The happy little days of the Ye family

Every day that followed, the Ye family hurried to Xiaohou Mountain before dawn to pick wild vegetables and dig spring bamboo shoots. They packed up Ye's father's food and transported it to the Liang Family Restaurant in the county.

After picking wild vegetables, Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing went back to make embroidery. Ye Xilin is only 10 years old now and has to go back to school to study hard.

In the bamboo forest at home, the Tang brothers helped dig spring bamboo shoots and make dried bamboo shoots. Mr. Ye took Ye Donglin to the small mountain village to collect dried mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, and some bacon.

In addition to Xiaoshan Village, the Ye family also collects mountain products in Taohua Village. Fortunately, Ye's father goes to the county wharf to set up a stall every day, so he can sell the mountains of mountain products at home.

Mrs. Ye is busy with her family's small vegetable garden. She has planted spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, eggplant, pumpkin and leeks. In another month, she will be able to eat home-grown vegetables.

The family has been busy for a month. When the fresh and tender vegetables in the vegetable garden grow, people who like the new and dislike the old will no longer look down on the slightly bitter wild vegetables, and the Ye family's wild vegetables have lost their value.

Spring is a harvest season for the Ye family.

This month, I got more than 8 taels of silver from Liang's restaurant alone, and there was no delay in collecting mountain goods. These mountain goods were all taken to the dock by Ye's father and sold.

Moreover, there are more than 200 kilograms of dried mushrooms and more than 3 kilograms of dried bamboo shoots in the cellar at home. These are the output of Xiaohoushan, and Mr. Ye plans to save them for sale at the end of the year.

Ye's father and Mr. Ye paid for the mountain products collected in the village and Dashan Village. It cost a lot of money, but Mr. Ye did not dare to let it go. He could keep the output from his own mountain and sell it at a good price at the end of the year.

The batch of leather that Orion Li mentioned before was brought back by Mr. Ye when he went to collect mountain goods. However, the leather this time was still not very good, and most of the leather produced was hard.

Grandma Ye made a few pairs of boots with the leather recovered from Orion Li. Both Father Ye and Mother Ye thought they were good, but Father Ye still wanted to make more rabbit fur coats.

There is also the wolf fur coat that Father Ye has always been thinking about. It would be great if he could receive the wolf fur.

Father Ye came to Dashan Village and wanted to ask Orion Li to help him take him to the mountains to find the mountain people to collect the skins.

Mountain people are quite exclusive. If you don't have acquaintances with you, you may not be able to receive good leather. Moreover, Ye's father does not dare to go to the mountains alone. Ye's father still cherishes his life very much.

"Brother Ye, it's okay to take you there, but the mountains are dangerous. There are not only wild boars but also wolves. I can't guarantee that you will be safe."

If he went to the mountains by himself, he wouldn't be afraid at all, but it would be hard to bring a tow bottle with him.

"If there's danger, can I climb a tree to hide? I'm pretty good at climbing trees."

Father Ye can run quite fast and is good at climbing trees. If there is danger, he can climb a tree to hide.

Seeing that Father Ye was determined to go, Li Orion agreed. "That's fine. If you're in danger, just hide quickly and don't hold back."

Orion Li thought it was still early, so he might as well set off for the mountains now. It would take an hour and a half to walk from Dashan Village to Shanli Village, and he could come back today.

Dashan Village is considered the outskirts of the mountains, while Shanli Village is deep inside the mountains.

The further you go into the mountains, the more lush the surrounding trees and grass become, and from time to time you can hear the roars of wild beasts in the distance.

Orion Li has been walking in the mountains all year round and knows some herbs. The further he goes into the mountains, the more herbs he gets.

Li Orion ignored the common herbs and picked some rare herbs.

However, all I encountered were ordinary herbs. After walking for an hour, I found a wild Gastrodia elata and two Huangjing plants.

There is no need to think about ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, they are only found in dangerous dense forests where no one dares to approach them.

Li Orion overestimated Ye's father's physical strength. He strode forward quickly, but Ye's father was already panting from exhaustion and almost lay down on the spot.

Father Ye held on to a big stone and asked weakly: "Brother Li, how long until we arrive?"

Li Orion pointed to a large mountain in front of him, "You can reach it just by climbing over this mountain. The mountain village is halfway up the mountain on the back of the mountain. It takes about half an hour."

Of course, this half hour refers to Li Orion's usual speed.

Li Orion: "I heard from the old people in the village that people in mountain villages are descendants of generals. They hid in the mountains to avoid disaster a long time ago."

"The people there are very skilled. Not to mention wild boars and wolves, they have also beaten tigers."

Li Orion's skill can be said to be the best in Dashan Village, but in Shanli Village it can only be considered average. This shows how powerful the people in the mountains are.

"Really? I wonder if I can receive wolf skins and tiger skins." Father Ye's eyes shone.

"You little brother, you really dare to think about it. Even if you have a tiger skin, you can't afford it. I heard that a tiger skin costs two or three hundred taels."

When he heard that a tiger skin cost 300 taels, Ye's father was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth. "Two, 300 taels? This is too exaggerated. You can buy a shop in the county."

Father Ye faked a smile and said awkwardly, "I'll just collect a few wolf skins and some rabbit skins."

Although Father Ye made a lot of money last year, compared with these two 300 taels, he was overestimating his abilities.

Rabbit fur and wolf fur are very good. Winters in the north are cold, so good rabbit fur coats and wolf fur coats are not cheap.

Along the way, Li Orion introduced many things about Shanli Village to Ye's father. Just when Ye's father was about to collapse from exhaustion, the two finally arrived at Shanli Village.

In addition to showing Father Ye the way, Orion Li also wanted to collect some valuable herbal medicines to resell in drug stores in the county.

Li Orion took Father Ye to the village chief's home in Shanli Village with familiarity.

The village chief is a middle-aged man in his 40s. He is taller and stronger than Li Orion, and he exudes an aura that is not easy to mess with.

Orion Li has a good relationship with the village chief. He has come to the village to collect some valuable herbs before and made a lot of money.

Orion Li came here today. In addition to taking Father Ye to collect the skins, he also wanted to collect some herbs.

The village chief asked the two to sit for a while, and then he went to tell the mountain people to bring over the skins and herbs for them to choose.

Most of the skins brought by the villagers were rabbit skins, mostly gray, but there were also a few pure white rabbit skins.

In addition to rabbit skins, there are 6 wolf skins. Four of them were intact wolf skins, and the other two were damaged by cuts, but fortunately the damage was not too severe.

It’s a pity that I didn’t see the tiger skin. Even if I can’t afford it, it’s still a good idea to take a look!

Unlike the big mountain villages, the mountain villages still have arable land to grow food. The entire village relies on hunting and gathering herbs for a living.

The quality of the leather here is much better than the leather that Ye's father collected in Kaoshan Village and Dashan Village before. Not only does it feel soft, but the luster of the fur is extraordinary.

The leather is good, but the price is certainly not cheap. A gray rabbit skin costs 60 cents, a white rabbit skin costs 120 cents, and a wolf skin costs [-] taels of silver.