19. Chapter 19
"What's going on?" Yao Shiling asked.
Wen Peng looked ahead with wide eyes and burped, not knowing why.
Wen Qing's first reaction was, who is going to make trouble? How to solve it?
"Wen Qing!" Sister Liu suddenly emerged from the crowd.
Wen Qing was slightly stunned.
Sister Liu walked up with a smile: "Wen Qing, you are finally here, we have been waiting for you for a long time!" β
"Wait for me?" Wen Qing was puzzled.
Yao Shiling and Wen Peng looked at Sister Liu one after another.
Sister Liu laughed: "You don't know yet? You're red in the county now. Everyone says that you are very capable at a young age, whether it is clothes or shoes, as long as you look at them, you can calculate the size. He also said that the clothes and shoes you made were particularly good to wear. Saying that, Sister Liu pointed to the crowd at the door of Aunt Xiao's tailor shop and said, "See, these people are all here to make clothes." β
Red? Why is it red?
Yao Shiling didn't understand.
Wen Peng looked dazed.
Wen Qing slightly understood, obviously the follow-up development of Ji Ningzhi's matter was beyond her expectations, but it was also reasonable, whether it was in the eighties or in the twenty-first century, people's curiosity was very heavy, and hype was conducive to fame.
"I'm also here to make clothes, and the manual fee is discounted, right? I'll discount it too, right? Sister Liu knew that she was wrong, she was blinded by lard yesterday, so she took Ji Ningzhi's money, but she framed Wen Qing vigorously, and she was going to enter the police station, but Wen Qing let her go, and asked her to be a good person, after finding out that Wen Qing was such a good person, she felt guilty and grateful, and heard that the people in the county were praising Wen Qing's beautiful handling, so she couldn't help but follow the incident and vigorously promote Wen Qing's goodness.
"Those who come are guests, and the manual fees are discounted." Wen Qing said.
Sister Liu was very happy.
After Wen Qing figured out the situation, he breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward to open the door, and as soon as the door opened, the guests poured into Aunt Xiao's tailor shop, some bought fabrics, some took fabrics to make clothes, some bought shoes, etc., and they were busy early in the morning.
Fortunately, Yao Shiling and Wen Peng came to help today.
One morning, Wen Qing counted jΓΉ in a small notebook, and Yao Shiling was beside him, selling cloth, shoes, cutting cloth, and picking up guests. Wen Peng was on the side.
It wasn't until noon that all the guests went home for dinner, and Wen Qing, Yao Shiling, and Wen Peng could take a breath.
Wen Peng had never seen so much money, and said in surprise: "Sister, we have made a lot of money, you can go to school." β
Wen Qing smiled: "This money is not ours yet, we have to wait for Aunt Xiao to come back and calculate it." β
Yao Shiling looked at Wen Qing.
Wen Qing explained: "Aunt Xiao's son had an accident, she was in a hurry, even if the store was given to me, she had to complete the formalities, and she was at a low point, so we could help if we could." So, the money for the fabric and clothes, put it here first, remove three cents for each pair of shoes, and the rest is mine. β
Hearing this, Yao Shiling nodded, Wen Qing was so sensible, she became more and more at ease with her, and at the same time said: "However, you have lost so much in this manual fee, Aunt Xiao will not be angry if she knows about it?" β
Wen Qing smiled and said, "How can you lose? It's because of this gimmick that more than twice as much fabric is sold today than usual. β
"So much?" Yao Shiling was surprised.
A "grunt" interrupted the conversation between the two.
Wen Qing and Yao Shiling looked at Wen Peng.
Wen Peng clutched his stomach: "Mom, eldest sister, I'm hungry." β
The two laughed.
Wen Qing said: "Aunt Xiao has pots and pans here, she usually asks me to cook here, but I will cook it once today, and I will tell her again when I get back." β
Yao Shiling said: "Didn't we bring coarse steamed buns and soybean sauce?" β
"Cook another dish."
"Don't waste it, just make up a meal like this."
Wen Qing doesn't follow, making money is to let the parents eat and drink well, how can they save like this, Wen Qing took the cloth bag and went to the vegetable market.
Yesterday, she earned 600 yuan from Tang Quan, gave Aunt Xiao 70 yuan, bought cattle 460 yuan, and she had 70 yuan left in her hand, plus she sold four pairs of cloth shoes just now, a pair of five yuan, and each pair minus three cents commission, she earned eighteen yuan today, and the cost was four pairs of white leather soles, which she had paid before.
Counting, she now has a total of nearly eighty yuan in her hand, eighty yuan, enough for her and Wen Liang and Wen Peng's tuition fees in the new semester, and in the next month or so, she will earn again, not only is the living expenses of the high school not a problem, but the family house can also be repaired, at least on rainy days, there will be no more oil leakage.
Thinking like this, Wen Qing feels that life is very promising, and the days will definitely get better and better.
She went to the vegetable market, walked around, a chicken for two cents a pound, she bought a whole three and a half pounds, and spent four dollars and two cents. Back at Aunt Xiao's tailor shop, Yao Shiling nagged: "What are you buying chickens for?" How expensive is this, this meal is enough for our family to eat for half a month, why can't you live so much......"
Yao Shiling kept nagging, preparing to never let Wen Qing buy vegetables next time, this is chicken, potatoes and rice, how much does it cost.
Wen Peng wanted to eat very much.
Lunch was not yet ready, and someone came to make clothes.
So Yao Shiling cooked, and Wen Qing continued to step on the sewing machine.
After the meal was ready, Wen Qing asked Yao Shiling to keep the half-white porcelain pot potato roast chicken, waiting to bring it back to Wen Liang in the evening. Wen Qing was too busy, so he hastily ate lunch, and then busy.
was busy until the β‘β‘ of twilight, when Wen Qing closed Aunt Xiao's tailor shop, and went to Datu Road with Yao Shiling and Wen Peng to return to Shuiwan Village.
After walking for long, the sky was already dark, the stars and the moon were also out, and the summer night wind blew the poplar trees next to the big dirt road, making a rustling sound, and it seemed that the surroundings were particularly quiet.
Yao Shiling only had time to talk to Wen Qing at this time: "Wen Qing." β
Wen Qing: "Huh? β
"I seem to have heard today that Ji Ningzhi came to the store to make trouble, what's going on?"
Wen Qing thought about it, and after describing it lightly, she said with a smile: "Actually, it's a good thing that she makes such a fuss, otherwise our business wouldn't be so good." β
Yao Shiling was silent for a while, and what she wanted to say rolled in her throat for a long time before she spoke: "Their family still doesn't look down on our family." β
Wen Qing: "Hmm. β
"Then are you still willing to marry?" Yao Shiling asked.
Wen Qing said calmly: "Don't marry." β
Yao Shiling was stunned, Ji Yanjun has always been Wen Qing's taboo point, who said that Ji Yanjun can't do it, last time he even had a conflict with Wen Qing because of her obstruction, and beat Wen Qing, now Wen Qing actually said so calmly that he would not marry, this was not intended to give Yao Shiling an encouragement, this time she cautiously mentioned: "Then when, I will go to Ji's house with you to explain this matter?" β
After speaking, Yao Shiling couldn't help but stretch herself and waited for Wen Qing's response, Wen Qing had become so good, she didn't want to hurt the mother-daughter relationship for the Ji family anymore.
"No need to explain." Wen Qing said.
"Why?" Yao Shiling wondered.
"They don't take it seriously."
"Then you have to be honest and honest."
Wen Qing was silent for a while, and then said: "When Ji Yanjun comes back, our two families will make an appointment, everyone is there, everything is said, and it will be okay in the future." "Yes, it doesn't matter, she and Ji Yanjun don't have anything to do with each other, Wen Qing is very calm at the moment.
Yao Shiling was stunned, did Wen Qing really let go of Ji Yanjun? She didn't dare to ask, she asked for fear of getting an answer she didn't want to hear, since Wen Qing had already expressed her attitude, then she shouldn't force Wen Qing too much, it was indeed better to wait for Ji Yanjun to come back, and the parents of both sides and the parties concerned would make it clear at one time.
"That's okay, wait for Ji Yanjun to come back." Yao Shiling didn't ask any more.
Wen Peng suddenly opened his mouth: "Eldest sister, when will Ji Yanjun come back?" β
"Children's families, what do you interject when adults talk!" Yao Shiling reprimanded Wen Peng, and then said, "I'll be in the village soon." "Divert the subject.
Wen Qing understood Yao Shiling's intentions, and no longer mentioned this stubble, as for when Ji Yanjun would come back, Wen Qing remembered his previous life, he said that he went to Dongzhou, but he took a temporary order, and then ran to Xizhou, and when he came back, it was already two months. At this time, she also quarreled with Ji Yanjun, saying that they had been separated for too long.
That's right, it's two months.
Wen Qing thought about it, it would be very good to see her again in two months, at that time she had already gone to school in the city, and her mentality would definitely be calmer than now, and no matter who she was facing at that time, she would be able to be more calm.
"Mom, the second brother is waiting for us at the door." Wen Peng shouted out at this time.
Wen Qing raised his eyes and saw Wen Liang sitting in front of the fence courtyard wall, writing and painting on the ground with a branch by the moonlight.
"Mom, the second brother is writing, and the second brother's grades are good. A few days ago, our math teacher and Chinese teacher were still in class, and the second brother was the smartest student they had ever taught. Wen Peng said proudly.
Wen Qing was happy after hearing this, thinking that in her previous life, in order to take on the responsibility of the family, Wen Liang seemed to enter the society to make money before finishing junior high school, and she felt distressed, no matter what, she couldn't let her family be as embarrassed as in her previous life.
"Wen Liang, have you eaten?" Yao Shiling asked.
Wen Liang raised his head, dropped the branch, and stood up: "Mom, you're back, have you eaten?" I cooked porridge and heated coarse noodles and steamed buns in the pot. β
"Not yet. Second brother, there is still chicken here. Wen Peng smiled and lifted the cloth bag high, and the semi-white porcelain chicken in the cloth bag was contained.
Wen Liang frowned and looked at Wen Qing: "You are spending money again." β
Wen Qing laughed, her eldest brother is sometimes like a pedantic little old man.
Wen Liang ignored her and went straight to the kitchen to serve dinner.
During the meal, Yao Shiling told Wen Liang about the situation in Aunt Xiao's tailor shop today, Wen Liang didn't keep a straight face, when Wen Qing gave him chicken, he also ate it, and kept clipping it for Wen Peng, Wen Peng ate it with a small mouth.
After eating, Wen Qing quietly handed Wen Liang a new rural fountain pen, a bottle of black fountain pen water, Wen Liang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned unhappy and said, "Why are you spending money again?" β
"Hold, I spent what I could earn, what are you afraid of. I tell you, I have prepared your tuition for the next semester, study hard. Wen Qing took Wen Liang's hand and stuffed the pen and ink into Wen Liang's hand: "I am in junior high school, and I can't write a good-looking fountain pen, what a shame." β
After Wen Liang took it, he didn't say a word.
When Wen Qing turned around to go back to the room, Wen Liang said, "I made you a table, you can draw on the table." β
When Wen Qing turned around again, Wen Liang had already run back to the room, Wen Qing walked into his room to take a look, and sure enough, he saw a small square wooden table, placed in the center of the room, although it was extremely simple, but the table edge was planed extremely smoothly by planers, and wooden wedges were added to the gaps, and sawdust glue was smeared.
Wen Qing moved the small stool and sat at the wooden table, just at the right height. Wen Qing likes it very much, this Wen Liang is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he looks like he hates her and hates her on the outside, but he still feels distressed and cares about her sister in his heart, otherwise, how did he do the table.
That night, Wen Qing put the kerosene lamp, wooden ruler, tape measure, etc., on the wooden table, and began to draw and write, this wooden table is much more convenient than the bed.
Wen Qing painted until late at night before falling asleep.
The next morning, as usual, I was going to Aunt Xiao's tailor shop, Wen Liang was still looking after the house, and Wen Qing, Yao Shiling, and Wen Peng went to the county seat. At noon, Wen Qing cooked a chicken soup, put it in a white porcelain jar, and went to the city hospital to see Aunt Xiao's son.
moved Aunt Xiao's family to the point of almost crying.
Aunt Xiao's son had a successful operation, and he could be discharged from the hospital and go home in a few days. Aunt Xiao finally showed a smile.
Wen Qing brought her a two-yuan shoe commission and ten yuan for visiting the patient, Aunt Xiao couldn't get rid of it, so she had to accept it, and wiped her tears after accepting it, Aunt Xiao's mother-in-law said that Aunt Xiao burned high incense in her last life, and she only met such a good girl as Wen Qing in this life.
Wen Qing comforted Aunt Xiao a few words, talked about the situation of Aunt Xiao's tailor shop, and kept emphasizing that she would wait for Aunt Xiao to come back, and did not say much else, and hurriedly returned to Aunt Xiao's tailor shop from the city hospital.
Once I went back to Aunt Xiao's tailor shop, I had another busy day with Yao Shiling and Wen Peng, and I didn't go back to Shuiwan Village until it was dark.
On the third day, the three of them went to Aunt Xiao's tailor shop, but Aunt Xiao still didn't come back, but Tang Quan came unexpectedly, standing at the door of Aunt Xiao's tailor shop early in the morning, and after seeing Wen Qing, he smiled: "Wen Qing." β
"Mr. Tang, you came so early." Wen Qing was surprised.
Yao Shiling also knew Tang Quan, that is, he spent 600 yuan to buy a picture of Wen Qing, and Wen Qing painted what he wanted for three nights.
"Mom." Wen Peng suddenly tugged at the corner of Yao Shiling's clothes, pointed to the side of the road with the other hand and said, "Mom, look, the car." β
Yao Shiling followed Wen Peng's finger and looked over, and sure enough, she saw a black car parked on the side of the road, and Yao Shiling was amazed.
Wen Peng was very curious, stepped forward, and wanted to reach out and touch it, Yao Shiling slapped his hand away: "Don't touch it, if it is damaged, we can't afford to pay for it." β
Wen Peng hurriedly withdrew his hand and stared straight at the car.
Not only Yao Shiling and Wen Peng stared at the black car, but passers-by also looked sideways.
"Cars wow."
"Who's this, who's so rich. How much does this car cost? β
"This is an imported car, Fiat 126P, about 10,000. I read it in the newspapers. β
"Ten thousand! Oh my God, it's so expensive! β
"Hey, it seems that the driver is here to Wen Qing, so he is looking for Wen Qing to make clothes."
"I must be looking for Wen Qing to make clothes, Wen Qing's craftsmanship is good, and it has attracted 10,000 households, this car is really good-looking."
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At the same time, Wen Qing had already opened the wooden door of Aunt Xiao's tailor shop and invited Tang Quan to come in.
Smelling Qing's pouring of water, Tang Quan looked at Aunt Xiao's tailor shop, his eyes stopped at the clothes hanging in the store and the shoes on the counter, and asked, "You can also make this kind of clothes and shoes?" β
Wen Qing handed the cup to Tang Quan and said, "Yes, middle-aged people love to wear this, so just do this and cater to them." β
Tang Quan took the cup and nodded, saw a cheongsam, and asked, "Cheongsam is difficult to make." β
Wen Qing opened the cloth bag and replied while holding the sketchbook: "The cheongsam is easy to make, but it is comfortable and beautiful to wear, and it is really difficult." β
Tang Quan took a step forward, picked up a few clothes, and after a close inspection, nodded again, and after looking at the small shop, he not only had confidence in Wen Qing's theoretical ability, but also recognized Wen Qing's hands-on ability, and then pointed to an elderly dress and said, "This dress was not made by you." β
Wen Qing glanced at it and replied, "That was done by Aunt Xiao, it was the Aunt Xiao who was in the hospital that day, and this shop is his." β
Tang Quan snorted.
Wen Qing took out the sketch, handed it to Tang Quan and said: "Mr. Tang, take a look, this dress, I have drawn three types of large, medium and small according to the proportion, I also indicate the size, fabric, and details, and there are differences in small materials, you take a look, if there is a problem to point out, I can modify it in time." β
Tang Quan took the sketch and glanced at Wen Qing, she didn't expect Wen Qing to be so professional, when he opened the sketch, he couldn't stop being excited, yes, what he wanted was such clothes, after the proportions were standard, they were even more attractive.
"No problem." After turning a few pages, Tang Quan said excitedly.
Wen Qing smiled: "That's good, then, let's settle the two." β
"Wait a minute." Tang Quan said.
Wen Qing asked, "What's wrong?" β
"I have a request." Tang Quan said.
Wen Qing asked, "What requirements?" β
"I'd like to ask you to help oversee the completion of the first batch of our garments." Tang Quan said.
Wen Qing said: "There is no such requirement in our agreement. β
Tang Quan smiled, he couldn't underestimate Wen Qing, a little girl, and subverted his perception of her again and again, she looked harmless, but she was actually extremely aggressive. She looks very simple, but she is actually very shrewd. She looks young, and her other style of acting is steady and introverted. And from time to time, she also reveals a sense of innocence, which is really not an extraordinary little girl.
"We can sign another agreement." Tang Quan said.
Wen Qing raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Sign another one?" β
Tang Quan said: "Yes, sign another agreement, I will ask you to be a consultant for three days, and the salary for three days is 100 yuan, how about it?" β
Three days?
Wen Qing thought about it, the process of her clothes is not complicated, even now the sewing machine is still manually pedaled, but for a person like Tang Quan who has his own company, it is not difficult to come out with the first batch of clothes in three days.
After Wen Qing thought for a while, she looked at Yao Shiling and Wen Peng outside the door, and nodded: "Yes, but I'll discuss it with my mother now." β
"No problem, I'll wait for you here for a while."
"Okay."
Wen Qing told Yao Shiling about this.
Yao Shiling exclaimed: "One hundred yuan in three days, this person is really rich." β
Wen Qing: "Maybe it's not much money." β
"What do you mean?"
"It felt like he wanted to take my clothes and turn them over. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so urgent. β
Yao Shiling didn't understand.
Wen Qing didn't plan to explain it to Yao Shiling, but it was estimated that Yao Shiling would have to react for a while after explaining it, so he said the topic directly: "In a while, I'm going to go to his garment factory with him, and I'll leave it to you and Peng Peng to watch." β
Yao Shiling said uneasily: "Why don't I go with you." β
"No need, you are watching from here, you will also give people measurements, measure the size, you can just write it down according to the format I wrote before." Wen Qing said.
"You go alone, I'm not worried, let's go with you." Yao Shiling felt that a girl walking with a man had a bad reputation.
Wen Qing roughly guessed what Yao Shiling meant, so he nodded and said, "Okay." β
Wen Qing and Wen Peng followed Tang Quan out, and Tang Quan went out to the car on the side of the road.
Wen Qing recognized the car at a glance, the Fiat 126P is also called big-toed shoes in this era, or small potatoes, because of its simple structure, light weight, almost no car butt, so it is called big-toe shoes. Wen Qing remembered that the price of big-toed shoes was nearly 10,000 yuan, and there was a big-toed shoe in this era, which was a status symbol of 10,000 yuan.
"Sister, am I going to take a car too?" Wen Peng tugged at the corner of Tsing Yi.
Wen Qing looked down at him, only to see that his dark and thin little face seemed to be a little fatter, and his black eyes were nervous and excited, staring at the big-toed shoes for a moment.
"Well, let's take a car."
"Really? I haven't sat on it. β
Wen Qing whispered, "Don't be nervous, I haven't sat on it either." β
Wen Peng was suddenly less nervous, but he was still pulling the corner of Wen Qing's clothes.
"Get in the car." Tang Quan opened the door to Wen Qing and Wen Peng.
Wen Qing sat in the car first, and then pulled Wen Peng in.
As soon as Wen Qing and Wen Peng entered the car, the shoe repair uncle took the leather shoes that didn't follow, stood up and asked Yao Shiling: "Wen Qing's mother, what are Wen Qing and her brother doing?" β
Yao Shiling said with a smile: "I asked Wen Qing to help take care of the clothes." β
"Specially picked up by car?" The shoe repairer asked.
"Yes."
The shoe repairer immediately gave a thumbs up: "This Wenqing is going to be sent in the future." β
"How can you?" Yao Shiling smiled and said, "Just go and see." β
Yao Shiling said this, but passers-by didn't believe it, and after a while, the news spread.
"Wen Qing went to make clothes for people in a car, do you know?"
"Know! Or the one who came to pick her up! β
"Wen Qing is really amazing, it was actually 10,000 yuan households who came to her in person."
"That's because Wen Qing's skills are good, otherwise it's not enough to pick her up for a trip, I heard that the big-toed shoes run for a day, which is enough for us to eat food for a month."
"Really, fake."
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While everyone was talking, Tang Quan's car had already driven out of the county seat and headed for Nanzhou City.
Wen Peng sat in the car tensed.
Wen Qing laughed and reached out to touch his little brain: "Don't be nervous, it's okay, look outside, it's the same as taking the bus." β
Wen Peng looked at Wen Qing: "Sister, I haven't taken the bus." β
Wen Qing: "...... Come back in a moment and I'll take you on the bus. β
"Okay." Wen Peng agreed.
The big-toed shoes whirred for a while, and when they arrived in Nanzhou City, they stopped in front of a factory.
Tang Quan, Wen Qing, and Wen Peng got out of the car.
Tang Quan pointed to the factory and said, "This is it." β
Wen Qing's face was calm.
Wen Peng's eyes widened.