Age of Legends

Chapter 162 The Sweet Potato King's War
A person who is used to taking the initiative in various occasions and being the center of attention will definitely be able to discover his own kind. Now Qin Tangxi finds that the person that everyone is unconsciously focusing on and silently paying attention to is Zhang Chen over there?

Qin Tangxi rolled his eyes. Why did this happen?
She is good at observation and even better at waiting. Ever since she suffered a setback at the hands of Zhang Chen last time, she immediately changed her attitude and became more of a wait-and-see type of person. Once she finds his flaw, she will naturally ruthlessly take back the initiative she lost from him.

So, let's observe first.

"Let's go dig sweet potatoes! We can ask the boss to roast them and eat them! We can also feed the leaves to the ostriches!" Chen Kexin suddenly suggested.

They were all still young at heart, and even though the girls were dressed up beautifully, they would still have some fun when they encountered something like this. It would have been boring to sit here for a long time, so they crossed the bridge over the stream, went to the farmland, got a few small hoes from the tool shed, and started digging the soil in the field.

During this process, Qin Tangxi noticed Zhuang Yanyue's figure again. Her breasts really made a thin girl like her feel ashamed. Her own elder sister already made her very envious. In this aspect... Zhuang Yanyue felt that her elder sister lost a point. What's wrong?

Qin Tangxi was obviously a little disgusted when faced with digging the ground. How could a young lady like her have ever done such work?
But actually it's not that bad, this is all leveled ground, there are special workers over there turning the soil with shovels, and the ground reserved for customers here is very dry, so as long as you pay attention, you won't get dirty.

If your hands are dirty, you can wash them. Everyone uses a small shovel to dig the ground and dig sweet potatoes.

Qin Tangxi saw that Yang Lu, Chen Kexin, and Zhuang Yanyue were all immersed in the fun. She wanted to fit in with them in the first place, and it was not good for her to be shy, so she squatted down, picked up the small shovel and poked it into the ground, prying out some soil and rhizomes. It was quite novel and relaxing.

Qin Tangxi also joined in, and sweet potatoes with vines and leaves were dug out one after another.

"Wow! This piece I dug up looks like a small ingot!" someone said in surprise.

Everyone looked over and saw Yu Jiao holding a small sweet potato in her hand. She dug away the dirt outside, revealing a small sweet potato with upturned ends and a round belly in the middle.

"Wow...so cute!"

"Wait, I'm going to dig something better looking!" Zheng Xue dug out a trio of crooked melons and jujubes with two or three shovels, which caused the girls to laugh.

Yang Lu dug out a long strip and was laughed at by others. She said with life experience: "This will taste best when it's baked!"

"I must dig out a Queen sweet potato!"

As a result, the vegetable field suddenly became very lively and a competition for size broke out.

Some girls were digging the soil without caring about their image, while others were working in a proper manner. Qin Tangxi paid attention to Zhuang Yanyue. She was squatting on the ground, cutting neatly with the small pointed shovel in her hand, as if she was carving a work of art. It seemed as if everything around her had nothing to do with her, and she did not join in the fights of others.

The sweet potatoes dug out by Zhuang Yanyue were neatly placed on the ground next to her. Some were long and some were spindle-shaped. They were not big, but they were arranged very neatly, which was pleasing to the eye at first glance.

Qin Tangxi shoveled here and there but didn't find anything useful. When she heard that people around her were making good gains, she couldn't help but feel a little impatient.

As a result, the dull sound of the shovel in her hand hitting a hard object was like a timpani, causing everyone to hold their breath and focus their eyes on her.

Because based on everyone’s experience just now, there is probably something big underground!

Qin Tangxi was pleasantly surprised. She didn't care about getting her hands dirty. She dug up the soil on the edge of the sweet potato, revealing its round belly. The sweet potato was like a big fat doll with its pink head showing. All of a sudden, the cute voices of the girls next to her were heard.

Yang Lu measured it with her hand, "This must be the Queen Sweet Potato! Tang Xi, you are so lucky!"

Digging sweet potatoes is like digging for treasure. When it is linked to luck, it naturally feels like treasure hunting, which makes people feel the desire to explore from the bottom of their hearts.

Qin Tangxi hurriedly tried to grab the vine leaves by the rhizome, but he couldn't pull them up and instead sat down on the ground.

Although she felt sorry for her jeans, she couldn't care less at the moment and used a shovel to dig the soil around the tip of the sweet potato. Seeing her clumsy hands, Zhuang Yanyue said, "Let me help you. If you keep going like this, you'll damage the skin."

Qin Tangxi also knew that she was clumsy, and her face turned red, "Thank you, Sister Yanyue..."

Zhuang Yanyue used the small shovel in her hand to tentatively loosen the soil little by little and dig a hole. The soil was very solid. This sweet potato could be called the king of sweet potatoes. It was buried very tightly. Even Zhuang Yanyue found it difficult.

"Let me help you!" Qin Tangxi saw that Zhuang Yanyue's fingernails were dug into the mud, and she couldn't leave everything to Zhuang Yanyue. She felt embarrassed, but she also thought that Zhuang Yanyue was very charming as she didn't worry about getting her hands dirty at all. Qin Tangxi was also infected by this. She also ignored the mud and dug the soil with her hands for fear that the shovel would damage the sweet potatoes.

The two of them dug and pulled, their hair wet with sweat. In the afternoon morning scene, Qin Tangxi's light makeup was a little smudged, and Zhuang Yanyue's innocent and unmade-up face also had some dirt and sweat stains. Then, their hands suddenly loosened, and they looked at each other. Their bright eyes met, and they saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

There was a burst of cheers from the girls watching nearby.

The sweet potato king is pulled out!
Boo!
With a sound, it left the ground.

The two men who were pulling sweet potatoes by the vines suddenly lost their balance and both fell into the ridge of the field behind them.

"oops!"

"Are you okay? Are you okay?"

"Look at Sister Yanyue..."

"fine……"

Everyone rushed to help the two people. Qin Tangxi's delicate wrist was scratched because he supported himself with both hands. Zhuang Yanyue also rolled up her sleeves and her forearm fell on the dirt, leaving a bloody mark. But she was still holding the sweet potato she had dug out.

For a spoiled girl in two cities, this is probably a very rare experience.

The two of them went to the faucet to clean their wounds, and by the way, they cleaned the sweet potato king that they had pulled out together. Facing such a huge red-skinned potato king, Zhuang Yanyue smoothed the hair by her ears, glanced at Qin Tangxi, smiled, and then gently patted the sweet potato, "Finally got you."

After that, he handed it to Qin Tangxi, "Yours."

Qin Tangxi took the sweet potato and said quickly: "No, no, no, it was basically you, Sister Yanyue, who dug it out, and you protected it in the end. I, I was just lucky to find it. It would be hard for me to dig it out by myself. Here you go, here you go!"

She already had a revolutionary friendship between girls with Zhuang Yanyue, and what's more, wouldn't it be better to please Zhuang Yanyue and take their relationship to the next level?

Although it's a pity to give up the Sweet Potato King, in fact, it was Zhuang Yanyue who did most of the work throughout the whole process. Her help is better than nothing. Come to think of it, it is reasonable to give it to her.

And getting closer to Zhuang Yanyue, this way, she has two major barriers, one is her elder sister Shen Nuoyi, and the other is Zhuang Yanyue, who is as famous as her elder sister. In the future, won't she be able to walk sideways! Thinking of this, Qin Tangxi felt elated in her heart.

Zhuang Yanyue glanced at her and seemed to no longer be modest, "Since you gave it to me...then shall we roast it?"

"Good, good, good! It must be like honey flowing out, it must be delicious!"

Zhuang Yanyue nodded. The girls had basically finished digging. They went to the kitchen with a handful of their own "fruits of victory". The boss took them and put them in the oven to roast, and told them to take them out when they arrived for dinner.

The activities were quite rich and colorful. Everyone had a lot of fun today and the girls became closer.

Then, as the information density increased, Qin Tangxi understood that today was not only Wang Shuowei's birthday, but also Zhang Chen's birthday, and they both celebrated it together.

There are mutual friends among them, but there are also friends of Wang Shuowei. Wang Shuowei probably thinks that Qin Tangxi is a friend of his, so there is no need to let her know that it is also Zhang Chen's birthday. Because sometimes others may have to consider whether to buy double gifts, which is unnecessary.

But Qin Tangxi was a little surprised.

Is today Zhang Chen’s birthday?

So... Wang Shuowei is actually giving in to Zhang Chen?
Why? What is his virtue?
Although Qin Tangxi classified Wang Shuowei as the loser group, he is also the king of the loser group, just like the Sweet Potato King.

And Zhang Chen is from the second tier of losers. How could he steal the limelight from Wang Shuowei?

So she said quickly, "Today is Zhang Chen's birthday according to the official time? Then why did Wang Shuowei celebrate his birthday ten days in advance? Why? Why did Wang Shuowei let Zhang Chen do what he wanted? He should be celebrating his 18th birthday according to the time. This period is also a holiday. Is he afraid of going to class?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment and looked at Qin Tangxi.

Yang Lu smiled and responded: "Maybe Wang Shuowei will spend his official birthday with his family, so when we invite everyone to the dinner, we can just invite Zhang Chen together."

Chen Kexin also smiled, "Yes, Wang Shuowei probably also wants to spend the night with Zhang Chen, so that everyone can be invited together."

In Qin Tangxi's memory, Wang Shuowei always introduced Zhang Chen as his younger brother, so that in the past years, Qin Tangxi also regarded Zhang Chen as Wang Shuowei's follower. How could a follower ask his elder brother to accommodate him? So she was very unhappy. She dressed up for a long time and even got her pants and clothes dirty while digging sweet potatoes. In the end, it was not a proper birthday for Wang Shuowei. This was Zhang Chen's birthday party, and Wang Shuowei was just a bonus.

What are you doing!

Qin Tangxi felt like he had come here for nothing.

However, when she saw Zhuang Yanyue in her eyes, she comforted herself that her trip was not in vain. After all, she dug sweet potatoes with Zhuang Yanyue today and established a better relationship with her.

In this way, it seemed that there was a reason why Zhang Chen was being silently paid attention to just now, because it was Zhang Chen's official birthday from beginning to end, no wonder everyone was secretly taking care of him.

But she also felt something was weird… Just because it was Zhang Chen’s birthday, were those silent glances of concern natural?

Qin Tangxi looked at Yang Lu, Chen Kexin and others suspiciously again. Today's scene and atmosphere were really... a little strange.

She was a little confused.

Fortunately...she looked at Zhuang Yanyue again.

Fortunately, there is Zhuang Yanyue as a pillar of support, and the world is still normal.

"It's time to eat!"

As the announcement was made that dinner was ready, everyone started to head towards the restaurant.

The dish was stewed farm chicken soup pot and Chinese food. It had the lively atmosphere of hot pot soup and delicious farm dishes. Everyone was having a great time. It was very different from what Qin Tangxi had expected, that Zhang Chen's friends and Wang Shuowei's friends would be independent of each other, which would lead to a somewhat awkward situation. Everyone was able to get along together naturally and harmoniously.

Some were drinking beer, some were pouring drinks, and after everyone clinked their glasses to wish the two birthday boys a happy birthday, they talked about this and that and recounted many of Zhang Chen's deeds.

Qin Tangxi was stunned when he heard this.

What? Zhang Chen actually jumped from the top 600 in the grade to the top 180 in just one semester?
Are you cheating? Qin Tangxi subconsciously recalled the tutoring he and his elder sister Shen Nuoyi had done in the bookstore. Could it be that he borrowed the help of his elder sister?

Not only that, Yang Lu, Chen Kexin and others also took turns raising their drinks cups to toast Zhang Chen because he bravely fought against the gangsters who were harassing them and rescued them. He was both wise and brave, and was even awarded by Yude for his bravery!

What?
Qin Tangxi looked at Zhang Chen. This guy from the second loser group... bravely fought against professional thugs? He even dared to run to the kitchen to get chili powder to cover someone's face!
As everyone described the situation one by one, Qin Tangxi was also involved in the story, feeling the thrill and excitement, as well as the dramatic twists and turns. She couldn't help but feel her heart beating fast. When she saw the look in Yang Lu and Chen Kexin's eyes at Zhang Chen, everything fell into place. She finally understood why the two girls looked at Zhang Chen like that before, and why the others took care of Zhang Chen, even though today was his birthday.

It turned out that he had been blinded by an eagle today, and thought that Zhang Chen was just a passerby who wanted to take advantage of his sister, but it turned out that this guy was just pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger!

To be fair, if she didn't know Zhang Chen at the beginning, after everyone said this, she would definitely have developed a great interest and desire to explore such a person, and even wanted to get to know such a boy.

Or you might even develop a favorable impression of him, just like the admiration expressed by many people present.

But...his target happened to be his elder sister Shen Nuoyi...

From this perspective, Qin Tangxi felt that Zhang Chen was still not good enough.

What a pity! If it were girls like Yang Lu and Chen Kexin, you, Zhang Chen, could have won them over, but your cousin Shen Nuoyi... I'm sorry, just like Zhuang Yanyue... you're not up to the task yet!
hum!

The owner of the farm house came and served them freshly baked sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes were baked with golden honey juice. Qin Tangxi saw at a glance the sweet potato king that she and Zhuang Yanyue had captured together!
The skin of the sweet potato king was baked in the oven until it was golden brown and juicy. Although it had shrunk a bit, it was still the largest in size. Moreover, the boss's oven was specially customized for baking sweet potatoes. The sugar that oozed out of the cracked skin of the regular and uniform sweet potato king had been fully caramelized, reflecting its extremely high sugar content. People who like to eat baked sweet potatoes can tell the high value of this potato king at a glance.

Qin Tangxi almost drooled when he thought about how he dug it out with Sister Yanyue.

She looked at Zhuang Yanyue, "Sister Yanyue... this is our queen sweet potato..."

Zhuang Yanyue stood up. She was 1.64 meters tall, not too tall, but her plump breasts and straight, slender legs under her shorts showed her good, youthful and energetic figure. The mere fact of her standing up made the eyes of the boys present light up. She leaned over and used chopsticks and a bowl to flip the sweet potato king in the bamboo winnowing machine into the bowl.

"Wow! Sweet Potato King!" Everyone at the dinner table recognized it.

Some people who did not participate in the girls' sweet potato digging activity also learned about the digging of the sweet potato king when everyone came back and described it vividly.

If you want to see it, you will be told, "I will bake it for you to see later!"

Everyone was eager to see what the sweet potato king looked like.

Seeing Zhuang Yanyue placing the sweet potato king on her plate in such a delicate way, everyone felt pleased. What was even more pleasing was that Zhuang Yanyue twisted her thumb and index finger with both hands and tore the sweet potato king in half.

Suddenly, a fragrant aroma filled the air. The soft and glutinous sweet potato skin opened to the sides, revealing the caramel-colored potato flesh with syrup inside. Just one look at it can touch the soul deeply, and you can't help but take a bite.

Not to mention that he had dug it out with his own labor, Qin Tangxi felt his teeth itching and saliva was constantly secreted.

Just waiting for Zhuang Yanyue to share it with me.

Zhang Chen was also very excited and said, "This is the best charcoal-roasted sweet potato!"

As if breaking some kind of deadlock, Zhuang Yanyue looked at him with a smile and asked, "You want it?"

Zhang Chen knocked on the plate, "Can you give me some?"

Zhuang Yanyue picked up the torn half and put it into Zhang Chen's bowl amid everyone's surprised looks of "Oh no..." Then she glanced at Zhang Chen with her beautiful eyes and said, "I didn't bring a gift for you, so this will be your gift!"

She spoke so simply and clearly that everyone immediately started to cheer.

Yang Lu and Chen Kexin's expressions changed slightly.

Zhuang Yanyue then tore off another half of the remaining half and put it on Qin Tangxi's plate, saying to him, "We two will eat the rest! It's a bargain for him."

Qin Tangxi hadn't reacted yet. He was still confused about the fact that most of the fruits of his labor, the Sweet Potato King, had disappeared from the hands of his partners with whom he had established a revolutionary friendship.

Qin Tangxi suddenly felt a little hopeless.

My sweet potato——! ?

Zhang Chen, believe it or not, I will pounce on you and bite you to death!
(End of this chapter)