The happy little days of the Ye family

At night, except for the people patrolling the village, the doors of every household in Taohua Village were closed, and the whole village was quiet.

Many refugees came to the county, and everyone was worried. At night, people in the village were busy hiding their family's money and food.

At this time, Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye were also in the room counting the money in their hands.

After buying a small house near the academy, the father-in-law didn't have much money left, so he only had 46 taels of silver.

One-third of the 46 taels of silver was earned by Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing from selling embroidery before the summer harvest.

The other third is the money Ye’s father earned from harvesting dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots after heavy rains.

The rest is the money earned by Father Ye and Ye Donglin from setting up the stall.

As for the money from selling honeysuckle and wax rabbits, it is used to pay the wages of long-term workers.

In addition to the money from the company, Mrs. Ye also has more than 50 taels of personal money.

The silver was put into two small clay pots by Mrs. Ye, and Mr. Ye dug two big pits and hid them in the ground in the house.

After hiding it, Mrs. Ye checked the place where the money was hidden again.

After confirming that there was no problem, he then checked the place where the jewelry was hidden. The gold nuggets and jewelry found in the old house were all hidden there, so don't be careless.

In addition to money, Mrs. Ye and Mr. Ye have also arranged for the food at home.

In the afternoon, Mr. Ye took everyone in the Ye family to pack one-third of the grain in sacks, and then hid two sacks of grain on the beams of each house.

In addition, several large pits were dug in the front and back yards and large tanks containing grain were buried.

These large tanks are specially used to store grain, and they are well sealed. Even if they are hidden in the ground, it will not be a problem to store them for a year and a half.

The remaining food was also hidden in every corner of the Ye family.

On the other side, Mother Ye was still awake and was busy taking inventory of Xiaojia's private rooms.

In addition to a few taels of silver used for daily expenses, Ye's mother still has 60 taels of silver on hand, plus 25 taels of silver used by Ye's father for small business.

The 60 taels of silver were reserved for Ye Donglin and Ye Qingqing to get married. As for Ye Xilin, he was still young and it would not be too late to prepare in a few years.

After Ye Mu went to the old house to hunt for treasures, she felt that valuable things should not be placed in wardrobes or boxes. Money on the surface was the easiest thing to be snatched and stolen.

Therefore, Ye's mother specially asked Ye's father to dig two deep pits under the bed and under the wardrobe to hide the money.

After Mother Ye made sure that all the money was hidden, she opened the drawer of the dresser, took the jewelry box and dumped all the jewelry on the bed.

Although Ye Mu rarely wears jewelry, she owns a lot of jewelry.

When Ye's mother got married, her mother's family gave her two silver hairpins as a dowry.

In addition, the betrothal gift given by the Ye family to Ye's mother included a silver bracelet and a silver hairpin. These were regarded as dowries by Ye's mother's family, and Ye's mother brought them back.

Over the years, Ye's father has successively bought a lot of silver earrings for Ye's mother, as well as silver bracelets and silver hairpins.

Now Ye Mu has four silver hairpins, two silver bracelets and three pairs of silver earrings.

These jewelry were all made of sterling silver and were worth a lot of money. Ye Mu thought about it and decided that she should hide them.

Ye Mu put all the valuable things into the jewelry box, then dug a deep hole in the corner and hid the jewelry box inside.

After the jewelry was hidden, Ye Mu was still worried, so she moved the five-drawer cabinet next to her and placed it on top of the jewelry box.

After doing all this, Ye Mu was so tired that she was sweating profusely.

Before going to bed, Ye Mu checked the house again and found that all valuable things had been hidden.

There are only 5 taels of broken silver left and a [-]-tael silver ingot. The broken silver is used for daily expenses, while the silver ingot is reserved for emergency use.

Next door to Ye's mother's house is Ye Qingqing's house. At this time, Ye Qingqing is also taking stock of her small treasury.

Ye Qingqing's embroidery is getting better and better, and she is making more and more money.

At first, I only earned more than ten taels from a handkerchief, but now I can earn more than ten taels from making a large embroidered picture.

Ye Qingqing's food, clothing, housing and transportation were all paid for by his father-in-law. Apart from spending money to buy some snacks and fabrics to make clothes and shoes for Tang Xiaojing, he had no other expenses.

Unknown to everyone, Ye Qingqing had already saved 31 taels of silver without knowing it.

Ye Qingqing thought that she could earn more than a dozen taels of silver per piece of embroidery now. She could make one embroidery picture in about three or four months, and she could probably make three or four pieces of embroidery a year. Then she could earn tens of taels a year. Two?

According to regulations, half of the money earned must be given to the public. Even so, Ye Qingqing can save about 20 taels of silver a year.

Ye Qingqing is not yet 14 years old now. When she gets married to Tang Xiaojing, she still has more than 4 years. Wouldn't she be able to save more than 100 taels by then?

The more Ye Qingqing thought about it, the happier she became, holding the silver in her arms and giggling all the time.

Ye Qingqing was happy for a while before she came back to her senses and hurriedly hid the money.

Ye Qingqing was petite, so she got under the bed, dug a big hole under the bed, and hid the money in it.

After hiding the silver, Ye Qingqing dug out all the jewelry.

Ye Qingqing has a silver hairpin and a silver bracelet in his hand. Both of them were bought by Ye Qingqing's father. They are the most expensive jewelry for Ye Qingqing.

There are also several pairs of earrings and a pair of earrings with pendants, which were given by Tang Xiaojing.

Ye Qingqing put all the jewelry into the jewelry box, looked around the room, and finally decided to hide the jewelry in the ground under the big wardrobe.

This was the inspiration given to Ye Qingqing after going treasure hunting in the old house. If someone really came into the house to grab things, the things on the surface would definitely be taken away at once.

But these people probably don’t have that much time to look for it hidden in the ground.

Just like that old house, there were only a few small things left in the closet, and the really valuable things had been rummaged through long ago.

Because no one found it hidden in the ground, they took advantage of it.

Next to Ye Qingqing's house is Ye Xilin's house. Ye Xilin fell asleep long ago because he had no money.

Ye Donglin, who was in the next room, was also counting the money in his hands.

Ye Donglin has been setting up a stall on the pier for more than a year. In addition to helping at home during busy farming periods, he also works hard every day to set up a stall on the pier and do small business.

When business is good, the stall can earn more than 300 Wen a day, but when business is bad, it can only be a few dozen Wen a day.

Calculated this way, Ye Donglin can earn 200 taels of silver a day, and the stall can earn about [-] taels of silver a month.

The goods on the stall were paid for by Ye's father, and Ye Donglin was responsible for setting up a stall on the dock to sell the goods. He and Ye's father were divided [-]-[-].

After Ye Donglin and Ye's father split the money, they then divided half of the money into the public house. They received about a little more than one or two silver dollars every month.

Ye Donglin took out the small clay pot where the silver was placed, and it was filled with broken silver.

Ye Donglin counted the silver for a long time, a total of 21 taels of silver.

Ye Donglin ate and drank at home. Apart from buying some small gifts for Wang Chunyu, he saved all the money he earned.

When Ye Donglin wanted to hunt for treasure in the old house, he found valuable things in the ground, which meant that it was safest to hide money in the ground.

Therefore, Ye Donglin, like the rest of the Ye family, also dug two big holes in the house, divided the money in his hands into two halves, and hid them separately.

After hiding the money, Ye Donglin felt very proud while lying on the bed. Two years ago, he asked Ye Qingqing to help him often, but he didn't expect that he had saved 21 taels of silver now.

Ye Donglin was a little confused about these 20 taels of silver. Should he use it to do his own small business? Or keep it for future marriage?