After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

There was a lot of arable land halfway up the mountain, all cultivated by the villagers. Whoever cultivated it owned it. They planted all sorts of crops, but Feng Jingheng's family grew sweet potatoes, which the locals called shanya.

The Feng family's sweet potato ridges are particularly high, all thanks to Feng Jingheng and Feng Jinghua. Feng Jinghua was not at home, and Feng Jingheng did not let anyone touch his two yams, saying that it would not be too late to dig them up even after the snow.

Ye Xunqing found a place sheltered from the wind and nestled down. He put cans of soup, pancakes and other things into the quilt and wrapped them up. Then he sat there and watched them work.

The jar actually contains health-preserving tea, which he specifically asked for from his third mother-in-law. Drinking it can warm you up in winter.

"Go ahead, go ahead. Whoever digs more will get more food at night." Ye Xunqing used a reward system to encourage these kids to work.

Although Mo Yuyan was not of the same age as them, he had a similar personality and also liked rewards, so he also joined the sweet potato digging competition.

But the best at digging sweet potatoes wasn't Mo Yuyan, but Da Mi. Da Mi often helped his father with the work, and being a little boy, he was the best at it. But since there were two of them, both he and Xiaomi had to dig, so the average was about the same.

Lan Jie'er and Xiaobai are in a group. They are the kind of people who are both bad at playing and can barely be considered a team when they are put together.

Mo Yuyan was in a group by himself, the siblings Da Mi and Xiaomi were in a group, and Lan Jie'er and Xiao Bai were in a group. The three groups dug from three places respectively to see who could dig the most.

The ridges are high and the soil is dry, so it is quite easy to dig sweet potatoes.

Ye Xunqing was not that motivated, so he just lay in the torn quilt and watched them work, while also enjoying the scenery on the mountain.

"Brother Xunqing." Luzhu came over with a small bamboo basket on her back. "Are you digging sweet potatoes?"

Ye Xunqing waved her over and asked her to come over and do it. "Well, are you going up the mountain?"

Luzhu replied, "No, my mother-in-law saw you digging sweet potatoes and asked me to help you."

Ye Xunqing saw the small hoe in her basket and said, "There's a vacant spot. Go ahead. Dig up the sweet potatoes and then come to my house for dinner tonight."

"Okay." Luzhu carried the basket and went to dig sweet potatoes.

There are exactly four groups, one group occupying each end, which is very symmetrical.

Although Luzhu is young, she is still good at her job. She is more capable than Xiaobai and Lan Jie'er together.

Ye Xunqing seemed to have already seen that Xiaobai and the others were at the bottom.

The children over there were busy as hell, while Ye Xunqing was sitting here enjoying the quiet time, even having the leisure to drink tea.

"You seem quite content." Grandma Three came over carrying a bamboo stool. "I thought you were here to dig sweet potatoes."

Ye Xunqing narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'm the supervisor, supervising their work. Besides, they've been busy for more than half a month, so what's wrong with enjoying themselves?"

A smile appeared on the wrinkled face of the Third Granny. "You are really different now. You used to be..."

Ye Xunqing guessed what she was going to say, "I used to be full of bitterness and hatred, right?"

Grandma Three frowned and said, "Hmph, you're just good at talking." Then she sat down too.

Ye Xunqing poured a cup of hot health tea, "Come, have a cup, and let's talk."

Third Granny sat down and drank tea.

"Do you know that there are bandits in Dafang Mountain?" Ye Xunqing asked her.

Grandma San was surprised for a moment, "Are there bandits again?"

Ye Xunqing sat up and said, "Has this happened before?"

"Yes." Third Granny nodded. "More than forty years ago, your father and his family hadn't come to Yejia Village yet."

More than forty years ago, a group of bandits appeared in Dafang Mountain. They burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of atrocities. Several villages at the foot of the mountain were robbed by them, and many people died.

At that time, the town magistrate was not Liu Jiao, but an official named Wang. As a new official, he personally led people to suppress the bandits, but ended up getting himself swept in.

What would happen if an official was killed by bandits?

The report was passed up one level at a time and finally reached the Annan Palace. At that time, the old Annan King was still alive and he mobilized soldiers from the nearest Wuzhou City to suppress the bandits.

Some bandits were killed, some were captured, and some escaped. It is said that they finally settled in Liujia Village.

"No wonder everyone in Liujia Village loves to rob." Ye Xunqing said angrily, "So our ancestors were bandits."

Third Granny curled her lips and said, "That's just what I heard."

Ye Xunqing felt that Liujia Village had been occupied by bandits, and that only bandits would break into houses and rob people in broad daylight.

"If bandits come, you'd better be careful," Grandma San warned. "Bandits love to rob wealthy families."

Ye Xunqing laughed and said, "We are a small family, where does the money come from?"

What I was thinking was that I had to hide the money well and reinforce the door to prevent it from being robbed by bandits.

More and more people came to dig sweet potatoes. When they saw Ye Xunqing sitting there, they pointed at him and said he was so lazy.

Ye Xunqing was indeed lazy and too lazy to pay attention to them. If he had this time, he might as well brag to his third mother-in-law.

They chatted here while the children worked there. Everyone worked very hard, as if they wanted to dig up all the sweet potatoes with one shovel.

There were a lot of sweet potatoes, but there were so many of them that they dug them all in one day. Ye Xunqing was then responsible for counting them and recording them before loading the sweet potatoes onto the truck and taking them home.

Just as Ye Xunqing expected, Ye Xunbai and Ye Xilan came in last place, the siblings Da Mi and Xiao Mi came in first place, Lu Zhu came in third place, and Mo Yuyan came in second place.

Mo Yuyan was very upset after losing to the child, but Ye Xunqing said that participation was the most important thing, and except for the first place, everyone else would get the same sweet potato.

Pulling Shanya home, Feng Jingheng had just laid the foundation and planned to build the kitchen once the bricks arrived.

"Have you finished digging?" Feng Jingheng asked him.

Ye Xunqing wiped the non-existent sweat off his face and said, "We're done digging. Those little guys worked really hard. I'll let them go out and play for a while and come back for dinner later."

"Second sister-in-law is back." Liu Xiaojing came out with a basin. "Have you finished digging the sweet potatoes?"

"I've finished digging." Ye Xunqing said, "Come and help me cut the sweet potatoes. I'll make candied sweet potatoes and baked sweet potato pie tonight."

Liu Xiaojing was very happy, "Yes, the noodles are ready for you."

Originally, Liu Xiaojing also said that she wanted to go dig sweet potatoes, but Ye Xunqing did not let her go, and asked her to cook lunch for Feng Jingheng and others at home.

Ye Xunqing and his friends brought soup and dry food with them, and did not come back for lunch. It was a good thing they did not come back, otherwise they would still be digging sweet potatoes now.

The people who came to work went back in the afternoon, and Feng Jingheng didn't invite them to dinner in the evening because they had already eaten lunch.

"By the way, Chen Jinhua came here in the afternoon, but you were not at home, so I didn't let her in," said Feng Jingheng.

Liu Xiaojing continued, "Don't pay attention to her, Second Sister-in-law. That woman is just here to ask for money. They are already planning to buy a daughter-in-law for Ye Dayong."

Why buy a brother? Because it is cheap.

Ye Xunqing was very disgusted with this behavior, but he could do nothing but pray silently that the poor man could escape from suffering as soon as possible.