Defeat natural disasters with farming

The weather outside today is similar to Ye Yu's illness. First it was violent wind and rainstorm, and then he was burned all over his body, and he was even a little unconscious. At the same time, the pustules on his body began to harden and turn red. It looks very ugly on the skin.

Not long after the rain stopped, heavy snow fell like goose feathers in the sky again. Ye Yu also survived the initial fever every day, and the pustules on his body gradually began to shrink and dry, forming thick yellow-green scabs. At this stage, other discomforts were acceptable to him, only the constant itching around the thick scab was unbearable.

In addition, these unsightly thick scabs covered his whole body, even his face was not spared. Ye Yu didn't dare to look at himself when he washed his face recently. In a disfigured appearance.

Fortunately, the ointment left by Dr. Chen is not bad, and the coolness brought by the application on the itchy area can give him temporary peace.

After applying it, Ye Yu looked at the thick scab on his arm covered with a thin layer of white ointment and said worryingly, "I don't know if it will leave a scar."

Mother Ye put away the pottery vase, comforted him and said, "Don't worry, your mother and I have flowered too, and it's not good now? The scars are really left, but you can't see them at all unless you look carefully. The itchiness is It's really itchy, you have to bear it, don't scratch it with your hands."

"During this period of time, you can eat something light, and I won't make hair products for you." Hair products include many, such as onions, ginger, garlic, high-fat and high-sugar foods, beef and mutton, persimmons, etc. The first few are all Hot persimmons are prone to blood heat, while the last kind of persimmons are cold. In a word, whether it is hot or cold, it is not suitable for people with skin diseases.

When Ye Yu heard these words, he obediently responded, and now eat lightly, so he can eat lightly, anyway, he can eat whatever he wants after he recovers from his illness.

So the meal at night was red bean porridge and white steamed buns. The only dish on the table was vinegared cabbage. Father Ye peeled an egg and put it in Ye Yu's bowl, "I asked Doctor Chen, it's okay to eat eggs .”

Eggs are rich in protein, and eating one a day is not only harmless but also nutritious.

After Ye Yu thanked her, she lowered her head and ate the eggs. The eggs at home were very small, and they could only fill her stomach a little after eating the whole thing. If you want to be full, you still have to look at the steamed buns. However, Ye Yu has a small appetite recently, which is half his size. I couldn't finish eating the steamed buns as big as my palm, so I only broke off half of them.

"Give me the other half." Father Ye took the other half and started eating.

Mother Ye put vinegared cabbage in front of Ye Yu, "If you can't eat pickled vegetables, then eat more fresh vegetables."

Ye Yu swallowed the steamed buns in his mouth, and hurriedly said, "Eat quickly, don't patronize me."

"I'm full." Mother Ye pointed to her bowl, "You two eat slowly, I'll go clean up first."

"Okay." After Ye Yu finished speaking, he continued to bow his head to eat dinner. The vinegared cabbage is made of fresh cabbage. The freshly picked cabbage is naturally verdant, and it is very sour and appetizing after being fried with vinegar. Both rice and buns are delicious.

After the meal, the family chatted in the room, and Ye Yu also helped Ye Mu divide the wool. The remaining wool was quite a lot, enough to knit two or three more sweaters.

Halfway through the line, Father Ye came in wearing a coir raincoat. He patted the snow on his body and said, "Didn't Brother Bao say that the chicken shed seemed to be leaking? I searched for it several times but couldn't find the leak. I thought it was It was an illusion, and it was snowing outside now, and when I went again, I saw that there was indeed a leak in the chicken coop."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yu asked suspiciously: "What is the location that keeps us from finding it all this time?"

Father Ye answered him while gesturing: "On the side of the wall, it was blocked by the food trough before. Because of the snow today, I thought about moving the food trough under the window, where the brightness is brighter. Only after I moved it did I realize That leak is not too small, thanks to the food trough has been blocked, the temperature in the chicken coop did not drop much."

"No wonder our family has several chickens and ducks that have not been rescued." Ye Mu paused her wool-curling hand, her heart ached. There used to be ten chickens and ducks in the house, but now there are only six chickens and seven ducks left. The most important thing is that the few that died of illness cannot be eaten, which is even more wasteful.

Although Ye Yu was also distressed, he was more worried about the remaining chickens and ducks, so he suggested: "We can use straw to plug the leak first." We will deal with it when the weather improves.

Father Ye nodded when he heard the words, "I've already blocked it, and I used wheat straw."

"That's good." The rest of the chickens and ducks at home can't do anything wrong, especially the few hens and ducks.

When going to sleep at night, Ye Yu was afraid that he would fall asleep and start scratching, so he wrapped the quilt up and tied the quilt with hemp rope. The tied Ye Yu looked like a caterpillar , twisting and turning on the bed.

Mother Ye lit a pillar of tranquilizing incense in the room, blew out the oil lamp and whispered, "Have a good dream."

After Ye Yu said goodnight, he closed his eyes. The darker the outside world, the more obvious the itching on his body. At this time, he was glad that his hands and feet were imprisoned and could not scratch.

Because of this, he didn't sleep well all night, and was always in a state of half-dream and half-awake. He could feel that he was not asleep, but his eyes were closed.

When Ye Yu woke up the next day, he looked very lethargic. He got out of the quilt, covered his mouth and yawned, then wiped the thick scab with warm water in a basin, and then applied a layer of ointment It's a lot better.

After washing, he finally woke up a little bit. He turned his head and looked out the window. It was still full of snow outside, and the snow fell all over the ground. Once people stepped on it, the snow would cover their calves.

Ye's family also ate simple breakfast, only eggs and millet porridge, but Ye's father and Ye's mother ate very deliciously, only Ye Yu ate less because he didn't sleep well last night.

As soon as they put down their chopsticks, they heard someone knocking on the door. Father Ye hurried out to open the door when he heard the knock.

When someone knocked on the door so early, he thought it was an accident in the village, but when he opened the door, he found Old Man Ye and Mrs. Ye outside.

"Why are you two here, father and mother? Is there something wrong at home?" Father Ye opened the door and asked anxiously, not to blame him for being cautious, but his father and mother have never been married before, and they are both so old , if it is infected, it will be uncomfortable.

Moreover, Dr. Chen told him that Xinghua also contracted smallpox, and now she lives in a hut by the lake, and is being taken care of by Mrs. Ye, who has raised flowers.

The old couple also wore masks, which were all made by Ye's mother. The old man said in a buzzing voice: "Don't worry, everything is fine at home. We are just worried about Brother Bao, so come and have a look."

"Don't worry, brother Bao's condition is fine, it will be fine in a few days when the scabs fall off." Father Ye said with a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Mrs. Ye interjected, "When Brother Bao gets well, you must definitely remember to bring him over for dinner."

"Okay." Father Ye responded.

Taking advantage of this time, he asked about the situation in the old house.

Old man Ye replied: "boss and second are all well. Although the apricot blossoms have bloomed, they are almost healed. I think I can go home tomorrow. But because of my young age, sister Ru has caught a cold after so many days of tossing around. I have a runny nose, because I am too young to take medicine, so it is clearly a minor illness but it has not healed until now."

Father Ye frowned, "Minor illnesses cannot be delayed, the more they are delayed, the more serious they become."

"Yes." Old man Ye was also a little worried.

They were all quiet for a while, and finally it was Mrs. Ye who said, "No matter what you do when you go back, you have to make sister Ru drink the medicine well, no matter what the means are, as long as the illness can be cured."

After talking about this, Father Ye said: "It's so cold, you should go back quickly, don't freeze."

"Okay." Before the old couple left, they handed him the basket they had brought back, and Mrs. Ye said, "Brother Bao, don't you have to eat lightly recently? It just so happens that there are some carrots and fungus left at home, so I made a basket of them." Steamed buns, just put a little salt, Brother Bao should like it."

Chop carrots, fungus and eggs together. The stuffing of buns made in this way is delicious and juicy, and the skin is thin and soft, which is loved by children at home.

"Okay." Father Ye didn't refuse, and quickly took the basket, and the whole family thanked him, so it would be a stranger.

The relationship is mutual. Their family will send some good dishes to the old couple, and the corresponding old couple will also give them delicious food, especially Ye Yu's favorite to eat his steamed buns.

It's strange to say that it's obvious that Mrs. Ye taught Ye's mother how to make buns, but the taste of the buns they make is still different.

Father Ye was thinking about something, and he was about to close the door when he watched the old couple leave together and could not see their backs, but before the door was closed, he saw someone coming in the distance in the wind and snow, he fixed his eyes It was Chu Xufeng at first glance.

"Brother Xu."

Chu Xufeng responded, "Uncle Ye."

He lifted the basket in his hand, "The cucumbers grown on the kang are ready to eat, I'll bring some over."

There are a lot of cucumbers in this small basket, and the basket is full, and the cucumbers are very small, each one is only as long as an index finger, and not as wide, but the color is green and dripping, and there are even water droplets on it, very fresh.

"Thank you very much." Father Ye said cheerfully, "Brother Bao must like cucumbers."

Chu Xufeng said warmly: "As long as he likes it."

He didn't stay here for too long, and left after Father Ye accepted the basket.

Father Ye closed the door and went back to the house with the basket and the basket in his hands. He took off his mask and said, "The buns are from my parents, and the cucumbers are from Brother Xu."

As soon as Ye Yu heard Chu Xufeng's name, he looked over reflexively.

Mother Ye lifted the white cloth covering it and looked, "The quantity is still quite a lot. There must be fifteen or six buns piled up together, and the same goes for cucumbers, enough for us to eat for a long time."

After she finished speaking, she took out a basket of buns and frozen them in a large tank in the yard.

When he came back, he said with emotion: "I just finished eating half of the food in the big tank, and now I have replenished it. I don't know when it will be finished."

Father Ye said: "If you really want to eat, eat it quickly."

Mother Ye glanced at him, "Then let's eat these for breakfast and dinner recently."

"Okay." Father Ye didn't have any objections, anyway, it's the same for him.

Immediately afterwards, Mother Ye went outside to wash three cucumbers and handed them to them one by one.

Ye Yu's eyes lit up as soon as the cucumber was eaten, it tasted crunchy, the cucumber had an unusually strong aroma, and was still very tender, as if it contained a puddle of water, more like a fruit than a vegetable.

In fact, Ye Yu doesn't like cucumber dishes very much, but he likes to eat them raw, especially when dipped in soybean paste, it will be very refreshing in summer.

Ye Mu ate the cucumber and said: "At noon, let's break some green vegetables and dip them in sauce. It's a pity that such green and tender cucumbers can't be eaten raw."

"Okay." Ye Yu was the first to agree.

The fresh scent of cucumber made the itching on his body subside a lot.

As time passed, the thick scabs on Ye Yu's body gradually dried up. After about fourteen days, these thick scabs began to fall off, revealing the red granulation underneath.

Ye Yu gently touched these red granulation buds with his fingertips, and he felt a slight pain when he touched them, but fortunately, the itching was gone, and he could finally sleep well.

When Dr. Chen came to see him for a follow-up visit, he smiled and said, "Brother Bao is cured now, and now you just need to apply some medicine diligently to remove the scar."

Ye Yu was actually the lucky one, because half of the people in the village who got smallpox failed to get the pox. After he knew this, he began to regret that he didn't think of the method of vaccinating earlier to prevent the spread of smallpox, but who could? Thinking that smallpox can still spread in the current situation where the village is closed.

"Is there any progress in the cowpox you mentioned earlier?" Ye Yu asked.

Doctor Chen replied regretfully: "Not yet, there are too many sick people in the village recently, and it took a lot of time to treat them. I really don't have time to study other things."

It's true, Ye Yu could only calm down temporarily after hearing his words.

After Ye Yu was diagnosed as completely cured by Dr. Chen, Mother Ye took out all the clothes he had worn during this time, threw them into a basin, and set them ablaze. They are bad luck, anyway, Ye Yu has no shortage of clothes to wear, so it is better to burn them to get rid of the bad luck.

She even wanted to burn the quilt, but fortunately Ye Yu stopped her. The quilt is a big piece, so just take off the quilt cover and burn it, the cotton inside is not good for burning.

Ye Yu said: "When the sun comes out, just dry the quilt."

Mother Ye then stopped, burned the blue quilt cover, and then replaced it with a new one.

There are also bed sheets. Originally, there were no such things as bed sheets and quilts in their house, but Ye Yu felt that the quilts and mattresses were not easy to wash, so it is better to put something on them. When cleaning in the future, you only need to remove them and wash them.

And the bed three-piece set is also convenient to make. Ye Yu just described it, and Ye Mu sewed it out the next day. The stitches are fine and tight, which is no worse than the modern ones, but there are no patterns, but the solid color is also very good-looking. .

After such a replacement, Ye Yu's room can be regarded as completely new. The only downside is that it is not possible to dry the quilt in snowy weather, so the quilt is always damp, but it is much better than before, at least he can sleep well Sleep.