1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Dad, dad, get up."

The next morning, Doudou ran to the west room as if he was not lazy.

"Why are you bothering Dad so early? Dad needs to sleep a little longer."

Chen Tiezhu turned over, grabbed his daughter's hand, and said with narrowed eyes.

"Dad, we have to dig vegetables." Doudou pulled out her hand and pushed him on the shoulder.

Chen Tiezhu knew that his daughter was thinking about playing.

"Then Doudou go dig vegetables. When Doudou comes back, Dad will get up."

Chen Tiezhu turned over again and pretended to sleep.

Doudou was dumbfounded. Why is this happening?

How can you dig vegetables by yourself?

"Oh, get up quickly. Doudou has been thinking about it for half the night. You can dig vegetables after dinner. You don't have to send me off."

At this time, Han Xiuying came in and directly lifted the quilt covering Chen Tiezhu.

"This guy is too domineering. Isn't he, Doudou?"

Chen Tiezhu sat up.

Doudou nodded his little head, his big eyes sparkling. Why didn't he think of this trick?

"Sister Yingzi is helping you, and you nodded your head to follow his words. Come and wash your face and rub the fragrant friendship." Han Xiuying said helplessly.

"Sister Yingzi, Dad is sometimes naughty and disobedient." Doudou said.

"Then cut him, and he will be obedient after cutting." Han Xiuying said.

"I can't cut it." Doudou frowned.

"You really want to cut Dad, don't wash your face, play with Dad for a while."

Chen Tiezhu directly grabbed the little guy to the kang.

Han Xiuying rolled her eyes. Let's wash this face in ten minutes. There is no time now.

The father and daughter made a fuss. After washing their faces, Han Xiuying also cooked the porridge and steamed the salted duck eggs.

Cooking was a bit laborious in the past, but Han Xiuying has no problem with simple meals like this now.

"If it doesn't work, I'll have to ask you to go to the provincial capital." Han Xiuying said.

"We'll see when the time comes. If you can avoid it, then avoid it. If you can't avoid it, then we'll talk about it later." Chen Tiezhu said.

"I'm so busy now, I don't have so much time to talk to them. I can only ask when I can, but now I really can't."

"It seems like you have the final say, but I'm really busy during this period." Han Xiuying said, and picked up the salted duck egg yolk to Doudou.

"That's right, in half a day, I guess the farm should have finished the inventory. There are slightly more assets there, but not many employees can stay." Chen Tiezhu said casually, and then picked up his duck egg yolk to Han Xiuying.

"Dad, why don't you like duck egg yolk?" Doudou asked curiously.

"Dad likes to eat it, too, but Dad loves Doudou and Sister Yingzi, so Dad lets Doudou and Sister Yingzi eat the delicious food first." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Well..., Doudou loves Dad too, and the gada silk cake is delicious too." Doudou said as he picked up a piece of gada silk cake for him.

"My eldest daughter is so nice, eat well, and then we will go dig the brain. Come back early, you have to eat for lunch at noon." Chen Tiezhu praised.

"This guy is so busy for you." Han Xiuying said helplessly.

"Hehe, there is no way to eat it. Otherwise, how can I act separately from the old men?" Chen Tiezhu said proudly.

"In another ten or eight days, everything will be done, and we can plant mushrooms properly. We have to contact the transportation company later. Niu Er's brothers are a bit far away, so we have to use trucks to transport them."

Han Xiuying would not worry about these things, just do whatever she wants.

After breakfast, without Chen Tiezhu's help, Doudou could put the cart on the body of the Andahan by himself.

Big melon, scientific name is garlic.

This wild vegetable is actually distributed all over the country. If you dig it out in autumn and put it in the sun to dry, it will be spicy when you eat it in winter.

But now, although the fresh garlic is not so spicy, it is also very appetizing.

You don't have to look for it specially, just find a piece of land and stroll in it, there are really things.

"Dad, how do you dig it?"

Doudou looked around and asked in confusion.

"Look at this green seedling? This is a garlic chive. You need to dig down a little, the big melon is underneath." Chen Tiezhu selected one and dug it out with a swing of his dipper.

"Huh? It's real. Dad, how do you eat it?"

Doudou, who was squatting on the side, looked at the big melon exposed after the soil was removed, and his eyes sparkled.

"There are many ways to eat it. You can eat it directly with sauce., and you can also make small pancakes with flour. It's similar to eating galda si bing, and you can also steam it with flour or stir-fry it with eggs. "Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Scrambled eggs."

Little Doudou decided to eat it without thinking.

No matter what is steamed or baked, it is not as delicious as scrambled eggs.

Chen Tiezhu was also very emotional. When it comes to eating this, Doudou is really not easy to fool.

"Dad, Doudou will dig too." Doudou said excitedly.

For nothing else, just to scramble eggs.

"You little guy, use a small hoe to dig slowly. Otherwise, this small pickaxe is almost as tall as you, and you can't swing it." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Yeah. "

Doudou nodded his little head and ran to his little car to get the small hoe down.

For Doudou, now he is full of confidence. He has seen how his father digs, and he can definitely do it.

Holding the hoe with two little hands, he pressed it hard on the ground and hugged it, and that was it.

But after a simple search, he only found the big melon seedling.

Doudou frowned, what's going on?

Where is the big melon?

She secretly glanced at her father and found that he was still digging very seriously. With a flick of his little hand, the big melon seedling in his hand was thrown aside by her.

Holding the small hoe, she continued to look for the next target.

The little person had no idea that her actions were seen by her father.

Chen Tiezhu was quite amused. Anyway, she was just playing with the children, and she just wanted to have fun.

"Dig and dig in the big field, look at the green seedlings, and dig up a big melon. Big head, big head, why don't you bloom..."

Chen Tiezhu was digging hard when he heard Doudou singing.

Chen Tiezhu showed a loving smile on his face. This was his daughter. She was so precious.

"I dug one without a head. Doudou kept digging..."

Before his smile was fully bloomed, Doudou's singing came again.

Chen Tiezhu grinned. This was Doudou.