The happy little days of the Ye family

A young woman said mysteriously: "After breakfast, I saw Matchmaker Wang going to the Ye family. Which family's daughter do you think fell in love with Ye Donglin?"

The Ye family was well off, and Ye Donglin was setting up a stall at the dock. The young woman had long been eyeing Ye Donglin and wanted to introduce her niece to him. When she saw a matchmaker coming to her door, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

The older aunt was chewing melon seeds and said, "The Ye family is well off. In the past two years, they have been buying mountains and collecting mountain products. The family is rich and there are many people watching."

The slightly wealthy woman on the side was holding the soles of her shoes and said calmly: "It's not necessarily the matchmaker for Ye Donglin. There are many people staring at Ye Qingqing."

In fact, the wealthy woman has been eyeing Ye Qingqing for a long time. Her eldest son works on the dock and knows that Ye's father and Ye Donglin have made a lot of money on the dock.

And Ye Qingqing can make money by doing embroidery. Her youngest son happens to be about the same age as Ye Qingqing. She also thinks that in two years, when Ye Qingqing is older, she will come to help her younger son propose marriage.

A skinny old woman said harshly: "This young girl spends all day doing embroidery in the house. She doesn't work unless she goes to the ground. If she marries her, she will be a eldest lady. I don't want to marry such a eldest lady." .”

Several people on the side were amused, "Your eldest grandson is willing to marry someone else, but they are not willing to marry yet, and they don't even know what your family is like."

The older aunt broke the story and said, "You fell in love with Mr. Ye when you were young, but he didn't want to marry you. Could it be that you still hate the Ye family now, right?"

The skinny old woman retorted loudly: "Don't talk nonsense here, I don't like him."

The old woman quickly packed up the needles, threads and shoe soles she brought and left quickly.

A woman who was close to Ye's mother said: "Dong Lin is the same age as my boy. He won't turn 14 in two months, and Qing Yatou is even younger, only 12. The Ye family probably won't give them birth so early." watch."

As soon as these words came out, the young woman and the wealthy woman felt relieved, but in their hearts they thought they had to take action quickly, but they couldn't let anyone get there first.

After talking about the Ye family, several people talked about the Tang family.

"Tangshan sold his family's land 10 years ago and moved his family to the county. Unexpectedly, he has now moved back to the village."

"Father and son are the only two people left in the Tang family. One of his legs was lame when he was escorting in Tangshan. Jing Xiaozi is only 14 years old. He is so disabled that he will probably have a hard time in the county."

"Tangshan has been a bodyguard for more than ten years. I heard that he has a big yard in the county and a carriage at home. He is rich."

"Jing boy is only 14 years old. He has a body like Tangshan's. He is tall and strong, and there is no mother-in-law at home. Once he gets married, he can be the master of the family. What do you think about introducing my niece to him?"

The young woman originally fell in love with Ye Donglin, but when she heard that the Tang family was rich, she felt that the Tang family was even better.

"I grew up in the county, so how can I look down on us villagers?"

The young woman was unconvinced and said: "What happened to the people in the village? The father and his son returned to the village from the county to farm in despair."

This didn't seem to match, but the people on the side didn't say much, and turned the topic to the reclamation of the valley.

The village chief helped Tangshan find more than thirty strong men in the village. With more people and strength, it took two days to clear the road to the valley.

The summer harvest is coming soon, and time is very tight. In fact, it is just a simple matter of cutting down the weeds and wild trees, and moving the big rocks on the road. The road is still full of potholes, but we can barely walk on a horse-drawn carriage.

"I heard that the Tang family and his son are planning to dig a dam in the valley to store water."

"Isn't there a big river in the valley? Why are they damming it to store water? They are building roads and digging dams. How much money does it cost?"

"They are rich, and if they can turn dozens of acres of land in the valley into paddy fields, it will be valuable."

Several people in the village talked until their lips went dry, and then they reluctantly went home.

Because the river is located at the bottom of the valley, the river bed is relatively low, and water cannot come up when planting seedlings. It is time-consuming and laborious to draw water directly from the river.

Tang Xiaojing thought of a way to dig a dam to store water, and then dig canals to lead the water to various parts of the valley.

The father and son have not chosen the specific place to dig the dam yet. The most important thing at the moment is to clear the weeds in the valley first.

Mother Ye and Mrs. Ye didn't know what the woman at the entrance of the village said. They were busy harvesting vegetables from the small garden.

The green vegetables, beans, eggplants and cucumbers in the garden have been eaten several times, and they are still densely packed, and I can't finish them no matter how much I eat.

Taking advantage of their free time today, the two took their backpacks and baskets and went to the small vegetable garden to pick some endless vegetables and fruits to make dried vegetables and pickled beans.

Mother Ye looked at the beans on the bean rack, which were densely packed, long and chubby, and she was particularly pleased to see them.

Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin like to eat scrambled beans and eggs. Mrs. Ye specially planted some more, but she didn't expect that they couldn't finish them. I had to pick it off and make dried beans and pickled beans.

Some of these beans were a little old. Mother Ye picked all the beans that were already old and those that were suitable for eating, and picked a basket full of beans.

Mrs. Ye on the side also picked a basket full of fresh cabbage.

Boil the Chinese cabbage in water and then dry it in the sun. Add the big bones and winter melon to cook the soup. It is sweet and less spicy, and is most suitable for drinking during the summer harvest.

In addition to beans and cabbage, the two picked half a basket of eggplants and half a basket of cucumbers.

After the water boiled, the old lady Baoye put half of the beans into the pot and boiled them once, then took them out and hung them on a bamboo pole to dry.

The dried beans are not only durable, they are also perfect for stewing meat. The dried beans that have absorbed the flavor of meat are even more delicious than meat.

After boiling the fresh cabbage, they are also hung on bamboo poles to dry. The weather has been good recently, so the cabbage and beans can be completely dried in the sun for two or three days.

The old lady planned to use the remaining half of the carob leaves to make pickled beans.

There is no need to blanch the sour beans to make sour beans. Just put them directly into the kimchi jar and add some sour water for making sour bamboo shoots.

After three to five days, you can have delicious sour beans. It is very suitable for serving with rice or porridge.

Cut the eggplant into thick slices, make it into dried eggplant, dry it and save it for stew.

The cucumbers were made into cold cucumbers and cucumber scrambled eggs by Ye's mother, and the last few remaining cucumbers were eaten by Ye's father and Mr. Ye as fruits.