Defeat natural disasters with farming

The Ye family members were sitting around the dining table, waiting for the two elderly people to move their chopsticks first. Mrs. Ye took the lead in picking up a piece of meat for Old Man Ye, and then said: "Okay, don't be dazed, and eat quickly."

As soon as she finished speaking, countless afterimages of chopsticks poked into the stewed rabbit meat in the iron pot as if she had practiced shadowless skills.

Ye Yu is young, and although he knows how to use chopsticks, he is not proficient with them.

Father Ye and mother Ye did not forget to take care of the children while eating by themselves, pieces of rabbit meat fell into Ye Yu's bowl.

"Father and mother, eat." Ye Yu prefers stick noodles filled with broth, as well as soft potatoes and white radishes.

"It's so delicious. If I can eat like this every day in the future, I won't even exchange it for gold!"

Mrs. Ye chewed the rabbit meat and sighed. This sentence caused Mrs. Ye to squint at him, and said with disgust: "You think so beautifully, and you still eat meat every day. It's not bad if you can eat enough."

Boss Ye was not annoyed when he heard the words, he just smiled.

The stewed rabbit meat was thick and soft, and the sides of the pot were delicious. All the Ye family's stomachs were round after eating this meal.

After eating, Mrs. Ye boiled a pot of water again, so the adults were still there, sitting at the table chatting and drinking water.

The children couldn't stay idle, they all ran to the yard to play, even Ye Yu was dragged out by Ye He.

Father Ye twisted a pinch of old tea out of a small black porcelain box and put it into a cup. These teas are wild tea leaves from the mountains and cannot be sold for a price, but they can be preserved for a year by drying them off.

"Ye En brought a message just now, saying that the county lord wants to repair the city wall after the spring plowing, and recruits bricklayers from the village below. Skills are not required, only a little, and a lot of strength."

As he spoke, he slammed his mouth, "It's about seven days of work, and one person will be paid five hundred Wen when it's over."

Don't underestimate the five hundred Wen, now a bucket of rice is only a dozen Wen, and five hundred Wen is equivalent to half a tael of silver.

Mrs. Ye hesitated to speak, "Spring plowing takes a lot of energy. If I go to do manual labor again, I'm afraid my body won't be able to bear it." What's more, it's not like the family can't get rid of the pot, so why bother to work so hard.

Father Ye hesitated for a while, but still told the truth.

"I want to earn more money so that I can send Brother Bao to the academy in the county."

Academies are different from private schools. Most of the students who go to the academy are students who are determined to take the imperial examination, while private schools are more simple. The teacher will teach some enlightenment books, and the students just need to know how to read and write.

There is only one academy in the county, even if it is an enlightenment class for children, Shuxiu is not cheap.

Hearing this, everyone in the room frowned. To be honest, if peasant children want to take the imperial examination, they have to support it with the whole family. For example, Ye Tongsheng in the village barely passed the exam after three or four times. Tongsheng is still counting backwards, even if their family has a family background, they almost didn't offer it.

Leaving aside, let’s just talk about pens, a pen even costs one tael of silver, and farmers may not be able to earn so much money by digging in the fields all year round.

Although the relationship between the three and the second was not bad, the eldest and the second were still hesitant about such a major event.

Seeing this, Father Ye immediately said: "When I came back from serving, the leading general rewarded me with 30 taels of silver, plus the money I saved over the years, we can still afford it for the time being."

When Father Ye was in his teens, the imperial court came to recruit soldiers, and it happened to be their family's turn. At that time, Ye Lao and Ye Er Er had a child waiting to be fed, and a daughter-in-law who was pregnant, but they were very worried.

In the end, Father Ye himself stepped forward, packed his bags and left with the conscription officials. This journey lasted seven years, and when he came back, he was accompanied by Mother Ye. The two became relatives in the border town.

He was injured while serving in the military. The exact cause of the injury is unknown. The doctor in the army said that Father Ye may never have children in this life. This is indeed the case. Father Ye and Mother Ye have not moved since they got married for five years. In the end, Father Ye even gave up. , thinking that it would be a big deal to ask his nephew to offer incense for him in the future.

When Ye's father was thirty, Ye's mother was pregnant with Ye Yu. Others at his age, who got married earlier might even have grandchildren.

During the pregnancy, Ye's mother received meticulous care, but Ye Yu was still less than eight months old when she was born.

When she was just born, Ye Yu was not even as big as a cat cub, her whole body was blue, the skin on her stomach was so thin that she could see the internal organs clearly, and her crying was very weak. She breathed in her arms.

Everyone who has seen it shakes their heads, this child really doesn't look like he can survive.

At that time, Mrs. Ye was so worried that she could not sleep in the middle of the night, not to mention Father Ye, who stayed by his son's side day and night, not even daring to close his eyes.

Fortunately, it's all over now.

This is also one of the reasons why the family members love Ye Yu like an eyeball.

Old man Ye took down the dry cigarette from his mouth, and knocked on the sole of his shoes, "Your mother and I don't care how you two use your own private house, but don't think about your two brothers."

As for the old couple's private house, if the third house doesn't even have food to eat in the future, they will be able to rely on it as parents.

Father Ye nodded and said, "That's what it should be."

He didn't want to take money from the two elder brothers at first, and the first and second families also have children, so he couldn't treat the other children badly for the sake of Brother Bao.

Brother Bao can first be educated in the school in the village, and then send him to a private school in the county when Ye Tongsheng can't teach him. In this way, he only needs to spend the money for the enlightenment book and pen, ink and paper in the early stage, and his family can afford it.

Ye's father and Ye's mother never thought about the possibility that their son was stupid. For them, there was no smarter child in the whole village than Brother Bao.

At this time, Ye Laoer interrupted, "I'll go with you to recruit workers in the county. Your brother and I have no benefit, only a handful of strength."

Ye Lao Er has been stronger than ordinary people since he was a child. He learned hunting from Ye Er's sister-in-law's parents when he was twelve or thirteen years old. Now he can be regarded as a seasoned hunter.

"to make."

Father Ye agreed.

The hall returned to silence.

The old lady of the Wu family and her grandson came here at this time.

Because there were people in the house, the door of Ye's house was not closed, so Mrs. Wu opened the door openly and walked in.

As soon as he came in, he pulled the lotus and said: "Your family eats well, but my poor Shishi doesn't even have food..."

After some singing and reading, the children in the yard were successfully confused.

Mrs. Wu was dissatisfied with the lotus standing there in a daze, she exerted force on her hand again, and her sharp nails suddenly sank into the flesh.

"Ah." He Hua cried out in pain and wanted to shake off Mrs. Wu's hand.

However, Mrs. Wu's strength is not something that a child can resist.

"What are you doing, let go of my sister."

Fortunately, Ye Hai came quickly, and he pushed the lotus directly behind him.

The old lady Wu was pushed back a few steps, ouch, yelled, "You evildoer, old Wu, why did you just leave, now anyone can bully our orphans and widows, what will happen in the future pass."

She was sitting on the ground hammering the ground and howling, feeling reluctant to part with the snack, so she didn't take it out.

Ye Yu stared dumbfounded at the old lady and the fat black boy who followed her and stretched his neck to look into the main room.

Mrs. Ye rolled her eyes when she heard the movement. The surname Wu has not changed in so many years, so she can do whatever she wants, Sapo is the best.

"Okay, stop howling, I don't know what you think? I'll tell you bluntly, it's impossible to take advantage of our family!"

Mrs. Ye was not afraid of her, so she called her eldest grandson, kept one of them, and kicked them all out the door.

The door closed heavily in front of Mrs. Wu's nose.

"I want meat, I want meat!"

Shitou refused to leave, and cried in front of Ye's house, accompanied by Mrs. Wu's cursing at Sang Huai from time to time.

However, the Ye family didn't seem to hear them. They should wash the dishes and feed the chickens, but they didn't take them seriously.

In the end, Shi Shi's cries became hoarse, Mrs. Wu was out of breath from scolding, and the door finally became quiet.

Second Sister-in-law Ye curled her lips, "This family is getting more and more noisy than each other, so I'm sorry for recruiting them."

Having been neighbors for such a long time, they are naturally clear about the mess of the Wu family. All the food in the house is first fed to Mrs. Wu, Wu Dalang and Wu Shitou, and the rest are their daughter-in-law and four. girl's.

When Zhaodi was six years old, she took over the household chores, cooking, washing dishes, and chopping firewood. She had to do everything, and she was not allowed to eat until she finished. The girls were skinny and skinny.

Aunt Ye sighed, "There are few girls in our village, and there is no one like them."

Ye Family Village doesn’t know why there are many more boys than girls born every year. Boys will always get married after they reach adulthood, and there are very few girls to choose from, so it’s not like they all love girls, but there is no such thing as the Wu family who doesn’t treat girls as human beings. .

"That's right, the four girls of the Wu family have to cut firewood in the winter. Didn't the youngest one almost fail to come back last time?"

Ye Yu moved a small stool and sat next to his mother, holding red date tea in his hand, listening to gossip while drinking.

He also had some impressions of this matter, it was around the time of the Chinese New Year, usually they cut down the firewood they burned in winter, or replenished their stocks during the day when it didn't snow.

I don’t know what’s going on with the Wu family. It’s still snowing, so he said there wasn’t enough firewood, and he sent the four girls out of the house to chop firewood. in the house.

Or their family couldn't see it, so they distributed some of their own firewood to Zhaodi and the others.

Even so, the youngest Laidi was still suffering from cold, but Mrs. Wu didn't want to call a doctor. She swore that the doctors were all liars, and that Laidi could just cover her under the quilt.

The angry old lady Ye almost fought her.

In the end, thanks to the head of Yejia Village who came over and gave Mrs. Wu a scolding, she died down.

However, Dr. Hao prescribed the medicine, but she refused to pay even a little money for the medicine. Zhao Di knelt down and begged her, saying that she would return the money for the medicine, but she refused to pay.

This family is the best family Ye Yu has seen after traveling, especially Mrs. Wu, and their Dalang. With a simple face and a treacherous heart, he is a cold-hearted, selfish person.

He is enjoying the life his mother created for him, and both his wife and daughter have to serve him.

Ye Yu didn't believe it, Wu Dalang couldn't hold back his mother, but if he could say a few words for his daughter, Laidi wouldn't be so seriously ill, and Old Madam Wu wouldn't even pay for the medicine.

Thinking of this, Ye Yu let out a long sigh, causing Auntie Ye to pinch his face, "Why is Brother Bao sighing?"

Mother Ye smiled and said, "There is nothing to worry about, children, go wash your face and go to sleep."

The author says:

very very very slow heat