The happy little days of the Ye family

Father Ye often set up a stall on North Street during this period, and he probably had a clear idea of ​​the situation on North Street.

There are probably more than 20 households living on North Street. Counting the master and servants, Father Ye roughly estimated that there should be about 400 people living on the street.

There are various shops on the streets, and there is also a small area in the middle specially used for stalls.

Early in the morning, Father Ye brought a cart full of things and hummed a little tune all the way to the stall.

Father Ye placed a small table made of bamboo at the front of the left side of the stall, and then placed three large baskets on the table.

The basket on the far left holds roast chicken, and the two baskets on the side hold cakes, such as red date cake, mung bean cake, rice cake and sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

On the other side of the table were several jars of honey and two large bowls of honey water.

Before Father Ye went out, he specially made a large teapot of honey water. Just like at the dock before, a bowl of honey water costs 7 cents.

Previously, half of the Ye family's honey was provided to Wang Lin's tea stall on the dock, and the other half was sold in Ye Donglin's grocery store.

However, there were many rich people on North Street, and the price of honey was also higher. Father Ye went to Li Erzhu in Crescent Town and ordered a batch of exquisite ceramic jars specifically for selling honey.

In the past, Ye's father sold honey to drug stores for 38 yuan per pound. Now he has customized exquisite ceramic jars, and the cost has increased a bit.

Moreover, at the stall set up on North Street, Father Ye raised the price of honey to 45 Wen per catty.

The ceramic jars Ye's father ordered from Li Erzhu cost three cents each. The ceramic jars were packed with a pound, and each jar was exactly one pound of honey.

There are four jars of honey on the table. The patterns on each jar are different. They are plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums. The selling price of each jar of honey is 48 Wen.

There are two shelves behind the table, one filled with all kinds of beautiful headbands and hairbands.

Another wooden shelf is hung with various embroidered pictures and embroidered handkerchiefs. Most of these embroidery items were collected by Ye Mu in the village.

These two shelves were originally placed outside, but when setting up the stall, headbands and hairbands were often lost, and the embroidery was also stained.

Father Ye couldn't make much money in a day. If things were lost or the embroidery was damaged, it would be like a day's work in vain, so he put two shelves inside.

The newly made embroidery patterns by Ye's mother and Ye Qingqing had been brought to the stall by Ye's father 10 days ago.

The embroidery made by the two of them was excellent in both embroidery techniques and materials. Therefore, Ye's father set the price relatively high. Many people looked at it every day, but no one paid to buy it.

On the other side of the table, Father Ye spread a reed blanket on the ground, with various other groceries placed on it.

Honey is not common. As soon as Father Ye took out the honey, a middle-aged man dressed as a butler came to the stall.

This person is Yang's housekeeper. He often comes to Father Ye's stall to buy some novel gadgets or pastries.

"Is there any winter honey on the stall?"

"Steward Yang, winter honey is only available at the end of the year or at the beginning of spring. The ones on the stall are all flower honey, which is very sweet. You should try it first."

As he spoke, Father Ye picked up a bowl of honey water on the table and handed it over enthusiastically.

Manager Yang was not polite and drank the honey water directly.

Ye's honey is made from nectar collected from various wild flowers in the mountains. It tastes particularly sweet and has a floral aroma.

Butler Yang drank a large bowl of honey water, nodded and asked:

"This honey is really good, how do you sell it?"

Father Ye smiled brightly, "The honey on the table is one pound, 48 cents per jar."

Butler Yang pursed his lips, "Ordinary honey is only about 42 Wen per pound at most. You sell 48 Wen a jar here, which is too expensive."

Although it is not his own money spent, he can also make some pocket money by buying cheaper things.

Butler Yang has always been a master at haggling. Father Ye is always happy and sad every time Butler Yang comes to buy things.

Father Ye explained: "It's true that honey costs more than 40 yuan per pound, but the jar I put the honey in cost a lot of money to make. Look how beautiful it is. Mr. Yang will definitely like it when he sees it."

Butler Yang looked at the elegant little jar and thought it would be decent to give it as a gift, so he generously ordered four jars of honey.

Butler Yang gave the money and was about to leave with Honey in his arms when he saw the small picture of Guanyin made by Ye Qingqing out of the corner of his eye.

Father Ye followed Butler Yang's gaze and saw Ye Qingqing's embroidery. He quickly wiped his hands on his body and then picked up the embroidery so that Butler Yang could see it more clearly.

"This is an embroidery picture I got in the county. Both the craftsmanship and the materials used are of the best quality." Father Ye said cheerfully.

"How much does this embroidery cost?" Butler Yang asked casually.

"It's not expensive, it's only 8 taels and 6 yuan."

Butler Yang was originally going to take the embroidery picture and look at it carefully, but his hand that had already been stretched out in the air suddenly turned around and picked up another embroidery picture of a fish leaping over a dragon gate.

"What about this? How can I sell this embroidered picture?"

"This embroidered picture was also obtained from the county, but the embroidery skills and materials are inferior. It is cheaper than the embroidered picture just now, only 4 taels and 5 yuan."

Butler Yang didn't know much about embroidery, so he felt that there was not much difference between the two embroidery pictures. The more he looked at the embroidery picture of the fish leaping over the dragon gate, the more satisfied he became.

This picture of the fish leaping over the dragon gate is quite festive. It is the second young master’s birthday next month, so it is appropriate to give this embroidered picture.

After negotiating the price with Father Ye for a long time, Butler Yang finally spent four taels of silver to buy the small embroidered picture of a fish leaping over a dragon gate made by Yang Xinghua.

He made a big deal as soon as he arrived in the morning, and Father Ye laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.

Ye's mother took back the small embroidery picture just now for 2 taels and 8 silver. She sold it for 4 taels of silver, and Ye's father made a profit of 1 tael and 2 coins when he resold it.

It’s not that Ye’s father is evil, he also sets the price according to the prices in the small embroidery shop in the town.

The small embroidery pictures of Wang Duoduo and her daughter and Yang Xinghua were all collected for 2 taels and 8 taels of silver each. After some bargaining, Father Ye usually sold them for around 4 taels of silver.

As for other embroidered handkerchiefs, Father Ye usually sells them at a 4% increase in price.

Although he is just setting up a stall, he cannot set the price too low, otherwise it will damage the price of embroidery in the town.

As for Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing's embroidery, they are all priced according to the embroidery prices of Yang's Embroidery Workshop, the largest embroidery workshop in town.

For example, the large-scale embroidery made by Ye's mother only costs 11 taels of gold thread, silk and embroidery thread. Father Ye offers a price of 56 taels of silver. His ideal price is 53 taels, and the base price is 50 taels of silver.

Ye Qingqing's small picture of Guanyin also uses a lot of gold thread, and the cost alone costs 2 taels of silver. Father Ye directly offered the price of 8 taels and 8 silver, and sold it at the lowest price of 8 taels of silver.

The embroidery made by the mother and daughter is indeed good. If it had been placed in the Yang Family Embroidery Workshop, it would have been sold long ago.

But at roadside stalls, not many people are willing to buy such expensive embroidery, and everyone basically just looks at it.

However, the embroidery has only been on the stall for 10 days, so the mother and daughter are not in a hurry.

Small embroidery pictures take more than 20 days to embroider, while large embroidery pictures take about three months. They can sell them slowly if they have time.

If it were sold at the price set by Ye's father, the money earned from an embroidery would be twice as much as before.