"The sweet potatoes are freshly baked, let's eat them!" Seeing Ling Xue happily taking the box, A Yong invited a few people to eat sweet potatoes.
He picked up one and broke it in half. Then he just let it sit in his hand to dry. This was what he prepared for Ling Xue.
Afraid that Ling Xue would be greedy, he explained softly: "I'll give it to you when it's not hot. Don't be impatient, drink your milk first!"
Ling Xue obediently held the cup and drank milk, her eyes glancing at Li Feng and Zhang Kai. She secretly thought, these two are Uncle Yong's leaders, so generous! The gifts they gave her touched her heart, especially the one from Zhang Kai, the logistics officer. She especially liked it.
The people nearby saw that since the sweet potatoes were baked, they decided not to carry them around, since they were not the shy ones anyway.
So everyone picked up a roasted sweet potato and started eating!
The temperature was about right, so Ayong handed half of the roasted sweet potato to Ling Xue. However, when Ling Xue reached out to take it, he withdrew his hand.
Ayong's actions shocked the people around him.
What's going on?
A Yong frowned and thought for a while, then broke the sweet potato in half from the middle, and then handed the pitiful little piece of sweet potato with only one quarter left to Ling Xue.
"Eat a little first and taste it. If you like it, I'll bake it for you next time!"
Ling Xue took it with aggrieved look, and thinking about the beautiful tomorrow, she felt relieved temporarily. She could eat whatever she wanted in the future, so why should she be so restricted by the present moment?
So, she happily began to peel and eat the roasted sweet potatoes.
Seeing the interaction between Ayong and Lingxue, Li Feng almost guessed why Ayong didn't allow Lingxue to eat more. I heard that this girl is still eating baby food! It really makes it difficult for him!
Wang Kai admired Ling Xue more. At first glance, this girl looked like the sickly Lin Daiyu, but after looking at her from this perspective, she was actually okay. She had a good personality, was well-behaved and cute, and was much better than those girls at home.
The little girl is quite easy to coax!
If this were their ancestors, they wouldn't care whether they could eat it or not, they would just eat it first. As for the consequences, they would worry about it after eating. They wouldn't be as obedient as this girl.
This batch of eight or nine roasted sweet potatoes was not enough for these big men to fill their stomachs. Seeing how these men were wolfing down the food, Ayong silently roasted another batch.
Ling Xue considerately took out another stove of the same type and asked Ayong to use tongs to pick up a few pieces of burning charcoal from the other stove and put them in. She added charcoal little by little, and it was ignited in a short while.
She also picked eight or nine sweet potatoes and put them in, but she did not cover the lid. Instead, she put a kettle full of water in it. She planned to make a pot of tea for these people.
Zhang Kai was increasingly satisfied with Ling Xue, and he thought he should bring his children over to see her. Thus, without her knowing, Ling Xue had become someone else's child.
Zhang Kai felt it was wrong to eat so much of someone else's good food. Then he thought of a large wheat field, several hundred acres in size, that his men had just discovered. He planned to call Ling Xue and the others over to harvest it. Whoever harvested would keep it. Anyway, they couldn't finish the harvest before the rain. Better to hand it over to humans than let it be destroyed by the torrential rain.
"After we finish eating, let's go harvest the wheat. Whoever harvests it will keep it. Maybe you can earn back all the expenses this year!" Zhang Kai said to a few people after slowly drinking a sip of tea.
Li Feng was a little surprised. Why did this stingy guy become so generous today?
Seeing Zhang Kai's gaze, Li Feng nodded in agreement. It was just a way to give his men some benefits, so what could he possibly object to? He'd rather have as many as possible.
