The happy little days of the Ye family

When Father Ye came to the old house, Mrs. Ye and others had already turned the backyard upside down, but except for the silver hairpin and the bronze mirror, no other useful things were found in the back.

Although Father Ye was not able to participate in everyone's treasure hunt, he was very happy to see the silver hairpin and the small bronze mirror inlaid with gems that he found today.

Father Ye took a small mirror and looked at the small gem on it carefully, "I have seen this gem in a jewelry shop in the county, but I didn't dare to ask the price at the time. It was not cheap anyway. I will go to the county shop tomorrow. Ask around."

After searching for treasures in the old house for the past few days, not only did Ye Qingqing's dowry settle, but Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin also had the money to find wives. Father Ye felt that most of his burdens had been lifted.

When Donglin and Xilin get married in two years, he will be able to relieve himself of the heavy responsibilities and enjoy life. It will be wonderful to think about it.

Of course, this is just a thought. If Mr. Ye knew that he was so unwilling to make progress, he would be beaten.

Father Ye looked up at the sky and felt that it was still early, so he might as well dig up all the lotus roots in the pond.

"Dad, it's still early. Anyway, we've finished digging out all the treasures in this yard. Why don't we dig up all the lotus roots in this pond and sell them to the Liang Family Restaurant in the county early tomorrow morning."

Mr. Ye has this intention. He has dug up the lotus roots now, and there is no need to make an extra trip tomorrow. Moreover, they are digging lotus roots here. If someone finds out, Mr. Ye is afraid that someone will dig up the lotus roots secretly at night.

Today I came to the backyard for treasure hunting. There were tools such as hoes and sickles, which were just perfect for digging lotus roots. A few people took small hoes and started digging lotus roots in the pond.

Although using a hoe to dig lotus roots can easily destroy the lotus roots under the soil, most of the pond has been dried up and the soil has been dried, so it is impossible to dig without a hoe.

Father Ye and Ye Donglin took off their shirts and went to the center of the pond to dig lotus roots.

Others were digging lotus roots with small hoes at the edge of the dried up pond.

The pond is not big, only about two-thirds of the size of a field. The family worked together and dug out all the lotus roots in the pond in about an hour.

These lotus roots have not been taken care of for many years. They are naturally raised and the yield is not high. A total of more than 400 kilograms of lotus roots were dug.

Ye Qingqing looked at the dug pond in front of him and asked, "Dad, will this pond in the backyard continue to be used to grow lotus roots in the future?"

Father Ye was packing the lotus roots in front of him and replied: "The land in the town is so expensive. It would be a waste to raise lotus roots."

"This house has been in disrepair for a long time. I plan to knock it down and rebuild it at the end of the year. Then I will fill in the pond in the backyard, and then build two adjacent houses."

Father Ye had already discussed with Mr. Ye how to repair the house.

"Although this house is only the third house in the alley, there are many people living in this alley. There are many students from the academy passing by in front of the door. It is not impossible to have a house with a front shop and a backyard."

"The house at the back is rented out to the scholars in the academy. It's great to be able to collect a rent every month without having to do anything."

"If the shop in front can be rented out, just rent it out and collect the rent. If it can't be rented, you can keep it and sell braised pork yourself."

"Those who can study in the town's academy are not short of money. I have money on my hands, so I don't have to eat more meat. It would be good to open a braised pork shop here. Maybe our braised pork shop can also be used It’s going to be a century-old store.”

Mr. Ye also said happily: "If our ancestors bless us, and a promising scholar comes out of our family, we can come to the academy in the town to study."

Old Mrs. Ye broke the news and said: "It is still practical to make money. The old Ye family has never produced a scholar. Dong Lin and Xi Lin only knew how to read and write a few words in school, and they still fell asleep in school."

Mr. Ye was unconvinced, "Who knows what will happen in the future, what if the ancestors show up."

The two brothers, who were dozing in the school, took two steps back in tacit agreement, silently reducing their presence.

Although the pond is not big, digging lotus roots also took up a lot of time. When the few people returned to Taohua Village, it was already dark.

However, darkness also has the advantage of being dark. At least no one in the village knew that the Ye family had dug such a cartful of lotus roots back.

After returning home. Old Mrs. Ye packed up several baskets of lotus roots, and asked Ye's mother to take the largest basket back to her parents' home, while Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin gave the rest to the neighbors and the village chief's home.

The Ye family came back late. Unexpectedly, Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing came back even later. When they came to Ye's house, the moon had already quietly climbed up the treetops.

Tang Xiaojing was carrying a large basket on his back, which contained two fat rabbits and two pheasants. The father and son brought Rhubarb and Xiaohuang to Ye's house, talking and laughing.

Tangshan saw the lotus roots in the yard and looked at Father Ye who was cleaning them up: "Is this the lotus root dug in the newly bought house?"

Father Ye nodded and said in a good mood: "That's right. Most of the water in this pond has dried up, so we might as well dig out all the lotus roots."

Mr. Ye took Tang Xiaojing's basket and saw the rabbits and pheasants inside. He quickly said, "Why bring so many rabbits and pheasants? If it's not hot today, let's keep them and sell them to the county tomorrow."

"I happen to be going to the county tomorrow to sell lotus roots. By the way, I can help you sell these pheasants and hares."

Tang Xiaojing said with a smile: "I dug a lot of new traps in Stone Mountain and Rabbit Mountain, and asked the long-term workers to take turns to go to the mountains to check them in the morning and evening every day. Now I can catch a lot of hares every day, and occasionally I can catch wild goats and deer." Woolen cloth."

"I have already saved the prey that I will sell to the county tomorrow. These two rabbits and two pheasants fell into the trap at noon. If they are not killed and marinated, they will not be released tomorrow."

Tang Xiaojing said this, and Mr. Ye was not polite and said cheerfully: "I made a whole lotus root feast tonight. Let's eat more later."

After digging the lotus roots, it was already dark when we got home. Mrs. Ye hadn't had time to go to town to cut the meat. Fortunately, butcher Zhang brought some extra big bones and ribs when he delivered the meat in the morning.

In the evening, Ye Mu made lotus root stewed pork ribs. There was no time to make the lotus root bone soup, so she will make it tomorrow. Then Ye Mu made lotus root balls and stir-fried lotus roots, which almost fed the whole family.

Early the next morning, Father Ye and Ye Donglin happily drove the donkey cart to the pier to set up a stall as usual.

Mr. Ye arrived at the Liang Family Restaurant with a cart full of lotus roots and Tang Xiaojing.

Lotus roots are usually dug years ago. There are very few people digging lotus roots at this time of spring. Shopkeeper Liang was very happy when he saw the lotus roots delivered by Mr. Ye, and quickly asked his assistant to take Mr. Ye and Tang Xiaojing to the backyard.

Lotus roots were rare at this time, so Shopkeeper Liang took them all at 8 cents per catty. Father Ye brought a total of 460 catties of lotus roots, a total of 3 taels, 680 cents.

Mr. Ye happily accepted the money. He originally bought the old house with 100 taels of silver. In the past two days, he has found more than 100 taels of treasure.

The lotus roots in the backyard were given away for free. I didn't expect that they could be sold for more than 3 taels of silver. Mr. Ye's face was inconspicuous, but he was so happy in his heart.

Tang Xiaojing also brought a lot of prey here, including a wild goat, a deer and eight plump rabbits, and received a total of 2 taels and 4 coins.

Mr. Ye was very pleased to see that Tang Xiaojing was so capable. This grandson-in-law was not wrong.