Siheyuan: The farm in my mind is in your hands.

"Okay, brother, I'll listen to you."

Lou Xiao'e sat on the rear frame, hugging her man's waist and abdomen. His firm muscles made her feel safe.

Ride west for another fifteen minutes from Red Star Hospital and you will reach Daqianmen.

"Eh? Brother, this is not the way to the steel mill."

Lou Xiao'e was a little surprised for a moment. Why were they walking in the opposite direction?

"I'm happy today. Let's go get some cloth and make you a new dress."

Chen Jianghe also thought of it at the last minute. His wife used to wear ready-made clothes, but after she entered the steel rolling mill, she wore work clothes.

It has been a long time since I bought clothes for others, but now it is fashionable to buy cloth by yourself, and buying ready-made clothes seems a bit out of place.

He didn't want to do anything to stand out from the crowd in this year.

Just buy the cloth. The clothing store has ready-made tailors who can make it for you in a few days.

The remaining fabric can be taken home and used to paste shoe soles, so it is not wasted.

As for pasting the soles, it is actually the process of making thousand-layer soles.

In the past, people made their own shoes by pasting old clothes, replaced bed sheets, quilt covers and other fabrics on a board layer by layer with glue.

Wait until it dries, then peel it off and cut the layers of thin sheets into suitable shoe sizes. Stack the sheets of the same size to about 1.5 cm and then integrate them together.

In fact, these are not difficult, but the difficult part is sewing the soles.

Think about it, a thin layer of baseboard is easy to penetrate with just a needle.

But for thick soles, ordinary needles will not work, so you need to use thumbtacks and thimbles, pierce the holes in advance and then use a small needle to sew.

In order to make the shoes sturdy, the soles have to be sewn densely, which is very tiring for the eyes and hands.

……

It is still the same silk shop, but now its main products are no longer high-priced silk, but ordinary fabrics such as coarse cloth, Dacron, and polyester.

"It's you!"

As soon as Chen Jianghe entered the door, a voice was heard.

Only then did I realize that it was the owner of the silk shop, Chen Xueru.

"Brother, do you know each other?"

Lou Xiao'e, who came in later, also saw the woman in the store.

With long wavy hair that fell past her shoulders, she was more beautiful than most other women. At that moment, the alarm bells in Lou Xiao'e's heart rang.

Only then did Chen Xueru realize that there was a woman behind the man.

"Hello, have we met before?"

Chen Jianghe also greeted her politely. His wife had just gotten pregnant and he couldn't allow any misunderstandings to occur as it would be bad for her health.

"This is the first time I've seen you. Last time I saw you coming from the neighborhood office, but I didn't go up to say hello."

Chen Xueru explained that she was smarter than the average person, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to manage such a big shop like the Chen family.

I still have this bit of vision.

Sure enough, when Lou Xiao'e heard that this was the first time the two met, she suppressed her doubts.

Come to think of it, how could my man know the woman in front of me?

"I just came home from work. By the way, this is my wife, Lou Xiao'e. Xiao'e, this is..."

Chen Jianghe introduced the two to each other, but it was also his first time meeting Chen Xueru, so it was normal for him not to know other people's names.

"My name is Chen Xueru, and I'm the private manager of this store."

Chen Xueru took the initiative to come to the rescue. Although she didn't show it on her face, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. It turned out that good men are not circulated to outsiders.

"What kind of fabric do you need? I'll recommend it to you."

Chen's family has been in business for generations, and she herself has been influenced by Western culture, so she is relatively open-minded.

Besides, having three wives and four concubines was popular in the previous dynasty, so Chen Xueru did not follow the strict monogamy regulations.

"I want to make clothes for my wife. Just give me some recommendations."

Chen Jianghe really doesn't know much about fabrics. All he can say is that it's best to leave professional matters to professionals.

"Sister Xiao'e has a good figure and can hold up to any kind of fabric. We have a new batch of goods. I'll show you."

Although it is a joint venture now, Chen Xueru still has to keep a share of the money she earns, so she usually keeps an eye on the store herself.

Finally, Chen Jianghe chose a fabric called work cloth, which feels similar to later jeans.

The clothes are wear-resistant and have a good shape, at least they are not soft or saggy.

There was a ready-made tailor in the inner hall of the store. Just when Lou Xiao'e went to measure the size, Chen Xueru and Chen Jianghe finally had a chance to chat.

"My last name is Chen, your last name is Chen too, we were one family five hundred years ago!"

Chen Xueru took the initiative to talk.

Chen Jianghe has successfully trapped Mrs. Chen from the Siheyuan with this sentence. If there is any gossip, people will tell him secretly.

Here, he believed that others were just trying to get close to him, but why?

No matter what, it’s always a good idea to be relatively low-key, as a tall tree attracts the wind.

"Yes, but I am just a working man, not on the same level as you, a private manager."

"Oh, what private manager? I'm no different from an ordinary person now. I'm just trying to make a living."

This is true. If the silk shop had a monthly income of 500 before the joint venture, she would be lucky to get 50 now.

But there is no way, the general situation is like this. If we want most people to have enough food to eat, we have to spread the burden from the top down.

"By the way, I just mentioned it casually, do you really work on the street?"

Chen Xueru said in a hurry that someone called the street office, but in fact she only saw the other person's back.

What street office? It was all just a blind guess. I didn’t expect to get it right.

"Yeah, I used to work there, but I was considered a non-staff member. I worked one day a month to check the accounts, and then I left after I was done."

Everything Chen Jianghe said is true. He should be clear when it comes to showing his abilities, otherwise he will easily be looked down upon.

"You can do the math? Then can you do the math for us, too? For wages."

Chen Xueru immediately found a reason to go further. It was not an idle talk. The accounts in the store were indeed a bit messy.

"No, your accounts are all managed by the accountant, so why do you need my help?"

Some of the accounts that Chen Jianghe is currently calculating are submitted by the stores, which is equivalent to a second audit.

“We do have an accountant, but every time the store calculates and submits the money, they always find something wrong.

I wonder if you can do it in one step since you are the upstream auditor, so we can save time on rework."

Strictly speaking, Chen Xueru's request is not in compliance with regulations.

After all, she doesn't have the final say now, so it's okay to treat her as a personal assistant.

"I'll give you five bucks?"

Chen Jianghe also earns five yuan a month in Qianmen Street, but he also receives other subsidies.

"Ten dollars! No more. I don't get much money every month now."

"make a deal!"

A person who does not work can get 140 yuan a month and enjoy worker benefits. This is not a loss.

"You guys will register the account on the 28th, so I'll come over every month on the morning of the 28th. It won't delay anything."

On the 29th he had to go to the street office to check the accounts and collect the rent, so it wouldn't be a big deal.

If you have something to do on the 28th, you can come a day or two earlier.

Anyway, there are not many accounts left for the next few days, and the store's accountant can figure it out.

"Okay, that's great. I'll show you this month's first."

Chen Xueru did not delay and immediately sent people to work.

When Lou Xiao'e came back after taking measurements, she saw Chen Xueru flipping through a book for her man.

What's the fuss about?

"Shh~"

Chen Xueru also noticed Lou Xiaoe and quickly stopped them from talking while she was working hard.