Defeat natural disasters with farming

"When Brother He was at home, I hated him for being noisy, but he left suddenly, and I'm really not used to it."

Mrs. Ye took out the saponin powder and sprinkled it on the clothes while beating and said, "Could it be the so-called far fragrance and near smell?"

Ye He has already gone to the martial arts hall. To be honest, the martial arts master really accepted his disciples sincerely. After he passed the test, he found a good day to formally accept the apprentice ceremony.

"Master Wu is a very nice person. He bought medicinal materials out of his own pocket to help Brother He strengthen his muscles and bones. And when I went to see him last time, there was even a brother who taught him to read."

Speaking of this, even Mrs. Ye couldn't help laughing, "Brother He still thought that if he went to the martial arts school, he wouldn't need to study. How can there be such a reason? If he can't read, he can't even read books."

"That's not true." Mrs. Ye replied.

Mother Ye sat on the wooden bench and wiped her sweat with her arms. She looked up at the bright sunshine in the sky, "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and I feel dizzy after only staying outside for a short while."

Mrs. Ye nodded when she heard the words, "Brother Bao said that the sheep in our family should be shaved too, and I will do it when I go back after washing the clothes."

The sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law quickly finished washing their clothes while chatting. They went home with wooden basins and dried the clothes on the clothes-drying pole.

Under the dazzling sunlight, the clothes of different shades fluttered with the wind, and there was a sense of tranquility from a distance.

The two big, two small and four sheep in the shed were chewing the dripping alfalfa in their mouths. When they saw Mrs. Ye walking in with scissors, they didn't stop talking, but moved closer to her.

Mrs. Ye touched the fur on them one by one, and then said to Mother Ye: "The fur is really thick, it really needs to be cut earlier, or they will suffer from heat stroke sooner or later."

Don't think that only humans suffer from heat stroke, but many animals do too.

Shearing sheep is not an easy task, and the men in the family are all working in the fields, so the last ones are Mrs. Ye and her three daughters-in-law.

Mrs. Ye first showed them that she used the scissors to start shearing from the belly of the sheep until the hair on the tail was also cut off. After about half an hour, the round sheep became thinner. Much refreshing.

The four sheep were divided and cooperated by several people, and the sky darkened before they knew it. Mrs. Ye and the others, who were immersed in shearing sheep, didn't realize it was so late until double images appeared in front of them.

Taohua lit a candle and put it on the lampstand, "Grandma, why don't you eat first, and we'll make the rest tomorrow."

She made the dinner together with her younger siblings, but she finished the meal and hadn't finished shearing the wool.

Mrs. Ye straightened up and thumped her back, sighing: "Sure enough, I am old, but it took so long to shear four sheep."

Mother Ye threw the sheared wool together into the basket, estimated the remaining work, and said: "There is not much work left, mother, you go to eat first, we will finish it in a while .”

"Yes mother, tonight's dinner is made of peach blossoms. I don't know how it is. You can go and see if it doesn't work." Mrs. Ye continued to persuade.

Mrs. Ye didn't refuse either, she stood up and stretched her arms and legs, and before she left, she told Taohua, "Go and bring some more candles, it's still not bright enough."

"Hey." Tao Hua responded crisply.

The prepared dinner has been served out and placed on the kang table, and it is covered with a curtain because it is afraid that the smell of the rice will attract insects.

Granny Ye opened it to look, and it was simple to make, just a basket of steamed buns with red dates and a plate of oil noodle cakes, with mustard shreds and dried radish on the side.

Lotus took out the bowl and added, "We also cooked gnocchi."

"Well done." Mrs. Ye praised with a smile.

One after another, the men of the Ye family came back with all kinds of farming tools. The old man drank a large bowl of tea to quench his thirst, and then asked, "Why are you eating so late today?"

"I'm shearing sheep, and Taohua led someone to make this meal." Mrs. Ye served a bowl of noodles for each of them. "It looks really good, let's try it quickly."

After she finished speaking, she shouted again: "Brother Bao is coming to eat soon."

Ye Yu, who was practicing calligraphy in the yard, heard the call and quickly stood up and clapped her hands, and then washed her hands with well water. When she entered the house, she happened to see his grandma put the filled gnocchi on his place.

The so-called red date steamed bread is to put a red date on the steamed bun, which tastes slightly sweet and soft, and the red date is the finishing touch, making the steamed bun even sweeter.

While eating, Ye Yu suddenly slapped his face with his hand, trying to drive away the mosquitoes.

Seeing his movements, Mrs. Ye frowned and said, "There are more and more mosquitoes, and they are becoming more and more poisonous. I have to hang up the curtains tonight, and I will burn wormwood and wormwood later to drive the insects away." .”

As soon as this season comes, all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants will appear, especially next to the water bubble, all kinds of mosquitoes are buzzing, making people upset.

Anyway, it means that each season has advantages and disadvantages, it depends on what you think.

It wasn't until they had finished their meal that Mother Ye and the others came over with tired faces.

"The sheared wool has already been put into the basin, and the rest can be done tomorrow."

Mrs. Ye nodded, and hurriedly said, "Come and eat quickly."

I have been doing physical work at home recently, so I have a big appetite. The steamed buns and pancakes are all eaten, and there is no pickle left.

After eating, Ye Yu took a shower. As soon as he went to bed, he saw his mother walking in with a curtain. This is also a mosquito net, but compared to the modern light and refreshing mosquito net, the curtain looks like a bed. It's very thick, but fortunately the color is a light cyan, so it's acceptable.

Mother Ye went to bed and opened the curtain to hang it on the wall, and told Ye Yu, "If there are mosquitoes at night, remember to come and call me, and I will catch them for you."

"Mother, I know." Although Ye Yu agreed with his mouth, he felt that his mother was particularly tired during this time. If there was no serious matter, he would definitely not disturb her sleep in the middle of the night.

"Have a good dream." Mother Ye leaned over and kissed Ye Yu on the forehead.

Before she left, she blew out the oil lamp. Ye Yu lay on the bed in the dark and thought for a while, then reached out and took out a purse from the kang cabinet. He rubbed the Tianhuangshi seal inside with his fingers, especially the bumps under the seal. Uneven font.

Chu holds Jin.

I don't know how he is now.

The person who was missed by Ye Yu just got off his horse at this time, followed by the guards, and walked into an inn by the roadside together.

The sound of them entering the door woke up the shop waiter who was dozing off. The shop waiter is also a discerning person. He knew they were distinguished guests by seeing their attire, so he stood up and greeted them quickly: "Guests, come in and have a rest. Would you like to stay at the tip or stay in the shop?" ?”

What he asked was Chu Xufeng who was surrounded by everyone.

Chu Xufeng replied: "Give us a table of meals first, and then open two rooms."

He brought three guards this time, Jia Yi, Jia Er, and Jia San in order, all of whom were specially trained by General Chu for him.

The waiter tossed the white towel, brought a pot of tea and filled them up one by one, "Okay, please have a cup of tea and wait a while."

The food in the inn is naturally not delicious, but few of them are not picky. After spending so many days sleeping in the open, it is not bad to have a warm mouthful of food.

After dinner, Jia San reported: "Young Master, according to the current speed, we can reach Heihe County in about five days."

This speed is really not too slow, so Chu Xufeng nodded and said: "You guys have a good rest tonight, and you can start later tomorrow."

The other three had no objection to this.

He called the waiter again, "This shopkeeper, I need to trouble you to boil some buckets of water for us."

The waiter in the shop smiled brightly when he heard the words, "There is no need for the word trouble, just wait in the room for a while."

They lived in a group of four, two by two, and Chu Xufeng and Jia Yi lived in one room. This room was particularly simple, but Chu Xufeng didn't say anything disgusting.

After the shop waiter came over with hot water, he washed up briefly, and when he was lying on the bed, he couldn't help but wonder if Ye Yu would be surprised or happy when he saw him.

Counting the days, they haven't seen each other for nearly half a year.

But then they will stay in Heihe County for a long time, and they will meet frequently in these days.

With the above thoughts, Chu Xufeng had a good dream that night.

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Ye Yu suddenly sneezed the next morning, which immediately made Mother Ye nervous, "What's wrong? Is there something uncomfortable?"

"I don't feel uncomfortable, maybe someone misses me." Ye Yu rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully, "Maybe Second Brother misses me?"

Mother Ye ignored his joke, instead raised her hand to measure the temperature on his forehead, and seeing that there was no change, she relaxed her brows, "You still have to pay more attention, and you must say something if you feel uncomfortable."

Ye Yu comforted, "Don't worry."

After Ye Yu and Ye Jing went to the private school with their schoolbags on their backs, Mrs. Ye and the others began to deal with the wool sheared yesterday.

The color of a basket of wool is not pure white, some are yellowed, and some are dyed gray-black, which looks very dirty.

Moreover, the wool clumping is very serious, and the appearance of being entangled makes people have nowhere to start.

However, Ye Yu had taught Mrs. Ye how to wash wool long ago, so handling wool is not a difficult task for her.

It’s just very troublesome. After all, there are no tools, so I can only manually remove the impurities. Fortunately, the family members are patient. They loosen the fibers carefully, and then put the saponin powder in the wooden basin, and soak the wool into it. This is because soap locust powder can effectively remove grease and dirt from wool.

After two hours of soaking, the wool is half washed, and then the water needs to be changed several times to completely wash the wool.

After finishing all the work, it was already the time when the sun was at its strongest, so Mrs. Ye spread out the wool that had been wrung out and prepared to dry it in the sun.

According to Ye Yu's view from the book, there is actually another step after this, which is to use sulfuric acid solution to dissolve the vegetable impurities in the wool, but because he has no way to obtain sulfuric acid solution now, he can only ignore it for the time being.

Simply because their family does not often graze, the vegetable impurities on the sheep are not too much.

The next step is to comb the net hair into strips, stretch it and twist it firmly.

With the movements of Mrs. Ye and the others, the strong wool gradually formed and was wound into a ball and placed in a small basket.

A ball of wool is about three taels, and the usable wool of a sheep is about three kilograms, which is 60 taels, so the average of four sheep is 240 taels, which can make nearly [-] pieces of woolen sweaters.

In Ye Yu's view, this amount is not small, and the wool yield of the family's sheep is not low. This is also good, wool can be woven into woolen sweaters, carpets, scarves, gloves, etc., which are extremely useful.