SFS Chapter 400 Acquire survival skills
Chapter 400 Acquire survival skills
Thinking of meeting Liu Zhi and the others at the grocery store that day, Jiang Yuan was a little confused.
Logically speaking, these people are enemies and should stay away.
But they are all Li Lei's guinea pigs, and to a certain extent, they are completely manipulated.
So it's not a bad thing if it can be used to her advantage.
"I know, don't worry, they don't dare to act recklessly."
After all, her life is in her hands.
Li Lei said confidently.
Jiang Yuan nodded.
That's good.
Since there is no threat, you can use it from now on.
Early the next morning.
Jiang Yuan borrowed the printer in Li Lei's office and printed out the pictures she had carefully selected and saved one by one. There were about fifty pages.
Then he went back to the grocery store to get some needlework and some tattered clothes.
After everything was ready, she returned to the slums.
It was around eight o'clock in the morning and it was quiet.
Again, all the labor force has gone out to scavenge.
Fortunately, Jiang Yuan's target today is not those people.
The most familiar Sister-in-law Li.
At this time, there must be someone at home.
She stood at the door, knocking on the door and announcing her name.
Although she had a very unpleasant quarrel with Sister-in-law Li's mother-in-law at the beginning and never said a word to her after that, it did not affect her taking Li's mother-in-law as her first target.
There was a rustling sound inside, and after a while, the door opened.
But Granny Li was sitting on the ground, with her hands on the floor, and her lower body was covered in dust.
But compared to when they first met, his complexion was much better, and his eyes were not gray, cold and vicious.
"Is something wrong? Fenfang hasn't come back yet."
She opened the door and spoke softly.
Fenfang is Sister-in-law Li’s name.
"I'm here to find you, Granny Li."
The old man was a little confused.
But he still invited her into the house.
For Jiang Yuan, she really didn't need to be on guard.
Now that the weather is hot, the elders and their children are sitting in the living room. There is a straw mat woven on the ground. They are sitting on the straw mat. Their hands are not idle, weaving some baskets, dustpans and other daily necessities.
The old man's expression was still dull, but his skills were very flexible.
Judging from his appearance, he must be making a wooden wheelchair.
Paralyzed people should indeed use a wheelchair to move around more easily.
In the past, the two old people had no intention of living, so they broke things and didn't care about anything.
But it was different now. Jiang Yuan could also see that they wanted to live.
Goudan was very sensible and hurriedly moved the stool when he saw her coming.
But he was a little shy and smiled shyly at her, his little face turning even darker.
"Thank you, this is for you to eat."
After Jiang Yuan sat down, she took out two candies from her pocket. They were roughly processed fruity lollipops as big as eggs.
Goudan waved his hands quickly, not daring to ask for it at all.
But after all, even a child will start drooling just by looking at the candy.
"It's too expensive, you..."
"Children like to eat sweets. I specially brought them for Goudan to eat."
Granny Li is also trying to stop her.
She couldn't help but stuff it into Goudan's pocket.
Now that her family's conditions are better, she can still go out and bring two candies to comfort her children.
"Thank you, aunt."
Goudan subconsciously covered his pocket, said something with a red face, and ran away.
A somewhat complicated smile appeared on Granny Li's face, and she didn't know what to say.
"Mother-in-law, take a look at this first..."
Jiang Yuan did have serious business this time.
I immediately took out the picture I had printed.
Those were some patterns she found specially through traditional embroidery techniques.
She plans to make some samples to feature in new fall products.
But the prerequisite is that someone can embroider, and the embroidery work is more flexible and beautiful than machine embroidery.
I'm afraid it wouldn't be possible even after decades of embroidery work.
Embroidery is only considered a side job in safe zones, let alone slums.
She knew it would be difficult to find someone here who could embroider, but she had to try.
If it works, I can make a fortune, and the people in the slums will have an extra livelihood, right?
But Granny Li didn't understand this. She just looked at the pictures and nodded in admiration, saying they were very beautiful.
Then Jiang Yuan explained his intention.
The word embroidery is not unfamiliar to them.
After all, they all received basic education. Of course Granny Li knew that handmade embroidery was very good in the past, but now, it is different from the past.
To put it simply, all skills that cannot help humans survive in the wasteland era have slowly disappeared.
"I can do some needlework, but it's just sewing. How can I know how to embroider patterns? Even if I can barely embroider, I'm afraid I won't be able to make clothes. Those noble people in the safe zone may look down on us. .”
After hearing this, Granny Li shook her head, feeling that Jiang Yuan's idea was so unrealistic.
Jiang Yuan was not surprised when she heard these words.
"I don't know how to study. Doesn't my mother-in-law have a lot of time? We don't have to make it very complicated. Let's embroider a few flowers first. Birds and fish can be used. I brought a few rags. My mother-in-law can break them into rags. Let's do it. Practice more.”
"But can these really be exchanged for points?"
"I don't know, but I want to try my best. If my mother-in-law agrees, I will also have basic embroidery tutorials here for you to practice more."
There are tutorials, which are more efficient than not knowing anything and just jumping in and groping.
It's only spring now, and these embroideries of hers are only used in autumn, so there should be enough time.
Complex craftsmanship cannot compare with machine embroidery, but for simpler ones, she believes that hand embroidery must be more popular than machine embroidery.
Even if Anna, the proprietress, only pays the machine embroidery wages, it is still an income.
"I do have a lot of time, so...just study, I will try my best."
Jiang Yuan was not sure she could earn points.
But Granny Li was a little infected when she saw how enthusiastic she was.
And to put it in perspective, even if the embroidery can't be exchanged for food, learning embroidery can help her family's clothes to look better, which is definitely a good thing.
After hearing her promise, Jiang Yuan placed the information she had downloaded when she was in the medical area at Grandma Li's house.
A mobile hard drive that looks like a voice recorder and has a drop function was specially borrowed from Li Lei.
It is full of video information about hand embroidery.
"If Grandma Li has friends she trusts, she can also invite her to come over and learn with her. If the things she embroiders in the future are beautiful enough, I will accept them all. But I have to say ugly things first. If someone learns casually and sews two stitches on the cloth, I will accept them." In exchange for food, I will block her and from now on I won’t take her with her for embroidery or other things.”
It’s definitely not possible to rely on Grandma Li’s embroidery alone.
The best thing would be for all the elderly people in the slums who have no labor force to participate. There are many kinds of designs, and she can easily sell them in clothing stores.
"Okay, I'll go and ask."
Granny Li nodded.