At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Xingling was holding a bicycle, with a hemp bag tied to the back seat, and Ma Dali pushing the cart behind.

It wasn't hot, but both of them were sweating profusely.

Chen Xingling exhaled and said, "It's just a few hundred tablecloths...... I thought it was all thin fabric, and it couldn't be much heavier. As soon as I got in the car, I found that it was much heavier than I expected. ”

The fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law were not familiar with many places in Chongqing, so she called Ma Dali to walk through the streets and alleys to inquire, and received a batch of ready-made embroidery at a price of one or two cents more than the usual purchase price.

Ma Dali pushed the hemp bag and smiled innocently.

"No matter how light it is, the quantity is large, and the weight is stacked one by one, and it will naturally be heavy. What do you think? Okay, isn't it? ”

Chen Xingling nodded: "It's okay, you keep pushing." It's almost home. ”

Ma Dali couldn't help but ask: "How much has been purchased in the three parks now?" ”

Chen Xingling replied: "Two hundred handkerchiefs, two hundred curtains, and these five hundred tablecloths are close to a thousand. ”

"The patterns are all different, aren't they?" Ma Dali asked.

Chen Xingling replied: "Some are the same, some are different. The tablecloths are much the same, and the patterns are all similar. I think the tablecloth is more beautiful and practical, so I collect the most of them. ”

"Most of the embroidery in the entire Yucheng has been collected by you." Ma Dali explained: "During the Chinese New Year, many people rested and did not work, and what you collected was people's inventory years ago. ”

"The price is okay." Chen Xingling said: "It must be packed before the Lantern Festival and then sent to the ship." ”

Ma Dali couldn't help but ask: "Do you need to be in a hurry?" Is your fourth brother going on the boat? ”

"Yes." Chen Xingling explained: "My fourth brother has gone back to the shipping company to inquire clearly, and there happened to be a ship going to country M after the Lantern Festival. He asked to go with the boat, and the leader agreed. Although my fourth sister-in-law has the nationality of that side, she is not an employee of the freight company, and there may be unnecessary trouble at the customs. Therefore, my fourth brother set off with the ship, and when the fourth sister-in-law arrived, the eldest sister of the fourth sister-in-law would go to the dock to pick up the goods and help sell them first. ”

Ma Dali was a little dizzy when he heard this, and asked, "That-the eldest sister of your fourth sister-in-law knows how to sell it?" ”

Chen Xingling replied: "I will explain the guide price clearly to the fourth brother and write it on paper." My fourth sister-in-law said that her eldest sister runs a grocery store and plans to sell embroidery in a store in Chinatown. ”

Ma Dali couldn't help but ask: "Do you think it can sell well?" ”

"I think it should be good." Chen Xingling said honestly: "First of all, the prices over there are higher than ours, and it's no problem to sell them higher." In addition, their manual handiwork is more expensive than ours, and the craftsmanship is not comparable to ours, and there is definitely no exquisite handmade embroidery like this. Things, of course, are scarce and expensive. We can't win by quantity, we can only rely on quality. If you want to make money, you must have a good price difference, otherwise I am afraid that you will not be able to make money. ”

"That's it." Ma Dali muttered: "However, a thousand zhang...... It should be enough. ”

Chen Xingling smiled bitterly: "I invested a lot of money!" ”

For this batch of goods, almost all the money around her was thrown in.

The fourth brother only had 200 yuan around him last time, and she was embarrassed to ask about the money around the fourth sister-in-law, but she advised the fourth sister-in-law not to take it out for the time being, because the construction of the factory and housing still needs to invest a lot of money.

Ma Dali asked with concern: "Do you still have money around?" Shout when you need to. ”

Thanks to the help of his friends in front of him, he finally had a little savings around him. As a good friend and partner, he will be obligated to help when it is time to help.

Chen Xingling chuckled: "Even if I don't have money, don't I still have Archie!" I'm his daughter-in-law, even if I don't make money, I still have him to raise. ”

Ma Dali laughed.

Chen Xingling reminded: "The factory will start in two days, and we will have money to enter and exit again." Don't worry, just earn less, don't worry about not earning. ”

"Your fourth brother, you want to earn it too?" Ma Dali asked teasingly: "Is your conscience acceptable?" ”

Chen Xingling was confident: "I'm doing business openly, why don't I make money?" There are so many brothers who work with us, are we embarrassed that they have no money to earn? The money that should be collected cannot be less, it can be regarded as cheaper, but it can't be without making money! ”

Ma Dali knew that she was probably joking, because when he built a new house before, she didn't make a dime.

Unexpectedly, Chen Xingling was telling the truth.

"Dali, you don't understand...... I have many brothers and many relatives. You are my partner, your house is very simple, it doesn't cost much to build, twenty people get two brick houses, and it can be all renovated in a few days. Therefore, only the wages and materials are counted, and the rest does not have to be charged. But my fourth brother's situation is special, I can earn less, but I can't not earn less. ”

Favors are favors, but you still have to earn some of what you should earn.

"Afraid that other relatives will be dissatisfied in the future?" Ma Dali asked guessingly.

Chen Xingling replied: "Yes! We are open to business, and we go for the purpose of making money. If you're embarrassed to make money here, and you can't make money there, then what's the end up working so hard? We've got to live, don't we? Therefore, the house of you and me is a different matter, and the houses of other relatives and friends can only be regarded as cheaper, and cannot be completely unprofitable. ”

Ma Dali felt that her analysis was very reasonable: "If one family doesn't accept it, the other family is embarrassed to accept it, and it won't work in the long run." ”

"Yes." Chen Xingling said: "Moreover, I am also afraid that relatives and friends will say that I am treated differently." If I only count the wages and material money, the fourth brother and four sisters-in-law may be happy. But when other brothers' relatives came to the door, it would be difficult for me to do it. Therefore, I will still solve it at a fixed price, relatives and friends have discounts, but I can't do it all for free. ”

Ma Dali thought for a while and said approvingly: "We are doing long-term business, and it is really not good to sell favors." Sometimes you are too emotional, and others don't appreciate it, and you may even open your mouth. Sometimes, when you should be impartial, you have to do things impartially. ”

Chen Xingling looked ahead and listened absent-mindedly.

"Hey! Look! The person standing in front of my house - it looks like a frost flower. ”

Ma Dali listened, and hurriedly turned his head to look at it.

"Yikes! You read that right! What a little flower! ”

I hadn't seen my old friend for a few days, and both of them laughed happily, and their pace unconsciously accelerated.

After a while, Jia Shuanghua also saw them, hurriedly put down the things in her hand, and hurriedly ran over to help push them.

"I said, what are you doing here? I've been looking for you for most of the day! March told me that you have been busy going in and out these days, and you don't know what you are busy with. I'm thinking about coming back in the evening, but I'll have to wait for more than half an hour! ”

Ma Dali asked funny: "You went to my house?" ”

"That's right!" Jia Shuanghua explained: "At the beginning, I came to Sanyuan and found that no one was there. I wondered if you would be together, so I went to your house to look for you. Hearing what March said, I simply came back here and waited. You two stay home all day, and it's hard for me to even wait for the rabbit! ”

Chen Xingling and Ma Dali laughed.

The door opened, and the bike pushed in.

After a while, the hemp bag is unloaded.

The three of them washed their hands and faces, and the fish ran into the living room.

Chen Xingling poured a glass of water and asked, "Where did you go for the Chinese New Year?" We can't even see you because we're busy. Thinking that school is about to start and we can see each other more often soon, I didn't rush to find you. ”

"Pull it down!" Jia Shuanghua scolded with a smile: "You are all making excuses!" I live on the other side of the shipyard, just a few minutes away by bike! How many minutes are you missing? Yes? How many days are there during the holidays! ”

Ma Dali held back a smile: "Isn't this too busy?" ”

"No way!" Chen Xingling continued to make excuses: "Recently, the bicycle has been borrowed by Dali to learn!" There are a few minutes, but there are no bicycles! ”

The three of them laughed and chatted, and talked about changing majors.

Jia Shuanghua shook her head: "Forget it, don't turn around." After one semester, I can handle it in general. I think I'm basically at it now, but now I have to adapt to a new major and try to keep up with other students, and I might be in a hurry. ”

"Then don't turn around." Chen Xingling said: "No matter what major, as long as you can learn well and keep improving, it is a great thing." If you can learn a foreign language well, you may be able to leave the teaching profession in the future, and you will be able to work more flexibly. ”