The happy little days of the Ye family

After packing up the mushrooms and prey, Ye Qingqing took out the pancakes and salted duck eggs made in the morning from the corner of the oxcart.

"Dad, my husband, please eat something first."

Ye Qingqing invited father and son to come over for lunch.

Before Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing came over, Dahuang and Xiaohuang jumped to Ye Qingqing's side.

In fact, Dahuang and Xiaohuang were already full when they were hunting in the mountains, but when they saw the pancakes that Ye Qingqing brought out, they became greedy again.

Two greedy dogs sat around Ye Qingqing, one on the left and the other on the right, leaning towards Ye Qingqing's body and hooking the pumpkin cake in Ye Qingqing's hand.

Ye Qingqing took out two palm-sized pumpkin cakes and gave one to each of the two greedy dogs.

When Dahuang and Xiaohuang opened their mouths, half of the cake was gone, and when they opened their mouths again, the pumpkin cake was gone.

The mediocre pumpkin cake tasted like a delicacy, which made Ye Qingqing greedy.

Ye Qingqing found a hillside, and the three of them sat on the hillside eating pancakes.

You can just see the small river at the bottom of the valley from the hillside, and there is a large group of ducks swimming leisurely in the river.

There are many small fish and snails in the river. These ducks don't need to be fed during the day. They can just feed them a meal of sweet potatoes and bean dregs at night.

Eat well and these ducks grow fast.

These little ducks were caught by Ye Qingqing after spring. At that time, they were not as big as Ye Qingqing's fist. Now they have grown into big ducks, weighing more than 5 pounds.

A few days ago, Ye Qingqing asked Mrs. Ye that the ducks at home would be able to lay duck eggs in a month or two.

Ye Qingqing likes to eat salted duck eggs, especially the oily salted egg yolk inside. She has already prepared the ingredients to make salted duck eggs and is waiting for the eggs.

Ye Qingqing was eating pancakes in his mouth, but his eyes were looking straight at the fat ducks in the river.

She has already thought of many ways to prepare the dishes, including braised duck with sour bamboo shoots, braised duck with perilla, stewed duck with snails, braised duck with dried bamboo shoots and old duck soup, and she never cooks the same dish for several days.

Ye Qingqing couldn't help but swallowed. At this moment, all the ducks in the river suddenly ran ashore.

Tang Xiaojing on the side felt that Ye Qingqing's gaze must have been too hot and scared away the ducks in the river.

After lunch, Tang Xiaojing took Tang Shan and Ye Qingqing for a walk around the foot of Stone Mountain.

On the left side of the foot of the mountain is a row of rabbit hutches. There are more and more rabbits in the rabbit hutches, and almost several rabbit hutches are full.

Tang Xiaojing knew that Ye Xilin had kept all the white rabbits, so he also kept the white rabbits as breeding rabbits.

Now, there are 30 white breeding rabbits and 4 white baby rabbits in the Tang family's rabbit shed.

Two white breeding rabbits will give birth to more white rabbits, but the number is still very small.

However, Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan still haven't figured out the method of tanning leather. Once they figure it out, it is estimated that the white rabbits will be enough to make several white leather coats.

The pigsties are all on the right side of the mountain. Each pigsty is very spacious and can accommodate about 10 pigs.

Under the careful care of the long-term workers, the pigs in the pig pen were raised very well and looked in good spirits.

Among them are 13 big fat pigs, which have been ready for slaughter in the past two days.

Tang Xiaojing discussed with his family's long-term workers and arranged to kill the pigs to make bacon in two days when the mushrooms on the mountain are finished.

The three of them continued walking forward, which was the cowshed. There were three cows, two large and one small.

The newly bought middle-aged cow is now pregnant, with a round belly.

Since this cow came to the Tang family, it has been well fed and housed every day. Even during busy farming times, several cows take turns farming.

Over the past few months, the cow has obviously gained a lot of weight and looks energetic. Ye Qingqing even feels that the cow is much younger.

That cow was very spiritual. She still remembered Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing. When she saw Ye Qingqing coming over, she even rubbed Ye Qingqing's shoulder enthusiastically.

This was the first time for Ye Qingqing to see such a docile bull. He boldly touched the huge bull head in front of him.

Tang Xiaojing on the side checked the cow's body decently and deliberately showed off in front of Ye Qingqing:

"This cow is quite healthy and will give birth to a calf next year."

"Ms. sir, can you still treat cows?" Ye Qingqing looked at Tang Xiaojing curiously.

Tang Xiaojing smiled and said, "I figured it out all by myself. I raise so many cows at home. The more I raise, the more I will understand."

"Then, sir, will you deliver the baby to the cow?"

“My father and I delivered the cows at home.”

Tangshan couldn't stand it when he saw Tang Xiaojing pretending, so he silently took Dahuang and Xiaohuang up the mountain to continue picking mushrooms.

Dahuang and Xiaohuang didn't want to leave at first, but Tangshan grabbed them by the back of their necks and dragged them away.

The calf bought with the cow has also grown a lot and will probably be able to go to the fields to pull the plow next year.

After the two visited the property at the foot of the mountain, they took their backpacks and happily went up the mountain to pick mushrooms.

In the afternoon, Tang Xiaojing took Ye Qingqing to the other side of Stone Mountain to pick mushrooms.

The other side I went to in the afternoon was relatively flat. There were a lot of mushrooms along the way, but most of them were ordinary mushrooms such as straw mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, coprinus and green head mushrooms.

Valuable mushrooms like morels and gallinobacilli are rarely seen.

Ye Qingqing saw many herbs along the way, many of which were planted by Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing before.

Half of the herbal seeds planted at that time had sprouted into herbal seedlings.

However, herbs have a long shelf life, and there are still several years before they can be harvested.

However, Tang Xiaojing still collected two 7-year-old wild Polygonatum japonica plants and a wild Gastrodia elata plant on the mountain.

At the end of the day, the three members of the Tang family and 10 long-term workers picked an oxcart full of mushrooms. Ye Qingqing visually estimated that there were at least several hundred kilograms.

On the way back, Ye Qingqing and the others met Wang Shitou and Wang Xiaoshan on the side of Shitou Mountain.

The Wang family and his son had just come down from Langshan. The backpacks behind them were so full of all kinds of mushrooms that they were almost standing on top.

The Wang family father and son have a good relationship with the Tang family. Wang Xiaoshan was very enthusiastic when he saw the Tang family's ox cart and started greeting Tang Xiaojing from a distance.

After walking away, Ye Qingqing looked at Tang Xiaojing with a gossipy face, "I heard that the Wang family and his son are planning to build a new house?"

Tang Xiaoshan nodded, "Xiaoshan said he plans to knock down the house he lives in and rebuild it next year, and Xiaoshan will get married in two years."

"The Wang family is still living a good life now. In just a few years after escaping from the famine, they not only opened up ten acres of land, but will soon build a new house." Tang Xiaojing still admired the Wang family and his son.

"Duoduo isn't bad either, and her embroidery skills are getting better and better. But these two are very compatible. They both have the skills to support their families. The days will get better and better."

When several people returned to the back mountain, the sun had already set. However, the back mountain is still very lively. From a distance, I can see many people picking mushrooms and digging bamboo shoots on the mountain.

The Tang family's ox cart was full of mushrooms and was moving a little slowly. After a while, the Ye family's donkey cart caught up from behind.

Mr. Ye and Ye Xilin each drove a donkey cart, and the donkey carts were filled with all kinds of juicy mushrooms.

Ye Qingqing followed Tang Xiaojing and went to the mountains to pick mushrooms for three days in a row. It took three days to collect almost all the mushrooms on the two hills.

The front and back yards of the house are full of delicious mushrooms.