The happy little days of the Ye family

It was still dark, so Mr. Ye and Father Ye got up early.

Father Ye took out the family's donkey cart, loaded the winter bamboo shoots that were to be delivered to Liang's restaurant, and put several baskets of river sand on the donkey cart.

Mr. Ye took out the donkey cart borrowed from Ye's mother's family and put the winter bamboo shoots and river sand on the donkey cart.

There were more winter bamboo shoots and river sand sent to the Liang family restaurant. Father Ye was afraid of tiring his father-in-law's donkey, so he used his own donkey cart.

It’s not that far from Taohua Village to the town, it only takes two-quarters of an hour by donkey cart.

When Mr. Ye arrived at Li's restaurant, the waiter had just opened the door. The young man squinted his eyes and yawned, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

Mr. Ye led the donkey cart to the back door of Li's restaurant. After waiting for a while, the restaurant clerk opened the back door and asked Mr. Ye to lead the donkey cart into the backyard.

After Mr. Ye led the donkey cart to the backyard, he went to the street to buy three sumptuous breakfasts, and pushed one of them to the waiter just now.

The young man was not polite, he quickly took the breakfast, hid in the corner and wolfed down the breakfast quickly.

Shopkeeper Wang came after a while.

As soon as Shopkeeper Wang entered the restaurant, he saw a sumptuous breakfast on the table. There were two steaming bowls of haggis soup, some fried dough sticks and pancakes, and a few steaming big buns.

Shopkeeper Wang also knew that Mr. Ye was bringing winter bamboo shoots today, so he smiled heartily and said, "I won't be polite for such a rich breakfast."

After the two had breakfast, the waiter took Shopkeeper Wang to see the winter bamboo shoots brought by Mr. Ye. After checking them one by one, Shopkeeper Wang nodded towards the waiter.

Seeing Shopkeeper Wang nodding, Mr. Ye quickly unloaded several baskets of river sand from the donkey cart and said cheerfully: "If you bury the winter bamboo shoots in the river sand, they won't go bad for more than a month."

The waiter on the side quickly weighed the winter bamboo shoots and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, there are 282 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots in total."

Yesterday's snake feast and winter bamboo shoots diners had very good feedback. Seeing that Mr. Ye came here with so many winter bamboo shoots today, shopkeeper Wang was in a good mood and invited Mr. Ye back to the hall with a smile.

Shopkeeper Wang signaled the waiter to pour tea for Mr. Ye, then picked up the abacus and fiddled with it.

"282 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots, 16 yuan per kilogram, a total of 4 taels, 512 yuan."

Mr. Ye happily took the money from Shopkeeper Wang and said, "There are also many bamboo forests in the village. I collected a batch of winter bamboo shoots in the village. I wonder if Shopkeeper Wang will still collect them?"

Shopkeeper Wang calculated in his mind that the restaurant can consume about 20 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots a day, and the batch just delivered can last for eleven or two days.

Shopkeeper Wang smiled and said, "I'll send another three to four hundred kilograms over in five days."

Only then did Mr. Ye feel relieved.

On the other side, Ye's father has also reached an agreement with shopkeeper Liang. In addition to the 900 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots he brought, shopkeeper Liang also ordered 800 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots from Ye's father, which will be delivered to the restaurant in half a month.

Ye Fu wants to set up a stall on the pier for the remaining winter bamboo shoots, and shopkeeper Liang has no objection. After all, selling to outside customers will have no impact on the restaurant.

Ye's father calculated in his mind that the villagers' winter bamboo shoots cost 13 cents per catty, and that of Ye's mother's and Tang's family's winter bamboo shoots cost 14 cents per catty. Each catty of winter bamboo shoots could earn 2 to 3 cents.

Not counting the winter bamboo shoots in his own bamboo forest, he can earn about six taels of silver just by harvesting winter bamboo shoots. The winter bamboo shoots in my bamboo forest weigh about 350 kilograms, which is 5 taels and 6 yuan here.

Unexpectedly, he could earn a small amount of ten taels of silver just by selling winter bamboo shoots this month. Father Ye, who was driving the donkey cart, was so happy that his tail was raised to the sky.

Mr. Ye had been waiting for him at home for a long time.

When Mr. Ye saw Father Ye who had just walked in with a smile on his face, he knew that the winter bamboo shoots he collected would not fall into his hands.

Mr. Ye smiled heartily and said: "Shopkeeper Wang has collected the 200 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots delivered to Li's restaurant this morning. And shopkeeper Wang also ordered a batch of winter bamboo shoots, about three to four hundred kilograms, which will be delivered in five days."

Father Ye jumped out of the donkey cart nimbly with his hands, and said with a smile: "I also have good news here. The shopkeeper Wang Bamboo Shoots that he brought in the morning is all available, and he also ordered 800 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots from me, which will be delivered in ten days. past."

"And I have already told Shopkeeper Liang that the extra winter bamboo shoots can be taken to the pier to set up a stall. In this way, the winter bamboo shoots from the village or Dashan Village will not be afraid of getting smashed."

Mr. Ye: "I was too busy at the end of last year and didn't have time to take stock of last year's income. You and Xiuxiu come to the house in the evening. Let's total up the money we earned last year first."

"Okay." Father Ye responded casually.

The things Ye's father collected in Dashan Village and Yueya Town, the price difference earned from cooperation, plus the money Ye's father earned from being a salesman, added up to dozens of taels of silver.

Ye's mother made more than 30 taels of silver from doing embroidery last year. Although the old lady and Ye Qingqing didn't make much money, they still had a combined income of more than ten taels.

In addition to the output of the 6 big fat pigs raised by the old man, the family's fields and the small back hill, Ye's father secretly calculated in private that the family had more than 100 taels of income last year.

Why does Ye's father know so well? Because he and Ye's mother's family have saved nearly 40 taels of silver last year. The money for Ye Donglin and Ye Qingqing's wedding has been saved.

All that is left now is the money for Ye Xilin to marry a wife. When enough money is saved, Ye's father can live a leisurely life.

Set up a small teahouse, make tea for passers-by, and make some snacks and eat. This is a happy life.

"Why are you dazed? Hurry up and drive the donkey cart to the backyard." Mr. Ye interrupted Father Ye's thoughts and urged Father Ye to work quickly with disgust.

After dinner, Father Ye and Mother Ye came to the house of Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye.

Mrs. Ye motioned for the two of them to sit down, took two sips of tea and opened the account book.

"Last year, our family received a total of 128 taels, 589 taels. Of them, 23 taels belong to me and the old man, and 38 taels belong to Harvest and Xiu Xiu."

"Qingqing earned 9 taels of silver from making embroidery and hair accessories, and 4 taels and 5 taels of silver went to Qingqing. Donglin and Xilin kept feeding pigs at home, and each received 500 taels of silver as a reward."

"Excluding these, the income of the public school last year was 62 taels and 89 taels. It cost 35 taels in total to buy Xiaohoushan, and 15 taels in tuition fees, pens, ink, paper and inkstones in Donglin and Xilin, plus buying fruit seedlings and hiring people. The total salary and household expenses were 10 taels, and last year my father-in-law saved 2089 taels of silver." Last year, the family made more money, but the expenses were even higher.

Ye's father and Ye's mother had saved a lot of private money. They couldn't believe it when they heard that the public high school only saved 2089 yuan last year.

Mrs. Ye ignored the two people who were stunned and continued: "Last year, the main expenses were the cost of buying a small back mountain and buying fruit seedlings, but fortunately, the money for buying the mountain was earned back."

After speaking, Mrs. Ye closed the account book and signaled that the two of them could leave.