The happy little days of the Ye family

Shopkeeper Liang took out 7 taels of silver from his purse and said, "Brother Ye, please accept these 7 taels of silver. The extra money will be considered as my hard work fee. If you still have such good things in the future, remember to find me."

"Brother Liang is so polite. We are all old buddies. I must be thinking of you when I have good things."

This is really what Ye's father said sincerely. Shopkeeper Liang is a generous person. The bacon, winter bamboo shoots and wild vegetables sent by Ye's father are all collected at very fair prices, and the money is given immediately in cash. The two of them work together very happily.

"There might be something good in this pond. Thank you for your hard work, I'll go back and look for it."

Shopkeeper Liang didn't need to say this. Father Ye had originally planned to go back to the pond and check it carefully.

Father Ye would not let go of this free money.

After lunch, Mr. Ye took his two grandsons to the pond in Zhulin Mountain.

Most of the big fish in the pond were caught in the morning, but there should still be some fish that slipped through the net.

There are also a lot of loaches and snails in the pond. Although they don't cost much, the perilla snails and braised loach made by Ye Mu are very delicious, and a few foodies will not let them go.

As soon as Mr. Ye got out of the pond, he stepped on an eel and almost slipped. Fortunately, he was supported by Ye Donglin who was standing beside him.

Mr. Ye: "I just stepped on a slippery thing. It should be an eel. Look for it quickly. It should be quite big."

Hearing the presence of eels, Ye Xilin hurried over behind him.

The three of them bent over and searched for a while, and finally Mr. Ye caught an eel that was slightly smaller than the one in the morning.

Ye Xilin on the side quickly handed the bamboo basket to Mr. Ye and swallowed as he looked at the plump big eel in the bamboo basket. "This eel is not too small anymore. Let's make eel rice for dinner at night."

Mr. Ye was also greedy, "The stuffed eel rice cooked by your mother is indeed a masterpiece. Hurry and look for it again. Maybe there are other eels."

"There are still a lot of loaches in the mud. Let me make some braised loaches tonight."

"There are still a lot of snails in the pond. Let's pick some back up and raise them for a few days before making a perilla snail."

The three of them talked and laughed, and while touching the fish, they thought about the dinner dishes.

After a while, Mr. Ye thought it would be better for the three of them to separate, and to get together would scare away the fish.

"The three of us are together and there is too much noise. Let's fish separately."

Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin each took a bamboo basket, and then walked in one direction.

The three of them began a carpet-like search. No matter whether it was snails, loaches, or the fish they missed in the morning, they did not escape the hands of the three. Everything that was edible was caught in the bamboo basket.

At home, Mrs. Ye and Grandma Ye were killing fish to make dried fish.

All the big fish were taken to the county by Father Ye, and Mrs. Ye carried the remaining fish to the well in the backyard.

Only one-third of the remaining fish were mostly grass carp and carp of medium size ranging from 3 to 5 kilograms. There were only a few crucian carps left weighing more than one kilogram.

Mrs. Ye kept a few crucian carp and two grass carp weighing about 5 pounds in the pond and kept them for her to eat slowly. The remaining grass carp and carp were made into dried fish.

When killing the fish, Mrs. Ye and Grandma Ye kept their backs open, so that the dried fish could be dried easily and not spoil easily.

Mrs. Ye has already made plans. The summer harvest will be in one and a half months. This batch of dried fish will be sold at a large market before the summer harvest.

While killing fish, Mrs. Ye was talking to Grandma Ye about the latest happenings in the village. The two of them started talking about the people at the head of the village to the people at the end of the village, and they were pulled out to talk about every household.

Finally, I talked about the dried fish I made today.

Grandma Ye: "Are you going to sell this dried fish?"

"The summer harvest is hard work, so every household will buy some meat to replenish the body. The weather is hot in summer and fresh meat is not easy to store. Dried fish is cheap and easy to store. The dried fish harvested last year sold well."

Grandma Ye couldn't help but sigh that everyone in this family was smart and full of business experience.

Mrs. Ye and Grandma Ye were marinating fish, and Father Ye came back driving the donkey cart. Father Ye knew that the three of them went to the pond to catch fish, so he changed into a pair of shabby clothes and went out again.

Father Ye came to the pond and saw a lot of things in the buckets and bamboo baskets beside the pond.

Four grass carp weighing three to four kilograms, five large crucian carp weighing one or two kilograms, a bucket of snails, a bucket of loach and eels of one large and one small size.

Father Ye originally planned to come here to find eels and tortoises. When he saw the big eel, he felt happy. This pond was indeed a treasure.

Father Ye immediately went down to the pond and started searching together.

When Father Ye passed by Mr. Ye, he lowered his voice and told Mr. Ye about the old bastard and the big eel that were sold for 5 taels of silver.

Mr. Ye was shocked by the price, "Aren't these eels and tortoises just a little bigger than usual? Why are they so expensive?"

Mr. Ye muttered in his heart, this money can buy two big fat pigs.

"Rich people like these rare and rare items." Just after finishing speaking, Father Ye seemed to have stepped on something slippery.

"Dad, I think I stepped on an eel, come here quickly."

Father Ye hurriedly bent over and groped in the mud, but it was Mr. Ye who was experienced and caught the big fish.

"This eel is bigger than the two that were sent to the county. I was really lucky today."

Father Ye looked at the big eel that Mr. Ye was holding with both hands, and his mouth was grinning to the back of his ears.

The four people searched the entire pond twice to make sure that no fish had slipped through the net before they came up.

When the four of them came up, they were almost turning into clay figures. Fortunately, there was a stream nearby, and the four of them took a happy bath in the stream.

Refreshed after taking a bath, the few people returned to the pond and loaded the things they found in the afternoon onto the donkey cart.

There were 6 grass carps weighing three to four kilograms, six large crucian carps weighing one or two kilograms, 6 buckets of snails, 2 buckets of loach and two large and small eels, all of which were loaded onto a donkey cart.

Father Ye: "The rich people in the county like to eat wild game from the countryside. In addition to two big eels, I will bring a bucket of loach and snail to the county tomorrow."

"The price of eels is high. Do you want to take this small one to the county?"

Although the old man wants to eat eel stewed rice, the price of eel is high. If you sell the eel, you can buy several kilograms of meat. Compared with eel and pork, it is still more popular.

After returning home, Mr. Ye took two large grass carps weighing four or five kilograms and a crucian carp weighing more than two kilograms to the village chief's house.

The village chief was not polite to Mr. Ye and directly took the two big grass carps and said cheerfully: "These fish are quite big. I didn't expect that there are such big fish in this small pond that has been abandoned for many years."

"This is already quite small. The big one weighs seven or eight pounds. The harvest was taken to the county and sold."

"You boy, you are a little lucky, and you have found a treasure again."

I have to say that the two mountains bought by the Ye family are indeed good, and the village chief is a little envious of them.

"Stop talking, I have to go back to eat quickly. Donglin's mother has made a lot of delicious food." Mr. Ye waved his hand and prepared to go home.

"You old boy is still greedy, so you are not ashamed."

"I'm not ashamed. It's a blessing to be able to eat."