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

"Da Lang, go find some stone slabs and lay them on the ground, then use sticks to surround the area so that the rabbits can't run away." Zhou instructed her eldest son.

Ye Dalang took his younger brother Ye Chenming to the other side of the mountain. There were a lot of houses at the foot of the mountain, so they could just move over.

Zhou cooked a big pot of carrots and rabbit meat, and thinking that there would be many people at night, she cooked another pot of wild vegetables. She steamed a pot of wild vegetable dumplings, and then urged the children to invite people to come over for dinner.

Old man Ye also came back with his son and grandson. They moved three or four stone slabs and were able to raise more than a dozen rabbits.

"Dad, how are you these days? Do you sleep well at night?" Ye Laoer walked in with his family. Uncle Ye's family has been clearing wasteland these days and they haven't come to see the old man for several days.

"Sister-in-law, let me help you. These are the pickled vegetables I brought. I picked them two days ago. They are very tender."

"My sister-in-law's skill in pickling vegetables is impeccable. I miss it a little after not eating it for a few days." Zhou was not polite.

Ye Laosan's family also came and met Ye Qiu's family on the way. A few men were talking outside, and a few aunts and sisters-in-law were busy in the stove.

Soon the Zhou family came over. Old Man Ye talked to Grandpa Zhou, and Mrs. Li also chatted with her two relatives.

My aunt brought over some pheasant eggs and said, "Qiao'er, these are the pheasant eggs your brother found today. Take them and add to the dish."

"Sister-in-law, take some back for the children. There is enough food here."

"We still have some at home. Let's see what we can make with the eggs."

"Let's make some soup, egg soup. It's a bit dry just eating the egg soup."

Several children gathered outside to watch the rabbits, and several cousins ​​also helped to build a nest for the rabbits. They built it next to the shack because they were afraid that it would be stolen if it was too far away.

"Dinner is ready, come and eat." Following Zhou's shout, everyone gathered around with their bowls in hand.

There were not enough bowls at home, and everyone thought of this and brought their own bowls. Chopsticks were even easier to use, so just breaking off two branches was enough.

The meal lasted more than an hour. Ye Qing felt that this was the most delicious rabbit meat. The radish with the flavor of meat was also delicious.

I haven't eaten eggs for more than a year. When I first arrived in Wu'an City, there were eggs in the inn, but I didn't have a place to stay at that time, so I didn't dare to spend money carelessly.

The families chatted until the moon was at its highest point in the sky, then they dispersed. Ye Qing took a bath, hugged the quilt and fell asleep, dreaming of rabbits.

The next morning, Ye Qing got up and picked out the pepper seeds, soaking them in water containing plant ash. He also picked out the peppers that floated up, as these were seeds of poor quality.

After soaking the Sichuan pepper seeds for two days, rub them vigorously to remove the oil on the surface of the seeds, and then wash them with clean water.

After Ye Qing finished all these, he took Ye Lao Da to plant the seeds in the forest. After the seeds were planted, they covered them with straw mats to keep them warm. The peppercorns sprouted in two or three days.

After planting peppercorns, I also planted pumpkins. Pumpkins have a high yield and are easy to store when ripe, providing extra food in the winter.

More than two acres of wasteland have been reclaimed. Ye Qing followed him to pick grass in the wasteland in the morning and made mud bricks together in the afternoon.

Ye Qing followed his brother to look for red soil. The red soil was not easy to find. They searched for a long time on the mountain before they found a piece of red soil in a mountain stream.

Ye Dalang and Ye Lao Da pushed the cart together and went to the mountain to pull five or six carts of garbage, which they piled on the homestead.

Mix the red soil and mud together, then step on the mud with water repeatedly with bare feet to mix the red soil and mud evenly.

Add chopped straw to make the mud bricks less likely to crack. Then put the wooden mold on the homestead, add the mixed mud, and scrape off the excess. Finally, remove the mold and wait for the mud bricks to dry in the shade.

Only a dozen pieces can be made in an afternoon. You also need to go to the woods to cut down some trees, dry them and use them for making beams, and the rest is for making furniture.

The vegetables in the vegetable garden have grown up. When making porridge, adding some green vegetable leaves will make it taste much better than adding wild vegetables.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the Ye family had almost finished preparing the mud bricks. However, the villagers wanted to open up the wasteland, plant crops, and then build houses.

It rains a lot in the south of the Yangtze River, but the villagers have not yet realized that this sentence refers to them.

At the end of April, the rain started to increase gradually, it rained for a while every day, and the village was wet everywhere.

It didn't rain heavily every day, and the shacks in the village could still block the rain, so everyone still went to reclaim the land.

In the blink of an eye, another half a month passed and the plum rain season arrived. The thunder was like a sledgehammer, clanging down on our heads, as if there was a demon undergoing a tribulation hidden in the mountains.

The bright lightning tore through the dark clouds, making it impossible for people to open their eyes.

The strong wind and heavy rain were like someone pouring water with a basin. The roof of the shack endured the drizzle, but could not withstand the strong wind and heavy rain and began to leak.

Zhou asked several of her sons to hold basins to collect water, and soon they were full. Several basins were used to pour water out. Li's shack was covered with a layer of oil paper, which reduced the leakage.

Ye Qing carried the bedding and moved to Li's room. Although there was water leaking there too, there were always some places that were not leaking as they were collected with buckets.

The wind was blowing hard, and Boss Ye wanted to go out and put another straw curtain on the roof of the shack, but the wind was too strong, and when he put it up, it blew away.

Ye Dalang took some sun-dried wood and propped up the shack, so that it was not blown away.

The wind and rain continued all night, and the crackling of breaking branches and the sound of water splashing in the river made people feel uneasy.

Finally, the sky was getting light and the wind and rain gradually stopped. The night was finally over.

Ye Qing followed Boss Ye to check the situation around. The An River rose a foot high overnight and the water became turbid.

Ye Qing went to his second and third uncle's houses to check, and found that their homes were also in a mess, with water entering the shacks.

Ye Xiaogu's house was also flooded. It was raining heavily outside and drizzling inside the shack. No one slept all night.

The Zhou family's shack was in the best condition, except for a missing corner. The Zhou family was used to living in the mountains and often went out hunting, so sometimes they needed to build a shack outside, so they had some experience.

By noon, the sky had cleared up and the ground quickly dried up. The women in the village all took out their bedding to dry in the sun.

Ye Qing had been frightened by the violent storm last night and was looking forward to building the house quickly.

After lunch, the family sat together to discuss what kind of house to build. Ye Qing wanted to build a courtyard house, with four rooms in the main house, three rooms in the east and west wing rooms, and then a back house.

A row of rabbit sheds were built behind the house, and a pig pen and chicken coop were being built. The firewood shed was also placed at the back, and the backyard was enclosed by a wall, and the extra space could be used to grow vegetables.