The happy little days of the Ye family

Father Ye was still packing the groceries on the stall, and a woman passing by took a fancy to the new pastries on the stall.

"This pastry is pretty good-looking, Boss Ye, what kind of pastry is this?"

"Madam Yang, these are the newly launched crystal pear blossom cake and crystal osmanthus cake."

"The taste is soft and waxy yet tough. Pear blossoms, osmanthus flowers, and honey are added to it. The taste is relatively fresh and elegant."

Father Ye took out a small bowl with some small pieces of pastry in it and enthusiastically gave it to the Yang family's wife to try.

These are the corners left over when cutting pastries. Father Ye specially asked Wang Chunyu to cut them into small pieces for tasting.

Madam Yang poked a piece with pear blossoms with a bamboo skewer to taste, and then poked another piece with osmanthus flowers with a smile.

"It does have a hint of pear blossom and osmanthus flavor. This pastry is quite interesting. Give me three pieces of each."

Father Ye quickly took the oil paper bag to pack the cakes. He saw the pear blossom stuffed aside from the corner of his eye and said cheerfully:

"Madam Yang, there are also pear blossom wine and pear blossom rice wine on the stall. This floral-flavored wine is delicious when paired with new pastries."

The Yang family's wife was persuaded by Father Ye, "Boss Ye is really good at business. Okay, give me another half a pound of pear blossom wine."

"Okay, Crystal Pear Blossom Cake and Crystal Osmanthus Cake are both 6 Wen each, a total of 36 Wen, and half a catty of pear blossom stuffed wine is 18 Wen, a total of 54 Wen."

Father Ye packed the wine in two seconds and handed it to the elegantly dressed Yang family lady with a smile on her face.

Just after Mrs. Yang left, some old acquaintances came to the stall one after another. The new cakes were not expensive and beautiful, and there were quite a few people buying them.

Father Ye is a good talker and sells the products together with other items on the stall, and the business is booming. The purse around Father Ye's waist slowly bulged.

20 pieces of pear blossom cake and 20 pieces of osmanthus cake were sold out in one morning. By the way, we also sold a lot of pear blossom wine and pear blossom stuffing.

The business at the stall was good today. Father Ye was cheerful all day long, smiling so hard that his face was a little tired.

Compared with Ye's father's stall, Ye Donglin's grocery store was not so smooth.

The women who came to buy groceries in the early morning were all very economical, and not many were willing to spend money on cakes.

A large number of people came to buy vegetables, but only a young daughter-in-law who was newly pregnant bought two pieces to try out.

Fortunately, the second batch of women who came to buy vegetables had more money, so they sold several crystal pastries at once.

Although the sales of the new pastries were mediocre, Ye's Grocery Store had released two new, particularly beautiful pastries, which spread to several nearby alleys.

Many people have heard about Ye's Crystal Pear Blossom Cake and Crystal Osmanthus Cake, and come here to buy them.

However, there were more people looking at it than buying it, and until the afternoon, only less than half of it had been sold.

But Ye Donglin is not discouraged. This is only the first day. Their pastries are delicious and affordable. There must be someone who knows the goods.

Ye Donglin is still thinking about his father asking him to help find someone to copy the book.

When I had free time in the afternoon, I carefully selected ten books for Father Ye that are usually rented by most people. Among them were 6 story books and 4 travel notes.

There was little business in the grocery store in the afternoon, and Ye Donglin also copied books. Anyway, he had nothing to do, and he could still make money by copying books.

Ye Donglin spent the entire afternoon copying books, and the time passed by in a flash.

Ye Donglin was binding the books he had copied today, when suddenly two young boys came to the grocery store.

The two of them are taller and shorter, and they look somewhat similar. The clothes on his body were still patched, and it looked like his family situation was not good.

These two people were the Liang brothers who helped him copy books.

Ye Donglin heard that the two brothers were quite knowledgeable and that his elder brother was going to take the scholar examination next year.

It's just that the family is facing difficulties, so the brothers are now copying books at Ye Donglin's place to save money for the scientific examination.

The taller brother is Liang Youcai, who is 14 years old this year. He passed the Tongsheng test last year and is preparing to take the Xiucai test next year.

The slightly shorter one is his younger brother Liang Youwei, who is 12 years old this year and is said to be taking the junior high school entrance examination next year.

Seeing the two people coming, Ye Donglin took two books that had been prepared from the counter and took them to the small resting room at the end.

There are two small tables inside. On the tables, Ye Donglin has prepared pens, inks, paper and inkstones in advance.

"If you are talented and promising, you can copy the books here. When you are done, just come to me."

Don't bully young people because they are poor. Ye Donglin's attitude towards the Liang brothers is still very friendly.

"Thank you, Uncle Ye."

"Thank you, Uncle Ye."

Although the remuneration offered by Ye Donglin was not high, it was the highest paying and easiest job that the brothers could find, and they could also practice calligraphy.

Pens, ink and rice paper are not cheap. The brothers usually practice calligraphy on the table with a brush dipped in water, but this is not the same as writing on paper.

Copying books here, the two brothers all practiced calligraphy. Moreover, they can still make money, and the brothers are very satisfied.

The brothers' calligraphy seemed pretty good to Ye Donglin, but they were still not qualified to copy books in a regular bookstore.

Fortunately, Ye Donglin only asked them to copy some story books and travel notes, and the requirements were not high.

When Ye Donglin came out, a few high-spirited teenagers happened to pour into the grocery store.

After a day of classes, these half-year-old boys were already hungry and surrounded the shelf with pastries.

Seeing that there were new pastries, two boys from well-off families took them directly to the counter to pay, and went to pick out books while eating.

The two thinner teenagers next to him asked Ye Donglin very politely how much the pastries cost.

"The new cakes are called Crystal Pear Blossom Cake and Crystal Osmanthus Cake, both cost 5 cents a piece."

This pastry is so beautiful. I thought it would be expensive, but I didn’t expect it to be the same price as red date cake and water chestnut cake.

The two people who were still thinking about it immediately took a piece of pastry, one took the osmanthus cake, and the other took the osmanthus cake. They could just share it with each other.

A few people were eating pastries and looking for books to rent on the counter, laughing and joking.

Several young boys from the academy came one after another. When these people were old enough to eat, they successively bought up all the pastries in the shop.

In fact, the Liu family also has a grocery store that has been paying attention to Ye Donglin.

I knew that Ye Donglin had launched two new pastries, and they only cost 5 cents each.

I heard that the newly launched cakes had a very good response, but Liu Yi was really angry.

Their pastry shop will open tomorrow, and now the Ye family has launched a new pastry that has stolen the limelight.

Liu Yi went into the kitchen angrily and wanted to research some new pastries.

Ye Donglin didn't know what was going on with the Liu family. At this time, he was happily counting today's income at the counter.

The small resting room inside was quiet. The Liang brothers were copying books carefully. After copying, the brothers had to go back to read.

In addition to getting paid for copying books at Ye Donglin's place, Ye Donglin would also lend some scientific examination books to the brothers for free.

Ye Donglin saw that the two brothers had good knowledge. Liang Youcai had passed the Tongsheng test at a young age and would definitely be promising in the future.

If he really wants to be admitted as a scholar in the future, he can also ask him to enlighten Xiao Qi.

Ye Donglin was very optimistic about the brothers and took the initiative to lend them a lot of books on scientific examinations.