The happy little days of the Ye family

The second aunt picked out a picture album, the second cousin picked out a storybook for herself, and a travel journal for her brother and younger brother. According to Ye Qingqing, they all picked thicker ones.

In addition to the embroidery pattern album she had just started, Ye Mu also found a picture album that included various clothing styles. Ye Mu liked both books very much.

Ye Qingqing only took the five very thick books he picked out at the beginning. These books alone were enough to read for a long time. Moreover, Ye Qingqing can also watch it with her cousins.

This time, Ye Qingqing and the others bought a lot of books, but most of them were cheap books priced at 30 yuan each. The shopkeeper refused to give them any cheaper.

In the end, Grandma Ye spent 140 Wen, Ye Mu spent 100 Wen, and Ye Qingqing spent 150 Wen, for a total of 390 Wen to buy these old books.

When we went back, our second aunt was driving the donkey cart, and Ye Qingqing and the others were reading other people's books on the donkey cart.

"These three picture books are really good. We got a big deal, hahaha!"

Ye Qingqing was very excited when she looked at the picture album in the hands of Ye Mu and Grandma Ye. She has now learned how to tailor clothes, and she will make a beautiful spring dress by herself after the new year.

"It's really a big deal to be able to buy these three picture books at such a low price. Look, what are you doing with so many story books and travel notes?" Although it's cheap, there's no need to buy so many.

Ye Qingqing was not convinced, "Such a thick storybook and travel notes are only 30 pieces each. After I finished reading, my brother and younger brother can read it. I can also read it with my cousin. For the price of one book, both families can read it." , what a deal.”

"You are the only one with the most crooked ideas." Mother Ye smiled and nodded Ye Qingqing's little head.

"I will also write a travelogue about our county in the future." Ye Qingqing said confidently, patting her chest.

Several people were amused by Ye Qingqing's cute little appearance and laughed.

As soon as Ye Qingqing and her daughter returned home, Father Ye came back with his donkey cart.

The five pigs that were killed before were all sent to Dashan Village to be made into bacon. We had made an appointment to go to Dashan Village to make bacon today. Father Ye was going to the town to set up a stall in the morning, so he went to Dashan Village to make bacon after lunch.

Ye's father had previously brought 720 kilograms of pork and 80 kilograms of ribs to Dashan Village. After being made into bacon, the bacon weighed 432 kilograms and the cured ribs weighed 48 kilograms.

Ye's father brought a piece of bacon and a piece of bacon ribs to Ye's mother. In the evening, he first tasted the difference between the bacon made from his own pigs and the bacon made from wild boar.

In the evening, Ye Mu made fried cabbage with bacon, braised rice with bacon, and braised bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms with bacon ribs.

The bacon braised rice is shiny with oil. The bacon oil penetrates into the rice. The rice is very delicious. The bacon tastes not greasy at all. The fragrance of the rice, bacon and spices are well combined.

It is no exaggeration to say that Father Ye can eat several large bowls of this bacon braised rice alone.

Stir-fried cabbage with bacon is also delicious. The fat and lean bacon is cut into thin slices, and the fat is braided before frying the cabbage. The crystal clear bacon is fat but not greasy, and the more you eat it, the more delicious it becomes.

The cured pork ribs stewed with bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms are as delicious as before, but you can’t tell the difference from the cured pork ribs made from wild boar.

Although the fishy smell of wild boar is covered up by the spices, domestic pork is not as dense as wild boar and has more fat. It does taste better than wild boar bacon.

Father Ye plans to take it to a restaurant in the county to sell it early tomorrow morning. The 20 days from the Lunar New Year to the Lantern Festival are the best time for restaurants to do business. Father Ye wants to take advantage of this time to sell it at a high price.

Father Ye: "How much does this bacon cost per pound?"

Mr. Ye looked at Father Ye and said, "The bacon made from wild boar is 36 cents per catty. Domestic pigs are more expensive than wild boar at two cents per catty. This bacon should be sold for 40 cents per catty." Cured pork ribs sell for 30 yuan per pound."

"The price is okay. I will go to several big restaurants in the county to sell bacon tomorrow." Father Ye said happily.

Old Mrs. Ye looked at Father Ye and said, "The busiest time in town is from New Year's Eve to the 29th of the year. Stalls selling braised pork and groceries cannot stop. After the harvest, you can take a piece of bacon to your parents-in-law to try. By the way, you can borrow a donkey cart." .”

"Okay, I'll go there later."

Early the next morning, Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye took their two grandsons to the town to set up a stall.

Father Ye drove the donkey cart he borrowed from his father-in-law's house yesterday to the county to sell bacon.

Ye's father first went to the largest restaurant in the county. The shopkeeper of the restaurant knew Ye's father. The shopkeeper had bought dry goods such as bacon, dried bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms from Ye's father several times.

The shopkeeper would see Father Ye coming with bacon and quickly refuse: "Boss Ye, I bought a lot of bacon from you some time ago, and now the restaurant has enough bacon."

"Shop Manager Liang, this bacon is different from the previous ones. It's more delicious. You'll know after you try it."

Father Ye took a piece of bacon and a few bacon ribs and handed them to shopkeeper Liang, asking him to take them to the kitchen and let the chef make a few dishes to try.

Shopkeeper Liang took the bacon from Father Ye and looked at it carefully. Except that it was fatter than before, there seemed to be no difference. He took it to the kitchen with some doubts and asked the chef to cook the bacon.

Not long after, three dishes came out from the kitchen, namely fried bacon with chili pepper, claypot rice with bacon, and braised winter bamboo shoots with bacon ribs.

Shopkeeper Liang and the chef in charge tasted these dishes respectively, and they found that they tasted better than the bacon they bought before.

"Boss Ye, how much bacon do you have?" the shopkeeper asked cheerfully.

"430 kilograms of cured pork and 45 kilograms of cured pork ribs, and this is the only batch. The next batch will have to wait until the end of next year." Excluding what was cooked at home and tasted yesterday, that's probably all that's left.

The main reason why the bacon is so delicious this time is that the pigs raised by the Ye family are relatively fat. If the pigs purchased from other places were more expensive, they would not be able to make such delicious bacon because of the lack of fat.

"Boss Ye, can you guarantee that we will only have this batch of bacon by the end of next year?" Shopkeeper Liang asked in a low voice in Father Ye's ear.

"I can guarantee that, to be honest with you, the shopkeeper, these pigs for making bacon are raised at home. Each pig weighs more than two hundred kilograms. Only such fat pigs can make such crystal clear bacon that is fatter and thinner. "

"Besides, the cost of buying pigs from outside is high, and I can't make much money by making them into bacon."

In fact, it was said earlier that the pigs raised at home were fatter. This was all nonsense made by Ye's father, mainly because the purchased pork was too expensive and he couldn't make much money by making bacon.

"How much does Boss Ye plan to sell a pound of this bacon?"

"The cured pork is 42 Wen per catty, and the cured pork ribs are 32 Wen per catty."

40 cents per pound of cured pork, this is Ye’s father’s bottom line. It has been agreed before that by the end of next year there will be only this batch of bacon, so of course Father Ye will raise the price.

After some haggling between Shopkeeper Liang and Father Ye, they finally agreed on the price of cured pork at 41 Wen per catty and cured pork ribs at 30 Wen per catty.

“430腊猪肉一共17两630文，45斤腊排骨一共1350文，总共是18两980文。”

Shopkeeper Liang gave Father Ye four 20-tael pieces of silver. Father Ye carefully took the silver, then took another one tael and [-] copper plates from his wallet and gave it to Shopkeeper Liang.

With a huge sum of 20 taels, Father Ye did not dare to stay in the county longer, so he hurried back in a donkey cart.