The happy little days of the Ye family

As soon as Ye Qingqing came out of the kitchen after preparing dinner, Ye Donglin came over with a smile on his face, and the brother and sister met each other head on.

"Brother, why are you here and smiling so happily? Did you pick up some money?"

"Can you guess what day it is today?" Ye Donglin asked mysteriously.

"What day is today?"

Ye Qingqing looked at Ye Donglin with a puzzled face, not remembering that there was anything special today.

Ye Donglin took out a dry, flat purse from his arms and waved it in front of Ye Qingqing's eyes.

"How stupid, today is the day when the miscellaneous books are rented for a month."

"It's been a month so soon? Brother, I really forgot if you didn't tell me."

Ye Qingqing only paid attention to the rental of miscellaneous books in the first few days, and then left the entire process to Ye Donglin.

Ye Qingqing was very curious about how much money this business had made in one month, so he grabbed the wallet in front of him.

The purse was very light. When Ye Qingqing opened it, he found two small pieces of broken silver and a small handful of copper plates.

The money earned from renting books was copper coins, and the broken silver was specially exchanged by Ye Donglin for the convenience of counting.

Ye Qingqing counted all the silver and copper plates, there were 686 in total, and looked up at Ye Donglin with a smile.

"I didn't expect that the miscellaneous book rental business would be pretty good, even better than I had expected."

Ye Donglin said proudly: "I took some unsold pastries and invited some teenagers who often come here to rent books to eat."

"Let them help promote our miscellaneous book rental business in the academy."

"At the beginning, not many people knew that miscellaneous books could be rented in grocery stores. Later, it gradually became publicized in the academy, and more and more people came to rent books."

"You're still smart, brother."

Ye Qingqing patted Ye Donglin on the shoulder and smiled like a little fox.

"You're not bad either. Those thick books of yours can't be read in five days. Many people have come to renew their leases."

As he spoke, Ye Donglin took out the book for registering borrowed and returned books and showed it to Ye Qingqing.

This month I made a total of 686 Wen, which means that the books in the shop were rented out 343 times. Of course, many of the books were duplicates.

Ye Qingqing took a general look and found that there were more people borrowing story books, and those thick books couldn't be read in five days, and they would basically renew their lease.

"The majority of people are renting Huaben. My old and thick books are also renting well, and many people have renewed their leases."

Then Ye Qingqing looked down again. The last few pages of the account book were the list of books that could be rented. There were a total of 94 miscellaneous books.

Of these books, 69 are by Ye Qingqing and the other 25 are by Ye Donglin.

These days, when Ye Donglin was eating melon seeds with Ye's father at the grocery store, he had already thought about how to spend the money he earned in the first month, and directly discussed with Ye Qingqing:

"This is what I think. I'll take all the 686 articles and buy a batch of books. We can buy some more travel notes, story books, and thick books like this."

"In addition, I also want to bring back some books on scientific examinations, preferably books on children and scholars."

"Books on scientific examinations? Those students in the academy can buy them themselves. Do they need to come to the grocery store to rent them?"

Ye Qingqing felt that not many people rented books on scientific examinations.

Ye Donglin explained: "Books on scientific examinations are relatively expensive and require a lot of books. Not everyone can afford them."

"A few days ago, a teacher told me that he hopes we can buy more books on scientific examinations and put them in the grocery store for rent, so that some poor students can also borrow books to study."

"There are about a dozen people in the academy who are taking the scholar exam, and there are probably dozens of people who are taking the boy student exam. In fact, there are not many people, but we don't have to spend too much money to buy used books, so we can give it a try."

Seeing that Ye Qingqing was silent, Ye Donglin thought about it and said to Ye Qingqing truthfully:

"The master who wanted me to buy books for scientific examinations also mentioned in a subtle way that our miscellaneous book rental will affect the students of the academy from entering the school."

"These teenagers are still young and have a rather playful mind. If they spend all their time and energy on miscellaneous books, they will easily neglect their studies."

Ye Donglin is also a father himself, and he hopes that his son can take the scientific examination in the future, preferably a scholar, and does not want to delay the children in the academy.

Moreover, Xiao Qi will also start his education at the town's academy in the future, and he doesn't want to miss the academic style in the academy.

Buying more books on scientific examinations will not only facilitate the study of poor students who want to make progress, but also improve the name of the grocery store.

Ye Qingqing was silent for a while and realized the shortcomings of their miscellaneous book rental.

"After all, the academy is a place for learning. If we rent these miscellaneous books, it will really distract these children, which is not good for these children."

"Let's buy another batch of books on scientific examinations, so that there will be more books available for rent, and children who love learning can read more useful books."

"In addition, those miscellaneous books must be re-selected, and those that are too deviant must be picked out."

Ye Qingqing's identity changed after she became pregnant. As a mother, she thought more about the children in the college, and was also worried that these children would be addicted to miscellaneous books and neglect their studies.

Both of them thought of going together. Ye Donglin smiled and then said:

"In the afternoon, I have already selected the books for rent. I have already taken out the more deviant ones."

"There are many ways to make money, there is no need to delay these children."

Ye Donglin also planned to spend money to buy a batch of books that were probably not very profitable because of guilt.

Both brothers and sisters had the same idea, so Ye Donglin made the decision directly.

"I'm going to the county to pick up goods tomorrow, and I'll buy a batch of used books on the way back. I'll divide the money in half, half to buy miscellaneous books, and the other half to buy books on scientific examinations."

"As for miscellaneous books, I will carefully select them, choosing more travel notes that broaden my horizons, and less text books, so as not to mislead others."

Ye Qingqing nodded, trusting Ye Donglin very much, "Brother, just look at it yourself, but I don't think there are many bookstores for old books on scientific examinations."

Ye Donglin put away his purse, patted his chest and said, "It's okay, just keep it with me."

After dinner, Ye Qingqing opened one of his dowry boxes, which contained seven or eight pieces of cloth.

These fabrics include cotton and linen. Ye Qingqing selected two pieces of fine linen fabric.

Ye Qingqing was already two months pregnant at this time and was not showing her pregnancy yet, but she planned to make two sets of loose clothes in advance.

As for the children's clothes, Ye Qingqing doesn't feel anxious, there are still clothes given by her sister-in-law.