The happy little days of the Ye family

After dinner, Ye Donglin took the cloth that Ye Qingqing had just brought over and looked at it carefully.

These fabrics are from Shu, and their weaving methods and materials are somewhat different from ordinary fine linen fabrics.

The fabrics Ye Qingqing bought are stronger and heavier in the hand.

Ye Donglin also saw this kind of fabric on West Street when he went to the county to purchase goods some time ago.

At that time, he also bought two horses for his family to make clothes, and also pulled some more colorful fabrics for Wang Chunyu alone.

Ye Donglin bought it at West Street at that time, and the wholesale price was 110 Wen per piece. If he bought this fabric at a cloth store, it would cost about 130 Wen per piece.

If these fabrics are not stained, the price should be 130 yuan per piece. Unfortunately, if they are stained, they can only be greatly discounted.

Father Ye, Ye Donglin and Wang Chunyu opened all eight pieces of fabric.

In fact, there are quite a lot of stained areas, with patches of different shades of color covering the entire piece of fabric, but the color is not dark and is not obvious if you don’t look closely.

"These fabrics are actually quite good in texture and are stronger than ordinary linen. It's just a pity that they were stained."

Ye Donglin smiled and said: "The price is more than this if it is not stained. Qingqing is lucky and got a big deal."

Wang Chunyu looked at Ye Donglin with a smile, "I think everyone in the family is quite lucky."

People in the Ye family are keen on making money. Since marrying into the Ye family, Wang Chunyu was pleasantly surprised to find that she was becoming more and more profitable.

In Mrs. Ye's words, she is becoming more and more like the Ye family.

Wang Chunyu was right. The Ye family seemed to be quite lucky. Father Ye and Ye Donglin nodded in agreement.

Ye Donglin thought for a while, looked at Father Ye and said, "Dad, what do you think of selling these fabrics for 100 yuan a piece?"

Father Ye disagreed, "The price is too low. The women who come to your grocery store to buy things are too smart and are very good at bargaining."

"Believe it or not, if you price a piece of fabric at 100 Wen, they have the ability to cut it down to 95 Wen, or even 90 Wen."

Ye Donglin interacts with those women every day and has deep experience. Spending an extra penny to buy green onions seems to cost them their lives, so they are very economical.

Ye Donglin played a trick, "I directly put the price at 106 Wen per horse, and then talked with those aunts for a few words, and finally sold it for 100 Wen."

Father Ye thinks this is good, "That's okay, just do what you say. Anyway, the base price is 100 Wen."

The father and son discussed the price of the fabrics, and Wang Chunyu carefully packed the fabrics.

There are eight pieces of fabric, two of which are navy blue, three of which are tawny, and the other two are gray.

They are all dark-colored fabrics. Although there are many stained areas, it is difficult to see them unless you look carefully.

Ye Donglin washed up and returned to the house. Seeing Wang Chunyu looking worried, he couldn't help but ask:

"Xiaoyu, what's wrong? Did you encounter something difficult?"

Wang Chunyu looked at Ye Donglin worriedly, "The savings at home are getting more and more. I just looked at the account book, and now we have 100 taels of silver in hand."

"All the money is buried in the ground under the wardrobe. Isn't it a bit unsafe?"

"What you said makes sense. The money at home is getting more and more, so it's better to hide it separately for safety."

In fact, Ye Donglin had long wanted to make a few secret compartments to hide the money like in his old house, but he didn't know how to do it, and he couldn't ask other people to help him with this kind of thing.

Seeing that Ye Donglin agreed, Wang Chunyu proposed excitedly:

"I can do some simple carpentry. How about I make a mezzanine on top of the wardrobe?"

"We can exchange half of the silver into silver notes and hide it in the mezzanine."

Ye Donglin clapped better, "This is a good idea. You can also hide it on the beam or under the bed."

He is really stupid, his wife can do carpentry.

Speaking of hiding money, Ye Donglin and Wang Chunyu talked about their treasure hunt in the old house.

"The old house was originally the ancestral home of a wealthy family. The original owner put a lot of effort into hiding money. There were things hidden on the beams, inside the wardrobe, under the bed, and even in the ground."

"The gold bracelet and gold earrings I gave you were made from gold jewelry and gold nuggets found in the old house."

Wang Chunyu thought of the heavy gold bracelet, but she didn't expect such an adventure at home.

Wang Chunyu reconsidered what Ye Donglin said about the places where money was hidden in the old house.

"I'm pretty good at carpentry. Why don't I make a hidden compartment on the beam and the top of the wardrobe? The bottom of the bed is too narrow and you can't fit in even if you're tall, then forget it."

"The place where the money was originally hidden under the wardrobe can still be used. We divided the money into three places and hid it. If the house is robbed, we are not afraid."

"Okay, just listen to my wife."

It is convenient to have a woman who can do carpentry, otherwise he would not be able to make the secret grid by himself.

In fact, Wang Chunyu had his own selfish motives for not making a hidden compartment under the bed.

Although there were locks on the two large boxes that Wang Chunyu gave as dowry, their targets were too obvious. If a thief broke into the house, the boxes would definitely be noticed immediately.

After marrying into the Ye family, Wang Chunyu secretly made a small secret compartment under the bed and hid his dowry money.

Although Wang Chunyu's dowry money was not much, it was the intention of her parents. It was a way out for her, so she had to hide it well.

In fact, Carpenter Wang also made mezzanine at the bottom of Wang Chunyu's two big boxes, but it was not easy to put the silver in the mezzanine.

Wang Chunyu hid the money in the secret compartment under the bed, and kept some less valuable things in the dowry box.

In addition to their own dowry money, the money earned by Ye Donglin and Wang Chunyu was all put together.

Now that he has more and more money, Wang Chunyu feels that it is not safe to bury it all in the ground.

After discussing with Ye Donglin, Wang Chunyu started working on the secret grid the next day.

Wang Chunyu learned carpentry from Carpenter Wang since he was a child, and he finished the mezzanine in the wardrobe in one morning.

The mezzanine is at the top of the wardrobe. You need to use skill to open the top wooden board on the outside of the wardrobe to see it. It is very secret.

After Ye Donglin changes the silver into banknotes, he can hide the banknotes in the mezzanine.

But the banknotes were too fragile. Wang Chunyu looked at the wardrobe and whispered:

"It seems that it needs to be wrapped in oil paper to hide it, otherwise this thin banknote will probably break into pieces after two years of storage."

At night, Ye Donglin was very surprised when he saw the mezzanine made by Wang Chunyu above the wardrobe.

"I didn't expect the lady to have such skills. This design is really ingenious. If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't have noticed it. There is actually a mezzanine inside."

Ye Donglin smiled and said: "With such a good craftsmanship, it would be a pity not to become a carpenter."

"Glib talk, the hidden grid in the beam is difficult to fix, please help me find a solution."

Wang Chunyu was worried about how to fix the hidden grid in the beam.