Chapter 11 Who doesn't want to see
After half past the hour of Xu (8 p.m.), the Ye family went back to their rooms to sleep in order to save lamp oil.
At this moment, a cry suddenly came from outside.
"Oh, isn't this Black Dog Bitten's voice?" Old Mrs. Ye turned over and got up from the bed.
She exchanged a glance with Old Man Ye, then put on her clothes and walked out the door.
I saw a woman in her fifties walking on the road crying, and Doctor Zhao followed behind her holding a lantern.
"Black Dog Mother, Doctor Zhao, what's going on?" Old Lady Ye stepped forward and asked.
"Liu Heigou was so hungry that he ate some poisonous roots and got poisoned! I'll go see him now." Doctor Zhao said, shaking his head.
"What?" Old Man Ye was surprised. "He needs to be fed with manure!"
At this time, the neighbors heard the noise and came out.
Zhao Facai, an old man who lived next door, said anxiously, "I'll go scoop the manure right away. Brother Youtian, you have experience in this matter. Let's all go and help."
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Old Man Ye and his wife hurriedly followed. Old Man Ye’s real name is Ye Youtian.
Zhao Facai went back to his own toilet and scooped up a large bucket full of manure, then chased after him in a hurry, leaving behind an indescribable smell.
Ye Daquan and Ye Erquan hurried out the door, not forgetting to turn back and shout towards Ye Caiping's room: "Little sister, are you going?"
"No." Ye Caiping stood in front of the window.
Brother Ye Daquan turned around and ran away, and in order to watch the fun, he even lost one of his shoes on the way.
Ye Caiping covered her nose, closed the window, and shook her head and sighed at her two daughters: "Really? Why did you eat such a poisonous root when you were fine?"
The memory in my head is incomplete, and only some of it will come out after a sudden blow.
She had no memory of the poisonous root in her mind, so she had to rely on her two daughters' words.
Ye Jin'er said, "Many people are hungry this year. We are lucky to have rice bran porridge to eat."
Seeing that they were still not fooled, Ye Caiping said seriously:
“No matter how hungry you are, you can’t be like Liu Heigou and stuff everything into your mouth. Just like this poisonous root, let me test you, what does it look like?”
"I know!" Ye Huan'er raised her little hand. "It's as tall as a person, and its leaves have five, six or seven petals. The roots growing underground are big and long. I heard that it's soft and sticky when cooked, but it's poisonous. Eating it will kill you!"
Ye Jiner nodded: "Grandma said that there was a famine before, and Uncle Sanquan was so hungry that he ate poisonous roots and almost died. It was Grandpa who fed him feces, and he vomited for most of the day before he was able to save his life."
Ye Sanquan is the son of Ye Ershu and the cousin of Ye Caiping.
Ye Caiping was so excited when she heard what her two daughters said that she almost jumped up. It was bitter cassava!
Because the people here don’t know how to prepare it, you will be poisoned once you eat it!
But she'll handle it!
Thinking of this, Ye Caiping's eyes lit up. With cassava, the family would no longer have to go hungry!
By then, I can still get some capital to do business!
Tomorrow, she must go up the mountain!
It was not until midnight that Old Man Ye, Old Lady Ye and the Ye Daquan brothers came back, all smelly.
"Everything is fine, why are you joining in the fun? We need to boil water and wash things, how much firewood will be wasted!" Old man Ye cursed as he pushed open the door.
Ye Daquan and his brothers followed behind, their heads and faces were splashed with manure. They shrank their necks and dared not make a sound, but they were thinking in their hearts: That's raw manure, who wouldn't like to see it!
Ye Caiping walked out of the room with her clothes on, and couldn't help but twitch her lips. What a pair of perfect match!
Ye Peng also ran out of the house: "Grandpa, is Uncle Black Dog okay?"
Ye Peng originally wanted to be the first to eat the melons, but Ye Erquan didn't allow him to go. It made him feel itchy.
"He was given the medicine just in time, and he vomited it all out. The doctor said he had saved his life and prescribed some croton seeds. He will be fine after a few days of diarrhea." Old Man Ye said, "Go and boil some water."
The person who was pouring manure was Old Man Ye, so he was the dirtiest.
"My mother and I have already cooked it, Grandpa, go and wash it!"
After working for an hour, Old Man Ye and his companions finished washing, and the family went to bed.
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The next day, when Ye Caiping got up, her two daughters were no longer in the room.
Ye Caiping opened the cloth on her forehead and looked in the mirror.
I saw that the wound had formed a thick scab, and the headache and dizziness were gone, so it seemed that he was recovering well.
After Ye Caiping applied iodine to herself, she changed the cloth strip and wrapped it up again.
Then he took the household registration book and went to the headman's house.
The headman’s house is the only blue brick and tile house in the village, and there is a cow in the house.
In addition to plowing the fields, this cow is usually used as a ox cart.
Ye Bajin, the son of the village head, would drive an ox cart to take villagers in and out every day to earn some money by running errands.
Ye Li was sitting at the door smoking a hookah. When he saw her, he looked up and said, "Come on, come on, come in."
Ye Caiping followed him into the main room.
There were already some documents on the table, and Ye Caiping took out the household registration book.
"Village head, I would like to ask, if I want to open a female household, what are the conditions?" Ye Caiping said.
"Female household?" Ye Lizheng stopped writing, looking surprised. "Well... women can't open a household account on their own. Unless all the men in the husband's family are dead, or the husband dies and the family is separated with the daughter, then they can open a household account on their own."
"If a woman is divorced or divorced, her household registration will be returned to her parents' home, unless both her parents and brothers are dead."
Ye Caiping frowned: "Is there no other way?"
"At least not here."
Ye Caiping understood that as low-level farmers, they had little influence and could only live according to the system.
But there are always exceptions, they just can't access them.
"Why are you asking about this woman? Don't tell me you don't want to get married. How can a woman not get married?"
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "I'm just asking out of curiosity."
Ye Lizheng nodded and handed the household registration book to Ye Caiping: "It's done."
"Thank you, Uncle Li Zheng."
Just as Ye Caiping was about to leave, she saw the village head's wife walk in with a bowl of porridge and pickles in her hands: "Caiping, eat something before you leave."
Ye Caiping was startled: "No, no, no."
"You are still injured. You should at least eat some rice porridge to recuperate." The village head's wife put the porridge and pickled vegetables on the table:
"I made an agreement with your father yesterday that you should come here every morning to eat a bowl of rice porridge to nourish your body. It's just something I made casually, so it's nothing."
Ye Lizheng nodded: "Eat quickly!"
Ye Caiping had no choice. If she refused, it would alarm a lot of people, so she could only say:
"Thank you, uncle and aunt, the village head. My injury has healed a lot, and I can jump around as usual. Please don't make it for me tomorrow, or it will waste food."
The village head's wife grumbled, "We have to eat for two more days at least. It's settled."
After saying this, he left the hall without giving Ye Caiping a chance to refuse.
Ye Caiping picked up the spoon and was a little surprised. The rice porridge was thick and fragrant, and there was even an egg beaten in it!
Although in her mind, eggs are nothing. But in this era and year, it is an extremely precious food for farmers.
Ye Caiping felt a little warm in her heart. She remembered the kindness of the village head and his wife.
After eating, Ye Caiping left.
The village head's wife looked at the direction she left and couldn't help but sigh: "This girl Caiping looks really changed a lot."
Ye Lizheng, who was sitting under the eaves smoking a water pipe, hummed.
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