Wearing a mountain village tuff

Ye Baiyou's craftsmanship is not bad, and he will specialize in food when he has time at home.

According to what his grandfather who cooked banquets for various families in the village when he was young, if he practiced this skill for a few more years, he would be able to catch up with himself directly.

So sometimes when he came home, he would be asked by the old man to cook a few dishes for the guests of the farmhouse.

But it's still the same sentence, "It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice"!

Simply sour radish is good, refreshing and appetizing.As soon as it was done, the palm-sized steamed buns were also eaten.

Ye Baiyou's table ate slowly, and when there was only the sound of booing and drinking, the dishes on the surrounding tables had been cleaned up.

It's like the cleanness after washing the dishes.

They are all people who have come through hardships, and they can touch so much oil and water in a banquet, so they should not be cherished.

It's cold today, I've been in the yard for a long time, and my body is full of chills.Old people and children go home directly after eating, and some men who are good at drinking stay here for a few drinks.

The tables on the road had long since been vacated, and only the people at the two tables next to the main room were left in the yard.

He punched and slapped the table again, looking a little drunk.

After eating, I told the people in the main house to leave.Passing by the drinking tables, Ye Baiyou looked at the wine poured into the sea bowl.

Somewhat cloudy and whitish in color.It smells fragrant and has a sour smell, and it is made purely from grain.

"Want to drink?" He Qin saw his eyes fall on the wine bowl.

Ye Baiyou nodded, curiosity hidden in his eyes.

Beside He Qin was Li Duanyang, who quietly poked his man's stomach.He gestured towards the man with his eyes.

"Wait." Li Duanyang shook his fingers, then went over there.

Bringing a little over, He Qin smiled gently at him, and took it to Ye Baiyou.

Ye Baiyou sniffed lightly.As it got closer, it smelled the mellow aroma of the fermented plants.

This is rice wine with some rice dregs floating on it.Take a sip, the entrance is smooth, not as spicy as the later generations.

"Is it delicious?" He Qin looked at him with a smile on the side.His husband's chin rested on his shoulders, and he was nestled in the man's arms.

She smiled very warmly, and looked at herself with kindness.

Ye Baiyou nodded: "It's delicious and very fragrant."

"Oh, brother pomelo, come here for a drink!"

"As expected of a brother from Daquan Village, he can drink wine!"

"Shut the fuck up, be careful he's chasing you and beating you!" This man was not drunk yet, his voice was low, but it didn't prevent Ye Baiyou from hearing it.

Ye Baiyou smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled, revealing his white teeth.

"Oh! Grandpa, you said the wrong thing!"

"Do you want more? There are more here!"

Lou Wencai looked darkly at his brother who had taken off his scarf.With so many men, they still stay here!

For such a brother who doesn't keep his morals, he is the only one who is willing to leave a place for him by his side.

For him, this should be a great blessing for him.

But he still doesn't want to!

Lou Wencai clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes became more and more gloomy.

Ye Baiyou noticed Lou Wencai's strong gaze even if he didn't look at it.Standing here felt uncomfortable all over, he was bored, and left with He Qin and the others.

-

On the road, the snow was trampled into the mud.White mixed with dull tan, like a natural abstract painting.

It is very slippery to walk on.

Ye Baiyou and a few children walked in front, followed by the Li family and the Zhao family.

"Brother Ye, what does wine taste like?" Several children pulled Ye Baiyou's clothes and asked him curiously with wide eyes.

Zhao Sijin, a child of the Zhao family, ate a meal with Ye Baiyou and was a little familiar, and he also quietly pulled Ye Baiyou's clothes with his small hands.

"Brother, what does it smell like?" His voice was small, like a cat at home.

Ye Baiyou rubbed the fleshy heads one by one, and the hairy hands felt very good.

He wrinkled his face and made an ugly look: "It's not good, it's bitter."

"Brother Ye just said it's delicious!"

"that is!"

"That's it!"

Little friend Zhao Sijin said softly, "That's it."

Ye Baiyou chuckled: "Adults drink it deliciously, but children drink it bitterly."

"Is it bitterer than medicine?" It was Zhao Sijin who muttered in a low voice, with his head down, his voice was like a fluffy bird squatting on a tree branch.

"It's a different bitter taste. Do you see if your little dad and aunt like to drink it?"

A few small backs.

The adults shook their heads in cooperation.

Ye Baiyou smiled and said: "So many adults don't like it, let alone children?"

"Brother, is that so?" After the children asked the adults, they turned to Chang'an, the leader among the children, for an answer.

"It doesn't taste good." Chang An's expression was bitter.

Chang Ning and Chang Yi moved closer to him again: "How did brother know?"

None of them saw brother drink.

Ye Baiyou smiled slightly, looking at the little child beside him who was grabbing the hem of his clothes and turning his head to look at Chang'an like the crowd.Feeling soft, he patted his head lightly.

Chang An glanced at the back, and then said: "When I was young, I was thirsty and asked for water. Then Dad brought a bowl of wine and said it was boiled water. In the end, I gulped it down..."

"It doesn't taste good at all!" Chang An's eyes were full of accusations against his father.

The adults chatted and kept paying attention to the front.Listening to Chang'an's words now, He Qin directly twisted his man's waist. "Li Duanyang! You have done this before!"

"Ouch! Fulang! Fulang! I was wrong, wrong!"

"That's right! Hahaha, Daddy has been taken care of by little Daddy again!"

Aunt Du Juan was relieved to see that her child had friends, and she joked: "You can't give wine to children."

"It's a few dozen years old, and I still don't know how serious it is." He Qin glared at him.

"Wrong, it's not that he's thirsty."

Laughing and frolicking, they arrived at Li's house in a short while.They dispersed, and Ye Baiyou also arrived at home.

The door opened.

Ye Baiyou closed it immediately with a bang.

The next moment, an eagle jumped directly on the fence.

"Brother, I have no grievances or enmities with you, human flesh is not tasty..."

This is the third time Xiaobai has seen Ye Baiyou.It flew off the fence and tried to land on his shoulder.

Seeing him spread his wings, Ye Baiyou hurriedly slowed down his movements and gently opened the door.

Immediately afterwards, he grabbed the key in his hand and ran.

Open the door, close the door, in one go.

The speed was so fast that it directly stunned Xiao Bai who had just turned around after flying.

"Fu—" Xiao Jing thumped in Ye Baiyou's hand and growled.

Xiaobai froze.With its paw stepping on the snow, it walked quickly to Ye Baiyou's door. It drooped its head, and even the feathers of the bird were dimmed.

It took a long time to watch outside, but Ye Baiyou hid inside for a long time.

Once again, Xiaobai could only fly away in frustration.

It wants to go home and find its owner to cuddle.

-

"Okay, okay, don't be afraid."

Ye Baiyou carried Xiao Jing's cat stick, patting and rubbing the cat's head.Xiao Jing, who was blown into a sea urchin, squatted on his arm aggrievedly, her two paws stepped on his chest, and her head rubbed against his chin.

"Meow..." Jiao Didi, still trembling.But Ye Baiyou's heart ached.

He hugged the cat up and down, and touched the buttocks along the back of his head with his hands.Carrying the flesh on Xiaojing's body piled up backwards.

"No grievances, no grievances."

"Make something delicious to surprise us Xiao Jing."

He ate, but the fur ball in his arms hadn't eaten yet.Ye Baiyou opened the water tank outside and directly fished some small fish and shrimp out.

When the weather is cold, people who walk on the ground or swim in the water don't like to move.It's easy to grab.

It's not easy to put things away this day, so Ye Baiyou might as well get him more.He will go out tomorrow, and he may not be able to return until the afternoon, otherwise he will only be hungry if he has nothing to eat.

The small fish and loach were steamed, crushed and put into Xiaojing's small bowl with some rice.

Look at it squatting with its little paws close together, its tail resting on the paws, and its ears are shaking.Ye Baiyou smiled and nodded his head, opened the door and went out.

The grass house can't pile up too much snow, taking advantage of the free time, Ye Baiyou put the stairs of the house on the eaves.Slowly climb up to clean off the layer of snow on it, and then sweep the yard again.

The whole afternoon was spent in these trivial matters.

-

The next day.

The sky was gloomy, and Dongyang drew a thin line on the horizon.The orange color falls gently on the horizon, not as strong as in summer.

Ye Baiyou changed into a pair of boots that were easy to walk in in winter, put the basket that he had packed last night on his back, and locked the door to go out.

"Brother Yu is here, let's go."

"Uncle He, you came very early."

"Brother Ye!" The three children surrounded Ye Baiyou.

"Are you going too?" Ye Baiyou said.

"go."

"Then we have to get along." There are many human traffickers outside, even Ye Baiyou has only been to the county once, and has heard of many such things.

"I know, little daddy said it."

The county town is bustling again now, and their father works as an accountant in the county.And often tell them about it.

"It's good to know." Ye Baiyou patted each one like a melon. "Set off!"

"Set off!!"

As long as you leave Daquan Village, the road to the county is the official road.The road is fine.

Ye Baiyou and He Qin are two adults, accompanied by three children.They chatted happily along the way.

"Let's go to the Hongfu Restaurant where my husband-in-law works. Their prices are more reasonable."

Ye Baiyou smiled and nodded: "Thank you Uncle."

"Thank you, most of the things in my backpack were not picked up by you and the children in your family."

Ye Baiyou came out of this trip just to sell something and earn some money.

Even if he saves it, the oil and salt at home are no longer enough.It just so happened that he saved a lot of dried mushrooms, which became more expensive as the winter progressed.

There is nothing to eat in winter, and there are many customers in the restaurant who like wild mushrooms.Therefore, the dried bacteria can be sold very well.

Ye Baiyou had no choice but to be thankful that he still had a few things that could be considered a family fortune.

The more you go to the county, the more people there are.

There is a lot of white snow and mud on the ground, which is wet and uncomfortable to step on.

After passing the city gate, the bustle of the county became more obvious.

It was still empty before, but now the shops on both sides are fully open.Those who sell native products, those who sell tofu, those who yell and walk around the streets...

There is an endless stream of people coming and going.

"Let's go to the restaurant first."

Ye Baiyou held each of the little guys who were holding onto the hem of his clothes, and Chang An followed beside his little dad.

Hurriedly bypassing the crowd, from the noisy market to the commercial street where shops gather, the environment on both sides is quite different.

Finally, the group stopped in front of a restaurant.

At the entrance, a two-story restaurant with a huge plaque and the words "Hongfu Restaurant" occupies a huge area.

Comparing some shops next to it is like comparing quail eggs with goose eggs.

"Let's go, go in." He Qin beckoned.

Ye Baiyou followed He Qin and entered the door, and Li Duanyang was sitting behind the counter in front of the door.

"Fu Lang is here." The Li family uncle who was not as serious as Ye Baiyou knew just now saw Uncle He's face change in a second.

"Ouch, our accountant's husband is here again." This was a joke from regular customers.

Li Duanyang raised his hand to beg for forgiveness from the guests, and came out from behind the counter to take He Qin's basket.

"It's very light, it's nothing." He Qin smiled softly.In addition to leaving a few traces at the end of his eyes, the years added a bit of charm.Did not treat him harshly.

So even people who are almost forty, their faces look more like people who are only in their twenties and thirties.

Knowing that they were here to sell dry goods, Li Duanyang waved to Xiaoer beside him. "Weigh it."

"okay."

Their store is very big, and they often come to sell some wild goods from the mountains and rivers, and they usually have them in the store.

There is no need to call the shopkeeper for this matter, there is a special price according to the grade of the goods.

This fungus is dry, divided into three grades.A catty of 150 Wen for the lower class, [-] Wen for the middle class, and [-] Wen for the upper class.Of course, if it is placed in the season when there are many fungi, the dried fungus will lose thirty or forty wen per catty.

Xiaoer Ye Baiyou weighed everyone, and then invited a master chef to come out from the back kitchen.

Open the bag and let him identify it carefully. In the end, both of them were considered medium.

After finishing the accounts, accountant Li Duanyang made a note of this sum.Ye Baiyou smiled and accepted the 270 essays that were so insignificant.

The first account in this life: 270 texts.

Not bad, not bad.Ye Baiyou put it away carefully.

"Fu Lang, will you come over for lunch later?" Li Duanyang asked before leaving.

He Qin shook his head in embarrassment, and pulled Ye Baiyou out.

"Uncle He, look at Uncle Li eagerly, don't you feel soft-hearted?"

He Qin patted his arm lightly: "Brother Youyou, it seems that you want to find a husband who is soft-hearted..."

Ye Baiyou immediately left as if fleeing: "That won't work, it won't work."

-

The family is short of spices, so I have to buy some.

Passing by the county government office during the period, Ye Baiyou suddenly thought of the time when she came here with Shen Wujing and the old man.

That day was really difficult...

"Is there a notice on it?" His eyes swept away, and he caught a glimpse of the big notice.

The font is similar to the traditional Chinese characters in her previous life, except for some complicated ones, Ye Baiyou can barely make out the meaning.

He Qin's father is his father-in-law's teacher, an old scholar.Naturally also recognized.

"This is... the food that is distributed once every ten days is changed to once every January. It will not be distributed until the spring and March days."

Ye Baiyou frowned: "Fortunately, it is made according to human hair. When the winter wheat comes out, it will be summer."

He Qin thought about the food stored at home, and then calculated what was left to be distributed.Holding the two children and turning around: "It's barely enough."

Ye Baiyou was alone at home, and he had a lot of rice and food, which was enough.

"The imperial envoy is leaving."

People from the yamen stand at the gate of the county yamen, and when they see people coming, they will read the things on the notice.One pass ten, ten pass one hundred, just today's trip to the market, everyone knows that food will be stopped in the beginning of spring.

More and more people came around, and the group pushed through the crowd and stopped at the seasoning shop.

"Guest officer, what do you want?"

"How do you sell the salt?"

"There are eight coins and one tael, and there are ten coins." The shopkeeper opened the salt jar, "Guest officer, please take a look."

Ye Baiyou approached.

Bawen's is cheaper, but there are more impurities in it, all of which are large particles, and they are not as white and translucent as the refined salt of later generations.The ones with ten texts have fewer impurities and are finer.

Ye Baiyou thought for a while, and said, "Eight Wen, two taels."

"Whatever you want, the guest officer, you can look at it as you like."

The shopkeeper was weighing him with a small scale, and Ye Baiyou couldn't help but hesitate as he looked at the big jars with sugar, ginger, garlic, and soy sauce on them.

We are now in the recovery stage after a famine, and everything is expensive.Even ginger and garlic are not grown locally.Ye Baiyou is still reluctant to pay tens of pennies per catty.

So in the end I only bought [-] Wen of salt.

"If you want oil, go to the oil mill to buy it. It's cheaper there than here." He Qin whispered in his ear.

Ye Baiyou nodded, smiled gratefully and said, "The seasoning is too expensive, I can't even afford it."

Knowing that he didn't know these things before, He Qin said with relief: "We just need to have something to eat. Only those big restaurants have good food these days."

After all, the seasonings are so expensive, and the common people are simply reluctant to part with that money.

"However, there are a lot of wild prickly ash in our mountains. When it's the season, you can pick it up and bring it back to taste." He Qin is a little nostalgic, so three years have passed.

Ye Baiyou nodded again and again: "Then I must pick more."

He Qin laughed seeing his gluttonous appearance: "All right, if it's not enough, I'll help you. It depends on whether you can finish it."

Turning to the oil mill, there are still a lot of freshly squeezed today.In the absence of transportation conditions, in order to prevent the oil from going bad, it is generally squeezed on the spot.

There is only so much per day, and it will be gone when it is sold out.

Vegetable oil is mainly sesame oil, and there is a little more animal oil. In addition to lard, there are sheep oil and beef tallow.But the latter is frighteningly expensive except lard.

The sesame oil squeezed from flax seeds is cheaper, at sixty or seventy yuan a catty.

Ye Baiyou bought a catty and went directly to 65 Wen.

But hearing Ye Baiyou still thought it was cheap, He Qin patted him on the shoulder in disapproval and said, "It's so expensive, if it wasn't for the impact of this disaster year, you can usually get thirty or forty Wen."

Ye Baiyou counted the remaining 180 nine coins, and his heart ached.

He covered his purse: "Buy it, don't buy it."

He Qin teased him with a smile: "Don't you want to buy some pork?"

Ye Baiyou hurriedly shook her head: "I'm out of money, I'm out of money."

"Money fan!" He Qin laughed dumbly.

"But it's true. Pork is probably worth more than ten yuan now. If you want that lard board to refine oil, it may directly empty your money bag."

Ye Baiyou: "That's right, let's go home."

A catty of oil is not too much, and it doesn't feel real on the back.On the way back, the three children and Ye Baiyou were each eating a bunch of candied haws.

A string of three Wen coins, Ye Baiyou hasn't tasted sweet ones for a long time, and it tastes delicious.

He can't afford white sugar, but candied haws are still available.

He is greedy, but he can't eat alone with three children watching.In addition, Uncle He helped him a lot, thank you adults, he has nothing to show, but he is good at coaxing children.

So four people, make up four pieces.The bargaining made the boss wipe away the change, and went to ten Wen.

"Usually it's only two pennies, so you can buy a catty of meat with these few sticks and a few pennies. You're willing to do it."

Ye Baiyou took a bite of the candied haws, it was sour and sweet.His eyes were slightly curved in comfort, and he licked the sweetness on his lower lip. He felt like a bird swimming in the forest.

Very refreshing.

"As a human being, the most important thing is to be happy." Ye Baiyou said with a smile.

He Qin chuckled.

"Twenty, like a child who hasn't grown up yet."

Seeing how happy he was, He Qin didn't say any more.But now he treats Baiyou like he looks at his own little ones, unknowingly treating him as his children.

"Grandpa will be born in December, and no one will be invited at home. You will also come over to play when the time comes."

"That's a good feeling."

Ye Baiyou bit a candied haws into his mouth, but he pushed the candied haws aside for the convenience of talking.The cheeks were puffed up, which made the face that was getting more complexion look a bit more obedient.

"Yes." He Qinwen smiled.

Ye Baiyou walked in front, and Chang An followed behind him.Seeing this, Chang Ning followed Chang An.The youngest, Chang Yi, is holding onto his little daddy, and is attached to his tail.

Once rich, Ye Baiyou wants to be rich even more.

While tasting the taste in his mouth, his round eyes glanced around.Passing by a bamboo grove that was still green, he pointed back and said, "Uncle, are there any winter bamboo shoots?"

"There is."

"Then I'll dig!" Ye Baiyou said excitedly.

There are no vegetables in winter, and winter bamboo shoots are definitely worth money.

He Qin said: "This mountain is far away from our village. If you want to dig, you can go to the mountain behind the village. There is a large area there."

"Okay, I'll dig when I get back!" Ye Baiyou's eyes sparkled with interest in copper coins.

"It's hard to find, and it's still covered with snow."

"It's okay, it's okay, it melted a little today."

He Qin couldn't help chuckling when he saw his childish temper revealed. "Okay, then I'll go with you, just in time to dig some and come back to eat some fresh vegetables."

"Then go after lunch."

"to make."

"Little Daddy——" the two little ones ran to He Qin's side, looking at him with pure and similar eyes.

Chang'an has realized the benefits of growing up, so he can definitely follow them.Begging little daddy, it's not something he does now at his age.

He Qin patted their heads one by one: "Hey, there is still snow on the mountain now, I will take you up next time when there is no snow."

"Little Daddy-Daddy—"

The hem of He Qin's clothes was being pulled and swayed by the two, and the tails of his eyes were slightly creased: "It's not okay to act like a baby."

-

When I went back, it was already the end of time.

After lunch, the three of Ye Baiyou went straight up the mountain.

Except for the road going out, Daquan Village is almost surrounded by mountains.There is a large bamboo forest in the back mountain, and people who live close to the back mountain have firewood all year round.

The bamboo forest spreads for kilometers, and the wind blows, surrounded by crisp sounds in the forest.Except for the occasional chirping of birds and the rustling of falling snow, it is especially quiet on weekdays.

There is still a lot of snow on the stone road, winding upwards, like a white dragon made of ice and snow.

The three of them took a few steps, and suddenly saw some people's footprints on it.

"Has anyone been here?" Ye Baiyou asked.

He Qin said: "With so many people in the village, who would have thought of the winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest in the back mountain?"

Ye Baiyou nodded, but seeing the messy footprints, she felt something was wrong.

Suddenly, a palm-sized shoe fell from the white snow.

It's for kids!

"Uncle! Shhh!" Ye Baiyou lowered her body and suddenly turned her head to remind her.

He Qin's expression changed, he walked behind and didn't see what was going on ahead.

Chang'an was in the middle, heard the sound and looked around.

"Whose shoes?"