The happy little days of the Ye family

Although the Ye family's stall has been in the town for a long time and has many regular customers, the addition of such a stall has caused a sudden drop in business.

Seeing that the whole family was dejected, Mr. Ye enlightened: "Everyone can do business by setting up stalls. I think when we came here to set up stalls, we took away a lot of business from the surrounding stalls. Our products are good." , the guests will come back sooner or later."

Even though he said this, everyone was still unhappy.

"Cuckoo"

Ye Qingqing was hungry and her stomach growled.

"Our little Qingqing is hungry, let's eat something first." Mother Ye tapped Ye Qingqing's little nose.

Ye Qingqing's face turned red. She was still growing and was getting hungry quickly.

"The delicious steamed buns, big and soft, only cost 1 cent each. The big meat buns filled with meat fillings cost 2 cents each, and the vegetarian buns cost 3 cents each."

Next to it was a small stall selling steamed buns. The hot buns looked so delicious that Ye Qingqing couldn't move his eyes away.

Father Ye came back with a few big steamed buns and ten steamed buns, and everyone shared them.

Ye Qingqing took a bun and couldn't wait to take a bite. It was stuffed with fresh meat. The skin was thin and the meat was full of meaty aroma.

After eating a meat bun that was bigger than his fist, Ye Qingqing was already half full, and Ye Mu handed over another vegetarian bun.

The vegetarian buns are stuffed with mushrooms and cabbage. The filling is well-prepared and is no worse than the meat buns. Ye Qingqing ate the buns with big mouthfuls, and her fleshy little face was bulging like a hamster.

After eating two buns, Ye Qingqing was full. Ye Qingqing touched her slightly protruding belly with satisfaction and burped.

After eating, Father Ye drove the donkey cart and took the whole family home.

"It's cold, and the ducks at home won't lay eggs. Let's kill a duck and stew bamboo shoots tonight!"

After returning home, Mother Ye saw that everyone was not in a good mood, so she could only cook more delicious food to appease everyone.

Mother Ye directed Father Ye to go to Xiaohou Mountain to catch a duck. Mrs. Ye went back to the house to make hair accessories, and Ye Qingqing also went back to do embroidery. Most of the new embroidery patterns have been completed, and the embroidery patterns should be finished before the year. Do it well.

Seeing that there was nothing for him to do at home, the old man rubbed his nose and got up to walk around the small back hill.

Ye Mu went to the kitchen to boil half a pot of hot water, which she would use to scald the duck and remove its feathers later.

Ye's mother boiled the hot water, and Ye's father just caught a fat duck and came back.

The duck's two wings and two claws were tied up with thin vines. Father Ye happily carried the tied duck to the backyard.

Ye Mu filled a small bowl of cold boiled water, sprinkled some coarse salt into it, and went to the backyard with a sickle.

After the duck was killed, Ye's mother asked Ye's father to chop the duck into small pieces, and then went to the small vegetable garden to pick some onions, ginger, and garlic.

Wash the onions, ginger and garlic, cut them into pieces and set aside.

Duck meat has a fishy smell and needs to be blanched before cooking. Put the blanched duck meat into the pot, use high heat to force out the duck fat, then add the aniseed, onion, ginger and garlic to the pot and stir-fry until fragrant.

Then add the soaked dried bamboo shoots, add water to cover the ingredients, and simmer for half an hour. The fragrant duck meat stewed with dried bamboo shoots is ready.

The oil inside the duck meat is forced out, and it is not greasy or fishy at all. The dried bamboo shoots absorb the aroma of the duck meat, and the duck meat carries the aroma of the bamboo shoots. The two complement each other.

Once you have the main course, stir-fry two more vegetarian dishes and that’s it. Ye Mu went to the small vegetable garden to pick a handful of cabbages and two radishes.

Today’s dinner was very sumptuous, including duck meat stewed with dried bamboo shoots, radish stewed with shrimps and stir-fried baby cabbage.

The shrimps are small river shrimps that Ye’s father brought back from Fujia Village. Ye’s mother put a lot of effort into making them. They taste delicious when used in stews or soups.

Leaf mother's favorite is used to make radish and shrimp stew, which is sweet and yet delicious.

The Ye family, which was still a little dull before the meal, suddenly became lively at the dinner table.

The duck stewed with dried bamboo shoots was delicious, the radish stewed with shrimps was also very delicious, and the Chinese cabbage was also sweet and delicious. Everyone ate hard, and Ye Xilin took the time to praise Ye Mu's craftsmanship from time to time.

When cooking rice, Ye Mu deliberately made more rice, and it was no surprise that everyone was full.

Mother Ye made a pot of hawthorn water for everyone to eat. Father Ye and Ye Xilin drank the hawthorn water while still reminiscing about the stewed duck meat and dried bamboo shoots they had just eaten.

Father Ye was drinking hawthorn water and suddenly thought of a good idea, "Duck meat stewed with dried bamboo shoots is really delicious. How about we add this to the stall."

Old Mrs. Ye was a little reluctant to let go of these little guys who lay eggs every day, "Let's check it out next time. If the business really doesn't work, we won't make any plans."

Ye Mu: "Although ducks lay fewer eggs in winter, they can lay eggs normally in spring. If we kill all the ducks now, we will have to wait until the second half of the year to raise duck eggs in spring. It is better to keep them and continue to lay eggs."

The salted duck eggs made by Mrs. Ye are very popular with the family, and they cook a lot of them every day to serve as porridge.

"Then let's take a look again. The braised pork at that restaurant is not delicious. Although it is cheaper, there are many people in the town who are not short of money. Maybe the business will pick up next time."

After eating the delicacies made by Ye Mu, everyone no longer felt so anxious. They drank hawthorn water happily in the hall while chatting about interesting things that happened in the village recently.

Mrs. Ye and Father Ye both like to join in the fun, and there is no big or small event in the village that they don't know.

Old Mrs. Ye: "The old lady of the Li family is stingy. She is from a good family, but she doesn't want to eat or wear clothes all day long. She doesn't want to make a thick quilt when the weather is cold. But she got cold a few days ago."

The old lady Ye and the old lady of the Li family never dealt with each other, and said gloatingly: "I took medicine for seven or eight days to feel better. I heard that I spent more than one tael of silver, and I can make as many quilts as possible. Now the old lady's intestines are broken." I’m all sorry.”

"The most important thing is to have enough food, clothing, and good health. The money saved is not spent on the drug store." Mr. Ye looked at the three sturdy little guys kindly.

"I heard that Xiao Shitou at the head of the village stole family money to buy candy in the morning. When his family found out, he was spanked until his butt was swollen. Unfortunately, he was not in the village that morning and didn't see the excitement." Father Ye said with a smile.

Old Mrs. Ye: "You all know that the scholars in Fangjia Village next door are the ones who were admitted to the exam last year. They only study rote books all day long. The family is broke and they don't find anything to do to make a living."

"His wife was pregnant and still doing heavy work. I heard that she slipped and fell while carrying water a few days ago, and her 6-month-old child was lost. Now she is in the process of getting divorced." What happened in Fangjia Village Father Ye knows more than Mrs. Ye.

"I heard..." Mrs. Ye and Father Ye were like storytellers in the teahouse. They sang and told a lot of anecdotes about the village.

The whole family listened with great interest, and occasionally cursed, and then burst into laughter.