Shen Yibei took out what he had in his hand, which was two palm-sized sweet potatoes.
"Wow, it's sweet potato!" Yuanbao said in surprise.
There was no child in the brigade who didn't like sweet potatoes. Their sweet taste was sweeter than candy. Besides being delicious, they were also filling.
Even comparing White Rabbit candy to sweet potatoes, most kids in the brigade would choose sweet potatoes. After all, back then, being able to fill your stomach was paramount.
This sweet potato was the sweet potato seed that Shen Yibei had secretly left behind. He found a remote piece of land to plant it. Because he was afraid of being discovered, he only planted a small piece. The sweet potatoes that grew were not many, but they were enough for their family of three to eat for a long time.
I just finished harvesting the sweet potatoes a few days ago. Thinking that these two days are Mid-Autumn Festival, Shen Yibei took two for Baoya and Yuanbao to eat.
In fact, Song Jianshe also took some with him when he went to the cowshed that day, but they are still there now. They are keeping them and are reluctant to touch them.
Shen Yibei looked at Baoya’s bright eyes and said, “Let’s not go digging shepherd’s purse today. I’ll roast sweet potatoes for you.”
"Wow!" Yuanbao was so excited when he heard it.
He had been craving roasted sweet potatoes for a long time, but he usually didn't dare roast them when it was just him and Baoya at home. By the time Song Bowen and the others got home from school, it was almost time for dinner, so he still hadn't eaten them.
Although Yuanbao knew that if he told Feng Guizhi, Feng Guizhi would definitely give him roasted sweet potatoes, he still didn't say it. He thought he could wait a little longer, as the roasted sweet potatoes would taste better in winter.
I just didn't expect that Shen Yibei would actually bring sweet potatoes for them to roast and eat.
Shen Yibei looked around and said, “Let’s find a place.”
You definitely can't just light a fire in the mountains, otherwise if something goes wrong it will be troublesome. Shen Yibei took the two children down the mountain, and then found a dry creek and dug a hole there to roast sweet potatoes.
"I'll go find firewood!" Seeing Shen Yibei busy, Yuanbao also volunteered to find a job for himself.
Baoya looked at Yuanbao who was running away, then looked at Chen Yibei who was digging a hole, blinking and not knowing what to do for a moment.
Shen Yibei saw through Baoya’s thoughts at a glance, and said to her without stopping, “Can you help me pick up two branches?”
Baoya nodded her little head quickly, then turned around to pick up branches.
As Shen Yibei said, he specifically looked for dry branches.
When the two children came back, Shen Yibei had already dug the hole. He then inserted a few branches into it and put the sweet potatoes on it.
Yuanbao and Baoya were squatting on the side watching. At this moment, Yuanbao suddenly remembered something and said, "It's over. We can't roast it without fire."
This place is too far from home, and I can't go back home to light a fire and then come back. Yuanbao's excitement just now cooled down in an instant.
“It’s okay, I have a way.” Shen Yibei had thought of this a long time ago and said calmly.
"Huh? What's Brother Yibei's plan?" Yuanbao asked curiously with his eyes wide open.
Then, Shen Yibei was seen picking up the branches that Baoya had picked up, putting some hay underneath, and rubbing the sticks with his two hands at different times.
Baoya and Yuanbao looked for a long time but couldn't understand what Shen Yibei was doing. Yuanbao scratched his head: "Brother Yibei, what are you doing?"
Shen Yibei concentrated on the movements of his hands and did not answer. He just kept rubbing it, and after a while, smoke began to come out from the bottom.
"Smoke, there is smoke!" Yuanbao widened his eyes in surprise, but he couldn't figure out where the smoke came from or why rubbing a wooden stick would produce smoke.
Baoya also widened her eyes, watching Shen Yibei's movements without blinking, and couldn't help but slowing down her breathing.
Shen Yibei frowned, but did not slack off and continued to repeat the action. After a while, seeing that the smoke was getting more and more, he stopped and then lowered his head to blow a few times at the firewood, sparks came out, and slowly burned the firewood.
Shen Yibei stirred the fire, pushed the ones that were easy to light over, and then the fire grew bigger and bigger.
Seeing that it was almost done, he started a fire in the hole he had just dug, filled it with firewood and roasted the sweet potatoes on top. Only then did he turn around and explain to Baoya and Yuanbao:
"This is called rubbing two sticks together to make fire. It uses the principle of frictional heat generation. Just like when you rub your hands together like this, you feel your palms getting warm. If you keep turning the stick, it will generate heat, and slowly, fire will be generated."
Yuanbao and Baoya are five years old and over three years old respectively. After all, they are still very young, so Shen Yibei did not explain them in too much detail.
“Wow!” Yuanbao couldn’t help but make a surprised sound, then he rubbed his hands together as Shen Yibei had just done and found that it really became hot.
"Brother Yibei, you are so awesome." Yuanbao sighed inwardly.
Baoya also rubbed her hands and tried it, then raised her head and looked at Shen Yi with her big eyes shining.
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Receiving the two little ones' admiring looks, Shen Yibei said, "You will learn this when you go to school in the future."
He turned around and added some more firewood, fiddling with the sweet potatoes so that they could be roasted evenly.
After listening to it, Yuanbao became interested in learning: "Then I want to learn too."
However, he immediately forgot about it and started roasting sweet potatoes excitedly.
"I'll go get some more firewood."
After three people worked hard for a long time, the sweet potatoes were finally baked. Shen Yibei first put out the fire with soil, then quickly took out the sweet potatoes. After they cooled a little, he gave the larger one to Yuanbao. He took the remaining one, gently peeled off the skin, and then handed it to Baoya.
Although the temperature is a little lower than before, Yuanbao and Baoya still feel a little hot when they pick it up, but they are reluctant to let go. They blow on the sweet potato with their mouths and then take a bite.
There is still some difference in taste between boiled sweet potatoes and baked sweet potatoes, especially the baked sweet potatoes, which are the result of labor and hard work, and taste a little sweeter than the previous ones.
"Delicious! So sweet!"
When Baoya wanted to eat it after it cooled down, she remembered that Shen Yibei didn’t seem to have any, so she handed the sweet potato in her hand over and looked at Shen Yibei with big eyes: “Brother, eat~”
Shen Yibei didn't expect Baoya to still think about him without even tasting a bite. He didn't refuse, broke off a small piece from the bottom, and gave most of the top half to Baoya.
Shen Yibei took a bite and it was indeed as Yuanbao said, especially sweet.
Baoya watched Shen Yibei eat it, and then she leaned forward to take a small bite. The roasted sweet potato was so soft and sweet that she couldn't help but eat it bite by bite.
The roasted sweet potato peel next to her accidentally smeared on her face, leaving a black streak, making her look like a little cat. Especially since Baoya herself didn't know it, her eyes were wide open and she looked so satisfied that it made people's hearts melt.
Shen Yibei put on a smile on his face and reached out to wipe Baoya's face, but he forgot that his hands had just peeled sweet potatoes. Not only did he not wipe them clean, but they became dirtier the more he wiped.
Baoya saw Shen Yibei wiping her face, and smiled at him with her lips pursed. There were two dark lines on her little face, which made Yuanbao next to her laugh hard.
"Hahahahaha, little sister Xiaobao is a little cat~"
Baoya blinked and looked at Yuanbao, not knowing what he meant. Instead, she smiled with her eyes curved.
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Shen Yibei looked at the "crime" he had left on Baoya's fair little face, and then saw that the two brothers and sisters were smiling so happily, and the corners of his mouth also rose.
Yuanbao smiled and saw that Baoya only had it on one side. He looked at his black hands and smeared it on the other side of Baoya's face: "Hahahahaha, now you look more like a little kitten."
Baoya wiped her little face with the back of her hand, and she was not angry, but laughed even happier. Shen Yibei watched Yuanbao "bullying" Baoya from the side, and he stretched out his hand and drew a line on Yuanbao's face.
Now Baoya saw Yuanbao's face and smiled even more happily.
"Brother Yibei wiped me and I turned into a little cat. Sister Xiaobao, let's go wipe Brother Yibei's face together and let him turn into a little cat too." Yuanbao smiled and called Baoya to go and wipe Chen Yibei together.
The three of them played around for a while, and each of their faces was covered in black, and Shen Yibei couldn't escape. However, it wasn't that he couldn't really escape, he just let them smear it on him on purpose.
After the fun, seeing that it was getting dark, Shen Yibei took Baoya and Yuanbao to find a clean river and washed their faces. Then, they left together.
When he got home, Yuanbao couldn't help but share today's interesting events with Feng Guizhi, and also talked about how Baoya turned into a little cat.
Baoya stood aside, lowered her head and smiled shyly.
Feng Guizhi couldn't help laughing when she heard this, especially because she could feel that Shen Yibei was good to the little ones in the family. After all, life in the cowshed was not easy, and he was still thoughtful enough to take out sweet potatoes for the two little ones to eat.
After the children came back from school, Yuanbao happily told them the story again, which made them all envious.
"When we don't have to go to school, let's ask grandma to bake some sweet potatoes for us."
"I want to eat baked sweet potatoes, too."
"We'll grill it on Saturday."
"Hmm!" The little ones nodded their heads and ran to ask Feng Guizhi. They knew that food was scarce at home, so they said they would only bake three.
Feng Guizhi knew that the children were sensible and that three sweet potatoes were not too much, so she agreed.
"Wow, thanks grandma!"
"The milk is so good!" The little ones cheered happily.
After today, the kids kept thinking about roasting sweet potatoes on Saturday when they didn't have school. Finally, Saturday came.
I went out to dig shepherd's purse in the morning, and around three or four o'clock in the afternoon, I was excited to start roasting sweet potatoes.
They first found a suitable place to roast the sweet potatoes, and then started digging a hole. Last time, Baoya was responsible for collecting firewood, but this time, he and Yunduo were digging the hole nearby.
However, as they dug, they dug out a round object.
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