The whole village is starving, but I have a full warehouse of meat in the mall

Chapter 22: Cry, cry, cry, that’s all you know how to do. If you have the ability, go catch a pheasant yourself.
The people digging bamboo shoots were drooling with envy. Mrs. Ye was so lucky that she could catch a pheasant just by sitting on the roadside.

Ye Erzhu, who was not far away, had quietly moved over. He bumped into Sishan and said, "Bring out a piece of chicken for me to taste later."

Before Ye Sishan could say anything, Ye Erhai snorted, "Why didn't you share some pork with us when you had it before?"

"That's right!" Ye Sishan nodded vigorously, "Brother Erzhu, you are stingy, and I am stingy too."

Ye Erzhu glared angrily: "This happened several years ago, how come you still remember it? I am no longer stingy, see!"

He took out a chestnut from his pocket and said, "Here, I'll give you one. When we eat chicken later, remember to give me one too."

Ye Sishan was very disgusted: "It's not as delicious as my mother's, I don't want it!"

Ye Erzhu was almost crying: "You just don't want to give me chicken, Ye Sishan, you are too stingy, I will never play with you again!"

After saying this, tears started streaming down his face.

When Ye Er heard him crying, he slapped him on the back of his head: "Cry, cry, cry, that's all you know how to do. If you have the ability, go catch a pheasant yourself."

Ye Erzhu stopped crying immediately: "Then I will go catch a pheasant now!"

"Stop." Old Man Ye scolded angrily, "Go after you've finished digging the bamboo shoots, don't look for excuses to be lazy."

At noon, the village sent several women up the mountain to deliver steamed buns.

Jiang Wan was among them. She didn't want to stand out, so she asked Xiao Hui to make buckwheat buns and send them over, one for each of the four boys and one girl.

A large group of people sat on the field and after filling their stomachs, they planned to rest for a quarter of an hour before continuing to work. At this moment, Ye Dazhui, who was running around in the field, let out a scream.

"Dad, come and save me, I'm sinking!"

Ye Er walked over cursing, "When will you be able to be quiet, kid? I'm exhausted but I still have to take care of you. You're almost getting married, why can't you be more sensible!"

Ye Dazhu said confidently: "Brother Erhai hasn't even married yet, how can it be my turn?"

Jiang Wan didn't take this seriously at first, but when she turned around, she saw that Ye Erhai's face was unusually red.

This kid is smart and cunning, and he rarely has this kind of expression. Could it be that he has someone in his heart?

She couldn't help but pull the corners of her lips. The second child was only fifteen years old. When she was fifteen, she was in high school and struggled with study and exams every day...

Well, the eldest son is only sixteen, and he will become a father in a few months.

People in ancient times fell in love early, got married early, had children early, and also... died early.

"Ahem!" Ye Erhai coughed and changed the subject, "The mud here is dry and hard. How did the pillar sink? I'll go and take a look!"

He stood up and ran away, fearing that Jiang Wan would ask more questions.

Jiang Wan didn't want to make him feel uncomfortable, so he turned around and asked his eldest son, "Dahe, do you know what's going on with the second son?"

Ye Dahe looked confused, scratched the back of his head and shook his head: "I don't know."

Ye Dahe thought about it but couldn't figure it out.

Ye Xiaofang blinked her eyes: "Mom, I know, my second brother asked me if I wanted my second sister-in-law before, and said he would take me to see her."

Jiang Wan: "..."

Erhai is really awesome, thinking about getting married at such a young age. But Erhai is also very responsible, if he likes someone, he wants to marry him home.

When she was in college, she had a crush on a boy in the next class, but she didn't dare confess her feelings. Later, when she was 30 years old, she never met the person who made her heart beat in her youth again. Thinking about it now, she still feels a little regretful.

After the break, everyone continued to work.

Ye Erhai took Jiang Wan to the muddy ground nearby and whispered, "Just now the big pillar sank, and I found that the soil here is particularly soft. I dug it up and saw that there were also jade shoots in the mud. Moreover, the jade shoots here are larger and thicker than those over there. Let's dig here."

Jiang Wan squatted down, put his hand in it, and felt that the soil had a high water content.

It hasn't rained for more than a month, and the ponds and rivers are all dry. The soil exposed to the sun has basically dried up and become hard and lumpy. This place is like an oasis in the desert, with a lot of weeds growing on the edges.

But this place is deep in the forest, so it is not uncommon to see weeds growing here, and not many people care about it.

Jiang Wan had some superficial understanding of this aspect. She initially inferred that there should be a water source underground here.

If a water source is found, even if there is no rain, the drought can be alleviated and the fields will not suffer a harvest failure.

However, the vegetation covers an area of ​​about 200 square meters, and it is impossible to determine where the core water source is, so it is impossible to dig and drain for irrigation... Let her think carefully about what method to use to determine the exact location of the groundwater.

After noon, the villagers gradually discovered soft silt, which made digging jade shoots much easier. Moreover, the jade shoots in the moist soil grew thicker. The original estimate was 4,000 kilograms, but in the end at least 5,000 kilograms were dug out, and every household had a supply of grain.

It was already midnight when we finished digging six acres of land.

The villagers did not feel tired at all. They helped each other to transport the bamboo shoots back. When the morning glow appeared in the sky, the people of Lotus Village fell asleep exhausted.

Jiang Wan estimated that his four sons and a little girl had dug nearly 200 kilograms of jade shoots. Fortunately, there was a cellar at home, so they could wrap the jade shoots in mud and put them in the cellar, where they could be preserved for more than a month.

As the sun gradually rose in the morning, Xiaohui was cooking in the kitchen: chicken stewed with lotus root slices and white flour pancakes. The hearty breakfast was placed on the wooden table.

When the five children smelled the fragrance, they didn't even bother to catch up on their sleep and sat down at the dining table with sleepy eyes.

Ye Erhai was about to pick up his chopsticks when Jiang Wan clapped his hands and said, "Wait a minute, serve a bowl to your grandpa and grandma first."

Ye Sishan blinked his eyes and said, "Mom, you are so nice to grandpa and grandma."

"Because your grandpa and grandma are your father's parents, they are elders." Jiang Wan took the opportunity to educate them, "Your father died on the battlefield and sacrificed his life for the country. Of course, I have to take care of his parents on your father's behalf."

Ye Sishan and Ye Xiaofang nodded vigorously at the same time: "I will also be filial to my mother in the future!"

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The sunlight in the early morning of midsummer is also very strong.

The people in Lotus Village were exhausted after a whole day and night, and many were catching up on their sleep. The village was exceptionally quiet in the early morning, with the dry earth opening its mouth, longing for heavy rain.

Old Mrs. Ye was cooking wild vegetable porridge in the yard, and she also baked twelve wild vegetable pancakes on the pan. She put dried radishes and dried beans in the pancakes, which were delicious when taken a bite. Eating such a meal in the morning gave her energy to work all day.

"Grandma!"

Ye Sishan's crisp and soft voice rang out at the gate of the yard.

Old Mrs. Ye looked up and saw the little guy coming in with a steaming bowl and stuffing it directly into her hand.

"My mother asked me to deliver it."

He said and ran away.

(End of this chapter)