nucmednet Chapter 229: Showing Off Your Skills
Chapter 229: Showing Off Your Skills
Shen Zhensheng went outside and called the three children in and asked them what they wanted to eat. The three children had been riding their bikes outside for a while and were already hungry. When their father asked what they wanted to eat, the three children kept talking about what they wanted to eat.
"Dad, Dad, I want to eat cola chicken wings and steamed eggs with shrimps. I want to eat them," Erbao said, touching his hungry belly.
"Dad, Dabao wants to eat fish. He wants to eat the fish that Dad steamed."
Little Sanbao didn't have so many requests. After his brother made his request, he said, "Eat everything, Sanbao. Eat meat and fish."
Xiao Baoer was really amused by Sanbao. He had a strong ability to summarize and just included everything in one sentence: eat it all.
Shen Zhensheng also sighed, "Luckily your mother has so many supplies, otherwise how could she support the four of us?"
Xiao Baoer was in a really good mood looking at the four father and sons. Dabao and Sanbao looked very much like Shen Zhensheng, while Erbao looked more like herself, with the same eyes and mouth as herself.
"Okay, let's cook together. It's too boring to sit here."
"Okay, then let's make cola chicken wings, steamed eggs with shrimp, and steamed sea bass, okay, wife?"
Xiao Baoer nodded and added a few more dishes, "Let's cook some millet porridge, stir-fry celery and lily, fungus and rapeseed, and stir-fry peppers with meat."
Shen Zhensheng asked her to sit down and rest for a while while he went to prepare the vegetables. The vegetables had to be picked outside. "Wife, I'll go outside to pick the vegetables first, then I'll wash and cut them. Can you come over and cook them later?"
Shen Zhensheng knew that his wife didn't like washing or cutting vegetables, so he usually took care of these tasks for her.
After Shen Zhensheng prepared everything, Xiao Baoer went to cook, and the three children played with toy cars in the open space nearby.
Life was pretty good like this. Xiao Baoer lived a peaceful and secure life every day. As the month went on and the weather got colder, Xiao Baoer didn't like going out anymore. She even handed over all the trading matters in the town to Shen Zhensheng, and asked him to convey all the matters to Zhou Bao and Xie Lan.
Xiao Baoer has been translating books these days, and after finishing the translation, she asks Shen Zhensheng to send them to the post office in town.
When she is not translating books, she takes a break and practices yoga, plays the piano for her three children, or rides bikes with them in the yard. The farthest place she goes is the old yard, where she goes to see how everyone is doing their work and chat with everyone to relieve her boredom.
Shen Zhensheng is much busier than her. He has to go to the town to trade supplies every few days and discuss the quantity of the next batch of clothes with Zhou Bao.
Xiao Baoer asked him and Zhou Bao to go to the county textile factory together and show the latest clothing designs to the leader in charge of design in the factory, who was very satisfied.
Xiao Baoer asked Shen Zhensheng to bring a contract with him when he went there. The contract clearly stated that Xiao Baoer would design a piece of clothing for them every month, but the clothing factory on Xiao Baoer's side needed to rely on the reputation of the county clothing factory. It had to say to the outside world that it belonged to the county clothing factory and had to produce clothing under their name.
Xiao Baoer wrote the contract in this way in order to avoid being reported by some jealous people. As long as she had the contract with the county garment factory, no matter who came to investigate, her factory would be a small branch of the county garment factory, and the contract clearly stated that she was a designer of the garment factory.
This matter had to be reported to higher authorities at every level in the county garment factory before a contract could be signed. Shen Zhensheng and Zhou Bao did not sign the contract on their first trip. They went again a few days later and successfully signed the contract.
Shen Zhensheng was so excited when he came back with the contract. Xiao Baoer was also very happy that she could do whatever she wanted after the New Year.
"Husband, go find the captain these days and ask him if anyone wants to buy the large piece of vacant land in the northwest corner. If not, you can spend money to buy the homestead."
After solving the problem of being reported, Xiao Baoer's first reaction was to determine the base for the factory, and after the New Year he contacted bricks, tiles and lime to build a garment factory.
"Okay, I'll go there sometime. The Chinese New Year is only ten days away. The last batch of clothes in the old yard will probably be finished in five days. When I finish sewing them, I'll send them to town and pay everyone. Then we can all celebrate the Chinese New Year happily."
Speaking of the Chinese New Year, Xiao Baoer remembered something, "Hubby, it's not just about paying wages. It's the Chinese New Year. Aunt Song Yun has been busy with everyone for such a long time. I want to prepare some New Year gifts for everyone so that everyone can celebrate the New Year happily."
Shen Zhensheng nodded, "Okay, that's what I should do. How about this, shouldn't I go to the town to deliver the goods? I'll take the New Year gifts out of the space and bring them back from the town when I come back, so that the villagers know that we bought them from the town."
Xiao Baoer felt that Shen Zhensheng had thought this through very well. After all, it would be better for some people in the village to see the New Year gifts for more than 20 people, so as to prevent them from suspecting that these things had appeared out of thin air.
"So what are you planning to prepare for the New Year gift?"
Xiao Baoer took out a pen and paper and wrote something on it, "One pound of candy, two pounds of pork, four apples, and a bag of snacks for each person. Buy the snacks from mother and second sister-in-law, and give them the money when the time comes.
These things may seem like a lot, but compared to the profits they bring us from sewing clothes these days, these things are not worth mentioning. "
Xiao Baoer wrote down what she had just said on paper, and calculated how much she needed to pull back and wrote it down.
"Okay, I'll take this paper with me and bring the things back. What kind of New Year gifts should we give to the parents on both sides?"
"Both parents have made a lot of money from their business recently. If you give them money, they won't take it. We usually give them clothes and other things. We can give them some pork, chicken and fish, some white flour, fruits and vegetables so that everyone can have good food during the New Year."
Shen Zhensheng felt that his wife's consideration was very thoughtful and silently wrote it down on paper.
Before the workers in the old yard went on holiday, Shen Zhensheng found the team leader and finalized the site in the northwest corner of his home. The place was large and it cost a lot to buy the residential site, but in the eyes of Xiao Baoer and the others, this was nothing.
After all, Shen Zhensheng can now bring back tens of thousands of yuan when he goes out to trade supplies, and the profit of a piece of clothing is eight or nine yuan. The old yard can make about 25 pieces of clothing every day, which means that Xiao Baoer can earn one or two hundred yuan a day by staying at home.
After the factory is built, we will recruit workers again. By then, the factory will develop better and better. After Shen Zhensheng goes to the transport team, he can also sell a batch of ready-made clothes.
Xiao Baoer had an idea recently. She had wanted to let her brother from her natal family follow Shen Zhensheng to be the co-pilot so that he could help out when he was doing long-distance transportation. However, Xiao Baoer knew very well that this required courage and carefulness. Her brothers were relatively honest and simple. The fourth brother was smart but not careful enough. If she was to say who was the right person, it would have to be Shen Zhenjiang.
However, this matter still needs to be discussed with Shen Zhensheng and his ideas need to be heard. Also, if Shen Zhenjiang follows him to the transport team, what will happen to his job?