Defeat natural disasters with farming

The three maps were put away by them and placed in a specially built house in the village to store paper texts. It is dry and cool, which is very suitable for storing things.

The days that followed were uneventful, and soon it was time for the Chinese New Year.

Because this year's days are generally considered calm except for the outside weather, so the big guys have had a good year during the Chinese New Year. Basically, every household has meat on the table, and Ye Yu's family also made an extra steamed fish. more than enough.

Years passed and it was the first day of the Lunar New Year. Today is Ye Yu's 13th birthday. Sometimes he can't help feeling how time flies, as if he has grown from a child to a teenager in the blink of an eye.

Longevity noodles and red eggs are of course indispensable. Mrs. Ye made thirteen red eggs for him. Ye Yu peeled the eggs with her own hands, and it happened that each elder in the family had one.

The birthday gift is not expensive, but it is very elaborate, and the clothes made by the aunts are enough for him to wear for a year.

Since his birthday, good news has followed.

First of all, Ye Hai’s daughter-in-law, Pandi, retched while eating mutton. The doctor Hao who invited him diagnosed a two-month-old Xi pulse, which made the whole family very happy. This child is the first of the next generation of the Ye family. child.

Then there is the marriage between Peach Blossom and Lotus Flower, both of them can be called big girls, and now they get married very late in the village, and girls of their age usually get married when they are sixteen or seventeen years old, but the girls in their family have always been married. Those who got married late, like Aunt Ye, just married Uncle Qin.

The person Taohua is talking about is Ye He's senior brother Tang Youyan. Both of his parents died, and he was raised by Master Wu since he was a child. Therefore, Master Wu came forward when he talked about their marriage.

Master Wu said: "When there is an agreement to get married, the young couple can move out and live alone."

After all, he has other apprentices, and they are not related by blood. It is better for the apprentices to move out after they get married.

"As for the house, as long as the land is approved, it can be built soon."

Aunt Ye pondered for a while after hearing the words, "Why don't we build the house first, and the two of them will get married directly in the new house in the future, without having to worry about moving people around."

Master Wu just thought about it for a while, then nodded and said: "Indeed."

The two quickly reached an agreement.

After Taohua's marriage was settled, it was Hehua's turn. Her marriage was quite unexpected. Originally, Ye Lao Er and Ye Ersao thought that He Hua had a gentle temperament, so it would be a good choice to marry her back to Ye Ersao's natal village. Uncle Xing had already been asked to find a suitable family, but someone in Yejia Village asked Ye Tongsheng's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhao, to marry him.

That man is Wang Shu. He is two years older than Hehua. Ever since his mother passed away during the earthquake and his father injured his arm, he has matured all of a sudden and has been with Ye Tongsheng to help deal with the village paperwork. He is quite respected, so many matchmakers came to his house to propose marriage when he was old, but his father rejected them all. No one knew the reason, until today they suddenly realized that he was waiting for the lotus.

The more Mrs. Ye thought about it, the more she felt that Wang Shu was a good boy, and that he was a perfect match for Lotus. She said cheerfully, "It's a good thing for Lotus to stay in the village. We can make decisions for her if something happens."

Ye Laoer also nodded, "I've seen Brother Shu often, I know his temper, he's gentle."

On the contrary, Mrs. Ye asked He Hua for her opinion. She saw that He Hua's cheeks were blushing, but she didn't disagree, so she said happily, "That's fine."

The marriage of the two of them was soon finalized, but what Ye Yu didn't expect was that four or five new couples in the village had succeeded in proclaiming their marriage, perhaps because the villagers had been living peacefully recently.

Seeing this, Ye Yu couldn't help suggesting to hold a group wedding, just in case the whole village can have fun together, the food will be provided by the group, and then find someone to calculate a suitable time.

As soon as his idea was proposed, it was approved by the whole village. In fact, they mainly wanted to find an opportunity to have fun. They have been suppressed for so long, and it would be a good thing if they could relax a bit.

The time is set on March [-]th, which is a good day for marriage.

The whole village was in motion early that morning, cooking fires at home one after another, especially those who were married, took out all the good things in the house, Mrs. Ye led the daughters-in-law to work from morning to night, and made a lot of preparations. A big dish comes out.

Stewed big fish in an iron pot, stewed goose in an iron pot, stewed chicken with mushrooms, butchered vegetables, big bones in sauce, stewed pork vermicelli, stewed pork ribs with beans...

A big dish was placed on the table brought by the villagers from their homes. In the middle of the open space, there was something similar to a barbecue grill. On it was a whole lamb being roasted, and the smell of burnt fragrance gradually came out. For this wedding Well, their village is bleeding out, and the sheep they got in exchange can be raised again. As a result, two of them have been slaughtered now, and the rest are roe deer and red deer hunted from the mountains.

The staple food is zamian steamed buns and sweet potatoes, which are very sweet when roasted on the fire.

The villagers first went to see the dowries. When they saw the dowries of peach blossoms and lotus flowers, Ye Shuan approached Ye Yu and whispered, "Sister Taohua and Sister Hehua have a lot of dowries."

What Ye Shuan said was what other people in the village wanted to express.

There are indeed many, the parents of peach blossoms and lotus love them, and the two red pine trees grown in the yard of the house have been chopped down to make furniture, and the good wood cut from the mountain is directly used for the house where the young couple will sleep in the future. The furniture is clearly arranged.

In addition, there are several bolts of cotton silk satin that were exchanged some time ago, the silver bracelets and silver hairpins that Mrs. Ye added to make up equally, and the makeup that Ye's father and Ye's mother added to both of them. Both of them are the same, all made of pure gold. Although the collars are old in style, they are all pure gold. As the saying goes, antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times, no matter how the world changes, the value of gold is there, at most it will depreciate.

Relatives in the family also added makeup, for example, Aunt Ye added a dressing table for each of them.

As for the dowry given by their respective parents, the most basic ones are the same, including the sewing box, the comb, the scissors and the abacus. The craftsmanship is very exquisite. They bought it in the county and kept it all the time. Ye Laoer and his wife married a set of books, which they asked Ye Yu to copy.

After putting on makeup, the atmosphere in the village became more lively.

The hustle and bustle of people didn't stop until the sky darkened, and the festively dressed matchmaker shouted, "The auspicious time has come" in a drawn-out voice.

The five couples bowed to the heaven and earth under her command, followed by the husband and wife to bow to each other. This is considered a ceremony, and then they can change into new clothes and come to participate in the assembly.

This process is actually a bit nondescript, but Ye Yu feels that as long as there is a heart, the wedding process is just icing on the cake, and it is enough to make a point.

Ye Yu sat with Chu Xufeng, halfway through the meal, Chu Xufeng started to help him grill the meat, the mutton cut into small pieces was roasted until it was dripping with oil, sprinkled with salt and chili powder, it smelled delicious.

"What are you thinking about?" Chu Xufeng handed him the roasted mutton.

"I'm thinking that the village is going to get busy." Ye Yu blew on the mutton skewers, stroked one with his mouth, and said vaguely, "It's so hot."

"Be careful." Chu Xufeng reluctantly handed him a glass of water.

"Isn't eating barbecue just eating something hot?" Ye Yu swallowed the meat with a breath, and continued, "The fence has to be expanded and raised, and a meeting place needs to be built in the village. You can’t always disturb the ancestors in the ancestral hall, and the school, Ye Tongsheng’s place is not big, and all the children in the village can’t do their best to learn how to read.”

"I'm still thinking about whether to directly expand the lake outside, but if it is really expanded, the scope of the village will become very large, and it will be very troublesome for the village soldiers to patrol. It is inevitable that there will be places that cannot be taken care of."

Chu Xufeng had been listening carefully to Ye Yu's words, and when he stopped, he said sharply: "After all, there are not enough people."

"Yes." Ye Yu sighed deeply.

"But the matter of expansion is indeed on the agenda." Chu Xufeng asked him: "Is the village planning to recruit people on a large scale?"

This involves the planning of the village. If you just want to live in peace and stability, you cannot easily let go of the income. If you want to expand the scale, you have to increase the population.

However, Ye Yu shook his head and replied: "There is no conclusion yet."

Half and half of the villagers in the village hold these two views, and after several meetings, they still can't decide.

Chu Xufeng thought for a while and said, "Let's expand the building first, and we can wait for the rest."

When the two of them were chatting, there was a sudden violent booing sound from the side. Ye Yu looked over curiously and saw Ye He was holding a bowl in his hand, and said with a flushed face, "Isn't it just drinking? With whom?" It doesn't seem like it."

After speaking, he suffocated the wine in the bowl in one gulp, only to be choked and coughed.

"What's the matter?" Ye Yu asked Ye Jing puzzled.

"Here," Ye Jing pouted towards that side, "Master Yue's daughter."

As soon as he mentioned this, Ye Yu understood that Master Yue's daughter, Yue Ling, was very popular in the village, and there were many people who liked her. In-laws, but the boys of the same age in the village don't know so much, no matter how much she refuses, there are always many people who show courteousness to her.

This time it is estimated that this is also the reason.

But what was different from before was that this time Yue Ling reached out and snatched the bowl from Ye He's hand, put it in his waist and said, "I don't like people who drink."

Hearing this, Ye He immediately let go, and said with a smile: "Then I won't drink."

Seeing this, Ye Yu couldn't help shaking his head, and leaned to Chu Xufeng's side and said, "My brother is definitely going to be eaten."

Chu Xufeng also smiled slightly when he heard this, and moved closer to him, "Yes."

As soon as Ye Yu raised his head, he could see Chu Xufeng's slightly protruding Adam's apple, and a faint sandalwood scent lingered at the tip of his nose, and he shrank back uncomfortably.

"Brother Bao, are you uncomfortable? Why is your face so red?" Ye Jing asked repeatedly when he saw his flushed cheeks just as he turned around.

"It's okay, I'm a little hot from the fire." Ye Yu quickly explained, groping the table twice with his hands, and started fanning the wind after touching the cattail fan.

"Oh." Ye Jing was hesitant to speak, the cattail fan had just fanned the roasted whole lamb, and it smelled of mutton, I don't know how Brother Bao endured it, could it be that it was too hot?

Ye Yu waited until Ye Jing turned back before throwing the cattail fan on the table, impatiently putting the purse on her nose to sniff.

Chu Xufeng was looking at him with a smile at this time, Ye Yu gave him a look, "What are you looking at?"

"Of course it's because you look good," Chu Xufeng said.

Ye Yu patted his arm upon hearing this, "You look the best."