In fact, without Ye Yuran's instructions at all, Zhu Da, Zhu Er, Zhu San, Zhu Si, and Zhu Wu got up after their nap, eager to continue digging sweet potatoes up the mountain.

This morning's harvest gave them a special sense of accomplishment.

Old Man Zhu didn't worry about his family's land, so he didn't go.

"You guys, go ahead. Those from the elder's family, the second child's family, the fourth child's family, and the fifth child's family should stay at home. There is such a big pile to clean up. I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it for a while." Ye

Yu Ran made the decision directly.

Because Mrs. Li had a big belly, she asked her to sit on a small stool and pick out the dug sweet potatoes. Mrs. Liu was responsible for fetching water and washing the broken sweet potatoes. Ms. Lin was responsible for slicing the washed sweet potatoes. Zhu Bamei was responsible for slicing the washed sweet potatoes.

Put them in different baskets.

As for Dabao and Erbao, Ye Yuran sent him away and took Zhu Qi to the creek to get snails.

Ye Yuran couldn't remember where he had seen it. It seemed that things like snails could be used as feed for chickens and pigs.

She didn't know if this thing would work, but no matter how small the snails were, they were still meat. If they were as big as a little finger, they could be smashed with a stone and the meat inside could be picked out and used as vegetable worms to feed chickens.

In this era, every household will raise a few chickens. Basically, they don’t feed them at home, and they let them all out to eat outside.

Everyone seems to think that - chickens still need to be fed, why don't they just let them find food on their own?

Ye Yuran didn't know how the free-range chickens hunted. Anyway, she only knew that there were about ten chickens in Zhu's family, and only two or three could lay eggs, not every one in the world.

If the hens don't lay eggs, they either don't want to hatch them, or they don't have enough nutrition to give birth. Zhu's chickens don't have enough nutrition when they can't hatch eggs.

Ye Yuran didn't have that much experience, so he could only cross the river gropingly.

She didn't dare to give up the idea of ​​pigs. After all, she still couldn't fill her stomach. Feeding pigs with feed or grain like in modern times was not possible given the current situation of the Zhu family.

Even if we want to experiment, I'm afraid we have to wait until tomorrow, when the Zhu family starts harvesting sweet potatoes.

"Mom, this basket is full." Mrs. Li quickly filled a basket with whole sweet potatoes.

"Then you pick up one." Ye Yuran carried the full basket back to his room and found a place by the corner to put it down.

She also imitated the original owner and counted the numbers so that she knew what she was doing.

When I came out of the house, I washed and cut them into slices, and the basket was full.

Mrs. Lin reminded: "Mom, we have a basket full here too."

"Drag out the mat on which the millet is usually dried and dry it on it," Ye Yuran said.

"Mom, I don't know where to put the mat for drying corn."

As soon as Ms. Lin finished speaking, Ms. Li stood up and said, "Mom, I know, I'll go get it."

"Sit still, I'll go to my second brother's house." Ye Yuran said.

"Yes, mother." Mrs. Liu lowered her head, responded, and went to the utility room at the back to get an old mat.

This kind of mat for drying millet is made by our own family and is available in almost every household. It is usually only taken out during the autumn harvest and is usually kept away.

After a while, Mrs. Liu came out with two bundles in her arms: "Mother, where is the shop?"

Ye Yuran looked at the yard and pointed to the side of the backyard so as not to block everyone's way.

Mrs. Lin hurried over to help, helped Mr. Liu lay it out, and together they dried the sliced ​​sweet potatoes.

Zhu Bamei's arm was a little sore from the cut, so she quickly ran over to help dry it and do some exercise.

Ye Yuran saw Zhu Bamei being lazy openly and did not say anything.

She also knew that Zhu Bamei didn't do much work at ordinary times, but now it was great to be able to squat here and help cut sweet potato slices, and she didn't force her to "get it right in one step".

The work of training is arduous and has a long way to go.

With just two loads, the women at home were busy working for most of the afternoon.

After it was over, no one's arms were sore, except for Ye Yuran. Because she was the commander-in-chief, she moved her mouth more than her arms.

Did Zhu Da, Zhu Er and the others gain something from going up the mountain?

It was a pity that apart from picking a few loads of firewood and grabbing a few handfuls of wild vegetables, they really didn't find any sweet potatoes.

Zhu Si had to sigh: "My mother is lucky. It's rare to go up the mountain and find something to eat."

"Yes, my mother is very lucky. I met her by chance." Zhu San said, "Is it possible that my mother refused to go out in the afternoon? She must have guessed that this thing is difficult to find, so she didn't want to go out.

"

"Isn't this normal? If this thing is so easy to find, the people in the village would have discovered it long ago. Why would they wait until my mother?"

…

After the daughters-in-law finished their work, Ye Yuran didn't order them anymore and asked them to go back to their houses to rest. She took care of tonight's night.

When Mrs. Li heard that her mother-in-law was in charge of dinner, her eyes immediately lit up: "Mom, what are you cooking for dinner?!"

Ye Yuran glanced at her: "You only know how to eat. Don't you have anything else to do besides eating?"

"Hey! What else can we look forward to these days besides eating? Mom, just tell me, what can you do?" Li moved her arms with a playful smile on her face.

"It's nothing. Didn't you pick red fruits in the morning? In the evening, I will teach you how to make jam, make some egg drop soup, and make some cakes." Ye Yuran calculated that the eggs that the original owner had saved would not be exchanged for money.

, The Zhu family is so thin, so they should stay and take care of themselves.

The body is the capital of revolution. In order to save a few pennies, if everyone's body is worn down, then the gain will outweigh the loss.

"Egg drop soup?! Really, mother, you are so kind!" Ms. Li was extremely happy.

"The few eggs in your room will be sent to my room later. I will add two more eggs and make a few bowls of egg drop soup for everyone, one for each person."

Hearing Ye Yuran say this, not only Mrs. Li was happy, but the expressions of the other daughters-in-law also became more relaxed.

You are not afraid of working, but you are afraid that you will not have anything to eat after working. There is no contrast between effort and reward, and the more you work, the less motivated you will be.

"Boss, please don't go up the mountain to collect pig grass. Feed the pigs from Lao Wu's family today." Ye Yuran turned around and said to Lin, "The sweet potato leaves and vines picked out by Lao Wu's family are all

You can feed the pigs, chop them into pieces, and let Bamei feed them with you. Bamei, do you hear me?"

Zhu Bamei didn't expect that this matter could happen to her, and her face changed slightly: "Mom, I've never fed her before."

She felt very upset. When her mother and fourth sister-in-law were talking just now, she had a gentle attitude. Why did she act like a different person when she turned to her? How could she be so annoying?

"So you haven't fed me before, so you have to learn to feed me now. What if you don't know anything and entered the Gaomen compound before? You don't think that there is no one in charge of washing the toilet in the Gaomen compound.

Are you rushing into the latrine? If you don't practice some physical strength, what will you do if you are assigned to dirty work?"

Zhu Bamei was unconvinced: "How can such a coincidence happen? Just give my eggs to everyone to eat, and let me do such dirty and tiring work. Are you still not my mother?"

"I'm not your mother, so I will consider it for you?" Ye Yuran said, "Feeding a pig is just dirty work, so your sisters-in-law do it every day, why didn't they say anything?"

"That's because you are the mother-in-law."

"Haha! You also know that I am the mother-in-law? You still think that you don't have to get married and you don't have to face your mother-in-law for the rest of your life. You can't even bear the hardships that your sisters-in-law have endured, so I really don't dare to marry you off.

"Don't let her get married and cause harm to other people's families. That would be her sin.

Ye Yuran really felt that if Zhu Bamei was not trained well, she could just marry Zhu Bamei to any family she had a grudge against, and her revenge would definitely be avenged.
Chapter completed!