The happy little days of the Ye family

In the morning, Ye Donglin and Wang Chunyu got up early.

The two of them happily came to the utility room where the bean sprouts were grown. They packed a total of four baskets of bean sprouts.

Two of the back baskets are mung bean sprouts, and the other two back baskets are soybean sprouts.

The two types of bean sprouts have different textures. Mung bean sprouts are more tender and the beans inside are basically not edible, so they taste better.

Soybean sprouts are crispier, and the beans have a stronger flavor, making them more fragrant.

Today, because of the availability of common vegetables such as bean sprouts, radish, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, and chrysanthemum, Ye Donglin deliberately reduced the amount by half.

However, Ye Donglin took a lot of fresh grass carp and crucian carp and put them on the donkey cart.

Ye's fish is not only fresh but also cheap. Many people come to the grocery store to buy fish every day.

It's the end of the year and the temperature has dropped a lot. These fish can be kept in the water for a few days.

Ye Donglin specially asked Mr. Ye to bring back some pigweed while catching fish.

For those who buy several fish at a time, Ye Donglin will also give a small bundle of pigweed for the customer to take home and feed the fish.

With crucian carp, tofu is indispensable. Tofu and crucian carp soup is the most common way to eat it here.

In order to match these crucian carp, Ye Donglin took the tofu from Ye Dazhuang, who made tofu, and sold it in the grocery store.

Ye Dazhuang's tofu is cheap and delicious. Ye Donglin gets two plates of tofu from him every day.

The profit from tofu is not high, Ye Donglin only earns six or seven cents from two plates of tofu, but with tofu, crucian carp and coriander sell better.

At the end of the year, the business of the grocery store was better than usual, and there were bean sprouts. Ye Donglin was worried that it would be too busy, so he called Wang Chunyu to go to the grocery store to help.

The weather is getting colder and everyone gets up a little later in the morning.

Ye Donglin drove a donkey cart to the town. There were only twos and threes of pedestrians on the street, which was very deserted.

The busiest businesses on the street are those shops selling breakfast. When the weather is cold, many people are lazy and like to buy ready-made breakfast.

Ye Donglin and Wang Chunyu came to the alley and saw Ye Qingqing's small shop.

The owner who rented the shop specializes in selling noodles. He sells steamed buns in the morning and soup noodles at noon and evening.

The steaming steamed buns smelled very fragrant. Ye Donglin, who had just had breakfast, felt a little greedy smelling the smell.

No wonder the business is so good and there is a long queue at the door.

Ye Donglin stopped the donkey cart at the door, and then helped Wang Chunyu out of the donkey cart.

Ye Donglin gave Wang Chunyu his keys and asked her to open the door of the shop first, while Ye Donglin was responsible for unloading the things from the car.

The water tank in the grocery store was already filled with water, and Ye Donglin poured the fish in the bucket directly into the large water tank.

Ye Donglin brought two buckets of large grass carp and one bucket of crucian carp, totaling more than 20 fish in total.

These fish were kept in two water tanks. Ye Donglin was afraid that they would starve, so he put some pigweed into the fish tanks.

When these fish are full, they will weigh heavier.

The two of them were quick with their hands and feet, and quickly took the vegetables and tofu from the car to the grocery store and sorted them out.

As soon as I sorted out the things I brought, several ladies came to the grocery store.

These elder sisters all live nearby, and they come to the shop to buy groceries every day.

Wang Chunyu told Ye Donglin before that it takes about 5 days to grow bean sprouts.

Ye Donglin had already told the woman nearby who often came here to buy vegetables that bean sprouts were on sale today.

Several elder sisters came here early to buy bean sprouts, for fear that they would be sold out again if they were too late.

In addition to bean sprouts, the shop also sells a lot of crucian carp and tofu.

Seeing the elder sisters picking out the dishes, Ye Donglin quickly stepped forward and said:

"Sisters, there are some good dry goods and bacon in the shop. Would you like to take a look? The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so it's just right to give New Year's gifts."

"What good stuff do you have here?" A well-dressed elder sister happened to be short of things to give as New Year gifts at home.

"The dry goods include: dried mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots and red dates. The cured meats include: cured rabbit, cured pheasant and cured pork. These are all very suitable for New Year gifts."

"Let's take a look first. If it's not good, we don't want it." Another eldest sister was also a little interested.

Ye Donglin took several eldest sisters to the shelves dedicated to dry goods and bacon.

Ye Donglin grabbed a handful of red dates on the shelf and gave each elder sister a red date.

"This year's red dates are big and very sweet. I want some ladies to try them."

They are soft-spoken and soft-handed. These elder ladies like to take advantage of others. They are all happy when they have free red dates to eat.

"The red dates are indeed quite sweet, and the processing is clean."

The well-dressed eldest sister thinks the red dates are good and plans to buy two kilograms back, keep half a kilogram for her own consumption, and use the other one and a half kilograms as a New Year gift.

"It's okay, I don't think it's very sweet."

Another older sister, saying it was not sweet, took another red date from the shelf and ate it.

"Sisters, there are also good dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots here, as well as some dried bamboo fungus."

Wang Chunyu couldn't help but admire Ye Donglin's ability to deal with several elder sisters.

These elder sisters talked all over the place. One moment they thought the goods were not good, and the other they thought they were expensive. Wang Chunyu felt dizzy and his head was getting big after hearing this.

Seeing that she had nothing to do here, Wang Chunyu went to another shelf to see how the wooden hairpins she had made recently were selling.

When I came to the shelf, there were not many wooden hairpins left on the shelf.

王春雨第一批木簪子做了15根，其中10根是20文钱一根的，剩下的5根是15文钱一根的。

Wang Chunyu counted the wooden hairpins on the shelf. Now there are only five 5-cent wooden hairpins and two 20-cent wooden hairpins left.

A total of 8 wooden hairpins were sold, which is 145 Wen.

Although the money is not much, this is the first money Wang Chunyu has earned since marrying into the Ye family. Wang Chunyu is still very happy.

Wang Chunyu was sorting the wooden hairpins on the shelf, when a young and beautiful woman came in and happened to take a fancy to the wooden hairpin in her hand.

Wang Chunyu saw the beautiful young woman staring at the hairpin in her hand and quickly handed the hairpin over.

"Sister, this wooden hairpin is carved from fine wood. It will definitely look good on you."

Finally, the woman bought the wooden hairpin and a small wooden comb.

Ye Donglin got the small comb from Uncle Tang. In fact, Wang Chunyu can also make it. Wang Chunyu plans to make some small combs when he returns home.

The elder sisters at Ye Donglin's side bought a lot of dry goods.

The well-dressed woman also brought two pounds of bacon and a bacon rabbit.

When paying, the elder sisters kept bargaining with Ye Donglin. Although Ye Donglin was well-rounded, he could not withstand the indiscriminate hacking by the elder sisters.

In the end, Ye Donglin wiped the rags for the eldest sisters, and gave each eldest sister two large bundles of rags.

As soon as the elder sisters went out, many women came to the grocery store in twos and threes to buy vegetables.

Wang Chunyusheng's bean sprouts were very popular, and they were all sold out in less than an hour.

And when those women came to the grocery store, they didn’t just buy groceries.

After being promoted by Ye Donglin, or if I fall in love with the items in the grocery store, I will more or less buy one or two items.

Especially at the end of the year, everyone wants to give New Year gifts, and dry goods and bacon in grocery stores sell particularly well.