The happy little days of the Ye family

Tangshan has not gone to the county to drive customers in the past few years. He and his son have taken care of the fields and hills at home.

Starting from the first two years, all proceeds from Tangshan's 50 acres of paddy fields and Tang Xiaojing's two hills were equally divided between father and son.

However, the money earned by Ye Qingqing still belongs to the young couple.

In the past two years, the Tang family has always taken inventory of the previous month's income and expenses at the beginning of the month.

If there is money in the account, it will be divided equally. If there is a deficit, everyone will pay for it together.

Having earned more than two hundred taels of silver in the past two days, Ye Qingqing planned to settle the accounts a few days in advance and distribute the money in advance.

This month's income mainly consists of three transactions.

There are two large houses in the county and two small houses with front bungalows and backyards in the town. The rent for the four houses totals 3 taels and 8 yuan.

It cost a lot of money to buy the four houses, but the monthly income was also very considerable.

The rent alone is enough for their family of five to live comfortably.

In addition to the 166 taels and 488 taels earned at the dock yesterday and the 75 taels from selling wild ginseng.

The total income this month is 245 taels and 288 yuan.

As for household expenses, this is relatively trivial.

There are now 16 long-term workers in the family, each of whom earns 550 taels of wages. The wages of the long-term workers alone cost 8 taels and 8 taels a month.

Some time ago, I killed eight big fat pigs and caught 9 chubby little piglets to raise, which cost 1980 Wen.

Half of the pigs at home will be ready for slaughter by the end of the year. These little guys are now ready to eat, and I spent twenty taels of silver just buying bean dregs this month.

Since the arrival of two little guys, Chenchen and Yangyang, soft and comfortable fabrics, fun toys and all kinds of delicious food, the Tang family has been moving them home like they don't need any money.

You can pick and choose Sosou, but for children, money is just like water.

In one month, the family spent one to two or three yuan on various expenses, which was more than two months' wages of a long-term worker.

Fortunately, we don't have to spend money to buy food and meat at home, otherwise the cost would be even greater.

All kinds of expenses were added up, and a total of 14 taels and 80 Wen were spent this month.

The income was 245 taels and 288 cents, and the expenses were 14 taels and 80 cents.

Overall, a total of 231 taels and 208 articles were saved this month.

The father and son each received 115 taels and 604 coins.

The embroidery pattern on Ye Qingqing's hand has not been finished yet, and she has not made any money this month.

However, the embroidery will probably be completed next month, and with the rent of a house and a small shop on her hands, she should be able to earn more than sixty taels by then.

Thinking of next month's income, the disappointment on Ye Qingqing's face dissipated.

After settling the accounts for this month, Ye Qingqing asked Tang Xiaojing to invite Tangshan over.

And she turned around and took out some broken silver and 5 gold nuggets.

Soon, Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing came in happily.

“爹，这个月进账245两288文，花销14两80文，攒下了231两208文，这115两604文是你的。”

As he spoke, Ye Qingqing cheerfully handed five gold nuggets and a few small pieces of silver to Tangshan.

"Okay, okay, my income this month is pretty good." Tang Shan touched the shining gold nugget in his hand, and the folds on his face were all smiles.

In the past two days, he went to the dock to sell dry goods and wild ginseng. Tangshan knew in his heart that he should have earned more than 200 taels of silver.

But when I got the real money, I was still very excited.

With money in hand, Ye Qingqing brought up the matter of buying a house again:

"My family has a lot of savings, and Chenchen and Yangyang are still young and don't need much money. I want to buy another house in the county by the end of the year. What do you think?"

As Tangshan gets older, he is more conservative in his thinking, mainly seeking stability, and is very supportive of buying a family property.

Although the house is not as good as the fields, if it is rented out, the harvest will be guaranteed regardless of drought or flood.

In the future, relying on the rent of the house, the younger members of the family will not starve to death.

"It's okay to buy another house. Although we only have two children at home, Chenchen and Yangyang, don't you still want a little girl?"

"If you have a third child, there won't be enough houses in the county. You can't leave one of them behind. Your daughter will also have to buy a dowry."

There are already two naughty grandsons at home. Not to mention Tang Xiaojing, Tangshan also wants a sweet-smelling, soft and well-behaved girl.

"There's no need to worry about the third child, and it's not necessarily a girl."

Ye Qingqing has not planned to have a third child in recent years, so he quickly diverted the topic away.

Tangshan smiled and said, "Sooner or later, he will come. If another kid comes, he will have to drink a bowl of water. You can't favor one over the other."

As people get older, they hope to have more children and grandchildren and more lively little ones at home.

His wife had always wanted to buy a house, and his father had no objection, so Tang Xiaojing made the decision directly.

"Okay, I'll go to the county to inquire more during this time to see where there are good houses for sale."

Then Ye Qingqing suggested with a smile:

"It's better to ask Guan Ya. There may be some good things missing from the house that has been sealed by the government, just like the house I bought last time."

Some people may think that a house that has been sealed off by the government is unlucky, but there are really a lot of good things inside.

If an ordinary person wants to sell their house, all the things inside will be emptied, and most of what they get is an empty house.

But the sealed house was different.

Although the government will search it before sealing it, it is not your own home after all, and you are not familiar with the place where things are hidden, so there are always some things that slip through the net.

"Okay, I'll go to Guan Ya and ask about it."

Tangshan was afraid that the two of them would be obsessed with hunting for treasure and their wishes would be in vain in the end, so he said sincerely:

"This kind of thing is rare. You still have to be down-to-earth and don't always think about money."

Although Ye Qingqing had the idea of ​​​​hunting for treasure, she also really wanted to buy property for her family.

"Buying a house is real, treasure hunting is just a side trip, but it would be better if you can find good things."

Tangshan thought for a while and then said: "It's not bad to have an old house like that of a wealthy family. This kind of place has good feng shui, and maybe future generations can be successful." He was thinking more about the younger generations of the family.

Ye Qingqing immediately thought of the old house in the town, which indeed had good feng shui.

"Yes, yes, the dilapidated old house is quite good. At worst, I can save money to build a big house with a facade in the future."

Tang Xiaojing silently wrote down everything the two said, and planned to go to the county tomorrow to find out if there were any old houses owned by wealthy people, or houses that had just been sealed off.

As for the shop, none of the three people considered it.

The main reason is that good shops in the county are too expensive, and those with good locations have long been targeted.

The location is not good, the business is expensive and the business is not good, so it is not cost-effective to buy.

"It's a good thing to buy a family property. I will also pay half of the money to buy the house." Tangshan said with a hearty smile.

Tang Xiaojing smiled and said, "Okay, I will choose a more expensive house then."

Tangshan had a cheerful face, but he just kicked him over and said, "You prodigal son, I have to leave my money to Chenchen and Yangyang."

Tang Xiaojing dodged nimbly and said in a cowardly manner: "You old man, have you saved a lot of money over the years?"

"Gungun, don't ask around."

Tangshan went back with a heavy amount of gold nuggets and silver with a proud look on his face.

However, Tangshan also paid attention to the matter of buying a house for his family and planned to go to the county to inquire more.