The happy little days of the Ye family

When Mrs. Ye came back with Ye's mother and Ye Qingqing, Ye's father had already washed the pots and pans of the braised pork stall.

Old Mrs. Ye looked at Father Ye happily. The spicy braised pork must be selling well. "You came back so early today, so business must be good, right?"

Father Ye said proudly: "Of course, the items on the stall were sold out early because of the extra spicy braised pork. Today we sold more than 20 bowls of honey water."

Ye Qingqing exclaimed: "More than 20 bowls of honey water, isn't this more than 100 yuan?"

Father Ye continued with a smile: "I have calculated that one pound of honey can be soaked in about 20 bowls of honey water, which means that one pound of honey can earn 140 Wen."

Ye Qingqing looked at Father Ye happily, "How about I set up a stall on the dock and sell honey water. I can make more money than I do doing embroidery."

"Today we have a trial of spicy braised pork. That's why the honey water sells so well. We don't usually sell so much honey water."

Father Ye played a trick today. Those who can't eat it probably won't eat this spicy braised food tomorrow.

Father Ye put the washed large iron pot and dishes aside to drain the water, and looked at the beehive under the jujube tree with a smile.

"But selling honey water is indeed much more cost-effective than selling honey alone. I plan to use all the honey at home to make honey water and sell it."

Father Ye thought that there was not much honey at home, so he should harvest the honey at home tomorrow morning, and harvest the honey in Xiaohoushan after the autumn harvest.

Father Ye: "Where's dad? Are you still guarding the red dates in the drying field?"

The front and back yards of the Ye family and the front and back yards of the Tang family are full of red dates. Only half of the dates can be dried, and the remaining half of the dates are dried on the village drying field.

There were people coming and going in the drying ground. Mrs. Ye was worried that someone would steal the red dates, so she asked Mr. Ye to guard the place during the day, and the village chief's son Ye Qiushao would guard it at night. The two families took turns taking care of it.

After several days of drying, the water in the dates is dried and turned into wrinkled red dates.

As soon as the few people were talking about Mr. Ye, Mr. Ye quickly walked in from outside.

"The red dates on the drying field have been dried. Bring the sacks with you to the drying field to load the red dates."

Mr. Ye turned around and went to the cellar where the dry goods were stored, and carried out many sacks. Mr. Ye filled a donkey cart full of sacks, drove the donkey cart, and took Mrs. Ye, Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing to the drying yard.

Ye's father went to Tang's house to borrow an oxcart from Tang Xiaojing. When Ye's father came to Tang's house, Tang Xiaojing had just come out of the pig pen.

Tang Xiaojing was afraid that the other two rabbits in the pigsty would bite the newborn rabbit, so he moved the mother rabbit and the baby rabbit to the other end of the pigsty, dividing the pigsty into two halves with a wooden board in the middle.

Father Ye and Tang Xiaojing said, "Boy Jing, the red dates in the drying field are ready to be dried. I would like to borrow your ox cart to transport the red dates."

"Okay, I don't have anything to do now. Uncle Fengshou and I can go together." After saying that, he led the oxcart and went to the drying field with Father Ye.

Father Ye and Tang Xiaojing came to the drying field. Ye Qingqing and others had already packed seven or eight sacks of red dates.

Ye's father and Tang Xiaojing got off the ox cart and carried the red dates onto the ox cart. After the red dates were loaded into the ox cart, Ye's father drove the ox cart to transport the red dates home.

Several people worked together and spent more than an hour transporting all the red dates back to Ye's house.

The Ye family now has three cellars, a cellar for grain, a cellar for dry goods, and a cellar for sweet potatoes and bean dregs.

There was less rain this year, and grain production was about [-]% less than in previous years. There is little rain this year, but there is a high probability of heavy rains next year, and grain production is likely to continue to decrease.

Therefore, Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye planned to store more grain after the autumn harvest, and the grain cellar was specially used to store grain.

The dry goods cellar is now filled with more than half of the cellar, and the cellar with the most space is for sweet potatoes. Mrs. Ye and Mr. Ye plan to use the two cellars for dry goods and sweet potatoes to store red dates.

Mother Ye took Ye Qingqing to cook, while Mrs. Ye and others continued to pack up the red dates dried by the Ye family and the Tang family.

When Ye Donglin returned home, he saw sacks all over the yard. Mr. Ye, his father and Tang Xiaojing were carrying the large weighing poles used in pig weighing to weigh the dates, while Mrs. Ye was recording the results with a notebook.

Old Mrs. Ye said with a smile: "Including the weight of the sack, the total is a catty of red dates."

These more than 1 kilograms of red dates filled the two cellars for dry goods and sweet potatoes.

Old Mrs. Ye said happily: "The sweet potatoes in the field will not go bad if you dig them later. It won't be too late to dig them again after the dry goods are sold."

Father Ye was a little worried when he looked at the two full cellars. There were too many dry goods and red dates at home and he had to sell them quickly.

Father Ye looked at Mr. Ye, "Dad, when will our family start the autumn harvest?"

Mr. Ye: "I went to see the fields in the afternoon. The autumn harvest will start in three days."

Mr. Ye frowned and said: "There is less rain this year, the rice seedlings are not growing well, and the rice is not as full as in previous years. The harvest is estimated to be [-]% less."

Father Ye thought that there was still a lot of rice and corn cobs in the cellar. "There is still a lot of last year's grain in the cellar. Do you still have the old grain?"

Mr. Ye sighed, "There are few paddy fields at home, so keep all the rice. Sell all the corn cobs and replace them with new grain after the autumn harvest."

Mr. Ye told Tang Xiaojing again: "Boy Jing, the grain production has been reduced this year. I don't know how the harvest will be next year. You go back and discuss it with your father and try to save as much grain as possible."

Tang Xiaojing nodded cautiously, "Grandma Ye reminded me last time that we have a lot of rice, flour and cornmeal stored at home. I will go back and talk to my dad in the evening to collect more food."

Tangshan had hired someone to clean the cellar of his home before, and also made it moisture-proof and insect-proof.

Now the Tang family's cellar only contains one-third of the grain. Tang Xiaojing plans to talk to Tangshan at night to fill the cellar with grain.

Father Ye: "During the autumn harvest, Donglin and I no longer have time to set up stalls on the pier. We all come back to harvest in the autumn."

Old Mrs. Ye also agreed to come back for the autumn harvest, "Money and money are all external things, but the food harvested in the autumn is the most important thing."

Mr. Ye said to Father Ye and Dong Lin: "We only have 3 acres of paddy fields and 2 acres of corn at home. They can be harvested in a few days. After harvesting the few acres of land we have, you can set up stalls on the dock."

"After harvesting the food at home, some people in the village have also collected the food. I will ask some people in the village to collect the corn in Xiaohoushan. It will be okay if you are not here."

Tang Xiaojing took the initiative and said: "The soybeans in the valley are planted late. I will come over to help harvest the rice and corn."

Mr. Ye did not refuse. It is normal for the village to help each other during the autumn harvest.

Some families lacked labor, so they would work together to harvest in the autumn. The Ye family would also come to help during the Tang family's autumn harvest and land reclamation.