Defeat natural disasters with farming

Mother Ye touched Ye Yu's face, she felt relieved when she didn't feel the cold, and then took out most of the persimmons from his back basket and put them in her own back basket.

Ye Yu wanted to stop her, "Mom, I will recite it myself."

Mother Ye continued to move softly but still firmly, "Good boy, the basket is too heavy, take a good rest when you get back."

"Look at the weather, it seems to be snowing tomorrow." Mrs. Ye exhaled whitely, and could already feel the coldness on her lips.

"The sky is the same cloud, but there is rain and snow." This is a proverb, which means that if the sky is full of clouds, then there will be snowfall.

Mother Ye glanced at the gloomy sky, the clouds looked extremely thick, and she felt like a storm was about to come, "Fortunately, we entered the mountain today, and we probably won't be able to enter tomorrow."

After the snow falls, layers of snow will completely cover the ground. Before the previous snow melts, the second snow will fall again, forming a solid snow layer on the ground. There may even be a situation where Xue Gao Qimen.

The general situation here is that it starts to snow in October and continues until March and April next year. During the heavy snow days, they basically stay at home, and it is really inconvenient to go out.

Granny Ye nodded, "Indeed."

She thought in her heart that it was about time to stock up sauerkraut and make sticky bean buns, and the new year pigs in the village had grown fat and strong, so it was time to kill them and eat them.

When the group reached the foot of the mountain, the sky had completely dimmed, and not even a single star could be seen.

A group of people who went hunting on the mountain came back earlier than them, and the hunting results this time were quite fruitful. A yellow sheep with less air intake and more air output was bound by tree vines and hung on the board. Except for this big one, Everyone still holds two or three pheasants and hares in their hands, which can be called a bumper harvest.

The horns on the head of the gazelle are short and thick, and the limbs are also very short. They often appear in the mountains and forests in groups, and the meat yield of a gazelle is not low, so it is considered a large prey.

After the Ye family put all the harvested things back home, when they came back, some nimble villagers took machetes three times and five times to kill two yellow sheep and cleaned them up neatly. Anyone who worked hard this time could get a piece of mutton.

Ye Yu's family was lucky. What Ye Er got was a piece of fat and thin mutton belly, which is the meat from the belly of a mutton. It is very delicious when it is braised in soy sauce.

In addition, there are some haggis that have been divided up, but no one wants the haggis. The people in the village don't like to eat this.

Ye Yu was greedy, he knew that a recipe about lamb belly was delicious, so he asked his mother to ask for the lamb belly.

In fact, there were only six or seven people who went hunting this time, and everyone got a lot of meat, and those who didn't go into the mountain could only watch enviously.

It's just envy. After all, there are risks and benefits in going to the mountains. If they don't want to take risks, they will naturally not gain benefits.

But not everyone can see this clearly. Some people have the cheek to ask for it, such as Mrs. Wu.

The object of her begging was also carefully selected, and it was Ye Cheng's family who had just married. Because Ye Cheng and his brothers had participated in hunting, their family got the most mutton among all the people.

The new daughter-in-law, Qian Shi, has a thin skin and was overwhelmed by Mrs. Wu, but she held the mutton firmly in her hand and did not ask her to pull it away.

After a while, Ye Cheng's mother heard about this and hurried over. Seeing this scene, she poked her waist and began to scold, "I've never seen an old guy like you. His own children and grandchildren are capable of picking on others when they don't live up to their expectations." Tell your son to go hunting in the mountains by himself, if you can catch it, let alone a piece of meat, the whole sheep is your own."

After finishing speaking, he led Mrs. Qian to go home, and said "Bah" in front of Mrs. Wu as she walked.

"I just can't get used to people like you, who are too lazy to be like a bear, thinking about getting something for nothing all day long."

Mrs. Wu's face turned red with anger, but she didn't dare to say anything else. When she saw the four granddaughters standing aside, she vented her anger on them, "Every one of them didn't live up to their expectations, and they didn't know to come to help. I want a piece of meat for Who, it’s not because our family can have meat to eat, what a bunch of white-eyed wolves, don’t want to eat tonight!”

Ye Yu got angry when he heard that, isn't this a typical bullying and fearing the tough, and even if there is mutton, they probably don't have their share.

Not only Ye Yu thought so, but the old lady Huang who was carrying the mutton on the other side even said contemptuously: "If this is the case, are you capable of not eating the things your four girls picked from the mountain?"

Mrs. Wu stared at the words, "That's what they should honor me."

Then he pushed and shoved Zhaodi, "Why don't you hurry back and cook, because you want your brother to starve to death?"

Zhaodi didn't say anything, and followed her obediently, she was used to it, but for some reason her grandma's temper became more and more irritable recently.

But Laidi, who stood at the end and was blocked by her three sisters and could not see her face clearly, was very angry. She lowered her head and made up her mind to get rid of this kind of life.

The old lady Wu felt a little relieved when she saw Zhao Di with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and walked forward with her head held high. However, when she saw Ye Yu staring at her, she gave him a hard look, which made Ye Yu's face full of bewilderment. Damn, when did he offend this old lady?

What he didn't know was that although he didn't offend Mrs. Wu, his family did. The tofu recipe Mrs. Wu thought it was the Ye family's bluffing, so she didn't worry about it at all. Belittling everywhere, but now the whole village has spent money to buy prescriptions, and every family has made a lot of money, but her family didn't buy prescriptions, so they can only watch with greedy eyes.

It wasn't a big deal at first, the Ye family didn't raise the price at all, and the villagers could still buy prescriptions with a tael of silver. Although the Ye family looked down on their family from the bottom of their hearts, the Wu family could still come to buy prescriptions. It's embarrassing to bow your head like this, and you haven't come to the door until now, and you don't even eat a bite of tofu. Before, you were talking in the village. After being caught by Mrs. Ye, she scolded her severely. Since then, she has blamed Ye's family.

It's totally unreasonable, but Mrs. Wu is unreasonable.

Of course, Mrs. Wu's resentment did not hinder the Ye family at all, at most she complained when she thought they were neighbors.

"Brother Bao, let's go home and cook you mutton." Mrs. Ye touched Ye Yu's head with her rough hands and said cheerfully, "This mutton belly is best for braised in soy sauce. I'll cook it later." Well, you must like to eat."

Before Ye Yu could react, Ye He jumped up first, "Okay, there's more meat tonight."

Others are also happy. Everyone is short of oil and water these days. Even if they can see meat every now and then, most of them are chicken, and there are very few big meats such as pork and mutton.

The family went home happily, and there was good news when they got home. Ye Laoer himself also had a lot of harvest. He caught two hares and a hazel pheasant. The former needs no introduction, but the latter is rare. Yes, the meat is tender and delicious, better than domestic chicken.

The better news is that these three are still alive and can be raised for a while to eat slowly.

Today, Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye are cooking, Mrs. Ye is boiling water, and Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye are taking the children to pack the things they picked during the day.

The chestnut thorn balls are picked out and placed in a willow basket, and the thorn balls are peeled off and dried in the sun tomorrow, and the same is true for pine cones.

All kinds of mushrooms should be placed in a basket separately. I don’t know when they can be taken out to dry. If the weather is always cloudy, then these mushrooms should be eaten as soon as possible.

The intact persimmons should be kept as frozen persimmons, and those with collisions should be taken out, washed and eaten by each person.

In addition to these, there are also a small number of wild fruits, washed with water with the persimmons, and can be eaten tonight.

Everyone was packing their things under the light of the oil lamps, and every sound in the room could be heard clearly, Ye Yu felt inexplicably at ease.

On the other side, Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye were cooking mutton slowly over a low heat. As time passed, a strong fragrance came over. The fragrance was very domineering and sealed everyone's noses firmly.

They couldn't help being absent-minded, and kept twitching their noses.

It just so happened that everything was packed, Mother Ye put the last mushroom in the basket, clapped her hands, and said, "Hurry up and wash your hands and eat."

After speaking, he and Mrs. Ye Er carried a few baskets into the firewood shed.

Ye Yu washed his hands carefully with soap locusts, and then walked to the main room. His speed was a bit slow, and when he arrived, everyone else had also come.

Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye did not keep them waiting, and quickly came out with two food bowls. Today's staple food is dry rice mixed with white rice and brown rice.

Ye Yu thinks that this kind of dry rice is also very fragrant, chewy and rich in rice aroma, and it is a must when paired with the thick and fragrant braised lamb belly.

Some people say that mutton has a layer of skin, layer of oil, and layer of gluten. Ye Yu now understands what this means. After one bite, you can taste the slightly crispy skin, then the oily aroma, and finally the chewy taste. Strong tendons, distinct layers.

The soup is poured on the dry rice, and it is served with potatoes and mushrooms that are full of soup. You can't stop eating rice and meat.

No one has the time to talk while eating, their mouths are full.

Maybe it was because of the heavy exercise today, Ye Yu didn't feel full after eating two bowls of rice, but he also knew that eating too much at once might stimulate the stomach and cause vomiting and diarrhea, so he reluctantly put down his chopsticks.

Everyone's stomachs were full after eating, and Ye He began to think about eating after this meal, "I don't know when I can have another meal of mutton."

It was rare for Auntie Ye not to offend him, and she took it for granted, "The braised lamb brisket made by our mother is simply unique, and no one else can taste it."

Mrs. Ye accepted all the compliments, "That's right, among other things, no one in our village can surpass me in making mutton."

Her natal family raised sheep, and she was the one who got married to Old Man Ye himself, so it was considered a second marriage.

The old man Ye was smoking a dry cigarette with a smile on his lips. He recalled the first time he met Mrs. Ye, he ate a bowl of mutton stewed noodles made by her.

Ye Lao Er licked the corner of his mouth and asked, "What should I do with the sheep belly?"

Ye Yu spread out on the stool, and straightened up with difficulty when he heard the second uncle's question, "Soak the tripe in salt water first, and do it tomorrow."

"Success!" Mrs. Ye scooped up a basin of cold water and soaked the tripe in it.

"Hurry up and boil the water. You little ones have to soak your feet well today, or your feet will definitely hurt tomorrow."

Ye Yu wanted to take a bath a little bit, mainly because of psychological effects, he always felt itchy all over his body, if he didn't take a bath, he might have to think about it all night.