Chapter 353: Spoiled Tofu
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Ding Wan thought the texture of anything woven from wool would be excellent. She could not help but touch the yarn. Just touching it felt comfortable, not to mention wearing it.
She felt things would be warm and comfortable if she could knit clothes with the yarn. She became excited when she imagined it and started to knit seriously.
Su Binglan patiently taught her aunt how to knit because there were many ways to make a sweater. After all, different knitting techniques could produce various patterns and styles.
The more Ding Wan learned from her niece, the more she found it novel. She was particularly interested in these knitting techniques. âSo there are so many different knitting techniques. Itâs amazing.â
Su Binglan was quick and soon finished knitting a small sweater for Su
Xuexuan and Su Xuehai.
Ding Wan looked at the little sweater her niece held and took them, unable to stop caressing it. âI used to think that knitted sweaters would have too many holes and wouldnât be suitable for keeping someone warm.
âNow it seems Iâve been overthinking it. The wool is dense, and it looks nice and warm.â
Su Binglan laughed. âThatâs why wool is better. Letâs finish these things first.
Weâll make down comforters when the embroidery shop is on the right track.â
She had many ideas and felt she had to slow down. Since she and her aunt did not have enough workforce, they could only do some things first.
They could start making down comforters when Su Xueyeâs team finished building the shop, when they hired more people, and when the sales grew. After all, winter had not arrived yet.
Ding Wan used to think she knew many things but now realized she knew less than her niece. She felt guilty and embarrassed but could not help it, so she asked her niece, âWhatâs a down comforter?â
Su Binglan patiently explained, âDown comforters are similar to our cotton blankets, Aunty Ding. The outside is the same, but what we stuff them with is different.
âThe blankets we use have cotton, but a down comforter has chicken, duck, and goose feathers. That makes the comforters light and warm. Youâll know what Iâm talking about when you use one.â
The more Ding Wan listened, the more excited she became. âThen Iâm looking forward to it. I want to see what a down comforter looks like.â
âWe donât have enough workforce yet, so weâll make down comforters when Xueye completes the shop and we hire more people Those chicken, duck, and goose feathers we collected will be useful by then.â Su Binglan had many thoughts about this.
Ding Wanâs expression changed. âNo wonder your grandparents washed and dried the duck and chicken feathers when they made their grilled chicken and roast duck. I wondered why they did that when I last visited them. I didnât expect us to use them to make down comforters.â
She believed in her nieceâs abilities. If Su Binglan said the comforters would be light and warm, Ding Wan would trust her. Ding Wan knew it would be much warmer than a cotton blanket.
âBinglan,â Ding Wan seemed to have thought of something and said, âIs the embroidery shop going to be bigger? Will we recruit a lot of people? Do we have enough people in our village?
She felt they would need a lot of workers when she heard Su Binglanâs many ideas. Ding Wan wondered if they would be overwhelmed if they made too many products.
Su Binglan nodded. âYes, anyone who knows embroidery and sewing can work at our shop. Still, weâll prioritize our villagers because theyâre our people. We know how they are and what they do, so we wonât have to worry about them causing problems.
âIf we hire people from other villages, we wonât know much about them or what kind of people they are. Thatâs why we must be cautious when hiring people from other villages.
âHowever, if someone weâre familiar with recommends other villagers to us, and if they can vouch for their recommendations, we can hire other villagers to work for us.
Su Binglan was still worried about hiring strangers. That was why she wanted to be familiar with whoever she hired to work at the embroidery shop.
âItâs best if our villagers are familiar with whoever they recommend. Weâll know their addresses and information if they come to work for us. Then if something goes wrong, they wonât be able to get away with it.â
Ding Wan immediately understood what her niece meant. âI get it. You only want to hire people if you know their background and specific situations. That should be simple because we can confirm their situation with them.
âWe wonât recruit them if theyâre dishonest. As for their character, theyâre from the surrounding villages, and we can learn about them after some background checking.â
Su Binglan nodded. âYeah, thereâs no rush. Letâs wait for Xueye to complete the embroidery shop first. Then weâll hire our villagers to make things before taking the next step.
âWhen Xueye finishes building the shop, youâll be in charge of hiring alongside me, Aunt Ding. After all, there are some things I donât understand about embroidery and will need your advice.â
âListen to yourself,â Ding Wan said, âWhat do you mean by asking me for advice? Iâve learned a lot from you. If you need me to do anything, just tell me. I like to do such things anyway.â
Su Binglan stayed at Ding Wanâs until the evening when Shen Qiuhua rushed in. âSister-in-law, are you home?
Ding Wan quickly stopped what she was doing and rushed outside when she heard Shen Qiuhuaâs voice. âIs that you, Second Sister-in-law? Come in, come in quickly.â
âIs Binglan with you?â Shen Qiuhua sounded anxious.
Only then did Ding Wan realize something was wrong. âSecond sister-in-law, whatâs going on? Did something happen? Binglan is on the bed now.â
The sweater Su Binglan was knitting for Su Xuexuan was only short of a few stitches, so she quickly finished it and walked out of the room. âMother, whatâs wrong?
She saw her motherâs worried expression and became concerned.
Shen Qiuhua grabbed her daughterâs hand and said, âHurry, come take a look. There are two boxes of spoiled tofu. We were supposed to ship them out, but I donât know how they ended up in the warehouse.
âI only just realized theyâre spoiled. What should I do? Weâve wasted so much tofu.â She was anxious, and her heart ached. After all, tofu costs money.
She could not bear to think it was okay because the family had lost a lot of money with two spoiled boxes of tofu.
Shen Qiuhuaâs face turned pale, and she was out of her wits. In her moment of anxiety, Shen Qiuhuaâs first thought of Su Binglan. She knew she had to tell her daughter.
âThe tofu is spoiled?â Su Binglanâs expression was calm.
Ding Wan looked on from the sidelines and felt that her niece was still the calmest and steadiest person she had ever met. It was rare to appear so calm and collected at such a young age.
Still, she was a little worried. âBinglan, just do what you need to do. Iâve already learned enough from you. Iâll ask you if I have any questions.â
Su Binglan nodded. âAll right, itâs getting late, Aunt Ding. You donât have to knit anymore. You can do it during the day when itâs brighter.â
âAll right, Iâll listen to you.â
Immediately after, Su Binglan and her mother went straight to the tofu shop..