The happy little days of the Ye family

Tang Xiaojing dug out the lotus roots underneath the lotus flowers that had been destroyed by rhubarb.

Although these lotus roots have not grown up yet, there are quite a lot of them together, enough for the Tang family to eat for several meals.

Tang Xiaojing originally wanted to dig up more lotus roots, but Ye Qingqing on the side quickly stopped him and said:

"That's enough. All the lotus roots have been dug out, and the lotus pond is bare and unsightly."

Tang Xiaojing stopped and continued to search for treasures in the lotus pond.

The lotus pond was not big. It didn't take long for Tang Xiaojing to search through the entire lotus pond. Except for some dead branches and leaves, he found nothing good.

In front of the lotus pond there is a rockery that is slightly taller than a person, and at the bottom of the rockery there is a small pool, which is connected to the lotus pond. There are even several lotus plants planted under the rockery.

The rocks on the rockery are in strange shapes, and paired with the lotus flowers blooming just below, they look pretty good.

The rocks in the rockery are very sharp. Tangshan also saw a few strands of scraped and broken cloth hanging on the rockery stone mountain.

Tangshan was worried that his clothes would be scratched by the rockery, so he was particularly careful when searching.

Tang Shan took the branch and rummaged under the pool, looking for it, and he actually found a small jade pendant under the pool.

The red rope on the jade pendant was broken. Tangshan glanced at the cloth hooked directly above the rockery again, thinking that the jade pendant must have been accidentally hooked off.

Tangshan held the jade pendant and smiled heartily: "Hahaha, I'm really lucky today."

Not far away, Tang Xiaojing and Ye Qingqing heard Tang Shan's laughter and came over curiously, seeing Tang Shan holding a round jade pendant in his hand.

Although the jade pendant is covered with mud and water, it can be seen that the jade pendant is made of good material.

Tang Shan took the jade pendant and happily washed it in the water. After washing it, he found that there was a crack in the middle of the jade pendant that ran through the entire jade pendant.

There was mud running into the middle of the crack. The crack looked very obvious, and the smile on Tangshan's face suddenly disappeared.

Tang Shan looked at the destroyed jade pendant and sighed: "This jade pendant was probably broken and thrown into the pool. Bai was so excited."

Ye Qingqing also looked at the jade pendant with pity on his face. The crack was right in the middle. There was probably no way this jade pendant could be made into anything else.

At this time, the sun had risen to the center, and Ye Qingqing planned to make lunch.

Before leaving, Ye Qingqing took a look at the lotus roots dug up by Tang Xiaojing, picked out the two fattest ones, and then took them to the kitchen to prepare an extra dish of stir-fried lotus roots.

As soon as Ye Qingqing simmered the bacon rice, Da Huang and Xiao Huang ran in after smelling the smell of meat.

Dahuang and Xiaohuang ran away to dig dirt somewhere. They were covered in dirt and looked dirty.

Probably because they were tired from digging the soil, the two big guys were unusually quiet, obediently lying next to the stove and guarding the food in the pot.

While Ye Qingqing was cooking, the father and son outside continued to hunt for treasures in the front yard. They had not yet rummaged through the stone road in front and the open space in the front yard.

Since the house was sealed, no one has come to clean it. The stone path leading from the door to the hall is now full of fallen leaves.

Tang Xiaojing took the branches and pushed aside the fallen leaves on the stone slab one by one, while checking to see if there was anything hidden under the stone slab.

Tang Xiaojing thought that everyone would pass by this stone road when walking, and something might fall down, so he checked very carefully.

In the center of the trail, there were a lot of fallen leaves. Tang Xiaojing carefully pushed the fallen leaves away from the ground.

Suddenly, Tang Xiaojing stepped on something hard outside the stone path.

Tang Xiaojing was very happy. After a while, he dug out an ugly and dirty purse under a pile of fallen leaves.

The purse is obviously for men. There is no embroidery decoration on it, it is just made of the cheapest burlap and simply sewn.

The purse was made very ugly. Tang Xiaojing was used to seeing the exquisite and beautiful purses made by Ye Qingqing. Tang Xiaojing found the purse simply unsightly.

The purse was very crude and the materials were not good. Tang Xiaojing didn't have much hope, so he poured the contents of the purse onto the stone slab.

The purse was not big, and it was all filled with copper plates. After searching for a long time, I found a small piece of silver worth one tael.

Tang Xiaojing counted a total of 1 tael and 102 coins in his wallet.

"This man is too poor, but he is also a pitiful person. He managed to save some money but couldn't take it with him. I hope he will meet a good and generous family after being sold."

Tang Xiaojing sighed, but he packed up the money very quickly, and soon he threw the wallet into a large sack specially designed for treasure hunting.

Not far away, Tangshan was searching the open space in front of the kitchen. After searching for a long time, he still couldn't find the entrance to the cellar.

"Does this house really have no cellar?" Tangshan felt a little strange.

At this time, the smell of bacon and rice was already wafting from the kitchen, and soon the fried lotus roots and fried eggs and leeks were ready.

The aroma of the food could be smelled in the yard, and Dahuang and Xiaohuang, who were guarding the kitchen, were drooling all over the floor.

After a while, Ye Qingqing stood at the door of the kitchen and shouted: "It's time to eat, dad, husband, it's time to eat."

The father and son were still struggling to find the entrance to the cellar. When they heard Ye Qingqing's call, they hurried over to help serve the food.

Fried eggs with leeks is a commonly eaten dish. Everyone is almost tired of eating it, and the first thing they grab with their chopsticks is the stir-fried lotus roots.

"This lotus root is so sweet. It tastes better than the ones I usually buy at the market." Ye Qingqing said with a smile as she ate the lotus root.

"I guess the varieties are different, but it's also possible that the ones just dug out are fresher." Tangshan on the side also thought this lotus root was good.

Tang Xiaojing beside him said nothing and was concentrating on eating.

Ye Qingqing suddenly thought that they could also plant lotus roots.

"Don't my parents' family have a fish pond? Is it okay to raise lotus roots in the fish pond?"

Tangshan has a concern, "You can plant it if you can, but if the fish are always hiding in the lotus, it will be inconvenient to catch fish in the future."

"The Ye family has to catch fish to sell at the grocery store every day, so planting lotus roots might be a bit of a hindrance."

"This is also a problem. I will go back and discuss it with my father."

Ye Qingqing suddenly thought of another good idea, put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, and said excitedly:

"Lotus roots can be planted in the small pond in the front yard. Can we also plant lotus roots in the spring on the mountain?"

Tang Xiaojing, who was still cooking rice, suddenly became enlightened, raised his head and said excitedly:

"I dug a lot of lotus roots just now. I will take some up the mountain tomorrow and throw two lotus roots into each spring to try. Maybe lotus roots will grow."

"Let's try it. This lotus root doesn't cost anything anyway." Tangshan thought this was a good idea.