The happy little days of the Ye family

After the father and son returned home, they went directly to Mrs. Ye and handed the income belonging to the public school into her hands.

Looking at the heavy silver ingot in her hand, Mrs. Ye smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth.

After sorting out the money in her hands, Mrs. Ye called Mother Ye over.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were working on the abacus, writing and drawing in the house, and bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time.

Wang Chunyu called for dinner twice, and then the two of them came out of the house with smiles on their faces.

After dinner, Mrs. Ye called everyone in the family to go to her room.

The summer harvest has just ended, and all the mountain goods accumulated at home in the first half of the year have been sold. Everyone also guessed that they should take stock of the income in the first half of the year.

Entering the house, I saw Mother Ye and Mrs. Ye holding account books.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked cheerful, and everyone guessed that the income in the first half of the year should be good.

The whole family sat around the table, looking at Ye Mu's ledger with excitement.

Xiaoqi is crazy about people. When she saw everyone at home, she started talking non-stop from the moment she came in.

Afraid of Xiaoqi causing trouble, Wang Chunyu specially called Sweet Potato and Snowball in and let them play in the corner.

Xiao Qi couldn't stop relying on Ye Donglin, and it was obvious that he was not happy to play with Sweet Potato Snowball.

Wang Chunyu took out a candy and coaxed the little guy.

Eating sweets, the little guy happily hugged the sweet potato and snowball, and made trouble with the two big guys with his little hands.

Mother Ye opened the account book in her hand and said, "The summer harvest is over. I just want to tell you about the family's income and various expenses in the first half of the year."

Mother Ye spoke, and the noisiest Ye Xilin and Ye Donglin immediately became quiet.

"The income of the public school in the first half of the year was mainly honeysuckle and grain from the summer harvest, as well as the money everyone paid to the public school."

"In the first half of the year, the two hills collected a total of 3000 kilograms of honeysuckle and earned 120 taels of silver."

When it comes to honeysuckle, everyone's face is not very good, mainly because the purchase price of merchants has dropped too fast.

Honeysuckle is easy to care for and does not require picky soil. Except for Taohua Village, honeysuckle is planted in all the nearby villages.

There are many people following the trend, and basically every village has honeysuckle for sale, so naturally it cannot be sold at a high price.

Last year, the merchants who came to collect honeysuckle were willing to pay 44 cents per catty, but this year they were only willing to pay 40 cents per catty.

The price dropped by a full 10%, and more than ten taels of silver disappeared in one go.

This money is enough for the family's expenses for a year.

Regardless of what everyone was thinking, Mother Ye continued:

"All the mountain products accumulated in the first half of the year have been sold. 5000 kilograms of dried bamboo shoots and 1000 kilograms of dried mushrooms. I have earned a total of 88 taels of silver."

"The other is the various vegetables, grains and fish that the family supplies to the grocery store. Here is an income of 66 taels of silver."

"The total of these mountain products and grains was sold for 274 taels of silver. We agreed on the family's fields and hills, and dad would get 54% of the profit, which is 8 taels and coins."

The fields and hills at home are taken care of by Mr. Ye. This is paid for the old man's hard work.

"The remaining 219 taels will go to the public."

"There are also the rents for several houses and shops at home, as well as the money each of you paid to the government. The total here is 136 taels of silver."

"Added them all together, the public school's income in the first half of the year totaled 355 taels."

"So much? My family is going to get rich!"

Hearing that there had been so much revenue in the first half of the year, Ye Xilin was so excited that he started shouting in a low voice.

Mr. Ye thought he was too noisy and glared at him. Ye Xilin calmed down a bit, but still grinned stupidly.

But Ye Xilin wasn't the only one giggling. Everyone in the room was smiling, except Xiao Qi who was still playing with Sweet Potato Snowball in the corner.

Seeing that everyone was happy, Mother Ye cleared her throat and started talking about the family expenses.

"Don't be too happy too early. It sounds like the income is quite a lot, but the expenses haven't been counted yet."

"There are 15 long-term workers in the family now. They earn 550 taels a month, and half a year's wages are 49 taels and 5 taels."

"And during spring plowing, picking honeysuckle and making dried bamboo shoots, the family hired a lot of temporary workers, and 32 taels of silver were spent here."

"The other thing is the expenses at home. With the addition of Xiaoqi, a little Dou Ding, and the fact that I asked someone to help kill chickens and ducks this year, the expenses suddenly increased a lot."

"In the first half of the year, the family spent a total of 12 taels of silver on other expenses."

“总的来说，上半年总共进账355两2钱，花销93两5钱，攒下了261两7钱。”

Wang Chunyu remembered that during the last year-end inventory, the family had about 700 taels of silver. Adding these 261 taels, wouldn't the family's silver savings be more than 900 taels?

When Wang Chunyu thought of so much money, he was so excited that he could not speak.

Before marrying into the Ye family, she never thought that the family could have so much money.

As if hearing Wang Chunyu's thoughts, Ye Mu happily talked about the money in Gongzhong's tent.

"Including the 718 taels saved before last year, there are now a total of 979 taels in the public account."

When they heard that there were nearly one thousand taels of silver in Gongzhong's account, except for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who had already been excited, everyone else in the room was so excited that their hands were trembling.

The public purchased so much property, including fields, hills, and houses in the town and county. I didn't expect that I would still have so much money in savings.

Ye Xilin suddenly remembered that he was still a kid from a rich family.

Old Mrs. Ye holds the family's money. She has long known how much money the family has and seems relatively calm.

Seeing that several people in the room were as excited as in a dream, I couldn't help but start beating them.

"Don't think that your family is rich and you start to have evil thoughts. If anyone dares to mess around, this family can't tolerate him."

Mr. Ye, who had been silent all this time, also spoke:

"If anyone dares to go to the casino or mess around outside, I will break his legs myself."

Then his eyes turned to Ye's father, Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin, and the father and son broke out in cold sweat at the sight.

Old Mrs. Ye also looked at her daughter-in-law and grandson-in-law, "It's good for everyone to know what's going on at home, but keep your mouth shut when you go out."

Ye Mu and Wang Chunyu nodded their little heads vigorously like chickens pecking.

They are not stupid, they still understand the principle that wealth cannot be seen.

Moreover, their parents' families also bought a lot of barren hills and land along with the Ye family. Over the years, the family's financial situation is still quite good.

Mr. Ye looked at Father Ye and the three of them and said:

"This money may seem like a lot in a small place, but outside of Luohe Town, this money is not worth mentioning at all."

"In the future, the children at home will have to take scientific exams. Really useful books may not be available for a lot of money. I heard that exam questions from previous years can be sold for dozens of taels of silver."

"If you are a poor family, you have to spend a lot of money on your way to take the exam. There are also betrothal gifts and dowries for your children in the future. Everything is money."

After Mr. Ye said this, everyone calmed down.

This money belongs to the public. If we really want to divide it, each family will only get about 200 taels of silver.

Now there is only one child in the family, but if there are more children in the future, the cost will be huge.

Seeing that the juniors had clear eyes and no evil intentions, the old couple nodded with satisfaction and asked them to go back and rest first.