Ye Caiping said, "We need to get rid of our cassava. It'll spoil if we leave it any longer."
Grandma Ye nodded in agreement, and thinking about the 800 jin of cassava she still had at home, her eyes narrowed into slits with a smile:
"This brown rice, along with cassava, will last until the New Year. After the wheat harvest, our food supply will be replenished."
Upon hearing this, smiles spread across the faces of everyone in the Ye family.
Just two weeks ago, they were worried about food supplies; now, the granaries are overflowing with grain.
We owe it all to Ye Caiping!
Old Man Ye looked at Ye Caiping with admiration, and even Ye Yong, Ye Xuan, and Ye Jinhua had changed their opinion of her.
The Du family was overjoyed, because they no longer had to be the unjust victims who supported Li Zhiyuan's education.
Their grain wouldn't be mostly taken away as soon as it was harvested, filling the bottomless pit of the Li family.
As long as the sister-in-law doesn't marry another bloodsucker, their lives will become more and more hopeful.
Ye Caiping said, "Mom, from now on, let's not mix rice bran into our food anymore. Just mix cassava or radish, and we'll have enough to eat."
Yes, yes.
The next day.
Although the weather has turned cool, the clear autumn skies make it the perfect time for drying clothes.
Every household was busy drying cassava, and the whole village was filled with joy.
Old Mrs. Ye went out early in the morning to borrow a wood-chopping knife and a sickle.
Everyone in the village knew that Old Ye's family still had a lot of cassava to process, so they weren't jealous. After all, they had also gotten a lot of cassava from the ground and had received plenty of benefits.
Everyone I asked for a knife lent me one; some even offered to come and help.
Grandma Ye smiled and politely declined.
After getting the knife, the Ye family closed the door to process the cassava.
After two busy days, I finally sliced the cassava and filled six large baskets.
Old Man Ye chose a secluded spot on the river and soaked six baskets of cassava in it.
Fearing someone might steal cassava, Old Man Ye arranged for Ye Erquan and his three grandsons to take turns keeping watch. One person during the day, and two people at night.
Soon, it will be the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.
That day, Grandma Ye decided to cook a meal of white rice. She locked the rest of the rice in her room, saying she would save it for the New Year.
Ye Caiping didn't have time to deal with these trivial matters; she was preparing to set up her stall tomorrow, so she needed to prepare the ingredients today.
After lunch, Ye Caiping took Ye Jin'er to town to buy things.
There were only a mother and daughter on the oxcart.
Ye Caiping said to Ye Bajin, "Bajin, I'm going to set up a stall in town early tomorrow morning. Can you take us there? I have too much stuff, so you'll have to give me a ride. I'll give you 20 coins for the round trip."
"20 coins?" Ye Bajin was so excited he almost stopped the oxcart.
He can only carry eight or nine people at most on one trip. Even on the morning trip, he might not be able to fill the car completely, since not everyone is willing to take the oxcart to town.
Twenty coins is enough for the fare of ten people!
"Sister Caiping, you don't need so much. Just give us the amount that corresponds to how many people are going," Ye Bajin said anxiously.
“No, I have too much stuff, it takes up too much space. Besides, it's a private ride for us, so if someone else wants to get on, we can't let them. 20 coins is for the whole trip.”
Ye Bajin was so happy he didn't know how to answer, stammering, "Well... okay, okay. What time are you leaving tomorrow?"
"We'll leave as soon as it's light in the morning, around 5 a.m. You wait for me in front of my house. We'll be back in the village before noon."
Ye Bajin did the math in his head and became even more willing.
When I drop Sister Caiping off in town, I can pick up the people who went to town in the morning and take them there, perfectly avoiding the same schedule.
Ye Bajin grinned from ear to ear the whole way.
When we passed through Wangjia Village, we met an aunt and an old man.
The auntie turned to Ye Bajin and said, "You guys from Qinghe Village, what's going on with you lately?"
“I went up the mountain to gather pig feed and saw the young men from your village digging for poisonous roots on the east side of our mountain for several days in a row! And each time I saw them, it was a different person.”
"This poisonous root is poisonous all over. What's the point of digging it up? I asked them a couple of questions, but they didn't answer and just turned around and left. It's really strange."
Qinghe Village and Wangjia Village are neighbors, one located on the south side of Niutou Mountain and the other on the east side.
The activity area of Qinghe Village is generally in the south, while that of Wangjia Village is in the east.
Besides the cassava forest near Qinghe Village, there are many other scattered cassava plants on the mountain.
The people of Qinghe Village already knew how to eat cassava, so they naturally searched all over the mountains for it.
The question posed by Aunt Wang from Wangjia Village stumped Ye Bajin.
He stammered, explaining that the method for removing the toxins belonged to Ye Caiping, and he couldn't make the decision to reveal it.
And if he tells the villagers, won't they blame him?
Before he could look at Ye Caiping, the old man from Wangjia Village coughed and said, "People dig up poisonous roots to poison rats, of course. There are a lot of rat thieves in Qinghe Village lately."
"Oh, is that so? Speaking of which, Sixth Master, your Er Ya married into Qinghe Village, right? I just saw Er Ya come back yesterday; she must have told me about the rat poison incident."
Wang Liuye didn't answer, and guiltily looked away, gazing at the trees by the roadside.
Ye Caiping's eyes flickered slightly, and she understood.
Some people from Qinghe Village have already shared the detoxification methods with their maternal families or relatives.
This Master Wang must be one of the first batch to be informed!
They want to dig up as much cassava as possible before it spreads. Of course, they won't tell the aunties in the village that cassava is edible.
Soon, they arrived in town.
After getting off the bus, Ye Caiping and her daughter went straight to the grain shop.
I bought five catties of each of the following: vermicelli, dried black fungus, peanuts, dried daylily, tofu skin, and dried chili peppers.
Then we went to the butcher shop.
Beef is too rare and expensive; I can't afford it, and there's nowhere to buy it.
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