The happy little days of the Ye family

Ye's father drove the donkey cart to Yangjia Cloth Village and helped Ye's mother buy gold thread and fine embroidery thread from Hangzhou.

Just a small package cost Mr. Ye more than two taels of silver.

The last small picture of Guanyin sold for ten taels of silver. Ye Mu was very happy and excitedly prepared to do something big. This time she was making a large embroidered picture.

The embroidery sample alone took almost half a month to prepare, and Tudu drew and revised it several times.

Shopkeeper Yang also knows Father Ye and knows that he is a salesman. Actively promote the fabrics in the cloth shop.

The prices at Yangjia Cloth Shop are a bit more expensive than those at ordinary cloth shops, but the fabrics inside are really good, with a delicate feel, and many of them are bright and rare colors.

Father Ye picked out two pieces of fine linen fabric, one was red and the other was purple. These two colors are relatively rare and popular, and they can be sold even if they are more expensive.

Father Ye had not been to Yangjia Cloth Shop for a while. There were many rags accumulated in the shop. Father Ye took a look and found that many of them were silk and cotton, and some of the rags were quite small.

Shopkeeper Yang also saw that Father Ye wanted rags, and said with a smile: "I have been too busy these days and haven't had time to take care of these rags. There are a lot of large pieces of cloth and small pieces of silk mixed in the rags. Well, I don’t have time to choose. If you want it, just take it for 15 cents a bag."

These rags were originally given away directly, but the worthless rags were sold. The money was not just an advantage to Shopkeeper Yang, and no one knew about his secret.

Father Ye opened several sacks filled with scraps of fabric and took a closer look. There were indeed many large pieces of cloth. The fabrics were quite good and 15 cents was still a good deal. Father Ye directly wrapped the rags in the store.

Ye's father bought a lot of things, and after some fierce bargaining, shopkeeper Yang finally gave Ye's father a half-percent profit.

Chen Jia Cloth Shop and Yang Jia Cloth Shop were just a few shops away from each other. Father Ye put his things into the donkey cart and arrived at Chen Jia Cloth Shop within a few steps.

As soon as Father Ye entered the Chen Family Cloth Shop, Shopkeeper Chen greeted him warmly, "Boss Ye, I've been waiting for you. I have a batch of defective fabrics that I specially reserved for you."

"What kind of fabric is it? Can you take a look first?"

Father Ye was also very interested. People in the village were not rich and could only afford cheap burlap. There were still a few villages as wealthy as Fujia Village.

"It's a batch of burlap. You sit down first and I'll ask the guy to bring it to you."

The owner has his own weaving workshop, and the fabrics are made by a newly recruited group of female workers. The new female workers are not good at what they do, and the fabrics they weave either have missing threads or broken threads.

There are a total of 18 pieces of fabric in this batch, 9 pieces are gray and 9 pieces are tawny. The colors are dyed well, and these two colors are the most common colors.

Father Ye picked up a piece of gray cloth. At first glance, the cloth looked okay. But when he took a closer look, he found that there were many broken or missing parts of the fabric.

People in the county probably don't like this fabric, but it's okay to sell it in the town. It's so cheap that people will probably rush to get it.

"75 yuan a horse." Shopkeeper Chen whispered in Father Ye's ear.

"Shopkeeper Chen, you are not being kind. The fabric of yours is ruined. This fabric will definitely not be sold in the county. If it is cheaper in the countryside, it can still be sold. I am not making any profit from your 75 yuan." .”

Shopkeeper Chen: "This fabric just has some leaks in the weave. You can't see it if you don't look carefully. It's not a big problem."

Speaking of this batch of fabrics, shopkeeper Chen also has a headache. There are some problems with the fabrics that are good, but there is no big problem if they are bad. If there are too many specials, it will affect the sale of other regular-priced fabrics.

After some haggling, Ye's father finally paid 72 yuan for each piece of 18 pieces of fabric.

Ye's father helped Ye Qingqing's second aunt select some embroidery threads and also bought some cheap needlework.

Then he picked out some pieces of fine linen fabrics with fresh colors that were suitable for little girls and young wives.

Finally, Father Ye rounded up all the large pieces of cloth and rags in the cloth shop.

Together with the rags from the Yang Family Cloth Shop, these are enough for Ye Qingqing and Mrs. Ye to make headbands and hairbands for half a month.

Fine linen remains as usual, with a profit of 7 cents per piece, and needlework shopkeeper Chen gives half a profit. After Father Ye gave the money, he felt a little dizzy looking at the large pile of cloth heads and pieces of cloth.

There are already several bags of rags on the donkey cart, and with the fabrics from Chenjia Cloth Shop, there is no room for them, and they will have to go to West Street to purchase goods later.

Shopkeeper Chen noticed Father Ye's embarrassment and said very thoughtfully: "There are a lot of things this time, I will ask the clerk to send them back to you later."

Father Ye was very happy: "I will go to West Street to buy some things later. I will come back after finishing the shopping."

Shopkeeper Chen responded cheerfully, since the money has been collected anyway, it doesn't matter when it will be shipped away.

After leaving Chenjia Cloth Village, Father Ye went to the largest seed shop in the county.

As soon as Father Ye entered, a young man immediately came forward to greet him enthusiastically: "What kind of seeds do you want, sir? We have all kinds of seeds here, and a new batch of vegetable seeds from other places arrived some time ago. Do you want to take a look?" ?”

"I'm a salesman, and I'm going to buy a batch of common seeds to sell in the town. Please introduce them to me."

The young man first introduced some common local vegetables and fruits seeds to Father Ye, and the prices were cheaper than those in the town.

The seeds in the county are cheaper than those in the town, so you can still make a profit by taking them back. Moreover, every household needs these vegetable seeds, so they shouldn’t have to worry about selling them. Father Ye generously asked the young man to pack ten packets of each vegetable.

Then the young man introduced some fresh seeds from out of town that are currently popular in the county.

Father Ye had never heard of these fresh seeds. The vegetable growers were all honest farmers, so they probably wouldn't accept fresh seeds easily.

Father Ye was afraid that he wouldn't be able to sell it, so he didn't take more. He took a little of each item and planned to go back and let Mrs. Ye try to plant some seeds first.

Moreover, Ye's father didn't have much money left. Apart from the needlework and thread he bought for Ye's mother and Ye Qingqing's aunt, Ye's father only brought 5 taels of silver to purchase goods. He had already spent more than 2 taels of silver on the fabric alone.

The next step is to go to West Street to purchase goods.

When Father Ye was buying candy bars, he discovered a new kind of candy. This candy was a bit similar to the candy paintings on the street, but smaller. Various animals were painted with syrup and then wrapped in glutinous rice paper.

These sugar paintings depict 12 animals from the 12 zodiac signs. Father Ye picked up two of them, in the shape of little tigers and puppies. The paintings were quite good.

This candy can not only be played with but also eaten. Children should like it very much. It's just a bit expensive, 3 for 2 cents.

Father Ye thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and bought 24 of them, choosing two of each animal. There's a big market tomorrow, there should be some rich kids willing to buy it.

Then Father Ye took out the notebook he carried with him and bought the items one by one based on the items recorded on it.

After Ye's father finished purchasing the goods, he returned to Chenjia Clothing Store. The clerk had already packed the things and was waiting for Ye's father.

A lot of things were brought in this time. When Father Ye returned to Taohua Village, it was completely dark and there was no one on the road. Therefore, not many people knew that Father Ye had brought in two cars of things and came back.