After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

The two held hands, talking about village gossip, and slowly climbed up the mountain. Chunzhong was busy at home, and the two hadn't played together for a long time.

The two passed by Ye Qing's grape tree and looked up for a while, imagining the scene of picking grapes in the autumn.

When they were almost there, they could smell the fragrance of the locust flowers before they saw them.

As I turned the corner, I saw a tall locust tree with a thick trunk and lush branches and leaves. Among the green leaves were clusters of snow-white locust flowers.

Ye Qing took out the prepared sickle from the basket, and Zaohua picked up a long stick from the side.

The two of them worked together to tie the sickle to the stick. Zaohua used the stick to hook the locust flowers, while Ye Qing picked them under the tree.

Ye Qing picked up a bunch of locust flowers, shook off the dust, and couldn't wait to put it in his mouth. "Sister Zaohua is so sweet, let's take some back."

Zaohua crocheted even more vigorously. Ye Qing filled both of their baskets before he called on Zaohua to stop.

Zaohua took off the sickle and put it back in Ye Qing's basket, and the two of them went back chatting and laughing.

"Grandma, I picked a lot of locust flower cakes today."

"Okay, you go and wash it, I'll knead the dough later." Li agreed.

"Where is my dad? I haven't seen him for most of the day."

"He was called away by the village head. You were not at home at that time." Li was also wondering what the village head was doing at this time.

Ye Qing put the washed locust flowers in the kitchen, then scooped some flour from the flour jar and mixed it with the locust flowers.

Li took the kneaded dough and rolled it into a round pancake. She put some oil in the pan and baked the pancake on low heat until both sides were golden brown.

The aroma of locust flowers mixed with the aroma of wheat floated in front of Ye Qing's nose. When the first cake came out of the oven, she cut it in half with a knife and gave half to Li first. She took the remaining half and ate it sweetly.

After Li finished eating, she started making pancakes. Ye Qing lit the fire and made more than thirty pancakes before stopping.

Ye Qing made soup with the remaining locust flowers and fried two dishes. Just as he was done, everyone in his family came back.

"Qingya made locust flower cakes. I haven't eaten them for two years and I miss them a little." Ye Dalang has a sensitive nose and can tell the difference between delicious food made at home and others.

"You've discovered this, and you still want to hide it and eat it secretly." Ye Qing joked with his brother.

"Dad, what does Grandpa Zheng want to talk to you about?" Ye Qing was very curious.

"Today, all the elders of the clan went to discuss the construction of the ancestral hall."

"Have you discussed it? When will it be built?" asked Li.

"Now that everyone has finished their work, we should take advantage of the free time before the wheat harvest to build it." Ye Dalang felt that there was nothing to discuss. If the village had the money, they could just build it directly.

Ye Qing was a little confused when he heard this. "What kind of building should we build and how much money should each family pay?"

"Three houses and a yard don't cost much. The village will pay for it directly." Boss Ye didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Ye Qing was even more confused, "Does the ancestral hall belong to the Ye family or to the whole village? Do all the villagers agree with this?"

"Of course it belongs to the Ye family. Of course the villagers..." Boss Ye stopped talking. Yes, it was indeed a bit wrong to spend the money earned by the villagers only on the Ye family.

Old Man Ye was also stunned. They were so busy being happy that they forgot to consider this problem.

"I'm full. I'm going to go to the headman's house and talk to him." Boss Ye pushed the bowl aside, stood up and was about to go out.

"Dad, I'm going with you. I have some other ideas that I want to tell the village head." Ye Qing caught up with Ye Lao Da, and the two of them went out one after the other.

The two entered the village head's house and sat down in the main hall. Boss Ye spoke first, "Village head, we forgot one thing this afternoon. We cannot use the village's money to build the ancestral hall for our Ye family."

The village head was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He had worked as a village head for his entire life, but now he almost lost his reputation in his later years.

"That's right. The village can't be asked to pay for this money." The head of the village wiped the sweat from his forehead before speaking.

"Grandpa Lizheng, I have an idea for you to listen to and see if it works."

"Qingya, you young people have sharp minds, unlike us who are old and forgetful when we think about things."

"In addition to the ancestral hall, we will build a few more houses, preferably two-entry houses. The yard in the front will be used by the villagers to discuss things, just like last time when we sold charcoal, we had to come to your house to discuss everything, which was not very convenient." Ye Qing was referring to the current village office, which would be useful when selling herbs and charcoal in the future.

"Isn't it too wasteful? Not much is used." The head of the village was a little hesitant.

Ye Qing continued, "We also need to build two more large houses and a small courtyard."

"What is this used for?" the village head asked puzzled.

"Our village is rich now. We can't send all the children to the city. We still need to hire a teacher to teach the students."

"It's as it should be. This is a big deal and the child cannot be delayed." The head of the village was hoping that a scholar would emerge in the village.

After Ye Qing finished speaking, he pulled Boss Ye and prepared to go back.

"Wen Ning, take Qing Ya with you. Be careful on the road and don't let her fall. I'll ask someone to discuss it tomorrow and come up with a plan as soon as possible."

The two waved goodbye. She didn't care what they were discussing. She was only responsible for giving them a reminder.

Ye Qing didn't pay attention to what happened afterwards. She gave birth to ten rabbits at the same time, more than seventy little rabbits, enough to keep her busy for several days.

"Qingya, the chicks have hatched. Bring some millet to feed them." Li shouted in the backyard.

Ye Qing filled some warm water, took some millet, and walked quickly to the backyard.

A group of chicks were chirping beside their mother hen and standing tremblingly. Ye Qing was worried that their thin legs could not support their bodies.

Push the warm water and millet next to the hen. The newly hatched chicks don’t need to eat anything yet, they can drink some warm water.

The chicks hatched out one after another as if they had agreed on something. Within two days, there were more than two hundred of them in the house.

The ducklings also began to hatch, and the house was filled with the cries of chicks and ducklings, which was a headache.

Villagers came and bought some, but most of it remained at home.

Ye Lao Da was fed up with the noise, so he put the food in a woven basket and put it on the ox cart. He and Zhou went to Ji Village to sell chickens and ducks. When they came back in the evening, the cart was empty.

There were thirty chickens and thirty ducks left at home, and it was finally not so noisy. Ye Qing felt like he was having auditory hallucinations because of the noise.

The elders of the Ye family decided that each family would contribute 600 coins to build the ancestral hall, and would send two people to help build the house.

The villagers unanimously decided to use public funds to build the private school and office buildings, and the whole village helped to build them, thus saving labor costs.

The decision was to build a blue-tiled house, lay bricks on the ground, and lay stone slabs in the yard. The same was true for the other two places, all laid with stone slabs.

Boss Ye took a few people from the village to the city to order materials. If they bought them from three places together, they could get a much cheaper price.

Passing by the clinic where Doctor Lin worked, Boss Ye went to ask specifically and wanted to buy all the materials from Doctor Lin's house as well.

Several people came to the place where tiles were being made, "Boss, we want to buy tiles, how much is one?"