NOVEL NEXT The happy little days of the Ye family
Chapter 53 Going into the mountains to hunt wild boars
After coming out of Chenjia Clothing Store, the father and son drove the donkey cart to West Street to pick up goods.
On the way from Chenjia Buzhuang to West Street, there was a large medicine shop. Ye’s father sold all the honeysuckle he brought to the medicine shop, and they were all sold at 55 cents per catty.
"It's still honeysuckle that makes money, 8 cents per catty, plus the 20 catties sold at the dock, the honeysuckle alone makes 688 cents." Father Ye whispered in Mr. Ye's ear when he returned to the donkey cart.
One day of collecting goods and one day of selling goods, he earned a month's wages in two days. This was something that Ye's father could not even imagine before.
Dashan Village is too remote, and the way in is very difficult. There are basically no vendors selling goods there, so there is a lot of shortage of things in the village.
Father Ye plans to buy a batch of daily necessities to sell in Dashan Village.
Mr. Ye was driving the donkey cart, and Mr. Ye took out the notebook he had recorded in Dashan Village, scribbled on it, and added a lot of things he would buy later.
The father and son first went to the candy shop. Father Ye ordered four pounds of the cheapest candy and eight pounds of brown sugar.
Then the two of them went to a place selling women's products. Father Ye asked for some of the cheapest needlework. Most people in the village were frugal and would not be willing to spend money on anything that was too expensive.
Then Father Ye picked out some cheap rouge, gouache and face paint, and the cheapest soap cost about ten yuan.
People in Dashan Village often walk around in the mountains, and clothes stained with animal blood cannot be washed clean without soap.
Then Father Ye bought a small jar of white vinegar and a small jar of soybean paste from West Street, and also bought five kilograms of the cheapest bulk wine.
Finally, thanks to Ye's father's insistence, he finally bought five kilograms of salt.
On the way back, Father Ye couldn't wait to count the money in the donkey cart, but the man driving the cart slapped him over.
"You are trying to make a fortune in silence. You are afraid that others will not know that you are rich. Although there have been no bandits in recent years, there are quite a few thieves. You idiot." How much money has this kid made? The money started to float in the sky.
At this time, Father Ye also knew that he was too complacent, and immediately hid the money. He was nervous along the way, for fear that someone would suddenly come out to steal the money.
It wasn't until he returned to Taohua Village that Father Ye felt relieved.
Ye Qingqing and several little girls in the village were playing in the open space not far from Ye's house. When they saw Mr. Ye and his father driving the donkey cart back, they immediately abandoned their friends and ran home in a hurry.
As soon as Ye's father got off the donkey cart, Ye Qingqing came back.
"Dad, how are the hairbands and headbands made by grandma and I selling? Are people in the county willing to buy them?"
Ye Qingqing held Ye's father's hand, raised her head and stared at Ye's father with watery eyes.
"It's sold out. One woman bought it right away." Looking at his daughter's pitiful expression, Father Ye couldn't bear to keep it secret anymore.
"Is it really all sold out? Dad, didn't you lie to me?" Ye Qingqing was both happy and scared, fearing that her father was teasing her.
"Great harvest, everything is sold out?"
Mrs. Ye, who was still working in the small vegetable garden, rushed back when she saw the father and son coming back.
"Why don't you believe it? Here, here is the money from the sale."
Father Ye has never heard the story of the boy who cried wolf, otherwise he would know why his grandfather and grandson don't believe him, and he just likes to tease people when he has nothing to do.
Father Ye gave the money to Mrs. Ye, and then he couldn't wait to pull the old man into the house to count the money.
"68 pounds of honeysuckle earned 688 cash, and more than 100 kilograms of bacon earned 698 cash, a total of 1386 cash. Good guy, I earned 1386 cash in two days. How much money would I have earned in a month!" Father Ye was so happy that he was so happy Bubbles, the whole person is extremely excited.
"It doesn't take time to pick honeysuckle, and it doesn't take time to dry honeysuckle. It takes at least a month and a half to make these bacon. You still want to harvest them every day. It's a beautiful idea."
Mr. Ye's son started to drift again, so he quickly poured two basins of cold water on him to cool him down.
"From now on, I will partner with you to collect mountain goods. You still have to learn."
Mrs. Ye originally said that she would reconsider the matter of collecting mountain goods in partnership, but Mr. Ye was really worried and Father Ye decided directly.
Father Ye is still too young and can't calm down. It's better to keep an eye on him. It's better to beat him more while he can still do it.
After deciding to work together to collect mountain goods, the father and son continued to count the money.
"16 jins of bamboo fungus costs 2880 mun in total, 50 jins of dried mushrooms costs 1150 mun, and 756 jins of dried bamboo shoots costs 9072 mun in total." Mr. Ye counted the money in high spirits. He estimated that he would be able to earn back the money he spent to buy the mountain this year.
Mr. Ye was afraid that Father Ye would be distracted again, so he added: "This is mountain goods that have been accumulated for two months. If divided equally, it will cost more than seven taels of silver in a month."
"Dad, I feel like I'm in a dream. Ever since my family provided wild vegetables to the Li family restaurant, how much money have I made in the past three months!"
"Dad, slap me quickly." Father Ye was afraid that he was dreaming.
"You idiot." Mr. Ye slapped Father Ye's back angrily.
"It hurts, so it's not a dream. Tomorrow let's go to the ancestor's grave and burn some paper money. Thank you for your blessing." Father Ye smiled stupidly.
Mr. Ye nodded in agreement. He should burn more paper money for his ancestors.
There is little arable land in Dashan Village, and the villagers rely on the surrounding mountains for food. The village chief knew that Ye's father wanted to collect bacon, so he quickly organized young men from the mountains to go into the mountains overnight to hunt wild boars.
There are 42 households in Dashan Village. Each household has a strong man who goes to the mountain to wild boar, and the money earned is divided equally among the households.
The people in the village were very supportive of the village chief's arrangement and started heading into the mountains before dawn.
Although Dashan Village has the art of making bacon and is rich in products in the mountains, Dashan Village is too remote. Whether it is merchants who come to collect the goods or sell them in the town themselves, the prices are kept very low.
Because Father Ye went to the county to sell things, the profit was relatively high, so the price he received was higher than that of ordinary merchants. The villagers were happy to sell things to him.
A total of 42 people entered the mountain this time, led by Yang Guo, the son of the village chief, and Li Orion, the most powerful hunter in the village.
Of course, not all of these 42 people were going to hunt wild boars. The 42 people were divided into two teams. The team led by Li Orion are all young men who are good at hunting. They are going to the wild boar forest to hunt wild boars.
The team led by Yang Guo were some ordinary villagers, and they were arranged to pick honeysuckle deep in the mountains near the wild boar forest.
The Wild Boar Forest is actually a medium-sized mountain. There are many Kudzu and Henan fruit trees that wild boars like to eat grow on the mountain. Most of the nearby wild boars are concentrated in the Wild Boar Forest. Every year, the village chief organizes young adults in the village to hunt wild boars in the Wild Boar Forest.
Orion Li picked out several large wild boars that were eating kudzu. Each of the six large wild boars weighed two to three hundred kilograms.
Li Orion divided the 20 people into five groups, with four people in each group attacking a wild boar. Li Orion planned to attack the remaining wild boar by himself.
Orion Li waved his hand, and the hunters in Dashan Village quickly surrounded the big wild boar that was still eating with their handy tools.
On the way from Chenjia Buzhuang to West Street, there was a large medicine shop. Ye’s father sold all the honeysuckle he brought to the medicine shop, and they were all sold at 55 cents per catty.
"It's still honeysuckle that makes money, 8 cents per catty, plus the 20 catties sold at the dock, the honeysuckle alone makes 688 cents." Father Ye whispered in Mr. Ye's ear when he returned to the donkey cart.
One day of collecting goods and one day of selling goods, he earned a month's wages in two days. This was something that Ye's father could not even imagine before.
Dashan Village is too remote, and the way in is very difficult. There are basically no vendors selling goods there, so there is a lot of shortage of things in the village.
Father Ye plans to buy a batch of daily necessities to sell in Dashan Village.
Mr. Ye was driving the donkey cart, and Mr. Ye took out the notebook he had recorded in Dashan Village, scribbled on it, and added a lot of things he would buy later.
The father and son first went to the candy shop. Father Ye ordered four pounds of the cheapest candy and eight pounds of brown sugar.
Then the two of them went to a place selling women's products. Father Ye asked for some of the cheapest needlework. Most people in the village were frugal and would not be willing to spend money on anything that was too expensive.
Then Father Ye picked out some cheap rouge, gouache and face paint, and the cheapest soap cost about ten yuan.
People in Dashan Village often walk around in the mountains, and clothes stained with animal blood cannot be washed clean without soap.
Then Father Ye bought a small jar of white vinegar and a small jar of soybean paste from West Street, and also bought five kilograms of the cheapest bulk wine.
Finally, thanks to Ye's father's insistence, he finally bought five kilograms of salt.
On the way back, Father Ye couldn't wait to count the money in the donkey cart, but the man driving the cart slapped him over.
"You are trying to make a fortune in silence. You are afraid that others will not know that you are rich. Although there have been no bandits in recent years, there are quite a few thieves. You idiot." How much money has this kid made? The money started to float in the sky.
At this time, Father Ye also knew that he was too complacent, and immediately hid the money. He was nervous along the way, for fear that someone would suddenly come out to steal the money.
It wasn't until he returned to Taohua Village that Father Ye felt relieved.
Ye Qingqing and several little girls in the village were playing in the open space not far from Ye's house. When they saw Mr. Ye and his father driving the donkey cart back, they immediately abandoned their friends and ran home in a hurry.
As soon as Ye's father got off the donkey cart, Ye Qingqing came back.
"Dad, how are the hairbands and headbands made by grandma and I selling? Are people in the county willing to buy them?"
Ye Qingqing held Ye's father's hand, raised her head and stared at Ye's father with watery eyes.
"It's sold out. One woman bought it right away." Looking at his daughter's pitiful expression, Father Ye couldn't bear to keep it secret anymore.
"Is it really all sold out? Dad, didn't you lie to me?" Ye Qingqing was both happy and scared, fearing that her father was teasing her.
"Great harvest, everything is sold out?"
Mrs. Ye, who was still working in the small vegetable garden, rushed back when she saw the father and son coming back.
"Why don't you believe it? Here, here is the money from the sale."
Father Ye has never heard the story of the boy who cried wolf, otherwise he would know why his grandfather and grandson don't believe him, and he just likes to tease people when he has nothing to do.
Father Ye gave the money to Mrs. Ye, and then he couldn't wait to pull the old man into the house to count the money.
"68 pounds of honeysuckle earned 688 cash, and more than 100 kilograms of bacon earned 698 cash, a total of 1386 cash. Good guy, I earned 1386 cash in two days. How much money would I have earned in a month!" Father Ye was so happy that he was so happy Bubbles, the whole person is extremely excited.
"It doesn't take time to pick honeysuckle, and it doesn't take time to dry honeysuckle. It takes at least a month and a half to make these bacon. You still want to harvest them every day. It's a beautiful idea."
Mr. Ye's son started to drift again, so he quickly poured two basins of cold water on him to cool him down.
"From now on, I will partner with you to collect mountain goods. You still have to learn."
Mrs. Ye originally said that she would reconsider the matter of collecting mountain goods in partnership, but Mr. Ye was really worried and Father Ye decided directly.
Father Ye is still too young and can't calm down. It's better to keep an eye on him. It's better to beat him more while he can still do it.
After deciding to work together to collect mountain goods, the father and son continued to count the money.
"16 jins of bamboo fungus costs 2880 mun in total, 50 jins of dried mushrooms costs 1150 mun, and 756 jins of dried bamboo shoots costs 9072 mun in total." Mr. Ye counted the money in high spirits. He estimated that he would be able to earn back the money he spent to buy the mountain this year.
Mr. Ye was afraid that Father Ye would be distracted again, so he added: "This is mountain goods that have been accumulated for two months. If divided equally, it will cost more than seven taels of silver in a month."
"Dad, I feel like I'm in a dream. Ever since my family provided wild vegetables to the Li family restaurant, how much money have I made in the past three months!"
"Dad, slap me quickly." Father Ye was afraid that he was dreaming.
"You idiot." Mr. Ye slapped Father Ye's back angrily.
"It hurts, so it's not a dream. Tomorrow let's go to the ancestor's grave and burn some paper money. Thank you for your blessing." Father Ye smiled stupidly.
Mr. Ye nodded in agreement. He should burn more paper money for his ancestors.
There is little arable land in Dashan Village, and the villagers rely on the surrounding mountains for food. The village chief knew that Ye's father wanted to collect bacon, so he quickly organized young men from the mountains to go into the mountains overnight to hunt wild boars.
There are 42 households in Dashan Village. Each household has a strong man who goes to the mountain to wild boar, and the money earned is divided equally among the households.
The people in the village were very supportive of the village chief's arrangement and started heading into the mountains before dawn.
Although Dashan Village has the art of making bacon and is rich in products in the mountains, Dashan Village is too remote. Whether it is merchants who come to collect the goods or sell them in the town themselves, the prices are kept very low.
Because Father Ye went to the county to sell things, the profit was relatively high, so the price he received was higher than that of ordinary merchants. The villagers were happy to sell things to him.
A total of 42 people entered the mountain this time, led by Yang Guo, the son of the village chief, and Li Orion, the most powerful hunter in the village.
Of course, not all of these 42 people were going to hunt wild boars. The 42 people were divided into two teams. The team led by Li Orion are all young men who are good at hunting. They are going to the wild boar forest to hunt wild boars.
The team led by Yang Guo were some ordinary villagers, and they were arranged to pick honeysuckle deep in the mountains near the wild boar forest.
The Wild Boar Forest is actually a medium-sized mountain. There are many Kudzu and Henan fruit trees that wild boars like to eat grow on the mountain. Most of the nearby wild boars are concentrated in the Wild Boar Forest. Every year, the village chief organizes young adults in the village to hunt wild boars in the Wild Boar Forest.
Orion Li picked out several large wild boars that were eating kudzu. Each of the six large wild boars weighed two to three hundred kilograms.
Li Orion divided the 20 people into five groups, with four people in each group attacking a wild boar. Li Orion planned to attack the remaining wild boar by himself.
Orion Li waved his hand, and the hunters in Dashan Village quickly surrounded the big wild boar that was still eating with their handy tools.
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