Defeat natural disasters with farming

Although the weather was cold, the whole village was bustling because of Ye Hai's marriage. Even the family members of Sister-in-law Ye and Sister-in-law Ye's parents came one day in advance, bringing congratulatory gifts to attend the wedding banquet the next day.

Uncle Zhao and Uncle Xing came here. The former was carrying a bag of red eggs. According to visual inspection, there were about a dozen of them.

Mrs. Ye suddenly laughed from ear to ear, "It's all here, why do you bring so many things?"

Uncle Xing said: "My family hunted a wild boar in the mountains, and I couldn't finish it. It happened that Brother Hai was going to get married, so my parents asked me to bring some meat to add to Hai Ge's banquet."

Uncle Zhao also echoed, "It's just eighteen red eggs, it's my wish as an uncle."

Old man Ye tapped the pipe on the side of the kang, "Don't go back, stay at home tonight, and have a meal tomorrow."

They stayed at Ye's house for one night, and got busy early the next morning. First, they cleaned up the house. All kinds of festive red lanterns and paper-cuts were hung under the eaves, which made the white snow on the eaves more colorful.

Blue bricks, white snow and red lanterns, the whole Ye family yard is bustling with activity, and the two stoves in the kitchen room are burning the meals that need to be put on the table at noon.

Ye Yu was awakened by small movements outside the house, he rubbed his cheeks on the pillow, opened his eyes after a while, yawned, straightened up, touched the new clothes his mother put on last night from the end of the kang, and put them on.

This is a set of Tsing Yi dresses, very suitable for today's occasion.

The vermilion outer garment has the cloud pattern that comes with the silk cloth, which is so beautiful that it makes one's heart tremble.

He pushed open the door, and saw Ye He squatting on the floor washing vegetables in new clothes, the hem of the clothes had fallen on the floor, and he was about to be soaked in water.

Ye Yu stepped forward to pick up his clothes and stuffed them on his knees, then squatted down to help him wash the vegetables.

Seeing this, Ye He hurriedly said, "Brother Bao, go wash up first, I don't have much work to do."

The water in the tub was brought up from the well, and it was freezing cold. Ye Yu hissed, and then replied, "The two of you should be faster."

Cabbage, spinach and cucumbers are not only raised by the family, but Mrs. Ye specially used Ye Hai's points to exchange some in the public greenhouse, all of which are green and verdant.

After washing the dishes, Ye Yu immediately went to brush his teeth and wash his face, and he would go to Wu's house to greet his relatives next.

Because the two families are very close to each other, and they are not from rich or noble families, a carriage borrowed from Chu Xufeng was used to welcome the bride. Red cloth strips were tied to the horse's ears, and it was dressed in a soap-colored circle. Collared shirt, Ye Hai grinning from the corner of the mouth to the root of the ears complement each other.

The bride's family would usually "trick" the groom when welcoming the bride, but the Wu family let them in after only asking a few questions, which made Ye Yu's poems memorized in advance useless.

In fact, it was only two steps, but Ye Hai still rode a horse unfamiliarly. He brought the bride to the door of Ye’s house. bridal chamber.

At this time, there are all kinds of red decorations in the new house, and even the red quilt on the kang is sprinkled with dates and chestnuts, all of which represent the meaning of giving birth to a precious child early.

After drinking a cup of wine, the young couple each put on a pair of ordinary clothes and came out to thank their relatives and friends.

The Ye family specially vacated three rooms for this marriage, and placed a total of more than a dozen tables of meals, each table was guaranteed to have a meat dish, and every household in the village could come to eat.

Ye Yu and the others sat at the children's table. The biggest bowl on the table was sauerkraut and pork vermicelli. In addition, there was a plate of sliced ​​pork liver and pig heart, a plate of vinegared cabbage, and a basket of pickled vegetables. The staple food was Wowotou. .

A single table is not very rich, but it is a big deal to make more than a dozen tables of the same meal in a row. It is quite respectable for other families in the village to invite close relatives and friends to have a meal when they get married. It is extremely rare that everyone in the village can come to eat.

Ye Yu put pork vermicelli in a bowl with chopsticks, turned his head and said to Chu Xufeng, "Try it quickly, today's vermicelli is very strong, somehow it seems to be more delicious than usual."

Before Chu Xufeng opened his mouth, Taohua answered his doubts, "Today, when the vermicelli was stewed in the pot, I specially poured cold water through it."

"It's really good." Chu Xufeng tasted it and nodded, "This pig's heart is also good, slightly salty, especially with rice."

While they were eating and chatting, the adults at the next table burst into laughter. Ye Yu looked over curiously, and saw Ye Hai coughing non-stop while holding a bowl of wine.

Ye Zhong joked, "Brother Hai, you can't do it, you choked like this after just one sip of wine."

There was a jug of wine on the table, it was their homemade rice wine, the taste was mediocre, and the quantity was scarce, it was the day when Ye Hai got married, so Mrs. Ye was willing to take it out.

Boss Ye was displeased, "What are you talking about? Our family doesn't have spare money to make wine and drink. Isn't that a waste of food?"

Another person laughed and said: "Then Hai Geer, you should drink more wine, so that you can be more courageous for the wedding night in the bridal chamber."

As soon as these words came out, there was another burst of laughter, laughing so that Ye Hai blushed.

Boss Ye pretended to be angry and said, "Eating meat can't stop your mouth."

After the banquet, it was getting late, and the villagers got up to leave one after another, and soon the Ye family only had a house full of leftovers.

Mrs. Ye led the family to clean up the table. Unexpectedly, Pandi rolled up her sleeves and joined in. She put the dirty bowls and chopsticks into the wooden basin. She was just about to carry them out to wash the dishes when Ye The sister-in-law stopped her, "It's done, how can you let the newlyweds touch the cold water, you go back to the house to rest, and leave the rest to your younger siblings."

Pan Di didn't let go, she shook her head and said, "The older sister is cleaning the table, and the younger brother is busy too, besides, I just wash the dishes and I can do it myself."

As for the second sisters, they live in the next room, so how can they be asked to work.

He Hua, who came in with a rag, heard this, and quickly took the wooden basin, "Sister-in-law, I'm idle, let me do it."

A wooden basin was pulled back and forth by the two of them and almost fell to the ground.

In the end, it was Mrs. Ye who rolled her eyes and snatched the wooden basin from their hands, "Okay, both of you stop washing, grind and grind, save it for washing tomorrow, pack it up and go back to bed."

Pandi was driven back to the house by Mrs. Ye, and the others didn't continue to work. They soaked the bowls and chopsticks in the ashes of the plants, and then blew out the oil lamps, and went back to the house to sleep.

However, Mrs. Ye lay on the kang and tossed and turned for a long time without falling asleep. She shook Mrs. Ye beside her, "Have you taught Brother Hai what to do tonight?"

Boss Ye had long been drowsy after drinking a bowl of wine. After being shaken awake by Aunt Ye, he was dazed for a while before he understood what she said, "I taught you last night. Why do you worry about it? It's not because he himself Will it? Go to bed quickly, you have to get up early tomorrow."

After saying these words, Boss Ye snorted and fell into a deep sleep, no matter how much Sister Ye shook, she didn't wake up.

Sister-in-law Ye was so angry that she twisted Boss Ye's waist.

The Ye family gradually became quiet, only the snow that fell on the branches in the middle of the night would make a slight plop.

When Ye Yu pushed the door open again, he felt a gust of cold wind blowing in. He saw goose feathers and heavy snow flying all over the sky. A thick layer of snow had already accumulated on the ground, and the outside temperature dropped again. Feel the chill.

Ye Yu thought, I don’t know how many degrees it is outside now, it’s really inconvenient without a thermometer, I can only feel it, but sometimes it’s inaccurate, besides, he’s never experienced a temperature below minus 50 degrees, and now he can feel it too. I can't come up with specifics, but I can only roughly perceive that the outside is probably below minus [-] degrees.

He let out a breath of white air, went to the stove to fetch hot water and poured it into the basin, and put the hot towel on his face to instantly get rid of the drowsiness.

Most of the morning meal was left over from last night's banquet, and the whole family ate simply.

At the dinner table, Mrs. Ye asked Pandi, "Are you still used to sleeping on the kang bed? They were all newly repaired a few days ago, and no one has slept on them yet."

Pandi blushed, lowered her head shyly and replied: "I'm used to sleeping, it's always warm all night."

"That's good, tell Ye Hai if you are not used to it." Aunt Ye was satisfied now, and she thought happily that maybe she would be able to hug her grandson soon.

After breakfast, Pandi was the first to clean up the table, and washed the dishes and chopsticks soaked in the ash water last night. Her hands and feet were extremely nimble. To her, this was a job she was used to, and it didn't take much. .

Sister-in-law Ye is extremely satisfied with this, and it doesn't mean that the daughter-in-law must scramble to work, just give her a little attitude.

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Since Pandi got married, only her two younger sisters were left in the greenhouse to take care of the vegetables. The two of them were either too busy or troublesome, so they would inevitably spend a little longer in the greenhouse and couldn't take care of them. At home, this caused the Wu family to often have only Wang Shi and Wu Shitou left during the day.

The bad thing was in this matter. At that time, Pan Di told Mrs. Ye after finishing her work, and then she went back to Wu's house with a basket of needles and threads, thinking of chatting with her mother and doing needlework by the way.

However, just as she stepped into the door, she heard the movement of things being turned in the room.

She was slightly taken aback, thinking that her mother was looking for something, so she hurried in and walked in, shouting as she walked, "Mother, wait a minute, I'll help you."

At this time, the movement inside suddenly stopped, Pandi didn't hear her mother's response, she was afraid that her mother would fall down, so she hurried forward and pushed open the door, "Mother, I'm here..."

She was stunned before she finished speaking, and saw her mother and younger brother fainted on the ground in the room, and a person masked with a cloth towel was staring at her coldly with a cloth pocket, and the room was searched everywhere It's been a mess.

Pan Di screamed and instantly cut through the silence, "A thief stole something! Killed someone!"

At this time, everyone in the Ye family was staying at home. Upon hearing Pandi's scream, Ye Hai jumped up suddenly, and ran out without even wearing a jacket.

Mrs. Ye quickly stood up and ordered: "You three come with me to have a look."

When Father Ye and the others ran over, Ye Hai had already firmly imprisoned the thief. He raised his head and said anxiously, "Father, please go and invite Dr. Hao."

Boss Ye was shocked, and didn't dare to delay, so he immediately turned around and went to ask for the doctor.

Father Ye took out a hemp rope and tied the thief together with Ye Hai, only then did he take the time to ask, "What's wrong?"

Pan Di was holding her mother and weeping softly, she replied with sobs: "As soon as I came, I saw my mother and my brother lying on the ground, and this thief was still looking for things in my house."

The thief was still yelling, "I am innocent."

Ye Hai hated it so much that he directly blocked his mouth with a rag.

Father Ye's expression became serious, and he stretched out his hand to tear off the cloth covering the thief's face. What people didn't expect was that they had never seen the face under the cloth.

Could it be that someone sneaked in?Why didn't the village soldiers patrolling the village notice it?Does he have accomplices?

Such a series of questions flashed through Father Ye's mind, and he ignored the wind and snow, and immediately beat the gongs and drums to notify the whole village to go to the ancestral hall.

All the villagers in Yejia Village didn't know what happened, and walked to the ancestral hall in the snow in a daze.

When everyone arrived, Ye Hai pushed the thief out. Father Ye pointed at him and said, "This thief was caught on the spot for stealing. The Wu family's orphans and widows are still in a coma."

In an instant, the entire ancestral hall was noisy, and the villagers began to whisper.

One of them shouted: "Isn't this Ye Chengzu's brother-in-law?"

The rest of the people also said suddenly when they heard the words: "Yeah, I said why is it so familiar, it is his brother-in-law."

Someone knew better and explained: "His brother-in-law is a man with all kinds of poisons. He is proficient in eating, drinking, whoring/gambling, and all his family property was lost in his hands. It seems that he pissed his parents to death some time ago. After that, he came to join his sister and did nothing every day, which was equivalent to being raised by his sister's family for nothing."

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After hearing this, everyone looked at the place where Ye Chengzu's family was. At this time, Ye Chengzu and his son and daughter-in-law looked down at the ground in embarrassment. Only his daughter-in-law held her head up and looked at her brother distressedly.

"Is there some misunderstanding? My brother will never do such a thing."

Ye Hai snorted coldly, "If there is any misunderstanding, the stolen goods will be taken."

Father Ye announced with a gloomy expression: "Our Ye family village can't afford this big Buddha, so we will drive him out directly."

If people are driven out in such a cold day, whether they live or die has nothing to do with them.

He looked at Ye Chengzu and asked, "Do you have any opinions?"

"No objection!" Before Ye Chengzu could speak, his son and daughter-in-law said in unison.

They have long disliked the so-called uncle who eats and drinks for free at home, and now they have the opportunity to drive him away in a fair manner, how can they disagree.

Among all the people, only Ye Chengzu and his daughter-in-law disagreed, but it was useless if she disagreed, Ye Hai immediately threw the thief outside the fence after a body search.

Ye Hai was kind enough to untie the hemp rope that bound him, so the thief waited for the village gate to close, took out the rag from his mouth, and spat on the village gate, "Who cares about you?" The village is waiting."

Then he took out a piece of silver from the pocket of his clothes, happily rolled up the cotton-padded clothes and walked to his original village humming a little song.

But I don’t know if it’s because evil is rewarded with evil. Halfway through the walk, he suddenly tripped over a stone in the forest, stumbled and fell to the ground, hit his head on another stone, and never got up again. Gradually, snowflakes like goose feathers fell on him, burying him.

It was the same lying posture as the Wu family's mother and son.