Chapter 47: Liu Xiuhua’s Retribution

Liu Xiuhua struggled to reach out her arm, wanting to call out to her.

But she was already gone.

Then, she tilted her head and fainted.

It wasn’t until a while later, when they saw the Xie family’s door was still open, that someone curiously took a look and discovered her situation. They quickly helped her to the hospital.

At that time, Xie Feng was still in his mistress’s bed, receiving tender comfort, completely unaware of what was happening at home.

Xie Huai Shu, on the other hand, ran to a friend’s house to spend the night.

The neighbors couldn’t get in touch with her, so Liu Xiuhua could only lie in the hospital.

Xu Sangluo had no idea that such a drama was unfolding at the Xie family.

Early in the morning, Qin Zhiyi borrowed Liu Boss’s tractor and brought a truckload of things and people to the town.

This commotion attracted a lot of discussion.

The news that the Qin family was moving to the town had already spread.

Some people were envious, some gossiped, and some disagreed.

But it was the Qin family’s business, and everyone could only talk about it.

Besides, they were only temporarily staying in the town, they weren’t actually moving their household registration there.

Now, everyone was more concerned about the recruitment.

No one thought that the Qin family’s business would last long, let alone any permanent workers.

What good was a higher salary if it only lasted a few days? It was just a waste of time.

So, those who had jobs wouldn’t give them up to work there.

Of course, there were also some who were tempted to go and make some quick money, but they were waiting for someone to be the first to try it.

After all, they were all from the same village, and they didn’t want to make things too ugly. If they were really pointed at and gossiped about, it wouldn’t be good.

But there were also some who genuinely wanted to work for Xu Sangluo.

These were usually people who were very poor, almost unable to make ends meet.

All this commotion, Xu Sangluo couldn’t hear any of it.

Yesterday, Qin Zhiyi had asked Chen Tao to hire someone to renovate and clean the houses in the town.

Now, they could just move their things in and organize them.

Most of the things were for making hair accessories, and there weren’t many other things.

The only large items were the two sewing machines.

My dad is the older brother, he didn’t have the four major items when he got married, he gave all the money to his younger brother. My aunt’s family has them, and the two sisters-in-law have had a bad relationship because of this (dog head).

Yesterday, Xu Sangluo asked Manager Fang to help her get ten second-hand sewing machines at 70 yuan each.

She estimated that they would be able to pick them up in a couple of days.

She had already planned out the houses, and now everyone just needed to organize them according to her instructions.

The three large rooms in the big house were designated as sewing rooms.

Each room would have four sewing machines.

A small room was designated as a sample room, and two permanent workers would be hired to make patterns.

Making patterns wasn’t difficult, but without machines, the workload was not low.

The workers would need to cut out stacks of fabric according to the shapes on her drawings.

One room was designated as a finished goods warehouse, specifically for storing finished products, so the arrangement needed to be more refined, at least clean and tidy, and free of insects, mice, etc.

The room was fumigated with mugwort over and over again, and insect repellent was applied.

Xu Sangluo also secretly buried some insect repellent in the four corners.

The remaining two rooms, one was a storage room, and the other was an ironing room.

If they were making clothes, they would definitely need to iron them to make them look newer and cleaner.

This would also require a worker.

On the small house side, the loft was completely renovated, two-thirds of it was used to store various raw materials, and one room was converted into a small room.

The remaining five rooms, the hall was used as a handicraft room.

The hair accessories still had the final production steps, which required people to work on site.

Xu Sangluo planned to put a large, wide table in the middle.

The people who worked on handicrafts could just sit on either side and work, which would make it easier to supervise.

Of the remaining four rooms, one was converted into a kitchen and a bathroom.

The main house was for Qin Mama, Qin Zhiyu, and Qin Yan, the middle house for Qin Zhiyi and Qin Zhifeng.

The loft was for Qin Zhishu.

Xu Sangluo lived in the smallest room.

She had too many secrets, and it wasn’t suitable for her to live with others for now.

There weren’t many rooms, so this was the only arrangement for now.

She planned to wait and see if there were any houses for rent nearby.

If there were, she would rent another one, specifically for living.

Several people were busy moving things in and out, even little Qin Yan followed along and helped out, except for Qin Mama, who was ordered to rest in the car.

They didn’t finish until almost noon, and now all that was left was to move in the furniture they had ordered.

There wasn’t much furniture, just some shelves and tables, which would take another two days to be made.

The rest was about wiring.

It’s worth mentioning that both houses had electricity.

But the wiring was a bit messy and old.

There were flammable things everywhere in the house, so this was definitely not okay.

Fortunately, Qin Zhiyi knew a little about this, so he and Chen Tao were responsible for wiring in the afternoon, making sure that every room had a light bulb.

Although it was just a yellow light bulb, it was much better than the kerosene lamp they had before.

In the afternoon, Xu Sangluo was responsible for posting recruitment information in several places outside.

To make clothes well, besides design and patterns, sewing skills were also needed.

So, they needed to recruit twelve female sewing workers.

This was a bit tricky.

There weren’t that many laid-off workers yet.

Female workers with these skills wouldn’t easily leave the factory, even if the salary was higher, they wouldn’t dare to gamble.

Qin Mama was a little worried, but Xu Sangluo wasn’t so anxious.

It was still early, and clothing and hair accessories were different from small things.

It would take a while to increase production.

They could take their time to find people during this period.

They didn’t have to find highly skilled workers, as long as they were familiar with sewing machines, they would have time to train them.

“It’s lit, it’s all lit!” Chen Tao ran out of the house and shouted towards the roof.

On the roof, Qin Zhiyi was adjusting the wires on the pole.

Hearing this, everyone ran into the house to see.

Little Qin Yan was the first to scream, running around the house with his short legs.

He was lifted onto Chen Tao’s shoulders and taken to pull the light switch rope.

The little guy was so happy watching the lights turn on and off.

Qin Mama had forgotten how long it had been since she had felt the convenience of electric lights, her eyes were a little red.

Chen Tao looked at the electric lights with a little envy.

“Last time I heard my second uncle say that they had already applied to the county, and now many rural areas have electricity. Our brigade isn’t that remote, so it shouldn’t be a problem. It’s estimated that we’ll have electricity next year or the year after.”

Luoxi Brigade wasn’t without electricity, but it was rarely used, mainly in the brigade yard and the clinic.

Ordinary families still used kerosene lamps.

After all, the electrification project was not small.

Installing poles, wiring, and adjusting electricity all required a certain amount of money.

Xu Sangluo looked at the lit rooms and was also very happy.

Only by experiencing the hardships and inconveniences of the past could one appreciate the hard-earned life they had now.

“Today is a good day, let’s celebrate tonight. Chen Ge, stay for dinner tonight.”

Chen Tao’s eyes lit up. He had heard the Qin family say that Xu Sangluo was a good cook.

Even Qin Zhiyi had praised her, making him very curious.

He naturally agreed without hesitation.