The happy little days of the Ye family

Ye Qingqing had just finished lunch when Mr. Ye and Ye Xilin came back pulling the cart.

Ye Xilin brought back a cart full of pig grass, and Mr. Ye brought back a cart full of firewood.

In addition to the firewood cart, there was also a bucket of fish. Mr. Ye took the fish off the cart.

There were three large grass carp and six palm-sized crucian carp in the bucket.

When Mr. Ye saw that Tang Xiaojing had brought so many rabbits and a wild goat, he dumped all the fish into the pond in the backyard to keep them.

These fish were all caught with nets, and there were no injuries. It would not be a problem to keep them for ten or eight days.

Seeing that there was so much meat and fish at home, Mrs. Ye fished out a big grass carp and asked Ye Qingqing to deliver it to Grandma Ye.

"After eating so many cakes and tea from my parents-in-law, you can send this fish to your grandma's house."

"Okay, I'll send it to grandma now."

Ye Qingqing took an empty bucket, filled the fish, and walked quickly to Wang's house.

After pouring the fish into the pond, Mr. Ye threw half a bundle of pigweed into the pond.

Although the place is smaller, there is still pig grass to eat, and the few fish in the pond are living a pretty good life.

Everyone in the family likes to eat meat, so Ye Qingqing specially cut a large piece of bacon for lunch.

This bacon is made from home-raised pigs. The fat is particularly thick and crystal clear.

There were only six people eating at noon, and Ye Qingqing only made fried lettuce with bacon, stir-fried winter melon and cold eggplant.

Big Huang and Xiao Huang now follow Tang Xiaojing up the mountain every day, where they can hunt on their own.

The two majestic hounds hunt small animals for food in the mountains every day, so they don't need to eat much food.

However, the five puppies at home are getting bigger and bigger, and they are eating more and more.

When I first came here, a bowl of sweet potato porridge was enough to feed me, but now I need a basin of sweet potato porridge.

Mr. Ye planned to let Dahuang and Xiaohuang take them to the mountains to hunt in another half month.

After training a few little ones, they can go hunting in the mountains to support themselves.

I eat so much every day that I can hardly feed them.

Mrs. Ye feeds the dog every day, and it feels like she is cutting her flesh and blood. She eats too much.

After lunch, Tang Xiaojing took a bundle of pigweed back from Ye's house, intending to use it to feed the deer.

Ye Xilin had never seen a live deer before, so he was very curious and happily followed Tang Xiaojing to the Tang family to see the deer.

Afraid that the deer would have nothing to eat, Ye Xilin gave it an extra bundle of pigweed.

Thinking of going to touch snails in the afternoon, Ye Qingqing did not take a nap after lunch as usual.

I plan to embroider what I want to embroider today first, and then I can focus on touching the snails in the afternoon.

Although Ye's mother always said that Ye Qingqing was lazy, Ye Qingqing was really not lazy, but he was not as diligent as his second aunt and second cousin.

However, Ye Mu only talked about it and did not force Ye Qingqing to do embroidery every day.

Ye Qingqing usually followed Mrs. Ye and Mr. Ye to listen to gossip or go to the mountains to play, but Ye's mother didn't say anything.

Ye Qingqing was in a good mood today, and she finished the embroidery quickly. Before Ye's father came back, Ye Qingqing had already completed the embroidery she planned to make today.

Seeing that Ye's father hadn't come back yet, Ye Qingqing was in a good mood and worked on the embroidery for a while. One of the Eight Immortals in the Eight Immortals Birthday Celebration Picture had already been embroidered.

When Father Ye came back, the four of them, Ye Qingqing, Tang Xiaojing, Ye Xilin and Father Ye, took their buckets and small baskets and went out happily.

At this time, the rice in the field was just blooming, and the snow-white rice flowers were covered with emerald green seedlings.

There are some rice flowers floating on the water in the field, and there is a group of leisurely small fish in the water, pecking at the rice flowers on the water.

There are diligent farmers fertilizing the rice in the nearby fields. Ye Qingqing feels that this year's autumn harvest will definitely be a good harvest.

Standing on the ridge of the field, Ye Qingqing saw many snails and loaches squirming in the field.

Tang Xiaojing handed a small basket to Ye Qingqing's hand.

"Qingqing, there are a lot of snails on the edge of the field. Just stand on the ridge and pick up the snails on the edge of the paddy field."

"The water in the creek is cold. Little girl, don't touch cold water all the time. It's not good for your health."

Ye Qingqing's greatest advantage was that she listened to others' advice and knew that Tang Xiaojing was doing it for her own good. She carried the small basket and obediently did not get into the water.

In fact, she didn't like stepping in the mud, and there were blood-sucking leeches in the paddy fields. Ye Qingqing was most afraid of this.

Ye Qingqing carried a small basket and stood relaxedly on the field ridge, picking up snails on the edge of the paddy field.

The snails now were fat and big, and Ye Qingqing picked up several of them in less than a while.

Father Ye took Ye Xilin down to a nearby ditch. The water in the ditch was not deep, only reaching their calves.

The water in the ditch is deeper than that in the fields, and there are not many snails in it.

However, there are a lot of loaches in the mud under the ditch, and there are also eels hiding in the water plants in the corner.

While Tang Xiaojing and Ye Qingqing were chatting, Ye's father had already caught an eel as thick as a thumb in the ditch.

Father Ye picked up the eel, weighed it, and said cheerfully: "Good guy, I guess there are four or five taels."

Ye Qingqing looked up when she heard Ye's father's voice and saw Ye's father holding a big eel and praised: "Dad, you are so awesome."

Ye Xilin has been naughty since he was a child. He and his friends often fish for loaches and catch eels in the stream. With quick eyes and quick hands, they have already caught two large loaches.

Seeing that his future father-in-law and future brother-in-law had already harvested something, Tang Xiaojing didn't bother chatting with Ye Qingqing and quickly started searching in the water.

Father Ye and Ye Xilin walked back to each other along the canal. The canal was not big. Wherever they walked, they caught all the loaches, snails and eels.

Tang Xiaojing saw that there was no place for him, so he quietly went to the other side of the ditch.

Tang Xiaojing held a big bucket and picked up all the snails he saw, including the loaches and eels hidden in the fence.

However, this was Tang Xiaojing's first time touching loaches and eels, and he seemed a bit clumsy. The small loaches in his hands slipped away several times.

The eels were bigger, but Tang Xiaojing moved quickly and caught two of them.

The rice flowers in the field were blooming just right, but Ye Qingqing did not dare to go into the field for fear of knocking the rice flowers off.

Therefore, I only picked up some snails above the water on the field ridge. In addition to the snails, Ye Qingqing saw that there were also many loaches in the field.

However, Ye Qingqing's hands were used for embroidery, and she did not dare to catch the loaches with her hands for fear of injuring her hands, so she could only let them go temporarily.

The Ye family's three acres of paddy fields were all connected together. Ye Qingqing walked along the field ridges and picked up a basket full of snails.

Ye Qingqing poured all the snails in the basket into the bucket. There was half a bucket of snails, which was probably enough to make a meal of fried snails with perilla.

Ye Qingqing thought about the snail chicken stew that Ye Mu said, and happily walked a second time, but the second time she couldn't pick up any snails.

Fortunately, Tang Xiaojing still remembered that Ye Qingqing liked to eat snails, so he also brought up a small half bucket of snails from the ditch.

Field snails consume oil. People in the village rarely eat field snails. Most of the time, they just pick them up and feed them to the ducks.

In addition to field snails, Tang Xiaojing also touched a dozen loaches and several eels.

Father Ye and Ye Xilin on the other side also gained a lot.

The father and son focused their energy on catching loaches and eels. They caught half a bucket of loaches and eels, but not a few snails.

A few people really gained a lot today. The four of them caught more than half a bucket of field snails in half the afternoon, and each of the loaches and eels also caught half a bucket.

Before returning home, Ye Qingqing had already arranged all these things, including perilla snails, snail chicken pot, braised loach and eel rice.