The happy little days of the Ye family

Early the next morning, Ye Donglin drove the donkey cart and happily took his family to the old house to hunt for treasures.

Father Ye was left alone, carrying a large cart of braised pork to set up a stall on the pier. Father Ye looked at Ye Donglin and others with sad eyes before going out.

There is no other way. The pig heads, offal and ribs used to make braised pork are ordered in advance every day. The meat has been delivered to the Ye family, and they have to go to the stall, otherwise the meat will be wasted.

This time we had to clean up the backyard, which was overgrown with weeds. Mr. Ye specially brought several sickles and hoes.

The courtyard door in the backyard was exposed to wind and rain, and had long since rotted. Mr. Ye pushed it gently with his hand, and the door fell down, raising a huge cloud of dust when it fell.

The weeds in the backyard are taller than those of Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin. In addition to the weeds, there are also a few half-dead pomegranate trees and a few tall jujube trees.

It's spring now, and snakes that have awakened from hibernation like to come out and bask in the sun at this time.

Mr. Ye took a hoe and pounded the weeds hard, scaring away the small animals hiding in the weeds in advance, and then a few people started to clear the weeds in the backyard.

Each of the six people held a sickle. Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing were working with gloves just like they did during the autumn harvest. They were weak and moved slowly.

It wasn't obvious at first, but gradually it became obvious that the two of them were lagging far behind the others.

Seeing that the two of them were moving slowly, Mrs. Ye simply asked Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing to dig up the ground with small hoes to see if they could dig out anything good.

As soon as you enter the courtyard, you will see the same set of stone tables as in the front yard. Ye Qingqing dug out a silver bracelet under the stone table yesterday and plans to start digging from this stone table today.

Ye Mu really has no talent for treasure hunting. She searched all day yesterday and couldn't find anything, so she just followed Ye Qingqing and started digging around the stone table.

It's a pity that the stone table here is different from yesterday's stone table. The mother and daughter dug for a long time but couldn't find anything.

Mr. Ye, Mrs. Ye, Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin moved very quickly. Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing had just turned over the soil around the stone table, and the four of them had already cleared away the weeds in the back yard. .

The backyard looks big, but actually one-third is a lotus pond.

Entering from the courtyard gate, there is a set of stone tables. On the left side of the courtyard gate are several pomegranate trees. A little further inside the pomegranate trees are several very tall jujube trees.

In the center of the backyard is the lotus pond. There is not much water in the lotus pond, only a shallow layer of water in the center. Of course, the lotus is indispensable in the lotus pond.

However, the lotus flowers in the pond have not been taken care of for many years, and the lotus flowers inside are half dead. There is a pavilion on the edge of the lotus pond.

The pavilion is a little inside the lotus pond. It was originally built on the water, but the lotus pond is half dry, and the water under the pavilion has dried up.

On the right side of the pavilion is a small garden. The flowers in the garden have been robbed of nutrients by weeds as tall as a man, and they all grow thin and small.

Mrs. Ye thought that these flowers might be useful in the future, so she specifically told the other three people to just weed the flowers and not touch them.

In the innermost part of the backyard, there are several grape racks. Although the grapes on the racks have not been taken care of for many years, they are growing well. There is also a broken swing next to the grape trellis.

In Ye Qingqing's story books, there are often scenes of rich girls playing by the water and then accidentally dropping their jewelry into the water.

At this time, the water under the pavilion had dried up. Ye Qingqing took a small hoe and dug the soil in the dried pond under the pavilion. Maybe there was jewelry accidentally dropped by the rich girl in the pond.

Ye Donglin saw that Ye Qingqing was weak and moved slowly, so he simply came to the pavilion with a hoe to help dig the soil.

Ye Qingqing reminded: "Brother, be careful when digging in the soil. Pay attention to whether there are any earrings, bracelets or other jewelry in the soil."

Ye Donglin asked in confusion: "Why are earrings, bracelets and other jewelry in the pool?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Donglin felt the hoe hit something hard. Ye Donglin originally thought it was a stone, but when he lifted the hoe, a glimmer of light appeared in the soil.

Ye Qingqing, who was on the side, saw a bright light in the ground, quickly told Ye Donglin to stop, and ran over excitedly.

Finally, Ye Qingqing dug out an exquisite silver hairpin under the watchful eye of Ye Donglin.

"Qingqing, you are so awesome. You can really dig out jewelry. You haven't told me yet. How do you know there is jewelry here?"

"Hehe, I read this all from the storybook. In the storybook, the ladies from rich families like to play by the water."

"The jewelry you wear on your hands and on your head will always accidentally fall into the water. If this jewelry falls on the ground, it will be found immediately. If it falls in the water, it will be difficult to find."

When Mrs. Ye and others heard the laughter of Ye Donglin and Ye Qingqing, they knew that they had found something good, and they hurriedly gathered around.

Ye Qingqing picked up the silver hairpin in his hand and showed it to several people, and said cheerfully: "This was dug out of the pool under the pavilion."

"The pavilion is right by the water. It's normal for ladies and ladies to accidentally drop some jewelry in the water when they play in the pavilion. Jewelry dropped in the pool is not easy to salvage, so it's an advantage for us."

Mrs. Ye and the others were originally cleaning the weeds on the grape trellis, but now they didn't care whether there were weeds or not. They picked up a small hoe and started digging around the pavilion.

It's a pity that a few people didn't dig up jewelry, but they dug out a lot of lotus roots from the pond.

Mother Ye smiled and said: "It's not in vain today, these lotus roots are enough for several meals."

Ye Xilin was greedy again, "I want to eat lotus root stew."

Ye Qingqing: "Let's drink lotus root soup tonight."

Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin chattered about how to eat lotus root.