The happy little days of the Ye family

A lot of bamboo shoots were collected at home, and Mrs. Ye went to invite the three ladies who helped make dried bamboo shoots last time to come over and help.

It's not easy for people in the village to make money, and knowing that they can make dried bamboo shoots, the three ladies came to Ye's house early in the morning.

This time, with the addition of Mr. Ye and Father Ye, the six people sliced ​​and boiled more than 1000 kilograms of bamboo shoots in two days.

1000 kilograms of bamboo shoots covered the front and back yards of Ye's family.

The processed dried bamboo shoots need to be dried, and the mushrooms at home have not been dried well. Seeing that there is nothing to do at home, Father Ye plans to go to a mountain village to collect mountain products.

During dinner in the evening, Father Ye talked about going to Dashan Village to collect mountain goods.

"When I went to Dashan Village last time, I told the people there that I would go there to collect mountain goods a few days after the rain. Dashan Village is surrounded by mountains, and there are a lot of honeysuckle in the mountains. I had already told them last time Yes, I will collect honeysuckle this time and let them pick and dry them in advance."

"How much do you plan to pay per pound for this honeysuckle?" Mr. Ye asked.

Although there is little cultivated land in Dashan Village, there are many good things in the mountains. Mr. Ye is also a little interested and wants to visit Dashan Village.

"The drug store in the town charges 50 Wen per catty. I plan to collect honeysuckle at 47 Wen per catty, and then sell it to the county drug store. The county drug store charges 55 Wen per catty, so one catty will be enough." I can make eight cents."

Dashan Village is surrounded by mountains. The road to the town is not only long but also difficult to walk. He should be willing to sell it to him for less than three cents. After all, just one trip to town can pick up several kilograms of gold and silver flowers in just one time.

"That's good. The honeysuckle in the county is five cents more expensive than the one in the town, so the purchase price for Dashan Village doesn't need to be too low. The honeysuckle is small and light, so it's hard-earned money."

Mr. Ye asked again: "The bacon you collected last time sold well. Do you want to collect more this time?"

"Yes, the bacon in Dashan Village is well cooked, and the profit from selling it is high. I plan to collect more bacon. I will leave more for my family this time. I didn't eat enough last time." Speaking of the bacon in Dashan Village, Table The people on board started to get greedy again.

"It's going to be hot soon. I want to greet the people in Dashan Village tomorrow and make a batch of bacon quickly. Otherwise, it will be difficult to make bacon when the weather is hot."

Mr. Ye nodded in agreement and said, "Do you have enough money to collect mountain goods? If it's not enough, your mother and I still have it here."

"I already collected a batch of bacon last time, and I guess the villagers don't have much in stock. This time I only collected honeysuckle and bacon."

"Dad, didn't you collect a lot of dried mushrooms last time? No more dried mushrooms this time?" Ye Donglin, who was listening with relish, suddenly asked.

"I have a lot of dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots at home. There are too many and I'm afraid I won't be able to sell them."

"Besides, it costs a lot of money to collect mountain products, so we give priority to those with high profits and good sales. Mushrooms have low profits, and we have a lot of dried mushrooms at home, so we won't collect them this time." Father Ye saw that his son was interested in doing business. I was interested, so I mentioned it specifically.

After Father Ye finished speaking, Ye Donglin nodded in understanding.

When he got to the house, Ye's father asked Ye's mother for the money for collecting mountain goods.

"Five taels of silver is enough, right? We have a donkey cart, and it won't take long to go to the mountain village. We can collect less stuff and make more trips every time we go there."

There are still certain risks in collecting mountain goods. If the goods cannot be sold or there is any loss to the goods, the money will not be recovered. Mother Ye is timid and doesn't want to take too big risks.

"That's enough, that's enough. You're right. The rest will be collected the same next time."

Early the next morning, Father Ye and Mr. Ye went to Dashan Village together with the leftover things from the last big market sale.

Before approaching the village entrance, the familiar dog barking sounded again.

Looking at the two sleek hunting dogs, Father Ye was afraid that the hunting dogs would pounce on him and did not dare to continue walking inside.

Just when Father Ye and Mr. Ye were at a loss what to do, several enthusiastic aunts came.

"Boss Ye, you are finally here."

"Boss Ye, I have a lot of honeysuckle in the sun at home, and I'm just waiting for you to come over and collect it."

"Last time you said you would come to collect mountain goods in a few days after the rain. I have been waiting at the entrance of the village these days."

Seeing the two hunting dogs being led away, Ye's father drove the donkey cart into Dashan Village. Ye's father drove the donkey cart to the drying ground of Dashan Village.

At this time, there were still a lot of dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots drying in the drying field.

As soon as Ye's father parked the donkey cart, the head of Dashan Village hurried to the drying ground.

"Hello, Boss Ye, is this Mr. Ye?" The village chief was very enthusiastic.

"Hello, village chief. We are here mainly to collect honeysuckle and bacon. Thank you, village chief, for helping us make arrangements." The chief of Dashan Village is a good person, so Father Ye won't beat around the bush.

"It rained a few days ago, so the village collected a lot of mushrooms and bamboo shoots, which were all dried into dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots. Do you want to collect some too?" We also collected dried mushrooms last time, why not this time? ? The village chief was very anxious.

Knowing that Father Ye would come to collect mountain products, people in the village, men, women, old and young, went to the mountains to collect mountain products. Every household had a pile of dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots.

"Village Chief, I am also a small business with limited capital. This time I will collect honeysuckle and bacon first. After I sell the items, I will come over to collect other mountain products in a few days."

Hearing that Father Ye said he would come back in a few days to collect other mountain products, the village breathed a sigh of relief and quickly informed the villagers to take the honeysuckle and bacon to the drying ground.

As soon as the village left, well-informed people had already arrived at the drying ground with honeysuckle and bacon.

Father Ye quickly weighed the villagers, while Mr. Ye was responsible for registering the quantity and paying. More and more villagers came to the drying market to sell honeysuckle and bacon. The village chief came over in a hurry to maintain order and asked the villagers to line up quickly.

Originally, Father Ye only brought five taels of silver, but by the time he received half of it, the money had been used up. Mr. Ye added another three taels of silver, and then he had collected all the honeysuckle and bacon in Dashan Village.

The entire Dashan Village was beaming with joy, and the faces of the villagers who had received the money were filled with happy smiles.

Before the money in their pockets warmed up, the villagers happily came to Father Ye's place to buy things.

There were not many leftover items in the market, but they were quickly sold out. Even the headbands and hairbands made by Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing were sold for about 20 pieces.

"Boss Ye, can you buy salt here?"

“I’ll bring some cheap bulk wine next time.”

"Boss Ye, bring more fabrics next time you come over. You'll be wasting your clothes in the mountains all day long."

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The villagers who had not bought anything gathered around Father Ye and Mr. Ye, talking about their needs. Father Ye took a notebook and wrote them down one by one.

After all the villagers went home, Father Ye had time to talk to the village chief about collecting bacon.

"Village Chief, it's going to be hot soon. We can't make bacon in the hot weather. I want to collect a batch of bacon while it's not too hot yet."

"Dashan Village is surrounded by mountains. The temperature is a little lower than outside. You can still make bacon now. I will organize people to go to the mountains to hunt wild boars and make bacon for you."

"I'll come back later to collect dried mushrooms and other mountain products. Don't worry about the bacon. You must pay attention to safety when entering the mountain."