The happy little days of the Ye family

This summer harvest can be considered a bumper harvest for the Ye family. The four adults of the Ye family are happily planning the harvest.

The Ye family raised 6 pigs and a lot of poultry, so the Ye family never lacked fertilizer. With enough fertilizer and proper care of Ye Lao Ye, the yield of the fields at home is quite good.

The paddy field at home is high-quality fertile land. A total of 3 kilograms of rice was harvested from the 1500 acres of paddy field.

The price of husked rice at the grain store in the town is 6 cents per catty, and the price of polished rice after shelling is 10 cents per catty.

This 1500 kilograms of rice would be worth 9 taels of silver if converted into money, but the farmers have to keep the food for their own consumption, especially the Ye family, as they can all eat it.

The land of the Ye family is also good land. From 2 acres of corn, a total of 1600 kilograms of corn cobs were harvested.

Corn is a coarse grain, and grain shops sell corn kernels and cornmeal. Corn kernels cost 4 cents, and cornmeal costs 6 cents per pound.

If these 1600 kilograms of corn cobs were exchanged for silver, they would be sold for more than three taels of silver.

The Ye family has a rule that half of the money earned is handed over to the public, and the remaining half is yours.

The fields at home are mainly managed by Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye, so the grain has to be converted into silver, and Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye get 3%.

The grain harvested in the summer was converted into silver, and Mrs. Ye received 3 taels and 6 taels of silver, which was the private money of the old couple.

All four adults in the Ye family can make money, and half of the money they earn goes to the public school. The family's daily expenses, as well as the expenses for Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin's schooling, all come from the public school.

The remaining half belongs to your own private money. As the saying goes, you don't have to worry when you have money. The old couple has money, and they are not worried about their son and daughter-in-law being unfilial. They are confident.

The son and daughter-in-law have money in their hands, so they will naturally not care about what the old couple has. If they buy something from time to time to be filial to the elderly, there will naturally be less friction in the family.

There are 4 acres of soybeans, 4 acres of corn and 2 acres of sweet potatoes planted in Xiaohoushan. The fertility of the wasteland is insufficient, so the yields of soybeans and corn are not high.

4亩的黄豆一共收了1000斤豆子，1000斤的豆子榨了208斤的豆油，卖掉后赚了5262文。

A total of 4 kilograms of corn cobs were harvested from 2500 acres of corn. Fortunately, there was a donkey at home. Father Ye spent a lot of time grinding the corn into cornmeal. The cornmeal sold for a total of 8200 wen.

The grain in Xiaohoushan was sold for a total of 13 taels, 462 cents. Mr. Ye got 3%, Father Ye got 2%, and half went to the public.

Old Mrs. Ye: "This summer's harvest has been pretty good. Now there are 1500 kilograms of rice, 1600 kilograms of corn cobs and a cellar full of sweet potatoes in the cellar."

Food is the lifeblood of farmers. The food at home is enough for the family to eat until next year. Several people in the room have bright smiles on their faces.

Old Mrs. Ye then said: "The grain in Xiaohoushan was sold for a total of 13 taels and 462 cents. We, the old couple, got 3%, and you, the young couple, got 2%. In addition to the income from our own fields, we, the old couple, got 7 taels and 6 cents." Silver, you two will share 2 taels, 692 cents."

Old Mrs. Ye took the silver out of the box. The larger portion was for herself and the smaller portion was given to Ye's mother.

Ye Mu happily accepted the money from Mrs. Ye. She had a lot of money in her hands. Plus the money from this summer harvest, Ye Donglin already had enough money to marry a wife. Later, she had to save Ye Qingqing's dowry. .

One summer harvest, Mrs. Ye received 7 taels and 6 taels of silver. For several days, Mrs. Ye never lowered her lips.

Mr. Ye: "In previous years, the company's money and property were calculated once at the end of the year. This year, there are more mountain goods sales in Xiaohoushan and the harvest business. From now on, we will calculate it once every six months."

Neither Ye's father nor Ye's mother have any objections to this. In the past, the family did not have much income, and the income and expenses were clear at a glance. There have been so many more transactions this year, so it would be better to take stock early.

Mr. Ye: "Now we have 6 and a half big pigs, 3 acres of top-grade paddy fields, 2 acres of top-grade land, and 5 acres of low-grade sandy land. This year we have added a small back mountain and a donkey."

"Now there are 50 acres of honeysuckle in Xiaohou Mountain. These honeysuckles can be picked in late spring next year. Remember to find a pharmacist who harvests honeysuckle in advance for a good harvest. If you are able, help the people in the village."

Father Ye: "I have already said hello to the shopkeeper of Tongji Pharmacy, the largest pharmacy in the county. Their owner has pharmacies in the provincial capital and other counties. There is no problem in eating our honeysuckle."

"Although every household in the village has planted honeysuckle, they only plant it in yards and vegetable gardens. The quantity is not large. They can be sold at the dock or other drug stores. The village chief's house has a lot of honeysuckle. I have limited abilities and can't do anything about it. ah."

Mr. Ye: "If you can, help the honeysuckles in the village. You don't have to worry about the village chief's family. Your Brother Xia has been a shopkeeper in the county for so many years, and his connections are wider than yours."

Mr. Ye: "In addition to honeysuckle, Xiaohoushan also has more than 30 new jujube trees and several persimmon trees this year. They are all two-year-old fruit trees. They should be able to bear fruit next year."

"The seeds of the jujube tree are made into red dates, and the persimmons are made into persimmon cakes, which should be sold for a lot of money." Father Ye said with a smile.

"There is also honey. We have kept five boxes of bees at home for nearly two months. Can we harvest the honey?" Mrs. Ye asked.

The three greedy cats at home asked questions all day long, and whether they bothered Mrs. Ye or not, she was annoyed by the questions.

"It should be possible to harvest honey. If the weather is good tomorrow, let's take a look at the beehives at home. There are many fruit trees in the village, so there should be a lot of honey." Finally, we can harvest honey. Father Ye is very happy.

Mr. Ye: "There are about 15 acres of land in Xiaohoushan. 5 acres of corn have been planted. Will the remaining 10 acres be planted with rapeseed?"

"Yes, when autumn starts in a few days, we will plant 5 acres first, and then plant the remaining 5 acres in late autumn, so that there will be rapeseed flowers to collect nectar from late autumn to early spring." Father Ye had already planned it.

Rapeseed can not only produce rapeseed nectar, but rapeseed can also extract oil. It is more cost-effective than planting soybeans, and it is too late to plant soybeans now.

"There are too many sweet potatoes at home, and there are eight to nine hundred pounds of bean dregs. Do we want to raise a few more pigs?" Old Mrs. Ye asked.

Father Ye thinks this is a good idea, "Someone in Fangjia Village raises an old sow that has given birth to cubs. I heard that she gave birth to 8 piglets some time ago. I will go and catch a few more piglets."

The bacon in Dashan Village sells well, but the quantity is not large. After all, wild boars are difficult to hunt. Father Ye wants to try using the pigs raised at home to make bacon.

Wild boar has a strong smell and the meat is relatively hard. It would definitely be more delicious if domestic pigs were used to make bacon.

"I heard from merchants at the dock that pigs fed with soybeans grow very fast and have more fat."

"If it is really useful, we can use bean dregs to feed pigs in the future, and we can grow less sweet potatoes at home. 1 cent of bean dregs can weigh 10 kilograms, which is better than feeding sweet potatoes."

Bean dregs are cheap. Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye have no objection to feeding pigs with bean dregs. They just don’t know if pigs fed with bean dregs really grow faster.