1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"You know what, Doudou's cart is useful now. It can carry a lot of crucian carp shells and small fish and shrimps without any problem."

On the way home, Lu Dan said excitedly.

"Yeah, Doudou's cart is amazing."

The owner of Doudou's cart was so proud.

"Doudou's silly roe deer is also amazing." Chen Tiezhu also praised it.

The effect of this sentence was not small, and Doudou's little face suddenly became bitter.

"Doudou, don't listen to dad's nonsense, I just think silly roe deer is very fun." Qi Cuiwen said to coax silly roe deer.

"Sister Wenwen, silly roe deer are sometimes not stupid, and sometimes they are really stupid." Doudou said seriously.

Looking at the little guy's appearance, Qi Cuiwen didn't know what to say.

She looked at the silly roe deer running more happily and energetically than Gou Shengzi, and she decided to give up.

"Dayou, have lunch at my house. It's okay to have some fish sauce and pickled vegetables, but we can't always not eat good food."

Just after returning home, Chen Tiezhu said casually when he saw Liu Dayou sweeping the yard.

"Tiezhu, don't worry about me. You have to control my mouth no matter what I say. I'll eat fried cabbage and fried radish slices at noon, dipped in some soybean paste." Liu Dayou said with a smile.

"I went around the village again today and saw that everyone's corn was almost harvested. Should we collect the corn husks now? Put them next to our factory?"

"That's right, then we'll do it in the afternoon and shout it with a loud speaker later. We also need to borrow a scale. Although it's a cheap thing, we have to weigh it properly." Chen Tiezhu nodded.

"How about this, I'll call Yingzi later and ask her to buy one in town, there should be some for sale. We'll have a lot of places to use it in the future, so we don't have to borrow it from others often."

"That's fine, I'll tell everyone first, so that everyone can be prepared." Liu Dayou said with a smile.

"Sure, with you helping me worry, I really don't have to worry a lot." Chen Tiezhu said.

"You two should also learn from him. With his perseverance, ordinary people really can't compare. With such perseverance, you can stick to anything you do."

This is not to praise Liu Dayou, but he really doesn't have to worry.

"Yeah, learn well." Lu Dan said with a smile.

"Dad, what are we having for lunch?" Doudou asked.

"For lunch, how about we have hand-rolled noodles?" Chen Tiezhu asked.

"That's fine, add some meat sauce, don't make it too salty." The little guy said seriously.

Chen Tiezhu was helpless, his daughter really couldn't live without meat.

After the noodles were kneaded, he first went to the brigade headquarters to call Yingzi, and then went back home to make hand-rolled noodles.

"Dad, can Doudou cut noodles?"

Doudou asked when Chen Tiezhu had just rolled the noodles.

"What if Dad is afraid that Doudou will cut his hands?" Chen Tiezhu asked.

"Then Dad will hold with his hands, and Doudou will cut." Doudou said seriously.

"Hahaha, this answer is correct." Lu Dan gave the little guy a thumbs up.

"Then you can't sacrifice Dad's hands to cut noodles." Chen Tiezhu said helplessly.

"And you are not strong enough now, you can't even hold a kitchen knife, let alone cut the noodles. Can you help Dad and shake the noodles for Dad?"

"Well..., that's OK."

Doudou thought about it and nodded his head.

When Chen Tiezhu finished cutting and pushed the cut noodles aside, Doudou couldn't wait to pick them up and shook them off happily.

No matter what you do, as long as we participate, there will be no problem.

"Master, there are still people selling stretched noodles in our provincial capital now, and they are delicious." Lu Dan said.

"Stretched noodles? That thing is easy to make, it just requires some effort in kneading the noodles." Chen Tiezhu said casually.

"Master, can you really do it?" Lu Dan asked curiously.

"That's really not bragging. Wait until tomorrow, I will study how to knead the noodles, and then I will stretch them too." Chen Tiezhu said.

"In fact, the normal stuff seems to be made of ash or something else, but we don't need it. We use salt water to mix the noodles. As long as we get the ratio right, we can mix it up."

"Didn't I say that? I can't guarantee that you can eat delicacies every day here, but at least I can guarantee that you won't lose weight, and you'll gain a few pounds."

"Dad, what is stretched noodles?"

After shaking off the noodles, Doudou asked curiously.

"Stretched noodles, it means that you don't need to cut the noodles, you just stretch them out by hand." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Then Doudou can do it too."

After the little guy finished speaking, he directly picked upPick up a noodle and stretch it with your little hand.

"Eh? Why is it broken?" Doudou asked in confusion.

"Hahaha, this noodle is not good. Help daddy shake these off, and we will eat stretched noodles tomorrow when daddy studies it." Chen Tiezhu said.

Doudou nodded his head, glanced at the noodles he had torn off, and then continued to shake them off.

"Hey..., Doudou is really so cute, different from other children. Other children are noisy, but Doudou is really well-behaved." Lu Dan said.

"That's a must, this is my eldest daughter." Chen Tiezhu was a little proud.

"You can't just eat noodles, I'll fry some crucian carp shells for you. It will be very delicious when you eat it with noodles. Prepare two kinds of egg sauce and meat sauce, and eat whatever you like."

What can the two girls say? They are so satisfied in their hearts.

As I said, even though life is better now, the supply of materials is not so abundant.

Even if the family conditions are good, it is not yet at the level of being able to keep a cook at home.

After seeing Chen Tiezhu's technique of cleaning crucian carp, the two girls didn't know what to say.

"Lao Fang and Zhenwen have both practiced cleaning crucian carp, so you don't need to practice. Go back and practice picking up green beans and exercise your hand feeling." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Do you think my spleen removal is easy? The basis of blind operation relies entirely on hand feeling. If it's a little worse, it will be another story and another ending."

"When we play, we should have fun, and when we practice, we should also practice seriously. All skills are acquired through hard practice."

"Master, don't worry, I will practice like Sister Wenwen after I eat a full meal." Lu Dan nodded vigorously.

"Uncle, how can I broaden my horizons?" Qi Cuiwen asked a little embarrassedly.

"Just follow Doudou, play whatever she plays." Chen Tiezhu said casually.

Qi Cuiwen was confused all of a sudden. How could she not have thought that her mission was this?

"Silly girl, although animals are not as smart as humans, their instincts are very strong." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"At least in the future, when you carve animals, you will recall the way you played with them, and maybe you will have more inspiration. Come on, comrades, let me see what Uncle Jianguo and Auntie are doing."

After saying that, Chen Tiezhu wiped his hands casually and went out to greet them.