1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Dad, dad, it's fun to ride on a bicycle, so much fun."

Just after returning home, Doudou shouted excitedly.

"Haha, it's fun, I want to ride it later, let's go to Uncle Li to play." Chen Tiezhu said casually.

Li Yinglin looked at him helplessly, "I don't understand, how can you ride a bicycle so fast? It's not much different from my speed."

"I'm happy, I just ride hard when I'm happy." Chen Tiezhu said carelessly.

"Look at your yard, it's so dirty. If you live such a sloppy life, can you still grow mushrooms well?" Han Xiuying asked with a frown.

"Well, I've been busy making money recently, so I delayed this job." Chen Tiezhu said with a little embarrassment.

"Actually, none of this is important. What's important is that you came here today to see if I can grow mushrooms."

"With your rough life, even if you grow mushrooms, it's hard to grow them well." Han Xiuying glanced at him and said.

Being poor doesn't mean you can be sloppy with a clear conscience. It's a question of attitude.

In her heart, she had already crossed out this project. It's impossible.

How can you do such a delicate job as growing mushrooms when your life is like this?

"My backyard is quite big, right? Even if I set aside a place to build a mushroom house, it won't affect my future vegetable planting." After coming to the back of the house, Chen Tiezhu said eagerly.

"Forget it. The land is big enough, but growing mushrooms is not the same as growing land. By the way, why is your garden so big? Haven't you borrowed a wall yet?" Han Xiuying frowned.

"The village at the foot of the mountain is like this. They all build houses wherever there are bends." Chen Tiezhu said.

"There are many families in our village who are in the same situation as mine. It's good this way. It's so quiet, and we don't have to worry about future disputes over homesteads, tents, etc."

"Tiezhu, I'll give you..., Li Suo, is Tiezhu guilty again?"

At this time, He Jianguo, who was holding a small basin, came from the back door and was shocked when he saw Li Yinglin and Han Xiuying.

"Uncle Jianguo, what's in the basin?" Chen Tiezhu asked curiously.

"I steamed some sticky buns at home, and since you don't have anything, I brought you some. Li Suo, is Tiezhu really innocent?" He Jianguo explained and asked again.

It's just that Chen Tiezhu's actions were faster.

Before Li Yinglin could speak, Chen Tiezhu "whoosh" jumped to He Jianguo's side and snatched the small basin away.

Lifting the cloth covering the top, there were some dark red sticky rice flour sticky buns inside, which looked so rare.

This is really fun, much better than the sticky buns of later generations.

What are the sticky buns of later generations? They are made of red bean paste, which sounds quite high-end. Does it taste like that? Is it as fragrant as the red bean paste?

"Humph, you are just greedy. You are still growing mushrooms, and your mind is all about eating. Just give up this idea, Brother Li, let's go back." Han Xiuying on the side snorted coldly.

At the same time, he crossed out another cross in his heart, and now there are two crosses.

This guy saw that the sticky buns didn't care about growing mushrooms, it would be strange if he agreed.

"Humph, I think you are greedy, but I won't give it to you. Brother Li, let's not fall for her trick." Chen Tiezhu said seriously.

"Uncle Jianguo, let me introduce you to Yingzi. Although we have a quarrel, she is also my good friend. She will start a project of growing mushrooms to help the poor. It can make money."

Looking at the two of them like this, Li Yinglin sucked his teeth and felt a headache. This is a mismatch.

"I think you are a jerk. Who is your good friend? Hello, I am Han Xiuying from the household registration department of the county bureau." Han Xiuying rolled her eyes at him and said.

"Hello, Comrade Han, hello, um, what project did Tiezhu say just now? Mushrooms?" He Jianguo asked after a slight pause.

"Xiuying, Comrade He Jianguo is the old production team leader of Erdaoling Village and the current village chief." Li Yinglin said with a smile.

"Uncle Jianguo, it's actually a mushroom-growing project in the county's poverty alleviation office. Tiezhu got to know about it, and he started to think about it."

"Ah? Li Suo, did I hear you right? Mushrooms can still be grown? What month is it now? Nothing can be grown, and they will all freeze to death." He Jianguo's forehead was full of question marks.

"Uncle Jianguo, the mushrooms I want to grow are not ordinary, they are very expensive. The mushrooms I grow can be sold for at least 70 or 80 cents per pound. Before the New Year, the good ones can be sold for one yuan." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"What the hell? Are you kidding me? Can it be sold so expensively?"He Jianguo was a little uneasy.

It was almost catching up with the price of pork, but it sounded like Tiezhu was talking in his sleep. He could only look at Han Xiuying for confirmation.

"Uncle Jianguo, this is a scientific and technological poverty alleviation project given by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. If it is planted well, it can indeed be sold at this price." Han Xiuying said.

"But from the information I have now and his personal situation, I firmly disagree with his project. He has a problem with his attitude."

Li Yinglin looked at Chen Tiezhu helplessly. He couldn't help with this matter. After all, it was the county bureau's business.

"Hey..., Doudou, come here, come to Dad."

Chen Tiezhu made up his mind. Mushrooms must be planted, so he had to use his ultimate move. While saying this, he waved to Doudou next to him.

"Dad, what are you doing?" Doudou didn't understand, but still came over.

Chen Tiezhu sat down on the ground and held Doudou in his arms.

His action stunned everyone, wondering what he was going to do.

"Doudou, you are a miserable child. You are about to have a good life, but we two can't live like this." Chen Tiezhu said pitifully.

Han Xiuying rolled her eyes and gave him a cold face.

Isn't this what Jing Yiner said to her? Afraid of you? I am going to be hard-hearted today.

Li Yinglin next to him was even more helpless. He was just thinking about how to help, but he didn't expect Chen Tiezhu to take his daughter to make a scene.

"Just because you are a leader, you can bully people? You fool people? You said you would give fish but didn't, and you are just going back on your word. Now what? There is no fish left, my poor Doudou." Chen Tiezhu said aggrievedly.

"Don't be so bad, stand up quickly. It's better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish. The fish in front is for eating, and the fish in the back is the fishing skills." Han Xiuying said with a fierce face.

"Just give up on this idea. I will definitely not let you pass. That would be irresponsible of you. You are too unreliable to do such a serious thing."

She was already so angry that she drew a third firm cross in her heart.

"What else can we do? If we want to eat meat, we have to go hunting in the mountains. Tiger mothers, blind bears, big wild boars, and big gulus are all very powerful." Chen Tiezhu said, looking even more aggrieved.

Doudou's little face turned bitter.

She is not afraid of tigers, wild boars, blind bears, etc. But the big gulus with big wings is really powerful.

Han Xiuying bit her lips lightly, and her firm heart began to waver now.

Yes, this guy said today that hunting is very dangerous. If he has no other livelihood and can only go hunting in the mountains, what will he do if he really encounters danger?

I don't feel sorry for him, but what will Doudou do then?

He is so young, how will he live in the future?

In just a moment, her mind had already shown the scene where Chen Tiezhu went up the mountain to hunt and got into trouble, and Doudou, a three-year-old child, had to take care of his bedridden father.

"Dad, Doudou won't eat meat. Dad doesn't let Da Gululu carry Dad away, but let Da Gululu carry Doudou."

At this time, Doudou, who was held by him, turned around, hugged his neck and said pitifully, with bright circles under her eyes.

Looking at Doudou's thin little body, pitiful little appearance, and red eyes, Han Xiuying's heart suddenly "clicked".

The three crosses in her heart were shattered by the impact and turned into a big check mark.

Still biting her lips, her face softened, "In principle, I disagree, but I can measure it. But we have to ask the technician tomorrow, after all, we don't understand this technology."

"Oh..., Yingzi is fine. Let's find a technician tomorrow." Chen Tiezhu stood up with Doudou in his arms and said happily.

As expected, Doudou is worth two.

Although Han Xiuying didn't give a completely affirmative answer, she could still hear the subtext.

Li Yinglin and He Jianguo were actually quite nervous just now, because they were really afraid that the two of them would quarrel, but now they relaxed.

"I warn you, if you don't do it seriously, I will..., I will..., anyway, you will definitely not have a good result." Han Xiuying said fiercely.

In fact, she knew very well in her heart that this guy was just using his daughter to make her miserable. But looking at Doudou's little appearance, who could bear it?

"Hehe, no. Today is a big day after all, and I want to grow mushrooms with Yingzi. Let's have a good meal first. Flying dragons are not that easy to find." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

"Your ability is quite amazing, you even hunted a flying dragon. "He Jianguo said with a smile.

"You can't say I hunted it, someone else used a homemade cannon to bomb it. Because I found it first, it belongs to me." Chen Tiezhu said casually.

"Wait a minute, you didn't steal it, did you?" He Jianguo frowned.

Hearing his statement, Li Yinglin and Han Xiuying also stopped and looked over with frowns.