The happy little days of the Ye family

When they returned, Ye's father and Ye's mother sat outside together driving the donkey cart.

"Xiuxiu, there's a big market tomorrow. What do you think about us taking the remaining things and selling them at the market?"

More than three taels per bolt of patterned fabrics have been sold, and the remaining fabrics are not expensive. Father Ye feels there is no need to set up a stall on North Street.

"I think it's okay. There are many people in the market, so business should be good. Do you want to sell the things you keep at home in the market?"

Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing at home have probably made a lot of hair ties and headbands, which they will sell in the market.

"Take it to the town and sell it. There are many people at the market, so it will definitely be better than selling it in the village."

When Father Ye and Mother Ye returned home, the Ye family was quiet. Mr. Ye probably went to Xiaohoushan again, and Mother Ye guessed that the wealthy grandfather and grandson must be making hairbands and headbands in the house.

Father Ye and Mother Ye moved things into the hall. The grandfather and grandson who heard the sound had no time to pay attention to them. They were busy.

The grandfather and grandson were busy sewing hairbands. The hairbands they made were different. Mrs. Ye made a solid-color headband made of large pieces of cloth, while Ye Qingqing made colorful ones made of different fabrics. Headband.

Mrs. Ye has already made about 20 hairbands. Colored hairbands are more complicated, and Ye Qingqing still has to do embroidery, so there are only a few colored hairbands.

On the table beside them are the headbands that the two made in the morning. There are two kinds of headbands, one is solid color and the other is colorful, but there are exquisite bows at the splicing points.

Father Ye and Mother Ye packed everything, and then the grandfather and grandson came out with a lot of headbands and hairbands.

"Dad, Mom, look, grandma and I made many beautiful hairbands and headbands." The anxious Ye Qingqing started shouting as soon as she left the room.

Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing placed the hairbands and headbands on the table in the hall.

"Dad, Mom, my grandma and I made a total of 30 headbands and 30 hairbands today. There are 7 colored hairbands and 23 solid-colored hairbands."

Ye Qingqing proudly took a colorful hairband and a colorful headband to show to Ye Mu.

"The solid-color ones are made of linen, and the colored ones are spliced ​​with cotton. Qingqing and I have discussed it. The solid-color ones will cost two cents each, and the colored ones will cost five cents each."

The old lady was in high spirits, and she felt much younger.

Mother Ye carefully looked at the headband and headband in her hand. They were very well made and the colors matched well. They were made of cotton and they were not expensive at five cents each.

"My grandma has calculated that if we sell them all, we can earn 162 cents! My grandma and I will split it equally, which is 81 cents each."

This was more money than she made from making handkerchiefs, but Ye Qingqingye didn't lose her mind. When she could do embroidery, she would be able to make more money in the future.

"Tomorrow is the big market. Your father and I are going to set up a stall at the market. Let's take these hairbands and headbands to the market and sell them."

There are so many of them in one day. If they were sold in a nearby village, they would definitely not be sold out.

"I'm also going to set up a stall. My grandma and I will sell these hairbands and hairbands ourselves." After saying that, he took Old Mrs. Ye back to the house to continue making hairbands and headbands.

"This girl." Mother Ye smiled helplessly as she watched Ye Qingqing jumping up and down, dragging Mrs. Ye away.

"Tomorrow happens to be Mu Xiu. Let's take Dong Lin and Xi Lin to set up a stall in the town. The boys should exercise more."

"Let's ask dad to come with us. After we sell the goods, we will go to the town to have a good meal." Ye's mother felt that everyone had gone to town, and it would not be good to leave Mr. Ye alone at home.

"Okay."

When Ye Xilin came back, he knew he could go to town tomorrow and happily jumped around in circles. Even Ye Donglin, who had always been mature and steady, was smiling broadly.

Before dawn, the family set off to the town neatly, talking and laughing along the way, and Father Ye even joked that they were going for an outing.

Father Ye and the others brought a lot of things and people, so Father Ye specially rented two adjacent stalls.

A stall sells fabrics, needlework and embroidery cloth, and is looked after by Ye's father and Ye's mother.

Another stall sells half of the small items purchased from West Street, and the other half sells headbands and hair ties made by Ye Qingqing and Mrs. Ye.

Mr. Ye and his two grandsons are responsible for the things imported from West Street, and Ye Qingqing and his grandson are responsible for the headbands and hairbands.

Donkey carts are not allowed to be parked for a long time in the market. After the stalls were placed, Father Ye quickly drove the donkey cart to the place where it was stored. When I came back, I bought some steamed buns for breakfast.

"I bought some steamed buns. Let's eat some quickly. When there are more people, we won't have time to eat." Father Ye bought 14 steamed buns, which was exactly two for each person.

"You prodigal son, just buy some steamed buns. These meat buns are so expensive. If you have this money, you might as well cut two kilograms of meat and go home to eat." Mrs. Ye couldn't help nagging after seeing so many buns.

The meat buns in town cost 30 cents each, but here they cost nearly [-] cents. It made Mrs. Ye feel bad. It would be nice to buy two kilograms of meat and cook it at home.

"After you have bought everything, eat it quickly. The family is not short of money." Mr. Ye happily took two buns and handed them to Mrs. Ye.

Old Mrs. Ye saw that there were many people here and it was difficult to talk about Ye's father outside, so she stopped nagging.

After eating the buns, more and more people came to the market. The two stalls of the Ye family were connected together. It seemed that this stall was particularly large and had many things. Within a short while, many people gathered around the stall.

The colorful headbands and hairbands were particularly conspicuous at the stall, and several beauty-loving young wives bent over to choose from the stall.

"These hairbands and headbands are so beautiful, and they are colorful. Little sister, how much does this colorful headband cost?" asked a delicate woman holding a colorful headband.

"Sister, the price of this headband is the same as the headband. The solid color one costs two cents, and the colored one costs five cents."

Colorful headbands and hairbands cost five cents each. Two women at the stall silently put down the colorful headbands and hairbands in their hands.

The delicate woman is also a little confused. She looks good, but it is too expensive.

"This is too expensive. Can you make it cheaper by four cents?"

"Sister, these are made of cotton, and they are colorful. Five cents is not expensive!" This colorful headband is complicated to make, and Ye Qingqing doesn't want to lower the price.

In the end, the woman gritted her teeth and bought a colorful headband.

After opening, the grandfather and grandson quickly sold several more solid-color hairbands and headbands.

On the other side, Father Ye and Mother Ye also sold a piece of cotton cloth and some needlework, but only Mr. Ye's stall had not opened yet.

Mr. Ye bent over and whispered something to his two grandsons.

Ye Donglin walked a few steps outside the stall and began to shout loudly: "The county has delivered good rouge and gouache. Dear sisters, please come and take a look. It has good rouge and gouache, beautiful fabrics and hairbands." "

"Osmanthus-flavored hair oil, rouge, lipstick, facial oil, hand cream, and soap are all the most popular things in the county. All you pretty sisters, come and have a look!" Ye Xilin at the stall also made a coquettish voice. shouted.

With the two helpers, there were more and more people at the stall, and Mr. Ye also sold a lot of things.

This was not the first time that Father Ye and Mother Ye set up a stall. Even though the stall was surrounded by three floors inside and three outside, there was no rush. Mother Ye was responsible for greeting the people at the stall, and Father Ye was responsible for calculating the price and collecting money. People work very well together.

Qingqing and Mrs. Ye were also surrounded by many young girls and young wives, chattering about which color looked better.

Ye Xilin is young and gets into trouble when there are many people. Fortunately, Mr. Ye is in charge, so there is no trouble.

There were fewer and fewer items on the stalls, and by the time the market was about to end, most of the items had been sold.

Ye's father and Ye's mother still have some fine needlework and gold thread from the Yang family cloth shop, and some white silk. Ye's mother plans to take it back for her own use.

The headbands and headbands made by Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing have long been sold out. The grandfather and grandson were muttering about which one was easier to sell, whether they should make more of it when they went back, or which one they should make less of.

Mr. Ye's things here are many and miscellaneous, and there are still a lot of things left.

It is the same as selling the remaining items when collecting mountain goods. Father Ye asked everyone to close the stall quickly and go to the market as a family before it was too late.