Defeat natural disasters with farming

Speaking of Yejia Village, ever since they knew there was a rally, people in the village have been fluctuating. After all, they have stayed in the village honestly for these years, and now there is finally something worth joining in the fun, and everyone wants to participate one time.

However, for safety reasons, people are still required to explore the road first. After discussion, it was finally decided that Father Ye, the village chief, would take the lead. The team included Ye Yu, Ye Zhong, Ye Zhouyuan, Ye Hai, Wang Shu, and others. Chu Xufeng, Jia Yi and Jia Er.

What Ye Yu didn't expect was that Master Yue also decided to join in. Although she was a villager in Yejia Village, she was hardly a prominent figure, and her sense of presence was not as strong as that of her daughter.

Father Ye pondered for a while before agreeing to her joining. Since there was Master Yue, her bodyguards would naturally follow, so there were 11 people on the final list for the rally.

And that afternoon, two more people rushed over, namely Xing Xiaojiu and Zhao Erjiu. The village where they were located was also the only two nearby villages that survived besides Yejia Village.

The rest are either almost dead, or have moved out of the village early, and those who can continue to stay here are people who have gradually adapted to the drastic changes in the environment.

All three of their villages received news of the rally, but Ye Yu couldn't help but frowned after learning about it. How did the so-called caravan deliver the news so accurately? After all, among the three villages, except for Yejia Village In addition to being conspicuous, the other two, one is in the deep mountains and old forests, and the other is extremely far away from the original Heihe County, and is located in a remote place.

Also, in Heihe Village now, no one informed Shen Fu about the meeting, but Ye Hai mentioned it to Dr. Chen when he sent him back.

Why did the caravan know about their three villages but not Heihe Village.

But for the time being, no one can answer his doubts. It seems that he can only go to the rally to find the answer by himself.

While Ye Yu was thinking, Uncle Zhao and the others had already explained their intention of coming. They said, "It's better for the three of us to go there together. This way, there are more people and more strength, and it's safer."

When Father Ye heard this, he quickly agreed, "Then shall we meet tomorrow?"

Uncle Zhao nodded and said: "We will meet at the entrance of your village at Yinshi tomorrow." Yinshi is exactly four o'clock in the morning.

After setting a time, they chatted again about what to bring to the rally.

Uncle Xing said: "Our village doesn't have many other things except animal skins, so I'm going to bring some extra animal skins there, as well as some mountain products, and see if I can exchange them for what I need."

Uncle Zhao also said: "Our village is similar. Although there are no animal skins, there are many chickens and correspondingly many eggs. Presumably, we should be able to exchange for many things we need."

Ye Family Village is actually the same, except that there are more unique things, such as salt and syrup, but these two cannot be sold for the time being, because they are too rare, and it will be troublesome if greedy people covet them. What can be exchanged is something rare, but not so cherished.

Such as all kinds of mountain products and jams, bacon and fish, and even the wool threads that are stockpiled can be traded.

The second uncle Zhao didn't stay for dinner, and got up early to go back to the village. If he didn't leave now, it would probably be very late when he went back. It was really unsafe to walk at night.

After they left, Father Ye summoned Ye Tongsheng and the others to discuss for a while. The result of this discussion was that they would not bring many things over tomorrow. After all, it was the first day, so they had to focus on observation.

Father Ye finally decided to only bring some woolen clothes and animal skins.

During their discussion, time passed slowly, and when Ye Yu looked up out of the window again, he suddenly realized that it was already night.

He went home with Father Ye, just in time for a hot dinner.

Oh, it’s not really hot. In the evening, I ate noodles mixed with tomatoes and eggs. The noodles were soaked in well water, and they were cold. The tomatoes had just sprouted, round and small, and even the skin was shallow. Pink, it tastes extremely moist, and the taste is also rusty. It is even more delicious when fried with eggs. Just add a little salt and green onions.

Ye Yu once ate scrambled eggs with tomatoes and sugar, and the taste was very good. It should be said that no matter how scrambled eggs with tomatoes, they would not be too unpalatable.

The mixed tomato and egg noodles are particularly delicious, and a pot of noodles made Ye's family eat clean.

After eating, the whole family starts to wash and go to bed. They have to get up at four o'clock tomorrow morning. If they don't go to bed early, they may be too sleepy to get up the next day.

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It was just dawn when they set off, and a group of people drove a few donkey carts to meet people from the other two villages at the entrance of the village. Ye Yu, who was sitting in the cart, counted and found ten people from each of the two villages. In addition, there are 31 people from Yejia Village, and the team is extremely large, so they can be called mighty and mighty when they walk on the road, and they feel quite safe.

Ye Yu hadn't walked this road for a long time, and the road he stepped on was covered with weeds and vines, and the hooves of the donkeys got stuck in the grass, and the speed became slower and slower.

The donkey cart was a little bumpy, and Ye Yu, who was wearing a straw hat, put a dried apricot in Chu Xufeng's hand, "Try it, I dried it myself, it tastes pretty good."

Chu Xufeng put it in his mouth, and he liked the sweet and sour taste very much, "Is this the apricot we picked by the lake before?"

"Yes." Ye Yu also took out a piece and gnawed slowly, "Is the hawthorn snowball I taught you to make delicious?"

Chu Xufeng nodded and said, "I like it, it's delicious. I never thought hawthorn can be made into such delicious things besides candied haws."

"That's right." Ye Yu said proudly, "Come with me and let you taste all the delicacies in the world."

Chu Xufeng showed a teasing smile when he heard the words, "Then I'll wait for our Brother Bao."

While the two of them were chatting, Uncle Zhao on the other side was also asking his nephew Ye Hai, "I haven't met your daughter-in-law yet, is there any good news recently?"

It was Uncle Zhao who attended the wedding banquet before.

Ye Hai rubbed his head and said, "I'll take Pandi back to give you New Year greetings. As for the child, it's probably because our fate hasn't arrived yet."

"You just got married, so it's normal if the fate doesn't come." Uncle Zhao comforted, "Your second aunt also got your cousin two years later."

Ye Hai doesn't need to be comforted, he is not in a hurry to have a child.

Speaking of cousin, he asked, "Why didn't cousin come today?"

"Your cousin is not feeling well recently, so I didn't let him come." Uncle Zhao replied with some worry.

Ye Hai heard the words and immediately asked: "Is it serious?"

"It's okay, it's just that I have been feverish, and I'm not energetic. I'm tired, maybe I was too tired a while ago." Uncle Zhao patted Ye Hai on the shoulder, "Don't worry, your cousin was as strong as a bear before. Yes, it will probably get better soon."

After about two hours, they finally arrived at the destination. The sandy land should have been cleared up, because Ye Yu could see the felled wood piles around them, they were very thick, and he could imagine that these trees were not cut How lush it was before it was broken.

The sandy place is full of people, although there are not many people, but their chatting voice is very loud, noisy, very lively.

Ye Yu's sharp eyes, he and Chu Xufeng looked at each other, and they both understood what the other party meant. This caravan was probably very powerful, everyone was holding a big knife, and he even saw two iron axes with unknown stains on them. rust red.

"Hey, you guys are so early, we haven't packed yet."

When they were looking at it, suddenly a middle-aged man with a round figure and a smile like a Maitreya Buddha greeted him.

"My surname is Han, and I am the deputy of this caravan." He introduced himself like this.

After introducing each other, Deputy Han led them in, "You can come in and take a look. Our caravan has come all the way from the south. The goods are not rare, but some of them are rare here."

Someone greeted him on the road, from which it can be seen that this person's status in the caravan is not low, yes, at least he is a deputy.

"In addition to shopping, we also collect things, such as animal skins in the mountains and forests, we collect all kinds of fox skins, mink skins, tiger skins, and bear skins, but if it is rabbit skins, forget it. After all, there are rabbits in the south."

Father Ye asked a question, "How to change?"

Deputy Han replied: "It depends on what you need. For example, if you need rice, if it is a white fox fur, you can exchange ten catties of rice."

Ye Yu thought to himself, lowered his voice a bit.

Father Ye and the others obviously thought the same way, because Uncle Zhao couldn't hold back and asked, "Can I only exchange ten catties of rice?"

Deputy Han thought for a while, and then suddenly realized: "You don't know the current situation in the south, do you?"

He sighed and continued: "It's also my fault that I didn't tell you clearly first. A few years ago, the south experienced earth dragons turning upside down, followed by heavy rains and floods, which completely washed away the land. There was no way to grow rice. It was finally settled down. Vegetation It began to grow crazily again, followed by a plague of insects, those insects were bigger than a human fist, poisonous and bloodthirsty, once they were targeted by them, the internal organs of the human body would be hollowed out."

"If it weren't for some doctors who found out that they hate the smell of Ruguanzhong, Hecao Bud, Leiwan and other herbs, we really might not be able to survive."

Ye Yu was puzzled when he heard this, "If I remember correctly, those herbs are poisonous, right?"

Deputy Han glanced at him and agreed: "You are right, they are poisonous, so the pills made from them are burned, and the smoke produced can drive away the bugs."

"After we found a way to stop the poisonous insects, we gradually returned to normal life and began to cultivate rice. However, for some reason, the rice production decreased. After a year of hard work, we can only harvest about [-] catties of rice."

Father Ye frowned and said, "I thought only our side's grain production was reduced due to the weather."

Deputy Han stopped by the side of the road, lit the tobacco/grass on the pipe and said: "I'm afraid this is the case in every place. The natural disasters that happened in the places our caravan passed by before are different, only the reduction of food production is the same. .”

"Because of the extreme cold or heat, many people from the north fled to the south, but only a few survived. Sometimes I really don't know whether the north or the south is better." His eyes were extremely hazy in the smog.

All of a sudden, no one spoke.

It was he himself who broke the silence, "Hey, why are you talking so much? Fortunately, life has stabilized now, and we can all go out for business with our goods."

Father Ye also smiled, and changed the subject cooperatively, "I don't know what kind of goods you have?"

Deputy Han put out the cigarette rod, "That's too much, we can even help you find what you need, but the price is very expensive, or you can just say what you want, let me see what we bring now on or not."

Father Ye and the others looked at each other, and Uncle Zhao spoke first, "Do you have any cloth?"

It seems that their needs are actually similar.

"Yes, there are many. There are cotton cloth and linen cloth, and there is also a smooth silk and satin, which is especially beautiful. I will show you to have a look."

Deputy Han led them to continue walking in, until they stopped in front of a wooden house.

When Ye Yu walked in, all kinds of cloth in different colors were rolled into cylinders and placed on shelves.

"Though the satin is more expensive, it is comfortable to wear and is slippery. You can wear it just by looking at me, isn't it different from others?" Deputy Han said holding a horse of rose-colored satin.

Ye Yu asked, "Can I touch it?"

Deputy Han quickly put a small piece of silk on his hand, "Touch this, it's all the same."

It is smooth and cool to the touch, as light as nothing, and the weaver does have a good skill.

He said: "If you have mink fur, a whole mink fur can be exchanged for such a roll of silk and satin, which is enough to make three or four clothes at home."

"Is it also cold in the south? You also need leather to keep you warm?" Ye Yu handed the silk to his father, and then asked again.

Deputy Han replied: "No, it's damp and wet in winter. It's different from the dry cold here. The cold is soaked into the bones, and it's cold from the inside to the outside. It's very uncomfortable."

Father Ye asked again how to change the cotton and linen cloth, and after he had figured it out, he asked him, "How long will you stay here?"

"It's not certain, but there should be two or three days."

After leaving the house with the cloth, the three villages were about to be separated. Father Ye wanted to see the livestock, and Uncle Zhao and Uncle Xing wanted to exchange food.

Deputy Han called a young man to take them there, while he continued to lead Father Ye and his party.

He said as he walked, "Because of the long distance, many livestock died on the road, but those who were still alive recovered. There were poultry, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and a few piglets."

Ye Yu's eyes lighted up when he heard this. It's great to have pigs. Although he once thought of catching wild boars on the mountain and becoming a domestic pig, but wild boars have to be raised for generations to become as fleshy as domestic pigs. It is better to buy pigs directly.

The house, which was also made of wood, was simpler in comparison, like a shed, with many cages inside, and the smell was not pleasant, with a strong smell of excrement.

There are many varieties of chickens, ducks and geese, but Ye Yu didn't look at them at all, because their village also has such poultry, and there are wild ones on the mountain, so it's not worth exchanging for them.

His attention was all on the four little piglets, the pink and white one, but he didn't know if any of them got sick.