She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 915 - 824: Famine Era 65 (Great Prosperity in the Year of the Ox) (Part 2)
After three months of profits, not only did she repay Ye Yu’s family, but she also had enough cash flow. However, she felt the tailor shop still needed some work.
With so many orders, Ye Huan couldn’t afford to wait until autumn. After much thought, she asked her parents to write to the village party secretary to find some skilled young wives to work as tailors for her. Even if they didn’t know how, it didn’t matter; she could teach them, but good character was a must.
People in the city had proper jobs, so they couldn’t be found; only in the countryside could such people be found. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
By coincidence, the lease of the courtyard house she shared with Tong Zhan had expired. She went to return one month’s rent to the landlord and asked them to vacate as soon as possible.
There were two rooms there. She tidied them up: one for living, one as a tailor shop, which could suffice for now.
Unexpectedly, when she arrived, she saw the main house family showing people the house, and she overheard them talking about selling it?
After the viewers left, Ye Huan immediately negotiated with them. The three-room main house was not for sale for less than twenty thousand yuan.
But she didn’t have that much money. When she went back to tell her sister, Ye Yu called Ji Huzi.
Two days later, Ji Huzi and Ye Yu stepped in and bought the house, saying it was close enough to Ye Huan’s place for them and their kids, who were currently going to school, and would have their own homes when they grew up. So they didn’t consider the kids’ living arrangements.
"Sis, continue to rent the two rooms, don’t take them back. If you need to use a place, use our house. Three rooms: one as a shop, one as storage, and the last for living. Isn’t that perfect?"
Ye Huan’s two rooms rented for fifteen yuan a month, while Ye Yu’s three rooms would be twenty yuan. So Ye Huan insisted on paying rent; otherwise, she wouldn’t rent. Even between close siblings, accounts should be clear. Ye Yu couldn’t refuse and agreed.
In the first quarter, Ye Yu distributed two thousand yuan to her, which she used to buy eleven sewing machines. Back then, a sewing machine cost 130 yuan, and in 1984 in the Northern region, tickets were still required. She went to Southern to buy them, where no tickets were needed, and they even shipped them for free. She was overjoyed.
With the remaining money, she could also buy some tools for making clothes, custom-made wooden racks, irons, and essential items, including bunk beds and simple decorations like furniture. The walls needed repainting, and electrical circuits had to be redone. In short, she spent the entire 2000 yuan and even added two hundred yuan.
From May to June, the first half of the month was spent on house renovations, decorations, arranging sewing machines, and purchasing cloth, threads, buttons, linings, etc. In the second half of the month, when the people from the countryside arrived, she began teaching them to make clothes. To let them practice, a lot of cloth was wasted, but fortunately, it was all cheap fabric, and after making the clothes, they were given to wear themselves.
After countless practice sessions, they started actual production in the last five days of May. At first, everyone was nervous, but with enough practice and Ye Huan supervising and controlling the situation, no major issues occurred. She could fix minor problems herself.
Thus, the orders received from April to early May were all completed by the end of the month.
Because she was too busy this month, she dared not take new orders. But once the batch was complete, customers received their clothes, and word-of-mouth publicity was inevitable. With over fifty custom-made garments out in the world, there was no shortage of new business.
Ye Huan instructed the shop assistants to manage the store well. If anyone came to order clothes, they should register them. Meanwhile, she took two tailors with her to Guangzhou.
Last month, she had no time to restock and had to call the boss to ship the goods. She would later transfer the money to him at the savings office; both sides had developed trust from long-term contact, which allowed for this arrangement.
In June, she not only went to look for new styles but also sought to find some attractive bags and custom-made shoes.
Unexpectedly, the retired old tailor saw her and excitedly grabbed her.
"Oh my, little sister, you’re finally here. I thought it was a one-time deal and you wouldn’t come again. Did you sell all the shoes from last time?"
Ye Huan, unaware of his intent, asked with a smile, "Old brother, what’s on your mind?"
