The happy little days of the Ye family

After the autumn harvest, the Ye family either cooked chicken soup or stewed old duck. The Tang family and his son, who were just behind the Ye family house, were ravenous every day.

Although Tang Xiaojing can cook some simple meals, he can't make more difficult dishes. The cooked meat just doesn't have the aroma of leaf mother.

Smelling the fragrance coming from Ye's house, Tangshan flattered his son and said, "Son, let's go hunting in the mountains tomorrow. Send more prey to Ye's house, so that we, father and son, can go there and eat."

"Okay, anyway, the soybeans have been planted. I've actually wanted to go hunting in the mountains for a long time." The father and son hit it off immediately and decided to go hunting in the mountains tomorrow.

Early the next morning, the father and son drove the carriage to the valley.

Tangshan and his son originally planned to replace the carriage with two ox-carts, but since they did not need to plow the ground for the time being, they did not change.

The road to the valley was simply cleared of weeds and boulders, but the road was still full of potholes.

Although he had been walking on this road for almost a month, Tang Xiaojing still couldn't adapt. When the father and son came to the valley, Tang Xiaojing's buttocks were so shaken that he lost consciousness.

Tangshan tied the carriage under a big tree at the foot of the mountain. There happened to be a lot of tender grass under the tree, and the tall horses ate the tender grass leisurely.

After nearly a month of hard work by the father and son, the valley has changed drastically.

Before the summer harvest began, Tangshan invited more than 30 young and strong villagers to open up wasteland in the village.

With more people and greater strength, it took only two days to clear the road to the valley, and a group of people spent another two days clearing away the weeds and trees in the valley.

Time was so tight that there was no time to dig up the ground. Tangshan directly asked people to dig many small pits in the valley.

After digging the small hole, the villagers immediately got into the more important summer harvest. The rest could only be cleared up slowly and bit by bit by the father and son.

The cut weeds and wild trees were completely dried in the sun for three or four days, and the big tree trunks were taken home by the father and son to be used as firewood.

Smaller trees and weeds were dragged to the riverside of the valley by the two men.

The weeds cut from the paths and valleys were piled by the father and son by the river. Tangshan found a windless morning and burned the weeds by the river.

Wood ash can be used as fertilizer. The father and son spread plant ash into small pits in the valley as fertilizer.

Then the father and son scattered the soybeans collected from the village into the small pit, then covered them with soil, and the beans were planted.

After planting the beans, it took the father and son several days to water all the beans in the valley.

More than 50 acres of land exhausted the father and son very much.

The martial arts practitioners were energetic and had only rested for two days. The father and son went hunting in the mountains again in full swing.

Mainly to satisfy their greed, the father and son did not go to the mountains behind where there were wild boars and wolves. They only hunted pheasants and rabbits on their own mountain and collected some herbs.

The mountain behind is the densest forest in the entire village, with towering ancient trees that block out the sky and the sun. There are not only groups of wild boars inside, but also many wolves.

Only the most powerful hunters in the village dare to go deep into the mountains to hunt. Ordinary hunters only dare to set a few traps in the periphery to catch small animals, or shoot a few pheasants and hares.

Tang Xiaojing likes his mountain very much. There are several springs on the mountain. You don't need to bring water when you go up the mountain. You can drink sweet, ice-cold spring water at any time.

When the father and son reached the halfway point of the mountain, Tang Xiaojing's basket was already half full of herbs.

Although they are just some ordinary herbs, there are quite a lot of them, and you can make some pocket money if you prepare them well.

Tangshan's basket contained three pheasants and two fat rabbits. The two pheasants were hunted by Tang Xiaojing with bows and arrows, and the remaining one pheasant and two rabbits were hunted by Tangshan.

It was so hot in the dog days of summer that the father and son were still sweating profusely even on the mountain.

There happened to be a small spring on the mountainside, and Tang Xiaojing hurried over to drink water. Tangshan walked slowly, and Tang Xiaojing had already finished drinking water before he reached the edge of the spring.

After Tangshan drank the water, Tang Xiaojing took the water in his hands and washed his face, and suddenly felt much cooler.

It's a pity that the puddle under the spring is too small, otherwise Tang Xiaojing would want to take a bath before leaving, because it would be too hot.

When he reached the top of the mountain, Tang Xiaojing dug up two more Panax notoginseng and one Polygonatum sibiricum.

Tang Xiaojing was in a good mood. These three herbs were of good vintage and should be fetched at a good price if prepared well.

There was a large grass snake weighing several kilograms in Tangshan's backpack. Grass snakes are highly venomous, and it took a lot of effort for the father and son to beat the snake to death.

This snake is full of treasures. Tang Xiaojing plans to brew it and send it to the pharmacy together with the herbs to sell.

I haven't been to the mountain for a while, and all three dendrobium trees have grown new branches, and the branches left behind from last time have become even more lush.

Tang Xiaojing originally planned to come here to hunt and collect herbs. Who knew that there were so many herbs on the mountain that he forgot about hunting, and the main force of hunting became Tangshan.

Although Tangshan's left leg is a little lame and he walks unsightly, it actually has no impact on his daily life and his skills have not deteriorated. Hunting is a trivial matter to him.

"Xiao Jing, please give this mountain a name."

Tang Xiaojing thought carefully for a long time, and finally said reluctantly: "There are many huge rocks on the top of the mountain. Otherwise, let's call it Stone Mountain."

Tangshan took a bow and arrow and nailed the pheasant in the distance to the trunk of the tree with one arrow. Then he said, "You are too perfunctory."

Tang Xiaojing was digging herbs and said unconvinced: "You are awesome, then you can choose the name."

Tangshan didn’t know how to name his son, so he still paid someone to name his son. Tangshan said awkwardly: “Suddenly I thought that Stone Mountain sounds pretty good, so let’s call it Stone Mountain.”

In this way, the mountain was so casually called Stone Mountain.

The father and son continued walking and came to the honeysuckle field on the mountainside behind. At this time, the honeysuckle had withered.

Tang Shan motioned his son to look halfway up the mountain opposite. The two mountains were very close. Tang Xiaojing could clearly see two large wild boars on the mountainside.

Tang Xiaojing was a little worried. Tangshan was lame in one leg and could not run fast. It would be dangerous if he encountered a wild boar.

"Stone Mountain is so close to the mountain. Will the wild boars on the mountain come to Stone Mountain?"

After all, Tang Shan grew up in the village and knew more than his son. "There are many kudzu and wild boars like to eat on the mountains. Generally, they don't go down the mountains."

"And there are many dug traps at the foot of the mountain. Even if the wild boars run down the mountain, they will fall into the hunters' traps."

Tang Xiaojing felt relieved now, and the father and son were preparing to go home carrying heavy loads of prey and herbs.