Defeat natural disasters with farming

After confessing to Father Ye and the others, Ye Yu and Chu Xufeng put their hearts back into their stomachs. They finally don't have to worry too much in the next time, and the relationship between the two is no different from usual, mainly because they I was very close before, but now I just lost the burden and became more natural.

Just like now, when Ye Yu was hanging his clothes to dry under the eaves, he saw Chu Xufeng come out of the house and handed him a bowl of hot tea.

After taking it, he drank it in one gulp, and then asked with a bowl in his hand, "Is Uncle Chu planning to stay?"

General Chu and the others have been in Jiwang City for a while, so they naturally have contact with the aborigines. Among other things, Ye Yu can guarantee that there are no real villains among the remaining people, at most Some small problems, such as greed for money, love to take advantage of small things, are very common, and they cannot be said to be bad embryos.

Therefore, some of the soldiers brought by General Chu wanted to stay, but because they were worried that General Chu would disagree, they did not speak out with great fanfare, and only whispered a few words in the ears of those close to them. After all, if they really wanted to stay, That's not a small matter, at least it needs to be discussed with everyone.

But if some people agree, there are naturally those who disagree. The main reason for disagreement is that there is already a city lord in Jiwang City, and all the positions of officials are full. If they stay, it means that they need to make concessions. Of course, it doesn't matter, but General Chu is a general appointed by the emperor himself. If he is only a commoner, let alone whether he is willing or not, anyway, the soldiers around him will definitely not be happy.

However, these are all their thoughts. As for General Chu himself, he has some different opinions. After he learned about this, he was quite happy to see the result, mainly because his son would definitely stay in Jiwang City in the future, and he was also old. It's not too small, it's better to stay directly.

Moreover, it is really difficult to rebuild a city, even if it is very troublesome to find the original county town to build it, it must be prepared in advance, but even so it will take a long time, and they still cannot spare time during the construction process. Cultivation, which means that there will be no harvest for at least a year.

Based on this, after several discussions with the leader of his personal soldiers, General Chu finally decided to stay in Jiwang City.

Father Ye was also very happy about this, so he summoned all the people in the city to announce the matter in the assembly hall, and he had a tacit understanding with General Chu, and hoped that the position of the city lord would most likely be changed in the future. Ye Yu will inherit, and Chu Xufeng can take over Ye Zhong's position.

The citizens of Jiwang City had no opinion, although they were extremely curious and worried. They were curious about why General Chu stayed, and worried because they were afraid that they would provide food or necessary building materials for the Chu family army for free.

But when Father Ye announced the whole thing, they were relieved. The Chu family's army prepared their own food, and they had a large number of mutton sheep. When the weather gets warmer in the future, the residents of Hope City will need to help them open kilns to burn bricks, make cement, and build new houses for free.

When Ye Yu went to the sheepfold to look at the flock of sheep, there was a person in charge of shepherding them there to take care of them.

The sheep pen, the pig pen, the cowshed, and the stables are in one place, which is next to Mingzhu Lake. Several houses are relatively tall blue brick buildings with windows. Although the indoor temperature is low in winter, it is very warm for the livestock. It's just right.

Ye Yu saw that the children were feeding the flock of sheep and eating bean cakes, so he asked, "How many are there, male and female?"

The shepherd's name is An Li, a middle-aged man in his 40s, with a plain face and bad legs. According to Chu Xufeng, he used to be a subordinate of Uncle Chu. The excellent achievement of crossing a hundred steps through Yang was only limped in one leg due to a surprise attack by the enemy in a war.

Later, it was Uncle Chu who spoke in person and took him back to Chu's house to be the third housekeeper. Since the natural disaster, he has been arranged to raise sheep, including the wool products that Ye Yu once proposed. He was also in contact with them, so Ye Yu kept in touch with him through letters, and the two could be regarded as acquaintances.

Anli pointed to the five sheep pens and said, "These three are ewe pens, with a total of 42 sheep, and the other two are ram pens, with a total of 35 sheep."

The total is 77, plus the original 23 mutton sheep and 34 dairy sheep in Jiwang City, it has already broken a hundred.

An Li added: "There are only eleven ewes in this smaller one. They are different from the others, and they are all pregnant."

Ye Yu calculated in her heart, and couldn't help but sigh: "The number is quite a lot. If we raise them well, we don't have to go hunting in the mountains in the future."

An Li also nodded, "That's not true. If there are too many, we can trade them out. We often exchange mutton for salt or grain from other towns. Cloth and cotton are also urgently needed."

"Be aware that lambs are extremely popular."

A smile appeared on Ye Yu's face when he heard the words, "We grow cotton here, and there is a rock salt mine nearby. There is no shortage of salt. Although the amount of cotton is small, it is not enough for everyone to share, but after a few years it will expand. Just plant it."

An Li said with a smile: "It's good to have more fields. In my bones, I like farming. I only hope that I can get the fields as soon as possible in the future."

"Don't worry, it's not difficult to settle in Hope City," Ye Yu said.

He didn't lie, you must know that when they formulated the settlement strategy, it was very simple, they only needed to stay in the city honestly for a period of time, and during this period of time, it was enough not to steal, play tricks or be lazy.

Of course, there is also a bottom line, that is, there must be no illegal acts such as murder, wounding, or theft, but if there is one of them, that person will be kicked out.

Ye Yu and Chu Xufeng went home after looking around the sheepfold.

As soon as they got home, they saw Mother Ye kneading the dough.

Ye Yu glanced at the calendar hanging on the wall and suddenly realized that today is the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, so it is time to eat glutinous rice balls.

"After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the year will be over." Mother Ye squeezed the glutinous rice balls, rolled them into a ball and put them on the chopping board.

Ye Yu responded, "Yes."

You must know that the Spring Festival always ends on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the days after that are no longer Chinese New Year. The next festivals are Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

When he thought of this, he started to help his mother knead the glutinous rice balls. The stuffing of the glutinous rice balls is red bean paste. If nothing else, it must taste very authentic anyway.

Halfway through kneading the glutinous rice balls, Mother Ye suddenly remembered something, and she quickly said to Ye Yu and Chu Xufeng, "We're going to the old house for dinner tonight."

Ye Yu glanced at Chu Xufeng, then nodded, "OK."

Therefore, Mother Ye did not cook at noon, and the glutinous rice balls that the whole family ate were extraordinarily white in black pottery bowls. Ye Yu only ate eight of them. Made him frown slightly.

Seeing this, Mother Ye came out with a plate of pickles from the kitchen, "Eat something casually, and eat something delicious later in the evening."

Ye Yu waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you can eat it with pickles."

Put the prepared glutinous rice balls on the chopping board, and leave them in the yard for an afternoon, and they will freeze solidly. Therefore, when Ye Mu goes to the old house at night, she takes a basket of glutinous rice balls and two pieces of pork with her.

The dinner was naturally extremely rich, and everyone ate it with gusto.

Halfway through the meal, Second Aunt Ye suddenly remembered something, she discussed with Old Madam Ye: "I'm going to bring a gift to Li Matchmaker's house tomorrow, speaking of Brother Jing and Xinghua have also reached the age of marriage, we have to ask the matchmaker to help be careful."

Hearing these words, everyone raised their heads from the dining table, Ye Jing quickly swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "I'm not in a hurry, mother, just wait a little longer."

Xinghua couldn't wait to agree, "Me too. I haven't finished my medical skills with Master Xiaohao yet. If I really get married, I'm afraid it will be difficult to continue my studies."

Second Aunt Ye frowned slightly, "Then it can't be like this forever, you are not young anymore."

In the end, Mrs. Ye waved her hand and said: "Since they think so, let's do what they say. Anyway, they are not very old now. They are all young people in their teens and 20s. You see, Minghui and the others are also like this ? I don’t know why they don’t want to get married.”

Mrs. Ye glanced at Ye Hai who was concentrating on feeding Ye Ru, and sighed helplessly. She said that children are debts. She agrees with this very much now. She is worrying about how many children every day. That's the size.

After dinner, Mrs. Ye waved to Ye Yu and Chu Xufeng, telling them, "Come with me."

Ye Yu looked at Chu Xufeng with some anxiety, and seeing him nodding, he took a deep breath and prepared to follow, but before he could move his legs, Chu Xufeng held his left hand tightly.

For some reason Ye Yu really calmed down.

After the two of them entered the old couple's room, Ye Yu saw his grandfather sitting cross-legged on the kang, holding a stick of dry tobacco in his hand, smoking with a serious expression on his face.

Seeing them coming in, old man Ye took the dry tobacco out of his mouth, sighed and said, "You two are voluntary?"

Sure enough, Ye Yu thought, grandma also knew about it.

He knelt down on the ground with Chu Xufeng, and replied, "Yes."

Hearing the reply, Mrs. Ye took a deep breath and said after a while, "What's going on with you two?"

Ye Yu said truthfully, "It's probably because she was born with broken sleeves."

He remembered that although the Dazhao Kingdom was quite masculine, it still belonged to the small way, and the reputation of child molestation was extremely bad, so his grandma might not understand it.

Old man Ye was so worried that he took another drag on his cigarette, "You two get up first."

Ye Yu took advantage of Chu Xufeng's strength to stand aside, and the old couple remained silent for a long time. After a long time, the old man Ye said: "It's up to you whether your life is good or bad, and the most we can do is help, as long as If you don’t regret it, you have nothing to say.”

This meant that the relationship between them was acquiesced, Ye Yu felt relieved, and then looked at his mother.

Mrs. Ye accepted it earlier than Old Man Ye. She patted Ye Yu's shoulder lovingly. It was only then that Ye Yu realized that at some point, he was much taller than his grandma.

"From now on, live a good life with Brother Xu."

The traces of time are engraved on her face, leaving lines.Seeing this, Ye Yu's eyes became sour, and he almost shed tears.

He vowed in his heart that he would never let the tragedy of "the son wants to support him but refuses to be loved" happen to him.

Then Mrs. Ye took his hand and asked, "Do you and Brother Xu want to set up a few tables of wine?"

Ye Yu waved his hands when he heard this, "Forget it, let's talk about it in a few years."

Mrs. Ye nodded, "That's fine."

Apart from the old couple, the rest of the Ye family soon found out about it, but they didn't react much, mainly because the family had already separated, and even if someone had an opinion, Ye Yu didn't care, it was just a few gossips, and he didn't care. It will drop a piece of meat.