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

Chapter 214 Preparing to take my wife to Hajiang City

Every time the net is pulled up, there is always something gained.

At the end of the day, we collected dozens of square meters of sand. This much sand was not enough to build a house or even to lay the ground.

In the afternoon, even the fish caught dozens of large and small fish.

Naturally, someone was responsible for transporting the sand back to the homestead and delivering the fish back to Chen Weidong's home.

After finishing work in the evening, a group of more than 20 people came to Chen Weidong's yard to prepare for dinner.

As soon as we entered the yard, we smelled a strong smell of fish meat.

The fish caught in the afternoon was stewed in a large pot of fish soup, including the fish and fish in soup, a big bowl for each person.

In addition, there is also stewed vermicelli with pickled cabbage and pork, which is the most commonly eaten dish in Northeast China.

In fact, most people eat sauerkraut stewed with vermicelli. It is considered good if there is vermicelli, but there is no pork.

Chen Weidong brought out a jar of wine from home. This was the grain wine he brewed some time ago. He had originally planned to make deer blood wine. Now it seems that the two large jars of wine will be finished before the deer blood collection courtyard is completed. However, Chen Weidong is not stingy and will brew new wine after finishing it!
"We have been scooping sand from the river all day today, and the foundation is almost ready. Thank you for your hard work. Let's all have a drink to warm ourselves up."

Chen Weidong opened the jar of wine, scooped out a jar of wine from it, and said with a smile.

"Everyone, please feel free to drink more!"

Chen Weidong held the wine bottle and toasted everyone one by one. His father Chen Guangtian and his eldest brother Chen Weihai also helped to toast.

People in Northeast China like to drink, especially this kind of sorghum wine, which has a soft taste, is not irritating to the throat, and is not easy to get drunk. Of course, sorghum wine will be more fragrant if it can be stored for a longer time!
Nowadays, all men like to drink. Those who are in a hurry don't wait for Chen Weidong to finish pouring the wine. They just raise their heads and drink up the wine in the cup.

"Weidong, another drink!"

someone shouted.

Chen Weidong poured him another glass.

"Weidong, did you brew this wine yourself? It's really good. It warms my whole body and doesn't irritate my throat at all. I'll have another glass too."

When the others saw this, they quickly drank their drinks and asked Chen Weidong to refill their glasses.

After chatting and eating, everyone went back home.

After finishing the cleaning, Chen Weidong also sent off his parents, eldest brother and sister-in-law who were the last to leave.

Then he started to boil water, and Liu Xueting and he gave the little girls a simple wash.
Then the whole family went to bed. Chen Weidong drank a lot of wine and fell asleep soon.

Silent all night.

Fast forward to the next day.

Chen Weidong also personally led everyone to work together today to lay the foundation.

When everyone was tired and took a break, Chen Weidong took out a cigarette from his pocket, jumped out of the basic ditch, and passed the cigarette to everyone one by one!

He bought these cigarettes from the supply and marketing cooperative, at ten cents a pack! In the village, these cigarettes are rare and good.

Chen Weidong smoked and said, "Thanks to everyone's help, otherwise I would be really at a loss."

"Weidong, I have to lay the foundation here. After the foundation is laid, we have to start preparing doors, windows, beams, etc. Liu from Liujiatun is a carpenter, you have to ask him in advance." The eldest brother Chen Weihai suddenly said,

"I know. I will ask a carpenter in two days." Chen Weidong nodded in response.

There are no carpenters in Jiuqutun, and even if there are carpenters, they will charge money for helping.

Because carpenters these days are different from other types of workers, they need to be hired at home in advance to show respect for the craftsmen.

Moreover, carpenters are considered master craftsmen these days and have a very high status.

After a few more words, everyone started to work.
Although there is still some foundation to be dug at the west wing, the main task today is to lay the foundation.

In this era, when building houses in rural areas, the foundations were all built with stones. However, most of the stone foundations were built not with cement mortar, but with glutinous rice water mixed with mud, or lime mortar.

There are still very few houses built with cement.

Moreover, although most houses have stone foundations at the bottom, they still have mud brick walls above.

One is that the earth wall saves money, and you can build the bricks yourself during the off-season. The other is that the earth wall has good thermal insulation properties. A fifty centimeter thick earth wall is really warm in winter.

The foundation of Chen Weidong's house was dug about one meter deep, and they planned to use cement mortar to lay bricks entirely. This would save time. If stones were used, although a lot of money could be saved, it would be too labor-intensive and not worth it.

Chen Weidong prepared that after the foundation was built, he would fill the house with lime soil and the yard with plain soil.

In this way, you can plant some flowers and plants in the yard.

After everyone chatted for a while and Chen Weidong offered everyone a cigarette, they started to work.

The foundation had already been dug by eldest brother Chen Weihai. Under his assignment, some people started mixing cement mortar, while others helped move bricks.

Suddenly, there was a clanging sound on the construction site, and work was in full swing.

After Chen Weidong dug the foundation, the foundation of the entire courtyard was completed, and he began to build the walls.
Although Chen Weidong is not a professional bricklayer, he has good skills. In his previous life, Chen Weidong has done a lot of work. Take bricklaying for example. Chen Weidong, Shitou and Bingzi used to do it often when they were looking for work in the village!

As time went by, everyone worked very hard, and Chen Weidong's house looked different every day.

"Weidong, I think the foundation will be completed in two days."

Chen Guangtian took a look at the construction site and said with a smile.

"It's OK. Everyone works hard."

Chen Weidong took out a cigarette, gave one to his father first, and then gave the rest to his father. After Chen Guangtian took the cigarette, he passed the cigarette to others.

There is a saying that the more diligent the boss is, the faster the work will be done.

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Chen Weidong did not help either. After handing out cigarettes, he returned to the yard.

At this moment, Liu Xueting, Yang Xuehua, Wu Xiuqin and several other women were busy cooking for dozens of people. They had been very busy these days.

Especially my wife, not only is she working hard, but she has been coughing a lot these days! This is an old problem, she coughs every spring.

Chen Weidong had taken her to see a doctor before, but it didn't work, and it was like this every season!
Considering that Chen Weidong had not sold the deer antler glue yet, he planned to find time to go to Hajiang City to remove the deer antlers and sell them. Although he was not in a hurry, Li Shengli and the others wanted to get the money as soon as possible.

Chen Weidong also thought of taking his wife to a large hospital in Hajiang City to have a physical examination, and only then did Chen Weidong feel relieved.

And she had to bring her daughter-in-law with her to buy some gifts for her father-in-law and mother-in-law. After all, Chen Weidong was going to take his daughter-in-law back to her hometown. This was what Chen Weidong had promised her.

But before that, he had to arrange the work. His parents and eldest brother would be in charge of the house building, so he was relieved.
But Chen Weidong felt sorry for his wife and her family, so he couldn't treat them like this every day.

Chen Weidong planned to go into the mountains to see if he could kill a wild boar and share some meat, but he would not provide meals.

(End of this chapter)