The happy little days of the Ye family

Ye Qingqing was holding a heavy sack full of dendrobium, laughing so hard that she couldn't close her mouth.

Although dendrobium is not as valuable as wild ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, it is still a valuable medicinal material and is still worth a lot of money.

Moreover, Ye Qingqing felt that the herbs on the mountain made people more at ease than the things found in the cave.

Ye Qingqing tied the mouth of the sack and looked up at Tang Xiaojing with a gossipy face.

"There are so many dendrobiums here. Do the people living in the caves just want to guard these dendrobiums?"

Tang Xiaojing took the sack containing dendrobium from Ye Qingqing's hand and said with a smile:

"I used to think so too, but today I found so many good things inside, and it doesn't feel like it anymore. The people inside should also be lacking in these dendrobium trees."

"What you said makes sense. Maybe he is a master of privacy."

Ye Qingqing patted the fallen leaves on his body and seemed to be in a very good mood.

"Ignore him. Anyway, this person is gone and has nothing to do with us. No one should mention this cave in the future."

"It's natural. I haven't told anyone here except you."

Tang Xiaojing carried Dendrobium in one hand and supported Ye Qingqing in the other, and the two of them walked down carefully.

When the two of them got down to the ground, Da Huang and Xiao Huang were already tired from running around.

Ye Qingqing took the empty bamboo tube and went to the spring to fill it with water.

In the pool below the spring, the lotus leaves had begun to wither and turn yellow. Ye Qingqing thought that the lotus roots that he planted before should be almost grown.

Lotus root meat pie, lotus root stewed pork trotters, lotus root clips, lotus root soup... Ye Qingqing suddenly thought of several ways to eat lotus root.

Suddenly, the grass on the edge started shaking wildly, and then Rhubarb jumped out with a plump gray rabbit in his mouth.

The sudden appearance of rhubarb frightened Ye Qingqing, who was still thinking about how to make the best use of these lotus roots, to jump up.

"My mother, you scared me. Dahuang, I think your skin is itchy."

Seeing that it was Dahuang, this heartless thing, Ye Qingqing cursed, wishing he could catch this guy and make him into a dog meat pot.

Dahuang thought Ye Qingqing was praising him, so he walked triumphantly around Ye Qingqing with the rabbit in his mouth, his big tail wagging behind him so much that it almost became an afterimage.

Ye Qingqing stretched out her hand to pick up the rabbit, but Dahuang was so proud at this time that he jumped around with the rabbit in his mouth and refused to give it to her.

Ye Qingqing was very angry with Dahuang, but he was also very greedy for the fat rabbit in Dahuang's mouth.

Tang Xiaojing was amused by the man and the dog. He happily took the rabbit that was still struggling slightly from Dahuang's mouth, pulled out a few dry grasses, and tied it carefully.

At this time, Xiao Huang also walked over with a pheasant in his mouth and a proud look on his face.

Xiao Huang wanted to be calmer and directly held the pheasant in front of Tang Xiaojing. The tail behind him gently shook twice, very arrogantly.

Ye Qingqing reached out and rubbed Xiao Huang's big furry head.

"Xiao Huang is still smart and calm, unlike Da Huang who is mean and not very smart."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch~"

Dahuang on the side saw that Ye Qingqing did not touch him, so he anxiously pulled Ye Qingqing's trouser legs with his paws, and stretched his big head over.

Seeing that Dahuang was jealous, Ye Qingqing reached out and rubbed it perfunctorily a few times.

Seeing Tang Xiaojing tie up the pheasant, Ye Qingqing ruthlessly pushed Dahuang away.

Seeing that Ye Qingqing ignored him, Da Huang ran out to play after chasing Xiao Huang.

Ye Qingqing walked to Tang Xiaojing and said, "This man left us a lot of good things. Let's find a place with better scenery to erect a tomb for him."

Tang Xiao nodded and said, "You have to pick carefully so that you don't dig out the things when the time comes to dig the trap."

The two wandered around until the sun had set on the top of the mountain, and finally found a satisfactory hillside.

It was a sunny hillside, facing the Tang family's dozens of acres of paddy fields.

There are also many trees and some unknown wild flowers nearby, and the surrounding scenery is pretty good.

Moreover, the hillside is full of small rocks, there are not many weeds, and no small animals usually come here, so traps are generally not dug here.

Ye Qingqing thought that he could see more scenery if he was higher up, so he decided to place the tomb at the highest point of the hillside.

The two of them went up the mountain this time with the intention of picking dendrobium and soaking in the hot springs, so they did not bring hoes.

Fortunately, Tang Xiaojing brought two machetes with him when he went out.

The two men took machetes and dug a small but extremely deep hole.

Tang Xiaojing picked up the backpack on the ground, put in the old clothes, knife and jade pendant he had just brought out of the cave, and then buried the surrounding soil again.

The two of them didn't know who was in the cave, so they simply buried the things and that was it.

If you look closely at the newly dug soil, you can still see that it is different from other places.

Ye Qingqing was afraid of being discovered, so he went to the grass to collect some mature grass seeds and returned.

Then he scattered all the grass seeds on his hand on the place where he buried things, and then put some dried weeds on top.

Now the two of them can finally rest assured. When spring comes next year, the place will probably be filled with all kinds of fresh grass.

Then the two of them went back to the spring beside the rock and washed their hands. Ye Qingqing stared at the lotus roots in the pool.

"Ms. sir, these lotus roots have been grown for a year and a half. They should be ready to eat, right?"

Tang Xiaojing patted his forehead and said, "After I was busy with the autumn harvest and gathering herbs, I almost forgot about these lotus roots on the mountain. They can be dug out long ago."

"Don't be afraid of good things. Let's dig some back and try them now."

Ye Qingqing rolled up his trouser legs as he spoke, excitedly preparing to get into the water and touch the lotus roots.

Before he even got into the water, he was grabbed by Tang Xiaojing, who had quick eyes and quick hands.

"It's winter now. The water is cold. I'll just go down. You can wait by the side."

Ye Qingqing thought that she was about to have her menstrual period and it was really hard to catch a cold, otherwise she would be the one to suffer, so she obeyed the advice and waited on the shore obediently.

There were no outsiders on the mountain, so Tang Xiaojing took off his pants, rolled up his sleeves to his arms, and then went down into the puddle.

This water is mountain spring water. It is getting late now and it is indeed a bit cold. Fortunately, Tang Xiaojing was strong and could bear it.

Although the puddle was not big, the water was quite deep. Tang Xiaojing bent down and touched the lotus root, which made the upper body of his clothes wet.

After a while, Tang Xiaojing handed two chubby lotus roots to Ye Qingqing on the shore.

This lotus root Tang Xiaojing had just washed in the puddle. It looked pink, tender, chubby, and very pleasing to the eye.

"The weather is cold, and there are no fresh vegetables to eat at home. My husband, please dig out a few."

"Good good."

This is not a difficult task, Tang Xiaojing almost always responds to Ye Qingqing's requests.

Tang Xiaojing thought that the Ye family's lotus roots hadn't been dug yet, so he simply dug out two-thirds of the lotus roots in the puddle.

The dug out lotus roots filled most of the baskets, enough for two families to eat twice.

Keep the rest to continue growing. Don't dig them all, otherwise there will be no lotus roots to eat next year.

Tang Xiaojing put on his trousers, replaced his wet top with the dirty clothes he wore when going up the mountain, and then picked up the heavy backpack.

Ye Qingqing also called back Dahuang and Xiaohuang who were enjoying themselves.

The two of them and the two dogs walked down the mountain together, chatting and laughing as the setting sun set.