The happy little days of the Ye family

At night, Ye's father and Ye's mother took stock of the income from today's stall together.

"Today we earned a total of 226 taels of silver. If business can be so good every day, we will earn [-] taels of silver in a month."

Father Ye was very happy looking at the pile of copper coins on the table. He had rented out the braised pork shop in the morning, so that he could concentrate on setting up a stall to make money.

The shop was rented to Bai Yaowen, with a monthly rent of 900 Wen.

The shop was built with money from the public house, so the rent also belonged to the public house. As soon as Father Ye came back, he gave the rent to Mrs. Ye.

Father Ye put away the copper plates on the table and discussed with Mother Ye about collecting the embroidery.

"The gold silk handkerchiefs made by Qingqing are selling well. In recent days, several people have asked if they have any embroidery pictures. I want to collect some better quality embroidery products in the village and sell them at the stall."

For example, the price of Ye Qingqing's gold silk embroidered handkerchief sold on North Street is dozens of yuan more than the price charged by Li's embroidery workshop.

The large-scale embroidery pictures made by Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing were charged more than 30 taels by Lijia Embroidery Studio, but they were sold for 60 taels, which shows how profitable the embroidery is.

Naturally, Father Ye would not let go of such a good deal.

"The profit of embroidery is indeed high. When Qingqing and I make an embroidery, we can only sell it to the embroidery shop for 30 taels, but the embroidery shop sells it for 60 to [-] taels."

"I know exactly which women in the village are good at embroidery, and I know the price of the embroidery best. I can just collect the embroidery."

Ye Mu volunteered and took over the task of collecting the embroidery.

Ye's father naturally had no objection. Ye's mother was an embroiderer, and she also knew the prices of embroidery products better. It was perfect for Ye's mother to be responsible for collecting embroidery products in the village.

The next morning, after breakfast, Ye Mu planned to go to Wang Duoduo's house first.

Wang Duoduo and Chen Xiaoyun do good embroidery work, and most of what they do on weekdays are small embroidery pictures, which are very suitable for sale at Father Ye's stall.

Also going out together was Ye Qingqing, who was out for a walk and joined in the fun.

Wang Duoduo's home is at the head of the village, some distance away from Ye's home. The mother and daughter walked for a while before arriving at Wang's home.

It has been several years since Wang Duoduo and Chen Xiaoyun settled in Taohua Village. Over the past few years, both the mother and daughter and the dilapidated yard have undergone earth-shaking changes.

The mother and daughter made a lot of money by doing embroidery in the past few years, and they successively bought three acres of medium-sized paddy fields and two acres of dry land in the village.

The mother and daughter usually do embroidery at home and cannot do heavy work, so they rent the fields at home to people in the village.

Yang Xinghua, the village chief's eldest daughter-in-law, was the one who rented the Wang family's land. The paddy fields and dry land were rented to two families respectively.

After excluding the annual taxes, the food recovered from the paddy fields and dry land was divided equally between the royal family and the tenants.

With the rent of five acres of land, the mother and daughter don't have to worry about food.

Now that he has a field, Chen Xiaoyun no longer grows sweet potatoes in the yard. Instead, he opens a small vegetable plot and grows various vegetables and fruits.

The originally dilapidated house was renovated, the thatched roof was replaced with a brick roof, and a well was drilled next to the kitchen.

The atmosphere in the village was pretty good, and no second-rate people came to harass them. The mother and daughter lived a good life.

When Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing came over, Wang Duoduo and Chen Xiaoyun were doing embroidery in the yard.

The rooms and halls of this house are relatively small, and the light in the house is not good. The mother and daughter do embroidery in the yard every day.

When the two heard footsteps, they looked up and saw Ye Qingqing and her daughter coming over. They quickly put down their needlework.

When Chen Xiaoyun escaped from the wilderness and came to Taohua Village, he was thin and dark, but now he is white and tender, and he looks younger than when he first came here.

And Wang Duoduo has grown into a big girl. She is tall and graceful, and looks somewhat similar to Chen Xiaoyun.

The Wang family is getting better and better now. Many people in the village regret that they did not go to the Wang family to propose marriage, which was a waste of money for Wang Xiaoshan, who also escaped from famine.

"Sister Xiaoyun, Duoduo, I just made some pastries at home. I'll bring them over for you to try." Mother Ye lovingly handed the basket in her hand to Wang Duoduo.

Ye Qingqing on the side also greeted Chen Xiaoyun and Wang Duoduo affectionately.

Although Wang Duoduo and Ye Xilin's marriage failed, Ye's mother didn't make it clear at the time, and the two families still got along as usual.

Moreover, Ye Xilin and Wang Duoduo each found a good marriage, and no one remembered this matter.

Chen Xiaoyun originally wanted to invite Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing to sit in the house, but Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing did not go in. They stood in front of the embroidery booth and looked at the embroidery that the mother and daughter had just made.

Most of the two pieces of embroidery have been embroidered, one is a picture of Guanyin giving birth to a child made by Chen Xiaoyun, and the other is a picture of the Eight Immortals congratulating birthdays made by Wang Duoduo.

Both embroidery pictures are small, the craftsmanship is above average, and the color matching is also good.

These two embroidery pictures are the most common embroidery samples. They are very suitable for home use or as gifts. They are also suitable for putting on Ye's father's stall.

Just as Mother Ye was about to talk about collecting the embroidery, Wang Duoduo brought tea to the mother and daughter.

"Thank you Duoduo."

Ye Qingqing took the tea cup and found that the tea was sweet sugar water as soon as it was imported.

While drinking water, Ye Qingqing looked up and saw a few rabbits and pheasants hanging under the eaves. It seemed that they were sent by Wang Xiaoshan.

He also thought that the Wang family planned to build a new house to marry Wang Duoduo. The two had a good relationship. Seeing that Wang Duoduo had found a good home, he was very happy for her.

Mother Ye didn't want to delay the mother and daughter's embroidery work, so she directly talked about collecting the embroidery.

"Sister Xiaoyun, you also know that Qingqing's father has a stall on North Street. I want to collect some small embroidery products in the village and sell them at the stall."

"You and Duoduo are good at your craftsmanship. I thought of you right away. Don't worry, the price will still be based on the county's price for embroidery. I won't treat you badly."

Going to the county to sell embroidery would take up a day's work. If the prices were similar, Chen Xiaoyun would of course be more willing to sell to the Ye family.

"Thank you, Sister Xiuxiu, for still thinking of me. I have some finished embroidery at home. I'll show it to you."

Chen Xiaoyun got up and went back to the house, taking out all the embroidery she and Wang Duoduo had made on weekdays.

"It's not easy to go to the county. Sister Xinghua and I only go there every two months. Last month, Duoduo and I each made a small embroidery picture, and there are also a few handkerchiefs."

Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing took the embroidery and looked at it carefully.

Chen Xiaoyun and Wang Duoduo do not know how to draw embroidery patterns themselves, so they embroider the most common and festive embroidery patterns.

The two small embroidery pictures are the same as the ones they just embroidered, they are the picture of Guanyin sending her son off and the picture of the Eight Immortals congratulating her on her birthday.

The silk and needlework used for these embroideries were all bought at Chenjia Cloth Shop, although they were the best silk and needlework threads in the cloth shop.

However, compared to the fine silk and embroidery threads from Hangzhou that Ye Qingqing and the others usually use, they are still inferior.

The embroidery made by the mother and daughter is considered to be of the lowest quality in the Li family embroidery workshop, but it is not bad in the town.

For mother and daughter's embroidery work, Ye's mother directly paid the price of Li's embroidery workshop.

小绣图2两8钱一幅，丝绸绣帕50文一张。两幅小绣图和6张绣帕，总共是5两9钱。

The price was a little higher than what Chen Xiaoyun sold to the embroidery shop in the county. Both mother and daughter were very happy to get the money.