The happy little days of the Ye family

After Ye Xilin returned, the three people from the Tang family hurriedly unloaded the things from the oxcart one by one.

Of the two hens caught by Dahuang and Xiaohuang, one of them had just died, and the other looked very sick, but at least it was still breathing.

Ye Qingqing picked up the dead hen and said happily to Tang Xiaojing:

"On a rainy day, it's the best time to drink some chicken soup. I'll stew the chicken in the evening."

The other hen that was still alive was put into the chicken coop by Ye Qingqing and raised with other chickens in the house.

If you can feed them, you can raise them and lay eggs first. If you can't live up to expectations, you can only cook them together at night.

Tang Xiaojing moved all the grain, bacon, dry goods and eggs found in the kitchen to the kitchen table.

Ye Qingqing came back from the backyard. The father and son had already moved everything on the ox cart to the hall.

The rain was still heavy, and after moving the things, the three of them were all soaked.

The three of them went back to the room and changed into clean clothes, then sat around and began to take stock of the things they found today.

Tangshan took out the contents of his sack one by one:

Unopened writing brush, 3 taels of silver, silver hairpin, 2 gold beans, and a copper plate.

Tang Xiaojing's sack was the emptiest. He fumbled around for a long time before taking out everything.

There were only three items in total: an unused ink stick, a jade pendant, and five taels of silver.

Ye Qingqing found the most things today. Every time he took out more things, the smile on his face became brighter.

4 books used for drawing embroidery samples, 54 miscellaneous books, 12 books for undergraduate examinations, a set of used four treasures of the study, a writing brush, two small pearls, a jade gourd, a gold bean, and a silver earring.

The things Ye Qingqing found took up most of the table.

In addition, Rhubarb and Xiaohuang also gained a lot today.

Rhubarb: 8 taels of silver.

Xiao Huang: 2 golden beans, gold gourd, a pair of silver earrings, 2 taels of 108 coins.

After taking stock of what he found today, Tangshan took out another 26 taels, which he got from selling double-sided embroidered screens and old clothes in a pawn shop.

Then Ye Qingqing took out the three bags of things he found yesterday.

Ye Qingqing: Broken jade ornaments, a fan with a jade pendant, 5 gold beans, 50 taels of silver notes, scratched pearls, broken Guanyin jade pendant, a pair of silver earrings, 15 taels of silver, and a silver bracelet.

Tangshan: a gold earring, a simple chessboard, a gold gourd, a gold bracelet, a dagger, 4 silver bells, Wu Qin Xiquan, a jade ring finger, and a gold earring.

Tang Xiaojing: facial fat, hand fat, a pair of silver earrings, a white jade hairpin, a silver hairpin, three taels of gold nuggets, and two wild ginseng trees.

Xiao Huang: 8 taels and 36 articles.

In addition, there are 4 taels of 397 articles that were pawned yesterday.

The three of them re-counted all the cash on the table and found a total of 71 taels and 742 coins.

Ye Qingqing exclaimed: "Including the 50 taels of silver notes, the total is 121 taels and 742 coins."

Tang Xiaojing on the side said with a smile: "Minus these 121 taels, this house actually only costs more than 300 taels."

"You silly boy, there are other things." Tang Shan looked at the things on the table and was so happy that his mouth almost became crooked.

Ye Qingqing packed all the books and other four treasures of the study in a box.

"These things won't go bad, so keep them for now. They will be useful in the future."

Neither father nor son had any objections to this.

And Tang Xiaojing also collected the 50-year-old wild ginseng, and he also wanted to keep this.

Then Ye Qingqing picked out all the gold and silver jewelry and small gold and silver objects.

Ye Qingqing planned to keep the three pieces of jewelry Tang Xiaojing gave her and the gold earring Tangshan found.

Ye Qingqing didn't intend to keep the other gold and silver items, so he directly divided the gold and silver items into two parts.

Tang Xiaojing brought a small scale beam over. The gold items totaled 7 taels and 6 taels, while the silver items totaled 4 taels and 5 taels.

加起来就是80两5钱，再加上121两742文现银，就是202两242文。

"After all, our house only cost 279 taels of silver." Ye Qingqing jumped up with joy.

The father and son on the side were also happy.

Tang Shan cheerfully suggested: "Qingqing, if you don't want these small jewelry, why not find a time to melt them into gold nuggets and silver."

Ye Qingqing said with a smile: "Dad, I think so too. I already have a lot of jewelry on my hands. It would be more convenient to melt it into gold nuggets and silver."

Tang Xiaojing took out a wooden box and put all the gold and silver items away.

Then there were not many things left on the table, a jade pendant, two small pearls, a jade gourd, a fan with a jade pendant, a jade ring and a scratched pink pearl.

and two broken jade baubles.

Tangshan looked at the remaining small objects on the table and suggested:

"I want to take these things to the pawn shop in Xiaohe Town and pawn them. There are all merchants there and no one knows us. It is safest to go to the pawn shop there."

The young couple had no objections and listened to Tangshan.

Tang Xiaojing put all the things he wanted to pawn into another box, then pushed it to Tang Shan and said with a smile:

"Okay, when the rain stops, dad and I will go to Xiaohe Town together."

In this way, the three of them quickly arranged the destination of everything.

Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing murmured a few words, and they agreed. The young couple would take 121 taels of 742 taels and 60 taels in cash, and the remaining 61 taels and 742 taels would be given to Tangshan.

Later, the money and gold and silver items pawned at the pawn shop were also divided equally.

Tangshan originally didn't want to take so much money, but when the young couple insisted, he happily accepted it.

The three of them were talking and laughing, and finished carving up the things in a short while.

After taking stock of things, Tangshan squatted under the eaves with the dead hen and packed it away.

Tang Xiaojing and Ye Qingqing were in the kitchen packing up the grain and dry goods they brought back today.

The three of them were very busy, while Da Huang and Xiao Huang were sleeping soundly in the hall.

There was half a clay pot of polished rice, which weighed about 15 kilograms. Ye Qingqing asked Tang Xiaojing to pour all the rice into the large vat where grain was usually stored.

There was less white flour, about seven or eight kilograms, and Ye Qingqing also poured it into the small vat where white flour is usually stored.

Put the bacon and sausages in the basket and hang them above the stove so that they are not easily spoiled by the heat.

Other dry goods and dried seafood were locked in the chest of drawers, while half a basket of eggs was placed directly on the shelf next to the stove.

The young couple had just packed up their things, and Tangshan also asked the chicken to clean up and chop it into small pieces.

The hen Ye Qingqing planned to eat two chickens, one half to stew chicken soup, and the other half to stew dried mushrooms.

Before cooking, Ye Qingqing went to the backyard to look at the other hen he had brought back.

That hen was very sick just a moment ago, but she didn't expect it to be very lively now, and she was even earning food with the other chicks.

Seeing that the hen was in high spirits, Ye Qingqing let it live and raised it to lay eggs.

Normally, all the food cooked at home is bacon, but sausages are rarely seen. Ye Qingqing has long been eyeing the sausages in the new house.

Ye Qingqing cut two sausages. The bacon was fat and thin, so it would be particularly delicious when steamed on top of rice.

Before the bacon rice was ready, Ye Qingqing couldn't help but drool.

Today's dinner at the Tang family was particularly sumptuous, including chicken stewed with mushrooms, steamed rice with sausage, stir-fried lettuce and fragrant chicken soup.

The three people and two dogs all had chubby bellies after eating.