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

Chapter 148 Si Ni's auspicious words
"Dad, Dad, I haven't said my auspicious words yet!"

Grandma Si Ni said anxiously.

"What auspicious words?"

Chen Xiuxiu asked with a smile.

"Aunt, it's fifth sister's birthday, and dad asked us to say nice things to her."

Dani explained.

"Yeah, the only one left is the fourth sister!"

Sanni also spoke in a baby voice.

"Then let's first listen to what Si Ni wants to say to Xiao Wu!"

Chen Xiuxiu smiled.

"Si Ni, you say it! We won't eat yet, don't be anxious." Chen Weidong said with a helpless smile.

"Hehe, it's finally my turn!"

Si Ni's eyes lit up, she tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said in a baby voice, "Listen carefully! I wish Fifth Sister to have delicious food and spicy drinks in the future, eat meat with big mouthfuls, drink wine with big bowls, and be a hero of Liangshan. Everyone will be afraid of you when they see you, and no one will dare to bully you anymore!"

After hearing Si Ni's auspicious words, the whole family was stunned.
After a long while, Wu Xiuqin scolded, "Xiao Si, what are you talking about? Eating meat with big mouthfuls, drinking wine with big bowls, what kind of Liangshan hero are you talking about? Do you want your fifth sister to be a bandit leader?"

"This must have been heard from the radio! It seems that we can't just listen to random things on the radio. Look, what did Si Ni listen to?"

Sister-in-law Yang Xuehua couldn't help but shake her head.

"Xue Ting, you should let your children listen to the radio less often in the future. This thing can easily lead children astray."

Even his father Chen Guangtian advised against it.

They had no other intentions and were doing it for the good of the child. After all, what Si Ni said was not something a four-year-old child like her could say.

Chen Weidong looked at Si Ni with a smile on his face and said, "Do you know what a Liangshan hero is?"

"I don't know, Dad. I heard on the radio that they eat meat a lot."

"father!"

Seeing that her grandparents were talking about her, Si Ni felt a little aggrieved. She ran down from the stool and ran to Chen Weidong's arms and looked at him with a pitiful look.

Chen Weidong smiled, and the others also felt that Si Ni had a problem with her thinking and needed to be educated quickly.

But Chen Weidong could sense the sadness in his voice.

In this era, other people could not understand Si Ni's original intention of saying this, because their families all have sons, and they cannot understand the various difficulties that daughters in families without sons face on their road to growth.

At home, he is despised by his elders; outside, he is ridiculed by villagers and bullied by his peers.

The child is so young, how can he understand what is on the radio? He just wants to have food to eat and not be bullied.
Think about how Erni often fights with the kids in the village. Sini was bullied by Gousheng before. The last time she came back, she rode on his head, and also used his power to prevent the fat boy named Erniu from bullying her.

Chen Weidong touched Si Ni's head, and when everyone was silent, he said gently: "Don't be afraid, Si Ni. If someone bullies you again, Dad will help you teach him a lesson! From now on, Dad will be your strongest support!"

"really?"

Si Ni's eyes were bright.

"Ok!"

Chen Weidong nodded.

"Then let's pull the hook!"

Si Ni stretched out her little finger.

Chen Weidong smiled, stretched out his little finger and hooked it with hers.

"We're committed to this, and we won't change it for a hundred years!" Si Ni said loudly, giving a thumbs up. "Stamp!"

After stamping the document, Si Ni cheered immediately, "Oh, that's great."

"Okay, Mom and Dad, kids don't know what to do, they just don't want to be bullied, so go eat!"

After that, Chen Weidong went on to say to the children: "Er Ni, San Ni, and Si Ni all spoke very well."

"But I think what Dani said is the best. Therefore, this big chicken drumstick should be awarded to Dani. Do you have any objections?"

"No."

Several children said in unison, the big chicken leg should be given to Dani, that is what everyone wants.

There are two chicken legs in total, one small, and one for Wu Ni on her birthday.

"Okay, let's eat quickly!"

As Chen Weidong spoke, the little girls began to eat with a slurp, their mouths full of oil.

After the meal, Chen Weihai and others went home, and the second sister followed them to her father's house.

After everyone had left, Liu Xueting was cleaning up the dishes, and the two older girls came to help. After they were done, they took their younger sisters and ran out to play.

Liu Xueting sat on the kang and began to mend her clothes. Chen Weidong played with the four puppies in the room for a while, then took out the gun, disassembled it into parts, and began to clean it.

"Brother Wei Dong!"

"Is Brother Weidong home?"

"at home!"

Chen Weidong had just assembled the gun when he heard Shitou's excited voice. "What's the matter? Why are you coming to my place on such a cold day instead of staying at home? I'm not going to your house for dinner today!"

"Hey, Brother Weidong, that's not the case. Brother Weidong, the weather has been nice these days, let's go fishing in the lake!"

Shi Tou smiled naively.

In the rural areas of Northeast China, there are ponds, rivers and ditches everywhere. As long as there is water, there are fish. The main fish are carp, crucian carp, catfish, old man fish, loach, and some small miscellaneous fish!
In front of Jiuqutun Village, there is a reed lake of moderate size. The water of the lake flows down from the mountains and gathers over time. The lake is neither too big nor too small.

There are a lot of fish in the water, but few people in the village catch fish. One reason is that it is too cold in winter and most people stay at home.

Another reason is that people don’t like to eat fish. To be more precise, they are reluctant to add oil when cooking fish. Because of the lack of seasoning, the fish is not tasty. Of course, this does not mean that no one catches fish. In fact, there are diligent people catching fish every winter.

The villagers even organize people to go winter fishing every year, but most of the fishing days are before the Chinese New Year.

In his previous life, Chen Weidong would also take Shitou and the others to catch fish in the winter. However, his family was poor at the time and they couldn’t afford to use oil, so the fish they cooked was fishy and unpalatable. The key point was that the little ones would vomit and have diarrhea after eating it.

"Well, that's fine. What about Bingzi? Ask him to go with us!"

Chen Weidong nodded and said, now that he has nothing to do, he might as well catch some fish for the little girls to taste. This time, there are more seasonings at home, and the fish will be different from before. The little girls will definitely like it.

"He's out. Didn't Aunt find him a date? How could he have time? Brother Weidong, I'm going to get something. Let's meet at the entrance of the village."

After saying this, Shitou hurried away.

"Xue Ting, where do you keep the frozen dumplings at home?"

Chen Weidong came to the kang and asked. Ice cutter, also known as ice pick, is a tool used in Northeast China to dig holes in ice.

"It's under my box in the room. What do you want the frozen dumplings for?"

"Shitou just asked me to go fishing with him!"

"It's so cold, why go fishing? The kids don't like to eat it!"

Liu Xueting frowned and said.

"I'm just sitting around doing nothing,"

As Chen Weidong spoke, he found the ice cubes from under the box.

"Don't catch a cold!"

Liu Xueting reminded.

"Let me first take a look at your man's physique!" Chen Weidong came to Liu Xueting, gave her a quick kiss, and then left.

This person...

Catching fish in Northeast China in winter is not that easy.

You have to know that the weather is very cold and the ice is thick. Chen Weidong estimated that the thickness of the Reed Lake is at least fifty or sixty centimeters. It is definitely a strenuous job to chisel a hole in the ice to catch fish.

It takes at least an hour to chisel a hole in the ice. Usually, the fish will not come immediately after it is chiseled, so you have to wait for a while.

But now the ice is solid, and there are many fish in it. Although some reeds have grown to provide some oxygen for the fish underwater,
But there weren't many. So Chen Weidong thought that maybe after the ice hole opened, he might be able to catch some fish.

After a while, Chen Weidong arrived at the entrance of the village.

I saw Shitou was already waiting there with an ice pick, a sieve and a pestle.

In Northeast China, ice picks, siege nets and pestle poles are the "three treasures" for fishing. Chen Weidong's siege net was broken, so he didn't take it.

Then the two went to Reed Lake. The ice was covered with thick snow, and it was not even up to the knees when they stepped on it.

The weather is nice today, but it is much colder on the lake than in the village. I have to say that the weather in Northeast China is really freezing.

Seeing this, Chen Weidong turned around and went to the reeds, picked up a large bundle of hairy reeds that others had cut and discarded, came to the cleared ice surface, took out matches from his pocket and lit a fire.

Reeds are a good thing in this era. In winter, they can be used to weave reed mats, make reed bundles for building houses, and burn firewood.
There is only one reed lake surrounding the village. However, soon after the arrival of winter, when the ice was frozen enough to bear people, people from the village came to cut the reeds. Now only some hairy reeds are left, which are useless and have been discarded.

With the heat, I feel much more comfortable.

Chen Weidong chose a large piece of flat ice surface near the reeds, and used stones to clear the snow off the ice first.

"Brother Weidong, why did you choose this place?" Shi Tou asked honestly.

"Because the water here is mainly inhabited by carp and crucian carp, these fish are timid and love grass, so when it's cold in winter, they mainly huddle together by the reeds to keep warm.

"Oh I see!"

Shitou suddenly understood something and looked as if he had learned something new.

After choosing a good place, we started to drill the ice.

Chen Weidong smiled and started to pick holes in the ice with an ice pick. When picking holes in the ice, you should pay special attention to keeping your feet apart and as far apart as possible, otherwise it will be troublesome if the pick hits your legs or feet.

Chen Weidong remembered that Han Laowai from the village next door had been pierced on his ankle by the iron pick. The pick was very sharp, and the tip of the pick was very sharp. The pick was pierced very deep, and it was so painful that it bled. He stayed in the clinic for seven days.

In the end, he became disabled and walked with a limp. He really became Han Laowai!
Chen Weidong first dug a hole in the middle, then called on Shi Tou and started to dug a hole in the ice around it.

This is a hard job!

An hour later, the hole in the ice was complete. Chen Weidong and Shitou quickly took the pestle to stir the water!

In fact, the purpose of stirring the water is to allow oxygen to enter the water so that the fish can be more active.

Fish are drowsy and unwilling to move in oxygen-deficient water. When there is oxygen in the water, the fish become active and will swim towards the eye of the ice. At this time, you start to use the siege net to catch the fish. If you catch a place where there are many fish, more than 20 kilograms of fish can be caught in one eye of the ice.

(End of this chapter)