The happy little days of the Ye family

Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing were sitting together driving a bullock cart, feeling that their eyes were not full.

He pulled Tang Xiaojing's sleeves excitedly and said happily: "It's so lively here."

Tang Shan smiled and said: "This is not the most lively place, the East Street is the most lively. Everything is sold there. You can find everything from all over the world on East Street."

Hearing what Tang Shan said, Ye Qingqing became even more excited.

It was inconvenient for the three of them to go shopping while driving an ox cart, so Tangshan found a place where the ox cart could be stored and stored the two ox carts.

Then he took Tang Xiaojing and Ye Qingqing for a stroll on the busiest East Street in Xiaohe Town.

East Street is the official residence of Xiaohe Town, specially opened for merchants from all over the country to do business.

The entire East Street is almost endless. It is said that there are hundreds of shops, and both sides of the street are filled with all kinds of gadgets and fresh things from all over the country.

Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing, two new people, were like country bumpkins entering the city. Everything they saw was very strange.

The three of them had just walked a few steps when they saw someone selling wild geese. The wild geese in the cage looked glum and not very energetic.

It's far worse than Tang Xiaojing personally hired Ye Qingqing.

However, although the wild geese don't look very energetic, the price is not low, costing 5 taels of silver per pair.

Ye Qingqing muttered in a low voice, "It's so expensive. If you beat him ten to eight, wouldn't you make a fortune?"

Ye Qingqing just said it casually, but Tang Xiaojing listened and was very moved.

Tang Xiaojing planned to go into the mountains to look for traces of wild geese after autumn.

After walking around for a while, Ye Qingqing saw several stalls selling leather on the street. The leathers on the stalls were particularly rich, including rabbit skins, sheep skins, wolf skins, and even fox skins.

It was hot summer now, and Ye Qingqing didn't expect that there would be leather goods for sale at this time.

On the stall on the left, there was a cloak made of fiery red fox fur, which was so eye-catching that Ye Qingqing couldn't move his eyes away.

Ye Qingqing couldn't help but walked over. At this time, a merchant happened to pick up the fox cloak.

"How much does this fox cloak cost?"

"Buy it now, 180 taels."

When Ye Qingqing heard that the fox fur cloak cost 180 taels, he was so frightened that he quickly took two steps back, fearing that the valuable leather would be damaged.

Good guy, just such a cloak is worth a big house.

The Tang family's father and son had recently been studying tanned leather. They were very interested in the leather and went to every stall selling leather goods to inquire about it.

The leather here ranges from good to bad. Of course, it's better than what they do themselves.

The worse ones are similar to those made by Li Orion.

The good ones, regardless of the quality and softness, are much better than those made by Li Lie, but the price is also much higher.

The inferior rabbit skins and rabbit fur coats are about [-]% more expensive than those sold by Ye's father on the dock.

And the best ones, almost doubled.

"The leather here is so expensive. When I get back, I will tell my father that next time I will bring the leather to Xiaohe Town and sell it."

Then he looked at Tang Xiaojing expectantly and said, "When my husband has finished tanning the leather, we can also transport it here and sell it. We will definitely make a lot of money."

Tang Xiaojing nodded happily.

Ye Qingqing also saw a kind of gauze, which was very thin, beautiful and beautiful, but the price was frighteningly high, one piece cost 10 taels of silver.

In addition to the daily necessities, there are also many foods on East Street that Ye Qingqing has never seen before.

The three of them came to a small stall that sold beef jerky that was said to be shipped from the northern grasslands.

I heard from a merchant selling beef jerky that the cattle on the grassland are not used for farming and are raised specifically for meat.

Ye Qingqing was very curious and tasted a small piece of beef jerky. Unexpectedly, he couldn't stop eating it.

The beef should have been marinated with Sichuan peppercorns. It tastes numb and has a bit of spicy flavor from dogwood. It tastes particularly fragrant.

This beef jerky is delicious, but it’s too expensive, costing 85 yuan per pound.

Ye Qingqing thought about it again and again, but was still reluctant to spend money to buy it. Tang Xiaojing saw that Ye Qingqing really liked it, so he bought a pound of it with his own money.

However, Tang Xiaojing overestimated the money in his wallet, and when he gave the money, he found that his pocket money was not enough.

The last pound of beef jerky was money given by Ye Qingqing.

Tang Shan, who was next to him, smiled cheerfully and said, "It's a shameful thing."

In addition to beef jerky, there is also a kind of toffee that Ye Qingqing has never seen before. It smells very fragrant, but the price is very expensive, costing 60 Wen per pound.

Ordinary caramel candy only costs more than 20 yuan per pound. This milk candy is too expensive, and Ye Qingqing is reluctant to buy it.

The three of them also saw a kind of peanut oil on the street. They heard that it was introduced from other provinces. Although it was vegetarian oil, it smelled particularly fragrant.

Ye Qingqing usually likes to use meat oil when cooking, but this peanut oil is so fragrant that he couldn't help but spend 38 Wen to buy a pound of it to try.

Ye Qingqing also asked the stall owner selling peanut oil about this crop called peanut.

The stall owner originally sold peanut oil. He was afraid that Ye Qingqing would steal his business, so he was unwilling to tell Ye Qingqing about the peanuts, so he kept hesitating.

Tangshan, who had remained silent, said: "I remember there is a shop specializing in selling seeds on East Street. There are seeds from all over the country. Let's go over and ask about it later."

This peanut oil is indeed fragrant, and it is not available in Luohe Town or even in the county. If it can be grown, it might be sold at a good price.

The three of them walked around in the street for more than half an hour. Ye Qingqing felt that his eyes could not see clearly, and the hands of the father and son were full of all kinds of things.

Tang Xiaojing thought about the last time he went shopping with Ye Qingqing in the county, and felt a pain in his calf.

When Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan reached the point where their calves felt weak, the three of them finally walked to the seed shop at the end of the street.

This seed shop is quite big, and there are many people coming and going inside.

In the seed shops in Luohe Town and the county, most of the people who go in are women, but in this seed shop, there are many merchants in addition to women.

Ye Qingqing asked the store about peanuts, but he didn't expect they actually had them here.

The store owner enthusiastically introduced the three of them:

"This peanut is a fresh crop from the neighboring city. The squeezed peanut oil is very fragrant and is very popular among the ladies of wealthy families."

"Many of the vegetarian dishes that dignitaries eat are made with peanut oil. It's just that it has just been introduced here, and not many people know about it."

Peanuts are a fresh crop, and there aren’t many seeds in the shop. Things are rare and expensive, and a pound of unshelled seeds costs 50 Wen.

Ye Qingqing originally only planned to ask for two kilograms to try, but Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing felt that this crop might have great potential in the future, so they generously asked for five kilograms.

Immediately, he earned 250 Wen. The store owner was very happy and even gave Ye Qingqing some common and cheap vegetables.

The store owner was very considerate and wrote down the peanut cultivation methods and things to pay attention to for Ye Qingqing one by one.

Finally, the shopkeeper warned: "It's best to plant this peanut seed in the sand."

Ye Qingqing nodded, and then asked the store owner to add this to the note just now.

The three of them walked around for a long time. Except for Ye Qingqing who was very excited, Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing were already tired and hungry.