The happy little days of the Ye family

Because there were leftover braised sesame water and braised vegetables sold at the stall, the rabbit brought over by Tang Xiaojing was pickled by Mrs. Ye.

Old Mrs. Ye said cheerfully: "The autumn harvest will be in a few days. These three rabbits will eat slowly in the past few days, just in time to replenish the body before the autumn harvest."

Father Ye came back from Butcher Zhang soon. As soon as he came back, he was busy dividing the large jar of honey into small jars of about one pound.

Father Ye bought these small clay pots from Li Dazhuzi in Lijia Village for 3 cents each. A jar of honey sells for 45 cents. After deducting the cost of the jar, a pound of honey can earn 42 cents.

Father Ye has long since earned back his tuition fees for learning beekeeping, and now the money from selling honey is basically pure profit. Father Ye plans to prepare more for the annual gift to his master at the end of the year.

Before going to bed, Father Ye braised the braised pork, braised duck and spicy duck, and put the dried bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms in a wooden basin to soak in advance.

Father Ye got up early in the morning. The first thing he did when he got up was to stew the chicken with dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots, and then reheat the other braised meats before cutting them.

Although the amount of braised water and braised vegetables has been reduced, there is still an extra pot of fragrant chicken stewed with dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots. The food you bring here is actually about the same as usual.

When Father Ye arrived at the pier, the new braised pork stall had already packed up its stall and started selling braised eggs.

Ye's father's braised eggs cost 3 cents each. The new braised pork stall costs 2 cents for two, which is half a cent cheaper each time. There are many people who go there to buy braised eggs, and there are even acquaintances who work together to buy them. Bought.

Father Ye took a deep breath, cheered up and began to clean up his stall.

Father Ye put the dried mushrooms, bamboo shoots and dried chicken stewed on the stove and continued to stew. The smell of the dried mushrooms and chicken was so strong that half of the dock could smell the aroma.

As soon as regular customers smelled this smell, they knew it was the chicken stewed by Father Ye, and they came to Father Ye's stall one after another.

A round man in brown clothes came to the stall and said, "Boss Ye, are you trying this stewed chicken today or are you selling it?"

Father Ye smiled and said: "Boss Lin, this stewed chicken is sold in portions just like the braised pork. It costs 13 cents per portion, and one portion is about half a catty."

The man was a little greedy when he smelled the taste, "Give me some, I haven't eaten for a long time and I still miss it."

As he said this, he looked at the spicy duck product beside him. Boss Lin, like Ye Qingqing, likes spicy food but can't eat spicy food very well.

The man often comes over to take care of Ye's father's business, and Ye's father knows that his boss Lin can't eat spicy food very well.

"Boss Lin, there is honey water at the stall today. This honey water is very spicy. Would you like a bowl with spicy duck?"

"Okay, bring me a duck wing and a duck paw, and a bowl of honey water."

"Boss Lin, stewed chicken costs 13 cents, duck wings cost 11 cents, duck paws cost 3 cents, and a bowl of honey water costs 7 cents, a total of 34 cents."

Father Ye took a large handful of copper coins and put them into the purse on his waist without counting them. Then he brought the food Boss Lin asked for to the small table beside him.

Originally there were no tables in the stall, and many customers liked to chat while nibbling on the duck. Some even talked about business while nibbling on the duck, so Father Ye specially brought two small, lightweight bamboo tables.

Later, many people liked to bring breakfast to Ye’s father’s stall. Many merchants gathered at the stall, and several business deals were negotiated. Some local merchants on the dock preferred to come to Ye’s father’s to buy. Braised pork.

With spicy duck and chicken stewed with dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots, the stall was constantly crowded, and many merchants who had just docked were attracted by the aroma of the stall.

The new braised pork stall also attracted many people working on the dock and new merchants due to its cheap price. Both stalls seemed to be doing good business.

In fact, Ye's father made much more money here than the other side. Ye's father had been secretly paying attention to the opposite stall all morning.

The stall opposite only sells low-priced dishes such as pork head meat, pig offal and braised vegetables, and they deliberately sell them for a penny cheaper than Ye's father. It seems that the business is good, but in fact it is just hard-earned money.

Father Ye's sales of braised pork and duck were about the same as usual, but he sold a few more jars of honey and seven or eight bowls of honey water, making even more money than before.

Father Ye was very happy. It was Jing Xiaozi who was smart. As expected, it was easy to make money from rich people.

By the time it was time to eat, the braised pork and duck products sold in bulk at the stall had already been sold out, leaving only half a pot of the stewed chicken with dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots that Ye’s father had specially set aside for lunch. of.

Most of the people who bought food from Ye's father in the morning would buy rice from the stall at noon. In addition, Ye's father had reduced the portion of today's braised pork rice, so he had sold out all the food at the stall early.

When Ye's father was packing his things and preparing to go back, a merchant from Shu came to the stall. He was an old acquaintance. The defective fabric that Ye's father had previously exchanged for goods was from this boss Han.

The defective fabric at that time was the first amount of money that Ye's father made from business. Even with this amount of money, he would not have made up his mind to become a peddler and do small business.

Therefore, Father Ye was very enthusiastic about Boss Han. Every time Boss Han came to buy spicy duck products, Father Ye would wipe off the change for him.

Father Ye put down the things in his hands and said cheerfully: "Boss Han, you came a little late today, and all the food on the stall has been sold out."

Boss Han frowned and said, "A few fellow villagers and I have just had dinner, but we are really not used to eating this kind of food."

"Your spicy duck product is quite similar to the taste of our Shu region. I would like to discuss with Boss Ye to see if we can make some spicy food and sell it at the stall."

Shu is rich in silk and various patterned cottons. There are many Shu merchants bringing fabrics to the dock every day.

Lu Malulu, a merchant from Shu, felt that the food here was too bland and tasteless at all.

Ye's father's spicy duck products are just in line with the taste of these Shu merchants, so Ye's stall is quite famous among the Shu merchants.

There are a lot of merchants from Shu on the wharf. People here still don’t know that dogwood can be used for cooking, so it would be a good idea to make more spicy dishes.

Father Ye looked at Boss Han brightly, "Boss Han, I use the spicy duck marinade to marinate some spicy vegetarian vegetables and pig meat. What do you think?"

Boss Han made another small suggestion, "It's very good. It would be better if the spicy pig was stir-fried with sauerkraut."

"It's a simple matter. Tomorrow I will braise some spicy pig meat and vegetarian vegetables. Half of it will be sold as snacks, and the other half will be stir-fried with sauerkraut and pickled beans. I will use it to make spicy braised pork rice at noon."

Seeing that the problem of eating was easily solved, Boss Han happily said to Father Ye: "I will tell a few fellow villagers when I get back that they will all come to the stall tomorrow to buy braised pork and braised pork rice."

Father Ye also said happily: "Thank you very much, Boss Han. We don't have much spices at home, so I have to buy some spices quickly."

Father Ye bought the spices for braised pork from several pharmacies, while the dogwood was bought from Wang's Pharmacy.

Relying on Tang Xiaojing's relationship, Ye's father specifically told shopkeeper Wang that he must not tell others about buying dogwood in the pharmacy.