The happy little days of the Ye family

Chapter 646 Miscellaneous Book Rental

Ye Qingqing looked out the window. It was still raining lightly outside.

"These books cannot touch water, otherwise they will be destroyed."

Ye Qingqing found a large piece of oil paper, wrapped the books in the sack tightly, and then called Tang Xiaojing to carry a sack of miscellaneous books to Ye's house.

When Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing came over, Mrs. Ye and Wang Chunyu were playing with Xiao Qi in the hall.

Ye Qingqing has been busy buying a house and hunting for treasure these days. He hasn't seen the little guy for several days.

Seeing Ye Qingqing coming over, Xiao Qi was very excited and jumped a few times in Wang Chunyu's arms. Wang Chunyu almost didn't hug him.

The little guy still had a small piece of rice cake in his mouth, babbling words that Ye Qingqing couldn't understand.

Ye Qingqing hugged Xiao Qi happily, and found that the little guy was a little heavier and looked very cute with his plump flesh.

Ye Qingqing saw that Xiao Qi was so cute that he couldn't help but kiss the little guy's smooth little face several times.

The little guy jumped happily in Ye Qingqing's arms, and kept patting Ye Qingqing's face with his little hands.

"Easy, you little rascal."

Ye Qingqing patted Xiao Qirou's little butt again, and it felt pretty good.

The little guy got tired of playing and looked at Wang Chunyu again and again.

Wang Chunyu gently took Xiao Qi over and patted the little guy's back gently. After a while, the little guy fell asleep.

When Father Ye and Ye Donglin returned home, Ye Qingqing was eating cakes and chatting with Mrs. Ye in the hall.

Seeing Father Ye and Ye Donglin coming back, he ran to them with smiles on his face.

"Dad, brother, why are you back so early today! Are the pastries made by my sister-in-law selling well?"

"All the pastries we brought here have been sold out. Only our shop near the academy sells pastries. It's time for the half-grown boys in the academy to eat."

Ye Donglin smiled and rubbed Ye Qingqing's hair, messing up Ye Qingqing's carefully combed bun.

Seeing that Ye Qingqing didn't notice, Ye Donglin happily put down his hand pretending as if nothing had happened.

Father Ye was in a very good mood, "This pastry is indeed selling well, and the business of the braised pork shop and grocery store has also improved. Today, all the braised pork in the shop has been sold out."

"That's good. The shop's business will definitely get better and better in the future."

Ye Qingqing pulled Ye's father and Ye Donglin to the edge of the chair, then opened the sack and took out all the miscellaneous books inside.

"These are all travel notes and story books. 15 of them are old books I bought at the bookstore before, and the remaining 54 were found at the newly purchased house."

"I want to rent these miscellaneous books at the grocery store. I rent a book for two cents, and it is only valid for five days. If I can't finish it in five days, I will have to spend another two cents to renew the lease."

Father Ye is a veteran in business, and he immediately made a very useful suggestion.

"This idea sounds good, but do you need to pay a deposit? Otherwise, those people will steal the book and suffer a big loss."

Ye Qingqing nodded desperately, "A deposit is required, but what is the appropriate deposit? 50 Wen, 40 Wen or 30 Wen?"

Ye Donglin looked carefully at the book Ye Qingqing brought over, read for a while and suggested:

"Qingqing, the book you found in the house looks quite new, and the rice paper is of good quality. If it were at a bookstore in the county, it would probably cost 50 copies."

"Why don't we order a copy of the book with a deposit of 50 yuan? If they take the book for themselves, we won't lose money, so we can treat it as a sale."

"Brother, you, Boss Xiaoye, are indeed not in vain. Just do as you say." Ye Qingqing patted Ye Donglin's shoulder excitedly.

Ye Qingqing looked at Ye Donglin and continued:

"These books are rented in the grocery store. I will be responsible for publishing the miscellaneous books, and you will be responsible for taking care of them. The money earned will be divided 46 between us, brother and sister, 4 for you and 6 for me. What do you think, eldest brother?"

The grocery store originally sold used books. Ye Qingqing's renting of used books in the grocery store would definitely have an impact on the used book sales in the grocery store.

This share actually means to compensate Ye Donglin.

"You paid for it. I put the book in the grocery store for rent, and I didn't do much work. I'll get [-] cents for it."

Ye Donglin knew Ye Qingqing's thoughts, but these miscellaneous books had not sold a few copies, so they had no impact.

Moreover, when renting miscellaneous books, more people come to the grocery store, which is good for the grocery store's business, and he can earn more income from renting books.

The brother and sister pushed back for a while, but finally agreed on a [-]-[-] share. If other miscellaneous books were added in the future, Ye Qingqing would also buy them.

Ye Donglin took out two pieces of red paper, and the brother and sister gathered together to discuss how to write a notice for renting miscellaneous books.

Seeing that the brother and sister were discussing something, Father Ye ignored the matter and went to work on his braised pork business.

I'm going to make spicy braised pork tomorrow. I don't have any rabbits at home, and I don't have enough ducks either.

Father Ye took the donkey cart out and went to the small back mountain to catch rabbits and ducks in the light rain.

Father Ye has already planned a spicy braised pork, braised a duck and a rabbit, and braised a piece of fat sausage.

As for the spicy duck, my family happens to make 3 roast ducks and 2 roast chickens every day. These claws, wings, necks and heads can all be chopped off in advance to make the spicy duck.

There are also chicken offal and duck offal, half of which can be made original and half of which can be made into spicy flavor.

As for setting up a stall on North Street, Father Ye plans to see how the spicy braised pork works first. If business is good, there is no need to set up a stall on North Street.

When Ye's father came back from Xiaohoushan, Ye Qingqing had already gone back to the Tang family, and Ye Donglin was packing up the miscellaneous books that Ye Qingqing brought over.

There are two freshly written notices on the table nearby.

Miscellaneous book rental: The deposit is 50 cents per book. The rental price of each book is two cents. The rental period is 5 days and can be renewed upon expiration.

There is an enlarged line below that reads: The deposit of 50 yuan can be refunded when the book is returned.

Ye Donglin plans to post these two notices in the most conspicuous position at the entrance and the other above the counter.

After dinner, everyone in the Ye family sat together and discussed the pastry business of the shop in the past two days.

One pot of pastry can be cut into 16 pieces, and the total of four pots of pastry is 64 pieces.

Red date cake costs four cents a piece, and other mung bean cakes, osmanthus cakes and rice cakes cost three cents a piece. When all the pastries are sold out, the price is 208 cents.

For the grain, sugar, dates and oil used, a total of 30 Wen will be given to Gongzhong.

After all, four pots of pastry can earn a total of 178 Wen.

The father and son took the finished pastries to two shops in half, and each of them could earn about 89 Wen.

The profit in one day is not much, but in a month, you can earn more than [-] yuan from cakes alone.

Moreover, with more people buying pastries, more people come to the shop, and other items in the shop sell better.

Father Ye thought that the pastry business was pretty good, and with the spicy braised food, setting up a stall on North Street could be put on hold for now.

Wang Chunyu looked at Father Ye, "Dad, all the pastries made in the past two days have been sold out. Do you want to make more pastries?"

Father Ye shook his head, "The pastries are just sold out. If there are too many, they may not be sold out."

"The pastries are new. Business may be better these days. Later, they will be like braised pork. Gradually, people will get tired of them and fewer people will buy them."

Wang Chunyu was quite optimistic and said with a smile:

"Then I will study more other pastries at home. If I get tired of them, I will make other pastries instead."

"Thank you for your hard work, madam." Ye Donglin quietly held Wang Chunyu's hand.