The happy little days of the Ye family

Thinking that her granddaughter was still waiting outside, the old lady wanted to go up after taking the red date leaves.

But seeing Mother Ye dig out a small bag of sunflower seeds, Mrs. Ye went up in no hurry, and together with Mother Ye, they rummaged through the things in the cellar.

Finally, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dug out a basket of honeysuckle and a basket of wild chrysanthemums.

Both honeysuckle and wild chrysanthemum can clear away heat and detoxify, and wild chrysanthemum can also clear the liver and improve eyesight, so it is most suitable for those who are studying to make tea.

Seeing that these could be sold for money, Mrs. Ye happily prepared to take all the scented teas with her.

Just as the two were about to go out, Mrs. Ye saw the mung beans placed in the corner again.

People here like to drink mung bean soup, so Mrs. Ye simply brought the mung beans too.

Mrs. Ye said that she would come up immediately. Ye Qingqing waited and waited but did not see Ye's mother and Mrs. Ye coming up.

Bored, Ye Qingqing had no choice but to play with sweet potatoes and snowballs.

When sweet potatoes and snowballs were little, they were round and chubby, very beautiful.

But when they grow up, they are not so beautiful, and they become more and more fierce as they grow, but Ye Qingqing still likes them very much.

Two majestic big guys sat on either side of Ye Qingqing. Ye Qingqing rubbed the two big furry heads. They were soft and felt good.

Snowball comfortably rubbed his big head on Ye Qingqing's hand, and the sweet potato rolled on the ground, revealing its pink belly to Ye Qingqing.

Ye Qingqing rubbed the sweet potato's soft belly again, and Snowball jealously moved forward towards Ye Qingqing's body.

Ye Qingqing played with Snowball and Sweet Potato for a long time before mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came out of the cellar carrying several bags of things.

Ye Qingqing looked through it curiously, and there were red dates, sunflower seeds, mung beans, honeysuckle and wild chrysanthemums.

"Why are you bringing so many things here? Do you have to take them to the grocery store to sell them?"

Mrs. Ye said in a good mood: "These things are grown at home or picked in the mountains. They don't cost anything. You can just take them to the grocery store and exchange them for a few copper coins."

Mother Ye was carrying several kilograms of sunflower seeds and said cheerfully:

"I will fry these sunflower seeds later, half of them will be made into ordinary salty melon seeds, and the remaining half will be made into spiced melon seeds."

Old Mrs. Ye remembered that she had accumulated some pumpkin seeds at home, "There are still two kilograms of pumpkin seeds at home. Xiu Xiu, you can fry them together. Just make them ordinary salty."

"okay."

Ye Qingqing looked at the mung beans on the table and suggested: "Every household in the village grows mung beans, so I guess not many people will buy them."

"It's better to take it to a braised pork shop and cook it into mung bean soup. The price is still higher."

Old Mrs. Ye thought the same thing. Boiling mung beans into mung bean soup would indeed be more profitable.

"We don't have much mung beans at home, so instead of putting them in the grocery store, we can take them to the braised pork shop to make mung bean soup."

The grandfather and grandson were discussing what was to be sold in the grocery store and the braised meat shop, while Mother Ye was looking at several book bags that Ye Qingqing had just made.

Although they are all made of rags, Ye Qingqing and Nühong did a good job and put a lot of thought into matching these rags.

These cloth bags look even better than those made of complete fabric.

"Yes, Qingqing, your craftsmanship is much better." It looks much better than what I made for Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin before.

After lunch, Mother Ye and Mrs. Ye did not take a nap as usual, but were in the kitchen making fried melon seeds.

Mrs. Ye is responsible for lighting the fire, and Mother Ye is responsible for frying the melon seeds.

The first thing I made was spiced sunflower seeds. When they were fried, the whole kitchen was filled with the aroma of spices.

Ye Qingqing was doing embroidery in the house, but was so attracted by the scent that she couldn't sit still.

Ye Qingqing had just opened the door, and Ye Xilin from the next room just came out.

Ye Xilin still had red marks on his face and his hair was messy. It seemed that he had just woken up.

"It smells so good. Mom made spiced melon seeds."

Ye Xilin was obviously aroused by Ye Mu's spiced melon seeds, and walked quickly to the kitchen following the smell.

As soon as Ye Mu took out the spiced melon seeds, she found two greedy cats in the kitchen.

"Mom, let me help you taste it." Ye Qingqing grabbed a handful of melon seeds with a smile.

"Mom, let me help you taste it too." Ye Xilin also grabbed a handful of melon seeds with a playful smile.

"Just try it. Don't eat it all. You have to take it to the grocery store to sell it." Old Mrs. Ye hurriedly drove the two greedy cats out of the kitchen, fearing that these melon seeds would not survive the opening day.

After tasting the melon seeds, Ye Qingqing went back to continue making embroidery.

Ye Xilin walked outside the door and shouted without fear of death, "Mistress, you are too stingy."

Mrs. Ye put her hands on her hips and was about to curse when she realized that Ye Xilin had already run away.

"That stinky boy."

Mother Ye smiled and said, "The older this boy Xilin gets, the more naughty he becomes."

In the evening, Father Ye and Ye Donglin came back with two carts full of fabrics and cloth ends.

Seeing so much fabric, Mother Ye exclaimed, "Didn't you already buy the fabric? Why did you buy so much fabric again?"

Just as Father Ye was about to speak, the excited Ye Donglin on the side rushed him to speak.

"Mom, we originally planned to buy only rags and large pieces of cloth, but shopkeeper Chen said that a batch of defective burlap just arrived, and the price is only half of the usual price."

Mrs. Ye was very happy when she heard that the fabric was only half the usual price, and she quickly took out a piece of fabric to check it out.

Father Ye quickly said: "This batch of fabrics was dyed by novices. I have seen it. The color is quite nice, but the dyeing is a little uneven."

"But the price is really cheap. It would be nice to put it in a grocery store and use it as a gimmick to attract customers."

Old Mrs. Ye smiled with satisfaction: "Although this fabric is unevenly dyed, it is woven very strongly. It is indeed a great bargain at half the price."

Ye's mother looked at the eight pieces of fabrics that Ye's father bought one by one. They were only dyed unevenly, but the fabrics were all good.

Father Ye and Ye Donglin moved down four sacks of rags and one sack of large pieces of cloth.

Then he moved the pickled cabbage, pickled beans, pickled bamboo shoots, as well as the honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, red dates and melon seeds just brought from the cellar to the donkey cart.

Seeing that it was still early, the father and son wanted to take their things to the grocery store and put them away.

Another thing is to write out a cargo list of the things you will buy today and post it at the door.

Especially this batch of specially priced fabrics, Ye Donglin uses them to attract customers, and they must be posted in the most conspicuous place.

The two shops will open the day after tomorrow, and Father Ye and Ye Donglin are both excited and nervous.

After the father and son went out, the grandfather and grandson began to sort out the cloth heads brought back by Ye's father.

Mother Ye and Mrs. Ye were responsible for tying up the rags, while Ye Qingqing arranged the large pieces of cloth.

Four sacks of rags, a total of 134 bundles of rags.

A sack of large pieces of cloth was also sorted into 20 bundles of large pieces of cloth by Ye Qingqing.

Each bundle has four or five pieces of cloth with the same color or similar colors. When you put them together, you can make a piece of clothing for the children at home.

When Father Ye was working as a salesman, this kind of large piece of cloth was the most popular. Every time he took it out, he would be robbed by the women in the village.

For 5 cents per bundle, you can make a top or a pair of trousers for your children, which is much more cost-effective than buying a whole piece of fabric.

On the day before the opening, Ye's father and Ye Donglin successively moved the cloths they had collected at home and the eggs used for making braised eggs to the two shops.