Director Fang never thought that this could be done. Yes, duck down can be used to make clothes, so why can't it be used to make quilts?
He is just too rigid in his thinking and can't think of it immediately.
"You're right, we can make quilts and sell them, but how much do quilts cost?
Our down jackets are so expensive, and quilts use even more duck down, so shouldn’t they be even more expensive? At such a high price, will anyone buy them?
"Since it's sold domestically, it can't be that expensive. Twenty or thirty yuan a quilt is about right."
Director Fang's heart was bleeding when he heard the huge price difference. This was too cheap.
"Is that all you're selling for?"
"We also have to set prices based on people's wages. If the price is too high, I'm afraid no one will buy it."
Director Fang understood this principle, he just needed some time to adjust and accept this huge difference.
However, if they can keep the garment factory going, they will be able to make a lot of money by next winter.
Thinking of this, Director Fang's mood improved again.
"By the way, didn't you ask me to look into the orphans of the martyrs? I've already sent people to inquire and got these lists. Their families are willing to let them go to school."
He paused, then added emphatically, "About two hundred people, that's a lot."
He took out a few sheets of paper from the table and gave them to Shen Annian, who took them and looked at them.
Even if there are more than 200 students, the annual tuition is only a few thousand yuan, which she can definitely afford.
The names of this era are very characteristic of the times, and you can tell the gender of a person at a glance from the name.
Boys account for too large a proportion, at least three-quarters of the list are boys.
Director Fang saw her frown and thought she thought the number was too large, so he said, "This is just the list we verified. You don't necessarily have to send so many people to school."
"I don't think there are too many people. I just don't understand why the gender ratio is so different. Look at this crowd, most of them are boys, and there are hardly any girls."
Director Fang also discovered this problem. The phenomenon of favoring boys over girls is very serious in rural areas. Many people think that girls will get married sooner or later, and even if they go to school, they will be married to other families in the future.
"This is the prevailing culture here. Many parents believe that once a girl finishes her education, she is old enough to get married. She is only helping other families and it does not benefit her own family at all.
There are very few families that allow girls to go to school because they can help with housework and take care of younger siblings."
“Even if they don’t have to pay tuition, they are unwilling to let their daughters go to school?”
Director Fang shook his head. "Even if they don't have to pay tuition, they won't benefit. They'd rather their children stay home and help."
Shen Annian sighed. She had great ambitions, but it was difficult to implement them.
"How about this, you can tell those families to send their children to school and I will cover the food expenses."
Director Fang looked at her in surprise, "This is not a small expense."
"I know. I can afford the food, but I need support from the army. I don't have that many food coupons."
She planned to give food to the children in several nearby villages, but as for those in other farther places, she could only give them money.
Director Fang looked at her for a long time, and suddenly sighed, "I really don't know why you would do such a thing."
"Many things need to be done by others. Just like you, why are you willing to stay on this land and live such a hard life?"
"That's different. We are soldiers. A soldier's duty is to protect the people. We are not afraid of any hardship."
"You weren't born soldiers. This is the result of your own choice."
Director Fang didn't understand her at all, but he also understood her very well.
"I will apply to the brigade commander for this matter. It can be regarded as my support for you."
Shen Annian smiled with her eyebrows curved, "Thank you."
"Why should I thank you? I should thank you. You have done many things that we cannot do."
"Director, I need your help with something. With so many people needing to study, isn't it time to build a school?"
It is obviously unrealistic to let all these children study in military schools.
Some villages were too far away from the army, so he had to go and take a good look to decide where to build the school.
Director Fang said: "Some of the larger villages also have schools. I will go and see if we can renovate the schools and find some teachers with higher education to teach the children well."
Teaching and educating is an important job. They didn’t have the ability to manage it before, but now that they have to do it, they have to do it well.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Director. I'm leaving now."
Director Fang handed her a jar of honey on the table and said, "This is our winter honey. Try it."
"Then I won't be polite."
"Why are you being so polite to me?"
Shen Anyian took the bottle of winter honey and rode his bike to the winery.
After not seeing each other for half a month, Shen Annian still felt very cordial when she saw everyone, and everyone greeted her warmly, "Director, you're back."
"Director, long time no see."
Shen Annian greeted everyone with a smile and walked back to the office.
Sitting in the familiar office, she felt very relaxed, but she also had a lot of things to do.
Xue Dingxiang came over with a pile of materials, including account books, new orders, and document reports, a thick stack.
Shen An Nian saw what she was holding and pressed his forehead, "So many things?"
"That's not the case. There are many things to do."
Xue Dingxiang put the things on the table with a smile. Shen Annian asked curiously, "Why are you so happy?"
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