Defeat natural disasters with farming

"Crack-"

The cut chestnuts are slowly roasting in the stove, and the shell gradually shrinks, revealing the brown chestnut kernels inside. The glutinous, soft and slightly sweet chestnuts taste very delicious.

With a little force, Ye Yu cracked the chestnut shell, peeled off the brown-red film on the chestnut kernels, and put the plump chestnut kernels into his mouth.

In just a few days, the Ye family could eat almost all the chestnuts picked on the mountain. Because Ye He ate too much, he began to hiccup at any time, especially in the middle of the night. Fortunately, his brother Ye Hai is now in the county. He was the only one living in that house, so he wouldn't disturb others.

The heavy snow fell for three consecutive days before it stopped, and when it stopped, the snow had already accumulated as deep as an adult's knee.

Because of this, it was really inconvenient to go out, even the tofu business in the village was temporarily put on hold, and the whole village fell into a rare tranquility, almost everyone stayed at home Maodong.

However, this rare tranquility was quickly broken.

This day was originally an ordinary day, Ye Yu's family stayed in the main room to kill time, the men sat on the kang weaving wicker baskets, the women sewed and mended under the light, and occasionally chatted a few words.

Ye He and the others got together and played hopscotch that Ye Yu had come up with. I don't know if it was because it was fun, but Ye Yu himself danced happily, and sweat broke out on his face.

Seeing this, Mother Ye put down the half-padded coat and told him to come over and wipe off his sweat, "This game looks interesting."

Ye Yu gulped down a glass of warm water, "I have many other games to play."

The crowded eagle catches chickens, throws handkerchiefs, and hides and seeks.

Few people throw sandbags and skip rope.

Both are fun games to play with family siblings.

Just when Ye Yu had rested and was about to continue playing, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Aunt Ye was stunned for a moment, who would come here in such a cold day?While thinking this way, she was not slow on her feet, and hurried over to open the door. It took a lot of effort to open the door, the ground was slippery and it was not easy to use force.

As soon as I opened the door, I found that it was Ye Cheng's mother who knocked on the door. She was obviously not wearing clothes for going out. She looked very thin, and her face turned blue from the cold. She stamped her feet and rubbed her hands from time to time.

Seeing that the door was opened, Ye Chengniang quickly forced a smile, "I'm sorry to bother you, I may have to trouble your youngest brother for something."

Aunt Ye wanted to invite Ye Chengniang in, "I'll tell you after she comes in, it's so cold outside. As for the third child, he's not at home now, and he may have to wait a while before coming back."

Ye Chengniang was a little disappointed when she heard the words, "Then don't bother, I won't go in."

She hunched over and turned to leave, seeing Mrs. Ye frowning. The last time I saw her was before Luoxue. At that time, she had a fight with Mrs. Wu. She looked full of energy, but it was very different from her current appearance. Don't.

Mrs. Ye closed the door full of doubts, what happened?

After returning to the main room, she told the others about the matter. Mother Ye pondered for a while and said, "I haven't heard anything about their family either? And how could it be related to Cheng Nan?"

The connection between their two families is nothing more than Ye's father had saved Ye Cheng's life, and later Ye Cheng's father wanted Ye Cheng to worship Ye's father as godfather, but Ye's father did not agree.

Mrs. Ye stroked her hair with a needle, "Why do you think so much? Since she doesn't say anything, it has nothing to do with us. If you have time to think about her, why not think about what to eat today."

Ye He happened to hear this, and he quickly asked: "Then what are you having for lunch today? I think the sauerkraut accumulated last month is almost enough, why don't we make sauerkraut vermicelli."

The accumulated sauerkraut needs to be marinated in the tank for at least a month before it can be eaten. Their family will basically pickle a batch every month, and take it as you like.

As for vermicelli, it is also a regular food at home. Knead the starch from potatoes into balls, then cut into small strips, boil them again, and dry them to become dry vermicelli. No matter how they are made, such vermicelli are delicious.

Mrs. Ye really thought about it, "I remember that our family still has a piece of pork that we haven't eaten. Let's make pork sauerkraut vermicelli in a while. During the Chinese New Year, we can divide the pigs into new years, and there will be fresh pork to eat at that time."

Their village will uniformly raise one or two new year pigs, and they will eat pig-killed dishes during the Chinese New Year.

The piece of meat at home was pork belly, and what Ye Ersao's natal family sent was not a domestic pig, but a wild boar they had hunted.

Aunt Ye and Mother Ye responded together, seeing that it was getting late, they got up and went to the kitchen to cook.

Compared with domestic pigs, wild boars have a stronger smell and more chewy meat, so they have to be blanched before eating. The dark red pork belly is cut into small pieces and floats in the pot.

After removing the fishy smell with onion, ginger, garlic and star anise, stew it with shredded sauerkraut. When it is almost cooked, you can put the vermicelli in it, and it will come out of the pot after a while.

Sour sauerkraut, slippery vermicelli, lean and chewy pork belly.

The taste together is simply amazing, even eating a bowl of soup with water warms up the whole body.

Halfway through eating, there was another knock on Ye's door.

Mrs. Ye was also wondering why so many people came here today.

She asked Ye He, who was near the door, to open the door. Ye He still had food in his mouth, and ran over and back like the wind.

It turned out to be the village head. The old man Ye who was sitting in the main seat saw him and stood up quickly, "Why are you here? Please sit down."

After speaking, he patted Ye Laoer again, and said bitterly, "Don't be dazed, hurry up and get another pair of bowls and chopsticks."

Village head Ye waved his hand, with a tired face on his face, "Don't be too busy, I just came to tell you that Ye Cheng's in-laws brought someone over just now, saying that their family had agreed with Ye Cheng's family, and the gift they gave was Our tofu recipe, but Ye Cheng’s family is not trustworthy and did not give a bride price. But Ye Cheng’s father said that there was no such thing as a bride price at the time, and the Qian family said they didn’t want a bride price, saying that they liked Ye Cheng himself.”

He slapped the table and said angrily: "What do you mean there is no betrothal gift? No matter how poor the family is, the man's betrothal gift and the woman's dowry are all prepared. How come they say that there is no betrothal gift at their house."

The old man Ye and the old lady Ye looked at each other, and both of them were a bit concerned, even if Ye Cheng's family wanted to take advantage of it, they were tricked by the Qian family, and they thought that they could marry a girl from the county without a bride price, and they didn't want to. How can there be such a good thing in the world.

"Then what do you say next?" Old Man Ye asked.

Village Chief Ye sighed, "It's not just this matter, Ye Cheng's uncles are not willing to hand over the prescription, they say they want to hand over the prescription, and they will separate the family, and they want Ye Cheng's father's room to be separated alone. out of the house."

When he said this, he couldn't hold back and sighed again, "Not to mention the people in our village, even if you think about it with your feet, you know they don't want to."

If Ye Cheng's father really wants to hand over the prescription, then their family will not be able to survive in the village.

Old man Ye put down his chopsticks, "This prescription was sent by the chief of my family's third son. We also thought that the village could make more money, but we never thought of selling it to other people."

Village head Ye nodded, "I know, let them solve the matter of Ye Cheng's family by themselves, I came here to tell you, don't agree to them just because you are soft-hearted."

It seems that Ye Laosan's chief was named Chu when he was in the army?If he remembered correctly, General Chu is still guarding the border now, he has been promoted to a rank, and he is a first-rank official. It is normal to have a few secret recipes in his hands that ordinary people don't know.

When Village Chief Ye left, the old couple lost their appetite.

Granny Ye put down her chopsticks, "What's the matter? Ye Cheng's grandma agreed to this."

Ye Cheng's grandfather died early, and his grandmother brought up three sons by herself. She was a very shrewd and capable person. Normally, she would not agree to such absurd thing.

"People's hearts change, who knows what they think."

Ye Yu listened to this matter with pricked ears, thinking in his heart, it's really touching people's hearts, a tofu recipe can involve such a thing.

This matter did not end here, but it was a good time for the villagers to watch the excitement.

Ye Cheng's family killed the Qian family and didn't ask for a bride price. They also said that if they regretted getting married, they would let the two couples write a reconciliation and separation letter, and they would marry separately in the future without interfering with each other.

This era is extremely harsh on women, and Ye Cheng's family took this into account when they said this, and that Mrs. Qian was the most innocent person in this matter.

When Mrs. Huang came to look for Mrs. Ye, she brought a new message.

"Ye Cheng's mother didn't know about this, and always thought that his parents had already prepared a bride price, and even took out his own coffin so that the Qian family would not look down on him."

After Mrs. Huang finished speaking, the two of them thought of the scene yesterday when Ye Cheng beat his son with a stick.

"That's true." Mrs. Ye shook her head and didn't know what to say.

"How about Ye Cheng's wife?"

Mrs. Huang was silent for a while before answering: "It doesn't look very good. She is a girl from the county town. She is not used to it in the village. She can't do any farm work. There will inevitably be friction between sisters-in-law. Now it's happening again. It’s only going to get worse when things like this happen.”

There was pity in her tone.

Mrs. Ye said: "Why bother, our peasant family might as well marry the peasant family. There is a saying, Qi Dafei, right? Whether it is marrying a wife or a daughter, it is best to be married to the same family."

"Yeah, our brother Yuan's daughter-in-law is a good one. In the past few months of marriage, she has been taken care of up and down, and she is the top leader inside and outside. She also gets along very well with sister Hui."

Mrs. Huang was gratified and satisfied with her vision.

"When Brother Hai talks about kissing later, you can call me Zhangyan as much as you want, and you must find him a good one."

The daughter-in-law of the eldest son and grandson is very important, not to mention other things, there is a saying that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, from this sentence we can see the importance of the elder sister-in-law.

Mrs. Ye gave her a white look, "Brother Hai is not in a hurry to get married. Older children will be healthier. Eighteen or nineteen is the most suitable age to get married."

Although Mrs. Huang didn't agree with her sister's idea, she didn't refute it. She just said, "It's a matter of time."

The two quickly changed the subject and chatted about other things.

However, shortly after they talked about this matter, Ye Cheng's family had a new reversal.

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"Cat's Farming Life"

Mi Ruan always thought that he had traveled to the primitive era in history, and was about to gear up to make his tribe move from the hunting era to the agricultural era in advance.

What rice, wheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes...

Paper making, gun/powder, cement...

However, the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. The first time he went hunting, he bumped into a group of five-meter-tall bighorn sheep.

Before he could react, the partners around him shouted at the sky, and suddenly transformed into various animals.

Tigers, lions, leopards...

Full of fluffy felines!

For a moment, Mi Ruan couldn't tell whether he was excited or scared.

Isn't this a paradise for shit shovelers!

One-sentence introduction: It is probably a story about a little cat farming in the infrastructure of the orc tribe.