Chuan Shu Qi Leng: I own a department store

"I do! Let me tell you, grandma, the clothes I am wearing were made by my mother herself, not ready-made ones bought in a store. I prefer tailor-made clothes to ready-made clothes, although the price is relatively expensive. Some, but it fits better than the one I bought, and it looks much better. ”

"Really?" Grandma didn't want Xu Wanning's words very much, so she took a closer look at her clothes, "It's really handmade. You can't tell at a glance, but you can still tell if you tell the difference. Purely handmade and machine-made It’s made, it’s just different. There aren’t many young people like you who like handmade clothes!”

Xu Wanning smiled and said, "I really like it. I opened a tailor shop for my mother on Qianjin Road, and the business was pretty good. If our partner hadn't quit temporarily, our tailor shop would have been closed by now. Expanded.”

"I was thinking about finding a few more skilled old tailors to work in my tailor shop, but I couldn't find the right person. Grandma, since grandpa is an old tailor, he should know many of his colleagues, right? , would you like grandpa to do me a favor?”

The old lady pondered for a moment, "This is a small matter, so I can help if I can. But you have to tell me in advance the salary of your tailor shop, right? Otherwise, if someone asks, I won't be able to tell them."

"The salary I give is not low, with a basic salary of fifty yuan a month. In addition, commissions are based on the number of clothes made. My tailor shop takes a high-end route and has relatively high requirements for clothes. , the price is also a bit more expensive. If the work satisfies the customer, I will give a commission ranging from ten to twenty yuan per piece of clothing.”

The basic salary of fifty yuan is really not a high salary in Beijing. If you go to work in a factory, you will earn at least forty or fifty yuan a month, and you are still the most basic assembly line worker.

But for making a piece of clothing, you can get a commission of ten to twenty yuan. This condition is really too tempting.

Even if you only do four or five pieces a month, that's forty to fifty yuan or more. If you include the salary, wouldn't it easily exceed a hundred?

The old lady was a little moved.

She took Xu Wanning's hand and said: "Our grandfather has been a tailor for many years. His craftsmanship is incredible. You have also seen the clothes he made, and no one can say anything bad about it. Why don't you think about it? , let your grandfather go to work in your tailor shop? "

Xu Wanning allowed the old lady to hold her hand, her tone still calm, "That's a good relationship, but the problem is, grandpa is not young anymore, and making clothes is more troublesome for the eyes. I'm worried that his body will suffer over time." Come on?"

"No problem, he often makes clothes at home now, at least three pieces a week!"

"That's it, grandma. Our fifty yuan salary is not a basic salary without responsibility, but how many pieces of clothing are required to be made within a specified time. Under normal circumstances, the amount is two pieces a week, and they are relatively simple. style.”

"The clothes that are given a commission are beyond this number. If you make one more piece, you will be given a commission for one piece. It's just that the style is relatively more complicated. The more complicated the style, the higher the commission given."

"Let's do this. I'll leave you an address. Next Wednesday, you ask grandpa and the tailor you found for me to go to our tailor shop and have a look. If it's suitable, we can cooperate."

"That's a good relationship. Please give me your address quickly."

Lin An watched helplessly as Xu Wanning wrote an address and handed it to the old woman.

It happened that grandma's dumplings were also cooked. She said "pack it" and hurried away with the dumplings in her hand.

Lin An couldn't help but wonder: "What happened to Zhang Yuling before? Didn't the tailor shop close down? When did you open the tailor shop again?"

"It's not open yet." Xu Wanning began to pour vinegar into the plate, "I bought a street house before, right between the No. 1 School and the Army in Beijing, just one street away from the previous tailor shop. I plan to Think of that as the address of the new tailor shop."

The tailor shop must be opened, not to make money, but to find something for Mrs. Lin to do.

Her daily life now consists of home and school, two o'clock and one line, the children go to school, and she does some needlework at home, or chats with her old sisters. Although it is relaxing, it is a life-long hard work for her. For Mrs. Lin, life was boring.

She likes to make clothes, which can not only make money, but also allow her to find the value of her own existence in the process of making clothes, thus gaining happiness.

Knowing that making clothes would make Mrs. Lin happy, Xu Wanning naturally wanted to reopen the tailor shop.

"The house is very large, no less than the previous tailor shop. I plan to use the front to open a shop, and tidy up the yard in the back a little, and separate a few small rooms so that I can have a place to take a lunch break."

The children would go home at noon, so Mother Lin could take them to the tailor's shop first. After lunch, they could sleep in the tailor's shop for a while.

In the previous tailor shop, the children were like this at first, but later on, I don’t know what happened. The children were unwilling to eat and sleep in the tailor shop, so Mother Lin had to go through trouble to send them home at noon every day. , and then send them to school.

Thanks to Xu Wanning's good food and drink, Mother Lin's body has been well nourished. Otherwise, Mother Lin's body would definitely not be able to bear such high-intensity work every day.

Now that the tailor shop is open in her own house, the children are not uncomfortable. They can sleep for half an hour more at noon, and Mother Lin can relax a little more.

The dumplings were cooked and served on the table. Lin An placed the pickled cabbage dumplings in front of Xu Wanning and asked, "You didn't just want to talk to someone on the spur of the moment, right?"

"Of course it was a last-minute idea. Otherwise, do you think I could have predicted who I would meet here in advance?"

"But, from the way you look, you seem to have been prepared for a long time."

Xu Wanning smiled and said: "I asked Tang Ting to inquire for me. She said that there is an old tailor in this alley with very good skills. Her grandma loved to find that man to make clothes when she was young. And he also taught several people. Apprentice, your skills are quite good.”

"But now, everyone generally likes to buy ready-made clothes. The prices are relatively cheap, there are many choices, and the styles are fashionable, so old craftsmen are gradually losing popularity."

But Xu Wanning believes that every choice has its audience.

For example, when it comes to tailor-made clothes, those who like them are those who are rich, powerful, and status. Compared with the bad street styles, tailor-made clothes are what they like the most.