The same shop where she picked out the fabric for her pajamas last time.
"Hey girl, what are you looking for this time?"
"This type, two hundred meters of each."
The owner didnāt speak, just showed a number with his hand.
"Sixty cents?"
The owner nodded. This canvas material is a bit thin, good for making autumn jackets and pants to block the wind, but some say itās too thin and not durable. I have quite a bit left. If you take it, Iāll give you the lowest price. Youāre an old customer, and Iām hoping youāll keep coming back for my goods in the future.
"Alright. Please get it ready for me, boss."
"Sure thing!"
While the owner was busy cutting the fabric for her, Lin Wan picked out a soft and cheap cotton cloth for lining. Twenty cents per meter.
Spent more than six hundred buying fabric. Just spent over four hundred on yarn.
After Lin Wan put everything away, she went to a quilt-making workshop near the brewery and bought dozens of pounds of cotton, spending over a hundred bucks. Cotton is really expensive.
After buying cotton, Lin Wan made a detour to the brewery.
As soon as Li Jianye saw her, he pulled her aside and said he needed her help during the holiday.
"This time, several government departments called to place orders. Government people, we canāt afford mistakes. Itās okay not to make money, but we canāt offend anyone."
"Government people, huh? We still have to earn the money weāre supposed to make. Who called?"
"Two districtsā Industrial and Commercial Bureaus, a prosecutorās office, and a traffic bureau. All reported using your name, saying they are either your relatives or friends. Wow, Lin Mei, I didnāt know you knew so many civil servants around here."
Lin Wan opened her mouth; not all of these are related to her.
"Theyāre all my classmates. Brother Jianye wouldnāt give them the cost price just because of me, right?"
"Your brother isnāt foolish. Government money should be earned."
"True that."
Knowing her brother and Brother Congnan went out for business connections, Lin Wan didnāt stay long at the brewery. After riding back home, she nestled in her room, designing hats and gloves.
The hats were dog-fur ear-protected hats, with adhesive straps at the chin. Lin Wan also designed masks that attached to the hats, with snaps on both sides, allowing the mask to be detached when not needed.
Hats couldnāt be made with cotton; she wanted to use dog fur but didnāt know where to buy it.
Gloves were simple, made as mittens with cotton inside,
After drawing up the sketches, Lin Wan first cut out a pair to test, bigger ones for men, smaller for women.
After making them, she tried on the womenās ones and thought they were pretty good, not needing any changes. In the evening, Han Yi called her, saying he had arrived. He cleaned the house inside and out.
Told her whenever sheās free, she could take the firehouse car.
"The firehouse runs to the city every Saturday and Sunday now for the next few months."
"Iāll go during the holiday break."
"Okay, be careful at home. Donāt go to class if it rains or snows."
"Alright."
The next day, Lin Wan rode to the brewery to help out.
During the noon break, she didnāt forget to knit her scarf.
She already knitted two scarves. The gloves were all sewn at night after her classes, with her making over ten pairs.
Lin Wan showed the samples to Yin Peibai and Su Ling.
Yin Peibai was busy with wedding preparations and didnāt have much free time. But her girl friends did.
She asked to help bring her some yarn. Lin Wan agreed.
Su Ling was pregnant but showed no signs of pregnancy reactions, eating and sleeping well, except sheās now sleepy, even if thereās time, she just wants to sleep.