After lunch, the three of them split up. Their afternoon of hard work yielded delightful results.
In this era, administrative procedures weren't yet complicated. Su Li spent the afternoon successfully registering the Pinjun Clothing Company. Meanwhile, Yin Cuihua and Li Hongqin found a base of operations for the company in the county—a house on the outskirts of town, which they rented for six months to serve as both an office and a workshop.
The three of them cleaned the place together. Then, before nightfall and with the help of Yin Cuihua's husband, they moved in all the fabric and remnants they had selected that morning.
After just one day of hectic work, a third of their money was already gone.
No one was particularly wealthy in those days. Although Yin Cuihua's family was slightly better off, she had little personal money to her name. In the end, the amount each of the three could invest was more or less the same.
