Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 222 Looking for Fabric

The fabric is indeed very tight and smooth. If it is used to make down jackets, it is indeed not easy to get hair.

But relatively speaking, the fabric is a bit thick, similar to the fabric of camouflage uniforms in the previous life, but the color is not as beautiful as the camouflage uniforms. One bunch is black and the other bunch is khaki.

Hualei touched the fabric and felt a little disappointed. It seemed that this fabric could not be used to make down jackets. It was too hard to make down jackets. Manager Sha, who was standing opposite, looked at Hualei's disappointed expression and guessed that Hualei might not like her fabric. Yes, she had this fabric in stock for a long time and could not sell it.

I don't know why, but actually the fabric has no flaws, and it is thick, wear-resistant and not easy to break. What a good fabric! Manager Sha, who is in his forties or fifties, really doesn't think that this fabric is bad. Clothes made of this fabric can be worn for farm work for several years without breaking.

"Miss Hua, this fabric is actually very good. It's thick, wear-resistant and not easy to break. If you want it, I'll give you a discount. Let's just consider it as making friends."

Manager Sha quoted a very sincere price. He really wanted to sell this batch of fabrics. After all, the fabrics became less valuable as they aged, and if there were too many hamsters, they would be seriously damaged.

Hua Lei shook her head gently. Manager Sha was a little disappointed. Thinking of the many fabrics in his warehouse, he said, "Miss Hua, I have other fabrics in my warehouse. Do you want to take a look?"

Hualei's eyes lit up, she nodded, and followed Manager Sha to the warehouse at the back. There were indeed a lot of fabrics in the warehouse, in colors other than black, khaki, dark blue, dark crimson, etc. However, relatively speaking, they were all relatively thick, and they were indeed less likely to cause hair to form down jackets, but they were not light enough.

If it is made into a down jacket, the girl from aristocratic family probably won't like to wear it. Hualei imagined Pearl wearing a down jacket made of this fabric and shook her head. It is estimated that Pearl will definitely not wear it.

She asked Manager Sha if there were any other thin but denser fabrics. Manager Sha shook his head regretfully. Hua Lei was a little disappointed. She said goodbye to Manager Sha politely and left the fabric factory with Pei Zhongsheng and Qingying.

Hua Lei was a little discouraged. Liang Xiangyi had been looking for fabric for her in Huai'an Prefecture for more than half a year, but had not found it yet. Her family had been in the fabric business in Sucheng for several generations, and she knew so many colleagues in the same industry, but none of them could help her find fabric for her down jacket.

Moreover, her uncle's family in another prefecture, Huaiping Prefecture, was also in the fabric business. Liang Xiangyi also asked her uncle to help look for it there, but to no avail.

When Ruyi went to Chengyunzhou, she asked Ruyi to help find the fabrics she needed in Chengyunzhou. However, in mid-May, Ruyi replied to Hualei in the letter she sent to Shangjing City that she did not find the fabrics she wanted.

When I was handing over books in Yongjia Prefecture this month, in addition to going to bookstores and academies, I also went to various garment shops on the streets of every state capital to look for the fabric I wanted, but I couldn't find the fabric that could be used to make down jackets.

Hualei had come to Yongsheng Prefecture with great hope. But reality gave Hualei a head-on blow, and she still couldn't find the fabric she wanted. It seemed that this fabric had not been produced in the current Dasheng Dynasty.

How can I make down jackets and goose down quilts without the right fabric? Is it really necessary to throw away all my duck and goose feathers? Hualei was a little unwilling.

The fabrics from Liang Xiangyi's family are definitely not good. They are too thin. If you wear a down jacket with them, duck and goose feathers will probably fly all over the place the next day. The fabrics from Sha's family are too thick. Although the down jackets are not hairy, the daughters of the aristocratic families will definitely not like them. This rough fabric is really rubbing against the skin. Is my plan to make money really going to fail?

Seeing that it was almost noon, Hualei suppressed her anxiety and prepared to go to the most lively Fucheng Street in Yongsheng Prefecture for lunch. Her stomach was already empty. After lunch, she looked for the fabrics she needed.

A few people rented a carriage and went to the busiest street in Yongsheng City. They found a restaurant that looked very upscale, had a very appetizing lunch, and then began to wander around the bustling street in the city.

Hualei walked around and looked at the shops on both sides of the street. She went into every shop on both sides of the street, especially the shops that made ready-made clothes, and looked carefully. Unfortunately, after wandering around for more than an hour and looking at every ready-made clothing shop, she still couldn't find the fabrics she wanted.

At this time, there were not many people on the street. Hua Lei stood by the street, squinting her eyes and thinking about something. Suddenly, a small group of yamen runners came running from a distance. They were wearing uniform clothes, carrying wooden buckets in their hands, and shouted slogans for pedestrians to get out of the way. They passed by Hua Lei quickly. It turned out that a store at the end of the street was on fire, and these yamen runners were in a hurry to put out the fire.

Hualei looked at their uniforms, and suddenly, she had an idea. She turned around with a smile on her face, and took Pei Zhongsheng and Qingying back to the Sha's Fabric Factory. She bought all the black and khaki fabrics she saw at the beginning at a very favorable price, and also bought a lot of fabrics of different colors in the warehouse and loaded them onto the ship.

Manager Sha originally thought that Hua Lei's business was gone, but he didn't expect that Hua Lei would come back in the afternoon and not only bought all the accumulated fabrics, but also bought a lot of fabrics in other colors. He was very happy and diligently used a mule cart to deliver the fabrics to Hua Lei's boat, collected the silver bills and went back happily.

With a new idea, a new goal, and the purchase of the fabric that suits her taste, Hua Lei was extremely excited. Without further delay, she immediately told everyone to set off back to the capital.

We set out for Yongjia Prefecture on June 8th, and now it is July 15th. The return journey will take another ten days, and it will probably be the end of July before we reach Shangjing City. Hualei is a little impatient.

But there was no way, no matter how anxious she was, the speed of the ship was just this speed, and it was impossible to keep the crew awake. Hualei suppressed her anxiety, ground ink and spread paper, took out a quill pen, and began to write a new plan and design new drawings.

Every day, she wrote and revised. She drew and revised the drawings. Soon, she had filled her bag with piles of materials. When Hualei finally stopped writing, her own Yuanying Manor in Shangjing City was already in sight.

After packing up his belongings and calming himself down, the boat had already docked. He took Qingying and Qinglian into the manor and ordered them to move all the fabrics on the boat to the empty house on the west side.