Xing’an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family
Chapter 235 I want to buy the same thing as my sister
Chapter 235 I want to buy the same thing as my sister
“Haha, Daddy is not as poor as you think! Daddy, Dani, Erni, Sanni, tell Daddy what you like!”
Chen Weidong said happily.
“Really?”
“Really! Silly girl.”
Chen Weidong scratched the noses of the three little girls with his hands.
Hearing this, the three little girls looked at the cargo box, hesitated for a long time, and were about to make up their minds.
Si Ni, Wu Ni, and Xiao Liu brought the pregnant Liu Xueting over.
“father!”
“Dad, mom is here!”
The three little kids cried out loudly.
“Okay, Dad has seen it, stop yelling!” Chen Weidong said with a smile, and then said to Liu Xueting who came over: “Xueting, see if there is anything missing at home.”
Liu Xueting walked up and took a look inside the wooden box, then bought some buttons and needles and thread from the old man selling goods, and also gave Chen Weidong a razor blade.
“Dad, Si Ni wants this.”
After Liu Xueting made her selection, little Si Ni pointed to a bag of delicious-looking snacks and said in a baby voice.
“I also want!”
“I also want!”
The two younger ones, Xiaowu and Xiaoliu, were also crying for milk.
“Dani, what about you guys?”
Chen Weidong asked.
The three little girls discussed it, and finally pointed at the container and said in a baby voice: “Dad, we want to play with rattles.”
“Rattle! Do you three want this?”
To Chen Weidong’s surprise, Dani and the other three were more sensible, but they chose a relatively childish toy, a small rattle, which looked very nice.
“Uh-huh.”
“Okay then! Take three rattles.”
The old peddler handed the rattle to the three little girls, and then Da Ni, Er Ni, and San Ni took the rattles in their hands and started shaking them happily.
“Boom boom boom!”
“Dad, I don’t want this anymore!”
“I want a rattle, too!”
The conspicuous Bao Sini suddenly felt that the snacks in her hand were no longer delicious!
“I can only have the same thing.”
Liu Xueting said at this time.
Si Ni nodded obediently like a chick pecking at rice, then walked up to the old man selling goods and said in a baby voice, “Grandpa, I don’t want this one. I want to buy the same one as my sister.”
Si Ni licked her lips, still reluctant to part with the snacks in her hand.
Xiaowu and Xiaoliu were still reluctant to give up the snacks in their hands, but they also wanted toys, and they looked at Chen Weidong with their big eyes blinking.
Chen Weidong smiled and said, “Uncle, do you have any rattles? One for each person, and give me three packs of these snacks.”
“Yes! Of course!”
The old man squinted his eyes and said happily.
“Woooooo~ Daddy is so kind.”
Si Ni was so happy that she almost jumped up when she heard that.
Liu Xueting frowned: “Why don’t you just buy one for each of them? You’ll spoil the children…”
Before Chen Weidong could say anything, Bao Sini hugged Liu Xueting’s thighs and said in a baby voice, “Mom, Sini will be very good in the future and will not be a bad child.”
These four girls are usually the most naughty, but they are also the best at acting coquettishly!
“Haha, as long as you are here, I can’t spoil them.” Chen Weidong said.
“Si Ni, this won’t happen again,”
Liu Xueting said slowly.
“it is good.”
Si Ni replied in a baby voice.
At this time, the old man also took out the things from the cabinet.
Each of them received a rattle and a bag of snacks, and the six little girls were extremely happy.
“It’s six dollars and eighty dollars in total, just give me six dollars and fifty dollars.” The old man said happily.
Chen Weidong knew that this thing must not be that expensive, so after some bargaining, he sold it for five dollars.
The little kids were happily running around with rattles in their hands.
This made the children nearby, as well as the young wives, old ladies and girls, all very envious.
Who else is like Chen Weidong who dotes on his wife and daughter as much as he does!
Some young wives, old ladies, and older girls came to buy things from the peddler, but most of them bought needlework, candy, and other things.
The needles and thread sold by the peddler were cheaper than those sold at the supply and marketing cooperative, and most of the candies he bought were only a few cents to a dime. They were all given to the children at home to try something new, as they were reluctant to eat them!
After the older girls bought the candies, they were extremely greedy but they did not eat them because they were afraid of being called greedy women.
In this day and age, being a greedy woman does not have a good reputation, which directly affects their search for a husband.
Only those naughty kids who had a few cents in their hands would buy the candies and stuff them into their mouths immediately without any hesitation.
……
Liu Xueting took the things and led the happy little girls home. Chen Weidong ignored the envy of others and continued to fetch water.
“Weidong, Weidong!”
After fetching water and watering the vegetable garden, Chen Weidong heard someone calling him from behind.
“Uncle Guofu, what’s up?”
Chen Weidong asked.
“Weidong, you’ve contributed the most money to this pig farm. It’s almost finished. Weidong, why don’t you go take a look?”
Wang Guofu smiled.
“Uncle Guofu, I’m relieved to leave the pig farm to you and my eldest brother!”
Chen Weidong said slowly. Of course, this is just a polite remark. The pig farming cooperative is now in full swing in the village, and every household is talking about it! Even if Chen Weidong doesn’t want to know, it’s hard. Even his eldest brother Chen Weihai, who now sleeps in the pig farming cooperative all day, knows it clearly.
“Weidong, I plan to buy five or six large sows and two breeding pigs from other villages after the pig farm is built, and the rest will be piglets…”
“Okay, Uncle Guofu, you and my eldest brother can make the decisions on these matters,”
Chen Weidong said.
“Well.”
“That’s all! If there’s nothing else, I’m leaving! It’s almost time for dinner, I have to go cook.”
After watering the vegetable field, Chen Weidong picked a bucket of vegetables.
“Uncle Guofu, do you want to eat something?”
Chen Weidong asked politely, pointing at the vegetable patch.
Wang Guofu waved his hand and said, “No, we can’t eat all the vegetables in our garden! If your family doesn’t have enough, I’ll ask your aunt to bring some to you tomorrow.”
“That!”
Chen Weidong didn’t say anything polite. After chatting for a few more words, Wang Guofu said goodbye and left.
Chen Weidong returned home carrying a bucket of vegetables.
“father!”
“Weidong!”
“Brother Wei Dong!”
Liu Xueting was holding Xiaoliu under a tree in the yard, chatting with Bingzi Zheng Xiaofang and Shitou’s wife Yang Hongxiu.
Now Zheng Xiaofang has also been diagnosed with pregnancy. Although Yang Hongxiu is not pregnant, she is also preparing for a third child. The three women have everything to talk about when they are together, so they often chat together. The other five little girls are all listening to the radio in the house.
Chen Weidong looked at Shitou’s wife and Bingzi’s wife, thinking that their hunting group had not had a meal together for a long time. It just so happened that there was something going on, so it would be nice for everyone to have a meal together and talk.
So Chen Weidong said to Yang Hongxiu and Zheng Xiaofang: “My two sisters-in-law, don’t cook tonight, just eat at home!”
“Oh, call Shitou and Bingzi too. It’s settled. Tonight we’ll have pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli, pheasant stewed with mushrooms, and seaweed egg drop soup. We just happen to have some seaweed at home.”
Chen Weidong didn’t wait for the two to push and decided directly.
Chen Weidong took out three tomatoes from the bucket and handed them to the three women. “Eat some tomatoes first. I’ll go cook!”
“Xiao Liu, do you want to eat?”
“Dad, I’m not hungry!” Xiaoliu shook the rattle in his hand.
“Okay! I guess you’re not hungry either.”
“Brother Weidong, we are here to help you…”
“No, no, you guys continue chatting!” Chen Weidong smiled and waved his hand, then walked into the yard with a basket of vegetables.
“Sister Xueting, I really envy you. Your Weidong is so capable and considerate.
“Unlike my husband, who does nothing at home. After eating, he just sits there with a gun. Sometimes I get so angry that I want to scold him. I might as well go with the gun!”
Yang Hongxiu said enviously.
“Your Shitou is okay. At least he doesn’t talk back or curse when you talk to him. But my Bingzi has only been married for a short time! He has already changed. Not only that, but whenever he has free time, he holds a gun and aims here and there.
If you say something to him, he will just say, “What do old ladies know? Just do what you need to do. Don’t worry about men’s affairs.”
Zheng Xiaofang followed suit and complained.
“Shi Tou and Bingzi don’t have any bad intentions. I’ll ask your brother Weidong to talk to them later!” Liu Xueting said with a smile.
With such a comparison, Liu Xueting’s heart was filled with happiness.
Her husband never curses. She has given birth to six daughters, but he is still so considerate. Now that she is pregnant, she is even more considerate.
Chen Weidong went to the kitchen, put down the bucket, picked up the vegetables inside, and started preparing dinner.
“Dad, let me help you!”
Dani walked forward and said.
“Go and play! Dad can handle it by himself. I’ll call you when he’s too busy!” Chen Weidong said gently.
“All right!”
Then Chen Weidong took out a piece of pork belly from the meat jar in the cellar, scooped a basin of water from the water tank, rinsed it several times to wash off the salt, and then soaked it in the water.
Then take out the dried mushrooms, wash them several times, and soak them in water.
Then he took out the rapeseed and picked and washed it clean.
Pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli and young pheasant stewed with mushrooms are just the main dishes. In the evening, we have invited Shitou and Bingzi to have a dinner together, so of course there cannot be only two main dishes.
And some vegetables.
There are still some small dried shrimps that my sister-in-law brought over some time ago, so I stir-fried some rapeseed with them.
Make some cold eggplant salad, and then stir-fry some green beans with sesame sauce or garlic.
Also have some cold cucumber and some sugar-coated tomatoes.
Chen Weidong’s movements were very quick and he had prepared the dishes in a short while.
Stew the pork, cabbage and vermicelli and the pheasant with mushrooms. Don’t worry about the other things. Call my daughter Bingzi and Shitou over later. There’s still time to cook them.
For these two dishes, pork, cabbage and vermicelli stew and young pheasant and mushroom stew, the longer they are stewed, the more flavorful they become and the more delicious they are.
Bingzi and Shitou returned home and saw that their wife was not at home. They knew immediately that she must be at Chen Weidong’s house.
So, he turned around and went to Chen Weidong’s house.
“Brother Weidong, sorry to bother you again!”
“Why are you being so formal with me? What do you mean by troubling me? It’s just a meal!” Chen Weidong scolded with a smile.
“Brother Weidong, what are you stewing? This smells so good!”
Rubbing his hands.
“Haha, pork, cabbage and vermicelli stew, pheasant stewed with mushrooms. Shitou, run fast, go to Lijiatun and call Brother Shengli and his wife,”
“Okay, I’ll go right away!” Shitou agreed, turned around and trotted to call Li Shengli.
“Our Shitou usually listens to no one at home, he only listens to his brother Weidong!”
Yang Hongxiu saw Shitou trotting away and smiled at Liu Xueting and Zheng Xiaofang.
“Our Bingzi is the same! At home, he always calls me Brother Weidong and tells us what to do!”
“The three brothers grew up together, and Weidong is two years older than them. They are not real brothers, but they are better than real brothers. Weidong has always treated them as his own brothers.” Liu Xueting said.
(End of this chapter)