The happy little days of the Ye family

The first batch of bacon and dry goods earned 17 taels and 8 yuan. The father and son were very excited and planned to collect all the remaining bacon in Dashan Village and more dried vegetables.

The Ye family father and son came to Dashan Village. At this time, Dashan Village was filled with a strong smell of blood.

The Orion team headed by Li Orion returned to the village overnight last night and brought back 5 large wild boars and 6 wild goats.

The wild boars and wild goats have been killed, and the villagers are happily gathering around the drying ground to prepare pig-killing vegetables.

The mountains around Dashan Village are all ownerless, and the prey hunted or mountain products collected by each family belong to their own family.

However, if they catch a wild boar, the hunters usually use part of the offal and bones to make pig-killing dishes. The village provides side dishes and labor to make two large pots of pig-killing dishes, and the whole village has fun together.

"The two bosses Ye are here just in time. Let's eat pig meat together later." A tall hunter patted Father Ye on the shoulder and said boldly.

"Then let's give it a try." Father Ye said cheerfully.

The butchered pork dishes haven't been prepared yet, so while everyone is free now, Mr. Ye suggested collecting the bacon first.

The villagers were very active in making money. The hunters who were present hurried back to get the bacon. After this batch of bacon was sold, they no longer had to worry about cotton-padded clothes and food for the winter.

The Ye family's father and son spent 28 taels of silver to buy the remaining 800 kilograms of cured pork and 200 kilograms of cured chicken and rabbits.

The hunters who got the silver were very happy, and the whole village was beaming with joy.

Ever since Father Ye came to Dashan Village to collect bacon and mountain products, Orion Li rarely went to the county to sell his prey. Father Ye offered fair prices, which saved Orion Li a lot of trouble. The relationship between the two has always been good.

Li Orion and Father Ye said: "Brother Ye, this time we hunted 5 large wild boars and 6 wild goats. Let's keep one of the wild goats for ourselves. Should the remaining 5 be made into bacon, or should you just bring the fresh mutton?" Walk?"

In fact, mutton is still delicious when eaten fresh. Orion Li also has a restaurant he is familiar with. If Ye's father had not come over today, he would have taken it to the county and sold it himself.

But when Father Ye came over, Orion Li wanted to be lazy and sell it directly to Father Ye. The extra time would be better spent hunting fat rabbits in the mountains.

Now is the time when the rabbit is plump and plump, perfect for braised in brown sauce.

The pheasants are also fat at this time, so it would be good to kill a few pheasants and stew them in soup or make pheasant stewed with mushrooms.

"It's better to eat fresh mutton, but we have to transport the bacon back later. We don't have time to sell the mutton, and this fresh mutton doesn't last long." Father Ye was a little confused as to whether he still wanted the mutton.

The village chief on the side suddenly became energetic, "Why don't you let Yang Guo send Boss Ye and the bacon back first, and Boss Xiao Ye will go directly to sell the mutton."

The Ye family and his son are noble people to Dashan Village. The village chief has always wanted to have a good relationship with the Ye family, which would be beneficial to the village and his stupid son.

"Okay, then I'll bother Brother Yang." Of course Father Ye wouldn't refuse if he could make more money.

A few days ago, Ye Fu also sold bacon to restaurants in the county. Winter is coming soon, which is a good time to take supplements. It should not be a problem for restaurants in the county to accept these wild goats.

Li Orion thought for a while and said to Father Ye: "In a few days, when winter comes, we will go hunting in the mountains again. This should be the last time we go hunting in the mountains this year. There are a lot of wild boars in the mountains, so we can't over hunt them."

Father Ye expressed his understanding, but he could not kill them all and would continue to make bacon in the future.

"We can't hunt too many wild boars, but there are a lot of pheasants and rabbits in the nearby mountains. We can make more pheasants and rabbits." Yang Guo, who came over at some unknown time, suddenly said.

He took a group of half-grown kids hunting before. Although he didn't catch many prey, he knew that there were indeed a lot of pheasants and hares on the mountain.

"We also harvest chickens and rabbits, whatever is available." Ye's father doesn't choose, as long as it makes money, he will harvest whatever is available.

Mr. Ye was silently calculating on the side. The batch of bacon just harvested should be sold out before the twelfth lunar month.

By the twelfth lunar month, all the merchants on the wharf should have gone back to celebrate the New Year, but it is a lively time in the county and town. The bacon made from the five large wild boars brought back today can be sold during the twelfth lunar month.

The wild boars, pheasants and hares that we hunt in the mountains later can be kept and sold later in the year.

Not long after chatting, the village chief's wife, Bai, came over and asked a few people to eat pig meat.

Everyone on the drying ground has a bowl of pig meat bigger than their face. The pig meat contains big bones, pig offal and various vegetables. It doesn’t look like much, but the taste is amazing.

The men, women, old and young in the village were all carrying pig meat and gathered around with people they knew well, chatting while eating the delicious pig meat.

The whole village was beaming with joy, even more lively than the Chinese New Year.

After eating the butchered vegetables, Ye's father happily drove the donkey cart to the county with four and a half wild goats.

Yang Guo took Mr. Ye, bacon and half of the wild goat back to Taohua Village.

On the way, Yang Guo learned from Mr. Ye that the Ye family was collecting dried vegetables, "Uncle Ye, there are many wild vegetables in the mountains. Do you want to harvest the dried vegetables?"

There is little arable land in Dashan Village, and even the vegetable gardens are used to grow food. The vegetables eaten by the villagers are grown in the mountains themselves, but not much is grown.

The vegetables that the villagers usually eat mainly come from various wild vegetables in the mountains. If they can't finish eating, they will dry some vegetables and save them for winter.

The wild vegetables on the mountain are all ownerless, and every household is drying a lot of wild vegetables.

"Wild vegetables are bitter and not as delicious as those grown in the vegetable garden. I don't know if I can sell these dried wild vegetables."

The price of dried vegetables is not high, but these dried wild vegetables are not as delicious as ordinary dried vegetables. Mr. Ye is worried that he will not be able to sell them.

Yang Guo saw that Mr. Ye was a little embarrassed and said, "Uncle Ye, why don't I send 100 kilograms of wild vegetables to be dried first? I won't take the money for now. You can buy them here and then settle the settlement with us. If you can't sell them, I'll give it to you." take it back."

This is indeed a good idea. Mr. Ye happily patted Yang Guo on the shoulder.

"You're a very clever boy. We charge 6 cents per catty for dried vegetables. You definitely can't pay that much for dried wild vegetables. Let's charge 5 cents per catty for dried wild vegetables."

"Thank you, Uncle Ye. I will send the dried wild vegetables over tomorrow. You can sell them here and settle the bill. We will take back the unsold ones and eat them ourselves."

The villagers had another way to make money. Yang Guo was very happy and could not wait to rush back to the village to inform everyone.

The family has also collected more than 200 kilograms of dried vegetables in the past two days. Dried vegetables require a lot of fresh vegetables. The reason why we can receive so many dried vegetables is because Ye’s father released the news in advance that the dried vegetables will be harvested after the autumn harvest.

The budget-conscious woman in the village turned all the vegetables in the garden into dried vegetables, and went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables to eat.

Ye's father said it too late. He knew that when Ye's father wanted to collect dried vegetables, he had already missed the planting time, so he could only take out the vegetables he ate at home and make dried vegetables.

Many people have come to the house these days, and they are all asking whether we will harvest dried vegetables next year. It is too late this year, but we can grow more vegetables to make dried vegetables next year.