The happy little days of the Ye family

Coming out of Lijia Embroidery Shop, it was just time for lunch.

Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin's stomachs grumbled at the same time.

The siblings looked at each other and smiled, then looked at Ye Mu eagerly.

"Mom, let's have something to eat first, and we'll go shopping for new year's goods later." Ye Qingqing couldn't help but coquettishly said while holding Ye Mu's arm.

"There is a restaurant selling mutton not far next door. I smelled the smell of the mutton soup. I knew it was delicious just by smelling it."

Ye Xilin's little nose was so smart that he could smell the smell of haggis soup from a distance, and the glutton in his stomach was hooked.

There are many food stalls and restaurants on the street, but the taste of this haggis soup is really attractive.

Ye Mu was also a little greedy, so she took Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin to a small restaurant that sold haggis soup.

The shop is not big, only about 20 square meters. Excluding the kitchen, there are only seven or eight tables inside.

Ye Mu ordered three bowls of mutton soup and six large steamed buns.

The haggis soup is served in a large bowl, and the ingredients are very generous. Half the bowl is filled with haggis, and there are a lot of chopped coriander floating on top of the soup.

The steamed buns are also very big, each one is as big as Ye Xilin's fist.

As soon as the haggis soup arrived, Ye Qingqing couldn't wait to take a few sips of the soup. It was fresh and sweet, and not fishy at all.

The haggis inside is also very clean and has no odor at all. Paired with coriander, this bowl of mutton soup almost made Ye Qingqing's eyebrows fall off.

Drinking a bowl of warm haggis soup in winter will make your whole body feel better.

Ye Xilin had a mouthful of big steamed buns and a mouthful of haggis soup, which made his forehead sweat and made his beautiful little head shake.

Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing had small appetites. They drank a bowl of haggis soup and a big steamed bun and they were full.

Ye Xilin, who was thirteen or fourteen years old, ate all the remaining four steamed buns when he was old enough to eat.

Ye Xilin's stomach was so round after eating that he almost walked away holding on to the wall.

The mutton soup at this restaurant was pretty good. When Ye Mu saw that there was fresh mutton for sale in the shop, she ordered another leg of mutton.

I plan to go back and make braised mutton in the evening to warm everyone up.

After coming out of the restaurant, the three of them drove the donkey cart slowly to the market place.

As the end of the year approaches, no matter in town or county, there is a big market almost every day, and there are always things for sale from morning to afternoon, and the streets are bustling and lively.

There is a special place for guarding donkey carts and ox carts in the market. Ye Mu spent two cents to store the donkey carts in it.

After storing the donkey cart, the three of them started walking around the market.

There was a small stall selling persimmons on the street, and there were quite a few people buying them. Ye Qingqing saw that the aunts and aunts were all taking two or three kilograms.

But there are persimmons made by Mrs. Ye at home, and the persimmons at this stall are not as delicious as those made by Mrs. Ye.

The three of them just glanced at each other and walked forward.

After a while, Ye Xilin stopped in front of a small stall selling roasted seeds and nuts.

There are all kinds of roasted seeds and nuts in the stall, including fried chestnuts, fried melon seeds, fried walnuts, fried hazelnuts, fried pine nuts, and roasted sweet potatoes. The roasted seeds and nuts smell particularly fragrant right out of the oven.

In addition to various roasted seeds and nuts, the stall also sells fresh nuts.

Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and chestnuts are all available at home, so there is no need to spend money on them.

However, walnuts, pine nuts and hazelnuts are only found in the north. They are not common in the south. The leaf nuts also cost a pound, so it’s a good time to try them during the Chinese New Year.

These nuts from the north are rarely seen here, and the leaf nuts have not been fried yet. I was afraid that they would not be cooked well when I bought them, so I ordered them fried.

Although Ye Xilin was craving for roasted chestnuts, he had chestnuts at home, so he could just fry them himself when he went home, so there was no need to spend such wasted money.

There are a lot of chestnuts at home, and Ye Xilin likes to eat roasted chestnuts. Ye Xilin specially learned how to roast chestnuts from Ye's mother.

Since the chestnuts in the mountains are edible, Ye Xilin has been frying chestnuts at home every now and then.

At the beginning, the chestnuts were either burnt or undercooked, but practice makes perfect, and now Ye Xilin's fried chestnuts are no better than those sold outside.

Ye Qingqing also teased him, saying it would be a pity not to set up a stall outside to sell roasted chestnuts.

Ye Xilin wanted to make this money, but the pigs at home couldn't live without him.

After walking a few steps, I came across a stall selling seafood, and there was also fresh seafood on the stall.

There is a wharf in the county, but it is built on the edge of the river.

The upper reaches of the pier are formed by several smaller rivers. Downstream of the pier, I heard that you can reach the sea in two days by boat.

Therefore, fishermen from the county occasionally come to sell seafood, but fresh marine fish is not common. After all, the temperature in the south is high, and the marine fish has long been smelly when shipped.

It just so happened that the weather had gotten a lot colder in the past few days, so the fishermen were bold enough to bring some fresh sea fish with them when transporting seafood.

Ye Mu saw that the sea fish is still fresh, and the weather is relatively cold today. If you buy this sea fish and eat it at night, it won't go bad.

Ye Mu asked the fisherman how to cook this sea fish. It is the same as ordinary fish, steamed or braised.

Sea fish are not common. Ye Mu picked two sea fish and planned to steam one and braise the other. As for the mutton, she can cook it tomorrow.

Then Ye Mu asked for a bundle of dried kelp and a pound of shrimp.

Kelp and shrimp are very delicious when used to make soup. You can also use shrimp to stew radish, which is particularly delicious.

After walking a few steps, she came across a small stall selling home-made homespun cloth. Mother Ye took a fancy to a piece of white silk on the stall.

Although the workmanship of this silk is average, the price is nearly half cheaper than what Ye Mu bought at Yangjia Cloth Store.

Although this silk cannot be used to embroider large patterns, it is also good for embroidering gold silk handkerchiefs.

Or cut it into small embroidered cloths and sell them in your own grocery store to make a profit.

After years of training from Mrs. Ye, Mother Ye is also a master at bargaining.

The cloth went from two and a half taels of silver to twenty taels of silver by Ye Mu. Ye Qingqing almost cried when he saw the young woman selling the cloth.

Looking at the crying woman, Ye Qingqing felt a little unbearable.

But their family is also in business. As long as it can be sold, it is profitable. They say they are losing money, but they may not know how much money they have made secretly.

Moreover, the money saved belongs to the family. Thinking of this, Ye Qingqing suddenly lost sympathy for the woman.

We have a grocery store at home, and we have everything from firecrackers, fabrics, and even New Year gifts.

Ye Mu came here to buy New Year's goods this time. In fact, she just bought some fresh food and went back to reward everyone.

There are fewer things in the market in the afternoon than in the morning, and many stall owners are rushing home, so the prices are also much better.

Coupled with the fact that Ye Mu is a master of bargaining, Ye Qingqing and the others really got a lot of bargains.

Things that originally cost ten cents were bargained down to 7 cents by Ye's mother, and items that cost five cents were bargained down to 3 cents. Ye's mother also spent 10 cents to buy 5 pairs of couplets.

Ye Qingqing admired Ye Mu very much. If she were her, she would definitely not dare to bargain like this.

Ye Xilin was carrying more and more things in his hands. Not only were his hands tired, but his calves were also extremely sore.

Ye Xilin saw that Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu were in high spirits and even continued shopping, and suddenly felt his eyes go dark.

Two people with thin arms and legs, how come they are not tired after shopping for so long?

When they returned, the mother and son were all packed with bags, especially Ye Xilin, who had many things hanging on his body besides what he was carrying.