Chapter 044 I Weave Fast

If the knitted sweaters are to be sold externally, they must be made sure that they do not get dirty during the knitting process.

After leaving with a bag of wool, Tang Yuan did not go back immediately. Instead, he found a glove store nearby and bought two pairs of leather gloves with cotton.

Leather gloves are not cheap. Just these two pairs of gloves cost her more than twenty dollars. These are the cheap ones. The better ones are more expensive.

Back in the game space, she put the sweater into a clean cloth bag, changed into a vest, and went to the scrapyard with a bag of sweaters and patterns.

Shen Wenyu had nothing to do at the moment, and was just idly eating sunflower seeds. When he saw her coming, he immediately stood up and said, "Come on, come on, I just happened to be looking for you. Someone sent me some high school textbooks. Do you want any?"

"The textbook issue is another matter. I came here today to ask Sister Shen something else," Tang Yuan walked up to her and pulled her to a corner. "I have a private job. Would you like to do it, Sister Shen?"

"What private work?" Shen Wenyu was curious.

Tang Yuan didn't keep the question secret and said directly, "Knitting sweaters."

Shen Wenyu looked at her in confusion: "What kind of private work is this?"

Tang Yuan smiled and took out a piece of paper from her bag: "Look at this sweater pattern, can you knit it?"

Shen Wenyu lowered her head and took the paper. She looked at it for a while, then gestured with her hands: "It looks complicated, but it's not impossible to knit it. However, the pattern of this sweater is too exaggerated. Can I wear such clothes outside?"

"Sister Shen, don't worry about whether you can wear it out, just ask whether you can weave it. They specifically want it, and whether you can wear it out is their business," Tang Yuan lowered his voice and pointed at the pattern on the paper, "front and back, just weave a single piece, and you'll be given this amount when you weave a set."

"One cent?" Shen Wenyu looked at the finger Tang Yuan pointed at, looked up and saw the helplessness in her eyes, suddenly realized something, and asked in surprise: "One dollar? Is it really that much?"

"Of course not, otherwise why would I come to see Sister Shen?" Tang Yuan smiled, and moved over to touch her arm. "Sister Shen, we are here to see you because we are friends. If we miss this opportunity, it will be gone forever. What do you think about it?"

"I understand. I have thought it through clearly. We have a good relationship. You still miss me as your sister." Shen Wenyu held up the sweater pattern in her hand. "This pattern is not difficult. It is very simple. I will knit it for you. How many days do you want it?"

After asking, she didn't hear Tang Yuan say anything and looked at her in confusion.

Tang Yuan raised his hand and touched her elbow with his: "It depends on how much Sister Shen wants to earn."

Shen Wenyu pursed her lips and swallowed her saliva: "I'll weave these two pieces quickly. I can weave them for you in one day. One piece a day. Is this... this... really possible?"

"As long as we can weave, we can have it. Of course, it doesn't have to be this style," Tang Yuan explained the general situation to her. "This is a private job. They don't do it for the public. I finally got the opportunity. Buyers of sweaters like this have high requirements, so I need to be extra careful when weaving. It's okay to be a little slow, but the quality must keep up."

"Don't worry about it. I've been knitting sweaters for so many years, I know how to do it. I can just knit slowly as you say. I have more than enough time to knit these two pieces in two days," Shen Wenyu said, and did the math. "One dollar in two days, that's fifteen dollars a month. Many ordinary jobs only make this much in a month."

Tang Yuan looked at her. If he was not sure that she knew nothing about it, he would have thought that she was implying himself.

After all, she worked in the boiler room and her monthly salary was only fifteen yuan.

She didn't say much about it. She opened her backpack and took out a pair of leather gloves: "Sister Shen, wear these when you knit a sweater."

"Oh, that's so troublesome. I will definitely wash my hands thoroughly when I knit a sweater." Shen Wenyu stretched out her hand, revealing her fingers with frostbite, and then silently retracted her hand.

There is also heat from the coal-fired stove at the waste station, but when it is open for business, the heat will always dissipate, resulting in the temperature inside not being too high.

It is normal to get frostbite in this season, and almost everyone has it. After all, we have to live and touch cold water and expose our fingers.

"Your gloves are so good, but you got them dirty." Shen Wenyu said embarrassedly.

"I've already said this. After Sister Shen works for a while longer, these gloves will be yours." Tang Yuan opened the leather gloves to reveal the cotton layer inside. "Look, Sister Shen, there's cotton inside. It keeps your hands warm and you can knit a sweater faster."

"What should I do..." Having said that, she still lowered her head to look at the gloves, and then sighed, "No wonder you said they must be woven cleanly. People are willing to give out such good gloves, and they can't be woven uncleanly. Otherwise... you should find someone else. I'm afraid that..."

"It's okay. I'll take care of everything. Sister Shen just needs to knit the sweater," Tang Yuan said. "I'll buy two clean frames later. When Sister Shen knits the sweater, she can use the clean frames. When she's not knitting, just cover them. Don't be afraid of getting them dirty. Even if they are dirty, I can still sell them... and replace them."

She was telling the truth. The sweater pattern Xue Shiqi gave her was very delicate. A brand new one sold for one or two hundred yuan in her store. If the sweater got dirty while she was knitting it, she could wash it and sell it at a lower price.

Handicrafts are valuable in Hong Kong, so this business can be done.

"Really?" Shen Wenyu looked at her and saw Tang Yuan nodded. She gritted her teeth and said, "Then I'll help you weave it. Don't worry, I'll try not to make it dirty."

"Of course I trust Sister Shen's work." Tang Yuan originally planned to take out the wool immediately, but was afraid of getting it dirty, so he went out and bought two fine and clean bamboo baskets first, and then took out the clean wool and put it in the bamboo baskets.

Along with the wool, brand new knitting needles were also taken out.

When Shen Wenyu saw the yarn, she was already amazed: "This yarn is so beautiful, I thought it was a different color, black or gray, it wouldn't be easy to see if it was a little dirty, but this... this color is really easy to get dirty."

"That's why I want to buy a new bamboo basket." Tang Yuan was holding a bamboo basket in her hand and was pulling off the tiny bamboo thorns on it. Seeing Shen Wenyu hesitate, she immediately added, "Sister Shen, if you continue like this, I will deduct money from you."

"How can this be possible?" Shen Wenyu immediately asked back.

"Then I should reduce your price a bit. If it gets dirty, I'll deduct 50 cents," Tang Yuan said deliberately. "50 cents per piece is a lot of money."

"Come on, you won't lose money," Shen Wenyu responded. She knew that since Tang Yuan dared to take this business, he would definitely not lose her. Thinking of this, she instantly felt relieved. "I'll take it. If I don't do this job, who will?"

"Then I'll come back in two days," Tang Yuan handed her the bamboo basket in his hand. "Actually, Sister Shen, don't worry. Although there are dirty things in the waste station, Sister Shen doesn't need to take them over, and she won't get herself dirty. Her hands are not dirty, so how can she get her sweater dirty?"

This was also the reason why she came to Shen Wenyu first. Although Aunt Qian was also an expert at knitting sweaters, she worked in the boiler room and was more or less exposed to coal dust, which could easily stain her sweaters.

This sweater is to be sold, not worn by her, so the quality and quality must be guaranteed.

"Then come over in two days, and I will definitely weave it for you," Shen Wenyu patted the bamboo basket, still excited in her heart, "Will there really be more next time?"

Tang Yuan looked at her, smiled and nodded.

Tang Yuan did not come over to visit for the next two days. Apart from selling eggs, he stayed in the market to chat with people and practice his language.

Maybe because she has memories, she is not slow in learning Cantonese. Although she cannot communicate fluently with others yet, she has no problem with basic conversations.

However, to become good at Cantonese, it is not enough to just learn the language, one also has to learn the characters. Fortunately, most of the characters in Cantonese can be equated with traditional Chinese characters, so it is not as difficult for her to learn a new character set.

Two days later, she arrived at the scrapyard on time.

When he saw her, Shen Wenyu stood up immediately: "You are finally here, I have been waiting for you for most of the day."

"Have you finished weaving already?" Tang Yuan raised his eyebrows.

"No, I'm telling you, when it comes to knitting sweaters, everyone praises my skills," Shen Wenyu opened the bamboo basket, "Look, this sweater looks complicated, but it's actually not difficult to knit. I've already knitted it for you, take it and ask if it works."

Tang Yuan took a look at the two knitted sweater pieces and knew that Shen Wenyu was not bragging. The sweater she knitted was indeed very good. Not only were the stitches just right, but the edges of the patterns were also well crocheted.

"Then I'll go ask. If possible, I'll get some more wool." Tang Yuan put the two sweater pieces into her bag, took out a piece of money and put it in her hand.

"Give it to me now?" Shen Wenyu subconsciously pinched the banknotes in his hand.

"We agreed that we would have everything. We definitely can't let Sister Shen work for nothing," Tang Yuan patted his backpack and asked her in a low voice, "What can Sister Shen do in the future? Do you want to bring more wool?"

"Of course I can take it. I weave fast. You haven't come for most of the day. Your time is wasted." Shen Wenyu glanced at her and clenched the money in his hand. "This kind of private work is much less risky than other things."

"I'll come back as soon as possible. It won't delay your time." Tang Yuan nodded with a smile and left with his bag.

Shen Wenyu returned to his seat, looked at the small bamboo basket beside him, calculated the money he could earn next, and smiled.

She was right about the person. Xiaofang was a bit of a miser, but she was capable and could do things that others couldn't. If she didn't have such connections, how could she have found such a good job.

This is not speculation, she is just helping out a little. People who make clothes for others don't count, so she doesn't count either.

Thinking of this, she carefully put away the money in her hand and looked forward to the next batch of wool being delivered.

On the other side, Tang Yuan walked out of the shabby house, locked the door carefully, went downstairs quickly, and walked towards the exquisite handmade sweater shop nearby.

Xue Shiqi was also waiting for her. When she saw her coming, she immediately came out of the store happily to greet her.

Tang Yuan opened the bag and took out two pieces of sweater: "Take a look, is this okay?"

Xue Shiqi didn't have high expectations for the sweater she brought. After all, novices will have problems knitting sweaters. But she didn't expect that when she shook it open, she saw two almost perfect sweater pieces.

"Is the weaving so good?"

"Someone in my family has a lot of experience," Tang Yuan said with a smile, "Are you qualified?"

"It's qualified, of course it's qualified! It's better than the ones I found before," Xue Shiqi said excitedly, "Then are you still willing to take it? But you may need to make a different style..."

"Of course. This time I'll pay twenty yuan for the thread, and you can help me choose, and then give me the style I need to weave." Tang Yuan was still afraid that Xue Shiqi would be unwilling, but since she had taken the initiative to ask, he would naturally be more willing.