1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Have you heard about it? Tiezhu is really shaking now."

"What do you need to hear? The big cart of cow dung was just there yesterday. Tiezhu is now amazing."

"I was wondering why there was no movement from the Zhang family these two days. It turns out the root is here."

"The big hats are helping with the work. What can Zhang Guangyou do even if he is a bit stubborn?"

...

In just one day, the villagers of Erdaoling Village began to talk about it.

The village was not very big and there was nothing going on. Chen Tiezhu became the focus of attention.

However, when these remarks reached the ears of the Zhang family, they were naturally angry and suffocated.

"Brother, he has been silent for so many days. It's time for us to take action, right? Otherwise, we will just watch him jump around? The third brother will be beaten for nothing?"

Zhang Guangyou's second brother Zhang Guangming asked after taking a sip of wine.

"Third brother, why did you suffer such a big loss in the forest last time?" Zhang Guangyou asked.

"I didn't pay attention last time. Who would have thought that he wouldn't play by the rules? I never thought he would dare to start first." Zhang Guangliang said in a muffled voice.

"Brother, I agree with the second brother's opinion. If we don't kill Erluzi, how can we stay in the village in the future? The land will be divided soon, and we have to get some land, right?"

"Boss, I think what his second and third uncles said is reasonable." Wu Guizhi also spoke.

"You still have the nerve to talk? If you hadn't gone there to shed chicken blood last time, could you have called everyone from the town police station? Wouldn't you have killed him long ago?" Zhang Guangyou glared.

Although Wu Guizhi is very fierce outside, she was scared by Zhang Guangyou's glare.

"Brother, sister-in-law is also for our family's affairs." Zhang Guangming said.

"It's difficult for us to do it. I'll go to the county to find some people. We've set up an ambush and put a set of sacks on him. Who can he go to? I have to help you and Lao San vent this anger."

"Okay, it's settled. If I don't give him a good beating, it's really annoying." Zhang Guangyou nodded.

His original intention was to wait until the storm was over, and then deal with Chen Tiezhu.

But now Chen Tiezhu is jumping more and more happily in the village.

He is not worried about Chen Tiezhu, but about Li Yinglin.

Not only did Chen Tiezhu eat the rooster stewed in his home, but the vegetable bowl is still in his house.

He didn't know that the bowl has now become a food bowl for Gou Shengzi. If he knew this, he would definitely be furious.

Chen Tiezhu didn't know that the Zhang family started to miss him.

In fact, even if he knew, he wouldn't care, and didn't take the Zhang family to heart at all.

Now he is very serious about cutting straw with He Jianguo and Wang Chunsheng and Zhou Jun who come to help.

Little Doudou is more at ease. He takes Gou Shengzi to sit in the straw pile and happily eats Guoguang apples. They are sour and sweet and delicious.

This is also the warmth that Liu Dayou came to send yesterday. They are all first-class fruits, and they are worth one yuan per catty.

"Tiezhu, looking at the weather today, I am afraid it will snow. I have to find some corn later to cover the remaining straw, otherwise it will easily mold." He Jianguo said.

"I didn't expect that cutting straw would be so hard. This is still with the help of Brother Zhou Jun and Brother Chunsheng, who are so old." Chen Tiezhu patted his waist.

Ever since he had strength, he felt that he could do farm work with his hands.

But in fact?

It was not the case at all.

For example, when cutting straw, he held the scythe and cut it one by one. The straw has to be put down slowly, it takes time.

"You are strong, you and Uncle Jianguo have cut more than Chunsheng and I." Zhou Jun said with a smile.

"Well, when we get back, I'll find a jar of fermented bean curd, and we'll stew the meat. We work so hard, we have to reward ourselves." Chen Tiezhu said casually.

"The chickens at noon today are so delicious, and we can't even afford the vegetables after doing so little work." Wang Chunsheng said.

"You have to work hard, and you have to eat, right? Just say... Hey, Yingzi, are these comrades from the province?" Chen Tiezhu said halfway, looking at the back door with a surprised look on his face.

At the back door, Han Xiuying was walking over with two comrades.

The older one looked to be in his fifties, wearing a blue military coat and thick glasses. The younger one was wearing a leather jacket, a small back hair, and gold-rimmed glasses.

"Tiezhu, let me introduce you, this is Professor Xu from the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences." Han Xiuying said with a smile.

"Hello, Professor Xu, I'm glad to see you here. This comrade...?" Chen Tiezhu hurriedly greeted him warmly.

"Hello, Comrade Chen Tiezhu, this is Secretary Qiao from the General Office of our Academy of Agricultural Sciences." Professor XuProfessor Xu said with a smile, with a hint of southern accent.

"After receiving Comrade Han's call, I was thinking about your situation. My long-cherished wish is to promote the cultivation of edible fungi in our north."

"That's great. I was just dozing off when you handed me the pillow." Chen Tiezhu was overjoyed.

"Now I have collected all the straw and cow dung here, and the cellar here has been dug. When the time comes, we will add a lid on it. This is the mushroom house."

"Professor Xu, I think we came here in vain." At this time, Secretary Qiao with gold-rimmed glasses spoke.

Chen Tiezhu frowned. This smell is not right.

"Xiao Qiao, although there are still some difficulties, we can also find a way to overcome them." Professor Xu said with a smile.

"Professor Xu, you can see that the environment here is like this." Secretary Qiao said.

"If we want to do some greenhouse planting projects next spring, or if we want to do mushroom planting then, we can find a way."

"Combining the current situation, they can hardly complete the fermentation of the culture medium. How can we do it at this temperature? Why should we waste precious scientific research funds here?"

Hearing his words, even He Jianguo and others felt that something was wrong. He grabbed Chen Tiezhu's arm, worried that he would make a mistake.

"Brother, Professor Xu just said that even if there are difficulties, we can overcome them, right?" Chen Tiezhu said calmly.

The man with gold-rimmed glasses looked at him disdainfully, "Don't think you can grab them just because they are beneficial. It will be a mess if you grab them. The growth conditions of these mushrooms must be strictly controlled, which is different from planting crops."

"Are you doing things? You don't do things well." Chen Tiezhu glanced at the gold-rimmed glasses, and then looked at Professor Xu, "Professor Xu, what do you mean?"

The smell of gunpowder at the scene was a bit strong.

"It's mainly because you started a little late, and there are many different opinions in the hospital. And it's also because the funds are a little insufficient at the end of the year." Professor Xu said somewhat embarrassedly.

After he said this, Chen Tiezhu understood what was going on.

"Yingzi, what do you think we should do about this?" Chen Tiezhu asked Han Xiuying, who was also confused, with a smile.

"Comrade Chen Tiezhu, this time we are also here to conduct a field investigation. If we can overcome some difficulties, we still have a great chance of success." Professor Xu interrupted.

Chen Tiezhu didn't say anything, and still looked at Han Xiuying.

What he would do next depended entirely on Han Xiuying's attitude.