Chapter 38 The best sister-in-law in the 1980s (38)

"Yinyin, do you like mutton?" Sister-in-law Xu asked her, "There are a lot of sheep here, and the price is cheaper than pork. Your brother thinks the mutton smells strong, and I was worried that you wouldn't be able to eat it, so I didn't buy it yet. You If you like it, I can go to the morning market tomorrow to pick out a better piece of mutton leg and come back to stew potatoes for you."

"I like it." Xu Yin nodded fiercely. She planned to buy more. Authentic free-range Hu mutton would not be available at high prices in future generations.

“Then let’s go to the morning market together tomorrow. If there’s anything else you want to eat, my sister-in-law will cook it for you. Anyway, the summer vacation is long, so I’ll stay here for a few more days.”

Xu Yin said with a smile: "I promised my mother before I came here. I have to go back before the robbery. Didn't our family raise rice flower fish? These fish can also be sold when the rice fields are drained. Mom said that the flower girl gets on the sedan chair, I don’t know what’s going on with her and dad.”

"Then we'll see, your brother will ask for leave and ask him to go back with you. This year, dad also planted three acres of watermelon. I don't know what the harvest will be like."

“Don’t worry, sister-in-law, the melon seedlings are growing very well. Our father is an expert in growing melons. He is more attentive to melons than to my daughter. How can the melons grow badly?”

The aunt and sister-in-law had a chat about each other’s current situation.

Xu Yin just learned that her sister-in-law had already made a lot of clothes for people within two months of moving to the workers' compound.

"Thanks to you, little sister, for designing this nursing garment for me. On the day I first moved in, my neighbor came to visit and saw that I could feed myself without lifting my clothes. She thought this garment was good. There were also family members upstairs who were in confinement. I was asked to make two pieces, and then people started coming to me to make clothes..."

Xu Yin thinks this is good: "Dou Dou and Ding Ding are still young, and they can't live without people at home. It's good for my sister-in-law to earn some money by making clothes at home. When your reputation spreads in the future, more people will come to you for work." .”

Sister-in-law Xu hesitated for a moment and said: "There is something that I am a little undecided about. There is an empty tailor shop in the Internal Supply and Marketing Department of the Workers' College. The man who was the original lessee has been transferred to work elsewhere, so naturally she also I want to follow. Last week, the director of the Women's Federation came to ask me if I had any intention of renting a tailor shop. She made some statistics and found that I am the only one in our area who can make clothes. If I don't rent it, I will switch to another shop. ”

 Xu Yin thought this was an opportunity. Even though it was just a workers' college, there were a lot of people there. Most existing families start with two children. There are four seasons in a year, so at least two sets should be changed every season, right?

Even if the parents are reluctant to make new clothes, what about the children? You always have to wear a few outfits every year, but you can't go to school and still wear patches?

The income of the other half of these family members is not low. Who is willing to let their children wear patched old clothes?

 What’s more, it is a unique existence with unlimited potential and considerable profits!

Xu Yin encouraged Sister Xu to rent it.

 “Are you worried about the high rent?”

Sister-in-law Xu shook her head: "The rent is not bad, but I just don't feel confident. I discussed this matter with your brother, but he didn't understand and asked me to make my own decision. But I don't have any idea."

Xu Yin simply made up her mind: "Rent! You must rent! The God of Wealth has given you an opportunity, and you would be a fool not to rent."

 Sister-in-law Xu: “…”

However, Sister-in-law Xu’s words made her feel confident.

It's a pity that my sister-in-law has to go to college elsewhere. Otherwise, it would be great for the two of them to open this shop together.

"Okay! I'll rent it tomorrow and open a shop to make clothes."

“Not only can we make clothes, but we can also buy some high-selling fabrics and sell them in the store.” Xu Yin said.

 Thinked about it and suggested:

"It's almost midsummer. I'm going to draw some new summer clothes for my sister-in-law later. I'll make some when she has time and hang them in the shop. Firstly, it will enrich the facade, and secondly, it will attract people to come in and take a look. The more people who see it, the more popular it will be. Maybe I didn’t plan to make clothes at first, but after seeing these ready-made clothes and thinking they were beautiful, I came to you to make them. Isn’t this how business grows little by little?”

Sister-in-law Xu felt much more at ease after hearing this, and she wished she could go and settle the matter of the shop now. The next day, when she came back from the morning market, she couldn't wait to find the director of the Women's Federation to rent a shop. Knowing that her sister-in-law was going to go shopping in the city, she handed her fifty yuan before leaving.

Xu Yin didn't want to accept it at first, but then she thought about her sister-in-law dragging two children and probably didn't have time to run to the city. If she saw something useful, she could bring it back to her.

She took the bus in front of the workers' compound and went to the city center. She originally wanted to explore the street stall market, but she overheard a few passengers chatting and said that a large textile wholesale market had opened in the north of the city, and she was moved.

I asked them how to get to the wholesale market, and finally found out the address and the alternate bus.

　　It was said to be the north of the city, but in fact it was still a suburb. The bumpy gravel road made her almost doubt her life.

However, when I saw the appearance of the textile wholesale market, I felt that it was not in vain.

This is much larger and more organized than the wholesale market at the entrance of the alley, and it is so spacious that a truck can run inside.

She followed the flow of people who also came here to wholesale fabrics and rushed to the stall of defective fabrics in the cloth factory, and snatched five pieces with quick eyesight.

 Each 30-meter horse only costs 20 yuan. Five pieces of cloth cost 100 yuan, and two pieces of labor cloth can be used to make two pairs of trousers as a gift. It's a bargain, isn't it?

The garment factory’s processing stalls here are also crowded with people. The ready-made garments to be processed are old in style and many are broken, but they are cheaper.

Xu Yin paid a few pieces for each of her parents as if they were free of charge. They were cheap and she didn’t feel bad if they got dirty when working in the fields.

With the remaining money, I bought some Liang, Rouzi yarn and muslin. I picked some of various designs and colors.

 Except for the soft yarn which is slightly more expensive, everything else is very cheap.

I'll ask my sister-in-law to remember the address later and I'll come here next time I buy cloth.

The money was almost spent, and Xu Yin sat back to the city by car with satisfaction.

　　Seeing her coming back with five pieces of cloth in her hands and a bulging bag on her shoulder, the staff compound was filled with excitement.

A few days ago, I heard that Xu Zhinian's sister was coming to visit relatives. Seeing how his wife had started moving all kinds of meat and vegetables home after receiving the telegram, we knew that Xu Zhinian's sister was very favored at home.

 Otherwise, the sister-in-law would not hesitate to spend her monthly salary on stocking up on meat and vegetables just for her arrival?

　　The family members of the employees who were good friends with Mrs. Xu couldn’t help but worry about her: With a sister like this, wouldn’t it be difficult for her husband’s family to live well?

Unexpectedly, Sister-in-law Xu didn't mind at all. On the contrary, she was looking forward to her sister-in-law's arrival more than any other man.

These family members don’t say anything, but they don’t whisper a few words in private: Who doesn’t know that mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law are the most difficult to take care of in the world, is the Xu family’s sister-in-law an exception?

Now I see Xu Yin carrying the cloth back to the staff compound, saying that she bought it for her sister-in-law.

Everyone has heard about Mrs. Xu renting a tailor shop from the director of the Women's Federation. It seems that these cloths are in preparation for the opening of the tailor shop.

It became clear in an instant: why Sister-in-law Xu is so warm and considerate to her sister-in-law. Who wouldn’t like having such a sister-in-law who is willing to worry about her sister-in-law’s career?

 (End of this chapter)