The happy little days of the Ye family

After Father Ye and Ye Donglin went out, Tang Xiaojing also took Mr. Ye, Mrs. Ye, Ye Qingqing, Da Huang and Xiao Huang to Stone Mountain.

The road to Stone Mountain was very bumpy. When we first opened the road, we were short on time. We just asked people to simply cut down the weeds and trees, and then move away the large rocks. The road was full of potholes.

When several people came to the valley, they felt like their buttocks had lost all feeling and their whole bodies were about to fall apart.

Tang Xiaojing is strong and often drives an ox cart to Stone Mountain to collect herbs, so he has long been accustomed to the bumps on the road.

Tang Xiaojing jumped out of the car as easily as a normal person, and carefully helped the three people who had sore backs out of the car.

After Ye Qingqing got off the bullock cart, he grinned and moved his body that was about to fall apart. Mrs. Ye on the side also secretly rubbed her sore waist.

Mr. Ye supported his waist and said, "This road is too bumpy. It will be inconvenient to transport food in the future. After the autumn harvest, let's repair this road during the land reclamation."

Tang Xiaoding nodded, "My father also said that after the autumn harvest, the land will be opened up and the roads will be built."

When they came to the valley, the few people were not in a hurry to go up the mountain. Mr. Ye went to the valley first to look at the soybeans in the valley.

I saw that the soybean pods in the valley were all thin and small, the pods were not full and sparse, and the weeds grew better than the soybeans.

Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye shook their heads after looking at it. Even Ye Qingqing could see that the soybean harvest was very poor.

Mr. Ye frowned and said: "The harvest of these soybeans planted this year is not good. One acre of land can only bear about a hundred kilograms."

Tang Xiaojing thought it was okay: "It's pretty good to be able to harvest about a hundred kilograms of beans from one acre of land. I didn't have time to open up wasteland today. I planted these soybeans because I didn't want to leave the land empty. I didn't plow the land at that time, so I just dug holes and planted them." of."

Tang Xiaojing added: "As long as I can recover the seed money and the wages for planting and harvesting soybeans, I will be satisfied."

Tang Xiaojing goes out early and comes back late every day in Tangshan. Tang Xiaojing doesn't know how to farm. He runs up the mountain all day long. After planting the soybeans, he didn't take care of them much. It would be good to have a harvest.

Mr. Ye, who had been farming all his life, looked at the sick soybeans and felt very distressed. If Mr. Ye dared to ruin the land like this, his legs would be broken.

Mr. Ye felt that the Tang family and his son were not very reliable, so he added: "I will come over to help you when you are opening up wasteland. How can you young people know how to farm?"

Tang Xiaojing looked at Mr. Ye's slightly serious expression, secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead and said:

"Opening up wasteland is a big deal, and Grandpa Ye will definitely come over to take charge. My father has been in the county for a long time, and this kind of land still needs your guidance."

Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing saw that the atmosphere was not right, so they quickly took them up the mountain to see the medicine field.

The medicinal fields on the mountain are not big, they are only one or two cents in size, but they are scattered in different places on the mountain. After seeing all the medicinal fields on the mountain, several people are breathless.

Tang Xiaojing explained to several people: "Different herbs grow in different environments. Some herbs like to grow in dark and humid places, while others like to grow in sunny places, and different herbs have different requirements for the soil."

The herbs on the mountain look pretty good, but none of them have ever planted herbs before, and they don't know if they are good or not, but at least they are working.

When a few people were walking to the top of the mountain, they passed by a large field of honeysuckle. This field of honeysuckle grew very well and was lush and green.

Tang Xiaojing looked at the honeysuckle in front of him and said: "At present, the herb that is the easiest to feed and the fastest to sell for money is the honeysuckle."

"Although these herbs grown in the mountains are more expensive, they need to grow for at least 2 to 3 years before they can be used as medicine, unlike honeysuckle that can be harvested in the second year."

The main reason is that Tang Xiaojing has just started planting, and he is not sure that the planting will be successful. He is afraid that the planting will not come out, so he does not recommend that the Ye family start planting herbs now.

Tang Xiaojing is just trying it on a small scale now. If it succeeds, he can then plant it on a large scale. If it doesn't, there will be no loss.

Mr. Ye also thinks that it takes 2 to 3 years for herbal medicine to be used as medicine. It takes a long time for these herbs to be cultivated. The honeysuckle and jujube trees planted on the mountain are very good now. There is no need to plant other herbs.

Mr. Ye is now older and prefers to be conservative rather than adventurous. He plans to plant honeysuckle and jujube trees in Zhulin Mountain.

The crops in Xiaohou Mountain and Zhulin Mountain are the same. Firstly, it is easier to take care of. Secondly, in the future, Donglin and Xilin will be separated. Each person will have a small mountain without any thought. Anyway, it is the same.

As for Ye Qingqing, Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye have discussed that when Ye Qingqing gets married, they will buy her a few acres of good paddy fields as a dowry.

Relying on the income from the paddy field and Ye Qingqing's embroidery skills, she can live a good life without relying on her husband's family.

After seeing the herbs, a few people were resting near the spring on the top of the mountain, when Da Huang and Xiao Hou jumped out. Big Yellow held a small non-venomous grass snake in his mouth, while Little Yellow held a half-sized rabbit in his mouth.

Ye Qingqing: "Big Yellow and Little Yellow are so powerful. They can catch rabbits and snakes at such a young age."

Tang Xiaojing took the grass snake and rabbit that were bitten beyond recognition by big yellow and small yellow, and rubbed the two little guys' little heads.

The two little guys wagged their tails proudly, looked at the prey in Tang Xiaojing's hands, then looked at Tang Xiaojing, and signaled Tang Xiaojing to roast them quickly.

Tang Xiaojing picked a few broad leaves, wrapped the bloody rabbit and snake, put them in the backpack behind him, lowered his head and said to Dahuang and Xiaohuang:

"We'll go back and see the traps and then go home. We'll make them for you when we get back."

Dahuang and Xiaohuang seemed to understand and ran quickly to the back of the mountain, while Tang Xiaojing and others walked slowly to the back of the mountain.

Old Mrs. Ye looked at the big huang and little huang who were making a mess in front of them, and said with a smile: "These big huang and little huang are really smart, as if they can understand what we are talking about."

Ye Qingqing said happily: "Every time I call for dinner, Dahuang and Xiaohuang are the fastest ones to come over."

Yesterday Tang Xiaojing dug a few more traps, and today's harvest was better than before. He harvested a plump deer and five big rabbits weighing six or seven kilograms.

Mr. Ye and Tang Xiaojing carried a plump deer, and Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing carried a few rabbits. They returned home with a full load.

Back at Ye's house, Mrs. Ye urged Tang Xiaojing to quickly take the deer and hare to the county to sell them.

Old Mrs. Ye: "It's still early now. Go to the county quickly. You can still come back for dinner in the evening."

Tang Xiaojing gave Ye Mu the rabbits and grass snakes that Da Huang and Xiao Huang had caught. Before leaving, he did not forget to ask Ye Mu to help cook Da Huang and Xiao Huang.

Mother Ye joked: "Okay, you go to the county quickly, we won't steal food."

Tang Xiaojing scratched his head in embarrassment and hurriedly drove the bullock cart to the county.