The weather in May is warm and the sun sets in the evening.
A dragonfly was flying low to the ground in the yard. Dabaozi was holding a broom in his hand, but he caught nothing. Ruan Yue stood in the walker and watched him catch dragonflies. She was so excited that she jumped up and down without leaving her feet on the ground and laughed.
When she smiles, her two little white baby teeth are exposed, which is so adorable.
Ruan Cuizhi led the girls to operate the machines in the main room, and from time to time she went to each machine to provide guidance and solve the problems the girls encountered. After practicing for so long, the girls are now able to use the sewing machines very skillfully.
Qian Chuan was in the kitchen picking, washing, and chopping vegetables to prepare dumplings for dinner.
She picked and washed the shepherd's purse she had dug from the wild, put it on the chopping board and cut it into pieces, and then chopped up a pound of pork belly. Light the fire, put the pork fat in the pot, and stew out half a bowl of lard, then pour all of it into the shepherd's purse and pork filling.
Add soy sauce, MSG, salt and other seasonings and mix well. Then beat an egg and the meat filling is ready.
While she was rolling the dumpling skins in the house, she would occasionally look outside at Dabaozi and Ruan Yue. Although Dabaozi is only three years old, he has no problem playing with his younger sister. Ruan Yue almost jumped up while standing in the walker.
Seeing Ruan Yue like this, Qian Chuan couldn't help but laugh.
When Ruan Cuizhi was busy in the main room, she would stick her head out to take a look to make sure the two children were having fun before going back to her work.
"Boo is coming!"
The half-closed courtyard door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and Ruan Xi pushed his bicycle into the yard with a smile on his face. Ruan Changsheng and Yue Haofeng followed behind on tricycles, each of them carrying a cart full of cloth.
Hearing the sound, Ruan Cuizhi and the girls who were practicing in the main room, and Qian Chuan whose hands were covered in flour in the kitchen, all came out to the yard. Seeing the cloth, everyone's face lit up with smiles.
Ruan Cuizhi led the girls to the tricycle and said with a smile, "After waiting for so long, the problem is finally solved."
After the tricycle stopped steadily in the yard, except Qian Chuan, who had flour on his hands and couldn't get involved, everyone else helped to move the cloth to the workshop in the main house, and they were all very happy.
Watching everyone moving the cloth, Ruan Yue jumped even harder while standing in the walker with the rag doll in her hand, shouting, "Bu bu bu..." all the time, her saliva spraying all over the floor, making everyone laugh.
After moving the cloth into the house and putting it away, it was almost time for the girls to go home. Ruan Cuizhi politely asked them to stay for dinner at her home, but they naturally refused to stay. They smiled, said a few polite words, and then went home.
Ruan Xi didn't rush to start working, but went to the kitchen with Ruan Cuizhi, Yue Haofeng and Ruan Changsheng to help Qian Chuan make dumplings. With so many people around, the dumplings worked faster and soon all were wrapped and placed on the panel.
Yue Haofeng heated up half a pot of water, put the dumplings in and let them slowly float up, then added cold water three times after the water boiled.
The dumplings came out of the pot. Ruan Xi sat at the dining table, picked up one, took a bite and chewed it slowly.
The fresh fragrance of shepherd's purse and the meaty aroma of pork spread on the tip of her tongue, and she couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
Ruan Cuizhi asked, "Is it delicious? Qian Chuan specially went out to dig up shepherd's purse."
Ruan Xi was the first to nod, "It's delicious."
After talking about the dumplings, Ruan Cuizhi asked Ruan Xi, "Now that everything is ready, can we start making clothes? My girls are waiting impatiently, and they can't wait to make clothes."
Ruan Xi swallowed the dumplings in her mouth, smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, okay, I'll go cut the cloth after dinner. You can start with them tomorrow, and start with the simplest one to try your hand."
Don't rush anything, especially in the initial stage. Although those girls were already very skilled in using sewing machines, they had never made clothes properly before, so they still needed to learn a little and gradually adapt themselves.
Make a simple one first, and then make a more difficult one after you get the hang of it. By doing this one by one, a mechanical memory is formed in the hands, and one can sew them without using the brain. Then making dozens of pieces a day will not be a problem.
So after dinner, Ruan Xi was not idle either, and immediately started cutting the cloth according to the paper pattern.
Considering that it was the first time for the girls to make clothes, she did not cut too many pieces for fear of putting pressure on them, so she only cut fifty pieces. Fifty pieces of cloth are pressed together and cut at once with a pair of cutting scissors. After cutting, each piece of cloth is placed in order.
In order to avoid making a mistake in the pieces of cloth, Ruan Cuizhi used chalk to mark numbers on them.
After all the pieces of cloth were cut, Ruan Xi put down the scissors, unplugged the plug and put them away.
Back at the chopping board, she reached out and took a piece of each of the cut pieces of cloth, handed them to Ruan Cuizhi and said, "Third Aunt, make one first and let me see it. If there is no problem, you can start making it with them tomorrow."
Ruan Cuizhi nodded, took the cloth, sat down in front of the machine and started sewing.
Ruan Xi had taught her before when she was making samples, and although it had been a little while, she still basically remembered how to do it. Her memory was vague about some parts, but she remembered them after Ruan Xi pointed them out.
Ruan Cuizhi was quick with her hands and finished making the clothes quickly.
Ruan Xi checked and found nothing wrong, so he just said, "Just follow this standard!"
It was dark outside the house. Ruan Changsheng, Yue Haofeng, Qian Chuan and the baby had all washed and dressed. After Ruan Xi and Ruan Cuizhi finished with the clothes, they went to get some water to wash up. Ruan Cuizhi asked Ruan Xi, "Are you not going back to the dormitory tonight?"
Ruan Xi nodded: "Get up early tomorrow morning and go back. It's too late to go back now. Everything is closed."
Ruan Xi stayed there for one night. He got up early the next morning, washed up, and rode his bicycle in the morning air.
The eastern sky was pale as a fish belly, and the morning star was as bright as a pearl.
I don’t feel tired because I have a distant destination in my heart.
After the last class on Saturday evening, Ruan Xi packed up her schoolbag and went to the cafeteria to eat with Li Xiaofang and others. After dinner, she still did not go to evening self-study with Li Xiaofang and the others. Instead, she went back to the dormitory, packed up, and rode her bike to the countryside.
It was already dark when she rode her bike to the countryside, but Ruan Cuizhi and the others left the door open for her.
She pushed the door open and walked into the yard. Ruan Cuizhi and the others stuck their heads out of the main house and greeted her.
Ruan Xi put the bicycle against the wall and went to the main room and asked Ruan Cuizhi, "How is it going?"
Ruan Cuizhi looked at her and smiled, "Come in and take a look."
When Ruan Xi went in, she saw that all fifty pieces of clothing were ready. She looked at almost every piece, and found that the stitching of the fabrics and the details were all very good, and they were all ironed.
It was better than she thought, so Ruan Xi smiled and said, "That's really good."
Ruan Cuizhi smiled with joy, "Of course not. The girls are smart and easy to teach."
Ruan Xi took the clothes and looked at Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan: "Uncle Wu, Aunt Wu, let's go sell them tomorrow."
Ruan Changsheng immediately became excited, "I have been waiting for this day for a long time!"
Everyone had been waiting for this day for a long time, so they laughed out loud together.
Of course, Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan did not just sit there and wait. They loved to trade things, so they often went out to trade groceries and sell them. In short, any money you earn is better than eating idle meals at home.
After finishing the clothes, Ruan Xi was not idle. She took out the cutting scissors and continued cutting the cloth while she still had time in the evening. Now she had an idea of the girls' skills, so she just cut as much as they could, while Ruan Cuizhi stood by and marked them with chalk.
There are different styles of clothes, pants and skirts, available in large, medium and small sizes.
She was very motivated and worked as hard as if she had been injected with chicken blood every day, so she worked until late at night.
After cutting the pieces of cloth, he lay down on the bed and slept for a few hours. Then he washed up and had a quick bite to eat with Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan. The three of them rode their bikes and took the fifty pieces of clothing to set up a stall in the city.
Because they were riding their bikes very fast, the three of them didn't have time to talk on the road.
Only after arriving in the city and setting up the stall did Qian Chuan say, "I'm so nervous." She felt nervous with both anticipation and anxiety.
Ruan Changsheng rubbed her back and said, "It's not like you haven't come here before, why are you so nervous?"
Qian Chuan looked at him and said, "Before, we were selling other people's things, which were not produced by us. Now we are selling our own products. I don't know what will happen. Of course, I can't help but be nervous."
Ruan Xi was not nervous at all, and even spread out his small stool and sat down leisurely.
Then she sat down and turned her head inadvertently, and suddenly saw that the person setting up the stall next to her and displaying goods was an old acquaintance.
The old acquaintance also saw her when he turned around, and the two of them looked at each other for a few seconds.
Ruan Xi laughed and said, "Huh? Is that such a coincidence?"
When Ye Qiuwen saw Ruan Xi, she felt like she couldn't breathe and was about to faint from suffocation, so she naturally ignored Ruan Xi. If the stall was not so difficult to occupy, she would have just picked up the stall and ran away.
Because we arrived too early and it was just dawn, there were not many people on the street.
Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan saw Ruan Xi and Ye Qiuwen greeting each other, so they asked curiously, "Are you classmates?"
Ruan Xi smiled and said, "Your eldest niece."
Ruan Changsheng was slightly stunned, "Who is it?"
Ruan Xi looked at him and said, "You have several older nieces, Ye Qiuwen."
Ruan Changsheng was stunned again when he heard the name, "Huh?"
After the accident, she looked at Ye Qiuwen and said, "Are you the child adopted by my eldest brother?"
Ye Qiuwen didn't really want to recognize her relatives here. She didn't even recognize her parents, so why would she recognize her uncle now? So after a moment she said, "I don't know what you are talking about. You recognized the wrong person."
Ruan Xi winked at Ruan Changsheng, and Ruan Changsheng stopped talking to Ye Qiuwen.
After sitting for a while, Ye Qiuwen found Ruan Xi and asked her, "Didn't you stop setting up the stall? Why are you here again?"
Ruan Xi looked at her and said, "What do you think? Of course it's to make money."
Ye Qiuwen sneered and said, "This year is not like last year. Last year you were lucky, but now you should just give up on this idea. Bring your family along, three of you will set up a stall and you will only be able to survive."
Ruan Xi smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern."
The two of them were so sarcastic to each other that they stopped talking and just minded their own business.
Qian Chuan took a small stool and sat next to Ruan Xi, and asked quietly: "Are you not getting along well in the city?"
Ruan Xi also spoke in a low voice: "They all started fighting."
Qian Chuan: "Did she bully you?"
Ruan Xi: “That’s not possible.”
Qian Chuan smiled and said, "That's fine. Otherwise, I'll help you beat her up."
Ruan Xi couldn't help laughing, and suddenly remembered what Ruan Hongjun had said in shock before - my fifth aunt actually knows how to fight!
The sun slowly rose higher and hung over the city.
Many people came out shopping on Sunday, and soon crowds gathered on the streets.
Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan are good at selling things, and they start shouting when they see someone.
When setting up a stall to sell things, it is very important to shout. If you shout well, you can quickly attract a group of people to come over and watch. People love to be lively, and the more lively it gets, the more people will naturally come.
Especially since the ready-made clothes they sold were new to the street, it didn’t take long before a lot of young girls crowded in front of the stall. They all came to look at the clothes, some asked a few questions and then put them on to try them on directly.
Qian Chuan praised the girl endlessly, and the girl's face was filled with joy.
That is to say, who doesn’t like to be praised for being fashionable and beautiful?
The girl tried it on and was satisfied. She smiled and asked, "Is there no need for a cloth coupon to buy this dress?"
Ruan Changsheng said, "We don't need coupons for these clothes. Just give money."
The girl liked it and asked, "How much is it?"
Ruan Changsheng held up five fingers to her and said, "Five dollars a piece."
The girl said, "It's not cheap." It was a bit expensive for her.
Qian Chuan then continued, "Look at the quality of our clothes. The workmanship is right? If you go to a cloth store to buy cloth and ask someone to make it, can you make clothes as beautiful as ours? You look really fashionable in them."
In fact, the girl mainly liked the style of the clothes, and she also thought the quality and workmanship were good. She wanted to bargain, but Ruan Changsheng shook his head and said, "If it's any lower, we won't make any money."
Then the girl hesitated for a while, gritted her teeth, took out five dollars from her pocket, and bought a piece of clothing.
Once you have the first one, you will naturally want the second one, especially if you don’t care about five or ten dollars, you may just buy two or three at once.
Someone else bought one and took it home to show others. Seeing that others liked it, he said to them, "Go quickly. There are only 50 pieces in total. When I bought it, half of them were left. If you go too late, you will definitely miss it."
So this scene appeared at Ruan Xi's stall: some girls bought clothes and left, and soon brought their friends back. Because there were so few clothes, they rushed over to grab them. Five dollars was no big deal.
Scarcity makes things valuable, and this applies in any situation. Otherwise, why do so many businesses use hunger marketing when engaging in marketing? It makes people feel that things are scarce and hard to get, so everyone rushes to grab them.
The guests were greeted by Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan, while Ruan Xi sat on a small stool at the back and drank water leisurely. Ye Qiuwen, who was just as free as her, was sitting not far from her.
Seeing that Ruan Xi's clothes were sold at such high prices and were still being snatched up, while her own items that cost a few cents were basically unsalable, Ye Qiuwen was really about to die of anger.
In the morning she said that others were starving, but in less than half a day, they easily sold 250 yuan.
Two hundred and fifty dollars!
She could sell five pieces a day, all thanks to the grace of the Jade Emperor and the blessings of the Bodhisattva.
Ruan Xi drank the water and looked at her. After drinking, she said, "Why are you glaring at me? Are you jealous? If you are jealous, then stand up and shout. You are just sitting here without moving. Who would buy things at your stall? Are you beautiful?"
Ye Qiuwen: “…”
She looked away, held her breath, and clenched her fingers.
There were many people coming, and Ruan Xi's fifty pieces of clothing were quickly sold out. Those who came late and didn't get any clothes stood in front of the stall and asked Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan: "You only have fifty pieces? Do you have any more?"
Qian Chuan replied, "Yes, there will be other styles, all very nice. Let's make 50 pieces first to test the waters. We don't know if they will sell well. We have to go back now, you can come back tomorrow."
Someone else asked: "Your clothes are too small, do you have a bigger size?"
Qian Chuan quickly replied, "Yes, yes. We have both large and small sizes. We have made 50 medium-sized ones for now. Don't worry if you haven't bought any. We will come back later."
Ruan Xi and her friends were about to close their stall, so the girls who came to grab clothes but failed to get any naturally left.
Ruan Xi stood up from the stool feeling refreshed, and said to Ye Qiuwen with a smile, "Then we'll leave first."
Ye Qiuwen was so angry that she closed her eyes and took a breath.
Ruan Xi couldn't help laughing at this, and then said, "Hey, to be honest, you're not suitable for selling things. The burden is too heavy and too pretentious. If you really can't let go of this face, I suggest you find something else to do."
Ye Qiuwen closed her eyes and took another deep breath.
Ruan Xi couldn't help it, so she smiled and left with Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan.
Only after leaving the market and away from the crowd did Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan have time to react to what happened.
Qian Chuan raised her hand to cover her forehead, and after a long while she said, "Oh my God, this is really too shocking. They were all sold out in just a short while. Is it so easy to make money? When I came here just now, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to sell them. I was so nervous for a long time."
Ruan Changsheng had never seen such a scene before. He took a breath and said, "I'm not worried that I won't be able to sell them, but I didn't expect them to be so popular. Looking at the situation today, we can basically sell whatever we bring."
Ruan Xi remained calm. He smiled, stepped on the pedals of his bicycle, ran, got on the bike and rode away.
Seeing Ruan Xi leaving, Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan naturally did not stand there any longer, and hurriedly got into the car to catch up with Ruan Xi.
There was enough time, so the three of them were no longer in a hurry on the way back and rode at a normal speed.
After being surprised at the good sales of the clothes, they thought of Ye Qiuwen again.
Ruan Changsheng asked Ruan Xi curiously: "Is that really Ye Qiuwen?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "Yes."
Qian Chuan asked: "She also goes to college here?"
Ruan Xi said: "No, she failed the exam twice and didn't go to college. But her boyfriend did pass the exam, so she came here to be with him. She had a falling out with her family and she won't go back."
Qian Chuan was very curious: "Are they married?"
Ruan Xi: "No, we are just dating. How can we get married if both parents don't agree? If the boy's parents agree, she wouldn't be setting up a stall here. It must be that her boyfriend's family cut off his living expenses and couldn't afford to support him, so he was forced to come out to make a living."
Qian Chuan exclaimed "Wow" and looked at Ruan Changsheng: "Children in the city are so open-minded."
They haven't even gotten married yet, but they're together right away.
Ruan Xi was not interested in Ye Qiuwen's affairs. He just said a few words to Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan, and after satisfying their curiosity, he stopped talking. After stopping chatting, I rode faster and arrived home before lunch.
Seeing them come back, Ruan Cuizhi was the first to speak out in surprise: "Why are you back so early?"
The girls who were working did not leave, and they looked at Ruan Xi and the other two with curiosity and surprise.
Then Qian Chuan smiled and said, "Of course I'll come back after I've sold everything."
Ruan Cuizhi's eyes widened slowly, a little bit unbelieving, "Really?"
This piece of clothing costs five yuan, and many people would think twice before spending fifty cents.
Ruan Changsheng nodded and said, "You didn't see the scene. Many people didn't want to leave even though they didn't get a ticket. We persuaded them to leave after a long time and told them to go again tomorrow. So you, Third Sister, have to work harder and speed up your hands."
Ruan Cuizhi looked at the five girls excitedly, "Did you hear that?"
The girls were also excited and nodded, "I heard it!"
And Ruan Xi then did something that made them even more excited - she paid them directly for the fifty pieces of clothing they made according to the number of pieces. After they got the money, their mouths opened wide and their eyes blinked.
It has always been the case that only city dwellers have jobs and can get paid. When have they ever gotten paid?
The five girls hugged each other and jumped for a while, then they all smiled happily and hurried home to eat, saying:
"I won't take a nap later. I'll come over after dinner."
"I'll stay with you, and I won't sleep either."
“I want to make more money!”
“I want one too!”
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