The happy little days of the Ye family

After Father Ye and Mr. Ye returned home from Xiaohoushan, the rain slowly began to get heavier again, and after a while it turned into a downpour again.

The heavy rains in recent days have caused the water in the river to surge and the paddy fields on both sides of the river have been flooded. Fortunately, the river has been dredged this year and no widespread flooding has occurred. This is a blessing among misfortunes.

After returning from Xiaohoushan, it rained heavily for another two days and two nights, and then it finally cleared up.

As soon as the rain stopped, people in the village ran to the fields one after another. The sparse rice flowers on the rice fields made many people red-eyed.

Originally, most of the rice flowers were knocked down by the heavy rain. The heavy rain in the past two days knocked down a lot of rice flowers. The rice flowers on the rice are sparse, only about [-]% of those in previous years.

Food is the lifeblood of farmers. These men who work on daily basis wiped away tears sadly looking at the rice flowers floating on the water.

Before coming, Mr. Ye had already thought that there might not be many rice flowers left, but looking at the sparse rice flowers in the field, he still felt very uncomfortable.

After seeing the paddy fields, Mr. Ye took the boys in the family to the corn fields.

The corn in the field was blown here and there by the strong wind, and a large piece fell, and less than half of it had been broken by the strong wind.

Just like the paddy field, there are also many villagers in the field wiping their tears while lifting up the fallen corn.

The only thing in the ground that was not affected was the sweet potatoes in the sand. The sweet potatoes in the sand were growing lush and green, even better than before the heavy rain.

There is no way to save the rice, and people in the village are trying to save the corn that was blown down by the strong wind in the dry land.

There are also many people cutting sweet potato vines and planning to plant sweet potatoes in their vegetable gardens, front and back yards.

This year's grain harvest is poor, so we can barely survive by growing some sweet potatoes.

Mr. Ye divided half of his sweet potato vines among the people in the village, and transported the remaining half to Xiaohoushan and Zhulishan for planting.

Most of Bamboo Forest Mountain is a bamboo forest. Mr. Ye originally planned to plant honeysuckle and jujube trees in the remaining area, but the weather this year was not good, so he did not dare to plant them.

Even the three-year-old child in the village knew that this year's harvest would be bad, so Mr. Ye simply planted some sweet potatoes on the mountain.

Sweet potatoes can survive wherever they are planted without having to pick the ground. If the harvest in the second half of the year is not good, these sweet potatoes can be life-saving food.

In the evening, the village chief came to Ye's house and found Ye's father and Mr. Ye.

"This year's harvest is not good, but the continuous heavy rain has made mushrooms grow in patches on the mountain, and many new bamboo shoots have grown in the bamboo forest. Do you still collect the mountain products?"

The village chief also felt a little embarrassed, but he still had the courage to continue:

"Farmers are miserable. They all rely on the weather for food. This year's harvest is not good. If you can continue to collect dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots, people in the village will have more income, and life will not be so difficult."

After the village chief finished speaking, he was embarrassed to look at Father Ye and Mr. Ye. The harvest this year was not good, and the risk of collecting these mountain products was relatively high.

Father Ye had some concerns, "Village Chief, it has been raining heavily in the entire county for several days now. The food harvest is poor this year. There must be many people going to the mountains to pick mushrooms. If there are more mushrooms, the price will naturally drop."

"Another point is that there are heavy rains in our county, and I don't know if there are other natural disasters in other places. I am also worried that the mushrooms will not be sold after they are taken back."

The village chief was silent. He didn't want to come originally, but many people in the village were wiping tears at home, and he, the village chief, felt uncomfortable.

I just thought of coming to Ye's house to try my luck and see if there was any way to help the people in the village.

Father Ye thought for a while and then said: "I thought of a way. The risk of harvesting mountain products this time is relatively high. The price of dried mushrooms will be reduced by 2 cents per catty, and the price of dried bamboo shoots will be reduced by 1 cent per catty."

"In addition, I will pay half of the payment for this mountain product first, and then pay the other half after it is sold."

"If it cannot be sold, all the unsold mountain goods will be returned to the people in the village. However, for the returned mountain goods, the money you gave me before will be returned to me."

The village chief thinks this is a good idea. It can not only provide the villagers with an income, but also avoid the risks of the Ye family.

After the village chief returned, he convened a meeting with the villagers overnight to discuss the matter.

The people in the village were very happy to know that Ye's father was still willing to collect dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots. Before dawn the next day, they all went to the mountain to pick mountain products.

There are many people in the village going to pick wild products, but this year there are many fewer people going to the back mountains to pick wild products than in previous years.

Before spring plowing, many people in the village bought hills. Those who could buy hills were from well-off families.

Therefore, I did not go to compete with the poor families in the village for mountain products from the mountains behind, but instead picked mushrooms on my own mountain.

While picking mushrooms, many people in the village brought sweet potato vines and pumpkin seeds to the mountains, and planted sweet potato vines and pumpkin seeds while picking mushrooms.

Although sweet potatoes and pumpkins are both whole grains, they are good if you can eat them, and everyone has no choice.

Although most of the rice flowers were knocked down and half of the corn was blown down by the strong wind, the villagers of Taohua Village were not discouraged.

I go out early every day and come back late every day. I go up the mountain to pick mushrooms and bamboo shoots before dawn, and plant sweet potatoes and pumpkins on the mountain. I don't want to go home from the mountain until it's completely dark.

Everyone actively repaired the losses, and the busy farm work diluted the melancholy of the villagers.

After days of heavy rain, most of the rice flowers in the fields were knocked down, and many corns were blown down and broken by strong winds.

Even those who don’t farm in the county or town know that this year’s harvest is worrisome and the entire Weihai County has suffered heavy losses.

Moreover, due to the continuous heavy rains, the water volume in the rivers has skyrocketed, and food from other places cannot be transported in a short time.

Last year's autumn harvest was not good, and the price of food in the county rose a lot. After the year, the county magistrate vigorously rectified the situation and transferred a lot of food from other prefectures, and the price of food in the county slowly recovered. normal.

Now that a heavy rain has fallen, the price of food in the entire county has risen a lot, and it is even higher than the price a year ago.

However, even if the price of food rises sharply, it cannot stop the people from all pouring into the grain stores to stock up on food.

Everyone knows that this year's harvest will definitely not be good, and they are afraid that the price of food will be higher in the future, and they are even more afraid that even if they have money, they will not be able to buy food.

Regardless of whether it was a grain store in the county or a town, people were queuing up outside to buy grain. Some even fought over the position in the grain store.

Even with the pressure from the county magistrate, food prices continue to rise. It can be said that the price rises one day at a time, doubling the price of food in previous years.

Days of heavy rain have caused heavy losses to the Tang family's rabbit farm. In the past few days, half of the rabbits in the farm have died, and the rest are also very sick.

Tang Xiaojing sprinkled a lot of quicklime into the rabbit shed and lit a lot of aged mugwort. After a day, the rabbits slowly recovered and looked more energetic.

The rain stopped, and the paddy fields in the valley were filled with rice flowers that had been knocked down by the rain.

Before the long-term workers had time to feel sad, they were all fascinated by the mushrooms on the mountain, and went up the mountain to pick mushrooms every day.

Tangshan looked up and looked up at Tang Xiaojing: "It's been raining heavily for several days. I don't know what happened to the medicinal fields on the mountain. Let's go to the mountain to have a look later."

"I want to go over and have a look." Tang Xiaojing felt that these herbs were probably more dangerous than bad.

The father and son called Dahuang and Xiaohuang and walked deeper into the Stone Mountain.

Tang Xiaojing was afraid that the herbs he planted in the mountains would be harvested secretly, so most of the herbs were planted deep in the mountains.

The soil quality of Stone Mountain is good, and weeds and trees grow very luxuriantly. The further you go up the mountain, the taller the trees on both sides grow.

The father and son first came to the rock wall halfway up the mountain to check the dendrobium on the stone.

The dendrobium grows in the crevices of the rocks and has been washed away by the rain in the past few days. However, it is not a big problem. It should be able to recover after a few days of cultivation.

Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan walked up the mountain while talking about the rabbit farm at the foot of the mountain.

While walking, the father and son suddenly fell into a big pit.

Tang Xiaojing was a little confused, "I clearly didn't dig a trap in this place, how could there be a big pit?"

Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan looked around the big pit and found that it was not a big pit, but rather like a cave.

The father and son felt that something was not right about this cave. Tangshan touched the wall of the cave with his hand, and it felt like someone had dug it.

Tang Xiaojing pushed away the scattered soil on both sides and saw the caves on both sides glowing with light.

Dahuang and Xiaohuang, who were on top, saw the two people falling and were so anxious that they turned around. Finally, the two little guys who were protecting the master jumped down along the soil beside them.