The happy little days of the Ye family

Winter is here, and it’s time to dig winter bamboo shoots again.

Winter bamboo shoots are more delicious than spring bamboo shoots, and winter bamboo shoots are buried in the soil. It is difficult for people who don’t know how to find them to dig them up, so the price is much more expensive than spring bamboo shoots.

The price of winter bamboo shoots is high, so people in the village start going up the mountain to dig winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest before dawn.

During the period before the Chinese New Year, restaurant business is the best, and the village is close to the town. Many people in the village sell winter bamboo shoots to restaurants in the town.

Father Ye had already negotiated cooperation with Liang's Restaurant and some other restaurants in the county, and provided them with winter bamboo shoots and bacon in large quantities.

Most of the mountain in Zhulin Mountain is covered with bamboo forests, and the bamboo forest in Xiaohou Mountain is getting bigger and bigger. The Ye family's long-term workers have to assign several people to take care of the pig pens and rabbit skins, and the remaining people are simply too busy.

After the autumn harvest, the family fields no longer needed to be taken care of, and half of the Tang family's long-term workers were idle, so Mr. Ye lent them all to dig winter bamboo shoots.

Now that the weather is cold, the small animals on the mountain can't hide, the herbs have been collected, and Tang Xiaojing is free.

Early in the morning, I took my family's long-term workers to Zhulin Mountain to help dig winter bamboo shoots.

After winter in previous years, many of the long-term workers from the Tang family came to the Ye family to help dig out winter bamboo shoots. Everyone was familiar with it, and they could dig out the bamboo shoots accurately with a small hoe.

Only Tang Xiaojing dug hard for a long time and only found two thin and small winter bamboo shoots, which together were not enough for a meal.

Ye Xilin beside him couldn't stand it, so he carefully explained to him how to dig winter bamboo shoots.

"Winter bamboo shoots grow upward. Although they don't appear on the ground like spring bamboo shoots, there are usually small soil bags or small cracks on the ground."

"If you observe carefully, if there are dirt bags or small cracks on the ground, there will usually be winter bamboo shoots underneath."

As he spoke, Ye Xilin pointed to the ground with two small cracks on the edge, "There are most likely winter bamboo shoots underneath small cracks like this."

Tang Xiaojing raised his hoe to dig with hesitation. After digging three times, he found a winter bamboo shoot underground.

Tang Xiaojing was very excited. He raised his hoe high and continued digging. After a while, he dug up a white and tender little fat man.

The bamboo shoots were quite heavy in his hand. Tang Xiaojing weighed them and found that they weighed about two kilograms.

"You can do it, kid. You have two brushes."

"That's right, I may not be as good as you in hunting, but you are definitely not as good as me in digging winter bamboo shoots." Ye Xilin was very proud.

Seeing that his brother-in-law was in need of a beating, Tang Xiaojing couldn't help but kick him in the butt. "You brat, you said you're fat, but you're really out of breath."

"I want to tell my sister that you hit me."

Tang Xiaojing ignored him, bent down and checked the ground for a long time, and finally found a small earth bag with two small cracks on it.

"If you meet two conditions at once, you can't go wrong."

Tang Xiaojing happily picked up the hoe to dig, and Ye Xilin, who was not far away, came over to watch the excitement.

After digging four or five times in a row, there was still no winter bamboo shoots. Tang Xiaojing did not give up and continued digging several times. A big hole was dug in the ground, but nothing was found.

"Hahaha, brother-in-law, you have such a sharp eye."

"Go, go dig some bamboo shoots." Tang Xiaojing felt embarrassed and quickly drove away his gloating brother-in-law.

Tang Xiaojing searched for several small bumps and cracks in succession. The first two or three were missed, but he gradually got the hang of it and dug every one accurately.

At the end of the day, Tang Xiaojing dug more than 30 chubby winter bamboo shoots alone.

And veterans like Ye Xilin can dig more than 100 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots a day.

Ye Xilin was arrogant and showed off to Tang Xiaojing on the way back. Then he was held down and spanked by Tang Xiaojing.

Ye Xilin felt very ashamed, but he couldn't beat Tang Xiaojing, who was strong and had practiced martial arts since childhood, so he could only sulk and go back to complain to Ye Qingqing.

"You are so small. You can't even beat me. The Li family girl is a ruthless person who can hunt wolves and wild boars. Your family status is worrying."

Tang Xiaojing's tone was very regretful, but his expression was one of gloating.

"Stop talking nonsense, Guo'er doesn't know how gentle she is."

Seeing Tang Xiaojing's disbelief, Ye Xilin became even more angry and ignored him along the way.

Father Ye was very happy to see the newly dug winter bamboo shoots when he came back, and planned to take some to North Street to set up a stall tomorrow.

The rich families in the town like to eat winter bamboo shoots the most. Chef Li asked a few days ago if there were any winter bamboo shoots.

In the evening, Wang Chunyu made pickled fresh bamboo shoots with freshly dug winter bamboo shoots. Everyone was too busy eating to chat, and Ye Qingqing was so full.

In order to digest food, after returning to Tang's house, Ye Qingqing took Tang Xiaojing's arm and walked several times in the yard.

The young couple returned to the hall, where Tang Shan was playing with Da Huang and Xiao Huang.

Ye Qingqing took out the list of New Year's goods that he had made in the morning and handed it to Tang Xiaojing next to him.

"This is the New Year's shopping list I prepared. Dad and husband, please take a look. If there is anything missing, I will add it."

Tangshan was illiterate, so Tang Xiaojing read out the new year items on the list.

Tangshan looked at his daughter-in-law and praised happily, "Qingqing is really capable. The New Year's goods prepared are much more complete than in previous years. It's different now that we have a mistress in the house."

Tang Xiaojing gave the list back to Ye Qingqing with a look of praise, "Just buy the new year's goods at home according to Qingqing's list."

"In previous years, my father only bought ingot candles for worshiping ancestors, and other things he bought whenever he thought of it. The family has never prepared all the New Year's goods."

"You brat, you have the nerve to criticize me, and it's not because you were careless and didn't buy all the things you bought." Tang Shan said that he would not bear the blame.

Seeing that the father and son had no objection, Ye Qingqing put away the list of new year's goods and prepared to give it to Ye Donglin tomorrow, asking him to help pack and prepare the things.

Then, Ye Qingqing talked about New Year's gifts again and took out a list of New Year's gifts from his arms.

In previous years, for the New Year's Eve ceremony, the father and son would just come back from hunting some prey in the mountains, or they would just bring two rabbits or chickens there.

Seeing that Ye Qingqing had prepared in such detail, Tangshan praised Ye Qingqing and said that it was Tang Xiaojing's blessing to marry her.

Tang Xiaojing quietly lifted Ye Qingqing's little hand under the table.

No wonder Shopkeeper Wang often urged him to get married early. It was indeed different after getting married. Someone would take care of his meals, help with various things at home, and someone would care about him every day.

Seeing that the two of them had no objection, Ye Qingqing planned to pack up the New Year's gift in the next two days, so as to send it out earlier so as not to worry about it all the time.

Tang Xiaojing looked at Ye Qingqing's growing belly and suddenly remembered that two people were missing from the list of annual gifts.

"Qingqing, please add Dr. Li and Po Wang Wen to your list of gifts for this year."

Tangshan on the side immediately nodded in agreement and said:

"Yes, yes, yes, I have been busy with Dr. Li during this period. He has to give a New Year gift to others, and there is also Po Wen. Qingqing will give birth in a few months, and I will have to deal with Po Wen in the future."

Ye Qingqing patted his head, as well as Po Wen and Doctor Li. How could he have forgotten them.

The three of them discussed for a while, and after confirming that the list was OK, the three of them went back to the house to wash up and rest.