The happy little days of the Ye family

In March, the temperature began to warm up and the rain gradually increased. At this time, the wild vegetables, moistened by the rain, grow particularly delicious and tender.

Compared to embroidering handkerchiefs in the room, the lively Ye Qingqing prefers to dig wild vegetables in the back mountains, so he took Mrs. Ye to the back mountains early in the morning.

There is a hill behind the village. This hill has no name, because behind the village, everyone calls it the back hill.

The soil in the back mountain is particularly fertile, with a variety of fresh and delicious wild vegetables growing all year round. There are also many wild fruit trees and chestnut trees. It is a favorite place for children in the village.

The back mountain is lush with trees, but it is not a deep mountain forest. There are definitely no large beasts like wild boars and wolves.

If you are lucky, you can occasionally see one or two wild rabbits and pheasants, but not many. After all, the men, women, and children in the village are sweeping up the back mountains every day.

There is a small stream at the foot of the mountain. The water is collected from springs on the mountain. The water is not deep but very clear.

Every summer, brothers Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin like to bathe in the stream.

Water celery grows all year round on both sides of the creek. Although water celery has celery in its name, it looks nothing like celery. The stems are smooth and tender, and the fragrance is not as strong as celery, but it has the fragrance of some grass.

Water celery is very delicious whether served cold or stir-fried. Ye Qingqing comes to the creek to pick water celery every few days.

"Qingqing, let's go find other wild vegetables first. Water celery is heavier. We'll pick it when we go back."

Both sides of the stream are covered with fresh and green water celery, and there is endless picking. Mrs. Ye is not worried at all about being picked all when she comes back.

"Grandma, come on, there are a lot of wild onions here,"

Wild onions are also called wild garlic and wild garlic. It usually grows along river beaches with abundant water and fertile soil.

Wild onions have a special spicy aroma, which is much more fragrant than the onions grown at home. Mrs. Ye especially likes to use wild onions to fry eggs or pancakes.

Wild onions are Mrs. Ye’s favorite wild vegetable. Every year she comes to dig wild onions near the creek.

The soil near the creek is particularly suitable for the growth of wild onions. After a while, Ye Qingqing and Mrs. Ye dug half a basket of wild onions, enough to feed the family for two meals.

"Grandma, let's go dig bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest!"

In spring, Ye Qingqing's favorite thing is spring bamboo shoots. There is a small bamboo forest on the mountainside. The bamboos there grow big and good, and the bamboo shoots are even fatter and tender.

The spring bamboo shoots must be blanched in boiling hot water to remove the bitterness before boiling, otherwise they will be bitter, astringent and unpalatable.

Ye Qingqing's favorite thing about spring bamboo shoots is the pickled meat. The salty aroma of the bacon plus the freshness and fragrance of the spring bamboo shoots are so fresh that you can't wait to eat them on your tongue.

"Okay, let's go to the bamboo forest to dig spring bamboo shoots."

The bamboo shoots had just grown at this time, and Mrs. Ye thought she would go to the bamboo forest to have a look first. If there were many bamboo shoots, she could invite the whole family to pick spring bamboo shoots together.

People in the town especially like to eat spring bamboo shoots. At this time of year, the Ye family will send spring bamboo shoots to restaurants they are familiar with. Three Wen per pound can fetch a lot of money in one spring.

And spring bamboo shoots can also be used to dry or make sour bamboo shoots. Dried bamboo shoots can be used to stew meat, especially duck meat.

The sour bamboo shoots can not only be used to stew meat, but can also be made into side dishes. The Ye family must have a cold sour bamboo shoot dish for breakfast every day. The sour bamboo shoots are perfect when paired with porridge.

As you walk up the mountain from the foot of the mountain, the trees become more lush and the temperature gets cooler.

Each bamboo in the bamboo forest is as thick as Ye Qingqing's thigh. The ground is covered with bamboo leaves, and the bamboo shoots that have just emerged from the ground are fresh and plump.

There are many young bamboo shoots growing in the bamboo forest. It seems that no one from the village has come to pick spring bamboo shoots.

Farming was busy at this time. The Ye family only had three acres of paddy field, and they had borrowed the village chief's cattle, so they finished their work early, while most people in the village were still busy.

"Fortunately, the rice was planted early this year. This large field of spring bamboo shoots is an advantage for us. Let's dig some back first. After dinner in the afternoon, call the old man and your mother and we will come over again. Now every household is still busy with spring plowing. Let's take advantage of these two days to quickly Dig more of these bamboo shoots and put them back."

Now that no one is competing with them, Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing pick out those bamboo shoots that have just broken through the soil, the most plump and tender ones.

The bamboos here are relatively large and the soil is fertile. The smallest bamboo shoots weigh several kilograms, and most of the larger ones weigh seven or eight kilograms.

"Grandma, look, I dug up a super big bamboo shoot, weighing at least ten kilograms."

The bamboo shoots in Ye Qingqing's hands were obviously two circles larger than the others. Ye Qingqing couldn't pick them up with one hand and needed two hands to lift them.

"Oh, these are such big bamboo shoots, and they are quite tender. They are not old at all."

Generally, the bigger the bamboo shoots, the older they must be, but the one in Ye Qingqing's hand was extraordinary. This bamboo shoot was particularly fat. Compared with other bamboo shoots, it was obviously fat, and even the roots were tender.

"We keep these bamboo shoots for ourselves. We also have bacon at home. We will use this to make pickled vegetables at night."

"Great!" Ye Qingqing held the huge bamboo shoots in both hands and jumped up to Mrs. Ye.

"We have dug a lot of bamboo shoots. Let's go back first. If we dig further, we won't be able to carry them."

Mrs. Ye first took out the wild vegetables from their baskets, then put a small part of the spring bamboo shoots into Ye Qingqing's basket, and put the rest into her own basket, and then put the wild vegetables into her basket. Don't let them The spring bamboo shoots were crushed.

"There are also water celery, pick some and eat them for lunch." Ye Qingqing likes to eat water celery and is still thinking about it.

"I can't forget it, let's leave quickly!"

The two returned to the creek at the foot of the mountain, and Mrs. Ye quickly picked a basket of water celery.

These water celery plants have just grown up, and they are so green and tender. Just looking at them makes people appetite.

"Go home."

Although the old lady looked petite, she was very strong. She was carrying spring bamboo shoots weighing dozens of kilograms on her back and a large basket of water celery in front of her. She was walking in front of Ye Qingqing as fast as flying.

Ye Qingqing was carrying a giant spring bamboo shoot and half a basket of wild vegetables on his back, and was trotting breathlessly behind the old lady.

When Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing returned home, Ye's mother had already prepared lunch.

"This year's spring bamboo shoots are ready to be dug. Are there many? If there are many, I will dig the spring bamboo shoots with you in the afternoon."

Mother Ye wiped the water off her hands, took the basket from Mrs. Ye's back, took out the wild vegetables, and poured the bamboo shoots on the ground in the yard.

"I dug up a really big spring bamboo shoot. Mom, please take a look."

Ye Qingqing handed the basket to Ye Mu and proudly wanted to take advantage of it.

"This spring bamboo shoot is really big. Let's keep it at home and make it pickled and fresh at night." It's not like the family doesn't live in the same house, Ye Mu is naturally a foodie.

"Mom, you and grandma really have a tacit understanding. Grandma just said to save it for making pickled vegetables at night."

"No, your mother and I have lived together for more than ten years, just like mother and daughter."

At the beginning, Mrs. Ye and Mr. Ye's mother got along very well. Even the skill of raising pigs was taught by her mother-in-law herself. If it weren't for this skill, the Ye family would not be living so well. Mrs. Ye is sincere. I am truly grateful to my mother-in-law.

Mrs. Ye has never suffered the hardships of her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and naturally she has not had the torturous years of a daughter-in-law becoming a mother-in-law. In addition, Mrs. Ye herself has a cheerful temperament and does not hold grudges. She gets along with Ye's mother like mother and daughter.

"I am blessed to be my mother's daughter-in-law."

This is what Ye's mother says from her heart. Although the atmosphere in the village is good and there are few bad things like other places that do not treat the daughter-in-law as a human being, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the village also have various problems getting along with each other, and Mrs. Ye has always been It hurts to treat her like a daughter.

It is no exaggeration to say that Mrs. Ye Xiuxiu played a major role in Ye Xiuxiu's willingness to marry Ye Fengshou.

"Okay, let's not flatter each other here and let's start dinner quickly. While everyone is busy now, let's dig out all the bamboo shoots we can and send them to the town to sell them in two days."

Now that everyone is busy and has no time to go up the mountain, let's grab some bargains first. When everyone is free from their busy work, they can go out and dig wild vegetables and bamboo shoots. By then, the harvest will not be so much.

In the past two days, the whole Ye family went out to dig spring bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest with great interest. Mrs. Ye assigned tasks to everyone early in the morning.

Mrs. Ye, Mother Ye and Ye Qingqing were responsible for digging spring bamboo shoots. Mr. Ye was responsible for moving the spring bamboo shoots home. When the two brothers Ye Xilin and Ye Donglin came back from school, the two brothers joined the team of digging spring bamboo shoots. After Ye's father came back, he followed Mr. Ye moved spring bamboo shoots home together.

The family worked together, like ants moving, to move the spring bamboo shoots from the mountains to their home little by little. In two days, they dug more than 1000 kilograms of spring bamboo shoots.

The spring bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest have almost been dug up. When they grow out in a few days, the people in the village will be almost busy and start digging wild vegetables and spring bamboo shoots in the mountains.

"Xiuxiu, why don't you bring some bamboo shoots to your in-laws to try? By the way, you can borrow the donkey cart and take all the bamboo shoots to the restaurant to sell them tomorrow morning."

"Okay, mother, we don't have much farmland at home, and the donkey cart happens to be empty."