Chapter 125 Looking for help
The children don’t know what the adults said very well. They only know that there was a wedding at home today, so they made such a large table of good dishes. Several children didn’t interrupt and were just lying on their heads to eat delicious food at this time!
Niu Quanyou has been addicted to alcohol for a long time. Now he doesn’t care what they say about getting married or not. He just hopes that the wine can be poured on him as soon as possible so that he can relieve his alcohol addiction.
Soon, Niu Dashan came over with wine and glasses. Except for Niu Xiaodong and the children, a glass of wine was poured in front of everyone.
Although I had some unpleasant chat just now, I finally haven’t forgotten the great joy of today, celebrating Niu Xiaodong’s joy!
After a meal, it was already very late.
"Xiaodong, don't go home today. It's getting dark and I can't see the road clearly. Don't fall anymore. Let Qingxiang go back alone first. You can go back tomorrow after dawn." Aunt Niu looked at it late and said worriedly.
"If you don't go home, you can't live here!" Niu Xiaodong said that she knew very well how big the house was.
"You can just sleep with your mother." Aunt Niu said.
"It's such a cold day, where will that dad go to sleep?" Niu Xiaodong asked.
"Yes, why did I forget your father? I'm really worried. It's such a cold and dark sky, what should I do if I come out on the road?" Aunt Niu slapped her forehead and said, thinking to herself how she forgot about a living person.
"Mom, it's okay. I'll go back and get home while it's not completely dark." Niu Xiaodong felt that her mother was a little fussy. She was not that precious.
"At this time, we know that our house is not big anymore. I don't even have a place to live." Wang Wenling said sarcastic words from the side.
As soon as Wang Wenling finished speaking, she saw his husband glaring at her fiercely. She wanted to say something, but immediately shut up.
Although Wang Shilong has a deep relationship with this sister now, he is a fellow woman from her, and his blood relatives are constantly in trouble.
"Shut up, if you don't speak, no one will think you are mute!" Aunt Niu got a little angry since just now, and immediately pulled her face down and scolded her.
"Didn't I sleep with you in my room? What are you talking about here?" Niu Xiaodong used to think that he could go back to his parents' house to live for a while. Since his second brother and sister-in-law came back, she has never stepped into her room for a while. Her second sister-in-law still said this in front of her, she must be angry.
"Hmph, if you don't say it, don't say it." Wang Wenling said coldly.
"Hurry up and clean up the table in the house, don't make things difficult for our mother here!" Wang Shilong said coldly when he saw that her wife still looked dissatisfied.
Although Wang Wenling was unhappy, she was now asking her mother-in-law for money to spend. She couldn't tear her face and went to clean up the dishes and chopsticks on the table.
"Besides, he is a married daughter, and he is still yelling about his own room. It's a joke!" Before leaving, Wang Wenling muttered in a low voice.
Niu Xiaodong didn't hear it clearly, and was about to ask, but Aunt Niu grabbed her.
"If you want to go home, leave quickly. Don't wait until the naive and dark, you really can't leave." Aunt Niu urged.
"I will watch the road. It's okay, don't worry." Niu Xiaodong patted her mother's hand and told her to rest assured.
After saying that, Niu Xiaodong, Wang Qingxiang and his wife quickly set off and went home.
Walking on the way home, Wang Qingxiang held Niu Xiaodong's hand tightly, fearing that the road would be uneven, so he accidentally fell. After all, it was the first time he became a father, so he couldn't help but feel over-neglected.
"Madam, can you save me some face in front of others in the future?" Wang Qingxiang said as he walked.
"Why don't I save you face?" Niu Xiaodong was a little surprised that his guild asked.
"Look at how loud you spoke to me today, I was shocked. You said you could yell at me at home. In front of so many people, you didn't listen to me, where would you put my husband's face?" Wang Qingxiang thought of her wife's reaction just now, and was surprised.
"It's not your fault. I have to discuss this with me in front of so many people. At my insistence, my mother didn't stop me. As a result, if you mention it like this, you will come and persuade me. Now, the shop will not be able to open it anymore. Everything at home depends on you." Niu Xiaodong originally thought that he would go home tonight and discuss it with her husband carefully, just to ask her husband to support her, but the matter of opening the shop was ruined.
"Okay, it's all my fault. I can definitely support you and the children!" Wang Qingxiang said confidently.
"It's better." Niu Xiaodong said with a smile, thinking that he had made no mistake in his husband.
In the next few days, Niu Xiaodong quickly understood what it means to be harsh.
Every day, from morning to night, the bile in her belly is almost spit out. Sometimes when she gets angry, she will murmur to her belly, saying that the little guy in her belly starts making noise before she is born, and she doesn’t know how to make trouble for herself even if she comes out!
As the weather gets colder and colder, the demand for winter clothes is getting bigger and bigger. Ding Qiaoyun's ready-to-wear shop is crowded all day long. As more and more people know, more and more customers come to visit. In addition, Ding Qiaoyun's membership system, he often holds discount activities and occasionally gives away some small gifts, so there are many repeat customers.
What makes Ding Qiaoyun most worried is that the inventory is too small, and basically the supply is in short supply. In addition, the newly designed embroidered garments are particularly popular among the official ladies and women because of their novel styles. Some of them have no ready-made garments, so they leave the size first, choose the pattern, pay the deposit, and wait for the garments to be made.
Seeing these orders, Ding Qiaoyun thought that he had to think of a way. At present, the method of opening a workshop was no longer worthy of it, so he could only think of another way.
That afternoon, when Ding Qiaoyun and Wang Wenling were passing by the village entrance, they saw women in the village chatting in groups of three or three under the big tree.
At this time, Ding Qiaoyun suddenly thought that the village had good needlework like her sister-in-law, and there should be people. In ancient times, they basically sewed clothes by themselves, and they should know about them. As long as they were asked to pay attention to some details and make the work detailed, it would be fine.
On weekdays, Ding Qiaoyun would say hello and go home in a hurry. Thinking of this, she pulled Wang Wenling and walked into the crowd, and took the initiative to chat with everyone.
"Dashan family, I've been very busy recently. Why did you come back so early today?" Aunt Wang asked with a smile.
"Yes, aunt, it's a little early to close today. The weather is too cold and it's warm in the morning. There are more people coming out to buy things, but fewer people will be in the afternoon." Ding Qiaoyun said with a smile.
Wang Wenling was suddenly pulled into the crowd. She didn't understand what her sister-in-law wanted to do for a moment. She was not familiar with this group of people, so she smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything.
"It's not yet the time to be really cold. People in this county are too expensive and are so afraid of the cold. Look at us. Before dinner, everyone comes home and talks here, and there is nothing to do when they go home." Aunt Wang's children are all married, and their grandchildren are grown up, so she doesn't need to watch them, so she is very idle.
"Auntie, how are your needlework?" Ding Qiaoyun looked at Aunt Wang's clothes and asked.
"Make do it. I make it all the clothes for the whole family. I don't have the spare money to buy the ready-made clothes in your shop." Aunt Wang pulled his own clothes and said with a smile.
"I see that the clothes you are wearing are pretty good. The ready-made clothes I made in the shop recently can't make as much as the ones sold. I want you to try it. I will give you my salary." Ding Qiaoyun thought to herself that she is not very good at making clothes. She can do it very well now, and Aunt Wang will definitely do it.
"Is that girl Chunmei also working with you?" Aunt Wang asked back without answering.
This Aunt Wang is no one else, but Chunmei’s aunt. She asked about Chunmei and wanted to inquire about making ready-made clothes.
"Well, I've been working for a long time, and now I'm making clothes quickly. Chunmei is very smart. As soon as I said that, she understands what to do. Now she is my right-hand man. Thanks to Chunmei during this period!" Ding Qiaoyun said this, she would praise Chunmei, who has a very good understanding. As long as the picture album she drew, she can basically make it according to the patterns.
"To be honest, I taught Chunmei's needlework. In the past, her mother's needlework was not good, so I often went to her house to help make clothes for her." Aunt Wang said with a embarrassed smile.
"Yes, yes, when I was young, Aunt Wang's needlework was incomparable. Even now that I am old, I don't know if your eyes are good or not! Haha..." The villagers chatting on the side joked.
"Go to you, I'm so old, I'm getting older. Don't think that my grandson is old, I think I'm old, and my eyes are so good!" Aunt Wang said pretending to be angry, fearing that Ding Qiaoyun wouldn't let her help make clothes.
"That's not right, by the way, aunt, do you have any people you know who are good at needlework?" Ding Qiaoyun thought of a solution when she heard this.
"There are not many good things in our village, but there are a few young ladies in my mother's house. The needlework is not bad, but I just don't know if they have time?" Aunt Wang's mother's house is not far from here. When she heard this, she hurriedly said.
"That's fine, aunt, if you have time, please help me ask! I need someone to help you make clothes now..." Ding Qiaoyun wanted to ask Aunt Wang now.
"Okay, I'll go and ask you tomorrow, but how to calculate the price? You have to tell me. I can tell you. If you agree or not, I can't guarantee it." Aunt Wang actually wanted to know the wages in her heart, so she took this opportunity to ask.
"But I'll say the ugly thing first. The salary for making a piece of clothing is 5 cents, but the premise is that I'm satisfied with it. It's not enough to make do, because my customers are very picky. If they are not good, I'll waste the fabric and cannot be sold for money. It's not that I'll lose money. At that time, I'll have to check the skills first. If it doesn't work, I can't use you yet, but if it's very good, I will also increase the salary appropriately." Ding Qiaoyun said cheerfully.
"Don't worry about this, but it costs five cents per piece, isn't it a little less?" Aunt Wang asked when she heard this, and she was thinking about raising the price.
"Aunt, I have to buy fabrics for this ready-to-wear clothes, and rent, etc., all of them are included. The handmade cost is 5 cents per piece, which is not bad!" Ding Qiaoyun said with a smile. At the beginning, the prices of the clothes she sold were very affordable. Later, she continued to improve the fabrics and improve the grade of the clothes, so she has now increased the price of the ready-to-wear clothes, which has a much larger profit margin, but the handmade cost is also OK.
"Okay, I'll ask you for your questions, just wait for my good news!" Aunt Wang slapped her thigh and said confidently.
In fact, when Aunt Wang heard that she was making a piece of clothing cost five cents, she was a little disappointed, but she thought that she was at home, she was idle anyway, so she could earn some money she spent on hand.
"Okay, then that's it. I'll wait for your good news, please come to my aunt!" Ding Qiaoyun said with a smile.
Wang Wenling watched her sister-in-law talking to these people, thinking that there seemed to be many places where she would study like her sister-in-law! She had to learn a little in the future. After all, she had already praised Haikou and wanted to build a new house and live in a new home! She also had to work hard for the children!
Ding Qiaoyun and Wang Wenling chatted with them for a while, and felt that the matter was almost done, so they went home.
"Sister-in-law, do you really think this method is feasible? If the clothes they make are not good, wouldn't they smash their own sign?" Wang Wenling asked in a low voice on the way back.
"I have to look at the craftsmanship first before deciding whether to hire them. However, looking at Aunt Wang's attitude, I think there should be a chance. Anyway, I have no other way now, so I can only do this first." Ding Qiaoyun thought for a while and said. Now that it is unrealistic to rely on them to make a lot of clothes at once. If this continues, customers will have opinions.
"I think it would be better to put everyone together to make clothes, so that everyone can learn from each other!" Wang Wenling suggested.
"Oh, my brother and sister have a good idea. You thought of going with me. I have already made this plan. There is no place to gather these people at the moment. The family is just a little big, and I live in a crowded place, let alone gather some people to make clothes." Ding Qiaoyun thought that this brother and sister were also a little smart, and could actually come up with a factory-style approach.
"You think your family is crowded? Just like what I thought, I want to make more money and move out to live there at that time, so as to avoid the look of my mother-in-law's face." Wang Wenling suddenly felt that she and her sister-in-law still had the same idea.
Chapter completed!