Chapter 65 Pink Eye
Lunch ended with a fight with Little Brother Ye. With nothing to do, Dad Ye took Aunt Ye to the slope to pick vegetables.
"Oh! I can't see it from a distance. Is it surrounded by wolfberries? It's blooming, and the leaves on the top are still quite tender." Aunt Ye leaned over to take a look and pulled off the leaves.
"Would you like to pick some? The villagers will pick some when they come over, and then go back and fry them in eggs like Chinese toon, it's delicious!"
The wolfberry leaves have been growing rapidly these days. In a few days, they will be almost complete. I will ask Zhao Feng if he needs any.
Since I picked some and brought them home last time, they are amazing. Not only is there no bitterness at all, but they also have the sweetness of the leaves themselves. I eat them three times a day.
One time, Ye Laogen went to the river to fish with a fishing rod. When he passed by the slope, he glanced at the vegetable field inadvertently and was attracted by the tender green and purple.
The cook's nature immediately took over and he stopped fishing. He picked up the wolfberry leaves and not satisfied with just looking at them. He leaned in to smell them carefully, his eyes shining.
I haven't eaten it for a while, I missed it.
This time he turned around and went to Ye Zhen's house, without being polite, and asked directly:
"Ye Minghai, your wolfberry leaves are growing really well. There are so many of them. Can I pick some?"
"Pick them! They are everywhere. It would be a pity not to pick them. Some of them have become old." Dad Ye nodded indifferently.
This is how it is in the countryside. When vegetables are ripe or there are too many fruits to eat at home, neighbors will send some to you, and anyone who wants one will be asked.
But there are also some unconventional ones.
If I want it, I won’t ask, I’ll just steal it!
Last year, a family in the village planted large, white radishes in the field. There were so many that the two elderly people couldn’t eat them all. So they took advantage of the good weather to dry some of the radishes. There were still a lot left in the field, so they thought of giving them away.
Well, when I woke up, there were only radish holes left in the field. The radishes were still there in the afternoon, but I pulled them all out before dark!
The old couple was very angry. Who would not give you some carrots if you asked? But you just took them without asking.
Father Ye thought that Uncle Lao Gen had many family members, so he took him to pull out the newly grown tender leaves.
Ye Laogen's fishing bucket was full, so he quickly stopped them:
"That's enough, that's enough!"
Dad Ye stopped reluctantly, not to mention that picking vegetables can be addictive.
Huang Xi'e was carrying the family's clothes to wash and saw two people picking things from a distance.
"Hey, Ye Minghai, let me pick some wolfberry leaves too!" There was no trace of the discomfort in his words that he showed when he was targeting others during the last meeting.
Father Ye was also a broad-minded person. He didn't take the matter seriously at all and agreed without thinking.
Huang Xi'e was not polite at all. She started picking the fruits without caring about the branches and broke them directly, even knocking off many of the flowers on them.
Ye Laogen frowned: "You should pick the leaves carefully. You have knocked the flowers off. There are no wolfberries yet."
Huang Xi'e rolled her eyes and said, "I can pick whatever I want! Why do you have to mind your own business?"
As if to express dissatisfaction, it pulled even harder, not caring whether the leaves were old or young, it just pulled them and picked out the young leaves from the leaves. It was not afraid of the thorns, and even when it wore gloves when washing clothes, it did not prick its hands.
A layer of purple flowers immediately fell on the soil. Dad Ye pursed his lips and frowned, seeing that the other party didn't care at all, and even used too much force, pulling out the wolfberry branches planted in the soil.
The person involved was not aware of this and just pulled it out without even looking at it. He just threw it aside and continued masturbating.
Father Ye endured it again and again, but finally spoke:
"Let me pick them for you! The ones you picked are old and not tasty."
"What's wrong with that? Lao Ye will give it to the rabbit."
Huang Xi'e was not aware of this yet and could not understand the implicit meaning. She took out the clothes she had brought and put them aside, intending to pick up all the clothes and return them later.
This kind of wolfberry leaf is really convenient. I don’t have to look for rabbit grass everywhere anymore.
I’m thinking of picking them every day.
But Dad Ye didn’t know, he was really just being polite and letting others have a taste.
Ye Laogen had just been criticized and was still angry, but Ye Minghai didn't say anything. He was indeed anxious, so he didn't say anything.
Unexpectedly, they were even more rude, breaking off branches as they pleased. Seeing them pull a few more out of the soil, they finally couldn't hold back any more:
"Be gentle! How long have these seedlings been planted? You've only pulled out a few."
Huang Xi'e just doesn't!
She turned a deaf ear to him and continued stuffing handfuls of leaves into the bucket, filling it up completely. This time, Ye's father's voice became louder:
"If you're going to pick them, pick them carefully. Don't pull out all the seedlings. This much is enough for one meal."
Not to mention one meal, even three meals are enough.
Not only is this side bald, but the branches that were growing well have been broken, and old leaves and dead flowers are scattered all over the ground.
"That's just a lot. Why are you so stingy? You've planted so much, so what if I pick a little more? There's not enough food for the rabbits at home!"
Huang Xi'e felt uncomfortable. The richer they are, the more stingy they are. What's wrong with giving them two handfuls of vegetables when they earn so much money?
They are brothers from the same family, yet they are so stingy even when picking a few leaves.
Father Ye was stunned by her shameless words. No, she was planning to feed the rabbits? His own rabbits were not even treated this way.
What? Next time the pigs at home want to eat, they come to my place to rub against me?
"Just pick a little. People grow them to sell. Not only do you pick so much for free, but you also pick it to feed the rabbits. It's not like I'm growing it for your rabbits." Ye Laogen was blunt.
"Hey, what's the harm if I pick a few of these wolfberry leaves? I didn't pick any from yours, so why would you care?"
"You!" Ye Laogen was so angry that he was fuming.
"Just pick enough. My family is also going to sell wolfberry leaves. Rabbits don't get such good treatment. If you want to feed them to rabbits, there are plenty of them in the fields over there."
Dad Ye pointed to the fields over there. It was early June and there were a lot of weeds and wild flowers in the fields. Some of them had not been pulled out in time and were growing fast again, so weeds were everywhere.
Having said that, Huang Xi'e couldn't help but feel embarrassed no matter how thick-skinned she was. She pulled hard and pulled out another seedling, and said proudly:
"If you don't want to pick them, then don't pick them. It's different when you have money. How can you be so stingy to pick a few leaves?"
After saying that, he went straight home, holding the tightly packed bucket and not caring about the clothes on the ground.
"Why is Shuiying's wife like this? She wasn't like this before..." He said in a mean tone.
He didn't say the rest of the words, as Ye Laogen was too embarrassed to speak ill of someone else's wife behind her back.
Shaking his head, Ye Laogen strolled home carrying the fishing bucket.
Let’s not talk about what happened afterwards, but when Dad Ye brought it up when he got home, Grandma Ye frowned and planned to go back and tell her old sisters what kind of person this person had become.
Red eyes everywhere.
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Here, Dad Ye skillfully picked a lot of wolfberry leaves and tied them up. Since his brother-in-law was driving over, they could fit them in the trunk.
I was about to pick some more on the other side, but Aunt Ye stopped me:
"Okay, okay, this is enough for two meals, no need to pick any more." To be honest, she didn't like eating them very much and always felt that wolfberry leaves were too bitter.
"How can this be enough? The leaves are high in water content and only this much will be enough after frying. Besides, these wolfberry leaves are special. I guarantee you will want to eat more after you have eaten them." Dad Ye said mysteriously.
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