The happy little days of the Ye family

Father Ye has been busy rebuilding his old house recently and has completely forgotten to pick up the jewelry Ye Donglin used for his wedding.

On the way home, Father Ye and Ye Donglin were driving a donkey cart outside. Ye Donglin looked at Father Ye shyly and asked in a low voice:

"Dad, didn't you say you were going to the county to buy jewelry? It's a betrothal gift for the Wang family. Have the jewelry inside been finished?"

Father Ye patted his head and said, "Oh no, I forgot to pick up the jewelry. It's been several days past the scheduled time."

Father Ye looked at his son with some embarrassment, "I'll pick it up early tomorrow morning."

"Dad, let me go get the jewelry with you tomorrow." Ye Donglin felt that Ye's father was too unreliable, so it was better to go get it himself.

Father Ye looked at his son, who was already taller than him, and felt that since his son had grown up, he should prepare for his own marriage, and planned to leave all the trivial matters of the marriage to Ye Donglin.

She is getting married soon, so she should be more careful about her marriage.

"I want to pick up another silver bracelet for Chunyu."

Ye Donglin didn't know that Ye's father was going to be a shopkeeper, and was still thinking about what kind of bracelet to choose for Wang Chunyu.

Ye Donglin thought that the betrothal gift included hairpins and earrings, but what was missing was the bracelet.

He started buying goods by himself last year, and this year he also saved some money, just in time to buy a silver bracelet for Wang Chunyu.

Father Ye had no objection to Ye Donglin spending his own money to buy jewelry for Wang Chunyu.

"Okay, anyway, the jewelry in the palace is two silver hairpins and gold earrings. If you think they are not enough, you can buy them yourself."

"When I get the jewelry back, I have to quickly start hiring people from the Wang family."

His son is about to get married and take a wife. Father Ye suddenly feels that he is getting old and he will be able to have grandchildren in two years.

Speaking of employment, Ye Donglin thought of Wang Chunyu again. The tall young man blushed quietly and his eyes were full of smiles.

Father Ye is used to getting up early. Even if he doesn't go to the pier to set up a stall recently, he still gets up every day when it's still gray.

But Father Ye was not the first to get up today. When Father Ye got up, Ye Donglin was quietly washing his pants in the backyard.

Father Ye opened the door and saw Ye Donglin washing his pants from a distance. He had also been young, so he naturally knew that young people were full of energy.

Father Ye knew that his son was thin-skinned, so he quietly went to the kitchen and thoughtfully cooked mung bean porridge for Ye Donglin.

When Ye Donglin saw mung bean porridge for breakfast, he knew that Ye's father had discovered it in the morning, and even his ears and neck turned red.

Father Ye covered his mouth and snickered, then served Ye Donglin a large bowl of mung bean porridge.

"Eat more to reduce the heat."

Ye Donglin took the mung bean porridge from Father Ye with a strange expression.

Ye Qingqing looked at Father Ye and Ye Donglin strangely, "Dad, why are you and eldest brother acting weird today?"

Ye Donglin quickly gave Ye Qingqing a hard-boiled egg, "You see you have lost weight recently, eat more."

Ye Qingqing felt that Ye Donglin was even more strange. He was so good, why was his face suddenly so red?

After breakfast, Ye Donglin stopped setting up a stall and followed Ye's father to the silver building in the county.

Thinking about getting the jewelry for Wang Chunyu, Ye Donglin's raised corners of his mouth never dropped since he left the house.

With Tang Xiaojing as an example, Ye Donglin often gave Wang Chunyu small gifts since he got engaged to Wang Chunyu.

Ye Donglin would give Wang Chunyu small things such as silk flowers, earrings, rouge, face cream and hand cream once a month. The relationship between the two was very good.

In order to please his uncle, Tang Xiaojing often gave Ye Donglin advice, asking him to ask Wang Chunyu to go out or create various surprises for her.

In exchange, when Tang Xiaojing asked Ye Qingqing out to play, Ye Donglin often turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.

Because of this incident, Ye Donglin was often beaten by Ye's father.

As soon as the father and son arrived at the silver building, a young waiter came up to greet them enthusiastically.

"What do you two guests want to see? We have all kinds of jewelry here."

"We are here to get jewelry. My surname is Ye. Please help us find Master Liu." This Master Liu is the master who made jewelry for Ye's father.

"Okay, you two, wait here for a moment, I'll go over and call Master Liu."

Not long after, the clerk brought over an old man who was about the same age as Mr. Ye. The man also had a small box in his hand.

This is Master Liu, the most skilled master here. All the gold and silver jewelry that Father Ye brought last time were handed over to him.

Master Liu opened the small box in his hand. Inside were two silver hairpins and three pairs of gold earrings.

"Boss Ye, the silver hairpin and gold earrings are ready. Take a look here."

Father Ye took the box. There were two silver hairpins, one big and one small. The small one was in the shape of a lotus. It was small and cute, suitable for wearing in daily life.

The big one is in butterfly style with delicate tassels on it, which looks delicate and noble and is suitable for important occasions.

There are three pairs of gold earrings at the bottom of the box. The earrings are all the same style, with pomegranate-style pendants.

Pomegranate symbolizes many children and grandchildren, so it is very good as a dowry or betrothal gift.

Mrs. Ye thought the pomegranate pendant had a good meaning, so all three pairs of earrings were made in the same style.

Ye Donglin came over to look at the jewelry with Father Ye. Master Liu's craftsmanship was really good. Whether it was silver hairpins or gold earrings, the workmanship was very exquisite.

Father Ye and Ye Donglin were both very satisfied.

Father Ye gave Master Liu a note to retrieve the jewelry, and then Master Liu handed the jewelry to Father Ye.

"Boss Ye, a pair of gold earrings is 100 Wen, a small silver hairpin is 200 Wen, and a large silver hairpin is 300 Wen. The total crafting fee for these jewelry is 800 Wen."

Then he gave Father Ye a wooden sign, "Just take this small sign and go to the counter at the door to pay."

As soon as Father Ye took over the small wooden sign, Ye Donglin beside him couldn't wait to say:

"Master Liu, I want to buy a silver bracelet for my fiancée as a betrothal gift. Do you have any ready-made silver bracelets here?"

Master Liu happened to have two silver bracelets that he had made some time ago. He asked Ye Donglin to wait a moment and quickly took them out.

These two silver bracelets were very thick. Father Ye weighed them and found that they weighed about three taels.

The two silver bracelets have different patterns. One is engraved with a lotus flower, which is very suitable for betrothal gifts.

The other one is in Xiangyun style, which is simple and elegant and suitable for daily wear.

Ye Donglin asked for the Bingtilian one, which was used as a betrothal gift.

Although the auspicious cloud-style bracelet does not have as good a meaning as Bingdilian, it is simple and beautiful. Father Ye thinks that Ye Qingqing will definitely like it.

Ye's father bought the auspicious cloud-style bracelet and planned to give it to Ye Qingqing as a dowry.

Master Liu is the best craftsman in Yinlou. These two bracelets are a little more expensive than ordinary bracelets, each bracelet costs 4 taels of silver.

After taking the jewelry home, Ye Mu will also start to prepare the betrothal gift.

Ye Mu listed the things Xiapin would need on the paper one by one.

Betrothal gift: 12 taels of silver.

Jewelry: two silver hairpins, a silver bracelet and a pair of gold earrings.

In addition to jewelry, it is also customary here to give meat, usually half a pig and two big fish.

The Ye family raises many big fat pigs, and Mother Ye is not stingy and plans to send a live pig directly.

As for fish, you can catch the two largest ones in the pond at the foot of Zhulin Mountain.

Rich families in the county will also give a pair of wild geese as a gift when they hire someone, but wild geese are rare, so most families use ducks instead.

The jewelry has been brought back, and the other pigs, fish, and ducks are all available at home, so Mother Ye doesn't worry about them.

The other thing is cloth. Ye Mu plans to buy two pieces of coarse cotton cloth and two pieces of fine linen cloth.

This is also simple. Just go to Chenjia Cloth Store to buy it in two days.

Now all that's left is the wedding cake, which has to be made to order in the county.

Ye Donglin's appointment is a major matter for the Ye family. Ye's mother and Mrs. Ye are busy every day.

Half a month later, Ye Donglin took Matchmaker Wang to Wang's house to hire him with a smile on his face.

Ye Donglin and Wang Chunyu have a good relationship. The Wang family is also very satisfied with the Ye family, and the entire recruitment went very smoothly.

When he came back from his job, Ye Donglin felt like he was in a dream. When he got up the next day, he secretly washed his pants again.