Defeat natural disasters with farming

Their family has benefited from growing vegetables on the kang, so the kangs in other houses in the family soon have the shadow of vegetables in crockpots, even Ye Yu's house is no exception. Seedlings emerged slightly, adding a bit of color to the room.

When other people in the village visited Ye's house, they also asked Mrs. Ye about the process of planting vegetables on the kang. She was not stingy, and no matter who asked, she would tell them everything.

However, growing vegetables on the kang is not only good, but also has many disadvantages. The biggest problem is the waste of firewood. Some people overestimate the amount of firewood stored in their homes. They ran out, so they had to brave the weather of more than minus 40 degrees to go into the mountains to cut firewood. Leave the right amount.

Ye Yu thought about it, he couldn't use firewood all the time, even if there were a lot of branches on the mountain, there would be no shortage of firewood, but in the end it was quite troublesome, especially when it was snowing.

He thought of a coal mine near Yejia Village. After a rough coal preparation, the large pieces of coal can be separated from the pulverized coal surface. In fact, the large pieces of coal can already be used at this time.

However, the biggest problem with using coal to burn the kang is that it is not safe. If there is smoke leakage in the kang road, it is easy to cause gas poisoning.

Thinking of this, Ye Yu suddenly came up with an idea. If this is the case, why not set aside a room for coal burning, where there are no people and only vegetables are grown, just like a modern greenhouse.

He told his family about this idea, and got Chu Xufeng's approval as soon as he said it, but although Father Ye was moved, he had some concerns.

"People in our village may not agree."

Hearing this, old man Ye patted him on the shoulder with a pipe in his hand, "Why do you become so tired after becoming the village chief? How do you know that the villagers will not agree? There are still a few vacant houses in the village. The house and the kang are all complete, just pick a few houses at will. You might as well go and discuss it with them."

Father Ye seemed to be woken up when he heard this, wiped his face and said in shame: "I was wrong."

Ye Yu suggested again at this time: "Father, now our village is bartering things, it's really troublesome, it's better to re-determine a "currency" for exchange. "

In fact, he wanted to say this a long time ago, when Master Wu and the others exchanged their prey for food, when they worked collectively in the village but didn't know how to distribute the credit.

Father Ye thought about it for a while, and then said, "You are right, but you have to think about this matter carefully. What would be better to use instead of money?"

This is a good question, and Ye Yu can't answer it for the time being, but he is just making a suggestion now, and the specifics can be discussed later.

The snow rarely stopped outside on the second day, Father Ye took this opportunity to call all the people in the village who could make decisions to the ancestral hall for a meeting.

The first thing they discussed was to warm the house. Father Ye explained the process one by one, and then asked, "Do you think this is feasible?"

Ye Zhong was the first to respond. He nodded and said, "Like an ice cellar, it would be nice to build a greenhouse. Anyway, at least we have fresh vegetables to eat in winter."

Ye Tongsheng also said: "It is the proper meaning to plan for a rainy day."

The rest of the people didn't have any opinions, and it was not a difficult task, but it was a labor-intensive task. Their village had nothing but a lot of people. If the greenhouse could be built, it would be beneficial to the whole village.

A few simple sentences settled the matter.

Immediately afterwards, they began to discuss the second matter, about re-determining the currency circulating in the village.

The new currency must be brand new, unused, unique, and difficult to imitate. There are very few things that can be used as currency that can meet these conditions at the same time.

After discussing for a long time, several people failed to reach an agreement. In the end, Ye Tongsheng proposed to use the point system (credit system) used by the college. Since he couldn't think of physical currency, why not just use points instead.

Points can be used to exchange for what you need, and the points issued by different tasks are also different. For example, village soldiers can get more points when they go hunting in the mountains, while tasks such as staying in the village to build houses are relatively safe. points will be less.

In the next period of time, Ye Tongsheng led several people to formulate the rules for the distribution of points in detail, as well as the number of points that can be obtained for various tasks.

No specific introduction will be made for the time being, and we will wait for a future report.

Having said that, not long after the meeting ended, the whole village started construction in full swing. Father Ye ordered some young and middle-aged men to go to the coal mine to prepare coal. This is a labor-intensive job, and it is a bit unsafe. It was buried below, so everyone was very careful. The points for this task were worth ten points, which could be exchanged for five catties of meat.

They pulled the selected large pieces of coal to the vacant house with a donkey cart, threw them into the fire kang and ignited them.

The other part of the work is lighter, and both men and women can do it. What they need to do is to dig soil from the field into the house, spread a thick layer of soil on the floor of the house, and then plant the seeds of various vegetables. Plant it, water it thoroughly, and occasionally apply some fertilizer to ensure the growth of vegetables.Correspondingly, they got fewer points, only six points.

The burnt coal slag is not wasted, and it is stored as a raw material for cement. When the land thaws in the coming year, it can be used to pave cement roads in the village or to build other buildings.

Even though the weather is cold, the villagers are warm-hearted. Seeing that life has become more and more hopeful recently, what is not going well?

Ye Yu went to see the completed greenhouses, and he thought to himself, if all goes well, he might be able to grow potatoes or corn after building a few more greenhouses, which are food that can fill his stomach.

The three sisters of the Wu family who are in charge of watering and fertilizing the vegetables in the greenhouse are the most difficult in the village. This is also a way for the villagers to help them. The monthly reward is three points, enough to exchange for three catties of corn noodles, although not much. But it's not a small reward.

Since the sisters got this task, they have been dedicated to their work every day. Before dawn, they rushed to the greenhouse in the wind and snow. Sometimes they didn’t even go home at night and slept there. Burning the kang, it is even warmer than at home. After all, there is only one adult in their house. Even with the help of neighbors on weekdays, they can't save much firewood. The kang is only warm, and sometimes it is too cold. Couldn't even get out of bed all day.

Father Ye didn't stop them when he saw this, he just told them to pay attention to whether the kang road was damaged at all times, and if they started to smoke, they had to come out quickly, otherwise they would be poisoned by gas if they stayed inside.

After that, the greenhouse gradually got on the right track, and all kinds of vegetables planted in it began to sprout, which proved that the greenhouse was useful, and the people in the village who were always paying attention to this place could finally relax for a while.

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"Beep."

The flame on the oil lamp jumped twice, and the light gradually dimmed. Seeing this, Ye Yu hurriedly stepped forward to turn on the wick, and the room was instantly brightened.

Mother Ye stroked the needle twice on her hair, and said while sewing the corner of the quilt: "It's getting late, Brother Bao, go to bed, I'll go to bed after I sew this."

She is sewing a eiderdown quilt. There are more ducks raised at home this year, and a lot of eiderdown has been harvested. It only needs to be washed a little before it can be sewn into the quilt. The eiderdown quilt made in this way is soft and warm, and it is much lighter than a cotton quilt up.

Ye Yu covered her mouth and yawned, "Don't sew it up, we'll talk about it tomorrow, the light is too dim, it's time to burn your eyes."

After speaking, he stepped forward and shook Mother Ye's arm.

Mother Ye had no choice but to pin up the needle, rubbed Ye Yu's head, and said dotingly: "You child, I really can't do anything about you."

She put the needle and thread back into the sewing basket, "What do you want to eat tomorrow morning?"

Ye Yu thought for a while, and suddenly missed the taste of soy milk. He licked the corner of his mouth and replied, "I want to drink soy milk."

"Soymilk, okay. I happen to have soybeans at home. I'll make them for you tomorrow. Hurry up and go to bed obediently."

Mother Ye watched Ye Yu go into the house to sleep, then put on a small coat and went to the cellar, and brought up a small pot of soybeans, and she put the soybeans on the stove and soaked them in water.

The soy milk can be ground in the morning of the next day. After cleaning the stone mill at home, pour the soaked soybeans into it, and the ground and filtered liquid is raw soy milk.

Auntie Ye helped her cook the soy milk, and the strong aroma of beans woke up everyone in the family. Ye He didn't even brush his teeth, and looked inside eagerly with drooling eyes.

"Mom, I want to drink soy milk with added sugar."

"Understood, hurry up and brush your teeth." Aunt Ye said disgustedly: "Look at the gum in the corner of your eye, I don't know how to wash it properly, it's sloppy all day long."

Ye He rubbed the corners of his eyes when he heard the words, smiled when he saw the eye gum on his fingers, and said awkwardly, "Let's go now."

The soy milk with a spoonful of sugar was rich and smooth, and Ye Yu was so hot that he was blowing, but he couldn't bear to put down the bowl in his hand.

Mrs. Ye put a sticky bean bag in the bowl, and said with emotion: "This soybean is really a good thing. It can be used to make soy milk, tofu, tofu skin, bean puff, and even bean dregs. feed."

"No, everything is delicious." Ye He drank a bowl of soy milk, and the soy milk ground by himself was delicious no matter what.

At this time, Xiaomi barked twice, as if agreeing with Ye He's words, and then buried his head in the food bowl to eat the dregs cake made of bean dregs, with boiled eggs mixed in, it was very sweet.

Seeing Xiaomi's relaxed appearance, Mrs. Ye couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "After the cold weather this year, the livestock at home seem to be less afraid of the cold than before."

Ye Yu also felt similarly. The most changed livestock in the family was actually the rooster, Big Red. The already bright red rooster comb became more and more colorful. From a distance, it did not look like a rooster, but rather a rare and beautiful bird.

The rest of the livestock grew thick hair, especially Xiaomi, whose size grew by a third in just a short period of time. The white-gray hair looked very thick. I don't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Xiaomi Much smarter than a year ago, as if able to understand what he said.

Moreover, the number of eggs laid by the hens and the milk produced by the ewes are increasing recently, and the family often has more than enough to eat. Therefore, some of the eggs were marinated into salted eggs by Mrs. Ye, and the other part was made into egg sauce by Mrs. Ye. Of the two, Ye Yu likes egg sauce the most, whether it is eaten with rice or dipped in steamed buns, it is delicious.

As for goat milk, in order to save it for a long time, Ye Yu found a new recipe from the book - milk tofu. As the name suggests, the finished product is similar to ordinary tofu, with white and tender cubes.

The method is also very simple, just three steps.

The first step is to ferment the goat milk. After the fermentation is successful, skim off the whey, and then pour it into the pot and cook it while stirring. When the milk is sticky, it can be put into the mold to shape.

This mold was made by Ye Boss. It is very similar to a mooncake mold, but it is not so fine. There are two rows of six square depressions on it, and it can make six pieces of milk tofu at a time.

The finished fermented milk bean curd has a very strong aroma. If you like to eat sweeter, you can add some extra sugar into it when cooking. The finished product will be sweet and soft. It is delicious whether it is eaten alone or soaked in milk tea until soft. .

When the Ye family didn’t want to cook in the morning, they just soaked a few pieces of hard-frozen milk tofu with hot goat’s milk, and the whole body was hot after a bowl of it. Whenever they went out to shovel snow become commonplace.