Chapter 296 - 295: The Trend in the City
During these days, she had also noticed that as more and more young men and women from the village went out to work, the poverty-stricken village was quietly undergoing changes.
People were no longer struggling to meet their basic needs for food and clothing, and besides spending on meals and education, they gradually began to have some pocket money.
Quite a few people started to pay attention to their clothes and appearance. For instance, before the new year, many families were still making clothes from floral fabric, but now, that was happening less and less.
Many young people had begun to buy clothes in town, and although the styles were not as varied and attractive as those in the city, they were incomparably better than the homemade ones.
There was a clothing factory in their village, and it was precisely because of this factory that a large number of ready-made garments were entering the market.
The influx of ready-made garments into the market in large quantities, with ample supply, inevitably led to lower prices, so when people bought one or two pieces, they didn’t find it particularly expensive.
An Hao felt there might be some business opportunities here; she needed to visit the shops in the city for some research to determine the direction she should aim for.
Having this thought, she said to Zhang Lanxiang, "Sister-in-law, since you’re off work today, why don’t we go for a stroll in the city, okay?"