As soon as I walked into the makeshift grass shed, Mao Dan's grandma was sitting there gathering wild vegetables.
Xiaochun from Uncle Yongchang's family and Mantang's sister Xiaoyan were also helping to pick vegetables. The lady sitting in front of the stove was lighting a fire.
Grandma Maodan saw her coming and said with a smile: "Tongtong, I don't need your help here, just go and play."
Ye Yutong said funny: "Grandma Hu, you really don't want me to cook anymore?"
Grandma Maodan was just about to say no, when Xiaochun next to her said quickly:
"Sister Tongtong, my mother and Aunt Xianglan said that you will not be allowed to cook in the future. Sister Xiaoyan and I will help Grandma Hu cook. You can go to sleep for a while. I will call you when the meal is ready. ."
After Ye Yutong heard this, he glanced at them helplessly. He wanted to add some food to everyone, but you didn't give them a chance. Well, don't blame her for eating alone.
Madam Mantang smiled and said: "Tongtong, why don't you help light the fire, and I'll make the bricks."
Ye Yutong waved his hands hurriedly, "Auntie, you are not in good health, how can you do such heavy work? Just light the fire here, I will go over there and have a look, and call Qiaoer over by the way."
Madam Mantang said gently: "Okay, then go ahead!"
Qiaoer looks very shy, but has a temperament like a boy. He can run fast and work quickly. He is helping Heni there right now.
Li Wenxiu glanced at her dirty hands, took her to the stream and washed her hands, muttering:
"Qiao'er, there are so many people in our family, how can a little girl like you do this kind of work? Go and play with Xiaoyan, Xiaochun and the others! We don't need you here."
Qiaoer pursed her lips and looked at her with a smile, her eyes as bright as stars.
Ye Yutong walked up to them and asked with a smile: "What are you two doing here?"
"Sister Tongtong, my aunt and I are washing our hands." Qiaoer said sweetly.
Li Wenxiu wiped her hands with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "Sister Tongtong is here just in time, let's go play with her!"
"Mom, the aunts won't let me cook anymore, so why don't I help make the bricks too!"
"No, you two sisters can wander around in the valley! There are so many people making bricks, there is no need for you."
Ye Yutong had no choice but to go back with Qiao'er. Looking at the land dug yesterday, thinking about planting sweet potatoes and potatoes, he picked up the hoe and started digging.
Qiaoer was picking up grass roots behind her, and the two sisters were talking and working, quite happily.
After breakfast, the three of them went out.
Li Yunze held the horse, and Ye Yutong sat on the horse. There were two large baskets in front of them, ready to contain sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Ye Mingxuan followed with a large backpack on his back. The three of them walked directly to the mountain.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, he saw an open space. Ye Yutong said, "Brother, it's safe. This is it."
Li Yunze helped her get off the horse, "My eldest brother and I will dig this place and make a look."
"Okay, I'll go get the things out."
Ye Yutong entered the space and first put the potatoes and sweet potatoes prepared yesterday into the basket.
I took some sweet potato vines and potato seedlings from digging sweet potatoes yesterday and threw them into the clearing dug by Ping An and his eldest brother.
Throw a few more small sweet potatoes there. It would be best if they can grow. Come and harvest them in the fall. By then, the lie will be a little rounder.
She put two baskets of sweet potatoes, one basket of potatoes out of space first.
I went to the basement to find some vegetable and grain seeds that I had saved before, and prepared to scatter them around the valley.
When the time comes, let Ping An tell everyone that these things are edible and can be planted in the valley next year.
"Brother, be safe. Let's do it later. Come over and have something to eat first."
Ye Yutong took some food out of the space, boiled eggs, scallion pancakes and mung bean soup.
I made these before escaping, and there are a lot left in the basement, but I never had a chance to eat them.
Now that Dayuan and Qiaoer live with them, they dare not take out some things, so they can only eat them secretly in the space.
It’s not that they are stingy about eating alone, it’s that they can’t explain where they come from.
Ye Yutong doesn't plan to leak this space to the outside world anymore! Originally I wasn't even going to tell Ping An, but he found out and had no choice but to be honest with him.
Li Wenxiu makes oil-fried noodles for Dayuan and Qiaoer every night to help them replenish their bodies, which greatly touches the two children.
Li Yunze and Ye Mingxuan each held a piece of scallion pancake and a large bowl of mung bean soup, and discussed building a house while eating.
"Brother, after planting the food in the ground, there is no big problem. Let's seize the time to repair the house. It is best to build a front and back yard for Tongtong to live in the back. If anyone comes to visit, just talk in the front yard. ."
Ye Mingxuan also thought this way, "Let Dayuan and Qiaoer build a small yard, or let them live in the front yard with their mother. From now on, the three of us will help with the work at the gods' place."
Anyway, the location of the valley is wide enough. If the house is made wider, it will be comfortable to live in.
Li Yunze nodded, "Okay, just do as the elder brother said, and start planting the sweet potatoes and potatoes after they are planted in the ground.
We can't go there together during this period. At least two of us must stay outside. If Dayuan and Qiaoer wake up, it will be difficult to explain then. "
Ye Yutong handed the peeled eggs to the two of them and said, "At night, hang a few curtains with cloth to separate the sleeping areas. It's dark, so Dayuan and Qiaoer can't be seen even if they wake up."
"Sister, this is a good idea, but we still have to keep people outside. Even without Dayuan and Qiaoer, we can't all go in." Ye Mingxuan said.
Li Yunze held the egg in his hand thoughtfully.
Ye Yutong saw him holding the egg in a daze and not eating it, so he asked curiously: "Ping An, what's wrong with you? Eat it quickly!"
He came to his senses and asked: "Tongtong, I remember there are newly hatched chicks at the fairy place. Can you take a few out and we can take them back to raise them?"
"Oh, if you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten about it. Of course, I will get a hen, a rooster, and a few chicks later, and say we found them here."
She thought for a while and then said, "There are also piglets inside. Do you want to take a few out and raise them?"
Ye Mingxuan said worriedly: "Bringing so many things back at once, will Uncle Yongchang and the others become suspicious?"
Li Yunze thought for a while, "Brother, I think it will be easier to explain it if I take it out at once. Let's just say that we were lucky today. When we were digging sweet potatoes and potatoes, we happened to meet these pigs and chickens. This will save me the trouble of making excuses later." ."
The brothers and sisters thought his idea was a good one.
Ye Mingxuan smiled and said, "Then just do as my brother-in-law says."
Ye Yutong asked the two of them, "How many pigs and how many chickens are appropriate?"
Li Yunze said: "Bring out a dozen chickens and four little pigs."
"We have five families, how do we divide the four pigs?" Ye Yutong raised his eyebrows.
"We will give each of their families a few chicks, and the pigs will be raised together. When the piglets are born, we will give them two piglets. The big pigs will still be ours."
Ye Yutong nodded with satisfaction. Although she didn't care about this thing, she didn't want to raise people's hearts.
It's best to do this, everyone helps raise the pigs together, and gives them a few piglets in the future. When the pigs are killed, some meat is given to them, which is considered as the hard work of helping to raise the pigs.
