1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

With the joint efforts of the father and daughter, the mud shell was quickly pasted. However, Chen Tiezhu was not in a hurry to put it in the pit, waiting for the mud shell outside to solidify.

"Come here, wash your hands with dad first, we will stew rice later, and then make a fire to roast it." Chen Tiezhu greeted.

"Well, Doudou has to make a fire to roast it." The little guy said seriously.

This job must be done neatly, not to mention serious participation.

But even if it is washing hands, the father and daughter are not so quiet.

When Han Xiuying came back from get off work, the father and daughter had almost splashed half of the yard with water.

"You two, you can really make a fuss." Han Xiuying said helplessly.

The father and daughter's fighting circle is too large, even the silly roe deer who loves to join in the fun hides far away.

"Sister Yingzi, Doudou is going to make mud egg chicken today." Doudou said happily.

"What?" Han Xiuying was also a little curious.

"It's beggar chicken." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"We prepared two, we'll eat one. There's also a little greedy cat in the county hospital, bring one to her tomorrow. It's been very hard these days, and you need to take good care of your body."

"Anyway, you two are always busy. Brother Weimin handed in his resignation letter today, do you need to discuss it with Uncle Jianguo later?" Han Xiuying asked.

"Uncle Jianguo came over just now, this is also a family decision, and then we will sell feed." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Actually, this is also good, you don't have to worry about it in the future. Uncle Jianguo is actually thinking about having another baby."

"That's easy, I'll sign it tomorrow." Han Xiuying nodded.

"But this kind of work is indeed more difficult. I also learned that each village has some problems, and it is not so easy to deal with them."

"Just like you said, just follow the rules. How about you come with me and Doudou to make beggar's chicken?" Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

Han Xiuying rolled her eyes at him and took Doudou's hand, "Doudou, let's go, don't take him to play."

"Sister Yingzi, but Doudou doesn't know what to do." The honest little guy said hesitantly.

"Let him talk, and we can do it together." Han Xiuying said casually.

Doudou thought about it and nodded his head, which made sense.

The next work is actually very simple.

Put two mud eggs side by side in the pit, cover them with soil, and then light a fire.

The rest of the things can be left to God, just do what you should do.

Little Doudou also took this opportunity to ask his messenger to call the two old men over.

Even if the fire was a little hot, she had to stand by and watch.

"Why is the fire still burning?"

The second master who came over asked curiously.

"I'm making beggar's chicken. Let's have a good drink tonight." Chen Tiezhu said.

"You've been thinking about drinking all day. Didn't you say you wanted to make medicinal wine? You didn't do it." Han Xiuying said.

"Then we still need some medicinal materials. Anyway, Xiao Zhou has to come over. Let him bring some from the provincial capital. We can also add a large ginseng, and that's it." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Only you are willing to do so." Old Man Han said.

"This is for you to drink. I'm willing to do it anyway. It will be fine after the house is built, and I will also bring my sister-in-law over. It's much better to take care of the baby here than in the provincial capital." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

"Virtue, just showing off." Han Xiuying complained, and she was also happy in her heart.

It was just a casual chat, and then he mentioned He Weimin's matter. The two old men also agreed with his decision.

Like Chen Tiezhu's point of view, after all, He Weimin's ability is limited. It is better to do some small business than to work in the system.

"Dad, when will the beggar be ready?"

While chatting, Doudou ran over with sweat on his forehead.

"Doudou, that's beggar chicken, there is no beggar in it." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

"When can it be eaten?" Doudou asked again.

It doesn't matter whether it's a beggar or a chicken, as long as there is a chicken.

"Okay, it's almost done. Let's get one out and see if it's good." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile, and then led the little guy over.

Use a fire shovel to carefully push the ashes on the top to the side. The soil below has been burned and changed color. Gently pry along the cracks, and the whole thing will be pried up.

With a shovel and a dig, a mud egg was dug out.

Curious Doudou was already impatient and quickly stretched out his little hand to pick up the mud egg, but found that he was getting farther and farther away from the mud egg.

When he looked at it, he found that his father had already picked it up.

"Silly girl, this mud egg is very hot." Chen Tiezhu said helplessly.

"Dad, it doesn't steam." Doudou asked in some confusion.

"Because it is soil. Go get the hammer and a plate, and let Doudou smash the mud egg." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Yeah."

There is a new job to do, and the little guy is no longer depressed, and he is happy with his eyes wide open.

Although he is a small person, he is very strong. He is very relaxed holding the plate and the hammer.

Chen Tiezhu didn't need to say anything, he just picked up the hammer and cut the mud egg.

"Doudou, be more powerful." Chen Tiezhu encouraged.

Doudou nodded his head, and this time the little guy really exerted his strength and directly smashed the mud shell into a crack.

Having achieved results, Doudou was even happier, swinging the hammer and happily chiseling.

"Dad, the outside is all burnt."

Doudou frowned as he saw the burnt zongzi leaves after peeling off the mud shell.

"It's okay, just continue to peel with chopsticks."

Chen Tiezhu encouraged.

Doudou nodded his head and peeled off another layer inside.

His little brows frowned, this layer was also burnt.

Let's continue peeling.

This time the little guy smiled, the inside was not burnt, but dry yellow leaves.

After all the zongzi leaves were peeled off, a wisp of hot air floated up. The fragrance was filled with the fragrance of zongzi leaves, which made Doudou take a big breath.

"Dad, it's fragrant."

After taking another strong sniff, Doudou said eagerly.

If he wasn't afraid of the heat, he would have to bite directly on the slightly burnt chicken skin. It's so delicious even before eating, what will it taste like after eating?

Chen Tiezhu is also a man who likes to bully his daughter. He directly pulled off a chicken thigh and swung it near the little girl's nose.

Doudou didn't have any other thoughts. His little head was turning around with the chicken thigh, and his saliva was about to flow out.

"You only know how to bully him, go back to the house and eat." Han Xiuying said unhappily.

"Hahaha, go back to the house and eat." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

Doudou's calf was tossing and turning, and his heart was already flying far away. He must try this chicken without beggars.