After dinner, everyone had nothing else to do, so they cleaned up and went to bed quickly.
Mrs. Ye had also made the bed early.
After Ye Laoda lay down, he sighed and said, "Who would have thought that even after returning to my hometown, I would still have to sleep outside like when I was fleeing famine?"
"Fortunately, it's warmer here than outside the Great Wall, so sleeping outside isn't a big deal." Sister Ye tucked the quilt in Qingtian's arms and whispered, "But this isn't a long-term solution. What are your plans, mother?"
Boss Ye shook his head and said, "Tomorrow I will accompany my mother to the county to ask to see the clan leader and see what he says."
Mrs. Ye sighed and said, "Since we're going to the city, you should ask how much the rent is for a house there and how much it would cost to buy a yard. That way we can have a rough idea."
"Why, you want to live in the city?"
Mrs. Ye said, “You can see that the current situation in the village is not certain whether it can be solved.
"The weather is getting colder. We have old and young people at home, and my fourth son's wife is pregnant. We can't live outside forever. We have to make multiple preparations."
"Okay, I'll check back." Boss Ye nodded, reached out to tuck the quilt behind Sister Ye, and pulled her into his arms, saying, "There will always be a way out when you reach the mountain. Don't think too much, and go to sleep."
The next morning, Mrs. Ye cleaned out the seasonings and food residues from the fish soup left over from the previous night and placed it in a basin. By then, it had solidified into dark brown fish jelly.
She used a spoon to make a few horizontal and vertical strokes in the basin, and poured out a pile of crystal clear cubes.
Everyone had a delicious breakfast with fish jelly, pancakes and porridge.
After breakfast, Boss Ye took Old Lady Ye on a flatbed cart to Fengle County to find the patriarch of the Ye family.
When he went to deliver the fish yesterday, he had already asked Ye Juaner for some information.
Although in Rongxi Village, the Ye family is always suppressed by the Wang family in everything.
However, in Fengle County, the Ye family is undoubtedly a powerful family. Even the county magistrate sometimes has to consult with the head of the Ye family when doing things.
Without Ye's support, many things in the county could not be carried out.
The current patriarch of the Ye family is Ye Dongming, who is nearly fifty years old.
Although he is of the same generation as Mr. Ye, strictly speaking he still has to call Mrs. Ye "sister-in-law."
But he is the direct descendant of the Ye family, and Old Master Ye doesn’t even know how many collateral branches of his bloodline he has.
It would definitely not work to establish a relationship with someone, so Old Lady Ye and Boss Ye brought some things they bought in Tianjin, intending to give some gifts to the clan leader, and then take things one step at a time.
Rongxi Village is not far from Fengle County, and Old Ye is very fast, so he arrived at the destination in less than an hour.
According to the address Ye Juaner told me, I arrived at the gate of a yard.
Old Mrs. Ye got out of the car and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" A teenage boy came out to watch the door and asked Old Madam Ye and Old Boss Ye, "Who are you looking for?"
"We are members of the Ye clan who have returned from other places. We have come here to pay our respects to the clan leader."
The news in the county town was much better than that in Rongxi Village. When the little boy heard Old Lady Ye's accent, his expression changed slightly and he said, "What do you mean by 'people from outside the area'? I think you are fleeing famine from outside the Great Wall, right?
"Go, go, go, my master doesn't have time to see you!"
With a bang, Old Madam Ye and Boss Ye were locked outside the door.
Old Mrs. Ye thought about how to start the conversation all the way, but she didn't expect that she couldn't even see the patriarch.
Mr. Ye clenched his fists angrily.
"What's wrong with coming from outside the customs? We are not here to beg for food!"
He wanted to go up and knock on the door again, but Old Lady Ye stopped him and said, "We are unfamiliar with this place, so don't cause trouble.
"What if someone reports you to the police and arrests you? What will an old lady like me do?"
After hearing this, Boss Ye barely managed to suppress his anger.
"Mom, shall we go back now?"
"What else can I do if I don't go back?" Old Mrs. Ye got in the car and muttered softly, "If I had known this would happen, I would have brought Qingtian with me."
"Mom, what did you say?" Boss Ye turned around and asked.
"I suggest you go to the county town's pharmacy and ask about the price of Gastrodia elata first. Then you can have a rough idea of the price when you go to sell it."
"Okay, mother is really thoughtful. It just so happens that Sunny Mother asked me to find a place to inquire about the housing prices in the county town!"
Although both of them were very upset that they couldn't see the patriarch.
But when they heard that fresh Mengsheng could be sold for about one or two taels of silver per pound, the mother and son were delighted again.
That basket of Gastrodia elata must weigh at least twenty pounds, which is twenty taels of silver!
Unfortunately, this happiness did not last long.
When they heard that buying a yard in the county town that could accommodate a whole family would cost over a hundred taels of silver, the mother and son were so scared that they dared not even breathe.
How can I afford this!
Is the whole family going to starve?
After returning to the village and having lunch, Old Mrs. Ye urged Old Man Ye to go to Beijing quickly to sell the Gastrodia elata.
After all, fresh Gastrodia elata will lose weight if left for too long.
Is that water loss?
What's dropped is money!
Fortunately, Boss Ye was in good physical condition. Although he took Old Lady Ye to the county town in the morning, it was nothing compared to fleeing the famine.
After dinner, the two brothers Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Er set off with Gastrodia elata.
In the morning, the people who stayed in the village had found a place to dry all the wood ears they picked yesterday.
I saw that almost every empty space in the open space and surrounding areas was filled with wood ear mushrooms by the Ye family.
At this time, several children were running around with branches in their hands, chasing the birds that came over to peck at food.
Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Er didn't need to pull the cart and arrived in the capital in more than two hours.
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