kingnovel Chapter 542 Selling Prey
Chapter 542 Selling Prey
As expected by Father Ye, the two roast chickens were quickly sold out.
Luohe Town has a well-developed water system. There are basically rivers and streams everywhere, and everyone is tired of eating fish.
However, the price of grilled fish is cheap, so some people are still willing to give it a try and try this new grilled fish.
Before lunch, Father Ye only sold three grilled crucian carps.
Roast chicken and grilled fish sell well, but other braised meats sell more slowly. By lunch time, there was still a lot of braised pork left.
Fortunately, students from nearby colleges came over for lunch and sold a lot of braised pork rice.
Of the two remaining large grass carp and one crucian carp, only two were sold during lunch, and there was one grilled grass carp left.
But it was not wasted. The remaining grilled fish was happily eaten by Ye's father and Ye Donglin.
In the evening, Father Ye sold the last two ribs, immediately closed the door outside, and started counting the money with a smile on his face.
Roast chicken looks quite cheap at 15 cents a piece, but in fact, it only weighs a little more than half a catty. Calculating, a roast chicken costs 60 cents, and there is a lot of profit in it.
Fish is inherently cheap, and not many people like to eat fish. You can barely earn a few pennies from a grilled fish.
But even so, after deducting costs, Father Ye also made 286 yuan today.
Although the business of the braised pork shop is not as good as when it was at the dock, it is still open for business every day, and there is no city fee or rent.
Now that the business has stabilized and he can earn six to seven taels of silver a month, Father Ye is quite satisfied.
Moreover, he also sells rabbit fur coats and collects dry goods, so there are many ways to make money.
Ye Qingqing's embroidery was finished yesterday and will be sold at the Li Family Embroidery Workshop in the county town today.
Ye Qingqing had always gone to the county town to sell embroidery with her mother Ye and her second aunt Li.
However, Ye Qingqing was delayed for a long time before and after her marriage. Ye's mother and Mrs. Li had already gone to the county to sell the last embroidery.
Ye Qingqing planned to go to the county with Tang Xiaojing. Ye Qingqing had not been to the county half a year before they got married. She still wanted to visit the county.
Ye Qingqing was called out by Mrs. Ye early in the morning. After breakfast, she took the embroidery and went out with Tang Xiaojing.
Instead of going directly to the county, the two went to Stone Mountain first.
Now that summer has just begun, there are more and more animals on the mountain. A few days ago, Tang Xiaojing took his family's long-term workers to dig a lot of traps on the two hills at home.
Every morning, the head of the family would go up the mountain to check the traps, while Tang Xiaojing had to take the prey caught from the traps to the county to sell.
Most of the herbs that can be harvested on the mountain have been picked. In the next few months, the prey on the mountain will be Tang Xiaojing's main source of income.
The two came to the foot of Stone Mountain, and two groups of long-term workers from the family just came down from two hills.
Today's harvest was pretty good, including one deer, one wild goat, and 11 hares.
The long-term worker put the prey on the bullock cart, and then a tall long-term worker moved a large cage onto the bullock cart.
Inside the cage were nine live rabbits that were to be sent to the Liang Family Restaurant. Tang Xiaojing delivers rabbits to the Liang Family Restaurant every three days, and today happens to be the third day.
The carriage was filled with prey and there was a large cage. Ye Qingqing could only sit on the shaft of the carriage outside with Tang Xiaojing to catch the carriage.
Ye Qingqing was afraid that the prey inside would stain the embroidery, and that the delicate silk would be stained with the smell of blood, so she held the finished embroidery in her arms.
The two of them sat outside the carriage, chatting and hurried on, and finally arrived at the county before noon.
There were live rabbits on the ox cart. Rabbits are easily frightened and may die of fright. The two went to the Liang Family Restaurant first.
Tang Xiao Jing took Ye Qingqing to the backyard of Liang's restaurant in a familiar manner. At this time, there was already a waiter waiting at the back door.
As soon as Tang Xiaojing got out of the car, the waiter enthusiastically helped Tang Xiaojing lead the cattle, and then helped move all the prey out of the cart.
After everything was moved out, Tang Xiaojing took some dried mushrooms out of the cattle cart and secretly gave them to the man he knew just now.
The waiter happily accepted it and turned around to call shopkeeper Liang.
After a while, Shopkeeper Liang came over with a big belly. Shopkeeper Liang has lived a happy life in the past two years and has gained a lot of weight.
Shopkeeper Liang's smile became even brighter when he saw wild goats and deer deer. The rich men in the county liked to eat these game meats.
Shopkeeper Liang wanted both the deer and the wild goat, while the rabbit only wanted the nine live rabbits originally ordered.
The price is the same anyway, so Shopkeeper Liang would of course prefer a live rabbit.
The guy on the side quickly weighed the prey. "Shopkeeper Liang, the wild goat is 41 pounds, the deer is 28 pounds, and the rabbit is 68 pounds in total."
Shopkeeper Liang nodded, "It's still the same. Wild goats cost 35 cents per catty, deer deer cost 20 cents per catty, and rabbits cost 12 cents per catty."
Then shopkeeper Liang took the abacus and fiddled with it very skillfully.
“41斤野山羊一共1435文，28斤獐子一共560文，68斤兔子一共816文，总共是2两811文。”
"Yes, that's the number." Tang Xiaojing on the side also counted it again, and it was the same as Shopkeeper Liang's calculation.
Shopkeeper Liang gave the silver to Tang Xiaojing, and Tang Xiaojing turned around and handed it into Ye Qingqing's hands. Ye Qingqing was in a very good mood after receiving the silver.
Tang Xiaojing took the remaining 11 hares to other restaurants and sold them.
There are two hills in the Tang family. Sometimes they hunt too many prey, and the Liang family restaurant can't eat them all every time.
Therefore, Tang Xiaojing has a good relationship with other nearby restaurants and often comes to sell hares or other prey.
Tang Xiaojing went to two restaurants and sold all 11 rabbits, earning another 924 coins.
"Today's harvest was pretty good. The rabbits and prey we brought were sold for a total of 3 taels, 735 Wen."
Ye Qingqing made more than three taels of silver in one fell swoop. He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He couldn't suppress the raised corners of his mouth.
Looking at the cheerful Ye Qingqing, Tang Xiaojing also laughed, and the young couple kept having fun on the road.
After selling the prey, the two went straight to the Li family embroidery workshop. Ye Qingqing was a little hungry and hurriedly sold the embroidery so that he could have lunch.
As soon as Ye Qingqing came in, shopkeeper Li noticed that she had put on her hair in a woman's bun, and enthusiastically took Ye Qingqing's hand and said:
"Qingqing is getting married, but she didn't tell me anything. I went over to have a glass of wedding wine."
"Sister Li, you still have to take care of such a big embroidery workshop, and you won't be able to leave even if I tell you." Ye Qingqing said with a smile.
"This is your husband-in-law. He is tall and strong. He looks like a good match."
"Sister Li will tease me. This is the embroidery I brought this time. Sister Li, take a look." Ye Qingqing took out the embroidery.
What Ye Qingqing did this time was a peony painting, but it was a little smaller than before, and it was a medium-to-large embroidery painting.
"This picture is good, but it's just a little small. Why don't you make the big pictures like before?" Big pictures make more money, and shopkeeper Li prefers to accept big pictures.
"I just got married and I was worried that I wouldn't have time to do it, so I made a smaller one. Next time I will make the big picture like before."
"Okay, why don't you make this peony picture next time? The two pictures last time sold very quickly. Although this small picture is also beautiful, it is not as popular after all."
"I listened to Sister Li. I am also familiar with this peony pattern and can embroider it easily."
Shopkeeper Li knows better which embroidery products are easier to sell. If the embroidery cannot be sold, the embroidery workshop may not be willing to accept her embroidery next time. Ye Qingqing naturally listens to shopkeeper Li.