The happy little days of the Ye family

Early the next morning, Ye Qingqing and Mr. Ye went to the back mountain to pick water celery. Mr. Ye specially picked a few more kilograms and gave them to shopkeeper Wang in private.

After breakfast, Mr. Ye was full of energy and drove the donkey cart to pull away the wild vegetables. He drove the donkey over and over while singing an unknown ditty.

As soon as Mr. Ye arrived at the door of the restaurant, yesterday's waiter came forward anxiously: "Mr. Ye, you're finally here. The donkey cart is driving this way. Shopkeeper Wang is waiting for you in the backyard."

"Okay, okay, please show me the way." The waiter and Mr. Ye drove the donkey cart into the backyard of the restaurant.

Shopkeeper Wang came forward anxiously: "Big brother, you are here. How many wild vegetables have you brought here today?"

This wild vegetable is a top priority. Most of the guests who tasted the Spring Banquet yesterday have made reservations. In the next two days, we will invite a few talents from the academy to come over to recite poems and taste the dishes. I believe that the Li Family Restaurant will soon become famous.

"As per your instructions, 25 kilograms of water celery, 10 kilograms each of wild onions, Chinese toon and shepherd's purse, and a few kilograms of water celery for you, shopkeeper Wang."

"Thank you, big brother. Please work hard and send me more wild vegetables tomorrow. 30 kilograms of water celery, 15 kilograms each of Chinese toon, wild onions and shepherd's purse."

Several restaurants nearby like to follow the trend. When the Spring Festival Banquet in the restaurant is out, it is estimated that other restaurants will launch the Spring Festival Banquet in a few days. What he has to do now is to get his name out first.

Suddenly, his income increased by almost one-third. Mr. Ye said happily: "No problem, the soil in the back mountain is fertile and the wild vegetables grow well. I guarantee that the wild vegetables delivered will be good and fresh."

"This is the food money for this time, a total of 240 Wen."

"Hey, thank you, Shopkeeper Wang."

"Big brother, I want to say hello to you. I hope that no one else will know that you are sending wild vegetables to us. It is best to only send wild vegetables to our Li Family Restaurant."

"That's no problem. Of course, it's better to do business than to do business. The old man's character is not bad, so don't worry."

The following days were busy and happy for the Ye family. Every morning, Mr. Ye delivers vegetables to Shopkeeper Wang. Mrs. Ye takes two brothers, Ye Qingqing and Ye Donglin, and Ye Xilin to secretly dig wild vegetables and pick Chinese toon in the evening. Mother Ye cooks at home to stabilize the rear.

As for why they dug wild vegetables secretly? Anyone can dig wild vegetables to make a fortune in silence, and if people know about it and grab this deal at a low price, Old Mrs. Ye will have to cry and faint.

Shopkeeper Wang's Spring Festival Food Banquet was well-received as soon as it was launched, and restaurants in the town followed suit. Within a few days, every major restaurant launched a Spring Festival Food Festival, but the most famous one was the Li Family Restaurant where Shopkeeper Wang worked.

The more seasonal and fresh something is, the easier it is to become outdated. In just 20 days, the guests who like the new and dislike the old are already tired of the simple spring banquet.

"Big brother, you have worked really hard during this period. Thanks to this Spring Festival Banquet, our restaurant's business has improved a lot. Unfortunately, the good times do not last long. In the future, you can send over any good delicacies or other food you have here. , I will definitely not treat you badly."

During this period, the Li Family Restaurant made a lot of money thanks to its reputation for the Spring Banquet, and the owner also rewarded him, a great hero, with several taels of silver. Shopkeeper Wang felt that Old Man Li was knowledgeable and willing to continue cooperating with him.

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Wang. There are a lot of bamboo shoots growing in the bamboo forest during this period. I didn't have time to dig wild vegetables some time ago. I will dig up some spring bamboo shoots and send them over in a few days. When the weather gets hotter, you can also pick mushrooms on the mountain. I’ll send some to Shopkeeper Wang, Shopkeeper.”

"Master Li from the restaurant is very good at making mushrooms. I will accept any mushrooms as long as they are of good quality."

"Okay, okay, thank you, Shopkeeper Wang."

This month, the Ye family members have become tired and thin from digging wild vegetables and picking Chinese toon. Old man Ye went to the butcher shop to buy two kilograms of fine pork belly and went back to replenish everyone's health.

After dinner, Mr. Ye, Mrs. Ye, Father Ye and Mother Ye gathered together to take stock of this month's income.

The monthly inventory is stipulated by Mrs. Ye. On the first day of each month, the income and expenses of the previous month will be counted.

"This month's situation is special. There are two sales of spring bamboo shoots and wild vegetables. The spring bamboo shoots are sold for a total of 3 taels and 3 yuan. The wild vegetables are sold for a total of 9 taels and 8 yuan for a month. Here it is 13 taels and 1 yuan."

Old Mrs. Ye is in charge of the Ye family, so she is naturally responsible for the family's money. In order to keep accounts, Old Mrs. Ye even learned how to read from her son.

"It's so profitable to sell spring bamboo shoots and wild vegetables! You don't even have to pay for the things that grow wild."

Father Ye knew that he could earn two to three hundred cash from selling wild vegetables every day, but he didn't expect that the money he earned in a month was more than his salary in a year. This was too exaggerated.

"Just this time, we won't harvest any wild vegetables from now on." Mr. Ye was worried that Father Ye would drift away, so he hurriedly skinned him.

"Don't interrupt." Old Mrs. Ye glared at him with disgust. He was a good-for-nothing guy.

"This business of wild vegetables was Qingqing's idea. According to our family's rules, we will reward him with 200 coins." Mrs. Ye took out two strings of copper plates and handed them to Ye's mother.

"Thank you ma'am."

Mother Ye happily took the two large strings of copper coins. This was in addition to the reward that Mr. Ye mentioned last time. The little money fan must have been extremely happy when she knew it.

“丰收一个月600文的工钱，交300文做家用，绣绣这个月卖绣品赚了800文，交400文做家用，这里一共是700文。加上刚刚的13两1钱一共是13两8钱。”

Father Ye and Mother Ye knew in their hearts that the little money they handed over was more than enough to support the family, but it was far from enough to include the expenses for their two sons to go to school. Mrs. Ye and Mr. Ye subsidized a lot.

"The next step is the family expenses." Mrs. Ye took a notebook and recorded every expense of the Ye family.

"The total tuition fees for Donglin and Xilin are two taels of silver. The books, pens, ink, paper and paints used for embroidery and drawing patterns cost a total of 4 taels of silver. There are a total of 6 taels here."

Listening to this expense, Ye's father and Ye's mother felt their hearts bleed. This little brat is really a gold-eating beast. If he doesn't go to school well, I'll see if I don't break their legs.

"I caught six piglets at the beginning of the month. Each of them costs 200 taels, which is a total of 1 tael and 2 taels. In addition, the food, clothing and favors at home cost a total of 400 wen."

Although she made more money this month, she also spent more money. The diligent and frugal Mrs. Ye was already thinking of various ways to save money.

“入账13两8钱，总花销7两6钱，另外给青青奖励200文，这个月能存下6两。”

“The money saved this month is more than the money saved last year.”

Ye's mother's eyes widened, and then she was overjoyed. This way, her two sons didn't have to worry about the cost of going to school. This son just sounds good and spends a lot of money not talking to anyone about it.

This small business is indeed making money. Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye also have some ideas in their minds, but they haven't figured out how to do it yet, so they haven't revealed it to the young couple.

"Okay, we've taken stock. Let's go back and have a rest." Old Mrs. Ye closed the ledger and started chasing people away.

"Mom, you are so heartless." Father Ye started to play tricks again.

"Gungun, don't get in my eyes here." Mrs. Ye closed the door directly.

"Hey, my mother doesn't want to see me anymore since she had grandchildren. Madam, you have to comfort me."

Ye's father gave Ye's mother a pretentious look, and he was already thinking about it.

Mother Ye blushed, stepped on him hard, and turned around to go back to her room.

When Father Ye returned to the room, Mother Ye was waiting for him with the account book of their little family.

Father Ye had attended school for several years, otherwise he would not have been chosen to work as a clerk in a grocery store. He taught both Mother Ye and Mrs. Ye how to read and do accounts.

Ye's father's wages plus Ye's mother's money from making embroidery, totaled 700 Wen. Among them, 50 Wen was given to Ye's father as pocket money, and he occasionally bought meat for the family and snacks for a few little ones. He spent another 80 Wen, which means he could save 570 Wen.

Ye's mother divided the money into four equal parts. One part was saved for Ye Qingqing's dowry, the other two parts were reserved for her two sons' wives, and the last part was kept as a backup.

"Madam, the accounts have been settled. It's time for us to rest. We haven't finished the last book yet, so we are studying it carefully."

Before Ye Mu could say anything, Ye Fengshou quickly blew out the candle.