"If my brother doesn't go, I won't go either." Although Ye Rongan also wanted to go to a private school, he also felt that it was good to stay at home with his brother.
"Brother, when will mother come back?" Ye Rongan woke up early in the morning and didn't see Mrs. Lu, so he burst into tears.
At this time, his eyes were still a little red and his voice was hoarse.
When he said this, Ye Rongan's voice choked up again, and tears were about to fall.
Ye Rongxu put his arm around his younger brother's shoulders, forcing a smile and saying, "Didn't Daddy say that Mom went out to work and earn money?
"You can only go to school if your parents make money, right?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Rongan rubbed his eyes and said sadly, "Then I won't go to school. I want my mother."
"Mom will come back to see us when she is free." Ye Rongxu comforted.
Ye Rongan suddenly had an idea, and he stopped crying immediately. He stood up and looked at his brother, excited but still lowering his voice, and said, "Brother, let's go find mother!"
"Ah?" Ye Rongxu was frightened by his brother's idea. "Stop it, we don't even know where mom is, how can we find her?"
"Didn't Dad say it was in Lujia Village?" The more Ye Rong'an talked, the more he thought it was feasible. "Brother, didn't you go to Grandma's house with Mom and Dad before? Don't you remember?"
"I wasn't even as old as you back then, how could I possibly remember anything?" Ye Rongxu reached out and rubbed his brother's head, saying, "Stop thinking about it. Come inside, it's time for dinner."
Ye Qinggang was busy making breakfast in the kitchen. He couldn't make anything too complicated, but he had asked Mrs. Ye for advice last night, so the porridge he made today was pretty good, just thick enough and not as thin as rice soup.
He had just put the porridge on the table and was about to fish some pickled cabbage lumps out of the jar when he heard Mrs. Ye's voice coming from outside the door: "Brother Qinggang, I made some side dishes myself. I'll give you a bowl to try."
Ye Qinggang quickly put down the porridge in his hand and went out to see Mrs. Ye holding a bowl of red side dishes.
"Is it really small root vegetable?" Ye Qinggang asked after identifying it.
"Yes, I saw some on the mountain a few days ago and dug some up. I pickled some and just started eating it today. My family said it was delicious, so I gave some to your family to try."
If sending small root vegetables to Ye Juaner, Ye Dongkui, Ye Qingyuan and the village chief's homes could be considered as a courtesy, then Mrs. Ye's sending small vegetables to Ye Qinggang was purely because she felt sorry for the old and young in the family.
"Sister-in-law, thank you so much!" Ye Qinggang said gratefully, "My family is preparing breakfast. I'm really sorry to have troubled you and made you worry about me."
"It's okay, it's not worth anything." Mrs. Ye said nonchalantly, "Okay, go back and eat."
After saying this, Mrs. Ye took Qingtian and Xiaoye home.
Mrs. Ye Er and Mrs. Ye San had already cleaned up the kitchen and swept the yard.
Seeing that there was nothing more work to do outside, Mrs. Ye was about to go back into the house to sweep the floor and wipe the cabinets when she heard Ye Juan'er's voice outside.
"Big brother's wife, shall we go up the mountain to pick some vegetables?"
As the voices were heard, Ye Juaner also walked into the yard from outside.
She had a headscarf on her head and wore old clothes and old shoes.
He carried a basket on his back and held another basket in his hand, with a small shovel and a knife in the basket.
"Aunt, what vegetables are you going to dig?"
"Let's dig up some small root vegetables!" Ye Juan'er said, "The small root vegetables you brought me this morning were delicious to me and your uncle. Let's go dig up some more. Can you teach me how to cook them?
"Besides, the dandelions and shepherd's purse should have come out on the sunny slopes now. They are so tender and delicious."
If Ye Juan'er just said that she wanted to get some small root vegetables, Mrs. Ye would definitely agree, but in fact she was not very interested.
But when I heard that shepherd's purse had also grown, I immediately became interested.
Shepherd's purse is a good thing. It can not only be used to make dumplings and wontons, but also to make soup. I used to dig it up and eat it at home outside the Great Wall. However, it grows at least two months later than inside the Great Wall.
"Auntie, what kind of vegetable is this dandelion you're talking about?" Sister Ye asked curiously, "Is it a wild vegetable from the capital? I've never heard of it before. How do you eat it? Is it delicious?"
"Oh, dandelions are..." Ye Juan'er lowered her head and searched on the ground, but she didn't expect that the area around the old Ye family's house was so clean that there was not even a blade of grass on the ground.
But if you ask her to describe what a dandelion looks like, it would be difficult to describe.
Ye Juaner finally thought and said, "It's still young now, but it will start to bloom with small yellow flowers in a few days.
"In late summer and early autumn, its flowers turn into white balls of fluff that fly everywhere when blown. Children love to play with them."
After hearing what Ye Juaner said, Mrs. Ye immediately understood.
"I see. So you're talking about motherwort? We call it motherwort outside the Great Wall.
"If that's what you're talking about, then I know it's delicious when used to make dumplings."
"Making dumplings?" Ye Juan'er had never heard of or seen such a way of eating dandelions. "I see people in the village eating them with dipping sauce, and many people can't get used to it!
"That stuff is so bitter, how can it be delicious when used to make dumplings? Did you do it wrong?"
"Aunt, that's right!" Mrs. Ye said confidently, "Back when we were outside the Great Wall, every family lived a tight life.
“But when spring comes, any family that can still afford to eat will bite the bullet and cut up some meat to make dumplings with dandelions and wontons with shepherd’s purse.
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