Chapter 188 What can we do for our female compatriots?
Yike was holding his breath and didn't want to care about the village affairs anymore. A low-level technician who only gets ten work points a day and doesn't even get paid, and yet you still think she's willing to work so hard.
Anyway, after Ziyi started the backpack business for them, food and clothing would not be a problem, so she didn't care about it anymore. Whoever wanted to care about it could do it, and her kindness was taken for granted. Of course, if you have a vision and design various styles of bags, it is still possible to make a lot of money. Since ancient times, women's and children's things have been the easiest to make money. As long as they seize the opportunity, they don't have to worry about not making money. But this requires a good leader. Of course, Yi doesn't want to be this leader. The most important thing is that she only likes farming and breeding.
Why? Because she is a foodie, she likes to do anything that has to do with food. Besides, in this day and age, food is still the most profitable.
In order to eat pure natural food that is not raised with feed in his previous life, Yike bought a large piece of land and cultivated it himself. No, he personally supervised the cultivation. He also raised a large number of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, sheep, and aquatic products. Later, the business grew bigger and bigger, and we bought more and more land. Before we knew it, it spread all over the world, allowing more people to eat pure natural food.
Yike also likes bags. Like most women, she likes bags of all styles, so she has at least twenty or thirty different styles of bags in her memory.
Yike felt that she was just a porter. Moving out the styles remembered in her brain would be enough for the people in the village to make many styles of bags. At least in the next ten years, she would not have to worry about designing any styles. That's why she chose to let the women in the village make the bags.
Although women in this era are said to "hold up half the sky", in fact, in such remote mountain villages, women still have no status. Unless they become mothers-in-law, they can continue to inherit the power of the former mother-in-law and abuse their daughters-in-law at will.
If these daughters-in-law can make money, then their status in the family can be improved a little bit, and girls can be valued by their parents instead of being treated as money-losing goods or tools to exchange for betrothal gifts for brothers in the family. This was the original idea of Yi Ke wanting to make bags.
When she came here, she was treated as a money-losing commodity and faced the risk of being sold at any time. She empathized with the original owner. So she thought that since she had traveled through time, she should do something for her female fellows? She has no ability to change the female compatriots in the whole society, but the people in this village must find ways to improve the status of female compatriots in the family, so that they no longer have to work hard outside and then have to serve the old and young when they return home, and be beaten and insulted, and even have to eat leftovers, just like the original owner, who had no food to eat.
Yike fell into deep thought for a moment. When the women's director saw that Yike didn't answer, the hopeful look in her eyes gradually dimmed. She could also understand Yi Ke's thoughts. If anyone was full of enthusiasm to lead everyone to a wealthy life, but in the end others were unwilling and looked down upon them, they would definitely not be willing again.
The director of the women's department thought that Yi Ke had sent her to act as a lobbyist and didn't want to pay any attention to her, so she stood up and left awkwardly.
"Ziyi's wife, I have something to do at home, so I'll go back first. You should think about it first, seriously!"
Yike's thoughts, which had run away to the horizon, finally came back to him. He remembered that he had neglected the director of women's affairs, and he felt very upset. She is just that kind of person, her mind easily wanders and she often offends people without realizing it. I must have offended the director of women's affairs again today, oh!
"Director, I'm sorry. I was just thinking about what you said and I lost focus. Don't be angry!"
"No, no, I'm so happy that you listened to me. Then think about it carefully, okay? All the women in our village depend on you. You don't know, several women secretly told me that now when they go home, they are no longer busy cooking and doing housework, and they don't have to wash clothes for the whole family in the middle of the night. Their mothers-in-law have begun to help share the housework. Because they have to make bags to earn money to support the family, those women are very proud. If you don't take them to make bags, life will return to the way it was. Think about it carefully, we all depend on you."
The director of women's affairs left after she finished speaking, throwing a heavy burden on Yi Ke. Yi Ke didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Did this sound like the moral kidnapping they talked about in their previous life? And Yi Ke was willing to be kidnapped.
Yike closed the door of the courtyard and went back to bed. But this time she couldn't fall asleep at all. She was thinking about what to do about this matter. Then I fell asleep again while thinking about it.
After leaving Yike's house, the women's director slowed down her pace. As she walked, she was thinking about how to get Yike to agree to come back and lead everyone to make bags. Not only bags, but also chickens, ducks, pigs, etc. These are things that women, children and even the elderly can do, and Yike has to lead everyone to do them.
But the secretary knew that the bag was made by Yike and everyone, but he insisted on giving the credit to Ziyi. It would have been fine if he just gave it to Ziyi, but at first it seemed like Ziyi's wife wanted to give it to Ziyi as well. The mistake was that the secretary looked down on women and even thought that Yike was taking advantage of the public by relying on Ziyi. No wonder Ziyi's wife was angry, and anyone would be angry too.
The women's director, who was thinking with her head down, did not see the captain's wife walking in front of her. "Xiuyun, what are you thinking about? You were so focused that you almost bumped into me." The captain's wife shouted.
"Oh, sister-in-law," the women's director was startled and stopped in a hurry. She saw that she and the captain's wife were facing each other, with only half a step distance between them.
The director of the women's department said embarrassedly, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry! I was so absorbed in thinking about something. Fortunately, you reminded me, otherwise I would have walked into the ditch without even noticing."
"What are you thinking about? Why are you so engrossed?" asked the captain's wife. "Can you tell me? Do you want me to give you some advice?" The women's director thought for a moment and said, "Yes, if I can't think of a solution myself, I can ask everyone for help." She had already forgotten what the captain had told her not to tell anyone else. Besides, she thought that the captain and his wife were one and the same, so it didn't matter what she said. And the captain's wife is also very smart. So she enthusiastically stepped forward, took the captain's wife's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, there really is something going on. Let's go to your house and talk about it. You can help us make a decision."
The two of them strode towards the captain's house.
Ziyi rode his bicycle to the town and found the director of the supply and marketing cooperative and asked him if the cooperative had any sewing machines. It just so happened that the cooperative had just received two sewing machines that had not been sold yet, so they sold them all to Ziyi, even waiving the sewing machine ticket, but the price was a little higher.
Ziyi was going to buy three machines, so he was still short of one. He asked the director of the supply and marketing cooperative if there was any way he could get it. The director was really capable. He called the supply and marketing cooperatives in several other communes and actually got another one.
"Brother Ziyi, to be honest, the backpacks you made are really popular. I asked someone to take them to the county department store, but today they said they were sold out and asked me to send more as soon as possible." The director of the supply and marketing cooperative said, "How about you buy a few more sewing machines and make more?"
"Then can you help buy them? We don't have a sewing ticket, and we don't have the money at the moment. Even the money for these three machines was borrowed from everywhere. If you can help buy them, we will definitely work overtime to make them and sell them to you." Ziyi said readily.
"This is a bit difficult. You know these are distributed in fixed quantities. But I will keep an eye out for you. If I find any, I will ask someone to keep them for you and you must come and buy them right away." The director of the supply and marketing cooperative was also fighting for money.
"Okay, call me when you have it, and I promise to buy it right away." Ziyi also promised.
The sewing machines from the supply and marketing cooperative in Gaoshan Town were delivered by truck. Ziyi paid the money and found a bullock cart. He loaded the three sewing machines onto the cart, and also loaded the processed fabrics bought from the supply and marketing cooperative onto the cart. Then he asked the driver to set off...
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