The happy little days of the Ye family

When the sky was still gray, the Ye family's big rooster began to crow non-stop.

Except for Xiao Qi who was still sleeping, everyone in the family got up.

Mrs. Ye took a large long pumpkin, cut it in half, and prepared to make a sweet and delicious pumpkin porridge. Then she steamed some sweet potatoes and eggs in another pot.

After lighting the fire in the two pots, Mrs. Ye washed the pumpkin seeds she just took out and put them under the eaves to dry.

There are also a few handfuls of pumpkin seeds that were dried just a few days ago.

Mrs. Ye returned to the house with a smile, "With today's addition, we can fry pumpkin seeds and eat them in two days."

Although there are a lot of sunflower seeds at home, Mrs. Ye still likes to eat fried pumpkin seeds. She thinks pumpkin seeds are more fragrant.

At this time, there was no more vegetables in the small vegetable garden at the door. Mr. Ye watered the only two rows of vegetables in a few times.

Mr. Ye took the bucket back to the backyard, and then helped Ye Xilin cook pig food.

There are too many pigs at home. Every time he cooks a pig meal, Ye Xilin has to work for at least an hour.

Mr. Ye felt sorry for his grandson and thought that it would be great if the girl from the Li family could marry in earlier. Then it would be great for the young couple to work together to raise pigs.

The grandfather and grandson were lighting a fire, and Father Ye passed by carrying two buckets of water.

After washing up at night, the water in the water tank was almost used. The first thing Ye's father did when he got up was to fill the kitchen water tank.

Father Ye went back and forth four times before filling the two large water tanks in the kitchen.

Then Ye's father chopped firewood at the door of the kitchen. There were many people in Ye's family, and they also had to cook pig food, so they used a lot of firewood every day.

Wang Chunyu and Ye Donglin went to the small vegetable garden at the door and pulled back some of the few chrysanthemums, white radish and cabbage.

The two of them walked back with the dishes, and met Li Daqiang at the door who had come to deliver the chickens and ducks.

Li Daqiang is Aunt Wang's eldest son. Although he is only 3 years older than Ye Donglin, he looks like he has gone through a lot of vicissitudes.

They had to take care of 3 ducks and 6 chickens, and for fear of delaying the Ye family's business, the Li family got up in the middle of the night to boil water and kill the chickens and ducks.

The family worked for more than an hour before putting away the chickens and ducks.

Li Daqiang sent the packed chickens and ducks to the backyard, and then Wang Chunyu brought out a large bag of Xiaoqi's diapers and dirty clothes, asking him to take them home for Aunt Wang to help wash.

At this time, Ye Mu had already prepared the spices for marinating roast duck and chicken, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quickly marinated the chicken and duck.

Ye Donglin brought a large basket of charcoal over and started grilling after breakfast.

At this time, there was another knock on the door. It was Wang Xiaofu and Ye Pingan who came to deliver vegetables.

There were not many vegetables at this time, so Wang Xiaofu brought some juicy Chinese cabbage, cabbage, lettuce and large pumpkin.

Ye Pingan sent some coriander, garlic sprouts, chrysanthemum and winter bamboo shoots.

Ye Donglin gave the food money to the two little guys, and then the three of them moved the things to the donkey cart together.

After the things were moved, Ye Donglin gave each of them a piece of New Year's money. The two little guys came over early every morning to deliver the groceries. Ye Donglin specially gave each of them 10 cents.

The two of them took the heavy New Year's money and happily dragged the cart to hunt pig grass.

After breakfast, Ye Donglin brought a cart full of vegetables and grain, while Father Ye brought a cart full of groceries. The father and son went out happily to make money.

As soon as the father and son went out, the tempting smell of meat came from the Ye family's backyard.

Ye Qingqing, who was still asleep, smelled the meaty aroma wafting in the air with her little nose, and swallowed involuntarily.

Then Ye Qingqing woke up to the rich smell of roast duck.

"It's delicious!"

Ye Qingqing smelled the aroma of roast duck coming from next door and touched her round belly.

she is hungry

By this time, Tang Xiaojing had already prepared breakfast, and Tangshan had even driven his bullock cart to the town to solicit customers to make money.

After Ye Qingqing washed up, Tang Xiaojing took her to the yard to practice Wuqinxi twice, and then the two of them went to the kitchen to have breakfast.

When Ye Donglin came to the grocery store, there were already two aunts waiting to buy groceries.

The women nearby have long been accustomed to buying fresh vegetables and fish at their doorsteps. These days, the grocery stores are closed and they find it inconvenient.

I heard from the two aunts that yesterday there were two confused aunts who came to buy vegetables early in the morning with vegetable baskets. When they saw that the door was not open, they remembered that it was only open for business today.

Although everyone had saved some long-lasting vegetables before the Chinese New Year, they had already been eaten in the past few days. As soon as the shop opened, many women came to buy vegetables.

A young woman looked at the water tank for a long time, then pointed at a big and fierce grass carp and said:

"Boss Xiaoye, I want this fish, yes, yes, the biggest one. My eldest brother and his family are coming over for dinner later."

"Okay, a total of 6 pounds and 2 taels."

"Okay, I'll take this one, and give me two pieces of each pastry from the shop."

"Okay, the fish is 6 pounds for you, so it's 36 Wen in total. Except for the red date cake, which is 5 Wen a piece, the other pastries are 12 Wen a piece. The total of 50 pastries is [-] Wen."

"The fish and cakes add up to 86 yuan. Today is the first day of opening. I will give you a bundle of large pieces of cloth."

The woman took the cloth, looked at it, and happily took out her purse.

Another well-dressed aunt pulled Ye Donglin and asked:

"Boss Xiaoye, are there roast ducks for sale today? My sister-in-law and her family are coming over to visit relatives later."

"There are some, but we have to wait a moment. My wife will send roast duck and chicken over later. There are relatives coming home. Aunt Li, would you like to bring some pastries back?"

Ye Donglin was loading cakes for the young woman just now, and he started selling them to Aunt Li.

"This pastry looks good. Bring me two pieces of brown sugar cake and two pieces of osmanthus cake. I'll come over later to buy the roast duck."

"Okay, 4 pieces of pastry, 16 yuan in total." Ye Donglin gave Aunt Li another bundle of small rags.

Seeing that there was something for her, Aunt Li smiled even more happily. Before going out, she asked Ye Donglin to help her leave a roast duck.

At this time, there were four or five women who came to buy vegetables in the shop. Ye Donglin shouted at the top of his voice:

"New year and new atmosphere, today is the first day of opening. Anyone who buys 10 cents or more will get a bundle of rags for free, and anyone who buys 50 cents or more will get a bundle of large pieces of cloth."

"Boss Xiaoye, you still know how to do business. I want this handful of chrysanthemum, and bring me two jins of cornmeal and 2 jins of polished rice."

"Boss Xiaoye, I want a bunch of coriander and two radishes, and bring me two crucian carps. My daughter-in-law just gave birth to a fat grandson two days ago."

"Congratulations, Aunt Yang." Ye Donglin replaced the small rags that were originally meant to be given with large ones.

"Aunt Yang, this bundle of large pieces of cloth is a gift for you. If you take it back and put it together, you can make two small clothes for the child."

Ye Donglin has a sweet mouth and is good at coaxing people. He makes the aunts nearby very happy. They come to Ye's grocery store every day to buy vegetables and food.

When Wang Chunyu came to deliver roast duck and chicken, more than half of the vegetables Ye Donglin brought had been sold.

Before coming over to deliver the roast duck and chicken, she had already gone to North Street to deliver the roast chicken to Father Ye. After coming over, she stayed to help Ye Donglin.

As for Xiao Qi, the spring plowing has not started yet, and Mr. Ye, who has nothing to do, is taking the little guy around the village.