The happy little days of the Ye family

The old man's guess was correct. Early the next morning, many aunts and ladies went to town carrying freshly picked wild vegetables. I heard that the sales were pretty good.

The aunts enjoyed the good news and spread the word to ten, and not only the people in Taohua Village were excited, but also people from several neighboring villages came to the town to sell wild vegetables.

Later, more and more people came to the town to sell wild vegetables, and the price of wild vegetables dropped from one penny per catty to one penny and three catties. Although the price of wild vegetables dropped, they still couldn't be sold.

Except for a few women with relatively poor families who still insist on going to the town every day to sell wild vegetables, most people have stopped. Although these wild vegetables cost nothing, there is a lot of work at home, and we don’t have so much time to spend here every day.

The day before going to the county seat, Mr. Ye, Mrs. Ye, Mother Ye and Ye Qingqing came to Xiaohoushan again.

Ye Qingqing was surprised when he came to the path to Xiaohou Mountain. The previously overgrown path had become a flat path that could be pushed on a cart after Mr. Ye's hard work in the past few days.

In addition to sleeping and eating, the old man spent all his time here these days. The weeds on both sides were cut down, the stones on the road were removed, and even the uneven ground was filled in by Mr. Ye.

Mr. Ye walked in front pushing the cart at home, and his mother pushed a wheelbarrow behind him. Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing were carrying a large basket and the other a small basket. They held hands and complimented each other along the way, making them very amused. Mr. Ye and Mother Ye in front laughed.

When she arrived at the foot of the mountain, Ye Qingqing hurried to see her precious toon. It cost more than ten yuan per catty, which was more than what she spent to embroider a handkerchief.

There is a toon seedling under the toon tree. The seedling grows close to the root of the tree, and the sunlight is blocked by the branches. Ye Qingqing felt that it was better to dig the seedling into a sunny place.

"Grandma, didn't you say that Chinese toon likes to grow in sunny places? The sunlight of this seedling is blocked at the root of the tree. Let's dig it up and plant it in a sunny place next to it."

Mrs. Ye took a look and felt that what Ye Qingqing said made sense, so she asked Mr. Ye to dig up the toon seedlings together.

After the two dug out the saplings, Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu had already dug a large pit not far away, ready to plant toon saplings.

After planting the toon seedlings, Mr. Ye used a wheelbarrow to push two buckets of farmyard manure, preparing to fertilize the honeysuckle on the mountain.

There are not many honeysuckles in Xiaohoushan. Mr. Ye plans to dig some honeysuckles in Houshan and other nearby mountains and plant them after returning from the county.

Old Mrs. Ye took Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing to the bamboo forest to dig spring bamboo shoots and bamboo fungus.

It hasn't rained recently, so there aren't many bamboo shoots or bamboo shoots. When Mr. Ye went to look for them after fertilizing the honeysuckle, he dug more than 100 kilograms of spring bamboo shoots and a basket of bamboo fungus.

"That's almost it. It hasn't rained recently, and there are no bamboo shoots or mushrooms in the bamboo forest. It would be a waste of time to stay any longer." Old Mrs. Ye took out the pancakes she made in the morning and invited a few people to come over to eat something and take a rest.

After several people had eaten and drank enough, they returned to the foot of the mountain. There are many wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain, especially near the creek. Shepherd's purse, wild onions, and celery all grow very luxuriantly.

Mrs. Ye asked a few people to quickly dig wild vegetables and bring them with them when they go to the county town tomorrow. The wild vegetables in the field are free of charge. If you can sell them, you can sell them as much as possible.

In the end, two large baskets full of each kind of wild vegetables were dug up, and the young leaves on the Chinese toon tree were not spared the bad luck, and all of them were removed.

On the way back, Mr. Ye also said that at the big puddle at the foot of the mountain, there were some new pheasant and rabbit droppings on the bank. Next time I come over and make some traps, maybe I can catch pheasants and rabbits.

When they returned to the foot of the back mountain, they saw the brothers Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin waiting eagerly with two baskets of pigweed.

In fact, the two brothers had long wanted to go to Xiaohou Mountain by themselves, but their mother Qian warned them not to go to the back mountain by themselves, so the brothers had to wait obediently at the foot of the back mountain.

The two brothers easily lifted the basket of pigweed, took the baskets carried by Ye Qingqing and Mrs. Ye with the other hand, and ran home laughing.

Because there were more people going to the county town this time, and the Ye family had a lot of mountain goods, the donkey cart of Ye’s mother’s family could not fit them. So Mr. Ye rented a donkey cart from the village.

Before dawn the next day, Mr. Ye and his father each drove a donkey cart to the county town. The old man's donkey cart was loaded with various mountain products and wild vegetables, while Ye's father's donkey cart carried Ye Qingqing's mother and daughter, and Grandma Ye's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

It takes more than an hour to get to the county seat from Taohua Village. It was already bright when we arrived at the county seat. Several people put the donkey cart in the area where the donkey cart was guarded and hurriedly went to the county market with mountain goods.

Several people arrived late, and there were no good seats in the market. After paying the stall fee, Mr. Ye randomly picked a seat, and the few people laid out the wild vegetables they brought one by one.

"These wild vegetables are quite fresh, how do you sell them?" As soon as they were placed, an aunt came over.

"Sister, a handful of Chinese toon costs 7 cents, peeled spring bamboo shoots cost 4 cents per catty, unshelled ones cost 70 cents per catty, wild vegetables are all three cents per catty, and bamboo fungus costs [-] cents per catty. They were all just picked this morning. How about you? Take a look." As he said this, Father Ye handed a handful of Chinese toon to the aunt.

When Mr. Ye went to pay the stall fee, Father Ye went to inquire about the prices of the vegetables. The people in the county town are indeed rich. Vegetables sold for one penny in the town are sold here for two cents per catty. The prices are much higher than in the town, so Ye’s father also increases the prices of his own products.

The aunt looked at the toon and shepherd's purse for a few times, nodded and said: "I want a handful of toon, two pounds of shepherd's purse, and two unshelled spring bamboo shoots."

My aunt is also from the countryside. She hasn’t eaten wild vegetables for a long time since she got married in the county. She just happened to go back and make some Chinese toon scrambled eggs and shepherd’s purse dumplings to try.

Seeing her aunt spend dozens of cash to buy these spring bamboo shoots and wild vegetables, Ms. Li was puzzled. A few dozen cash can buy two kilograms of good pork belly. People in the county are really stupid and have too much money.

"There aren't many things. Fengshou and I can just look at them here. My mother-in-law, you and Xiuxiu and the others should go to Xiufang first."

Mr. Ye has experience in setting up a stall to sell mountain products. Ye Fengshou worked as a partner in the grocery store and calculated that two people in the stall would be enough. Ye Mu and the others do not need to waste time here.

"Okay, let's go sell the embroidery first and come back to you later."

Grandma Ye took Li and Ye Qingqing to another street next door, which was dedicated to women's business and had several embroidery workshops.

Grandma Ye came to the county town to sell embroidery when she was young, but she hasn’t been here for many years, and many places have changed.

Grandma took several juniors into a very grand cloth shop and spent 10 Wen to ask the shop assistant about the embroidery studio on the street.

This street is dedicated to women's business, and half of the embroidery shops in the county are here. There are four embroidery workshops on the street, namely: Xiangxiu Pavilion, Taojia Embroidery Workshop, Lijia Embroidery Workshop and Yangjia Embroidery Workshop.

The Xiangxiu Pavilion was opened by the county magistrate's wife and specialized in the business of high-ranking officials. The embroidery inside cost several taels of silver. However, Xiangxiu Pavilion has its own embroiderers and does not accept embroidery from outside.

The positioning of Taojia Embroidery Shop is somewhat similar to Xiangxiu Pavilion, but it is one level lower than Xiangxiu Pavilion, but it also specializes in business for wealthy people in the county.

Taojia Embroidery Workshop also has its own embroiderers, but it also accepts embroidery from outside. Taojia Embroidery Workshop has high requirements for embroidery products, and the price of embroidery products is higher than that of ordinary embroidery.

Lijia Embroidery Workshop is a newly opened embroidery workshop last year. It is a comprehensive embroidery workshop. It not only sells large-scale embroidery pictures that rich people like, but also ordinary handkerchiefs and purses commonly used by ordinary people.

The clerk at the cloth shop suggested that Ye Mu and the others go to the Li Family Embroidery Workshop. Although the Li Family Embroidery Workshop was newly opened and not well-known, the price of embroidery products was higher than that of the Tao Family Embroidery Workshop.

Yangjia Embroidery Workshop follows the civilian route, focusing on small profits but quick turnover. They also collect embroidery products, but the prices are not high. If your craftsmanship is average, you can go to Lijia Embroidery Workshop to have a look.