During the half-month exhibition, Jiang Liu received more than 20 orders in total, from eight countries. This achievement is not top-notch in the entire exhibition, but for the people on the team, it has been It was a surprise to find a gold mine.
However, due to the large number of orders, some skilled workers on the team alone cannot meet the need to complete the production within the specified time. At the same time, the raw materials such as thatch and reed straw and wheat straw in the saline-alkali land of the third team where Jiangliu is located have gradually been gradually It is not enough for production, but fortunately Jiangliu has already made sufficient preparations for this.
He suggested to the captain Guan Daniel that the soles of the shoes should be distributed to several other production teams in the Red Star Commune.
First, the technical content of shoe soles is low. In the countryside, as long as a woman is not able to accept shoe soles, Jiang Liu requires a little more technical content, but it can be taught. To contract out this task, the people on the team only need to focus on the high-tech vamp straw knitting that is still a secret technology of the brigade for the time being, which greatly shortens the construction period.
Second, the raw materials on the second team have been exhausted, and they have a lot of saline-alkali land. Many production teams are still worried about the inexhaustible thatch in the field. If you give them a little sweetness, they can purchase raw materials from other production teams. At the same time, although the policy has changed now, in the next few years, the commune and brigade cadres will still have relatively high rights, sacrifice a little benefit to sell well to the commune leaders, and maintain the same relationship with other production teams. A good mutual aid relationship is also a good thing for their three teams.
Jiang Liu's heart was clear, and sure enough, when Guan Daniel sent this proposal to the commune, he won unanimous praise from the leaders of the commune.
A pair of insoles costs 50 cents. For a woman in the countryside, at least two pairs can be made a day, which is 30 yuan a month. The average salary of the best-paid workers is only about 30 yuan. The commune members can’t ask for it. .
For the villagers, a pair of shoes can be sold for about 12.7 yuan, excluding the tuition fee of 1.27 yuan for Jiang Liu, as well as the two yuan thank-you fee deducted to thank him for facilitating this business, and then deducting the 50 cents for insole expenses and For the cost of raw materials, they can make a net profit of more than seven yuan for a pair of shoe uppers.
Although this vamp is relatively time-consuming due to the surprise of the pattern, it is still possible to make a pair or even a pair and a half of vamps at the end of the day. For skilled workers, they earn three or four hundred per month. Dollars aren't a big deal either.
I don’t even know what to say to say thank you. The people on the team are not stupid. They listen to the radio every day and know that the state encourages private sales. If Jiang Liu is selfish, he can hide the actual price of the slippers and spend a dollar or two. The wages have sent everyone away, and they earn a lot of money by themselves, even if it is a dollar or two, I believe everyone is still working happily.
But he didn't. In addition to the previously set tuition fees, even the hard work of two yuan per pair was proposed by the captain Guan Daniel. He was like the selfless saint in the fairy tale, and he changed the lives of all of them.
The people on the team didn't know how to express their gratitude, and silently took their best things to Jiang Liu's house.
The rooster that has been castrated and the most nourishing body; the smoked bacon that was stored when the pork was divided the year before; the dried mushrooms and fungus; the first big goose egg from the domestic goose...
Jiang Liu made so much money, and before he could buy anything, the live chickens and ducks sent by the villagers were enough for him to eat until the New Year.
In fact, he wasn't really at a loss this time.
At the beginning, he thought about it, this matter should be to give back the points that everyone gave him. After all, money is only available in the current world, and he feels that he can live comfortably no matter how he is, so he is not interested in earning money. Money is not in a hurry, but the points are different. The future universal use may become the key to his survival, so the original intention of participating in the trade fair is that Jiang Liu will reward those who give him points.
Unexpectedly, this time he didn't think about the art of language, and he still offered to give him a two-dollar thank-you fee for each pair of straw sandals.
It seems that Jiang Liu is still at a disadvantage, but in fact Jiang Liu thinks he has taken advantage.
After all, it is a matter of talking to him, but now he can get more than three yuan for each pair of straw sandals just by lying still. This time, he has received orders for more than 24,000 pairs of straw sandals. For that part, I can earn more than 70,000 "hard work".
Households for ten thousand years are rare these days. He is good, and he is only half a step away from households of 100,000 yuan. As long as he operates properly and invests the money properly, he will not have to worry about it for the rest of his life.
Jiang Liu thought to himself, could this be a "good news" by accident
Before the Chinese New Year, although all the orders had not been completed, the people on the team put down their work a little to prepare for the Chinese New Year.
Speaking of which, due to the low living standard, the team has not had a lively New Year for many years. "Xiao Fu" family, this time, we can't pass the New Year in a sloppy way.
Because there are more people going to the county to purchase, Guan Daniel is also very forthright to rent a truck from the commune, and send the commune members who want to go to the market by car.
Miao Caifeng is also quick-witted. A month and a half ago, she earned a small 400 yuan by weaving shoe uppers. This time, she was indispensable for purchasing New Year's goods.
She has already heard that there are several tailor shops in the county seat. You can buy clothes without a cloth ticket. She and the old man have not made new clothes for many years. Get a new dress.
There are also her precious son and daughter, as well as two precious grandsons who will inherit the line of the old Jiang family, each of whom must also have a suit.
As for her daughter-in-law, Wang Xuemei, she is not in Miao Caifeng's care at all. These days, she gets angry when she sees that clumsy daughter-in-law. She has taught her for so long, but she can't even make a shoe upper. Think about the rest of the team. This time, Wang Xuemei, who earned one or two thousand dollars, was no different from the prodigal women in her heart.
"Sister Miao, why do you think Jiang Liu is so smart? We listen to the foreign language on the radio just like listening to the scriptures, but Jiang Liu studied patiently and was able to communicate directly with foreigners. After listening to his son, he took the test Those high-level intellectuals who go to college are not necessarily as smart as Jiang Liu."
The women sitting opposite Miao Caifeng winked at each other, and then asked Miao Caifeng teasingly.
I think that Miao Caifeng took this son as grass and the younger son as treasure. The eldest son was only allowed to read the fifth grade of elementary school and was not allowed to continue reading, saying that the family lacked labor, and the younger son was comfortable all the way. When I got to high school, if it wasn't for the bad environment and the suspension of high school classes, I'm afraid I would have to continue studying.
But in fact, the youngest son's talent is not good, except for Miao Caifeng and his wife, who think that he can stand out, no one thinks that Jiang Hai is really the material for reading.
You must know that the college entrance examination resumed the previous year, and Jiang Hai also took the test secretly behind his back. At that time, everyone heard a lot of Miao Caifeng's boasting, and even thought that the first college student in the village was going to be born. The result was good. I scored more than 100 points, and I don't know if I was messing around in school when I was studying.
In comparison, what a pity this kid Jiang Liu is. He can communicate with foreigners in any way he wants to learn. For such a smart kid, if he was the one who had been the one who provided the school to the Jiang family, would he have become a college student long ago? The family is proud of the ancestors.
Especially compared to the deep-minded Jiang Hai, Jiang Liu seems simple and honest. How good he was to Miao Caifeng and his wife at the beginning, if they were not too pushy, and it is very likely that they would not be able to have children, Jiang Liu has developed now. Miao Caifeng and his wife are definitely one of the most benefited.
Unlike now, although they still live under the same roof after the separation, the two families basically do not communicate with each other, and they are no different from strangers.
"Just a little clever."
Miao Caifeng's face was stern, and the corners of her mouth were drooping as she looked at the women opposite. She knew that those people were watching her jokes, but Miao Caifeng's mind was firm, no matter what she thought in her heart, she always kept her face. living.
"Huh, this is still a little clever. According to your comparison, the great wisdom in your heart can go to heaven."
A few women on the opposite side laughed loudly: "If I could have such a smart son, I would be willing to have ten years of life."
"That's right, fortunately, Tuoliu, an old lady of mine can wear leather shoes in her lifetime. I heard that the leather shoes are very soft, and I don't feel tired after wearing them. Walking is faster than running. I don't know if that's the case. ."
Because I have only heard the description, but I have never actually worn leather shoes, leather shoes have long since been sublimated into the gods in the hearts of these simple farmers.
Seeing that Miao Caifeng's face was too thick, those women no longer had the mood to tease her, and turned around to chat about purchasing New Year's goods.
Life in the countryside is really hard in this era. Many people don’t know what it’s like to wear leather shoes and tendon-soled shoes. The country people even keep the habit of walking barefoot, with thick calluses on the soles of their feet, and they do not feel pain when walking on the gravel road.
It is also because of this that in the early years, there were pedicurists in the countryside to help people pedicure calluses, but only after the crackdown on these hawkers who walked the streets and alleys, the pedicurists gradually disappeared from life.
When he thought that he could wear soft leather shoes like the people in the city, the people in the car couldn't help showing a big smile.
"Why do you think those foreigners are so strange, they don't like to wear good leather shoes, but they like to wear straw sandals?"
"What do you know, that's the ability of a liuzi. If it were any of us, who would have the brain to think that these shoes could still be sold to foreigners."
"Hey hey, I don't care what the foreigners think, I know I can buy a pair of puja shoes for my son, and let's let the child show his face at school."
Miao Caifeng was sitting in the corner, and no one wanted to talk to her. She was excluded from such a lively atmosphere.
Since her son Jiang Liu was able to breathe, she has become accustomed to such an environment.
Miao Caifeng built herself up in her heart. No matter how stiff she was with her eldest son, it didn't prevent her from earning money. As long as she lived a good life, why should she care what other people thought? Besides, they talked. The person who praised didn't come out of her stomach. No matter how good the other party was, it was her bloodline, her inheritance, and she didn't need to be unhappy.
As for the true thoughts in her heart, only she herself knows.
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Because he received too many gifts, Jiang Liu did not go to the county to purchase New Year's goods.
Today, he wanted to eat chicken stewed with mushrooms, so he got up early in the morning to make a hot pot. By noon, the chicken soup was already simmering, and even with the lid on, the fragrance kept permeating through the gaps, making people domineering. Drill in the nose.
Although the family is rich now, Xu Xiuxiu still maintains a frugal and simple nature. These days, she is making shoe uppers with other members, hoping to make more money.
In contrast, Jiang Liu was much more lazy. Seeing that his daughter-in-law was reluctant to give up money, he simply contracted the job of three meals a day, and strolled in the yard every day to see which chickens and ducks were fat enough to eat, and the meals were big fish. Big meat has made up the white and fat daughter-in-law who was originally yellow and thin, and it is gratifying to see.
Xu Xiuxiu's appetite has grown a lot these days, perhaps because the chicken stewed with mushrooms is very appetizing. After Jiang Liu stopped her chopsticks, she ate the remaining half of the chicken and a large pot of soup. , I didn't think I was full, so I ate half a pack of peach crisps, and then took over the dishes with a full burp.
Although it is a good thing for a daughter-in-law to eat, Jiang Liu still senses something is wrong when he sees his daughter-in-law who suddenly has an appetite.