Chapter 55 Departure
A "fake collar" does not use two-foot cloth. Solid color fabric is not like the ones that are currently in short supply. Not only is it cheaper, but the cloth ticket can also be discounted.
The cost of a "fake collar" is conservatively not worth two yuan. If she doesn't have a ticket, she can sell it for three or four yuan. This way the price can almost double.
The next day, Chen Lishu took the two clothes and shoes that Li Xiulan had packed for Gu Xingye to go to the Materials Bureau. After asking, he found out that Gu Xingye was out with the car and asked Zhou Bin again, but he was not here. Chen Lishu had to ask the guard to hand over the things to him when Gu Xingye came back.
After leaving the Materials Bureau, Chen Lishu went to the department store. She first bought a few handkerchiefs for Zhang Qin, and then went to the place where the fabric was sold to buy cloth.
She wanted to see Gu Xingdong, and she also wanted to dress herself up beautifully, so she wanted to make a new outfit for herself.
After a closer look, she fell in love with a black cotton and linen fabric. Now that it is becoming popular, cotton and linen are easy to wrinkle and are relatively rough and cannot compare with that of the company. The sales volume is almost 30% or 70% of the company.
However, Chen Lishu felt that the cotton and linen ratio was indeed good, breathable and sweat-absorbing, and the price was cheaper than that of Yeliang. One dollar per foot, and one meter of cloth only required one foot of cloth ticket. Chen Lishu bought two meters directly, and then bought two feet of pure white cotton cloth to go back to make underwear. Now everyone is very conservative in mind. He should wrap his chest with cloth, so who looks good? Try to make clothes and pants as loose as possible. A few years ago, there were people who used wine bottles to measure their legs. If anyone's pants could not be stuffed into the wine bottle, they would wear stingy pants and would be pulled out to criticize and fight.
After buying what she wanted to buy, Chen Lishu went to see the fabric that wanted to make a "fake collar". The color was limited. She finally chose three types of white, blue, brown. The price was the same as cotton and linen, one dollar, one foot, and one meter and one foot of cloth ticket.
Chen Lishu bought all the remaining thirteen-foot cloth tickets, and after paying the money, she went to the other side to spend a dollar to buy a bunch of plexiglass buttons. Then she took the things she bought and went home.
After she got home and packed the things, she went to cut pig grass and fed the pigs and chickens, and then prepared dinner and everyone in the Gu family came back from work.
After dinner, Chen Lishu brought her the handkerchief she brought to Zhang Qin, and then told Li Xiulan about Gu Xingye's situation before returning to her house.
She first took out the fabric she had prepared for her underwear and cut the fabric according to the bra later, and soon sewed two pieces of underwear out.
Then there was the black cotton and linen fabric. She cut it into a 70-part skirt style according to the later appearance, sewn elastic cloth on both sides of her waist, and then pulled a strap to tie a bow on the front. It looked simple and generous, just right for her apricot yellow half-sleeved one she had made before.
Because the weather is hot, I always have to bring changing clothes, Chen Lishu made a pair of straight nine-point pants with the remaining fabric. After doing it, I tried it on it myself, and it would not exaggerate the overall effect and look good.
Because she didn't have to go to work, she used up all the fabric she bought for "fake collars" in the next three days, and made a total of twenty-four "fake collars". The cost was less than two yuan, and Chen Lishu directly priced at three or five yuan.
Early that morning she went to the town with her "fake collar". She originally wanted to ask Zhou Bin if she wanted to accept it, but later she thought that she had to know the market feedback before she could decide whether to continue doing this business in the future. So she chose to go to the sugar factory's dependent area to wait.
Soon two young and beautiful girls came out. Chen Lishu seized the opportunity to come to them and lowered her voice and asked, "Comrade, do you want to see me if I have clothes?"
When they heard that selling clothes was new, the two girls looked at each other, pulled Chen Lishu and walked back.
"It is inconvenient to speak here. My house is not far away. Let's go to my house to talk." One of the girls said. It is convenient for the two to carefully choose the people.
"Why are you back when you go to work?" Hearing the sound of the door opening, a woman walked out of the kitchen and was stunned when she saw her daughter bringing a stranger back.
"Mom, I just met you at the entrance of the community. This comrade sells clothes."
The woman who sold clothes lit up: "What is this comrade called? What clothes do they sell? How much does it cost?"
Chen Lishu was afraid of misunderstandings, so she quickly put down the bag in her hand and opened it: "I am not actually a clothes, I just want to make a 'fake collar'. I don't have a ticket, it costs four yuan per piece."
When she said that, Chen Lishu quoted another 50 cents. After all, she always had to leave the other party a chance to bargain. She only had to come up with three or five yuan, so she would definitely have to bargain.
The woman and the two girls saw that the things she took out were very novel, and they never thought that they could do this with their shirts, but they frowned when they heard her offer.
"Just like this piece of fabric is sold for four yuan, which is too expensive." The woman had already taken out a 'fake collar' and gestured to her body. She chose a blue pointed collar. Because the weather was hot, she couldn't tell anything about half-sleeved clothes. She went back to the house and took out a coat. After one set, only the two buttons on it were exposed. If she didn't take off her clothes, no one could tell that it was a half-piece collar.
The other two young women were amazed when they saw it. Chen Lishu knew that they had fallen in love with her, so she spoke, "I don't need a cloth ticket. Although it's a little more expensive, there is also labor costs. There is still a risk in the middle of a long trip."
"We buy all three of us, you can get a little cheaper." The girl who brought her back spoke.
Chen Lishu showed a hint of embarrassment on her face, and then she seemed to have made a great decision: "Seeing that you buy a lot of people, you should make friends, so just give it to you three. But don't tell others that I sold it to you three.5 yuan."
When the few people heard this, they nodded like pounding garlic. When the woman heard her, she felt that the opportunity was rare, so she went to the kitchen to give her a glass of water: "Comrade, sit down and rest for a while."
Before Chen Lishu could thank him, the man turned around and went out. Soon he brought four or five more people in.
"They are all my neighbors. Just look at them and you can give them three or five yuan."
Chen Lishu smiled and nodded: "As long as you choose, everyone can choose."
Soon her "fake collar" was wrapped up more than half. Although the price was higher, it was worth noting that it was not worth the ticket. This was no more cost-effective for families with many children in their family.
After leaving the sugar factory's family area, Chen Lishu went to two other communities and soon sold out all the "fake collars" in her hand. She also had eighty-four yuan more in her hand.
After deducting the cost forty yuan, she earned forty-four yuan in just three days.
When he got home in the evening, Gu Xingdong's letter also arrived. He was very happy to know that she was going to visit relatives, and asked her to leave immediately after receiving the letter. He would definitely pick her up at the station.
Chapter completed!