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After the event, Caroline received a bonus of 80 yuan from Ms. Green, including this week's salary, a total income of 100 yuan.

Although Caroline has nearly 400 yuan in her bank account due to her hard work in the past six months, it is the first time that she has received so much compensation in one go.

Caroline still had some cash balance in her hand before, so she first set aside the rent to be paid to Isabella next month, and then deposited a deposit of 30 yuan in the bank.It is still early from the financial crisis, and there is no need to worry about problems with big banks. However, bank accounts do not have interest. It would be great if there is a way to increase the value of deposits.

Caroline thought about it, and decided to pay attention to whether there is any industry worth investing in recently, and she can afford to invest in it.

The first thing she thought of was land investment.

As the largest city in Central China, Chicago has not only attracted many migrant workers, but also attracted countless new immigrants in recent years, so land investment has always been very popular.

In addition, land prices in some remote areas of the city have not yet risen, so many migrant workers, including Han Sheng, will pay in installments to buy a small piece of land and wait to build a house in the future.If no good way can be found for the time being, Caroline plans to invest in some land first, which probably comes from her soul's obsession with real estate.

With the remaining 50 yuan in cash, Caroline plans to buy some winter clothes for herself first.

At ordinary times, she has started to take over some of the work of receiving large customers in Meisi Department Store. In the future, she will need to accompany Ms. Green to go out on business more and more. As a result, Caroline's private clothes cannot always be as plain as before.After all, it is the norm in society to respect clothes first and then people, especially among women in this era.

Caroline bought herself two shirts, a velvet dress and matching bow tie, a pair of drawstring calfskin ankle boots and a pair of sheepskin gloves, all for about 30 yuan.

She also found time to take the tram with Vivienne and go shopping at the new fabric store opened by her fiancé Jason in the West End.

Because of the sufficient preparations in advance, after Jason handed over the work of the perfect department store, the cloth store on the other side opened soon.Jason is a veteran employee who has been working hard at Macy's Department Store for four years. Ms. Green and Manager Adler naturally expressed their hope that he will develop smoothly in the future.Ms. Green also joked that he is always welcome back if he thinks Max is better.

Jason is responsible for the purchase and sales of the fabric store. He hired a boy aged seventeen or eighteen to help him run errands. In addition, he hired an experienced sewing worker. After the customer has selected the fabric, he can choose whether to Finished products such as petticoats are made in the shop without special design.

Caroline specially bought a piece of soft knitted fabric in Jason's store and planned to give it to Minnie, so that she could make a new suit for little Tony before Christmas.

Taking advantage of the end of this month's special member activities and the Christmas season, the shopping mall's peak work period has not yet arrived, Caroline took the purchased fabrics and went to Minnie's to relax for a day.

Speaking of which, sister Minnie's life is also very busy recently.She has worked as a babysitter at Mrs. Anderson's house for several months. After the two got acquainted, a lady who met Mrs. Anderson and was in a similar situation occasionally sent the children to Mrs. Anderson to let Minnie take care of them for a while. a day.

Although Minnie's life is busier than before, she is very satisfied with her life now.

"I earn almost four dollars a week now," Minnie and Caroline chatted at the table after dinner, "It's not comparable to yours now, but many women working in factories earn not more than one dollar more than me. Half."

"Do you need to search again to see if there are any other families with similar needs in that area?" Caroline asked with concern. Sending it over will help Minnie increase her income somewhat.

"Forget it." Minnie shook her head with a smile, "Since Han Sheng recovered from his injury and returned to work, I have to take little Tony there every day. It is not easy to take care of two or three children of this age. I'm afraid I can't take care of it."

Caroline is also just suggesting.She used to think that if Minnie did well, they could open a kindergarten together in the future.

However, after a simple investigation, it was found that without the financial support of the parliament or charitable organizations, this idea could not be realized at all.

Whether it is the kindergarten that Caroline wants to build, or the child care like Minnie, they are actually aimed at working families who cannot take care of their children because of work.The cost of a kindergarten with complete manpower and facilities is beyond the reach of current working families.Wealthy families can afford servants and governesses, but have none of these needs.

Caroline once wrote to the editors of the relevant pages of the newspaper, do you think it is possible for Congress to approve the establishment of kindergartens or "baby nurseries" to solve the worries of more and more workers and employees in Chicago?Some people think that this is not necessary at all. After marriage, it is enough for the husband to make money and let the wife take care of the children at home. Some people think this idea is very good, but they don’t know how long it will take to realize it.

Later, she and Ms. Green also mentioned it once. Although Ms. Green also felt that it was impossible to realize it in the short term, she was very interested in it and would like to mention it to MPs she knew.

When Caroline came home from Minnie's, she found Isabella drawing the design of the shoes again.

The three of them had been planning for improving the long riding boots for a long time before, but in the end they still failed to make a design that satisfied the customer.Because none of the four or five shoe factories contacted by the client had made a design that met the requirements, Isabella and Francis easily accepted the result, and found the process of making "glue buttons" in the middle very interesting.Only Caroline felt that she had seen so many styles of boots in later generations, and it was a pity that she couldn't help them after tossing for a long time.

But Isabella’s joy in drawing design drawings has never faded. Her work in the girls’ school was already very easy. Since then, she has often drawn some women’s shoe designs and used them as references for her uncle.

Caroline wanted to do something before, to repay Isabella for her help all the time.She didn't succeed last time, but now she finally has a chance and often gives Isabella some good ideas.After Isabella's uncle Andrew found out about it, he invited Caroline to visit the shoe factory if she had the chance.

Caroline is still very curious about the current factory, but she usually has to go to work, and she is only free on Sunday every week.

"The factory is usually closed on Sundays, right? I'm afraid I won't have a chance to visit it." Caroline said regretfully.

"Uncle Andrew can't wait to live in the company every day. It happens that a new batch of leather will arrive in his factory next Sunday. I'm going to have a look to match the design. If you're interested, come and have a look with me."