No worries about selling

Changheng Street is located on the east side of Qingyang County. There are several old neighborhoods in this area. Four or five miles away, the shopping mall in the county is located.

Although Changheng Street is not prosperous, the flow of people is very large.

There is an old street nearby, with restaurants and various small shops on both sides.

The landlord Xie’s sister-in-law who rented a house in Lan Shu opened a store on the street.

A shop that changes clothes, collects trousers and does some small work.

Lan Shu only knew that Sister Xie opened a store before, and she often passed by several times when she came and went. It was the first time she actually came to see it in the store.

Sister Xie’s name is Xie Xiaoju. The store she opened is only about ten square meters in size, and it is a storefront along the street. There is a semi-new sewing machine in the store.

Sister Xie said that when she married her man, both families were poor, and they only had no big items such as brides, watches, bicycles, and sewing machines.

A few years ago, her man drove a car to get goods and made money and bought her a sewing machine, saying that it was to compensate her for her wedding big items.

This sewing machine was mostly idle at home. After the policy allowed business in the past two years, Mrs. Xie found a storefront on the street and used the sewing machine at home to do some bits and pieces of work by herself.

Although this small business doesn't make much money, it can only cost more than ten yuan a month, which is enough for her and her son's daily expenses and can be considered as subsidizing the family income.

Lan Shu stayed in Xie's store for a while and observed that Xie's sister-in-law was very skilled in stepping on the sewing machine.

She asked casually, "Sister-in-law Xie, can you cut your clothes?"

Generally, people who know how to make clothes may not necessarily cut them. Even if they can cut them, it is not easy to control the style of clothes.

When Xie Xiaoju was asked, he answered without hesitation, "Yes, I worked in a clothing factory when I was young. Although I had never learned cutting formally, I usually pay attention to the style."

When talking about his work in a clothing factory, Xie Xiaoju is still a little proud.

Lan Shu could see that her pride was completely reflected in her ability and confidence.

As if she was afraid that Lan Shu would not believe it, Xie Xiaoju added later, "Since my family bought a sewing machine, I have made all the clothes we wear in my own."

After hearing what she said, Lan Shu immediately looked at the rose-red shirt on Sister Xie.

The workmanship and shape of this dress are nothing to say, but the color is too dazzling.

When Lan Shu learned that Sister Xie could make clothes, she immediately had an idea!

"Sister-in-law Xie, can you help me make clothes? I draw the drawings, you can do it, and you can calculate the pieces and money."

Hearing Lan Shu's words, Xie Xiaoju immediately smiled and shook her head, "Girl, what kind of clothes do you want? Just bring the fabric and make it for you, sister-in-law, and you won't charge any money."

Since the two young men bought breakfast for her and her son that time, Xie Xiaoju has not treated them as outsiders.

Just making a piece of clothing, she knows this technique. It’s just a waste of time and is not worth it.

Sister Xie's kindness, Lan Shu was grateful for her, but she couldn't take advantage of it.

And the clothes she wants to make are not worn by her alone.

"It's better to count the pieces and make money." Lan Shu insisted on asking, "Sister-in-law, I want to ask you to make not only clothes, I want to sell clothes and clothes of my own design."

When Xie Xiaoju learned about Lan Shu’s thoughts, she was stunned-

"You want to sell clothes? But many people buy clothes in the mall. Do you make them in my small shop? Can you sell them?"

Xie Xiaoju was very worried about Lan Shu.

After all, making clothes requires fabric. If the clothes cannot be sold, the cost of the fabric will be lost!

Lan Shu was not worried about this.

"Sister-in-law Xie, I'll be responsible for whether to sell it or not. I just want to ask you to make clothes for me. Can you see?"

Seeing Lan Shu's attitude so firm, Xie Xiaoju thought for a while before answering, "Okay."

Making clothes for Sister Lan Shu is actually a good thing for her.

After all, she has money to make clothes.

If she has work to do in this small shop, then do it!

Lan Shu was not blind. She had learned about the location of wholesale fabrics in the county with Sister Xie, the approximate price of materials, the size of each piece of clothing, and the workmanship of the clothes, Lan Shu set out immediately-

She went back to the rented place first. Seeing that Xiaobai was not there, only the bicycle was parked in the yard. Lan Shu went back to her room to get the spare key, rode her bicycle and left the door!

She used to be able to ride a bicycle, but the seats of the '28-Big Bar' in this era were too high and it was a bit difficult to ride.

However, after she got used to it for a while, she could barely ride out.

During this period of time in the county town, Lan Shu had already remembered the route and had bicycles to carry on. After more than ten minutes, she arrived at the fabric wholesale market that Sister Xie mentioned.

It is said to be a market here, but in fact there are only a few stores.

After comparing the prices of fabrics one by one, Lan Shu bought five meters of white pure cotton fabric suitable for women's shirts, and asked for four meters of black "Dequoran" similar to thick yarn, and four meters of light brown cotton mattress.

Cotton is the first choice for making windbreaker jackets.

White pure cotton fabric costs one piece and one meter, "Duoliang" costs two yuan per meter, and cotton elastic costs two yuan.

In order to save money, Lan Shu was precisely precise in the fabric consumption of each piece of clothing.

Even so, she spent a total of 23 and 40 cents, which was almost all the money she had.

After the payment was settled, she only had one or six cents left, and she didn't even have enough wages to pay Sister Xie.

Fortunately, she rented a house at Sister Xie’s house, so she didn’t have to worry that she had no money to run away. It would be too late to pay for her after she sold her clothes.

Go back with the fabric, and the next step is to design the style and start construction.

The style Lan Shu wanted was very simple, white cotton is used as a shirt, but the collar is not the pointed collar of the shirt, but two slender straps, enough to tie a bow.

The skirt is the simplest black elastic waist skirt.

Only a trench coat is a little troublesome, and it takes the most time to make a slightly larger lapel.

Although Xie Xiaoju didn't understand why Lan Shu changed the collar of her shirt to two ropes, she still cut the clothes as required and made them out.

It was busy from the morning until after three o'clock in the afternoon and had no time to rest at noon. Xie Xiaoju made a top, a skirt, and a windbreaker.

Lan Shu took the clothes back to her upper body and tried it. She tied the two long straps on the collar into a bow, tied the hem of the shirt into the waist of the skirt, put on a windbreaker, scattered her hair, and immediately showed her temperament and capable style!

This set of clothes is definitely a grand and fashionable existence in this era.

In order to verify her idea, Lan Shu went out wearing this outfit.

Along the way, she really attracted the attention of many women!

Several women even stopped her and asked where they bought the clothes.

For those who asked about the source of the clothes, Lan Shu only replied that it will be sold at the intersection of Changheng Road tomorrow afternoon. The quantity is not large, first come first served.

Although she hasn't started selling clothes yet, Lan Shu already knew in advance that she would never have to worry about selling this set of clothes!

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!