The happy little days of the Ye family

Father Ye and Ye Donglin arrived at the entrance of the village. A dozen villagers carrying large and small bags had gathered under the big tree.

Father Ye asked the villagers to line up one by one, and he looked at them one by one before deciding whether to accept them.

The first person in the queue was the aunt who just took the soles and asked Father Ye if he would accept them.

At first glance, the aunt's family condition was very poor, but she always had a smile on her face. Although her clothes were shabby, they were very clean. Father Ye had a very good impression of this aunt.

The aunt brought over six pairs of shoe soles, six pairs of insoles, and three men's belts.

Father Ye checked them one by one, and after making sure there was nothing wrong, he said with a smile: "Aunt, the soles of these shoes cost four cents a pair, the insoles cost two cents a pair, and the belts cost eight cents a piece. Do you think there is anything wrong with them?"

"No problem, just do what you just said."

The aunt was very happy. The price was almost the same as what she would have sold at the market, and she didn’t have to waste time setting up a stall at the market.

"Auntie, there are 66 Wen in total. You can take the money."

The aunt happily took the coins given by Father Ye and counted them carefully. After making sure there is no problem, carefully put the copper plate into your purse.

The second one was a hunter who brought some rabbit skins and a somewhat broken wolf skin. The man is tall and looks like a very capable hunter. No wonder he can hunt wolves.

The rabbit skins are relatively complete, but most of them are gray and only two are white.

Most of the rabbits here are gray, and a very few are pure white rabbits. Basically, there are only about 100 pure white rabbits out of 2 rabbits.

Although both gray and white rabbit skins are equally warm, white rabbit skins are more beautiful and more expensive.

The wolf's skin was smooth and shiny, and it looked like it was well maintained. Unfortunately, it was cut in several places. If the wolf skin was intact, it could be sold for 2 taels of silver each. Unfortunately, this wolf skin has many damaged areas.

This is a southern place, and you don't need to wear leather clothes even in the winter, so the price of leather here is not high. However, Father Ye met several northern businessmen on the dock, and the price of leather jackets in the north was terrifyingly high.

Father Ye also saw merchants selling fur coats and furs on the dock. A pure white rabbit fur coat actually cost 8 taels of silver, a wolf fur coat cost 20 taels of silver, and the cheapest gray rabbit fur coat cost 3 taels. silver.

And this is only the wholesale price at the dock. The price for merchants in the north to resell it is even more frighteningly high.

Father Ye counted and found that there were 16 rabbit skins in total, two of which were pure white and the other 14 were gray. Together they could make a rabbit fur coat.

"The gray rabbit skin costs 45 cents per piece, and the white rabbit skin costs 100 cents per piece. This wolf skin is a pity. There are many damaged areas, and I can only give you 1 tael of silver at most."

The price given by Father Ye was a little higher than that of the merchants who came to collect the leather in previous years. The middle-aged man smiled with satisfaction and said, "Okay, let's pay this price."

Ye Donglin was very good at arithmetic and quickly calculated the price, "16 rabbit skins, a total of 830 Wen, plus the wolf skin, a total of 1830 Wen."

Father Ye calculated it again in his mind and found that it was indeed this amount. He took out the money from his wallet and gave the money to Orion.

Then there was the slightly mean-looking aunt I had just seen at the entrance of the village. The aunt was holding a handkerchief.

To be honest, this handkerchief is very ordinary. The embroidery cloth is ordinary fine linen, the embroidery thread is also cheap embroidery thread, and the embroidery method is also average. Overall, it is a very ordinary handkerchief.

In the end, Father Ye paid 7 cents for 8 handkerchiefs.

The next one was an uncle who made bamboo products. He brought over things such as bamboo mats, bamboo stools, bamboo tubes and lounge chairs for enjoying the coolness in summer.

Summer here is hot and long, so a mat is a necessity. But it’s only winter now, so it’s still early to sell mats. You can get this later.

Bamboo stools come in different specifications, including small stools that are easy to carry, medium-sized stools that are more common, and a more imposing stool with a backrest.

Stools that are easy to carry should be needed by merchants setting up stalls at docks or markets. Medium and large stools take up too much space, so Father Ye does not plan to have them.

Father Ye really likes the bamboo deck chair, but it takes up too much space. It's definitely not suitable for selling, but it's good to take it home to cool down.

"Uncle, what's the price of these small stools and lounge chairs?"

"A small stool costs 4 cents, and a recliner costs 80 cents."

Father Ye picked up a small stool. Since it was made of bamboo and was much lighter than a wooden stool, Father Ye directly asked for 8 small stools.

Father Ye asked for two deck chairs, but he wanted to come back next time to transport them back, so he gave a [-]% deposit first.

Then Ye’s father collected some bacon, dried mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots. Ye’s father came suddenly, and the villagers didn’t take out many things, only about ten kilograms each.

What surprised Ye’s father the most was arrowroot. Ye’s father knew about arrowroot from the drug store in the county.

At that time, Ye's father went to the drug store to sell honeysuckle, and happened to see a beautiful woman dressed in rich clothes purchasing arrowroot powder. The arrowroot powder actually cost 200 Wen per pound.

Later, Ye's father specifically asked the shopkeeper of the drug store about the kudzu powder. The kudzu powder is a powder obtained by grinding the kudzu root, washing it with water, and filtering it.

Ten kilograms of kudzu root can only produce eight or ninety taels of kudzu powder at most, and making kudzu powder is very troublesome. It was also speculated by wealthy ladies, and the price of kudzu powder doubled.

Arrowroot powder is generally coarse-grained and white in color with a hint of off-white.

The biggest use of arrowroot powder is for beauty and beauty. Long-term consumption of arrowroot powder will make the skin all over the body more tender, smooth and shiny. Moreover, arrowroot powder also delays wrinkles and makes people look younger.

Father Ye got close to the kudzu root powder and smelled it carefully. It did have the fragrance of kudzu root.

Pueraria lobata was brought here by a young and beautiful woman. The aunt beside her said that this woman was a scholar in the village and her natal family was a wealthy family in the town.

It turned out to be a wealthy family in the town, so no wonder they knew about arrowroot. The woman only brought 2 kilograms of arrowroot powder, and it cost 170 yuan per kilogram.

Ye Donglin was shocked by the price of the kudzu powder. The powder ground from the wild kudzu root in the mountains actually cost 170 yuan per pound. It was better for him to make it himself.

Ye Donglin tugged on Father Ye's sleeve and whispered: "Dad, isn't this a scam? There are so many kudzu roots in the mountains, what are you going to do with this wasted money?"

Ye's father also felt that the price was indeed too high. Although the kudzu powder sold in the drug store was 200 Wen per pound, if Ye's father sold it himself, he might not be able to sell it at such a high price.

Father Ye had asked the shopkeeper of the drug store before, and the drug store only accepted fresh kudzu root, not prepared kudzu powder, for fear that something unknown would be added to it.

Father Ye was very torn. He wanted to try some arrowroot powder, but he was afraid that this valuable thing would fall into his hands.

Father Ye thought for a moment and decided to forget it. It's 170 cents per pound, what if it falls into your hand?