The happy little days of the Ye family

Father Ye usually takes a bullock cart to the grocery store in the morning and walks back to save money.

It was already dark when Father Ye returned home. Just as he was about to go in, he heard the voices of Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin in the distance. He turned around and saw that Mr. Ye was driving the donkey cart back.

After Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing came back, Mr. Ye and the others dug four sacks of bamboo shoots and two baskets of mushrooms.

Father Ye and Mr. Ye moved the bamboo shoots and mushrooms off the donkey cart together. As soon as they were done, Mrs. Ye took out the weights used when selling pigs.

"I will weigh the bamboo shoots dug in Xiaohoushan and the mushrooms picked separately. I will make a ledger to record the output and expenses in Xiaohoushan. I will take stock of it once a month in the future."

It cost 30 taels to buy the mountain, and nearly another [-] taels of fruit seedlings from the red deed. After spending so much money, Mrs. Ye can't sleep well now.

"520 kilograms of bamboo shoots, 32 kilograms of mushrooms, and 10 kilograms of bamboo fungus." Mr. Ye counted the numbers to Mrs. Ye while weighing.

"Based on the previous prices, bamboo shoots are 3 Wen per catty, mushrooms are 8 Wen per catty, and bamboo fungus is 60 Wen per catty. The total here is 2416 Wen." Father Ye was calculating the price with an abacus.

"The last time I went to the county to set up a stall, I also took the things from Xiaohoushan. The total was 978 Wen. Let's record this too." The old man suddenly said.

"Yes, yes, yes, I will write down the 978 article from last time. I also picked about ten kilograms of bamboo fungus in Xiaohoushan before and dried it into dried products. I will also write down this." Old Mrs. Ye said as she Write and draw in the notebook.

"Feng Harvest, how much money are these in total?" Mrs. Ye looked up at her son.

"2416 Wen plus 978 Wen plus 600 Wen, the total is 3994 Wen, which is almost 4 taels of silver. This mountain product is quite valuable."

Father Ye didn't say anything, but he was still secretly frustrated. Two or three days of picking mountain goods actually equaled half a year's wages.

"Tomorrow you can pick mushrooms and dig bamboo shoots, and you will probably earn about 5 taels of silver tomorrow. Then this Moonlight Xiaohoushan will earn about [-] taels of silver!"

Mrs. Ye's eyes shone, and she suddenly felt relieved. This little back hill is such a good buy!

"It's time to eat, there's braised rabbit today!"

Ye Qingqing came out of the kitchen with a little braised rabbit gravy in her mouth, followed by the Ye brothers who had also just eaten.

"These three little greedy cats eat without wiping their mouths." Mr. Ye gently patted the brothers' buttocks.

"I caught this fat rabbit, am I very good!" At the dinner table, Ye Qingqing recounted his heroic deeds of catching rabbits.

"awesome"

Ye Donglin was eating braised rabbit and responded perfunctorily.

"Great"

Ye Xilin, the snack foodie, almost buried his face in the bowl after eating so much that he said something perfunctory to Ye Donglin.

"Yes, he is quite as heroic as his father." Father Ye happily gave his daughter a piece of braised rabbit.

A large plate of braised rabbit, one piece for you and one for me, was all gone quickly, and the remaining gravy was eaten by Mr. Ye and Mr. Ye.

"Mom, let's cook the remaining half of the rabbit tomorrow and make potato stewed rabbit."

Ye Xilin licked the meat juice from the corner of his mouth and stared at Ye Mu with his big bright eyes.

Mrs. Ye, who is thrifty and thrifty, had already made an agreement with Mother Ye to make only half of it and make the remaining half into wax rabbits to eat during the summer harvest.

"Potato stewed rabbit, I think you are like potatoes, the remaining half of the rabbit should be saved for summer harvest."

Mrs. Ye put down the bowl and directed the two brothers Ye Donglin to clear the table and wash the dishes.

There is a clear division of labor in the Ye family's housework. Breakfast and pig food are cooked by Mrs. Ye, Mother Ye washes the dishes for breakfast, Mother Ye cooks lunch and dinner, and Ye Qingqing washes the bowls at noon. The tableware and chopsticks were prepared by two brothers, Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin.

During the day, Ye's mother and Ye Qingqing spend more time at home. Ye's mother is responsible for feeding the pigs and chickens, Ye Qingqing is responsible for cleaning the front and back yards, Ye's father is responsible for chopping firewood and carrying water, and Mr. Ye is responsible for watering the vegetable garden and cleaning the pig pen. Ye Donglin, The Ye Xilin brothers are responsible for cutting pigweed, while Mrs. Ye takes care of the vegetable garden.

The Ye Donglin brothers were washing dishes in the yard, while others were sitting lazily on the other side of the yard eating.

"Grandma, there are so many bamboo shoots, mushrooms and bamboo shoots at home. Do you want to send some to Li's Restaurant tomorrow? Shopkeeper Wang said before that we would collect mushrooms and bamboo shoots." Ye Qingqing leaned on Mrs. Ye's back and asked lazily. road.

Mrs. Ye thought for a moment and said, "I'll go pick mushrooms and dig bamboo shoots tomorrow. I'll send some mountain products to Li's restaurant the day after tomorrow to ask. If they don't accept them, I'll take them back and make them into dry goods."

Mr. Ye suddenly remembered that there were still toons that he had not picked. "There are still toons. This should be the last toon harvest this year. I will pick all the toons when I come back tomorrow. I will send them to Li's Restaurant the day after tomorrow."

Early the next morning, the mushroom picking foursome went to Xiaohou Mountain with dry food.

Dictyophora is much more expensive than ordinary mushrooms. As soon as they arrived at Xiaohoushan, they ran directly to the bamboo forest. However, they had already picked the bamboo fungus yesterday. They turned the bamboo forest upside down and picked only half of the basket.

Mrs. Ye put the bamboo fungus in a cool place, and then took Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu to pick mushrooms, while Mr. Ye stayed in the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots.

When Father Ye returned home in the evening, a few people just unloaded the things from the donkey cart. In the center of the yard, there were 8 or 9 sacks of bamboo shoots and several baskets of mushrooms. Toonas were placed randomly against the wall.

"Okay, there are more wild products today than yesterday. It's really not a loss to buy this small back mountain." Father Ye quickly went into the house and took out the scale used when selling pigs.

"680 kilograms of bamboo shoots, 48 ​​kilograms of mushrooms, 6 kilograms of bamboo fungus, and 15 kilograms of Chinese toon." Father Ye counted while Mrs. Ye wrote it down in a ledger.

"Feng Harvest, please do the math, how much are these in total?" The wife anxiously urged Father Ye to get the abacus.

“680斤竹笋一共是2040文，48斤蘑菇一共是384文，6斤竹荪一共是360文，15斤香椿一共是225文，加起来就是3009文钱。”

Father Ye was shocked, "Including today's prices, these mountain goods can be sold for 6 taels of silver. I didn't expect that this small back mountain is actually a cornucopia!"

"Keep your voice down. It stands to reason that it can be sold for so much money, but haven't these things been sold yet? I'm still uneasy about not getting the money." Mr. Ye was happy but also a little uneasy at the same time.

"These mountain products are best sold in winter. Even if Li's restaurant doesn't accept them tomorrow, we can dry them and sell them in the winter." Compared to Mr. Ye's uneasiness, Mrs. Ye was much more optimistic.