Defeat natural disasters with farming

The rain outside has not stopped, not only has it not stopped, but it has become heavier and heavier, mixed with thunder and lightning, creating a scene of violent wind and torrential rain.

Such a gloomy weather matches Ye's father and Ye's mother's state of mind very well. This is because Ye Yu is sick. He just came back from Chu Xufeng's place and felt that he was not in a good state. His whole body gradually began to tremble, and his whole face began to feel hot hot.

So he felt a "thump" in his heart, and immediately went to find his mother without any hesitation.

"Mother, I seem to have a fever." In just a short while, Ye Yu's face was completely reddened, from her cheeks to the base of her neck.

When Mother Ye saw his appearance, she immediately put down the work in her hands and covered his forehead with her hands. The soft and cool palms brought Ye Yu a little bit of coolness.

"Sure enough, I have a fever." She frowned and said, "Go back to the house and lie on the bed, and I'll make you some medicine."

After urging Ye Yu to go back to the house, Mother Ye ran to Father Ye and told him, "Go and ask Dr. Chen, Brother Bao has a fever, and the temperature is not low by my touch, the medicine at home may not be right. "

"Okay, then I'll go now." Father Ye replied solemnly.

Mother Ye watched him run out in the coir raincoat, and then went back to the stove to cook ginger soup. She cut the ginger into slices and boiled for a quarter of an hour, before turning off the fire, she added a certain amount of brown sugar.

When Ye Yu drank it, the ginger slices had been filtered out, and brown sugar was added, so the taste was not bad. After drinking, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. Seeing this, Ye's mother said happily: "It can come out. Just sweat."

She tucked Ye Yu in the quilt, "Go to bed first, and I'll fill your water bag."

However, before she came back, Ye Yu had already fallen into a bizarre dream, so when Dr. Chen came, he acted lightly.

After taking his pulse, he withdrew his hand and said, "It's wind-cold and fever. The weather is too cold recently, and after tossing outside for so long, many people in the whole village have felt the wind-cold. Brother Bao is the most serious among them, but It doesn't matter, just take the medicine on time. If you haven't sweated all night, remember to let him drink more hot water."

As for the medicinal materials, Dr. Chen had already prepared them. He carefully considered the dosage, and then wrapped the appropriate amount of medicinal materials in oiled paper bags.

"It's been too humid recently, and even the properties of the medicine have changed." After sighing, he urged: "Two decoctions in warm water, two meals a day."

Father Ye sent Dr. Chen out, and asked as he walked, "Are there many sick people in the village during this time?"

Dr. Chen answered with a medicine box: "Many, some of them have occasional cold like Bao'er, but some have been suffering from abdominal pain after drinking water from the river, especially children."

Father Ye sighed, "I've really troubled you guys recently."

"It's not troublesome, it's what we should do." Dr. Chen put on the bamboo hat and said, "Let's send it here."

"Okay, there are puddles on the road, so be careful."

After Ye's father closed the door and returned to the house, he began to help Ye's mother to decoct the medicine, and the bitter smell of medicine gradually came.

"Let's go to the porch to decoct medicine, the room is too stuffy." Ye Mu said, "You move the stove and clay pot out."

She herself went out with a small horse and cattail fan.

The sound of pattering rain could be heard in the ears of the two of them, and a smell of fishy and bitter medicine lingered in the tip of their noses. While fanning the wind with a cattail fan, Ye Mu said, "There have been frequent disasters recently, and I don't know when they will calm down."

"It's similar to the situation when Dilong turned over, so don't worry too much." Father Ye told her thoroughly, "The Chen Liang in our village can last for about three years if we save some food."

Of course, this kind of frugal eating method is to eat only one meal a day, and this meal is only half full, but if such an extreme situation is really reached, survival is their only pursuit.

Mother Ye also said: "As long as I can survive."

"I'm thinking about how to deal with Mrs. Li and the others." Father Ye was a little worried at this moment, "If I don't deal with it, I'm afraid many people in the village will follow them in the future, but if I deal with it, it won't be too light or serious, after all, someone will be injured. , there are still two."

"That's true." Ye's mother paused for a while, she thought for a while and really gave Ye's father an idea, "I remember that those families have not yet been allocated fields, have they not yet passed through the village?" vote?"

Seeing Father Ye nodding, she continued, "Since the vote hasn't been passed yet, it's better to delay their allocation of the fields."

In this way, this group of people knew what to expect and saved face for them.

This is really a good idea, Father Ye said in surprise: "I didn't expect that the problem I thought about for a long time would be solved by you like this."

Mother Ye gave him a blank look when she heard this, "Why, you look down on me, don't you?"

"No way, no way, I was just surprised." Father Ye said with a smile.

"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore, I have to ask Brother Bao to take the medicine after the medicine is cooked." Ye Mu accepted it as soon as it was ready.

"Okay, I'll go get a bag of dried fruit for Brother Bao Tiantianzui." Father Ye said.

Ye Yu fell into a deep sleep this time, and when Ye's mother asked him to get up and drink the medicine, he still hadn't recovered from it, until the sour Chinese medicine entered his throat, and then he woke up with a shiver.

Father Ye handed him the dried fruit, "Eat one or two for a delicious taste."

"Don't eat, just drink a glass of water." Ye Yu waved his hand, eating dried fruit made his throat sticky, he doesn't want to eat anything now, just drink some water to wash it down.

Mother Ye touched his forehead, "What do you want to eat tomorrow morning?"

When Ye Yu heard this question, he said without thinking, "Soak rice with egg custard."

Whenever he is sick, the thing he wants to eat the most is egg custard. It may be because he was sick before, and his mother would make egg custard for him. Back then, the family conditions were poor, and eating an egg was a luxury. Usually it was a few children Sharing a white water egg, except when he is sick, he can enjoy an egg all by himself, and his mother will make egg custard for him. The sweet taste has always been deep in his memory and has never faded.

"Okay, I'll make it for you tomorrow." Ye Mu said softly.

Ye Yu rubbed the pillow in the dark, the slightly damp quilt made him frown, and then thought, when the weather cleared, he had to go out to dry the quilt quickly, otherwise bacteria and mites would easily breed.

Before going to bed, he always felt that he had forgotten something, but he never remembered it. It was not until the bitter taste in his mouth became more obvious that he realized that he had forgotten to brush his teeth.

However, at this time he was sleeping comfortably and didn't want to get up, so he repented in his heart and closed his eyes again.

He had been scalding all over his body in the first half of the night. He didn't start sweating until the second half of the night when Ye Mu woke him up and drank two pots of boiling water. face.

Ye Yu only felt a trace of coolness brushing over his face, wiping away the stickiness and bringing a burst of refreshment.

Mother Ye soaked the towel in the basin, and told Father Ye in a low voice, "It's still burning. If you keep sweating like this, you will run out of water sooner or later. Remember to ask Brother Bao to get up to drink water every half hour. Just inside the house, let him drink boiled water."

Father Ye nodded, "Don't worry, go back and rest."

"Okay." Mother Ye gave Ye Yu another worried look before leaving.

When Ye Yu woke up the next day, his whole body was sore, he felt more tired than climbing the mountain road, and he slept as if he hadn't slept, his limbs were so soft that he didn't have any strength at all.

He was also tired and his parents didn't sleep all night.

Seeing his father lying on the bed, Ye Yu straightened up a little, preparing to make room for him to sleep more comfortably, but only a slight shaking woke him up.

Father Ye said: "Don't move, I'll get you whatever you want."

As soon as Ye Yu opened his mouth, he was taken aback by his own hoarse voice, "I..." He coughed twice before continuing, "Go back and rest, I'm fine, I think I'll be fine today."

Father Ye didn't agree, but just tried to put his hand on Ye Yu's forehead, "It's still a little hot."

Ye Yu got up and went to brush his teeth. He felt extremely sticky all over his body. He wanted to take a bath but couldn't. He could only wipe his neck with a towel.

When he returned to the house, Mother Ye had already returned with a bowl, and said, "Come and eat quickly."

Ye Yu nodded and sat down at the table. Mother Ye had already lifted the lid. The egg-yellow egg custard was placed in a ceramic bowl. The surface was very beautiful, like a piece of jelly. The surface is full of small holes like briquettes, but Ye Mu is different. She has already made up her mind and added more water to the egg custard, which is smooth and fragrant, especially when some sesame oil and Ye Yu can eat two bowls of salt water without a stutter.

Originally, green onion leaves and scallion whites should have been sprinkled, but now that Ye Yu is still sick, Mother Ye didn't put it, so there is a simple bowl of egg custard in front of him.

Ye Yu smashed the egg custard with a spoon, then poured the white rice into it and stirred it. As he stirred, each grain of rice was evenly coated with the egg liquid, and the smell became more fragrant, and the taste was not too bad, fresh and tender. It is extremely fragrant and smooth, giving a strong stimulation to the mouth.

The egg custard looks smooth and tender, and it dangles in the spoon, but you can taste the tendons as soon as you take it in, and you can't help but eat it again and again.

Mother Ye felt relieved when she saw that he was eating deliciously. It is a good thing to be able to eat, but she was afraid that he would lose his appetite.

"Is it delicious?" Mother Ye asked while putting on a new set of quilt covers for him. The previous one had been soaked in sweat, and it would be uncomfortable to sleep again, and the thorns scratched him.

"It's delicious." Ye Yu said: "Why don't you change it first, it will probably get wet again at night, and change it tomorrow."

"What's the trouble?" Mother Ye put on a new one in twos and carried the old one to go out. He paused before going out, turned around and told Ye Yu, "Remember to drink medicine after you take a break after eating." .”

After eating a warm egg custard, Ye Yu felt that the bowl of medicine was not so bitter when he drank the medicine, and even felt that it was delicious.

As soon as this thought came up, Ye Yu shivered. Forget it, if he can stop taking the medicine, he should try to avoid getting sick as much as possible.