The happy little days of the Ye family

The python with thick wrists still had its mouth open. Mrs. Ye, Mother Ye and Ye Qingqing felt their scalps go numb after just one look at it.

Mrs. Ye quickly asked Mr. Ye to get something to cover her, and she pulled Ye Qingqing and Ye's mother and trotted back to the house.

Ye Xilin wanted to eat snake soup, but that was impossible. Mrs. Ye and Mother Ye would never dare to touch this terrible python.

Mr. Ye placed the basket with the python in it beside the wall at the door, then took a bucket and placed it horizontally on top of the basket to cover the python.

Today I went to Xiaohou Mountain to dig winter bamboo shoots. I came back a little late and didn’t have time to cook. Ye Mu simply fried rice cakes and ate them.

Ye Mu first poured out the water in which the rice cakes were soaked, replaced it with clean water, and then picked up a dozen round cake-shaped rice cakes.

Ye Mu cut the rice cake into thin slices, put a little lard in the pot, stir-fried the thinly sliced ​​pork belly to get the fat, then added the cabbage and rice cake torn into small pieces and stir-fried together.

After making the fried rice cake, Ye Mu took out two eggs and made egg drop soup with a little bit of oil left in the fried rice cake pan. A simple dinner was ready.

During the meal, Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin excitedly discussed the big python they shot today.

Mrs. Ye and Mother Ye felt frightened for a while. Fortunately, the big python was hibernating, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Old Mrs. Ye: "Old man, you go to the town tomorrow to sell snakes, and go to the drugstore to buy some sulfur and snake-repelling herbal bags. Buy more. Whoever goes to the mountains in the future must spread sulfur and bring snake-repelling herbal bags. "

Mother Ye also repeatedly warned her three children to be careful in the mountains, to alert snakes in areas with lush vegetation, and to use bamboo poles to check whether there was any danger.

Ye Qingqing was more afraid of snakes than Ye Mu, so the little girl quickly promised to be careful.

The two young men had never killed a snake before, but they were very excited and looked forward to it.

Mother Ye slapped the two brothers on the back with a backhand, and glared at them, "Did you hear that? You must pay attention when you go to the mountain. You must also bring sulfur and snake-repelling herbal bags."

"I heard it, I heard it." The brothers responded in unison.

Mother Ye was afraid that the three children would have nightmares at night, so she got up in the middle of the night and went to the three children's houses to take a look.

Ye Qingqing was timid and slept alone. Mother Ye was worried that the little girl would be scared, so she went to Ye Qingqing's room first.

Mother Ye gently opened the door and walked to the bedside. The little girl was sleeping soundly. Ye Mu put Ye Qingqing's little hand out of the quilt back inside the quilt and left quietly.

Then Ye's mother came to Ye Donglin's house again. As soon as she walked to the door, she heard a small snore. Ye's mother carefully opened the door and quietly took a look at the bed.

Ye Xilin, who originally slept by himself, came to sleep with his brother. Ye Xilin spread his hands and feet domineeringly, almost pushing Ye Donglin, who was sleeping outside, out of bed.

Seeing the two boys sleeping soundly, Mother Ye smiled and shook her head, quietly closed the door, got up and went back to the house to continue sleeping.

Early the next morning, Mr. Ye took the big python to Li Restaurant in the town to find shopkeeper Wang.

From the past few years, shopkeeper Wang has ordered two big fat pigs from the Ye family every year to give as New Year gifts.

This time, because all the pigs were made into bacon, Mr. Ye was very embarrassed, so he brought seven or eight kilograms of winter bamboo shoots to Shopkeeper Wang to maintain the relationship.

There are not many winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest in Xiaohou Mountain. Today, Ye's father only took his two sons to dig winter bamboo shoots in Xiaohou Mountain. Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu also began to conceive of new embroidery.

Mrs. Ye originally planned to make headbands and headbands, but all the cloth at home was used up, and Ye’s father hadn’t bought it yet, so he had to fiddle with the small vegetable garden at home.

There are no vegetables in the small vegetable garden now, only some withered and yellow weeds.

Mrs. Ye used a hoe to remove the weeds bit by bit, and then gathered the weeds into a pile. These weeds can be burned to fertilize the land, or they can be taken home and dried to make fire.

Now everyone in the Ye family has their own things to do, and Mr. Ye and his father don't have much time to go to the mountains to chop firewood. Mrs. Ye plans to take the weeds back to the yard to dry, and then dry them for a day or two before using them to start a fire. .

Mrs. Ye spent a whole morning tidying up some of the small vegetable garden. In about 20 days, she will be able to plow the land and plant vegetables.

Mr. Ye came to Li's restaurant, and shopkeeper Wang was waiting at the counter to look at the ledger.

"Shopkeeper Wang, long time no see."

"Mr. Ye, you are still as strong as before. Did you come here today with any fresh delicacies?"

Shopkeeper Wang also has a headache. There are few vegetables in winter, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Without ingredients, the chef cannot show his skills no matter how good he is.

Mr. Ye brought the basket with the python on his back to Shopkeeper Wang, "I was digging winter bamboo shoots in the mountains yesterday evening, and I didn't expect to encounter a hibernating python. A bowl of snake soup or dragon and phoenix soup is good in the winter. I just want to see it. Let’s see if you accept it, Shopkeeper Wang.”

This is the first time Shopkeeper Wang has seen such a big snake. It just so happens that Mr. Li and Mr. Wang are coming over for dinner today, so they are having a snake feast.

Shopkeeper Wang smiled brightly and said, "Take it, big snakes are rare."

Shopkeeper Wang thought for a while and then said: "Brother Ye just said to dig winter bamboo shoots. This is a good time to eat winter bamboo shoots. I wonder how many winter bamboo shoots you have here?"

Mr. Ye: "There are several hundred kilograms of winter bamboo shoots on the mountain. We have signed a contract with a restaurant in the county. But if you want some winter bamboo shoots, Mr. Wang, I can share one or two hundred kilograms with you. But the price will have to be paid by the county. The price is the same, 16 yuan per catty.”

When he heard that there were [-] or [-] kilograms of winter bamboo shoots, shopkeeper Wang immediately became energetic and said, "Brother Ye, you are really my noble man. We are short of vegetables at this time. I want all your winter bamboo shoots."

Mr. Ye brought some plump and tender winter bamboo shoots to Shopkeeper Wang, "Shopkeeper Wang, I will give you these winter bamboo shoots to taste first, and I will send them over tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

When Mr. Ye left the restaurant, the snake feast started in full swing in the kitchen.

The first course is Dragon and Phoenix Soup.

Boil the water, blanch the chicken pieces until they are foamy, take them out and wash them, put the snake meat in the boiling water, take them out and wash them, cut the ginger into slices and shreds, heat the pan with cold oil, stir-fry the shredded ginger until fragrant, and then Pour in the snake meat and stir-fry, add water to boil, then simmer for an hour, and the tonic dragon and phoenix soup is ready.

The Li family restaurant is very busy, and Mr. Ye has already bought a large amount of sulfur and snake repellent kits from the drug store.