Chapter 172: Favor
After eating, Ye Feng happily began to deal with these treasures harvested today. He first took out the honeysuckle and washed it with the same water, and then took it out to the sun.
To say that the sun has been strong lately, the roses and mint that I picked home yesterday have been half dry.
Ye Shi learned that these honeysuckles were so powerful, both ornamental and medicinal, and he didn't believe it for a while.
After looking at Chen Jixing, he said to Ye Feng uncertainly: "I remember that there seem to be such flowers in the mountain behind my house, and there are quite a lot of them." If I can really exchange it for silver when it's dried, I'll have to go back and say it. But I'm not sure, I'll ask the second sister later. ”
Hearing this, Ye Feng said: "Okay, sister, you can ask when you have time, it would be nice if there was really one, this is a good thing." Anyway, there is no work in the fields now, and adults and children can go up the mountain to help. ”
"Yes, the fourth sister and the fifth sister can help. Like the third sister, it is estimated that she will tell her that there is finally something suitable for her to do. ”
As he spoke, he took out the vines from the basket and washed them, and put them in the sun as well. When Ye heard that this vine was so effective, he was even more determined to go home and take a look.
If you want to say that this summer, no one has any children who are on fire or bitten by mosquitoes. If this rattan boiling water bath really has this effect, she has to stock up on some at home.
Then, Ye Feng took out the Ganoderma lucidum and placed it next to the water tank in the stove, he originally wanted to put it in the forest, anyway, there are many dead trees in his own forest, which is very suitable for planting.
"Then what is the effect of this, is it used to eat or used as medicine?" Yip asked. Hearing Ye Feng say that this was Ganoderma lucidum, Ye Feng couldn't help but be a little curious.
If they want to say that they have heard of the name of Ganoderma lucidum, they have never had the opportunity to see it. Now that I saw that it was just a fungus, the mystery instantly decreased a lot, but I was still curious about what the effect of this thing was.
Ye Feng said: "How can I say it, this Ganoderma lucidum is to replenish the body." Ye Feng really didn't know how to explain the effect of Ganoderma lucidum to improve the body's immunity. Anyway, whether it is to replenish qi and calm the nerves or prolong life, it is to replenish the body.
"And how do you take this?" Ye then asked.
Although he felt that Ye Shi was a little strange, Ye Feng still replied: "Cut it into slices and use it to make tea, or stew soup or something." ”
After listening to Ye Feng's introduction, Ye Shi said: "Then let's stay, this time we won't take it to the city to sell, half of the slice will be used to make tea for Qianyu's girl." She has been suffering outside for so many years, and her health is very poor, so it is good to make up for her. The other half of us took the stew soup and drank it, and there were so many chickens at home. ”
Chen Jixing's eyes widened when he said this, such a precious Ganoderma lucidum, she actually arranged it like this. It was Ye Feng who nodded mechanically, acquiescing to Ye's arrangement. I just thought to myself, sure enough, it will be different when she becomes a mother, before she wants to change, she must insist on taking it to the city and selling it for silver.
In this way, Chen Jixing listened on the sidelines and didn't say a word. For a while, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and I don't know if Ye felt it.
Then, Ye Feng began to plant the trees and flowers that were dug up from the mountain today. To say that there is no place for him to plant flowers in the new house now, this makes Ye Feng feel very depressed.
I didn't think of this when I designed it. Although there is a room on the second floor for him to put bonsai, it is only after the pot is in.
Like this, which was dug up from the mountain just now, the form is still too poor, and it is not easy to survive, so it must continue to be planted in the ground, and it is not suitable to go directly into the pot.
After thinking about it, Ye Feng took these trees and walked towards the forest. It seems that where you dig it up, you still have to plant it back. Since there is no place in the backyard, plant it in the woods.
It's a pity that the ten acres of land he bought before were a little far away from home.
Seeing Ye Feng tossing like this, Chen Jixing obviously realized that it was inconvenient to say that there was no land. Thinking of this, he said: "It's really troublesome to toss back and forth like this, or let's buy the piece of land outside the courtyard wall and use it to plant these flowers and trees." ”
For Chen Jixing's proposal, Ye Feng was naturally willing.
He had thought so for a long time, but first he bought a forest, then he went to another village to buy land, and then he built a pigsty...... These were his ideas. If he proposed to buy land again, although Chen Jixing's family would not say anything, Ye Feng himself felt that he was tossing first.
But now it's different, it was Chen Jixing himself who proposed it.
"Okay, I think that's okay." Ye Feng hurriedly said, "It's just a pity that this wall is a pity, I knew that it would be better not to build it so high first." ”
"What's this! When we buy it, let's still open a small door in this wall. As for that piece of land, there is no need to build a fence, anyway, it is next to each other, and everything can be seen. ”
Ye Shi thinks it's good to have this, she can see that Ye Feng likes to plant flowers and trees very much, and the reason why this family can have a good life today is also because Ye Feng grows flowers and sells flowers.
In addition, Qianyu's girl obviously likes gardening, she has been studying behind Ye Feng these days, and maybe she will also be an excellent gardener in the future.
The family discussed again, and Chen Jixing went to the village chief's house to buy the land next to his house. To say that Chen Jixing's family is now familiar with buying land, what procedures are required, how to negotiate the price, etc., he is extremely familiar.
But in one day, this piece of land more than one acre belongs to Chen Jixing's family.
In fact, Ye Feng is a little too small, after all, he really wants to plant it on a large scale. Some of the flowers look average, but once they are in the film, they are very beautiful. And with the improvement of material life, people's demand for bonsai will only increase.
But when I think about it, the forest behind the house is not small. When the time comes, the forest will be designed, the road will be repaired, and then some unwanted trees in the forest will be cut down, replaced with apricot and plum trees, and some pavilions and cabins will be built.
But these are really time-consuming, costly, and thankless. There is a lot of input and little output, and at this stage, we still have to continue to make money.
After turning the ground over, fertilizing, planting the trees, and serving the two children to eat and drink, carrying large bags of things, gifts, and children's food and clothing, Chen Jixing's family had time to go to Ye's mother's house.
The Ye family's baby pimple, Ye Wenmin, is almost half a year old now.
Although he is more than a month younger than Ye's two sons, he looks more "mature" and is already able to sit up. When Ye asked about the weight, he was actually heavier than her son, so he quipped: "This is different when you are an elder, although you are small, you are better than two juniors everywhere." ”
Everyone laughed when they said this, and Lin said with a smile: "Isn't it, although our brother Min is young, he is the uncle of these two children." When you are an uncle, you naturally have to look like an uncle, how can you let your nephew compare. ”
Father Ye has also been playing beside him, looking at the three white and chubby children, he felt that he had completely handed in good luck, so he said to Ye: "To say that these three children are really the lucky stars of our family." In the months since he was born, guess how many sets of porcelain I have sold? ”
"Then it depends on whether you are talking about the kind of white porcelain or ordinary?" Ye asked. Ye Feng asked the pottery master to fire ordinary porcelain also began to sell, this kind of porcelain is much cheaper than white porcelain, but it is more beautiful than ordinary pottery, more popular with ordinary villagers.
Because their economic conditions can afford it. Although it is four or five times more expensive than pottery, it is better than beautiful, and it is really beautiful to use it for food. Although many people are farmers, they also love to be beautiful.
Father Ye said: "Whether it is white porcelain or ordinary, business is very good." Anyway, I have earned a total of more than three hundred taels recently. By the way, your third sister also made a lot of efforts. Although the kid doesn't like to cook very much, and neither can he be a celebrity, but he is a good hand at business, and he follows me everywhere every day. ”
Hearing that Daddy Ye said that he had earned more than three hundred taels of silver in the past six months, Ye was also very happy. In this way, the family does not have to worry about livelihood.
It's just, what's going on with Ye Sanmei?
Hearing this, Lin said: "You girl, I don't even know what to say about her!" Letting her be a female celebrity is like killing her, and she can be burned by simply cooking. I was thinking about what to do in the future, after all, one day is like a day. As a result, she has some ability on top. Your father was not feeling well that day, and she followed your fourth sister to run to the village with two sets of porcelain samples as samples, and she actually took over a lot of business. ”
"It's just, but it's a lot of tanned again. Hey, I can't resist her, I don't care how she likes to toss. ”
Hearing that Lin's third sister and fourth sister actually ran to the village to visit households, Ye felt that this was a bit inappropriate. It's not that she thinks her daughter's family can't show up, but she thinks it's not safe.
After thinking about it, Ye said: "Dad, have you ever thought about opening a shop in the city and selling porcelain in the shop." That way, you don't have to work so hard every day. ”
Ye's suggestion was actually considered by both Father Ye and Lin, but now she can't leave at all, her three daughters are not married yet, and now she has a milk doll.
And they have already inquired about the shops in the city, and if they buy them, they will be the kind with a small courtyard in front of the shop and a small courtyard in the back, and no matter how small they are, they will not be able to afford it at all, so they want to wait.
They knew that the Ye family had saved some silver, but the family was not unable to survive now, so there was no need to borrow money.
"When your brother is older, at least he can walk." Lin actually wanted to say that she would wait until she was weaned, but she felt that it was inappropriate for the room full of people to talk about this, so she temporarily changed her words.
After chatting for a while, Ye Shi said: "Look at me, as soon as I go home, I will have endless words with my mother." This time, I came back with a business. Dad, mother, I came back to ask you something, do you know that there are mandarin duck vines in the back mountain? ”
"Mandarin duck vine? How do you ask about this. ”
Ye Feng said that this mandarin duck vine has a great effect, and it is most suitable for treating fever. When the flower is dried, it can be sold for silver, and the vine can be cut down and boiled for the younger brother to bathe, and it can get rid of prickly heat and sores. ”
When Lin heard this, he said, "That's the case! Why not, there are many. If you want, I'll pick you some. It's just that now there are few people in the family, and everyone is busy, but it is not possible to pick it for silver. ”
Ye thought about it for a while, and now the family is busy with the porcelain business. Speaking of which, as long as the porcelain business is successful, a lot of honeysuckle can be collected to sell.
After thinking about it, he said, "Then you don't need to, but don't tell anyone else." I'll pick some later, dry them and store them, and when I get cold or get on fire, I'll just take them to make tea and drink them. ”
Lin naturally understood. This thing is born to grow, and anyone can pick it. If the news leaks, maybe within two or three days, the whole mountain will be gone.
After speaking, she asked Chen Jixing to look at the child, and she took Ye Ermei and Ye Feng to carry the basket up the mountain. When I entered the mountain, I saw a lot of honeysuckle.
The woods here in Yejia Village are not like those in Chenjia Village, where there are very few big trees, so the villagers did not come here to cut down trees and destroy these honeysuckles.
In addition, it was the flowering season, and several people saw honeysuckle in their eyes. Seeing this, Ye Feng said: "When you pick for a while, try to pick the ones that have not bloomed, so that the medicinal effect is better." ”
Everyone started picking according to Ye Feng's words.
When it was almost lunchtime, Ye saw that everyone's baskets were basically full, so he took everyone home.
After thinking about it, the Ye family gave all those Qianyucai to the Lin family, and when the time came, the family could use whatever they needed. I can't leave my house now, so don't go to the mountains in a panic when you need to.
The family left her and Ye Fengcai's part. As for Qianyan, it is simply to play, and the fruits of labor are negligible. The whole process is just a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, and it is all troublesome.
Ye Ermei also picked a back basket.
According to Ye's statement, she now has a big belly, and it is inevitable that she will have a headache and brain fever, and it may be unknown if she needs it. And her big family, it is inevitable that someone will get angry in this summer, and it will be a favor to send some to the past when the time comes.
The lunch meal was made by Lin and tasted very good.
Of course, there is also a reason, that is, the Ye family now has silver, and they don't worry about eating and drinking at all, so they are willing to put both ingredients and oil, and the taste is naturally not much worse.
Looking at the table full of oily meat dishes, and seeing that no one took care of the large slices of back pot meat, but hurried to pick up those vegetarian dishes to eat, Ye suddenly remembered the Chinese New Year's Eve of the year before she got married.
Because she was getting married, Chen Jixing's family gave a little silver, so the Lin family took the opportunity to improve the family's food, gritted his teeth and went to the city to buy two catties of meat. Of course, this meat is more fat and less lean.
When roasting the meat, the fat ones, Lin didn't dare to refine more oil, just fried them a little and then cut the garlic sprouts into sections and began to fry them together. The fragrance, the greedy family drooled.
Waiting for the fried fatty pork with garlic sprouts to be served on the table, no one in the family moved the chopsticks first, just watched like that, but kept swallowing saliva. Father Ye said that he was not hungry, Ye and Second Sister Ye said that they did not like to eat meat, and the three younger ones did not speak and remained silent.
In the end, it was the Lin family who made the decision, picked up the chopsticks and divided the meat evenly into everyone's bowl, and everyone began to eat. The meat is so fragrant, you can get a mouthful of oil when you bite into it.
Now, thanks to Ye Feng's blessing, the family has started to do business, and life has changed for the better all of a sudden. The same table, the same people, but everyone has no shortage of meat to eat.
However, there must be many people in the village who did not even eat fatty meat, as their family did back then. This morning she saw the honeysuckle all over the hills, and it bloomed so unscrupulously.
Take Ye Feng's words, that is, if you open it, it will be worthless.
Rather than letting those flowers rot in the mountains in vain, it is better to let those who need them pick them home, dry them in the sun, and take them to the pharmacy in the city to exchange for silver, which can also subsidize the family to some extent.
When the family is poor, a little income is extremely important, and it is also good to buy some rice and noodles and some salt and oil.
Thinking of this, Ye Shi said: "Dad, mother, brother, I have something to discuss with you." ”
As he spoke, he stared at Ye Feng.
Ye Feng knew that this matter must be related to him, and seeing that Ye was so solemn, he thought it was a big deal. As a result, as soon as he heard Ye's words, Ye Feng felt that his nose was sour. She's always like this, she always thinks of other people.
I only heard Ye Shi say: "Look at this table full of meat, no one eats it, everyone picks vegetables and vegetables to eat." This reminds me of the situation at home a few years ago. At that time, if only there was so much meat, I think we would have been crazy, not that there was no shortage of this as we are now. ”
Ye Shi said, the Ye family also had deep feelings.
"However, there is no shortage in our family, but it does not mean that other people's families are also lacking. I thought, there are so many mandarin duck vines in the mountains, it would be a pity to let them bloom and fail like that, it is better to let people in need pick them and exchange them for silver. I discussed with everyone, firstly, because I did not find this flower, and secondly, I hope that you will keep it secret and not tell anyone else. ”
Only then did Ye Feng react, Ye wanted to tell the rest of the village about this method, but he was afraid that he would be unhappy.
In fact, on the contrary, although Ye Feng is not the kind of person like a virgin, he agrees with Ye doing this. Just like Ye just said, if they don't pick them, these flowers will rot on the mountain.
Thinking of this, Ye Feng said: "Sister, just let the people you want to help pick them, how can I mind this, besides, this is Yejia Village, and the mountains are also here, so naturally the people here should share it." ”
Ye Feng understood in her heart that the reason why the Ye family kept them secret was to help the people she wanted to help in her heart. I think this person has given the Ye family some favors or something before.
Sure enough, I only heard Ye's words: "At that time, my family was poor, and once I even finished eating sorghum noodles, and I was about to be hungry for a few meals." As a result, Sister-in-law Liang didn't know much, so she took advantage of the night to send us twelve nests. Another time, I was hungry and fainted while washing clothes by the river, and my sister-in-law Liang passed by and saw it, and without saying a word, she helped me back to her house to rest, and ran to the river to help me wash my clothes. ”
Ye reminisced about the past, as if it was just yesterday.
"Sister, after you got married, the people in the village saw that I was getting older and older, but no one came to the door to propose marriage, and they all began to laugh at me, but Sister-in-law Liang helped me scold them a few times. Another time, I came to menstruation, which was the first time I came, and it was also taught to me by Sister-in-law Liang. Ye Ermei also continued.
Listening to the two chattering about the past, Ye Feng's first feeling was that this sister-in-law Liang was indeed a good person, and secondly, that Ye and Second Sister Ye had indeed suffered a lot before.
Just look at the incredible expression on Lin's face. The second daughter's first menstrual affair is still very important to say. However, she doesn't know about being a mother, and it's sad to think about.
Ye Feng listened for a while, and then realized that Liang's sister-in-law's house was very close to the Ye family's house, near the small river where the Ye family often went to wash vegetables.
She has four children at home, the eldest is only twelve years old, a daughter, and she is also at the age when she should be married, but because the family is poor, no one has come to the door to propose marriage.
Liang's sister-in-law's father-in-law is called Ye Daliang, a few years ago, because he fell down a deep ditch because he went up the mountain to collect medicine, he injured the root, and the treatment was not timely, so the current labor force is very poor. The family rented more than ten acres of land and barely lived like this.
After eating, Ye took Ye Ermei to Liang's sister-in-law's house.
Unexpectedly, the family was not at home except for Sister-in-law Liang, and even Sister-in-law Liang was carrying a hoe, looking like she was about to go out. On such a hot day, the family has already worked in the field, and it seems that it is because the labor force is not good.
Seeing that the Ye family was coming, Liang's sister-in-law hurriedly put down the hoe and said, "Eh, you have returned to your parents' house, look at your complexion, it's really good." By the way, how heavy are those two boys in your family now, I haven't had time to look at them. ”
Ye Shi replied one by one, and then said: "Sister-in-law, I came here to tell you something, there are a large number of mandarin duck vines on the mountain behind us, do you know them?" ”
Seeing Liang's sister-in-law nodding, Ye said happily: "It's good to know, now that the mandarin duck vine has bloomed, you can take your family to pick it when you have time, it's best to pick those that don't bloom." If it is blooming, it can also be picked, but try to separate the flowers. After you pick it up, you put it in the sun and expose it to the sun, and when it is dry, you take it to the Crane Year Hall in the city, and they collect it. ”
When Sister-in-law Liang heard this, Ye's didn't turn around to help her, so she hurriedly said: "How can this be done, you have a lot of family, let them pick it." ”
Ye said: "My family is busy with porcelain trading now, and I don't have this kung fu at all. And I discussed with my father and mother, and in the next year, our family will go to the city to open a shop. When the time comes, the business of these ten miles and eight towns will be done by you. ”
If picking honeysuckle is just a small fight, then the latter news is simply a great blessing. No one in Yejia Village knows now that the Ye family's porcelain business is booming.
It's just that the eyes are red, but they can't copy it, because they don't know where the Ye family's porcelain comes from, and they don't know how to sell it.
"I don't even know what to say, thank you so much." Liang choked up as he spoke. In her opinion, there is no merit and no luck, and the Ye family is intent on pulling them.
Thinking of this, his eyes were full of confusion, but it was not easy to ask directly.
Seeing this, Second Sister Ye took her hand and said, "In the early years, our family was poor, and my sister and I received a lot of favor from my sister-in-law. Now, our sisters are married, and our lives are getting going. It's just that we are no longer in Yejia Village, so we can only think of this method. Don't shirk, we've all got it done. ”
As he spoke, he took two catties of meat and a bag of pastries and handed them over: "We bought more this time, but now it's hot, and it's ruined when you put it away, so I'll give you some for your sister-in-law, sister-in-law, don't dislike it." ”
The Liang family naturally knew that the Ye sisters were changing the law to subsidize her, and as soon as they were excited, tears flowed down their eyes. It's just that he didn't cry or kneel in the end, he just silently accepted the gift and thanked him vigorously.