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

Chapter 210 Si Ni, you are cheating me!
"Everyone, please have a simple meal at noon. Don't be polite!" Chen Weidong said with a smile.

"Brother Weidong, is this just a simple meal? This is already rich enough. When I was at my mother's house before, even the food during the Chinese New Year was not as good as this. Brother Weidong, how come your cooking skills are so good? I've never heard people in the village say that you can cook before!"

Yang Hongxiu also followed him into the kitchen, and when she heard Chen Weidong's words, she couldn't help but joked.

"Haha, life is better now than before. When I have nothing to do, I just think about food!" Chen Weidong laughed.

Then Zheng Xiaofang and Yang Hongxiu walked into the main room carrying old hen soup and scallion pancakes.

Chen Weidong added some water to the pot of boiling broth, put a piece of wood at the bottom of the pot, and continued to boil.

After a while, Da Ni, Er Ni, and the little girls came over with Shi Tou and Bing Zi.

Liu Xueting had already cleared the table, and Chen Weidong's family of eight and Shi Tou Bingzi and his wife started to eat.

"It's so delicious. This old hen soup with vermicelli tastes really good. It tastes better than pure old hen soup and is not greasy at all."

Zheng Xiaofang took a sip and couldn't help but praise it.

"Drink more if you like, but don't be polite to my sister-in-law!"

"Well! Then I won't be polite. I was sick some time ago, and it tortured me terribly!"

Zheng Xiaofang nodded and said happily.

The little girls were also eating hard, their mouths full of oil, and Liu Xueting was calling on them from the side.

In Northeast China, when men eat together, wine is indispensable.

"Xue Ting, help me get the wine I brewed last time. Do you want to drink some wine, brother-in-law?"

Chen Weidong said.

"Drink! Brother Weidong, don't look down on us women. I can drink as much as Bingzi."

"Okay! Let me see it carefully later." Chen Weidong said.

"Sister-in-law, would you like to drink something?"

"Mom, I can't drink!" Xiaowu said in a baby voice.

"Haha~"

There was no need to be too polite with each other. They all drank, chatted and ate meat.

"It's delicious, really delicious!" Bingzi also gave a thumbs up!
"If it's delicious, eat more. Brother Shengli brought a whole old hen, and there was also a lot of mutton! Everyone, eat as much as you want."

Chen Weidong said.

"Brother Weidong, it would be even better if we could beat that big claw back and stew it as tiger meat!" Bingzi suddenly said.

"Bingzi, stewing tiger meat, you really dare to think about it!" Chen Weidong laughed.

"I've never eaten tiger meat in my life!" Shi Tou also said.

Chen Weidong: "..." He had never eaten it either! But he had heard people who had eaten it talk about the taste of tiger meat.

“Tiger meat is actually not very tasty. It smells even more fishy than wild animals and even more fishy than cannon balls.

If you don’t use heavy ingredients, you can’t suppress the fishy smell. If you use heavy ingredients, you can’t taste the taste of tiger meat. What’s the difference between eating it and other meats?”

Chen Weidong said.

"I've eaten it, too. It's just like what Brother Weidong said, it's not tasty at all. A hunter from our village killed a tiger and every household got some meat!"

Yang Hongxiu said at this time.

Chen Weidong didn't expect that some of them had actually eaten tiger meat.

"Have you found the big claws?" Liu Xueting was quick-witted and discovered the key point, and asked quickly.

"Well! We found Big Claw in Panchang Mountain. However, Big Claw did not show up. We only heard its cry." Chen Weidong said.

"Why haven't I heard you talk about it?"

"What's there to say? I haven't even seen her in person," Chen Weidong said bluntly. The reason he didn't say anything was because he was afraid that his wife would worry.

Liu Xueting rolled her eyes at him and said nothing more.

A few people talked and laughed, ate and drank.

"This mutton is still delicious. I never dared to imagine such a day before. This is really a heavenly day."

Stone's wife Yang Hongxiu couldn't help but sigh.

Since Shitou and Chen Weidong started hunting, their lives have been getting better and better. Not only do they have meat to eat, but the couple has also saved a lot of money!

The family also raised two pigs, chickens, ducks and geese! In two months, we will buy a cow like Bingzi's family, and the family will be even more prosperous! Before Yang Hongxiu married Shitou, many relatives laughed at her for having no taste, but now her relatives from her mother's side are so envious!
"Haha, sister-in-law, with the conditions of our families, if we can live like this every day, you will be like a living god in the future."

Chen Weidong laughed.

"Hehe, I don't dare to be a living god. I can have such conditions thanks to you, Brother Weidong! In the past, I never dared to imagine that I would have the life I have now." Yang Hongxiu giggled and thanked Chen Weidong.

"Sister-in-law, you are so polite. We are where we are today because of all our hard work."

Chen Weidong said modestly.

"How can that be possible! I don't even know my man's abilities. He's a good worker, but if he goes hunting in the mountains, he's no better than the four Zhang brothers!"

Bingzi stood up at the right time and said, "It is because of Brother Weidong that we can live a good life. I suggest that we raise our glasses together and toast to Brother Weidong!"

"Brother Wei Dong!"

"Brother Wei Dong!"

One by one, they followed Bingzi and stood up.

"Uh... why are you all so polite?"

Liu Xueting, Dani and others all felt very proud, and looked at Chen Weidong with admiration.

Si Ni brought a bowl of water from somewhere and shouted along with the others, "Dad, I want to give you a bowl too!"

When this was said, everyone laughed.

Chen Weidong smiled and thought to himself, if not you, who will get beaten in the whole family?

Chen Weidong had no choice but to drink a glass with everyone.

Si Ni came over with a bowl in hand, "Dad, the radio said that we should drink from a big bowl! Here's the bowl!"

"Yes, Brother Weidong, you have to drink a big bowl of wine!"

Zheng Xiaofang and others started to make a fuss.

Chen Weidong picked up Si Ni, kissed her on the pink face, and said with a smile: "Si Ni, you are cheating me!"

"Dad, what is a cheating father?" Si Ni asked in a friendly manner.

Chen Weidong said: "It means you harmed me!"

Si Ni stared at him with innocent eyes and said, "No, I didn't hurt you. The radio said that only those who drink big bowls of wine and eat big mouthfuls of meat are true heroes!"

"Hahaha, Brother Weidong, your Xiao Si, there is nothing wrong with what you said. Bingzi, pour the wine. We must drink in big bowls today!" Shitou followed suit!

Liu Xueting was afraid that Chen Weidong would get drunk again, so she quickly stopped them and said, "Weidong's alcohol tolerance is limited, so he should drink less!"

"Sister-in-law! Brother Weidong has drunk us several times!"

Liu Xueting: “…”

After a few rounds of drinking, Bingzi rolled under the table as soon as he sat down.

Everyone was startled and looked under the table, only to see that Bingzi was completely drunk and sleeping soundly under the table.

Everyone laughed!
It turns out that Bingzi’s alcohol tolerance is not as good as his wife’s!

After lunch, Zheng Xiaofang and Yang Hongxiu rushed to help wash the pots and dishes, while Chen Weidong and Shitou carried Bingzi back to Aunt San's house.

After washing the dishes, Zheng Xiaofang and Yang Hongxiu took the basket, the goat meat and left.

Liu Xueting continued to operate the sewing machine. Chen Weidong didn't need to take care of the little girls. Da Ni and Er Ni hadn't gone to school yet, so they took their sisters to the farm to feed the deer!
Chen Weidong lay on the kang and slept for a while. After getting up, he took two pieces of meat and went out. Along the way, he met villagers from time to time who greeted him. Chen Weidong also greeted them politely.

The countryside is like this, full of human touch.
He first went to his father's house, then carried the meat to his eldest brother's house, and then chatted with his eldest brother and sister-in-law at their house for a while, and then Chen Weidong went back.

After returning home, Chen Weidong cut another piece of mutton, went in to feed the two chicks, and then began to prepare dinner.

The reason why Chen Weidong prepared dinner so early was because he had agreed that his parents, as well as his eldest brother Chen Weihai's family, would come over for dinner in the evening.
There was still a lot of broth left at noon, and I wanted to make hot pot in the evening! Unfortunately, the temperature has risen now, and the mutton can't be frozen, so naturally it can't be cut into slices.

However, this was not difficult for Chen Weidong. His knife skills were still good. He cut the mutton into different parts and soaked it until the blood came out before slicing it.

Although the mutton that had not been frozen was very soft, Chen Weidong's knife skills were excellent, and he quickly cut the mutton into slices with the flying knife.

Put the lamb slices on the plate, then take a frozen fish from the big tank in the yard.
This frozen fish was caught in winter in Daping Lake before the Chinese New Year and was not eaten up.

Back in the kitchen, after thawing,
Chen Weidong took a knife and started to kill the fish. After killing the fish, Chen Weidong sliced ​​the fish meat, chopped it into meat paste, and put it into a large bowl.

Then take out the onions, ginger and garlic, chop them into fine pieces, put them into a large basin, and mix them with the fish paste evenly.

Keep it aside.

Then, Chen Weidong washed the rapeseed, Chinese cabbage and other green vegetables and put them aside to drain the water for later use.

Chen Weidong was busy all afternoon.

I took four little kids who didn't go to school and cleaned up the farm and the animal feces!
When raising deer and musk deer, the farms must be kept clean! And these feces are also good things in this era!

Although he is busy, Chen Weidong's heart is very calm and fulfilled.

A wife, children, a warm bed, and a simple life!

This feeling is very comfortable.

Then he took out pheasants, wild ducks and flying dragons from the cellar and chopped them into pieces.

Then I went back to the house to boil water!
"Weidong, look what I have!" When Chen Weidong was chopping a pheasant, Chen Weihai came over with his sister-in-law Yang Xuehua, as well as Dafei and Xiaofei.

"Brother, sister-in-law, you are here just for fun, so why are you bringing any good things?!" Chen Weidong said with a smile.

"Your sister-in-law brought the lotus root from her parents' home. Didn't you say you wanted to eat hotpot? I thought lotus root slices would be good for hotpot, so I brought it to you." Chen Weihai said with a smile.

“The lotus root slices cooked in hot pot are absolutely delicious, especially after eating the mutton, some lotus root slices cooked in the hot pot can relieve the fatigue.

"Sister-in-law, I'm busy chopping meat. Xueting just went to call her mother! Please cut these lotus roots into slices." As a family, Chen Weidong didn't bother to be polite with his elder brother and sister-in-law! He directly assigned a job to Yang Xuehua!

"Just leave it to me." Yang Xuehua agreed readily.

"Brother, sister-in-law is here! Why is there no one in the room?"

Not long after the eldest brother and his wife's family entered the courtyard, Liu Xueting came over with six little girls, as well as the elderly couple Chen Guangtian and Wu Xiuqin.

"Wei Hai, Wei Dong, wait a minute, the three of us, father and son, are going to have a good drink!"

"Dad, you should drink less. Weidong just had a drink with Shitou and Bingzi at noon!"

Liu Xueting said.

"Dad, Mom, listen, my sister-in-law is worried about our Weidong!" Yang Xuehua joked.

In front of Chen Guangtian and Wu Xiuqin, Yang Xuehua pointed out this to her in person, and the thin-skinned Liu Xueting suddenly felt a little shy.

Chen Weidong looked at Liu Xueting's lovely side and couldn't help being fascinated. He immediately stood up and joked to Yang Xuehua: "Sister-in-law, doesn't your brother love you?"

"He dares!"

"Haha~"

Next, Liu Xueting took over Yang Xuehua's job, and the whole family crowded into the kitchen to talk about this.

Chen Weidong has six children. The older girls don't need to help. They follow Dafei and Xiaofei to play in the yard.

It was almost time for dinner, so Chen Guangtian and Chen Weihai set the table.
The lit charcoal has been placed into the core of the hot pot, and broth has been added to the pot.

"Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Sister-in-law, I forgot to fry the chili oil, everyone can only eat clear soup!"

Chen Weidong looked at the broth in the double-flavored pot and slapped his forehead.

After a busy day, he was thinking that he had forgotten something. When he saw the mandarin duck pot, he remembered that he had forgotten to fry the chili oil.

"It's okay. Your mother and I don't really like spicy food. Clear soup is fine." Chen Guangtian said with a smile.

"Row!"

Then Wu Xiuqin, Liu Xueting and Yang Xuehua brought over the mutton that Chen Weidong had cut and the various washed vegetables.

"Weidong, how do you plan to eat that fish paste?" Yang Xuehua asked curiously.

"Sister-in-law, that's for making fish balls! When you're ready to eat, just put it in there."

Chen Weidong said.

"Then why don't you make it into meatballs first?"

"No, just wait for me to come. When the pot boils, you can drink some broth to warm your stomach first, and then we will add the mutton."

Chen Weidong greeted with a smile.

"Okay, I'm drooling just by smelling this soup, your dad won't be polite!"

Chen Guangtian said this and served himself a bowl of soup.

"Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law, eat! We are a family, eat and serve yourself!"

With his father taking the lead, everyone started eating. Chen Weihai quickly served a bowl of broth to his wife and another bowl for himself.

As for Yang Xuehua, her two sons each served a bowl.

Northeastern men still love their wives, but of course they may also be afraid of them!
Liu Xueting also takes care of these younger daughters!
For a big family, there is no need to worry about the broth being used up, as there is a pot of broth over there.

A pot in the countryside is a real pot.

"Mom and Dad, here we have sesame sauce, chive sauce, and chili sauce. You can make whatever flavor you want."

After everyone has finished drinking the soup, add more broth to the pot. When the pot boils, put the mutton in first, and then start pouring the wine.

A family of fourteen! Then they relaxed their minds and ate happily.

Qingyang's mutton is very tender and is very suitable for hot pot. You can put a piece of mutton in the pot and cook it for about ten seconds before eating.

To be exaggerated, it melts in your mouth and leaves a lingering aroma in your mouth.

"It's delicious, so delicious!" Dafei and Xiaofei were eating with their mouths full of oil, but they kept shouting that it was delicious.

Si Ni's little mouth was also stuffed full. When Chen Weidong saw her, she smiled foolishly at him and had no time to show off at all!
"If it tastes good, eat more. There's five or six pounds of mutton!" Chen Weidong said with a smile.

The hot pot dinner prepared by Chen Weidong did not have many varieties, but the portions were sufficient, including five or six kilograms of mutton, a fish weighing more than ten kilograms, and several kinds of vegetables.

Not to mention there are fourteen of them, there would be enough food even if there were a few more people.

"Dad, Mom, I chopped these fish balls this afternoon and kept them with other ingredients. Now is the perfect time to eat them. You two can try them!"

While introducing, Chen Weidong took a spoon, rolled meatballs out of the bowl and put them into the hot pot.

"You can make fish balls this way, Weidong, how did you come up with this?"

Yang Xuehua looked at Chen Weidong in surprise.

"Haha, I don't have anything else to do except hunting. I just think about how to eat all day long."

Chen Weidong brought out the same excuse he had made at noon.

Naturally, he would not say that later generations learned this from hot pot restaurants.

"Dad, I want to eat too!" Si Ni ran over panting and said in a baby voice.

"Si Ni, come here to grandpa, grandpa will feed you!" Chen Guangtian smiled kindly.

"Good~"

"Grandpa! I want one too!"

"grandfather!"

"grandfather!"

(End of this chapter)