Eighties Housekeeper Little Wife - Chapter 68

Su Wanhua was stunned and asked quickly, “Opening a store by yourself? The cost is too high, and the third aunt has no money.”

Chen Yuan said solemnly: “Sanyi, I invested in opening a store for you, how about you being the store manager?” She saw Su Wanhua’s craftsmanship just now, such an old master might not be able to be hired outside with high salary. The older you get, the more exquisite you are, and of course you can continue to shine in the cutting industry.

Su Wanhua’s eyes warmed when she heard the words. She felt that Chen Yuan was really a good girl. To be able to say such words shows that she is really good to her. Even her own children can’t be like Chen Yuan.

Since she once broke her leg and broke her leg, although she has recovered, she still can’t do too much labor. Her children dislike her because she is old, and she can’t farm the fields. She dislikes the food she cooks unpalatably, has no money to scrape, and doesn’t give much help to her children, but it’s not just a drag.

So when Chen Yuan said this, she was really moved. Even if she just said it, no one can do it.

As Su Wanhua got older, he realized that not every child treats their parents unconditionally, and most of this condition is based on whether they have money or not.

If she had a house and land in her hands, the children would never dare to show her color, and she would do anything to divide the property, and they would treat her well, so property is a prerequisite.

Of course, it’s not that she doesn’t have filial children. She is filial to Shen Huai’s grandmother, and naturally she does her best to accompany her through the final journey of her life. Maybe she doesn’t have such a blessing and can’t meet such good children.

When Chen Yuan said such words, Su Wanhua was really moved, she held Chen Yuan with a red-eyed smile and said, “Good boy, thank you third aunt, but I really don’t need it, I already knew your kindness, that is Because I know, I don’t want you to take this risk. Opening a store will cost a lot of money. If it doesn’t make money or loses money, the third aunt will definitely feel bad. I don’t have much requirements when I’m older, as long as I can Just find a job that is enough to make ends meet, and I’m already very content to be able to support myself.”

The key is that the risk of doing business is too great, and it is very likely that there is nothing left to lose. Now many people go to the store to buy clothes, and there are not many people who make clothes in clothing stores, so opening a clothing store is a risky thing. Su Wanhua felt that it was really unreliable, and she didn’t want Chen Yuan to lose money because of her own reasons, which would add more burden to her.

Chen Yuan explained: “Sanyi, your skills are so good, how can you lose money? I feel that the workmanship of clothing outside is not as good as yours. The store is based on craftsmanship. What we do is boutique, not a clothing factory. That kind of assembly line can be compared, and you will gradually understand this.”

“Child, this is the first time you praise me like this. I used to work in a tailor shop in our county for a while, but I had to take care of Shen Huai’s grandmother, so I didn’t have time to continue working. Now I am looking for When it comes to work, people think I’m too old and my eyes can’t keep up, and there’s nothing I can do about my age.”

“Third aunt, believe me, you are still young and not old, you already have such good cutting skills, why not make good use of it, instead of looking for a restaurant worker, it is really a waste of your skills, and Working in a restaurant is definitely not enough for your body, it won’t last long, and there is no future for development, and the salary is still very low.”

It is impossible for Su Wanhua to compare his physical strength to a young man. This kind of job is also the cheapest labor force. As long as anyone can do it and hire people at the same price, the boss will definitely be willing to hire a young and healthy employee, isn’t it? To speak sarcastically, but to state the fact that Su Wanhua is not competitive in the market, and it is very difficult to do anything. Even if he finds a job, it is still very difficult.

But it would be different if she did tailoring. It is also a win-win for Chen Yuan to help Su Wanhua. She also laid the foundation for her entry into the clothing industry. Hiring other masters is also hiring. Su Wanhua’s craftsmanship is so good, why not use her.

“But..”

Su Wanhua still felt inappropriate, the idea was too sudden, she was not as confident as Chen Yuan said, she certainly knew the level of her own skills, and she would not feel how amazing she was just because Chen Yuan praised her. , In their family, women of my own age are more or less able to cut, so I don’t think this is very special. I just feel that Chen Yuan can praise her craftsmanship so much, and I am very happy, but I won’t just because of this Naive thought that his craftsmanship can really support a shop.

Chen Yuan gently interrupted the other party’s words and persuaded: “Sanyi, what I said is true, you must believe me, I really want to do the clothing business, this idea is serious and not a child’s play, regardless of this What will be the result of the business in the future? How can you know if it will be good if you don’t try it? If it doesn’t work, you can find other jobs. , maybe if you don’t try this time, you won’t have a chance.”

“Child, you really trust me so much, you’re not afraid that I will implicate you”

“Of course not, maybe I’ll thank you for that in the future.”

Su Wanhua couldn’t stand Chen Yuan’s persuasion, and began to waver. After all, she thought about whether Chen Yuan would not know how to do business and take risks, and it was for her own sake. Thinking about her future like Chen Yuan, and going to a restaurant to work is not the best choice, this has no future, and it is even more unfriendly to the elderly. Continuing to do cutting is still a skill no matter what, it must be better than the original idea. too strong.

So she hesitated and looked at Chen Yuan and nodded: “Thank you, Xiaoyuan, the third aunt is really honored, you are the only one who appreciates this craft, I am really grateful, I have never been like this in my life. As I said, you are the first person to appreciate my craftsmanship so much.”

Su Wanhua’s eyes were a little red, and his heart was very moved. He kept thanking Chen Yuan, thinking that if he really opened a clothing store, he must do things well and not waste Chen Yuan’s painstaking efforts.

Chen Yuan said very seriously: “Third aunt, in fact, you don’t need to thank me, it’s business or business, although we are relatives, but it’s still two different things, I open a clothing store, you help me make clothes, and you have to open a shop. , you are responsible for many jobs, and I will give you the corresponding salary as compensation, what do you think?”

“I have no experience in dealing with shops before, I only work as a tailor, and I still have some difficulties in business.”

“Isn’t it with me now? When the store is on the right track, you will definitely be proficient.”

Zhu Hua at the restaurant in the future is very familiar with his work, and basically there will be no major problems, so Chen Yuan doesn’t have to stare there all the time, as long as he visits from time to time, he has a lot of energy at other times. do other business.

“well.”

Su Wanhua nodded again and again, and reached a preliminary consensus with Chen Yuan. The two agreed to open a store. Shen Huai was very happy when he found out about this. He took out his savings and gave it to Chen Yuan, wanting to support the other party’s cause.

In fact, Chen Yuan’s excellence brought more and more pressure on herself, and she was not so happy even when she was about to face the joy of being promoted.

Shen Huai felt that he was a little unworthy of Chen Yuan. It was the first time he had the idea of ​​leaving the army. He wanted to leave the army and start his own business. He also wanted to give Chen Yuan and his children a better life. , but also to keep up with Chen Yuan’s footsteps.

Chen Yuan’s growth rate is too fast. If he is not in crisis, he will be further and further behind, and he will never catch up in the end.

At this time, Shen Huai silently made a career plan for the future in his heart.

The matter of opening a clothing store has already been determined, but as to how to operate it, since Su Wanhua is still worried that he will lose money, he asked Chen Yuan not to invest too much. It is not bad to invest 2,000 yuan to open a small store.

It just so happens that there is a clothing store near the market that can’t be opened because of bad business. It hangs up a sign and sells it at a low price. The fake models of sewing machines and cloth irons are all ready-made. Although they are all old, they can be used. It saves a lot of cost and time for decoration, as long as the store is simply sorted out, it can be reopened.

There are pros and cons to the old shop. The advantage is that the cost is low and the store can be opened quickly. The disadvantage is that the previous shop owner may face the same problem of bad business. In short, the problems they encountered were not small.

After looking for a store, the signboard of the clothing store was also customized. Chen Yuan and Su Wanhua discussed the name “Huaya Clothing Store”. As soon as the brand came out, she also habitually went to register the trademark and brand name. Now, although the name of this store is only a temporary thought, Chen Yuan felt that it should not be taken lightly. This kind of patent issue must not be sloppy.

The rest of the time is the time for the two to prepare clothes. This store used to have a backlog of fabrics. Some of them are of good quality, but the colors are darker. They are all black, gray, khaki, khaki, navy blue, and grass green. Thick cashmere fabrics, these fabrics are used to make cotton jackets and trousers. There are many finished products in the store, but they can’t be sold at all, because the style is too rustic.

The temperature outside is not yet zero. Although it is not time to wear a padded jacket, it is time to put on a slightly thicker jacket.

Chen Yuan plans to come up with some styles that are not available on the market now, but this time she does not plan to take a particularly novel route. After all, clothes styles are easier to imitate, and there are a lot of copycats, which really cannot be controlled, so she plans to Start with the outfit, even if the clothes that don’t look so good-looking will have unexpected results when you wear them.

The next day, Chen Yuan brought back a lot of buttons, pearls, chains, hardware, fake diamonds, pendant tassels, and various decorations, weighing several pounds.

These are accessories she customized from accessories wholesalers. Some of them are not for clothes, but for bags, shoes and handicrafts. Chen Yuan plans to use them all on the clothes in her store.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Yuan felt that if she wanted to highlight the difference if she launched a new style in the future, she could only focus on the decorations of her clothes. clothes to draw the distinction.

After all, it is too difficult to protect one’s own patents in any world. In the future, when the world becomes popular, a large number of people will follow suit.

The only solution can only be to make people aware of genuine copies with the continuous progress of society, so as to reduce the occurrence of piracy, but there is definitely still a long way to go in this case, and the process is also very painful.

Now if you want to start a business, you can only ensure that you have a unique design, so that you can open up new markets.

Chen Yuan quickly drew a design drawing of a medium-length woolen coat, with a belt around the waist and a silk scarf at the neckline. The collar of this dress is a suit collar, but it is more than a traditional suit collar. It is much smaller, and the arc of the waist is very special, it looks very thin, and people with bad figures can also wear it, and such clothes are very special, and any clothes can be matched with them.

Su Wanhua looked at Chen Yuangang’s drawings with reading glasses and was surprised. This dress is too beautiful, but beautiful is beautiful, but if you ask her to say what looks good, she really can’t tell the characteristics.

It seems that this style has been seen somewhere, and it seems that it has never been seen before. It is always ordinary and unusual. This is the charm of this dress.

The reason why Su Wanhua has a sense of sight is because this collar is a suit collar, so it looks familiar, and this style can also be found on a windbreaker. Finding something special is synonymous with low-key gorgeousness and connotation.

“Xiaoyuan, you are so clever. This dress is really good. I think it’s better than the ones sold in the mall. What material and color is this dress made of?”

Chen Yuan thought for a while and said, “Sanyi, our clothes are made of the plush materials that were piled up in the store before.”

Those plush materials are not pure wool, but they also contain 30% wool and some other ingredients. They are stronger and denser. They will not pill after washing, but they do not feel good and feel a little rough.

It is definitely not comparable to the material made of 100% pure wool in later generations, but this kind of material is not bad. After all, ordinary people can’t spend too much money on pure wool products. At most, they pay wages to buy a scarf, so Ordinary consumption and high quality are the fastest way to open the market.

Su Wanhua was a little puzzled when he heard it, because this style is so beautiful, if he used such fabrics, wouldn’t these drawings be wasted.

“Xiaoyuan, the third aunt doesn’t mean anything else but thinks that using those fabrics is not blind to this style, those colors are really old and earthy, and this coat is so foreign, it feels like a waste to make it.”

Chen Yuan shook her head: “It’s okay, you don’t have to choose the color of this style. You can make any color of fabric. You can try it with khaki fabric first. What gray blue, no matter what color, as long as it is a dark color that can be imagined, it is right to make a coat.

Don’t you know that the color of luxury goods should not be too fancy, the color should be single, and dark, dull and simple, in order to create a sense of retro trend, how many designers are good at matching.

But this is not easy to understand in Su Wanhua’s era, because people in this era have never worn brightly colored clothes since they were young, and red clothes are only worn once when they get married. Although they think the color is very conspicuous, but I think big red, big green, big blue and big purple are very beautiful colors, so bright colors are called tide, and dark colors feel more earthy.

It is even more impossible to get more soil and tide, because soil and tide are completely opposite words. The more beautiful the clothes are, the more people like to buy them. There must be no one who cares about the rustic.

Su Wanhua thought it was a little incredible. No one wears this khaki fabric anymore. People disliked the color and felt that it lowered her status. She herself felt that the color was unbearable.

Now that I want to make clothes with this khaki color, my first thought is that the clothes will become very, very rustic.

Although Su Wanhua may reduce the effect on the drawing, the fabric is ready-made, and it feels wasteful if you don’t need it, so if you think that this dress is particularly rustic, it will be regarded as a sample dress, and then you will continue to make other fabrics.

After getting the blueprints and pulling out the khaki woolen fabric, Su Wanhua started her own tailoring work. Although she couldn’t keep up with her eyes, she still felt that she could see clearly after wearing reading glasses, so she did not delay her work, so Chen Yuan helped her with the work. Patterns, that is, all styles are cut out of each piece of clothing with kraft paper first, and after this style is being made, you can take it over and use it directly.

It took only two days for Su Wanhua to finish this khaki woolen coat, and just put it on the model’s shelf to take a closer look. It felt like something miraculous happened. So rustic, and the color of this earthy yellow is darker, which makes this dress more low-key and connotative.

Chen Yuan tied the belt in the middle of the clothes, tied a bow flexibly, and took out the long pearl brooch she made herself and pinned it on it. The neckline and cuff pockets were also decorated with golden buttons, which looked very sparkling. Eye-catching, and finally took a dark black silk scarf dummy around the neck of the mannequin, this dress is done.

Su Wanhua was amazed in his heart. It was hard to believe that this was a dress made by himself. There is no trace of the rusticity of the fabric before. It is more like the clothes worn by ladies on TV. I didn’t expect the finished product to be so big. Change, when the khaki can be so high-end, it proves that the khaki is not a bad color, but a problem of style.

At the same time, she also admired in her heart that Chen Yuan would definitely be able to do magic, turning the fabric that could only be depreciated and sold at a low price for the bottom of the press box, and now it has been transformed into a fine women’s clothing that can be displayed in a high-end window.

Perfectly unearthed the earthy yellow fabric, this unknown beauty.