The first birthday party passed quickly, and Wang Chunting buried the golden locket deep at the bottom of the box, along with Xiang Youfeng's silver bracelet and gold earrings.
This silver bracelet is not children's size, it is for adults, just waiting for the little girl to grow up and wear it.
It was secretly given by Zhang Jidi and Xiang Hongqi to Xiang Youfeng when she was one year old. It weighed twenty grams, and it was inevitable that they would favor the first granddaughter.
Now this bracelet has become a little oxidized and blackened, but with a little polishing, it still looks beautiful and bright.
The gold earrings were bought by Wang Chunting for her daughter. She wanted her daughter to have something that others didn't have from a young age.
Gold and silver preserve their value. Other things may go bad or depreciate, but gold and silver have been a stable hard currency since before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
It was precisely because the eldest granddaughter had a silver bracelet given by her grandparents that Wang Chunting dared to hope that her mother-in-law would buy a gold lock for her eldest grandson.
To be honest, Zhang Jidi could indeed afford a gold lock, like the one Xiang Liguo is buying for Xiang Youzhi now, which weighs a little over 12 grams and has a processing fee of 68 yuan.
His family collects more than this amount in rent every month.
But whether the parents-in-law are willing to give is their business, but whether Wang Chunting asks for it is another matter.
And this time, Zhang Jidi also said that he would pay half of the gold lock, which was equivalent to giving 6 grams of gold to his eldest grandson. Wang Chunting was no longer dissatisfied.
She even wondered if she had become a different person. During the time when Qiao Dazui was exploiting her, she was scheming against her family.
Fortunately, Ming Erni brought in a lot of sweater orders, which kept Wang Chunting busy and left her no time to reflect.
"I don't know what happened, but the textile factory suddenly got a lot of orders, and everyone had to work overtime, so there was no one left to weave. Your Aunt Qian forced this on me."
Ming Erni complained, but her face was full of joy.
Even though it is only early spring and winter is still far away, everyone knows that it takes at least a week or half a month to make a sweater. People who are used to preparing for a rainy day will knit it in their free time.
The labor cost at this time will be lower, 1.5 to 1.8 yuan per piece, and there is more time, so the weaving quality will be better.
When the weather changes in late autumn, the price has risen to 2.2 yuan per piece. Moreover, in order to rush the work, stitches are often skipped and missed, making it look ugly. How worthless is that?
The climate here is like there is no autumn. People often wear long-sleeved clothes one day and then turn into winter overnight. They shiver with cold and then beg for a sweater.
Wang Chunting had a headache looking at so many twisted yarns at home.
Yarn twist strips are made by straightening the yarn in coils, leaving knots at the ends, and finally twisting them into the shape of a twist.
Compared to the yarn balls sold in department stores, this kind of twisted yarn is cheaper, but there are discounts only for large quantities. It is a bit troublesome because it needs to be rolled into a ball to be conveniently knitted.
She untied the yarn, found the knot, put it between two wooden sticks, picked up one end and began to roll it into a ball of yarn.
Wang Chunting numbly rolled up the center of the ball of yarn with the back four fingers of her hand, then pulled it out and wrapped it tightly again, feeling like she was in tears.
"Mom, how many did you receive?"
Ming Erni rolled her eyes and said, "Not many, not many, about seventy or eighty pieces."
Wang Chunting paused as she curled the yarn, her eyes widening as she glanced sideways: "Isn't this enough?"
"What's the big deal? Just try your best. The labor cost is high, so I'll calculate it at 1.8 yuan!"
One piece is 1.8 yuan, so 80 pieces cost 144 yuan!
The key point is that the hand speed can't keep up. One piece a week. Even if there are two people working together, it's only eight pieces a month. Eighty pieces will be completed by the Chinese New Year!
Wang Chunting still has her own job and can't afford to eat so much: "Mom, how can we handle this?"
Ming Erni finished knitting a row, smoothed the wool needle through her hair, and started working again: "Stop complaining, and besides, you're not the only one. I brought some for your eldest sister and sister-in-law."
Four people, that's much better. Five or six months is just before autumn, which is reasonable.
Wang Chunting rolled up several balls of yarn and began to cast on her knitting needles, frowning as she thought, "Mom, the textile factory has so many orders, will they need to hire more people?"
Ming Erni paused her fluttering hands and quickly understood what the girl meant: "No, how far is it to the textile factory? It's across from the county town. Don't you want the two children at home?"
"Yeah, sigh, when can I change my job? Qiao Dazui is so useless!"
Faced with her daughter's frustration, Ming Erni pondered for a moment, then suddenly slapped her thigh and said, "If the textile factory is hiring, this might be a good opportunity!"
Wang Chunting asked in confusion, "Ah, what? Mom, didn't you say that the textile factory was too far away and you couldn't let me go?"
She really didn't understand her mother's train of thought.
Ming Erni explained carefully: "Think about it, if the textile factory is recruiting, there will definitely be people coming to our place. His position will be vacant, and you can take it!"
"But that's not right. If my position is vacant, who will take it?"
Ming Erni rolled her eyes at her slow-witted daughter and said, "You're really stupid for three years after pregnancy. You wasted your brain trying to get into the coal factory! Just forget about it and focus on knitting!"
She was confident and had even screened several families in her mind, planning to visit them during the day tomorrow.
Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, the fact is that the textile factory is busy. If there are really job vacancies, these families will thank her!
Wang Chunting pouted, feeling very dissatisfied. How could she be stupid?
Unfortunately, Ming Erni ignored her and the two of them began to knit sweaters quickly. As for Xiang Liguo, he was still working overtime at the steel factory and had not returned yet.
Although life is a little hard, we are all working hard for a better future for our family.
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