The happy little days of the Ye family

Wang Lin's snack and tea stall was in the corner, just to the left and right of Ye Qingqing's stall, quite far away.

Originally, Wang Lin rented a fixed stall with a better location on the dock.

Later, there was not enough money to pay the corvee wages, so the new county magistrate sold all the fixed stalls on the dock.

Those with connections have already reserved good stalls in advance, while the rest are in poorer corner locations.

Wang Lin felt that even a corner location was better than competing for event booths every day.

Only by having a fixed stall can you build up your reputation.

Wang Lin was powerless and spent a lot of effort to buy a small stall near the corner.

Just such a small stall in a bad location costs 120 taels of silver.

It was Grandma Ye who decided to buy the stall with money from Mr. Wang’s family.

The stall belongs to the public, 6% of the income from the tea stall belongs to the public, and the other 4% belongs to Wang Lin and Ye Qingmei's private money.

At that time, Wang Lin also asked Ye's father and Ye Donglin if they wanted to buy a small stall.

At that time, the Ye family's grocery store and braised meat shop were already well established, so the father and son did not spend the money to buy another stall.

I can’t handle running my own business at the same time, and the rest is in a corner location, so it’s probably not easy to rent out.

When Ye Qingqing carried the cured pork ribs over, there were two customers at the tea stall.

A merchant with a plump figure was selecting pastries at the stall. It seemed that he planned to buy them to eat on the road.

The merchants at the dock all travel by water, coming here by boat and then back by boat.

It is difficult to start a fire on the ship, so you have to prepare your own dry food. Many people will choose to buy cakes from Wang Lin’s stall to eat on the road.

Although the pastries at Wang Lin's stall are average in taste, the prices are affordable. Most of the merchants who come and go will buy some pastries to eat as dry food on the road.

In addition, there was an old man sitting at the stall taking a rest, with a bowl of mung bean soup on the table.

Ye Qingqing put the cured pork ribs on Wang Lin's stall and ran away before he could say anything, for fear that he wouldn't want it.

At this time, most of the items at the stalls on the pier were already sold at high prices.

There are many stalls with good business, and they have already started to pack up their things and prepare to go back.

Those with poorer business will start to sell at reduced prices. This is a good time to pick up the missing items.

When Ye Qingqing returned to the stall, Tang Xiaojing had already packed up both stalls and could go home when others came back.

Ye Qingqing wanted to stroll around the pier to see if he could pick up some good and cheap things to take home.

So Ye Qingqing pulled Tang Xiaojing's sleeve, "I want to hang out on the pier before going back."

Tang Xiaojing looked at Ye Qingqing's big watery eyes and naturally couldn't bear to refuse.

"Okay, but what to do with these things?"

"Just take it to your second cousin's stall!"

My brother used it at this time.

The two of them put everything on Wang Lin's tea stall, and then strolled leisurely on the pier.

Ye Qingqing saw the stall where she bought fabrics last time, but there were too many fabrics at home. Ye Qingqing pulled Tang Xiaojing and walked past quickly and continued shopping.

Dried mushrooms, bacon, and dried fish were all available at home, but Ye Qingqing just glanced at them and ignored them.

The stalls selling seafood were also ignored. Ye Qingqing had already bought them last time and hadn't finished the ones at home yet.

People on the dock were preparing to close their stalls. Things were indeed cheap at this time, but since they already had them at home, Ye Qingqing resisted spending money to buy them.

The Tang family is small, so buying too much stuff and not using it up is a waste. Ye Qingqing keeps in mind what Mrs. Ye said, only buy what you need.

The two of them walked around until they came to a large stall selling fabrics, and Ye Qingqing became interested.

The stalls sell fabrics from Sichuan, basically fine linen and cheesecloth.

At first glance, these fabrics look very beautiful, but if you look closely, you will find that the fabrics have been scratched or dyed.

The good fabrics have long been sold out, and the ones on the stalls are all defective scraps.

Because they are all defective fabrics, and the merchant wants to sell out and go back early, the price is very cheap.

Fine linen costs 70 cents per piece, and cheesecloth costs 100 cents per piece. These fabrics are made of very good materials and are not seriously damaged. The price is still a good deal.

Ye Qingqing took a fancy to the stained linen on the stall.

People in the village usually have to work in the fields, and they don't care about the dyed cloth. It's better than making pudding.

Ye Qingqing thought that if he resold it at a large market in town, he should be able to make a small profit.

There were 8 pieces of dyed linen on the stall, totaling 560 pieces of cloth.

Just as Ye Qingqing was about to pay, Tang Xiaojing on the side quickly stopped her and whispered in her ear:

"Aren't there still more than 20 kilograms of cured pork ribs leftover? We can try to exchange the cured pork ribs for these fabrics."

Ye Qingqing was overjoyed and exchanged the waxed pork ribs for cloth, which made the cost even lower.

"It's still Mr. Li Chongming."

Ye Qingqing communicated with the merchants in front of the stall for a long time, and finally used the remaining 21 kilograms of waxed pork ribs to replace eight pieces of dyed linen.

At this time, there were still a few pieces of cheesecloth on the stall. The merchant tried his best to sell it to Ye Qingqing, and the price dropped a lot, but Ye Qingqing still refused.

Those who can afford to wear cotton are mostly wealthy people. If the fabric is stained or scratched, they will definitely not want to buy it.

After buying the fabrics, most of the stalls on the pier are already packing up.

At this time, some nearby fishermen fished some fish from the river and pushed them to the pier to sell.

There are many rivers in the county. You can go fishing in the rivers yourself, and not many people spend money to buy fish.

And at this time, everyone was busy packing up and getting ready to go back, and the fish stall was deserted.

Ye Qingqing liked to join in the fun, so he dragged Tang Xiaojing to the fish stall, and finally fell in love with a few thumb-sized eels in the corner.

Ye Qingqing spent 10 Wen to wrap up all these eels, and raised them for a few days just to make eel stewed rice.

After buying eels, the two planned to go back.

Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, he was stopped by a woman whose clothes were washed white.

The woman sells steamed buns and steamed buns. Business is not good today, and there are still a lot of white flour steamed buns left on the stall.

These steamed buns will not be available for sale tomorrow, but these are white flour steamed buns with a lot of money in them, and the woman herself is reluctant to eat them.

Seeing that Ye Qingqing and the others were well dressed, thinking that they were more cautious due to their age, he shamelessly stopped them and started selling steamed buns from the stall to them.

"Little lady, do you want to buy some steamed buns to eat at night? They are big steamed buns made with good white flour, and they cost a penny each."

Seeing that Ye Qingqing was still thinking about it, the woman was afraid that she would lose money if she couldn't sell the things, so she said again:

"Little lady, buy some and eat them back. Buy two and get one free."

Ye Qingqing bought big meat buns from this woman's stall at noon, so he still remembered this woman.

The buns I bought at noon did taste pretty good, and the noodles were cooked quite well. And now you buy two steamed buns and get one for free, which is quite a deal.

Ye Qingqing thought it would be too late to go home in the evening and would not have time to make dinner, so he bought 12 large steamed buns to eat at night.

Ye Qingqing bought 12 large steamed buns, and the woman gave 6 more as gifts, for a total of 18 steamed buns.

White-flour steamed buns cost a penny each, and Ye Qingqing spent another 12 pence.