The happy little days of the Ye family

Mr. Ye and Ye Qingqing sent all the intact spring bamboo shoots to the Li family restaurant, but there were still dozens of kilograms of damaged bamboo shoots at home.

Although these bamboo shoots don’t look good, they taste not bad at all after being cut and washed. After breakfast, Mrs. Ye and Mother Ye handled the bamboo shoots together.

Mrs. Ye peeled the bamboo shoots and cut off the bad parts, leaving only the intact flesh. Mother Ye cut the bamboo shoots into long strips.

The side dishes at home are almost finished, so these bamboo shoots are all made into sour bamboo shoots, just enough to refill.

Ye Mu took out the large vat specially used for pickling side dishes and cleaned it. The vat used for making sour bamboo shoots must not be stained with oil. It is best to scald it with boiling water, wash it clean, and then expose it to the sun.

Old Mrs. Ye boiled the mountain spring water brought back from the back mountain and then turned off the heat and let it cool.

The two of them put the bamboo shoots into the jar one by one, poured in the boiled and cooled mountain spring water, and finally sealed it. Generally, the sour taste will appear in 3 days, and delicious sour bamboo shoots can be eaten in 5 days.

After pickling the bamboo shoots, Mother Ye went back to her room to do embroidery, while Mrs. Ye went to the back hill to collect pigweed. There were still six piglets waiting to be fed.

These little piglets can eat more than when they were first brought back. They eat a basket full of sweet potatoes and several baskets of pigweed every day.

When Mr. Ye and Ye Qingqing returned to Ye's house, the house was quiet.

"Mom, we are back, we have good news!"

"Your mother is probably doing embroidery in the room, so don't disturb her. Your grandma is probably going to the back mountain to collect pigweed. Let's go directly to the back mountain to dig wild vegetables."

"What's the good news?" Ye Mu heard the voice and came out.

"Great news. I went to the back mountain early this morning to pick some wild vegetables for Shopkeeper Wang. Shopkeeper Wang said he wanted to harvest the wild vegetables."

She is still smart. You don’t have to grow wild vegetables yourself and there is no cost. Where can you find such a good deal?

"Can these wild vegetables be sold for money? How much does it cost?" Li's restaurant usually doesn't accept the vegetables grown at home, but I didn't expect that it would actually accept these wild vegetables.

"I want 25 kilograms of water celery, 10 kilograms each of shepherd's purse, wild onions, and Chinese toon. The toon is 15 cents per catty, and the water celery, shepherd's purse, and wild onions are 2 cents per catty."

Ye Mu often went to Xiufang to sell embroidery and was very good at calculations. She immediately calculated that the food money was actually 240 Wen, and it was only a day's food money. She couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"It's a lot. Can we pick so many wild vegetables in the back mountain?" We can't let the duck fly with its mouth full.

"No problem. I'm familiar with the back mountain. I know exactly where the wild vegetables are. Leave this matter to me. I will ensure that the task is completed. But it would be better if I had some pocket money."

Although the words were spoken to Ye's mother, Ye Qingqing's eyes were fixed on Mr. Ye. He had no choice but to make Mrs. Ye the boss of the family. He could only let Mr. Ye take the pillow.

"It's your idea, and I'll give you a credit this time. I'll apply to you: I'll reward you with 20 coins, and I'll give you 5 coins as a reward every time I send you wild vegetables. What's up, that's fun!"

Although Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye are usually thrifty, they are not people who hold on to money. The Ye family has regulations, and those who contribute to the Ye family can receive corresponding rewards.

"That's interesting, please remember to tell my grandma." It's so hard to make money. It only costs her 18 yuan to embroider a handkerchief, and it takes three days to complete a handkerchief.

Ye Qingqing suddenly thought of something, and his eyes lit up. "10 kilograms of toon costs 150 Wen. It would be great if we could grow toon in the vegetable garden."

"Okay, Qian Chuanzi, let's go." Mother Ye brought a hat to Ye Qingqing and handed her the small backpack that Ye Qingqing often used.

"The toona trees in the back mountain are relatively tall. Bring a piece of bamboo, otherwise it will be difficult to pick." Ye Qingqing thought for a moment and went to get a long bamboo pole.

When the three of them were about to reach the back mountain, they happened to meet Mrs. Ye who was walking back. At this time, Mrs. Ye was carrying a huge basket behind her back. Each of her hands was holding a big basket. All three baskets were full. Hogweed.

"Old lady, you're not young anymore, can't you take it easy and don't let me get away with it? Otherwise, you can just let it go first, and you can come and get it when I come back."

Mr. Ye quickly took the backpack from Mrs. Ye's hand and placed it on the ground. He then took the backpack off his back and carried it on his body.

"You're such a bad old man. You're not young anymore. You're only old. I'm in very good health."

Old Mrs. Ye is only in her 40s. The Ye family has few people to worry about and is well-raised. She looks much younger than other women of the same age.

"You old woman, tell me you don't want to anymore. I'll take the pigweed home. You and Qingqing and the others go dig wild vegetables."

"What kind of wild vegetables are you digging? There are some at home." Mrs. Ye looked at Mr. Ye with a puzzled face.

"Grandma, let me tell you..."

Ye Qingqing was talking happily and dancing, and by the time she finished talking, she was sweating from exhaustion.

Mrs. Ye patted Ye Qingqing's little head, "Hahaha, this little clever guy just follows me."

"That's not true. Grandma, you are the smartest and most capable grandma in Taohua Village. You are the anchor of the family. The Ye family can't survive without you."

Mother Ye laughed out loud when she saw Ye Qingqing, a little bitch, and Mrs. Ye complimenting each other.

"Qingqing's smart little brain is like mine, and with your ingenuity, it's not bad. It's all based on your strengths."

Mrs. Ye looked at her daughter-in-law who was snickering beside her, and couldn't help but praise her again.

"Grandma, do you think we can plant Chinese toon in the vegetable field? It costs 15 cents per catty. If we plant ten to eight trees, we will make a fortune."

"This is a good idea. Since you can grow vegetables, you can certainly grow toon. We will look for it later to see if we can find toon seedlings and dig some to plant at home."

The three of them came to the creek where they picked water celery last time. Toon likes to grow in places with sufficient sunshine and moisture, and there are several trees near the creek in the back mountain.

Toon usually germinates before Qingming Festival, and the top buds can be picked before and after Grain Rain. The first batch of Chinese toon buds picked are not only plump and tender, but also have a rich aroma and are the most delicious.

However, people in the village don't like the taste, and making this dish costs eggs (Ye Qingqing thinks this is the main reason), so few people pick toon to eat. It happened to be cheaper for Ye Qingqing and the others.

Ye Qingqing counted and found that there were five toon trees nearby, enough for them to pick for ten days and a half, but it was a pity that they didn't see any toon seedlings.

Mother Ye and Mrs. Ye each held a long bamboo pole. There was a hole at the top of the bamboo pole, and the young toon branches were stuck in the opening. They twisted the bamboo pole hard and picked off the toon.

Mother Ye and Mrs. Ye picked the toona that grew first. These large leaves would be old in two days if they were not picked. The ones that grew later could be saved for later.

Ye Qingqing was so small that Ye Mu did not let her pick toon, so she could only squat in a small ball and dig wild onions silently.

After Ye Mu and Mrs. Ye finished picking the Chinese toon, Ye Qingqing on the side also dug up the wild onions.

"There are a lot of water celery here, and it's not troublesome to pick them. You can just come and pick them early tomorrow morning."

As the name suggests, water celery grows where there is water. It can usually be found in swamps, streams or paddy fields. It grows very fast. Even if people from the village come to pick it every day, it will grow again the next day. It is the most popular plant in the village. Common wild vegetables.

When every family's small vegetable garden grows in summer, these water celery becomes the meal for the Ye family's precious fat pigs, who need to eat seven or eight baskets every day.

Mrs. Ye saw that it was getting late, so she quickly took Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing to dig shepherd's purse.

The place where shepherd's purse grows is a little far away from the creek. It was almost dark by the time the three of them got home from digging wild vegetables, but that was okay, no one knew they dug wild vegetables and sold them.