The happy little days of the Ye family

Dashan Village’s bacon is so fragrant that as soon as it was put out, people came over to ask about it.

"This bacon is good, but the peppercorns are a bit missing."

A well-built middle-aged man bent over and looked at the cured wild boar meat in front of the stall.

Father Ye heard that people in Shu like to add pepper to their cooking. He must be a businessman from Shu.

"This bacon has a lot of spices in it, and it is very fragrant. Some of them are steamed in advance, you can try it." Father Ye specially steamed some bacon for tasting.

There were pieces of bacon cut into small pieces on the snow-white stoneware plate, with shaved bamboo skewers stuck on top.

The middle-aged man tasted a piece of wild boar meat, nodded, then tasted a piece of rabbit meat, but did not taste the remaining bacon.

"How much is a pound of wild boar and wild rabbit?"

“Wild wild boar is 37 cents per catty, cured rabbit and pheasant are 26 cents per catty, and you can get one penny for each catty of more than 20 catties.”

"What you sell is too expensive. The cured pork next door is only 35 cents per pound."

The middle-aged man stood up suddenly, maybe a little excited, and his voice was a little loud.

"You have just tasted it. Our bacon is marinated with many spices, and the cost is higher than ordinary bacon." Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Mr. Ye quickly added.

"Wild boar is 34 cents per pound, pheasant and hare are 23 cents per pound, I want all the bacon from your stall."

The middle-aged man saw that Father Ye and Mr. Ye were both from the countryside, so he deliberately lowered the price.

"We are also a small business, and we really can't sell it at this price." The business is not charity, so Ye's father will definitely not be willing to pay this price.

"Preserved pork costs 35 cents per catty, and cured chicken and rabbit costs 24 cents per catty. If it works, I'll take them. If it doesn't, forget it. You're not the only one selling them." The middle-aged man said impatiently.

"Bacon pork is 36 yuan per catty, and cured chicken and rabbit are 25 yuan per catty, which is already the cheapest." The bacon in Dashan Village is well made, but Ye's father is not willing to sell it at a low price.

The middle-aged man spoke louder, and the movement at the stall became louder. Many curious people came around to take a look. The middle-aged man saw many people and lost face, so he walked away angrily.

Father Ye saw that the stall was crowded with people watching the fun, and he quickly distributed the bacon for trial, and there were only a few pieces of bacon for each person to taste.

Upon seeing this, Mr. Ye immediately sold his mountain products to the people at the stall.

On Father Ye's side, most people who have tasted bacon think it's good, and they are all business owners, so they are not short of money. Some people buy one or two kilograms to go back and taste, and some bosses who are not short of money buy 20 kilograms by 20 kilograms. Among them, there are two big customers who buy fifty kilograms at a time.

As a blessing in disguise, Father Ye quickly sold out all the bacon in the stall, and also sold 20 kilograms of honeysuckle. Father Ye was very happy and wanted to go back to Dashan Village immediately to collect another 200 kilograms of bacon.

Mr. Ye's business here is also good. The dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots he brings are all carefully selected at home. They are of good quality and fresh, better than the mountain products at other stalls.

A businessman from the north generously wrapped the dried bamboo shoots and bamboo fungus on the stall. There was also a restaurant owner named Wang who directly ordered 50 pounds of dried mushrooms.

When everyone was gone, the Ye family and his son came to their senses. Everything on the stall was almost sold out.

There are still more than 20 kilograms of dried mushrooms and several kilograms of black fungus left on the stall, as well as headbands and hair ties that were not taken out in the donkey cart.

Ye's father took out a lot of colorful hairbands and headbands from the donkey cart. Ye Qingqing had already bundled the hairbands and headbands of different prices and styles separately.

The colorful headbands and hairbands are very conspicuous on the stall. The colors are well matched and the styles are good-looking. Within a short while, people came to the stall.

A capable young woman bent over and browsed in front of the stall. After looking at it for a while, she took out one of each style and examined it carefully.

The young woman opened an embroidery shop in Guangsheng Mansion. In addition to selling embroidery products, the embroidery shop also sold some women's curling supplies such as hairbands, headbands, and beads.

Although the workmanship of these hairbands and headbands made by Ye Qingqing and others were a little rough, the styles and matching were good, so the woman wanted to take some back to the embroidery workshop to sell.

The young woman examined every style carefully, nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Father Ye.

"Boss, how much do these hairbands and headbands cost?"

"Solid-color hairbands and headbands cost 3 cents each. There are two styles of colored hairbands, both cost 6 cents each. There are three types of colored headbands, with bows and small balls, which cost 6 cents each. , a headband with little flowers costs 9 cents."

Then Father Ye said: "If you take more than 100 sticks, you can get a penny for each stick."

The price was cheaper than what she had received at Guangsheng Mansion. The woman saw that a lot of ingenuity had been put into these hairbands and headbands, so she planned to buy them all.

"If I want them all, can the price be a little lower?" Although it is cheap, people are always greedy, and it would be better if it were cheaper.

"I'm very sorry. This is already the lowest price. I also sold it for others. The price is set." Father Ye said pretending to be very sorry.

The young woman was going back to the countryside to visit relatives this time, and she had to catch a boat later. She didn't have much time to bargain here now. Seeing that Ye's father didn't agree to the price reduction, she bought all the hair ties and headbands at the price given by Ye's father. Headband.

"220 are solid colors, 160 colored hair ties, 165 colored headbands worth 5 cents, and 50 colored headbands worth 8 cents, a total of 2465 cents."

The woman gave the money to Father Ye, picked up her things and hurried to the dock.

"Things are sold for others, and the price is set. This is a good statement, and it immediately silences those who want to bargain."

"When I was in the grocery store, my boss often told the aunts and ladies who wanted to negotiate prices like this." Father Ye touched his head and said with a naive smile.

Everything in Father Ye's stall had been sold out. After saying hello to Mr. Ye, Father Ye went to look around other stalls to see if he could find anything good.

After shopping around, Father Ye finally came back empty-handed.

Father Ye returned to the stall and was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back. He urged Mr. Ye to clear up the stall quickly and go for lunch.

"Dad, why don't you take the remaining 20 kilograms of mushrooms home? I still have dried bamboo shoots at home. I'll sell them the same next time."

Mr. Ye thought it would be okay to sell it next time, so he speeded up the packing. In fact, he was already hungry.

Mr. Ye and Father Ye were eating noodles at the stall next door. They had a big appetite and were very hungry. Father Ye went to buy two meat buns and came back.

After eating and drinking, the father and son went to Chenjia Buzhuang again. Instead of setting up a stall on North Street, Father Ye only brought some cheap fabrics this time.

Ye's father took two pieces of regular-priced linen and four pieces of regular-priced burlap. Originally, he wanted to get some cheap defective fabrics, but shopkeeper Chen said that there were no defective fabrics in the cloth shop now, so Ye's father had to take two more pieces. A piece of burlap.

Then Father Ye bought all the large pieces of cloth in the cloth shop, which included two big bags.

This time, Father Ye brought few things, and shopkeeper Chen did not offer to give away rags, so Father Ye had to spend 20 yuan to buy several large bags of rags from the store.