Maomao couldn't wait for Li Yan to pick up the chopsticks, and started eating without caring about the heat. No child can resist sweet food. The sweet and sticky candied sweet potato was so delicious.
At this time, Li Erlang had just returned from the county government office. Seeing the girl sorting sweet potatoes in the yard, he went up to her and asked, "What is this?"
"These are the high-yield crops Yan'er and the others brought back, called sweet potatoes. These are damaged. Yan'er said these, and they were all picked out in no time!"
Li Yan happened to be carrying a plate of candied sweet potatoes out of the kitchen. Seeing her father, she walked over to the two of them with the plate and said, "Dad, you're back just in time. Let's try some of this sweet potato food!"
Li Erlang had no habit of eating snacks, but he was very curious about this thing, so he tasted it with a chopstick.
Li Yan couldn't help but ask, "Dad, how is it?"
Li Erlang looked at his daughter who was looking expectant. "Not bad, but it's a bit sweet!"
"Is it sweet?" Li Yan took a bite.
She picked up another piece of food with chopsticks and gave it to Li Xiaomei who was busy working: "Auntie, try it!"
Li Xiaomei swallowed the sweet and sticky candied sweet potato in her mouth and said with a smile, "I think it's just right!"
Li Yan: "I'll make another one for Dad tomorrow morning. You can take it to the county magistrate to try. This way he won't be worried about this and come back home again!"
Li Erlang looked at Li Yan who was teasing County Magistrate Zheng and couldn't help but poke Li Yan's head.
Maomao, sitting on a small stool, finished the candied sweet potato in his small bowl, licked the syrup on his fingers, and ran to Li Yan with his short legs, standing next to her, saying with his eyes wide open, "Second sister, I want more!"
Li Yan refused: "Children can't eat too much sweets, their teeth will hurt!"
Seeing Maomao pouting and about to cry, Li Yan took two more pieces from the plate and put them in his bowl: "I'll give you two more pieces. If you're obedient, Second Sister will give you some tomorrow!"
Only then did I agree.
Because no one had ever tasted sweet potatoes, Li Yan prepared sweet potato porridge in the evening. While lighting the fire, she threw a few sweet potatoes into the porridge and spread out a few flatbreads.
The combination of soft and sticky sweet potatoes and porridge adds a hint of sweetness to the originally tasteless porridge.
Li Erlang said with emotion: "I think this sweet potato can be grown!" Not to mention that it is not bad to eat, even the amazing yield makes people excited.
I don’t know how many people starve to death every year. If this thing can really be grown in the Northwest, it will definitely promote stability in the Northwest.
Thinking of this, Li Erlang couldn't help but stand up: "You guys eat first, I'm going to the study!"
Looking at her father who was leaving in a hurry, Lin shook her head and said, "I guess your father must have come up with some good idea and can't wait any longer. You guys eat first, I'll check on him later!"
Li Yan smiled and said, "Mom, I also roasted some sweet potatoes. I'll give some to Dad to try later so he can have a more comprehensive understanding of this thing and report back to County Magistrate Zheng."
Lin poked her daughter's head and scolded her with a smile, "You mischievous ghost!"
Li Yan ran to the kitchen with a smile and pulled out the charred sweet potatoes from the fire.
Li Yan couldn't help but peel open a roasted sweet potato. Although the skin was burnt, the flesh inside was golden and exuded a rich fragrance.
"So sweet!" Compared to when they were just opened, the sweet potatoes are now sweeter and more delicious.
Li Yan took the remaining roasted sweet potatoes and shared them with others.
Li Xiaomei exclaimed: "This roasted sweet potato seems to be even more fragrant!"
Lin nodded in agreement: "I'll get two for your father to try!" After that, she got up and went to the study.
Lin called out to her husband, who was busy writing, "This is the roasted sweet potato Yan'er made. Try it!"
Li Erlang took the dark roasted sweet potato from his wife and said with a smile, "This girl always has some weird and wonderful things to eat!"
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