Chapter 19: Cooperative Business

Xu Sangluo squatted down and took the things in the basket into the house.

This time, she didn’t buy any ingredients, to avoid putting too much burden on the Qin family.

Most of what she bought were her own things, and a little bit of food.

In the yard, the girls were holding peach cakes in their hands, carefully sniffing them, not daring to eat them.

They would sneak a peek at Xu Sangluo’s door from time to time.

The girl who had spoken earlier leaned over to Qin Zhiyu and whispered, “Xiaoyu, your sister-in-law is so beautiful, I’ve never seen anyone so beautiful.”

“Yeah, yeah, and she’s so kind, not like a city person at all.”

“Why not? She’s clearly very much like one, she’s so fair.”

“No, I mean, she’s, you know, easy to approach, she doesn’t have that kind of look-down-your-nose attitude.”

“Oh, oh, right. I remember there was a teacher who came to our house for a visit, she didn’t even enter the house, she looked so disdainful, and she was very rude. She wasn’t even as pretty as your sister-in-law.”

“And your sister-in-law is also very skillful.”

“Right!”

Qin Zhiyu bit into the peach cake, raised her chin proudly, “Of course, my Sister Sangluo is amazing, she’s passed the…”

When she got to this point, Qin Zhiyu stopped abruptly.

She almost let her excitement get the better of her.

Big Brother had told her not to talk about Sister Sangluo passing the university entrance exam outside.

Mainly because she was afraid of bringing up the kidnapping incident.

Although Sister Sangluo was rescued halfway, many members of the commune were gossipy, they didn’t care if she had been sold or not.

They would definitely spread rumors.

Unless Sister Sangluo herself was willing to talk about it.

Anyway, they couldn’t drag Sister Sangluo down.

“Passed what?” Her friends were waiting for her to finish, but she stopped.

Qin Zhiyu was also quick-witted, “I mean, Sister Sangluo can live a good life on her own.”

“Yeah, yeah.” The girls nodded in agreement.

They had all heard Qin Zhiyu say that she cooked really well, and she could treat leg injuries, and she could braid such beautiful braids.

Speaking of braids, one girl couldn’t help but whisper, “Xiaoyu, can you ask your sister-in-law to teach us how to braid your braid?”

It was really beautiful.

They didn’t know that Qin Zhiyu could look so beautiful.

She looked like she was glowing, not at all like her usual self.

Qin Zhiyu frowned, she looked towards the room…

Qin Zhiyu looked towards the room, “I’ll ask Sister Sangluo later if she can teach me. If I learn, I’ll teach you.”

“Okay!” Everyone was excited when they heard this.

Qin Zhiyu rolled her eyes, “Don’t get too excited, I can’t guarantee it. Besides, this skill is very valuable, it’s normal even if Sister Sangluo doesn’t agree. If she agrees, you can’t learn for free, you know. City masters charge tuition fees for apprentices.”

The girls didn’t have any objections, they all nodded in agreement, “Of course, of course, we won’t learn for free. But I… I don’t have anything good, I don’t know what your sister-in-law likes.”

“You can figure that out yourselves, but you have to wait for my news.”

“Okay, okay, we got it.”

A group of girls chatted in low voices.

Little Qin Yan ran back after delivering the peach cakes to Grandma, he stood by Xu Sangluo’s door, watching her busy.

His little eyes were rolling around, he was very curious.

The room was too small, Xu Sangluo could only put the things on the bed first.

When Qin Zhiyu came over, she saw the bed full of scraps.

Xu Sangluo was sitting on the edge of the bed, picking out some scraps and throwing them back into the bag.

She threw some to the other side of the bed.

Little Qin Yan was sitting in the pile of scraps, playing happily.

“Sister Sangluo, do you need help? I can make quilts.”

Although Xu Sangluo didn’t say anything, the only things she could do with scraps were to make quilts or pillows.

So she naturally assumed that Xu Sangluo was going to make a quilt.

Xu Sangluo looked up, “Where are your friends?”

“They all went back.”

Xu Sangluo nodded, “Then that’s good, you can help me pick out some nice scraps.”

Qin Zhiyu carefully walked around the things on the floor, she asked in confusion, “Sister Sangluo, why do you need to pick out scraps?”

They were all going to be sewn into the quilt, weren’t they all the same?

Xu Sangluo chuckled, then handed her something.

“What do you think of this?”

Qin Zhiyu took it, then her eyes lit up.

It was a hair tie.

A black nylon rope, with a blue and white bow on it, it looked a bit like rabbit ears, very beautiful.

Qin Zhiyu liked it at first sight.

“Sister Sangluo, you bought another hair tie, it’s so pretty, it suits you very well.”

Xu Sangluo smiled, “Don’t you think the bow on it looks a bit like these scraps?”

“Huh?” Qin Zhiyu was startled, then she turned her head to look at the messy…

How could it be? Although they are both made of cloth, the hair tie is so exquisite.

Xu Sangluo said, “I just made this with a piece of scrap fabric.”

Hearing this, Qin Zhiyu’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Wh, what? Just now, made with scrap fabric? This one?”

She held up the beautiful hair tie in her hand, her face full of disbelief.

The hair tie was so delicate and beautiful, there was no trace of flaws at all.

“Yes.” Xu Sangluo picked up two pieces of irregularly shaped scraps.

She didn’t know how she did it, her fingers moved deftly.

Immediately, a hair tie of a different style, but equally beautiful, appeared.

This time, Qin Zhiyu saw it with her own eyes, she was stunned for a moment.

Xu Sangluo handed the new hair tie to her and smiled, “Xiaoyu, do you think girls would like this kind of hair tie?”

Qin Zhiyu didn’t even need to think, she immediately blurted out.

“Of course they would, it’s so beautiful, I’ve never seen such a beautiful hair tie.”

Actually, it wasn’t that beautiful, but Xu Sangluo had a discerning eye and skillful hands, and she had seen a lot in her previous life.

So the hair tie had a bit of novelty and color matching, which could catch the eye at first glance.

She asked again, “Then do you think we could sell it if we made this and sold it?”

Qin Zhiyu opened her mouth, this time she didn’t speak as smoothly.

Everyone would definitely like it, but whether they could afford it was another matter.

Such a beautiful hair tie, it wouldn’t be cheap.

Wait!

She suddenly realized the meaning of the sentence.

She looked at Xu Sangluo in surprise, “Sister Sangluo, are you going to make this kind of hair tie and sell it?”

Xu Sangluo smiled faintly, “It’s us.”

Qin Zhiyu was stunned again, then she understood, and she stammered a little.

“I, we?”

“Yes, I do want to make some small accessories to sell, but this kind of thing, once the market opens up, others will immediately imitate it, so we need to sell the most goods in the shortest time, which means we have to make a lot of these things in a short time.”

She spread her hands, “I can’t do it alone, it would just be a waste of time and money. So I thought we could do it together, make them and send them to town or the county to sell, and then we’ll split the profits.”

Qin Zhiyu unconsciously clenched the hair tie in her hand, she stammered, “Ho, how can we, this, this is not right.”