1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Dad, get up quickly and go pick the corn."

Chen Tiezhu was sleeping soundly when Doudou ran over.

"Don't worry, they are all growing in the shed. Dad will take you to kindergarten in a while, have fun in kindergarten." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Dad, today is Sunday, the kindergarten is closed." The little guy said seriously.

"Oh..., the door is not open. What should I do, I can't go to kindergarten to play." Chen Tiezhu said casually, and hugged the little guy to the bed.

"Dad, doesn't it mean I have to eat corn? You said yesterday that corn can be eaten." Doudou arched in his arms.

In fact, she wanted to struggle to get up, and she also knew that once she fell asleep, she might fall asleep at any time.

But her efforts were useless. She was thinking about the corn in her heart, but her little mouth couldn't help yawning.

"You just stay in bed all the time. Get up quickly. Didn't you say you were going to get corn?"

At this time, Han Xiuying came in from outside.

"Doudou is sleepy. You need to sleep a little longer." Chen Tiezhu said.

Doudou blinked his eyes and was a little confused.

Was he sleepy?

"You are just fooling the child. Didn't you say that the potatoes are almost ready? You drive to have a look. If they are edible, pick a few and try them." Han Xiuying said.

"That's right." Chen Tiezhu sat up with Doudou in his arms.

"Xiao Zhou is here too, and he has made our dormitory quite crowded. How about we make do with each other and make room for one of them?"

"Stay aside. You'll be thinking about it all day long." Han Xiuying slapped him in the face in a bad mood.

"Hehe, I'll sneak over tonight." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Dad, then Doudou will sneak over too." Doudou nodded his head seriously.

"Okay, let's sneak over together." Chen Tiezhu also nodded.

Han Xiuying rolled her eyes, "Can't you let me save some trouble? Take off all the clothes you need to change, I'll wash them in a while. The younger one is a dirty kid, and the older one is also troublesome."

"Hahaha, my older daughter is a dirty kid." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

"Hahaha, my dad is a troublesome one." Doudou was not to be outdone.

Han Xiuying felt a headache, worrying about them day after day was really endless.

The father and daughter made a fuss in the bed for a while, and then they rushed to the greenhouse with the basket.

It should be said that this is the work and rest time in the countryside nowadays.

Everyone gets up very early in the morning, even if the father and daughter have played for a long time, it is still very early now.

Of course, this early is also relatively speaking. Many people in the village have finished their breakfast and went to the fields to shovel.

The weather is hot, and the sun at noon is very poisonous. Starting early and staying up late, taking a longer break at noon will not delay the work.

When he came to the greenhouse, Chen Tiezhu first looked at the corn. He pinched it with his fingernails and it was very good. This was the most mature. It tasted good and was not old.

He cracked it with a few clicks and soon had a basket full.

As for Doudou, although he was thinking about eating corn, his first goal after coming here was to rush to the strawberry field and showed off a few with a few clicks.

Then he ran to the greenhouse where melons were planted outside, and when he smelled the fragrance of the melons, he ran over with satisfaction and continued to pick peppers, eggplants, and cucumbers.

Now the vegetables in the greenhouse are also ripe. Although they have been shared with the villagers, there are still some left. Every day Chen Tiezhu also takes some to the canteen of the machinery factory to give the children extra meals.

"Dad, what else are you doing?"

The little guy who was busy all the time came over.

"Let's go to the potato field and pick a few potatoes to try." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Yeah, let's try it." Doudou nodded her little head and grabbed a strawberry and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Greedy little cat, do you want to eat some beans at night?" Chen Tiezhu asked.

"Dad, are you going to stew pork? It's also okay to stew some spare ribs." The little guy said.

"You're thinking about spare ribs again. Your little requirements are constantly improving." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Pork ribs are fragrant, more fragrant than meat." Doudou said happily.

Chen Tiezhu was happy. His eldest daughter was really good at eating and only touched the good ones.

But this was also very worry-free. The most worried thing was that the little guy didn't know what to eat, and then he, as a father, really didn't know what to give the little guy to eat.

When they came to the potato field, the father and daughter picked them up.

Although his potatoes were all covered with membranes, they were not fully grown yet. Seriously speaking, it will take ten days or half a month.

But for trying it out, it is no problem. At least thisSome of them are bigger than Doudou's fist.

"Dad, why is this potato like this? Why does its skin fall off when touched?" Doudou asked in confusion.

"Because these are new potatoes, we can shake the basket when we get home and peel off the potato skins." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Today's breakfast is ready. We can boil corn and potatoes, steam eggplant, and make some egg and fennel sauce. Do you want to eat it?"

"Dad, then add some cooked soybean oil and mix some chili and fennel, which is also delicious." Doudou said.

"Okay, let's make more sauce today, and Dad will steam some chili sauce." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Yeah, make more, eat whatever you want." The little guy made the decision directly.

This is pretty good. At least Chen Tiezhu doesn't have to worry about breakfast today.

"Good fellow, why did you get up so early?" Seeing the two of them return with a full load, Zhou Fengxia, who was brushing her teeth, asked in confusion. "Who can compete with you, that guy? You can't compete with anyone when you push the road." Chen Tiezhu said with emotion. "Brother Chen, what can I do? There is only a little time after 7 o'clock in the evening, I have to hurry up." Zhou Fengxia said distressedly. "Hehehe, hurry up, hurry up, take my eldest daughter to boil corn." Chen Tiezhu said happily. "Boil corn, and we have to prepare potatoes." Doudou shouted excitedly. "That's a must, eldest daughter, hold the small basket and shake it." Chen Tiezhu said happily, and handed over the small basket of potatoes. The little guy is not a kid who does the job. He holds the basket and shakes his little body, and he works very hard at this job. I have seen it before, and I know that this potato skin is easy to shake off, so I am very confident.

If I don't help, the little guy will feel uncomfortable. No matter how much you do, you must make some contribution.

And now the little guy is looking forward to today's breakfast.