Although Ye Erwai and I live a simple and happy life by renting a house, but when you really live by yourself, you know that the trivial things of life such as "firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea" may not be the most important thing at all, and then you will know that the key to life is about "money", and money can solve 99% of the problems in life.

At that time, our monthly salary was always beyond our means, and we were always living our own little shabby life with a little stretch. The key is that the Spring Festival is coming, the Spring Festival is a festival that costs money everywhere, when it comes to my career, it is very disappointing to me until now, many other industries have year-end bonuses at the end of the year, and my career determines that I do not have a year-end bonus. Usually, there is almost no balance in the salary every month, and there is no year-end bonus at the end of the year, which is the most unbearable for me, and I have been a teacher for almost a lifetime, but there is still no year-end bonus payment.

Many of my classmates have year-end bonuses, and during the Chinese New Year, they can use their year-end bonuses to go to the street to buy their favorite clothes, food, etc., but Ye'er and I don't. "If you are poor, you will think about change", Ye Er and I plan to do something for us to solve the embarrassing problems we encountered.

In those days, Ye Er and I were thinking about how to find a convenient and fast way to earn money every day, the baby was still young, of course, Ye Er couldn't go out to find a job, I also worked every day, so I didn't have time to go out to work part-time.

Sometimes, good things do come their own. One day, when I was about to leave work, the principal said to me, winter is coming, the weather is very cold, you should go to the tailor shop on the street tomorrow to make some sponge cushions and distribute them to everyone. When I got home, I had an idea and told Ye'er about this idea: we make our own sponge cushions, the price is cheaper than the tailor shop on the street, and the quality is better than that of the tailor shop, the principal will definitely agree, if our school agrees, then we can continue to expand, make more of this sponge cushion and sell it to our surrounding schools. Ye Er agrees with my idea, it just so happens that my aunt's family has an idle sewing machine, we can start making money by going to the wholesale market to batch sponges and sofas, and it will not delay Ye Er to take the baby at home, but the key problem now is that I don't know if the principal will agree to this batch of sponge cushions tomorrow or not, anyway, I will only know the result by asking the principal tomorrow cheekily.

Unexpectedly, when I told the principal my idea, the principal agreed without thinking, and finally said that the price can be a little more expensive, but the quality must be good. When I told Ye'er the good news, Ye'er and I were extremely excited, and we were both looking forward to finally making some money to cover the expenses of this Spring Festival.

On the weekend, Ye Er and I went to the wholesale market to approve the sofa buns, and the sponge, the sponge used in the tailor shop is three centimeters thick, and the sponge we wholesale I asked for was five centimeters, nearly 30 years have passed, at that time, how much a sponge cushion was sold for, and how much the profit was, I have forgotten. When I sent the sponge cushions to the school and distributed them to my colleagues, everyone was full of praise for our sponge cushions, which were made of good materials, thick and cheaper than those made by tailors on the street.

When we came home from the wholesale market that day, I immediately took out a pen and paper and calculated how to cut it, how to cut it to maximize the use of the fabric and sponge, so that these fabrics and sponges can be cut by me, and the materials are just right without the appearance of leftovers, so as to ensure the maximization of profits. Soon I figured out the best size to cut, and I didn't learn how to tailor for a day, so I quickly cut the fabric and sponge to the best size I calculated. I proudly said to Ye'er, this is the power of knowledge.

When I was cutting, Ye Er was carrying the baby next to me; Then I took the baby next to me, and Ye'er stepped on the sewing machine to sew. We can make many of these sponge cushions in one night, and it doesn't delay me from going to work, and it doesn't delay Ye'er and the baby.

Since our school uses the sponge cushions made by me and Ye'er, other schools must also need such sponge cushions. Just as I was thinking about how I could go to other schools to sell them, the principal asked me if I had any sponge cushions at home, and two of his classmates' schools needed them. I hurriedly agreed, and after learning the amount they needed, when I got home, I worked with Ye'er to quickly complete the quantity they needed, and when there was no class the next day, I rode a bicycle and sent them over in time.

I learned the importance of "networking" for such a thing. After that, I took advantage of the relationship between these familiar and unfamiliar principals to introduce each other, and our cushion business actually became prosperous。。。。。。 However, the winter vacation is coming soon, and the surrounding schools have almost used the sponge cushions made by our family, and it is impossible to continue to do it, after all, this kind of sponge cushion is a seasonal commodity, and Ye'er and I decided not to do it.

When Ye Er and I settled the accounts at night, we were all very excited, as long as you are willing to use your brains, the door of wealth will really open to you.

The sponge has been used by us very little, and there is not much fabric left, in addition to the cost of these materials, the income brought by my first business with Ye'er, in less than a month, we earned my usual two months' money.

This is the first Spring Festival we have spent alone after we split up, and with this money, our Spring Festival will not be shabby.