The happy little days of the Ye family

Father Ye collected the leather at Li Orion's house, and people in the village had come back one after another.

The village chief had already announced that winter bamboo shoots would be harvested in the drying field this afternoon. At this time, many people were already waiting with winter bamboo shoots.

The bamboo forests in Dashan Village are all wild bamboo forests and they are not very big. They are scattered here and there. However, every household in the village digs winter bamboo shoots, which adds up to a lot.

Ye's father collected a total of 960 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots in Dashan Village. After collecting the winter bamboo shoots, Ye's father made an appointment with the villagers to collect the second batch of winter bamboo shoots five days later.

In early spring, when wild vegetables and garden vegetables are not growing, vegetables are at their most fertile then, and the last batch of winter bamboo shoots are just in time. Ye’s father plans to collect some winter bamboo shoots and sell them in spring.

At home, Mrs. Ye also collected 480 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots.

When Ye's father returned home, he had just unloaded the winter bamboo shoots and skins from the donkey cart when he heard Ye Xilin's roar in the distance. After a while, Mr. Ye came back with his two grandsons pushing two large bags of winter bamboo shoots on a cart.

Dashan Village collected 960 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots, and there were 480 kilograms in the village. In addition, Mr. Ye's grandfather and grandson dug up 1530 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots. More than 1000 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots are piled in the yard like a hill.

Ye's father first gave Ye's mother the leathers and blankets collected in Dashan Village, and then took his two sons to dig river sand.

Winter bamboo shoots should be buried in river sand so that they can be preserved for a longer period of time.

Li's restaurant ordered 400 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots, and Liang's restaurant ordered 800 kilograms. In addition to the 1200 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots, there are still more than 300 kilograms. Ye's father plans to set up a stall in the town to sell winter bamboo shoots during the Lantern Festival.

Although the Lantern Festival is more lively at night, the town starts to get lively during the day. Every year during the Lantern Festival, there will be many vendors on both sides of the main street, with a variety of novel food and fun gadgets, attracting many people. play.

Ye's mother took the leather and blankets that Ye's father had recovered and took them back to her parents' home to find Grandma Ye.

Grandma Ye looked at the leather that Mother Ye brought over with disgust, "This leather is too poorly kneaded. Only these few are barely usable, and the rest are too stiff and unsuitable to make leather clothes."

"This rabbit fur blanket is made with some ingenuity. This stiff leather cannot be made into leather clothes. It would be good to make a mattress or blanket, but these are things used at home and are not as valuable as leather clothes."

Mother Ye looked at the half-made shoes that Grandma Ye had made, and suddenly thought of boots, "If we can't make leather clothes, can we make boots?"

"You can give it a try. You can make boots that are a little harder. I'll try it after I make the rabbit fur coat."

This time, 7 pieces of skin collected by Father Ye can be used to make a rabbit fur coat. Together with the 16 pieces of skin collected yesterday, it is enough to make a rabbit fur coat for men.

Grandma Ye and Mother Ye first trimmed the rabbit skin into regular small pieces of fur, and then sewed the fur into large pieces of fur like sewing clothes. This is not just a matter of simply piecing them together, but also needs to be done carefully according to the size of the clothes. Consider how to splice.

This step is not easy. Rabbit skins are all irregular and have different shapes. If they are not sewn well, they will become wrinkled and very awkward. It took the mother and daughter more than an hour to join the two larger pieces of leather.

When Mother Ye returned home, the father and son had already brought back several carts of river sand. Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye had also moved the winter bamboo shoots into the cellar.

The winter bamboo shoots can be well preserved by keeping the cellar temperature low and covering it with dry river sand.

The winter bamboo shoots had been harvested, and Father Ye, who had nothing to do the next day, took Ye Donglin to the county to purchase goods.

The father and son paid the toll into the city, and the first place they went to was the pier.

Today was only the tenth day of the lunar month, and there were only a few people on the pier. Father Ye and the police patrolling the pier asked when merchants from other places usually came to do business.

The detectives on the dock usually bought wine and braised meat from Father Ye, and Father Ye would give them more every time. The agents usually took good care of Father Ye and told him everything they knew.

"Businessmen basically only start doing business after the Lantern Festival. In addition to the time for stocking up and traveling, it will be at least the end of the month before arriving at the dock. It is estimated that it is still freezing in the north, and they will not go out to do business until spring. .”

"In previous years, people only start setting up stalls at the pier at the end of the first month. If you want to come earlier, you can, but there are so few people there that it's not cost-effective."

"Thank you, brother. I'll treat you to a drink later."

Father Ye knew what he was doing and took Ye Donglin to Chenjia Clothing Store to purchase goods.

On the way, I told my son about Chenjia Cloth Shop with Father Ye, “The owner of Chenjia Cloth Shop has its own weaving shop. The fabrics in the shop are all woven by the female workers in the shop, and they also find people to dye them themselves, so their family Our fabrics are about half cheaper than those from other fabric shops.”

"Their fabrics are already cheaper, and since we require large quantities and have long-term cooperation, the prices can be pushed down. In this way, we can make more than 1% profit on the fabrics we buy."

"However, their family also has disadvantages. Their cloth workshop is relatively small, and the female workers there are all ordinary women. The fabrics they make occasionally have small flaws. But in the countryside, cheap and durable is enough, and there is no such thing. many."

"They occasionally sell defective fabrics at special prices. These are cheaper, but they are usually put in the shop as a gimmick to attract people. Shopkeeper Chen still has something special."

Ye Donglin came to the county for the first time. He was more well-behaved than before at home and tried hard to write down what Ye's father told him.

When he arrived at Chenjia Cloth Village, Ye's father taught Ye Donglin how to choose fabrics.

"The fabrics I buy are all sold at stalls in towns or in other villages. The ones that sell more are cheap burlap, and stain-resistant colors like black, gray and blue sell better."

"Shopkeeper Chen, take two pieces each of black, gray and blue burlap, and a batch each of this light green and goose yellow cloth." Shopkeeper Chen followed Father Ye's request and brought the cloth to the checkout counter.

Father Ye and Ye Donglin said: "People who buy brightly colored fabrics are usually young women. Women are petite and usually buy more than ten feet. They sell slower."

"Shopkeeper Chen, please take one piece each of red, purple, sky blue, and black linen cloth, and another piece of ordinary white silk cloth."

After the new year, the business of the cloth shop was relatively deserted. Father Ye asked for so many fabrics at once. Shopkeeper Chen was so happy that he quickly took the fabrics off the shelf.

Then Ye's father picked out a piece of thick burlap and a piece of fine linen. These two pieces of cloth were used to make rabbit fur coats for Ye's mother.

Shopkeeper Chen took down the fabric Father Ye asked for from the shelf and said cheerfully to Father Ye: "Boss Ye, I have 4 pieces of damp cheesecloth. They are just a little wrinkled due to moisture. Take them back and wash them to see if they can be used." It won’t come out.”

After speaking, he motioned to the waiter to quickly show the fabric to Father Ye.