Chapter 171 Ways to Make Money
"Uncle Wang, when I went to work, I learned that many members had run out of food at home. Now there is more than a month before the summer harvest. We can't eat wild vegetables every day to fill our stomachs. Our bodies can't stand it. If we don't find a solution, we will really get jaundice like in previous years." Ziyi said solemnly.
"Boss, why are you still hesitating? Are you just going to watch the members starve to death? If Ziyi hadn't helped us, we would have run out of food long ago." The captain's wife pushed the captain anxiously.
The team leader said in embarrassment: "I know, it's not that I don't want to. Of course I want to make money. The problem is that the higher-ups don't allow people to open small workshops privately. We can't violate the policy. If the higher-ups find out, it will be very serious. We may even be sent to a farm for labor reform (the farms are full of prisoners under surveillance)."
Ziyi and Yike looked at each other, and there was smile in their eyes. As long as the captain wants to make money, this problem can be easily solved.
Ziyi whispered, "Uncle Wang, Auntie, I have a way. We can both make money and not be discovered by the higher-ups."
The captain and his wife both leaned closer to Ziyi, stared at him eagerly and asked, "What's the solution?"
Ziyi analyzed seriously and said, "Only women can make this bag. Let's ask the women in the village to take it home and make it secretly. When it's done, give it to me and I'll help everyone sell it. This way, we won't delay work and we can make money. I believe that everyone will not tell anyone in order to make money. Even if the news leaks out, there are only one or two bags in the family, and they can say that they are for their own use, and no one can say anything. Uncle Wang, do you think it's feasible?"
"That's great!" The team leader stood up and said happily, "Ziyi, you are so smart. You have a brilliant mind. Now the members won't have to go hungry anymore."
"Ziyi, you are everyone's savior. Now that we have made money, the whole village will thank you. This is the grace that saves their lives." The captain's wife was so happy that she couldn't stop thanking him.
The captain pondered for a while and couldn't help frowning again.
"Uncle Wang, is there anything you don't understand?" Ziyi asked.
Uncle Wang said worriedly, "If everyone in the village makes them, that would be a lot of bags. Do you really have that many sales channels? If you can't sell them, they'll be a waste of money. The members won't care whether you sell them or not. They all want money."
"Don't worry, I promise I can sell it. And I will hand over the goods and the money at the same time so that the villagers won't worry." Ziyi said affirmatively.
The captain's wife became anxious when she heard this: "That won't do. You helped them find a way to make money, so why should you take the risk? You should pay them after the goods are sold. You shouldn't pay for it first. Ziyi, don't be stupid." The captain also nodded in agreement with his wife's words. Ziyi and Yike were finally completely relieved. This family was people with conscience and were worth helping. As for the subsequent ways to help the villagers make money, we can wait until after this incident. If the villagers are simple and grateful people, we can continue to teach them how to make money. Ziyi and Yike are not that kind of saintly person and don't want to waste their energy on some ungrateful people.
In line with the principle of helping others to the end, Yi Ke said something that made the captain and his wife happy: "Uncle Wang, I have already bought the cloth for making bags. Those who want to make bags can come to me to get the cloth. The money for the cloth will be deducted when the bags are made and handed in."
"Yike, this is great. I was wondering where we could get the money and cloth coupons to buy cloth. I didn't expect you to have solved it. Now we can just focus on making it. To be honest, these cloth coupons are too hard to get. Can you always get cloth for everyone to make it in the future?"
Yike and Ziyi had never thought about this problem, mainly because of their memories of past lives. They had completely forgotten that in that era one needed cloth coupons to buy cloth. The defective cloth that Yi Ke bought this time did not require cloth coupons, so the two of them did not think about this issue.
"Uncle Wang, we really forgot about this problem." Yi Ke said honestly, "I'll see if we can think of a solution when the time comes, but I can't guarantee it. After all, it's not a small thing. If you have a way to buy fabric, we will also help you sell it, but the fabric for making bags needs to be harder."
The captain's wife quickly comforted him, "Yike, don't worry. Let's make the cloth first, so that everyone can have money to buy food and get through the current difficulties. We can make it if there is cloth in the future, and we won't make it if there is no cloth. You are not their person, so how can you guarantee that they will make money forever?"
The team leader also said sincerely: "Your aunt is right. It's good that our sub-management has solved the urgent problem this time. In the future, we will do it if we can, and not do it if we can't. I will talk about this issue with everyone tomorrow, so that those people won't complain when they make money but don't have cloth to make. Even in this matter of you taking cloth without paying, we must prevent those who are greedy and ignorant from taking cloth without paying and not making bags. I will ask those who haven't delivered the goods to use work points to pay for the money when the time comes."
The older you get, the wiser you become. Ziyi and Yike hadn't thought of this before. Cloth is so hard to buy that there may be people who receive the cloth but don’t want to make bags with it.
The captain and Ziyi discussed some details, and the captain's wife pulled Yike over and asked Yike to teach her how to make a bag. Yi Ke explained it to her in detail and told her that he wanted her to help cut the cloth tomorrow. Because the captain's words just now reminded her, she should cut the bags and write numbers on them, and let the women sew them according to the numbers. This way she would not have to worry about them stealing the cloth and it would also be convenient for them to make the bags.
"Auntie, if you help me cut the cloth tomorrow, I'll give you one dollar a day. And if you ask Jinxia and Caixia to help me write numbers, I'll also give them fifty cents a day. It just so happens that they don't have classes these two days."
"No, we can't ask you for money. We just want to help you. You sent me so much food, and I'm going to help you for two days and ask for money. That's nonsense. Don't talk about giving money anymore. If you want money, we won't do it."
"Okay, then I won't give it to you. Thank you, Auntie." Yi Kexin thought that it would be the same if she gave them more food. It would be difficult for them to buy food even if they had money, and buying it on the black market was expensive and dangerous.
"Ziyi, Yike, I will discuss this with the team leaders tomorrow morning and hold a member meeting at noon to see how many people are willing to do it. The sooner we do it, the better."
"Okay, then we'll start cutting the fabric tomorrow morning. Auntie, you, Jinxia, and Caixia will come over tomorrow morning to do it."
"Okay. We'll go early tomorrow morning."
After the matter was settled, Ziyi and Yike said goodbye and went home to rest. The team leader thought about it and went out with a flashlight. He called the other officers of the team to the team headquarters one by one...
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