The happy little days of the Ye family

After a while, a tall, thin, middle-aged man came to Father Ye’s stall.

"How many of these dried bamboo fungus do you have?"

The man bent over and looked through the sack containing bamboo fungus.

Unexpectedly, someone would come to the stall so soon. Father Ye said cheerfully: "I have 40 kilograms of dried bamboo fungus. I sell it in bulk for 190 Wen per catty. If I want all of it, it will cost 180 Wen per catty."

"It's too expensive."

The man had seen the bamboo fungus, and then picked up a few pieces of dried bamboo shoots to look through.

"Damboo fungus is rare, and the price is not expensive at all. These dried bamboo fungus, dried bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms are all produced on our own mountain, and they are all dry goods that were just dried a few days ago."

As he spoke, Father Ye took a few dried mushrooms from the stall and handed them to the man for inspection.

"This good stuff is okay. What if I want all of it?"

The middle-aged man was very calm and glanced at the two dry goods stalls in the distance.

The man looked like he was an expert at first glance, and Father Ye told the truth: "If you want them all, bamboo fungus will cost 180 cents per catty, dried mushrooms will cost 23 cents per catty, and dried bamboo shoots will cost 12 cents per catty."

This was not the first time that Father Ye sold things on the dock, and he quoted the prevailing price.

The middle-aged man finally only bought 20 kilograms of dried bamboo fungus.

Then Father Ye watched helplessly as the merchant went to another stall selling mountain products.

After shopping around, no one's money comes from strong winds. Father Ye can only comfort himself and Ye Donglin in this way.

Not long after, another young merchant came. Father Ye looked at the young man and felt that he looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

"How to sell these dried bamboo shoots?"

"It sells in bulk for 13 Wen per catty, and for items over 100 catties, it costs 12 Wen per catty. There are 400 catties of dried bamboo shoots on the stall."

"Where's the dried bamboo fungus? How much is a pound?" The young man was obviously more interested in the dried bamboo fungus.

In fact, this young man had bought dried bamboo shoots and dried bamboo fungus from Father Ye’s stall last year, and he came here specifically to buy some more bamboo shoots and dried bamboo fungus.

"Bamboo fungi are scarce, and there are only 20 kilograms of them in the entire bamboo forest. They are sold in bulk for 190 Wen per catty, and if you want them all, it's 180 Wen per catty."

The bamboo fungus usually eaten in restaurants costs more than 200 yuan per plate. It is only a little bit, but you can still make a profit by buying it back.

The man nodded and said, "I want all the dried bamboo shoots and bamboo fungus on the stall."

“400斤笋干一共是4两8钱，干竹荪一共是3两6钱，总共是8两4钱。”叶父算数好，很快就将价钱算好了。

Ye Donglin was extremely envious when he saw his father selling half of the dry goods on the stall in a short time. And his grocery stall is not open yet.

Ye Donglin was feeling lost when a fat middle-aged man came up from the stall.

The man had a son and a daughter at home. When he passed by, he happened to see the ceramic gadgets on Ye Donglin's stall and wanted to buy some to take back to comfort the children.

The man selected at the stall and finally ordered a ceramic pen holder and two sets of ceramic dolls with 12 zodiac signs.

Just as he was about to give the money, he saw the hair ties and headbands on the side and picked the two most expensive hair ties.

Ye Lin happily packed the things. The man picked out more expensive things. The total profit from these items was more than 30 yuan.

"Boss Ye, I happen to have a batch of defective linen here. Are you interested in bartering for it?"

Father Ye saw that he was an old acquaintance, a businessman from Shu who had previously sold patterned fabrics to Father Ye.

"Okay, you can go to the warehouse to look at the fabrics now."

According to previous experience, the profit from bartering is more profitable than simply selling dry goods. Of course, Father Ye is more willing to barter.

Father Ye told Ye Donglin to keep an eye on the two stalls and not to sell the dried mushrooms on the stalls until he comes back before making plans.

"Let's go to the warehouse and look at the fabrics first."

Father Ye wished that there were fabrics with patterns. Father Ye had made a lot of money from patterned fabrics before.

Father Ye followed the merchants from Shu to a remote small warehouse. The man opened the door of the warehouse and saw a dozen pieces of stained linen inside.

Father Ye stepped forward and looked through the fabrics in the warehouse. The fine cotton fabrics were common gray and blue colors, and the stained areas were not very obvious.

Father Ye thinks this batch of fabrics is okay, "I wonder how Boss Lin plans to replace this batch of fabrics?"

"These fabrics are only damaged in a small area, so I will give you 6% of the original price. In addition, I also have a piece of white silk that is damaged, and I will give it to you at 5% of the original price."

"Convert the cloth into silver, and then use the silver to buy the dried mushrooms on your stall."

Father Ye thought the price was quite reasonable, so he picked up the damaged piece of silk and looked through it carefully.

The quality of the silk is very good, but it's a pity that a few threads in the middle are damaged. There is no way to make clothes, but you can cut them out and embroider them for Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing.

In the end, Ye's father exchanged 87 pounds of dried mushrooms for 16 pieces of dyed linen and one piece of damaged white silk.