60s: I have a store

Chapter 314 Roasted Sweet Potatoes

After Zhou Yimin distributed all the sugar, he suddenly thought how nice it would be if he could eat a roasted sweet potato at this time. He took action as soon as he thought of it and hurried into the house.

He didn't know whether the people in the courtyard would eat them, so in order to avoid waste, he just took ten sweet potatoes.

These sweet potatoes are used to cover up the problem. When people are forced to see it, there is nothing to eat. It is sometimes difficult to explain, so it is better to stop it at the source from the beginning.

Why did the second uncle see Zhou Yimin taking out so many sweet potatoes? Wasn't there enough dumplings to eat?

“Yimin, what are you doing with the sweet potatoes?”

After hearing what the second uncle said, the people around also felt a little strange. Who would want to eat sweet potatoes when they have dumplings to eat?
Sweet potatoes are usually eaten when there is no other choice, and are usually boiled or used to make porridge.

Zhou Yimin thinks that roasting is the correct way to eat sweet potatoes.

Of course, some people like to dry and eat dried sweet potatoes.

As we all know, sweet potatoes are an alien species that can be traced back to the end of the Ming Dynasty, around 1593. Sweet potatoes were first introduced to China from South America by Chen Zhenlong from Fujian, around 1593.

The introduction of sweet potatoes had a profound impact on China's agriculture and food culture.

This crop is not only adapted to the southern climate, but also has high nutritional value, and has gradually become an important crop. In the early days, farmers roasted sweet potatoes directly on the stove. This method is simple and practical, and is conducive to maintaining the nutrition and taste of sweet potatoes.

As time goes by, roasted sweet potatoes have gradually become a classic Chinese street snack, especially in winter. It is common to see vendors pushing carts or setting up ovens on the street. They roast the sweet potatoes and serve them with sauces, which are deeply loved by consumers.

In later generations, many people had the same mentality as Zhou Yimin, thinking that sweet potatoes were better than rice and were willing to spend a lot of money to eat them on the street.

In this era, sweet potatoes are coarse grains, and no one thinks that they are better than rice or steamed buns.

Zhou Yimin said, "When we cook the dumplings later, let's roast some sweet potatoes. I haven't eaten them for a while, so I was thinking about this."

Baked sweet potatoes occupy an important place in many people’s childhood. Now is not like later times, when materials are abundant and technology is advanced. As long as you have money, you can eat anything.

Nowadays, there are many things that you cannot eat even if you have money, unless you have money and tickets.

Otherwise, even if you have money, you may not be able to spend it.

Although everyone seemed a little strange, everyone liked to eat different things.

Others were thinking that Zhou Yimin must have eaten too many delicious foods in the past and now wanted to eat something "lighter".

Zhou Yimin’s meals are unique in the entire courtyard, and you can often smell the aroma of meat coming from Zhou Yimin’s home.

Zhou Yimin didn't hesitate and threw the sweet potatoes directly into the fire. It is relatively simple to roast sweet potatoes, just be careful not to roast them for too long.

Although several stoves were set up, each of the sweet potatoes Zhou Yimin took out weighed about one pound, and one stove could not hold many sweet potatoes. Fortunately, ten could still be put in.

Zhou Yimin kept looking at his watch. Seeing that they had been roasting for almost half an hour, he quickly dug out the sweet potatoes. If they continued roasting, they would probably be burned into charcoal.

Although the skin of the sweet potato had been baked black, Zhou Yimin took a sweet potato and broke it in the middle, revealing the golden "flesh".

Zhou Yimin didn't care about the heat. He gently peeled off the skin and took a bite while it was still hot, feeling the sweetness and softness of the sweet potato.

"good to eat!"

I couldn't help but eat a few more bites. The children couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they saw Zhou Yimin eating so deliciously.

The aunts and others in the yard felt that it was a bit of a waste to bake it this way, as a large layer of it was baked into charcoal. If it were their kid, he would have started to curse long ago.

Zhou Yimin was not stingy and said directly: "If you want to eat, take it yourself. Be quick and get it!"

After hearing Zhou Yimin's permission, the children couldn't wait to start scrambling for the nine sweet potatoes.

The children were scrambling for the nine sweet potatoes. When Zhou Yimin saw this, he stopped them and said, "Don't scramble anymore. If you do, no one will have anything to eat. Wait a moment, I'll go roast some more."

When the children heard what Zhou Yimin said, they stopped fighting for fear of angering Zhou Yimin.

Seeing the well-behaved children, Zhou Yimin nodded with satisfaction, and then brought out a lot of sweet potatoes from home.

When the adults saw how happily Zhou Yimin was eating, they were too embarrassed to ask for more.

Now that food is so precious, only Zhou Yimin can be so generous as to give out so much food for everyone to eat. If an ordinary family took out so much food to share.

I guess we will be hungry for the next month. Not everyone is as well-fed as Zhou Yimin.

Just at this moment, Secretary Liao from the Street Office pushed the door open.

Seeing that the courtyard is so lively and people are making dumplings, it seems that everyone in this courtyard gets along well with each other, otherwise everyone in the courtyard would not be making dumplings.

A sharp-eyed uncle saw Secretary Liao and stepped forward to ask, "Secretary Liao, do you have anything to announce?"

The staff of the subdistrict office are quite busy and usually do not come to the courtyard unless they have something to do.

"Yes, winter storage will begin from tomorrow. If you want to buy cabbage, remember to bring your food book and go buy it." Secretary Liao went straight to the point.

There are still many courtyards to be notified next, so there is no time to procrastinate.

After saying that, he was about to leave, but Zhou Yimin handed him a roasted sweet potato: "Secretary Liao, have a roasted sweet potato."

Secretary Liao originally wanted to refuse, but seeing Zhou Yimin’s hospitality, he had no choice but to accept it.

He didn't dare to offend Zhou Yimin. You have to know that Zhou Yimin is a guest of honor in many places. He is also so powerful and has invented many things. The processing plant in the street office can be opened, and part of the credit is also due to Zhou Yimin.

"Thank you, Section Chief Zhou. I have other things to do, so I'll go first." Secretary Liao took the roasted sweet potato.

Zhou Yimin said casually: "Secretary Liao, take care."

After baking for a while, the sweet potatoes were finally done. However, the children certainly couldn’t have so many. At most, each of them could have half a piece. They could just taste it and then they would have a big meal later.

The man began to take out tables from every household. With so many people dining at the same time, there wouldn't be enough tables to seat them all.

When the children saw that they were about to have a big meal, they couldn’t bear to give up the roasted sweet potatoes in their hands, so they had to take them to the table and eat them.

The aunties used a basin to hold the cooked dumplings. It was not practical for so many people to use bowls for each of them, so they could only use the basin and then eat with chopsticks.

(End of this chapter)