Chapter 056 Funds Return

With this income, Tang Yuan was not in a hurry to develop new business for most of the next half month. He just often went to Xue Shiqi's handmade sweater shop to chat with her when he was free.

At the same time, I would also stroll around the streets of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong was indeed prosperous at that time, but it was mainly in comparison with the mainland. Tang Yuan at least looked at Hong Kong from the perspective of several decades later, and when looking at Hong Kong now, it did not feel particularly luxurious.

Fortunately, some basic facilities are complete, including cinemas, amusement parks, restaurants, and shopping malls. As long as you have money, you can buy whatever you want. However, in the mainland, you still need to hold receipts to buy some basic supplies for many years to come.

For her, the biggest advantage of Hong Kong now is actually its temperature.

Compared with the extremely cold temperature in the northeast of the mainland now, the temperature here is very suitable. She only needs to wear a slightly thick cotton long-sleeved shirt or a sweater to resist the cold.

Walking out of the dessert shop, she was holding two packages of dessert in her hands and gave one to Xue Shiqi.

"You came just in time. I have finished the design," Xue Shiqi showed her the design drawing. "It took me many attempts to make sure that this design is feasible. Fortunately, I have you. Otherwise, I really don't know if I can do this. Ah, thank you for the sugar water. I'm sorry for your expense."

"It's not expensive. We are friends." The sweet soup is not valuable. The orders that Xue Shiqi brings to her are valuable. Whether it is the sweater business or the strawberry business, it has stabilized her foothold in Hong Kong. "Do you want to design this yourself, or should I find someone to do it for you?"

"Let's give it a try. I'm not sure if it will work," Xue Shiqi said. "We'll have to decide the price based on when the hook comes out. But the things in my store are not cheap, so the price of this thing shouldn't be too low."

"Are the clothes ready?" Tang Yuan was referring to the design of crocheting wool patterns on ordinary cotton clothes.

"Okay, this is easy," Xue Shiqi took out a stack of drawings, "It's much easier to draw this than to draw a whole sweater. I told Mommy about it, and she said I could give it a try. I can sell it in her store later, but the price will be cheaper. I'll give you ten yuan for each sweater I knit. Is that okay?"

"Of course, but for these styles, can the hooks be repeated?" Tang Yuan asked her.

"Of course," Xue Shiqi nodded, "It's just sold in an ordinary store, and the price is not expensive, so it can be repeated. If it sells well, I can make more money and keep running the sweater store."

Xue Shiqi was happy to be able to continue running the sweater shop, and Tang Yuan was also happy to be able to continue to earn labor fees as a middleman.

"All the clothes are here," Xue Shiqi pulled out a bag from the corner, "a total of 100 pieces, all pure white cotton clothes. If you like, there will be other solid color styles later. You don't have to pay, you can take them all at once."

"Aren't you afraid that I will take it and run away?" Tang Yuan asked her with a smile.

"It's just a few bucks. I won't lose anything if you run away," Xue Shiqi also smiled. She held the sweet soup that Tang Yuan brought back in her hand and freed one hand to take a stack of design drawings. "First, weave ten pieces of the same kind. My mom can sell them in the store. Don't worry about weaving too many. There are a total of twenty patterns here. You can arrange them. I'll continue to draw some new patterns in the next few days."

"Compared to this bag of clothes, I think your design is more valuable," Tang Yuan took the design, "Why not steal your design and take it away."

Xue Shiqi smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment. Next time you come, I'll treat you to some sweet soup. By the way, you can keep all the design drawings. I have one here too. Yours is a photocopy with numbers on it. If you need more, I'll write you the numbers directly."

As she spoke, she handed a thick empty shell to Tang Yuan and asked her to put the design drawings inside.

Tang Yuan put the design in the shell and said, "I'll take it first. By the way, do you still want to knit the sweater?"

"Let's knit. Some of the customers here are from outside and they need to buy sweaters, but in smaller quantities. We'll focus on these in the future," Xue Shiqi picked up the designed sweater ornaments, "It looks like we won't be free this summer."

Tang Yuan looked at her design drawings and saw the smile on Xue Shiqi's face, and he knew that she was very satisfied with the job.

As for whether she can have some free time, given her financial situation, even if she wants to take a break, she has the support of her family, so it is not a big problem.

After talking to her, Tang Yuan left with a bag of clothes, a bag of wool, and a small stack of design drawings.

When she went to the scrapyard, she only took ten pieces of clothing and a design drawing.

When she was not far from the door, she saw someone selling things in the scrap yard. She waited at the door for a while until the man took the money and left before she went forward.

When Shen Wenyu saw her, he immediately winked at her.

Tang Yuan pursed his lips and winked at her, indicating that he knew what she meant, and took the initiative to speak: "My friend wants to buy some textbooks, do you have any, Sister Shen?"

"I'm not sure, but there should be. They're selling all kinds of things now. You can go over and take a look later. But next time you come, you must bring a bag for your books. I don't have so many sacks for you to put your books in." Shen Wenyu pursed his lips and pointed at the sacks in the waste paper area.

"Okay, I'll definitely bring a bag next time I come," Tang Yuan said, putting down the things in his hands. "This time the order is quite special. It's not to knit a sweater, but to knit this."

She placed the design in front of the two of them and revealed a bag of white clothes.

“So many new clothes?”

"Isn't this dress wearable already?"

"People want it, so I won't ask too many questions," Tang Yuan said perfunctorily. "This sweater is a bit difficult to knit, but there isn't a large area that needs knitting, so I can only give you three cents per piece. Is that okay?"

"Yes, I can do it," the second aunt nodded. "Knitting sweaters is the same no matter where you knit them. With this style, I can knit three or four pieces a day, which is about the same as before."

"I can also weave about three pieces," Shen Wenyu glanced at the pattern, "Second Aunt can weave two more pieces than me, no problem."

"And this," Tang Yuan took out another blueprint, which was a woolen ornament designed by Xue Shiqi, "You can try knitting it first and decide on the time to knit it, then calculate the price, and then add in the sweaters that need to be knitted. That's all for these three things. You can arrange your own time, and I'll come every two days and settle the bill for you then."

"Is there anyone who wants this?" Shen Wenyu picked up the blueprint of the ornament. "Rich people are really different. They only want weird things. This is similar. When I was a kid, I always loved playing with wool, but I had to take it apart after playing with it, otherwise I would get beaten."

"Yarn is so valuable, how can you waste it like that?" Second Auntie answered, looking at the drawing paper. "It's just such a small thing, but it takes up half the yarn of a sweater. Who would be willing to do this if they don't have some money? But what Xiaofang brought is different. This thing looks really beautiful. I can weave it. If you want something finer, I can weave one for you in half a day."

"Then it's settled. You guys try weaving them," Tang Yuan said, revealing some "information" appropriately. "The people who want these are from the south. The weather there is getting hotter, so there will be no need to weave sweaters. Don't be picky about orders. If you earn less per day, you earn less. If you don't want to, don't ruin the work, or I won't be able to explain myself."

"From the South? No wonder it's so finely woven. I think people here can't wear this sweater in winter. Even if they wear it, no one can see it. It's only suitable for people in the South."

"Yes, I'm not surprised when you mention the South. I heard that the requirements for things in Shanghai are very detailed, which is different from here," Shen Wenyu nodded, "But don't worry, as long as we can make money, it doesn't matter how much. Besides, it's not a small amount. Even if we make 50 cents a day, it's still money."

"No, fifty cents a day means fifteen yuan a month. I'm not greedy," said the second aunt, with her hands in her pockets. "I'm worried that I can't buy anything even if I have money. I don't have any tickets."

After saying this, Shen Wenyu looked towards Tang Yuan.

Tang Yuan smiled slightly.

Second Aunt came to her senses after realizing it, and looked at Tang Yuan carefully: "Can you do it?"

"As long as it's not some rare food," Tang Yuan said, "I've traded things with people a few times."

"Oh, you should have told me this earlier. If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have been so worried," the second aunt said in surprise. "Xiaofang, I, your second aunt, don't have any big ideas. I just want to make life easier. Now we need a pot at home... Is that okay?"

Tang Yuan nodded.

She didn't have a pot in her hand, but there were some in Hong Kong, and it was not difficult to buy a pot in Hong Kong.

"Can I have some cotton?"

Tang Yuan nodded again.

"Oh, oh, that's great," Second Aunt rubbed her hands, remembered something, her eyes lit up, and asked in a low voice, "Well, can you find the milk powder? I heard that milk powder is very nutritious. My health is not very good. Two years ago, the doctor told me to replenish my body, but I have no money and no connections. I can't find anything. Can you do this?"

Tang Yuan looked at her and said, "Second Auntie has made her own money, so she really needs to take care of her health."

"So... there is one too?"

Tang Yuan smiled.

"Is it really possible? You are so capable that you can even find milk powder?" Shen Wenyu subconsciously pulled Tang Yuan's hand, "Then can you find some for me too? My friend had no milk after giving birth, and she looked for milk powder in many places but couldn't find it..."

"Okay, just write me a note with the things you need, and I'll bring them to you when I have time," Tang Yuan said directly, "Just don't tell anyone else..."

"Don't worry, we are like grasshoppers on a rope. Without you, we can't make a penny," Shen Wenyu said immediately, with a big smile on her face. "It has to be you. The first time I saw you, I knew you were amazing. It's just as I thought."

Tang Yuan also thought she was amazing, of course not because she was amazing at carrying things, but because she was amazing at "left hand out and right hand in".

Why didn't she think that even if the two of them took the money, they wouldn't be able to buy many things? Now, after the wages are paid, if the two of them want to buy things, the money will have to go into her pocket. Now she doesn't have to worry about not having enough RMB on hand and not being able to pay the wages.

No, the funds are easily returned.