The happy little days of the Ye family

At night, Ye's father and Ye's mother gathered in the house of Mrs. Ye and Mr. Ye.

Mrs. Ye took out a thick account book, which was the account book of the public school in the past two years.

"The past two years have been going well, and the family has accumulated some money. Now there is a total of 268 taels of silver in the public account."

"The main things at home in the second half of the year are Dong Lin's marriage and the reconstruction of the old house."

Ye's mother had already saved the money for the marriages of several children in the family.

"Mom, Fengsheng and I have saved a lot of money over the years. We can be responsible for the marriages of the children. We should keep the money from the father-in-law to build a house."

Mrs. Ye neither refused nor agreed, but continued:

"The betrothal gift in the town is usually ten taels of silver. The Wang family is on the outskirts of the town. We will give the betrothal gift and other betrothal gifts as ordinary families in the town."

"This way it won't seem to be looking down on the Wang family, nor will it be too pushy." The life of the Ye family is getting better and better, but they have become more and more low-key in the past two years.

Mother Ye looked at Mrs. Ye, "Mom, we will give you 12 taels of silver as the betrothal gift. The other betrothal gifts are the same as those in the town. What do you think?"

Old Mrs. Ye thinks this is good, "As you said, the jewelry should be as mentioned before, two silver hairpins and a pair of gold earrings."

Old Mrs. Ye looked at Father Ye and Mother Ye, "The twelve taels of silver and jewelry for the bride price will be paid by the father-in-law. The rest is up to you as parents."

"It will be the same in Xilin from now on. Gongzhong will also give a bride price of 12 taels of silver and two pieces of silver jewelry."

Mr. Ye on the side said: "The things given by the public are all the same. If the two brothers are not satisfied, they can buy more by themselves. Anyway, they have money."

"Father, please make this arrangement. Everything provided by the family is the same. If the brothers have any ideas, they will pay for it themselves."

Anyway, Father Ye and Mother Ye served a bowl of water, and prepared the same things for the two brothers.

Mrs. Ye went to the cabinet, took out the small bundle she had prepared in advance, and then handed it to Father Ye.

"You can go to the county to melt these jewelry that you found in the old house two years ago."

"Gold jewelry, small gold beads and gold gourds were melted and beaten into three gold bracelets and three pairs of gold earrings, one for each of their three children."

"There are also silver bracelets and silver hairpins inside. Melt them and make two silver hairpins. These two silver hairpins will be given to Donglin as betrothal gifts."

Originally, Mrs. Ye planned to melt the silver jewelry and make jewelry for Ye Qingqing's dowry.

But Mrs. Ye thought that it was still too early for Ye Qingqing to get married, so it would be better to buy her a new one in two years.

Father Ye opened the small bundle, and Mother Ye leaned over to take a look. The two of them were mesmerized by the glittering gold jewelry inside.

Mrs. Ye took out the mirror that Ye Qingqing found in the lotus pond.

"The three gems on the back of the mirror, Fengshou, go to the silver house and have them picked out and made into jewelry for Xiu Xiu. It has been hard work for Xiu Xiu to marry into the Ye family these years."

The gold bracelets and gold earrings were all for the grandson's wife. Old Mrs. Ye was worried that Ye's mother would feel uncomfortable, so she gave the three small gems to Ye's mother.

Mother Ye's eyes lit up, she really liked these little gems, and she took the small mirror with a smile.

Then Mr. Ye took out another jade pendant, which Ye Xilin found in his old house before.

"You can take this jade pendant to a pawn shop and pawn it as a death deed. You can get some money back to repair the old house."

Mr. Ye felt that setting up a stall on the pier was ultimately unstable and wanted to build the house earlier.

It would be great to sell braised pork in your own house in town. If you do it well, it can become a century-old shop in the future.

Moreover, the eldest grandson is now well trained. It would be a good idea to open a grocery store in the front shop, where he can specialize in selling gadgets that scholars like.

Back in the room, Ye's father and Ye's mother also began to take stock of their family's assets.

The family's money was hidden in different places by Ye's mother, but he learned to keep accounts from Mrs. Ye, and the account books clearly recorded every income and expense of the family in the past two years.

Ye Mu opened the account book and said: "Now our little family has saved 180 taels of silver, of which 40 taels were saved before, and the remaining 140 taels were saved in the past two years."

"Since the big head of the bride price and jewelry has come out, Donglin and Xilin are getting married. We don't have to spend much silver. Ten taels of silver is more than enough."

Father Ye smiled and said, "Okay, just give them ten taels of silver each. If they want to do a better job, they can come up with the money themselves."

"This boy Dong Lin is now his own small boss. He has made a lot of money this year."

Father Ye looked at Mother Ye tenderly, "Xiu Xiu, these three little gems, what jewelry are you going to make?"

Ye's mother has loved beauty since she was a child. She had already planned these little gems when she was in Mrs. Ye's room.

Mother Ye took out her jewelry box with a smile on her face. There were many silver bracelets and silver hairpins in it.

Ye Mu took out two silver bracelets and a silver hairpin from the jewelry box.

"Make two silver hairpins and a silver necklace, and put three small gems on them."

"One hairpin will be given to Qingqing as a dowry. I will keep the remaining hairpin and necklace for a few years, and then pass them on to Donglin and Xilin's wives."

The next morning, when Father Ye got up to cook braised pork, he found that it was raining lightly, and the stall could not be opened on the pier when it rained.

Father Ye simply took the jewelry that Mrs. Ye gave him last night and went straight to the largest silver building in the county.

Father Ye brought a lot of jewelry, so there were even more jewelry to make.

There are also gold bracelets, gold earrings, silver hairpins and new jewelry-inlaid necklaces and hairpins. It takes two months to get them all ready.

There was still half a year before Ye Donglin got married, so Ye's father specially asked Yinlou to make the silver hairpins and gold earrings that Ye Donglin would use for his wedding.

It was much faster to just do these few things. The shopkeeper asked Father Ye to come back to pick up the silver jewelry in half a month, and to come back to pick up the remaining items in two months.

After coming out of the silver building, Father Ye went to a pawn shop with a good reputation.

The jade pendant Ye Xilin picked up at that time was of good quality, but it had been buried in the mud of the rockery for several years and had some small spots on it.

Even if it was a dead pawn, the pawnshop would only give 25 taels of silver. Although it was much cheaper than Ye's father expected, it was an unexpected windfall after all, and Ye's father had nothing to complain about.

After returning home, Father Ye gave the 25 taels of silver to Mrs. Ye.

Then he told Mrs. Ye that Mother Ye had taken out her bracelet and silver hairpin, and made new jewelry with the few small gems.

Mrs. Ye thought that she also had several pieces of silver jewelry. Except for a silver hairpin that was a dowry when she was young, Mr. Ye and her father bought the rest for her one after another.

Mrs. Ye is old now, you don't like to wear these jewelry.

Mrs. Ye plans to melt all these silver jewelry and make some new jewelry in two years, which can be used as dowry and betrothal gift for Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin.