The happy little days of the Ye family

Before the summer harvest, second cousin Wang Lin and second cousin Wang Yueya got engaged one after another.

The second cousin is naturally engaged to Ye Qingqing's good sister Ye Qingmei.

The two were childhood sweethearts, and the two families knew each other well. Both families were very satisfied with the marriage, and the engagement process went very smoothly.

The wedding date of the two is set for the autumn three years later. This time is neither cold nor hot, and it is just right for eating and drinking.

The second cousin is engaged to Li Yan from Lijiacun.

Children are debtors. During this period, my second aunt and uncle secretly inquired around Lijia Village, and two pairs of shoes were lost.

Li Yan's eldest brother is 7 years older than him. He has been managing the family's fields with Landlord Li since he was a child. He is also the eldest son. Most of the property that will be divided in the future will definitely belong to Li Yan's eldest brother.

But this way, she doesn’t have to serve her parents-in-law, and the second cousin can take charge of her own affairs in the future.

Moreover, Li Yan has studied for several years and now works as a bookkeeper in the town. He has the skills to make a living and is somewhat capable.

Li Yan works as a bookkeeper in the town, and the Li family has said that they can live in the town after they get married.

My second aunt was moved by this.

However, because Li Yan was not from the same village, neither the Li family nor Li Yan was familiar with him. The second aunt and uncle finally made the marriage after many inquiries.

The wedding date of the second cousin and Li Yan is set at the end of three years.

The second aunt and uncle were reluctant to part with their daughter, and originally planned to arrange it in the spring of the following year.

The two were the same age. They had just turned 18 at the time and were not very young. But the man was anxious to marry a wife, so he had to advance it a few months and set it at the end of the year.

The daughter-in-law and son-in-law were chosen by the second aunt herself, and the second aunt was very satisfied.

After the two children got engaged, the second aunt felt refreshed and cheerful every day.

The second uncle's family now only has a little cousin who has not yet been engaged. The little cousin is as old as Ye Xilin and is only 11 years old now, so he is still young.

Ye Qingqing's embroidery has been finished a long time ago, but Grandma Ye and her second aunt were busy with their second cousin's engagement and had no time to go to the county.

I was busy until a few days before the summer harvest. After my second cousin and my second cousin got engaged, I had time to go to the county to sell embroidery.

After Ye Xilin did not go to the county to set up a stall, there happened to be an empty donkey cart at home.

Ye Qingqing asked Ye Xilin to teach her how to drive a donkey cart some time ago, but she just learned how to drive the donkey cart by herself.

Ye Mu didn't know how to drive the donkey cart, so she had to let her second aunt drive the donkey cart with Ye Qingqing outside. She asked her second aunt to help keep an eye on Ye Qingqing.

Along the way, the donkey cart was either running wildly on the road or walking through some rocky places.

Ye Qingqing has just learned to drive a donkey cart and is getting excited. Her skills as a driver were so poor that she was not happy if she was not allowed to drive a donkey cart.

Ye Mu and her second cousin were so bumpy and dizzy along the way that they almost vomited.

When we arrived at the county, everyone said that they would no longer dare to take the bus driven by Ye Qingqing.

They unanimously decided not to let Ye Qingqing drive the donkey cart when they returned. Their lives were at stake.

These people were all old acquaintances of the Li Family Embroidery Shop. Shopkeeper Li was very happy to see Mother Ye and the others and immediately went to greet them.

"Ms. Ye, I've been waiting for you to come."

As soon as they sat down, shopkeeper Li personally poured tea for several people.

Then shopkeeper Li picked up the embroidery of Ye Qingqing and her second cousin.

"Not bad, not bad. The embroidery skills of the two little girls are getting better and better. They can also do this large-scale embroidery in a stylish way."

"The two little girls have similar embroidery skills. They both cost 20 taels of silver. I have accepted both embroidery pictures."

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Li."

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Li."

After receiving the money, Ye Qingqing and her second cousin happily hugged each other, smiling brightly.

After deducting the cost of 8 taels of silver, one embroidery picture can earn 12 taels of silver.

It's not in vain that Ye Qingqing spent four months working on this embroidery.

The second aunt has been worrying about the marriage of the second cousin and her second cousin some time ago, and she can't calm down when doing embroidery.

There were two small mistakes in the embroidery, so I only got 17 taels of silver for the embroidery.

When Ye's mother was young, she relied on Grandma Ye to love her. She was relatively lazy and unwilling to work hard and practice hard.

Now that Ye Qingqing is chasing after her, she is much more diligent and her embroidery is getting better and better.

Shopkeeper Li couldn't put it down when she held Ye Mu's embroidery.

There is always a shortage of embroiderers in the embroidery workshop. Shopkeeper Li feels that Ye Mu's embroidery is no worse than the embroidery made by his own embroiderers.

Shopkeeper Li took Ye Mu's embroidery and observed it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

It took Ye Mu three or four months to deliver a piece of embroidery, which was so slow that shopkeeper Li wanted to recruit Ye Mu to be an embroiderer.

"Ms. Ye, there is a shortage of embroiderers in the embroidery workshop. I wonder if you are interested in coming to be an embroiderer?"

"As long as you are willing to come over, I will not treat you badly. I will pay you five taels of silver a month."

Ye Mu thought that she was doing embroidery at home now, and she only had four taels of silver a month, so there was no need to be an embroiderer.

And even if she was willing to come, Father Ye would not agree.

In the end, Ye Mu politely rejected Shopkeeper Li's kindness.

In the end, Ye Mu's embroidery was sold for 26 taels of silver.

After deducting the cost of 8 taels of silver, this embroidery made 18 taels of silver.

Ye Mu worked on this embroidery for 4 months, which happened to be 4 taels and 5 yuan a month.

The salary of an embroiderer was not much different from that of an embroiderer who paid 5 taels of silver. Ye Mu felt that there was no need to become an embroiderer at all.

Grandma Ye has sold silk flower styles several times in the embroidery shop, but now that she has exhausted her talents, she really can’t think of new styles.

I just made some old silk flowers and brought them here to earn some pocket money.

On the way back, Ye Qingqing wanted to drive the donkey cart, but Ye Mu ruthlessly drove her back into the donkey cart.

As soon as he sat down, he was held down by his second cousin, who was afraid that Ye Qingqing would drive the donkey cart.

Ye Qingqing leaned against Wang Yueya lazily, "Second cousin, will you live with your cousin's husband in the town after you get married?"

When Wang Yueya thought of Li Yan, her fair face seemed to be stained with rouge, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.

"The Li family said this. Li Yan works as an accountant in the town. It's too far to go back to Lijia Village every day. Now he rents a house in the town."

"The Li family said that when we get married, the public will provide money to buy us a small house in the town."

"But this money is considered to be borrowed by us from the public. When the family is divided, it will be deducted from the money received by the divided family."

"Doesn't that mean your family separated after you got married?" Ye Qingqing was very surprised. There were very few families in the village who separated just after they got married.

The second cousin shook her head, and the second aunt beside her said, "It's not a separation, it's just living separately."

Mother Ye thinks the Li family is quite good, "It's also good to live separately. It smells good in the distance, and there will be less conflicts in the future."

When the second aunt agreed to the marriage, she was interested in the Li family and said that after the two got married, she would buy them a house in the town and live a small life by themselves.

The Li family, on the other hand, took a fancy to their second cousin, Xiuwai Huizhong, who had good embroidery skills, and the Wang family was also well off.

Li Yan's eldest brother has been taking care of the family's fields since he was a child, and will provide for landlord Li and his wife in the future. If the family separates in the future, Li Yan will not be able to get much.

Although Landlord Li and his wife valued their eldest son, they were also kind to their younger son. They gave him many gifts and found a job as an accountant in the town.

Li Yan works as an accountant in the town, and Wang Yueya makes embroidery every month, so the small family of two can support themselves.

On the way, Ye Qingqing suddenly thought that if they all knew how to make embroidery, they might as well open a small show shop in the town.

Ye Qingqing suddenly became energetic, "Mom, grandma, what do you think of us opening a small embroidery workshop together in the town?"

"The embroidery we make is sold directly in the embroidery workshop, and the sales price is definitely higher than that in the Li family embroidery workshop."

Mother Ye pinched Ye Qingqing's juicy little face and said with a smile:

"You can't make an embroidery picture in three months. How can you open an embroidery workshop without embroidery products? The money you make is not enough to pay the rent of your shop."

Ye Qingqing was unconvinced, "And you, my aunt, cousin, and cousin are also good at embroidery."

Grandma Ye also disagreed, "You, think about it. The embroidery in the town cannot be sold at a high price, so it is better to sell it directly to the embroidery workshop in the county."

Ye Qingqing thought about it for a moment. It costs a lot to open a showroom, so he should just make embroidery honestly. Shopkeeper Li is quite good.