The happy little days of the Ye family

Tang Xiaojing took the 10 silver ingots given by shopkeeper Wang, feeling happy and nervous at the same time.

I am happy that my family has another income, but I am very afraid of being targeted by a thief.

For fear of being ambushed along the way, the father and son drove the cart very fast, shortening the two-hour journey to one and a half hours.

The herbs on the mountain were sold for a total of 91 taels of silver. Tang Xiaojing originally spent 30 taels on the seeds, which worked out to a profit of 61 taels.

It had been agreed before that Tangshan would account for 12%, which is 2 taels and cents.

On the way back, the father and son had already discussed it. For the money from selling herbal medicine, Tangshan got 12 taels and 2 cents, while Tang Xiaojing got 78 taels and 8 cents.

The father and son hurried home without eating lunch. It was still early when they came back.

Seeing that there was no one at home, Tang Xiaojing knew without guessing that his wife must be at Ye's house.

Although Ye Qingqing was not at home, the four dogs at home were very enthusiastic, running around the father and son, jumping around, and even jumping on them.

Ye Qingqing heard the voice coming from the Tang family behind him and quickly packed his things to go back.

Ye Mu was still joking from the side: "You girl, you value sex over mother."

"No way, my favorite is my mother." Ye Qingqing hugged Ye Mu and kissed her heavily on the face.

Mother Ye wiped the glistening saliva on her face with a look of disgust, "You are already a mother, and you are still acting like a child. Go back quickly."

Ye Qingqing put the embroidered pictures and Chenchen's things into a small bag, carried the bag and hugged her son, and went back happily.

Tang Xiaojing went to the pharmacy to sell herbal medicine today, and Ye Qingqing, a little money geek, was anxious to go back and count the money.

As soon as he returned home, Tangshan took Chenchen in his arms, held the little guy in his arms and had a good kiss.

Seeing someone coaxing his son, Ye Qingqing felt at ease and happily pulled Tang Xiaojing back to the house.

"How was it? How much money did the medicinal materials cost this time?"

Tang Xiaojing took out his wallet, handed it to Ye Qingqing, a little money geek, and then talked about today's income one by one.

"After deducting the cost of 30 taels to buy the seeds, the total profit is 91 taels. Dad takes 78%, and the remaining 8 taels and cents are ours."

"In addition, the price of medicinal wine has increased to 11 taels of silver per jar, and a total of 55 taels were sold. After deducting the cost of 12 taels of silver, there is a profit of 30 taels."

Ye Qingqing finished counting the coins with a smile on his face, his eyes almost turned into the shape of silver coins.

"In total, today's total income is 108 taels and 8 cents. Not bad. Let's celebrate with a lotus root feast tonight."

"Okay, after working hard for a year, you should have a good meal."

The work in the fields and mountains was finally finished, and he could finally rest for a few days. Thinking of this, Tang Xiaojing became even more happy.

Tang Xiaojing put the money in the secret compartment behind the wardrobe, and Ye Qingqing on the side wrote down today's income in the ledger.

After finishing their work, the young couple went to the kitchen talking and laughing.

Ye Qingqing drank lotus root chicken soup at noon, and planned to make lotus root and pork ribs soup in the evening.

There were a lot of lotus roots dug yesterday. Ye Qingqing took out the smaller ones first and ate them first today.

Ye Qingqing peeled all the lotus roots and soaked them in cold water for later use.

This is what Ye Mu taught her. Soak the lotus roots in water so that they will not turn black.

On the side, Tang Xiaojing chopped the ribs into small pieces and then blanched them.

Ye Qingqing took two sections of lotus root and chopped them into small pieces, then poured them into the clay pot together with the ribs.

Ye Qingqing likes to cook soup in a clay pot, so that the soup will be more fragrant.

After the soup was simmering, Ye Qingqing began to prepare the second dish - glutinous rice and lotus root.

When he came back to feed the dog at noon, Ye Qingqing had already soaked the glutinous rice in advance.

Mix the soaked glutinous rice with an appropriate amount of brown sugar and diced red dates.

Then Ye Qingqing took out a piece of lotus root as thick as her arm, peeled it and cut it at the top, then stuffed the glutinous rice she had just prepared into the hole of the lotus root.

Ye Qingqing grasped the amount of glutinous rice just right and stuffed it all into Lotus Root's belly.

Then cover the lotus root that you just cut back and secure it with a bamboo skewer.

Finally, steam it in the pot for half an hour and then you can eat it. If you drizzle it with some osmanthus honey, it will be even more delicious.

This sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root dish can be used as a snack or as a dish.

It's also very sweet, and Ye Qingqing especially liked it when she was little.

Lotus root soup and glutinous rice lotus root take a long time to cook, so Ye Qingqing prepared them in advance and put them in the pot to cook.

To make a lotus root feast, these two dishes alone are definitely not enough. Ye Qingqing also plans to make lotus root meat cakes and lotus root stewed pork knuckles.

At this time, Tang Xiaojing had already chopped the pork and lotus roots separately on the chopping board.

"Qingqing, do you think these meat foam and lotus root foam are enough?"

"That's enough, Mr. Thank you for your hard work, I'll take care of the pig's knuckles again." With Tang Xiaojing as his right helper, Ye Qingqing felt a lot more relaxed.

Mix the minced meat and lotus root together, then add an appropriate amount of salt, onion and ginger water and a little cornmeal.

When Ye Qingqing was young and the Ye family had not yet become rich, they would add a lot of cornmeal to the lotus root meat pie, so that each person could eat two more bites.

But now that the family is not short of money, Ye Qingqing only puts in a little cornmeal, and the rest is meat and lotus root, which will taste better.

In fact, this lotus root steamed meat can also be used to make lotus root balls, which tastes equally good.

However, Ye Qingqing felt that it would be too troublesome to fry in oil and didn't want to do it.

It's good for making lotus root meatloaf. She can eat two big bowls of it with rice, and she can also eat some in the morning.

Ye Qingqing put the lotus root meat cake in the pot and steamed it together with the glutinous rice and lotus root.

The last dish is stewed pork trotters with lotus root, which is the toughest dish.

Ye Qingqing blanched the pork knuckles chopped into small pieces, then put them into a pot to stir out the fat, then added the lotus roots cut into small pieces and stewed them in a casserole.

There were a lot of meat dishes, but Ye Qingqing felt that there was still a lack of vegetables.

There were not many vegetables at this time, so Ye Qingqing sent Tang Xiaojing to pull out a cabbage from the vegetable field, and then made another stir-fried cabbage.

Ye Qingqing often cooks, and Tang Xiaojing is also very quick in cooking. The two of them cooperate very well, and the four dishes and one soup are quickly prepared.

Stewed pork trotters with lotus root, glutinous rice lotus root, lotus root meat cake, stir-fried cabbage, and pork ribs and lotus root soup, the whole table is delicious.

Last night, Ye Qingqing sent lotus roots to the Ye family, but Ye Qingqing didn't send vegetables to the next door.

In fact, while cooking, Ye Qingqing smelled the aroma coming from the Ye family next door, and he probably cooked a lot of delicious food.

The lotus root flour grown from mountain spring water is glutinous and has a particularly good taste, which has been well received by everyone.

There are several springs on the mountain that are planted with lotus roots. Ye Qingqing plans to dig some back in a few days to give as New Year gifts, while keeping the rest at home to eat slowly.

After the meal, not only Ye Qingqing and the others were full, but even the dogs at home had chubby bellies.