At this time of year in previous years, the busy spring plowing had just come to an end, and farmers could basically take a few days off before getting back to the busy work.
But this year, the people in Rongxi Village seem to be particularly busy.
As soon as they finished spring plowing, they immediately picked up their backpacks and went up the mountain with the whole family.
In the first few days, we only dug near the village. Later, because there were too many people digging, the dandelions nearby were basically dug up, so we had to go deeper into the mountains or farther away.
Even when Ye Juan'er went to her daughter's house to visit her grandson and granddaughter, she did not forget to bring a backpack with her. On the way back, she dug a lot of dandelions and took them home.
At first, people from other villages didn’t notice it, but after a while, some people inevitably found it strange.
"What happened recently? Did the price of dandelions go up or something?"
"Why the price increase? I just went to the pharmacy a few days ago to ask, and they don't even accept it now!"
"You've come to the wrong place. You have to go to the market to sell it now!"
"The price at the market is the same as last year."
"Have the people in Rongxi Village gone crazy? The whole village is digging dandelions everywhere."
"Who knows?"
Ye Juaner's daughter Ye Jiayue also found it strange, and the villagers kept asking her about it.
She was curious, so she took advantage of the good weather and asked her husband to drive the car and take the children back to her parents' home to find out what was going on.
As the family of four arrived in Rongxi Village, they saw many elderly people gathered under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village. They were basking in the sun, chatting, and busy with their work.
When I got closer, I found that everyone was busy with the same thing, picking dandelions!
"Grandma Wang, what are you doing?" Ye Jiayue asked quickly when she saw an acquaintance.
Old Lady Wang raised the dandelion in her hand and said, "You child, don't you even recognize a dandelion?"
"I do know him, but why are all the villagers picking dandelions?" Ye Jiayue became more and more curious.
"There are people in the village who are buying it. If there's money to be made, why not do it? Who can resist money? Don't you think so?"
While saying this, Old Lady Wang did not stop her hands at all.
Someone nearby smiled and said to Ye Jiayue, "You're still talking about us. Your parents even dug two baskets of food when they came to see you!"
"There is such a thing?" Ye Jiayue vaguely remembered that on the day her parents came, there were indeed several empty backpacks in the car, and they left in a hurry after lunch.
She didn't take it to heart at the time. Could it really be that he was trying to dig dandelions?
She became more and more curious, and hurriedly urged the man, "Hurry up and drive the car. Let's go home and take a look."
The family of four quickly drove to the door of their home, but they found it was locked.
"Mom and Dad aren't at home?"
Ye Jiayue went to knock on the neighbor's door.
There were only two children at home in the neighbor's house.
"Do you still recognize me?" Ye Jiayue chatted with the neighbor's children for a few words before asking, "Do you know where my parents are?"
"They went up to the mountains to pick dandelions!" said the younger child. "Nowadays, adults in the village go to pick dandelions whenever they have nothing to do."
Ye Jiayue became more and more puzzled.
I finally get to go back to my parents' home, but can't I even get through the door?
Fortunately, the older child said, "Why don't you go to Old Ye's house and ask. Your family might have the key there!"
Ye Jiayue had heard Ye Juaner talk about the Ye family before, and she said that they had helped her family a lot.
So when she came back this time, she specially brought something for the Ye family.
No matter whether the key is at Old Ye's house or not, you can just go over and say hello and deliver the things over.
Thinking of this, she asked her two children about the location of Old Ye's house, parked the mule cart in front of her house, and the family of four carried their things and walked directly there.
The yard of Old Ye's house was very lively at this time. The gate was open and many people were coming in and out.
Everyone who went in had something in their hands, and when they came out they all had smiles on their faces.
Ye Jiayue walked over curiously, grabbed an acquaintance and asked, "Auntie Dong, what are you doing?"
"Oh, selling vegetables!" Dong said with a smile, "The Ye family has been collecting dandelions recently. Anyone in the village who has any can come and sell them to them.
"The prices are much better than at the market, and we'll take whatever you have!"
After Dong finished speaking, she realized that the person holding her was not from the village, but Ye Jiayue.
"Jiayue, are you back to your parents' home?
"Your parents are in the house, go in and look for them!"
Ye Jiayue was pushed into the yard by Dong. As soon as she entered the door, she saw a young wife who was a little older than her and dressed very neatly, checking the dandelions brought by the villagers.
"Oh, it's you!
"You always clean everything so well that I don't even need to look closely. I feel relieved just by looking at you..."
The young wife said this, but her hands did not slow down at all as she was flipping through the book.
"Sister-in-law Ye, don't worry, I've come here to sell it several times, I won't fool you."
Having said that, Mrs. Ye San still checked it carefully before turning around and handing it over to Ye Lao Er, who was in charge of weighing.
"Second brother, this one is fine, please weigh it."
Ye Lao Er took the dandelion and weighed it, then said to Old Lady Ye beside him, "Mom, four pounds and three ounces."
"Got it!" Old Mrs. Ye used a charcoal pencil to draw seven vertical lines, four long and three short, on the account book as a record, and then counted out the money and handed it to the person who came to sell vegetables.
Nowadays, Mrs. Ye’s dumpling shop in the city is extremely prosperous. Not only is the shop crowded every day, but many people also go there to buy raw dumplings and take them home to cook.
Previously, the task of collecting dandelions was handled by Boss Ye, but now he is too busy to handle it alone.
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