Defeat natural disasters with farming

On the trails of Yejia Village, from time to time, villagers carrying a bag of food can be seen walking towards the shade, one after another, almost everyone in the village has been mobilized.

"Are you also going to Master Wu's place to exchange meat?" Ye Shuan turned to ask Ye Minghui who was beside him with a bag of sorghum rice in his hand.

Ye Minghui replied happily: "Yes, it is said that they brought the village soldiers into the mountains and hunted a lot of prey this time, even a big wild boar and a gazelle!"

There are so many prey that they can't eat by themselves, and they can't keep it in such a hot day, so Father Ye asked someone to build a small shed in the shade of the village, where they can exchange meat and villagers for other things. needed things, such as grain or silk cloth.

When the two children arrived, they saw two tables in the shed, which were filled with large pieces of meat that had been cleaned, and Mrs. Huang was carefully selecting in front of the shed.

"Give me two pieces of spare ribs, this one with meat." She pointed to the fresh pork ribs and said, "I also want two big bones, and I will make bone soup for my great-grandson when I go home."

Mother Ye, who helped them look after the shed, said with a smile: "Hey, time flies so fast. Last time I saw Brother Xiang, he was only this big." The bones of the meat."

The old lady Huang said happily: "That's right, Brother Xiang started to drink your goat's milk after weaning. Naturally, he grows extremely strong. By the way, remember to save a goat's milk cake for me later."

Mother Ye nodded and said, "Don't worry."

She quickly tied the ribs with a rope and handed them to Mrs. Huang, and then took a bag of corn noodles from Mrs. Huang, and the transaction was considered complete.

Mrs. Huang didn't leave in a hurry after she finished shopping. Instead, she glanced at the animal skins on the shelf, "Is this fox skin?"

"Yeah," Mother Ye chatted with her when she saw no one was behind, "Every fox's arrow passed through its head, and the body was not damaged at all. It's very suitable to make a vest."

"It's really good, but it's just that the weather is so hot recently, and it's useless to buy the fur home." Mrs. Huang really likes the red fox fur, but as she said, it's a waste to buy it if you don't use it at home.

They chatted for a few more words, and did not say goodbye until someone came to buy meat.

It was already late when Ye Yu left Ye Tongsheng's place, and there was a thick layer of cumulonimbus clouds floating in the sky. If nothing unexpected happened, there would be heavy rain tomorrow.

As soon as I got home, I heard Ye He talking to Tao Hua enthusiastically, "Songshan is really different from before, the trees are all taller, and the branches are lush, and those trees seem to start to spread down the mountain, the whole mountain They are all lush and lush, and you can see pheasants and rabbits as soon as you enter. They are extremely flexible. I just jumped away without paying attention. There is also a small lake on the mountain. It’s a good thing, many animals have to go to drink water, just set a few traps on the road, you can catch the prey, hey, you know, I even shot a pheasant with my own hands..."

Master Wu specially brought Ye He with him when he entered the mountain. He is a young apprentice. Although he has not learned martial arts for a long time, it is good to bring him to see the world.

Since Ye He went to Songshan and felt that he was different, the above words were not only told to his family, but even Ye Minghui and the others did not let them go.

Taohua is no exception, the weather was so hot that she was upset and irritable, and with Ye He's nagging in her ears, she couldn't help but rolled her eyes, put down her needlework, and said to him: "Your words are not good enough!" I've said it a thousand or eight hundred times, the pheasant was shot in the leg by Master Wu first, so you can catch it."

Ye He's dark face blushed when he heard this, and he couldn't help but coyly said: "How do you know?"

"Your third senior brother told me." Taohua gave him a sideways look, "What? You still want to trouble someone else."

"How can that be? I'm just asking." Ye He shrank his neck when he heard the third senior brother. There are only four of Master Wu's direct disciples plus him. Among them, the senior brother and his family went to the south in the early years. How is the situation now? Unbeknownst to him, the second senior brother Ning Rong has a gentle temper, and he is not afraid. Only the third senior brother Tang Youyan looks weak, but he is the most narrow-minded among the senior brothers.

Ye Yu smiled and listened to his brothers and sisters bickering while taking a cup of tea, then he blinked and signaled Chu Xufeng, "It seems that the family will have a happy event soon."

Tang Youyan and his eldest sister seemed to be interested in each other.

Tao Hua is 16 years old this year. It is better to find a husband she likes than to marry blindly.

After he finished speaking, he said with emotion: "Time flies so fast."

Counting the ages, the eldest brother, eldest sister, and second sister have all reached the age to say goodbye.

The eldest sister Taohua and the second sister Hehua were born in the same year, one in late spring and the other in late autumn.

However, the children in their family have to stay at least until they get married. Except for the eldest brother, the others have to wait for a few more years.

When Chu Xufeng heard the words, he thought of the time when the two of them first met, and he said with a smile: "I still remember when I first met you, you were still very young."

Ye Yu also recalled what happened at that time, "I thought you were so good-looking when I first saw you. To say something that I am not afraid of laughing, when I missed you, I was still regretting that I would never see you again. How could I think of it?" Now they live in the same village."

"I have a younger brother who died at birth." Chu Xufeng said slowly: "When my mother was pregnant with him, my father was fighting, and Jingbian City was really unsafe, so my mother was sent to Zheng's family to have a baby, but the pregnancy was not successful. She was born prematurely in August, and the Zheng family didn't even send a letter, and in the end...both mother and child died."

As soon as he said it, he deeply hated why he was in the capital and why he didn't go to the Zheng family with his mother. Although he knew intellectually that this matter probably had nothing to do with the Zheng family, it was difficult to accept it emotionally, not to mention that he had never The big maid next to his mother learned from her mouth that the Zheng family had disturbed his mother's pregnancy time and time again for their own future.

Ye Yu didn't expect Chu Xufeng to have such a past. He held his hand and comforted him, "It's all over."

That's right, it's all over, and now the members of the Zheng family don't know where they are.

Chu Xufeng smiled slightly, and seeing the solemn atmosphere, he changed the subject, "Don't you want to ride a horse? How about I take you for a ride tomorrow?"

Ye Yu's eyes lit up when he heard the words, but soon he said regretfully: "I'm afraid it won't work tomorrow, it might rain depending on the weather."

"Then wait until the rain stops."

On the second day, as Ye Yu said, it started raining early in the morning. It was still a misty drizzle at first, and then it turned into a torrential downpour. Everyone was blocked at home by the rain.

Ye Yu could not help shivering when he heard the pattering rain outside the window. The temperature has not dropped below [-] degrees in the past two years, but this rain has caused the temperature to drop extremely fast. According to his body feeling, the temperature outside is probably only [-] degrees Celsius. How many times.

Mrs. Ye was also talking about this, she pulled a piece of clothing and put it on, said with a "hiss": "It's finally getting cold today, I don't know if it will snow or not."

No one knows whether the temperature will continue to rise after the rain or it will gradually become colder.

At this time, Ye Laoer looked at the heavy rain outside, and said thoughtfully: "When it rains, it is the most suitable for fishing. How about I wear a coir raincoat and go to a tributary of the Liu River to see if I can catch a few fish to make pots?" eat."

The tributary of the Liu River in his mouth refers to a small river flowing through the back of the village after Dilong turned over, very close to the village.

Ye He quickly raised his arms, "Second Uncle, I'll go with you."

"Okay, put on your coir raincoat quickly, and I'll get the fishing net." Ye Laoer did as he said, and soon took Ye He to the river. The two found a place where the river surface was bubbling, and worked together to release the fishing net. go in.

When they went to collect the net at noon, there were already three big fish in the net, two grass carp and one silver carp, each of which was as long as an adult's arms stretched out. It weighed more than ten catties, which surprised Ye Laoer. Leaving aside the large size of grass carp, silver carp generally only weighs ten catties.

The two dragged the net back home, and Mrs. Ye was also dumbfounded when she saw this. She said in amazement: "I didn't expect to catch such a big fish."

Ye Yu thought to himself, the size of animals nowadays seems to have begun to increase rapidly. The wild boar and gazelle that were hunted before are also like this. They are half the size of before, and they are like a calf. Even the pheasant and mountain rabbit are the same. .

These three fish are definitely not enough for their family to eat, so Father Ye made the decision, the silver carp was cooked and eaten at night, and the remaining two grass carp, one is kept in the large water tank in the yard, and it is estimated that it can still be raised. A few days later, he sent one to the home of the former village head.

By the way, I also informed other people in the village that they can go fishing in the Liuhe River, and there is always something to gain.

As soon as they got the news, the villagers couldn't stay at home anymore, and they went out to fish together. It was obviously raining, but the whole village suddenly became lively.

Ye Yu went to bring Chu Xufeng to dinner, and after they came back, the slightly chilly room gradually filled with a strong aroma. There was a hot pot on the stove, and the fish heads and tails in the pot gradually cooked milky white fish soup. Sprinkle in the seasoning when it's time, and then throw in the fish meat along the texture into slices until the fish soup starts to bubble, and the prepared ingredients can be boiled.

Smooth and springy fish fillets, tender tofu, crisp dried bamboo shoots, and various mushrooms are delicious after being soaked in the soup. It is so tender and smooth that people sweat a little on their faces .

After eating, Chu Xufeng put a big package on the table, "There are some processed leathers inside. Some of them came from hunting by my father, and some were rewarded by the emperor. They are all good things. It just happens that the weather is getting colder now, so you can make them." into clothes."

Upon hearing the emperor's reward, Mrs. Ye repeatedly refused, "How can this be? How can the emperor's reward be given away casually?"

But Chu Xufeng said: "Now there is no emperor to say, you just accept it, or I will be embarrassed to come to eat again."

He laughed as he spoke, "Jia Yi and his team can blow up a kitchen with their craftsmanship."

These words directly reminded everyone that there was a time when Jia Yi forgot to add water when cooking, and somehow a flame ignited in the pot. If Ye Yu hadn't been there at that time and asked them to put some vegetables in the pot, they wouldn't have known. Will the flames spread out and set the house on fire?

From then on, no one dared to ask Jia Yi to cook. Recently, they handed over the food and partnered with Master Wu and the others, while Chu Xufeng ate at Ye's house.

In the end, Mrs. Ye didn't turn around Chu Xufeng, and accepted the bastard.

When they opened the package at night, they realized that there were four pieces of leather inside, each of which was smooth and smooth. It could be seen that the craftsmanship of the craftsman was excellent, and the leather was very complete, without any holes, uniform in color and soft to the touch.

Mother Ye fondly touched one of the mink furs, "This is a good thing, much better than the one our family concocted a few years ago."

Mrs. Ye answered, "Our craftsmanship can't compare with the artisans who specialize in making furs. Put them away quickly, and then sew them into clothes when you have time later."

The hair was put away by them. Originally, Mrs. Ye thought that she would not need it in the near future, but what she didn't expect was that the rain had lasted for half a month, and the sun hadn't come out after the rain stopped. The sky began to snowflakes again, and the outside temperature suddenly dropped to minus twenty degrees.

Perhaps it was because the temperature dropped so fast that Ye Yu's body didn't react, so he developed a high fever that night when it was snowing.

Ye Yu felt sleepy during the day, as if a small hammer was constantly hitting his head, which made him suffer from splitting headaches all day long.

Seeing this, Ye's mother was very worried, and hurriedly invited Dr. Hao, who was diagnosed as a sign of cold.

Dr. Hao prescribed a prescription, and then instructed: "Drink the medicine and go to sleep. If you can sweat, it will prove that you are almost fine, but if you have a fever at night, please come to me."

This bowl of concoction was bitter and pungent, Ye Yu pinched his nose and drank it down, feeling his mouth full of bitterness.

Mother Ye handed him a piece of goat milk cake, "Depress the taste, brush your teeth and go to bed quickly."

Enduring a severe headache, Ye Yu finished washing, and just returned to the room when she saw that the kang bed was already on fire, covered with a thick quilt, and there were two quilts covering her body.

When he went to bed, Mother Ye stuffed the water bladder into the bottom of his feet.

Then he said worriedly, "Why don't I sleep with you all night."

"It's okay mother, I feel better after drinking the medicine." Ye Yu yawned and said drowsily.

Mother Ye had no choice but to blow out the oil lamp when she heard the words, and closed the door worryingly.

However, Ye Yu's illness didn't improve at night, the bowl of medicine didn't control his wind and cold, he began to sway involuntarily in his sleep, his teeth collided up and down and made a "thumping" sound, but because he was deeply in a dream, He never woke up.

Fortunately, Ye's father and Ye's mother didn't fall asleep all night, and they came to see Ye Yu from time to time. They discovered his symptoms not long after. hold his hand.

The other rooms of the Ye family also gradually lit up. Mrs. Ye came over first with her clothes on. Seeing Ye Yu's flushed cheeks, she was very distressed, and she repeatedly ordered: "Don't be dazed, hurry up and boil the pot of hot water. Come."

Second Aunt Ye took the job, and soon came over with a pot of hot water, just as Dr. Hao came in with a medicine box on his back.

Ye Yu couldn't feel what happened next, he only knew that he was hot from inside to outside, and could feel someone feeding him medicine, but he still couldn't wake up.

It was already the next afternoon when he woke up again.