When Ye Yaodong handed them two small boats like presenting treasures and told them that they could let them float on the water for fun, they stopped working.
They all ran away in an instant!
Ye's mother rolled her eyes at him and said, "What a mess! Everyone has run away and you are the one who has to peel them off."
"There's not much left. I'll peel it if I can."
"They are in their 20s, but they haven't grown up yet, and they are still messing around with them..."
After muttering something, Ye's mother went into the house to get a knife and a chopping board. She wanted to cut all the bamboo shoots, then sprinkle some salt on them and put them in the pot to cook.
After cooking, take out the bamboo shoots and put them in a basket, put heavy objects on top to remove the moisture from the bamboo shoots, and then dry them in the sun.
There were no refrigerators in those days, so they could only preserve the bamboo shoots by drying them in the sun. Otherwise, after cooking them, they would pack them up in portions and freeze them in the refrigerator. When they wanted to eat them, they could just thaw them and fry them.
"When we go up the mountain later, dig some more and bring it back. This won't go bad if we dry it."
"Got it. I'll send Ayuan and Chenghu to look for them when the time comes."
After peeling the bamboo shoots, Ye Yaodong gave the branches to his mother to tie them up, and then called Lin Guangyuan and Ye Chenghu to go up the mountain. They were his good helpers!
But Ye Chengyang was abandoned again and cried heartbreakingly at home. Fortunately, there were Loquat and Li Zi, and they stopped him from crying before he could even cry a few more times.
In the afternoon, after Ye Yaodong had almost finished cutting the branches, he handed them over to his father. He couldn't stand the urging of the two boys, so he had to take them to pick wild peaches first.
As soon as the two children got up the mountain, they started looking for bamboo shoots everywhere after receiving the order. After filling the two sacks, they had nothing to do and thought about picking fruits.
As a result, before he got close, he found someone watching him. After hesitating for a while, he had to return empty-handed and torture him.
Ye Yaodong could no longer bear it, "It will be ready soon, why are you rushing me? Let's go..."
"Uncle San~Uncle San~where are you?"
"Huh?"
"It's Brother Hai and the others!"
Lin Guangyuan and Ye Chenghu were instantly surprised, and ran towards the road, responding loudly.
In a short while, the team of one to two grew stronger.
Ye Yaodong looked at the group of children behind him and said, "You guys are so active that you ran up the mountain right after school. How did you know I was on this mountain? Why don't you go to your dad's place?"
"No, it's not fun to follow my dad and the others."
"Ayuan said at noon that you were on this mountain."
"Uncle San, you guys are not going back yet, are you?"
Ye Chenghu said happily: "We were just about to go pick wild peaches. You guys came just in time."
"Go, go, go~ Hurry up, or we'll have to go back to eat soon."
It doesn’t matter whether he lets go two sheep or a flock of sheep. Ye Yaodong doesn’t care.
"Hurry up and keep up with the main force!"
The people who were watching the fruit trees on the mountain saw that they were all staring at them vigilantly, and they never left their sight from the time they entered their sight until they left their sight.
“Hehe… I’ll come back next time!”
"The fruits are almost ready for harvest, and there are people watching over the mountain every day. Forget it."
Ye Yaodong brought them to the two wild peach trees that Ye's father pointed out. Before he could give any orders, the children behind him had already climbed up the trees, crying.
He had no choice but to spread out the sack under the tree and said, "Be careful not to break the branches. We will have to come back next year."
"Uncle San, I thought you would tell us to be careful and not fall."
"Wouldn't it be better if you fell? If your arm is broken or your leg is lame, you don't have to go to school."
"Hahaha~ That makes sense!" Lin Guangyuan laughed, "Ye Chenghai, do you want to give it a try? If you succeed, you can play at home for many days."
"Get lost!"
The wild peaches were very hard, and they were thrown into the sack like balls, hitting Ye Yaodong from time to time.
"Ye Chenghai, I have no reason to suspect that you are seeking revenge for personal gain. It's understandable if you hit me in the chest, but you went too far if you hit me on the forehead!"
"Ahahaha, I'm sorry, Uncle San, I didn't mean it!"
"Whoever hits me again will have to come down and hold the sack. It's my turn. I'll hit you hard and make you all look swollen."
"Uncle San, I really didn't mean it. You have to believe me."
Ye Yaodong looked at him threateningly.
After that, the accuracy got much better.
Because they were ownerless, everyone enjoyed picking them and had fun with them without having to worry about running away at any time.
"Don't pick them all. Pick the ones with red butts. Come back for the rest in a few days. Otherwise, you won't be able to finish them and they will go bad."
"More..."
They haven't had enough fun yet.
"That's enough, it's time to go back."
After his repeated urging, they reluctantly came down from the tree one by one. Not only the boys were naughty, but the three girls in the family were also very naughty. After climbing up the tree, they all felt a little reluctant to leave.
Ye Yaodong shook the sack and felt that it was more than 20 kilograms. "We picked so much, can you eat it all?"
"We can take it to school and eat it!"
"Be careful not to eat too much and you may have diarrhea!"
"Just bring a newspaper~"
"Do you have a newspaper at home?"
"You have!" Ye Chenghai said as a matter of course.
“No!”
"Then I'll use leaves."
Ye Yaodong sneered, "You wiped your butt with leaves, and the more you wipe, the dirtier it gets."
"What do you care about me? I can also scrape with bamboo sticks! With straw!"
"I don't care about you. You have nothing to do with me even if you use your fingers. Walk faster. You are so slow. You have only walked a few steps, but you are talking so much..."
"We have to go back so soon..."
…
We had just played in the mountain for a while and now it was time to go down again. Everyone was reluctant to leave, and they pulled the flowers and plants on the roadside as they walked. Ye Yaodong urged them on like a duck.
When he returned home, he found that his elder and second brothers had also learned their lesson in the afternoon. They not only brought back several bundles of branches, but also brought back two sacks of bamboo shoots.
"Ah! Dad, did you guys pull out the bamboo shoots too?"
Mrs. Ye hit his calf with the bamboo shoot in her hand, and the bamboo shoot broke into two pieces.
"Your father said he didn't see you in the mountains. I thought you were taken away by wolves."
"Hey, we went to see Uncle San! We picked a lot of wild peaches!"
"Why don't you just be your third uncle's son?"
"That won't work!" Ye Yaodong and Ye Chenghai refused in unison.
"Uncle San is always trying to trick me!"
"You're so stupid, I despise you!"
Ye Chenghai rolled his eyes. Seeing Ye's mother using a washbasin to pour out the wild peaches, he hurried back to the house to get a washbasin.
The family poured a basin of water and shared some among them. Then Ye's mother took the rest to wash, wiped it clean, sprinkled some salt on it, and brought it out.
Pure natural wild peaches, without pesticides and genetically modified organisms, absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and are nourished by heaven and earth. They are rich in nutrients. Women who eat them will have pretty faces, and men who eat them will become strong and powerful.
Although the taste is slightly sour, the salt on the surface balances it out and you can still taste its sweetness after chewing it a few more times, especially when you bite into it, the core is red and the peach pit is not attached to the peach flesh.
After eating, the peach pit is clean and without any meat on it. People with obsessive-compulsive disorder will feel very comfortable when seeing this!
The flesh closer to the pit is sweeter.
"tasty!"
“It’s just too small.”
“Wild peaches are small.”
There are many people in the family, and each person caught a few, and they were all gone in no time.
Lin Xiuqing in the house also knew that they were eating wild peaches, but unfortunately she couldn't eat them.
At this time, Ye Yaodong also brought in a bowl of fruit, including wild peaches, loquats, and plums, and placed it in front of her.
"What do you want to eat?"
"I can't eat it!"
"It's okay. I'll eat it for you to see and tell you what it tastes like."
Lin Xiuqing looked at him speechlessly, "Let's go out and eat."
"I've just eaten a lot of peaches and some plums, so how about starting with loquats? Loquats are quite sweet, but unfortunately by the time you're out of confinement, loquats will be out of season, and they don't taste good at that time..." He started peeling the fruit while talking to himself.
Lin Xiuqing looked at him with a mixture of laughter and tears, and kicked him, "Get lost, you knew I couldn't eat it, but you still brought it to me on purpose."
Ye Yaodong grinned and put the peeled loquat to her nose, letting her smell it. "Even if you can't eat it, it tastes good. Look, it's orange, and once you peel the skin, it will show through. It must be sweet!"
"Bullshit, it rained yesterday, it can't be sweet!"
“That’s not necessarily true!”
She changed the subject, "Have you tied up all the branches? You still have time to eat here."
"I took it back this morning. Mom has almost finished tying it up. I'll continue working after dinner."
"Fortunately, it rained last night and we couldn't go out to sea, otherwise we would have wasted a day. The sun was very bright during the day yesterday and the sandworms were dry."
"It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. I don't know if it will rain tonight, but it's good to get everything done before going to bed. Let's see how the squid harvest is in the next few days. If there are a lot, save some to dry in the sun. It's better for you to eat some squid jerky during the confinement period. You will have to get sterilized after the confinement period, so you need to replenish your body."
"No, you can sell them all for money. I eat delicious food every day. It's either fish or shrimp, or stewed pork feet with soybeans, pork liver and pork kidneys. That's enough. Don't keep the sea cucumbers either. It makes me sad to eat them. The old lady didn't eat a single bite either."
"That's fine."
Ye Yaodong ate a loquat and stopped moving. He played with her for a while, put the fruit aside, and started kissing his daughter again.
It has a milky flavor and is very meaty.
But Ye Xiaoxi was a little uncooperative, frowning and turning to the other side.
"She just fell asleep, don't touch her, she hasn't been shaved clean, you might prick her."
He touched his chin and it seemed a little prickly.
"Okay, then I'll go to work. The sooner I finish, the sooner I can go to bed."
"Take that bowl of fruit away."
"It's okay. It's nice to leave it there and smell the fruity scent. The whole house smells like milk."
At this point, he smiled wickedly and stretched out his hand, "Are your breasts swollen today? Do you want me to help you? Otherwise, my mother will be here at night, and I won't be able to help you."
Lin Xiuqing slapped his hand away and said unhappily, "Your daughter just fell asleep after feeding, so she won't swell."
“But I think it’s pretty big!”
Lin Xiuqing glared at him and ignored him.
"What a pity. If you need me, call me. I'll be there anytime."
"Get to work."
"All right."
Ye Yaodong kissed her face and Ye Xiaoxi's forehead before leaving.