Chapter 44: Clothing Business

On the back seat of the bicycle, Xu Sangluo was talking to Qin Zhiyi about selling clothes.

She didn’t plan to separate the clothes and hair accessories, meaning she still wanted to work with the Qin family.

She originally thought Qin Zhiyi would refuse.

Unexpectedly, he readily agreed this time, but he suggested setting up a new workshop, preferably in the town.

Although there were many people they knew in the brigade, there were also many gossips, and transportation was inconvenient.

He could take care of the sourcing, as Liu Boss had two tractors that could be rented.

But the profit sharing would need to be adjusted.

At the beginning of the hair accessory business, everyone didn’t know what the situation would be like, so many of the collaborations were unclear.

Now that the market was clear, and they knew the value of these things, they couldn’t continue with the simple collaboration method from before.

Qin Zhiyi spoke clearly, and Xu Sangluo didn’t notice anything wrong.

She agreed to go back and make a new agreement together.

Before, she had been considering that the Qin family would leave in two years, and then she could focus on the restaurant business.

But now, thinking about it, as long as it was planned properly and managed well, having another industry wouldn’t be a problem.

It was hard to be reborn, and if she stayed in a corner like she did in her previous life, she felt like she was missing out.

Not to mention anything else, at least the clothing industry was one of her old trades, and she could continue to do it.

As for the Qin family, whether they would continue to cooperate in the future wouldn’t affect her much.

So, after thinking it over, she decided to start making clothes again.

This was the right time for the domestic clothing industry to take off. If she could seize the opportunity, even if she couldn’t become as big as the giants in her previous life, she could at least get a piece of the pie.

After leaving the county, the three of them didn’t go directly back to Luoxi Brigade, instead, they went to find an empty house or shop in the town.

Since the resumption of the college entrance exam a few years ago, more and more people had been moving to cities, and the population of some towns had been decreasing.

Many people even moved their entire families to the county or city.

So, there were quite a few houses for rent in the town, but there weren’t many shops, and they weren’t very good.

In the end, Xu Sangluo decisively paid in full to rent two adjacent old houses, separated by a space of less than a handspan.

The houses were big and small, one was a red brick house, plastered, but it was a few years old, and the walls were covered with black moss.

But the house and yard were about 150 square meters.

About this size…

It had a total of seven rooms, three large and four small.

The other one was relatively smaller, but it was still about 112 square meters.

It also had a yard, built with rammed earth walls, but it was well-maintained.

The owner’s family had moved to the county last year.

There were five rooms inside, and there was also a row of small lofts on the left side of the main house, which could be used as a storage room.

Both houses were rented out to neighbors, and the lease agreements were written and left behind.

The rent for the larger house was 5 yuan per month, with a minimum lease of one year.

The rent for the smaller house was 3 yuan, also with a minimum lease of one year.

Xu Sangluo paid 96 yuan in one go and received the keys to both houses.

The furniture in the larger house had all been cleared out, probably because they didn’t plan to come back.

The smaller house still had some furniture left, maybe they didn’t have time to pack it up.

Apart from some dust, there were no problems.

Xu Sangluo first cleaned up a room in the smaller house and put the fabric she bought today away safely.

When she got home, she told everyone about it.

Qin Mama thought it was a good idea.

It would be much more convenient for work and the children’s schooling if they were in the town.

Besides, they weren’t moving permanently, they were just staying temporarily.

The younger ones were very happy to hear that they were going to live in the town.

Qin Zhiyi went directly to the brigade secretary to explain the situation and get a certificate.

That night, the Qin family started packing their things.

The next day, Xu Sangluo and Qin Zhiyi took the more than three thousand new hair accessories they had made yesterday to the county.

They would go to the supply and marketing cooperative to check the situation.

Manager Fang had been waiting there early in the morning. Seeing Xu Sangluo coming, he hurriedly greeted her with a smile.

“Xu Comrade, you’re here. How many hair accessories did you bring today?”

Xu Sangluo raised an eyebrow and smiled, “It seems like yesterday’s sales were good.”

Manager Fang laughed, “Not just good, they were very good.”

Originally, the business in the morning was not very good, and he was a little uncertain.

He took a thousand pieces and went to the city to sell them at the Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the city.

When he came back in the afternoon, the cashier came to him and said that the hair accessories were almost sold out, and there were less than fifty pieces left.

He didn’t believe it at first, there were two thousand pieces!

When he left in the morning, they hadn’t even sold a hundred pieces.

The cashier told him what happened.

It turned out that a lot of students suddenly came to the supply and marketing cooperative at noon, all of them had heard

They had specifically come early to buy hair accessories.

Many of the female high school students who bought hair accessories yesterday were wearing them today, attracting a lot of attention at school.

The girls sat down and asked each other about it, and they all knew that the supply and marketing cooperative would be selling them today.

So, as soon as school was over, they all rushed out of the school gate without eating, going to different supply and marketing cooperatives to ask.

Finally, they found out that Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative had them, and they immediately shouted “Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative has them for sale” to everyone, spreading the word.

Then, a whole bunch of them rushed into Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

People who didn’t know what was going on also followed in to see what was happening.

Then, out of curiosity, they were also influenced to buy some.

In less than two hours, two thousand pieces were sold out.

During this time, because of the large number of people, it also boosted the sales of other counters.

In the afternoon, another large group of female students came to buy, and when they couldn’t buy any, they kept asking if they would have any tomorrow.

Then they received a call from the city, also asking about the supply situation.

Although the thousand pieces in the city hadn’t been sold out yet, basically every woman who saw them couldn’t resist buying them.

It was obvious that this product had potential and a market.

Manager Fang didn’t expect it to be so popular.

When he saw Xu Sangluo selling them, he knew that the market response was good.

But he didn’t expect it to be this good.

After all, this wasn’t a disposable product, it couldn’t be eaten or drunk, and it wasn’t practical.

He really didn’t understand why these women could not only buy them repeatedly, but also buy several at a time.

He thought that if they could sell out three thousand pieces in a week, it would be good.

Who knew…

But since the facts had shown that this product did have a market, he couldn’t miss out.

Although Xu Sangluo was only selling them here.

But the supply and marketing cooperative was also making a lot of money.

Today, three thousand pieces, the total revenue was 2463 yuan, and the supply and marketing cooperative could also take a commission of over 100 yuan.

The more they sold, the more they could take.

If the market could be opened up and they could switch to direct sales, the profits would be even more substantial.

He now understood where Xu Sangluo’s confidence came from.

So, today, when he learned that Xu Sangluo had only brought 3255 pieces, Manager Fang, who had been unfazed yesterday, looked a little downcast.

“Xu Comrade, three thousand pieces a day might not be enough. Now we also need to supply the city. Do you think you can double the amount every day?”