Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 122 It’s nice to have a little cotton-padded jacket!

Chapter 122 It’s nice to have a little cotton-padded jacket!
Then Chen Weidong gave the two people wolf bones and bear bones. The bear bones were fresh bones that had just been taken and were difficult to grind into powder. However, it was much easier to just break the big bones into small pieces and roast them over a fire until the bones turned yellow and brittle and then grind them into powder.

After explaining everything to the two men, Shitou and Bingzi went home immediately.

Chen Weidong was not idle afterwards. He brought some straw to feed the two yellow muntjacs, but the two muntjacs refused to eat. Chen Weidong didn't care about it. He had no plan to keep them anyway, and they would not starve to death in a day or two. Then he started to boil bear oil with Liu Xueting.

In fact, Liu Xueting and the children had already cooked two pots of soup long before Chen Weidong woke up.

It's just that the bears who had spent the winter were very fat, and some of them were left. The children were not around, so it was just the two of them again.

Chen Weidong enjoys the fun of being with his children, and also enjoys cooking quietly with his wife.

"Bingzi, why are you carrying away all our bean flour? That's our last bag of bean flour. What are you going to do with it?"

Li Guifang asked when she saw Bingzi returning home and carrying the last bag of bean flour in the house and leaving without saying a word.

"Mom, Weidong and I are making dog food together. Weidong doesn't have much noodles at home. You don't know how powerful Weidong's dog is after eating the special dog food!"

Bingzi said with a smile.

"Why is it that the dog your brother Weidong raises is better than the food people eat?"

"Of course not. Bean flour alone is not enough. Brother Weidong also added wolf bones and wolf meat, bear bones and bear meat, and some Chinese medicine!"

"Oh my god! This is such a waste!"

Li Guifang thought to herself, but said, "So you are with your brother Weidong! That's all right. Do you have enough bean flour? If not, I'll go get some more."

Since Bingzi followed Chen Weidong into the mountains, he has earned more than he did in the previous year, and now his family no longer has to worry about meat.

Last night, he not only brought home flying dragons, pheasants, rabbits, and so many wild goods, but also 60 to 70 kilograms of meat.

After asking, Li Guifang found out that it was blind bear meat.

Chen Weidong brought a stone and killed a blind bear. Although Li Guifang was worried about Bingzi, she was very happy to see that they had brought back so much meat. She did not stay in bed early this morning, but went to the village to promote it! Others were envious.

"That's enough, Mom. Shitou has gone to get the cornmeal too."

"Well, Bingzi, when you go hunting in the mountains, listen carefully to your brother Weidong. Your brother Weidong can kill a blind bear, so he is a capable man."

"That's right, Brother Weidong is really capable. Mom, didn't you see it? How we killed the blind bear was all thanks to Brother Weidong's arrangement. Brother Weidong's last shot even knocked the blind bear down. Unfortunately, Brother Weidong just let me lead the dog. I didn't fire a single shot and did nothing!"

Bingzi started blowing the flute unconsciously.

"Your brother Weidong is taking care of you, so don't forget your roots. But Weidong is really capable, much more capable than your father. Look at your father, when he went hunting in the mountains, he never killed a blind bear, and he was almost killed by a wild boar in the mountains."

When Li Guifang talked about this, she thought of her man Chen Guangkun again, and said unhappily.

"Mom, please don't let my dad hear it! By the way, Mom, I want to talk about my wife..."

"Kid, why are you more anxious than me?"

Li Guifang laughed and scolded. She was also worried about her son's marriage. She had looked for matchmakers many times over the years. However, the pillar of the family had been lying on the kang, drinking all day long. Others would know it once they inquired about it. In addition, Bingzi earned a little money.

No one wants their daughter to suffer after marrying into this family. Now that her son has made money, she has some confidence.

"Mom, I'm already 26 years old. Shitou's two children are already grown up, and Brother Weidong has six children! I envy him so much because I serve him tea and water every day."

"Wait a moment, I'll go get a piece of meat and urge Matchmaker Zhang!"

"No, I'll go now..."

"Then I will deliver the bean flour to Brother Weidong's house first. I will also grind bear bone powder later!"

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Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting were boiling bear oil when they heard someone outside shouting, "Brother Weidong, Sister Xueting."

"It's Sister Hongxiu! Come in and sit down." Liu Xueting walked out of the kitchen and greeted the person immediately when she saw him.

Yang Hongxiu is Shitou's wife, and she is older than Liu Xueting.
Yang Hongxiu is a big and strong woman, and is almost as tall as Chen Weidong.

But nowadays, people in the countryside don't like to look for wives with willow-like thin waists. They prefer those with round and big butts and broad minds.

Only a woman like this can make a living.

She can work in the fields, do housework, and give birth to children.

"Oh, Shitou's wife is here, what are you doing?" Yang Hongxiu came in carrying one or two sacks. Chen Weidong could probably guess what one of them was.

"Brother Weidong, this bag is cornmeal. My husband is busy smashing wolf bones. This bag is mountain products. These mountain products are all dried. I heard from Shitou that you were at home, so I quickly sent some to you to eat during the winter."

Yang Hongxiu said in a muffled voice.

With that, he threw it to the ground with a clang.

Just by listening to the sound, you can tell that there are real things inside.

With Yang Hongxiu's size, even a man might not be able to carry these two bags.

But it also goes perfectly with stone.

"Shitou's wife, you are too polite. Just bring the cornmeal. Why do you want to give me something else? Last time, Shitou brought a jar of kimchi, and you brought something else. What you gave me is a bit too much!"

Chen Weidong said politely.

"If you have more, just eat more! Just some pecans, soft dates, mushrooms, hazel mushrooms, and shiitake mushrooms. We thought you didn't need any pine nuts, so we didn't send them to you."

After Yang Hongxiu said so, Chen Weidong no longer refused.
After delivering the mountain products, Yang Hongxiu chatted with Liu Xueting in the kitchen for a while. During this time, Shitou came over carrying some bean flour. After delivering the products, Yang Hongxiu and Shitou left together.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, father Chen Guangtian and mother Wu Xiuqin hurried home.

"Mom, Dad, you're here!"

Liu Xueting greeted.

Chen Guangtian responded, but Wu Xiuqin didn't say anything.

Now Wu Xiuqin's attitude towards the children and Liu Xueting has changed a lot. She is no longer looking for trouble like before, and she takes the initiative to help her granddaughter make cotton jackets and trousers.

But he just had nothing to say to Liu Xueting. Chen Weidong also knew that his mother still had a hurdle in her heart and she couldn't get over it, but it would get better slowly.

"Weidong, you kid, why are you so aggressive now? You even dare to fight a blind bear! Are you hurt?"

Wu Xiuqin was startled and ignored Liu Xueting, but looked at Chen Weidong.

Wu Xiuqin had just learned the news. She and Chen Guangtian had been staying at home all morning in the middle of winter. It was not until someone from the village came to visit that they learned that Chen Weidong had killed a blind bear. So she immediately took Chen Guangtian to Chen Weidong's house.

"Mom, I'm fine. Don't worry." Chen Weidong smiled.

"It's good that you're okay. You've bought a donkey now, and your family is getting better and better. You should just live an honest life...like going into the mountains to hunt. Look at your uncle. Your aunt came to complain to me a few days ago."

"Okay, Mom, I know my own business..."

"Xiuqin, your child is grown up now, why are you still talking about this? Your son is capable now, so don't worry about him!"

Chen Guangtian said to Wu Xiuqin.

"Mom and Dad, you came at the right time. I was planning to go see you later."

Chen Weidong didn't wait for Wu Xiuqin to speak, but turned around to cut off two pieces of bear meat. They were good meat from the bear's belly, weighing about four or five pounds each.

"Mom, this is bear meat. Take one piece home and eat it, and give one piece to my eldest brother and his wife."

Chen Weidong said.

"Kid, save it for the children! We haven't even finished eating the meat Xueting gave us these days!"

Although Wu Xiuqin had some opinions about Liu Xueting, she would also say good things about her.

"Mom, we are a family, why should we be polite?"

Wu Xiuqin took the meat and was sent back by Chen Weidong soon. Her father Chen Guangtian did not go back, but stayed in the dog pen to watch the dogs.

"Weidong, this dog you have is really nice! What's his name?"

Chen Guangtian walked to the dog pen, looked at the black tiger and white tiger inside, and made a comment.

"The black one is called Black Tiger!"

"The white one is called white tiger"

"What about the little one?"

"The pure white one that's the biggest is called Dalong!"

"Oh, the rest are two dragons, three dragons, and four dragons!"

"Dad, you're so smart!"

"You kid..."

The father and son haven't chatted like this for a long time. Speaking of which, in Chen Weidong's impression, his father is also a serious person. The father and son basically have nothing to say to each other, and the eldest brother Chen Weidonghai is the same.

"Weidong, what is this?"

Chen Guangtian turned around and saw the bowl on top of the dog pen. He grabbed a little and put it in his mouth while asking.

"That's the dog food I made! The little guys mixed too much, so the rest was frozen. I steamed it when I was boiling bear oil just now. It's freshly steamed!"

Chen Weidong explained with a smile.

"Pfft! What did you use to steam it? It smells quite nice!" Chen Guangtian spit it out directly, then tasted it for a while before saying with a smile.

"It contains wolf meat, wolf bones, corn flour, bean flour, wolfberry, ginger and other Chinese herbs!"

"Next time I make it, I plan to add some more bear bones and bear meat!"

"You are such a loser!"

Chen Guangtian cursed with a smile.

"By the way, your eldest brother is also quite free. He said before that he wanted to go into the mountains with you!"

"Dad, don't mention this. I took care of Shitou Bingzi because they were obedient enough. If I take care of Big Brother, will he listen to me or will I listen to him? And if something goes wrong, how will I explain to my sister-in-law?"

Chen Weidong decisively refused. His elder brother Chen Weihai had talked to him about this a while ago. Since he had nothing to do in the winter, and seeing that Shitou and Bingzi had made money, he naturally wanted to follow them.
But Chen Weidong disagreed. It was difficult to settle accounts with the first brother. After all, Shitou and Bingzi were watching. Everyone has a scale in their heart.
The second eldest brother's personality was not suitable for going into the mountains. If he did something wrong, Chen Weidong would not be able to teach his eldest brother a lesson.

But what Shitou and Bingzi did was wrong, and Chen Weidong did not have these burdens.

"Hey, that's what I meant. I'll talk to your eldest brother about this."

"Ok!"

Chen Weidong nodded.

"Then I'll go back first!"

"Dad, don't go! Let's eat here today!"

"Xueting, don't bother me. Your kids will come back and make a lot of noise. I just want some quiet time."

Chen Guangtian left with a smile.

It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon when the six little ones finally came home skipping and jumping.

"Dad, roasted sweet potatoes, come and have a taste, they are so sweet!"

Dani was holding a basin filled with five or six big sweet potatoes.

“Where did you get the sweet potatoes?”

Chen Weidong asked.

"It was given by Goudan's mother!" Sanni answered truthfully.

"Mother Goudan is usually very nice to us, and Sister Xiaohua also often gives us food."

Si Ni interrupted, "Goudan's mother said the sweet potatoes were for me."

Erni said: "Yes, she also said that she wants you to be Goudan's wife when you grow up!"

Si Ni shook her head and said, "I won't marry him. I don't like Goudan. He has a runny nose and is dirty! Besides, I'm older than Goudan. I'm the big kid and he's the little kid."

Chen Weidong listened to his daughter's quarrel with great interest. He neither tried to stop her nor taught her a lesson.

As for who I will marry, it’s all a joke.

Otherwise, Chen Weidong would not agree.

"Then do you know what daughter-in-law means?"

Chen Weidong asked with a smile.

"I know, Mom is Dad's daughter-in-law!"

Si Ni said in a baby voice.

"Really... not stupid, then who do you like?"

"Si Ni, I love my dad! I love my mom, and I also like to eat delicious food!"

"Well, that's pretty honest."

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"Sweet potatoes are so sweet! It's great to have a little cotton jacket!"