Chapter 14: Ragdolls
There are many types of dolls, and Magnolia pondered for a long time, and finally decided to focus on the cute ragdoll dog, and then match some other Q version of the animal. 95 is the Year of the Dog, and it coincides with the approach of the Spring Festival, make some red and yellow dogs, embroidered with the words "Wangcai" or "Wishing you prosperity", the omen is excellent, and it is very suitable for gift-giving or something.
As for the style, it is also very simple, all kinds of rag doll pictures on the Internet in later generations, beautiful, cute, funny, cool, all kinds of styles, just pull out a piece can make people love it.
In the past, in order to coax the little ancestor of the family, Yulan once soaked in the Internet for more than a month, and repeatedly made many kinds of rag dolls. I didn't expect to do it all over again and make a living from it.
Magnolia couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Yulan drew a few styles and showed them to Yumei. Yumei looked at a few pictures, honest, cute, cute, grinning, and immediately overjoyed. With just a few pictures, Yumei felt itchy and couldn't do it, but you can imagine how popular the real thing will be.
Once you've decided on the style, it's time to think about the fabric. He Xiaoshuang's store has a complete set of fabrics, and Yumei took Yulan to soak in He Xiaoshuang's store for a whole day, and selected the various colors and quantities to be used. However, some accessories are not available in the town, so Yumei decided to take Yulan on a trip to the city.
Yulan remembered that there was an old street in the city that was specially made for wedding supplies, fabrics, sequins, beads, etc., so the sisters decided to go there.
Yumei entrusted Xiao Yuzhu to He Zhaodi to take care of, and asked her to help make lunch for her grandmother, and then quietly took Yulan on the bus to the city.
Li Aihua and his wife usually go to work from 7 o'clock in the morning to finish work at about 6 o'clock in the evening, and all the affairs of the family are handed over to Yumei. As for Magnolia, in their impression, the half-grown child is the time to go wild. The two of them could never have imagined that the two sisters, who had never been out of the house, would dare to run to the city without anyone taking them.
In this year's urban area, there was no shadow of the prosperity of the later generations, the facilities were outdated, the roads were narrow, the streets were dirty and messy, and there were scattered confetti everywhere.
Along the way, Yulan rarely spoke, all the problems that the two of them could think of, they had communicated in advance, Yumei knew it, and only held Yulan's hand tightly, lest her sister get lost, she looked like a good sister.
When others saw this scene, they all sighed that Yumei was sensible, Yulan was well-behaved, and the two of them received countless praises along the way.
Yumei asked for the address of the wedding street, and took Yulan to kill it happily.
The road is a bluestone road, the storefronts on both sides of the road are about seven or eight square meters, the decoration is very simple, one person, a sewing machine, is facing the store door, you can see the visitors at a glance.
The three walls above the shop are covered with a variety of Chinese wedding dresses and dresses. The style of the red wedding dress placket is different, all kinds of patterns have their own characteristics, the dragon and phoenix lines are solemn, the group blessing character pattern is festive, and the phoenix wears the peony atmosphere. The underside of the clothes is separated by a partition of about 60 cm, and the top and bottom become two spaces. The partition was not idle, filled with pairs of red wedding shoes of all kinds. Underneath the partition are stacked with these pieces of fabric, accessories.
Yulan was dazzled by it, and in a trance she felt that she had entered another time and space, and she couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it and take a closer look.
The shopkeeper was suddenly unhappy, when Yumei brought Yulan over, she thought that Yumei was going to buy wedding supplies, and she said that she was so dry that the two girls stayed in place, and the small one touched here and turned over there. Where did she think that this six or seven-year-old girl was seriously looking at the texture of the cloth, she only thought that children looked strange, and she was afraid that Yulan had calluses on her hands that would cause satin hooks, so she hurriedly stopped it.
Yulan also finished reading the cloth, and nodded slightly at Yumei, and Yumei suddenly knew what to expect.
Yumei chose red and bright yellow fabrics according to Yulan's instructions, bargained for 7 yuan per meter, and more than 20 meters of cloth went to more than 100 yuan. Coupled with the fabrics bought in He Xiaoshuang's shop, the money earned from selling the head has been spent. Yumei's flesh hurts, but thinking about it, the profits that these hundreds of dollars may bring, her heart is much more balanced.
The two of them finished buying the fabric, and bought some sequins, beads and other small things, and the next head flower made by Magnolia will use these small parts.
Yumei carefully asked the proprietress to wrap the two pieces of cloth together in an oilcloth and tie them up for easy carrying. Yumei didn't want to carry these two pieces of cloth around the village to swagger through the market, otherwise when others had something to say, A-Niang would be troubled again.
The sisters didn't want to go shopping again with the cloth, Yumei was a pity, and the fare for the two of them went to about ten yuan.
Yulan smiled and comforted: "Sister, when we make the rag doll, we will come to the city, and then we will have time to shop again." ”
Yumei thought about it, so she called a tricycle to pull the cloth to the bus station, and bought baked cakes and steamed buns for lunch at the station. After waiting for the minibus back to the village, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and they were in the mood to nibble on dry food with mineral water.
The two went to the city independently for the first time, Yulan didn't feel anything, but Yumei was very novel. The two sisters, you look at me, I look at you, and they all laughed in unison.
After getting out of the car, Yumei walked around with the cloth to rest, and the Yulan people had short legs and couldn't help anything, so they could only follow behind them with a half-carrying and half-dragging bag. The villagers cast surprised eyes, someone asked Yumei what she was carrying, Yumei casually said that it was foam, and others didn't want to say more when they saw her, so they didn't want to be bored.
Yumei gritted her teeth and carried the two pieces of cloth home, and her whole body was tired and paralyzed.
At home, Yuzhu hadn't slept yet, and her hands were half-dragging a gourd scoop bigger than her head from the basin to splash water out, looking focused, as if she was doing something extraordinarily serious. The two little chubby hands were red from the cold, and grandma watched from the side and didn't stop it. Yumei saw that the hem of Yuzhu's smock was wet, and suddenly became anxious, wearing wet clothes on such a cold day, what should I do if the child has a cold?
Yumei wanted to say a few words to her grandmother, but she felt that it was inappropriate, so she had to pick up Yuzhu with a straight face and prepare to change her clothes.
Fortunately, Yuzhu only had a wet corner under her coat, and her body was dry and refreshing, Yumei finally breathed a sigh of relief, "If the little sister is sick, it will be difficult for A-Niang to explain, fortunately, grandma is also really, how can the boss still look like a child." ”
Grandma probably also felt that her approach was inappropriate, and she laughed wryly, she just thought that it didn't matter if the child was playing, and she was watching from the side, and the child was not in danger, who knew that the eldest granddaughter reacted so much.
Grandma looked like she had done something wrong, Sister Ah looked like a tiger aunt with a straight face, Yulan somehow suddenly felt that this picture was particularly funny, and immediately laughed, Yumei couldn't hold back and laughed too.
Yuzhu looked at this and that, and also clapped his hands and giggled.
Grandma looked at the three golden flowers in front of her, her heart was happy, and her face was suddenly full of smiles.
After feeding the old and the young in the family, all the housework should be done. The sisters quietly ran back to the attic and closed the door to do big things.
Li Aihua and his wife never entered this room in their spare time, so Yulan stayed here for half a year and did a lot of things, but the couple didn't know anything.
As long as the house is not set on fire, Magnolia estimates that no matter how long it will take, it will not be discovered. However, when Yushu came back, Yulan had to go back downstairs and squeeze with Sister and Xiaomei.
The room of the three sisters is separated from the room of Li Aihua and his wife, the couple sleeps in the inner room, and the sisters sleep in the outer room. The inside has to pass through the outside room, and the privacy is very poor and very inconvenient.
Yulan felt like her brain was pumping when she thought about it.
There are two rooms upstairs in the house, one is the eldest brother's bedroom, and the other is used as a barn. Yulan felt that if she asked A-Niang to clean up the room for her to live in, A-Niang would definitely refuse. Forget it, you can only take one step at a time, it's better to make a rag doll first, Yulan thought helplessly.
Yulan separates the various components of the dog according to a certain proportion to draw the artwork, and Yumei first cuts the sample with cardboard, and then carefully calculates the materials, and cuts out the fabric in the most economical way.
Yulan couldn't help but admire Yumei's cutting method when she saw it. She is accustomed to doing the work of cutting clothes, and based on the experience accumulated over a long period of time, she has come up with the most economical cutting method of fabric. But Sister Ah seems to be born to eat this bowl of rice, and every piece of cloth is maximized.
Now I don't know if there is a major in fashion design and pattern making in the secondary school, Yulan thinks that maybe she can suggest that the eldest sister try it, and then find a tailor to learn the arts.
Cutting, color matching, sewing, filling, all processes are manual operations, and the sisters and He Zhaodi and a few girls from the village spent a few days in a hurry to make hundreds of rag dolls.
At this time, Yulan felt that it was too inconvenient to have no sewing machine, and considered that she could buy a sewing machine first after this batch of rag dolls was sold, but when she thought of facing all kinds of questions and interrogations from A-Niang at that time, she began to have a headache again.
It's better to think about this issue after the New Year, and let Sister Ah worry about it when the time comes, Yulan thought very much.
You're all set. Looking at the rag dolls wrapped in soft transparent bags, mainly playful dogs with bright yellow and red hearts, as well as the Q version of dolphins that meet in blue and white, cute and cute rabbits, and cute beckoning pigs, the girlish hearts of several girls can't help but burst.
After sending away He Zhaodi and them, Yulan showed Yumei the pricing list that had been prepared a long time ago.
Yumei's hands shook in fright, and she almost couldn't hold the thin piece of paper.
Her eyes widened, "Erya, are you sure that the price is set so high that someone will buy it?"
At this time, a pair of canvas shoes is only 15 yuan, a pair of jeans is 25 yuan, and a coat is only about 35 yuan. Such a rag doll of about thirty or forty centimeters, the lowest price is more expensive than a coat, and I don't believe that Yumei can be sold if I kill her.
Yulan actually didn't know the bottom in her heart, the price she set was demarcated by taking into account various costs and approximate profit margins, and also referred to the price of Chen Donger's Barbie doll. Yulan remembered Chen Dong'er's little Barbie doll, which cost more than 100 yuan.
Although she didn't know the bottom of her heart, Yulan refused to show her timidity, she said calmly: "You can try it, I will give you the lowest price, which can only be high and not low." ”
Yulan's indifferent appearance can bluff people very much, at least Yumei was fooled.
Yumei couldn't help but mutter: "Profiteer!"
The newly baked profiteer Magnolia: "......"
Sister, is it really good for you to say this about your sister?
......
Yumei excitedly took He Zhaodi, each carrying two bags of hemp, and sold rag dolls in a majestic manner.
Yulan took the two stupid and cute beckoning dogs, one red and one yellow, who were specially left behind, to find Chen Dong'er.
She remembered that A-Niang had to send a few of their sisters to her grandmother's house for the New Year every year, so if she wanted to give Chen Dong'er a New Year's gift, she had to send it to her in the past few days.
Chen Dong'er opened the black bag and cheered when she saw the two ragdoll dogs, she was almost crazy.
Magnolia stood aside with a smile and watched her jump and jump. At this time, most of the children's dolls were decent, and Chen Dong'er's reaction was as she expected. The reason why Magnolia has the confidence to make these dolls to sell is that she is sure that dolls that will be full of streets in the future will definitely be a rarity in this era.
Well, seeing Chen Dong'er's reaction, Yulan had some more confidence in selling these things smoothly.
He Xiaoshuang was attracted by Chen Dong'er's scream, and when she saw the two rag doll dogs in Chen Dong'er's arms, she was very surprised, but her face was silent, and she praised Yulan from the bottom of her heart.
When she first found out the frequency of the name Magnolia from her daughter's mouth, she thought that the child who could win her daughter's favor in a short period of time must be a child full of scheming.
Although she doesn't like it, she doesn't have many girlfriends in her house, and no matter how scheming the child is, she is still very clumsy in front of experienced adults. She didn't worry at all, so she let the two have a relationship.
Later, when I met Yulan herself, I found that this child had clean eyes, spoke and behaved very measuredly, advanced and retreated appropriately, not flattering or flattering, although she was younger than Dong'er, but she took care of Dong'er everywhere, she couldn't help but be happy, so she really accepted this child from her heart.
She will never have any other children in her life, Dong'er and Mi'er are not on the right track, and she is worried that Dong'er will be lonely. Now seeing that she and Yulan get along very well, He Xiaoshuang is very pleased.
He Xiaoshuang smiled, "You two really have a heart. You gave Dong'er a rag doll, and Dong'er also prepared a gift for you. ”
Chen Dong'er smiled mysteriously at Yulan.
He Xiaoshuang beckoned and called the two little girls to come over and try on clothes.
She prepared an identical set of clothes for both of them. The top is an orange A-line woolen jacket with a large round neckline, a large bow of the same color tied at the neckline, and slight folds at the shoulders, which is playful and cute. The pants are black skinny leather pants. This outfit looks fashionable and foreign.
Although Chen Dong'er is two years older than Yulan, the two of them are about the same height when they stand together.
Looking at the people dressed exactly the same in the mirror, Chen Dong'er turned his head and bared his teeth at He Xiaoshuang: "A-Niang, you said that Yulan and I walked out like this, saying that we are twins, does anyone believe it?"
He Xiaoshuang snorted and laughed, touched the heads of the two people, and did not respond to her daughter's words. Just said uncertainly: "This is a dress for the two of you for the New Year, and when school starts, you will wear this to school together, maybe people will say that you are twins?"
Huaxia is a great state of etiquette, and it pays attention to etiquette and exchanges.
Yulan originally just wanted to send Chen Dong'er something fun to repay her friendship for the delicious things she brought her for a semester. Who knew that He Xiaoshuang solemnly gave her clothes again. If she didn't accept it, it was not suitable, so Yulan accepted the gift without any guilt and thanked her sincerely.
He Xiaoshuang looked at her generous appearance, and her smile couldn't help but deepen, she likes such honest children, if you want it, don't want it, don't engage in those vain politeness.