The happy little days of the Ye family

Tang Xiaojing drove the ox cart to send Grandma Ye and the others back first, and then drove the ox cart back to Ye's house.

As soon as the cart was parked, Ye Qingqing jumped out impatiently and started shouting loudly before entering the yard: "Grandpa, grandma, I'm back!"

Tang Xiaojing held large and small bags of things and looked at the energetic little girl with a smile.

Mrs. Ye, who was making hair ties in the house, heard Ye Qingqing's voice and came out of the house happily.

Mrs. Ye walked slowly. As soon as Ye Qingqing entered the door, she saw Dahuang and Xiaohuang shaking their heads and tails at her.

We haven’t seen each other for a long time. The two little guys were very enthusiastic. Big Yellow jumped up and down at Ye Qingqing’s feet, and the little tail almost waggled into an afterimage.

Xiao Huang rolled over on the ground wagging his tail, lying on the ground and exposing his round belly to Ye Qingqing.

Ye Qingqing picked up the unusually lively Rhubarb with one hand, rubbed the little guy's furry little head, and rubbed Rhubarb's soft belly with the other hand.

Mrs. Ye walked to the front yard and saw a man and two dogs playing happily. She asked with a smile: "Where is your mother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ye Mu and Tang Xiaojing entering the door carrying large and small bags.

"With these big and small bags, are you going to rob the cloth store?"

Ye Qingqing abandoned the two little ones, stood up and said happily in Mrs. Ye's ear: "I sold nearly 15 taels of silver for my embroidery this time."

Mrs. Ye looked at Ye Qingqing with a smile, "That's amazing! You followed your mother and gave birth to a pair of skillful hands."

"Shopkeeper Li also wanted me to work as an embroiderer in the embroidery workshop, but I didn't agree. I don't want to leave home and work as an embroiderer in the embroidery workshop."

Old Mrs. Ye touched Ye Qingqing's little head and said, "Being an embroiderer makes a lot of money, but it takes too much hard work and is bad for your eyes and body. Our family doesn't lack this little money."

Ye Qingqing smiled and said to Mrs. Ye: "My embroidery skills have improved a lot recently. Being an embroiderer may not necessarily make as much as selling embroidery myself."

Ye Mu and Tang Xiaojing put the things they bought on the stone table in the yard and said with a smile: "You are not ashamed either."

Mother Ye looked at Ye Qingqing's proud look and couldn't help but pinch Ye Qingqing's chubby little face.

Seeing that the little girl was unhappy, Mother Ye turned around and said to Mrs. Ye with a smile:

"Mom, I bought some thick fabric in the county today. I plan to make new clothes for the whole family. I also bought fabric for you and dad to make coats."

Old Mrs. Ye smiled and said: "You can make up your mind, but there is no need to make special clothes for me and your father. We have plenty of clothes."

"There are several children in the family who are growing up quickly. Use this fabric to make clothes for the children. I will cut the clothes with you in the afternoon."

Mother Ye took the cloth and gestured at Old Mrs. Ye, "I bought the cloth for the children. The children are like the willow branches in spring. They grow when the wind blows. It's useless to make more clothes. They will no longer fit. ."

Ye Qingqing: "Hey, this fabric suits you so well, it will definitely look good on you."

Mrs. Ye was so happy that she said, "They are all good children."

Old Mrs. Ye has already thought about it. When the clothes are ready, she will wear them and chat with her old sisters.

Ye Qingqing was still thinking about the duck products he bought in the county, "We also bought a lot of braised pork and duck products from the braised pork shop. The business of that braised pork shop was very popular. We queued for two quarters of an hour to buy it. of."

"We still have to queue up, but the business of this braised pork shop is so good?"

"I have been going to this braised pork shop since I was a kid. The business has always been very good. In the past two years, duck products have been added, and the business is even more prosperous. Every day, many people line up outside the shop to buy."

As he spoke, Tang Xiaojing gave half of the duck to Ye Qingqing, and planned to take the remaining half home and eat it slowly.

Ye Qingqing couldn't wait to open a package and took it out. Inside was a complete duck, including a duck head, duck neck, duck wings, duck frame and duck paws.

Several people each took a different part and started eating.

Ye Qingqing took the duck feet, "It's spicy and numb, but the more you eat, the more delicious it becomes."

Ye Qingqing couldn't eat spicy food very well. It was so spicy that she breathed out and her mouth turned red from the spicy food.

Old Mrs. Ye took the duck head, "This one has a special taste. It must have used a lot of spices. It tastes a bit like the bacon from Dashan Village, but it tastes more fragrant."

Ye Mu could not stop eating the duck wings, "This should be the taste of Sichuan. I heard that it is heavy on sesame and spicy, and tastes better. The braised sauce we often eat is different."

Tang Xiaojing on the side was also eating enthusiastically with a duck neck, and he was teasing Rhubarb and Xiaohuang with the bones, causing the two little guys to spin around in excitement and drool all over the floor.

A pack of duck products looked like a lot, but it couldn't handle the crowd, so one person ate two pieces and it was gone.

Ye Qingqing hadn't had enough yet, so she looked at the remaining two packs of duck products. Before she could speak, the duck products were confiscated by Mrs. Ye.

"This duck product is numb and spicy. It's too irritating. I'll save the remaining two packs for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

Ye Mu: "This duck rack is delicious, but it's too spicy and spicy. My mouth and stomach are burning after eating it. I'm going to make some honey for everyone to hydrolyze the spicy food."

After drinking the sweet honey water, Tang Xiaojing drove the oxcart to transport the corn and rice collected from the village to Dashan Village.

After pulling the grain, Tang Xiaojing planned to put it at Li Huhu's house for one night. Tomorrow he would go to the mountain village to collect the tiger bone wine, and then let them go down the mountain to move the grain.

This time Tang Xiaojing collected 800 kilograms of corn cobs and 200 kilograms of rice in the village, filling the ox cart to the brim.

When Li Lihu saw the grain brought by Tang Xiaojing, he was a little envious, "Boy Jing, our Dashan Village has little arable land, and we have to buy a lot of grain every year. Do you think you can help collect a batch of grain in your village?"

Food is the lifeblood of farmers. Except for landlords, most farmers keep the food they grow for their own consumption and pay food taxes. Unless they are in urgent need of money, they rarely sell food to outsiders.

"I'll go back and help you find out if anyone plans to sell grain, but as you know, Uncle Li, my father and I just moved back to the village not long ago, and we are very humble people." Tang Xiaojing didn't dare to agree easily, and only said to help find out. .

Orion Li was not unhappy either, because he had thought of another better candidate, "It's okay, it's okay. Your Uncle Fengsheng has grown a lot of food at home. I'll go talk to him in two days."

Orion Li talked about the herbal medicine again, "The herbal medicine that Shopkeeper Wang mentioned last time has been almost collected in the village and will be sent to the pharmacy in two days."

Tang Xiaojing also knew that the villagers were anxious to identify the herbal medicine, "I'm going to the mountain village tomorrow. How about the day after tomorrow? I'll come over the day after tomorrow and teach everyone how to identify the herbal medicine."

Li Huhu was very happy. There was little cultivated land in Dashan Village and hunting was very dangerous. It would be great if the people in the village could support their families by collecting herbs.

Li Orion patted Tang Xiaojing on the shoulder and said with a hearty smile: "Okay, I will tell the village chief later that everyone in the village will stay home the day after tomorrow to identify the herbs together."

Tang Xiaojing drove the bullock cart back to Ye's house. His second uncle and second cousin had already arrived. They also brought several pots of tea to set up a stall on the dock.