1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

Although Chen Tiezhu is very capable now, he prepared too many dishes last night.

After getting up in the morning, the rice was fried in the pot, the stewed fish was heated up again, and with pork skin jelly, the father and daughter had a very comfortable breakfast.

"Dad, what else do you want to eat today?"

Doudou asked when Chen Tiezhu was washing the dishes.

"I just had a full meal, and you are thinking about eating again. Let's stew a chicken today and give all the chicken thighs to Doudou, okay?" Chen Tiezhu asked the little guy teasingly.

"Okay, one is enough." The little guy nodded his head.

"Hahahaha, you are not picky. I have to work with Dad today. We have to dig a cellar. Without Doudou, Dad has no energy to work." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Dad, can I still drink milk powder?" Doudou asked.

"Of course you can drink it. If Doudou likes it, we will drink it every day in the future." Chen Tiezhu said.

The little guy is very beautiful now.

I also know that milk powder is a rare thing, and I am worried that my father will not let me drink it.

After cleaning up, Chen Tiezhu came to the backyard with a pickaxe and a shovel.

As for Doudou, he is not a errand boy.

He has to help his father with work. If he doesn't help, his father will be tired. I can't hold the pickaxe, but I can hold the small fire shovel.

I stuck it into the ground, stepped on it with my little feet, and then I fell down.

"Woof woof woof..."

Dog Shengzi barked at the ground, complaining that the ground was not kind enough to make his little master fall down.

"Dad, why is the ground so hard?"

Getting up from the ground, the little guy frowned again.

"There is a layer of frozen soil on the ground. Wait for Dad to dig a circle with the pickaxe, and then you can help Dad with the work." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Yes, Doudou helps Dad with the work." The little guy nodded his head seriously.

Chen Tiezhu picked up the pickaxe and started digging.

At this time, using the pickaxe to dig the ground was really handy.

This thing can be regarded as an imported pickaxe, so there is a "foreign" word in front of it, just like the foreign well, foreign car, kerosene lamp... these are the same.

One end is pointed and the other end is flat, and it can do a lot of work.

First use the pointed end to make a hole in the frozen soil, and then use the flat end to dig, and a large piece is dug.

"Dad, Doudou is hot."

After digging for a while, the little guy next to him said.

"Doudou, you can't take off your hat, you have to wear it." Chen Tiezhu said hurriedly.

"Watch daddy work on the side, and daddy will teach you a nursery rhyme, okay? Then Doudou learns it, sing it to daddy, and daddy will work more vigorously."

"Yeah, that's right." Doudou nodded obediently.

"Listen carefully. Dig and dig in the small garden." Chen Tiezhu sang a sentence.

"In the small garden, dig and dig." Doudou followed and learned obediently.

"Plant small seeds, and small flowers will bloom."

"Plant small seeds, and small flowers will bloom."

"In the big garden, dig and dig."

"In the big garden, dig and dig."

"Plant small mushrooms, and flowers of wealth will bloom."

"Plant small mushrooms, and flowers of wealth will bloom."

"Doudou, have you learned it?" Chen Tiezhu asked with a smile.

"Yeah."

Doudou nodded happily, and then sang.

"In the small garden, Daddy digs and digs. Um..., plant small seeds, and small flowers will bloom. In the big garden, Daddy is still digging, planting mushrooms and flowers."

"Hahaha, that's enough, sing whatever you want, just sing for Daddy." Chen Tiezhu was very happy.

My daughter is so cute and so popular.

This is because he has a lot of work today, otherwise he would have to pinch her waist and play with her for a while.

"Good guy, Tiezhu, why are you starting so early?"

Just when he was having fun digging with his daughter, He Jianguo led several people and rushed over with tools.

"Uncle Jianguo, this is..." Chen Tiezhu hesitated.

"Your family has work to do, and they are all idle at home, so I called them over." He Jianguo said casually.

"Zhuzi, Uncle Jianguo said that you are going to do something big. Can mushrooms be grown?" Wang Chunsheng, who was carrying a big thing, asked curiously.

"Yes, what you are doing is new, I have never heard of it."

"Tiezhu, can you grow it by digging in the cellar? I have a cellar at home, can I do it with you?"

"Can it really be sold for 70 or 80 cents a pound? That's much more expensive than grain."

...

The rest of the people were not idle either, and they asked one after another.

"Hahaha, everyone listen to me." After everyone had talked for a while, Chen Tiezhu finally spoke.

"Growing mushrooms isThere is a certain degree of technical difficulty. Whether this thing can succeed, in fact, even I have no idea in my heart. "

"But we have to try it, what if it succeeds? I really can't tell you about this matter. I can only say that if everyone is willing to do it together, then we will do it together. "

"I only know that this thing is risky and hard. The country can give us technical support, but many things have to be arranged by ourselves, which also requires costs. "

"What is my idea? When the people from the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences come, everyone can listen to it if they are interested. If you think you can bear the risk and hard work, it's okay to do it for a while. "

"Let's not do anything else for lunch today. I brought back two chickens from the county yesterday. Let's stew gourd strips and dried beans for lunch. "

It's important to say that he was very touched.

Even if he could finish all the work by himself, it's not work when someone comes to help, it's a favor.

Normally, no matter what happens in a family, someone will come to help.

Especially for weddings and funerals, you don't need to notify them specially, people will show up as soon as the firecrackers go off.

Of course, how many people come depends on how popular you are in the village.

He Jianguo brought four people in total, which made him very happy.

"Tiezhu, do you want to call your second uncle over for lunch?" He Jianguo asked.

"No, the second uncle doesn't seem to like too much noise. If you really call him, he might feel uncomfortable. "Chen Tiezhu said hurriedly.

He Jianguo thought that this was also true, and his second uncle liked quietness.

They were all rural people, and they were very good at work. With their participation, the progress was advanced a lot.

"Tiezhu, have you caused trouble again? But a bunch of big hats came."

"I just think you have been too ostentatious recently. Did you commit a crime outside?"

"Chen Tiezhu, you really deserve it, wait for the police to arrest you."

...

Just after a while, several villagers gathered by the fence of the garden.

I didn't hear the previous words clearly, and the latter sentence was said by Zhu Qingjun, who was bruised and swollen.

"Why are you like this?" Chen Tiezhu shouted curiously.

Zhu Qingjun was so angry that this hit his lungs, "Just wait, the police will handcuff you in a while, and three trucks will come to arrest you. ”

“Ding ding…”

At this time, a horn sounded and a police motorcycle drove over. Zhu Qingjun looked even more proud.

Looking at him like this and what the villagers had just said, let alone coming to help, even He Jianguo felt a little worried.