The happy little days of the Ye family

Old Mrs. Ye is old, and Wang Chunyu and Li Guoer have to take care of the children at home, so the Ye family has no time to grow vegetables to sell.

Nowadays, the fresh vegetables sold in the grocery store every morning are all grown by Wang Xiaofu and Ye Pingan’s families.

The Ye family paid to buy vegetables from the two families, and then sold them in the grocery store.

Although the money earned from selling vegetables is not much, it is still worthwhile as it can attract many women to buy vegetables.

It was still dark, but Wang Xiaofu's house was already brightly lit.

Wang Xiaofu's sister, Wang Xiaoyun, was cooking breakfast in the kitchen. The little girl was very quick and soon the aroma of breakfast wafted out of the kitchen.

In the small vegetable garden at the door, Aunt Chen and Wang Xiaofu were holding torches and picking vegetables for the grocery store.

It was early spring and there were not many vegetables in the garden. Only romaine lettuce, celery and spinach were edible.

Things like beans, loofahs, and eggplants are not ready yet and will have to wait for more than a month before they can be eaten.

Although the Wang family's vegetable garden does not grow many varieties of vegetables, the quantity is large, with a large area of ​​each type planted.

The Wang family has made a lot of money in recent years by providing vegetables and pig grass to the Ye family, as well as taking care of Ye Qingqing's children.

Last year, not only was the house renovated, but two more rooms were also built for Wang Xiaofu to get married.

Thinking about the good life at home now, Aunt Chen's eyes were filled with happy smiles.

The mother and son were very skillful and cut about 10 bunches of each of lettuce, spinach and romaine lettuce.

In the corner there is a large patch of sweet potato seedlings that were planted not long ago. It rained a few days ago, and now they are growing lush, green, tender and fresh.

Seeing this, Aunt Chen cut a few bundles of sweet potato seedlings that had just grown.

The fresh and tender sweet potato sprouts are especially delicious when fried with lard, and many families in the town like them.

The mother and son cleaned up the vegetables, removed the old leaves, washed them all again, and then tied them up carefully. They looked clean and fresh.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Xiaofu's father came over with two full buckets of water to water the vegetables.

This vegetable garden is the main source of income for the Wang family, and the whole family regards it as the apple of their eye.

When going out, in addition to vegetables, Wang Xiaofu also brought a large basket of young bamboo shoots.

Early spring is a good time to eat bamboo shoots. Wang Xiaoyun goes to the bamboo forest on the back mountain every day to dig some bamboo shoots.

Every spring, the little girl can make a good income by selling bamboo shoots.

While Wang Xiaofu was busy, Ye Ping'an was also busy at home.

Ye Ping'an's home is at the outermost part of the village. There is a small stream outside the door. There are many fresh wild vegetables nearby. There are also a lot of water celery and a tall toon tree in the river.

Before daybreak, Ye Ping'an's family of eight were all holding torches and digging wild vegetables at their doorstep.

In less than fifteen minutes, he had dug up a large backpack and a basket full of all kinds of wild vegetables, including wild onions, shepherd's purse, toon and water celery.

The two young boys lived in different directions of the village and arrived at the Ye family one after the other.

Both of them brought a lot of fresh vegetables. After Ye Donglin checked them, he gave the money for the vegetables to the two little helpers.

The two young boys moved all the things into the donkey cart, which was already filled with a lot of food and various dry goods.

Plus they had to take three little ones to the academy, so there was really no room for the two of them.

So the two new grocery store clerks had to walk from the village to the town every day.

Fortunately, the town was not far away and only took quarter of an hour to walk there.

Ye Donglin drove the donkey cart and took the three little guys, who had been chattering non-stop since they left the house, to the academy.

When I returned to the grocery store, Wang Xiaofu and Ye Pingan were already waiting there.

The two had been working as clerks in the grocery store for about a month. They were very familiar with the situation in the store and skillfully put the vegetables and various things they brought in their proper places.

Just as the three of them had packed their things, several women who had made an appointment to buy groceries together came to the grocery store.

The two new guys were very understanding and immediately came to greet us warmly.

Ye Donglin had already assigned the work to the two people. Ye Ping'an was responsible for selling various fresh vegetables and eggs.

Although there are many varieties of vegetables, they are basically charged according to the price per bundle, and there is no need to weigh them.

Although still a novice, Ye Ping'an can easily entertain the aunts and ladies who come to buy vegetables.

The little guy has handsome features and a sweet mouth, and the woman who comes to buy vegetables likes him very much.

A few days ago, someone asked Ye Donglin about Ye Ping'an's family situation, wanting to find him a matchmaker.

Wang Xiaofu was in charge of selling grain and fish. Because they had to weigh the goods, it became a little hectic when there were so many people around.

Ye Donglin, who was originally collecting money at the counter, saw that he was too busy and quickly stood up to help.

In the past, Ye Donglin was the only one running the grocery store. Every morning when he was selling vegetables, he was as busy as if he was fighting a war.

Now with the help of two guys, I don’t have to rush around in the morning.

The three of them worked for nearly an hour before they sold out all the roast duck, roast chicken, vegetables and fish they brought in the morning.

After selling the vegetables, the grocery store was relatively quiet for the rest of the time, with only a few people coming to buy things in an hour.

Taking advantage of this relatively free time, Ye Donglin began to teach the two of them to read.

It’s not that Ye Donglin is too nice, but for things sold in the grocery store, Ye Donglin would basically put a small note on the shelf.

The price of each item would be written on it, but since the two of them were illiterate, they couldn't understand the pricing of these items.

Although you can just memorize the price of each item, it is easy to make mistakes this way.

The price of each item is clearly written in black and white. If you sell it directly at the price he sets, you can avoid a lot of trouble.

When selling vegetables in the morning, although they were very busy, they both adapted well.

But recognizing and writing are really difficult for two 15-year-old boys.

Ye Donglin clearly felt that it was much more difficult to teach them than teaching Xiaoqi and other little kids who were only four or five years old.

In a month, the two of them had only learned half of the names of the goods in the grocery store.

Although the progress was a bit slow, the two were very diligent.

In the afternoon, you can always see two teenagers in the corner of the grocery store, holding brushes, dipping them in water and squatting on the ground practicing calligraphy.

The brushes in the two people's hands were the old brushes discarded by Xiaoqi and his friends.

Although half of the hair has fallen off, it doesn't matter. It can still be used after getting some water on it.

Moreover, the two of them cherished this opportunity very much. After all, the tuition for studying in the village school was two taels of silver a year.

They now work as clerks in a grocery store. Not only can they get paid but they can also learn to read for free. Both of them are very grateful to Ye Donglin.

Apart from being a little slow in learning to read, the two of them are pretty fast learners and performed quite well when buying groceries in the morning.

Ye Donglin thought that in about half a year, the two of them should be able to stand on their own.