Chapter 398 Du Shun Jin Cheng's Sweet Potato

Old man Su had sharp eyes and a sharp tongue. He quickly understood the situation and even sped up the digging process.

Zong Zhao quickly picked up the leaves and twigs and came back. He was efficient and organized, even the twigs were clearly organized into different levels, with the coarse and fine twigs needed for each stage prepared.

Su Xi was a rough man, but seeing such details, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and gave him a thumbs up: "This is a good job, but I only have two sweet potatoes, and I'm still short of one. Can you go and bring one back?"

"Okay." Zong Zhao walked straight towards the little devil.

Xu Wan couldn't help herself, she laughed and said, "You two are picking on Jin Cheng alone?"

Su Xi laughed and said, "That kid has a face that looks like he's asking for trouble. What's wrong with taking three sweet potatoes from him? We are his husband and father, isn't this the way it should be?"

Xu Wan held her forehead and nodded: "Yes, it should be."

The more familiar the relationship is, the easier it is to start. It’s the truth.

Suxi's sweet potato roasting pit was set up, leaves and twigs were lit, and a big fire began to burn. While the sweet potatoes were roasting, Zong Zhao added firewood unconsciously, while Suxi and Xu Wan sat beside them and chatted.

Occasionally Zong Zhao would interject a few words, but not many. Su Xi would knock on the ground with a stick, and then hit Zong Zhao, knocking him so hard that Xu Wan was afraid he would be beaten.

"Boy, you talk too little. Change this habit."

Zong Zhao hummed and said, "I've changed it. I used to say less than this."

Su Xi: "Hahaha, you were dumb before?"

Xu Wan: “!”

It always feels like you're on the verge of getting beaten.

Zong Zhao didn't get angry either, and replied naturally: "No, I just don't like talking."

Su Xi asked: "Why do you want to change it now?"

Zong Zhao did not shy away from the question and said bluntly: "It is a problem and must be corrected."

Su Xi laughed again: "You are good, kid. You are still self-aware. Change it quickly, otherwise it will be too boring."

“I’m trying hard.”

Su Xi roasted the sweet potatoes, took them off the rack, and threw two to Zong Zhao with his hands burning. He then pinched his face and the sweet potatoes at the same time, trying to cool them down with his face.

After a while, Bao Longtu came into the world.

Zong Zhao used a handkerchief to cushion the sweet potato and broke it open. The fragrance came out and he fanned away the hot steam with his hand before handing it to Xu Wan.

Not far away, the teenagers who were busy digging sweet potatoes finally smelled something. They threw down their hoes, ran over and asked, "What smells so good? Are you eating something delicious?"

"Hahaha, Mr. Su, why is your face so black?"

Su Xi bared his teeth and smiled: "Still laughing, there is no food for you."

The boys' expressions immediately changed: "Damn it!!"

The little devil ran to his parents and asked, "Mom, what is this delicious food? Why is it black?"

Xu Wan raised her hand and replied, "Roasted sweet potatoes, can't you see?"

"Huh?" he was surprised.

He Zheng also ran over and asked, "Why is the skin of the roasted sweet potato so black? We have eaten it before and it was not like this."

Xu Wan replied, "What you ate before was roasted in a stove, but this is roasted in a pit. Look, that's where Mr. Su roasted it just now, and the rack is still there."

Wei Xinglu said excitedly: "We want to roast sweet potatoes too!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Shen Yibai squeezed over, pushed Su Xi to the side, and quickly occupied the pit.

Su Xi was almost squeezed away, and said angrily: "Be careful, you little brats, you almost knocked my sweet potato away."

"hey-hey……"

The five young boys were collecting firewood, making fire, and Shen Yibai even picked out the five biggest sweet potatoes from the little devil's bucket. Zong Jincheng caught him red-handed: "Xiaobai! Why didn't you take it from your own bucket!!!"

Shen Yibai chuckled and said, "Yours is closer."

Zong Jincheng was even more annoyed: "Nonsense, it's obviously He Zheng who is closer."

“…”

"Hahaha..." Xu Wan sat next to Zong Zhao, almost unable to stop laughing. She whispered, "As expected, Jincheng's sweet potatoes are the most popular. Magical."

Zong Zhao's mouth corners also slightly lifted, and he asked softly: "Is it enough? If not, I'll grill a few more for you."

Xu Wan asked with a smile: "Take it from the Jincheng bucket again?"

Zong Zhao said confidently: "He is busy roasting sweet potatoes right now, so he can't see it."

Xu Wan laughed so hard that she wanted to cover her face: "You are so wicked... No no, I'll make Cheng Cheng angry. Mine is quite big, it's enough for you to eat."

The kids worked hard, turned off the engine five times, and poked the hole twice. Finally, half an hour later, they got to eat the sweet potatoes they had baked themselves.

The skin is all black, and the face is also black after eating.

"It's delicious. It smells so good when you bake it yourself!"

"When I get home tonight, I'm going to bring some sweet potatoes back home and roast them!"

"It's possible, but we're running out of time. Let's grill it after we get out of the Gongyuan."

"good!"

After lunch was settled, the five of them started to work again. This time, they dug sweet potatoes with a purpose in mind, mumbling from time to time: "I want to take this home, this one too, and this one, this one..."

After finishing their work in the fields, they were so tired that they just spread their clothes on the ground, not caring whether the ground was dirty or not, and just became one with nature.

“I’m so tired…”

"It's okay, it's over, today is the last day of work."

“I don’t want to experience it again. It’s so painful.”

"yes……"

“But the people here, every day, every year, they are doing it…”

“They suffer more.”

Su Xi stood on the edge of the field, listening to them talk about the hard work of farming and the hard work of the farmers. He was filled with emotion, but when he spoke, he could only say one thing: "I hope that when you become officials in the future, you will always think about the hard work of the people, worry about everything with the people in mind, and become a parent official who truly loves the people."

The five young boys were shocked.

The fatigue in his eyes was swept away, replaced by a more determined look, and Zong Jincheng shouted directly: "We can definitely do it!"

The others said in unison: "Yes! We can!"

…

The servants packed up their things and loaded the sweet potatoes they were going to take away, and the young men climbed onto the carriage one after another.

Su Xi stood on the ground, looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and said to Xu Wan: "It looks like it's going to rain. We can't leave today."

"Ah?" Xu Wan raised her head quickly.

I did see signs that it was going to rain, but I asked about the weather before I went out and they said it wouldn't rain today.