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

Ye Lao Da and his three sons first planted spring wheat in the dry land, then planted rice in the paddy fields, and planted cotton and soybeans in the woodlands on the mountains.

The wasteland was more troublesome, as it was full of grass. Fortunately, it was spring and the grass had not grown yet. Boss Ye first hoeed up the soil in the field and picked out the stones.

Old Man Ye was helping in the fields. After Old Man Ye had dug up the land, Old Man Ye planted sweet potatoes first. More than twenty sweet potatoes had sprouted while fleeing the famine, and they were kept for seeds.

More than a hundred sprouts sprouted from more than twenty sweet potatoes. Old man Ye first made a ridge with soil, and then dug some river mud from the river and put it together with the sweet potato seedlings. This was a suggestion given by Ye Qing, which could increase the fertility of the crops.

There are many roots of plants under the wasteland, and it takes a lot of time to clear them out bit by bit. Boss Ye decided to open it slowly, and first plant soybeans on one acre to nourish the land.

Ye Qing followed Zhou to clean up the river beach. The land on the river beach was very thin, so it was definitely not suitable for growing crops. Ye Qing planned to grow this kind of vegetables. This place was close to the river and easy to water.

There were many stones on the riverbank. Ye Qing and Zhou first picked up the larger stones and placed them around the fields, which could also block some water when watering.

Zhou used a hoe to dig up the land bit by bit. The land that had just been dug up was full of large lumps of hardened soil. Ye Qing used a wooden stick to break it up from behind. It took him more than ten days to clean up the riverbed.

Zhou planted peppers, eggplants, beans, cucumbers and green vegetables on the riverbank. Now that the weather is hot, the green vegetables can be eaten in a dozen days.

During the period when green vegetables are growing, we still have to dig wild vegetables to eat. When Boss Ye took his son to open up wasteland, he would bring back wild vegetables if he saw any.

"Mom, have you finished planting the fields at home?" Aunt Ye Qiu came home to visit when she was free that day.

Li was weeding on the homestead and would build a house once the land was cleared.

"The dry land and paddy fields are both ready. Your brother is reclaiming wasteland, and your sister-in-law is growing vegetables on the riverbank. Is your house ready?" Mrs. Li asked her daughter with concern.

Ye Qiu squatted down to help Li pull out the weeds. "Mom, my house is almost done. The vegetables have been planted. But the wasteland has not been cleaned up yet. Let's open it slowly."

"What are you planting on the wasteland? Have you left any sweet potatoes? Sweet potatoes saved my life while I was fleeing the famine. Plant some more. They are easier to feed the people."

"Mom, Dad reminded us on the way. I'm here to give you some pumpkin seeds today. They don't pick the soil, they can be planted in wasteland, and they produce a lot."

"It just so happens that we are out of pumpkin seeds at home. Let your father plant them in the wasteland tomorrow."

Ye Qiu chatted with Li for a while, then went home to cook. The Sun family only had one son, Sun Dazhu. The old couple had two grandsons when Ye Qiu came into the family, so they made Ye Qiu the head of the family, and the old couple were only responsible for taking care of their grandsons.

Sun Dazhui is also a caring person. He never lets Ye Qiu do any work in the fields. He takes his two sons to open up wasteland in the fields, and the old man of the Sun family also helps in the fields.

After cleaning up the riverbank, Ye Qing went to the wasteland with his brothers. The wasteland was close to the forest, so some pheasants and rabbits would come over.

Ye Qing helped his fifth brother Ye Chenjing carry the pulled out grass and throw it outside the field. If they didn't, the weeds would continue to take root and grow.

"Ouch." Ye Qing's leg sank in and he fell to the ground, and Ye Chenjing was also dragged down with him.

"Qingya, where did you fall?" Ye Chenjing threw away the grass and hurried to help Ye Qing.

"Brother, there is a hole here and one of my legs fell into it."

"How can there be such a deep hole? Let me take a look."

The two of them looked around the hole carefully for a while, then poked it with a long branch, but still couldn't find the bottom.

Ye Qing felt that it was very much like a rabbit hole. Such a small hole was only suitable for rabbits to enter and exit.

"Brother, let's look for other holes and see if there are rabbits in them."

Ye Chenjing became interested when he heard it, and the two of them started searching nearby. After a while, Ye Qing found another one, and the size of the hole was very similar to the previous one.

"Brother, here is one, have you found it?"

"Qingya, I found one too. There are also rabbit footprints here."

Ye Qing was even more certain that it was a rabbit hole. As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Ye Qing began to search more carefully.

The two found six cave entrances nearby. Ye Qing blocked all the cave entrances with green grass and asked Boss Ye for help.

Boss Ye lit the dry grass with fire and added a handful of green grass, and instantly the place turned into thick smoke.

Ye Qing saw smoke coming out not far away, so he ran over and blocked the hole. When he no longer saw smoke, he went to look for his two brothers.

The two brothers waited at the remaining exit, waiting for the rabbit to be smoked out, but after waiting for a while no rabbit came out.

"Brother, is this an abandoned rabbit hole? Why are there no rabbits coming out?"

"Wait a minute, rabbits are very cunning." As he said that, a gray rabbit rushed out and bumped into Ye Chenchuan's leg.

Ye Chenchuan was quick-witted and quick-handed. He grabbed the rabbit, put it into the prepared basket, and covered it with the lid.

After waiting for a while, five or six rabbits of all sizes ran out. After waiting for another quarter of an hour, no more rabbits came out, so he carried the rabbits home.

Ye Qing and his siblings were very happy. They killed one big rabbit at night, ate the other one while building a house, and raised the four little rabbits.

"Qingya, where did you catch this rabbit? It's so fat." Second Aunt Shen came over carrying a bundle of firewood.

"Second Aunt, I caught them in the wasteland. This is a whole nest. Come to our house to eat the rabbits tonight."

"No, there aren't many of them. You guys can eat them. I'll ask your second uncle to look for it as well."

"Second Aunt, you can't not come. It's been a long time since we've had meat. Let the brothers and sisters come."

Ye Chenjing couldn't help showing off, "Second Aunt, we first found a rabbit hole, then blocked all the rabbit holes, leaving one to smoke it out."

"Wu Lang is really smart. I'll ask your second uncle to look for it too."

"Aunt, we're leaving now and sending the rabbit back first." Ye Qing said goodbye to Shen.

They met some villagers on the way, and they all stopped the brothers and sisters and asked them how to catch rabbits.

It took me half an hour to get home, a journey that should only take a few minutes.

"Mom, look at the rabbits we caught. Let's eat one today." Ye Qing's mind was full of spicy rabbit heads and braised rabbit.

"This rabbit is really fat. Okay, let your brother kill one, and then call your second uncle and third uncle to come and try it together in the evening." Zhou was so happy that she couldn't open her eyes.

"Also call your grandpa and your aunt over to try it." Li added.

"My dear, you should cut up some more radishes and stew them with the rabbits. There won't be enough rabbits for more people."

"Mom, I'll go right away. We've been busy for several days. Everyone needs to catch up."

Ye Qing stopped Zhou who was about to wash the radishes and said, "Mom, where do you put this rabbit? Will it dig a hole and run away?"