The happy little days of the Ye family

When Ye Mu came to Wang's house carrying the pot helmet, Ye Qingmei happened to be basking in the sun in the yard holding a small stone.

"Auntie, you are here."

Ye Qingmei came forward with the little guy in her arms.

Ye's mother often comes to Wang's house, and Xiao Shitou is already very familiar with her. When he sees her coming, he smiles happily and waves his little hands excitedly in the air.

"Little Shitou, come and give me a hug!"

Mother Ye put the basket on the stone table and took the dancing little guy from Ye Qingmei's hand.

"The little stone has sunk a little more, and it looks much stronger than when it was born."

Ye Qingmei had been in confinement for two months, her body was in good condition, her milk was abundant, and her little one was fat and healthy.

Hearing Mother Ye's voice, Grandma Ye put down the half-finished silk flower and walked out of the hall with a smile.

"Didn't you do any embroidery today? Why do you have time to come here?"

Mother Ye held Grandma Ye's arm affectionately and said with a smile:

"Then you can't do embroidery all the time."

"I think you just want to be lazy." Your grandma doesn't give her daughter any face.

Mother Ye took Grandma Ye's arm, walked to the stone table, and opened the basket she brought.

"Jing Xiaozi went to Xiaohe Town yesterday and brought back some pickled vegetables. Everyone in the family likes to eat them, so I tried to make some myself and brought them over specially for my mother to try."

"Mom, this pot helmet is still warm. Try it quickly. It won't taste good when it's cold."

As she said this, Mother Ye took a pot helmet and put it to Grandma Ye's mouth.

Grandma Ye took the pot helmet from her mouth, broke it into three halves, and gave a small piece to Ye Mu and Ye Qingmei each.

Ye Mu was not polite, took the pot helmet and ate it in small bites.

As soon as she entered the mouth, Ye Mu frowned slightly. This Guokui has cooled down and tastes a little harder than before.

Grandma Ye was quite supportive, first praising: "It tastes good, but it would be better if there was a little more salt."

Then pointedly pointed out, "The skin is a little hard, so your side is not dry, right?"

"Is it hard because you didn't add enough water?"

Everyone here eats rice. Ye Mu rarely makes pasta, and she is really not very good at making noodles.

Ye Qingmei next to me has good teeth and doesn’t think the dough is hard. She quite likes this pancake made by Ye Mu.

Grandma Ye tasted it carefully again, and then said: "There is a little less water, and the baking time is too long."

Mother Ye made a serious note in her mind, "Then I'll try it again tomorrow. Add more water to knead the dough, and shorten the baking time."

Grandma Ye saw that her daughter was so attentive, and then asked:

"Want to make a new deal?"

Mother Ye shook her head, "No, I'm so busy with so many things at home, how can I still have the energy to start a new business?"

"Besides, you've seen my craftsmanship. It's okay to eat at home, but I'm not qualified to do business."

Grandma Ye also feels that the affairs of the Ye family are too complicated, and everyone has their own things to be busy with.

Everyone in the Ye family does something different. Although there are no disputes about money, no one can help. They all have to rely on themselves.

"Although the Ye family has a lot of people, it also has a lot of business. Once the Li family girl gets married, the family will have more people."

Li Guoer is very strong and quick at work. Grandma Ye still likes this little girl.

"It's okay. If you are really busy, you can hire part-time workers. Xilin has already agreed with the people in Dashan Village that 10 more part-time workers will come to help during the spring plowing later."

Although Ye's mother thought about raising pigs with Ye Xilin after Li Guoer got married, she didn't want to do everything she could to boss her around.

Grandma Ye looked at her daughter who already had white hair and said, "Xilin has grown up and is becoming more and more calm now. When you get married at the end of the year, you will be able to enjoy the blessings."

Mother Ye chuckled and said, "Children are debts, and I will have to help take care of them when the time comes. I won't have any leisure time."

Ye Qingmei at the side saw that Mother Ye was a little tired holding her son, so she quickly got up and took the little guy over.

Mother Ye shook her sore arm, "As I get older, my physical strength is not as good as before."

Grandma Ye started to complain about her daughter again:

"Your mother, I haven't complained that I'm tired even when I'm 60. You just don't have much work to do, and you're so young that you're always complaining about being tired. It's not embarrassing."

"Mom, there are juniors here, please save some face for me." Mother Ye looked at Ye Qingmei who was covering her mouth and laughing with an embarrassed look.

Grandma Ye felt embarrassed when she saw her daughter, and then talked about her granddaughter Wang Yueya.

"Yue Yatou's little girl has already been given a name."

Mother Ye immediately became energetic and asked, "What's the name of the little girl?"

"Her name is Li Yuting, and the Li family calls her Ting Yatou. I went to the Li family a few days ago, and the little girl looks quite like her mother. She will definitely not be ugly when she grows up."

"Where's the second sister-in-law? I haven't seen her come out for so long. Did she go to Li's house?"

"Brother Li Yan has two sons. One is about to turn 4 years old, and the other is over 1 year old. His sister-in-law is too busy alone."

"Yue Yatou and her mother-in-law usually help take care of the eldest child. The Li family is really busy. Your second sister-in-law went over to help take care of Yue Yatou a few days ago."

Mother Ye frowned slightly, "In the final analysis, the Li family still pays more attention to the big house."

Grandma Ye is not angry, "Brother Li Yan has been with Landlord Li and his wife since he was a child. Li Yan is either studying in the academy or working in the town. It is normal that we don't see each other as much as the big house."

"But the Li family didn't treat them badly. Yue Yatou and the others bought the house in the town with money from the father-in-law. I heard from Yue Yatou that the land deed of the small shop in the market was also given to them."

"From what the Li family said, they plan to divide the family between the two brothers in a few years when they are older and can take on more work."

Mother Ye felt a little more relaxed after hearing that the Li family gave the house deed to the shop to the young couple.

After the family is separated, some land will be divided more or less, so that the two of them will not have to worry about food and drink in the future.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ye Qingmei got up and took a basket, planning to go to the vegetable patch to cut some leeks.

"Sister-in-law, there are a lot of leeks in the vegetable field. Let's cut them back and eat them later."

There are not many vegetables at this time, and the only green color in the Wang family’s vegetable patch is leeks.

"Okay, I'll cut some for scrambled eggs later. We're short of vegetables at home."

The Ye family's small vegetable garden also has a lot of leeks, but they were fertilized just the day before yesterday and it will take a few days before they can be eaten.

When Ye Mu returned home with the leeks, Ye Xilin was lighting a fire to cook the pigs, and thick smoke curled up in the yard.

"Cough cough cough..."

"Cough cough cough..."

Ye Xilin, who was standing in front of the stove, kept fanning the thick smoke in front of him with his hands, and was so smoked that he couldn't even open his eyes.

"Why is there so much smoke? Xilin, the firewood you brought hasn't been dried yet?"

"Ahem, cough, cough, it rained a few days ago, so it's a little wet."

The smoke was so heavy that Mrs. Ye, who was weeding outside the door, couldn't bear it, so she quickly brought a handful of dry firewood over.

"It's burning people to death. Hurry up and replace it with dry firewood."

Ye Xilin was also badly smoked, and he really regretted why he just picked up a bundle of firewood outside just for convenience.

After pulling out all the half-dry firewood and replacing it with dry firewood, the thick smoke slowly disappeared.

Then Ye Xilin was pushed aside by Ye Mu and Mrs. Ye, and started scolding him.

Ye Xilin huddled pitifully in the corner and did not dare to talk back.