The happy little days of the Ye family

Children around the New Year always have some lucky money in their hands.

Before Ye Donglin's vegetables were sold out, a group of children suddenly poured into the shop.

These are children who live nearby and often come to the grocery store to buy candies. Ye Donglin basically knows them all.

"Uncle Ye, I want two pieces of candy and a pack of spiced melon seeds."

A little boy who was about the same height as the counter grinned and handed Ye Donglin three pennies.

"Okay, uncle, I'll help you get it now." Ye Donglin turned around and took out a can of sugar from the shelf nearby.

"Quick, quick, bring me a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and a piece of water chestnut cake. I haven't had breakfast yet." A fat man with a round figure walked up to Wang Chunyu.

"Uncle Ye, I want this headband." The little girl not far away said sweetly.

Ye Donglin felt soft after hearing this, and looked at the cute little girl in front of him with great covetousness, really wanting a little girl.

Ye Donglin was just dreaming about his cute little girl when another voice sounded from the side.

"This horseshoe cake is so beautiful. I want 2 pieces of this horseshoe cake."

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These little kids hold New Year's money in their hands and are very generous with their money. They specialize in buying pastries that they are usually reluctant to buy.

Ye Donglin was busy getting candy cubes and melon seeds, while Wang Chunyu was smiling and getting pastries for several children.

With delicious food in their mouths, these carefree little guys ran out again.

Ye's grocery store was closed for four days before. Counting those who came here to rent books a year ago, it was time to return them by then.

Not long after, a few older teenagers came to return the books they had rented.

There are still a few days before the academy starts, and most people choose to rent another book and read it slowly.

It's a holiday from the academy, and those thick books in the grocery store are particularly popular.

Basically, those who come here to rent miscellaneous books usually rent books that look old and dirty, but have two or three books per book.

Anyway, I read it at home. Regardless of whether it is new or old, I can read more stories for the same money.

Ye Donglin also didn't expect that these young men were quite capable of calculating their budgets.

These people who rent books usually don't have any shortage of money, and they will bring back some small snacks such as melon seeds and pastries.

In addition to those who come to rent free books, there are also diligent and studious students who come to buy the four treasures of study and rent books on scientific examinations.

Renting a book only costs two cents. In fact, the money allocated to Ye Donglin is not much at all.

However, when these people come to rent and study, they will also buy some snacks or other writing materials for study. Therefore, the business of the grocery store has improved a lot, and Ye Donglin has also made less money.

Ye Donglin and Wang Chunyu were in front of the bookshelf, carefully picking up the messed up books.

Ye Donglin felt a little regretful as he looked at these books that were even more worn than before.

These books are getting damaged too quickly.

Ye Donglin took out a few old and worn-out books.

"The miscellaneous book rental business is still good, but after a long time, I have read all the books, and it is time to buy a new batch of books."

"You can just discuss this with Qingqing."

As he spoke, Wang Chunyu took several books from Ye Donglin's hand. "It's a pity to throw away these books. I'll take them home and see if they can be repaired."

Wang Chunyu put a few old books on the counter, looked down and saw the book used by Ye Donglin to register rental information, and suddenly thought of a good idea.

Wang Chunyu picked up the book and walked quickly to Ye Donglin.

"Ms. sir, I think your handwriting is good. There are no people in the grocery store in the afternoon, and the pen and ink in the shop are all ready-made. Why don't you copy these books?"

Ye Donglin thought that although the cost of pen, ink and rice paper was high, copying a book by himself would be more cost-effective than buying a travelogue or storybook from a bookstore.

Moreover, Ye's father does not open a shop next door, and there is no one to eat melon seeds and chat with him in the afternoon. It would be good to find something to do to pass the time.

"Xiao Yu, you are still smart."

As he spoke, Ye Donglin dug through some second-grade rice paper that had been accumulated for a long time, and the two of them bound the rice paper into a book on the counter.

Although business today is not as good as it was a year ago, the pastries, roast duck and chicken are still sold well.

After the booklet was ready, Wang Chunyu saw that the vegetables and fish in the house had been sold out, so he quickly took a broom from the corner and cleaned up the dirty places.

After tidying up the shop, Wang Chunyu hurried back in the donkey cart.

Ever since she became a mother, she started thinking about her children after being away from home for a while. After not seeing Xiao Qi all morning, Wang Chunyu was always thinking about the little one.

After Wang Chunyu left, the shop became a little deserted, and Ye Donglin simply started copying books.

He picked up a storybook that looked particularly shabby. Ye Donglin had some impressions of this book. There were more people renting this book on weekdays, so the book was damaged very quickly.

Ye Donglin spent the whole afternoon copying books on the counter, reading while copying, and was fascinated by the stories in the book. The child who came to buy candy shouted several times before he raised his head.

There were many little kids who came here to buy candies and pastries in the afternoon. All the New Year's money in these little guys' hands was probably handed over to Ye Donglin.

The situation at Ye's father's side is similar to that of Ye Donglin. The best-selling items at the stall are pastries, candies, and melon seeds.

Most of the people here on North Street are from wealthy families, and people came over as soon as the pastries were brought out.

"Boss Ye, bring me 6 brown sugar cakes and put them in this food box."

"Okay, 30 Wen in total."

Father Ye quickly put all the cakes into the box, and then gave the woman a small bag of spiced melon seeds.

The stall was opened before it was even set up and it was making money. Father Ye was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth and kept mumbling:

“That’s a good sign, we’re definitely going to make a lot of money this year.”

It’s the Chinese New Year, and the most popular people on the street are children. Four or five little ones of different sizes showed up at this moment.

"I want a piece of red date cake and a piece of osmanthus cake."

"I-I want 4 pieces of caramel and 2 pieces of maltose."

"I want two pieces of maltose and a packet of spiced melon seeds."

"Uncle Ye, I want a piece of brown sugar cake."

"Okay, okay, come one by one."

Father Ye happily brought things to the little guys and generously gave each of them a handful of spiced melon seeds.

Several children took the spiced melon seeds given by Father Ye, and while eating the melon seeds, they talked about where to go to play later.

As soon as the children left, Chef Li came over and handed Father Ye a big food box.

"Boss Ye, I want 4 pieces of brown sugar cake and [-] pieces of red date cake, and two pieces of osmanthus cake."

"All right!"

This cake was bought for the steward of the house, and then Chef Li gave herself two pieces of red date cake.

After Chef Li left, Father Ye saw that more and more people were coming to the street. He made a few bowls of honey water and put them on the table, and then shouted:

"Honey water, sweet and fragrant honey water."

Sure enough, two young men stopped at the stall soon.

"Boss, please bring two bowls of honey water."

"Okay, a bowl of honey water costs 7 cents, total 14 cents."

The older man on the left thought the honey on the stall was good and ordered two more jars of honey.

Another young man with baby fat fell in love with the pastries in Ye's stall.

The man looked at the several pastries on the table and couldn't decide which one he wanted for a long time. He simply asked Father Ye to give him a piece of each.

"Okay, the red date cake is 6 cents a piece, and the remaining mung bean cake, osmanthus cake, rice cake and brown sugar cake are all 5 cents a piece, a total of 26 cents."

The older man said, "Let's count them all together. How much is the total?"

Father Ye has been doing business all year round and is very good at arithmetic, and he was able to do it in a short time. "There are 136 articles in total, and I will charge you 135 articles."

The man had just taken out his wallet when Wang Chunyu came over to deliver the roast chicken.

The freshly roasted roast chicken was golden, crispy and fragrant. The man swallowed and ordered another roast chicken.

The smile on Father Ye's face became even brighter, "Sir, a roast chicken costs 65 coins, so the total is 200 coins."

The man directly took out a piece of broken silver worth 2 yuan, and then counted 5 copper coins from his wallet and gave it to Father Ye. "This is a reward for you."

"Thank you, sir." Father Ye happily took the money.

Although the reward of five cents is not much, it is not for nothing, and Father Ye does not dislike it at all.

There were a lot of people on the street today. The four roast chickens Wang Chunyu brought over were sold out in one morning.

Father Ye regretted it very much. He would have cooked more roast chicken if he had known it.

In addition to roasted chicken, pastries and honey water are also selling well.

Many people who buy honey water will bring a jar of honey with them.

At the end of the day, Father Ye conservatively estimated that he would earn at least 300 Wen.