The happy little days of the Ye family

Before the Chinese New Year, every household has all the things they need to buy.

According to Ye's father's past experience, the best time for business is before various festivals, and before and after spring plowing, summer harvest and autumn harvest.

During this period after the New Year, there are generally not many people buying things.

Therefore, Father Ye has been setting up a stall on North Street since the end of the year.

Although the sales of groceries were mediocre, the sales of cosmetic items such as rouge and gouache and food were still good.

Father Ye counted the days and found that it was already the beginning of spring and he had not gone to the village below to sell goods for about a month.

Moreover, there were not many embroidery products on the stalls at this time. Father Ye planned to go to the village below to sell goods, and by the way, he would collect some embroidery products and local products and return to North Street to set up a stall.

After returning from the town, Father Ye did not go home, but went directly to Uncle Tang's house.

Uncle Tang is older than Mr. Ye, and is now 67 years old.

Although Uncle Tang is too old to do carpentry, his son and grandson have inherited his good skills.

The eldest son and the second son, one works as a carpenter in the town and the other works as a carpenter in the county, and several grandsons have also started working as apprentices.

Now the second grandson Tang Ershi is also a famous carpenter in Taohua Village.

When Ye's father passed by, Tang Ershi's wife, Fang, had just prepared a meal. As soon as she entered, she smelled a delicious aroma, which made Ye's father feel a little hungry.

Uncle Tang was sitting on the rocking chair to rest and saw Father Ye enthusiastically greeting Father Ye to stay for dinner.

Father Ye shook his head and said with a smile: "No, the family is still waiting for me to go back for dinner. Where is Ershi, I want to get a batch of wooden basins and barrels from him."

"I'm working in the tool room. Someone came over a few days ago and ordered a complete set of furniture to make a dowry for my daughter. I'm busy right now."

Tang Ershi heard Ye's father's voice, put down the wood in his hand, and walked out happily.

"Uncle Ye, the things you want have been prepared for you."

Father Ye had already agreed with Tang Ershi that he wanted 10 large wooden barrels and 10 wooden basins.

There are also some small wooden toys, wooden hairpins and other small wooden things.

The two of them moved everything onto the bullock cart, and then Father Ye said to Tang Ershi:

"Er Shi, I also want a small wooden bed for children to sleep on, the kind Xiao Qizhi is sleeping on now."

Ye Qingqing's child is about to be born, and Ye's father plans to give his grandson a small wooden bed.

Tang Ershi was very happy to be alive again and said with a naive smile:

"No problem, but I'm still working on the furniture, and it will take half a month before I can start making the crib."

Father Ye smiled and said, "It's okay, don't worry, there are still two months until Qingqing gives birth."

"Okay, I'll make the furniture I have and make a wooden bed for you right away, Uncle Ye."

The prices of the things Tang Ershi made were not high. A lot of things only cost 200 Wen in total.

The cost of these things is low, but the profit is also low. Most of them are only one or two cents in profit.

But there is nothing we can do about it. Everyone knows the prices of these things. If they are too expensive, people will definitely not want to buy them from him.

In order to save a penny or two, many people went to the carpenter's house to buy them.

Anyway, there is a donkey cart at home, and he doesn’t need to carry it there. If he takes more things, he will earn more.

This is how Father Ye made money with two pennies since he first started working as a salesman.

He does business honestly, and the things he sells are relatively affordable. People nearby like to buy things from him.

If you add up a little, you will actually make a lot of money.

The things that Father Ye bought before were piled in the utility room.

After returning home, Father Ye began to pack things for selling tomorrow.

During the Chinese New Year, most people would make some new clothes, but Father Ye didn’t take too much fabric and needlework.

Cheap burlap, Ye’s father only took two kinds: black and gray.

Father Ye wanted to go to wealthy villages such as Fujia Village and Youxia Village to get slightly better linen and cheesecloth, so he took two pieces each.

The remaining things to bring were the same as before, a total of eight backpacks.

After breakfast, Father Ye went out to sell goods with a cart full of things.

It's spring now, and people in the village are busy working on their fields.

Under the usually lively big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, there are now only a few five- or six-year-old kids and a few old ladies about the same age as Mrs. Ye.

Seeing that there were not many people around, Father Ye did not stop to sell things, but went directly to Fangjiacun.

Like Taohua Village, there were not many people in Fangjia Village at this time. Most of the village residents were children and old women who had no labor force.

Older women are more picky about what they search for, and most of them just look at it and don’t buy it. These little kids had no money in their pockets and only sold a few pieces of cheap candy.

Fortunately, not long after, some women came to the stall one after another.

There were no carpenters in Fangjiacun, so Father Ye sold several wooden basins and barrels one after another.

Unlike years ago, when everyone bought things lavishly, these women now searched very hard and only bought one or two small things.

Father Ye waited at the stall for a long time, but did not see Mrs. Fang who was selling embroidery last time.

I had to ask a woman to help me go to the village chief's house and ask if there was any finished embroidery.

Father Ye came to Fangjia Village. In addition to selling things, he mainly wanted to collect embroidery products. The small embroidery pictures made by Mrs. Fang were quite good.

Not long after, Mrs. Fang came over as expected.

She brought two exquisite small embroidered pictures and three embroidered handkerchiefs. Father Ye saw that they were well done and accepted them all.

The tailor lady lived next door to the village chief's house. When she heard Father Ye coming, she came to the entrance of the village with Lady Fang.

"Mr. Ye, how are the sales of the ready-made clothes you collected earlier? I have made a batch of new clothes at home. See if you like any of them."

As he said that, Father Ye handed over a big cloth bag, which contained freshly made clothes.

Father Ye declined politely: "My tailor-year-old wife, you also know that I usually set up a stall on North Street. Most of the rich families go to tailor shops to have their clothes custom-made."

"The few clothes I collected before the Chinese New Year have not been sold out yet." Father Ye said with a grimace.

The few pieces of clothing he collected before could be said to be the most unsuccessful things he had ever collected since starting business.

More than a month has passed, and only two items have been sold, and three more items have been lost.

The cost of this thing is high, but the profit is low, so he doesn't dare to take it anymore.

The tailor lady looked disappointed. Father Ye refused to accept it, so she had no choice but to take it to the market and set up her own stall.

The tailor lady went to Father Ye's stall again and asked for some cheap needlework and several bundles of large pieces of cloth.

She specially selected some fabrics of the same color. She is good at craftsmanship. If she goes back and puts them together, she can make a few more clothes.

Using large pieces of fabric is much cheaper than buying fabric directly.

The tailor lady thought of her eldest daughter and was about to meet her.

I bought a silk flower and a box of rouge from the stall, and went back to dress up the little girl so that she could find a good family.

The embroidery was also collected. Father Ye saw that the items were not selling well, so he didn't wait any longer. Pack your things and prepare to go to Fujia Village and Youxia Village.

These two villages are close to the town and are wealthier than ordinary villages.