The happy little days of the Ye family

In the past few days a year ago, business at Ye's grocery store and braised meat shop was particularly good.

Not to mention vegetables and fish, the grocery store sells a lot of fabrics, large pieces of cloth, various groceries, and bacon every day.

Especially food. During the Chinese New Year, every household will stock up on more food at home.

As for Ye's father's braised pork shop, business is much better than usual.

During the end of the year, Father Ye braised an extra pair of pig offal and two pounds of ribs every day. Even so, the braised pork in the shop was sold out early every day.

There are also many people eating braised pork rice at noon every day, and occasionally there is a queue.

After handing in the embroidery, Ye Mu took Ye Qingqing, Wang Chunyu, and Ye Xilin to start cleaning the house.

At the same time, Mother Ye and Mrs. Ye have to find time to make new clothes for the family members for the New Year.

Ye Qingqing was also busy making new clothes for Tang Xiaojing, and also made shoes for Tangshan.

During this time, everyone in the Ye family was extremely busy.

Ye's grocery store and braised meat shop will remain open until the 29th of the year.

Today, the 29th, is the last day for Ye’s Grocery Store and Ye’s Braised Meat Shop to open for business this year. .

Ye Donglin drove the donkey cart to the door of the grocery store. At this time, several aunts were already waiting at the door.

Today is the last day that the grocery store is open. These aunts are all here to buy vegetables. It’s been cold these days, so I don’t worry about buying more vegetables and stocking them at home.

In particular, Wang Chunyu's bean sprouts are cheap and delicious, and are very popular with these aunties.

Everyone took two or three baskets, including some long-lasting vegetables such as radishes, cabbage, and cabbage.

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Ye went to the pond and caught several buckets of fish, and most of them were large grass carp weighing five or six pounds.

Ye Donglin brought all the fish at home to the grocery store. There is fish every year, so of course fish is indispensable for New Year's Eve dinner.

The fish sold very well today, and the ladies basically had two big grass carps each.

Ye Donglin also knew that these aunts bought fish to keep for the New Year, so each of them gave a small bundle of pigweed to feed the fish.

The fish, bean sprouts and other vegetables brought by Ye Donglin were all sold out before noon.

Both Ye's father and Ye Donglin only opened their shops for one morning, and in the afternoon they started cleaning and inventorying the items in the grocery store.

The two shops are not big, and they are cleaned every day. The father and son quickly cleaned the two shops.

But the most troublesome thing is actually taking stock of the items in the grocery store.

There are many kinds of things in the grocery store, and it is impossible for Ye Donglin to record every item sold immediately.

Therefore, every time he takes inventory, Ye Donglin first remembers how many things he bought and how much money he spent in total.

Then we take stock of what is left in the grocery store, and after figuring out what has been sold, we can then calculate the profit of the grocery store.

Ye Donglin takes stock of the grocery store's profits every month, but every time he takes stock, there is always a loss of more than ten or twenty cash, and this month there is actually a loss of 31 cash.

Ye Donglin suspected that someone had dirty hands and took advantage of the situation when he came in to buy something.

However, it is also possible that he miscalculated or received less money. Every time he took inventory, there was less money, and Ye Donglin was not in a good mood.

As soon as Ye Donglin went out in the morning, Butcher Zhang came over.

Today is the day for the Ye family to kill the New Year pig, but in addition to the Ye family, there are nearly ten other families in the village who want to kill the New Year pig.

Butcher Zhang and his eldest son, father and son, divided into two groups and killed pigs at different houses in the village.

Ye Mu originally wanted to sell half of the pork to the people in the village, but she gave up the idea after knowing that so many people in the village were killing New Year pigs today.

The Ye family's extra half-year-old pig was finally bought by Butcher Zhang.

Butcher Zhang, like the Ye family, planned to keep half of the meat for the New Year and make bacon for the remaining meat to eat slowly next year.

The pig head, pig offal and pig trotters were cleaned up by Ye's father and taken to the braised pork shop to make braised pork.

Father Ye and Ye Donglin spent an afternoon taking stock of the goods at the grocery store, and they were still a little dizzy when they got home.

After returning home, the father and son took half of the money they earned this month to Mrs. Ye's house.

Ye Donglin gets the grain, dry goods and vegetables sold in the grocery store from the company at wholesale prices.

The same goes for Ye's father's braised pork shop. The salted duck eggs and braised eggs sold in the shop are purchased from the public at wholesale prices.

Although there are many things in the grocery store, the money in the ledger is still clear at a glance.

Old Mrs. Ye knew that Ye Donglin's grocery store had another 30 yuan unaccounted for, and it felt like her flesh was being cut, and her heart was bleeding.

Father Ye had worked as a clerk in a grocery store before, so it was normal for him to lose twenty or thirty cents.

Father Ye could only comfort Mrs. Ye: "Some aunts who are greedy for petty gains always like to use small things, such as onions, coriander or vegetables. These are not easy to count."

"Even if there are people with unclean hands and feet, it is actually very difficult to eliminate them."

"When I was working as a clerk in a grocery store, I heard from the shopkeeper that the monthly profit varied."

Old Mrs. Ye had a grimace and didn't smile until Father Ye and Ye Donglin took out the money.

Mrs. Ye took the silver and waved to the father and son with a smile on her face.

"Just put down the money. You can go and do other things first."

As soon as Father Ye and Ye Donglin left the room, Mrs. Ye closed the door and then locked it.

Then Mrs. Ye started hiding money in the house.

After hiding the money, Mrs. Ye took out her account book and wrote on it.

Today is the day to kill the New Year pig, and the Ye family's dinner is very sumptuous, including braised pork, braised pig tails with soybeans, braised pork ribs with dried beans, and a big bone kelp soup.

After eating, everyone almost walked out of the hall holding on to the wall.

After dinner, Mrs. Ye called Father Ye and Mother Ye into the house.

It's the end of the year, and it goes without saying that Ye's father and Ye's mother also know that they need to take stock of this year's harvest and family property.

Sure enough, Mrs. Ye took out a thicker account book than before.

"The past two years have been going well. I originally saved a lot of money, but in the first half of the year, the money was spent on rebuilding the old house and hiring people from the Wang family."

Mrs. Ye looked at the account book and said, "Now there are a total of 128 taels of silver in the public account."

The account book records in detail the income and expenses of the Ye family this year.

"Most of the silver is obtained from selling dry goods in the mountains and grain from the autumn harvest fields, and the smaller half is the money each of you handed over to the public."

The grains and vegetables we eat at home are all grown at home, and most of the meat is pheasants and rabbits hunted in the mountains, which basically costs nothing.

Now Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin are no longer studying in private schools. Apart from making clothes and doing favors, the Ye family has very little expenses and has basically saved all their money.

Mr. Ye on the side said: "In terms of family property, we now have 53 acres of paddy fields and 15 acres of dry land, as well as Xiaohou Mountain and Zhulin Mountain."

"In addition, in the town, there is a small house and two houses with front and back yards near the academy, and there is a small shop on the other side of Pomegranate Lane."

"Except for the grocery store and braised meat shop, two shops are used by my own family, and the remaining three houses and one shop have been rented out."

"Together, we can get a monthly rent of about 3 taels of silver." Mrs. Ye added while looking at the account book.

Mr. Ye patted Father Ye's shoulder with serious words. "Our family is getting more and more prosperous. Everyone has worked hard this year and we must work hard next year."