The happy little days of the Ye family

The next day, Ye Qingqing got up early. After breakfast, he and Mr. Ye drove the donkey cart to the back mountain.

The water celery beside the stream was still wet with dew. It was green and tender, and you knew it was delicious. Mr. Ye quickly picked two baskets of water celery and drove the donkey cart to the town.

Mr. Ye has already found out clearly that setting up a stall in the market requires a stall fee, which is five cents per day.

Mr. Ye handed over five cents to the person who collected the booth fee and took Ye Qingqing to find a seat. They arrived late and all the good seats were taken, so they had to choose a seat further back.

Mr. Ye placed the things one by one and let Ye Qingqing look at them first. He went to the Li Family Restaurant to say hello to Shopkeeper Wang.

"Celery costs one penny per catty, peeled spring bamboo shoots cost five cents per catty, unpeeled bamboo shoots cost three cents per catty, Chinese toon costs five cents per small handful, don't sell the bamboo fungus yet, keep it for shopkeeper Wang." Mr. Ye Before leaving, he specifically told Ye Qingqing the prices of various wild vegetables.

"I know, my arithmetic is very good, I will definitely not charge the wrong money." It was the first time he sold something alone, Ye Qingqing was a little excited, and urged her grandfather to find shopkeeper Wang.

Ye Qingqing looked in the direction of Li's Restaurant and thought, Li's Restaurant needs to purchase a lot of vegetables every day, it would be great if they could continue to send wild vegetables and delicacies to Li's Restaurant.

When Mr. Ye went to Li's restaurant, shopkeeper Wang was eating breakfast.

"Keep the bamboo fungus for me. I'll go over and take a look at the other things after breakfast."

Knowing that there was half a basket on his back, the owner of the bamboo fungus king suddenly became energetic. There happened to be a distinguished guest who liked to eat bamboo fungus.

When shopkeeper Wang came to Ye's stall, half of the water celery and Chinese toon had been sold, and there were more spring bamboo shoots but only one-third of them were sold.

Now that there are fresh vegetables, people in the town no longer care about wild vegetables, but the pickled vegetables made with spring bamboo shoots are quite popular.

The spring bamboo shoots brought by Mr. Ye were large and relatively tender. Shopkeeper Wang picked out a dozen unshelled spring bamboo shoots and took a few handfuls of Chinese toons.

"Shopkeeper Wang, the total of 90 kilograms of spring bamboo shoots is 270 wen, the total of six toon is 30 wen, and the total of 3 kilograms of bamboo fungus is 180 wen. The total is 480 wen."

Mr. Ye took the money from shopkeeper Wang, and then took the sack from the store clerk to pack the things. He also put two more handfuls of cress and Chinese toon into the bag.

Shopkeeper Wang saw Mr. Ye's actions and said nothing. Before leaving, he told Mr. Ye to remember to go to the restaurant to talk to him next time he came to sell things at the market.

When the market was about to end, there were still a few kilograms of water celery and a few handfuls of Chinese toon left on the Ye family's stall, and there were also about a few dozen kilograms of spring bamboo shoots left. In the end, Mr. Ye sold the remaining water celery and Chinese toon at half price, and took the spring bamboo shoots home to prepare dried bamboo shoots.

Mr. Ye put the remaining spring bamboo shoots in the Li family restaurant, and then took Ye Qingqing to the market.

There were not many people in the market at this time, and the items on the stalls were almost sold out. When the two of them arrived at the meat stall, there were only two kilograms of pork ribs and several kilograms of large bones left on the stall, and Mr. Ye had wrapped them all.

Although they didn't buy good meat, Mr. Ye and Ye Qingqing didn't dislike it at all. The pork ribs stewed with potatoes made by Ye Mu was delicious, and the remaining bones were good for making soup and making noodles at night.

On the way back, Ye Qingqing couldn't help but start counting the money.

"Grandpa, I made a total of 768 Wen this morning. This is more than what I made when I delivered wild vegetables to Li's restaurant before."

With a large bag of copper coins, Ye Qingqing spent a long time counting the coins. For the first time, he felt the happiness of counting money until his fingers became weak.

"All the spring bamboo shoots, toon and bamboo fungus in Xiaohou Mountain were picked yesterday. If I want to pick them next time, I have to wait until at least the next market."

However, Mr. Ye did not expect to earn more than 700 taels of silver in one morning. If every big collection could sell so much money, he would have several taels of silver in a month. Thinking of this, Mr. Ye felt happy. flower.

The big market in Luohe Town is held every five days. Every Wednesday and Friday are the days of the big market. There are 6 big rallies in a month.

"I think we can come to town every time there is a big gathering and sell the produce from the mountain. If we can't sell it, we can take it home and make it into dry goods."

The grandfather and grandson were so dazzled by the more than 700 articles that they forgot that people in the village loved to follow the trend. If every household in the village went to town to sell wild vegetables, they probably wouldn't be able to sell their things.

"If we often come to town to sell things, do we need to buy a donkey cart?"

Ye Qingqing knew that Mr. Ye had always wanted to buy a donkey, but he had never succeeded due to Mrs. Ye's power. If the business in the town could stabilize this time, Mrs. Ye would probably relent.

"I have to go back and ask your grandma about this. I can't make the decision."

In fact, Mr. Ye wanted to buy a cow. Cows are very strong and can not only work in the fields but also pull goods. However, an adult cow costs more than 20 taels of silver, which can be used to build a yard in the village.

The Ye family has little land and cannot afford to buy cattle. It is most suitable to buy a donkey. Although the strength of a donkey is not as strong as that of an ox, an adult donkey only costs ten taels of silver and can also farm and haul goods.

As soon as Mr. Ye and Ye Qingqing returned to the village entrance, they were surrounded by several aunts in the village. It turned out that these aunts saw Mr. Ye and Ye Qingqing selling wild vegetables at the market.

Several aunts secretly observed for a long time. Everyone knew that bamboo fungus and spring bamboo shoots could be sold for money. But they didn't expect that wild Chinese toon and wild vegetables in the wasteland could be sold for money. Seeing that Mr. Ye and Ye Qingqing were so merciless in collecting money, several aunts started to think carefully.

"People in the town have no land, so they have to buy every green onion and vegetable. Although these wild vegetables are not valuable in the villages and countryside, people in the town still have to spend money to buy them if they want to eat them. In fact, the people in the town are short of everything. "

Now that he was seen, Mr. Ye didn't want to hide it and told the truth.

"Although the wild vegetables in the back mountain are ownerless, it wouldn't be good if you took them all and sold them in the town. Isn't this taking advantage of the village?" Aunt Ma said in a sharp voice, looking at her grandfather and grandson. She was extremely jealous when she received a soft hand in collecting money today.

"Mother Ma, the wild vegetables we sell today are not picked in the back mountain. Our family bought the small back mountain in the village some time ago. The spring bamboo shoots, Chinese toon and bamboo fungus were all picked in the small back mountain. They did not occupy the small back mountain. Cheap in the village.”

Although the delivery of wild vegetables to Li's restaurant did take advantage of the village, this was not discovered and Mr. Ye would not admit it. Moreover, Mr. Ye didn't want to hide what happened in Xiaohoushan from the villagers, and since he couldn't hide it, he admitted it generously.

However, the sudden appearance of the aunt and aunt shattered the grandson's dream. Originally, Mr. Ye and Ye Qingqing thought of converting the output of the mountains into money by relying on the market in the town, so that they no longer need to turn things into dry goods. Now it is estimated that someone will go to the town tomorrow to sell wild vegetables.