1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

The work in the morning was very successful. Just as everyone said, the work at Chen Tiezhu's house was really not a big deal.

At lunch, Erye didn't wait for Chen Tiezhu to bring him food. He walked over with his back straight and his arms hanging.

Instead, Doudou was very happy. What she liked to play with the most was Dahuang's tail.

Dahuang was also helpless. Who asked him to be grateful for eating someone else's food?

If you eat someone else's food, you have to contribute your tail.

"Tiezhu, you have to hurry up with your work. I think it seems that the northwest is getting cold again. It may snow." Erye said.

"Uncle, there's nothing to do. Anyway, everyone is free. Snow is different from rain. Snow doesn't delay work." He Jianguo said with a smile.

"Don't you say you still have to raise chickens? Have you bought the chickens?" Erye asked curiously.

"Second Master, that's the culture medium. We have cow dung and straw. Just wait for Tiezhu to ferment it. But it seems that it's not so easy to ferment here because it's cold here." Han Xiuying said with a smile.

"Let's start in the afternoon." Chen Tiezhu said.

"I have also dug the fermentation pool now. When the time comes, we just need to make a flue. Anyway, it doesn't need to be too hot. We can hang the plastic sheet in the afternoon and it will be done."

"Won't it collapse?" Han Xiuying asked curiously.

"It's okay. It's just like building a kang. Besides, cow dung and straw are very durable. Even if we have to spray water at that time, they can withstand it." Qi Lianshan took over the conversation.

"Brother Lianshan, I just remembered that you need to help me fix the kang in the west room of my house. Sometimes I burn fire and smoke." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Then it must be blocked by the neck of your dog. I will dig it out in the afternoon and fix it." Qi Lianshan nodded.

"Let's get it settled. What do you guys want to eat tonight?" Chen Tiezhu asked.

"Still eating? The lunch we had today was already quite good." Hu Yadong said with a smile.

"I don't know how to work, you guys are experts, let me take care of the food. Go back to Uncle Jianguo's house to get some mushrooms, and there's also pheasant, let's stew it." Chen Tiezhu said.

"I'll take a walk in the mountains again tonight, and get some pheasant, rabbit, etc. We won't stew the pheasant randomly tonight, there's also a piece of ginseng, cut two slices and stew it."

"Good guy, this taste will definitely be good." Huang Jianxin said.

"Don't think Tiezhu was a bit of a jerk before, but he's actually quite kind and righteous in his heart, you don't know until you encounter something." Erye took over the conversation.

"When I got into this situation, he stewed the good ginseng for me without saying anything to replenish my blood. If I sell it outside, it will cost at least several hundred yuan."

"Second Master, this is going too far, isn't it? No matter how valuable that thing is, it is not as valuable as human life?" Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"I'll call Li later and ask him to send us some jasmine tea. It's good to drink hot tea when you're thirsty while working."

"Then you quickly mix the culture medium, I'll call Brother Li. Do you need to bring anything else?" Han Xiuying asked.

"It seems that there is nothing else. I have been shopping a lot during this period." Chen Tiezhu thought for a while and said.

"Tiezhu, the girl is a good girl, you can't bully her." Second Master said with relief.

"Second Master, how brave do you think I am to bully her?" Chen Tiezhu asked back.

Han Xiuying was so angry that her teeth itched. Why did this feeling feel so strange?

Why couldn't this guy make his words clear?

It was also his fault. Why did he talk so much?

After resting for a while, it was all right. Comrade Chen Tiezhu also came to the backyard with a shovel.

Making culture medium is indeed not that easy.

Cutting straw into pieces is only the first step. The second step is to smash the cow dung.

"Tiezhu, it's not good to use a shovel to smash it. How long will it take to smash it?" After watching for a while, He Jianguo spoke.

"Uncle Jianguo, there's nothing else to shoot, right?" Chen Tiezhu asked a little depressed.

It was indeed harder to shoot than he thought. No matter how hard he tried, it was useless.

But after hearing his words, everyone present laughed.

"What's going on?" Chen Tiezhu was a little dumbfounded.

"Silly boy, you need a handy tool to do this kind of work. Why use a shovel? A flail is just right." Erye said with a smile.

When talking about the flail, Chen Tiezhu suddenly remembered.

It is a pole with a horizontal axis on it, and a wooden board is inserted on the horizontal axis. Swing the wooden board around and hit the grain, and then lift it up and swing it again.

"Hehe, are you dumbfounded?" Han Xiuying said gloatingly.

"Hehe, I really forgot about this." Chen Tiezhu scratched his scalp."Wait, I'll go home to get some mushrooms, and bring the flail with me." He Jianguo said with a smile.

"Uncle Jianguo, I'll just follow you to the village office to call Brother Li. Doudou, follow Sister Yingzi." Han Xiuying called out.

Little Doudou nodded and followed her.

After a while, He Jianguo came back with mushrooms and a flail, and Chen Tiezhu was full of fighting spirit.

Now that he had a handy tool, what was this cow dung?

It can be said that with a flail in hand, he was not afraid of cow dung.

But when he really used it, he was dumbfounded.

He was a very clever man, but he was not good at using this strength. The wooden board of the flail just couldn't hit it hard.

"Let me use it first, don't use so much strength, just a bit of cleverness." He Jianguo took it and said as he swung the flail.

With a "pop" sound, he hit the cow dung steadily.

"When you hit it down, hold it slightly in your arms. Don't hit it hard like you do." He Jianguo continued to teach.

This is an expert, hitting it easily and freely.

"Hey..., there is really a way to work, just having strength is not enough. Uncle Jianguo, I'll try again."

After watching for a while, Chen Tiezhu regained his confidence.

He took the flail, and the first few times he felt a little bad. Slowly, he found the trick of exerting force.

His advantage of strong strength also stood out.

Once the flail went down, the whole cow dung pile would shake.

The second master who was watching the fun frowned as he watched.

This kid's strength is really strong. And not only is it strong, but it is also so skillful.

Because under normal circumstances, even if the cow dung pile moves, there will be no other effect.

But after Chen Tiezhu finished hitting, the cow dung racket far below also broke a little.

In other words, this force was directly transmitted from the top to the bottom.

Is this hitting the cow from a distance?

This is completely different from being strong.

Thinking of this, Erye looked more carefully.