The happy little days of the Ye family

Years ago, every household bought all the things they needed. Before the Lantern Festival, there was probably little business in selling goods or setting up stalls in the town.

Ye's father planned to concentrate on selling winter bamboo shoots during this period, so he didn't go to buy the winter bamboo shoots. After selling the winter bamboo shoots, he took Ye Donglin to eat something simple and went home.

Father Ye did not go home, but went directly to Xiaohoushan. At this moment, Mr. Ye and the others were digging winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest.

The Tang brothers had dug most of the bamboo shoots in Xiaohoushan in the past two days. The five of them, Mr. Ye, were not very good at digging winter bamboo shoots. After working in the bamboo forest for most of the day, they only dug seventy or eighty kilograms of winter bamboo shoots.

The donkey cart could not pass on the path to the bamboo forest, so Father Ye tied the donkey cart to the toon tree at the foot of the mountain.

Thinking that he would provide shopkeeper Liang with 5 kilograms of Chinese toon every day later, Ye's father was very happy and took Ye Donglin around the creek and puddle.

There are five tall toon trees beside the stream, and there is also a small toon tree as tall as one person. There are six very tall toon trees and four half-sized small toon trees on the edge of the large puddle, adding up to a total of 16 toon trees.

Ye Donglin looked at the still bare toon trees and said happily: "Dad, not counting these five small toon trees, there are only 5 big toon trees. It is estimated that 11 or 6 kilograms of toon trees can be picked every day."

Ye Donglin patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me to pick toon and dig wild vegetables from now on."

Father Ye said with a smile: "Then I'll leave this matter to you. I'll discuss it with your grandfather, and I'll give you a share of the money from selling wild vegetables in the future."

13-year-old Ye Donglin was still a big child. He jumped twice with joy and ran to the bamboo forest very happily, ready to help dig winter bamboo shoots.

But most of this money will be kept by your mother, Father Ye added silently in his heart.

Ye Donglin didn't hear what Ye's father was saying, he just felt very happy that he could finally make money through his own efforts.

To get to the bamboo forest from the foot of the mountain, you have to pass through the rapeseed field. At this time, the 10 acres of rapeseed flowers planted first have begun to wither, and the 5 acres of rapeseed flowers planted later are blooming just right.

15 acres of rapeseed can produce a lot of rapeseed oil.

When Father Ye passed by the rapeseed field, he specifically looked at the beehives in the rapeseed field. Before he even got close, he could see the industrious little bees entering and exiting the beehives.

With these 15 acres of rapeseed flowers, it is estimated that we can harvest honey again after the Lantern Festival. Counting the money from selling honey this time, I should be able to earn back the money I spent on learning the craft.

Then Ye's father went to the honeysuckle field. At this time, the honeysuckle had climbed to the height of Ye's father, but it was thin and small. Ye's father was a little worried about the yield of honeysuckle.

Father Ye also took a look at the three beehives placed in the honeysuckle field. Perhaps because there were not as many flowers nearby as there were in the rapeseed field, he felt that there were a few bees entering and exiting the beehives.

Father Ye stopped and walked along the way, looking here and there. When he came to the bamboo forest, Ye Donglin had already dug several winter bamboo shoots.

There were a lot of winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest. Father Ye visually inspected them and estimated that they weighed about 100 kilograms.

There were not so many hoes or handy tools at home, so Father Ye had to pack the dug bamboo shoots in sacks and carry the winter bamboo shoots to the donkey cart.

After moving the winter bamboo shoots, Father Ye went to the big water hole to see the trap he had set before. The four traps have not been taken care of for a long time, and they are filled with dead branches and fallen leaves.

Father Ye was afraid that there were hibernating snakes at the bottom of the trap, so he first beat the bottom of the trap with a long bamboo pole, and then used the bamboo pole to pull out the dead branches and leaves one by one.

Father Ye cleared three traps in a row until the fourth trap. When Father Ye knocked on it, he felt something was wrong with his hand. It felt like it was hitting the flesh.

Father Ye thought to himself, are there small animals at the bottom? It feels quite big and doesn't look like a snake.

Father Ye changed to a longer bamboo pole, stood further away than before, and carefully picked out the dead branches and leaves at the bottom.

As the dead branches and leaves were slowly cleared out, Ye's father finally saw what was going on at the bottom. There was actually a python with a large wrist hibernating at the bottom of the trap.

Although the python is not poisonous, Father Ye was a little scared of such a big snake. Fortunately, he did not jump directly to the bottom of the trap to clean it.

Father Ye had no tools at hand, so he hurried back to the bamboo forest and called Mr. Ye to deal with the hibernating python together.

Mr. Ye tied the sickle to a wrist-thick bamboo pole, and Father Ye also found a long three-pronged tree trunk nearby.

Father Ye used a long three-pronged tree trunk to hold down the python's head, and Mr. Ye used a sickle to attack the seven inches of the python. The father and son moved quickly and in perfect harmony.

The hibernating python was attacked and slowly woke up, but by then it was too late, and the python that had just woken up quickly passed out again.

Seeing that the python could no longer move, Mr. Ye worriedly stabbed the snake twice more in the 7-inch area. After confirming that the python was completely dead, the father and son carefully picked the python out of the trap.

The big python with thick wrists was nearly two meters long and quite heavy. The father and son worked together to pick the python out of the trap with a bamboo pole.

Mr. Ye brought a large basket on his back. Father Ye did not dare to do it directly and used a bamboo pole to lift the python into the basket.

This big python weighed nearly ten kilograms. Father Ye moved the basket containing the python to the donkey cart. Seeing that it was getting late, Mr. Ye called the whole family to go home quickly.

This small back mountain is still not safe. Children must not be allowed to come here alone in the future. The big python makes Mr. Ye and Father Ye feel scared now when they think about it.

Mr. Ye did not take the python home directly, but sent it to Dr. Li in the village.

Dr. Li can use snake gall to make medicinal wine, and he has been collecting snake gall from villagers in the village. This python just happened to be sent to Dr. Li to collect snake gall.

Dr. Li was very happy to see such a big python. The freshly harvested snake gall has the best medicinal effect. This snake gall is perfect for brewing medicinal wine.

Doctor Li held the dagger in his hand and took out the snake gallbladder very quickly.

Doctor Li looked at the fresh snake galls that had just been taken out and was in a very good mood. "I heard that restaurants in the town collect snakes to make snake soup. Your python is so big. You can take it to the restaurants in the town and ask. I think it can be sold for a lot of money." Woolen cloth."

After taking this big python home, Mrs. Ye and Mother Ye probably wouldn't dare to make it into a dish, so they might as well take it to the town and sell it.

"It's getting late now. I'll go to the restaurant early tomorrow morning and ask."

Mr. Ye took the big python home, and brothers Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin circled around the snake, wanting to see it but a little scared.

"Are you going to make snake soup for such a big snake?"

Ye Xilin is the most delicious in the Ye family. Although he is afraid of snakes, he still wants to eat snake soup.

Ye Donglin looked at the position where the snake gall was cut open and asked: "Grandpa, you just went to Dr. Li's house to sell the snake gall?"

"Yes, this fresh snake gallbladder is the most effective. Doctor Li's eyes lit up when he saw the big python. The snake gallbladder has probably been soaked in medicinal wine by Doctor Li."

Big pythons are not common, and the snake gallbladder is also fresh. Doctor Li gave 500 yuan to collect the snake gallbladder, and the snake body can be sold, and the family can make a small profit. Mr. Ye is very happy.