The happy little days of the Ye family

When Ye Qingqing went to dig wild vegetables in the morning, the sun was still shining brightly, but unexpectedly it started to rain in the afternoon.

The rain was not heavy, but it continued intermittently until the next morning.

Nourished by the rain, the wild vegetables on the mountain began to grow wildly, and the toon trees beside the stream also sprouted many new buds.

Father Ye was very interested in collecting wild vegetables in Liang's restaurant. As soon as the rain stopped, he hurried to Xiaohoushan to check the toon and wild vegetables by the stream.

A dozen toon trees at the foot of the mountain have sprouted many buds nourished by the rain. The toon buds are two inches long. It seems that this crop of toon is ready to be picked.

Ye's father also found a few small toon seedlings under the toon tree. Looking at the toon seedlings, Ye's father thought that a merchant on the dock had said that toon can be cut.

The merchant said that toon can be cut from branches in spring.

Father Ye quickly folded a large bundle of Chinese toon and planted the Chinese toon branches along the stream.

Father Ye looked back at the densely packed toon branches on both sides of the stream, feeling very excited. If these toon branches really flourish, you can make a fortune from this piece of toon in the future.

Father Ye finished planting toon branches on both sides of the stream, and then planted a lot of toon branches along the large puddle.

When Father Ye was planting toon branches, he saw many fish in the puddle pecking at the pigweed floating in the water.

During this time, Mr. Ye was clearing land at the foot of the mountain, collecting pigweed every day to feed the fish in ponds and puddles.

When Ye Qingqing released the fry, they were only half the size of Ye's father's hand. They had grown fat several times after raising them for a while.

It seems that we will be able to eat home-raised fish by the end of the year. Father Ye looked at the small fish in the water and said with a smile:

"Little fish, eat more and grow more meat. It will satisfy my craving at the end of the year."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fish that were leisurely eating pigweed just now were scared away.

After cutting the Chinese toon, Father Ye went to look at the wild vegetables nearby. There were water celery, wild onions, wild leeks, shepherd's purse, wild garlic, etc. There were many varieties.

The wild vegetables Ye Qingqing picked back yesterday morning were still young sprouts.

After being nourished by the rain, it is now two or three inches long. It is lush and bright, and it is very appetizing at first sight, which will whet your appetite.

Father Ye is in a very good mood. It seems that he can deliver toon and wild vegetables to the Liang Family Restaurant tomorrow.

Before dawn the next day, Father Ye took the whole family to the foot of Xiaohou Mountain to dig wild vegetables and pick Chinese toon.

In the first crop, more than 30 kilograms of Chinese toons were picked, 20 kilograms of water celery were picked, and 10 kilograms each of wild onions, wild leeks, shepherd's purse and wild garlic were picked.

The freshly picked wild vegetables and Chinese toon that day were delivered by Ye’s father to the Liang Family Restaurant in the county.

The green vegetables have not grown in early spring, and now is the time when there is a shortage of vegetables. Shopkeeper Liang was very happy when he saw the cart of fresh green wild vegetables sent by Father Ye, and ordered them all.

"Brother Ye, we will collect as much toon as we have here, and the other wild vegetables will be delivered according to today's quantity."

Father Ye collected the money with a bright smile on his face, "No problem, I'll deliver these wild vegetables tomorrow, but the first crop of Chinese toon has been picked, and it won't be until a few days before the second crop comes."

But when I turned around and thought about it, weren’t there a few toona trees at the foot of the back mountain? Now everyone in the village is busy with spring plowing, which is an advantage for him.

Shopkeeper Liang also understands that toon is not available every day. "It's okay. We'll collect as much as we can. In addition, it would be better if the wild vegetables can be delivered earlier every day."

The whole family went out to dig wild vegetables before dawn today, but it was too far to come to the county, so Father Ye could only say that he would try to deliver them as early as possible tomorrow.

Every spring is the busiest time for the Ye family. Their fields need to be plowed to grow food, and they have to dig wild vegetables and pick Chinese toons to deliver to the Liang family restaurant every day.

This year, 50 acres of paddy fields were newly opened. Everyone in the Ye family was so busy that they wished that one person could be used by several people.

When Father Ye went back, he made a special trip to the mountain village and invited five women to help dig wild vegetables.

Of course, it was impossible to just dig wild vegetables. Father Ye had already thought about it and would help dig wild vegetables in the morning. After digging, he could help with spring plowing.

After the Qingming Festival, the green vegetables in the small vegetable garden have grown, and mushrooms and bamboo shoots have begun to grow on the mountains. These people can continue to go to the mountains to pick mushrooms and dig bamboo shoots.

There was little rain last year, but this year it obviously felt more rainy. It had already rained several times before Qingming Festival.

Because growing rapeseed flowers will affect the next spring plowing, no rapeseed flowers were planted on the slopes of Xiaohou Mountain last year. Mr. Ye plans to plant corn on all the slopes.

If you have food in your hands and don't panic, food is the most reliable thing.

The hut at the foot of the mountain had been built a long time ago, and the men who came to Ye's house to do odd jobs happily lived in the new house.

When the house was built, all the 50 acres of newly opened paddy fields in the Ye family were plowed.

After working on the wasteland, we will continue to work on the more than ten acres of slope land in Xiaohoushan and the Ye family’s original fields.

In addition to plowing the land and cultivating seedlings, Mr. Ye personally went to the county's shop that specializes in selling grain seeds to select the grain seeds for the Ye family.

The Tang family's father and son rarely went to the fields before and did not know how to choose grain seeds. Mr. Ye also helped select the grain seeds of the Tang family.

After selecting the grain seeds, the next step was to raise the seedlings. Mr. Ye was afraid that Tangshan would waste the grain seeds, so he didn't let him do it. The two families raised seedlings together, and Tangshan helped Mr. Ye.

Even in transplanting rice seedlings, Mr. Ye taught Tangshan and Tang Xiaojing step by step.

The Tang family had few hands, but they had 50 acres of paddy fields. Tangshan paid a high price to hire 20 men from remote villages to help with spring plowing.

There are only father and son Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing in the Tang family. The Tang family has many empty rooms. These 20 people squeezed in and settled in the Tang family.

There were so many people talking, and Tang Xiaojing felt that it was really inconvenient to have outsiders living at home.

Only then did Tang Xiaojing realize how wise Mr. Ye was to build a house at the foot of the mountain in advance.

These people are definitely not hired just once. In the future, people will need to be hired for fertilization, weeding, summer harvest and autumn harvest.

Tang Xiaojing felt that their family also needed to build a small house at the foot of the mountain for people who came to do odd jobs.

Tang Xiaojing grew up in the county, and many families in the county had long-term workers or even servants. Tang Xiaojing felt that the best thing about their family's situation was to hire a few long-term workers to come back and take care of the fields.

There are only two members of the Tang family, but they have 50 acres of paddy fields and two hills. They cannot take care of it alone.

The 20 men Tangshan invited back from other villages were all strong and hardworking.

I wonder if anyone there is willing to do long-term work? Bring a few people over to work as long-term workers for their family, so you don't have to worry about not having enough manpower in the future.

In the evening, Tang Xiaojing couldn't wait to tell Tangshan that he wanted to build a house at the foot of the mountain and hire long-term workers.

When Tangshan heard this, he also thought this was a good idea. He was worried that he didn't have the manpower to take care of the fields. These people were all farmers and were very good at taking care of the fields.

Tang Shan happily patted Tang Xiaojing on the shoulder, "Your idea is indeed a good one. We don't have enough manpower at home, so we really need to hire a few long-term workers to help take care of the fields at home."

“If you really can’t hire anyone, you can actually go to the county and buy two old farmers and come back to help take care of the fields.”

"As long as we have money and manpower, it's not a problem. Let's deal with this spring plowing first, and then we'll find people."

"And those who are working at home now should also be carefully observed and select a few with good character and diligence to work as long-term workers."

Tang Xiaojing asked again: "What about the house? Should we build a small house at the foot of the mountain like the Ye family did for the people who manage the fields? It is really inconvenient to live at home all the time."

Tangshan: "I am busy planting rice now, and I can't find time to hire people to build a house. I will build a house after the spring plowing. Let's do it step by step."