The crops in the fields yielded a bumper harvest, and the vacant lot next to the Xu family's courtyard also saw a bountiful harvest.

The adults didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just something the children were doing for fun, so today's harvest is the children's harvest.

The most eye-catching thing is the row of vines supported by a trellis, which is already covered with big, green gourds.

Xu Yi flipped through several ancient books and finally found a similar description in one of them, thus learning the name of the melon.

"No wonder it's called Buddha's Hand Melon, it really does look like the Buddha's two hands clasped together." Xu Wen was the first to rush in, holding the melon in both hands and examining it closely.

Xu Wu also went in and asked curiously, "How do you think this melon manages to be both ugly and beautiful?"

No one answered his question. Xu Yi knew how to plant the melon and how to save seeds based on what he had read in the book. In fact, the way they planted it was not very proper.

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But the chayote fruit is so plentiful that it's a delightful sight to see.

The harvest is pretty good, but the book doesn't say how to cook it. We can only pick it for now and see how to prepare it when Liu Fang comes back tonight.

Grandma Xu knew that the children had gone to the garden next door to collect things, but she didn't expect them to be able to bring in so much. When the four brothers came in for the second time carrying bamboo baskets, she couldn't hide her shock.

"What is this? How come there's so much of it?" She had also seen the things the children had planted; from just a small plot of land, they had managed to harvest four baskets.

Moreover, the melon looks quite nice, just like her little granddaughter, round and plump.

"Grandma, this is a chayote. Let's leave it for now and see how Auntie wants to eat it when she gets back." Xu Wen said, then ran out again, grabbing two hoes with him as he went.

The ones on the trellis have all been picked; those are the ones grown in the ground. Everyone knows the tall, segmented ones in the middle are sugarcane, but they don't know what the ones on either side are.

Xu Yi had consulted many books, but he couldn't determine what the thing was just by looking at the leaves; he had to dig it out to see.

As autumn arrived, the leaves that had grown dried up or fell over, so everyone was extra careful when digging, afraid of breaking what was inside.

They started by digging out the things outside. Fu Man'er squatted down and watched. Xu Yi held the hoe very steadily, with just the right amount of force. After a few strokes, something bigger than a potato came out.

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"What is this?" Xu Mao weighed it in his hand; it was heavy.

Fu Man'er suddenly jumped up, pointed at the thing and said, "It's a sweet potato, it's a sweet potato."

It was sweet potato! She remembered the delicious food she had seen while she was drifting around. Waaah, roasted sweet potato, sugar-coated sweet potato, and sweet potato dumplings.

Wow, I never thought she would have the chance to eat these things after she became human. She's so lucky.

An excited Fu Man'er immediately took the sweet potato from Xu Mao's hand, put it under her nose and smelled it. "It smells so good." Just like the smell of those clods of earth she used to smell.

"Man'er, do you know about this?" Xu Yi had been looking at it since it was first dug up, but none of the books he had read mentioned it.

I was a little disappointed, but I didn't expect to see Fu Man'er holding a treasure like that.

"Hmm." Fu Man'er finally calmed down, holding the sweet potato in both hands. "I know, brother, this is delicious. You can boil it, bake it, or eat it raw. It's sweet."

"Really? Can it be eaten raw?" Xu Mao asked.

Fu Man'er nodded confidently and rattled off several ways to cook sweet potatoes. Not only her, but also Xu Mao, Xu Wen, and Xu Wu drooled, as the dishes looked delicious.

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Only Xu Yi, a hint of suspicion flashing in his deep eyes, asked, "Man'er, how do you know about this?"

Fu Man'er exclaimed "Ah!", pursed her lips, and then said, "I... I saw it in my dream." She really couldn't think of a good excuse.

Xu Wen was somewhat disappointed upon hearing this. "Little sister, it was all just a dream. How could it be real?" He had been excited for nothing.

"Really, Third Brother, I'll make you something to eat when we get back." The topic shifted to food again. Xu Yi clearly didn't quite believe Fu Man'er's statement, but he didn't pursue the matter further.

We dug up this thing called sweet potato. Its fruit was of uneven size, but even though we had only planted three rows, we still managed to dig up enough to fill four sacks.

"Good heavens, where did all of these come from?" Old Mrs. Xu couldn't believe that so many things could come out of that open space next to her, but when she went over to look, she found that they really were dug out from there.

Looking at the bamboo baskets and sacks piled up in the yard, she suddenly realized that she might have really underestimated the strange things the children were growing.

Next are the innermost rows. Just by looking at the leaves, you can tell they are not the same thing. Luckily, Fu Man'er was separated back then, otherwise, if they had been mixed together, I don't know if they would have survived.

"My God, what is this?" Xu Wen was the first to dig it out. Everyone looked over at the sound and saw a large, brownish-yellow mass lying on the ground. If you didn't look closely, you would have thought it was a clod of mud.

"Wow, it's quite heavy." Xu Mao picked it up again; it looked big, and it was heavy to hold.

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"What is this?" Everyone was wondering when Xu Yi suddenly looked at Fu Man'er and asked, "Man'er, do you know what this is?"

Fu Man'er leaned closer to examine it closely for a while, then shook her head, "I don't know."

Her face was blank, and she didn't purse her lips. Xu Yi noticed that she would sometimes purse her lips when she lied, but she didn't now, so it seemed that he was telling the truth.

For some reason, Xu Yi felt a little disappointed. It seemed he had been overthinking things; how could Man'er know everything?

Although he didn't know what it was, since it had already grown, he had to take it home. He would then visit several bookstores and search through ancient books to see if he could find any relevant explanations.

The things we dug up this time were much bigger than sweet potatoes, and their shape was a bit like pumpkins. There wasn't a suitable place to put them, but fortunately there weren't many.

After digging up only a dozen or so, Xu Yi led them, carrying one in each hand, to the yard. Fu Man'er wanted to carry two, but Xu Yi wouldn't let her, so in the end he only found the smallest one for her to carry back.

Fu Man'er pouted unhappily, feeling that all her strength was useless at home.

"Oh dear, why did you pick up so many clods of dirt?" Old Mrs. Xu looked at them for a long time but couldn't figure out what they were. She asked the children, but they didn't know either.

"Grandma, leave it here for now. We'll come back and clean up here after we finish cleaning up outside," Xu Yi said before leading his younger brothers out.

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Grandma Xu looked at the yard, which was already half occupied, and asked, "There's more?"

Of course there was more. The rest was sugarcane. Fu Man'er hugged one of the stalks, practically hanging on it. "Brother, I want to eat this one."

She had long wanted to experience that feeling of biting into something and having the sweet, juicy filling spread in her mouth.

Seeing Fu Man'er's gluttonous expression, Xu Yi was at a loss for words. "Okay, I'll cut it for you later."

They had never cut sugarcane before, but they had cut a lot of firewood, and cutting sugarcane was much easier than cutting firewood, especially after Xu Yi learned martial arts.

Without Xu Mao and the others even lifting a finger, Xu Yi, wielding a machete, swiftly brought down the sugarcane, leaving the children stunned.

Fu Man'er was the first to cheer, "Wow, wow, wow, brother is so amazing, brother is so amazing!"

If she had a tail, it would wag very happily. She not only shouted, but also ran over and rushed to Xu Yi, giving him a big kiss on the cheek.

Looking proud of himself, Xu Yi felt a heat rise to his ears. Fu Man'er had already jumped down and, among the sugarcane on the ground, accurately found the one she liked.

She didn't need anyone's help; she carried the sugarcane and ran home, eager to get home and eat it.

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Xu Yi watched the little girl waddle home, wondering when she learned to do that and from whom. He had no idea.