The happy little days of the Ye family

After Father Ye and Ye Donglin came back, they quickly handed over half of the money they earned today to Mrs. Ye.

Now Mrs. Ye is in charge of the money of the Ye family, and Mother Ye is in charge of the family's affairs and expenses.

Today is the last day for business. After taking today’s income, we have to start taking stock of the end of the year.

After the father and son went out, Mrs. Ye called Mother Ye into the house. One of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were playing with an abacus, while the other was writing and drawing on the account book. It took a while before they came out.

After dinner, Mrs. Ye called everyone into the house.

After participating in several home inventories, the three juniors knew that they had to take stock of the income and expenses of the public school as soon as they entered Mrs. Ye's room.

The old couple sat at the main table, Ye's mother and Ye's father were beside them, and the remaining three juniors sat casually at the table.

Xiao Qi refused to sleep, so Ye Donglin simply hugged the little guy over. The little guy jumped excitedly in Ye Donglin's arms when he saw so many people.

Mother Ye took out her account book and told everyone about the current balance of the public school.

"After the summer harvest, my father-in-law paid 100 taels of silver to buy a house in the county. At that time, I still had 400 taels of silver in my account."

"In the second half of the year, the main income from the family is the money from selling red dates, the money from selling grain after the autumn harvest, and the rent from several houses and shops in the family."

"Then there is the money each of you handed over to Gongzhong. Adding up all the income, there is a total of 718 taels of silver in Gongzhong's account."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard that there were 718 taels of silver in the account. They didn't expect that their family was so wealthy.

"There is so much money in the public account, do you want to buy some more fields?"

Ye Xilin usually follows Mr. Ye to take care of the family's fields, but he still feels that the fields are more important.

Mr. Ye shook his head, "Until there is no scholar in the family, it's best not to be too high-profile. The family's property should remain as it is, and don't add any more property in the next few years."

Now that I don’t have a backer at home, it’s better to keep a low profile. Mr. Ye is very wise, thinks far-sightedly, and is very transparent.

Mr. Ye seldom talks, but what he talks about is important things. Everyone attaches great importance to Mr. Ye's words.

Ye Xilin shut up obediently and stopped talking about buying the land.

"Every child in the family will be sent to the academy. There must be one who has a talent for reading."

Father Ye and Mr. Ye have the same idea. He has made up his mind to let all the children in the family go to school in the future.

Mrs. Ye looked at the juniors present with serious words:

"You should have saved a lot of money now. You have already started a family and started a business. You need to save more in the future. The younger generation in the family will definitely have to study and take exams in the future, and they will need a lot of money."

Ke Kao and the two brothers used to study in the village school for just a few years. Better books on the Four Treasures of the Study and scientific examination books are calculated as two.

"Grandma, don't worry. Xiaoyu and I have saved enough money. In four or five years, we will be able to send Xiaoqi to study in an academy in the town." Ye Donglin said happily while holding Xiaoqi in his arms.

Ye Xilin patted his eldest brother on the shoulder, "Brother, you have to work hard to make money. I'm optimistic about Xiao Qi. I'll leave the important task of the scientific examination to him."

Ye Donglin: "..."

He didn't know for a moment whether he should refute or reconcile. In the end, he didn't say anything and slapped Ye Xilin's hand hard.

Father Ye kicked him angrily, "Don't be so playful and smiling, you are going to get married next year, and your child will definitely go to college in the future. You have to save money."

Ye Xilin thought that he would doze off as soon as he read a book, and since the Li family were all uneducated, their children might not have the talent to read in the future.

Thinking about the scientific examination, it would be more practical to rely on his eldest brother's children.

Ye Xilin grabbed the little guy and held him in his arms, "Xiao Qi, you have to work hard. I will urge you to study hard in the future."

Ye Donglin snatched the child back angrily, "Fuck you, give birth to a child yourself and supervise it. Xiaoqi doesn't have an unscrupulous uncle like you."

The accounts of Gongzhong had been taken into account, and Mrs. Ye was so dizzy due to the quarrel between the two enemy brothers that she quickly drove them away.

"Okay, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so go back and rest early, I'll be very busy tomorrow."

After returning to the house, Ye's mother and Ye's father began to take stock of their own small treasury.

Father Ye can be said to be the best at making money in the entire Ye family.

Since the past few years, he has been collecting bacon in Dashan Village, and he also collects dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots in the village. Every year, Father Ye can earn dozens of taels of silver from bacon and dried goods.

In addition, he also asked Li Orion to help collect skins from the mountain village. Together with his own rabbit skins, these skins were then made into leather clothes by Ye Mu, and he could earn 80 to [-] taels a year.

Moreover, he can still get a share of selling dry goods and honeysuckle for his family.

In the past, the business of the braised pork shop was average, and it could only earn more than three taels of silver a month.

But things have changed since he set up a stall on North Street. At first, he could earn six or seven taels of silver a month. Later, he collected embroidery and sold it at the stall, and he could earn more than ten taels of silver a month.

Especially in the twelfth lunar month, I sold two large embroidery pictures, earning a full 50 taels of silver in a month.

Ye's mother opened the account and calculated it carefully. Ye's father earned a total of 241 taels of silver this year.

"Not bad, not bad. You are a great contributor this year. You must keep up your efforts next year."

"It's the embroidery we collect later that makes money. My second sister-in-law alone earned 19 taels from her embroidery. Plus other small embroideries, she earned at least dozens of taels."

This year I made a lot more money than in previous years. Father Ye carefully analyzed this method of making money.

Ye Mu also thinks that embroidery is profitable. The embroidery she made before made an average of five or six taels of silver a month.

But the peony picture just sold made a full profit of 41 taels after deducting the cost, doubling the money earned.

After this calculation, Ye Mu earned 86 taels of silver this year.

After deducting the subsidies for buying a house in the county and their daily expenses, the two of them now have 504 taels of silver saved.

Father Ye thought that this money would be enough to send his grandchildren to school in the future.

What he said just now, that he planned to send all his children to college, was no joke.

Whether you have the talent for reading or not, you have to go to an academy to find out.

If he had talent, he would be required to take the scientific examination no matter what.

Of course, if the child has no talent, he will not force him to learn.

Children without talent can come back to start their own business or learn a craft, or they can find another way out.

But now the Ye family really needs a scholar to support their appearance.