The happy little days of the Ye family

When the two of them reached the foot of the mountain, Tang Shan was already waiting for them beside the bullock cart.

The two bullock carts were also filled with various mushrooms.

Tang Xiaojing and Ye Qingqing quickly poured all the mushrooms behind them and on their hands onto the bullock cart.

Tangshan saw the big python in Tang Xiaojing's basket, frowned and said:

"This python is really big. It feels like there are a lot of snakes on the mountain this year."

"Have you encountered any snakes on Stone Mountain today?" Ye Qingqing asked worriedly.

"Yes, I caught a venomous snake and a non-venomous grass snake on the mountain, but they are not as big as this python."

Fortunately, most of the long-term workers in the family are hunters from Dashan Village. They grew up in the mountains and are good at catching snakes. Otherwise, going up the mountain would be quite dangerous.

Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan said: "After we finish picking the mushrooms on the mountain in the past two days, I will go find the snake catcher and catch all the snakes on the mountain. Otherwise, it will be really dangerous."

Tangshan also agreed to invite people to come to the mountain to catch snakes. His son had to go up the mountain every day to check the medicinal herbs. It was really too dangerous to have so many snakes on the mountain.

Moreover, these long-term workers live at the foot of the mountain. After spring, they have to go up the mountain every day to check the traps. It is better to ask the snake catchers to come and search them.

Although the two snakes caught by Chang Gong were not as big as the python in Tang Xiaojing's hand, they each weighed two kilograms.

Tang Xiaojing took out the gall bladders of the two snakes and planned to take them back to make medicinal wine. The snake body is left for the long-term workers to have a snack.

At this time, the sun had already set on the top of the mountain, and it would still be an hour before they could go back. The three of them hurriedly drove the ox cart home.

The fields and hills of the Tang family are great, but they are too far away from the village. It takes an hour just to get there.

But if it hadn't been too far away from the village, such a flat valley with water sources would have been cleared long ago before the father and son came back to buy it.

After returning home, the three people quickly dumped the mushrooms in the car on the ground and spread them to dry.

Although the sun has set by this time, these mushrooms cannot be piled together directly like this, otherwise they will become stuffy.

After spreading the mushrooms, Tang Xiaojing went to take out the gallbladder of the python, and then took the three gallbladders to the pharmacy to make medicinal wine.

Ye Qingqing didn't even dare to look at the big python he brought back, let alone handle it.

Tangshan happily took the python to the backyard to deal with it. It had been a long time since he had eaten snake soup, and Tangshan missed it quite a bit.

Tangshan used to work as a bodyguard. He often ate and slept outside and ate countless snakes. He was quick and accurate in handling these snakes.

Tangshan quickly chopped the python into small pieces. The snake was so big that it contained a whole wooden basin of snake meat.

The Tang family was small and could not eat so much, so Tang Shan asked Ye Qingqing to bring half of it to the Ye family.

When Ye Qingqing came back from the Ye family, he brought back half a basket of spring bamboo shoots and half a basket of bamboo fungus.

There was no bamboo forest on the hill in the Tang family, so there were no bamboo shoots or bamboo fungus. Mrs. Ye specially brought back half a basket of bamboo fungus and spring bamboo shoots for Ye Qingqing.

Most of the bamboo fungus are not so good-looking in appearance, and the good-looking ones are kept for sale.

However, these bamboo fungus were only slightly dug up and did not look so good, but they tasted not bad at all.

I have been busy picking mushrooms these days and have no time to make chicken soup. Ye Qingqing plans to dry the bamboo fungus and eat it slowly.

Ye Qingqing was afraid of snakes, but he was not afraid of snake meat that had been chopped into small pieces. Half a basin of snake meat was made into snake soup and stir-fried snake meat by Ye Qingqing.

At dinner, Ye Qingqing ate better than anyone else.

The mushrooms on the mountain are not endless. On the third day of harvesting, the number of mushrooms on the mountain gradually decreased.

Although there are mushrooms on the mountain, there are not many, and it takes a lot of effort to find them, so everyone stops going up the mountain to pick mushrooms.

Tang Xiaojing also told his family's long-term workers that he didn't need to go to the mountains to pick mushrooms and could go back to take care of the fields in the valley, as well as the pig pens and rabbit sheds.

After picking mushrooms for three days, Ye Qingqing was very tired, so she had to dry the mushrooms at home and make embroidery.

The Ye family gave birth to two little donkeys last year, and they are now over a year old and half-grown.

The Ye family has three adult donkeys, which are enough for now. Mr. Ye plans to sell the two small donkeys.

The Tang family also has a calf that is over one year old, and Tang Xiaojing plans to sell it together.

In fact, for more than a year, people in the village often came to inquire about the Ye family's donkeys and the Tang family's cows.

However, the people in the village were not rich either, so the prices offered were on the low side, and since everyone was an old acquaintance, Mr. Ye and Tang Xiaojing were embarrassed to sell at a high price.

If the price is too low, you will suffer a loss. If the price is too high, the people in the village will complain. They are not human beings inside and outside.

Therefore, Mr. Ye does not plan to sell the donkeys to people in the village. He wants to take his two donkeys to the county to sell them.

Tang Xiaojing had the same idea. Selling to the people in the village was thankless and easy to offend, so it was better to sell it directly to the county.

The day after picking mushrooms, Mr. Ye and Tang Xiaojing took their livestock to a place specializing in selling livestock.

There are quite a lot of livestock for sale here. You can buy not only cattle and donkeys, but also mules and horses.

Donkeys and cattle are suitable for farming and are highly sought after in the livestock market.

As soon as the two came over, someone came over to ask questions, and the one they asked the most about was the Tang family's calf.

Tang Xiaojing looked around and saw that there were not many cattle for sale here.

Things are rare and valuable, so Tang Xiaojing was not in a hurry. He slowly negotiated the price with the people who came to inquire, and settled for 18 taels of silver.

Many people also came to inquire about the two donkeys of the Ye family.

The two donkeys in the Ye family are both female. Female donkeys can give birth to calves, and their prices are higher than male donkeys.

The two donkeys had smooth skin and smooth flesh, and it was obvious at first glance that they were well-raised. Although they were only half-sized donkeys, one of them was sold for a high price of ten taels of silver.

Mr. Ye remembers that the donkey his family first bought cost ten taels of silver each.

In recent years, everyone's life has improved, and prices have also risen. Even a half-sized donkey costs ten taels of silver.

The two donkeys were sold for 20 taels of silver. Mr. Ye was very happy to get the silver, which was a full [-]% higher than the price in the village.

A few years ago, the Ye family spent 30 taels on a total of three donkeys.

Including the donkey sold to Ye's mother's family, the family's donkeys gave birth to three little donkeys in total. The original cost of buying the donkeys has been returned.

Mr. Ye was very happy. This donkey was worth buying.

Oxen are stronger than donkeys. If your family has a lot of land, oxen will be more suitable.

Farm cattle are precious. Although the Tang family's cattle are bulls and half-grown calves, there are many people who want these calves.

Ever since Tang Xiaojing came here with the cow, there have been many people coming to ask, and Tang Xiaojing has been insisting on 18 liang.

Many people asked, but most of them thought 18 taels was too expensive and never sold it.

Tang Xiaojing saw that both donkeys of the Ye family had been sold, and the number of people in the livestock market began to decrease.

Finally he had to relent and sold the calf for 17 taels and 8 yuan.