The happy little days of the Ye family

Follow the road to the town from Fujia Village, and then walk for a quarter of an hour to a large mountain. There is a temple at the foot of the mountain, and a grand temple fair is held here every year.

There is a very spacious road leading from the official road to the temple, with stalls set up on both sides of the road.

The Ye family has a donkey cart, and Taohua Village is not far away. The seven of them arrived at the temple fair quite early, and there were still many empty seats at the stalls on both sides.

There is no stall fee for setting up stalls at the temple fair. You can choose the location by yourself, first come first served.

The seven people arrived early and there were many stalls to choose from. Father Ye chose a conspicuous place, and the family quickly packed up and set up the stall.

On the left side of the stall is a stall selling sugar paintings, and on the right side is a stall selling pancakes. The products from the three stalls will not compete for business, which saves a lot of trouble.

The seven members of the Ye family packed up the stall in a short time.

The first thing people who come to the temple fair see is the big pot for cooking braised pork. The big pot is divided into two halves with an iron mesh. One half contains braised vegetables, and the other half contains pig offal cut into small pieces and a few pig trotters.

Mr. Ye lit the fire on the stove, and the braised pork was simmering in the pot, and the aroma slowly spread.

In the middle is the persimmon cake made by Mrs. Ye. The surface of the soft and sweet persimmon cake is covered with a layer of icing sugar. You can smell the sweetness even before you get close.

Next to the persimmons are bacon, including bacon, bacon ribs, bacon chicken and bacon rabbit. Some time ago, Father Ye asked Uncle Tang to make a wooden shelf and picked out a few pieces of bacon with fat content and hung them up to attract customers. Packed in several backpacks.

Persimmons and bacon are packed in separate baskets, and the whole stall looks clean and comfortable.

After the stall was cleared, Mrs. Ye quickly took out the pancakes she brought from home and ate breakfast while there were few people around.

Father Ye fished out some of the marinated water from the braised pot and rolled the braised meat in corn tortillas. The Ye family ate deliciously, and the stall owners selling sugar paintings and pancakes nearby were all hungry.

The uncle who sold sugar paintings bought pancakes from the pancake stall, and bought a portion of braised sesame water from Ye's stall. He followed Ye's father's example and rolled the braised meat into the pancake, and ate it with big mouthfuls.

The elder sister who was making pancakes at the side had an idea and bought 2 kilograms of braised pork belly water from Ye's stall. The elder sister cut the braised pork broth into smaller pieces, then took the pancakes and made several braised pork burritos.

Unexpectedly, the business was actually pretty good. Several nearby stall owners who had not had breakfast came over to buy braised pork burritos.

The eldest sister made a dozen more braised pork burritos and came out with a smile on her face.

When several members of the Ye family saw what the eldest sister did, they all raised their thumbs.

The stall owners who had eaten the braised pork burrito thought it tasted good, and some people bought the braised pork at Yejia again.

Mrs. Ye thought that the pancake lady was up to something, so she took some persimmons and gave them to the pancake lady to try. The two chatted animatedly at the stall.

Ye Mu cut some braised water and braised vegetables as a taste test. At this time, more and more people came to the temple fair.

"How to sell braised food?" asked a young man dressed as a rich man.

Father Ye quickly replied: "A pig's trotter costs seven cents and a half, a braised pig's guts costs six cents, and a braised dish costs five cents."

Mother Ye on the side handed the man a bamboo stick and brought a small plate of chopped braised pork over, "You can try it first."

"I'll try it first." The man was not polite and poked a small piece of sausage with a bamboo skewer to test the taste.

The sausage was cut into small pieces, but it was very fragrant. The man couldn't get enough of it after eating one piece, so he ate another piece of braised dried bamboo shoots.

"It tastes good. Bring me a vegetable dish and a marinated dish."

The man looked at the persimmons and bacon at the stall again, but unfortunately he didn't want them.

Ye Qingqing looked up and looked around. Both sides of the road leading to the temple were lined with various stalls, selling everything.

There are stalls selling exquisite pastries, buns and steamed buns, pancakes and fried cakes, candied haws and sugar paintings, rouge gouache, hairpin accessories, and various wooden gadgets. …

This temple fair was just a place to have fun and spend money. Ye Qingqing only visited the temple fair twice in his memory. In the past, his father was still working in a grocery store and had no time to take them to the temple fair.

Temple fairs often have flower posing, and the child is still young, so Ye's mother and the old couple don't feel comfortable bringing the child here alone.

Old Mrs. Ye saw that Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin wanted to play. There were not many people on the street at this time, so Old Mrs. Ye simply asked Father Ye and Mother Ye to take their three children for a stroll.

Ye Donglin considers himself a grown-up boy and wants to stay at the stall and sell things.

"You're a little brat, let's go play with your brothers and sisters."

Father Ye took his eldest son, greeted the two younger ones, and left with a smile. Mother Ye watched the father and son fighting and quickly stepped forward to hold the two younger ones, and they started walking around happily.

Passing by a stall selling candied haws on a stick, Ye’s father bought two. One bite and one for each of us.

Whenever he sees other delicious food, Father Ye will buy a portion and share it with several people. If he encounters something particularly delicious, he will buy a portion for Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye.

Father Ye pointed to the roasted chestnuts on the side and said, "There are roasted chestnuts over there. Do you want to eat roasted chestnuts?"

"I want to eat, I want to eat!"

Ye Xilin liked to eat fried chestnuts very much, and acted coquettishly while holding Ye's father's arm.

Father Ye took the coquettish and funny Ye Xilin to a stall selling roasted chestnuts. In addition to roasted chestnuts, the stall also had roasted sweet potatoes and spiced melon seeds.

Father Ye was very generous and asked for a portion of everything. Father Ye gave the money to the stall owner, and Ye Xilin happily took the delicious food.

As soon as he got the things, Ye Xilin couldn't wait to take out two roasted chestnuts, gave one to Father Ye, and peeled the other one and stuffed it into his mouth.

"good to eat."

After eating one, Ye Xilin took out another one.

Father Ye ate a chestnut, which tasted really good and fragrant. He also tasted five-spice melon seeds, which tasted good too.

Father Ye took Ye Xilin and ran back to buy a pack of roasted chestnuts and two packs of spiced melon seeds.

When Mother Ye saw several packages of things in the hands of father and son, she couldn't help but ask, "Why did you buy so many?"

"It tastes good, so I bought two more packs. Let's try it."

Ye's father grabbed a handful of roasted chestnuts and gave them to Ye's mother. Ye Qingqing and Ye Donglin also grabbed a few chestnuts and a handful of melon seeds from Ye Xilin's hand.

Ye Qingqing ate several chestnuts in succession and said, "It's really delicious."

Roasted sweet potatoes are also very sweet. A bite of steaming roasted sweet potatoes will warm your whole body in cold weather.

When he returned to the stall, Father Ye was carrying several packages of food, including strange-flavored peanuts, sweet-scented osmanthus cake, fried chestnuts and spiced melon seeds.

Several people had eaten these and thought they were delicious, so they bought them specially for Mrs. Ye and Mr. Ye to eat.

The wife said it was a waste of money, but she had a bright smile on her face. She even grabbed two handfuls of spiced melon seeds and gave them to the lady selling pancakes next door.

There is a lion dance performance in the temple at noon, and the opera troupe comes to sing in the afternoon, but there are also many people in the morning.

The stalls on both sides sell all kinds of novel and interesting gadgets, and there are also many kinds of delicacies. People who came to the temple fair early were shuttled among the various stalls.