Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 53 Making Sachets

After eating Chinese food, Liu Man'er started making sachets like this again. She first cut two pieces of paper and cut them into rectangles as samples. The square is sewn, turned over, stuffed with vanilla inside, then sewed the opposite corner, made a hanging loop with thread, and left it on the outside.

Afterwards, Liu Man'er sewed a big tassel on the bottom, so that the shape of such a sachet took shape, Liu Man'er thought about it and wrote the six-character mantra on the sachet, such a sachet was really ready .

After the sachet was finished, Liu Man'er showed it to Mrs. Fang, and Mrs. Fang praised that the sachet was very good, but Liu Man'er still felt a little dissatisfied because it took so long to make the sachet. It was too slow. It took her at least half an hour from start to finish just now. Even if the next family did it together, it was still a bit slow.

"Well, let's divide the labor and cooperate." Liu Man'er said with a smile, "I will cut the cloth, mother will sew it, Ye Yuan will fill it with spices, Xiao He and Fu Sheng will make tassels together, so our speed will be faster .”

Liu Man'er had a good idea, she cut the fabric very easily, and she cut the fabric in a short while, but Fang's sewing was a little slow. This sachet requires fine stitches, so that it looks good.

After Liu Man'er finished cutting the cloth, she also helped to sew it, but the speed of the two was still a bit slow.

Ye He and Liu Fusheng can be busy making tassels, but Ye Yuan, the person who fills the spices, has been guarding the spices in front of him, waiting for Liu Man'er and Fang's hands to sew the sachet.

But even though there were two people, it was slow after all, because after the sewing was finished, the tassels and hanging rings had to be sewn, so Liu Man'er felt that Ye Yuan's manpower was a bit wasted.

She came over to teach Ye Yuan the last step, asking him to sew the tassels and the left hanging ring. Although Ye Yuan is a man, it may be because no one sewed clothes for him in the army before, so he could only sew by himself. This teaching actually sews well.

Liu Man'er was very happy, and after complimenting him, she started working again.

But even so, the speed of the two of them is still not as fast as that of Ye Yuan alone, and Ye Yuan always has to wait for the two of them.

But if Ye Yuan is asked to sew this sachet, Liu Man'er is afraid that Ye Yuan will not be willing, after all, he is a dignified man, even if Ye Yuan is dissatisfied, Fang will have an opinion, after all, Ye Yuan was just asked to do the last step When sealing the mouth, Fang said from the side:
"Yuan'er, he is a dignified man, how can he do these things? Let's go and sew after we are done."

But after seeing that Ye Yuan did a good job, he didn't say anything, so Fang didn't say much either.

And Liu Man'er didn't want him to do this, she also felt that it was a bit overkill, there was no way, the whole family should do it slowly, it was faster than Liu Man'er alone, and it was done in about an hour Seven or eight.

The price of these sachets, Liu Maner, is going to be five cents each, so the fabrics she chooses are all fine cotton, and the spices are also very good. The tassels she makes use high-quality multicolored thick threads. With Liu Fusheng, let them make the tassel bigger.

If it is too small, the sachet will look a little low-grade, but if it is made with big tassels, after hanging it, the sachet will quickly change its appearance. It looks pretty good, and Liu Man'er is quite satisfied.

After making these seven or eight sachets, Liu Man'er asked everyone to rest for a while, and she herself took a brush and began to write the six-character mantra on the sachets. Her handwriting is beautiful and written on the fabric. On the contrary, it is very suitable.

She herself thinks that the sachets she made are quite beautiful, and she is not worried about the sales of the sachets. What she is worried about is that she does not make enough sachets to sell enough.

"Mother, do you know someone who is good at sewing?" After Liu Man'er finished drawing patterns on these sachets, she put down her pen and turned to look at Fang: "How about we invite some Auntie girl to help us sew these? That way we can go faster."

"Help someone?" Fang hesitated a little, "Let's just do it ourselves, and if we hire someone, it will cost money."

"It doesn't matter, as long as you have a suitable person, you can call them, and the money is spent to make money." Liu Man'er said, "You see, our family has been doing this for so long, and we won't be able to do much in a day. "

Because Liu Man'er and Fang's sewing speed is slow, Ye Yuan's speed is also slow, and then, Ye He and Liu Fusheng also work for a while, Liu Man'er feels that even if it is done at night, it will be too late. She can't do much, and the temple fair will only be one day tomorrow, so she has to seize the opportunity to make a fortune.

"I do know a few people. It's the slack time, and they probably don't have much to do, but how much do we pay them?" Fang asked again, "After all, they are neighbors, so it's too low for them. But not good."

"Then how much do you think is appropriate?" Liu Man'er asked.

"At least five cents." Fang said after a moment of hesitation.

Liu Man'er smiled: "Mother, you scared me to death, I thought how much I would give, it turned out to be five cents, okay, yes, when the time comes, I will give each of them a piece of cloth, anyway, our family I still have leftovers from the cloth I bought last time.”

"Man'er, you are so generous. Will we be able to earn back the money we made for these sachets?" Fang said when she heard Liu Man'er say this, "I think your cloth and silk thread are quite expensive, right? It costs money to have this spice."

"Don't worry, mother, there must be some profit. The more we make, the more we will make, and the less we make. If the fabrics and spices are not used up by then, we will definitely lose money." .”

Liu Man'er smiled and said, "Just believe me, go call someone, I just want people with better morals, I hate those gossips the most."

"Don't worry." Fang said with a smile, "My mother knows people who are similar to my mother. They used to come to our house to play, but now they come less."

"Since that's the case, please trouble your mother. Don't be reluctant to pay more. Call more people. I don't think it's too many to call seven, eight, or a dozen people. I plan to make a few hundred. Our family will definitely not be able to do it." " Liu Man'er urged.

Fang stood up and walked outside. After Fang left, Liu Man'er went to the bedroom to look at Ye Tianchen. Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, she said, "This kid is really sensible. He knows we have a lot to do, so he doesn't make any noise. , and fell asleep obediently."

"Yes." Ye Yuan agreed.

Liu Man'er touched Ye Tianchen's body, and when she saw that the diaper was not wet, she came over with confidence, and worried that there would be too many people called by Fang Shi, so she asked Ye He and Liu Fusheng to go to Fang Shi's room to do it. ,road:
"Xiaohe, Fusheng, there will be a bunch of aunts to help us later, so you two should speed up, don't be lazy, and do a good job. When we make money tomorrow, I will send you a wages."

"Really?" Ye He asked tentatively.

"Of course." Liu Man'er nodded, and said with certainty, "Sis, when will your words not count? Don't worry, I am a person who pays for rewards and punishments. You two are obedient and well-behaved. Naturally, there will be rewards. When the time comes, we will have rewards." Money, you can buy whatever you want to eat.”

"Okay." Liu Fusheng clapped his hands, sat on the small bench, and immediately acted like he was doing things seriously.

"Keep your voice down, don't bother your nephew." Liu Man'er said with a smile, and then said to Ye Yuan, "Ye Yuan, come in too, the four of us will do it inside, and the outside will be left to my mother and her." A group of old friends."

"Okay." Ye Yuan came in carrying a bag of spices.

Fang's room was not big, and there were a lot of sundries piled up in it. Once the four of them entered, it became a little crowded. Liu Man'er asked Ye He and Liu Fusheng to take off their shoes and sit on the bed. She and Ye Yuan sat on the bed. On the small bench.

But before Fang and the others came over, Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan made tassels together. Ye Yuan was very strong and did a very good job of tying the tassels. Liu Man'er felt that he was really good at everything.

"You don't work, what are you looking at me for?" The two sat opposite each other, and Ye Yuan soon noticed that Liu Man'er was peeping at him.

"I'll supervise your work." Liu Man'er said generously.

"Okay." Ye Yuan lowered his head and continued to work on the silk thread in his hand.

Cut the silk thread into short threads with the same length and length, gather a bundle and fold it in half, then tie them well with thread, tie the bundled ends inside, come out from the middle, go over the folded tassels, and leave The long ones are used as hanging loops.

When passing through the sachet, use a thin iron wire to pass through the hole left in the half-fold of the sachet to stuff the herb, then forcefully pass through the bottom, hook the silk thread, and pass it through, so that a tassel will be stable. It is firmly fixed on the sachet.

A few people were making these tassels when a voice came from outside the door, Liu Man'er knew that Fang Shi had returned, so she went out to greet her.

Fang's did follow what Liu Man'er said, and found a lot of people. Liu Man'er counted them, including Fang's, there were nine of them.

"Aunts, please sit down." Liu Man'er hurriedly beckoned them to sit down. Liu Man'er also knew some people here, including Aunt Chunhua and her two daughter-in-laws.

"Hey, Ruyi, you are so lucky, your daughter-in-law is so smart now." One of the women, about five or sixty years old, said.

Liu Man'er saw many patches on her clothes, but the stitches of these patches were indeed very smooth, so it could be seen that her needlework was really good.

In fact, the women in this village, except for a few very lazy ones, almost know how to do needlework. After all, in this countryside, clothes, quilts, shoes, etc. are all made by themselves all year round. If you don’t know it, you have to know it , I am not lazy in sewing, as long as I work hard, there is nothing wrong with it.

(End of this chapter)