The happy little days of the Ye family

After coming out of Yangjia Clothing Village, Ye's father and Ye's mother went to Chenjia Clothing Village.

"Shopkeeper Chen, please bring your best embroidery thread and silk cloth."

"Ms. Ye, these are the best embroidery threads and silk fabrics from our cloth shop, and this flower needle comes from Yangzhou."

Although the needlework and silk fabrics at Chenjia Cloth Shop are not as good as those at Yangjia Cloth Shop, the prices are more affordable, and Ye Mu orders a lot more.

"Boss Ye, Mrs. Ye, I also have some pieces of cheesecloth with very bright colors here. They are the most popular fabrics in the county. Take a look." Shopkeeper Chen took several pieces of fabric down from the shelf.

"Mr., pink, aqua blue and goose yellow, these three colors of fabric are good." Ye's mother whispered to Ye's father.

Father Ye looked at it carefully and thought it was good.

"Boss Ye, a batch of red linen just arrived two days ago. Look at how beautiful the color is." At this time, shopkeeper Chen handed two more pieces of red cloth to Ye's father and Ye's mother.

Father Ye and Mother Ye looked at it carefully. The color was bright and the dyeing was even. The fabric was indeed good.

"Shopkeeper Chen, I want 2 pieces each of pink, aqua, goose yellow and red fabrics. Can the price be lowered a little bit?"

"We are all old acquaintances. You brought a lot of things this time, so I will definitely give you the most affordable price." Father Ye and the others brought a lot of things, and shopkeeper Chen couldn't help but smile.

"Shopkeeper Chen, do you have any cheaper burlap? Just the one I got last time." Good fabrics are sold in the town, but the village still needs to get some burlap.

"The bolts of burlap from last time have been sold. You two can sit down and have a cup of tea. I'll go to the warehouse to see if there are any other suitable fabrics."

Not long after, shopkeeper Chen came back with another piece of blue burlap and two pieces of gray burlap.

The blue linen was bitten by mice, and the other two pieces were probably overstocked for a long time, so they were a little wrinkled and the color wasn't bright enough.

"This blue linen was a little bit damaged by mice, but after cutting off the damaged part, the rest is good. The other two pieces have been stored for a long time and are a little wrinkled. They won't be wrinkled after I go back and wash them. "

Shopkeeper Chen originally wanted to put these fabrics at the entrance of the store for special clearance to attract customers. Seeing that Father Ye wanted a lot of things, he took them out.

"What do you say about the price? I don't know how long these two gray ones have been stored, and the color is no longer bright. If they are too expensive, I don't want them." Father Ye said while looking at the fabrics.

Father Ye plans to exchange these fabrics for sale in nearby villages. It doesn’t have to be good, just cheap.

"The burlap is 95 Wen per piece. You can pay 3 Wen for these 200 pieces." Shopkeeper Chen also wanted to sell well, so the price he wanted was not high.

Father Ye thought the price was okay, so he took it. "We also want these three pieces of burlap, and one more piece of fine red linen."

Red fabric is rare, and there is no need to worry about selling it in towns or villages.

"Shopkeeper Chen, do you still have any large pieces of cloth or rags here?" Mother Ye still remembered what Father Ye said about headbands made of large pieces of cloth and rags being more popular.

"There aren't many large pieces of cloth. There are about half a big bag. There are quite a lot of rags. There should be two or three bags. If you two don't mind, just take them away. These pieces of cloth are not worth much."

Shopkeeper Chen asked the clerk to go to the warehouse and move out all the rags.

"Thank you so much, shopkeeper Chen. Please calculate the total price." Father Ye said that these things are enough.

"The total cost of needlework and silk cloth is 2 taels of silver, which is 100 taels of silver, which is 1900 taels of silver. Each piece of cheesecloth and fine linen is 7 taels of silver. The cheesecloth is 128 taels per piece, 4 pieces is 512 taels, and the fine linen is 103 taels. Horses, 3 horses are 309 coins, burlap is 200 coins, total is 2921 coins.”

Fortunately, there was help from the cloth shop's clerk, otherwise it would have been difficult for Ye's father and Ye's mother to carry the cloth and rags to the donkey cart.

There were too many rags, and the entire donkey cart was occupied. Ye's mother could only sit outside with Ye's father to drive the donkey cart.

"These rags take up too much space. Do we still have to go to West Street to buy them? There is no room to put them here." Mother Ye was a little worried looking at the piles of rags.

"The ones on West Street are all small things that don't take up much space. The main reason is that it's not easy to come to the county, so I'd better buy some goods and go back." Now that they have arrived in the county, Father Ye still buys some things and goes back. .

Most of the fabric on the car is still sold in the town. Father Ye wants to buy some cheaper stuff and sell it in the village. He also wants to establish a good relationship with the nearby villages and make it easier to collect mountain goods in the future.

It didn't take long for the two of them to arrive at West Street.

There were too many things on the cart, so Ye's father asked Ye's mother to stay in the donkey cart to look at the things, and he went to West Street to purchase the goods.

Father Ye first went to the place that sold rouge and gouache. He took two pieces each of hand cream, facial oil, osmanthus-scented hair oil, washing powder soap, face soap, rouge, eyebrow pencil, and lipstick.

Finally, Ye's father asked for two bottles of the most expensive hand cream, which were for Ye's mother and Ye Qingqing.

Seeing that Father Ye had brought a lot of things, the boss came over to purchase goods for the second time, and the price he gave was much cheaper than the first time.

Then Father Ye bought another 4 pounds of candy and some cheap needlework. There were not many things, and the basket behind Father Ye was not even full.

When Ye's father and Ye's mother returned to Taohua Village, Ye Qingqing was showing off the headband she had just made to a few neighbor girls.

The headband is made of goose-yellow burlap leftover from Ye's father's sale. The color is fresh and tender, just right for a little girl to wear.

"Qingqing, can you make one for me? I can give you something in exchange."

"Qingqing, I want two. You tell me how much they cost. I'll pay for them."

"I also want…"

"Two pennies for a hair tie, one hand pays the money and the other hand delivers the goods."

Ye Qingqing was surrounded by a group of little girls. He sold all the hair ties in his hands in a few seconds, and then jumped back home with his round wallet.

Ye Mu was watching this scene not far away with her mouth open.

"Our daughter is smart, smart and capable, just like me." Father Ye happily drove the donkey cart home.

The two arrived at Ye's house. Ye Qingqing and Mrs. Ye were counting coins in the hall.

"A hair tie costs 2 cents. I just sold 8 hair ties and made a total of 16 cents. There are still 10 that have not been sold. If I sell them all, I will earn 36 cents."

Ye Qingqing counted the coins and was so happy that his tail was raised to the sky.

"It only took half a day to make these hair ties, so I can earn 36 yuan in half a day. This hair tie is too profitable."

Mrs. Ye was envious, thinking that she worked so hard making insoles and soles and only earned a few pennies a day.

"My dear grandson, why don't you teach grandma how to make hairbands and headbands? It's easier than making insoles and soles."

"I think this is a good idea. The bags of cloth in the yard are yours to take care of."