The happy little days of the Ye family

Although the deer and the wild boar were tied up by Wuhuada, they struggled desperately along the way.

Twice, the wild boar spat out the weeds blocked from its mouth and howled heart-rendingly.

While driving the donkey cart, Tang Xiaojing would look back from time to time to see if the wild boar and deer had broken free.

The wild boar is very powerful. If it ran away on the road, he didn't have the confidence to catch the wild boar alone.

Fortunately, the two guys had already exhausted a lot of energy in the trap, and they stopped moving halfway through.

Tang Xiaojing took the prey to the Liang Family Restaurant. Tang Xiaojing and shopkeeper Liang were already very familiar with each other. Shopkeeper Wang saw Tang Xiaojing and immediately greeted him.

"Boy Jing, I haven't sent you any prey for a long time. What good things did you bring today?"

Tang Xiaojing said with a smile: "I went to the mountains to collect herbs during this period. After brewing the herbs in a few days, I will have time to go hunting in the mountains."

Then he added: "I was lucky today. I caught a big wild boar and a deer in a trap on the mountain, and they were both alive. There were also 8 rabbits."

Shopkeeper Liang's eyes lit up when he heard there were live wild boars and deer, "Jing boy, drive the oxcart to the back door, and we'll talk in the backyard."

There are people coming and going in the hall, and it would be bad if the wild boar and deer scare people.

Tang Xiaojing drove the carriage to the backyard, and moved the wild boar, deer and hare down with another man.

The clerk quickly weighed all the prey, "Shopkeeper Liang, the wild boar weighs 281 kilograms, the deer deer weighs 28 kilograms, and the hare totals 58 kilograms."

Shopkeeper Liang looked at Tang Xiaojing with a smile and said: "The price is still the same as before, wild boar is 10 Wen per catty, deer is 20 Wen per catty, and hare is 12 Wen per catty."

Tang Xiaoding nodded and said with a smile: "The price given by Shopkeeper Liang is fair, just do what you said."

Shopkeeper Liang took out an abacus and quickly calculated it. "The wild boar costs 2 coins for 810 taels, the deer has 560 coins, and the hare has 696 coins. The total is 4 taels and 66 coins."

Shopkeeper Liang took out two small silver ingots worth two taels of silver and a small bunch of copper plates. After counting them, he handed them to Tang Xiaojing.

Tang Xiaojing happily took the money, and the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously.

Shopkeeper Liang is also very happy. There will be an important banquet in the restaurant tomorrow, and the wild boar, deer and hare will come in handy.

Game is rare, and paired with delicacies such as dried bamboo shoots and mushrooms, it makes a decent meal.

After Tang Xiaojing came out of Liang's Restaurant, he passed by a shop selling rouge and gouache, and happened to hear the proprietress and a girl say:

"This is the new hand cream in Hangzhou. Apply it every day before going to bed. Within a month, your little hands will be white and tender. Many embroiderers in many counties use this hand cream."

Hearing this, Tang Xiaojing thought of Ye Qingqing. He was doing embroidery in the house every day at a young age. He was obviously lively and active, but he didn't know how he could sit still.

Tang Xiaojing knew that Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing both used hand cream. The embroiderer's hands were very precious, and they probably hadn't used the new hand cream from Hangzhou yet.

Tang Xiaojing entered the shop, "Boss, I want two boxes of this hand cream."

Tang Xiaojing bought two boxes generously, one for Ye Qingqing and the other for Ye Mu.

When the lady boss heard that Tang Xiaojing asked for two boxes of hand cream, she smiled brightly and immediately came forward to say hello.

"Young Master, we also have rouge and lipstick here. Do you want to bring them with you? All the ladies in the county like to use this."

Tang Xiaojing shook his head and refused: "As long as this hand cream is fine."

Ye Qingqing usually likes to stay at home and do embroidery, and he doesn't like to dress up. What he usually wears most are the earrings he gave him and the hairbands he made himself. He probably doesn't like to use this rouge and gouache.

Tang Xiaojing asked: "How much do these two boxes of hand cream cost in total?"

Boss lady: "This hand cream is a new product I just got from Hangzhou. It costs 100 Wen per box. Two boxes are 200 Wen."

Tang Xiaojing took out two broken pieces of silver from his arms, which happened to be two coins.

When Tang Xiaojing came out of the shop, it was already dark. Tang Xiaojing touched his flat belly and felt a little hungry.

Tang Xiaojing ate a bowl of egg and shredded pork noodles at the noodle shop next to him, and then went to the escort agency.

At night, Tang Xiaojing tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so he simply lay in bed and counted his personal money.

Before returning to Taohua Village, he had been working as an apprentice in a pharmacy. Although the apprentices were provided with food and accommodation, they were not paid.

When he returned to Peach Blossom Village, he had only a few hundred coins in his hand. This was the New Year's money he had saved since he was a child, and he had saved it for a long time.

Because he discovered dendrobium on the mountain, he bought the Stone Mountain with more than 30 taels of silver. The Tangshan family wrote his name on the title deed of the Stone Mountain, and the Stone Mountain was also his private house.

Before going to the mountain village to collect herbs, he had already earned 12 taels of silver by collecting herbs and selling game animals.

I made a total of 6 taels of silver from my first collection of herbs in Shanli Village, 30 taels of silver from buying tiger bone wine for shopkeeper Wang, and I just earned 4 taels and 66 coins from selling prey.

就是说他回来桃花村的4个月赚就了52两66文，不过大头是虎骨酒的30两，去掉这30两也才22两银子。

In addition, there are expenses. Buying earrings for Ye Qingqing cost 1 tael and 6 yuan, buying medicinal materials for making medicinal wine cost 10 taels, and two boxes of hand cream cost 200 yuan.

There is also the monthly expense, which is about 600 yuan a month, which is 4 taels and 2 yuan in 4 months. The main reason is that he and Tangshan eat too much, and most of it is spent on food.

After all calculations, Tang Xiaojing still had 38 taels of silver in his hands.

Tang Xiaojing couldn't help but lamented that it was easy for the rich to make money. Without the 30 taels of tiger bone wine, there would only be eight taels of silver left.

Tang Xiaojing himself had money, and planned to use his own money for the betrothal gifts and jewelry he would give to Ye Qingqing later.

The bride price is ten taels of silver, and jewelry Tang Xiaojing plans to buy a silver bracelet and a sterling silver hairpin, which cost about five taels of silver.

In addition to other betrothal gifts, wedding cakes and banquets, 20 taels of silver should be enough.

After excluding these 20 taels of silver, Tang Xiaojing only has 18 taels of silver available for use now.

In addition, he also has three jars of aphrodisiac medicinal wine on hand. If these three jars of medicinal wine can be sold, he can probably earn five or six taels of silver.

Tang Xiaojing didn't expect that he could save so much money. If you calculate it this way, wouldn't he be able to buy another hill by the end of the year?

When the time comes, the two hills will be planted with some easy-to-grow herbs, and relying on the two hills, he will be able to be a leisurely little landowner.