you go back and run into Widow Liu and Huo Jianjun quarreling, and your family wants to take you back to remarry, do you have the ability to protect yourself?"

These words stunned Li Shufen. She had indeed idealized life a little. After a long while, she said:

"But I can't always bring Qiuqiu here to drag you down!"

"How is it a burden? These past few months, you've been taking care of the house, preparing meals, and helping me with laundry, so I can focus on my studies. Sister-in-law, I really need you here, and now you have a way to make money, so you should stay."

"You really don't think Qiuqiu and I are a burden?" This is what Li Shufen is most worried about.

Su Mei nodded seriously: "I don't need to think about it, it's obviously not the case!"

The house was tidy and tidy, and the previous house was also cleaned up by Li Shufen and rented out. Su Mei only wrote a contract and asked Li Shufen to take it to the other party for signature, and she got the rent without even showing up.

Every day when she came home she could eat delicious meals, her quilts were always carefully folded, her clothes were always washed, and the soles of her unworn shoes were always free of mud.

Even if we ignore the fact that Li Shufen can make money, Su Mei would never think that Li Shufen is a burden. She is simply a free home nanny.

Even a hundred times better than a home nanny.

Su Mei repeated these words to Li Shufen very seriously.

With Su Mei's recognition, the temptation of money, and Qiuqiu attending a very good school... Li Shufen quickly gave up the idea of ​​returning home at the end of the year and continued to make clothes with peace of mind.

Li Shufen felt relieved, but as the year was coming to an end, Su Mei felt a little troubled.

She was in a dilemma. Should she go back to her hometown to spend the New Year with her parents and grandfather, or go to the border to spend the New Year with Huo Jianguo?