The happy little days of the Ye family

Mother Ye didn't have to go to Xiaohoushan to pick mushrooms today, so she got up early to make breakfast with Mrs. Ye.

Mrs. Ye was responsible for cooking the pig food, and Mrs. Ye cooked a pot of wild vegetable porridge. The wild vegetables were the water celery picked by Mrs. Ye at the foot of the mountain yesterday.

The water celery that had just emerged did not escape Mrs. Ye's vicious hands and was chopped up. At this time, the water celery was juicy and tender, and it was delicious no matter how it was cooked.

In addition to wild vegetable porridge, Ye Mu also made wild vegetable pancakes. The pancakes were filled with chopped water celery and eggs, which were delicious.

"Mom, I'll bring you lunch at noon." She didn't go to pick mushrooms, so she happened to make a meal and send it over.

"At noon, let Fengsheng drive the donkey to transport the mushrooms first. Let's take the rice with us. The food is so heavy and it will be tiring to carry it." Old Mrs. Ye felt sorry for Ye Mu.

"Okay, then I'll make bacon and mushroom stewed rice, and then I'll make egg drop soup."

"That's good." Mrs. Ye said cheerfully.

Mrs. Ye's cooking tastes average. Since Ye's mother got married, she rarely cooks except for breakfast. She is rarely picky about what Ye's mother cooks every day. After all, she herself can't cook well.

After breakfast, the old couple took Father Ye and Ye Donglin to pick mushrooms in Xiaohou Mountain.

The wild vegetables on the mountain grow when the wind blows, almost changing every day. They just broke out of the ground two days ago, and now they have grown into a lush green, full of spring, which makes people feel happy when they see it.

Yesterday, several people picked large bamboo fungus and mushrooms to pick. Today, the small mushrooms have grown into big mushrooms, and some fresh and cute small mushrooms have emerged.

Today we still start picking from the bamboo forest. We already picked a round of bamboo fungus and mushrooms yesterday. Today’s harvest is average, nearly one-third less than yesterday.

In addition to mushrooms, there are also many fresh and tender wild vegetables on the mountain, such as wild onions, shepherd's purse, and bracken. Mrs. Ye picked a basket full of them.

When it was almost noon, Father Ye moved the mushrooms and bamboo fungus picked in the morning to the donkey cart. Mrs. Ye picked a large handful of water celery by the stream and asked Father Ye to take the wild vegetables back with her.

At this time, Ye Donglin ran over panting, dragging two big wooden sticks. "These two pieces of wood can grow fungus, so take them back too."

Mrs. Ye took a closer look and saw that there were indeed some small fungus growing on the wood. "You're lucky kid. If you take this wood home and water it more, it will continue to grow mushrooms."

Father Ye on the side quickly moved two rotten logs with fungus on them into the donkey cart.

When I got home, Mother Ye had already prepared a meal. The yard was filled with the aroma of the food. The mushrooms picked yesterday were drying in the front yard, and the bamboo fungus was drying on the shelf in the backyard.

Seeing that Ye's father was back, Ye's mother brought out a glass of water. Ye's father was indeed a little thirsty, so he took the water and drank it in big gulps.

After drinking water, the family of three began to unload things from the donkey cart.

Seeing that there were two pieces of rotten wood on the donkey cart, Ye Qingqing was a little curious, "Why do you have two pieces of wood? This wood is so wet. Why don't you dry it in the sun and bring it back for the fire?"

Ye Mu handed the wood to Ye Qingqing from the donkey cart and said softly. "Silly girl, these two rotten trees have fungus growing on them. If you take them back and water them more, the fungus will continue to grow."

Ye Qingqing took the wood and took a closer look. Sure enough, there were small fungus growing on it. He asked happily: "Since fungus can be grown, can mushrooms also be grown?"

"This mushroom has no seeds. How can we grow it?" Ye Mu thought this was not possible.

"The fungus grows on wood. If you water it, the fungus will continue to grow. Does that mean the seeds of the fungus are on the wood? Mushrooms grow in the soil, so the seeds of the mushrooms should be in the soil, right?" Father Ye said somewhat. Said uncertainly.

"Dad, ask grandpa and grandma, they know more." Ye Qingqing admired Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye very much.

"Okay, hurry up and pack up. We have to bring food to my parents." Mother Ye took the wild vegetables to the kitchen. When she came back, she saw that the father and daughter were still chatting, so she hurriedly urged them.

The father and daughter moved the mushrooms on the donkey cart to the yard and spread them out to dry. On the other side, Ye Mu had already packed the food, including a small pot of braised rice with bacon and mushrooms, a plate of pickled bamboo shoots, and a can of egg drop soup.

Ye's father brought hot and fragrant meals to Xiaohoushan to deliver the meals, and Ye's mother and Ye Qingqing also started to have lunch.

During the meal, Father Ye talked about growing mushrooms, but Mr. Ye was not interested. "There are so many mushrooms on the mountain, there's no need to grow them."

Old Mrs. Ye was quite interested, "Why don't you dig some soil where the mushrooms grow and try it? Pour more water and see if mushrooms will grow."

As they spoke, the mother and son speeded up their meal, took a backpack and dug the soil where the mushrooms grew.

Mr. Ye saw that the two of them were as lively as children and didn't even look at them. He picked up the backpack and took his eldest grandson to the other side to pick mushrooms.

There were not as many mushrooms today as yesterday. I only picked 9 pounds of bamboo fungus and 51 pounds of mushrooms.

After Mrs. Ye weighed the mushrooms, she quickly took Ye Qingqing and Ye's father to discuss where to put the dug soil.

The three of them murmured for a long time before deciding to scatter the soil they brought back under the jujube tree. It is shady under the trees, closest to the environment on the mountain, and is close to the pool, making watering very convenient.

Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing carefully spread the soil brought back from the mountain on the roots of the two jujube trees. Father Ye fetched a bucket of water from the pool.

"Don't water too much. The roots of the jujube tree will be easily damaged if it is watered too much."

Mrs. Ye was afraid that there would be too much water and she would kill two good jujube trees. I was so excited just now that no one thought of this.

Father Ye asked: "Then I should water less and then water more diligently?"

"That's okay." Mrs. Ye nodded and said.

For dinner, we had various wild vegetables, including cold water celery, cold bracken, scrambled eggs with wild vegetables, and stir-fried shepherd's purse.

When we went to Xiaohou Mountain the next day, there were more Tang brothers in the team. The Tang brothers helped dig spring bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, and several people from the Ye family went to the foot of the mountain to dig wild vegetables and pick toon.

There are more than a dozen toon trees at the foot of the mountain. After the beginning of spring and moistened by the spring rain, the toon trees have grown many buds. This first batch of toon has the best taste. Shopkeeper Liang has already agreed on how much to harvest.

Father Ye and Mr. Ye each held a long bamboo pole. There was a hole at the top of the bamboo pole, and the toona twigs were stuck in the opening. They twisted the bamboo pole hard and picked off the toon.

There seemed to be a lot of young toon leaves on the tree, but without weighing them, Ye's father stripped the toon tree bare and only got more than a kilogram of toon from one tree.

Mr. Ye and his father were picking toon, and Mrs. Ye was taking Ye Donglin to dig wild vegetables.

At this time, the wild vegetables have just emerged and are fresh and tender. They are very juicy and tender. Wild onions, shepherd's purse, bracken and water celery are all grown by both grandson and grandson.

By noon, Mr. Ye and his father had stripped all the toon trees and picked nearly 20 kilograms of toon trees.

Mrs. Ye and Ye Donglin also dug up about 50 kilograms of wild vegetables, about 10 kilograms each of wild onions, shepherd's purse and bracken, and about 20 kilograms of water celery at most.

Spring bamboo shoots are much larger than winter bamboo shoots, and they are exposed outside, so you can see where there are spring bamboo shoots at a glance.

The Tang brothers often come to Xiaohoushan to dig bamboo shoots. They are already experts at digging bamboo shoots. They dug nearly 200 kilograms of spring bamboo shoots in one morning.

Father Ye happily took the first crop of toon, wild vegetables and spring bamboo shoots to the county to find shopkeeper Liang.