The happy little days of the Ye family

Chapter 527 Grocery Store Income

Ye Qingqing hid the money he got from selling herbal medicines and the lumps of silver in the secret compartment at the back of the wardrobe, while the copper plates were placed in the locked drawer of the wardrobe.

Ye Qingqing saw that there was more and more money in the hidden compartment, and planned to take stock of their family's wealth at night.

It has been two months since Ye Qingqing married into the Tang family, and she was supposed to take stock in the first month.

It's just that we were busy with spring plowing at that time, and the first month was basically spring plowing. The family didn't have much expenses and income, so Ye Qingqing didn't take inventory in the first month.

In the evening, Ye Qingqing planned to take stock of the family's income and expenses in the past two months.

After putting away the money and coming out of the house, Ye Qingqing was ready to make dinner.

Ye Qingqing had lunch at Ye's house, and there was still half a bowl of plain chicken and half a bowl of braised chicken and rabbit left last night.

The white-cut chicken is Rhubarb and Xiaohuang's dinner. This pheasant was brought back by Rhubarb and Xiaohuang themselves, so we can't treat them badly.

Ye Qingqing picked a handful of leeks and came back, planning to stir-fry the leeks with the leftover chicken and duck.

Chicken mixed with duck mixed with stir-fried leeks, plus the roast duck brought back by Tang Xiaojing from the county, it was enough for three people.

Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing were cooking dinner in the kitchen.

On the other side of the Ye's Grocery Store, Wang Chunyu was happily taking stock of today's income.

The best time for grocery stores is when they sell vegetables in the morning.

In addition to buying vegetables, nearby women also buy things they use every day such as grains, dry goods and spices.

There were not many people in the grocery store in the afternoon, and occasionally one or two people came to buy some groceries.

The most conspicuous reading supplies, only students from three colleges came to see it, but only sold one dollar of the cheapest paper.

In addition to food, cloth and cheap fabrics also sell well.

The items in the grocery store are not expensive, the cheap ones are only one or two cents, and the expensive ones are only dozens of cents. What I receive are basically copper coins.

At the end of the day, there were already a lot of copper plates in the drawer.

At this time, smoke began to rise in the alley, and nearby residents had already started cooking dinner. At this time, no one came to the grocery store.

The Yejia braised pork shop next door still has some braised pork left, and occasionally people come over to buy braised pork for extra meals.

Father Ye is already very familiar with the people in the neighborhood and can chat with everyone who comes to buy braised pork.

Wang Chunyu, who had nothing to do, began to count the coins.

"One cent, two cents, three cents..., a total of 868 cents."

For grocery store items, the profit is about 2%.

Wang Chunyu had been setting up a stall with Li before she got married. She was very good at arithmetic and quickly calculated that the profit from today's groceries was about 173 Wen.

This is just a rough estimate, there may be a discrepancy of ten to twenty cents, but Wang Chunyu thinks he can earn more than 100 cents a day, which is pretty good.

Their family set up a stall selling wood carvings in the county, and they only had about a hundred cash a day, and sometimes they only had a few dozen cash.

Ye's grocery store has been open for more than two years. Everyone nearby knows that there is a Ye's grocery store here with a particularly complete range of items.

Gradually, everyone became accustomed to coming here to buy things, and the business gradually stabilized. Now the grocery store can earn almost four to five taels of silver every month.

If it happens to be important festivals such as the Chinese New Year or the Mid-Autumn Festival, the income will be even more.

Moreover, Wang Chunyu and Mrs. Ye take care of the vegetables in the small garden, and these vegetables are given to the grocery store at wholesale prices.

Wang Chunyu and Mrs. Ye each share half of the money from selling vegetables in the small garden, so there is also a small amount of income here.

The groceries sold in the grocery store are very average, and the better ones are food items.

Food is the most important thing for the people, so Wang Chunyu thought he could buy more food, or sell his family's produce in a grocery store.

The cost of groceries in the store is high and it takes up capital, which is really not cost-effective.

Ye Donglin hasn't come back yet, and the grocery store has no business. Wang Chunyu started to think about what else the grocery store could add to sell, preferably food.

Before Wang Chunyu could think of anything, Ye Donglin came back with a large cart of things.

Wang Chunyu and Ye's father next door heard the commotion and quickly came out to help move things.

Most of the donkey carts were filled with scattered groceries, and there were also a lot of rags and fabrics.

When Wang Chunyu saw eight pieces of linen on the carriage, he couldn't help asking, "Why did you buy so much cloth?"

Ye Donglin moved the fabrics down and said cheerfully: "These fabrics have a little flaw. I bought them at 7%, which is a very good deal."

Chenjia Cloth Village just received a new batch of weavers after the New Year. The fabrics were made by novices. They were not woven tightly enough and the dyeing colors were light.

But these are all small problems. If you don't look carefully, you can hardly see them. Ye Donglin wrapped all the small batch of fabrics into circles.

Although this place is near the academy, not all the people living around it are rich. Besides, rich people also like to take advantage.

The women who usually come here to buy groceries are very economical and wish they could break one penny into two pennies to spend.

The best-selling items in grocery stores on weekdays are cheap fabrics and fabrics on sale.

Because grocery stores often have cheap fabrics at special prices, people nearby like to come to the grocery stores to check out whether there are any cheap fabrics.

People come here and bring something back with them. When there are more people, the business of this grocery store will get better.

Using cheap, special-priced fabrics to attract customers is something Ye Donglin learned from shopkeeper Chen of Chenjia Fabric Store.

The three people moved quickly and quickly moved everything on the donkey cart into the small rest room at the back.

It's a bit late now, and Ye Donglin plans to take it easy tomorrow.

Anyway, except when I buy groceries in the morning, the grocery store is deserted in the afternoon, so I have time to tidy up.

After washing up in the evening, Wang Chunyu happily took out the couple's account books.

Pen and ink are expensive, so Wang Chunyu used charcoal pens made by Mrs. Ye to write the words on the account book.

Although the words on it are twisted, you can clearly see every income and expense of the young couple.

Wang Chunyu took the account book and said with a smile: "In addition to half of the silver that was handed over to the public, now we have saved 96 taels of 563 coins."

When Wang Chunyu got married, the couple's savings were only 36 taels. The 60 taels of silver were saved by the two of them in the past two years.

The business of the grocery store was not as good as it is now. When Wang Chunyu married here, the grocery store only had an income of two to three taels of silver a month.

As time went by, people nearby became accustomed to coming to the grocery store to buy things, and the business gradually improved.

In the second year after Wang Chunyu got married, the grocery store already had an income of four to five taels of silver a month.

On weekdays, Wang Chunyu grows vegetables, grows bean sprouts, makes wood carvings, and makes headbands and hairbands. He only earns one or two pieces of silver in a month.

The expenses of both of them were basically paid out of the official business. In addition to handing over half of their income, Wang Chunyu, who was careful with his budget, saved all the remaining money.

Mr. Ye has thought about sending Xiao Qi to study in an academy near the grocery store in a few years. In the future, Xiao Qi will come back as a scholar, so that he can reduce the family's taxes, corvee and military service.

Ye Donglin and Wang Chunyu naturally hope that their children will succeed and start saving money for their children early.