Defeat natural disasters with farming

Early the next morning, before the cock crowed, the old man Ye and his wife, Ye Hai and Tao Hua from the big house all woke up. They packed up their things and drove their donkeys to the market.

It is not easy for those who stay at home. They have to water the crops in the field and fertilize the vegetables grown in the yard. Anyway, there are many things.

So when Ye Yu woke up, he was the only one left in the room. He put on his clothes without any surprises, and walked out the door just in time to see the lotus carrying the wooden basin to the chicken coop in the west.

"Brother Bao, you're awake, I left stick porridge and sweet potatoes in the kitchen for you."

After she finished speaking, she poured the chicken food in the basin into the food nest. She said it was chicken food, but it was actually dry bean dregs mixed with some leftovers.

Ye He poked his head out from his room at this time, "Brother Bao, after you finish eating, let's go catch bugs, the old chicken loves to eat that stuff, after eating and laying eggs, we will have eggs to eat."

Ye Yu nodded, thinking about going out, he finished his breakfast in a quarter of an hour.

Ye He was still holding a broken basin in his hand, and he didn't know where he dug it out.

"There are a lot of earthworms and worms here, and you can find a pile of them if you dig anywhere. Brother Bao, just take a branch and fiddle with it."

After speaking, he stuffed the branch in Ye Yu's hand.

Ye Yu saw that the place where they came was right next to a water bubble. The soil was very moist, and with the leaves covering the sky and the sun, it was warm and humid. This place happened to be a paradise for earthworms to grow.

Ye He had already started digging earthworms at this time, and put the earthworms he dug into the basin from time to time.

Ye Yu thought for a while, then picked another branch from the side, and combined the two branches, it was like picking up earthworms with chopsticks. Not to mention, this method is really fast, two people will quickly act like they are holding each other. A pot full of earthworms.

Ye He wondered in his heart, so there are indeed a lot of earthworms here, but not so many, he could see one anywhere he opened it, but he didn't think much about it, he just thought that no one came here to catch earthworms recently .

Seeing that the pots were full, the two decided to go home first.

On the way, they ran into Ye Hui who brought his younger siblings back from picking wild vegetables. This is Ye Zhouyuan's biological sister, and she has a very good relationship with Taohua.

"Yeah, where did you catch the earthworms? Why are there so many?"

Ye He pointed to the place where he came from, "That's the place, maybe no one has caught it recently, the earthworm is much older, just dig it."

Ye Hui looked at the sun, dumped all the wild vegetables in his own basket into the baskets of his siblings, and told them to take them home first.

"There have been a lot of monkey leg vegetables growing under the old tree recently, and we haven't finished picking them yet. Hurry up before others find out."

The two exchanged messages.

When I got home, I found that there were a lot of earthworms caught today. There were only four chickens in the house, and I couldn’t eat them all. I had no choice but to put the earthworms in the bucket first, and then dry them in the sun when they came back.

The old tree is the previous pine tree, with extremely lush branches and leaves.

Sure enough, as Ye Hui said, a lot of monkey leg vegetables grew under the tree.

Monkey leg vegetable is named for its brown hair on the surface, which is very similar to monkey legs. Although it looks ugly, it tastes really good. It can be eaten after a little blanching, and it is very crispy after cold dressing.

The two of them didn't stop their hands, skimming the young shoots that didn't grow and the old vegetables whose leaves had already opened, picking the ones with curled branches and leaves.

Lunch was cooked by Ye Mu, and the dishes were the leftover chicken from last night and the cold monkey leg vegetables picked by Ye He.

In the afternoon, just as the children were sent back to sleep, there was a knock on the door of Ye's house.

As soon as the door opened, there was a couple outside. Mother Ye was stunned for a moment, and then greeted: "Come in, Brother Qiang, why are you two here?"

Brother Qiang, that is, Wang Qiang and his daughter-in-law Liu quickly responded and walked in.

"Third sister-in-law, the tofu recipe doesn't cost a penny, we are here to buy the recipe."

As he spoke, he put the pheasant in his hand on the kang table.

Wang Qiang's widowed mother is also a foreigner who fled from the country, and came from the same place as the Wu family, but the temperaments of the two widowed mothers are completely opposite.

Wang Qiang's mother was very honest. She raised her son alone, and later she pooled money to marry her son. When she finally managed to live a good life, she passed away due to overwork.

Now Wang Qiang and his wife have only one son under their knees. They work hard and can fill their stomachs all year round.

"Come in and sit down, come as soon as you come, why do you still bring something?"

Seeing Wang Qiang and his wife put the pheasant on the kang table, Mother Ye quickly refused, and the other families are fine. The Wang family can be regarded as the poorest family in Yejia Village. I don’t know how they got it out of just a tael of silver. This pheasant is really It should not be charged.

Both husband and wife are stupid, Wang Qiang is stronger than his wife, so he rubbed his head and said with a silly smile: "I caught this in a trap at the foot of the mountain, and I don't have much meat on it, let the children taste it. "

"Bring it back to Brother Shu to eat. As for Fangzi, I will bring it to you together with everyone tomorrow."

Brother Shu is Wang Qiang's son. He is ten years old this year. He has a very good temper. He often helps his parents with work. In the village, he is a child of someone else's family.

Before the two of them could talk again, Mother Ye quickly poured two glasses of white water and sent them over.

Then Mrs. Liu took out the money bag from her pocket, and the bag fell on her hand, bulging and looking extremely heavy, she whispered: "There is no real money at home, here is a thousand dollars."

As she spoke, her voice became even softer, obviously feeling very disturbed. Although it is said that one tael of silver can be exchanged for a thousand dollars, most of the time it takes one thousand taels to exchange for it.

The family really didn't have enough money. Back then, the mother-in-law owed a whole lot of debt to settle down the family. Her husband and her treated themselves like old cows for so many years before they could pay off the debt. Even the thousand dollars was too much. She got it by selling her dowry back then.

Mother Ye took the money bag and didn't make things difficult for them, "Then you guys come over tomorrow at noon alone."

The husband and wife nodded repeatedly, and wanted to put down the pheasant before leaving, but was stopped by Ye Mu.

The two left Ye's house in a daze.

Wang Qiang's black and red face showed gratitude, "The people in the village have really helped our family a lot. When we go back, we must let Shu'er know how grateful we are, and help their children more."

Mrs. Liu nodded. Her thoughts were different from her husband's. Their family was weak in the village. If something happened, there would be no one to help them. Ye was the big surname. If Shu'er could get along with the Ye family The relationship between the children is better, and there will be more or less companions from that day on.

Just as the two were walking and talking in low voices, a sharp and harsh voice suddenly sounded.

"Yo, isn't this Wang's nephew?"

There was a strange ambiguity in the words, "Is this coming to Ye's house to beat the autumn wind?"

Hearing this, Wang Qiang's face was stiff. Although his mother and the old lady of the Wu family came from the same place, their personalities were very different. It wasn't a big deal at first, but for some reason, the old lady Wu just couldn't get along with his mother. , His mother was annoyed by her every time she saw her before she was alive.

Mrs. Wu saw the pheasant in Wang Qiang's hand again, thought it was given to him by the Ye family, and said with envy, "It's really a benefit for you, the Ye family is so rich that even the pheasant can be parted with."

Wang Qiang frowned, "I set a trap to catch this myself."

Mrs. Wu rolled her eyes when she heard the words, and her tone softened suddenly, "Oh, so that's the case. This chicken doesn't look like much meat. Where did you catch it?"

Feeling vigilant, Liu stretched her hand behind her back and pinched her husband's waist, "Didn't you say you were going to pick up the tree later, it's getting late, let's go quickly."

After that, she pulled her husband and walked out, apologizing as she walked, "Auntie, let's talk next time, there are still things at home."

Immediately afterwards, regardless of whether Mrs. Wu said or did not speak, the two trotted away and disappeared.

Mrs. Wu yelled twice, but seeing that they didn't turn their heads back, she gave a "bah", "I'm just as old as his mother."

She walked home cursing, and paused when she passed the Ye family's yard, so the Wang family and his wife came to give money to the Ye family, right?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help swallowing, that's a tael of silver, how much meat can you buy, there really is a big fool giving money to Ye's family, she has a heart to heart, if this matter falls on her, if it really can How can the money-making work be distributed to other people?

Thinking of this, she became proud again, feeling that the whole village is full of stupid people, and she is the only one who can see Ye family's bad intentions.

In this way, he walked past the door of Ye's house with a proud face.