I trade in both worlds

"Besides, the advantage of our store is handmade customization. If we open a factory, we have to make clothes according to uniform sizes, which will lose the handmade customization feature and will be no different from the Hanfu on the market."

Xu Ziqing also knew that, and was just a little eager to make money: "But wouldn't it be a bit too monotonous to just make handmade clothes?"

"So what else do you want to do? Embroidery? Shoes?"

After Xu Xu finished speaking, he suddenly sat up straight and looked at her: "I know, shoes."

"What shoes?" Xu Ziqing slumped on the sofa, looking at her with squinted eyes.

Xu Xu pointed at the shoes on her feet excitedly: "Thousand-layer soles, the soles can be made by the women in the village, and the uppers can be bought directly from Fengjie's store. These are also pure handmade shoes."

Xu Ziqing sat up suddenly, looking at Xu Xu with sparkling eyes: "Xu Xu, your resignation is great, this is indeed a good idea."

"Let's go." Xu Ziqing immediately stood up and pulled her out: "Let's go to Jinxiu Pavilion to see what kind of uppers are available."

"Are you in such a hurry?" Xu Xu passively followed her to her home.

Before Xu Ziqing opened the gate, Xu Xu stopped her and said, "Look at the time now. There are no more cars going to the county town from the market next door. Or do you plan to walk to the county town?"

Xu Ziqing paused, looked at her in frustration, and complained, "Why is the transportation here so inconvenient?"

Xu Xu didn't want to pay attention to her. Is this something she could solve?

He turned and walked towards the vegetable garden, ready to pick the vegetables to eat today.

Xu Ziqing followed her listlessly, helping to pick vegetables.

After returning to the present, Xu Ziqing asked, "Is there anyone selling shoe soles?"

"Yes." Xu Xu put the dishes in the kitchen: "We can collect some cotton cloth in modern times and ask someone to make shoe soles and uppers. We can just pay the labor fee."

"This method is feasible." Xu Ziqing thought that they could first make a batch of shoes according to modern sizes. If the requirements are high, they can also be customized according to the measurements.

Customization involves costs. Xu Ziqing opened the calculator and began to calculate the costs: "Xu Xu, how much does it cost to make a pair of shoes?"

"We provide the fabric and thread, and you can just give five cents for a pair of shoes." Xu Xu thought for a moment and said, "We can also give the fabric and food to offset the labor costs."

"Huh? Can I use cloth and food to offset the labor costs?" Xu Ziqing looked up at her in surprise.

"Of course, cloth and food are both hard currency in the Dayun Dynasty."

Xu Ziqing silently calculated the modern grain and cloth prices: "This is easier to operate than paying money. I have always been worried that we only have income and no costs, and there will be problems with the financial report."

“Since we can now use fabrics and food to offset labor costs, we will have costs in our financial statements.”

"Oh." Xu Xu didn't quite understand this, and didn't understand it: "But, there is a problem."

"what is the problem?"

Xu Xu returned to the studio and took out a pair of Xu Tiantian's shoes: "Our shoes are not differentiated between left and right feet. So, why do your shoes have to be differentiated between left and right feet?"

After receiving the shoes, Xu Ziqing took a careful look. The shoes were not completely finished yet. One of the shoes had only half of its upper sewn. "It seems to be to adapt to the human body structure or something. I don't know much about it. Next time you see my brother, you can ask him. He is a professional."

Xu Xu took back the shoes and continued to sew the uppers: "Forget it, I don't have to know."

"Compared to modern shoes, which one do you think is more comfortable?" Xu Ziqing was kneading the sewn little shoe.

"It must be our Thousand-Layer Sole, but the Thousand-Layer Sole is not waterproof, that's the only downside."

Xu Xu felt that modern shoes were indeed quite waterproof, and there were even special rain boots for rainy days, but they were not as comfortable to wear as the ones he made himself.

Xu Ziqing was a little skeptical: "Next time I'll take you to a store that sells brand-name shoes. Those shoes are also very comfortable to wear."

"But the shoes I knit myself are all made according to the length of my feet. They are just the right size, and the soles are soft, loose, comfortable, and don't rub my feet."

Xu Ziqing had previously bought a pair of shoes on a shopping app, but after wearing the shoes for less than half a day, both heels were worn out.

After that, she never wore that pair of shoes again. She basically wore cloth shoes she made herself on a daily basis. The shoes she made herself were more comfortable to wear than the ones she bought.

In the past, people bought modern shoes because they were waterproof, but nowadays, whether at home or on the streets outside, the ground is dry and there is no need to worry about the shoes getting wet.

"Hey." Xu Ziqing suddenly thought of an idea: "What do you think? If we add another layer of rubber sole outside the thousand-layer sole, will it work?"

"Hmm? Is this possible?" Xu Xu had never thought about this problem. If a layer of rubber sole could be added, then the cloth shoes would not have to worry about getting wet, and the soles would be more wear-resistant and would not slip.

Xu Ziqing blinked, picked up his phone and started searching online: "I'll search online."

"Wow, that's great. Take a look." Xu Ziqing handed the searched information to Xu Xu.

Xu Xu took the phone and looked at it carefully: "We shouldn't be able to do this, right? If we add a rubber sole, it won't be customizable."

"Really?" Xu Ziqing lay down on the sofa in frustration. "Forget it, forget about that for now. Make me a pair of shoes later. Record everything from measuring my feet to making them. We'll send them out first to see how the response is."

"If someone wants to customize it, we will accept the order, just like clothes. Purely handmade and tailored is our specialty."

"Okay, then let's make the uppers ourselves." Xu Xu also thought this was the best way.

"Okay, buy whatever materials you need now."

Two days later, Fengjie returned to Guoyue County from the capital. As soon as she returned to the store, she received news from the capital.

Steward Liu set out three days later than her. Fengjie calculated and expected that Steward Liu would arrive in Youzhou today and Guoyue County the day after tomorrow.

Feng Jie was wondering whether to go there herself or ask someone to inform Xu Xu, but before she could decide, she saw Xu Xu walk into the store.

"Sister Feng, you're back." Xu Xu looked at her in surprise. She thought Sister Feng would not come back for another two days, but she didn't expect to see her today.

"You really know how to choose the time. I just entered the store and didn't even have time to drink a sip of water when you came." Sister Feng joked with a smile.

"Sister Feng." Xu Ziqing looked at her eagerly, wanting to ask the result, but when he heard that she had just returned and hadn't even had a sip of water, he suppressed the urgency in his heart.

"Come in." Feng Jie knew how anxious they were without asking, so she didn't keep them in suspense and took them directly to the backyard.