After breakfast, Ye Li went to the weaving workshop to check the situation.
Yue Tao had just given birth to a child and was currently at home recuperating after the baby was born. Guan Gensheng was temporarily assigned to take over the weaving workshop operations.
"Sister, the cloth sales in summer are not as good as those in winter. The harvest in summer is not that great," said Guan Gensheng.
"That's for sure. People are very frugal now. They won't change clothes if they can. It's different in winter. The weather is cold and old clothes are not warm enough. So they have to make new clothes. Plus, it's the Chinese New Year and everyone, young or old, has to make new clothes. So the demand is definitely huge."
Ye Li analyzed it and then put forward the purpose of this visit.
"Gensheng, are there many people in the village who can use sewing machines now? How many families can use them?"
"Where can you find a sewing machine these days? Accountant Zhang's family just married a daughter-in-law, and the gift was a sewing machine! So Accountant Zhang's daughter-in-law can use a sewing machine, and so can Accountant Zhang's daughter-in-law. I don't know about other people... Sister, what's your purpose in asking this question?"
Ye Li smiled and nodded slightly: "I want everyone to make clothes! In the summer, the production team is very busy. No matter men, women, old or young, they are all busy with farm work in the fields. Winter is coming and there is no farm work to do. So I just find something for everyone to do."
"That's great!" Guan Gensheng was very happy. He felt that Ye Li was simply the God of Wealth bestowed by God on their village. "This way, everyone will have fewer complaints!"
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There is an old saying that what is worrying is not the scarcity of wealth but the inequality of distribution, and not the poverty but the insecurity.
It doesn’t matter if there is little, as long as it can be distributed evenly, there will be no conflict.
But if the distribution is uneven, naturally some people will complain.
When this weaving workshop was first opened, many people did not know how to operate the machine tools, so a few people were selected to work for everyone.
If the production team has work during the day and these people work in the weaving workshop, then these people will also have work points, which are recorded as ten points, the same as the work points of the men in the production team!
But if they worked in the production team during the day and came to the weaving workshop to work at night, then these people would get double work points.
If the cloth is sold with a profit, all the men, women and children in the village will share the profits according to their family participation, but these people will also receive additional rewards.
In the beginning, many people didn’t know how to use these machine tools, and hearing that they were dangerous, many people stayed away from them.
Why not rest at home and get free money?
But after a long time, everyone found that those people's work was not particularly hard. With three shifts, each person didn't have much work to do.
There is not much work to do, but the work points are quite a lot. In addition to the dividends at the end of the year, there are also extra bonuses.
So this job is simply a lucrative one in everyone’s eyes!
But not everyone can come here to work.
You have to be smart, cautious, and capable, and you even have to have a good relationship with the village cadres, otherwise who would let you come?
So everyone sees a small number of people eating meat, and they can only drink the broth.
But making clothes is different. What if there is any woman in the village who doesn’t know how to sew and mend clothes?
If one person takes a task and takes it home to do it, he or she will not only have a job but also kill time and create profit value, and can also get a share of the money in the future. It is really killing two birds with one stone.
"We don't have enough sewing machines." Ye Li asked Guan Gensheng, "How many sewing machines can we buy with the village's share of the profits this year?"
"You'd have to ask the accountant, but I estimate that I can buy a lot. But the money has already been distributed, and there's not much money left in the village account."
Ye Li thought about it carefully and said, "Let's rent the accountant's sewing machine and ask him to take it out. Also, go to each household in the village and ask who is willing to buy a sewing machine. As long as there is someone willing to buy it, our village will pay to rent it! This way, we can save our costs and let those who buy the sewing machine get the rent!"
Guan Gensheng thought this was a great idea: "Sister, you are amazing, how could you come up with such a good idea?"
If people spend money to buy sewing machines, the village will rent them from them and pay them.
Over time, it means they got a sewing machine for free without spending any money, which is great.
Guan Gensheng believes that those families who can afford it would definitely be willing to spend money to buy a sewing machine.
"Go and get this done first. Once the sewing machine is in place, we'll start making clothes."
"I have to discuss this matter with the village party secretary! I'll ask him to call a women's meeting for all the women in the village! Mobilize all the women and make clothes together."
Guan Gensheng took action as soon as he said it. He went to the village committee and told the village party secretary and several other village leaders about the matter. The village party secretary immediately convened a women's meeting.
Everyone had a heated discussion at the meeting, and everyone actively offered suggestions.
"In my opinion, you can set a time for us to make as many clothes as you need. When we are done in a few days, we will hand it over to you."
"Yes, yes, yes. If we don't have a sewing machine, we can just work by hand."
"Don't underestimate us, we have great craftsmanship. Here at the foot of the green mountains, our ancestors have been sewing clothes for women for generations!"
After discussing for a long time, the village party secretary made a summary speech: "What you said makes sense. Let's do this. Those who can buy sewing machines can buy them. If you buy a sewing machine, we will rent it in the village. Each sewing machine will cost five yuan a month!"
"Oh, five yuan a month! That's almost as much as one person earns in work points!"
"That's not the case!"
"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment!" the village party secretary continued, "If you want to sew clothes by hand, that's fine. Just do as you say! We will give a subsidy of one yuan per piece of clothing to those of us who are working! The deadline is 20 days!"
"Great! Now we can all make money!"
"My daughter will be married next year. I want her to be respected by her husband's family. I must save up a large dowry for her!"
"There are many women in our family! These clothes can be made quickly, one for each person in three days! There are seven or eight people in our family, including the eldest aunt, the younger sister-in-law, the mother-in-law, and the sisters-in-law. We have received fabrics for fifty clothes!"
When they heard that they could make money, the women became more excited than each other and chattered in a mess.
The village party secretary motioned for everyone to be quiet, then turned to ask Ye Li who was sitting next to him: "Comrade Ye, do you have anything else to add?"
"Yes!" Ye Li stood up slowly. She remembered what everyone said just now. She also summed up a few requirements. "Everyone wants to make money, which I can understand! However, this is the first time we make clothes. If we want to occupy the market, the quality must be up to standard! So I put forward the following requirements. If you can meet the requirements, we will accept the clothes! If you can't meet the requirements, the clothes will not be accepted, and you will need to buy the wasted cloth yourself!"
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