"Yiyi, I have buried the sweet potatoes and bird eggs in the charcoal. When the charcoal is almost burned out, they can be eaten."
Yun Yiyi stood up and said, "Brother, I'll dig sweet potatoes with you guys. I'll come back to check on the fire later."
"Okay, more people means faster digging. It's almost noon now, so we have to speed up."
"Hurry up, big brother."
Brother Yun smiled and patted Yun Yiyi's shoulder, "Got it."
When Brother Yun started digging sweet potatoes with a hoe, Yun Yiyi followed him and picked up the sweet potatoes into the basket.
"Brother, have you cooked all the eggs?"
"That's right, Third Brother. The eggs aren't very big, so let's roast them all. When they're cooked, we can share them and eat them."
Third Brother Yun put down the hoe, stood it up, and then held the hoe handle with both hands. "Great, my stomach is already growling."
"Third brother, I guess we have to wait a little longer before we can eat."
"That's right, Third Brother. Only by cooking like Big Brother does, the sweet potatoes and eggs won't get burnt easily. If you use an open flame, they'll get burnt easily."
Yun Yiyi interjected, "Burnt sweet potatoes don't taste good. I'd rather wait a little longer than eat burnt sweet potatoes."
"I understand, big brother, second brother, I'll just nag for a few words."
"Stop nagging and get to work. We'll probably be done digging the sweet potatoes in about half an hour."
"Brothers, work hard. Once you're done, you can eat roasted sweet potatoes. You can also rest for a while."
"Yiyi, if you're tired, take a rest. We're almost done anyway."
Yun Yiyi followed behind everyone, picking up sweet potatoes skillfully.
"I understand, second brother. I'm not tired and can continue."
At this time, only one corner of the sweet potato field has been dug.
As for the sweet potatoes that had been dug up, they had already filled two baskets and were now putting them into the third basket.
At the beginning, everyone would separate the damaged sweet potatoes. Later, as there were more and more sweet potatoes, people stopped separating them and just mixed them together.
Among the sweet potatoes dug out, the most common ones are the size of an adult's palm. Of course, there are also larger ones, but they are much less.
A lot of small sweet potatoes were dug out. Fortunately, Brother Yun and his team dug the sweet potatoes just like digging the ground, so no small sweet potatoes were left in the ground.
Yun Yiyi looked at the land that Big Brother Yun and his men had dug out and felt a little sorry for it. If they lived nearby, they would have planted crops on this land.
Even if the harvest is poor after planting, it is still free because the government does not count the crops and therefore does not need to pay taxes.
Because they may leave after staying for a while, this piece of land will be really wasted.
After more than half an hour, Yun Yiyi and the others finally finished digging the entire sweet potato field.
"Brother, I didn't expect we could fill three baskets of sweet potatoes. This is really too much."
The usually steady Second Brother Yun also smiled happily, "Yeah, I never thought I could dig up so many sweet potatoes."
"If we save these sweet potatoes, they will be enough for us to eat for a long time. Dad and Mom will be so happy if they find out."
Brother Yun was also very happy. While helping to pick sweet potatoes, he said, "Haha, this is the mountain god who knows that we are short of food in winter and is rushing to bring us food."
"But the most important thing is our little Yiyi. If she hadn't led the way today, we would have missed these sweet potatoes."
"If no one digs up these sweet potatoes, some of them will rot in the winter. The ones that survive will grow again next year."
"Yiyi, you are really our family's lucky star." Third Brother Yun patted Yun Yiyi happily.
"Third brother, I smell the fragrance of sweet potatoes, do you smell it?"
Third Brother Yun sniffed, "Hey, I can smell the sweet potato too. Big Brother, the sweet potato must be ripe."
Brother Yun's movements in picking sweet potatoes also quickened. "We have enough time. The sweet potatoes must be ripe. Let's pick them quickly so we can eat them."
"Got it, big brother."
Everyone smelled the sweet aroma of sweet potatoes and sped up their movements. There was no other way, after working for so long, they were already starving.
After more than ten minutes, Yun Yiyi and the others finally picked up all the sweet potatoes and put them in the basket.
"Haha, I've finally finished picking up all the sweet potatoes. Now I can go eat them."
After Third Brother Yun finished speaking, he ran to the fire.
Others followed closely here.
Brother Yun picked up a wooden stick and pushed the extinguished charcoal aside.
Soon, Brother Yun dug out the bird eggs.
The leaves wrapping the bird eggs have been burned until only the last layer remains.
Of course, even this last layer was burned with holes everywhere.
As soon as Brother Yun pulled them out, everyone could smell the aroma of the bird's eggs. No need to guess, the eggs must be cooked.
"Brother, the bird eggs are fragrant, they must be cooked."
"Don't worry, I used to cook eggs this way, and they were always cooked, let alone these little bird eggs."
Seeing Third Brother Yun trying to dig out the eggs with his hands, Big Brother Yun hurriedly stopped him, "Third Brother, don't be impatient. It's too hot. Let's do it later."
"Yes, Third Brother, you have to wait a while, it will be easy to burn your hands."
Third Brother Yun took his hand back and said, "Okay, I'll wait a moment."
Brother Yun continued to dig the charcoal, and when he had moved all the charcoal to the side, the sweet potato at the bottom was also exposed.
"Wow, the sweet potatoes smell so good."
As soon as these words were spoken, eight eyes stared at the sweet potatoes in the pit.
The sweet potatoes in the pit are ripe, and the skin is wrinkled, making the sweet potatoes look like they are smaller.
Brother Yun carefully dug out all eight sweet potatoes and put them aside to dry.
Because the sweet potatoes are not very big, Brother Yun didn’t burn much charcoal today.
So the sweet potatoes looked cooked, but not over-baked.
Roasting sweet potatoes is a laborious task. Sweet potatoes roasted over high heat are easy to burn and the inside is particularly prone to being undercooked.
Only the sweet potatoes slowly roasted with this kind of charcoal will not get burnt easily and taste good.
"Brother, I think the eggs are no longer hot. How about we try some?"
Brother Yun looked at the pairs of expectant eyes and said, "Okay, I'll open all these leaves and take a look."
Brother Yun picked up the leaf and carefully opened it, revealing the four eggs inside. Excellent, none of the eggs were burnt.
"It's not hot anymore. You guys eat the eggs first. I'll take out the rest of the eggs."
As soon as Brother Yun finished speaking, everyone picked up a bird egg and started peeling it.
Yun Yiyi was the fastest and she was the first to peel a bird egg.
She stuffed the bird egg into Brother Yun's mouth and said, "Brother, try the bird egg and see if it tastes good."
When Brother Yun heard this, he instantly became happy, "Okay, Yiyi, you eat too."
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