1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"To be honest, I really don't know."

Chen Tiezhu said seriously.

"So why are you looking at me? I really don't know. Who would try this thing for nothing?"

After he finished speaking, he saw that everyone looked at him unkindly, so he hurriedly added another sentence.

"Do you want to try it?" Li Yinglin asked with a smile.

Chen Tiezhu looked at him helplessly, "You are still the director, why are you so frivolous? Just try it. Do you want to see if I carry it in my hand or on my shoulder?"

"Try both." Li Yinglin became more interested.

Chen Tiezhu was really worried, he had no choice. It was reasonable that the comrade who should be the most stable had such a playful heart.

Everyone was also a man of action, and they started to put soil into the sacks directly.

Two sacks were filled first, and it was also to make it easier for Chen Tiezhu to hold them, so they were not filled full. Even so, they would weigh about 370 to 80 kilograms together.

Chen Tiezhu moved his wrist slightly, stood on the side, bent over, and grabbed a sack with one hand.

With a squeeze of his arms, he grabbed the two sacks steadily.

"Look, I told you, he has no problem grabbing a stone lock weighing more than 150 kilograms." He Jianguo said with a smile.

"Uncle Jianguo, it's different. This thing is not as easy to grab as a stone lock, and it's not so easy to exert force." Chen Tiezhu said after putting it down.

"Come on, put more soil in it, fill the sack mouth, and see how many kilograms you can carry." Li Yinglin said.

The big guys are also very energetic.

I have only heard of strongmen, but today I can see a living one.

Chen Tiezhu threw the first sack onto his back easily.

The second sack was piled up by everyone.

"Tiezhu, how is it?" Li Yinglin asked with concern.

"Huh..., it's a bit stressful, try another 100 kilograms." Chen Tiezhu breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you trying to show off? What if it gets crushed?" Han Xiuying said.

"It's okay, I know my limits. I think I can still walk after carrying 500 kilograms." Chen Tiezhu turned his head and grinned.

Han Xiuying glared at him, but she was really worried.

In order to prevent Chen Tiezhu from holding on for too long, everyone quickly filled half a sack of soil and carefully piled it up.

Chen Tiezhu adjusted his breathing, crouched, but took a firm step forward.

When he took the second and third steps, he left shallow footprints underneath.

"Incredible, incredible, too incredible, take it down first."

Seeing that he walked steadily, Li Yinglin hurriedly said.

"That's it, this thing is really painful." Chen Tiezhu grinned.

It was indeed a bit arrogant.

Although he could walk up this time, he would definitely suffer a lot.

"Tiezhu, you are so arrogant." Wang Chunsheng said with emotion.

"You are strong and have a big appetite. I can eat six fist-sized sticky buns from Uncle Jianguo's house in one meal." Chen Tiezhu said with a wry smile.

"Everyone just loads the soil, and I will carry it up. At noon, everyone who can drink must have a sip, and then I will go to the store to buy some wine."

"Okay, just listen to Zhu." Li Yinglin made the decision.

In fact, the most troublesome part of digging a cellar is to carry the soil up.

Now that we have Chen Tiezhu, a human transporter, what else is there to worry about?

What else is there to say?

Everyone is digging and loading the soil below, and Chen Tiezhu carries and dumps it by himself. Otherwise, I am afraid that they can't catch up with his transportation, and they can still find time to chat.

Originally, he expected to finish digging the cellar in one day. Now that he had the help of so many people, he finished the battle just at noon.

Otherwise, how can we say that there is strength in numbers? No matter how capable he is, he can only dig one shovel of soil at a time, not two shovels.

"You are really amazing, kid. Did you compose the song to teach Doudou?" Li Yinglin asked when he went back to the house to wash up.

"Of course, you haven't heard it elsewhere, right?" Chen Tiezhu said with a little pride.

"You are bragging, I don't believe it." Han Xiuying, who was scooping water for everyone, expressed her opinion.

"Listen carefully. My hometown is in this village. I was born and raised in this village. Although the village is not very big, there are mountains, water and forests. The lyrics at the end cannot be sung because Tiezhu has not finished composing it yet."

Chen Tiezhu started singing with a hoarse voice.

Originally, everyone listened very seriously, but they were all amused when they heard the last two sentences of his song.

"My home is in this village. I was born and raised in this village. Although the village is not very big, it has mountains, water and trees."

Before everyone finished laughing, Doudou sang again in a clear childish voice.

"Look, Doudou's singing is a good song, but your singing can kill people." Han Xiuying said to him.

ButThat being said, I still admire this guy in my heart. After all, not everyone can make up something so quickly and smoothly.

"Of course, I have to, because she is my eldest daughter." Chen Tiezhu was still happy.

"Everyone can be polite at noon. I will prepare some pickled vegetables, and then we will have dinner." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

There are many people today, a small table on the kang and a large table on the ground.

A large pot of sauerkraut was stewed, and it was directly served in a basin.

"I smelled it when it was in the pot just now, and it smelled even better when it was served on the table." Li Yinglin said with a smile.

"There are also fermented bean curd and chives on the side, everyone can choose according to their own taste. Everyone can drink as much as they want." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Hey..., it's not easy to hear this from you. Li Suo, you can raise a glass. Although we are all here to help Tiezhu, your portions are different." He Jianguo said.

"Okay, I'll raise a glass then." Li Yinglin said, holding up the glass and standing up.

"Seeing the villagers help Tiezhu, even I am very touched. Tiezhu used to do things a little out of tune. We don't look forward, but look back."

"Now Tiezhu is also our target of assistance, and we hope that the villagers will supervise him with us. It's not easy to walk on the right path, and it's even harder to walk well and smoothly. Let's do it."

After saying that, he drank it directly.

There was no one in the room who had no responsibilities, even Han Xiuying drank it in one gulp.

"I won't say much, just wait and see my actions in the future, and start making." After drinking, Chen Tiezhu also said something.

With this glass of wine as the foundation, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became lively.

Little Doudou didn't worry about these things at all. Today's stewed sauerkraut was also very good, and she only had to lower her head and eat it.

The rest of the people were similar, stewed sauerkraut was the most common home-cooked dish.

But the people who ate today had never eaten such delicious food. The soup was fresh, the pickled cabbage was delicious, and the meat slices were even more delicious.

Strength lies in numbers, not only in work, but also in eating.

Chen Tiezhu stewed a large pot of pickled cabbage, and with their joint efforts, they devoured it all, leaving no soup.

On the contrary, Doudou only ate a thigh of the smoked chicken brought by Han Xiuying.

In this family, the tradition of vegetables being more delicious than meat was realized again.