The next day, in the early morning, people came to the village chief's house one after another with their belongings. When the village chief counted the people, my dear, the original number of more than 20 households had almost doubled in number. One family was out of town.
More than thirty people came here, and Old Man Zheng's eldest son Zheng Daming was the first to come.
His father told him about the benefits of sweet potatoes last night. When he saw so many people today, he immediately felt wary. What if there were too few sweet potatoes and so many people divided them? But this was the case, so he could only follow the village chief.
Let’s go to Yun’s house first.
As for Yunxi, Mrs. Zhao woke her up early. Knowing that today was a big event, Yunxi didn't stay in bed. She got dressed, got up and washed up, and asked her mother to tie up two little ones for her. Li Wanrou was still in Yunxi.
A pair of identical pearl flowers are pinned to the two small levers of the stream. The style of the pearl flowers is very simple, especially suitable for Yunxi.
After Yun Xi finished cleaning up and had breakfast, the village chief also came with his people. Yun Tian also had a task to do today. Today was not just as simple as digging sweet potatoes, but also talking about potatoes and corn. And this revelation
The task of the other two kinds of food was given to him, the only scholar at home.
Yunyi Yunbo's task today is to dig sweet potatoes with everyone. One of them digs sweet potatoes, and the other digs potatoes. Of course, they also accidentally expose the corn. Then it will be Yuntian who comes to play. Ah, it's popular science.
Yun Xi looked at the uncle she met in the yard and didn't recognize him. She stood quietly next to Mrs. Zhao, waiting for her grandfather to speak to the village chief.
After confirming that no one was coming, Yun Xi led the group towards the field where the sweet potatoes were grown.
When they arrived at the place, everyone saw a large area of green vines, maybe because they were wild, they were growing everywhere, and there were also some weeds mixed in. After Yunxi told the village chief about it, he stopped caring about it.
, the rest was left to my grandparents, father, second uncle, and third uncle, and then I left with my eldest and second sister.
Yun Xi suddenly remembered that she had not seen each other since she let the dumpling go yesterday. It had been all night, and she didn't know where the dumpling was now. It happened that the eldest sister was going to collect firewood at home, and the second sister was going to cut the pigs.
Damn it, Yunxi simply released his mental energy to look for Tuanzi.
On the other side, the village chief has already arranged for people to dig sweet potatoes. Old Yun is also watching. More than thirty men use tools without going up, and they disperse one after another, trying to dig out the sweet potatoes first.
Pull out the sweet potato vines and take a look.
Zheng Daming spotted a piece right away. This location was where Yunxi and the others had dug it out yesterday. With a lot of force, Zheng Daming pulled out a sweet potato plant from the ground with its roots and soil.
A dozen sweet potatoes came out from the root, each one as big as an adult's hand.
Although Zheng Daming heard what his father said, he was even more shocked when he saw it with his own eyes. There were so many growing under this vine. Almost an acre of land was covered with sweet potatoes. How many were there? What's more, he saw
There are still broken pieces on the root. I think some sweet potatoes must have broken directly into the soil because they were too big. How many are there including the ones in the soil?
Zheng Daming immediately came to his senses and carefully put the sweet potatoes he pulled out from his hand away. He squatted down and began to dig out the sweet potatoes with his hands without taking any tools. Then he dug out the sweet potatoes one after another from the soil until seven or eight were dug out.
Sweet potato, the expression on Zheng Daming's face was excited.
Oh my God! What species is this sweet potato that can actually grow so many! If I had known earlier that these sweet potatoes were edible and tasted so good, then my mother and my little sister would have survived.
Thinking of this, Zheng Daming's excited expression suddenly turned sad. He and his father came here to escape famine, and the government arranged for them to settle in Yunjia Village. On the way to escape, his mother tried to save them from stuttering.
, I starved myself to death. At that time, I didn’t even know that sweet potatoes could fill my stomach.
As for his little sister, they were both still young at that time. The little sister was only eight or nine years old and had not eaten much. Then she contracted the cold and had no food or medicine, so she died like that.
Zheng Daming suddenly knelt down on the ground, hugging the sweet potatoes in his hands, and burst into tears. If he had known earlier, if he had known earlier, his mother and little sister would not have died.
At this moment, Zheng Daming finally understood why his father paid so much attention to it. If sweet potatoes were planted, with this output, no one would go hungry again in the future when there was a drought, and the relatives around them would not eat just to save a bite.
Yes, he starved to death. His father didn't want the tragedy to happen again.
The village chief was the closest to Zheng Daming. After hearing the noise, he immediately understood what was going on. He comforted Zheng Daming with a few words. After seeing that Zheng Daming had recovered, he continued to watch.
The other families also discovered the yield of sweet potatoes, and they all looked excited and blushed. One person accidentally broke the sweet potato with a hoe, and the soil immediately stained the broken sweet potato flesh.
This man was so distressed that he didn't dare to use the hoe anymore. He just threw away the tool and started digging with his hands.
Originally, some people wanted to use tools to dig, but when they saw this scene, they didn’t use them anymore. They threw away the tools and started digging with their hands. The village chief who originally saw this scene wanted to say a few words, but when he saw everyone, they didn’t use them.
If you have a tool, you won't say anything.
Old Man Yun didn't move, his sons could do it, but when he saw everyone digging, he didn't take the sweet potatoes off the vines. He simply picked a few more people for his cousin to pick the sweet potatoes from the vines and gather them.
Go to a place so that when you dig out all the sweet potatoes, you will know the exact number.
The village chief immediately ordered a few people to pick the sweet potatoes from the vines. During this period, Yuntian also said that the sweet potato vines can also be fed to pigs. The people who picked sweet potatoes were particularly careful and kept the sweet potato vines in a good manner.
Put it away.
Until one person dug out potatoes and found that what he dug out was different from the previous ones, he immediately asked. When Yun Tian heard that he knew it was time to play, he hurried over and the village chief and Old Man Yun also walked over to that person.
around.
Yuntian took the potato from the opponent's hand, pretended to identify it carefully, and then suddenly said: "This thing is like sweet potato, it is also a kind of extra food. It is called potato in the book. This potato can be eaten as a vegetable or stir-fried.
It can also be steamed and eaten. The taste may be a little worse than sweet potatoes, but it is equally filling.”
When everyone heard this, they were in an uproar!
At this time, a voice said: "Oh, I just dug this thing. I thought it was inedible, so I threw it aside. Pick it up quickly."
"I also dug it up. I also said that this thing is different from sweet potatoes. It looks like a lump of soil. I also threw it aside. After hearing what Yun Xiucai said, I realized that this thing is also edible!"
"Oh! I didn't expect that this mountain forest that we have never been to would actually grow so many treasures."
"No, I, Yunfei, have never seen anything called sweet potatoes or potatoes in all my years of living. The yield of sweet potatoes really shocked me."
At this time, another voice asked: "Hey, Yun Xiucai, do you think this thing is edible? I have never seen it before!"
