"Yiyi, I have buried the sweet potatoes and bird eggs in the charcoal. When the charcoal is almost burned out, they can be eaten."

Yun Yiyi stood up and said, "Brother, I will dig sweet potatoes with you guys. I will come back to check the fire later."

"Okay, more people means faster digging. It's almost noon now, so we have to speed up."

"Hurry up then, big brother."

Brother Yun smiled and patted Yun Yiyi on the shoulder, "Got it."

When Brother Yun started digging sweet potatoes with a hoe, Yun Yiyi followed him and picked up the sweet potatoes into the basket.

"Brother, have you roasted all the eggs?"

"That's right, Third Brother. Bird eggs are not very big, so we can roast them all. When they are cooked, we can share them and eat them."

Brother Yun San put down the hoe, stood it up, and then held the hoe handle with both hands. "Great, my stomach is already growling."

"Third brother, I guess we have to wait a little longer before we can eat."

"That's right, third brother. Only if you cook it like big brother, the sweet potatoes and bird eggs won't get burnt easily. If you use an open flame, they will get burnt easily."

Yun Yiyi interjected, "Burnt sweet potatoes are not tasty. I would rather wait a little longer than eat burnt sweet potatoes."

"Got it, big brother, second brother, I'll just nag a few words."

"Stop nagging and get to work. We'll probably finish digging the sweet potatoes in half an hour or so."

"Brothers, work hard. You can eat roasted sweet potatoes after you finish. You can also rest for a while."

"Yiyi, if you're tired, take a rest. We're almost done anyway."

Yun Yiyi followed behind everyone, picking up sweet potatoes skillfully.

"Got it, second brother. I'm not tired and can continue working."

At this moment, only one corner of the sweet potato field has been dug.

As for the sweet potatoes that had been dug out, they had filled two baskets and were now being put into the third basket.

At the beginning, everyone would separate the damaged sweet potatoes, but later, as there were more and more sweet potatoes, people stopped separating them and just mixed them together.

Among the sweet potatoes dug out, most are the ones that are the size of an adult’s palm. Of course, there are also larger ones, but they are much less.

A lot of small sweet potatoes were dug out. Fortunately, Brother Yun and his team dug the sweet potatoes like digging the ground, so no small sweet potatoes were left in the ground.

Yun Yiyi looked at the land that Brother Yun and his team had dug out and felt a little sorry. If they lived nearby, they would have planted crops on this land.

Even if the harvest is poor after planting, it is still free because the government does not count and therefore does not need to pay taxes.

Because they may leave after staying for a while, so this piece of land is really wasted.

After more than half an hour, Yun Yiyi and the others finally finished digging the entire sweet potato field.

"Brother, I didn't expect that we could fill three baskets with sweet potatoes. This is really too much."

The usually steady Second Brother Yun also smiled happily, "Yeah, I never thought I could dig up so many sweet potatoes."

"If we save these sweet potatoes, they will be enough for us to eat for a long time. Dad and Mom will be so happy if they know about this."

Brother Yun was also very happy. While helping to pick sweet potatoes, he said, "Haha, this is because the mountain god knows that we are short of food in the winter, so he rushed to send us food."

"But the most important thing is our little Yiyi. If she hadn't led the way today, we would have missed these sweet potatoes."

"If no one digs up these sweet potatoes, some of them will rot in the winter. The ones that survive will grow again next year."

"Yiyi, you are really our family's lucky star." Brother Yun San patted Yun Yiyi happily.

"Third brother, I smell the fragrance of sweet potatoes, do you smell it?"

Third Brother Yun sniffed, "Hey, I smell the fragrance of sweet potatoes too. Big brother, the sweet potatoes must be ripe."

Brother Yun's movements of picking sweet potatoes also became faster. "There's enough time. The sweet potatoes must be ripe. Let's pick them quickly so we can eat them."

"Got it, big brother."

Everyone smelled the sweet smell of sweet potatoes and sped up their movements. There was no other way, after working for such a long time, they were already hungry.

After more than ten minutes, Yun Yiyi and the others finally picked up all the sweet potatoes and put them into the basket.

"Haha, we've finally finished picking the sweet potatoes. We can go eat them now."

After saying this, Brother Yun San ran to the fire.

Others followed closely here.

Brother Yun picked up a wooden stick and pushed the charcoal that had already burned out to the side.

Soon, Brother Yun took out the bird eggs.

The leaves wrapping the bird eggs have been burnt to only the last layer.

Of course, even this last layer was burned with holes everywhere.

As soon as Brother Yun pulled them out, everyone could smell the aroma of bird eggs. No need to guess, the eggs must be cooked.

"Brother, the eggs smell delicious, they must be cooked."

"Don't worry. In the past, I could cook eggs using this method, let alone these little bird eggs."

Brother Yun saw that Brother Yun San wanted to use his hands to pick up the bird eggs, and hurriedly stopped him, "Don't be impatient, it's too hot, do it later."

"Yes, Third Brother, you have to wait a while. It's easy to burn your hands."

Brother Yun took his hand back and said, "Okay, I'll wait a little longer."

Brother Yun continued to push the charcoal, and when he had pushed all the charcoal to one side, the sweet potato at the bottom was also exposed.

"Wow, the sweet potatoes smell so good."

As soon as these words were spoken, eight eyes stared at the sweet potatoes in the pit.

The sweet potatoes in the pit are ripe, and the skin is wrinkled, making the sweet potatoes look smaller.

Brother Yun carefully dug out eight sweet potatoes and put them aside to dry.

Because the sweet potatoes are not very big, Brother Yun didn’t burn much charcoal today.

So the sweet potatoes looked cooked, but not over-baked.

Baking sweet potatoes is a laborious job. Sweet potatoes baked over high heat are easy to get burnt and the inside is prone to being undercooked.

Only the sweet potatoes that are slowly roasted with this kind of charcoal will not get burnt easily and will taste delicious.

"Brother, I think the eggs are no longer hot. How about we try some?"

Brother Yun looked at the expectant eyes and said, "Okay, I'll open all these leaves and take a look."

Brother Yun picked up the leaf and carefully opened it, revealing the four eggs inside. Very good, none of the eggs were burnt.

"It's not hot anymore. You guys eat the eggs first. I'll take out the remaining eggs."

As soon as Brother Yun finished speaking, everyone picked up a bird egg and started peeling it.

Yun Yiyi was the fastest and she was the first to peel a bird egg.

She stuffed the bird egg into Brother Yun's mouth and said, "Brother, try the bird egg and see if it tastes good."

When Brother Yun heard this, he instantly became happy, "Okay, Yiyi, you eat too."

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