The happy little days of the Ye family

Old Mrs. Ye was dizzy due to the quarrel between Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin.

Putting his hands on his hips, he yelled loudly: "Okay, okay, don't make any noise, lotus root soup and lotus root stew are arranged for tonight, no more frying."

"Grandma, it's best. Cut some meat when you go back."

"Milk is the best grandma in the world."

Old Mrs. Ye didn't like this. She pinched a person's chubby face with one hand and glared at Mr. Ye who was snickering at the side.

"You two are greedy and know how to eat. The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. The old one is an old greedy cat and the young one is a little greedy cat. Even the gold and silver mountains are not enough for you."

Mr. Ye smiled happily and said: "How can it be so exaggerated? These lotus roots are all for free, and there is no money."

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and get the basket to put the lotus roots in."

Mr. Ye thought he could not speak as well as the eloquent Mrs. Ye, so he was not angry. He went back to the front yard with a smile and brought the basket with food over.

Mother Ye's eyebrows were curved, and she happily shouted to Ye Donglin, who was still digging lotus roots in the other half of the pond: "Donglin, there's no need to dig any more, these lotus roots are enough for our family to eat several meals."

Ye Donglin shouted to Ye's mother: "Okay, I understand."

Ye Donglin shouted "Know", but the movements of his hands did not stop. He dug out an extra chubby lotus root before he stopped.

Ye Donglin looked at the round lotus joints at his feet, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously, revealing a rippling smile.

He hadn't seen Chunyu for a while, so he could meet his sweetheart by sending lotus roots to the Wang family.

Ye Donglin pulled out a small handful of weeds, twisted a hemp rope with his hands and feet, then tied up the lotus roots he dug, and carried the heavy lotus roots over to find Ye Mu and the others.

Mr. Ye took out the food and bamboo tubes from the basket and put them on the stone table. Then he took the basket to the pond and filled it with lotus roots. No more, no less, just enough to fill a basket full of lotus roots.

Mr. Ye was very happy looking at the lotus pond. "These lotus roots are enough for these two days. I will dig up the rest of the lotus roots in the pond early tomorrow morning. This lotus root is also a rare thing. If you dig it out, you can sell it to the county." Lose."

Ye Donglin put the lotus roots in his hands, and then he and Mr. Ye carried the lotus roots up in the basket. Although no one took care of the lotus roots, they were still in good shape, round and heavy.

If the lotus roots in the pond were sold, it would be a source of income. Thinking of getting another income, Mrs. Ye was very happy.

The Ye family has been really lucky in the past two years. First they bought a small back mountain and made a lot of money from the mushrooms and bamboo shoots on the mountain. Later, they planted honeysuckle and jujube trees on the mountain. The honeysuckle and red dates made a lot of money. income.

Now my family owns two hills and fifty acres of newly reclaimed paddy fields, and is considered a small landowner in the village.

Now their family still has a shop in the town, and this old house that hides treasures. This old house is simply a treasure. Everything they found in the past two days is worth more than 200 taels.

Thinking that the Ye family is now prosperous, the children and grandchildren are also promising, and the family is getting better and better, Mrs. Ye feels as sweet as eating honey.

Mrs. Ye had a bright smile on her face and called Ye Qingqing and others to come over and eat quickly.

"You must be hungry. Let's eat something first. In the afternoon, we will tidy up the rest of the backyard and look for any other treasures."

Ye Donglin said gloomily: "We have searched in the front yard and the house, and the only thing left is the backyard."

Ye Donglin regretted not participating in the previous treasure hunt, but when he thought that Ye's father did not even participate in today's treasure hunt in the backyard, he felt a little better. At least he was not the worst.

For lunch, there were egg pancakes and boiled salted duck eggs baked by Mother Ye and Mrs. Ye in the morning. They had been busy all morning and were so hungry that they were so hungry that they picked up the pancakes and started eating them.

The Ye family's ducklings and old hens are particularly productive after spring, and they can't finish the eggs and duck eggs they lay every day.

Mrs. Ye made all the duck eggs at home into salted duck eggs, and Father Ye made the eggs into braised eggs and took them to the dock to sell.

After lunch, several people began to work energetically again.

Although they knew that the Wang family were just ordinary rich people in the town and there could be no big treasures hidden in the house, the Ye family's interest in treasure hunting only increased. There was no question about the origin of these things. If they found them, they belonged to their family.

They were all holding small hoes and digging in the soil with great interest. Anyway, it was nothing for free. Even if they dug out a copper plate, they would still make money.

Although he stopped digging lotus roots, Ye Qingqing still pulled Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin, and the three of them dug along the edge of the pond.

Ye Qingqing was digging hard at the edge of the pond with a small hoe, when suddenly the hoe hit something hard.

Ye Qingqing felt happy. Did he find another gold or silver hairpin?

Ye Qingqing happily dropped the hoe, squatted down, and carefully dug things in the soil with his hands. The more he dug, the more he felt something was wrong. The hairpin was not that big.

The impatient Ye Xilin couldn't stand Ye Qingqing's slowness, so he directly stepped forward to help with a small branch and dug out the things in the soil in a few clicks.

After digging out the thing, the two discovered that it was just a small bronze mirror smaller than a palm.

Ye Xilin was very disappointed. This broken bronze mirror was not worth much. He thrust the bronze mirror into Ye Qingqing's hand, then picked up a small hoe and continued digging at the edge of the pond.

Ye Qingqing took a small bronze mirror, poured the water from the bamboo tube onto the bronze mirror, and rinsed away the soil on it.

When rinsing the back, Ye Qingqing discovered that the back of the bronze mirror was actually inlaid with three rubies that were smaller than a fingernail.

Ye Qingqing held the small bronze mirror and smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. Although the three rubies on it were not big and the luster was not very good after being soaked in the pond for a long time, they were still very beautiful.

Before Ye Qingqing came to this house to hunt for treasures, the most valuable things he had ever seen were silver and the silver bracelet bought by Ye's father. Gold and gems were beyond his imagination.

Ye Qingqing shouted excitedly: "Mom, grandma, come here quickly, hurry up, hurry up!"

Hearing Ye Qingqing's excited voice, several people knew that they had found something good again and ran over quickly.

Ye Xilin ran the fastest. When he saw the bronze mirror in Ye Qingqing's hand, he said disappointedly:

"Isn't it just a broken bronze mirror that was just dug out? Although this thing is worth a few dollars, it is so old that it can't be sold for much."

Ye Qingqing smiled and turned over the bronze mirror in his hand, revealing the three rubies behind the mirror.

Ye Xilin, who originally looked down on the broken mirror, excitedly took the bronze mirror from Ye Qingqing's hand. The people who had just gathered around were shocked.

None of the Ye family members have seen much of the world. Only Ye's mother has been to a jewelry shop in the county. Ye's mother has seen this kind of colored gemstones in the shop. They seem to be quite expensive.

Ye Mu asked uncertainly: "Is this a ruby?"

A few people looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn’t know. They just thought the gem looked good and thought it must be expensive.

Mr. Ye smiled and said: "If this thing is taken to a pawn shop, the price will definitely be very low. How about just dismantling these three gems and taking them to a silver shop to make jewelry."

Old Mrs. Ye thought this was a great idea, "Yes, yes, there are exactly three gems, which can be used to make three pieces of jewelry."

"When the time comes, one piece will be used as a dowry for Qingqing, and the other two will be used as family heirlooms for Donglin and Xilin."