In the next few days, until they started digging sweet potatoes in the field, Yan Xi'an and his sister and brother stayed in the valley with Lu Yu. Lu Yu was turning over the fields, and the sisters and brothers were herding sheep on the side.

Sweet potatoes are not a good thing, people will have an upset stomach if they eat too much, they are prone to roundworms, and the most important thing is that the taste is really not good. If it weren't for the high yield of sweet potatoes, no one would have planted this kind of thing on a large scale.

Those hungry people will not only beg, but also steal, some of them have unclean hands and feet, and after asking for food every day, when it gets dark, they will go to the villagers' fields to secretly dig up a few sweet potatoes and bring them home.

To dig sweet potatoes, you need to cut the sweet potato vines first. Sweet potato vines are not eaten, but the petioles of sweet potatoes can also be cooked, but that can only be done when the sweet potato vines are not particularly old. Because Lu Yu's family couldn't eat all the vegetables in the vegetable garden, they didn't pick the petioles to cook.

Sweet potato vines cannot be eaten, but they can be fed to sheep, and for cattle and sheep, sweet potato vines with more moisture, fatter and crisper are better food than weeds.

This morning, eight sheep were brought into Anding Valley, and then Lu Yu carried a hoe, Yan Jibai carried a basket, and Yan Xi'an and his sister and brother each carried a sickle and went to the sweet potato field. Several families in the village who grow sweet potatoes have made an appointment to harvest sweet potatoes together on this day, and when everyone planted them in the past, they kept an eye on the hillside together to prevent thieves, but now they have all collected together, and thieves still have to be guarded against.

Cutting sweet potato vines could not let the siblings come, for fear that they would hurt themselves. Lu Yu and Yan Ji cut the vines in white, and the sisters and brothers carried the cut sweet potato vines to the ground and piled them together.

There were a total of three points of sweet potatoes, Lu Yu and Yan Jibai cut them all morning, and they cut all the sweet potato vines in the field and piled them together. Lu Yu saw the sweet potato vines piled up on other people's grounds, and wondered if he should bring their potato vines over and take them home for the sheep to eat. Lu Yu remembered that the moldy sweet potato vine sheep would have a bad stomach if they ate it, and thought that there were only eight sheep at home, and they couldn't eat so many sweet potato vines, so they still forgot it.

There were no sweet potato vines in the field, and Lu Yu was worried that someone would come to the field to hold hands or something, so he didn't go home to eat at noon, so he asked Yan Jibai to go back and eat first, and then bring it to himself. The owner of the next place saw that Lu Yu hadn't gone back, so he asked him to help take care of it.

After a lunch, Lu Yu dug up half of the sweet potatoes, dug them out and didn't pick them up, and kept them for the afternoon to let the sisters and brothers load them into the basket, otherwise they would definitely have to grab the hoe and dig the sweet potatoes. Digging sweet potatoes is not about hoeing the hoe to the ground and then pulling it up, so that it is easy to hoe the sweet potato.

Yan Xi'an came back first, she carried the food and a pot of cold water in a bamboo basket, and asked Lu Yu to come over to eat quickly.

Lu Yu put down the hoe, sat on the ridge, took off his coat and put it on the ground, and let Yan Xi'an sit on it, he said that there would be insects in the grass.

During the meal, Lu Yu asked Yan Xi'an if there were still many people coming to ask for food today.

"Yes, quite a few. My mother told Xiding not to go out in the afternoon, she was a little scared to be home alone. ”

"Uh-huh." Lu Yu took a bite of food and said, "Why don't you let your father be at home in the afternoon?" ”

"Okay, I'm going to work with you anyway." Yan Xi'an watched Lu Yu eat and asked him, "Uncle, is the rice delicious?" Is it enough? ”

"It's delicious, it's enough." The dish is pork fried beans, and an eggplant, these two dishes taste good, but the oil and salt are too heavy, and Lu Yu drank several sips of water in a row.

Yan Xi'an quietly stretched out a hand and gently put it on Lu Yu's waist. Lu Yu's body shook, and he wanted to lean over, but was pushed away by Yan Xi'an with a smile.

Yan Xi'an smiled: "Uncle, someone will come in a while, aren't you afraid?" ”

"Hehe, Xi'an, you're not afraid." After eating, Lu Yu put down the bowls, chopsticks and bamboo basket, rinsed his mouth, looked back and forth, left and right, and then carefully took Yan Xi'an's hand and held it gently.

Seeing Lu Yu's cautious appearance, Yan Xi'an couldn't help but laugh and said, "Uncle, you are so stupid." ”

Lu Yu smiled and said, "If you're not careful, my Xi'an is young and beautiful, and I myself am old and ugly, and when others see it, they will definitely say: 'Yo, whose big girl is this, how can she be inserted in a lump of cow dung.'" Look at this cow dung again, it turned out to be Lu Dayu from Yangshan Village, I'm afraid that Lu Yu, this kid is the ancestral tomb is smoking, and he actually picked up such a good daughter-in-law who seems to be like a flower. ”

Yanxi Ange smiled, laughed for a while, and then said: "Uncle, you don't have to be so humble, this girl is like a flower, stupid uncle, you are also a talent." ”

"A table of talent can't be said, a table of stupidity is almost the same."

"Nonsense!" Yan Xi'an deliberately kept a straight face, and reprimanded Lu Yu: "You are not allowed to talk about my uncle like that, be careful that I am angry with you." ”

"Hehe, don't say it." Lu Yu held Yan Xi'an's hand and rubbed it gently, his heart was calm and joyful.

The two sat side by side for a while, but they didn't dare to get too close, for fear that someone would suddenly come over. Except for Yan Xiding, the four members of the Yan family already knew about the relationship between Lu Yu and Yan Xi'an, but this didn't mean that the two of them dared to blatantly behave too openly in front of Yan Jibai and his wife, and as for the rest of the village, they didn't want them to know.

Not long after, Yan Xiding came, and sure enough, Yan Jibai stayed at home to accompany his wife. Lu Yu felt that this was good, those hungry people were not easy to deal with, Yan Xiding was young and angry, and he would quarrel with them if he didn't get it right.

In the afternoon, Lu Yu dug sweet potatoes in front, and the sisters and brothers picked them up in the back. Sweet potatoes are really easy to grow, with high yields and large sizes, and the largest ones are estimated to weigh four or five pounds, and they are steamed enough for an adult to eat for two days.

After digging less than a penny, the two baskets were full, and Lu Yu picked the sweet potatoes home and came back to continue digging. It's best to dig up three points of land today, otherwise if you come back tomorrow, there will definitely be a shortage of sweet potatoes in the field. Other people in the village grow a lot of sweet potatoes, and they will definitely build a shed in the field at night to watch. Lu Yu's house is so small, it is a little unnecessary to build a tent to stay overnight.

When Lu Yu returned to the field with the empty basket, he saw Yan Xiding wielding a hoe and chiseling on the ground, the chiseled soil was splashed everywhere, and the broken sweet potatoes were flying. Yan Xi'an was angry when he saw it, and sat on the ridge with his hands behind his back, without saying a word.

"Xiding, I'll dig it, you keep picking it up." Lu Yu saw that the little guy had wasted a lot of sweet potatoes, and felt a little pity.

"No, I'll dig it, Uncle Da Yu, you and my sister will pick it up in the back." Yan Xiding dug very hard, but unfortunately there was no way, a hoe down, and then pull out a little difficult, and every time you dig a piece or a few pieces of sweet potatoes.

Yan Xi'an was furious: "You will be a fart, you have dug up the sweet potatoes." ”

"It's bad, it's bad, there's a lot of sweet potatoes anyway." I don't know why, Yan Xiding seems to be very keen on doing farm work.

Lu Yu felt that Yan Xiding's idea was wrong, and he should be educated, so he said: "That, Xiding, the sweet potato has been dug up, and it is easy to rot." ”

"Well, I'll be careful." Yan Xiding still didn't stop the hoe in his hand.

"Now many people don't have anything to eat, our family has food and sweet potatoes, but we can't do it badly, right?"

"Uncle Da Yu, I know, I didn't mess with it, I'll dig it well now, I promise not to dig another one, if I ......" Before the words were finished, another poor sweet potato was cut in half by the hoe. Yan Xiding smirked twice and continued: "If I dig three more bad, I won't dig it, okay?" ”

"Alright then!" Lu Yu felt that this kid had no way to persuade him, thought about it, and had an idea, so he said, "Xiding, have you ever eaten sweet potatoes?" Do you like it? ”

"I like it, let my mom steam a few for me at night." There are really not many foods that Yan Xiding doesn't like to eat.

"Do you like to eat raw?"

"Can you eat it raw?" Yan Xi must have discovered something very unusual, and asked with a frown, "Is the raw delicious?" ”

"It's delicious, it tastes like that...... Raw chestnuts are the same. (Forgive me, the author really thinks so)

"Really? Then I'm going to eat one. Yan Xiding finally dropped the hoe, picked up a piece of sweet potato, wiped the soil of the sweet potato flour on his clothes, and was about to stuff it into his mouth.

Lu Yu hurriedly said: "You can't eat the skin, you will have diarrhea if you eat it." You go back and get a kitchen knife, and I'll cut one for you to eat. ”

Yan Xiding hesitated for a moment and said, "Uncle Da Yu, you run fast, you go back and get it." ”

"I'm going to dig sweet potatoes, we have to finish digging this piece of land today, otherwise we will have to leave someone to look at the land at night."

Yan Xiding listened, not only did he not worry, but he was very happy, and said with a smile: "That's more fun, we can build a shed in the field at night, and then we all live here." ”

Lu Yu was speechless, and said helplessly: "If you don't go back to Xiding, I won't take you with me next time I hunt, and I'll leave you to take care of your home." ”

"Don't." Yan Xiding finally gave in, and said with a sad face: "Then I can't go back." ”

After Yan Xiding left, Lu Yu picked up the hoe and was about to continue digging, but heard Yan Xi'an say, "Uncle, let me come, I haven't dug yet." ”

Lu Yu: "......"

After Yan Xiding went back, it took a long time to come back with a kitchen knife. Lu Yu asked him why he had been gone for so long, and Yan Xiding said: "Just now, someone asked for food and gave him sweet potatoes, but they were not happy." ”

"Why are you even picking out what you want to eat now?" Lu Yu was puzzled.

"yes, obviously they don't have anything to eat, and they still pick and choose." Yan Xiding handed the kitchen knife to Lu Yu, and urged him to peel sweet potatoes for himself to eat.

Lu Yu carried the knife like flying, and he didn't care if the peeled skin was thick, so he quickly peeled a sweet potato and handed it to Yan Xiding. Yan Xiding couldn't wait to take a bite after taking it, chewed it a few times, and then praised: "Eh, it's delicious, this thing is very sweet to eat raw." ”

"You like to eat it, don't you?" Lu Yu cut another one for Yan Xi'an.

"Delicious! I wondered, how could they dislike it when they asked for food? ”

Yan Xi'an also took the peeled sweet potato from Lu Yu's hand, and she said to her younger brother: "Don't always 'ask for food, ask for food' so much, people have no food to eat, it's already very pitiful." ”

"That's what it was." Yan Xiding gnawed the sweet potatoes and said, "Our father said that you are not good, if you weren't too generous a few days ago, these people would not have picked and picked when they came to our house." ”

"Nonsense, I said you were not good."