Chapter 048 I have my own way

"You've hooked so many in just two days? You're worthy of being the second aunt, you're really amazing."

Shen Wenyu crocheted a sweater a day. When Tang Yuan came to pick it up the day before yesterday, she had one that had already been partially crocheted. It was normal to give her three today.

My second aunt only started knitting formally the day before yesterday morning, but she was given three pieces and was able to knit one and a half in one day.

Tang Yuan looked at the sweater. The sweater knitted by the second aunt was of very good quality. She looked it over and over and couldn't find any problems at all. Even the seams were well connected.

"I thought I had nothing to do tonight, so I knitted a little more. This pattern looks difficult, but it's actually just that easy to knit," said the second aunt calmly. "I still have to knit the rest, right?"

"Of course, if these pieces can be approved today, maybe I can get some more wool." Tang Yuan put the sweaters they had knitted into the bag, took out six yuan and gave them to the two.

Shen Wenyu took the money and gave three pieces directly to her second aunt.

Second Aunt fumbled with the banknotes in her hand with her rough hands and looked at Tang Yuan excitedly: "Is this all? No need to let others see it before giving money?"

"Whether you've seen it or not, you've made an effort, so you should be paid," Tang Yuan smiled. "But the same thing applies. The quality still has to be up to standard. I come every two days, and each visit is only counted once. If the quality is not up to standard, I'll find someone else next time."

"Don't worry, it won't go wrong if I keep it safe. Besides, if I don't cherish such a good job and do it perfunctorily, I will be so sorry to you." Second Aunt held the money tightly in her hand, "Just give it to me. I can do it. I definitely can't ask you to find someone else."

"Then I will definitely believe Second Aunt." Tang Yuan said, and was about to leave with the six unfinished sweaters for today.

After she took two steps, Shen Wenyu called her and walked quickly to her side: "Can you get more meat? I have money, but I don't have the ticket."

"Do you want some bacon?" Tang Yuan had not sold all the bacon in his hands.

"Yes, of course I want it. How much is one pound?" Shen Wenyu asked her. After Tang Yuan gestured with his hand, he thought for a moment and said, "Wait for me."

As she said this, she turned around and went to her second aunt, whispered something to her, and after a while she came back to Tang Yuan and said, "Can you give me five kilograms?"

"Yes," Tang Yuan nodded, "I'll see. If you come again in the afternoon, I'll bring it to you in the afternoon. Otherwise, I'll bring it the day after tomorrow. You're not in a hurry, are you?"

"No rush. We'll have to eat all this meat until the New Year. One or two days won't make a difference," Shen Wenyu thought for a moment. "The yarn you brought the day before yesterday is just enough for six pieces. It'll be perfect if you come the day after tomorrow."

"Then I'll come the day after tomorrow." Tang Yuan agreed with Shen Wenyu and left with the sweater.

It just so happened that tomorrow was the time for the egg trade, and if Sun Dong could bring some bacon, she could have some left for herself.

Although she could make money from bacon, she would always eat some of the money she earned, and would always pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables for her three meals a day. She also felt that eating only bacon was not enough, and when she earned more Hong Kong dollars in the future, she would always find a way to buy some chicken, duck, beef and mutton to eat.

After walking around the game space, she quickly walked down the narrow corridor with a bag of sweaters and headed towards the handmade sweater shop.

Xue Shiqi was sitting at the door of the store knitting a sweater. She had only knitted the head. When she heard footsteps, she looked up and quickly put down the knitting needles and yarn in her hands.

"How many pieces do you have today?" Xue Shiqi asked, and then quickly spoke, "I gathered up the sweater you brought the day before yesterday and hung it up. Now there is only one left."

"It's a good time to make up for it," Tang Yuan took out the sweater from the bag, "My relative used to be able to knit sweaters, and she's very fast. The two of us knitted six sweaters in two days."

She followed Xue Shiqi into the store and placed the sweater pieces on the counter one by one for her to take a closer look.

It was easy to tell what was wrong with the sweater. Not long after she put it out, Xue Shiqi had finished examining it: "It's well knitted. This way, I can finally hang a few more sweaters in my store."

Tang Yuan smiled and returned the finished pattern to her: "Just give me more patterns that you wanted to weave but didn't make before, and my relatives can all weave them."

"Yes, there are some more complicated patterns. I'm tired of knitting them a few times. You can take a few away. The prices of these complicated patterns are more expensive. I'll give you fifty-one pieces." Xue Shiqi opened a thick sweater pattern album and took out a pile of sweaters from it. "How many will you take away today?"

"Let's make ten again. There are still six left from the last batch. With this batch included, it will take about six or seven days to weave them all," Tang Yuan looked at the pattern Xue Shiqi took out, thought about the sweater styles she had seen in her memory, and asked casually, "Why is there no decoration?"

"What decoration?" Xue Shiqi asked subconsciously.

"For example, pearls and jewelry," Tang Yuan pointed at the pattern, "these main patterns can also be modified, right? But if you put pearls on them, the price can be higher."

Maybe it’s because Xue Shiqi was only thinking about sweaters, so the patterns are almost all sweater patterns. Apart from the differences in color and pattern, the knitting technique is slightly different, and there is not much difference otherwise.

But in later generations, you can put pearls, sequins, lace, and pictures on sweaters.

The sweater itself is not worth much, but if you put accessories on it, the price will increase.

When she said this, Xue Shiqi also responded: "Why didn't I think of this? You are right, it is indeed possible to put some decorations. Thank you, Jiaqi, you are really my source of inspiration."

Tang Yuan smiled, thinking that she just hoped that this business could last longer.

The more inspiration Xue Shiqi has, the more work she can get.

Today she sold six pieces for 210 yuan, and she also took fifty yuan of wool, leaving 160 yuan in cash.

After she left, Xue Shiqi took out a stack of fashion magazines from the house and read them while knitting together the pieces of the sweater she had just bought.

While she was knitting a sweater, inspirations kept popping up in her mind. After she finally finished one, she immediately took out her sketchbook and started designing a new sweater pattern.

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"23, 24, 25...26, Dongzi, we picked 26 eggs today," Sun Feng said, holding the egg-catching branch in his hand. He carefully wiped the eggs and put them in the basket. "This plastic film is really good. It's really warm inside. In previous years, we could only pick a dozen eggs a day at this time."

"I said there would be no mistake," Sun Dong picked out the relatively clean eggs and the remaining ones that were not so clean, "Take these back to Auntie, I will go to deliver eggs to Sister Fang tomorrow."

"Oh," Sun Feng nodded, "By the way, aren't you going to look for them? They all came to look for you."

"Who cares? I'm not in a hurry," Sun Dong put the eggs in layers to prevent them from breaking when they were delivered. "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"The investigation is strict, but I heard that someone told them that we have a connection," Sun Feng said in a low voice, "I don't know which bastard leaked it."

"No matter who it is, don't think too much. If you think too much, we will suffer. Now think about it, it's just a few dollars. We can earn it by selling eggs. Why are we so anxious?" Sun Dong said, and suddenly remembered something, "Have they contacted Liu Zhiyong?"

"Ah? I haven't heard of that," Sun Feng was puzzled, "but they were originally a group, so it's normal to hear that, right?"

"Forget about the others, but I don't trust Liu Zhiyong," Sun Dong curled his lips, "That bastard was so arrogant even when selling a sick pig. His character is not trustworthy. Go find Zhao Zhiqiang, and make the transaction more covert next time. We must not let anyone catch us."

"Okay, I'll go and tell you right away."

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"Why isn't he anxious?"

"If he's not in a hurry, then neither are we. This is fresh pork. Are we really afraid that such good pork will be wasted on us?"

"That's right. The weather is cool now, so the pork can be kept. The brothers Sun Dong and Sun Feng must be speculating. I saw them in the black market before, but I didn't know them very well at that time. Since they dared to take the pork, they must have a way."

"But Brother Zhiyong asked us to keep an eye on them. How do we keep an eye on them?"

"Stupid, it's already this late, and those two brothers still dare to sell things, they must have some special way. We keep an eye on them and find out their way. In the future, we will sell as much pork as we want and make sure they don't make a penny!"

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The next day was the time to trade eggs. Tang Yuan waited in the dilapidated house for a long time but no one came. He couldn't help but stand up and look outside.

Suddenly, there were hurried footsteps outside, and a man rushed in, closed the door, and looked out through the crack of the door. He looked for a while before he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Someone is following you?" Tang Yuan walked to the door and spoke to him while standing behind the barrier wall.

"I don't know which bastard has been following me all morning," Sun Dong panted and said, "But don't worry, Sister Fang, I have left him behind for a while, and he shouldn't be able to catch up."

"Why would someone target you?" Tang Yuan frowned.

Outsiders don't know about the cooperation between the two parties, and generally won't think of coming to this dilapidated house. Even if they are discovered, the worst that can happen is that they can just move to another place next time, so she is relieved about this.

I just don't know who is following Sun Dong.

"I guess it's Liu Zhiyong's people. I kept thinking about this last night. Those people raised the price, there must be a reason behind it. I don't trust Liu Zhiyong's character. I guess he must want to know where our meat is sold. We didn't hide it well when we traded with him before, so he had some ideas."

"In that case, you have to go out now," Tang Yuan went back into the house, took out her basket, and quickly moved the eggs from Sun Dong's basket. After the transfer was completed, she spoke to Sun Dong who was waiting for her to speak, "Since they are watching you, they will definitely pay attention to where you stay for a long time. You should go out now and attract their attention, then try to go around a few times where there are many residents, and then try to get rid of them in the middle."

"Let them think I'm going there to sell things?" Sun Dong understood immediately.

"Next time if someone follows you, you have to go there again. Go there a few more times and they will believe it more and won't guess our deal here." Tang Yuan quickened her speech. She didn't want Liu Zhiyong and his group to know of her existence.

"Will that have an impact on Sister Fang's business?" Sun Dong asked. He always thought that her business was in that gathering area.

"I have my own way," Tang Yuan looked at him, "You go first, we'll meet here again in five days."

"Okay!" Sun Dong nodded immediately, slung the basket over his shoulder, as if there were eggs in it, pushed open the door and left quickly.