The happy little days of the Ye family

Ye Qingqing was sleeping soundly, and vaguely heard a sound coming from the front yard. It was the Wang family who raised ducks, coming to deliver ducklings.

Ye Qingqing remembered that she had ordered 40 ducklings at the Wang family last time, so she quickly put on her shoes and coat and went out.

Aunt Wang came here pushing a cart. There were two cages on the cart, one large and one small. The larger one contained 100 ducklings from the Ye family.

There are 40 ducklings in the small cage, which Ye Qingqing ordered last time.

Aunt Wang was very strong and she moved down the big cage containing the ducklings in one go.

The last time I ordered duck seedlings, Mrs. Ye had already given half of the deposit, and now she only needed to pay the remaining half of the balance.

As soon as Mrs. Ye took out the money, Ye Qingqing came over, still followed by the two little tails of Big Yellow and Little Yellow.

Aunt Wang took the silver pieces given by Mrs. Ye and said happily to Ye Qingqing:

"Qingqing, you are here just right. I just passed by the Tang family and saw that the door was closed. I was worried about what to do with the ducklings. I didn't expect you to be here at the Ye family."

Ye Qingqing took the embroidery and quickly took Aunt Wang back to the Tang family.

Aunt Wang moved down the cage containing the ducklings, and Ye Qingqing went back to the house and took out a handful of copper coins.

"Aunt Wang, this is the final payment for the ducklings. In addition, I would like to order 50 more ducklings."

The river in the valley is quite big. 100 ducklings is too few, and these ducklings will suffer a lot if kept outside.

Ye Qingqing wanted to raise more ducklings and kept the raw duck eggs so that they could be made into salted duck eggs and sold.

Even if they are not sold, it is good to keep the duck and salted duck eggs for home consumption.

Another business came to the door, and Aunt Wang was beaming with joy. "Okay, I happen to have some ready-made ducklings at home. I'll go back and deliver them to you now."

Ye Qingqing smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be waiting at home for you to send the ducklings over."

Rhubarb and Xiao Huang were very interested in the ducklings in the cage and sniffed them in front of the cage. Ye Qingqing quickly stepped forward to drive Rhubarb and Xiao Huang away.

After Aunt Wang left, Ye Qingqing carried the 40 ducklings to the backyard. If they were left in the front yard, they would be scared to death by the rhubarb and the little yellow sooner or later.

The cage was quite big, and the 40 ducklings were not crowded inside. Ye Qingqing did not let them out, but only put a bowl of water and some food in the cage.

Ye Qingqing conveniently fed the chickens in the chicken pen and the cows in the cowshed.

Back in the front yard, Ye Qingqing moved the embroidery booth in the house to the hall, doing embroidery while waiting for Aunt Wang to bring the ducklings over.

Aunt Wang moved very quickly. Ye Qingqing had only embroidered half of a leaf before Aunt Wang sent over 50 ducklings.

There was also an ox cart at home, and Ye Qingqing originally wanted to send the ducklings to the other side of the valley by himself.

Then he remembered that Tang Xiaojing had specifically warned him not to go to the valley alone.

It takes an hour to go to the valley from the village, and there are not many people along the way. Tang Xiaojing is afraid that Ye Qingqing will encounter danger on the road and will not let her go to the valley by herself.

Tang Xiaojing looked upright, but he was actually very sinister. If he was allowed to catch the pigtail, he would make all kinds of excessive demands at night.

Ye Qingqing didn't know what he thought of, his little face turned red all of a sudden, and he didn't want to care about these little ducklings anymore.

After fetching some water from the well, Ye Qingqing held the cold well water in his hands and washed his face before the redness on his face faded.

Ye Qingqing closed the door to the backyard and then returned to the hall to continue doing embroidery. Da Huang and Xiao Huang had nothing to do and were sleeping in the hall.

Ye Qingqing embroidered a few more petals, and Tang Xiaojing drove the ox cart back.

The first people to notice Tang Xiaojing's return were Dahuang and Xiaohuang. Before the oxcart arrived at the door, the two big guys quickly ran to the door and were waiting.

As soon as Tang Xiaojing got out of the car, Dahuang and Xiaohuang jumped towards him.

Tang Xiaojing rubbed the strong backs of the two big guys one by one in a good mood.

Ye Qingqing heard the commotion and came out of the hall. When he saw that Tang Xiaojing didn't bring the calf back, he knew that it had been sold.

"How much money did our calf cost?" Ye Qingqing closed the courtyard door and looked at Tang Xiaojing excitedly.

Tang Xiaojing deliberately said, "Guess how much our calf sold for?"

"Ten taels?"

Ye Qingqing knew that the two cows at home cost a total of 35 taels, but they were adult cows, and calves should be cheaper.

"It's less. Guess again. If you guess right, you will be rewarded."

Tang Xiaojing knew that Ye Qingqing was anxious and deliberately teased her.

Ye Qingqing was impatient and directly pulled Tang Xiaojing's ear. "Tell me, how much money did you sell for?"

"It hurts, it hurts, madam, I was wrong, please be gentle." Tang Xiaojing exclaimed the pain exaggeratedly, but there was a smile on his face.

Ye Qingqing exerted force on her hands, "Stop talking nonsense and talk about the important points."

Tang Xiaojing was really in pain now, and he said obediently: "Sold for 17 taels."

"Sold for so much money?" Ye Qingqing's eyes lit up, and his little hands let go of Tang Xiaojing's ears.

"Farming cattle are precious. There are only two or three cows in the entire livestock market. Our calves are quite popular."

Tang Xiaojing took out his wallet, happily took out 17 taels of money and gave it to the head of the Tang family.

After receiving the money, Ye Qingqing grinned almost to the back of his ears.

"It only cost 35 taels when I bought two adult cows. Now the calves are more expensive than the newly grown cows."

Tang Xiaojing explained: "In the past few years, the imperial court strongly encouraged land reclamation. Everyone bought wasteland for land reclamation. The more fields there are, the more cattle are in demand."

"Moreover, farming cattle are expensive. Most people only buy one cow, and rarely buy two cows, a male and a female, at the same time. There are even fewer calves. Scarce things are more valuable."

Suddenly, Ye Qingqing had a vague idea in his mind.

Tang Xiaojing added happily: "The Ye family's two donkeys were sold for a total of 20 taels. Including the donkey sold two years ago, the total was sold for 30 taels. The cost of buying the donkeys was recovered."

After hearing what Tang Xiaojing said, Ye Qingqing's thoughts became clearer. She thought of a good idea to make money.

Ye Qingqing looked at Tang Xiaojing and said excitedly:

"Since the prices of donkeys and cattle are so high, what do you think about our idea of ​​raising some donkeys and cattle and selling the young donkeys and calves?"

"Now we have three cows at home, one female and two males. Let's sell one of the bulls and buy another cow."

There were two bulls, one of which was born from the family's cow. Ye Qingqing planned to sell the bull that was born at home and exchange it for a cow.

"These three cows are still used to plow the fields during busy farming periods. In addition to being used for transportation during busy farming periods, they can also be used to give birth to calves." She is so smart.

Tang Xiaojing thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed a good idea. Anyway, the family also needed cattle to plow the ground and pull carts.

If the bulls were replaced by cows, more calves could be born and sold.

However, Tang Xiaojing felt that just replacing the bulls with cows was not enough, so he planned to buy two cows.

"My wife is really smart. I will take the bull at home to the county tomorrow and sell it, and then I will buy two cows back."

Ye Qingqing said cheerfully: "This way we will have three cows and a bull at home. If the cows get pregnant, it will not affect the family's fields."