The happy little days of the Ye family

After breakfast, Father Ye, Mother Ye and Ye Qingqing walked to the entrance of the village together.

There was an ox cart parked at the entrance of the village. It was almost full. There were young adults going to work in the town and aunties going to the market to buy things.

The oxcart belonged to Ye Fugui from the same village. Ye Fugui went to serve as a soldier in his early years. After serving as a soldier for three years, he returned to the village with an injured leg. His leg was injured by an enemy during the battle. The injury was too severe and he was still a little lame after treatment.

With his leg lame, Ye Fugui simply bought a strong cow and a cart with the money he saved as a soldier, and lived by driving the cart on weekdays.

Taohua Village is not far from the town. If you want to go to the market early to sell vegetables or go to work in the town, you must take Ye Fugui's ox cart. Ye Fugui goes back and forth between the village and the town several times a day, and the money he makes is not as good as Ye's father's salary in the grocery store is low.

"Brother Fugui, this is the travel expenses for the three of us." Ye's father was in a good mood. He put the three coins into Ye Fugui's hand with a smile, and then helped Ye's mother and Ye Qingqing get on the bullock cart one by one and sit down.

Although the oxen was not as fast as donkeys and horses, it was still much faster than walking. It didn't take long to reach the town.

"I haven't eaten meat at home for a long time. Xiu Xiu, remember to buy some meat after you sell out the Xiu Xiu. I'm so greedy." Several hard dishes flashed through Father Ye's mind, and his mouth watered.

"I won't forget it. You go to work quickly. Qingqing and I will hand in the embroidery first." Mother Ye waved her hand and took Ye Qingqing's hand away without looking back.

Father Ye watched the two people leave without looking back, and couldn't help but sigh: "Is it because my charm has declined?"

Ye's mother had no time to talk to Ye's father, so she took Ye Qingqing to the largest embroidery workshop in town - Yangjia Embroidery Workshop.

The Yang Family Embroidery Workshop belongs to Landlord Yang’s family. Landlord Yang and his wife have a very good relationship. This embroidery workshop was opened by Landlord Yang specifically for Mrs. Yang to pass his time.

Mrs. Yang was also born into a wealthy family, so she was very good at housekeeping and running shops. The embroidery items collected must also be of high quality, and the requirements are very high. Therefore, the price of the embroidery items collected is much higher than that of ordinary embroidery workshops.

Mrs. Yang comes from a good family and is a well-rounded and respectable person. She has friendships with most of the female relatives of wealthy families in the town. Therefore, the embroidery shop mainly deals with the business of these wealthy people. With good embroidery and the support of rich ladies, the business of the embroidery shop is booming.

"Sister Ye family, I've been waiting for you. Have you finished embroidering Yuan Li's designs?" As soon as Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing entered the embroidery workshop, a neatly dressed and cheerful woman came forward enthusiastically. .

"Shopkeeper Yang, don't you worry about me? Please take a look at the embroidered picture first. If there is anything wrong, I will correct it." Knowing that shopkeeper Yang was anxious, Ye Mu took out the embroidered Guanyin picture without saying a word.

"Sister Ye's embroidery skills are excellent, but it's only a few days before Yuan Li's mother's birthday party, so I'm feeling anxious."

The shopkeeper looked at the Guanyin embroidery picture in his hand, nodded with satisfaction, and then put the Guanyin embroidery picture away.

"Sister Ye, this is the wages for embroidering pictures. It happened that two embroiderers were sick this time and couldn't take over the work. Fortunately, you can help, otherwise I would have to pay money to Yuan Li."

The embroidery was completed on time. Shopkeeper Yang was in a good mood. With a smile on his face, he took out one or two pieces of silver and placed it on the table in front of Ye Mu. The cloth and needlework are all embroidered and spun, and the two halves of the silver are Ye Mu's wages.

"Shopkeeper Yang, please don't laugh at me. The Yang Family Embroidery Workshop is the largest embroidery workshop in the town. How difficult is it to find someone with good embroidery skills to embroider the Guanyin picture?" Ye Mu, who was also smiling, carefully collected the money. In the pocket.

Although I stayed up a few late nights, the money I earned in just half a month was almost as much as the usual two months. Good deals like this don't come around very often.

The Yang Family Embroidery Workshop has its own embroiderers. Generally, large embroidery items are made by their own embroiderers. The shop usually only accepts small items such as handkerchiefs and purses. If the embroiderer was not sick, there would be no such good thing. After all, using your own embroiderer not only saves you worry but also saves money.

"Shopkeeper Yang, this is the handkerchief I embroidered by myself. See if it appeals to you." Ye Qingqing, who was on the side, saw that Ye Mu had finished her work and quickly took out the handkerchief she had embroidered to show to Shopkeeper Yang.

"Not bad, not bad. They are stylish. These 6 handkerchiefs are all classified as third-grade embroidery. Each handkerchief costs 18 yuan. What do you think?" Shopkeeper Yang liked Ye Qingqing very much and put the pastries on the table. Pushing it in front of Ye Qingqing, he kindly motioned for her to try it.

"Thank you, shopkeeper Yang, you are really kind and kind-hearted." Ye Qingqing was so excited that her face turned red. The requirements of Yang's embroidery workshop were very high. When Ye Qingqing came to ask last year, her embroidery could not meet the requirements. Unexpectedly, I actually received the veil I brought this time.

Ye Qingqing used to go to other embroidery shops to sell handkerchiefs, which only cost 16 cents. Now the price is two cents more. She can now embroider 10 handkerchiefs a month, which is 180 cents a month.

Originally, a handkerchief cost about 5 Wen, but the fabric Ye Qingqing used was a large piece of cloth given by the owner of the cloth shop, and the needle and thread were made by Ye Mu. Of course, the 180 Wen went into Ye Qingqing's pocket. First of all, Ye Qingqing was extremely happy to receive so much money for the first time.

Half of the money was used to buy meat and sugar, and the rest was saved. Ye Qingqing happily arranged the use of this huge sum of money.

Ye Qingqing took the 108 articles given by shopkeeper Yang, looking so proud that his tail was about to go up to the sky.

"Mom, come on, let's go buy meat. Today's meat girl has invited me." Ye Qingqing was so excited that she patted her chest proudly and pulled Ye Mu towards the pork shop.

"What a silly girl. Go to the cloth shop next door to buy embroidery cloth and needlework first. We've used up all the stuff at home. If you don't buy some, you won't be able to embroider anymore." Mother Ye tapped Ye Qingqing's forehead angrily.

Ye Qingqing made a mischievous face, but still followed Ye Mu into the cloth village obediently.

Next to the Yang Family Embroidery Shop is the largest cloth shop in the town. Ye’s mother comes here every time she buys fabrics and needlework. She is an old acquaintance with Shopkeeper Wang of the cloth shop.

There were not many people in the cloth shop at this time, and shopkeeper Wang was sorting out the pieces of cloth and cut pieces of cloth that had been messed up by customers.

"The shopkeeper's business is good today. Please help me get some good embroidery cloth and gold thread, as well as some ordinary needlework."

"A batch of fine gold threads just arrived yesterday, specially reserved for you." The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he saw Ye Muwang.

Ye Mu's embroidery skills can be said to be among the best in Taohua Village, but in Luohe Town they can only be considered above average.

Ye Mu is smart and good at color matching. She started to embroider some festive handkerchiefs with good fabrics and gold threads in the past few years. Although the embroidery method used is not difficult, the embroidered things are vivid and lifelike, and are deeply loved by wealthy people. The lady likes it.

Ye Mu buys a lot of gold thread and silk handkerchiefs from Buzhuang every month. It can be said that she is the most stable big customer of Buzhuang. Every time Ye Mu comes over, shopkeeper Wang smiles from ear to ear.

"Mrs. Ye, the quality of the gold thread this time is better than before, but the price is a little more expensive. The gold thread and silk handkerchief cost one tael of silver. Ordinary needlework costs a total of 108 cents. I charge you 1100 cents. ." The shopkeeper adjusted the abacus and looked at Ye Mu as if she were looking at silver.

The shopkeeper of Buzhuang usually likes money and is a bit picky, but he is not a bad person, and Ye Mu does not take his performance to heart. "Shopkeeper, do you have any more cloth in the shop? We've all used up the ones at home."

"There are some. It's not just a coincidence. The female relatives of Mr. Li's wife just bought a lot of fine fabrics in the shop. There are a lot of good cloth ends, and they are all large pieces of cloth, which can be used to make some handkerchiefs. A purse or something like that. It’s not worth much, so I’ll give you all the cloth from this store as well.”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper picked up a piece of burlap and packed the ends of the good material that he had just cut together with some of the ends of ordinary fabrics that had been left in the store.

"Thank you so much, shopkeeper. Next time you have good gold threads and silk handkerchiefs, please keep some for me." Ye Mu gave the silver to the shopkeeper of Buzhuang, and Ye Qingqing on the side also quickly took a large amount of it. Bag fabric and needlework.

Every time Ye's mother comes over, the smart shopkeeper Wang Bu will give her a lot of cloth, which is cheaper for Ye Qingqing. Ye Qingqing cuts some larger pieces of cloth and makes them into smaller handkerchiefs and purses, and takes them to another store. A family that took the civilian route sold embroidery and textiles and made a lot of pocket money.