Defeat natural disasters with farming

Ye Yu was wearing a thick padded coat and a hood embroidered with little tigers. He squatted at the entrance of the village with his hands in his hands. Because the color of the clothes was similar to that of the snow, it looked like a delicate snow dumpling from a distance.

"Brother Bao, why are you squatting here alone? You are not afraid of the cold, look at the tip of your nose, it is red from the cold."

Hearing the familiar voice, Ye Yu immediately stood up excitedly, and rushed into Father Ye's arms like a suckling swallow throwing itself into the forest.

Boss Ye and Ye Hai next to Father Ye both looked at them with a smile.

"Dad, I miss you so much."

Father Ye opened his arms, picked up Ye Yu and placed it on his right arm, "Father also misses us as a good boy. Come on, tell me to see if our brother is getting fat."

As he walked, he weighed Ye Yu in his arms up and down twice, and then said with satisfaction: "It's a little heavier than last time, it seems that I have gained weight."

Ye Yu chuckled, "The food cooked at home is very delicious recently, and I ate a lot without paying attention."

He also found that he had rounded a circle visible to the naked eye.

"Just eat it if you like it, look what I brought you?"

Father Ye smiled and motioned Ye Yu to look into the basket behind him.

Ye Yu turned his head to look over, and saw a Wufangzhai oiled paper bag in the pot-shaped pannier, as if the presence of this pastry shop in his life suddenly became very strong recently.

"It's crispy honey food and preserved plum blossoms!"

Crispy honey food is a kind of pastry dessert made of flour. It is made with honey and flour, and sesame seeds are sprinkled on the outside. It is a very sweet snack just from the name.

Although preserved plum blossom sounds like the name of preserved fruit, it is actually a kind of thinly sliced ​​gooseberry and olive mixed with salt. It is salty and sweet, with a slight sour taste. The evaluation is very polarized. People who like it will be very fond of it. People who like it and those who don't like it will also hate it very much.

Both Ye Yu and his mother like to eat crispy honey food, and preserved plum blossoms are the favorite of the old couple of the Ye family.

"When you get home, you can eat a piece first to satisfy your hunger, and keep the rest for tomorrow."

Father Ye said cheerfully: "I see that Wufangzhai has released a few new products, one called Snowflake Cake looks delicious, but the quantity is small and you need to make an appointment, we can buy it to try when we buy new year's goods. "

Ye Yu is fond of sweets, and it is difficult to refuse all kinds of desserts.

In just a few words, Father Ye had already turned the corner with Ye Yu in his arms, and the group of them walked two more steps and arrived home.

Seeing her two sons and grandson coming in, Mrs. Ye couldn't help nodding, "It's good to be back, it's cold outside, go inside and bake."

After entering the main room, Father Ye put down Ye Yu in his arms, and then took out the things in the basket with Boss Ye.

"Father, this is the tobacco stick I brought for you." Father Ye took out Zizhu's dry tobacco pole, and after seeing the old man Ye's disapproving expression, he quickly said: "It's made of bamboo, it's not expensive, but the craftsmanship is good. The one you used has broken several times, and it's time for a new one."

Next, the two of them took out a few more things, namely a box of face oil for Mrs. Ye, and snacks for the children.

Mrs. Ye rubbed the porcelain box in her hand, and said happily: "Go back to your room and rest."

Hearing this, Father Ye took Ye Yu's hand and went back to the house. Mother Ye had already set the kang on fire. She helped Father Ye take off his long coat, and hung it beside the bed to dry before going to bed. Said: "You guys have a good sleep, and I will call you when I eat."

After Ye Mu finished speaking, she was ready to go out to work.

"Wait a minute," Father Ye stopped her, "Look what this is."

He took out a plain green veil from the inner pocket of his cotton coat, and after carefully unwrapping it, a silver hairpin appeared in front of several people.

"I picked several styles, but I still think this one looks the best. Do you like it?"

The silver hairpin is very simple, a slender one, with only a few orchids carved on the top, which looks elegant and fresh.

Mother Ye rubbed her fingers on her clothes in a daze before taking the silver hairpin, with a bit of surprise on her beautiful face.

"Why did you spend money to buy this? It's better to save the money."

Father Ye smiled, "When you married me, you wore such a silver hairpin. Unfortunately, that one has been sold, so I can only buy another similar one."

Mother Ye also thought about the past, the silver hairpin was her dowry, but Brother Bao was pawned to death not long after he was born, but in exchange for a child who lived well, so she has no regrets at all.

"It's not a big deal, it's not worth remembering."

Ye Yu glanced at Ye's father, then at Ye's mother's face of memory, and then said: "Father, quickly put the hairpin on for mother, I think it will look good on mother."

Ye Yu's words seemed to have awakened Father Ye. He took the silver hairpin in his hand and gently inserted it into Mother Ye's bun. After inserting it, he praised: "It looks beautiful!"

This is the truth, Mother Ye is beautiful and gentle, with phoenix eyes and melon-like face, even though she is over thirty years old and has worked all year round, her face is still small, she is only in her 20s at first glance.

Ye's father also has a handsome appearance and a strong body, which is a perfect match for Ye's mother.

Mother Ye touched the silver hairpin on her bun, showing a shy smile, "How old are you, and you still look good."

Ye Yu said disapprovingly, "No matter what age you are, you look good."

"Have you two put honey on your mouth today? Each of you speaks so nicely."

That being said, the smile on Mother Ye's face was profound.

"Get some rest, and Brother Bao, you got up early today and waited for your father to come back, aren't you sleepy? Go to bed quickly."

After Father Ye changed into clean clothes and lay down on the kang, Ye Yu also closed his eyes.

Mother Ye touched the silver hairpin fondly, and took it off and hid it until she was about to leave the house. After all, the wealth is not exposed, so it's better not to take it out, just stay in the house and let it be happy.

In the evening, Mrs. Ye warmed up the leftover braised carp from yesterday, and put some potatoes and white radishes cut into hob pieces into the remaining soup. It is also a delicious dinner with sweet potato porridge.

In addition to these, the two snacks brought back by Ye's father have also become favorites of the family, especially the crispy honey food. Just out of the pan, the skin is already a little doughy.

There are ten in a small bag, which is just enough for each child, and the remaining few are put away by Mrs. Ye, saying that whoever behaves well will eat them.

In the early morning of the next day, the three Ye family brothers rushed to the upper reaches of the Liu River with their net bags.

Donghai County has always had a tradition of winter fishing.

The fish in winter is plump and easy to store. In the weather of minus [-] degrees, there is a large natural refrigerator outside. Once the caught fish is put outside the house, it will be frozen solid. When you want to eat, you can take it It is a good choice to defrost in the house, whether it is steamed or stewed.

Compared with fishing in other seasons, winter fishing is more technical work, because in winter there is a half-meter-thick ice surface that firmly blocks the shadow of fish.

When the weather is warm, fish schools will forage in shallow water areas, while when the weather is cold, the shallow water area has thick ice and lack of oxygen, and fish schools will move to relatively warmer deep water areas for activities.

Therefore, people with winter fishing experience will find a fish nest in the deep water area, that is, the place where the fish lie, cut through the ice and put the fishing net down. If you find the right place, the net will be collected in a few days At that time, there will be many fish in the net.

The Liu River is a tributary of the Tianlan River that runs through Donghai County. The upstream water depth is more than 20 meters, and the downstream water depth is close to five meters. Therefore, the nearby villages basically do not allow children to play upstream.

At this time, the upper reaches of the Liuhe River are quiet and empty, and only the sound of ice-cutting can be heard.

The three of them worked hard on the ice, and it took half an hour to dig out two irregular holes, one for the network entrance and one for the network exit.

Boss Ye took a sip of water and rubbed his stiff, red and swollen hands, "It's been extraordinarily frozen this year."

Ye Laoer nodded, but didn't speak. He was still beating the ice hard. The ice surface they had just dug out, after a short rest, a thin layer of ice formed again.

Father Ye stood with his hips akimbo, the breath he exhaled quickly condensed into white frost covering his face.

"Hurry up and get off the Internet cafe."

The three put the fishing net in through the net inlet, fixed the rope on this side on the ice, and then fished out the rope on the other side of the fishing net with a hook from the net outlet, and fixed it in the same way.

After casting the net, Father Ye touched his nose, which had been frozen unconscious, "Come back in a few days. If it succeeds, you should be able to catch a lot of fish."

And on the ice in the lower reaches of the Liuhe River, many children were skating and playing on the ice. Even adults couldn't help it, squatting on the bank to come up with ideas.

Seeing the three brothers walking home with a hammer and a chisel, someone asked, "Are you three brothers going up and down the net?"

Father Ye nodded, "I don't know if I found Yuwozi right this time."

"It should be true. There are a lot of fish this year. I caught several grass carp before I cast the net. I plan to go to the next net before the Chinese New Year."

Father Ye chatted with him for a few more words before ending the topic.

Not long after the three of them returned home, snowflakes fell in the sky again.

The sky is dark and gloomy, and even people's hearts are heavy.

In the Ye family hall, accompanied by a few oil lamps, Mrs. Ye is sewing quilts with three daughter-in-laws. Now the stuffing in the quilts is cotton. According to Mrs. Ye, counting decades ahead, cotton has not When it was widely planted, the quilts in their homes were filled with catkins or even straw.

"At that time, winter was really tough. We had a kang here, but it was a good thing. A little bit to the south, I don't know how many people will die in winter."

Second Aunt Ye added: "Cotton is good everywhere, but when it is sewn into the clothes, it is a bit bulging, and it is really inconvenient to move."

They are wearing such heavy clothes now, it is cute for a child like Ye Yu to be round and cute, but in the eyes of adults who need to work, it is very troublesome.

Ye Yu was rubbing the hemp rope in his hands, and when he heard what the two of them said, his hands suddenly paused, warm and light, isn't that what we mean by wool.

He remembers that the making of wool does not seem to require too much advanced technology, and the knitting of sweaters is also very simple.

Besides, the elders in his family have extremely dexterous hands, and it is easy to twist the hemp rope by hand, and simple weaving should be no problem.

Ye Yu thought about brewing wine before, but after learning about the methods of brewing in this era, he could only hold back for the time being, because if he wants to improve the brewing method, he must research the distillation props. Under the current situation, the cost performance is not high , it will be more suitable when the family conditions are better in a few years.

On the contrary, wool knitting should be quite suitable for the current situation of the family. He has two sheep in his family. The wool can be shaved in spring. It grows back again. On the other hand, you can test the shaved wool to see if it can be twisted into woolen thread.

The more Ye Yu thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good idea. He wished he could shave the wool of the two sheep immediately. This also caused him to be extremely excited these days. He squatted in the shed without missing three meals, enjoying himself while watching the sheep eat.