The happy little days of the Ye family

There were very many people at the temple fair at this time, and many people gathered around Ye's small stall.

Ye's father quickly took the braised meat out of the pot and put it into the oil paper bag that had been cut long ago. Ye Qingqing was responsible for collecting the money.

Ye Mu was responsible for selling persimmon cakes. At first, the persimmon cakes did not sell well. Ye Mu picked up a persimmon cake and cut it into small pieces, and called the passing children and young girls to come over and try it.

With the trial, the persimmons sold like hotcakes all of a sudden. You had one pound and I had two pounds, and a lot of them were sold very quickly.

Mrs. Ye and Ye Xilin were responsible for selling bacon, and the remaining Mr. Ye and Ye Donglin were responsible for shouting at the temple fair and attracting customers.

The family divides labor and cooperates very well.

Moreover, Ye’s father also chose a good location. On the left is a sugar painting stall. Making sugar paintings takes time. While waiting, many people were invited to his stall by Ye Donglin.

Originally I just wanted to buy sugar paintings, but I was attracted by braised pork and persimmon cakes, so I bought braised pork and persimmon cakes from Ye's stall.

The pancake stall on the right is also doing very well. Many people come to the temple fair on an empty stomach. The eldest sister's braised pork burritos sell well, and she bought 2 pounds of braised pork burrito from Ye's family.

The braised meat and persimmon cakes sell well, and most of them are sold before noon. It's just that bacon doesn't sell well.

Basically every household in the countryside will raise one or two New Year pigs. The twelfth lunar month is the time to kill the New Year pigs. It is estimated that many people have meat at home, and only people in towns will buy bacon.

When it was almost noon, the stalls on the whole street were deserted, and people ran to the open space in front of the temple, where there was a lion dance performance at noon.

By this time, most of the items on the Ye family's stall had been sold, with only 4 and a half pig's trotters and 20 kilograms of bacon left unsold.

Old Mrs. Ye entrusted the stall to the pancake seller to take care of it for a while, and the family went to watch the lion dance performance while laughing and talking.

The lion dance performance has not yet started, and a dense crowd of people surrounded the performance stage.

The Ye family arrived late and didn't have a good seat. When they looked up, they could only see a dense crowd of people. Father Ye saw many people walking towards the slopes of the mountain, and he led a few people away with the flow of people.

There were many people standing on the slope not far from the open space. Father Ye chose a place with relatively few weeds, and the family waited here.

Not long after, there was a roar of gongs and drums, and two big tigers jumped onto the stage. With the sound of gongs and drums, they rolled and jumped on the stage, and bursts of applause rang out from around them.

After watching the lion dance performance, most of the people flocked to the food stalls on both sides. Even the four pig trotters on the Ye family stall were sold.

Father Ye looked at the bacon on the stall and said: "There are only these 20 kilograms of bacon left. I will go back and make the braised pork for sale tomorrow. I will also take these bacon back. Dad, mother, you and me The three children continued to visit the temple fair and watch the show, Xiuxiu and I went back first."

Mrs. Ye and her three children all wanted to go back after watching the show, so Mr. Ye had no choice but to stay and watch them.

"That's okay. Your mother and I will take a few of the children to have something to eat first, and then we'll go back after the show."

Mrs. Ye: "Are you hungry? Why don't you and Xiu Xiu eat something with us before going back."

Ye Mu: "We ate a lot while visiting the temple fair, and I'm still full. We can just eat something when we go back. The donkey cart is here. My husband and I will go back in the village's ox cart."

There were several oxcarts parked beside the official road. Father Ye and Mother Ye found the oxcart in Taohua Village and took the oxcart back with the villagers.

Today, two families in the village are killing New Year pigs. Father Ye has already greeted them in advance and ordered two pairs of pigs.

The braised pork trotters and braised vegetables were selling well today, but the braised pig trotters were average. Ye’s father planned not to braise the pig trotters tomorrow and bought another big pig head from a pig butcher.

Ye's father and Ye's mother used plant ashes to clean up the two sets of water and the pig's head, and put them together into a large pot to marinate.

叶父一边和叶母做卤肉，一边盘算着今天的收入。“今天卖了50斤的柿饼、14斤的卤下水、20斤的卤素菜和4只猪蹄，大概能赚700多文。”

Father Ye said with a smile: "It only took a long time to sell it. It would be great if it could be held a few more times a year."

The meat was stewed in the pot, and Ye Mu took a few sweet potatoes and threw them into the stove. "The 50 kilograms of persimmons I brought over today are not enough to sell. Let's bring more tomorrow."

Father Ye also felt that he had brought too few things, "I didn't expect the food business to be so good. Let's bring 80 kilograms of persimmons over tomorrow. There will be enough braised pork heads to sell tomorrow. If we can't sell the bacon, we won't bring it tomorrow." "

When Ye's mother went to the temple fair, she found many stalls selling rouge, gouache and toys. The things Ye's father bought in the county could actually be used to set up stalls at the temple fair.

"It's too little to only sell braised meat and persimmon cakes. Why don't you bring all the things you usually set up stalls in the market? Just like the market, there are two stalls, one selling food and the other selling groceries. "

Father Ye thinks this is a good idea, "Tomorrow we will set up two stalls just like the big market. In the afternoon, a theater troupe will come to perform. If you bring more things, you won't be short of things to sell like today."

Soon the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes came from the stove. Father Ye took a small stick and pulled the fragrant roasted sweet potatoes out of the stove.

Roasted sweet potatoes should be eaten while they are hot. Ye's father picked a big one and broke it in half, giving each of Ye's mother half.

The sweet potatoes grown at home are not only big in size but also delicious. Sweet and glutinous, it's even more delicious than the roasted sweet potato I bought at the temple fair.

Father Ye and Mother Ye squatted in front of the stove like children and ate roasted sweet potatoes. They ate in a hurry and turned into two dirty cats with colorful faces.

Ye's father also deliberately smeared the ashes on his hands on Ye's mother's face. When Ye's mother got angry, she also wiped the ashes on her hands on Ye's father's face. The couple got into a fuss like children.

As soon as Mother Ye finished cooking the braised pork, Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye came back with a few children.

The Ye family, which was originally quiet, soon became as lively as a vegetable market.

"Mom, the troupe sang Wu Song Fighting Tiger today, which was really good." Ye Qingqing ran in with a bound.

"Many of the stalls in the back have reduced their prices and cleared out goods. I bought a lot of good things at a good price." Mrs. Ye happily moved a lot of loot from the donkey cart.

The brothers Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin had already started gesticulating with small sticks.

Mother Ye helped Mrs. Ye move the things she bought today to the table in the hall one by one.

Ye Mu: "Is it arrowroot? There are a lot of things at home this year, so I haven't made arrowroot yet."

"I saw that the arrowroot powder was doing well, so I bought two kilograms of it. My family is very busy during this period, and I don't have time to cook it. Spending some money to buy it can save a lot of trouble."

Mrs. Ye now has an income from making hair accessories, which makes her a lot more generous. "I also bought a few pieces of fresh tofu to make tofu for dinner at night."