The happy little days of the Ye family

Now is the slack time for farming, and there are many people going to town or county.

Tangshan had already collected five guests and drove the ox cart back to the town from the county.

As soon as Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing finished cooking, Tang Shan drove the oxcart through the door.

When Tang Xiaojing saw that Tang Shan was back, he lit a fire at the door of the kitchen, took out the roast duck, and reheated it in the fire.

After roasting it again in this way, the skin of the roast duck will be as crispy as freshly baked, which is much more delicious than steaming it directly in the pot.

The roast duck is already cooked, so it doesn’t need to be roasted for long. It just needs to be heated through.

Tang Shan took the ox cart to the backyard, fed the cows and came back. Tang Xiaojing had already roasted the duck again.

It was inconvenient to eat the roast duck whole, so Tang Xiaojing took the roast duck to the chopping board and quickly chopped it into small pieces with his knife.

Tang Xiaojing took out the rice wine and green plum wine he bought in the afternoon. He originally wanted to take out the spicy duck to drink.

But there is already roast duck, and the spicy duck is reserved for snacks.

At the dinner table, roast duck was more popular than chicken, rabbit, and stir-fried leeks. The dishes the three of them served were all roast duck.

"The skin is crispy on the outside and the meat inside is not stale at all. This roast duck is so delicious."

The Ye family has an oven. Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu occasionally cook roast chicken, but this is the first time they eat roast duck. Ye Qingqing feels it is more delicious than roast chicken.

Ye Qingqing picked up a piece of roast duck wing and said with a smile: "This roast duck tastes much better than the braised duck made by my father."

The braised pork made by Ye's father just tastes better and has an ordinary home-cooked taste, but it is still inferior to the time-honored restaurants in the county.

"If it's delicious, eat more." Tang Xiaojing gave Ye Qingqing another duck leg.

"Ahem!" Tang Shan on the side glanced at Tang Xiaojing, and then looked at his bowl.

Tang Xiaojing deliberately gave Tang Shan a piece of chives with his chopsticks, and then he was kicked by Tang Shan under the table.

Seeing that his father was not happy, Tang Xiaojing flipped over a duck leg and put it into Tangshan's bowl.

Ye Qingqing was amused by this childish father and son.

Being laughed at by his wife, Tang Xiaojing didn't care and got himself another duck leg with duck wings.

"Qingqing, how about I build an oven at home? When the duck at home grows up, I can cook roast duck at home."

Ye Qingqing thinks this idea is very good, "Okay, there are many ducks raised in the small back mountain. When you finish building the oven, I will go back to my parents' house to exchange for two ducks."

The three of them gnawed the roast duck happily, and Rhubarb and Xiao Huang under the table also gnawed the roast duck bones excitedly.

After dinner, Tangshan mixed together the remaining rice and soup in the pot, as well as the boiled chicken that Ye Qingqing had specially set aside. These were the dinner for Rhubarb and Xiaohuang.

Dahuang and Xiaohuang ate better than most people in the village. Fortunately, Mrs. Ye didn't see it, otherwise she would have scolded the prodigal sons of the Tang family to death.

Ye Qingqing was probably going to get calluses from Mrs. Ye talking about it.

Rhubarb and Xiaohuang are very skilled. They can hunt down prey every time they go into the mountains. They get the meat themselves.

Ye Qingqing was not reluctant to part with the meat. After all, their family also used meat from rhubarb and small yellow.

Ye Qingqing planned to take stock of the family's financial resources, and urged Tang Xiaojing to wash up and go back to the house early.

Usually it was Tang Xiaojing who urged Ye Qingqing to wash up. Seeing Ye Qingqing taking such initiative, Tang Xiaojing couldn't help but think about it.

Thinking about the reward in the evening, Tang Xiaojing washed up very quickly and returned to the house happily.

As soon as Tang Xiaojing entered the house, Ye Qingqing took out the account book and wanted to take him with him to take stock of their family assets.

Tang Xiaojing let out a long sigh, he was thinking too much. My wife likes silver more than him.

Ye Qingqing took out the account book, which clearly recorded every income and expense of the two people.

Before getting married, Tang Xiaojing handed over a total of 236 taels of silver in his small treasury to Ye Qingqing.

With the money Ye Qingqing had saved over the years, in addition to buying the small shop in Juren Alley, he still had 25 taels of savings.

When she first got married, not counting the dowry money, Ye Qingqing had 261 taels of silver in her hands.

Tang Xiaojing made an agreement with the Liang Family Restaurant to send rabbits to them every three days, with 9 live rabbits sent each time.

光是卖兔子，上个月得了7两456文，而这个月得了7两598文，两个月一共是15两54文。

In the past two months, Tang Xiaojing collected some herbs he grew on his own two hills, earning a total of 18 taels and 6 coins.

The wild ginseng sold last time was 42 taels. In addition, the medicinal materials I brought to the county today earned a total of 27 taels and 60 wen.

The embroidery pattern in Ye Qingqing's hand has not been finished yet, so for the past two months, Ye Qingqing only has the rent of the shop, which is a total of 1 tael and 4 yuan in two months.

In the two months since Ye Qingqing's marriage, their family has earned a total of 104 taels and 114 cents.

The bulk of it was the silver earned from selling the herbs in the small valley. These herbs alone were sold for 69 taels and 60 coins.

They have made a lot of money in the past two months, but their expenses are not small.

There are 13 long-term workers in the Tang family. A long-term worker’s monthly salary is 550 Wen, which is 7 taels and 150 Wen per month.

Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing were responsible for half of the long-term workers' wages, which was 7 taels and 150 wen for two months.

In addition, after spring plowing, Tang Xiaojing bought a lot of medicinal seeds from shopkeeper Wang, spending a total of 23 taels of silver.

The seeds of Polygonatum japonica and Polygonum multiflorum bought a few days ago cost another 12 taels of silver.

Last month, Tang Xiaojing brewed another batch of medicinal wine and spent 15 taels of silver to buy the medicinal materials he lacked at home and several large jars of spirits.

The batch of medicinal wine has been sent to Shopkeeper Wang and will be sent to the pharmacy next month, and the money will be returned by then.

When Ye Qingqing first got married, he bought a batch of things that the family lacked, and spent a total of one, two, six, or more.

In addition, Tang Xiaojing's pocket money of 50 Wen a month, plus the face and hand grease he bought for Ye Qingqing, and the family's scattered expenses, cost another 896 Wen in two months.

In the past two months, the two of them spent a total of 59 taels, 646 yuan.

Ye Qingqing was a little unbelievable that they actually spent so much money.

"It's so scary. If you don't know, I spent nearly 60 taels in two months."

"No wonder my grandma always says that we are lavish, we really spend too much money."

Ye Qingqing has never spent so much money to build a house in the village.

Tang Xiaojing comforted him: "The long-term workers' wages, medicinal seeds and ingredients for brewing medicinal wine are all indispensable."

"Except for these three big expenses, we actually didn't spend much money."

These words did not comfort Ye Qingqing at all, and Tang Xiaojing continued:

"I still have a lot of dried mushrooms at home that I haven't sold yet, and there will be a batch of pigs ready for slaughter next month."

"Then the pigs will be made into bacon and transported to the dock with dried mushrooms to sell. This will also be a lot of income."

After hearing this, Ye Qingqing felt better, but also made up her mind to save some money in the future.

Tang Xiaojing saw that Ye Qingqing was still a little unhappy, so he hugged Ye Qingqing directly, "After taking stock, it's time to do something serious."

Ye Qingqing was startled, her face turned red and she hugged Tang Xiaojing's neck tightly with both hands, and whispered:

"Rogue, this is nothing serious."

Tang Xiaojing smiled in Ye Qingqing's ear and said, "Madam, where is the promised reward?"

"Shameless, when did I say that?" Ye Qingqing's face felt shy, as if his cheeks were smeared with rouge.

"I just want a wife."

The moon is dark and the wind is high...