The happy little days of the Ye family

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and today is the last day that grocery stores are open for business this year.

According to Ye Donglin's past experience, there will be more people coming to buy vegetables and grain today.

When it was still dark, Ye Donglin got up quietly and prepared the groceries.

After getting dressed, Ye Donglin glanced at the big bed and saw Xiao Qi kicking off the quilt and sleeping in an awkward position where he had just slept.

Just as Ye Donglin was about to put a quilt on the little guy, Xiao Qi, a skinny monkey, rolled from the head of the bed to the end of the bed.

Ye Donglin gently carried the little guy back to the bedside:

"You, you can't even sleep well."

Before getting up, he secretly kissed Wang Chunyu, who was sleeping soundly beside him.

After a busy year, everyone is willing to eat better during the New Year.

Ye Donglin brought several bags of grain up from the cellar last night, and they were all refined food that had been processed in advance.

There are two sacks of each of the polished rice, cornmeal and corn crumbs that have been shelled.

There were still a lot of unhusked rice, corn cobs, corn kernels and sweet potatoes in these shops, but Ye Donglin didn't take them there.

In addition to food, Ye Donglin also packed a sack of dry goods yesterday.

He prepared several kilograms of cured pork, cured rabbit, cured chicken, cured duck, dried bamboo shoots, red dates, dried mushrooms and dried beans.

Ye Donglin moved all the grain and dry goods to the entrance of the hall.

Then Ye Donglin held a torch and came to the small vegetable garden at the door.

There were not many green vegetables at this time, so Ye Donglin pulled out a dozen large arm-thick radishes and seven or eight Chinese cabbages.

There were not many green onions, coriander, chrysanthemum and lettuce left, and he only pulled out two or three kilograms of each.

"Dong dong dong..."

As soon as I washed the vegetables I pulled out, there was a knock on the door.

It was Wang Daqiang who came to deliver the prepared chickens and ducks, as well as about ten kilograms of fresh vegetables.

The grocery store's business was particularly good at the end of the year, and Ye Donglin also collected vegetables from Wang Daqiang and his family.

As soon as he took the things over, two little guys, Wang Xiaofu and Ye Pingan, who had grown a lot, came jumping over to deliver vegetables.

The vegetables they sent were relatively rich, including chrysanthemum, lettuce, wax gourd, pumpkin, garlic sprouts, cabbage and Chinese cabbage.

The dishes delivered by the three people have been washed and simply put away. Vegetables with water droplets look particularly juicy.

Fish is indispensable during the Chinese New Year. Yesterday, Ye Donglin asked Mr. Ye to catch two large buckets of large grass carp weighing five to six kilograms.

The business of the grocery store has been very good these days. Ye Donglin was afraid that he would be too busy today, so he brought Ye Xilin over to help.

The two brothers went out very early. Unexpectedly, when they arrived, there were already several women waiting.

As soon as these women saw Ye Donglin, they complained all over the place:

"Boss Ye, why are you here so late? I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"That's right. There are a lot of things at home at the end of the year, which takes up a lot of time."

Ye Donglin is also used to seeing big scenes, and he apologizes to these women in every possible way:

"Sisters, I'm really sorry. I prepared a lot of things today, so it took a little time."

Ye Donglin has a sweet mouth and has a good relationship with these women, so he quickly coaxed them to get along.

"Boss Ye, when does the grocery store open for business?" Aunt Hu at the front asked.

During the Chinese New Year, not only Ye's grocery store, but also most other shops in the town are closed.

She was thinking about how much food and vegetables she would prepare in the next few days.

Not only Aunt Hu, but other women were also more concerned about this issue, and they all looked at Ye Donglin.

"The grocery store will be closed tomorrow and will officially open for business on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year."

When they heard that the door would only open on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, these women were not very happy.

"Boss Ye, didn't we open for business on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year last year? You can't be so lazy."

"It's just that it's hard to buy groceries during the Chinese New Year. You should start your business earlier. No matter what happens, you can't struggle with money."

Ye Donglin felt very aggrieved. The donkey at home could still take turns to rest. He was at the grocery store almost every day, so he would be tired.

But before he could feel his grievance, these women urged him to open the business quickly.

There are still a lot of things waiting for them at home.

Today there was an extra worker named Ye Xilin, and the two brothers quickly moved down a cart full of things.

Knowing that the grocery store only opened on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, these women started to stock up crazily as soon as they entered.

"This fish is pretty good. It's quite big. Give me the biggest fish. In addition, bring me 6 jins of rice and 10 jins of cornmeal."

"Boss Ye, please bring me 5 jins of rice, 20 jins of cornmeal and 10 jins of corn mash. In addition, I want one jin of chrysanthemum and three cabbages."

"I want a pound of dried mushrooms, half a pound of red dates, two pounds of bacon and half a pound of rice wine."

"Boss Ye..."

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Ye Xilin hasn't come to the grocery store to help in a long time. Today, he was a little scared to see these women buying as if they didn't need any money.

Life in this town is not easy either. You have to spend money to buy vegetables, grain, and even a green onion. Just eating every month costs a lot of money.

It's better to be in the village, where the family has land and doesn't have to spend money on food and drink.

The grain, vegetables and fish in the grocery store were all sold very well, and even the dry goods at home were sold for several kilograms.

There is just one problem. No one cares about the cakes Ye Mu helped make.

Ye Xilin touched his eldest brother with his shoulder:

"Didn't the pastries at home sell very well before? Why is no one buying them today?"

Speaking of this, the smile on Ye Donglin's face suddenly disappeared.

"Since the establishment of Liu's pastry shop, my pastry business has dropped a lot. Before, I relied on nearby neighbors and students from the academy, and my business was barely manageable."

"But it's the end of the year recently, and the pastries everyone buys are for giving away. Although Liu's pastries are more expensive, they are indeed better than those here, and people are running there."

Wang Chunyu's pastries are all made by himself. Although the ingredients are generous, they are not as exquisite and beautiful as Liu's pastries, and the taste is also slightly inferior.

During this time, Ye Donglin and Wang Chunyu have also been worried about the pastry business in the shop.

When Ye Mu brought roast duck and chicken, most of the vegetables the brothers brought had been sold.

The freshly baked roast duck and chicken tasted very tempting. As soon as they were taken out, several women gathered around Mother Ye.

After working hard all year, it’s the end of the year and I still want to reward my family.

Seeing that the grocery store was doing well, Ye's mother didn't rush back and stayed in the store to help.

One morning, all the vegetables and fish brought over were sold out, and half of the grain and dry goods in the shop were sold. The entire grocery store looked quite empty.

The grocery store was empty, but the drawers inside the counter were full.

Ye Xilin threw the recovered copper plates into the drawer. He saw that the drawer was full of broken silver and copper plates. There was only five or six taels of silver.

It seems that this grocery store is quite profitable, no worse than him raising pigs at home.

Ye Xilin originally thought that he had saved more than 200 taels of silver, which was quite impressive.

I didn't expect that my eldest brother's grocery store business was so good, and I suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

He also has to make money quickly and cannot be compared.

After the vegetables in the shop were sold out, the number of customers in the grocery store gradually decreased.

By the time it was almost time to make lunch, there was almost no one in the shop.

"Mom, the grocery store is usually deserted in the afternoon. You and Xilin should go back first."

Ye Mu nodded and was pulled away by Ye Xilin beside her before she could speak.

He was anxious to go back and feed the pigs.