Reincarnation in the 60s: My Spatial Supermarket Brings Forth Wealth-Chapter 280: Money on the Mind
"Alright, just give me the deposit, and you can pay the rest when you pick up the clothes! The total is three hundred and fifty yuan for six sets of clothing! A hundred yuan deposit is fine!"
The clothes designed by Lin Yun are all priced at fifty yuan each, which is the easiest way to manage the accounts. If the fabric is expensive, she’ll earn a bit less; if it’s cheaper, she’ll earn a bit more. However, she won’t deliberately use cheaper fabric just to earn more; she always uses the fabric most suitable for the clothing style.
Chen Qiyue was taken aback by the price, three hundred and fifty for six sets of clothes. However, looking at the clothing styles, she was very tempted. Expensive or not, it made sense; the clothes sold at the supply and demand cooperative or the department store weren’t as good-looking or of such quality, and a piece there would still cost eighteen to twenty-five yuan. This price she could accept.
"Well, I didn’t bring enough money. I’ll go home to get it and come back right away!" Chen Qiyue said awkwardly.
She didn’t plan to buy so many clothes, but she liked this one and that one, and couldn’t help but spend most of the money she had saved.
Though she’s engaged, the bride price hadn’t been settled yet. The money she’s spending now was saved by her mom from her wages. Fortunately, she’s about to get married, so her mom has given her the money.
However, she didn’t regret spending so much on clothes. Wearing them would really give her some face.
"Alright! We’ll wait for you!" Lin Yun said with a businesslike tone.
In recent years, she could earn about twenty-six or seven yuan per piece because the fabric was expensive and hard to get. Plus, she didn’t ask her sister for fabric tickets, so she had to pay her elder sister for the fabric, no way she would get it for free. Regarding the fabric tickets, if she asked for them, her business would be hard to carry on, so her elder sister said she’d provide the fabric tickets, to just increase the price a bit.
Adding it all up, she had to pay for the fabric tickets, so from this order, she earned about a hundred and seventy-eight yuan.
As for the red dress for the wedding, she had to design it first, and red fabric was rare, so she calculated a hundred yuan, which Chen Qiyue didn’t mind. From this, she could earn about fifty yuan, making it a total of around a hundred and eighty.
Even though making six outfits was labor-intensive, earning this much with her skills was worth it, even if it took her three or four months. Besides, it wouldn’t take her that long; she could finish them in less than half a month.
She could earn in half a month what her father earned in four or five months; there was nothing unsatisfactory about it.
Chen Qiyue quickly returned, paid the deposit, and then admired the sample clothes for a few more times before going home.
The sample clothes made by Lin Yun were in Lin Xue’s size. Chen Qiyue was slightly plumper than Lin Xue, and was afraid of damaging them, so she didn’t dare to try them on. She could only touch them fondly.
Lin Xue intentionally leaned her sister’s designs towards a more modern style, so she would occasionally sketch a few drawings alongside her sister. Although they weren’t as good as her sister’s, they still provided Lin Yun with a lot of inspiration, gradually leading her towards a modern style without losing the conservative characteristics of this era.
After three days of busy work, Lin Yun finally finished the wedding dress and a set of winter clothing on the night before returning to school.
The so-called wedding dress was actually a set of winter clothes made with red fabric. The blouse was adorned with red gauze and designed with patterns. The top layer was satin, and the pants weren’t the oversized pantaloon typical of the era, but slightly tapered, giving them a neat silhouette that accentuated the figure. The top had a hip-wrapping design that drew attention.
The winter attire was similar in style, without gauze, but also had a hip-wrapping design. The fabric was a white satin with green flower patterns, feeling particularly soft. It was lined with a thin layer of cotton, perfect for wearing over cotton-padded clothes.
Lin Xue delivered the two outfits early the next morning.
After trying them on to check the fit, Chen Qiyue immediately paid.
The whole family loved them, and Chen Qiyue’s mother wanted to make a set for herself too, so she informed her elder daughter in the town, who also wanted to make two sets. Lin Xue helped her sister take measurements and collected the deposit before heading back.
The deposit was half the price, with Chen Qiyue’s mother paying a twenty-five yuan deposit and her sister paying fifty yuan. Combined with Chen Qiyue’s one hundred and fifty yuan, they collected two hundred and twenty-five yuan in total.
When Chen Qiyue went home that day, Lin Xia was playing crazily with two toddlers and hadn’t returned yet. Later, when she saw her elder sister making money again, she was immensely envious. Seeing three more orders today, she was so envious she wanted to steal money.
However, the orders weren’t brought in by her, so the money had nothing to do with her, and she grimaced at her elder sister, demanding a feast to comfort herself.
"Elder sister, do you still have fabric tickets? When we get to the city, let’s stroll through the department store again!" Sitting in the car heading back to Chenxi County, Lin Yun was still thinking about the seven sets of clothes she owed. She brought all the fabric from her studio; it was enough for the seven sets, but there wouldn’t be much left. She wanted to buy more back.
"I have some; we can stroll when we get there!" Lin Xue nodded. The three of them sat in the last row, with each of the two younger sisters seated on one side.
"Elder sister, don’t forget my feast. I also want to eat fruit! When you guys go to the department store, buy me some Cloud Cake!" Lin Xia pouted in dissatisfaction.
The two elder sisters were always thinking about making money, but she didn’t have the ability to earn money. At most, she could bring orders for her second sister, so she needed to eat a little more to get even.
"Alright! You’ll be a glutton to death!" Lin Xue lightly tapped her on the forehead.
"Exactly, if you keep being such a glutton, you’ll get too fat to marry in the future, what will you do then!" Lin Yun teased along.
"Hahaha..." Sun Qianqian, sitting next to Lin Yun, laughed heartily.
Originally, Sun Bing wanted to sit next to Lin Yun, but Sun Qianqian shamelessly took the spot, just because she was scolded by her second brother when she fought for a candy with her little nephew, and she wanted to take revenge.
"Second sister, since you don’t worry about getting married anymore, you’re mocking me, aren’t you? This is a personal attack, and I demand compensation for emotional damages!" Lin Xia retaliated against her second sister, as she had no way of dealing with her elder sister, with the intention of making some quick money.
"Hahaha, emotional damages! Second sister-in-law, you owe compensation now!" Sun Qianqian laughed even more gleefully.
Lin Yun blushed hotly when she heard Sun Qianqian call her second sister-in-law. When she looked over at Sun Bing, he happened to be looking at her too. Their eyes met briefly, creating a slightly ambiguous atmosphere.
"Xiao Xia, you need to have your own interests too, you see, hasn’t your second sister made money relying on her skills? I can’t see what your specialty is?" Lin Xue asked seriously all of a sudden.
"Elder sister, my interest is making money, doing business is pretty much my hobby!" Lin Xia replied earnestly.
"Alright! I’ll find you some books on that topic later! You’ll definitely need them in the future." Lin Xue nodded.
The third sister probably likes commerce. When the economy opens up, it will be the golden time to make money from business, and she plans to become one of the first prosperous ones, bringing along her siblings.
"Alright, elder sister, I won’t be going to the department store later, so don’t forget my Cloud Cake!" Lin Xia casually nodded, still unable to get Cloud Cake out of her mind.
