The happy little days of the Ye family

"Boss Ye, if you don't tell secrets, 120 taels is the highest price I can give you. If you can accept it, you can go to the Yamen to exchange the house lease now."

The man has opened a shop in Tongluo Lane for several years, and most of the neighbors are familiar with it. The business has always been good, and he really doesn't want to change places.

Father Ye was also thinking about it in his mind. Mr. Ye spent a total of 210 taels of silver to buy the house in the academy and the shop in Tongluo Lane.

After calculation, the shop cost a total of 105 taels. If it is sold for 120 taels of silver, it can be resold for 15 taels of silver.

To be honest, Father Ye was a little excited. With these 120 taels of silver, he could also buy another better shop.

But Father Ye was afraid that after selling the shop, he would not be able to find such a good shop.

"Boss Yang, I can't make the decision on this matter. I want to go back and discuss it with my family."

Father Ye didn't tell any lies. Naturally, he had to go back and discuss such a big matter with his family.

The man thought that Ye's father was not satisfied with the price, but he could only take out so much. If he hadn't opened the shop in Tongluo Lane for several years and didn't want to change places, in fact, the shop wouldn't be worth 120 taels.

He could have taken the 120 taels and bought a better shop elsewhere.

Xiao Li saw that both of them looked bad, so he quickly came out to smooth things over.

"Mr. Yang, isn't this shop still available for rent? If you feel that the rental is unstable, you can sign a long-term contract and rent it for three to five years."

The man was a little moved. The shop was closed down by the government a few months ago, so he could only sell the items in the shop at low prices.

Now that we need to reopen a grocery store, we need a lot of money to purchase goods. If we rent a shop, we can save a lot of money to purchase goods.

After three to five years, he will have enough money, and then he can buy a better shop, or slowly search around, and Tongluo Alley has more than just this shop.

The Ye family originally wanted to rent out the shop. Seeing that the man no longer wanted to buy the shop, Ye's father wanted to rent the shop, so he simply rented the shop to him.

In the end, the two reached an agreement. The man rented for three years at a monthly rent of 800 Wen. Ye's father could not increase the rent within three years, but the rent had to be paid annually.

Xiao Li helped write the deed in triplicate. Father Ye and the man each took one copy, and the other copy was kept at the dental shop for safekeeping.

Xiao Li put down the deed in his hand and continued: "The rent of the shop is paid annually. The rent of 800 yuan a month is 9 taels and 6 yuan a year."

The man took out two fifty-tael silver coins from his pocket and gave them to Ye's father. Ye's father happily took the silver coins and gave the man a four-cent piece of silver.

After collecting the money, Father Ye gave the man the key to the shop. The two handed over the money in one hand and the key in the other.

According to the rules of Luohe Yahang, when renting a house or shop, the buyer and seller need to pay a commission of one hundred yuan each.

Father Ye felt that the 100 Wen was worth it. If he rented it for three years, he would not have to worry about renting a shop for at least three years.

Xiao Li was very happy after getting the commission, and sent Father Ye and the man away from the dental shop with a smile on his face.

The man happily walked towards the shop with the key in his hand. The grocery store will open in the next year, so he has to clean up the shop quickly in the next few days.

Father Ye is also anxious to go home. The family is killing the New Year pig today. After killing the New Year pig, he will also give New Year gifts to relatives and friends in the village.

Moreover, Ye's father and Ye Qiushao, the village chief's youngest son, have agreed to go and give some gifts to their uncle tomorrow.

Father Ye is now on the dock and sells more than 20 bowls of honey water every day. He makes a lot of money from the honey water. He is very grateful to his uncle who taught him beekeeping.

When Father Ye returned home, the family's New Year pig had been killed, and butcher Zhang was cutting up the pork in the yard.

This New Year pig is the fattest pig in the family, weighing a full 230 pounds. The fat on this pig's body is two fingers thick, and there is a lot of suet.

Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye stood aside, looking at the big fat pig on the chopping board with great pride.

Mr. Ye thought happily that if the family was not short of manpower, it would not be impossible to open a pig-raising workshop.

The Ye family's pigs were raised well, and several villagers came one after another to buy meat. Butcher Zhang even bought 40 kilograms of meat generously.

Butcher Zhang had already planned that this was 40 kilograms of meat, leaving 20 kilograms for his own consumption during the New Year.

The remaining 20 kilograms are used for New Year gifts. This pig is very fat and fat, so it is very useful for giving New Year gifts.

Mrs. Ye divided most of the pig blood and big bones away. Mrs. Ye was reluctant to sell more pork. Except for the 40 kilograms of pork that Butcher Zhang asked for, she only sold about 10 kilograms.

Mrs. Ye asked Butcher Zhang to help cut out the meat for the New Year gift.

In addition to the meat eaten during the New Year and given as gifts, there are still sixty or seventy kilograms of pork and about 20 kilograms of ribs left.

Mrs. Ye planned to make half of the meat into bacon, half into sausages, and all the ribs into bacon ribs.

Butcher Zhang cut the meat, and Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin also cleaned up the pig waste and pig trotters.

Mother Ye is busy making braised pork, while Mr. Ye and Father Ye are busy sending New Year gifts to relatives and friends at home.

This year's New Year's gifts are similar to last year's, including pork, red dates and chestnuts, but last year's cured fish was replaced by cured duck.

The meat is pigs and ducks raised at home, and the red dates and chestnuts are grown in the mountains. This New Year gift may seem expensive, but in fact, the Ye family did not spend a penny.

Grandma Ye helped Father Ye make a lot of fur coats this year, and Father Ye made dozens of taels of silver from doing this.

Originally, Ye's father wanted to buy a silver hairpin for Grandma Ye and the female relatives at the end of the year, but now all the money has been used to buy properties in the town, so the New Year's gift for Ye's mother's family is particularly generous.

Thinking that Grandma Ye’s family raised many ducks and there was no shortage of red dates, Mrs. Ye thoughtfully replaced the red dates with dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots, and the cured duck with a snow-white 8-pound goose.

The pork was a front leg, and the chestnuts were mostly in a basket. Grandma Ye's family was shocked by Father Ye's generous New Year's gift.

The Ye family bought two mountains and two small stalls on the pier. Everyone in the village knew that the Ye family was different from the past. Many families in the village gave New Year gifts to the Ye family.

Before the New Year, there was an endless stream of people coming to the Ye family to give New Year gifts, and many people were eyeing Ye Xilin, the only one in the Ye family who was not engaged.

These people intentionally or unintentionally promote their daughters, granddaughters, or nieces. What's even more outrageous is that there was someone who wanted to be Ye's father's concubine, but Mrs. Ye kicked her out on the spot.

Mrs. Ye held Mother Ye's hand and said, "Xiuxiu, don't worry, your father and I are not stupid people. If this boy Fengshou dares to mess around, I will break his legs."

Father Ye, who had a dark face on the side, quickly squeezed Old Mrs. Ye away, "How dare I act recklessly? Mother, please don't talk nonsense."

Ye's mother was not angry, and even joked to Ye's father in a low voice, "All your money is in my hands. If you dare to mess around, I will take the money, son and daughter and remarry."

Father Ye was so angry that he just stared.

It was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye, and the Ye family got up early. Brothers Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin were assigned by Mrs. Ye to make paste and paste couplets.

Mr. Ye, Father Ye and the Tang family were busy killing chickens and geese in the backyard. In addition to the chickens and geese they raised, there was also a big carp in the pond.

Father Ye specially went to town to buy this big carp yesterday. It is abundant every year, and a big fish is indispensable during the Chinese New Year.

Mrs. Ye saw that the Tang family father and son were alone, so she specially called them over, and the two families had a family reunion dinner together.

Mrs. Ye took Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing to make various kinds of meatballs and small twists.

Tofu meatballs, radish meatballs, meatballs and sweet potato meatballs, the greedy Ye Qingqing was half full just by trying them.

Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin also came over to eat from time to time. Ye Mu took a large bowl of meatballs to the backyard and gave them to a few older men to try.

After frying the meatballs, Mrs. Ye fried another pot of small twists. The freshly fried twists were fragrant and crispy, making people drool.

No matter how poor a family is, they must have something good to eat during the New Year. The village is filled with various fragrances, and everyone's face is beaming with joy.