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

Chapter 2 Six Little Radish Heads
Chen Weidong, who had come to the main room at this time, heard the sound and walked towards the kitchen.

The moment he stepped into the kitchen, he stopped abruptly.

Looking at the seven figures in front of me, one large and six small

"Xue Ting, Da Ni, Er Ni... Liu Ni!"

The figure that Chen Weidong had recalled thousands of times in his mind now appeared before him in reality.

"Xue Ting!"

Chen Weidong sighed. The person he felt most sorry for was his wife. She had been married to him for so many years, had given birth to children for him, and had worked hard for him without complaint, but she had never enjoyed a single day of happiness!
At this moment, Liu Xueting saw Chen Weidong coming over. She quickly wiped her tears and said, "Weidong, you're up. The meal is ready. I'll take the bowls into the house first."

Before Chen Weidong had time to talk to Liu Xueting, she brought the food from the stove.
He had already walked out in a hurry, leaving the six daughters staring at each other.

"dad!"

"dad!"

"dad!"

...

A circle of little radish heads shouted timidly.

The oldest, Dani, is only seven years old, and the youngest, Liuni, is only one year old and has just learned to walk.
Seeing Chen Weidong walking towards them, they hurriedly stood up and hid in the corner.

Little Six was held by the eldest sister, and Little Five wanted to chase her mother out, but was quickly pulled away by the second and third children. The older ones knew very well that Chen Weidong didn't like them. This was something that all the children knew very well.

If they have a bad temper, they might have to be spanked.

When I saw him, I was like a mouse seeing a cat, I wanted to hide immediately.

At this moment, everyone looked at Chen Weidong in fear.

Chen Weidong felt bitter when he saw this scene. In this era, as the mainstay of a family, he had no time to take care of his children. Especially since he had been doing hard labor for many years, his temper was not good.
If you mess with these kids, he will definitely give you a beating.

He looked at his six daughters and wondered who to start with and slowly get them to accept him.

While Chen Weidong was observing his daughters, his daughters were also observing him.

As he walked, the daughters' eyes followed him. The older daughters were a little afraid of him and did not dare to stare at Chen Weidong all the time, but the younger ones, like Xiaowu and Xiaoliu, did not have this concern.

Their dark eyes kept staring at Chen Weidong curiously.
When Chen Weidong looked east, their eyes turned to the east. When Chen Weidong looked west, their eyes suddenly turned to the west.

Chen Weidong walked forward, and they immediately hid in their sister's arms.
Chen Weidong was both amused and distressed...

Soon, the family of eight sat around a table to eat.

In fact, in Northeast China, in the 1980s, almost every household had the habit of eating on the kang. However, Chen Weidong had too many children, so it was inconvenient to eat on the kang, so they ate on the table on the floor. They would only eat on the kang table when there were guests at home.

However, looking at the meals eaten by the family of eight, Chen Weidong felt indescribably sad.

There was no food at all, just some pickled sauerkraut and a pot of corn grits porridge. However, the corn grits porridge did not have many corn kernels and was completely watery.

The only thing that can relieve hunger is a big cornmeal pancake.
The little ones looked at the corn porridge and their stomachs growled.

Sanni, Sini and Wuni wiped their saliva greedily when they saw the big pancakes.

Liu Xueting first served a bowl of corn grits porridge to the little ones and Chen Weidong, and then put a large cornmeal pancake in front of him.

Finally, he put a little porridge into his bowl, but even this little bit was not enough to fill his stomach.

''This silly girl. "

Chen Weidong felt distressed when he thought that Liu Xueting, who was now 24 years old, had given up returning to the city when the educated youth returned, and had suffered with him.

"You gave me all the bread, what will you and the child eat?"

Chen Weidong said, but he regretted it right after he said it. He remembered that he had always been treated like this because he was the mainstay of the family.
Every day, I have to go to the countryside to find work. The so-called work is just hard labor, and the daily wages are only a few cents. Sometimes I am even given a little food as wages. Otherwise, the little food I grow is not enough to eat.

However, it takes a lot of strength to do hard labor. These days, people don't have enough food to eat. If they don't eat better, how can they do the hard work? But even this kind of unpaid hard labor is not available every day.

"We can just have porridge."

Liu Xueting replied.

"You guys can eat together. I'm not hungry. Just some corn porridge will be fine."

Chen Weidong said with a smile, he was telling the truth, but if he didn't eat anything, according to Liu Xueting's personality, she would definitely be worried.

"But you still have to go to the countryside to work later. How can you have the energy if you don't have enough to eat?"

"Today, nothing happened."

Chen Weidong said.

"No work today?" Liu Xueting looked at the lovely faces of her two daughters. She wiped her tears and said to Chen Weidong, "Weidong, there is not much food left at home. We can't let her starve with us. You told me before to give Sanni and Si Ni to Aunt Wang, and I..."

"Mom! Don't give my sister away."

Dani and Erni begged.

"Dad, Sanni doesn't want to go!"

"Si Ni, I want to be with my mother!"

Sanni and Sini burst into tears immediately, and the cornmeal pancakes no longer tasted delicious.

Chen Weidong, who was standing by, shuddered when he heard this.
He was reborn to the day when his wife and child got into trouble.

"We won't send the child away!"

Chen Weidong said quickly.

"But, our family is running out of food. By then..."

"Don't worry, just listen to me and stay at home with the child. Don't go anywhere. We will raise the child ourselves."

Chen Weidong said without question.

"Ah."

Liu Xueting looked at Chen Weidong in surprise, because it was Chen Weidong who originally proposed this matter, and she had been reluctant to do so.

Now she finally gave in. Why? Chen Weidong changed his mind, but Chen Weidong was the head of the family, and she couldn't bear to part with the two little kids, so Liu Xueting nodded and said nothing.

Sanni and Sini, who were standing by, stopped crying when they heard that their father was not going to give them away. They no longer needed to be coaxed. They wiped their tears happily and started eating again. Children's happiness is so simple.

Chen Weidong was both amused and distressed when he saw this. He thought the child was so hungry. He was such a loser in the past.

After finishing his meal, Chen Weidong searched the house. In the remote village of Jiuqutun in Yushugou, Chen Weidong wanted to feed his wife and children, so the first thing he thought of was to go hunting in the mountains.

Jiuqutun is located in Laoheishan Mountain in Xing'an Mountains. You should know that Xing'an Mountains is a primeval forest that spans several provinces.
Although Laohei Mountain is located in a remote area, there are many wild animals in the mountain. Moreover, at this time, there is no limit on guns or hunting. As long as you have the ability to take them out, you can exchange them for money.

Of course, hunting is not that easy, and not everyone can have a decent living, otherwise, living near the mountains, every household would not tighten their belts to make a living.

(End of this chapter)