The happy little days of the Ye family

When Father Ye arrived at the Liang's restaurant, it was just past lunch time. Several waiters were cleaning, while shopkeeper Liang was fiddling with the abacus on the counter, calculating the lunch profit.

Shopkeeper Liang saw Father Ye and asked enthusiastically: "Boss Ye, I've been waiting for you to come. Have the toon and wild vegetables grown on the mountain?"

"Shopkeeper Liang, today I just brought toon and wild vegetables, as well as more than 100 kilograms of spring bamboo shoots."

Shopkeeper Liang asked Father Ye to drive the donkey cart to the back door and come in from the backyard. Several guys helped move the things to the backyard.

Shopkeeper Liang was very happy to see the juicy Chinese toon and wild vegetables. With these, he would not have to worry about running out of ingredients.

"This is the first crop of Chinese toons. I collect them at 18 cents per catty, and all subsequent toons will be collected at 15 cents per catty."

Father Ye originally thought that he would be charged 15 cents per catty, but he did not expect that this crop of toon would cost an extra three cents per catty.

Father Ye pretended to be calm on the surface, but in fact he was happy inside.

"Okay, just follow what you said, Shopkeeper Liang. Which of these wild vegetables does Shopkeeper Liang plan to collect? How many kilograms of each type will he collect?"

"I have collected everything I brought this time. Starting from the day after tomorrow, 5 jins of Chinese toon, 20 jins of spring bamboo shoots, 15 jins of water celery, wild onions, shepherd's purse and bracken, 10 jins each, will be delivered together every day."

"Chinese toon costs 15 cents per catty, wild vegetables cost 1 cent per catty, and spring bamboo shoots cost 6 cents per catty. In addition, it must be fresh, and the items delivered must be picked on the same day."

Father Ye quickly assured: "Of course, I guarantee that they will be picked on the same day."

At this time, the waiter on the side also weighed the things, "Shopkeeper Liang, 18 catties of Chinese toon, 48 catties of wild vegetables, and 186 catties of spring bamboo shoots."

"A total of 1488 coins." Shopkeeper Liang took out a few pieces of broken silver and gave them to Father Ye.

Father Ye came out of Liang's restaurant, the smile on his face could not be suppressed.

The family has just started growing vegetables, and it will take at least a month until the vegetables in the garden grow. 5 jins of Chinese toon, 20 jins of spring bamboo shoots, and 45 jins of wild vegetables every day, which is 240 yuan a day.

That month it was 7 taels and 2 cents, and with today's it was 8 taels and 688 cents. With such a good deal, Father Ye no longer had the time to care about the small stalls in the town.

Shopkeeper Liang requires that everything be picked on the same day. It takes an hour and a half to come to the county. Time is tight. Father Ye is anxious to go back to discuss picking wild vegetables.

After returning home, Ye's father went to Mrs. Ye's house and gave Mrs. Ye the money he got. These were all wild products from his own mountain, and logically they all belonged to the public.

However, because Ye's father traveled to and from the county every day, which delayed the business of setting up stalls and hawkers, the old couple decided to give [-]% of the money they earned from selling mountain products to Ye's father.

Old Mrs. Ye took out a bunch of copper coins and counted them carefully before giving the money to Father Ye, "Two percent of 1488 is 297 Wen. This is yours."

"Thank you, old lady, for the reward." Father Ye took the coin with a playful smile.

"You're already a father, but you're still not in the right shape. What did Shopkeeper Liang say?"

"Starting from the day after tomorrow, 5 pounds of Chinese toon, 20 pounds of spring bamboo shoots, 15 pounds of water celery, wild onions, shepherd's purse and 10 pounds of bracken every day."

"Shopkeeper Liang requires us to deliver wild vegetables and spring bamboo shoots half an hour before the meal, and all ingredients must be picked on the same day."

Mrs. Ye was very happy when she heard that Shopkeeper Liang had collected so many wild vegetables. She just had to get up early to pick wild vegetables and dig bamboo shoots as time was tight. This was not a big problem.

"Time is tight. Starting tomorrow, everyone will go to bed early. Get up half an hour earlier than usual in the morning, and the whole family will go pick wild vegetables and dig spring bamboo shoots together."

"We have a lot of people, so we can pack it up in about half an hour. Then you can send the things to the county right away. That should be enough time."

After a day's rest, the Ye family got up early. When the sky was still gray, the whole family drove the donkey cart to Xiaohou Mountain.

It was not yet completely bright at this time, so it was difficult to see clearly when picking toon. Father Ye and Mr. Ye went to the bamboo forest to dig spring bamboo shoots first, while the remaining five people dug wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain.

The wild vegetables at this time had grown much larger than the previous two days, and they were growing all over the field. In less than a quarter of an hour, a few people had dug twenty or thirty kilograms of wild vegetables.

Mrs. Ye and Ye Xilin were very lucky today. They found a pheasant nest with a total of 15 pheasant eggs. They were so happy that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear.

Not all the pheasant eggs found were taken away. One pheasant egg was left in each pheasant nest, so that the pheasants would continue to lay eggs here and they could continue to come and get eggs next time.

It was already daybreak. Seeing that her father and son had not returned from digging spring bamboo shoots, Mrs. Ye called Mother Ye to start picking toon, while the three children continued to dig wild vegetables.

Father Ye and Mr. Ye came to the bamboo forest, and a huge mouse ran past them.

This is a bamboo rat. Bamboo rats make a living by eating bamboo. They are much larger than ordinary rats. Large bamboo rats are almost as big as rabbits.

In addition to eating bamboo, bamboo rats also eat bamboo shoots. The fat and tender bamboo shoots in front of Ye's father were harmed by the bamboo rats just now. Ye's father dug out the damaged bamboo shoots, and these bamboo shoots could only be used to make dried bamboo shoots.

Mr. Ye hated these guys who harmed the bamboo shoots. "Why don't you make some traps in the bamboo forest? They will harm so many spring bamboo shoots."

"I have only harvested one rabbit and one snake after digging traps for so long. When I go to Dashan Village to collect mountain goods later, I will go find out how to catch bamboo rats."

"You still have wild vegetables and spring bamboo shoots sent by the county, and Dong Lin and I can go to Dashan Village to collect the mountain products."

"That's okay. This guy Dong Lin is quite interested in doing business. Dad, please give him some advice."

"This is my grandson, I still want you to tell me."

One spring bamboo shoot weighs several kilograms, and the two of them dug up 20 kilograms of spring bamboo shoots quickly.

Back at the foot of the mountain, the three young ones have dug up wild vegetables, bracken and shepherd's purse, leaving only water celery.

The water celery was beside the stream. Ye Donglin went over with a sickle and cut a large handful. In less than a while, he had picked all the wild vegetables.

Mrs. Ye also picked a basket of Chinese toons, and one more basket is enough. Mr. Ye and Father Ye hurried over to help pick toon.

Seeing that there were not so many people picking toon, Ye Mu took a few children to the stream to wash wild vegetables.

The water by the stream was only knee-deep, and Ye's mother was not worried about her three children. Mr. Ye specially made some big rocks by the stream. It was quite suitable for squatting on the rocks to wash wild vegetables.

The mother and son quickly washed the wild vegetables. The washed wild vegetables were clean and juicy, which made people like them just looking at them.

After washing the wild vegetables and picking the Chinese toon, Father Ye drove the donkey cart to the county.

The wild vegetables and spring bamboo shoots brought by Ye's father were all newly picked, tender and fresh, and shopkeeper Liang was very satisfied.

Father Ye was also very happy with the 240 Wen he earned from selling vegetables. Although he did not make money by setting up a stall, it was more stable and he could make more money in a month than by setting up a stall.

Moreover, having come all the way to the county, Ye's father didn't want to just sell wild vegetables. He planned to go to the dock to set up a stall for two hours before returning home.