Although the felt is not a good felt, it is very thick and warm to the touch.

She promised Lin Xue to find her a livelihood, but there was no suitable one. Lin Xue and her mother-in-law are both good at needlework, but even if Lin Yu draws patterns for them to embroider, once the patterns flow out, others will immediately follow suit. When the time comes, they will inevitably be robbed of their business, and they may not make much money, but they will offend many people. But now it's different, with different raw materials from others, and when it comes to making things, it has an advantage over others. Lin Yu invested almost all her belongings in this, so she had to double the money from it.

The matter of making money cannot be delayed for a moment, especially since she has to make snacks for Jing Hao every two days, and the weather is getting colder and colder, and there is really not much time left for her. After thinking about it, she locked the doors and windows, went out and hired a small donkey cart, and went to Wangjiagou Village.

Wangjiagou is far away from the city, and it is already dark when you get to Wangjiagou. She followed the Sun family to Lin Xue's house once, and this time she came again, although it was dark and blind, but she finally found a place with the help of the big jujube tree.

After paying for the car, Lin Yu went to call the door.

The countrymen worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, and Lin Xue's family had already laid down, and when he heard the sound outside, Lin Xue got up from the kang and said, "It seems to be my eldest sister's voice!" ”

Li Youfeng hurriedly got up, put on his clothes, found an oil lamp and lit it, then opened the door and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Brother-in-law? I'm the eldest sister! ”

led Lin Yu into the house, Lin Xue's parents-in-law also got up, but the two children slept and were not woken up.

"Eldest sister, you came so late, but what happened at home?" Lin Xue said anxiously.

The news of Lin Yu moving out of the house did not reach Lin Xue's house, so Lin Xue thought that something had happened to the whole family, so Lin Yu asked a woman's family to come here at night.

"Big brother's house is fine, I came to you for something myself." Lin Yu told Lin Xue again about how he moved out of Daquan's house.

"Alas, although I don't like to talk about it, but so does my sister-in-law, my eldest sister has made so much money for the family, and she always squeezes you." Lin Xue has a good personality, so it is not easy for her to tell who is not here. "However, eldest sister, although the sister-in-law is wrong, if you marry in the future, you will not have a mother's family, so it will not be very good. When the time comes, there will be no one to collect the bride price or prepare the dowry for you, which will make people laugh. ”

"I understand what you said, but it's not at this time to get married, let's talk about it then." Although Lin Yu didn't care about this, he didn't want to say it now to worry Lin Xue.

"What's the matter with the eldest sister coming so late?"

"That's right. Didn't you say you wanted me to help you find some way to make money? Now there is, I thought, I can't stay still, so I hurry over. ”

Lin Xue's family was originally very enthusiastic, but when they heard Lin Yu say that they were looking for a way to make money for their family, they were even more excited and didn't know how to put their hands and feet together.

"Sister, what are you doing?"

"I saw that you and your aunt were good at needlework, so I thought I would hire you and your aunt to make cotton shoes for me to sell."

"Cotton shoes?" Mother Li was surprised, "Girl, it will take a long time to make a pair of cotton shoes!" ”

Cotton shoes to contain thick soles, to wadding cotton, to sew, every process is very time-consuming, and the price is expensive, they do not produce cotton here at all, so cotton shoes are a little cheaper than fur shoes, in fact, it is quite expensive. Rich families wear leather, wool, and cotton, but many poor families stuff ura grass in ordinary shoes.

"I've thought about it too, I've just gotten some ingredients, and I've brought a slice of it, so you see." As he spoke, Lin Yu took out the felt piece and handed it to Mother Li. "Auntie, you see, this is the thing. With this thing, there is no need to contain soles layer by layer, it can be made into soles by itself. ”

Li Mu rubbed for a while and said, "This thing is quite warm!" It's also quite thick, and it can be used as a sole. After speaking, he handed it to Lin Xue again.

Lin Yu said: "This thing is wear-resistant, warm, breathable and moisture-proof, and it is best to use it to make shoes and insoles." So I have a few plans at the moment. One is to twist this thing into the sole of the shoe, a total of two layers. Sew a single layer of upper on top; The second is that we buy ready-made soles, sew a layer on them to make soles, and then make uppers; The third is simpler, that is, it is directly made into an insoles, hinged into the shape of soles, and directly stuffed into the shoes! But this is just my own idea, and I still have to discuss it with you, because I am not very good at these. ”

Everyone was deep in thought, but Li Youfeng asked: "Eldest sister, how to determine the price of these three plans you mentioned?" Especially for two-layer bottom and single-layer bottom, which one is higher? ”

"I just don't understand, that's why I can't wait to come here. Xiaoxue and the eldest mother always sell the soles, how much does it cost to sell a pair of soles? How long does it take to make a couple? ”

"I can take one out of two days, and my mother can take out two in three days. When we sold it, it was a couple of ten cents. Lin Xue replied.

"What about the uppers?"

"It's not worth much money to add uppers, because ordinary people use rags to sew layer after layer of rags, and they rarely come out to buy a pair of shoes to wear. And when we do it, adding the upper is also adding black, ordinary people will not wear too beautiful colors, and rich people who can wear beautiful colors also have to embroider. So even if we add uppers, we only sell them for so much more, and it's not easy to sell, but it's not worth it. ”

"Oh, so the rich will come out and buy the soles and make their own uppers?"

"That's pretty much it."

Lin Yu fell into deep thought. The felt she bought is seven cents a foot, one foot is about 30 centimeters, the width of ordinary people's feet is about 10 centimeters, and the width of one foot of cloth is four feet five, so one foot of felt can make eight pairs of insoles. If each pair of insoles sells for three cents, a foot of felt will net 17 cents!

"I think that when we first enter the market, we need to come little by little, and we have to give everyone time to accept it. So I think we should first buy a large number of shoe soles, and collect them at the price Xiaoxue said. Then let's add a layer of soles and uppers, so that our shoes will be sold for twenty-five yuan, which is twice the price of ordinary cotton shoes, and I believe that there must be a lot of people who buy them. And the two-layer bottom, we sell it for 20 yuan, the price is low, and it is easy to open the market. For insoles, we sell them for three dollars, no matter whether they are rich or poor, no one is bad at these three dollars, so they will sell faster. ”

"What the eldest sister said is good, but is it comfortable to stuff this thing in your shoes? Can the big guy accept it? Li Youfeng questioned again.

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Dabai, let's protect our families together and fight treachery! My dear! Gagen is coming!