The official road of the farmer

After Ye Junshu finished the afternoon class, he announced the end of the class in the classroom, and the next class start time is to be determined.

Half of the children in the village can support half of the labor force. During the busy farming season, both adults and children have to work in the fields. They have no time to read and write, so they can only choose the slack time. When everyone is busy next year, they can start classes directly. Anyway, teaching needs things are ready.

Starting tomorrow, the village will organize several times to go to the county market together, and his family is also missing a lot of things that need to be replenished.

Ye Junshu went around the warehouse to get a count of the rice and noodles in the kitchen and the warehouse. There will be several months until the beginning of spring next year. Although the children are still young and don't eat much, try to ensure that they are full.People are hungry for a long time, and their body functions have declined. In such a harsh environment in winter, they are most likely to get sick.

What Ye Junshu is most afraid of is that the children will get sick.

I still need to buy some rice, grain and noodles, and the staple food is only more than less.

Ye Junshu calculated the savings in his hand. The village head borrowed two hundred Wen, the mouse brother gave him two to three hundred Wen, and some scattered copper coins. There are more than two and five hundred Wen in total. Compare it with the money in this era. In terms of consumption, Ye Junshu found that he was considered a rich person. Generally, a family could only save two taels of silver a year, and the better ones could save more.

Since you still have plenty of money, you have to prepare everything that should be prepared.

At dawn the next day, Aunt Ming called for someone outside the yard. Fortunately, Ye Junshu was already up at this time and happened to be in the yard, otherwise, Aunt Ming would have to wait for a long time.

Ye Junshu hurriedly opened the door and let Aunt Ming in, and said, "Aunt Ming, it's so early? Are you leaving now?"

Jiang Ming stepped into the courtyard, "Yeah, I won't be able to catch up with everyone later! Boy Zhou, have you decided what to buy?"

"Think it over, Ah Mu, I want to buy fifteen catties of vegetable oil, two catties of salt, two catties of white sugar, and twenty catties of white flour..." Ye Junshu said in a row. This year's harvest is not as good as in previous years. Last year, the price rose by one penny. New rice costs nine pennies a catty, white flour costs seven pennies, coarse grains are cheaper, and can be bought for four or five pennies. They are willing to let them eat coarse grains every day, most of which are mainly fine grains, usually mixed with miscellaneous grains.

Fearing that Aunt Ming would not be able to remember, Ye Junshu was going to repeat it again, Aunt Ming waved his hand and said, "I remember."

Ye Junshu smiled and said, "Ming, the other boys don't know what to buy, such as what to prepare for the New Year? If you see what I'm missing, just help me buy some."

As he spoke, he handed over a tael of silver, "See how much is still missing, and I'll replenish it when I come back."

"It's enough." Ming took the money, "I have to catch up with the set for a few days. If I missed the purchase today, I can buy it again next time. I will take care of it. Don't worry, Zhou boy."

"Luge'er is learning embroidery. If you have enough time, please help me buy some needlework cloth for beginners. You know these things best, so I won't say more." Always use Luoge'er's things It's not a problem, always prepare a complete set for Lu Geer.

After thinking about it, Ye Junshu added, "By the way, Aunt Ming, can I trouble you to visit the pastry shop? See which pastries are more popular with children, and buy some for me."

Children are the most greedy. His younger brothers are well-behaved and sensible and didn't clamor for snacks, so he couldn't ignore them. It was because they were so sensible that his heart ached. Ye Junshu always wanted to treat them better.

"Understood, I'm leaving first!" Seeing that Ye Junshu had finished speaking, Ah Mu hurried to the entrance of the village. He had to join the large army.

Because of the cold weather, Ye Junshu asked the children to stay in the house, and Luo Geer and Xiaozhi brothers also came over. With them helping to look after the twins, he can feel relieved and can leave to do something.

Ye Junshu went to the field to pick the vegetables, some of them were wilted by the frost, but most of them were still resistant to the frost, so Ye Junshu simply pulled them all out and put them in the cellar, otherwise they would be gone when the snow fell.

The ground was wet, and even the green vegetables felt cold. Ye Junshu's hands were already red from the cold. He thought bitterly, not everyone was as lucky as him, who could personally experience the difficult days of the ancient people. People already have greenhouses in modern times, so how can they work hard in the freezing land?

The dustpan was only half filled, when someone suddenly laughed, "Xiao Zhouzi, are you pulling vegetables?"

Ye Junshu raised his eyes, and saw Ye Junhao standing outside the fence, looking at him with his waist down and smiling.

Ye Junshu said angrily, "Otherwise?"

"Haha, it really is a child." Ye Junhao took a few steps back, then jumped with a run-up, easily stepped over the half-height fence, squatted down beside Ye Junshu, picked up a vegetable in the dustpan, and The root system of the vegetable is full of mud.

"Look, you've even pulled out the root of the vegetable."

"Isn't that so?" Ye Junshu frowned and recalled that the green vegetables his mother picked before were washed very clean one by one. Of course, they had no roots, but didn't they be processed after they were pulled out?

Ye Junhao laughed again, and then said: "Look at brother."

Put your big hands on the vegetable stems, flexibly twist and break them, and the vegetables will be pulled out. The roots are still in the ground, and the bottom is clean.

Ye Junhao raised his eyebrows proudly.

Ye Junshu was not convinced, who wouldn't know such a simple thing?

He followed Ye Junhao's movements with his hands, and then broke, um... the first time he was not proficient, it would be better if he practiced twice more.

After practicing twice and then two and two times, Ye Junshu was finally able to completely break off the vegetables without roots. He was extremely proud, and his brother lit up another skill.

Ye Junshu pretended to be casual, and asked, "Brother Mouse, why didn't you go to the county fair?" He thought Brother Mouse would join in the fun!

"There are many opportunities to go to the county. My brother can go whenever he wants." Ye Junhao said indifferently, breaking the vegetables in his hands quickly.

"Er Bomu didn't ask you to help get things?"

"Everyone in the village is together, and everyone can help each other. It doesn't matter if I am there or not."

Ye Junshu nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

With the help of multiple people, things went much faster. After a while, all the vegetables in the field were harvested. Ye Junhao took the pole and left first.

Ye Junshu looked down at the only leeks and green onions left in the field. These can grow all year round. Why don't you just dig some soil and transplant them in the house, and you can still eat them green in winter.

"Xiao Zhouzi, why are you in a daze? Come here quickly!"

Ye Junhao was about to enter the yard, and when he looked back, Ye Junshu was still standing there, so he called out for someone.

"coming!"

Ye Junshu quickly chased after him.

After putting the things away, Ye Junhao smiled at Ye Junshu, as if he was coming to ask me something.

Ye Junshu really wanted to ignore it, but he had no choice but to say, "Tell me, what bad idea do you have?"

"Look at what you said, brother is that kind of person? How can it be a bad idea?" Ye Junhao laughed and put his arms around Ye Junshu's neck, "Xiao Zhouzi, let's go into the mountains to hunt wild animals."

He showed off his bow and arrow. It didn't look like it was made by himself, but it looked very good. Needless to say, it must have been brought back from outside.

Wait, where did he put it?Why didn't he see it!

"Okay!" Ye Junshu had no objection. Anyway, he always wanted to go to the mountain again, but it was delayed and never made it. However, "Shall we go with Uncle Li?"

"Just the two of us!"

"But..." Ye Junshu hesitated for a moment, whether the two of them would have taken a risk, since the mountains are not very safe.

Besides, Uncle Li also said that if you want to enter the mountain, you should go to him...

"Hey! What are you worried about? It's rare to see dangerous animals in the mountains all year round. We don't go into the deep mountains, we just walk around the periphery, unless there are wolves or tigers running out of the deep mountains."

Ye Junhao laughed at Ye Junshu's timidity, "Don't worry, I'm outside, Uncle Dong taught me a few tricks, besides, how could we be so unlucky!"

He is not timid, just cautious, he went into the mountains alone last time!There was indeed no danger.

Ye Junshu had no choice but to go to get his own equipment, while saying: "I always think you are a crow's mouth."

"Nonsense, obviously I am the lucky one!"

"Ha ha."

Maybe everyone went to the county fair, the whole village seemed quiet and empty, and few people were seen along the way.

Ye Junshu walked up the mountain with Ye Junhao, carrying a basket on his back.

There are a lot of evergreen vegetation in the mountains, and this season is still lush. The temperature on the mountain is several degrees lower than that at the foot of the mountain, but because I have been walking, I don’t feel cold.

Today is a cloudy day with insufficient light, and the places covered by tall trees in the mountains are even darker.

The two of them didn't stop all the way, and soon they climbed to the top of a mountain and stood still. Ye Junshu looked around and saw the mountains and vegetation not far away stretching into the distance. He asked, "Brother Mouse, where are we going?" Looks like a wild animal.

Ye Junhao also looked left and right, tapped the bow and arrow on his shoulder, and proposed, "Let's go in and have a look?"

Ye Junshu thought about it, and he agreed before he reached the depths of the mountains anyway.

The two continued to walk in, and the deeper the thorny grass forest became denser, and some traces of human activities could be seen on the periphery, but if they walked a little further, they would not be seen at all.

The road they took this time was completely different from the one Ye Junshu took last time. Ye Junshu didn't even know the way, so he simply followed Ye Junhao.

Pushing aside the cold branches and weeds all the way, Ye Junshu looked around vigilantly, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Mouse, are you sure there will be prey here?"

Why does he feel so unreliable?After walking for a long time, they didn't see a single living thing. How could they find prey if they walked around like this?

Ye Junhao bowed his body and looked around. Hearing Ye Junshu's question, he squatted down and said to Ye Junshu, "Of course, you see!"

Ye Junshu squatted down and looked in the direction Ye Junhao pointed. There were overgrown weeds and thorns everywhere, and he couldn't see anything at all. He looked puzzled.

Ye Junhao explained, "Look, there are traces of small animals walking here. If we look in this direction, we will definitely find the prey."

Ye Junshu looked carefully again, but he couldn't see it at all. I really don't know how Brother Mouse recognized it.

"Uncle Dong taught me how to hunt first-hand. Brother, I have hunted several times. Listening to my brother is sure!" Ye Junhao was full of confidence.

Ye Junshu nodded, and listened carefully to what Ye Junhao said about how to identify the traces of prey. Maybe he can use it in the future, and he can learn the best.