1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

There were messy little footprints, the hoof prints were from An Dahan, and then there were the little dog leftovers, the little confused eggs, and the big goose. Peanut shells, small stools, cabbage stalks...

The most eye-catching thing was the chicken feed on the small pot...

In an instant, Chen Tiezhu's head exploded.

So his precious daughter had brought her friends here for a meeting?

He looked to the side and saw that the newly grown tomato seedlings were not known to be pecked by chickens or gnawed by ducks. Anyway, several of them were half-dead.

He only knew that it was not easy to take care of children, but his precious daughter seemed to be even more worrying.

Let's leave it like this for now, as long as the daughter is happy.

With his hands behind his back, he strolled to the place where the ginseng was planted under the forest.

Now these ginsengs have sprouted leaves again and are growing well in the space. However, in terms of growth, compared with their big brother, the mountain ginseng, they are somewhat inferior.

Although my daughter is a little troublemaker, I feel happy to see her here.

But I have to get busy later. I have to plant tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and other things on the racks, otherwise they will crawl all over the ground.

It is a little troublesome, although these vegetables cannot be eaten openly, but they can be kept for seeds.

It can be regarded as a tour of the territory. Then I came out of the space with satisfaction and drove home.

"Dad, dad, Doudou and the little leopard are good friends."

Doudou, who just walked into the house and sat on the kang with his legs crossed, said happily.

"Then my eldest daughter is also amazing. They have become good friends now." Chen Tiezhu praised.

"After rubbing the little leopard, I opened its mouth to see why its tongue has so many small thorns, and pulled its tail to see why it is so long, and I have to touch the little leopard's belly." Han Xiuying said helplessly.

"Have you dealt with the county affairs? Is there anything else going on? I've been waiting for a call at home, but there's no news."

"Nothing's wrong. Old Gao is still very considerate and has taken care of this matter. Has the wild boar been plucked?" Chen Tiezhu asked casually.

"It's plucked. It's already past seven o'clock. Have many people gone to bed?" Han Xiuying asked.

"Nothing's wrong. It would be difficult to divide it if we wait until tomorrow. In fact, we just want to have some fun and have some fun. By the way, where's Liu Dayou? Has he been assigned to the village office?"

"Yeah, he said he was going to keep Professor Xu company." Han Xiuying said, twisting her clothes with her hands, feeling a little shy.

I don't know what this bad guy was talking about outside. Keeping Professor Xu company is obviously an excuse.

Chen Tiezhu grinned, "My dear girl, do you want to go to the village with your dad to divide the wild boar meat?"

"Dad, can I bring Little Leopard with me?" Doudou asked.

"Let it sleep well at home for a while. When it wakes up, we can play with it tomorrow." Chen Tiezhu said.

Doudou thought about it, but still couldn't resist the temptation of sharing wild boar meat. Although he couldn't show off his new friend to everyone, he was not in a hurry.

When he came to the brigade headquarters, Uncle Jianguo and Liu Dayou were drinking water and chatting together.

"Uncle Jianguo, use the loudspeaker to shout for a while, and share a little bit, just for fun." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll shout now. How's your business going?" He Jianguo asked hurriedly.

"It's nothing for us. We'll put up a sign tomorrow, saying that hunting is prohibited in Erdaoling, so we can save trouble in the future." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Okay, I'll save you trouble in the future." He Jianguo nodded, and his heart was relieved.

What else can we do? Something happens every now and then, and it's not easy for anyone to bear.

"Attention, members, attention, Tiezhu is back, Tiezhu is back, we're going to distribute wild boar meat. Come and get some if you're interested, or go for a stroll in the brigade if you're free..."

"You're distributing wild boar meat so late, are you thinking about something else?" Han Xiuying came to Chen Tiezhu's side and frowned.

"Actually, it's to attract people's attention. After all, we have to cooperate with the people in the village to grow mushrooms in the future." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"If we grow mushrooms well and the land is well prepared, I'll kill three big fat pigs next year. One will be kept for our family, and the remaining two will be distributed to the village."

"This guy, you can't do anything good. You don't even know what you can do, but you're just bragging." Han Xiuying pouted.

"That means we have to hold out hope for a better life in the future. Today, I heard from Director Hu that you have been thinking about me for a long time. You didn't even go back to the provincial capital, but came to work in the town." Chen TieZhu said happily.

Han Xiuying rolled her eyes, "I don't like you at all. I don't go back to the provincial capital because I don't want to be controlled by my family."

"If you don't like you at all, you will like you if you look at me twice." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"You look silly." Han Xiuying didn't bother to pay attention to him.

The two chatted for a while, and people from the village came over one after another.

This made Han Xiuying even more puzzled. People in the village went to bed early. Could they really come here for such a little wild boar meat? And they were all so happy?

"See? The effect of gathering people's hearts is still very good." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

"Sometimes, we need to organize some collective activities appropriately so that people can work together. For example, in the past, although life was a bit harder in the production team, everyone was full of enthusiasm."

"Tiezhu is right. In fact, even I miss the production team now." He Jianguo, who rushed back after shouting on the loudspeaker, added.

"At that time, no matter what we did, the whole village worked together. No matter how difficult the task was, it was not a big deal. Now, although we still help each other, it is a little less meaningful."

"Because now everyone has to think about their own little calculations. Otherwise, life is really a bit difficult." Chen Tiezhu smiled and added.

"Life is better now than before. But the degree of improvement is limited, and the burden on us farmers is still a bit heavy."

"I'd better go out and shave the meat first. These so-called ribs are inedible. By the way, the agricultural machinery station will send a tractor to turn the land for me tomorrow."

He didn't want to continue on this issue, because this situation will become more obvious with the development of the economy.

"This is good, this is good. With a tractor, you don't have to work so hard to open up wasteland." He Jianguo said with a smile.

I was really happy for Chen Tiezhu.

Although growing mushrooms may make money, farming is definitely a real big deal.

Seeing that almost everyone had come, Chen Tiezhu came outside with a boning knife and started to debone the wild boar.

"Wow, Tiezhu's skill is amazing, isn't it?"

"Of course, the bones are shaved cleanly."

"It's so stupid, he didn't even look. It's like a magic trick, he turned his hand and the bones came out."

...

After seeing Chen Tiezhu's bone removal technique, the villagers gathered around him.

I've seen people remove bones, but I've never seen it done this way.

Han Xiuying curled her lips, this guy just loves to show off.

But you have to admit it, even though each household gets a small amount of meat, less than a pound. But everyone is very excited.

Is this to gather the spirit?

What they care about is not how much wild boar meat there is, but that everyone can get together to do some collective activities?

Now she really doesn't understand it, and suddenly she feels that the work at the grassroots level is so complicated.