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

Chapter 126 A Family of Eight Visiting Relatives (Part )
"Next time, just come in person, and don't bring these things."

Chen Xiuxiu emphasized again.

"Okay, sister." Chen Weidong responded but didn't take it seriously.

"Weidong, you must be careful when you go hunting in the mountains, you must..."

"Sister, I know! I know!"

As Chen Weidong expected, Chen Xiuxiu began to worry about his safety when he went up the mountain to hunt.

"Xue Ting, I'm happy to see you guys doing well."

Chen Weidong, Liu Xueting and Chen Xiuxiu were roasting fire and chatting about family matters.

A few younger kids couldn't sit still. They ran here and there, looked around, and climbed onto Chen Weidong's legs from time to time.

"Weidong, Xueting, please sit inside first. I'll go call your brother-in-law."

"Sister, stop working, your brother-in-law will be back soon."

"How can that be done!"

Chen Xiuxiu said as she walked out. When Dani and Erni saw her, they said to Liu Xueting, "Mom, let's go with aunt."

"Go!"

The two girls also ran over and followed: "Aunt, wait for us."

Then Chen Xiuxiu took Da Ni and Er Ni to look for someone. Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting were talking by the fire in the house. The other little girls did not follow them.

Chen Xiuxiu took Da Ni and Er Ni to the child's uncle's house to look for him, but he was not there. So they went to several close relatives' houses, but still couldn't find him!

Immediately afterwards, shouts were heard in the village, and the two little girls followed suit.

"Aunt, where is uncle?"

After shouting for a while and getting no response, Dani asked.

"I don't know. Never mind. I guess they are going to hang out with their kids somewhere again. Let's go back and leave them alone."

"it is good."

The two little girls nodded.

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"I don't know where your brother-in-law went to visit with the kids. I called for a long time but couldn't find them. Forget it, they will come back on their own soon."

"My brother-in-law is a person who can't sit still. He likes to visit other people whenever he has nothing to do."

Chen Weidong smiled and said that he knew his brother-in-law quite well.

At about eleven o'clock, seeing that Sun Tianjun had not returned yet, Chen Xiuxiu decided to cook first.

It's not that my brother-in-law and his family don't have good eyesight. These days, we have two meals a day, one in the morning from seven to nine o'clock, and one in the afternoon from three to five o'clock. Except when there are guests or when we are working, we usually don't eat at noon.

Especially in the winter in Northeast China, people are relatively idle and either stay at home on the kang or visit friends and relatives for fun.

Liu Xueting started to help Chen Xiuxiu cook, and several little girls followed her happily, some to help and some to join in the fun.

Chen Weidong held Xiaoliu in his arms, watching and chatting with him.

In the Northeast, stews are the main dish in winter. Chen Xiuxiu stewed rabbit meat and radish in one pot, bear meat in another pot, and sorghum rice in a small pot. The meat was stewing in the pot, making gurgling sounds and sizzling with the aroma of meat.

We haven’t eaten meat at home for a long time. The two children will definitely be happy to see it when they come home.

Chen Xiuxiu thought happily that just smelling the aroma of meat aroused her appetite and she couldn't help swallowing.

Then watch the meat roll and rise, and the fresh fragrance fills the whole yard.

Her husband and child had not returned yet, so Chen Xiuxiu quickly said to Liu Xueting who was cooking and Chen Weidong who was taking care of the child, "Your brother-in-law hasn't returned yet, I'll go check on him!"

"Okay, big sister, you go ahead, I'm here."

Liu Xueting and Chen Weidong responded, and Chen Xiuxiu immediately wiped her hands and walked out of the yard.

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At this moment, Sun Tianjun, his son Sun Jianming and daughter Sun Juan had just come out from Old Yang's place in the village.

The three of them were walking on the snow. Halfway through, they saw Sun Danong, who lived next door to them, and Sun Tianjun greeted them.

"Sun Danong, why don't you stay on the kang in this cold weather? Why are you carrying a shoulder pole and working?"

Sun Danong glanced at him unhappily and said, "You have stewed meat at home, and the aroma of meat is so fragrant, who can stay at home?"

"It's not a festival, why would my family stew meat? And we've already eaten it, are you mistaken?"

"What a mistake! The meat stewed by your Xiuxiu has such a strong aroma. Anyway, I am so greedy for your meat that I can't stay at home any longer. I'm going to chop some trees and bring them home to heat the kang."

Sun Danong said in a bad mood, but he did not explain. He was lying on the wall of Sun Tianjun and smelled it. There was no way he could have smelled it wrong, not to mention that the two courtyards were next to each other. Of course, it was not convenient to talk about this embarrassing thing.

Thinking of this, Sun Danong licked his lips and decided that next time he went to the market, he would buy some meat to satisfy his craving.

"Sun Danong, don't I know more about my family situation than you do? When have I ever gone to the market to buy meat recently?"

"If you don't believe me, go home and see for yourself."

Having said that, Sun Danong picked up his shoulder pole and left.

Sun Tianjun was confused at this time.

"Uncle Farmer, what's going on?"

"Did you take gunpowder?"

Sun Tianjun looked at his son and daughter and asked in confusion.

"Don't know? Uncle Danong said we have a stew at home."

Sun Juan and Sun Jianming shook their heads, but at the thought of meat, their stomachs started to growl.

How can you not feel hungry when you only eat two meals a day, during the period of growth?
"It's not a festival, and our family doesn't have the spare money to buy meat. Besides, your mother usually doesn't cook until after four o'clock."

Sun Tianjun sighed.

Although they knew the result, Sun Juan and Sun Jianming couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when they heard it.

"Let's go! Let's go back quickly. I just heard that your mother was calling us in the village early in the morning. I guess something happened." Sun Tianjun said as he led the two children home.

The three of them had just taken a few steps when they saw Chen Xiuxiu coming over to look for someone.

"You three still remember to come back? Who did you go this morning? I called you for a long time!" Chen Xiuxiu said to her man unhappily.

"We didn't hear anything at Uncle Yang's house. What happened?" Sun Tianjun said.

"Weidong and Xueting are here!"

"My uncle is here!"

Sun Juan and Sun Jianming couldn't help but feel happy when they heard this, because their uncle often took them out to play in the past.

"Weidong is here? That's just in time for me to have a couple of drinks with him today."

Sun Tianjun laughed.

With that said, the four of them rushed home together.

Before I even reached the door of my house, a fragrance wafted out.

"Sister, do you smell it? It smells so good. I smell a meaty aroma."

Sun Jianming couldn't help but sniff and swallow.

"Brother, I smelled it too, but this smell seems to come from our family."

Of course Sun Tianjun also smelled it.

He immediately remembered what Sun Danong had just said. Was it true that there was meat being stewed at home?

Impossible! Didn't he buy meat? And the smell didn't seem like pork. As for Chen Weidong, he never thought about it.

He knew about Chen Weidong's family situation.

Weidong's wife gave birth to six little girls. She was criticized by others and had a hard life.

"Mom, it smells so good, what did you cook?"

Sun Juan couldn't help but ask.

"Stewed rabbit, carrots, and bear meat. They were all hunted by your uncle and brought to our house. Oh, and I also bought you some egg cakes."

Chen Xiuxiu said with some pride in her heart. She usually brought things from home to help Chen Weidong's family, although she had discussed it with her husband.

But her own family was not well off, and she often felt sorry for her husband and children when she helped her brother's family.

But as the aunt of six children, even if she didn't feel pity for Chen Weidong, she felt pity for the six children. For this reason, she was often gossiped about, but fortunately, her husband and children understood her.

The two children's eyes lit up when they heard the word "egg cake". "Mom, did uncle kill a blind bear? That's amazing!"

Sun Jianming said admiringly.

"I heard from your uncle that he fought with others..."

Chen Xiuxiu happily explained the situation to her husband and children. Chen Weidong's family had always been a concern for her, but now that the problem had been solved, she, as a sister, felt relieved.

"Weidong also has the ability to go hunting in the mountains? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

"Don't mention it, even I, your sister, don't know either!"

"But the mountains are not safe. Look at my Third Uncle!"

"..."

A family of four, chatting,

While walking quickly towards home, the two children were the most excited.

Just walked into the house.

Sure enough, Sun Tianjun saw the donkey cart at a glance. Although Chen Xiuxiu had told him about it just now, he was somewhat skeptical. When he saw the donkey cart, Sun Tianjun was greatly shocked.

Chen Weidong even bought a donkey.

Sun Tianjun was also happy for him.

However, Sun Tianjun was not envious. He knew the dangers of hunting in the mountains. In his opinion, Chen Weidong had no choice but to do so in order to support his family.

Hear the noise outside.

Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting, who were in the kitchen, hurried out holding Xiaoliu.

"Brother-in-law."

As soon as Chen Weidong came out of the kitchen, he saw his brother-in-law's simple face.

He hurriedly greeted Sun Tianjun, who looked very ordinary, was honest, hardworking, and was very good to Chen Xiuxiu. This was what Chen Xiuxiu valued when they first proposed marriage.

However, after thirty or forty years, these advantages have turned into disadvantages, making Chen Weidong feel the fickleness of the world.

"Xiaojuan, Jianming."

"Jianming has grown into a big boy!"

"Xiaojuan has grown into a big girl! She is getting more and more beautiful."

Chen Weidong looked at the two children in his memory. They had grown up unknowingly. His memories of these two children were a little confused. After all, according to his previous life, they had not seen each other for decades.

"uncle."

The two children said hello.

"Uncle, Brother Jianming, Sister Xiaojuan."

Panting, Dani came running over from behind the house with a group of little girls.

"Hey, the little girls are here! Weidong, this is the first time you brought all your children here."

"It's not that there are too many people, I'm afraid of causing trouble."

"No trouble, no trouble!"

Sun Tianjun said it was not a problem, but he had already started to ask his son to go to his third uncle's house to borrow two chairs.

There are eight people in Weidong's family, plus four people in my family, so there is no room for them to sit on the kang.

A few little girls came skipping and dancing to Sun Juan's side again.

"Sister, let's play together!"

"Okay, Weidong, sister-in-law, stop standing in the yard and come inside and sit down!"

There are many people and it is very lively.

Chen Weidong and Sun Tianjun were warming themselves by the fire in the main room, Liu Xueting and Chen Xiuxiu were busy in the kitchen, and the children were playing in the yard.

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Soon, the meal was ready.

The floor table in Sun Tianjun's house was big, so there was no need to separate the tables. The two families ate around the same table, and it was quite lively.

Chen Xiuxiu brought two large pots of stewed meat.

The two children, Sun Juan and Sun Jianming, stared at the meat on the plate with eager eyes, and they were very greedy.

"Xiaojuan, Jianming, eat quickly. Why are you being so polite to your uncle? Your uncle is not a stranger. And you, sister, come to the table quickly. Let's eat together as a family."

Chen Weidong smiled and said, these days there is a rule that guests are not allowed to eat until they move their chopsticks. If there are too many people, women are not allowed to sit at the table, but there are no outsiders here.

"Your uncle said, eat quickly!!"

Chen Xiuxiu smiled and said.

"Thank you uncle."

The two children shouted happily.

Then he quickly picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth voraciously.

Several little girls also climbed onto the chairs, holding their bowls, waiting for their mother and sister to serve them meat.

Neither Chen Weidong nor Sun Tianjun cared about these children.

"Weidong, come and have a drink with your brother-in-law. Have fun today." Sun Tianjun said with a smile.

The wine that Sun Tianjun's family drinks is sweet potato wine, which they brew themselves.

"it is good."

Chen Weidong was not polite either.

"What's good about that? You still have to drive the donkey later. Don't get drunk and fall into the ditch like Uncle Guofu."

Liu Xueting said.

"Brother-in-law, you heard it too. It's not that I don't want to drink with you, it's that my wife won't let me."

"Haha, I'm happy today, so I'll let Weidong drink a little."

"Then drink less." Liu Xueting said after a moment of hesitation.

"Just a drink."

Full of wine and food.

Then they sat by the fire and chatted. Soon, Sun Youcai came over holding a three-year-old grandson. He didn't expect that Chen Weidong's family was here and just came to visit. Then, Chen Xiuxiu invited him to sit by the fire and chat.

Si Ni, who was sitting in Chen Weidong's arms, walked up to the child and said, "My name is Si Ni, what's your name?"

The little boy was a little shy. After Sun Youcai urged him many times, he waited for a long time before whispering, "I, I, my name is Goudan."

"Ah? You're also called Goudan? Sister Xiaohua's brother is also called Goudan. In our village, there are also Choudan, Erdan, Niudan, and Madan. Why do you boys like to be called Dandan? Is it because you like to eat Dandan? I like to eat Dandan, too."

Si Ni said in a serious and baby voice.

What he said was really hilarious.

Chen Weidong's face turned red, and he quickly picked up Si Ni and explained, "It's not because it's delicious, but because it's easy to feed. This is a custom that has been passed down for thousands of years."

Si Ni understood, and nodded, "Dad, I understand. I want to be easy to support, too. My name is Sidan."

Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting were speechless for a while, while everyone else was laughing happily.

After Sun Youcai finished laughing, he pointed at Si Ni and said, "Weidong, your girl will definitely be amazing when she grows up."

Chen Weidong smiled and said, "It's just a conspicuous bag."

"What bag?"

The others were stunned.

Just as Chen Weidong was about to explain, Si Ni started to struggle in his arms, "Dad, I want to get off. I want to play with Goudan."

Chen Weidong put her down.

Si Ni immediately ran to Goudan and said, "Goudan, I'm Si Dan now."

Wu Ni came over and said, "I want eggs too! I want them too!"

Hearing this, the adults all laughed like crazy. Si Ni and Wu Ni didn't understand why the adults were laughing, so they started giggling too.

Thanks to the intelligence team of Shuyou Village for the 5000 starting coins reward

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