I trade in both worlds

It was not until Xu Xu woke up from her lunch break that Xu Ziqing came over and said, "Xu Xu, among the defective fabrics you bought earlier, were there two or three pieces of white silk?"

Xu Xu thought about it and was not sure: "More than that, there should be about six or seven. White ones are difficult to preserve, so more of them were damaged."

After saying that, he stood up and went to check the shelves in the inner room. He counted out a total of eight pieces, five of which had swastika patterns, two were pure white, and one had four-square patterns.

Xu Ziqing pulled out a section of the swastika pattern and took a look. There were indeed some yellowing spots in it. It was about one meter long and could be seen everywhere, but they were all finger-sized yellow patches.

He picked up the cloth in his hand and said to Xu Xu, "Xu Xu, cut it out according to the size of an ordinary adult. I'll go buy some detergent and see if I can bleach these stains."

Before Xu Xu could respond, he watched her put the cloth on the workbench, pick up her phone and turn away. He could only resign himself to cutting out 4.5 meters of cloth first. This was mainly because silk would shrink after washing, so it was best to rinse it with water before making clothes.

Xu Xu folded the cloth and put it aside, then took it back to the warehouse and put it away. As soon as he walked out of the warehouse, he saw Xu Ziqing coming into the studio and asked in surprise, "Didn't you go buy detergent?"

Xu Ziqing smiled awkwardly: "I forgot that I could order takeout. I may not be able to buy what I want in the small supermarket outside. It would be faster to order directly on my phone."

Watching her operating back and forth, Xu Xu felt that it should be related to the Tai Chi suit. Not knowing what the subsequent results would be, Xu Xu was not in the mood to work, so he just picked up his phone and started watching videos.

After Xu Ziqing placed the order, Xu Xu immediately put down his phone and asked, "Is this for Tai Chi?"

"Yes." Xu Ziqing looked at the ceiling with a look of despair: "Communicating with this group of people really tests my patience. They keep adding five yuan at a time. Those who don't have any patience would have ignored them a long time ago. I really can't stand it anymore. I just told them that I don't want to do it anymore. But they still have the nerve to continue to praise our craftsmanship. Alas~"

Xu Xu: “…”

"I have never met such people. This behavior is 100% a group of square dance aunties. Damn, they are really shameless and come to me to play sympathy, saying that the pension is not much, and they have to eat and live, and making a piece of clothing costs more than her monthly food, etc., blah blah."

"So they added 5 yuan to you, and then 5 yuan more. How much did it finally cost?" Xu Xu asked curiously.

"725."

Xu Xu: “…”

"Alas, 25 yuan was added in just a few hours." Xu Ziqing suddenly sat up and looked at Xu Xu with an accusing look on his face: "It's just 25 yuan."

Xu Xu looked at her speechlessly for a long while: "So for 25 yuan, you spent more than two hours, isn't it a loss?"

"What a loss." Xu Ziqing said angrily, "So I won't argue with them anymore and give them the final reserve price of 1299 yuan. If they do it, they will do it. If they don't, forget it."

"By the way, didn't we say that we let them provide the fabric themselves? We'll only charge 200 for labor." This was something they had discussed openly during the meal, but how did it end up being a price haggle over both the labor and materials?

Xu Ziqing continued to lie on the sofa, picked up his phone and started watching videos: "I mentioned it to them, but they didn't respond at all and continued to bargain with me."

"So you were also taken away by them."

Xu Ziqing put down his phone and thought for a moment: "I guess they must have asked about the price of the fabric and compared clothes from other stores. Their bargaining method was probably ignored by others. I was the only one who had the patience to bargain with them. Apart from our family, they had no choice."

"How do you know they've compared it with other people's?"

"You can tell by how patiently they bargain with me that either the price is more expensive than ours, or the style of the other store is not what they want."

Xu Xu asked in confusion, "They are just participating in a performance or competition, so they can just buy a set of clothes for a few dozen yuan online. There is no need to customize these one-off clothes."

"I heard from them that they seem to be participating in a TV show, so they have to prepare a better set. They also thought that they can wear it everyday after the show, so it won't be wasted." Xu Ziqing said nonchalantly.

"What is the final result?" Xu Xu asked.

"It is said that it needs to be discussed. For 30 people, everyone needs to agree." Xu Ziqing felt that this order should be able to be taken over. She had expressed it countless times to ask them to go to other stores, but they seemed not to understand and continued to bargain with her back and forth.

"If this order doesn't go through, I will make the cut cloth into the style they want, and then you will edit this video and release it first." Xu Xu felt that if they saw this video, they would definitely be sick to death after bargaining for several days and still not getting the price in the end.

"Great." Xu Ziqing smiled and gave her a thumbs up: "This is a good idea."

Soon the takeaway arrived, and the two soaked the silk according to the instructions. They did not take out the fabric until the next morning, and found that the stains were gone.

Xu Xu rinsed it with clean water several times, but found that the smell of bleach was too strong and difficult to remove.

Xu Ziqing simply brought a net bag over, put the piece of silk into the bag and threw it into the washing machine: "Let's try washing it with detergent and fabric softener."

I have washed it by hand seven or eight times, and the smell has only faded a little. Apart from this method, there is currently no better way.

After washing, only the scent of fabric softener was left, and the two finally felt relieved.

As the other party hadn't replied yet, Xu Ziqing stopped worrying about it and simply discussed the lipstick production plan with Xu Xu.

The recipe Xu Ziqing copied was very simple, consisting of beeswax, sweet almond oil, color powder and VE.

Looking at the recipe, Xu Xu clicked on VE: "What is this? Can I find this in Dayun Dynasty?"

"No, but I checked and found that walnut oil contains VE. Unfortunately, it may be a little difficult for us to extract it ourselves."

Xu Ziqing did her homework seriously. When she was in college, she also wanted to make her own lipstick, and she bought measuring cups, electronic scales and other things.

However, due to various reasons, I never did it in the end, and I don’t know where the set of things was lost after I graduated and left school.

"What should I do then?" Xu Xu was depressed. Could it be that the lipstick could not be made again?

Xu Ziqing was also a little discouraged: "Let's try walnut oil and see how it works. If it's okay, we'll adjust the ratio and try it a few more times."

"How about we make both versions and see how they turn out?" Xu Xu suggested.