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

There was a small river next to the threshing ground, about half a meter wide. The water in the river was not deep. Ye Qing walked down and washed his face, feeling much cooler.

After washing his face, Ye found a lot of snails in the river and picked up more than a dozen in a short while.

"Sixth brother, please bring me a basket. There are a lot of snails here. Pick them up and eat them."

"Qingya, this is not tasty. I picked it up to feed the chickens and ducks."

"Brother, you guys don't know how to eat it. I'll make it for you to try."

Ye Liulang still trusted Ye Qing very much and helped pick it up.

Maybe the people in the mountain village don’t eat this thing, there are a lot of it in the river, and I picked up a basket full of it in no time.

Ye Qing first sent the snails back, poured them into the basin, and spit out the sand.

It was getting dark, and Old Man Ye delivered a few more carts of wheat. These carts were piled directly on the threshing ground and would be spread out early the next morning.

There is heavy dew at night and the wheat will be wet.

Everyone ate dinner in the dark, went back to wash up and sleep. Ye Laosan took his bedding and went to sleep on the threshing ground, watching the wheat at night.

Another day of harvesting lasted until the three acres of land of Ye Laosan's family were harvested. Ye Qing did not go to pick up wheat ears, but stayed in the threshing ground to watch the wheat and drive away birds.

The wheat of the Ye family was ripe, and several families went to help Ye Qing's family harvest the wheat.

"Seventh Brother, help me look after the wheat. I'll go back and make you some delicious food."

"Qingya, please go quickly. I can do it alone."

When Ye Qing returned home, Li was making pancakes. They were thick and soft, and looked very appetizing.

The snails have been spitting out sand for a day, so wash the leaves and take them out of the basin.

Ye Qing boiled some water, poured the snails in to blanch them, and waited until all the snails opened before taking them out.

He scooped out another spoonful of oil from the oil can. Usually, only a little oil was used when cooking, but today Ye Qing put in more.

When the oil is hot, add ginger, garlic and chili and stir-fry, then add the washed snails and bring to a boil over high heat.

Add some salt and soy sauce, simmer for a while, and cook over high heat until the sauce thickens. The delicious aroma will come out.

"Qingya, what did you make? It smells so good." Li was making pancakes outside and couldn't sit still anymore, so she got up and walked towards the kitchen.

Ye Qing picked up a few snails and put them in the bowl, "Grandma, try it and see how it tastes."

Li couldn't wait to take one and put it in his mouth and sucked it, "It's so delicious, the juice is very fresh, and the snail meat is very chewy and tender."

Ye Qing also picked up one and took a deep breath. The meat came out. It was tender and delicious.

Ye Qing fried a large pot of it, enough for the whole family.

Ye Qing went to the vegetable garden and picked some cucumbers and eggplants. He smashed a few cucumbers and ate them with the seasoning. He also steamed the eggplants and ate them with the seasoning after they were steamed.

It's hot and I've done hard work, so I want to eat something refreshing.

Ye Qing took the rabbit that he had killed in the morning and blanched it in boiling water first.

Fry it in oil, then stew it in water and put some side dishes in it.

The meal was ready, and Old Man Ye came back to deliver the wheat, which he put on the ox cart and took over.

Ye Qing brought some to Ye Qilang, "Brother, is it delicious?"

Ye Qilang first ate a piece of rabbit meat, which was slightly spicy and full of meaty aroma. He tried to pick up a snail and took a bite.

It was a bit spicy, and he ate it while exhaling: "So spicy! So fragrant! So delicious." "Qingya, it's so delicious. I wasted it before. I'll go pick up some snails later and let my mother cook them for me."

"It would taste better with some sesame oil. I don't have any sesame oil at home, so I didn't add it this time." Ye Qing was savoring the taste of the snails.

Ye Qilang was reluctant to finish the last one, "Qingya, you watch over the wheat, I'll go pick up some more, and we'll share what we pick up."

Ye Qing was tired after cooking for so many people, so he just waved his hand and let Ye Qilang go.

In the evening, the people who were harvesting wheat came back, still discussing the snails they had for lunch.

"Qingya, how do you cook snails? I've made them before, and they're not tasty at all, they're all sand." Shen couldn't help but ask.

"Second Aunt, put it in a basin first to spit out the sand. Once it's all spitted out, blanch it in water and then use ginger and peppercorns to remove the fishy smell. If conditions permit, add some wine, it will taste even better."

"There are so many tricks to cooking a snail. No wonder my cooking is not tasty."

"Qingya, I picked up a lot of snails. Let's cook them tomorrow." Ye Dalang walked in from outside with his younger brothers.

When they came back from harvesting wheat, they went to the river to pick up the wheat. No one was picking wheat in the An River behind the house, so they could just pick up a basket.

They picked snails and took a bath together. When the weather was hot, the kids in the village all took a bath in the river.

Ye Dalang was holding a fish in his hand, which he had caught while picking snails just now.

Ye Qing took the snails, poured them all into the basin, and added some salt so that they could be spit out more cleanly.

Ye Qing helped Zhou cook fish soup and made a few vegetarian dishes. They had a very satisfying meal.

The summer harvest was still going on, and the family members were visibly losing weight. Ye Qing was anxious and thought of ways to provide nourishment for his family.

Every day we boiled a basket of chicken and duck eggs and took them to the fields to eat as we pleased. We also killed a few rabbits to ensure that there were meat and vegetables for every meal.

Old Man Ye took on the job of delivering chicken eggs and duck eggs in the city. After delivering the eggs in the ox cart, he went to the fields to transport wheat straw.

It took six or seven days to harvest the wheat of the three families. The families finally breathed a sigh of relief, as the food had been transported back and they would have food to eat this year.

The wheat was harvested and almost dried. Ye Laoda used an ox to pull a stone roller to press the wheat back and forth, and then used a fork to put the wheat stalks together and brought them back home in a pile.

When throwing wheat grains into the air with a wooden shovel, the wheat awns are blown away by the wind and the wheat grains fall vertically.

Finally, the wheat grains are dried and can be collected and stored.

After the three brothers of the Ye family finished harvesting the grain, they went to help the Sun family. The Sun family had few people and little land, so they finished the work in one afternoon.

Boom ~ boom ~ boom

The gong in the village rang, and Boss Ye pushed the prepared wheat over. The county came to collect taxes after the summer harvest.

This year, as the refugees from famine had just settled down, the county government reduced taxes to one-fifteen.

The Ye family had three acres of land, and one acre could yield two stone of grain. After paying taxes, there were only more than 600 kilograms left in the family.

There are eight people in the family, and each of them weighs only about 80 kilograms, which is not enough to eat for a year.

For the first time, Ye Qing clearly felt how low the per-acre yield was in ancient times. This amount of food was not enough for the villagers to survive.

Ye Qing thought about the three acres of paddy fields and wasteland at home, and his worries about food became much less.

The family borrowed grain from the county government, and Boss Ye decided to pay back half first and the rest next year.

After the summer harvest, Ye Qing's rabbits gave birth to baby rabbits again. There are more than fifty rabbits now. By winter, there will be more than a hundred.

The chickens, ducks and geese at home eat well and lay eggs frequently. In addition to the more than 600 eggs given away, there are still more than 20 eggs left at home.

Li pickled the remaining eggs. Since the chickens and ducks did not lay eggs in the winter, they still had some to eat.

"Qingya, our family has picked up too many snails these days. What should we do if we can't finish eating them?" Ye Erlang looked at the basins and buckets in the house that were full of snails and felt a little worried.