The happy little days of the Ye family

From the top of the mountain to the other half of the mountain are bamboo forests. The bamboo forest here is more than half the size of the bamboo forest in Xiaohou Mountain.

It took a group of people two hours to walk around the entire bamboo forest.

The bamboo forest here is no different except that it is larger than Xiaohoushan and the bamboo grows better. There are even as many bamboo fungus and spring bamboo shoots.

"It's too late to go to the Yamen to buy mountains today, so let's pick the bamboo fungus back first." As she said this, Mrs. Ye grabbed a basket and went to pick the bamboo fungus.

Usually no one comes to Zhulin Mountain, but there are so many bamboo fungus that the donkey cart almost couldn’t hold it when we went back.

When passing Xiaohoushan, Mrs. Ye went to the stream to pick a large handful of water celery and a small handful of toona buds.

When she got home, Mrs. Ye quickly went to take out the scale beam. "Today's harvest is really good. There are 22 kilograms of bamboo fungus."

Ye Donglin proudly took out the herbs from his backpack, "I found a small piece of Polygonatum japonica and a piece of Polygonum multiflorum on the mountain today. These herbs can probably be sold for one or two taels of silver."

"It's really Polygonatum and Polygonum multiflorum. Brother, you are so awesome!" Ye Qingqing gave Ye Donglin a thumbs up.

Ye Donglin: "I have almost memorized the two books on herbal medicine I bought last time. I will definitely find more valuable medicinal materials in the future."

Now that Ye Donglin no longer goes to school, he has more time than before, and he has almost torn through the two herbal medicine books at home.

He already recognized several of the herbs in the book, and he had found a few medicinal plants at good prices on the mountain before. Now every time I go into the mountains, I unconsciously check to see if there are any herbs that I can sell for money.

Mrs. Ye dried the bamboo fungus she picked back on the racks she had made before. This time she picked so many bamboo fungus that it filled two racks.

Two shelves, one on the left and one on the right, guard the doorway to the backyard like door gods.

In the evening, the Ye family had a very sumptuous dinner, including braised rabbit, fried wild eggs with Chinese toon, stir-fried water celery and cold water celery, and a wild egg drop soup.

After a busy day in the mountains today, everyone is tired and hungry. No one is talking at this time, they are all working hard on the meal. The only sounds on the dinner table are eating and picking up vegetables.

Early the next morning, Mr. Ye and the village chief came to the Yamen, and the two of them were familiar with each other and managed the paperwork for land reclamation.

Entering the house, there is no paper and I don't know what is written.

The village chief stepped forward and said respectfully: "He Wenshu, this is the village chief of Taohua Village. This is Ye Guitian, a villager in the village. I came here this time to buy Barren Mountain."

This was not the first time they came to buy a mountain. This time the two of them were obviously much more relaxed than the first time.

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, Mr. Ye quickly stepped forward and took a heavy purse and handed it to He Wenshu.

The man weighed his purse and found that it was about one tael of silver, and he put it away in a good mood.

"The old man has a good vision. The barren mountain is rent-free for five years. If you take good care of it for a few years, the output of the mountain will be no less than that of the fields."

He Wenwen raised his head and glanced at Mr. Ye, feeling that he looked familiar, as if he had come to buy Huangshan last year.

"Is this your second time here to buy a mountain? Which mountain do you want to buy?"

"In reply to the letter, I came to buy Xiaohoushan last year, and the mountain I bought this time is the Zhulin Mountain behind Xiaohoushan."

He Wenshu was a little serious, and Mr. Ye was instinctively afraid and answered cautiously.

"You all know that barren hills cost 200 cents per acre, right?"

Mr. Ye said respectfully: "You know, the barren hills are 200 cents per acre, and the wasteland is 500 cents per acre. Mr. Qian is already prepared."

"You guys wait here, I'm going to call two detectives over, and I'll go back to the village with you later to measure the mountains."

"Thank you He Wenshu."

The village chief and Mr. Ye bowed gratefully.

After a while, He Wenshu brought two strong and strong detectives over. Mr. Ye took a look and saw that they were old acquaintances. It was the same two detectives who measured Xiaohoushan last time.

"You will follow Village Chief Ye back to Taohua Village later to measure the mountainous area."

For the sake of Mr. Ye's filial piety, Uncle He Wen just gave the police a little thought and relaxed a little when measuring.

Seeing two old acquaintances, Mr. Ye was very happy. After leaving the Yamen, he secretly handed the two purses to the two detectives.

Just like last time, the wallet contained five pieces of broken silver.

The two detectives saw that Mr. Ye was knowledgeable and interested, and they were reminded by He Wenwen. They were very polite along the way.

The four of them talked and laughed along the way, and arrived at Zhulin Mountain in about an hour.

There is only a small pond at the foot of Zhulin Mountain. Unlike Xiaohou Mountain, which has more than ten acres of slope land for growing food, Village Chief Ye thinks this mountain is ordinary.

The two detectives took advantage of Mr. Ye and were relatively loose when measuring. The original 171 acres of barren hills only stated 160 acres on the land deed.

After measuring the mountainous area, Village Chief Ye and Mr. Ye sent the two detectives back to the Yamen, and then hurriedly went to He Wenshu to pay the money.

"It's a total of 160 acres of barren hills, 200 cents per acre, a total of 32 taels of silver. Do you want to apply for a red deed? If you exchange it for a red deed, you have to pay one and a half taxes."

This is not the first time that Mr. Ye has bought Huangshan. He also applied for a red deed last time, but He Wenshu still dutifully reminded Mr. Ye.

The red deed is a land deed recognized by the yamen. The sale and purchase must go through the yamen and cannot be bought and sold privately. The white deed is anonymous and can be bought and sold privately. However, if the land deed is stolen or disappears, the land may not be yours.

"If you want a red deed, you can't save this money." Mr. Ye quickly gave the clerk the money to buy the mountain and the red deed.

The clerk counted the silver and found that Mr. Ye gave him 34 taels of silver. Looking at the extra half a tael, He Wenwen tacitly put the silver in his pocket.

He Wenwen wrote the red deed with a smile and handed it to Mr. Ye.

"Thank you, sir." Mr. Ye's face was filled with joy as he took the red deed.

On his way back, he passed by a restaurant that served delicious roast chicken. Mr. Ye asked the village chief to wait for him on the donkey cart. Soon after, Mr. Ye came back with two roast chickens.

Mr. Ye didn't say anything, and directly stuffed one of the fragrant roast chickens into Village Chief Ye's arms.

The village chief smelled the fragrant roast chicken in his arms, swallowed his saliva, and urged Mr. Ye to go home quickly.

On the way, the village chief asked in confusion: "There are so many mountains in the village, why did you choose Zhulin Mountain?"

"I have taken a fancy to the bamboo forest on the mountain. Last year, my family made some money by selling winter bamboo shoots and dried bamboo shoots. The bamboo forest in Jinshan is much larger than that in Xiaohoushan. This mountain is quite good."

"And the Bamboo Forest Mountain is right behind Xiaohoushan, so it's easy to take care of."

The village chief knew that the Ye family collected a lot of winter bamboo shoots and spring bamboo shoots in the village, and probably made a lot of money, otherwise they would not have bought the second mountain so quickly.

Village Chief Ye didn't say anything else. He patted his friend's shoulder and prepared to go back for a drink in the evening. He bought roast chicken, which was perfect for drinking.