The happy little days of the Ye family

Chapter 696 Ye Merchant 3

Xiaoling Village is between Taohua Village and Dashan Village, but it is closer to Dashan Village.

To go to Xiaoling Village, you have to turn in at a fork on the road to Dashan Village, and the road there is very bumpy.

The road was overgrown with weeds, and there were large and small stones hidden under the weeds. If we didn't pay attention, the wheels of the car would press on the stones, and the car almost overturned twice.

Father Ye did not dare to let the road go too fast, so he could only walk slowly and leisurely.

Occasionally there are people walking on the road. The weeds are not too high, but the weeds on both sides of the road are taller than the people. And it grows so lushly that no one can find it if it is hidden.

Suddenly, the grass on the left shook suddenly, and there was a strange noise.

"Who is there?"

Father Ye's heart tightened, his heart beat very fast, and his scalp began to feel numb.

Seeing no one responded, Father Ye took a whip and hit the donkey's back hard, causing the donkey to run forward quickly in pain.

Just when the donkey cart started to accelerate, a big pheasant suddenly flew out of the grass.

Father Ye glared at the pheasant that had flown away, and couldn't help cursing: "Sooner or later, I will take you back to make chicken soup."

Being so frightened by the pheasant, Father Ye was still a little scared and did not dare to walk away slowly.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, we could see the big rocks at the entrance of Xiaoling Village in the distance.

There are two huge rocks at the entrance of Xiaoling Village. There is a path beside the big rocks. Turn into Xiaoling Village.

There are only about [-] households in Xiaoling Village, and the roads are relatively rugged, so there are few salesmen coming to sell things.

Father Ye didn't know there was a Xiaoling Village here at first, or someone from Dashan Village told him.

Xiaoling Village is a small village on a small mountain. There are some hillsides nearby. There are almost no paddy fields and only a few slopes.

Each household in the village only has a few acres of dry land, and the harvests on dry land are not as good as those on paddy fields. Therefore, many people in the village rely on hunting for a living.

I heard that one-third of the households in Xiaoling Village are hunters, and Father Ye came here to collect skins before.

Ever since Ye's father set up a stall on the pier, he rarely came to Xiaoling Village. When he went in, he found that many people were unfamiliar. Even people he knew felt much older.

On the contrary, Father Ye has not changed much in the past few years, and people in the village recognize Father Ye at a glance.

The people in the village were very happy when they saw their father driving the donkey cart. There had been no salesman in the village for a long time, and every household was lacking a lot of things.

When the children in the village saw Father Ye loading things from the donkey cart, they were as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year, and they chirped to inform other people in the village.

As soon as Father Ye put the things out, everyone in the village knew that Father Ye was here to sell things.

Just now in Taohua Village and Fangjia Village, Father Ye had already sold half of the things.

Most of the rest are farm tools, kitchen utensils and wooden things, and most of the fabrics are cheap burlap, but these are what Xiaoling Village needs most.

There was little arable land in the village and there was a shortage of food. Father Ye quickly took down the corn cobs and rice from the car.

Although the autumn harvest had just been completed, the dry land harvest in the village was not good, and many families were short of food. The two bags of corn cobs brought by Ye's father were immediately divided up by the villagers.

The price of rice was high, and only one family bought 10 kilograms of it to feed their pregnant daughter-in-law.

In addition to food, Ye Fu also sold a lot of wooden basins, buckets, machetes, and hoes.

The people in the village were not wealthy. Many people saw the bright and beautiful fabrics, but no one was willing to spend money to buy them.

Most of what the women bought were cheap large pieces of cloth, durable burlap, and cheap needlework.

Before long, the stall was crowded with people on three levels.

Father Ye stood on the carriage shaft and shouted loudly: "I also collect things here, such as mountain products and skins from the mountains. You can also directly exchange the mountain products for things on the stall."

As soon as he finished speaking, most of the people in the stall ran away. Everyone was in a hurry, and some people even ran away with their shoes.

After a while, people from the village came over one after another with things.

Xiaoling Village is close to the mountains, and most of what the villagers bring over are products from the mountains.

Father Ye collected a lot of dried mushrooms and a small amount of dried bamboo shoots, which can be sold on the dock.

In addition, we also collected some peppercorns and star anise, which are spices used in making roast chicken. It is much more cost-effective to collect them from the villagers than to buy them in the drug store.

Father Ye spent a total of 2 taels and 6 yuan on dry goods and spices.

Not long after, two more hunters came to the stall.

One of the young hunters brought 16 gray rabbit skins and two wild goat skins.

This Orion's leather-making skills are average, and the leather is a little stiff, but he can barely make leather clothes, but the leather clothes he makes will probably not be sold at a good price.

Ye's father accepted all the skins, but the price was relatively low. Rabbit skin was 26 yuan a piece, and wild goat skin was 100 yuan. The total cost was 616 yuan.

Another old hunter, who was about the same age as Ye's father, brought a wolf skin, three wild goat skins and 30 gray rabbit skins.

Father Ye has inspected all the leathers one by one. They are much softer and more complete than the leathers that the young Orion brought just now.

These skins were well made, and the price given by Father Ye was relatively high. A wolf skin cost 130 taels of silver, an ibex skin cost 36 taels, and a rabbit skin cost 3 taels, for a total of 470 taels, [-] taels.

Before going out, Ye's father did not expect to collect embroidery in Fangjia Village, so he took less money with him.

Just now, Father Ye collected a lot of dry goods and the skins of the young hunter. He only had 3 taels of money left with him and money from selling the goods.

Father Ye searched all his pockets, but he was still short of 270 yuan.

Father Ye discussed with the old Orion with an embarrassed look on his face:

"This big brother just collected a lot of things in the village, and he doesn't have enough money. Do you think you can use the remaining 270 Wen to pay for it with other things from the stall?"

Fortunately, the Orion was generous and agreed immediately.

The old hunter asked for a large iron pot, a machete, a pair of buckets, and a total of wooden basins, and the remaining 100 Wen were exchanged for rice.

By this time, the people in the village had almost dispersed, and most of the things Father Ye had brought had been sold.

The rest are some fabrics and rouge and gouache, which are used by women to dress up.

Moreover, Ye’s father had spent all his money, and there was not a penny left.

Father Ye originally planned to go to Dashan Village, but now there are not many things in the car. The food he originally brought to Dashan Village has been sold out, so he can only go there next time.

While Father Ye was packing his things, the head of Xiaoling Village came over.

The village chief meant that Xiaoling Village was short of food and hoped that Father Ye could transport more cheap food like corn.

The grains that Ye's father brought over were sold at the price that Ye Donglin sold at the grocery store, which was a little cheaper than ordinary grain stores.

In addition, the roads in Xiaoling Village are not easy to travel, so it would be great if Father Ye directly transported the grain in a donkey cart.

Seeing that it was still early, Father Ye made an agreement with the village chief to transport a cart of corn cobs over in the afternoon.