The happy little days of the Ye family

When Mr. Ye and Ye Xilin used a cart to haul firewood back to the door, Father Ye just happened to drive back with a donkey cart.

In the morning, Father Ye told his family that he was going to three villages today and would not come back to eat pancakes at noon.

Mrs. Ye even baked some pancakes for him early in the morning to eat on the road.

The grandfather and grandson were a little surprised when they saw Father Ye coming back at noon.

Ye Xilin looked at Father Ye curiously, "Dad, didn't you say you wouldn't come back for dinner at noon? Why did you come back at noon?"

"Is the sale not going well today?" Mr. Ye beside him asked anxiously.

Father Ye jumped off the donkey cart and said proudly:

"Because it went so smoothly, half of the things I took out were sold in one morning, and I also collected a lot of mountain goods and leather, so I came back early."

Mr. Ye pushed the cart into the yard and said cheerfully: "Everyone has sold the grain during the autumn harvest, so everyone has money."

The three of them came back at just the right time. Ye Mu and Wang Chunyu in the kitchen had just made lunch.

When she heard Ye's father's voice coming from the yard, Ye's mother thought she had heard wrongly. She leaned out of the kitchen and looked outside, and found that it was indeed Ye's father who was back.

Mother Ye got up and walked to the yard, looking at Father Ye worriedly, "Why did you come back early? Did you encounter anything on the way?"

Father Ye saw Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing also coming out of the hall. He was afraid that everyone would be worried, so he quickly explained:

"It's okay, it's just that the business is so good. I sold a lot of things at the entrance of the village in the morning, and after walking two villages, I sold most of the things in the car."

"While selling goods, I collected a lot of dry goods and leathers, and also collected a small embroidered picture from Fangjia Village."

"All the money I had on me was spent, and there wasn't much left in the car, so I had to come back first."

After speaking, Ye's father and Ye Xilin started to pack up the things collected today. Seeing that there was no one she could help with, Ye Qingqing went back to do the embroidery.

Yesterday's small embroidery picture was sold for 8 taels and 5 yuan. Ye Qingqing was still excited at this time and was particularly active when doing embroidery in the morning.

Ye's mother didn't cook Ye's father's meal just now. She took out the pancakes from Ye's father's car and took them to the kitchen to heat them.

While eating, Father Ye vividly talked about the situation of selling goods this morning.

"The people in the village are quite wealthy. Before leaving the village in the morning, more than 200 Wen worth of things were sold in less than a quarter of an hour."

"Every household in the village has opened up wasteland. The weather has been good in recent years, and everyone is living a good life."

The life of everyone in the village is getting better and better, and Mr. Ye is very happy. This way, his family is less conspicuous in the village, and there are fewer jealous people.

"Dad, I see you brought back some nice clothes. Are these clothes made by the tailor lady from Fangjiacun?"

Looking at these beautiful clothes, Ye Qingqing was a little moved and wanted to wear one during the Chinese New Year.

Father Ye nodded, "Yes, it was made by the tailor from Fangjiacun. Her family has been tailors for generations, and her craftsmanship is really impressive."

Then Father Ye turned around and said to Mother Ye next to him:

"The granddaughter-in-law of the village head of Fangjia Village does good embroidery, and the tailor's ready-made clothes are also pretty good."

"I told them that if you have embroidery and ready-made clothes, you can bring them to your home, and you can embroider them at a price you like."

Mother Ye smiled and said, "Okay, you can tell me later how much these things cost in the morning, and I will charge them according to your original price."

After talking about the business, Father Ye said with a gossipy face:

"I heard that at the end of the year in Fangjia Village, there are many young men and women who are ready to meet each other. A lot of bright and beautiful fabrics and toiletries were sold at once."

Mrs. Ye on the side was particularly excited, "I know this. There are currently 6 young men who want to get married in Fangjia Village, and 7 young girls who are ready to get married."

"Dad, then next time you bring more things to Fangjia Village. You want to meet each other. No matter you are a boy or a girl, you must dress up well." Ye Qingqing reminded with a stern look on his face.

"Yes, yes, my daughter is really smart. After the wedding, I have to give you some small gifts to please her. I will go back to Fangjia Village in a few days."

Father Ye planned to go over and teach some young men in Fangjiacun how to please girls.

"What about Xiaoling Village? It seems that this village is rarely heard of."

Ye Xilin asked curiously. He already had a fiancée and was not interested at all in Fangjiacun's sight.

Xiaoling Village is relatively remote. Ye Xilin only went there once in his memory, so he really doesn’t know much about it.

Ye Qingqing and Ye's mother rarely go out, and they are even stranger to Xiaoling Village. They both look at Ye's father with curiosity.

Father Ye stuffed a big mouthful of rice into his mouth and continued happily: "Xiaoling Village is near Dashan Village, and the situation is quite similar to Dashan Village."

"The village is in the mountains, and most of the surrounding areas are slopes. There is very little cultivated land. There are many hunters in the village."

"I collected a lot of mountain products and skins from Xiaoling Village. Xiaoling Village has little arable land and is very short of food. I made an agreement with the village chief to send a cart of corn cobs there in the afternoon."

Ye Xilin on the side suddenly looked at Father Ye excitedly.

"Dad, let me deliver grain to Xiaoling Village with you in the afternoon. We will transport two carts of grain there. One cart will be sent to Xiaoling Village, and the other cart will be sent to the nearby Dashan Village."

Father Ye could see through this kid's idea at a glance and deliberately teased him:

"No need, I'll just send it there myself. Don't worry about Dashan Village. I'll go there in two days and it'll be the same."

Seeing Ye's father smiling meanly, Ye Xilin saw that he was deliberately teasing him, and angrily snatched away the braised pork from Ye's father's folder.

Father Ye was not angry and continued to joke:

"If you want to go to Dashan Village and see Guo'er, just say so. Father and son, I can still satisfy your small request."

Ye Xilin didn't respond and snatched two pieces of braised pork from Ye's father.

The people nearby watched the excitement happily, and had a very happy lunch.

Thinking of going to Xiaoling Village and Dashan Village in the afternoon, time was tight, so everyone packed up their things in a hurry after lunch.

Ye Xilin and Mr. Ye went down to the cellar and brought up 12 sacks of corn cobs and 2 sacks of rice.

Since opening the grocery store and braised meat shop, the Ye family has basically not sold their food to takeaways, but has kept it in their own shop to sell it slowly.

However, now that the braised pork shop is closed and the grain grocery store at home cannot sell out, Father Ye finally thought of selling grain to places with food shortages such as Dashan Village and Xiaoling Village.

However, Ye's father didn't want to sell the money directly, but wanted to exchange the grain for other mountain goods.

The grandfather and grandson had just packed up the food, and Father Ye also packed up all the things he was going to take to Dashan Village.

The situation in Dashan Village is similar to that in Xiaoling Village. Father Ye dealt with the situation based on the situation in Xiaoling Village.

What I brought with me were mostly iron products and wooden products. In addition, I also packed some cloth, large pieces of cloth, and needlework.

Things for women to dress up don’t take up much space, so Father Ye packed a lot of them.

The carriage was filled with food, and the groceries collected by Ye's father had to be placed on the carriage shaft.