The happy little days of the Ye family

The weather has been extremely sultry these days, not to mention unbearable. Rhubarb and Xiaohuang were listless in the heat, and they only became energetic when they went up the mountain.

I also saw swarms of dragonflies flying very low in the fields.

Mr. Ye, who has been farming all his life, has already guessed that it will rain heavily again soon.

The honeysuckle on the mountain has not yet been picked, and Mr. Ye is worried that it will be like last time, with all the good buds being knocked off by the rain.

Mr. Ye recruited 10 people from the village, plus the family's long-term workers, to go to the mountains early every day to pick honeysuckle.

Carloads of honeysuckle are constantly being transported to the Ye family. The front and back yards are covered with honeysuckle, and the house is filled with the fragrance of flowers.

The Ye family is busy picking honeysuckle, while the Tang family is busy selling rabbits.

The last time it rained heavily, half of the rabbits in the Tang family's rabbit farm died. Tang Xiaojing couldn't eat or sleep well in those days.

Seeing the dark clouds in the sky getting thicker day by day, Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing hurriedly transported the rabbits from the farm to the county to sell them.

Tang Shan set up a stall to sell rabbits at the market, while Tang Xiaojing went to one restaurant after another.

All rabbits weighing more than 5 pounds were sold by the father and son, and even one-third of the breeding rabbits were sold.

There are a lot of rabbits on Rabbit Mountain. If you set a few traps in the mountain in the future, you won't have to worry about not having any breeding rabbits.

Half of the rabbits were sold, and the rabbit shed that was originally full suddenly seemed much emptier.

Before it rained, the father and son took their family's long-term workers and stocked up a lot of young grass for the rabbits.

Before the heavy rain, the Ye family picked more than 900 kilograms of honeysuckle in the mountains.

There were too many honeysuckles for the Ye family to dry, so Mr. Ye rented a drying field in the village to dry the honeysuckles.

The sun drying field in the village is particularly spectacular these days, covered with honeysuckle, and the fragrance of honeysuckle permeates the entire Peach Blossom Village.

However, only a small part of the honeysuckle on the drying field belonged to the Ye family, and most of the rest belonged to the village chief's family.

Worried that it would rain, Mr. Ye and Ye Xilin stayed at the drying ground every day. Occasionally, a dark cloud came in the sky, and both of them were extremely nervous.

Seeing the clouds in the sky getting thicker and darker day by day, the villagers of Taohua Village became more and more frightened day by day.

The summer harvest is just over a month away, and everyone is worried about whether the rain will affect the summer harvest.

This year's harvest is already bad enough. If another heavy rain makes it worse, how can the people in the village survive?

Knowing that honeysuckle can be sold for money, every household in the village has planted some honeysuckle in the past two years.

Those who have spare money can buy one or two acres of barren hills or land for planting, but most of them are planted in their own vegetable gardens and yards.

Before the heavy rain came, they were busy picking honeysuckle at home, which was all money.

The sky was overcast, and even the big rooster that crows on time every day got up late.

Mr. Ye woke up when the first rooster crow sounded in the Ye family. The first thing Mr. Ye did when he woke up in the morning was to go to the yard to observe the sky.

At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there were many dragonflies flying over the yard. Mr. Ye felt that there would be heavy rain today.

At this time, Ye's father had been busy in the kitchen for a long time, and Ye Donglin also got up to wash up. Mr. Ye quickly asked Ye's father and Ye Donglin to stop leaving the stall.

It's going to rain heavily soon. The stalls at the pier are all open-air. It's impossible to get out of the stalls if it rains.

The braised pork on the stall was braised by Father Ye last night before going to bed, and it was already warmed through.

Father Ye has been cooking braised pork in the kitchen and really didn't pay attention to the weather outside. When I heard Mr. Ye say it was going to rain heavily today, I quickly walked to the yard.

Father Ye looked up and saw that the sky was covered with dark clouds. He knew at a glance that it was going to rain heavily.

Mr. Ye looked at Father Ye worriedly: "The dark clouds in the sky are getting thicker and thicker. This heavy rain will not stop until it rains for a few days."

Father Ye is in a good mood and is still smiling when looking at the braised pork in the pot. "These braised pork are just saved for the next few days."

Mr. Ye smiled and said: "You just know how to eat, and your mother will scold you if she hears it."

Father Ye became nervous when he remembered that there were still honeysuckles drying at home, "Dad, have all the honeysuckles at home been dried?"

"Everything picked in the past few days has been dried and put in the cellar. There will be no problem."

"The honeysuckle picked in the next two days is only [-] to [-]% dry. If it rains heavily for a few days, these honeysuckle may become moldy."

Mr. Ye is also worried. The south is always humid. When it comes to the south or on rainy days, even the air is wet and things can easily become moldy.

The honeysuckle of the next two days weighed about 200 kilograms when it was first picked, and now it weighs more than 160 kilograms when it is [-] to [-]% dry.

It doesn't sound like much, but honeysuckle is very light. This 160 kilograms of honeysuckle is packed in seven or eight large sacks.

Mr. Ye felt that it was going to rain soon and did not dare to take the honeysuckle outside to dry.

I had no choice but to spread out the undried honeysuckle in the hall to dry.

It was raining and I couldn't go to the pier to set up a stall. Father Ye took a lot of braised pork to Butcher Zhang's house.

At this time, Butcher Zhang had already gone to the town to set up a stall to sell pork. The person who opened the door for Father Ye was Butcher Zhang’s eldest son, Zhang Zhuzi.

Father Ye gave all the braised meat to Zhang Zhuzhu, and agreed with him that there would be no need to leave any meat for him during the rainy days.

Butcher Zhang's wife also came out at this time, "It's going to rain heavily soon, so I won't deliver any meat to your family today."

"Sister-in-law Zhang, when the rain stops, I will come over and order the meat from the braised pork stall."

Butcher Zhang's wife saw how much braised meat Father Ye brought over and knew that the Ye family liked to eat ribs, so she stuffed a few kilograms of pork ribs into the basket in Father Ye's hand.

The two exchanged pleasantries. Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Ye's father didn't stay any longer and hurried home with the ribs in hand.

I couldn't leave the stall because I had so much braised pork and spicy duck at home that I couldn't finish it in a few days.

Old Mrs. Ye kept half of it for herself to eat, and divided the rest into three parts. One part was sent to Ye's mother's family, and the other was sent to Ye Donglin to the village chief's house.

The last portion was sent to the Tang family by Ye Qingqing. In addition to braised pork and spicy duck, Mrs. Ye also asked Ye Qingqing to bring some vegetables and a winter melon.

If it rains heavily, it would be inconvenient for the father and son to come to Ye's house for dinner. With these braised pork and vegetables, the father and son can cook by themselves.

Ye Mu came back from her parents' home with a lot of pastries, including red date cakes, rice cakes, osmanthus cakes and two flavors of small twists.

Ye's mother gave the pastry to Mrs. Ye. Unlike Ye Xilin who was happy and cheerful, Ye's mother was worried.

"When it rains, we can't leave the stall, and the prepared braised pork and pastries are all wasted."

"The braised pork at home costs several hundred yuan. These pastries are made of sugar and white flour, so the cost is not low."

This stall seems to be profitable, but if it rains and the stall cannot be left, or the items cannot be sold out, a lot of good things will be wasted and a lot of capital will be lost.

Old Mrs. Ye was already worried about the money to buy meat and spices, but when Mother Ye said it, her heart ached as if her flesh had been cut.

"These things are eaten at home, so they are not considered a waste."

Ye Xilin on the side had his mouth filled with cakes, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the cake dregs sprayed onto Ye Mu and Mrs. Ye.

The two of them took two steps back in disgust, but when Ye Xilin interrupted them, they felt much better.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law scolded Ye Xilin together, forgetting about the braised pork and pastries.

As soon as Ye's father came back, Ye Donglin and Ye Qingqing, who went to deliver things, also came back one after another, and they all came back with things in their hands.

The village chief's family gave him two kilograms of peach cakes, and Ye Qingqing brought back two big pumpkins.

The pumpkins were grown by the Tang family's father and son in their own yard, and they grew well.

As soon as Mr. Ye spread the honeysuckle in the hall, several thunders sounded in the sky.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

Several deafening thunders resounded throughout Taohua Village, and the sky became darker and darker. It was obviously early morning, but it felt like night.

Fortunately, it was early in the morning and things had not been dried yet. Mother Ye and Mrs. Ye quickly ran back to the house and closed the doors and windows.

It didn't take long for it to rain heavily, and it was very rainy and windy.

The rain hit the eaves heavily, and the crackling sound was disturbing.