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Shi Wen turned to Yan Kexing beside him and asked, "Is the average annual temperature and the lowest winter temperature here higher than where we are?"

Yan Kexing: "The average annual temperature is about five or six degrees Celsius higher, and the lowest temperature should not exceed minus fifteen degrees Celsius."

Shi Wen, "Now I understand why yams can grow here."

As they were talking, Gong Jiang and the other two got out of the carriage.

Ge Yue shifted his slightly stiff body and said to Shi Wen, "We were conducting research here a few days ago; there should still be our footprints on the mountain path."

Shi Wen took a look and indeed saw her footprints.

Everyone's height, weight, and walking habits are different, so Ge Yue's footprints are quite easy to identify.

Shi Wen, "Let's go up the mountain first. Heiwa and Wolf King, you two lead the group. Make sure no one falls behind."

Heiwa: "Woof!"

Wolf King: "Awoo!"

Shi Wen bent down and picked up Cong Zai from the back seat. "Cong Zai, you can stay in my hat. The road up the mountain is bad. You can get out and move around when we get there."

Cong Zai licked the finger Shi Wen, "Mmm."

Shi Wen, a few words are all it takes to make things perfectly clear.

They started climbing the mountain, the little ones lined up in a row and led the way.

It must have just rained here; the mountain road is quite slippery.

Even with Shi Wen's skill level, he still had to grab onto tree branches by the roadside when climbing the mountain to avoid accidentally slipping down.

For Ge Yue and his group, the journey became even more difficult.

It must be even more difficult for them when they go out to conduct research.

Ge Yue didn't find the road difficult at all; at most, it was just a matter of walking and crawling.

She rushed ahead to lead the way, saying, "When I came here a few days ago, I was thinking that if no one came with me to dig yams, I would definitely find some time to come and dig them myself with my tools. Those yams are just too tempting."

Shi Wen glanced at her and said, "No wonder you keep talking about yams."

Ge Yue: "You'll know when you see that yam vine. It's a huge vine that takes up half the mountain, so the yams underneath must be enormous."

Lin Chengqian disagreed. "It's clearly several yam plants that take up half the mountain."

Ge Yue: "No, it's just one yam plant. The vines growing in all directions are from it, so it just looks like there are several plants."

They walked quickly and soon arrived at the yam vine that Ge Yue had mentioned.

The yam vines in front of them were indeed very large.

These vines, which twine around all sorts of trees and shrubs, are almost larger than any single plant.

Shi Wen that they seem to have divine assistance in animal-related fields, but they don't seem to do much research on plants.

He searched the spot for a while, but couldn't even find the roots of the vine.

Yan Kexing pointed it out to him. "The root is here."

Shi Wen, supporting himself with a hoe, asked, "Can we dig this out directly?"

"Let's dig. There's nothing special about it." Yan Kexing took out a hoe, made the first cut, and remarked, "It's rained, so it's relatively easy to dig."

Everyone crowded around.

The area was only so big, so they couldn't dig at the same time and had to work in a relay.

Yan Kexing dug for five minutes first.

He dug a half-meter-deep pit and clearly dug out the yam stem.

The rootstock of this yam plant is quite thick, about Shi Wen thickness of three fingers.

It grows straight downwards, like an incense stick stuck in the ground.

Shi Wen that Yan Kexing had been digging for five minutes, Shi Wen quickly said, "Take a break, let me try."

Yan Kexing didn't say much and simply stepped aside.

Shi Wen immediately jumped into the mud pit and started digging.

With his first stroke of the hoe, Shi Wen discovered that digging out the yams was far more difficult than he had imagined.

Although the soil wasn't as hard after the rain, it was still sticky and compacted, and he could feel a huge reaction force in his hands with every shovel stroke.

His palms turned red after digging for a short while.

He showed nothing and gritted his teeth, enduring for five minutes.

Yan Kexing patted him on the shoulder. "Five minutes are up, now it's time for someone else to come over."

Gong Jiang walked over and continued digging.

This yam plant is large and deep.

It wasn't until Lin Chengqian dug for about five minutes that the rootstock underneath gradually thinned out, and it appeared that there was no flesh underneath.

Yan Kexing said, "Let's cut it off; there's no need to dig any further."

Shi Wen wasn't very familiar with yams. "How do you cut it? Do you just scoop it up at the top and bottom to get it out?"

Yan Kexing: "Hmm. Leave it some time; it will continue to grow this year."

Shi Wen looked at the yam and said, "Then I'll leave it a little longer."

Shi Wen carefully took out the yam and finally got a tender and crisp yam.

It's so brittle; if you accidentally apply even a little too much force, it will probably break.

Shi Wen had to hold the yam with both hands as if it were a long spear, and judged, "It weighs at least ten pounds."

Ge Yue: "That's pretty good, wild yams can grow that big."

While they were talking, the little guys couldn't help but scurry around them, their natural instinct to watch the excitement had been awakened.

It had just rained not long ago, and the mountain was already slippery. As they darted around, they could easily trip people up.

Shi Wen them like this, Shi Wen quickly stopped them, saying, "Don't wander around here."

An Wa: "Woof!"

Upon Shi Wen its condition, Shi Wen immediately felt a headache coming on. "Stop wandering around here, go and find some other yams."

Heiwa: "Woof?"

Shi Wen knew they understood, so he waved his hand and said, "Go on, see who finds the biggest yam. The winner will receive a reward."

Upon Shi Wen this, the little ones immediately turned and ran, even Cong Zai, who was squatting nearby, started running.