Xing’an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family
Chapter 245 Woohoo, Dad, you’re cheating!
Chapter 245 Woohoo, Dad, you’re cheating!
However, in this era, even if there are such decorations in the main room in Northeast China, guests are rarely entertained in the main room except for very formal matters.
They all go directly into the inner room to sit on the kang and chat.
At this time, Dad Chen Guangtian and Wang Guofu were sitting on either side of the eight-immortals table, smoking.
Seeing Chen Weidong coming over, Wang Guofu greeted him warmly, and then they chatted a little about the pig farming cooperative.
Then everyone chatted in the main room for about half an hour, and then sister-in-law Yang Xuehua came in and told everyone that it was time to eat.
“Why are you eating so late? I’ll go back first.” Wang Guofu suddenly said.
“Uncle Guofu, don’t go. There are many people eating here today!” Liu Xueting came out and called out.
“Yes! Lao Wang, the meal is ready, why are you going back now?”
“No, no! You and your family are having dinner together, why should I come here?” Wang Guofu waved his hand, made an excuse, and left.
Wang Guofu was quite perceptive. He was just passing by and saw Chen Weihai at the door. He greeted him and then followed him in after hearing that Chen Weidong had returned. He then chatted with him for a few words.
It would certainly be inappropriate for him, an outsider, to have dinner with a family.
“Your Uncle Guofu is really something!” Chen Guangtian failed to stop Wang Guofu.
After he muttered this, the whole family worked together to move the tables, chairs and benches in the main room to the side, and then placed a large round table in the main room.
Chen Weidong’s new house now has a spacious living room and a large table.
There are fourteen people in the family, and they can all sit at one table without feeling crowded and without having to share tables.
This season is the most abundant season for food in Northeast China. The food on the table is very rich, with eight dishes and a soup. In addition, Chen Weidong brewed his own wine.
After the family sat down, they started eating. Since they were all family, there was no need to follow too many rules.
Dafei, Xiaofei, and the little girls were eating with a chuckle! Their mouths were full.
“Mom, who made this braised pork? It’s so delicious!” Xiaofei shouted.
“My dad made this!”
Xiao Si said proudly.
“I thought so! My uncle’s cooking is delicious.” Xiao Fei nodded. Chen Weidong’s current cooking level is unanimously recognized by the whole family.
“Xiao Fei, if it tastes good, eat more!” Chen Weidong laughed.
“Mom, I want to eat meat.”
“I want to eat too.”
Xiaoliu and Xiaowu couldn’t reach it, and shouted anxiously.
“Auntie, let me serve you some!”
Yang Xuehua said.
Chen Guangtian, father and son, ignored the children. They drank, ate and chatted.
After dinner, it was almost eight o’clock. Dad and eldest brother Chen Weihai were a little drunk and left with the support of Mom and sister-in-law.
“Dad! Dad, you got grandpa and uncle drunk again!”
“I heard from Uncle Shitou that Dad is a heavy drinker!”
“Dad, he’s a hero,” Erni said.
“Uh-huh,”
Si Ni also nodded.
“Anyone who can drink makes you a hero! Who told you that?” Chen Weidong was both amused and confused.
“They said on the radio that all heroes can drink!” Si Ni said in a baby voice.
“Uh… then Si Ni, do you also want to be a hero?”
“Yes, I still want to be a hero, but my mother said that Si Ni is a child and can’t drink.”
“You know what I mean. If you dare to drink alcohol secretly, Dad will beat your butt into pieces!”
Chen Weidong thought to himself.
“Weidong, drink some water. Don’t drink so much next time.” Liu Xueting came over with a bowl of water.
“Well, wife, I get it. I don’t usually drink much. Today, my father and eldest brother are here. Let’s have a meal together as a family and drink some wine to have fun.”
“I know!”
Liu Xueting nodded.
“Xue Ting, I haven’t been at home these days. Did you miss me?” Chen Weidong joked.
Liu Xueting: “I don’t want to say anything in front of the child.”
Hearing this, Xiao Si suddenly shouted: “Mom is lying, she talks about Dad every day!”
Chen Weidong asked: “Why does my mother keep talking about me?”
Si Ni imitated Liu Xueting’s tone, “Where is your father now? Has he seen grandma and grandpa?”
Xiaowu also followed suit, “How long does it take for your dad to come back? I don’t know if you eat well or sleep well?”
Liu Xueting blushed, “Okay, did I say so much?”
Si Ni said: “No, I just say it several times a day!”
“Dad was not at home before, and he went to the mountains to hunt! We all heard it, right, big sister and second sister?”
“Ah.”
Dani and Erni nodded quickly.
Liu Xueting scolded: “Si Ni, say another word!”
Si Ni ran to Chen Weidong and said to him: “Mom sometimes talks in her sleep…”
Chen Weidong asked, “How do you know that mom talks in her sleep?”
Xiao Wu said: “We sleep together, and when we pee at night, I sometimes hear my mother talking in her sleep when I wake up.”
“What did your mother say?”
Chen Weidong asked curiously.
“Weidong~ I know his father’s name is Chen Weidong and his mother’s name is Liu Xueting.” “I know that too.”
“I know too.”
“Haha, you are all very smart.”
Chen Weidong smiled.
Liu Xueting blushed, “Don’t listen to their nonsense,” and then she changed the topic and said, “By the way, Weidong, we have dug up all the trees in front of our house. I plan to plant two fruit trees in front of the door! What do you think we should plant?”
“Plant jujube trees, I like to eat jujubes,” the conspicuous Bao Sini was the first to stand up and speak.
“Grow peaches! I want to eat peaches.”
Sanni said.
“No, plant dates!”
“Grow peaches!”
“Plant dates, plant dates, plant dates!” Si Ni retorted fiercely.
“Plant peaches, plant peaches, plant peaches.” Sanni was naturally not convinced.
“I don’t want to listen, I don’t want to listen~”
Then, the two of them started arguing.
“I’ll count to three! You two want to get beaten again!”
Erni said.
Erni suddenly spoke, and the room instantly became quiet.
In the following time, with Er Ni suppressing her, Si Ni, the conspicuous girl, no longer dared to show up. She just secretly squeezed into Liu Xueting’s arms and dared not speak again.
Chen Weidong smiled and said, “What do you two earn? I think we should plant some fruit trees. We don’t farm, and the rice drying yard at the door is not used. I think we should plant fruit trees beside and behind the house.”
Plant some jujube trees, sour pear trees, chestnut trees, peach trees, pear trees, and mulberry trees.
Next year, our home will be very different. The fruit trees will be fragrant, and we will raise some bees. Then we will never lack honey again.”
Chen Weidong fantasized to Liu Xueting.
“Ok!”
Liu Xueting nodded happily.
After Chen Weidong finished saying this, he suddenly thought that it was already summer, and now was a good time to go into the mountains to collect honey.
There is a lot of wild honey in the Xing’an Mountains. Villagers, every season,
They would go into the mountains to collect wild honey. The honey now is much more than what Chen Weidong collected last autumn. In addition, the wild honey from the Greater Khingan Range is also one of the treasures of the Northeast in later generations.
However, Chen Weidong had just returned and was not in a hurry to go into the mountains to collect honey. The wild beehive was there and could not escape.
Then the family talked for a while, washed the children, and went to bed.
Chen Weidong was busy all the way and slept until noon. He was woken up by Sini and Xiaowu.
“Dad, wake up!”
“Dad, it’s time for breakfast!”
A man leaned over to one side of Chen Weidong’s ear and shouted loudly, almost scaring Chen Weidong to sit up.
“Giggle…”
Seeing that Chen Weidong was frightened, the two troublemakers did not apologize but burst into laughter.
“You two little brats! I’m almost going deaf from your shouting!”
Seeing that it was Xiao Si and Xiao Wu, Chen Weidong stretched out his hands, grabbed them into his arms, and then tickled their stomachs, making them giggle and beg for mercy.
“Hehehe…Dad…Hehehe…I was wrong…Hehehe…”
“Hehehe…Daddy…please spare me…hehehe…”
Chen Weidong was also afraid that the children would laugh too hard and get choked, so he let them go.
Unexpectedly, Si Ni suddenly turned around, got behind Chen Weidong, and rode directly on his neck, “Dad, I want to ride a big horse!”
Chen Weidong: “Get down first. I’ll put on my clothes and then ride the horse!”
“Oh, great, I can ride a big horse!”
Sini cheered.
Chen Weidong quickly put on his clothes and rushed out of the room while the two children were not paying attention.
“Ah! Dad, where are you going? We haven’t ridden the big horse yet?”
Si Ni chased out screaming.
“Woo woo, Daddy, you are playing tricks on me!” Xiaowu shouted at Chen Weidong in a baby voice.
Chen Weidong laughed, “I’m hungry. I need to eat so that I can have the energy to play with you guys.”
When Liu Xueting saw this scene, she smiled happily and could feel her whole body relaxed and comfortable.
Sanni brought breakfast to Chen Weidong. After washing up, Chen Weidong started to eat. Now that Dani and Erni were at school, he was the only one at home who hadn’t eaten.
After dinner, Chen Weidong fed the livestock at home and cleaned the old house.
No matter what Chen Weidong did, Si Ni and Wu Ni stared at him like a follower.
“Why are you two following me? Go play with your sister.”
After Chen Weidong fed the two golden eagles, he said to Naituanzi behind him.
“Dad, you said you’d ride a big horse when you’re done!”
“Yeah, dad, you can’t play tricks!”
“Uh… okay, it looks like if we don’t play, you two will have to stay by my side forever.”
Chen Weidong played with the little girls for a while. Xiaosi and Xiaowu stuck to him and wanted to ride on the big horse. When Sanni and Xiaoliu saw this, they naturally wanted to join in with their short legs.
The four little girls were having a great time playing, and they were all very clingy, even Sanni was the same. Sometimes she wanted to ride on him like a big horse, sometimes she wanted him to play hide-and-seek with her, and sometimes she wanted him to play house with her…
Chen Weidong’s old bones were almost broken apart by these four little kids.
Fortunately, Li Shengli, Shitou and Bingzi also came to find him, so Chen Weidong found an excuse to send all the little kids away!
(End of this chapter)