Chapter 308 Handy
First of all, Su Jin was ill and unable to move for a long time when she was young, which was originally a bad thing.
But at such a fun and active age, how could he stay peacefully when he was forced to be confined to a bed?
It is impossible not to find something interesting to do to kill time.
So he followed his mother and learned how to play the grid early.
The so-called Geqi is the necessary material for making the soles of handmade cloth shoes.
To put it bluntly, making rags is to glue rags and rags together layer by layer with glue until they reach the thickness required for making shoes.
Then, after drying in the sun, it is peeled off to become the 袼褙.
Su Jin was fascinated by this job.
Because the rags of different colors and shapes are made, it is nicknamed "Puff".
Just like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, it is not easy to put the pieces together smoothly and just right.
It often requires careful thinking and design.
For young children as young as three years old, this is undoubtedly equivalent to a game that can fully mobilize their intelligence.
What’s more, Dageju can indeed help the family’s income to a certain extent.
If she does well, her mother will give Su Jin praise and certain material rewards.
For example, pieces of fragrant sugar cakes, or snacks such as jelly beans, white rice cakes, plum candies, and hawthorn slices.
When Su Jin took these sweet things into his mouth, he felt a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.
In this way, when other children were at the age of going to nursery school, Su Jin sat on the bed every day and pasted cloth heads, practicing to become a master of playing qin.
He made the bamboo shoots beautifully, not only in the right shape, but also in matching colors.
Navy blue versus tender pink, goose yellow versus aqua green.
No matter what kind of mess it was, it became content and changed after his hands adjusted it.
Even the people in Buyingzhai praised him.
I said that I have collected so many qiao, but I have never seen anyone’s children make such exquisite qiao.
Similar to this incident, when Su Jin's legs were healed, he became a little older.
At his house, people often come here to ask his father to make clothes in his spare time.
Su Jin would also be like a tailor apprentice, often helping Su Shen with needlework and doing whatever auxiliary work he could.
Needless to say, under his father’s training and long-term exposure, Su Jin was able to develop the basic skills of beautiful tailoring and needlework.
Even after my mother passed away, my father no longer had such extra money, so he even gave the family sewing machine to a trust store and sold it for money.
Su Jin did not leave needlework either.
Because in order to make his sister happy, he often used the leftover cloth at home to sew dolls for Su Xiu.
Mavericks, little tigers, little rabbits, little pigs, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Chang'e, and the daughters of the seven fairies are all available.
It is also very vivid and the clothes are exquisite, so everyone who sees it will say yes.
Even Su Shenzhen praised his son for his talent in tailoring and was willing to train him to inherit his craft.
It’s a pity that Su Jin was born at the wrong time. The changes in the current situation forced Su Jin to go to the countryside with Da Liuer to join the team. No matter how talented he was, it would be useless.
But no matter what, it is true that art is not a burden on oneself.
The skills you have learned and practiced may come in handy at some point.
No, the situation has changed, and now she has to rely on scissors and needlework to make a living. Su Jin obviously takes advantage of others.
His hands are extremely familiar with the texture of fabric, and he can tell the properties of the material almost by touching it.
He is also far more comfortable with needlework and scissors than others.
For example, others only have one way to sew buttons, but Su Jin knows seven ways.
He can naturally choose the most suitable method based on the texture of the fabric and buttons, and complete the task quickly and easily.
Others shrink the lining of the clothes, correct the wrong places, and perhaps remove the stitches carefully and slowly.
Su Jin didn’t. He used his father’s seam ripper to pick out the thread ends, clicking and clicking.
Use a sewing machine to overlock the edges, and it will be done in one go.
What's more, after returning to Beijing, Su Jin entered the Tsinghua Pool and started a pedicure business.
That also requires careful hand work.
For this reason, after three years, he has long been accustomed to how to concentrate on work in a noisy, stuffy bathhouse.
So he came to work in a sewing club. In fact, he didn't find such work boring at all.
He is not like other people who have to chat to relieve stress and maintain patience.
On the contrary, I feel like a fish in water, able to calm down, hold my breath, and devote myself fully.
Especially when you see yourself completing a piecework task and turning out a flawless piece of clothing.
He was so excited and proud that he was so addicted that he forgot about time as soon as he started doing it.
I don’t know how long it took, until the smell of leek buns came to his nose and he realized that others had already had their late night snack.
Then he stopped and took a rest.
However, this was not because he was tired or his stomach was growling and he thought he needed to eat something.
What really made him stop was that a stranger came to chat with Aunt Yao who was sitting next to his sewing machine while eating.
As a result, I just saw him "showing off" the fruits of his labor.
"Oh, hey, you are amazing! Did you do all this? Mom, I say you all should come and take a look. He is so good. A young guy took our women's needlework The work is getting better and better..."
The piles of finished products made the eldest sister scream without caring about the buns stuffed in her mouth.
Suddenly, it was like blowing up the temple, and a lot of women were attracted, whom Su Jin was not familiar with at all. And they soon started shouting in unison.
"It's amazing. I've only done three or four things. How come you've made so many? There must be more than a dozen, right?"
"How can you do it? So fast? Your hands are so skillful, can you do magic tricks?”
“Hey, you don’t work in a clothing factory that specializes in this?”
“Haha? , I think this young man is very handsome, and he is most likely the reincarnation of the Weaver Girl..."
Su Jin is not an introvert, but when faced with a bunch of old ladies surrounding him with frothing words
it is impossible not to be frightened.
He was at a loss and listened silently, not daring to interrupt.
Fortunately at this time, Aunt Bian brought someone to inspect the work. When she saw it, she interfered.
"Hey, hey, hey! Why don't you guys show your teeth and yell, and then scare others. You can't do serious things yet, and you still have the energy to talk nonsense. Hurry up and do what you have to do. . If you have time to amuse me, why don’t you go home and rest early?”
Director Bian is now more and more powerful because of the increasing authority of the sewing club, so the ladies naturally dare not disobey him.
Everyone stood up with an awkward smile and walked away.
Aunt Bian asked Su Jin with concern. "How's it going? Are you used to it?"
"Very good! Thank you for your trouble!" Su Jin immediately replied gratefully.
He knew in his heart that Aunt Bian probably came here just to see him today.
Sure enough, Aunt Bian asked immediately.
"You have to tell me if you don't adapt to it. Don't be embarrassed to speak because you feel wronged in a crowd of women. From now on, you will have to work here all day long. If you can't save face, you will always You won't be able to do it for long if you keep things in your mind..."
"No, no, the aunties and sisters-in-law on our street are very nice to me and enthusiastic..."
Su Jin blushed With a smile on his face, this eager explanation immediately made everyone laugh.
Especially the one who started shouting while eating steamed buns just now answered immediately.
"Director Bian, it's fair to say that the grievance is ours. This young man is so capable. One person can stand up to the three of us, but he has made all the money..."
Someone immediately agreed.
"That's right, you have to drink a bowl of water. Seeing how protective you are, he's not your godson, right? Young man, you have to honor your godmother in the future..."
< br>Suddenly, there was another burst of laughter.
Although such playfulness and crazy laughter may seem vulgar, there is absolutely no malice in it.
It just makes people feel relaxed and happy.
This is the atmosphere of the market.
After the meal time passed, most people in the sewing club finished their work hastily and went home around ten o'clock.
But not Su Jin. He still has a younger sister at home who can take care of his father.
He is not like other people. The elderly, children, and husband at home cannot do without them for a lot of trivial matters, and they have to go back early to take care of them.
As a man who is still single, his main goal is to work and make money.
So he worked hard until after eleven o'clock.
Although the initial excitement passed, he began to feel that the tailoring work was tiring his waist, neck, eyes, and back was extremely stiff.
But even so, he was reluctant to let go.
In the end, I fell asleep just watching the aunt in charge of statistics.
He was the only one in the whole house staying late, and he couldn't bear it, so he handed in the work.
For no other reason than because he is so good at the work here, and the results of his first trial of his skills are simply inspiring to him.
Twenty-one!
Today he turned twenty-one defective items of varying difficulty into perfect garments.
The overall calculation is five yuan and ten cents, which is ten times what he paid as a porter.
If you earn five yuan a day, how much will you get in a month?
Besides, he can work all day on Sunday, and he even feels that he still has room to improve his efficiency.
Oh my God, his monthly salary is only thirty-eight yuan. Can he earn the salary of three or four people?
He now really has the confidence to support the family by his own strength...
Perhaps, there is no such thing as a genius in this world.
But life can force people to become a genius.
Su Jin's suffering has long since turned into skills and knowledge that have penetrated into his bones and blood, but he has never discovered it.
Now, the sewing club has brought out his full potential, allowing him to feel his talent and value from scissors and needlework.
Out of the workshop, Su Jin, who was fully awakened, not only felt relaxed, but also felt incredible and magical.
Although the sky is dark, the lights are dim, and the body is tired and exhausted.
But he didn't feel depressed at all. Instead, because of the silence on the street, he wanted to sing from the bottom of his heart.
For him, life has finally become flowing water, allowing him to swim in it.
His mood is very good and open, he has never experienced comfort and solidity, a kind of peace of mind that can grasp life.
He wants nothing more now. He just hopes that the sewing club can continue to operate for a long time, and it must not be just a short-term business that is flash in the pan.
I only hope that Bian Jianjun and Aunt Bian, who gave him this opportunity, can live a long and healthy life.
There is also the manager of the foreign-owned clothing company who cooperates with the street and gives him so much work. He can be promoted and make a fortune, and good people are rewarded.
(End of this chapter)