Defeat natural disasters with farming

Winter came early, but when a clear snow fell, the outside temperature began to drop at a speed visible to the naked eye. A thin layer of ice formed on both sides of the river, and the ice layer thickened every night, but in the daytime, the sun radiated light. The remaining temperature will melt the ice, and so on, until the weather gets colder, the ice on both the river and the lake is already very thick, people can walk directly on it, and even play.

Today, Ye Yu took advantage of the good weather and went to the old house with a basket on his back. He came to deliver sausages. Mrs. Ye especially likes sausages made of pig small intestines and pork belly, so whenever the domestic pigs raised in the village can When dividing the meat, Mother Ye would transfer the small intestines of the pigs into her hands.

After making sausages, share half of them with the old house. In fact, the practice of sausages is quite simple, but other people think that the meat is delicious as long as it is stewed. People who love to enjoy food will try their best to cook fresh food.

When Ye Yu arrived at the old house, he happened to see Ye He making vermicelli with tools. The plate beside him was already full of potato flour and sweet potato flour, as well as a thin transparent vermicelli.

"You're here." Ye He greeted, and at the same time he didn't stop working. The potatoes had been washed long ago, chopped and then added with water and manually ground. The hour will do.

Ye He is now doing the last step. He pours out the clear water on the top of the prepared slurry, slowly revealing the white and fine paste at the bottom of the wooden basin. This is potato starch. After stirring with hot water, cut into pieces The strips are the vermicelli they often eat.

The production method of sweet potato flour is similar to that of potato flour, but the texture and taste are different after cooking. Potato flour is like noodles, and it has excellent elasticity after cooking. Sweet potato flour is generally wide flour, slightly reddish brown, and tastes smooth It is sticky and greasy, but both of them are very suitable for eating in delicious soups, especially stewed in various pots or iron pots.

As for the thin vermicelli, in addition to making soup, it can also be chopped and made into stuffing for buns or dumplings.

Ye Yu didn't disturb Ye He's work, he first handed the basket to Old Madam Ye, and then sat on the kang to chat with them.

On the kang, Ye Ruzheng was gnawing her hands with her mouth pouted. Mrs. Ye took out her hands, wiped them with a towel, and then complained: "This child gnaws his hands every day."

Ye Ru laughed silly at her for a while, then yelled twice.

When Mrs. Ye stuffed a molar stick made of baked wheat flour into her hand, Ye Yu saw that she began to eat with relish, and he didn't know how much her millet teeth could gnaw off.

Old man Ye rubbed the pipe in his hand. It was bought by Father Ye as a tribute to him. After so many years of use, the surface has been polished very smooth, and it even glistens under the light.

He said a little worriedly: "Sister Ru hasn't spoken yet, so I'm thinking about asking Dr. Chen to have a look."

Mrs. Ye also sighed, "No, this kid really breaks my heart. Brother Bao, you can speak before you are one year old. Even Brother Jing who is later will call you mom and dad before they are two years old." Only she has not spoken."

There is a reason why they are so worried. More than ten years ago, there was a child in the village who had not spoken, and his parents didn't take it seriously. They thought the child was just a late talker. The old people said that the child who spoke late was smart, and they even swore Tell the person who reminded them to go to the doctor that their child just doesn't want to talk, but he must be the smartest when he goes to school in the future.

However, the result was not as good as they thought. The child was taken to the doctor in the county by his parents who found out that something was wrong when he was eight years old. The doctor said that he was born stupid. If he had been diagnosed and treated earlier, there might be a way to improve it. But now It was too late and there was nothing he could do.

This was a bolt from the blue for the parents. You must know that they only had this one son, but no matter how much they begged, the doctor only had one sentence, which was really powerless. He just suggested that they teach their children well. After all, although he was born crazy Silly, but some simple words can still be understood, and if taught well, I can take care of myself.

Now the child is already in his 20s. When Ye Yu talked to him, he could feel that his IQ was equivalent to that of a five or six-year-old child. He was happy every day, had a good temper, and often played with children. , seldom angry, so very popular among children.

Coupled with his great strength, although he can't understand the work in the field, if someone leads him to work, he can follow the example and work very neatly.

So his parents found a widow to take care of him. The widow brought a two-year-old boy. They also got what they needed, and now they are living well.

As soon as Ye Yu thought of this, she heard Old Madam Ye's worried voice, "Could it be that you were sick a lot when you were young, and you were delayed?"

"Don't think about it too much. Ms. Ru may be talking late. When Dr. Chen came to treat her, she didn't say there was anything wrong. I saw that she was also smart. Didn't she grab a pen before Zhou Zhou? "Ye Yu comforted.

Mrs. Ye sighed, "If my sister has no mother, it will inevitably make us worry a little more."

Her mother, Pandi, and Empress Li live next door, but they have never visited her once during this period of time, but Laidi, who is a aunt, often comes here with Xinghua.

Ye Yu could understand his grandma's words, and even he felt sorry for his eldest niece. Of course, he only had one niece now, but in a few months, he would have another nephew or niece.

Ye He's daughter-in-law Yue Ling is now three months pregnant.

"Where is the second sister-in-law? Why haven't I seen her?" Ye Yu asked suspiciously after this hi.

"Oh, her mother misses her. I thought that the three-month pregnancy was stable, so I asked Brother He to send her back to her mother's house to stay for a few days. Counting the days, Brother He should take her back today. Already." Mrs. Ye thought for a while and said.

As soon as they talked about Yue Ling, Chief Yue sent her back in person. Mrs. Ye quickly greeted her and said with a smile: "My in-laws are here, and dinner is ready, let's stay and have a meal together."

Biaotou Yue nodded, and she put a large piece of fresh yellow mutton in her hand on the straw mat, "Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

This piece of yellow mutton weighs about ten catties, and it is definitely not enough to finish a meal, so Mrs. Ye only cut off a piece of fat and thin and braised it in soy sauce, and put the rest in the big pottery vat at the door, and it will be frozen soon. Ice cubes can keep for a long time.

Ye Yu naturally stayed for dinner. During the meal, Auntie Ye saw Yue Ling's appetite, and couldn't help but feel relieved: "It's good news that you don't feel overjoyed."

Yue Biaotou smiled when he heard the words, "This child is like me. I was like this when I was pregnant with her. She has a very good appetite and there is nothing uncomfortable. She can even make gestures with others when she is young. It is not inconvenient until she is older. .”

Everyone's constitution is different, and the symptoms during pregnancy are naturally different. For example, the mother-in-law and daughter may have insensitive systems.

Ye Yu was ready to go home after dinner, and it happened that the head of bodyguard Yue was also going back, so the two of them went together.

On the way home, Ye Yu asked, "How do you feel these days?"

According to modern terms, Yue Biaotou should now be called the head of the women's wife. Together with Ye Mu, she is responsible for fighting for the interests of women in the city, including mediating the relationship between husband and wife and presiding over reconciliation. What they do is similar to the women's federation. It's just simpler, just like domestic violence, the two of them are responsible for handling it. This is because Yue Biaotou has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and other idle men are not her opponents.

Captain Yue replied with a smile: "It's pretty good, but I'm actually not busy."

It's true, how can there be so many conflicts between husband and wife that come to the surface, saying that family ugliness should not be publicized. For them, losing face is much more serious than other things.

The two of them chatted and Ye Yu arrived home, but at this time Escort Yue had to walk another quarter of an hour, so she exchanged greetings with Mother Ye and left.

Ye Yu lay down on the bed after washing, closed his eyes and let his spirit enter the space, and found the books he hadn't finished last night from the bookshelf to continue reading. He basically read books for a while before going to bed. Some are related to knowledge, such as farming or breeding, and even industrial books.

Well, the way to make a bicycle is quite simple. You can even make a pure wooden one. You can write it down first. When your life is stable and rich in the future, you can tinker with the bicycle. on the agenda.

After reading today's volume, Ye Yu closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

A night without dreams.

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In the next few days, what Ye Yu has to do is to compile the calendar with Ye Tongsheng. You must know that the current calendar is very troublesome to calculate. The combination of the ten heavenly stems and the twelve earthly branches is the year, month, day, and hour. The so-called sixty Jiazi refers to the combination of the heavenly stems and earthly branches. From Jiazi to Guihai, there are a total of sixty combinations.

Speaking of which, sixty is indeed a very strange number. In modern times, one hour is six 10 minutes, and one minute is 1 seconds. In ancient times, there were also sixty combinations of celestial branches.

Whenever Ye Yu's head hurts from calculating the leap month, he will let his mind wander for a while, which is not without any benefits, at least he feels that he has a deeper understanding of the calendar.

After about half a month, Ye Yu was sitting in a room next to the assembly hall, sitting closest to the stove. He was finally able to put down his pen, and said with emotion: "My head hurts."

Wang Shu smiled when he heard the words, "It really depends on you and Mr. Ye to calculate the calendar, so I can only help you a little."

Ye Tongsheng took a sip of tea and said, "Next year's calendar is temporarily completed, and we can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

After putting down his teacup, he walked to Ye Yu's desk, glanced at the paper on his desk, and then pointed to the strange characters and asked, "What does this mean? Is it a character? Why does it look uneven and not straight?"

Ye Yu glanced at it, "I was just about to say that it is a number, which is much simpler to write than the counting we usually use. You see, one horizontal bar represents one, two horizontal bars represent two, and so on. Three, this is wanton..."

After speaking, he asked: "In your opinion, can this method be used to replace the original count?" The main reason is that the original count is too troublesome to write, and many people are illiterate, so the efficiency will be reduced.

Ye Tongsheng pondered for a while, "You tell me to think about it."

After a while, he said: "We can really try to change it. Many people here can't read numbers, and we have to explain them one by one when redeeming points. If it is changed to this, basically everyone can remember it." live, and can also write.”

Ye Yu said: "Since this is the case, we can recompile the textbook later."

Ye Tongsheng nodded in agreement, "It should be so."

In addition to children who have to go to school, other adults have to spend two or three days a week to learn how to read. Ye Yu and the others are currently compiling textbooks, basically removing the Four Books and Five Classics, leaving only the Three Character Classic and the Hundred Books. Family name, as well as basic mathematics teaching. Ye Yu took out the teaching materials himself. He borrowed from the mathematics enlightenment books given to children by modern kindergartens. For other more esoteric ones, there is no need for them to learn them for the time being.