The happy little days of the Ye family

Today is the first day of spring plowing, and the three members of the Tang family got up early.

This was Ye Qingqing's first spring plowing in the Tang family, so she was very concerned about it.

Ye Qingqing got up early in the morning and made breakfast in the kitchen with Tang Xiaojing.

Tang Xiaojing washed the rice and cut a few sweet potatoes to make porridge together. "Qingqing, I left the rhubarb and the small huang at home to accompany you."

"Okay, there is no danger in the village. Don't worry, I will take care of myself."

Ye Qingqing on the side is baking egg pancakes. Spring plowing is strenuous work, so you must have a good breakfast.

"I'll come back to have dinner with you at noon, and take the food over to my father and the long-term workers at home."

Ye Qingqing refused, "I'll prepare the food at noon and wait for you to come back to pick it up. You can take the food to the fields and eat it."

"My long-term workers and my father are both in the fields. If you come back and have dinner with me, they will have to wait hungry. This is not good."

Tang Xiaojing thought that the valley was indeed a bit far away, so he had to give up.

Before Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing went out, Ye Qingqing filled two large bamboo tubes with water for them.

Tang Xiaojing took the bamboo tube and looked at Ye Qingqing tenderly, "Thank you, Qingqing is cooking at home."

"I don't have to go to the ground, so you and dad have to work hard." Ye Qingqing said happily with crooked eyebrows.

There is no need to go to the fields, just cooking for about 10 people, Ye Qingqing does not feel hard at all.

In previous years, during the spring plowing, summer harvest, and autumn harvest at home, she and Ye Mu cooked the meals at these important times.

At noon, Ye Qingqing planned to make stewed rice with dried cured chicken and mushrooms, as well as a vegetable and egg drop soup. It was simple and delicious.

The vegetables in the vegetable field have just been planted and haven't grown yet. Ye Qingqing wants to go to the back mountain to dig some wild vegetables for lunch.

Dried mushrooms need to be soaked in advance. Ye Qingqing took some dried mushrooms from the cellar and soaked them in a wooden basin.

Then he went back to the house and changed into old clothes made of coarse linen. He carried Xiao Huang out in a basket on his back, while Da Huang stayed at home pitifully to look after the house.

Before going to Houshan, Ye Qingqing made a special trip to Ye's house.

Digging the floor was a laborious task, and all the men of the Ye family went over to help. Mrs. Ye, Ye's mother, Wang Chunyu, and Xiao Qi, who was still sleeping soundly, were left at home.

When Ye Qingqing came over, Mrs. Ye and Wang Chunyu happened to be feeding pigs in the backyard, while Mother Ye was washing the dishes for breakfast.

"Mom, I'm going to the back mountain to dig some wild vegetables and come back. Do you want to come with me?"

"Okay, wait for me, I'll be fine soon." As she said that, Mother Ye sped up the movements of her hands.

Ye's mother also has to cook for the family's long-term workers. Including several members of the Ye family, there are meals for nearly 20 people, and a lot of dishes are needed.

Ye Qingqing went into the house and teased Xiao Qi for a while. Xiao Qi was now 4 months old, much older than before Ye Qingqing got married.

Ye Qingqing comes back often, and the little one has not forgotten her. He smiles when he sees Ye Qingqing, and keeps looking at Ye Qingqing with his big round eyes.

Ye Qingqing hugged Xiao Qi and couldn't help but kiss the little guy's face a few times.

After a while, Ye Mu and Wang Chunyu came to find Ye Qingqing with their backpacks on their backs.

Wang Chunyu originally planned to grow some bean sprouts to eat during spring plowing, but Mrs. Ye, who was very economical, was not willing.

At this time, the wild vegetables in the mountains are growing just right, especially the water celery, which grows lush and green. You can cut a large handful at a time. It is a good time to eat wild vegetables.

The wild vegetables on the mountain are free, but the bean sprouts still have to be sold for money.

The three of them came to the stream in the back mountain together. At this time, the back mountain was quite lively.

There are already many little girls from the village digging wild vegetables nearby, and not far away there are several half-year-old children hunting pigweed.

The adults in the family are busy with spring plowing, and the tasks of cutting pigweed and digging wild vegetables at home are left to these little kids.

The three of them arrived a little late, and most of the wild vegetables on the ground had been dug up.

The three of them continued walking up the creek for a short distance and came to a place where there was no one.

There was a small patch of water celery that had not been picked yet by the stream. There were also many wild vegetables around. Ye Qingqing's sharp eyes saw that there was also a Chinese toon tree.

The three of them stopped and went to dig wild vegetables separately, but Xiao Huang had already run away without knowing where he was.

Ye Qingqing first went to the stream to cut water celery. Water celery all grew together. He cut a large handful and cut most of the water celery in the basket in three or two strokes.

Ye Qingqing was too lazy to look for other wild vegetables. She bent down and cut two more large bundles of water celery, stuffing the basket full.

There were more people eating at the Ye family. In order to save trouble, Ye Mu also cut a basket full of water celery with Ye Qingqing.

Wang Chunyu climbed up the toon tree and carefully picked a lot of toon buds.

Ye Mu saw a lot of wild onions and took Ye Qingqing to dig them.

In addition to frying eggs with salt and green onions, it can also be used to bake pancakes. Pancakes baked with your own green onions are particularly fragrant.

The Tang family was small, so Ye Qingqing only dug two handfuls of wild onions without digging them.

Ye Qingqing looked at the bamboo forest halfway up the mountain, wanting to dig some more spring bamboo shoots back.

However, the backpacks were full of water celery, and there was really nothing left to hold the spring bamboo shoots, and it was almost time to go back and make lunch.

"These vegetables are enough to eat. If you want to eat the bamboo shoots, we can come over and dig them tomorrow. It would be a waste to make too many at once and not finish them all." Ye Mu advised.

Seeing that the wild vegetables were almost dug, Ye Mu asked Wang Chunyu to get down from the tree first.

Wang Chunyu has quick hands and feet, and has already picked the Chinese toon in a small half-back basket. This is the first toon, and it is very fresh and tender.

Wang Chunyu looked at Ye Qingqing with the basket on his back, "Qingqing, this is the first crop of toon, you can take some back to eat."

"Okay, I just saved the scrambled eggs for dinner tonight, thank you sister-in-law."

Seeing that Ye Qingqing's basket was full, Ye Mu picked two large leaves by the stream and wrapped two small bags of toon for Ye Qingqing.

When he was about to go back, Ye Qingqing called out to Xiao Huang twice, and Xiao Huang suddenly jumped out of the grass.

Xiao Huang ran around somewhere and was covered in cockleburs. Ye Qingqing looked at the embarrassed Xiao Huang and patted Xiao Huang's big furry head.

"go home."

Dahuang wagged his big tail and followed behind Ye Qingqing.

After returning home, Ye Qingqing started making lunch.

At this time, the mushrooms had already been soaked. Ye Qingqing poured water for the mushrooms and continued soaking them. Then he took all the water celery to the backyard to wash.

Toona Ye Qingqing planned to save the eggs for frying in the evening, while the wild onions were also saved for making pancakes tomorrow.

Ye Qingqing often cooks at the Ye family, and her hands and feet are quite nimble, and she quickly washed the celery.

Ye Qingqing cut the soaked dried mushrooms into thin slices, chopped the chicken into small pieces, and cut the cress seeds into small pieces.

After a while, the smell of mushrooms and bacon wafted from the kitchen, and Rhubarb and Xiaohuang ran in, wagging their big tails.

The rice in the pot had to simmer for a while after the fire stopped. Ye Qingqing then cooked another pot of egg drop soup, and then cooked a cold water celery.