The happy little days of the Ye family

When Father Ye and Mother Ye came back with a cart full of things, Ye Qingqing and Wang Chunyu were sitting in the yard choosing vegetables, talking and laughing.

Wang Chunyu is now more than six months pregnant, and Ye Mu estimates that she will give birth before the autumn harvest.

Ye Qingqing's wedding is scheduled for the twentieth day of the first lunar month next year, and the child will already be several months old by then.

Afraid that after Wang Chunyu gave birth, the family would not have the energy to arrange Ye Qingqing's marriage, so Ye's mother and Mrs. Ye prepared everything early.

Gold bracelets, gold earrings and silver hairpins inlaid with small gems have been prepared long ago, and the two silver hairpins have also been made by the silver house.

Except for the wedding clothes and quilt that are not ready yet, everything else is almost ready.

Even the chef in charge of the wedding banquet, Father Ye, had already made an appointment with the chef in town who specializes in banquet cooking.

Next, Ye Qingqing only needs to prepare her wedding clothes and be the bride with peace of mind. The wedding quilt is made by Ye's mother and Mrs. Ye.

Wang Chunyu often takes care of the small vegetable garden at home with Mrs. Ye. He moves frequently and is in good health.

In addition, Ye Mu had taken her and Ye Qingqing to the county for recuperation for a period of time, and the pregnancy was pretty good.

However, after pregnancy, I became plump, my belly was bulging, and my hands and feet were swollen, making me look a little bulky.

Mother Ye and Old Mrs. Ye no longer dare to let Wang Chunyu go to the vegetable field. They usually only let her do light tasks such as selecting vegetables and lighting fires.

Wang Chunyu's natal family still cared about her very much. Wang Lixia often drove a donkey cart over to deliver hens and eggs to Wang Chunyu.

Ye Qingqing saw Ye's father and Ye's mother coming back, and trotted over to help move things.

Wang Chunyu also got up and went to help, but she was pregnant, so Ye Mu only let her take some light things.

Ye Qingqing saw many brightly colored and exquisite fabrics in the donkey cart, and turned back to look at Ye Mu happily.

"Mom, these fabrics are so beautiful. Are they for me as a betrothal gift?"

Mother Ye smiled and said, "Yes, the red fabric is for your wedding dress and quilt, and the remaining 6 pieces are for your dowry."

"Thank you, dad, thank you, mom." Ye Qingqing happily walked towards the hall holding the cloth.

Old Mrs. Ye also came out of the house when she heard the voices of Ye's father and mother.

When Ye's mother saw Old Mrs. Ye, she immediately took Old Mrs. Ye back to the house and talked about the golden-headed noodles that Tang Xiaojing bought for Ye Qingqing.

"It's a coincidence that when we arrived at the Silver Building, we saw Jing Xiaozi and his son checking out at the counter. What they bought was Jintou Noodles."

"The gold headband is made of rich materials, the hairpin and earrings are in the shape of a magpie, and the bracelet and earrings are in the shape of auspicious clouds. They are very beautiful."

Then Mother Ye talked about the fabrics that the Tang family bought as betrothal gifts, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law whispered for a long time.

Mrs. Ye was very satisfied with Tang Xiaojing and said with a smile:

"The Tang family still attaches great importance to Qingqing. The two are childhood sweethearts and have a good relationship."

It was because she had a keen eye for recognizing people that she spotted such a good grandson-in-law at a glance.

Early the next morning, Ye Mu came to Ye Qingqing's house holding a piece of red cloth.

"Measure the size first and then make the wedding dress. Don't make sure it doesn't fit." Mother Ye pulled Ye Qingqing up and started to measure the size.

Ye Qingqing grew a little taller this year. Although it was only a little bit taller, Ye Qingqing was also very happy.

When getting married in the village, people usually wear red clothes. Formal wedding clothes are cumbersome to make and use a lot of fabrics. Ordinary families rarely make them.

However, the Ye family felt sorry for Ye Qingqing and bought a whole piece of red fabric for Ye Qingqing to make her wedding dress.

Ye Qingqing planned to embroider some lotus flowers and some simple patterns on the wedding dress.

In addition to making wedding clothes for herself and Tang Xiaojing, Ye Qingqing also planned to make two sets of clothes for everyone in the family before getting married, which was considered a small thought of hers.

Ye Qingqing was busy making wedding clothes, and Tang Xiaojing was also busy looking for wild geese.

Tang Xiaojing had seen live wild geese in the county. The wild geese looked very much like ducks.

In Tang Xiaojing's view, wild geese are smaller flying ducks.

Tang Xiaojing planned to hunt a pair of live wild geese with his own hands as a betrothal gift for Ye Qingqing. He left early in the morning and returned late in the past two days, looking for traces of the wild geese in various mountains.

He didn't know whether it was the wrong time or whether there were no wild geese here. After three days of searching, Tang Xiaojing still found nothing, not even a single wild goose.

Tang Xiaojing thought that there were mountains everywhere in Dashan Village and there were many hunters there, so he planned to ask Hunter Li for help to find the wild geese together.

Orion Li was the most famous hunter in Dashan Village. A rich man had hunted wild geese with him before. Tang Xiaojing had found the right person this time.

Tang Xiaojing spent 3 taels of silver to ask Li Orion to help find the wild geese.

Li Orion took Tang Xiaojing to a large lake in the mountains. He turned around and said to Tang Xiaojing behind him:

"Wild geese love water and usually appear in groups where there is water. This is where I hunted wild geese before."

"No wonder I searched in the mountains for two days and couldn't see any trace of the wild geese."

Orion Li shook his head and continued: "In addition to loving water, geese usually return to the north in spring, and then fly to the south to spend the winter in autumn."

"It's late summer and not yet autumn, so it's hard to find wild geese now."

"In more than 20 days, I will go to the Ye family to hire someone. Is it still too late?" Tang Xiaojing looked at Li Orion anxiously.

"There's still time. Although the wild geese will fly over and come back for the winter in autumn, some will come back early. In previous years, we would occasionally encounter wild geese on the mountains at this time."

Maybe it was too early, so the two of them stayed at the lake for four or five days before encountering a few wild geese.

However, geese fly in the sky, so they have to be planted and it is very difficult to survive.

Tang Xiaojing's first arrow missed, and although the second arrow hit the goose, it hit the vital point, and the goose couldn't survive.

Li Orion on the side was very powerful with his arrows. He shot directly on the wing of the wild goose and knocked one of the wild goose down.

Tang Xiaojing wanted to hunt wild geese by himself, but did not ask Li Orion to shoot down the wild geese.

The two of them stayed on the mountain for several more days, and Tang Xiaojing, who was almost like a savage, finally returned to Taohua Village carrying a pair of live wild geese.

People in the village saw Tang Xiaojing coming back with the wild geese, and within a while the whole village knew that Tang Xiaojing had hunted a pair of live wild geese.

Some wealthy families will use live geese when hiring people, but that's just from hearsay. People in the village just use ducks instead, and no one has ever seen live geese.

For a while, everyone in the village went to Tang's house to see the wild geese, but everyone who saw them was a little disappointed. Wasn't it just a smaller duck?

Ye Xilin had never seen live wild geese, so he ran to Tang's house to see the wild geese with great interest.

After Ye Xilin came back from the Tang family, he vividly told Ye Qingqing and other people at home about the wild goose.

"They look similar to the ducks at home, but they are smaller than ducks, have longer wings and can fly. I estimate that these geese and ducks were from the same family 500 years ago."

Ye Xilin's words made everyone laugh.

Old Mrs. Ye patted Ye Xilin's arm, smiled and cursed:

"You should be a bit virtuous with your mouth. It took your future brother-in-law half a month to hunt back this wild goose."

"Yes, Qingqing." He said while looking at Ye Qingqing with a wink.

Ye Qingqing was happy and shy, and refused to talk to Mrs. Ye and Ye Xilin.