The happy little days of the Ye family

Seeing that Tang Xiaojing was not at home and had nothing to do, Ye Qingqing started cooking early.

At this time, various vegetables and fruits in the small vegetable garden were already growing. Ye Qingqing carried a small basket to the small vegetable patch at the door.

Tang Shan comes over every morning to water the vegetable plot. Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing also often come over to weed the vegetable plot. The vegetables inside grow particularly well.

Ye Qingqing picked some tender beans and planned to make stir-fried beans at night.

Ye Qingqing carried the beans to the pool in the backyard to wash them. After washing them, he went to another pool and fished out a grass carp weighing more than three kilograms.

Originally, the grass carp was still eating pigweed leisurely, but suddenly it was fished out by Ye Qingqing.

The grass carp became restless after leaving the water, swung its tail vigorously, and splashed the water in Ye Qingqing's face.

"With such vitality, this fish must be delicious."

Ye Qingqing was not annoyed at being dumped, and was only thinking about how to eat the fish.

"Such fresh fish is perfect for steaming." Ye Qingqing muttered happily.

After killing the fish, Ye Qingqing went to the vegetable patch and pulled some onions, ginger and garlic back.

Ye Qingqing cut the scallions and ginger into shreds, marinated the grass carp with salt, ginger and scallion, and then started washing the rice for cooking.

Although there are only three people in the Tang family, Dahuang and Xiaohuang eat more than the three of them. Ye Qingqing cooks a large pot of rice every day.

Ye Qingqing added some sweet potatoes and a small amount of corn to the rice. Although the Tang family had a lot of fields, it was impossible to eat pure rice.

There are still many people in the village who eat twice a day. There are very few people like the Tang family and the Ye family who eat three meals a day and are also working.

Ye Qingqing took three more eggs from the kitchen shelf and smashed them into a bowl.

When the rice in the pot was almost ready, Ye Qingqing put the steamer basket into the iron pot, then put the fish and egg custard into the pot to steam.

Ye Qingqing likes to cook all kinds of steamed vegetables the most, which saves time and fuel.

Then Ye Qingqing cut the beans into small pieces and minced the garlic cloves. Put half a spoonful of lard in the iron pot, stir-fry the minced garlic, then add the beans and stir-fry.

When Tang Xiaojing came back, Ye Qingqing had already prepared meals and was waiting for him at home.

Tang Xiaojing hurried back to eat, and the bullock cart drove very fast along the way.

Fortunately, the cart was empty, so the cattle didn't have any hard time running. It took more than an hour to run back and forth.

Tang Xiaojing unloaded the cattle cart and drove the cattle back to the cowshed in the backyard.

Looking at the big ox that was panting from exhaustion, Tang Xiaojing felt a little guilty and quickly placed a lot of fodder in the cowshed.

As soon as Tang Xiaojing came out of the backyard, Tang Shan also led the cow in.

Ever since Ye Qingqing got married, every time he came back, there would be steaming meals waiting for him at home.

Moreover, the house was not deserted anymore, it was filled with the smell of fireworks. The father and son wanted to go home quickly every time they went out.

Seeing that everyone was back, Ye Qingqing returned to the kitchen and brought out the food.

Dahuang and Xiaohuang followed closely behind, eagerly looking at the food in Ye Qingqing's hands, their big tails wagging very enthusiastically.

At the dinner table, Tang Xiaojing talked about selling cattle today and his and Ye Qingqing's plans.

"Dad, the calf at home was sold for 17 taels. The farm cattle are valuable. Qingqing and I have discussed it and plan to buy two more cows and breed them to produce calves for sale."

Tangshan patted his thigh and said happily:

"This is a good idea. We already have a lot of fields at home, so two more cows won't be a problem, and we can also give birth to calves for sale. It really kills two birds with one stone."

"Bulls cannot give birth to calves. I plan to take the small bull at home to the county and sell it tomorrow." Tang Xiaojing added.

Ye Qingqing on the side pulled Tang Xiaojing's sleeve and said:

"I went back to my parents' house in the afternoon and talked about raising cattle. Grandpa said that there are many people in the village raising cattle. We can add some money and exchange the bull with others for cows."

"If the cows at home get pregnant at the same time, I'm afraid it will hinder the family's fields. Let's keep the little bull at home."

Tangshan did not approve of selling the family's young bull.

The calf at home has been raised for three years and has become affectionate. Tang Xiaojing is actually not willing to sell it, but the family cannot keep it.

"The cowshed can only support four cows at most now. I don't think I can keep one more cow."

"Besides, there is a chicken coop in the backyard and it is full of herbs. There is no room to expand the cowshed."

"Isn't there a temporary cowshed over at Stone Mountain? After buying the cows, let's put two over there and raise them." Ye Qingqing said.

In fact, she was afraid of delaying her family's fields. Even if she had two bulls, she wouldn't be in trouble if they both got pregnant.

So the matter was settled like this. The three cows at home were kept and two more cows were bought.

In the Ye family next door, Mr. Ye also talked about raising more donkeys and giving birth to calves at the dinner table.

"That's a really good idea."

Father Ye was used to doing business, and he immediately saw the profit in it.

"The donkey shed at home can't keep so many donkeys. I think it's better to keep them in the small back mountain."

Most of the family's livestock are raised at the foot of Xiaohou Mountain, and Ye Xilin plans to build another donkey shed there specifically to raise donkeys.

Mr. Ye nodded, "There is a temporary donkey shed on the small back mountain. If we buy a suitable donkey tomorrow, the donkey will be raised there first."

"There's no rush to build the donkey shed. Let's wait until you see it." Compared to the donkey, Mrs. Ye paid more attention to Ye Xilin's marriage.

Early the next morning, Ye Qingqing, Tang Xiaojing and Mr. Ye set out for the county together.

Li Guoer will come to visit Ye Xilin tomorrow, and the Ye family has been busy early.

Early in the morning, Mrs. Ye ordered the people at home around.

"Xiao Yu, you are responsible for cleaning the front yard. You must clean up the firewood in the woodshed and the scattered things in the corners."

"Okay, I'll clean up now." Wang Chunyu carried Xiao Qi, who was sleeping soundly in his arms, back into the house, and then started to clean up the front yard.

Wang Chunyu first piled the firewood neatly in the woodshed, and then pulled out some weeds in the corner.

There were still some sundries placed in the corner. Wang Chunyu sorted the sundries and put the useful ones back into the woodshed, and threw away all the unused ones.

"Xiuxiu, you are responsible for cleaning the backyard. Remember to clean up the weeds in the backyard as well."

"Okay mom, I promise to keep the backyard clean."

Ye Xilin was finally tempted. Ye's mother valued tomorrow's meeting more than anyone else.

Mother Ye put on hand-protecting gloves and used a hoe to remove the weeds first, and then cleaned every corner inside and outside.

"We have three donkeys at home, and the donkey sheds have a bit of a smell. Xilin, you are responsible for cleaning the donkey sheds."

Thinking of meeting Li Guoer tomorrow, Ye Xilin was nervous and looking forward to it, and his heart was in a mess.

But when it came to work, he was unambiguous at all. He went to the well to fetch water with a bucket, and carefully cleaned the donkey shed.

As for Mrs. Ye, she went to the backyard to clean the chicken pen.

Just after cleaning the front and back yards, Mrs. Ye directed a few people to start cleaning up the house, cleaning up the entire Ye home inside and out.