Su Xiaoxue sold out the more than 60 kilograms of lychees, and with the addition of some that were given as gifts, she also sold some at a lower price.

All in all, I sold it for ten dollars and seventy cents.

It’s not too much, but it’s not too little either.

Chen Wei had something to do in the morning and didn't come.

After Su Xiaoxue and the others had lunch, Chen Wei came.

Su Xiaoxue now had little work left, so she was only asked to make some simple hairpins.

Chen Wei was starting to get worried as she saw that things were almost done.

She and Su Xiaoxue also made some money from selling headbands. Although it was not enough for their family to pay off their debts, they could eat better these days.

But now Su Xiaoxue had finished making the headband, and she had nothing else to do, so she couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Arriving at Qin's house and seeing Su Xiaoxue, Chen Wei hurriedly asked, "Sister Xiaoxue, do you have any work for me recently? You know, my family is in urgent need of money now. My husband's legs and feet are better now, but he still has no job."

Su Xiaoxue knew about Chen Wei's family situation.

Seeing the other person's nervous and worried look reminded her of herself back then.

She advised: "Don't worry, sister-in-law. My batch of goods will soon be sold out. I will go to the provincial capital in a while. There are still many things I need you to do. Don't worry."

Chen Wei nodded.

But she still asked: "After I finish my work today, I probably won't have anything else to do. Can you find me something to do? It doesn't matter how much money you get."

Su Xiaoxue thought about it and looked in the direction of the warehouse again.

She looked around but still couldn't come up with a solution.

Until I saw a strip of floral fabric next to the sewing machine. !

Chen Wei saw her looking over and quickly picked up the floral strip of cloth and explained, "This is the strip of cloth I brought from home. I want to use the sewing machine to sew it on the rubber band."

Chen Wei said this, pointing to the yellow rubber band in her hair with an embarrassed expression.

Su Xiaoxue looked at the rubber band in her hair. It was a yellow rubber band with good elasticity.

However, because it is just a pure rubber band, when tied on the hair, it will stick tightly to the hair.

When it came time to untie the hair, it was difficult to do so because the eraser had too strong abrasiveness.

Many people don’t like pure rubber bands, so they will wrap some thread around the rubber bands so that the rubber bands will not damage their hair.

However, some people do not use rubber bands, but just tie it with cloth straps or red ropes.

Of course, compared to red ropes and cloth bands, rubber bands are more convenient, and pure rubber bands are not expensive and are the cheapest.

Su Xiaoxue moved her eyes away from Chen Wei's hair and looked towards the sewing machine.

She stretched out her hand and said to Chen Wei, "Sister-in-law, let me see your strip of cloth."

Chen Wei handed over the strip of cloth in her hand with a nervous look on her face. After all, she was using working hours to do her own thing and was afraid that her employer would scold her.

After Su Xiaoxue took the strips of cloth she was given, she thought of the broken pieces of cloth she had made before. At that time, she only used them to wrap the headband to turn it into a new style.

"Sister-in-law, are you planning to wrap this cloth around this rubber band?"

Chen Wei nodded, "Yeah, this will be more convenient. The rubber band won't hurt your hair and it's hard to remove."

Su Xiaoxue nodded, and then said: “Sister-in-law, what do I think you are going to do?”

"what?"

Thinking that it had not been officially completed yet, Su Xiaoxue said, "Wait for two days. I will assign you a job in two days. Now finish what I have assigned you. If you need a sewing machine for anything at home, you can use it. Just don't take my materials. As long as the sewing machine is not broken, you can use it as you like."

Hearing this, Chen Wei thanked him again and again.

After going out, Su Xiaoxue's mind was full of thoughts about the rubber band.

What she purchased during her two trips to the provincial capital were hairpins and headbands, some daily necessities, and gloves and socks, but there were no rubber bands or hair ties for women's hair.

Even the rubber band she used on her hair was a rubber band with a thin wire wrapped around it, so as not to damage her hair!

She had long hair, so after braiding it into two long pigtails, she could just tie it up with an elastic band wrapped with red silk thread, which wasn't very troublesome.

At most, you can wear a headband on your head to look trendy.

She first went to the place where she often set up her stall.

Another sister-in-law who was setting up a stall nearby saw her coming and joked, "I haven't seen you in the past two days. Where have you been?"

Su Xiaoxue smiled back, "Something happened at home, so I didn't come to set up the stall."

The woman smiled and nodded, "No wonder."

The other person's surname was Zhou, and she sold tofu pudding. Su Xiaoxue called her Mrs. Zhou. She was five years older than her.

The tofu pudding is said to be homemade, a bowl costs five cents, and it tastes even better with seven cents of sugar.

Su Xiaoxue would usually have a bowl of soup when she was tired and hungry after working for a long day, so she could also chat with Mrs. Zhou.

Thinking that Zhou's family didn't seem to be doing well, and that the tofu pudding was made from soybeans borrowed from other people's homes, Su Xiaoxue stepped forward and said, "Sister-in-law, give me a bowl of tofu pudding, with sugar."

"Okay." Mrs. Zhou skillfully scraped the tofu pudding for her and then poured syrup on it.

A bowl of fragrant and hot tofu pudding is in your hand.

Su Xiaoxue ate while chatting with Mrs. Zhou.

There are few people shopping at this time.

While the two were talking, Su Xiaoxue happened to see the yellow rubber band behind Zhou Dasao's two braids.

When she returned the bowl, Su Xiaoxue pointed at her hair and asked, "Sister-in-law, is this the rubber band you used?"

Mrs. Zhou touched her hair and said with a smile, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Su Xiaoxue shook her head.

Then she continued to talk about how this kind of rubber band would get tangled in the hair and be difficult to remove.

"When buying rubber bands, buy the ones that have a thin thread wrapped around the outside. That way they won't get tangled in your hair easily. Otherwise, you won't be able to pull them off, and it'll be very painful."

Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "Of course I know that kind is good, but this kind costs one cent or even a few cents a piece, and the good ones cost ten cents or five cents. The difference is not even a little bit. If it breaks, you have to replace it."

Mrs. Zhou said, "My family is not well off. Even though a rubber band is not worth much, there are so many things we need to spend money on every day. We have to save a little here and there to make ends meet!"

Mrs. Zhou looked at the sky in the distance while she spoke. "The world is much better now than when the old generation fought in wars and ate tree bark, but it's still hard to make a living. We should save as much as we can, otherwise my whole family won't be able to survive."

Su Xiaoxue nodded, "Yes, we should save money if we can, but it's uncomfortable to be tied around. If there is something cheap and good, it's okay to be more expensive, and it can last longer."

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "That's true, but I haven't found one yet. The ones that are wrapped with thread are not much different from mine, but they are not as durable as this one."

Su Xiaoxue understood what she meant. She thought, if she could make a cheap and easy-to-use hairband, would it be able to solve these problems for many people?

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