Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 541 Digging Sweet Potatoes
Taking advantage of Cheng Xinxin's holiday on Sunday, Cheng He decided to take back the sweet potato and take her with him.

No matter whether he has money or not, he will never train his children to have the temperament of "opening their mouths when they eat and reaching out for clothes". No matter what they do, they should at least not be too lazy.

Now, she can watch her parents do things, and in the future, she will be willing to do it herself.

In the morning, after breakfast, after the sun came out and the frost melted, the family was fully prepared and set off together.

Cheng Xinxin was wearing her favorite pink flower hat, and she was holding her small shovel, and she called Cheng Ximei, a little friend, to follow along.

Cheng He dragged the cart, brought hoes, shovels, baskets, sickles and other agricultural tools, and was ready to set off.

About 200 kilograms of sweet potatoes can be collected, and it is more convenient to drag them back with a cart.

Bai Qian didn't want to stay idle at home, so she went with her.

Cheng He had no choice but to shake his head and said, "You are too. Isn't it uncomfortable to rest and watch TV at home? You can lie down when you are tired from sitting, you can drink hot tea when you are thirsty, and you can eat when you are hungry. Why are you going to the field?"

Digging sweet potatoes is physical work, and since it's not a lot, he naturally won't let her do it. She went, just to play along.

Bai Qian said: "I just want to follow, I don't want to enjoy the blessings at home, what's the matter?"

Well, the whole family went to work in the fields, and she was left alone at home, so she didn't do it.

She said: "Let's give the little guy some prenatal education, let him see that Dad is working hard, and let him not be a slacker."

Cheng Xinxin walked in front, and when she heard the last sentence, she didn't know how this sentence made her smile, she held her shovel in her hand, and said with a smile: "Slacker, slacker, hahahaha... "

Cheng Ximei also kept laughing, and the two little girls walked hand in hand.

Cheng He dragged the cart, and said: "Yes, lazy people can't do it, we are not lazy people at heart, and we also help Dad dig sweet potatoes, right?"

Cheng Xinxin's responsibility suddenly rose, and she said firmly, "Yes, I want to help Dad dig sweet potatoes, big sweet potatoes."

In fact, she has always liked to help her father with work, even if it was helping to carry a basket, helping to carry a basket, these tasks beyond her power, she worked very hard.

Bai Qian looked at her bouncing and bouncing, and felt that going to the field was a fun thing to do.This kid is easy to coax.

When he arrived at the field, Cheng He parked the cart on the side of the road, took down the baskets, hoes, and sickles, cut off the sweet potato vines on the ground, tied them up and went back to feed the pigs.

Cutting sweet potato vines was easy, and within a short time, the entire field was vacated. Cheng Xinxin and Cheng Xinmei, two little girls, happily ran around on it, playing small games.

Bai Qian picked up the hoe and tried to dig sweet potatoes by herself. When Cheng He saw it, she said, "What are you doing with that? Let's play around."

"What am I playing? There's nothing here." Bai Qian said unwillingly.

"I told you a long time ago that there is nothing interesting in the fields, so you can rest at home, watch TV, and eat snacks, isn't it good?" Cheng He said, and the sweet potato vines were tied up, and now you can start digging sweet potatoes.

"I'm not going back, I want to accompany you." Bai Qian said.

Cheng He saw that she really had nothing to do and couldn't stay idle, and wanted to do something, so he said, "Then go and collect some dry firewood, and I'll make you something fun."

"what?"

"You'll know when you get it." Cheng He said.

There were some dead branches under the trees in the distance, some withered thatch on the top of the field stalks and by the pond, all of which could be burned. Bai Qian took the order and went happily.

Cheng He saw that Cheng Xinxin was still playing, and said, "Xinxin, Dad is going to start digging sweet potatoes."

Upon hearing this, the little girl hurried forward and said, "I want to see, I want to see."

As soon as you pull it down, lift up the pile of sweet potato vines left, and there are three or four red-skinned sweet potatoes hanging on the front.This kind of sweet potato with red skin and yellow heart is very sweet, especially after this period of frost.

When Cheng Xinxin saw it, she said pleasantly, "What a big sweet potato!"

So, she also took her small shovel and was ready to start digging.

Cheng Ximei stood by and applauded her: "Xinxin, come on, come on!"

Maybe this is the friendship between children.

The little guy is holding a plastic shovel. Although it is not soft, it is still a bit harsh for digging. However, she does not have much strength anyway, so she digs slowly.

Cheng He threw the dug sweet potatoes into the basket and continued digging.

There are three varieties of sweet potatoes he grows, one is like this kind of red skin and yellow heart, which is very sweet to eat; Encountered this.

There is another kind, the one with purple skin and purple heart, commonly known as purple sweet potato, which was planted at Bai Qian's request. She thinks this kind should be more delicious.

In fact, the price of purple sweet potatoes has risen sharply in the past few years. It is said that it contains this kind of nutrition and that kind of nutrition, and the price has also gone up.Anyway, there is more than enough vegetables on his land, so it's okay to grow some more.

It’s good to have land at home. You can grow whatever you want, and you can grow what you want to eat. You can feel at ease and eat comfortably.

Not long after, Bai Qian came over with some dry firewood and asked him, "Then what are you going to do next?"

Cheng He pointed to the empty space where the sweet potatoes had just been dug, and said, "Just order it there, be careful that you burn yourself, and don't stand in the downwind. Burn the roasted sweet potatoes and eat them."

"Really?" Bai Qian was very happy. It's great that you can bake sweet potatoes right here in the field.

Cheng He said again: "The dead branches are not enough, a little less, and they won't be cooked in a while."

"What should I do?"

"Go get some more, anyway, you have nothing to do." Cheng He said.

So, Bai Qian went to pick up dead branches again.

She gradually felt that something was wrong. She came to the field to follow the work, so why did she just help with food?This...is there such a thing?

Looking back at Cheng He who was wielding a shovel, she knew that this man was reluctant to contribute by himself, and sweetness surged in her heart.

She stroked her swollen belly and said softly: "Baby, it's all your fault, mom can't help dad now... When you come out next year, you have to help dad with work, you can't be lazy……"

After she came and went a few times, the dead branches she had picked up were almost enough. Cheng He verbally instructed her to light the thatch and put dry branches on it.

With a great sense of accomplishment, Bai Qian picked three more sweet potatoes and put them on the fire, roasting them together.

When choosing sweet potatoes for roasting, you should choose long and thin ones, so that they are easy to roast, so that the outside will not be mushy, and the inside will still be raw.

She heard what Cheng He said, the one with white hearts is more fragrant, and the one with red hearts is sweeter, and she didn't know which one to choose for a while, so she took one of them, anyway, choose when you are eating.

While digging, Cheng He said, "That's how we did it when we were young on vacation. No matter who's sweet potato, just dig it out and bake it. You don't know, stealing something from someone else's house just feels more delicious. "

Bai Qian pointed at him and said with a smile: "So you have been a Gu family's product since you were a child, and you also eat other people's food when you eat, so you can save your own food."

Cheng He looked proud: "Of course."

I used to pick up some beans and throw them into the fire to roast. It seems that there was nothing that I could not eat when I was a child.

He remembered the dialect jokes in some places, so he said to Bai Qian: "Xiaoqian, do you know that sweet potatoes are called 'sweet potatoes' in some places, have you heard of it?"

"No." Bai Qian didn't know much about crops, so she answered honestly.

"You know, there is a place where saying 'Siao' means a fool. For example, if you are a fool, say you are 'Siao', isn't it interesting?" Cheng He said.

"Sweetie?" Bai Qian imitated what he said, and then suddenly reacted and counterattacked, "You are the 'sweetie', big potato!"

She thought, Da Shao is a big fool.

Cheng He laughed.

Dialects are like this sometimes, and sometimes they sound funny.Some places say that sweet potatoes are fools, and some places say that taro is fools.

He said to Bai Qian: "I suddenly remembered that my former colleague seemed to like to say, 'Raw sweet potato is sweet, cooked sweet potato powder, raw sweet potato is not neat', that guy likes to say this when he curses."

Bai Qian didn't understand, so she asked him, "What is jiaosheng?"

Cheng He held up a spherical sweet potato that had just been dug out, and said, "It's like this. It's big and round. When it's baked, the outside is burnt and the inside is still raw, so it's not delicious."

Bai Qian asked him: "Then how do you eat such a big sweet potato? Didn't you say that you can't cook it well?"

Cheng He said: "Can't you cut it up and make it? Sweet potato porridge, fried sweet potato chips, sweet potato vermicelli, all of these are fine."

"Oh." Bai Qian nodded, feeling as if she had asked an idiot question.

The topic was slowly being taken awry.

Suddenly, Cheng Xinxin yelled, "Dad, look, I also dug up a big sweet potato! Hahahaha..."

The little girl laughed excitedly, echoing in the countryside.

Pitiful, she used a plastic shovel to dig in the mud for a long time, and finally dug out a nest of sweet potatoes. What a sense of accomplishment!
Now she is sweating profusely, her face is stained with mud, and she is very happy to hold her booty.

Cheng He gave her a thumbs up and said, "You are so kind! Save this sweet potato and cook it for you alone at night, okay?"

Cheng Xinxin took the nest of sweet potatoes, threw them into the basket, and said, "Okay! Dad, I still have to dig!"

"Okay, this land belongs to our family, you can dig as much as you want!" Cheng He said loudly.

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