For the first time ever, the locust flowers bloomed early.
"Qiumei, I'm going to the factory to sell hairbands today, and I'm doing my business while I'm there."
Last night, three people worked overtime and made thirty thick ones and twenty thin ones.
Li Qiumei packed the headband in a box and handed it to her: "Sister Hua, how about I go with you?"
Yang Huaihua shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, just hurry up and make the rest of the headbands.
We will divide the work and cooperate, you will take charge of the interior and I will take charge of the exterior."
Li Qiumei nodded and agreed.
At noon, Yang Huaihua came back.
As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Qiumei, how many have you made?"
Li Qiumei asked her, "How are the sales of those fifty?"
"They're all sold out. I've already paid for three more and am waiting to get them tomorrow."
Yang Huaihua took out a handful of money from his trouser pocket and said, “This is the money I earned from selling it today.
Qiu Mei, come here and let’s count the money together.”
The two people carefully sorted out the ten cents, fifty cents, and one dollar bills, totaling forty-one dollars and fifty cents.
"Two people bought five large ones, so I gave them one small one.
I also gave one to my master."
Yang Huaihua asked Li Qiumei to help her take out a piece of paper from her other trouser pocket.
"They ordered a plaid one, a blue one with white polka dots, and a yellow floral one."
Li Qiumei looked at the finished products on the table, but found none in these three colors.
"Let me make these three first."
Yang Huaihua pulled her and said, "Let's eat first.
I haven't finished my meal and vegetable tickets yet, so I went to the cafeteria and got two boxes to bring back."
The food at the silk factory is okay and tastes good.
"Sister Hua, have you sold your job?"
“Not yet, there are several people who want to buy it, but they just can’t offer a price.
Anyway, the minimum is 1,000 yuan, so I’m not in a hurry.”
After dinner, Li Qiumei was busy making headbands again.
Yang Huaihua's hands were inconvenient and she couldn't help much.
"Qiumei, I remember you said you could make a bat-patterned shirt.
How about I go buy some fabric and make a few batwing sweaters?"
Li Qiumei thought it was feasible: "Now, shall we go buy it?"
Yang Huaihua stood up and said, "I'll go.
Let’s buy fabrics based on the colors and patterns that the two women in Lincheng are wearing.”
It was not until dinner time that Yang Huaihua and Qin Ruyue came back together.
"Qiumei, I bought enough fabric to make five batwing shirts... Let's..."
She looked at the neatly arranged hairbands on the table in surprise.
"Is this all you've done this afternoon?"
Li Qiumei stretched lazily: "It's not much, I think you're too slow."
Qin Ruyue took out some vegetables, eggs, rice, noodles and went to the kitchen.
"No matter how busy you two are, you still have to remember to eat on time."
Qin Ruyue went to make dinner, and Yang Huaihua told Li Qiumei: "Just make three according to Ruyue's size, and one for each of us.
Anyway, this dress has big sleeves, so it doesn’t look too picky on people.”
Li Qiumei thought for a moment and said, "I'll make one for you first. You can wear it when you go to sell headbands. It will be like an advertisement."
The headbands were sold out, so Yang Huaihua went to buy raw materials and make more.
The bat-wing shirt was also ready, and Li Qiumei also made a skirt for Yang Huaihua to wear with it.
Yang Huaihua took the remaining four bat shirts and went out.
Before dinner, she came back humming a little tune.
“Qiumei, all the clothes have been sold.
Several people wanted to make a reservation, but I didn't agree.
This is what I think: you were busy for several days to make these clothes.
The speed is too slow. I guess it won’t be long before someone in the tailor shop will make exactly the same one.
So we don’t make it ourselves, we go to the port city to buy goods and sell them.
What do you think?
Li Qiumei also agreed: "I think it's OK. My feet can walk normally. Is your hand OK?"
"It's okay, let's go together. At worst, I'll do the talking and you do the fighting."
After she finished speaking, she took out a large stack of money from her trouser pocket and said, “I have sold my job at the silk factory today.
We can set off at any time.
Tonight, it’s my treat! Let’s go to a restaurant and have a nice meal.”
Li Qiumei looked at her pajamas and said, "Wait a minute, I'll change."
Yang Huaihua sat at the table, busy trying on the newly made headband.
"Qiumei, these are all beautiful. Why don't you keep them for yourself instead of selling them?"
Li Qiumei tied her hair into a bun and asked, "Can you wear all these?"
Li Qiumei didn't hear Yang Huaihua talking, so she turned around and saw her staring at her.
"Qiumei, I just realized that you are quite pretty."
She stood up and walked around Li Qiumei.
"You have lost several pounds since I first saw you, and your skin is much whiter.
If you go out now, people will probably think you are a grown-up girl."
Li Qiumei was too lazy to pay attention to her, otherwise she would get more excited the more she talked.
The two of them took the finished headbands and went out, planning to sell them on the street after dinner.
Qin Ruyue just happened to come over, and Yang Huaihua took everyone to a restaurant for dinner.
When Li Qiumei saw Yang Huaihua bringing them to the restaurant where Cheng Zhiqian invited her for dinner, she hurriedly pulled her along.
"This one isn't good, let's go to another one."
Yang Huaihua was a little skeptical: "Everyone in our factory praises the taste of this restaurant."
Li Qiumei shook her head: "I've eaten there before, but their fried pork ribs are hard to chew."
"Okay then, let's go to the next one. There are several restaurants on this street anyway."
The three continued to move forward.
Ma Li was stunned for a moment when she looked at Li Qiumei's back.
They were all looking for Li Qiumei on the street, but they didn't expect her to be here.
"Hey, how come Li Qiumei has become so beautiful?"
Ma Li was hesitating whether to call Li Qiumei.
Cheng Zhiling came over and asked her, "Ma Li, did you see anyone you know?"
Ma Li shook her head: "No."
Cheng Zhiling looked behind her and said, "Ma Li, why is Zhu Zhu always following your brother-in-law? Could it be that she has a crush on him?"
Ma Li snorted: "Wishful thinking!
She is just my brother-in-law's junior high school classmate.
That time when she went swimming with us at the reservoir, she kept pestering my brother-in-law and asking him to help her with this and that.
You don't know, she has killed all her men.
She's really trying to get a job transfer to the city, but I don't know the details...
Cheng Zhiling pulled Ma Li's skirt and signaled her that Zhu Zhu was coming over.
Zhu Zhu took out the plums she had just bought from the small shop in a flattering manner.
"Here, have one to moisten your throat."
Cheng Zhiling took one, but Ma Li turned her head away and ignored her.
Cheng Zhiling smiled and tried to smooth things over: "She doesn't like eating plums."
Zhu Zhu chatted with Cheng Zhiling with a smile.
Li Qiumei and the others walked over and saw that there were many people eating at the restaurant in front, so they went in.
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