The happy little days of the Ye family

Two days later, all the herbs brought back from Langshan were prepared.

Early the next morning, Tang Xiaojing and Ye Xilin happily came to Wang's Pharmacy with various herbs.

Among the herbs they brought this time, the most valuable was the batch of wild Polygonatum vinifera of good vintage that Ye Xilin found, which was sold for 14 taels and 6 yuan.

These Huang Jing have long been agreed to be divided equally between the two families, so each family will receive 7 taels and 3 coins each.

Although the price of the remaining herbs is not high, the quantity is large, and together they are worth a lot of money.

On Tang Xiaojing's side, the small dendrobium tree alone was sold for 2 taels and 4 yuan. Together with other herbs, he earned a total of 7 taels and 2 yuan.

As for Ye Xilin, he also received 5 taels and 8 yuan.

After two trips to Langshan, the Tang family and his son earned a total of 14 taels and 5 yuan.

As for Ye Xilin and Li Guoer, the young couple received 13 taels and 1 yuan.

Ye Xilin now feels very distressed when he thinks of the sack of golden thread orchids that fell on the mountain. More than one tael of silver is just gone.

But as soon as he got the money from selling herbal medicine, Ye Xilin no longer felt bad.

13 taels of silver are worth several big fat pigs.

Apart from the money handed over to the public, I still have 6 taels, 550 coins left in my hand.

It is quite profitable to go to Langshan Mountain to collect herbs, but unfortunately there are wolves up there, which is really dangerous. Ye Xilin will not dare to go there next time.

As soon as he got the money, Tang Xiaojing took Ye Xilin to a small shop selling rouge and gouache.

In the shop, there are a dazzling array of things for women to use for dressing up. At this time, there happened to be two young women looking at Rouge.

There was a smell in the shop, and the two of them seemed out of place inside.

However, Tang Xiaojing was obviously a familiar customer. He picked up a box of face cream for Ye Qingqing and a box of hand cream for wiping his hands.

In addition, I also picked a very beautiful goose-yellow silk flower on the counter.

Although Ye Xilin was not familiar with women's clothing, he thought that his wife could not live without what her sister had.

She quickly followed her brother-in-law and chose a box of facial cream for Li Guoer, and then picked out a majestic peony-shaped silk flower.

The two wanted a lot of things, and they all picked good things. This caused the two young women on the side to look at the two of them frequently.

However, both of them had facial makeup and silk flowers. It looked like they were bought for their sweetheart, and the young woman couldn't help but feel a little envious.

After buying the things, the two of them didn't stay long and hurried out with small gifts in their arms.

They bought a small gift for their wife, and the two of them did not forget about the other people in the family. I bought some meat and some rare delicacies in town and went back.

The two came with large and small bags, and when they returned, they also carried their hands full of things.

When Tang Xiaojing came back from the county, he didn't go home directly. Instead, he went to Stone Mountain to find Li Changgong, who was responsible for raising goats.

The Tang family will raise 100 more lambs in the next year. Tang Xiaojing had told him about this before.

During this period, Li Changgong has also been contacting sheep farmers and ordered a batch of lambs in advance.

I learned from Li Changgong that the price of lambs is still the same as last year, 120 taels of silver each, and 100 lambs is 12 taels of silver.

Tang Xiaojing gave him 12 taels of money. The extra 2 yuan was regarded as the hard work during this period.

Li Changgong has been running around all day and has worn out two pairs of shoes. He has noticed this.

Looking at the extra 200 articles, Li Changgong felt happy.

In addition, Tang Xiaojing also asked Li Changgong to help find another person who was good at raising goats, and he would look after the goats at home with him in the future.

Li Changgong thought twice and finally recommended his younger brother to Tang Xiaojing.

After Tang Xiaojing agreed, Li Changgong took the money back to his village and began to contact the lamb he had ordered before.

After Li Changgong left, Tang Xiaojing summoned his family's long-term workers to build a sheep shed.

There will be 100 new lambs soon, and Tang Xiaojing plans to build five thatched sheep sheds.

The materials for building the sheep shed had been prepared long ago, and there were more than a dozen long-term workers in the family. It only took three days to build the sheep shed.

By the time the little lambs started moving in, it was already February.

We have agreed before that the family's income and expenses should be divided equally. This is the first time the three of us have done the end-of-month inventory together.

After putting Chenchen to sleep, Ye Qingqing asked Tang Xiaojing to invite his father over.

In the new year, Ye Qingqing specially changed a new account book, which was densely written with all the income and expenses of this month.

Ye Qingqing opened the ledger and saw that there was only a single income in January.

"This month's income is only 14 taels and 5 yuan from selling medicinal herbs."

The father and son had picked this herb from Langshan Mountain. They knew this very well and signaled Ye Qingqing to continue.

Ye Qingqing turned to the next page, which was filled with various expenses.

"At the beginning of the year, my family bought a lot of livestock to raise. From the pig pen, I bought 19 piglets for 220 yuan each, a total of 4 taels and 180 yuan."

"60 ducklings and 40 goslings, a total of 700 Wen."

"In addition, I also bought 100 lambs, which cost a total of 12 taels and 2 yuan."

These expenses may seem like a lot, but they are only incurred once at the beginning of the year, and there will be no such expenses later.

"In January, there were 15 long-term workers in the family, and the total wages were 8 taels, 250 Wen."

"Li Changgong's younger brother has come over. Starting next month, Changgong's salary will be 8 taels and 8 cents."

The three of them all know that the biggest expense at home is actually the wages of long-term workers.

However, the Tang family has 60% of paddy fields, as well as rabbits, ducks, goats and pigs.

After the livestock are raised, they have to be slaughtered and made into bacon. During the off-farm period, they go to the mountains to collect gold, silver, flowers and mushrooms. This money is indispensable.

Ye Qingqing opened another page of the account book and continued:

"In addition, for our family of four, our household expenses in January were 568 Wen."

“总的来说，进账14两5钱，花销25两898文，目前是亏空11两398文。”

Tang Xiaojing and Ye Qingqing paid for these household expenses themselves, and the money from selling herbal medicines was simply not enough.

So Tangshan used his own money to pay 5 taels, 699 Wen to the young couple.

January is basically spent buying things, spending more and making less money, but this is only temporary.

After the summer harvest, the family's livestock, grain and mountain products will mature one after another, and the family will have a large income.

After calculating January's income, Ye Qingqing and Tangshan made an appointment to take stock of last month's expenses at the beginning of every month.

If there is money in the account, it will be shared together. If there is a deficit, just like today, everyone will bear it together.