The happy little days of the Ye family

After inspecting the house, Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu went to the county to buy embroidery thread and silk from Hangzhou early the next morning.

Father Ye and Ye Donglin happened to be going to the county to purchase goods, so they stopped by.

On the road, brothers Ye Donglin and Ye Qingqing were driving a donkey cart.

Father Ye and Mother Ye were sitting on the donkey cart driven by Ye Qingqing, discussing the two shops that were about to open.

Mother Ye looked at Father Ye, "Does the braised pork stall sell the same things as the previous braised pork stall?"

"Yes, the same as before. Braised eggs, braised pig offal, braised pig head, braised pork ribs and braised duck, plus spicy duck and spicy rabbit."

"The braised pork rice is the same as on the pier. You can choose a single type of braised pork, or double or triple."

"There are not as many people in the academy as there are in the pier. Can we sell out all these things?" Ye Mu felt that there were too many things and was afraid that they would not be sold out.

"There are indeed fewer people there than at the dock. I plan to halve the portions of various braised meats." Father Ye has already thought about this problem. "

Father Ye added: "I have inquired clearly. Although the shop is close to the academy, not all the students nearby are from the academy, but there are also many ordinary people."

"But the only thing that's certain is that the people living nearby are from pretty good families."

When Father Ye was building the house, he wandered around there almost every day, and he had already found out all about the families living in the nearby alleys.

In the nearby alleys, half of them are ordinary families, and the other half are scholars who rent houses.

Half of these scholars brought their families with them, and the other half brought their maids and servants to serve them.

Therefore, when Ye's father and Ye Donglin went to purchase goods, Ye's father specifically told Ye Donglin to try to get as many good things as possible. It doesn't matter if the price is a little higher.

These people have a little money and their requirements will be higher.

Ye Qingqing was thinking about buying embroidery thread and white silk, so they went to Yangjia Cloth Store first.

Ye Qingqing had already set aside ten taels of silver to buy needlework and white silk for embroidery.

Ye Qingqing asked for half a bolt of fine Hangzhou white silk, and also selected a lot of fine embroidery thread produced in Yangzhou, and took every color.

Although no gold thread was used this time, the embroidery pattern this time was larger than before, and I bought more Hangzhou embroidery thread and white silk.

I just spent all the ten taels of silver that Ye Qingqing brought.

Ye Muxin has already started working on the latest embroidery pattern. She doesn't need to buy silk, but she has purchased a lot of high-quality embroidery thread and a small bundle of gold thread.

Shopkeeper Yang felt happy when he saw Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing picking and buying a lot of things.

Father Ye saw that Mother Ye had picked so many things, and asked softly in Mother Ye's ear:

"The people over at the academy are pretty well off. Would you like to buy some high-quality needlework and fabrics and go to the grocery store?"

Ye Mu shook her head. The price of fine fabrics and needlework was too high and they probably wouldn't be sold in the town.

Mother Ye whispered to Father Ye, "Just take the medium and low-grade ones. I probably won't be able to sell the high-grade ones."

This fine needlework and silk are indeed expensive. A small baggage actually cost 15 taels of silver.

Shopkeeper Yang saw that several people bought a lot of things, so he gave a lot of good cloth scraps, and they were not small, and there were a few large pieces of cloth.

Mother Ye planned to take it back to make headbands and hairbands for Mrs. Ye.

Then several people went to Chenjia Clothing Village not far away.

The owner of Chenjia Cloth Shop has his own weaving workshop. Although the quality of their fabrics is average, the price is much cheaper than that of ordinary cloth shops.

Therefore, every time Father Ye bought fabrics and needlework, he always bought it from Chenjia Cloth Store, which was cheaper after all.

Father Ye and Ye Donglin selected some pieces of fabric suitable for men to make clothes.

Among them were three pieces of fine linen, which were crescent-colored, navy-blue, and sky-blue.

There are also three bolts of coarse cotton fabric, also in crescent, navy and sky blue.

Mother Ye saw that the father and son had selected fabrics suitable for men to make clothes, and she picked three pieces of fine linen fabric on the shelf.

The three pieces of fabric are all different colors, including goose yellow, light green and rose red.

After picking out the fabric, Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing picked up needlework together.

The first is the most common cheap needlework. I got two rolls of each color of needlework and a small box of the cheapest needlework.

The quality of these needles and threads is average. Although it cannot be used for embroidery, it can be used for making clothes and sewing and mending.

Then the mother and daughter selected a batch of better needlework.

Good needlework is much more expensive than ordinary needlework. Ye Mu didn't dare to buy more, so she only picked some of the most commonly used threads and 10 needles.

Shopkeeper Chen saw his father and others picking out a lot of things. Shopkeeper Chen was also generous and generously gave several sacks of rags in the shop to Father Ye.

Father Ye immediately thought of another good idea to help the grocery store attract customers.

After coming out of Chenjia Clothing Store, several people rushed to West Street without stopping. West Street is a famous wholesale place in the county.

Most of the items at Ye Donglin's grocery stall are purchased from West Street.

On the way to West Street, Father Ye told everyone about his good idea.

"People are greedy for petty gains. In the first three days of the new braised pork shop's opening, anyone who enters the shop to buy braised pork will receive a braised egg for free no matter how much they buy."

"As for the grocery store, I think we can give away rags. Anyone who purchases more than 10 pennies at the grocery store can give away a bundle of rags for free."

Ye Donglin and Ye Qingqing's donkey carts were very close. Ye's father's voice was not quiet, and Ye Donglin also heard Ye's father's idea.

"Dad, you are so smart. These sacks of cloth given by shopkeeper Chen just came in handy."

Father Ye was very proud, "Of course, your dad and I are definitely smart, but you kid still has a lot to learn."

Mother Ye smiled and said, "You are not ashamed either."

"What I said is all true." Father Ye said with a smile.

It's not far from Chenjia Buzhuang to West Street. It takes about a quarter of an hour by donkey cart.

Father Ye had already made a list. Several people took the list written by Father Ye and ran from shop to shop.

Every time he bought something, Father Ye would cross it off his list.

The list made by Father Ye lasted for several pages, filling two donkey carts, and only half of the things were bought.