Defeat natural disasters with farming

"Grandma, our sheep seem to have given birth to two lambs in the middle of the night last night!"

Ye He walked in excitedly and yelled.

Mrs. Ye, who was kneading the dough, raised her head when she heard the words, and said cheerfully: "I saw the ewes were very restless a while ago, wondering if it was about to give birth, but I didn't expect it to give birth last night, wait for me to knead the noodles and go over and see .”

Ye Yu was also very curious when he heard the news, so he took Xiaomi and ran to the firewood house. The reason why he ran to the firewood house was because ewes need a slightly higher temperature for production, and the firewood house is a closed space. Connecting a hollow bamboo tube from a house with a kang next to it can increase the indoor temperature.

As soon as you enter the door, there is a rush of hot air.

Ye He took two steps forward and squatted on the ground, looking at the two lambs whose hair was wet and tightly attached to the skin, he said to Ye Yu in amazement: "It turns out that the lambs are born with hair."

Their fur is not pure white, but yellowish-white with a little yellow, but it doesn't look dirty, but looks a little cute.

Ye Yu said in a low voice: "They can't open their eyes yet, and it may take another two days. I don't know whether these two lambs are male or female."

After the rams are raised, they can be killed and eaten for meat, or they can be used to breed with other people's ewes, not to mention the ewes, which can also be milked for drinking.

"Grandma will come over later and let her have a look." Ye He said with a smile, "It looks like we should have a lot of mutton to eat in the future."

From this, Ye Yu thought of the delicious taste of spicy sheep's trotters, kebabs, or rolling slices of lamb in a hot pot, and he couldn't help wiping the saliva that didn't exist at the corner of his mouth.

Xiaomi leaned his head on Ye Yu's lap and sobbed, as if he was also hungry.

The two of them stared at the sheep and swallowed, and they didn't even hear Mrs. Ye pushing the door in.

"What are you two doing squatting here? You can see a flower."

After she finished speaking, she came over to look at the ewe and lamb, and nodded when she saw the ewe's bulging chest and abdomen, "It looks like there is enough milk."

"Milk, should we milk the ewes?"

Ye Yu checked the information in the space, and generally ewes can be milked after calving, but he is not sure if the same is true for the sheep raised at home.

Mrs. Ye shook her head and patiently explained to him: "You have to wait about ten days before you can milk the cows, which is not possible yet."

After all, they are not the same breed of sheep, and it is normal to have differences, so Ye Yu nodded understandingly.

"The ewes can't drink cold water just after giving birth. You two watch here for a while, and I'll boil a pot of hot water."

After Mrs. Ye gave her orders, she hurried to the kitchen, and brought a bowl of warm water from a bowl specially used for feeding sheep.

As expected, the ewe was thirsty, and impatiently moved her mouth to the edge of the basin. With the loud sound of drinking water, the water level in the basin soon dropped by half.

Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Ye put another pot of sheep feed into it, which included various wheat bran and soybean meal. In winter when there is no alfalfa growing, this kind of feed is the ewe's favorite food.

Because the lamb was born in mid-February, by the end of February, Mrs. Ye had packed up her things and was ready to be milked.

Buckets, scissors, towels, and the ewes stood in the house, letting Old Madam Ye meekly handle them. Just as she was about to start, she saw a dark face protruding from the side, which startled her immediately.

"I'm darling, what's wrong with your face?"

Ye He touched his face with his hands. It was fine if he didn't touch it, but his face was black and white when he touched it. He rubbed his fingers and said nonchalantly, "It should have been accidentally rubbed with ashes when the fire was lit just now."

Mrs. Ye couldn't help giving him a white look, "Don't squeeze here, if you have nothing to do, go out and boil more hot water."

After the firewood room became quiet again, Mrs. Ye washed her hands and wiped the ewe's penis with warm water, and then cut off the long hair around the penis with scissors.

Seeing Ye Yu staring at it curiously, she said to him, "Be sure to wipe it clean before milking, otherwise the ewes will get sick."

Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Ye massaged the ewe very carefully, and looked at the ewe's face from time to time, as long as it changed its face, it had to be light.

At the beginning, her milking technique was still very unfamiliar, but she became proficient in milking. I saw two streams of milky white milk spurting out of the ewe's penis and falling into the wooden bucket of her penis.

Because the first two handfuls of goat's milk can't be taken, people will get sick if they drink it, so Mrs. Ye turned her head and told Ye Yu, "Brother Bao, help the milk and bring the clean wooden bucket next to it."

"Eh."

Ye Yu responded, got up and trotted out to remove the wooden bucket filled with a thin layer of goat milk, and moved the new wooden bucket between Granny Ye's legs.

Mrs. Ye said while milking: "No matter how tired you are during the milking process, you can't stop. Once you stop, you won't be able to milk it again, and you must milk it clean. If you don't milk it clean, the ewes will get sick. "

She spoke carefully, and Ye Yu listened carefully, and after a while, half of the bucket of steaming goat milk with a strong milky aroma was ready to be squeezed.

A sheep can only squeeze out so much goat milk. Mrs. Ye walked out with a bucket. Just as she was cooking the pot, she just didn't pay attention. When she turned her head again, she saw Ye He scooping up a spoonful of goat milk. Put it in your mouth.

Before Mrs. Ye could teach him a lesson, Ye He coughed and spat out the milk in his mouth. He accidentally choked a mouthful of milk in his throat, and his face twisted instantly.

"This goat's milk is not good at all! It smells like mutton."

He complained repeatedly after rinsing his mouth.

Mrs. Ye squinted at him, and said angrily, "It's not cooked yet, and you're not afraid of worms in your stomach if you drink it raw."

Although the cooked goat milk still has a strong smell, it is at least better than raw goat milk.

Seeing this, Ye Yu immediately raised her hand and proposed, "You can put a few almonds in the milk when you boil it later."

"Okay," she turned her head and told Ye He, "Brother He, go to the cellar and bring up a bag of almonds."

When Ye He heard her words, he opened his mouth slightly and nodded. His mouth is still very uncomfortable now, and he doesn't even want to swallow his saliva.

Seeing that he was really uncomfortable, Ye Yu took out preserved plums from his pocket, "Come and eat something slowly."

Ye He quickly took the preserved plums and put them in his mouth, finally suppressing the strange smell.

He patted Ye Yu's shoulder in relief, "Brother Bao, you really saved your brother's life."

After speaking, he went to the cellar and brought up a pack of almonds. There were about seven or eight almonds, which were enough to boil goat milk.

The goat's milk does not need to be boiled, it just needs to be heated up. With the increasingly rich frankincense and almond fragrance, the goat's milk in the pot gradually bubbles up.

At this level, the goat milk can be poured out of the pot, and the almonds in it are inedible. After taking it out, the old lady Ye crushed it directly and fed it to the chicken.

The milky-yellow goat's milk shakes in the porcelain pot, which is indescribably craving.

It was time for lunch, and I made pancakes at home. The baked pancakes were cut into thin shreds together with cabbage, and they were stir-fried with salt and soy sauce in a pot. If it wasn't a shortcoming, it was easy to get thirsty when eating, so Mrs. Ye scooped up a bowl of sheep for each of them to eat with it.

Ye Yu lowered his head and carefully tasted the goat milk.

The smell of mutton is unavoidable, and the taste of goat's milk is a bit stronger than that of milk, but it is also acceptable.

The smooth and delicate goat's milk slipped down her throat, and Ye Yu breathed a sigh of relief. It's really refreshing to drink hot milk on a cold day.

Others were also immersed in drinking milk, only Ye He looked at the bowl with a very troubled look.

This unusual posture made Taohua look at him suspiciously, and asked, "Why don't you drink it? The milk flavor is really strong, and it's really delicious."

Ye He hesitated for a while before carefully lowering his head and taking a sip along the side of the bowl. His eyes lit up as soon as he took a mouthful. Boiled goat's milk and raw goat's milk are two completely different things.

"How about it, it's delicious." Ye Yu said with a smile.

"It's delicious!" Ye He looked at the goat's milk with surprised eyes, "I didn't expect that it would taste so good just by cooking it with almonds for a while."

Because the smell of goat milk is difficult to get rid of, they basically don't drink goat milk here, and only occasionally drink a little when they encounter milk, but this kind of situation is also rare, after all, cows are not common.

Ye Yu suddenly missed all kinds of dairy products while drinking goat milk, and now he finally has the time and materials to start making.

Goat milk pudding, goat milk tea, goat milk cake…

Moreover, ewes can produce milk in other days, except for the period from three months of pregnancy until ten days after giving birth, and the milk production is not low.

This means that their family will have fresh goat milk almost all year round.

After drinking a bowl of goat's milk, Ye He couldn't get enough of it. He smacked his lips and said, "Can we drink a bowl of goat's milk every day?"

Mrs. Ye swallowed the goat milk in her mouth, "Then you have to learn how to milk the cows with me, and do it every morning and evening."

"Okay, leave the milking to me!" Ye He swore, patting his chest.

Although Mrs. Ye didn't believe Ye He's words, she still tried her best to teach him how to milk the cows at night. What was unexpected was that Ye He really persisted. The first thing she did every morning was to feed the sheep. The ewes are then milked.

After saving up two or three buckets of goat milk, Ye Yu rushed to Mrs. Ye to make it into goat milk cakes.

"Milk, look at so much goat milk, we can't finish it by ourselves, so let's make it into snacks."

Upon hearing the words, Mrs. Ye said straightforwardly: "You can do it if you want, come and teach me how to do it."

In fact, the method of goat milk cake is very simple. You only need goat milk and corn flour. Corn flour is the so-called corn starch. It is enough to grind the corn into fine flour. It can make the food have a smooth taste and is mostly used in cooking. .

Pour the goat milk and corn noodles into the pot together, mix with water, and cook while stirring over high heat until the liquid in the pot becomes viscous, and it is considered ready when it is lifted.

Then pour it into a wooden basin and put it outside to cool and demould.

Mrs. Ye succeeded in making goat milk cake for the first time. She cut it into small pieces with a knife, tasted it and praised: "This goat milk cake is simple and delicious, really good."

Pastries that can be made with milk can also be made with goat milk, including butter and cheese.

Ye Yu ate two pieces of goat's milk cake, which were soft and glutinous with a strong milky aroma, almost melting in the mouth, and tasted like mung bean cake.

Old man Ye tasted it but said: "This snack is suitable for the elderly. Goat's milk is good for the body, and it doesn't need to be bitten, it will melt away after a sip."

Mrs. Ye nodded, "That's right, not only the elderly, but also some children can eat it."

Hearing this, Ye Yu's eyes suddenly brightened. There are two barrels of goat milk a day, and they can't finish it by themselves. But if it is made into goat milk cakes for sale, the price can be set slightly lower, anyway, the cost Not high, no matter how low the price is, there is a profit.

As soon as he made this suggestion, he won the approval of the whole family, especially Ye Lao Er, who was very enthusiastic. His brother is now selling lo-mei in the county, and he is at home alone. He is somewhat unwilling. If he can really sell goat milk cake at home , How much is the point of entry.

So the next morning, their whole family started to light a fire to make goat milk cakes. The rich aroma of milk wafted in the air. Some children who were having fun in the village sniffed their noses, and their souls almost drifted away with the aroma.

"What is this smell? Why is it so fragrant?"

"It seems to have come from Ye He's family."

"It's really delicious! I'm going to go and have a look, do you want to go together?"

"Let's go together!"

Several children urged each other to rush to Ye's house. When they arrived, Ye Jing was squatting on the threshold, holding goat milk cake and eating sweetly, and from time to time, he would feed a piece of millet who was humming and acting coquettishly at his feet.

Ye Jing was so absorbed in eating that he didn't notice anyone coming over. This goat milk cake is so delicious, I don't know how his milk came up with it.

His eating with relish lured the children to swallow involuntarily.

"Brother Jing, what are you eating?"

Ye Jing raised his head in shock at these words, only to see a few dark faces surrounding him, all of them licking the corners of their mouths, almost drooling.

"This is goat's milk cake, made of goat's milk, it tastes very sweet."

Ye Jing reluctantly broke off a small piece and handed it to them, "Try it."

At most, that small piece was just for the few of them to eat some scraps, but even so, they were very satisfied.

"The goat milk cake is so delicious." They sighed, scratching their fingertips.

Ye Yu was waiting for this moment, and he quickly advertised, "Our family will sell goat milk cake from today, a pack of five yuan, and only four cents."

The sum of five yuan is about the size of an adult's palm, and four Wen can be taken out by most people in their village now.

The children immediately said, "But it's true? Only four pennies?"

Now it wasn't Ye Yu who spoke, but Ye Jing who had finished eating the goat milk cake, "Of course it's true, why would my brother lie to you?"

What Ye Yu didn't expect was that the first person to pay was Wang Dazhuang, a well-known naughty boy in the village.

He took out four Wen coins from his pocket, and said carelessly: "Give me a pack first, and I'll buy it if it tastes good."

Ye Yu took the money from his hand and led him into the house, "Come in and have a look."

The goat milk cakes are all placed on the table and served in clean wooden basins. The milky yellow color can tell that it tastes good.

Naturally, their home can't provide packaging, so if you want to take it away, you have to bring your own bowl.

Wang Dazhuang swallowed, pointed to the pastry and said, "Is this goat milk cake?"

"Yes." Ye Yu tiptoed and picked out five goat milk cakes with clean chopsticks and put them in a bowl, "Remember to return the bowl after eating."

As soon as a piece of goat milk cake was in his mouth, Wang Dazhuang's eyes lit up instantly. He ignored the other children's questions and ran out with the bowl in his hand, shouting as he ran, "The bowl will be delivered to you later."

The children looked at each other suspiciously, and the clever one ran away after him.

"Go and tell your family, you can tell by Da Zhuang's appearance that the taste is not bad."

The children ran home after hearing the news, arguing with the adults to eat Ye Yu's goat milk cake.

Seeing them running away, Ye Yu quickly reminded, "Remember to bring the bowl."

...

They really don't know what the goat milk cake is, but they can still get four cents, so adults who are annoyed by their children bring their children to Ye's house to buy the so-called goat milk cake.

At this time, Wang Dazhuang was watching Mrs. Ye's goat milk cake with his grandma at the table.

"Hey, be gentle with your hand, what if it gets crushed."

Mrs. Ye was not angry either, she swiftly took out two portions of goat milk cake and put them into the bowl Mrs. Wang brought.

After the two left, Mrs. Wang patted Wang Dazhuang's head, "You are really clever this time, and the New Year gift for your uncle's family is finally one more."

Wang Dazhuang licked the corner of his mouth, "Grandma, can I have a piece?"

"Don't you have three yuan at home, isn't that enough for you?"

The Ye family didn't know that Mrs. Wang bought the goat milk cake as a gift, but even if they knew, they wouldn't react. The sold items are at the buyer's disposal, and it doesn't matter to them even if they just throw them away.

Other people in the village also came to buy goat milk cakes one after another, especially the elders and village chiefs, who basically consumed a bucket and a half of goat milk every day, and the Ye family drank the rest.

The business is clearly on the right track.

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