Defeat natural disasters with farming

Ye Yu picked up a small packet of seeds from Deputy Han and soaked them in clear water. The largest of them was lychee seeds, and he had a bowl of clear water all to himself.

These bowls are placed in the village's greenhouse, where the kang is kept burning day and night. Although the temperature is not very high, it is also above zero, which is enough for the seeds to germinate.

The remaining seeds were re-wrapped by Ye Yu, dried and placed in the cellar. I don't know if they can still germinate. Let's try again when the weather gets hotter.

These days, Ye Yu goes to the greenhouse every day to see if the seeds in the bowl have germinated, and occasionally changes the water. However, it is regrettable that after seven days, these seeds have not germinated, and even faintly. Seeing the smell, Ye Yu could only sigh, and poured out all the water and seeds.

Father Ye also took a look before he threw it away, rubbed the seed coat with his hands, and said: "The seeds are not damaged, but the temperature is too low, don't you still have some? It should be fine to plant when the weather gets warmer. "

"Then wait for a while." Ye Yu has given up hope.

He wiped his hands clean and asked his father, "How are Deputy Han and the others doing in the village?"

"It's okay, I helped a lot. Isn't the soy sauce we made a year ago already fermented? They just helped with some work." Father Ye said.

Speaking of soy sauce is also a long time ago. Those tanks of soy sauce are estimated to have been stored for more than a year, and now the fermentation is finally complete, and the residue can be extracted.

And the next thing they have to do is very simple, just put the filtered liquid into the pot and cook for several hours, then add sugar and aniseed ingredients to enhance the flavor and color.

The soy sauce produced in this way is the same as before. It is ruddy in color, clear and translucent, and it is not cloudy when shaken. When cooking, add a little bit, and the cooked dishes will be full of fragrance.

Ye Yu nodded when he heard that. It takes eighteen months for the soy sauce to ferment properly, and they have waited a long time to get these cans of soy sauce.

"Now it's snowing again, and there's even hail. I guess they won't be able to go back for a while," Ye Yu said.

"Yes." Father Ye replied.

He was quite emotional, it was really inconvenient to travel now, the accident that Deputy Han and the others encountered was just a microcosm, and there might be more tragic things happening.

There are only a dozen or so of them left, and they don't know how to explain after they go back.

How can I explain it?

Deputy Han confided in Ye Yu's house when he was drinking, "People in our business have their heads tied to their trouser waists. A caravan has five or six assistants, and each assistant has more than 100 people. You have to change a group of people at a time.”

"Of course, while the risk is high, the benefits are also high. You only need to go to the store once and you can rest for half a year."

Deputy Han sighed, "The boss of our caravan won't get angry because of this."

Ye Yu asked him: "If one of your subordinates dies unexpectedly, how do you usually deal with it?"

"For the funeral expenses, we will give ten stones of rice and fifteen bolts of cloth at one time, and five stones of grain and ten bolts of cloth every year for the next three years, and we will arrange a living job for the family members," Deputy Han replied.

Ye Yu calculated in her heart, this kind of pension is not bad, not to mention a lot, but it is enough for them to get through the most difficult time.

Father Ye had a question, "Can't you farm the land?" Why do you have to do such a dangerous job if you can farm the land.

"Recently, the vegetation has grown wildly. The field that was cleared the day before was re-occupied by various vines the next day. It was useless even if it was set on fire. Weeds grew around the field within a few days after planting the seeds, squeezing the seeds. In the living space, the seeds can't germinate at all, and the food that can be harvested is getting less and less.

There are many people who can't survive, so they have to look for work everywhere, so although it is dangerous to work in our caravan, there are quite a few people who are willing to come in, at least they can support their families, work for a few more years and save money, even if they meet It's okay by accident. "

Deputy Han's words made Ye Yu quite emotional. When he heard the word money, he asked intently, "Do you already have new coins?"

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention that we also built a new city like a capital, called Morning Glory City, and the owner of the city is the boss of our caravan. The first thing he did after building the city was to mint coins. Unique spar."

As he spoke, he took something out of his pocket, "Here, that's it."

Ye Yu looked over curiously, and saw that it was a colorless and transparent spar, a bit like white crystal, shining brightly in Deputy Han's hand.

"In addition to this white one, there are also pink and yellow ones. Among them, the most valuable one is a kind of purple, which is not available to ordinary people. Of course, under the spar, there is also a kind of one that is close to the texture of stone. Common people use this kind more." Deputy Han explained: "The rest are basically lost, and this is the only thing I have on hand."

"Aren't you afraid that someone will counterfeit currency?" Ye Yu took the white crystal from his hand and looked at it. This crystal was only as big as his thumb, and it should have been specially polished, showing an oval shape with thicker sides in the middle. Thin.

After a rough look, he began to look carefully again, and only after this look did he see the clues. Although the crystal looks radiant on the outside, there are many cloud-like impurities and fracture lines inside the crystal, and the quality is not good. It is more than enough for currency.

"Don't be afraid, only our city lord has such crystals." Deputy Han's words were full of trust in their city lord, which made Ye Yu curious about what kind of person the city lord was.

There are also crystals. It is estimated that the minerals are firmly controlled by the city lord.

"I see that you actually have the prototype of the city." Deputy Han carefully put the white crystal back into his pocket, and then said enthusiastically: "The outer city wall is the outer city wall, and the inner city wall is the inner city wall. Between the outer city wall and the inner city wall It is the outer city, and within the inner city walls is the inner city.”

When he said this, Ye Yu's heart moved.

"Can you build a city casually now?"

As soon as he said this, Ye Yu knew that he had asked a stupid question. Even the government was gone, and it was up to him whether to build the city or not.

Sure enough, Deputy Han said with a smile: "There is no court anymore, so we have the final say."

"Let's think about it again." They looked at each other.

"Okay, it's not a big deal anyway." Deputy Han drank the rest of the wine in the glass in one gulp, "It's getting late, I should go back."

After he left, Ye Yu pondered for a while, and was quite moved by Deputy Han's proposal to build the city.

Father Ye has also been silent all this time, judging by his appearance, he is probably also thinking about this matter.

"Chenhui City, Wangsi City." Ye Yu said, "Does Jingbian City also count?"

Father Ye nodded and said, "I think General Chu should be the lord of Jingbian City."

Ye Yu thought for a while and said to him, "I think Deputy Han's proposal is worthy of our consideration."

"We can discuss it with the villagers later." Father Ye also thought it was okay.

When Ye Yu was sleeping at night, he thought that when the weather was good next year, he would have to go to these three cities, especially Wangsi City, to see what the rules were.

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This heavy snow continued until the New Year's Eve. On the morning of the New Year's Eve, Mother Ye opened the window and looked at the snowflakes flying like catkins outside, and couldn't help shivering.

She closed the window and said, "Clean up quickly, and post the blessing characters and Spring Festival couplets on the door in a while. After Brother Xu comes, we have to go back to the old house."

It has become a habit for Chu Xufeng to spend the New Year with their family in recent years.

Ye Yu answered after washing his face. He took out facial oil from the cabinet, took out a small piece with his little finger, warmed it in the palm of his hand, and then wiped it on his face. This oil is made of animal fat, honey and pounded osmanthus. It is made of juice, although it is greasy, it tastes fragrant, and the effect of preventing chapping is also very good.

Mother Ye took advantage of the time when father and son put up Spring Festival couplets, and started to pack things by herself. She filled a bamboo basket full, and there were whole slaughtered chickens and ducks in it. Some time ago, she shared the unfinished pork and dried it in the autumn. Bacon and sausages and more.

This is because it is their turn to produce ingredients this year, and all of these have to be brought to the old house.

When Father Ye entered the door, he was carrying a puff of cold air. He rubbed his hands and poured a cup of hot tea from the pot.

Ye's mother gave him a white look, "Leave what you can't finish to your parents, especially the sausage. The parents who sent it to me like it very much. They finished eating it in two or three days. As children, we don't have to eat it." Send some more?"

"I thought we'd have to make some more sausages. After this one was delivered, there wasn't much left at home. The main reason was that we ate it every morning during this period. Sometimes we also spread egg pancakes with a little tomato sauce. It was really delicious. Can't stop talking."

Mother Ye digressed while talking.

Father Ye smiled and listened to her saying, "Okay, okay, I'll go back and see if there is any pork in the village, and if there is any, I'll exchange some."

"There is also tomato sauce. I will make a few more jars next year. Now we only have half a jar left after eating, and it will be gone in a few days." Mother Ye babbled while tidying up.

The father and son listened carefully, nodding their heads from time to time.

It wasn't until Chu Xufeng came over covered in wind and snow that Mother Ye kept her mouth shut.

"Hold it well." Mother Ye handed the bamboo basket to Father Ye, and then instructed: "It's cold on the road, wear thick clothes."

Father Ye carried the bamboo basket, and the group of them soon arrived at the Ye family's old house. At this time, Ye He was already waiting for them at the door. When he saw Ye Yu and Chu Xufeng, he dragged them into the house.

Mrs. Ye raised her voice and told him to slow down, and then said to Ye's father and Ye's mother: "This child doesn't know what kind of wind is suddenly coming, he is in a hurry every day."

Mother Ye waved her hand, "That's great, I just want Brother Bao to learn from his brother."

"It's getting late, let's cook quickly, or we won't be able to catch up with the New Year's Eve dinner."

"Row."

Mrs. Ye took the bamboo basket and looked at it for a second, then said in surprise: "Why do you bring so many things? You can't finish a meal."

"Some of them are for parents, save that sausage for now, I see that parents like to eat it." Mother Ye replied.

When Aunt Ye heard this, she quickly picked out the sausages and put them in the basket in the kitchen, and said with emotion: "This taste is so good, even I like to eat it, and sometimes I feel lazy and don't want to cook, so I cut all the sausages and it's a dish." Good food."

"Me too. I like to eat it dipped in chili sauce. Xinghua likes to eat it dipped in raspberry sauce. The sausage is sandwiched in white steamed buns. It's very sweet." The second sister-in-law Ye also joined the topic.

"If you like it, I'll teach you the steps of making sausages later. It's actually quite simple, but you need pig intestines, and you have to wait until the pigs are slaughtered."

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At this time, the chatting voices of the sisters-in-law became smaller and smaller, because they had already entered the kitchen.