Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 58 Borrowing a Donkey Cart

As Chen Weidong was carrying the rabbit and walking to the door of the village chief Wang Guofu's house, he saw Wang Guofu's wife Liu Xiuying walking out of the yard.

"Aunt Xiuying, is Uncle Guofu home?"

Chen Weidong walked up and asked. He came with the rabbit to borrow Wang Guofu's donkey cart.

You have to know that although Wang Guofu's donkey was a partnership with others, Wang Guofu held the majority share. Plus, Wang Guofu was the village chief, so he had the final say on how the donkey was used.

Chen Weidong borrowed the donkey cart to take the wild boar to the county to sell. He did not go to the village to sell it to Wu Gensheng because he was considering Wu Gensheng's small state-owned restaurant in the village.

These days, if you don’t have a refrigerator to store it, you’d be lucky if you could buy a hundred or so pounds of wild boar meat.

Moreover, the township and the county were not on the same route, so he had to go to the county to avoid wasting time. However, if he transported the wild boar weighing more than 300 kilograms to the county by manpower, he might not be able to return home until midnight. So Chen Weidong thought of getting on the donkey cart of Wang Guofu's family.

However, Chen Weidong was also clear about Wang Guofu's character. If he came to borrow the donkey cart with this trick, there was a 99% chance that Wang Guofu would not lend it to him!
"It's Weidong, your uncle Guofu is at home!" Liu Xiuying shouted into the house, "Dad, Weidong is here, come out quickly, I have something else to do!"

"I'm coming!"

"Weidong, you two can chat, I need to go out for a while!"

"Okay aunt."

Liu Xiuying left after saying this.

"Weidong is here! What do you want from me? Do you want to buy food again?"

Wang Guofu took a puff of his cigarette, then looked at Chen Weidong and said with a smile.

"No, Uncle Guofu, I want to borrow your donkey for a while." Chen Weidong stated his purpose directly.

"Ahem~ Borrow a donkey?!"

Wang Guofu was almost choked by the smoke.

Good guy!
How dare this kid come to borrow a donkey? A few days ago, his nephew came to borrow one, but Wang Guofu refused. Donkeys are so precious! How can they be lent out casually?
"Weidong, I'm not saying anything bad about you. You know the donkey doesn't belong to me alone. It's not that I won't lend it to you. The key is..."

"Uncle Guofu, I'm not lending it to you for free. Take a look at this rabbit. What do you think? I'll only lend it to you for one day!"

Chen Weidong took out the fat rabbit in his hand.

"Wow, this rabbit must be about four or five kilograms!" Wang Guofu's eyes lit up.

"Weidong, I'm not saying anything to you. We're all from the same village. It's just a one-day loan. How can I not lend it to you?"

Wang Guofu simply took the rabbit from Chen Weidong. They were from the same village and knew each other well. Wang Guofu was not afraid that Chen Weidong would secretly sell the donkey!
Then, Wang Guofu took Chen Weidong to the yard, where they saw a donkey shed in the corner with a small yellow donkey tied to it.

"Ah - uh -"

"Ahhhh-uh-"

The little yellow donkey brayed at the top of its lungs, revealing its two rows of teeth. It then saw Wang Guofu coming towards it and brayed even louder.

Wang Guofu also pulled a cart, as well as a neck guard and a collar. The neck guard was made of straw and palm leaves inside and canvas outside. It was used to prevent the necks of the animals from being strangled when they were restrained!
In Northeast China, the collar is called "collar bag". When an ox, horse or donkey is pulling a cart, it is first put on the shoulders of the two front legs behind the neck to protect it and at the same time to enable force to be used when pulling.

Then Chen Weidong harnessed the donkey, and the donkey cart was completed!

"By the way, Weidong, can you drive a donkey?" Wang Guofu asked.

"meeting."

Chen Weidong smiled. He had traveled all over the country in his previous life and had driven donkeys many times. As he spoke, Chen Weidong simply took the donkey rope from Wang Guofu's hand and hurried home pulling the donkey cart.

Wang Guofu: "...slow down! Remember to return it early"

"Don't forget to feed some hay. I've put it all in the car!"

"Fourth sister, fifth sister, what are you looking at at the intersection? Is daddy back?"

Dani stood in front of the wild boar, and Liuni was holding her thighs. She looked at the wild boar with some fear.

Erni and Sanni picked up a small stick and started poking the wild boar's corpse.

"Sister, Dad went to Bald Grandpa's house and hasn't come back yet!" Si Ni turned her head and reported the situation in a baby voice.

"Look, sister! Dad is back! He's driving a donkey with him!"

Wu Ni saw Chen Weidong driving the donkey cart with her big watery eyes. When Si Ni heard that, she turned her head and saw her father driving the donkey cart.

The two little guys slipped away and ran into the house on their short legs.

As he ran, he shouted: "Mom, dad brought back a little donkey."

Upon hearing this, Da Ni hugged her sixth sister, and then ran towards the intersection with Er Ni and San Ni curiously.

"Sister, isn't this the little donkey from Bald Grandpa's house?" Sanni asked in a baby voice.

"Yes, it belongs to Bald Grandpa, but Bald Grandpa's donkey is the most precious. How did Dad bring it back?"

"Last time, Gousheng wanted to ride a donkey, but was scolded by Bald Grandpa!"

"..."

Da Ni held Liu Ni, Er Ni and San Ni and ran excitedly towards Chen Weidong's donkey cart!

"Shut up!"

Chen Weidong stopped the donkey and couldn't help but smile as he looked at the little guys staring at each other.

"Come up, everyone!"

Chen Weidong carried them one by one onto the donkey cart. The little ones were very excited as it was their first time riding on a donkey cart.

"Weidong, why did you bring back Uncle Guofu's donkey?"

When they arrived at the door of the house, Liu Xueting came out holding the two little ones who were complaining.

"I just borrowed it from Uncle Guofu's house. I plan to go to the county later to sell the wild boar!"

"Going to the county town? Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'll go and cook some vegetables!"

When Liu Xueting heard that Chen Weidong was going to the county, she immediately put down the two little kids and went to the kitchen to get busy.

"Dad, Dad! Si Ni also wants to ride the donkey cart with her sisters!"

As soon as Liu Xueting put them down, Si Ni and Wu Ni ran over excitedly, but their hearts were obviously not on Chen Weidong at the moment, and their big eyes were fixed on the donkey cart.

"Dad, come and carry Wu Ni over here!" Wu Ni stretched out her little hand.

Chen Weidong was delighted. The two little guys were afraid of the donkey and didn't dare to go by themselves, but when they saw their sisters sitting on the donkey cart, they also wanted to go.

"Okay, Dad will carry you over."

Chen Weidong carried the two little guys onto the donkey cart. The six little kids immediately started jumping and playing on the donkey cart. Heihu also jumped on to join in the fun.

"Dani, Erni, watch over your sister and don't let her get off the car. Don't get close to the donkey," Chen Weidong reminded.

"Ok."

Da Ni and Er Ni responded.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Weidong took out a sharp knife and skinned the prey he had harvested.

After finishing his work, Chen Weidong came to the little ones and asked with a smile: "Do you want to ride a donkey?"

"Think~"

"Si Ni wants to, too, but I wonder if the donkey will bite her."

Si Ni asked in a cute voice, obviously still a little worried whether the donkey would bite people.

(End of this chapter)