The three children were worried. What happened?
Qin Muxiao's heart was in turmoil, and an uneasy look appeared on his face. He thought to himself: Is it because my test scores are too low? The teachers are disgusted and want to kick me out, and ask my two brothers to leave as well. Oh, it's all my fault for not studying hard, and now I'm causing trouble for my brothers.
Qin Muzhe was also thinking: I thought the test paper was not difficult, so I wrote it very quickly and my handwriting was very neat. Why did this teacher yell at us in such a hurry?
Qin Muzhou, on the other hand, was thinking calmly: "Could it be that this teacher saw that we did so well on the test paper and wants to keep me here? There's no need to yell so excitedly, it's beneath my dignity." He thought to himself and shook his head.
While several people were thinking about their own things, the principal frowned and said, "What are you yelling about? What's wrong?" The female teacher smiled sheepishly and said, "Principal, we have graded these children's test papers. Their scores are very good. I was so happy that I couldn't hold back for a moment."
The principal took the test papers and saw that all three students had full marks on the math test. On the Chinese test, only Qin Muxiao's score was relatively low at 86, while the other two scored above 90. The principal clapped his hands and said, "Okay, come to school tomorrow morning. Qin Muxiao and Qin Muzhou are both in the fourth grade. Qin Muze, according to your scores, you can go to junior high school. Let's decide." Qin Muze looked at the principal and said, "Principal, I want to go to high school."
The principal was not surprised when he heard this. He thought for a while and said, "If you have made up your mind, I can write you a letter of recommendation. You can take it to the No. 1 Middle School in the county to find the Dean of Studies, Director Xie, to go through the admission procedures." Qin Muzhe took the letter of recommendation with both hands and bowed to the principal to express his gratitude.
When the principal saw the three children who had good grades and were polite, he said happily, "Study hard. Go back." Qin Chengrui nodded and greeted the principal, then took the three brothers out of the principal's office.
Qin Chengrui said to Qin Muxiao and Qin Muzhou, "You two go back first. I'll take your brother to the No. 1 Middle School in the county to take the exam. If it's too late, we won't go home today."
The two agreed, "Come on, big brother, you must do well in the exam. We are counting on you."
Qin Chengrui's face darkened. "What are you talking about? Boys should be decisive and efficient." The two men stuck out their tongues, waved goodbye, and turned to leave.
A month later, the final exams of the county middle school where Qin Muzhe studied were over and the school was on vacation. When he returned home, there was no one at home. He knew that everyone had gone to Xiaoqingshan to dig potatoes.
After climbing up Xiaoqing Mountain, we could see from a distance that almost all the villagers were there. The adults were sweating profusely as they dug potatoes, while the children followed behind with baskets. When the baskets were full, they were placed on the potato field. Someone would carry the potato baskets down the mountain. Qin Muxiao and Qin Muzhou were there, accompanying the principal and teachers of the county agricultural school to count the number of potatoes per acre.
Whenever the principal of the agricultural school weighed a basket of potatoes and announced the number, his face would light up and he would shake his head repeatedly, "Incredible, incredible, absolutely incredible."
At this time, Qin Feng was talking to the village chief. "Village chief, it's written in the document that you can't take all the potatoes away."
"No, no, it's all yours. But, Qin Feng, you see, every household doesn't have enough food. We in the village can exchange it with you. Is that okay?"
Qin Feng couldn't argue with the village chief, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it later, let's talk about it later. I'll go see if all the potatoes have been dug." Then he ran away.
The village chief wasn't angry when Qin Feng ran away. He looked at the potatoes on the ground with a smile. He had never seen potatoes this big before. "Mancang, these potatoes must have become spirits. Look at them, they're big and round, with thin skins. They're really good potatoes." An old man came over with a few big potatoes, his face beaming.
In the distance, children were happily picking up potatoes in the field that had been dug by adults. Qin Feng told the children that they could also pick up potatoes in the field that had been dug by adults. Then a group of children ran to the potato field that had been dug to pick up potatoes.
The children who had no tools dug with their hands. One girl actually dug out a fat earthworm. She was so scared that she screamed "Ah". She looked down and saw that the earthworm was fat. She shouted quickly, "Haha, such a fat earthworm. I'll take it home to feed the chickens." Then she lowered her head and continued to look for potatoes in the field.
Later, the children dug up many potatoes of various shapes, some big and some small. Among them, there was a particularly interesting one. It had a smaller round potato on top connected to a larger round potato on the bottom. It looked like the gourd in the carpenter’s house at the village entrance. It was so cute!
Before long, the children's pockets were filled with the small potatoes they had picked up. They patted their bulging pockets and were so happy that they didn't care about the mud on their faces or the sand on their bodies. They found fun in the process of searching for potatoes. They were so happy!
There were also a few elderly people and women picking up leftovers from the potato field. Qin Feng's family didn't try to stop them. As long as they didn't go too far, they let them do what they wanted.
Ke'er saw the potato field crowded with people, all with smiles on their faces. Although they knew that these were not their own potatoes, the potatoes were all big and round, and the scene of the harvest infected everyone.
When Xiao Si heard that we were going to dig potatoes this morning, he was so happy that he put on the small backpack that his father had woven for him and happily held Li Shuwan's hand all the way to dig potatoes. When they arrived at the field, they saw that the potato vines were already yellow and fell to the ground.
Xiao Si didn't know how to dig potatoes yet, but he saw his mother pulling up the potato vines on the potato field first, and then a bunch of potatoes were brought out. Xiao Si looked at them and asked Li Shuwan, "Mom, they are a family, right? Look at the biggest one, it's even bigger than Daddy's fist. This must be their Daddy. The smaller and more delicate one is their Mom. These are the eldest brother, the second brother, and the three brothers Jinyan. The small, round and most beautiful one is the younger sister. Wow, their family is just like ours. But they don't have an uncle, what should they do?"
He muttered to himself, making everyone laugh.
Soon, all the adults and children in the village came. Xiao Si's good friends found him and called out to him eagerly. "Come on, let's dig potatoes together."
While digging potatoes, Ke'er explained the nutritional and economic value of potatoes. Potatoes are rich and diverse in ingredients. They are high-yielding and nutritious, and can be used as both a vegetable and a grain.
Potatoes, as early spring vegetables, have become an important crop for rural prosperity. In the northwest and southwestern mountainous areas, potatoes play an important role as the main food crop.
Strength lies in numbers. By noon, all the potatoes in Ke'er's potato field had been dug up, packed into baskets, and brought down the mountain. The principal and teachers of the county agricultural school had already compiled the statistics, showing a yield of less than 4,000 kilograms per mu.
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, "This potato really has become a spirit!"
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