The happy little days of the Ye family

After returning from town, Tangshan once again lamented that it was more satisfactory and cost-effective to buy the land and build a house on his own.

Tangshan bought two houses in Rongshu Lane, spending a total of 266 taels of silver.

One is a small house with a shop in the front and a house in the back, and the other is an exquisite small house with only 5 minutes of land.

The Ye family bought the land for the old house for 100 taels, and built two houses with front pavilions and backyards for a total of 150 taels.

The doors, windows and furniture were all purchased from Uncle Tang in the village. The price was not expensive, costing at most a few dozen taels of silver.

After setting up two houses and two shops, 300 taels of silver is more than enough.

That is to say, a large house with a front house and a back house only costs about 150 taels.

Although the price is similar to the house he bought with a front house and a back house.

But the shop built by the Ye family is relatively large, and the house behind it is also spacious and brand new.

The 150-tael house their family bought was a house owned by the younger one. According to the land deed, it was only 7 cents in size.

The shop in front is only 30 square meters, and the yard is relatively narrow. Although the layout is reasonable and does not look small, it is not as spacious as the newly built house of the Ye family.

In fact, the two houses bought by the Tang family were quite good, and the Tang family and his son also liked them very much at the time.

But what people fear most is comparison. After seeing the newly built house of the Ye family, Tangshan felt that he had made a loss on his own house.

Tang Xiaojing saw through Tangshan's thoughts at a glance. After returning home, he comforted Tangshan and said:

"The two houses in Rongshu Lane are also very good. In the past two years, the two houses have collected more than ten taels of rent."

"Besides, if we build a house, we have to keep an eye on them every day, and the wages for the past two months will be gone."

Tang Xiaojing felt that it was too troublesome to build a house by himself, and he had to spend a lot of time watching the workers build the house.

The time spent can earn back the price difference, so Tang Xiaojing doesn't want to bother.

After returning home, Ye Qingqing went back to the house to continue drawing her Hangzhou embroidery pictures.

It is said to be Hangzhou. After all, Ye Qingqing has never really been to Hangzhou. He can only re-imagine it through his own imagination and the illustrations in his travel notes.

Among them, Ye Qingqing also added some scenery of Peach Blossom Village, such as small streams in the mountains, green mountains and bamboo forests, as well as the big trees at the head of the village.

As for the beauties in Hangzhou, Ye Qingqing drew on the book of beauties found by his second aunt.

In these two days, Ye Qingqing finally finished the embroidery pattern describing the customs and customs of Hangzhou.

Based on her own imagination of Hangzhou, Ye Qingqing reassembled the small pictures in the travel notes and added and subtracted them to create the Hangzhou in her own impression.

This embroidery sample is larger than the embroidery samples Ye Qingqing painted before, and the content is richer.

Ye Qingqing held the embroidery pattern she had just drawn. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it. Her eyes were shining and the smile on her face was as bright as a blooming flower.

Ye Qingqing was afraid of damaging the picture and did not dare to take it out. He hurried to Ye Mu's house and pulled Ye Mu over.

After seeing it, Ye’s mother was full of praise for the embroidery that Ye Qingqing painted this time.

"This picture is good. It is different from the gorgeous and noble embroidery pictures I did in the past. This picture has a more bookish feel."

"Those ladies and young ladies may not like it, but dignitaries should like it."

Ye Qingqing was very proud, and the smile on his face became even more dazzling.

"I think so too. The style of this embroidery is a little different from the previous ones. I think the commonly used embroidery threads and gold threads need to be replaced."

Ye Mu also thinks it should be replaced, "Hangzhou's embroidery is also very famous. I suggest you use Hangzhou silk and Hangzhou embroidery thread to embroider this picture."

"This will make it more suitable for the occasion, but the house in the town needs to be inspected tomorrow. Let's go to the county to buy new embroidery thread and silk the day after tomorrow." Ye Qingqing said happily.

Ye Qingqing thought that since this picture did not use gold thread, the cost would probably be reduced a lot. This embroidered picture would probably make more money than the previous embroidered pictures.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingqing, a little money fan, became even more happy.

There is no way, who makes her still owe money.

Mother Ye took the embroidery sample drawn by Ye Qingqing, looked at it carefully and said, "Qingqing, there is too much content in your picture."

"If I use the same size silk as before, I think it would be too fussy to embroider, and the content inside would be difficult to see clearly."

"What should we do? Do we want to make the embroidery larger?" Ye Qingqing asked anxiously.

When Ye Qingqing was drawing the embroidery pattern, he became more and more excited. For a moment, he couldn't hold back, and there was too much content in the embroidery pattern.

Mother Ye suggested: "I think your embroidery can be a little bigger this time, just one-third larger than the previous one."

Ye's mother has rich experience and is better at embroidery than her. Ye Qingqing naturally listens to Ye's mother.

Ye Qingqing returned to the house and saw some leftover gold thread and small pieces of silk on the shelf where the embroidery was placed.

There is nothing to make new embroidery patterns for now, so Ye Qingqing plans to make a few gold silk handkerchiefs first.

Ever since Ye Qingqing started doing embroidery, it has been two or three years since she made gold silk handkerchiefs.

In fact, it is not difficult to make a gold silk handkerchief, but the materials used are demanding, and the selling price is more expensive than ordinary handkerchiefs.

In the past, it took Ye Qingqing three days to embroider a gold silk handkerchief. Now, Ye Qingqing's embroidery skills are much better. Practice makes perfect, and the speed is much faster than before.

In one afternoon, Ye Qingqing made a quarter of a handkerchief.

Ye Qingqing made a handkerchief all afternoon. Feeling that his eyes were a little sore, he put down the handkerchief and walked around in the backyard.

While walking, Ye Qingqing came to the front yard. At this time, Tang Xiaojing happened to be chopping firewood in the front yard.

Tang Xiaojing saw Ye Qingqing coming and quickly put down the ax in his hand.

"I've been chopping firewood all afternoon, and you just came here now. Have you forgotten the time while doing embroidery again?"

When Ye Qingqing was doing embroidery, he would occasionally go out to walk around and relax. If he didn't come out for such a long time, he must have been too absorbed in it and lost track of time.

Tang Xiaojing looked at Ye Qingqing's red eyes and felt a little unhappy.

Ye Qingqing was indeed so obsessed with doing embroidery that when she came to her senses, the whole afternoon had almost passed.

Seeing Tang Xiaojing's serious face, Ye Qingqing felt a little guilty and dared not look at him.

"How did you promise me before?" Tang Xiaojing lightly flicked Ye Qingqing's forehead.

"If it hurts, you will bully me."

When Tang Xiaojing heard Ye Qingqing shouting about pain, he thought he had exerted too much force and looked at Ye Qingqing's forehead nervously.

There wasn't even a red mark on Ye Qingqing's smooth forehead, and Tang Xiaojing knew that his little girl was acting coquettishly again.

"Liar liar."

Ye Qingqing looked at Tang Xiaojing with some guilt, and found that he was sweating profusely, so he quickly took out a green handkerchief that he carried with him.

"Look, you are sweating profusely. Wipe the sweat quickly."

Tang Xiaojing took the green handkerchief from Ye Qingqing's hand and felt that the handkerchief was soft and fragrant.

Tang Xiaojing was reluctant to use the handkerchief to wipe his sweat, so he put it directly into his arms, and then wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.

"Hey, my handkerchief."

Tang Xiaojing smiled ruthlessly: "It's mine now."

"You, you..., bad guy!"

Ye Qingqing blushed, and you didn't even think of a curse word for a long time.

It was obvious that when we first met, he was still a mature and steady elder brother, but after getting engaged, he became more and more rogue.

Fortunately, the handkerchief was just an ordinary handkerchief, with nothing embroidered on it and no identification.

Ye Qingqing thought that this was just an ordinary handkerchief, so he followed Tang Xiaojing.