The happy little days of the Ye family

There are only two people in the Tang family, father and son. The Tang family's property will belong to Tang Xiaojing from now on, and Tangshan has never avoided Tang Xiaojing's money.

"I also have some silver here, about 140 taels or more."

In fact, Tangshan still had 25 taels of silver found in the cave, but there was no need to tell his son about this.

Tangshan was careful and left some private money for himself.

All this money was saved in Tangshan years ago.

After the New Year, Tangshan was either busy with spring plowing or picking mushrooms in the mountains. It had been a long time since he drove bullock carts to the towns and counties to solicit customers, so he had no income.

Fortunately, there is still rent for the house near the county academy. The rent alone is enough for the father and son's daily expenses.

Therefore, Tangshan supports Tang Xiaojing to buy a shop and rent out a house in the town or county, so that he can have a guarantee in the future.

"I'll take out 110 taels, plus your 150 taels, for a total of 260 taels, I can buy a big house and a shop in a good location."

"We, father and son, are not good at doing business. We will rent it out and collect rent every month."

Tang Xiaojing also thinks it is good for collecting rent. Compared with doing business, he prefers to collect herbs and hunt in the mountains.

Tangshan added: "You will get married in a few years. The current house is a bit old after all. You can save some money and build a beautiful big house in two years."

In fact, Tang Shan had enough money left on hand to build a smaller house, but Tang Shan felt that a man should not rely on his family for everything.

Tangshan hopes that Tang Xiaojing can shoulder the important responsibilities of the family by himself.

The Tang family is not as prosperous as the Ye family. If he leaves in the future, Tang Xiaojing will be responsible for all the big and small things in the family.

In recent years, Tangshan has deliberately trained Tang Xiaojing, hoping that he can be on his own as soon as possible.

While having dinner at Ye's house in the evening, Tang Shan told the dinner table that they wanted to buy a house and shop in the town.

Although their wealth was hidden, the two families were in-laws, and the Ye family had told them before they bought a house and shop, so Tangshan did not shy away from the Ye family.

"Brother Tang, when you buy a house in the town, do you plan to rent it out or live in it yourself?"

When Ye's mother chose Tang Xiaojing, she thought that since the Tang family was next door to the Ye family, it would be easy for them to go over and help or support Ye Qingqing if anything happened.

If they really wanted their daughter to marry high, Ye's mother and Mrs. Ye would not choose a husband for Ye Qingqing in the village.

Ye Qingqing usually doesn't go to the fields. In fact, the days are not much different in the village or in the town, but Ye's mother hopes that Ye Qingqing is around and can be seen often.

Tang Shan told the truth, "I still live in the village. There are two hills and 50 acres of paddy fields at home. Jing Xiaozi also collects herbs on the mountains."

"But in the future, after the young couple gets married, it will be up to Qingqing as to where they want to live. Anyway, there is a bullock cart at home, so it is convenient to come back to the village. I can't control the affairs of young people."

Tang Xiaojing turned his head and looked at Ye Qingqing intently. Ye Qingqing blushed and lowered his head shyly, not daring to look at Tang Xiaojing.

She actually likes to live in the village. Ye Qingqing grew up in Taohua Village. Her family and friends are all in Taohua Village, so she feels more comfortable in the village.

Ye Qingqing said nothing, but Tang Xiaojing knew that Ye Qingqing preferred life in the village.

The Ye family is the warmest and most comfortable home he has ever seen, and he likes the Ye family very much. Tangshan also laughed at him for staying in the Ye family longer than in the Tang family.

"My family now has fields and hills in Taohua Village. I usually collect herbs on the mountains. I still like to live in Taohua Village."

After speaking, she put her favorite dish into Ye Qingqing's bowl.

Ye Qingqing blushed and responded in a low voice: "I like being in the village too."

Tang Xiaojing likes to eat meat, so Ye Qingqing gave him two pieces of braised rabbit.

This rabbit was still a long-term worker in the family. The hunters in Dashan Village hunted it casually on the mountain. Mr. Ye brought one back for extra meals.

Father Ye is well-informed, and he also sets up a stall at the dock in the county, where there is a mix of good and bad, so Father Ye knows even more things.

Father Ye looked at Tangshan and suggested: "I heard on the dock that the county magistrate dropped a lot of grain from other places. There have been many grain-carrying ships parked at the dock in the past two days."

"And I also heard that the county magistrate is planning to rectify the grain merchants in the county who are driving up grain prices. Raising grain prices is a serious crime, and there must be many unscrupulous businessmen who will have their homes raided."

"By then, whether in the county or town, there will probably be a lot of shops and houses for sale, and you can get a good deal then."

Tang Shan happily patted Father Ye on the shoulder, "You are still well-informed."

"I wasn't in a hurry at first. I originally planned to wait until all the mushrooms on the mountain were picked and sold before I went to see the shops and houses."

The county magistrate is a rare good official. The corvee at the end of last year dredged the river. The heavy rains for days recently only flooded a small amount of fertile farmland and did not cause floods.

However, the continuous heavy rain knocked down most of the rice flowers, and many corns were blown off by the strong wind. Everyone knew that this year's food was only about [-]% of previous years.

Farmers cannot even feed this amount of food themselves, let alone sell it to grain stores.

Everyone knows that this year's summer harvest will definitely not be good, and food prices across the county have skyrocketed.

Sure enough, as Ye's father said, the county magistrate used his iron fist to deal with a group of businessmen who took the opportunity to drive up grain prices within half a month.

A lot of grain was transferred from other provinces, and the price of grain was stabilized.

Many businessmen who participated in driving up food prices had their homes confiscated. Therefore, a large number of shops and houses were re-sold in the county and town. I heard that the prices were about [-]% cheaper than usual.

Ye's father was well-informed and knew that several businessmen in the town were involved in the scandal of raising grain prices and their homes were confiscated.

A large number of fields, shops and houses were seized by the government and re-sold.

That night, Father Ye told Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing, "The county magistrate just closed down several wealthy merchants in the town yesterday."

"I heard that there are many shops and houses listed in Luohe Yaxing. You should hurry up and take a look tomorrow."

Tangshan looked at Father Ye, "Don't you want to buy it? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The shops and houses of these black-hearted businessmen are in excellent locations, and you can't buy them if you have money."

The seven members of the Ye family are all able to make money, even if they don't use the gold and jewelry found in the old house.

The money the family has earned in the past few months alone is enough to buy another small house or shop.

"I do want to buy it, but I just bought a shop and a house. Would it be too high-profile to buy more?"

Tangshan smiled and said: "People in the village don't know that we bought a shop and a house."

"And even if you know, what can you do to us? Now every household in the village relies on you to collect mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots in exchange for money, and they don't dare to offend you easily."

Mr. Ye on the side felt that what Tangshan said made sense. Normally, these good shops and houses were controlled by these wealthy families. This was a good time.

"Shanzi, let me go to the town with you tomorrow."