1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

When Chen Tiezhu woke up the next morning, there were a lot of bloodshot on his eyeballs, and he didn't sleep well all night.

This was the second time he was so close to death.

If he hadn't brought Doudou with him at the time, and didn't want Doudou to see the scene he shouldn't see, he would have killed back.

"Dad, it's time to go."

After breakfast, Doudou dressed himself and waved at him.

"Okay, let's go now." Chen Tiezhu said, and also took the pheasant and rabbit out of the space and hung them on the iron basket.

"Good guy, Tiezhu, you hunted so many again?"

"Tiezhu, you are awesome now."

"Zhuzi, live a good life with Doudou in the future."

...

When the villagers who passed by saw him, they also greeted him.

"Thank you, everyone. When there is a chance, if I hunt big prey, we will have a happy meal together." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

The sincere concern of the villagers somewhat diluted the haze in his heart.

Just as Uncle Jianguo said, although there are people in Erdaoling Village who flatter the Zhang family, most of the villagers are honest people.

When he arrived in the county, he rode directly to the south. When he arrived at the big market, he and Doudou's eyes sparkled.

His thoughts, the big market of this era is really lively.

Doudou's thoughts, there are so many delicious foods...

Near the big market, almost all of them sell clothes. All kinds of clothes are hung for sale. Looking at the price, it is cheaper than the state-owned shopping malls.

For Doudou's clothes, if he buys them at the big market, he can save at least three to five yuan.

Going further in, there are some stalls selling grain, farm tools, and dry goods.

This side is not as lively as the clothes stalls in front, but there are still many people.

Pushing his bicycle, he was trying to find a place to buy game. Doudou, who was sitting on the beam, turned his head and looked at him eagerly.

Chen Tiezhu was helpless, "What did you like?"

"Dad, is the candied haws delicious?" Doudou asked pitifully.

"Uncle, how much is the candied haws?" Chen Tiezhu asked the uncle who was selling candied haws with understanding.

"Three cents a string, fifty cents for two strings. One string for me and the girl?" The uncle said with a smile.

"One string first, I'm afraid it's sour." Chen Tiezhu lied without changing his face.

How could there be such a huge sum of money as fifty cents in his pocket? Now there is more than thirty cents left.

Doudou was so happy to get the candied haws in his hand. He gently opened his mouth and took a small bite of the sugar on the top of the candied haws.

"Dad, dad, it's sweet, sweet." Doudou said happily.

"Well, Doudou, eat it. Dad will buy you another string after selling all the game." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Dad eats it." Doudou said and handed the candied haws to his mouth.

"Dad is afraid of sourness, Doudou eats it." Chen Tiezhu said.

Doudou frowned, but his little hand did not retract.

Chen Tiezhu had no choice but to take a light bite of the candy.

Doudou was so happy that he smiled and continued to eat it in small bites.

He was reluctant to eat it in big mouthfuls, as he had never eaten such sweetness.

Chen Tiezhu secretly swore that when he had money in the future, he would dip the candied haws for his daughter to eat, and he had to eat enough.

After walking forward for a while, he finally came to the place where game was sold.

In fact, this place should be called the livestock market as a whole. Most of the people here sell livestock, and many people are opening the mouths of livestock to check their teeth.

If they find something they like, they will hold hands, cover it with a blanket, or directly put it into their sleeves. They will also say, this is the whole, this is the small.

This is called "holding hands", or "the secrets in the sleeves", which is to negotiate the price.

If the negotiation is successful, they will directly change the buyer's reins, and that's it.

However, this is mostly for large livestock. Chen Tiezhu's hares and pheasants don't need to go through this trouble.

For example, the whole rabbits sold here are probably sold for 4.5 yuan or more, less than 5 yuan, depending on the size.

There are many buyers and sellers at the market.

Chen Tiezhu thought about it for a while and decided to sell them at his original price.

His rabbits and pheasants are bigger than those of other peers.

"Pheasants, hares, pheasants are 5 yuan, hares are 5.5 yuan, they are big." Chen Tiezhu began to shout.

"Pheasant stewed with mushrooms, hare stewed with radish, it's delicious." Doudou, who had just taken a bite of the candied haws, also wanted to help.

"After eating the chicken stewed with mushrooms, you remembered it?" Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Yeah, Doudou is good. Pheasant stewed with mushrooms, hare stewed with radish, it's delicious." Doudou shouted happily again.

"Brother, this is allDid you hunt it when you came home yesterday?"

The middle-aged man who bought the skins yesterday came over.

"Good fellow, we are really destined to meet. How about a rabbit?" Chen Tiezhu joked.

"One, yesterday's pheasant was really good. When I bought pheasants before, I often ate gun sand." The middle-aged man said with a smile.

"Okay, I won't cut it into pieces today. You don't have any tools in your hand, so it's not easy to hold." Chen Tiezhu said, and took out the butcher knife.

"Tsk tsk, I've heard that you don't need a butcher knife to kill a pig, but today I've seen a butcher knife used to kill a rabbit." A young man next to him said with a smile.

"What does it matter? As long as you can skin it, it's fine. "Chen Tiezhu said indifferently, and then he started to do it.

As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the doorway. Those who can bring game to sell are all experts.

Now seeing Chen Tiezhu use such an unskilled pig-killing knife to peel the skin so neatly like flowing water, those who were about to laugh at him wisely shut their mouths.

As the old saying goes, people compare themselves to others and die.

They also peeled skins to sell, but they were definitely not as good and fast as Chen Tiezhu.

"Brother, I don't know the real one. Which village are you from?" The young man who just talked to me asked hurriedly.

"From Erdaoling Village." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile, and handed the cleaned rabbit and rabbit skin to the middle-aged brother.

"No wonder, is Erye okay?" the young man asked.

"You know Erye too? "Chen Tiezhu asked in surprise.

This was the second time he heard the name of Erye.

"I'm lucky to have met him. My family is from Wangjiabao. My name is Wang Tieniu. I met him once when I went hunting in Erdaoling three years ago." The young man said hurriedly.

"Hey..., I haven't seen Erye for many years. I heard that Erye hasn't been active in the mountains recently. He saved me back then."

"Who hasn't received the favor of Erye when he went hunting in Erdaoling?"

"That's nothing. I've even been kicked in the ass by Erye."

...

When Erye was mentioned, people around him started talking about it.

This made Chen Tiezhu very curious. How could Erye, who was not very prominent in the village, have such a big name?