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

Chapter 124 A Family of Eight Visiting Relatives

After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, the three of them sat on a sled and drove a donkey cart back home.

on the way.

Suddenly he saw a familiar figure on a fork in the road ahead. The figure was walking on the snow, hunched over, wearing a dog-skin hat.

He was carrying a sack, and no one knew what was in it.

Chen Weidong stared at him for a few seconds to make sure he was not mistaken.

He then stopped the donkey and called out, "Uncle Youcai."

Sun Youcai.

The second uncle of Chen Weidong's brother-in-law Sun Tianjun.

Chen Weidong had met his brother-in-law several times when visiting relatives, so he had some impression of him.

When Sun Youcai heard someone calling him, he looked up instinctively.

As a result, he saw Chen Weidong on the sled. He had some impression of him, but he didn't know the other two people.

Sun Youcai was stunned for a moment before he recognized him.

"Isn't this Tian Jun's brother-in-law? What are you three doing?"

"I went to the county town and am preparing to go home!"

"Go to the county town? It's so far away. Brother-in-law Tian Jun, where did you make your fortune? You even have a donkey cart now."

Although Sun Youcai had an impression of Chen Weidong, they were not very familiar with each other. However, he heard that Tian Jun's brother-in-law's wife gave birth to six daughters in a row and the family was almost unable to make ends meet, so how come they had to use a donkey cart?

Chen Weidong stepped off the sled, took out a pack of Yingchun brand cigarettes, and handed them to Sun Youcai: "Uncle Youcai, what are you doing?"

Good guy!
cigarette!

Sun Youcai has always smoked dry tobacco.

Although the supply and marketing cooperative sold cheap cigarettes, Sun Youcai was reluctant to buy them.

He also smoked cigarettes given to him by others.

The cigarette has a light smell, but it is comfortable to smoke, and it is so fragrant!
Otherwise, why are they called cigarettes? !

Sun Youcai stretched out his rough, calloused hand, took the cigarette, and carefully hung it on his ear.

"My daughter got married here and happened to come over for a visit."

Chen Weidong then remembered that Sun Youcai's daughter seemed to be in this situation, and that Sun Tianjun seemed to have asked him to come and help with the work and had a free meal.

"Uncle Youcai, how are my brother-in-law and his family doing now?"

Chen Weidong asked.

"Everything is fine! It's just your sister. Was it snowing a few days ago? She accidentally slipped and broke her arm, but it wasn't serious. She's almost healed now."

"Your sister always talks about you..." Sun Youcai said with a smile.

Chen Weidong breathed a sigh of relief. He and his second sister had always had a good relationship. When his parents were busy when he was a child, his eldest brother and second sister took care of him. When Chen Weidong was a child, his second sister was reluctant to eat the delicious food at home and left it for him, not to mention other things.

After the second sister got married, she treated Chen Weidong well. In the past, the family was short of money, and most of the time it was her brother-in-law who borrowed more and her eldest brother who borrowed less.

There is no other reason, it's just that my brother-in-law's family is better off than ours, but of course they are not too wealthy.

During the autumn harvest, Chen Weidong also returned, and during the busy farming season before that, he would occasionally go over to help.

Think about it.

Chen Weidong plans to take his children to visit his brother-in-law and his family tomorrow, and send some meat over.

In the past, his family was poor, so when he went to his second sister's house, he either came empty-handed or brought some mushrooms or something. He never bought food for his nephews and nieces.

Moreover, in his previous life, Chen Weidong took his children out to work and rarely returned home, and eventually they lost contact.

After exchanging a few polite words with Sun Youcai, Chen Weidong hurried home.

The donkey cart just arrived at the village.

The little girls who were playing outside discovered it and immediately ran over from the corner of the village.

Shouting and chasing, Si Ni usually eats the most, so she runs the most happily and shouts loudly.

Xiaoliu was young, so she watched her sister run and followed her happily, but she ran unsteadily.

Da Ni followed behind her, neither urging her nor helping her. From time to time, she looked up at Si Ni, Er Ni, San Ni, and Wu Ni who were running forward, and then continued to follow them.

"Dad? Dad, I'm here! Stop it now."

Si Ni waved her little hands, cried for milk, and chased after the baby with her short legs.

"Slow down, sister. Wu Ni can't catch up!"

……

"Brother Weidong, stop quickly, Sini and the others are chasing us!"

Stone said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Chen Weidong quickly stopped the donkey cart, looked back, and found that the little guys were indeed behind.

Seeing Chen Weidong stop the donkey cart, Shitou and Bingzi got off the sled, said something, and went home.

"Come up quickly!"

Chen Weidong greeted his daughters.

Whoosh whoosh!

Six little girls, wearing thick cotton-padded jackets and small hats, climbed onto the sled one by one, and Little Six was held by Chen Weidong.

The little baby started grinning when he saw him.

Chen Weidong kissed her.

She started crying and wiping her face with her little hands.

"Dad, I bought some delicious food again! Hehehe!"

Si Ni was very sharp-eyed and she spotted the egg cake that Chen Weidong bought on the sled at a glance.

"It's not for you to eat. Dad will buy some for you next time. Take the egg cake to your aunt's house when you visit relatives tomorrow!" said Chen Weidong.

"Si Ni wants to visit relatives, she wants to go to her second aunt's house!"

"Wuni, I want to go too!"

"No, it's Big Sister's turn this time. You're the one who goes up."

Erni said.

Visiting relatives is a very happy thing for the little ones because they didn’t have enough food before, but they can have enough to eat when they go to their aunt’s house!

It's just that six children are too many. When Chen Weidong went to visit Liu Xueting's relatives before, he usually brought one or two with him. How could he bring all of them at once and cause trouble for others?
Moreover, Chen Weidong thought it was a disgrace to have six daughters, so it was impossible for him to take them with him.

The second sister Chen Xiuxiu would also bring her children over to visit during the holidays, but they seldom ate at Chen Weidong's house because who could eat with so many pitiful girls? Even if they ate at Chen Weidong's house, she would ask her children to eat less because she knew that Chen Weidong's family was poor.

Therefore, the two families would basically only visit relatives during the holidays, and rarely visit each other during normal times. Of course, this was also because my brother-in-law's family lived far away.

"Yeah, it was you who cheated on me last time and got spanked by dad."

Sanni also spoke in a baby voice.

As soon as Sanni finished speaking, Chen Weidong also remembered that last time Liu Xueting took Xiaoliu and Sini with her,
That time, the eldest sister-in-law also fried a small basket of sesame candies (large fried dough sticks made from farmers' leavened dough), and asked Liu Xueting to take them over. Si Ni couldn't stop eating all the way, and she ate one after another.

By the time I got to my brother-in-law's house, only one was left.

When Chen Weidong found out when he got home, he naturally got a beating.

When this matter was brought up, Si Ni blushed.

"Okay, I'll listen to my second sister. I won't go!"

Er Ni has spoken, Si Ni and Wu Ni stopped struggling, Xiao Liu didn't understand either, and San Ni was obedient.

"What? You all want to go to your aunt's place?"

"I want to go, I want to go!"

Several little girls nodded.

"Well, dad will take you there tomorrow."

"Woooooo~"

As soon as Chen Weidong finished speaking, all the little ones were very happy this time.

Once home.

The little ones ran towards Liu Xueting excitedly with their short legs.

"Mom, Dad said he's going to take us to my aunt's house tomorrow!"

"Visiting relatives! Visiting relatives!"

Liu Xueting looked up at Chen Weidong who came in and said, "Take them all? That would be so noisy."

"It's okay, there are more people and it's more fun."

"Then I'll go fry some fruit!!"

Nowadays, when visiting relatives, every family gives four gifts: sugar, fried fruits, candied dates, and big cakes.

There's no need to go through so much trouble. I bought some egg cakes in the county town which were originally for the little ones to eat. I'll take them with me tomorrow. I can also take a flying dragon, two rabbits, and five pounds of bear meat.

"Ah."

Liu Xueting nodded and didn't say much. Now that life at home was better, even if Chen Weidong didn't say anything, she would take her children to visit her second sister after a while.

These days, for children, the happiest things are going to the market and visiting relatives.

From the time Chen Weidong returned home until he lay on the kang after dinner, the little ones surrounded him and asked questions non-stop.

The next day.

The six girls got up early in the morning. Before Chen Weidong could think of sleeping on the kang for a while longer, he felt two buttocks, one sitting on his face and the other sitting on his body.

"Dad, lazy pig, get up! Go visit the relatives!"

"Mom is up, and Sixth Sister is up."

Chen Weidong opened his eyes and found that the one sitting on his face was Xiaoliu, the one sitting on his stomach was Wuni, and the other little ones had climbed up from the kang.

"You little rascal, did you instruct your sister to do this to me?"

"My sister climbed up by herself."

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After taking care of the two little guys, Chen Weidong got up from the house.
The other little girls and Liu Xueting were in the kitchen.

Wash, eat, feed the dog... finish all the housework.

Pull out the donkey cart and attach the sledge.
Bring on the meat, chicken cake!
At the urging of a group of little ones, Chen Weidong set off with Liu Xueting and the children.

Chen Weidong was also very happy. As far as he could remember, he hadn't seen his second sister for many years.

He remembered that his brother-in-law's family lived in Sunjiatun, the southernmost part of the township, bordering Lin County and more than 20 miles away from Lijiuqutun, which was considered a distant marriage in that era.

My brother-in-law Sun Tianjun is an honest farmer. Although he is not good-looking, he treats my second sister well. They have two children, a son and a daughter, who are both in their teens now.

Sun Tianjun is the third child in his family, and the family has already separated.

A family of eight, driving a donkey cart,

When Xiaoliu went out, he covered himself tightly with clothes just like before.

After about an hour, Wu Ni asked in a baby voice, "Sister, how long will it take to get to Auntie's house?"

Among the little girls, Wu Ni went the least, and she was so young that she would not remember anything.

"It should be here soon!" said Dani.

Donkey carts are convenient. If we had to walk, it would have taken several hours, not to mention carrying six children in such a snowy day.

After a while, Si Ni shouted excitedly, "Dad, where is it? I remember."

"What do you remember? It's still in front of you!" Chen Weidong tapped Si Ni's little head and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)