Chapter 324 She shouldn't be trapped in a small mountain village

Chapter 324 She shouldn't be trapped in a small mountain village

Shui Qing also knows about winter clothes.

She heard someone working in the medicinal shop mention it.

In fact, the people who made winter clothes were inspired by the group of people from the medicinal materials shop. They had to work in winter, and clothes that were too thin were not suitable. In addition, since they made money, they had obviously more say at home, and their opinions were taken seriously, so in total I might as well make a new set of winter clothes for everyone in the family while I'm getting paid.

A winter coat can be worn for many years and mended for another three years. If it breaks, it can be dismantled and remade for children to wear. It is not a waste of money.

Shui Qing also knew that the products in the village were all made of linen. The linen sold in Fucheng was completely different from the light, breathable, soft and comfortable linen in China. It was rough enough to irritate the skin, but its cheap and durable cost-effectiveness overcame all shortcomings - poor people There’s no way to choose. Who doesn’t know what to buy if you have money?

Thinking of linen, Shuiqing realized that winter clothes alone were not enough.

Shanshui Village used to be too poor and miserable, and most of them only had linen clothes. It was useless for the medicinal shop to use cotton for winter clothes. After all, winter clothes were not close-fitting, so they still had to wear a lining underneath.

People in the village don't have inner clothes, so they put summer clothes inside. The only two or three pieces of clothes added together are all the warm equipment for winter.

Even though they had made cotton winter coats, they still felt uncomfortable because of the linen that pierced and stretched the skin.

She looked at Fan Jin and added: "Since we are making winter clothes, we might as well make a complete set, two sets of linings and two sets of winter clothes. The linings should be made of fine cotton and the winter clothes should be made of cheesecloth."

Fan Jin immediately understood Shui Qing's thoughts after hearing it.

If we only make winter clothes, the women who work in the herbal medicine shop will still feel uncomfortable wearing them. The fine cotton cloth is soft and delicate, and is comfortable to wear next to the skin. The coarse cotton cloth is resistant to rubbing and washing, and is not easily damaged. It is suitable for outerwear. It is water-clear and is truly Thinking about them.

"Okay, it's just clothes for thirty-five people. Who are you going to find to make them? What about the color selection? Should they be the same color or choose different ones?"

Shui Qing was very satisfied with Fan Jin not throwing cold water on him and responding positively. He expressed more thoughts in a happy mood: "It is already the end of October, and the winter month will come in a few days. Thirty-five people have four sets of clothes each. It’s hard to find anyone to make it quickly, so why not just give them the fabric and let them make it themselves?

As for the colors, it’s better to be uniform and just use them as ‘work clothes’ for the medicine shop. We will open a sugar factory and a calligraphy workshop in the future, and we will need to recruit people to work, and they will all have work clothes. The color distinction is simple and clear. "

Everyone in the village makes their own clothes, and there are some with good craftsmanship and some with poor craftsmanship, but they are almost not particular about it. Some of them look good, so who cares about the others? And if she asked someone to make clothes for them, not to mention the money, the waiting time would be long, and if they didn't fit, it would be inconvenient to change them.

Letting them make it by themselves consumes their own time, but there is also an advantage to doing it by themselves, that is, there will be some scraps left when making clothes. Making the uppers of a few pairs of cloth shoes is not a problem. If you hire someone to make these scraps of fabric They won't get it, and it can be regarded as a disguised subsidy.

Shui Qing's focus was on who made the clothes, while Fan Jin was obviously stunned when he heard about the calligraphy workshop.

He knew about the sugar factory. Shui Qing had told him before that he could buy sugar cane from the mall, plant it, and then make brown sugar and white sugar.

I originally planned to start planting in the fall, but after buying a book and reading it, I learned that sugar cane is planted in the spring, so the sugar factory has been postponed until next autumn and winter after the harvest.

But, "Written brush workshop? Shui Qing, when did you have this plan?"

Listening to Fan Jin's slightly delighted tone, Shui Qing said naturally: "We have already planned this. Didn't we calculate it before when we sold brushes? The profit was very high. I thought that although the world is unstable now, sooner or later it will happen. When it becomes stable and prosperous, the writing brush will become indispensable as one of the four treasures of the study, and there will be no worries about sales.

Our technology can be learned from the mall, and the raw materials are also complete.”

Fan Jin's dark eyes showed confusion. When were the raw materials ready? Since Shuiqing wants to turn the business in the mall into a physical entity and do it for a long time, he should not rely too much on the shopping mall for raw materials. But since they don't rely on the mall, how come they have all the raw materials?

"Materials for writing brushes are mostly wool, rabbit hair, and pig hair. We have all three of these at home. I also found out that rabbit skins in the village cost fifteen to twenty cents each. If that's not enough, you can also buy them. of;

As for pigs, Sister-in-law Guifen is already planning to buy our piglets and raise them. If her family takes this initiative, there should be many other families in the village who will also buy and raise them. Can’t all those pig hairs be recovered? It's used to make wool.

If you raise rabbits and pigs, will the sheep be far behind?

The bulk of the woolen material is ready, and the rest of the horse hair is also easy. We have the money to buy two horses and raise them without any problem. As for the wolf hair, we will not eat this bowl of rice and concentrate on developing large quantities of woolen material. "

Let’s not talk about whether there are wolves in Shanshui Village. Even if there are wolves, they don’t dare to catch such gregarious and ferocious animals.

She just wants to make money, not die!

Fan Jin didn't expect Shui Qing to think so long-term. He thought that trading rabbits and selling piglets to the villagers was just because he raised too many. It would benefit the villagers while also being cost-effective for him. It was mutually beneficial.

I didn’t expect that I would be able to feed him back to my family in the end.

Shui Qing saw the complex emotions of surprise, admiration, and appreciation in Fan Jin's dark eyes. The corners of his mouth raised and he continued: "As for the brush holder, we can't waste the bamboo on the mountain top of our house, right? Use it to make the pen holder. Couldn’t be more suitable!”

She also thought about how to maximize the value of this bamboo mountain. Making bamboo products and handicrafts is definitely not an option. Bamboo is not valuable these days, and craftsmanship is not valuable. Weaving bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets is time-consuming and cannot be sold at a high price. Transportation takes up space, and it is useless even if it is shipped to other places. How can there be no bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets in other places?

The profit is low, and it is not realistic to transport them back and forth.

But brushes are different. They occupy a small area and have a large profit. The raw materials are not easy to get - not all places are like their village, where they raise a lot of livestock and sell them in batches, and the fur can be concentrated together;

And the craftsmanship is also difficult. If the craftsmanship is not passed on, few people outside will know about it. She has a shopping mall to buy and learn, otherwise she can only stare blankly even if she knows that the profit is high.

Fan Jin couldn't calm down for a long time, and finally summed it up in one sentence: "Shuiqing, you are really amazing."

Ming Dynasty has too many restrictions on women. If she were a man, she would definitely have greater achievements instead of being trapped in a small mountain and water village.

He should prepare well for the imperial examination. Shuiqing cannot go out as a woman, but as his wife, she can. The better he does in the exam, the faster he will be promoted and the higher his position will be, the bigger her world will be...