The happy little days of the Ye family

The weather is nice today. Mrs. Ye and Mother Ye got up early to clean the fabrics.

Last night, Father Ye had filled the pool in the backyard with water. Mrs. Ye and Mother Ye each took a piece of cloth with an auspicious cloud pattern and put it into the pool to wash.

The fabric was not dirty to begin with, but it was a little wrinkled after being exposed to water. After soaking for a while, it looked like brand new. The two of them quickly washed the two pieces of Xiangyun fabric.

Ye Mu took a rag and carefully wiped the dried bamboo poles clean, carefully checking whether there were any barbs. These fabrics are expensive and easy to snag, but be careful not to scratch them.

Just after drying, Mr. Ye drove the donkey cart and brought back half a cart of bamboo.

"There are not enough drying racks, so I will build a few more simple racks to dry the fabrics." Mr. Ye said as he moved the bamboo down.

Mr. Ye set up the shelf, and Mrs. Ye and Mother Ye on the side had already cleaned four pieces of fine cotton cloth.

"Xiuxiu, you go make lunch first, and I'll dry the rest of the fabric."

The sun was already high in the sky at this time, and it would not be long before the brothers Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin came back from school for dinner.

Mrs. Ye and Mr. Ye took the rags and wiped the newly built shelf carefully. They checked again to make sure there were no burrs, and then they worked together to carefully hang up the four pieces of fine cotton cloth.

"The water in this pool needs to be changed, and the remaining 6 pieces of cheesecloth need to be cleaned in the afternoon." Old Mrs. Ye said while pressing her sore waist.

"There are not enough racks for drying, and if I wash it in the afternoon, it won't last long. I'm worried that if it doesn't dry, it will smell tomorrow."

Saying this, Mr. Ye actually feels sorry for his wife.

"Then let's wash it tomorrow and take a rest in the afternoon. People are old and useless, and their backs and backs ache after just doing this for a while."

"During this period, I either planted honeysuckle or fruit trees, picked mushrooms, and dried bamboo shoots. Thank you for your hard work." Mr. Ye pushed aside the scattered hair on Mrs. Ye's cheeks and said with a distressed look on his face.

"Every farmer does this." Mr. Ye is considerate and the family is harmonious. Mrs. Ye's life has not been in vain.

"Grandma, let me press your waist!"

Ye Qingqing looked at the two of them with a wicked smile, his eyes darting around. He must have eavesdropped a lot just now.

"You little naughty boy, have you finished embroidering the handkerchief that your mother arranged for you?" After speaking, he glared at Mr. Ye and asked him to quickly change the water in the pool.

"It's done. The embroidery method this time is much more difficult, but the embroidered things do look better. Next time I go to the county to sell embroidery, the price of this handkerchief will definitely be higher than last time."

The last time the embroidery was sold for 19 cents a piece, this time it will definitely be sold for 20 cents a piece, right? Ye Qingqing beamed when he thought of this.

"Little money fan, this cleverness is just like me. I think I was also a young and beautiful clever girl back then."

Mrs. Ye was not ashamed at all and took the credit directly.

"Grandma is now a young, beautiful and smart sister."

"You know how to make me happy." Mrs. Ye smiled and nodded Ye Qingqing's little head.

While changing the water, Mr. Ye looked at his grandfather and grandson and smiled happily.

In the evening, it was another monthly end-of-month inventory, and the four of them gathered in the room of Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye.

"Let's talk about this month's income first." Mrs. Ye opened the thick account book and said.

"I sold a total of 768 Wen when I set up a stall in the town, a total of 978 Wen when I set up a stall in the county, I sold a total of 525 Wen when delivering mountain products to the Li family restaurant, and I sold a total of 9305 Wen yesterday when I went to the dock to sell dry goods. The money from selling mountain products It’s all literary.”

"I only got 11 taels of silver from selling mountain products. This money is so profitable!" Father Ye was dizzy and once again thought of resigning from the grocery store.

"Half of the harvest was 300 Wen, and the embroidery and embroidery were sold for 1400 Wen. 700 Wen went into the public account. Here is just one tael of silver, plus the Wen just now." Old Mrs. Ye ignored her fussing son and continued. .

"It sounds like the income is quite high now, and I haven't even counted the expenses. I spent dozens of taels of silver this month."

"Daily expenses such as food and clothing at home are 350 taels. The small back mountain plus the red deed and the money for management cost a total of 35 taels. The fruit seedlings and the staff who planted the fruit trees totaled 2610 taels. The total expenses were [-] taels."

"After deducting the money earned, I owed Wen last month, which means I lost 25 taels of silver."

"Mom, I spent 35 taels to buy the mountain, which is a lot. But last month I made 11 taels of silver just from selling the mountain products. It is estimated that the money to buy the mountain can be earned back in two or three years." Father Ye said with a playful smile.

Several people were also laughing. They originally thought that it would be good to get their money back in about five years, but they didn't expect that this mountain product is so valuable. It is estimated that they can earn back the money to buy the mountain in two or three years.

"Jing Jing, let's calculate Xiaohoushan's expenses and income." Mrs. Ye picked up a new account book.

"Last month's mountain products were basically from Xiaohoushan. Only 15 kilograms of dried mushrooms and 8 kilograms of dried bamboo fungus were picked in the back mountain. After deducting 1785 yuan, Xiaohoushan's output income was 9791 yuan."

"The mountain cost 35 taels, and the fruit seedlings cost 2610 taels. We are currently short of money."

The mountain products sold for a month were worth more than 9 taels of silver. Although there were fewer bamboo shoots in the summer than in the spring, there were more mushrooms in the summer. Thinking of this, everyone was full of motivation.

After returning to the room, Ye's mother and Ye's father began to take stock of the family's expenses.

"Your wages and my embroidery money total 1 tael of silver. 50 is your pocket money. Last month, my family was busy and I didn't have time to go to town. My daily expenses were 45 taels of silver. This month I can save 905 taels of silver." .”

"I have embroidery and more than 4 taels of silver to buy fabrics."

Father Ye was quite happy to hear that he could save 905 coins this month, but suddenly he remembered that there were still more than four taels of silver that had not been accounted for.

"The quality of these fabrics is quite good. After washing, they will be as good as new. If you can't lose money, we will calculate it together after these fabrics are sold."

"Trust me so much"

"If you lose money, it will be deducted from your pocket money." Mother Ye closed the account book and prepared to rest.

"No, my pocket money is already low enough." 50 cents sounds like a lot, but you still have to spend one cent a day to ride an oxcart. After deducting this money, Father Ye will have nothing left. Every month I have to rely on my daughter for support.

"Don't be ashamed. You have to rely on your daughter to support you for such a big man."

"I can do something about it. After deducting the money for riding the oxcart from 50 Wen, I only have 20 Wen left. How about my wife increasing my pocket money?" Ye's father squeezed Ye's mother's shoulders and slapped her back.

"Go to bed early, maybe I will increase your pocket money in your dream." Ye Mu said with a smile.

"Since the lady refuses to increase her pocket money, she can only pay with her body." She said and blew out the candles on the table.