Reincarnation in the 60s: My Spatial Supermarket Brings Forth Wealth-Chapter 281: Developing Business Acumen

Actually, her supermarket has a lot of fabrics, both good and bad, along with beautiful patterns for curtains and bedsheets, from one era to the next, whether available now or not, she has them all.

She’ll seize the opportunity to give Xiao Yun a batch and say it came from Capital City; they don’t really know if it has it or not.

Also, those exquisite hair clips, hair ties, and small accessories she sells in her supermarket, she’s never taken them out, only sparingly giving a couple to a few sisters to use. Now, thinking back, she realizes they can be taken out too.

She might as well use them to train her sisters’ business skills, see what she can do with them.

Lin Yun and Lin Xue went to the department store but didn’t buy much fabric that was appealing, so they bought some food and Liang’s Cloud Cake, as Lin Xia emphasized, and went home.

The weather gradually turned cold, and the three sisters put on the winter clothes Lin Yun made, which caused a stir of trends.

Whether classmates or seniors, they’d come inquire where they bought such clothes from, but they couldn’t blatantly do business. So what to do?

This is when Lin Xia needed to step in. She took the orders, but only selectively, if ten people wanted to buy, just taking one or two orders was enough. Otherwise, Lin Yun still had classes at night and didn’t have much time to make clothes.

Speculation and profiteering were also being strictly cracked down on; they dared not take orders from those they didn’t trust. Lin Xue got a bit frustrated, feeling that during this era, it’s tough to do anything, hoping for economic liberalization soon so she could freely accomplish something big.

That morning, just as the three of them arrived in the classroom, Liang Mancang walked over mysteriously.

"Comrade Lin Xue, this is for you!"

Lin Xue was startled, looked up, and saw Liang Mancang holding a hot water bottle, with a calm expression on his face, unashamed, Lin Xue felt a bit embarrassed to refuse.

"I’m not cold; you keep it for yourself!" In the end, Lin Xue didn’t take it, as she had a bit of a cleanliness habit and didn’t like using other people’s things.

"Lin Xue, don’t overthink it; I’m just showing concern because we’re deskmates. We should help each other! Your grades are so good, can I ask you if I don’t understand something later?" Liang Mancang asked earnestly.

"Sure, it’s nothing. I’m really not cold, thanks!" Lin Xue’s answer was orderly; as they say, we’re classmates, so helping each other is natural.

And with that, this episode passed. From then on, Liang Mancang really kept his word, maintaining a friend-like distance and never overstepping. He’s not good at math and often asked Lin Xue about solving methods, and over time, they would tackle problems together.

Once they became familiar, a group formed, consisting of the three sisters, Sun Qianqian’s siblings, and Liang Mancang, six people in total.

With nothing to do sometimes, they’d hang out together, talking about studies and such.

Lin Yun got quite busy; after the season changed, orders for custom clothes increased, and Lin Xia took over twenty orders for her. Every day, apart from studying, was spent making clothes, with Lin Xia always helping out.

However, she didn’t neglect her studies; adding to Chen Qiyue’s seven sets, she already had twenty-seven orders, which would take her two months to complete if done with focus, but considering her daytime studies and evening classes, the only time she had to work was during lunch breaks, evening returns, and weekends.

Lin Xue suggested several times that maybe Lin Yun should stop, but the stubborn girl said that such a good way to earn money shouldn’t be abandoned. Compared to the hardship before, they used to even go hungry, so what’s this little bit of struggle? Just consider it practice.

Lin Xue didn’t mention it again, but kept an eye on her routine, trying not to let her stay up late, as it harms a girl’s health dearly.

Saturday, the school had a break, and Lin Xue got up early, only to find her two sisters up even earlier, already busy.

"Xiao Xia, what are you helping with?" Lin Xue walked into her sisters’ room and saw Lin Xia just poking around, not really helping.

"I don’t have much to help with right now, just looking, what’s up, big sister? Want me to help with breakfast? That’s my speciality! I’ll do it!" Seeing her big sister up, Lin Xia quickly ran over.

"Sure, you go ahead! But later, I have a task for you!" Lin Xue waved her hand, more than happy to have someone voluntarily make breakfast.

"What task?" Lin Xia perked up, though it’s November, it wasn’t so cold they couldn’t leave home. Her character couldn’t stay still, unlike Lin Yun who had the patience to sit at a sewing machine all day.

"Didn’t you say you like doing business? I’m giving you a test to see how you complete this task!" Lin Xue said with a mysterious smile.

"Alright! I love challenges; whatever task, just give it to me! I’ll make sure to do it beautifully! What do you want for breakfast? Just name it!" Lin Xia said with enthusiasm, beating her chest.

"I’ll have porridge, lean pork porridge will do!" Lin Yun, without looking up, ordered unabashedly.

"I’ll have porridge too, lean pork porridge as well!" Lin Xue nodded, not making it hard for the third sister, as she had a challenge ahead.

"Okay, you two are easy to please!" Lin Xia, getting her mission, ran downstairs to prepare.

But she wasn’t that easy to dismiss; she still had to prepare some breakfast for herself, at least fry some eggs and bake a pancake as accompaniment.

Strangely enough, she liked to eat a lot but never seemed to gain weight, blessed with a good constitution.

Soon enough, a steaming hot breakfast was ready within an hour; fried eggs, layered pancakes, lean pork porridge, and small pickles were on the table.

Her two older sisters came down to eat after being invited a few times.

"Big sister, what’s the task?" After filling her stomach, Lin Xia’s curiosity heightened.

"Wait and see!" Lin Xue dropped two words and bolted upstairs.

Soon, she was back down carrying a cloth bag.

"What’s this?" Lin Xia ran over, snatched it, and opened it.

Lin Yun, too, curious, hadn’t gone upstairs to make her clothes yet, waiting to see what it was, so the two leaned over to have a look.

"Wow... big sister, aren’t these hair clips? Like the ones you gave me! I’m too reluctant to wear mine. How do you have so many? And these hair ties, aren’t they satin? They’re hard to come by!" Lin Xia chirped excitedly; these were treasures, yet her big sister was willing to bring so many out.

"Big sister, could you give me a few of these hair ties? Just what I need for decorations!" Lin Yun, also excited, was in need of such fine materials for decorations.

"You’ll have to buy those from Xiao Xia!" Lin Xue said.

"What?" Lin Yun didn’t understand, and neither did Lin Xia, both looking at their big sister.

"This is the task I’m giving Xiao Xia: sell these hair clips and hair ties in two days! I’m just talking about costs, each at fifty cents! There are twenty hair clips and twenty hair ties! Sell at whatever price you want, make as much or as little as you like, I just want my cost back! But there’s one primary rule: be careful not to get caught by the officials; profiteering crackdowns are very strict! Can you do it?" Lin Xue asked Lin Xia after finishing.