Chapter 92: Laughter and Joy Go with the Meal

"They will definitely ask us for the sweet potato seedlings. We don't want to be the kind of heartless people. We have to give them, but there must be an explanation for how to give them. Besides, cutting the sweet potato seedlings will affect the sweet potato yield. This must be made clear to them. Let's think about what methods we can use to give them the seeds without letting them get them too easily, otherwise they will not cherish them." Zhang Yuling said.

"That's not easy. Just let them buy it with money." Dong Guoqing said.

"No money. Do you think they are rich?" Ma Youcai bluntly exposed Dong Guoqing's unrealistic proposal.

"Just owe it first and pay it back when you have money later?" Wang Feng said.

"No, that won't work. Brother Ziyi and Uncle Hao brought them out to open up wasteland in order to help them, so it's not appropriate to talk about money. In fact, if they are a little bit dissatisfied, it would be okay to let them use the harvested sweet potatoes as collateral. But when they see that we have harvested so much, they may ask why we still want to accept their sweet potatoes since we already have so much." Liu Bing said.

"Someone like Chen Shengli would definitely say that. He thinks that since Brother Haoran asked him to come out and open up new land, he should have prepared seeds for him." Du Qingcang said.

"If we had known this would happen, we wouldn't have called them in the first place." Yi Ke hated this kind of thankless job the most and always believed in keeping a distance from such ungrateful people.

"That's not the case. The other families are quite nice. Besides, the other people in his family are sensible." Du Qingcang said.

"Then let's exchange it with labor. One acre of sweet potato seedlings can be exchanged for one strong laborer to open up the wasteland for one day. Moreover, they can work first and then cut the sweet potato seedlings. This way, they don't have to cut the sweet potato seedlings and then delay the opening of the wasteland, which is just a waste of time." Yi Ke said.

"This is a good method. We are short of labor anyway." Everyone agreed to use this method.

"Change the tools, change the tools. Liu Bing, you and Dong Guoqing go to the hut to get the hoe and the pickaxe. Also bring the pickaxe and the rake." Du Qingcang said happily.

"Okay!" Liu Bing and Dong Guoqing dropped their machetes and ran to the hut. Yi Ke and Ma Youcai went to collect the grass that had been dried in the past few days and stuffed it under the bushes and weeds piled in the middle. They had divided the bushes and weeds into several piles when they were clearing them, so that they could set fire to them now.

Du Qingcang, Zhang Yuling and Wang Cuihua went to the stream to fetch water and placed it not far from the fire. Two people were required to guard each fire to prevent it from burning too big. There was no wind today, which was very suitable for burning these dead grass and shrubs.

After the water was fetched, Yi Ke started to light a fire. With a crackling sound, the weeds started to burn, and also ignited the shrubs that were still wet on top. The ashes after burning have cooled down and should be put into bags. These will be used as organic fertilizer in the future.

"The ground is so hard that the hoe is only half inserted. It's so difficult to dig!" Wang Feng said after digging a few times.

"Yes, it's so hard, how long will it take to dig it all? Uncle, you are an old farmer, do you have any good ideas?" Liu Bing said.

"If it rains, the ground will be wet and easier to dig. Now dig out the roots of the shrubs and thorns first, and then use the plow to plow. The large tree roots cannot be plowed with the plow." Du Qingcang looked at the sun above his head.

"Godfather, let's dig a ditch first to bring water to irrigate the land, so that it will be moist," Yi Ke reminded.

"Oh, that's right, let's do it this way. You are really smart." Du Qingcang praised.

"It's not that I'm smart, it's just that Ziyi and the others did it this way." Yike said honestly.

"Haha!" Du Qingcang smiled embarrassedly and called the young men to dig the ditch.

"Look at what you are capable of. Just because I praise you for being smart, why do you keep saying those things?" Zhang Yuling tapped Yi Ke's forehead and scolded him with a smile.

"Did I say something wrong?" Yi Ke looked puzzled.

"Your father and Ziyi were able to think of a solution, but your godfather didn't. Don't you think he's embarrassed?" Zhang Yuling said.

"Oh! You adults are so complicated!" Yike muttered.

On this day, everyone was busy digging ditches to divert water to irrigate the fields.

…

The sun is shining in the sky, and it is another sunny day. The first thing Yike did when she got up was to run, so today she still ran around the circular platform in the vegetable garden, but she was stopped by Ma Youcai after running a few laps.

"Sister-in-law, go and have a look, all the cows have woken up." Ma Youcai said breathlessly.

"You ran up here! You're panting from exhaustion. If you wake up, you're awake. It's not like you haven't seen this before." Yi Ke said nonchalantly.

Ma Youcai opened his mouth wide, with an expression of disbelief, "Don't you want to go and take a look?"

"No, I want to run. I haven't run enough." Yi Ke answered immediately without any pause, and pushed away Ma Youcai who was blocking his way and continued running.

"Sister-in-law, please go and take a look. Really, everyone is looking forward to you going." Ma Youcai ran after her, pleading as he ran.

"Why should I go? They just woke up. Could they be sick?" I thought about it and it shouldn't be like that. Those bison were healthy. Could they have been scared sick?

"No, no," Ma Youcai said hurriedly, "the cows are angry, and the branches are swinging around because of their ropes. We want you to go and see if there is any way to make the cows behave themselves."

"Haha! You think I'm a god. Even cows listen to me." Yi Ke sneered and said, "Tell them that there is no medicine to make cows behave, but there is medicine to make cows dizzy again. Ask them whose cow needs it and come and get it."

"If you don't want to use my cows, I'll go tell them. You continue!" Ma Youcai turned around and ran out of the cave to tell everyone this bad news.

After running, Yike slowly went to the kitchen. In the kitchen, several women were busy in front of the stove, some were cutting vegetables, some were steaming buns, and some were cooking porridge. Several girls were also helping there, some were washing dishes, washing vegetables, and lighting the fire. They were very busy and happy.

When everyone saw Yike coming in, they greeted him warmly, which made Yike feel a little embarrassed. Everyone was working, but she was the only one running, which seemed like she was being lazy.

"Sister Yike, do you run every day?" asked the new little girl Hu Lili.

"Sister Yike, isn't running very tiring? It's more tiring than working. I can see that you are sweating a lot. Was it your mother who asked you to run? Let's go and plead with your mother to ask her not to let you run, okay?" Hu Fangfang said, blinking her cute eyes.

"It wasn't my mom who told me to run, I wanted to run on my own. Running is good for the body and it won't make you sick easily." This child is so loving. He rubbed the hair of the two sisters, hmm! Not soft, dull.

"You're not sick! Really?" Both pairs of eyes looked at Yi Ke with sparkling eyes.

"It's not that I never get sick, it's that I rarely get sick," Yi Ke corrected.

"Then I want to run too. I don't want to get sick. Sister, let's run with Sister Yike. We don't want to get sick." Hu Fangfang held Hu Lili's hand and shook it.

"Okay, let's follow Sister Yike to run. Sister Yike, can you take us running?" Hu Lili held her sister's shaking hand and asked while looking at Yike.

"Well, this requires your parents' consent." Yike felt a little amused when he thought of the scene of a few little kids running behind him.

"Stop bothering your sister Yi Ke and go call your father and uncles to have breakfast." Sun Meili said to Hu Lili.

"Then I'll go call my godmother." Yike left the kitchen and went to the cave. Sure enough, his godmother and Du Jiankang were feeding the livestock in the cave.

The chicks and ducklings we bought are all looking very cute. They eat, play, sleep well and are carefree, and they are growing bigger every day.

There is another unexpected person in the hidden cave, that is Chen Shengli’s youngest son Chen Fugui. He followed Du Jiankang and helped feed the rabbits with hay.

"Godmother, Brother Jiankang, have you finished feeding? It's time for breakfast." Yi Ke shouted at the entrance of the cave without going in.

"I'll be there after I'm done feeding you." Wang Cuihua agreed.

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At the dinner table, a group of men, both young and old, were very excited today. It was obvious that they were so excited because they saw the cows wake up and thought that they would have cows to help with the work.

"Enough, enough. Eat quietly and then discuss your cows." Wang Cuihua said rudely to those who were discussing the cows loudly. They were talking so much that their appetite was seriously affected. Even though Wang Cuihua didn't say anything, Yi Ke couldn't help but say it.

"Okay, let's eat." Du Qingcang still listened to his wife very much. As soon as his wife spoke, he responded immediately. The others held back their laughter and began to eat seriously.

"Sister Yike, do you eat breakfast like this every day?" Chen Fugui asked vaguely while eating a steamed bun.

"Yes, don't you eat breakfast?"

"Well! We only eat two meals." Chen Fugui stretched out two fingers to compare, swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth, and finally spoke clearly, "Then I will eat with you every day in the future, okay? I will also follow Brother Jiankang to feed the rabbit in the morning."

"You're dreaming! My sister and I have to run with Sister Yike so that we can have meals with her every day." Hu Fangfang felt that this rich brother was trying to snatch Sister Yike from her, so she stood up and said angrily.

Yike: …

"Then I'll run with Sister Yike too." Chen Fugui immediately changed his words.

"You are not allowed to run with Sister Yike. Sister Yike is mine." Hu Fangfang was almost crying. She felt that she was not strong enough on her own, so she shook her sister Hu Lili's hand and said, "Sister, help grab Sister Yike. Don't let the little bad guys grab Sister Yike."

Yike:? ? ?

"Hahahaha! Ahahahaha!" Ma Youcai couldn't hold back his laughter anymore. , they were also amused by the childish words of the two children.

"Be good! Eat your meal! No one is trying to snatch your sister Yi Ke from you. Look, isn't your sister Yi Ke eating there?" Sun Meili coaxed Hu Fangfang.

Hu Fangfang looked at Yike, then came over with a bowl and sat down next to Yike. She handed the steamed bun in her hand to Yike and said, "Sister Yike, eat the steamed bun. You're hungry from running."

"What the hell, you asked me to eat a steamed bun covered with saliva." Yi Ke complained in his heart, but said, "Fangfang, be good, eat it, and you will grow taller."

"Oh!" Hu Fangfang finally calmed down, and Yike breathed a sigh of relief.

A table of people cooked their meals to the sound of children's laughter and had a happy breakfast with steamed buns.