Lu Wanqing's heart skipped a beat, thinking that Manager Chen had discovered that some of the cheongsams were being used to make up the numbers, so she weakly explained:
“These cheongsams were indeed designed and made by me before. If you don’t think they’re suitable, you don’t have to choose them.”
Manager Chen grinned and said, "Do you know how long I've been looking for clothes from this brand?"
"My goodness, it's like finding a needle in a haystack! So Miss Lu is the producer of this brand!"
His sudden happiness stunned everyone present.
Lin Chunhua even leaned close to Zhao Xiaolan's ear and whispered, "Is this guy from Hong Kong a little stupid?"
Lu Wanqing twitched the corner of her mouth and asked with an awkward smile:
"You mean, you're looking for a cheongsam made by me?"
"Yes, the company we worked with before sent us a batch of cheongsams of this brand, which were very popular with the actors. I don't know why, but we can't find them anymore. Now someone is offering 500 yuan to buy those cheongsams, but they still can't be bought."
Manager Chen's explanation in Cantonese-accented Mandarin delighted Lu Wanqing.
Then the remaining cheongsams in her space will have a market!
Lin Chunhua listened with disbelief. What kind of clothes could sell for five hundred yuan? It's not like it's inlaid with gold.
In her mind, clothing was still in the stage of being new for three years, old for three years, and patched up for another three years. When you had money, you had to fill your stomach first. Who would spend money on clothes?
Lu Wanqing knew that the country would make a major decision in the coming year, and the coastal areas would be among the first to become wealthy.
Despite being separated by a coastline, farmers on the mainland might earn only twenty or thirty yuan a month, while farmers on the port city could earn over ten thousand yuan.
It was during this period that a large number of people illegally crossed the border to the port city, a phenomenon known as the emigration wave.
Selling a piece of clothing for 500 yuan is currently a pipe dream, but it will soon become the norm.
"So, Manager Chen, you mean you want to buy these cheongsams too?" Knowing the value of the clothes, Lu Wanqing certainly wouldn't give in easily.
Manager Chen smiled and said, "Miss Lu, the clothes are all very nice. I'll take them all. The fashion items are still 50 yuan each, as agreed before. As for the cheongsams, how about I give you 200 yuan each?"
Lu Wanqing remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she was already shouting, "Of course it's great! This is a huge sum of money!"
Amidst the surprised looks of Zhao Xiaolan and Lin Chunhua, Manager Chen instructed the men he had brought to carry the clothes to the car, while he himself pulled a check out of his pocket.
To facilitate his work here, Manager Chen opened an account at the People's Bank of China and always carries cash and checks with him.
He pulled a pen from his pocket, and with a flourish, wrote "9,500 dollars" on the check.
"Just take this to the bank to cash it." Manager Chen handed the check to Lu Wanqing.
Lu Wanqing held the check tightly, afraid that it would fall to the ground and get dirty.
Even after seeing Manager Chen off, I still felt a strange sense of excitement.
I originally thought that earning 2,500 yuan from this order would be a lot, but now I have 9,500 yuan in my hand, which is almost four times what I expected.
Not to mention the onlookers, even she herself felt a bit like she had suddenly become rich.
After Manager Chen left, Zhao Xiaolan closed the courtyard door and went up to Lu Wanqing to see what the check looked like.
Several babies also ran over, very curious about the thin piece of paper in her hand, wondering what it was.
Lu Wanqing passed the check to Zhao Xiaolan and Lin Chunhua, but told them that they must not let the little guy get his hands on it.
There are some rules to follow when it comes to checks. They can't have creases or stains, otherwise you won't be able to cash them.
"Why isn't Ah Ye back yet? I need to go to the bank and exchange the money before I feel at ease," Zhao Xiaolan muttered.
Lin Chunhua chimed in, "I really didn't expect Wanqing to be so capable. She's only been in Beijing for half a year and she's already made so much money."
Lu Wanqing found a book, carefully tucked the check inside, and then smiled as she said to them:
"This is not my achievement alone. Most of the money came from the cheongsams; everyone has a share."
Tonight, let's not cook, let's go eat hot pot at Donglaishun!
As soon as the children heard that they were going to have hot pot with mutton, they immediately smiled and crowded around.
"Mommy, eat meat!" Duoduo's mouth was watering.
"Mom, I'll go." Miaomiao volunteered without hesitation.
Only Ququ remained serious and silent, but she knew perfectly well that since her mother had said she would take everyone along, she certainly wouldn't leave them out!
Not long after, Lin Ye returned on his bicycle. He had many classes that day, so he came back quite late.
As soon as I got back, I saw several people with mysterious smiles on their faces.
"Honey, what's the good news? Tell me!" Lin Ye leaned closer to her and asked.
Lu Wanqing dodged the question, saying, "I won't tell you unless you treat everyone to hot pot."
Lin Ye thought to himself, "This is easy to handle. Let's go to Donglaishun."
He immediately hoisted Miaomiao onto his neck.
They live in a good location; there's a Donglaishun restaurant nearby.
The whole family walked in a large group towards the Donglaishun time-honored brand.
Along the way, many people greeted them.
"Are we going out to eat?"
"Wow, I'm rich now!"
Lin Ye was stunned by what those people were saying.
Is there some major event in the family that he is unaware of?
"Miaomiao, tell Daddy, what happened at home today?" Lin Ye asked the baby on his head.
Although Miaomiao had been in the yard the whole time, watching the strange uncle talk to her mother, and seeing him give her a ticket and take away her clothes, she really didn't know what was going on!
“***** clothes****** tickets,” Miaomiao muttered.
Others would definitely not understand this, but Lin Ye understood the gist of it.
"You mean Mom sold the clothes she made, right? And she got a lot of money."
“I don’t have money… I have tickets… one ticket.” Miaomiao pulled his hair in a panic.
Lin Ye was getting more and more confused. Did those clothes only sell for one bill?
My wife and mother worked so hard for a month, and they only made a single yuan. I must treat them well later; I can't let them suffer so much...
Donglaishun, a time-honored brand, lived up to its reputation; when they arrived, there were already quite a few people inside.
Even though a pound of mutton hotpot costs 3.5 yuan, people still flock to eat there.
Many people would rather tighten their belts for a month just to eat this once.
Lin Ye immediately ordered a copper pot, three catties of mutton rolls, some cabbage, tofu, vermicelli and the like, and laid out a whole table of food.
It was the three children's first time eating hot pot, and Lin Ye held them down in their chairs so they wouldn't move. The copper pot was very hot, and touching it could be dangerous. He cooked whatever they wanted for them and put it in their bowls.
The three babies, whose teeth haven't all come in yet, can't eat much; they can only eat some tofu and cabbage.
Lu Wanqing gave them a bottle of soy milk and let them drink it for fun.
After finishing the hot pot meat, we cooked a pot of mixed noodles and had two sesame seed cakes. The group enjoyed a very satisfying meal.
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