I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

It was already midnight when Ye Ze returned home. He washed his hands and face with cold water in the yard, then tiptoed into the room and went to bed.

Zhao Li didn't sleep well last night. She fell asleep in bed after a short while. Ye Ze moved gently and didn't wake her up.

The next day, Ye Ze slept until noon and walked out of the room shaking his dazed head. In the yard, except for Chen who was helping Ye Lao Er to wash the herbs, only Old Lady Ye was holding Daya in the sun.

Don’t ask why Chen became so diligent today. All the herbs that her mother’s family didn’t sell yesterday were brought to the Ye family early this morning.

Occasionally, the sound of children reading could be heard from the main room. Ye Ze took a look inside, walked up to Old Lady Ye and asked, "Mom, where are Li'er and my sister?"

Old Lady Ye sighed and said, "I heard that your father-in-law has separated from home and is living alone. I asked Qiulan to go back with Li'er to see him."

"The order has been distributed?" Ye Ze wondered if it was because his reminder that day worked?

Never mind, it's a good thing anyway.

Ye Ze started teasing Daya again: "Come, call me uncle, and I'll give you some candy."

"Uncle." Daya called out in a low voice timidly.

Old Lady Ye smiled and said, "This child takes after your sister. He speaks very clearly when he first starts learning to speak, haha..."

"Really? Then she will definitely be a smart girl in the future." Ye Ze took out an oil-paper bag and fed Daya a white pill. "You can chew it, but you can only take one pill a day."

The others were wrapped up and given to Old Lady Ye for safekeeping: "Mom, you can give Yaya one every day."

"Is this candy?" Old Mrs. Ye asked suspiciously after taking it. She had never seen such candy before.

Ye Ze: "...This is a tonic, specially used to nourish children. Daya is too thin, give her some tonic."

Old Lady Ye quickly put it in her arms and put it away. How could a tonic be cheap? If it wasn't bought for her granddaughter, Old Lady Ye would have asked Ye Ze to return it to someone else!

Ye Ze pretended not to see the old lady's distressed expression, and put a small silver lock with a bell around Daya's neck. This was the gift he bought for Daya yesterday, but he didn't take it out in front of Ye Qiulan because he was afraid she would refuse.

Old Lady Ye: “…”

She couldn't bear it anymore, "Ze'er, this is not the way you spend your money..."

Before Old Lady Ye finished her words, Ye Ze handed her the last thing in his hand, a small square wooden box: "If you lose money, you can earn more. Open it and see if you like it."

"What is this?" Old Mrs. Ye opened it and found a pair of solid silver bracelets inside!

This... is silver after all. If you are short of money, you can exchange it for money, right?

"Don't spend money so recklessly in the future. By the way, why did you send more bricks today? It won't take that many bricks to build a few houses, right?"

Ye Ze: "Ah, that, it can be used. Has the mother chosen a good day? I will go to the town and tell the craftsmen so that they can prepare in advance."

"Look, the nearest good day is the sixth day. If you can't make it, you can postpone it to the thirteenth day. What do you think?"

"It's the sixth day of the New Year. I'll go and confirm it with the craftsmen tomorrow." It's just the right time to exchange for another batch of food!

After chatting with Old Lady Ye for a few more sentences, Ye Ze went to the kitchen to find something to eat. After breakfast, Ye Ze went to the village chief's house to discuss food issues.

When winter comes, villagers also have to store food for the winter. Otherwise, if the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, it will be difficult for villagers to even go out, let alone go to the town to buy food.

Ye Ze was planning to have the tribesmen trade corn for brown rice. The price of corn was about twelve or thirteen cents, and one catty of corn could be exchanged for three catties of brown rice and two and a half catties of brown rice. If anyone wanted to sell corn for money, Ye Ze could also offer a higher price to buy from them.

This price undoubtedly gives the tribesmen a lot of benefits. Even the village chief was stunned when he heard it. With such an exchange, wouldn't Ye Ze lose his life?

Ye Ze just thought that he knew a grain merchant in the town, and it would be much cheaper if he bought more grain at one time.

Village chief Ye finally felt relieved. Although the tribe members had earned a lot of money in the past few days, it would not be worth much if converted into food. Ye Ze's low-priced food could allow the tribe members to buy a lot more food.

What's more, it can be exchanged for corn, so the tribesmen can save money on buying food and save the trouble of going to the town to sell corn. Ye Ze has done a great thing!

Village Chief Ye agreed repeatedly, and after sending Ye Ze away, he couldn't wait to spread the news.

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After leaving Village Chief Ye's house, Ye Ze went straight out of the village to Wolong Mountain to see Hu Zi. He hadn't seen him for a few days and wondered if this guy was starving again.

When he reached the cliff where he met Hu Zi, Ye Ze stopped, carefully felt the connection between himself and Hu Zi, summoned Hu Zi over, and then sat down on a big rock and waited.

Soon, three tigers, one big and two small, appeared in front of Ye Ze. The little tiger cubs seemed to have grown a little bigger than the last time they met, and the tigress was also fatter than the last time they met, so it seemed that she was no longer hungry.

Ye Ze touched Hu Zi's big head and asked, "Where have you been playing these days? Are you hungry?"

"Awoo awoo..." Hu Zi's two big eyes were shining, and he looked very excited as he looked at Ye Ze and shouted.

The general meaning is that he didn't starve and was helped to find a lot of shiny things.

Ye Ze's head was full of question marks. Shining? What is that? Didn't I ask you to find some herbs?!

Ye Ze curiously followed Hu Zi into the forest. This place was undeveloped and few people had set foot here. All kinds of rare and exotic trees could be seen everywhere. The leaves of the tall trees had begun to turn yellow, and occasionally leaves would fall down, making a "crunching" sound when stepped on... A man and three tigers walking in the forest startled a group of unknown birds.

I don’t know how long I walked, but after passing through the dense forest, the front suddenly opened up and turned out to be a valley.

In the distance, the mountains are towering into the clouds, with undulating hills and shrouded in mist. The valley is surrounded by mountains and exotic flowers and plants everywhere. A waterfall gushes out from the mountain stream, rushing down, splashing countless water, and gathering at the foot of the mountain to form a lake.

The clear lake water was rippling, and a layer of mist lingered above the water, reflecting the sunlight to form a small rainbow bridge.

The blue sky, white clouds, green mountains and green water are integrated into one, as beautiful as a picture scroll. This place seems like a paradise on earth, isolated from the world, forming a small world of its own. Even the air is unusually fresh.

This place is so beautiful. It would be nice to build a few cabins here for retirement, and set up a swing in front of the cabins. I can cook and eat with Li'er every day, enjoy the beautiful scenery and tend to the flowers and plants, climb mountains to watch the sunrise, and catch fish in the lake...

Just thinking about such days makes people yearn for them.

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