Chapter 159 (1/2)
Unknowingly, approaching new year's day, Li Mingyun went to Wuhan to buy goods before the festival, waiting for the new year's day business to explode.
This year, no more than in previous years, people have more spare money and more ideas. They are no longer limited to the function of keeping clothes warm, but also want to pursue more fashionable and higher-grade styles. After all, this is the first year of the implementation of big package work. After so many years, we have surplus money in our pockets for the first time. Of course, the pursuit is different.
As for Li Mingqin's imitation of clothes, it is basically impossible to do it now. It's not that Li Mingqin doesn't want to do it, but she can't do it. In winter, the material is thick, so ordinary sewing machines can't eat it at all. It has to be the special sewing machine of the clothing factory to eat the cloth. There are also shaping boards, which can't be made by small hands.
In winter, even the construction team has less work than usual. On such a cold day, the sand and cement are frozen together. How to build a house!
So since the winter, the income of Zhou Jincheng's family has dropped sharply. Even if they don't eat or drink every month, they still have to give Mrs. Zhou 20 yuan for living expenses. It's just The input of the previous period has been included. A family of four stuttering, all kinds of fragmentary expenses, plus the living expenses of 20 yuan, had made some money before, but now they are going out In the coming year, I'm still buying seeds and fertilizer. Which one doesn't cost money? In addition, Chinese New Year is also a big expense. During the new year, we should give children lucky money, visit relatives and buy new year goods
Thinking of these, Li Mingqin was so worried that he couldn't sleep well.
This afternoon, when Zhou Jincheng was on the street and passing by the Zhonghua store, Li Mingyun told him, ”you ask Mingqin to come here this afternoon. I have something to discuss with her.”
When Li Mingqin came over in the afternoon, he saw a brand-new sewing machine at the door of the shop.
”Sister, what are you doing with a sewing machine at the door of the shop?”
”That's why I called you here.”
This is the idea Mei Xiaoran gave Li Mingyun!
The material of clothes in winter must be thick. The second aunt's sewing machine can't make it, but it's OK to use the sewing machine to pull up the trousers This is also the service Mei Xiaoran has seen in later generations. As long as customers go to the store to buy clothes, it is simply a service from head to toe. There are a lot of suits, that is, the people who buy clothes, the coat is very suitable, but the pants are long, so it looks not good to wear a set. At this time, it is necessary to process the pants. Generally, the trousers are pulled up at the hem and the pants that are too long are cut short. In this way, when you put on a suit of clothes, the effect will come out immediately. It is absolutely appropriate and beautiful, which makes people energetic.
So, Li Mingyun set up a sewing machine at the door of the shop and asked him to come over and help him pull up his trousers Anyway, in addition to suits, the store also sells pants. The length of trousers is the same, and the waist is large and small, so that you can tie a pants edge for others. You don't have to change the pants you bought home by yourself. You can wear them properly.
When Li Mingqin heard this, he knew that the elder sister was painstaking and moved to cry again. ”Elder sister, if you hadn't helped me all the time, our family would have been too late.”
”Don't be such a fool. I'm your sister. I'll take care of it.”
Li Mingyun pointed to the sewing machine and said, ”let me talk to you first. After that, for every pair of trousers you pull, I'll give you 50 cents, which will be settled on the same day.”
Fifty cents?
This is a sky high price!