The ancestral hall of Dayang Village is jointly managed by the respected elders of Dayang Village.

They are all elders in the village. As they are old, they usually stay at home and are rarely seen. They only sit in the ancestral hall when the temple is opened every year to worship their ancestors.

I heard that the village had grown a new high-yield crop, which was a big deal for Dayang Village. Everyone gathered in the ancestral hall waiting to see what was new.

In the kitchen of the ancestral hall, everyone cleaned the stove and kitchen utensils, and then went to each house to get out tables and chairs. As there was limited space in the ancestral hall, they placed them in the yard.

The appearance of Yang Daming and others in the ancestral hall carrying potatoes undoubtedly attracted a lot of attention.

"Daming, there are so many potatoes. Didn't you take all the potatoes from the Bai family's fields?"

"Yes Daming, we just want to eat something new, why do we need so much? Hurry up and carry these back!"

The one who spoke was Village Chief Yang's daughter-in-law, who was responsible for leading everyone to clean the kitchen.

"Mom, don't worry! The potatoes from those two acres of land can be piled up into a small potato mountain, and these are just a small part!"

Grandma Bai walked slowly, following behind the crowd, and only heard the real conversation when she arrived at the ancestral hall.

"Yes, Daming's mother, don't worry!"

Then he said to the people gathered together: "The men are busy in the fields right now, so let's not sit idle. Let's eat as much as we can today!"

Everyone cheered, and even the children who were watching the fun jumped for joy when they heard these words.

Although life in Dayang Village has improved, many families in the village are poor, and the children are thin and generally malnourished.

Thanks to the help of the Bai family, the group of children who were originally lifeless are now beginning to become energetic.

But it is still difficult to have a full meal every time.

Grandma Bai used to teach everyone how to make magical tofu, and her cooking skills were also very convincing in Dayang Village.

The village head's wife is in charge outside the kitchen, while Grandma Bai is the chef in the kitchen, and the two of them work together very well.

Taking over the management of the kitchen, Bai's mother and Xie Shuer served as assistants and started to prepare delicious potato dishes.

Although it is called a potato banquet, we cannot just eat potatoes. The food in the ancestral hall was all purchased with public funds from Dayang Village.

Every year, major events such as the opening of the ancestral hall and ancestral worship require banquets. This year, Dayang Village’s income has increased, and there is surplus funds for the ancestral hall.

With the elders of Dayang Village in charge and the village chief's wife in charge, they took the group to buy some pork and chicken to make the banquet more diverse.

The most lively part of the potato banquet has to be the potato peeling team.

Freshly unearthed potatoes were poured from large sacks into a large plate for washing. Many women sat nearby and peeled the washed potatoes.

Fresh potatoes are tender. Even without special tools, you can peel off the thin skin covering the potatoes with just a gentle scrape.

At the beginning, no one was familiar with it and some people rubbed the potatoes with their hands. Their hands were covered with thick calluses from doing farm work, but they still rubbed the potatoes until they were shiny.

I also tried using tools, but the only tool I could use in the kitchen was a kitchen knife.

Holding the heavy kitchen knife in hand, even a woman with excellent knife skills could still peel off a lot of potatoes wrapped inside.

This is undoubtedly a waste of food in the eyes of everyone, but there is no better way.

"Yun'er, you just came back yesterday and you must be tired, why don't you sit in the yard and play with everyone!"

Xie Shuer was asked by Grandma Bai to bring out Bai Qingyun, who had tried to help in the kitchen several times.

There are still a lot of things to do in the kitchen, and it is really difficult to have extra energy to take care of this person.

It's no wonder that everyone dislikes him. Bai Qingyun just wanted to help when he saw the shovel. Everyone in the kitchen was concentrating on their own work, and when they suddenly turned around and saw Bai Qingyun holding the shovel, it was really scary.

Nothing must happen to the stove today!

"Sister Shu'er, do you dislike me too~"

Bai Qingyun was also aware that he was in the way, but he couldn't help teasing Xie Shuer, and quickly spoke to her in a wronged manner.

But she ignored how busy everyone was. After taking Bai Qingyun out of the kitchen, Xie Shuer quickly returned to the kitchen to continue helping.

Bai Qingyun's pretended grievance had no one to perform to, so he couldn't help but curl his lips, and just then he saw everyone who was worried about peeling potatoes.

"Dad, this is the baked potato I made, try it!"

"It's delicious. Thank you for your hard work!"

In the corner outside the ancestral hall, several children were playing house.

There were no toys to play with, just some water and mud.

Knead the mud into round balls and pile them in a broken bowl.

Baked potatoes are the simplest. Just light the stove and wait for a while before you can eat them. The children playing in the ancestral hall have all tasted them.

But you can't eat too much, the men are still busy working in the fields.

These children who have tasted the delicious potatoes can only make up for their taste buds by playing house.

Bai Qingyun watched for a while. The two boys, one playing the father and the other playing the mother, were acting out a common scene in a family.

"Goudan, you've been a father once, this time it's my turn!"

"You're used to being a mother, so just keep doing it! This time we're going to act out a scene where the father goes out to work, and the mother makes some potatoes to send him off."

It turns out that when two boys play the roles of parents, there will be an uneven distribution of power!

Bai Qingyun took out the two potatoes he had not finished eating and walked towards the child.

"Goudan, Gousheng~"

"Sister Bai!"

The two boys looked at the potatoes in Bai Qingyun's hand, which made them feel particularly friendly.

"Let me discuss something with you! How about I exchange two potatoes for this bowl?"

"Sister Bai wants this broken bowl. There are many in the village. Just give this one to Sister Bai!"

Although Gousheng felt a little reluctant to part with Tudou, he still refused Bai Qingyun's request for exchange.

"Yes, Sister Bai, mother said that we can have a good life today thanks to Sister Bai and her family. It's just a broken bowl. Sister Bai can take it if she wants. We can go to the village to pick up another one if we want to play with it!"

His eyes are clearly full of desire, yet he is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed!

"I'm full. These two potatoes are for you. I'll take this bowl!"

Bai Qingyun really wanted to tease them, but when he saw that the people who were peeling potatoes were still in distress, he gave up the idea of ​​teasing them.

What's more, it was difficult for Bai Qingyun, a seven-year-old girl, to play with two three or four-year-old children.

"Clap"

The sound of a broken porcelain bowl falling to the ground and shattering attracted the attention of everyone in the yard.

It was too careless. I should have smashed it before coming in.

He calmly picked up the fragments and distributed them to everyone.

"Grandmothers and aunties, you can peel the potatoes by scraping them with the side of this broken porcelain bowl. Just be careful with your hands. The scraped skin can be washed with clean water and it will be clean."

"Bai girl, you really have a good brain. You can still do this even though we haven't thought of it for a long time!"

"That's right, my calluses on my hands are all covered with blisters!"

"Who told you to use so much strength?"

"You can't wash this off even if you don't use much force!"

The scene of everyone talking to each other is so lively.

Fortunately, the big task of peeling the potatoes was completed successfully.

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