Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

The heavy rain hit the tiles on the roof and made a dull sound. It dripped on the leaves and made a popping sound when it fell into the water...

There was no purpose for watching and listening to the rain. It was mostly for daze and emotion.

Lin Heng remembered a poem and was full of emotion: "Young man listens to the rain on the singing tower, red candles dim the curtains..."

"You recited it very well, recite it again!" Xiulan blinked.

"I can't remember it." Lin Heng laughed.

It was quite cold when it rained in autumn. Xiulan hugged Lin Heng and watched for a while. Xiaoxia next to her made a sound, and the two got up.

"I'll take Xiaoxia to cook. You can go out with your raincoat to get some food for the horse." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, put on his rain boots, put on a straw raincoat made of brown wool, put on a hat and walked out.

At the gate, Hongzao was lying on the ground and taking a nap. It was quite hygienic and didn't lie down where it had defecated or urinated.

Lin Heng went back to the house, took a shovel and cleaned it, drove it up and opened the door to go out.

There were no big trees in front of his house to block the view, and he could see the Shiban River at a glance.

At this time, the Shiban River had turned into an angry yellow dragon. The heavy rain overnight had caused a large flood, and it seemed to be coming ashore.

He went to the old house first to see that Lin's father and Caiyun were processing the fish they caught last night.

Today is Thursday, but with such heavy rain and the flood in the river, she would definitely not be able to go to school. Because she had to cross the Shiban River to go to town, and there was no bridge now.

Lin's father looked up at him and said, "If you go to get grass for the horse, you don't have to go. Your eldest brother got three bundles of cow grass this morning. You can just take one bundle back to feed it."

"That's good." Lin Heng quickly turned around and ran outside the cowshed to get a bundle of cow grass back.

Throw part of it to Hongzao, and the other part was used to feed the forest musk deer. The little guy is now quite comfortable, lying in the pen and enjoying this kind of life where food comes and goes.

After feeding the animals in the house, Lin Heng ran to his father with the 100-refined steel dagger. His eldest brother also came back wearing a raincoat.

He was holding a small black dog in his hand. He looked at Lin Heng and said with a smile: "Brother, what do you think of this five-black dog? I plan to tie it behind the house to watch over the pig and chicken pens."

Father Lin looked at the howling puppy and said: "Did you see how many whiskers it has? As the saying goes, one dragon, two tigers, three cats, and four mice, too much grain is not good."

The dog looked one month old, chubby all over, and barked in a baby voice.

Five-black dogs refer to dogs with black hair, head, tail, soles of feet, and tongue.

The whiskers that Father Lin mentioned refer to the long hard whiskers on the dog's chin. Rural people believe that the fewer whiskers a dog has, the smarter it is, but there is no basis for this.

"Three whiskers, I just met this dog on the road, and it has been following me. I asked and was told that it was a stray dog ​​in the village, so I picked it up." Lin Yue turned the dog over and said.

"That's not bad." Father Lin nodded.

Lin Yue played with the dog for a while and then took it home.

"Caiyun, I'll kill it, you take out the internal organs."

Lin Heng took out his 100-refined steel dagger to help kill the fish. The knife was sharp, and the fish's belly was opened with a slight cut.

"Okay, second brother!" Caiyun nodded.

With Lin Heng's participation, especially his fast knife, all the fish were gutted in more than half an hour.

The largest one here was no more than three taels, and there was no need to remove the scales and gills.

Lin Heng sorted the fish, one basin each for stream grouper, yellow catfish (yellow catfish), and whitebait.

Among them, stream grouper was the most, followed by whitebait and whitebait, and yellow catfish was the third.

He took a beam scale and weighed it. The stream grouper weighed six pounds, the whitebait and whitebait together weighed four pounds, and the yellow catfish weighed two pounds.

"Last night's work was not in vain." Lin's father said with a smile.

"Weigh the yellow eel again." Lin Heng weighed the yellow eel again.

"12 jin of yellow eel, not bad." Caiyun looked at the scale and said with a smile.

Lin Heng also weighed the super-large yellow eel separately, and it was not three jin, but only two and a half jin.

The turtle of the eldest brother was one jin and two liang, the turtle of Lin's father was two jin and five liang, and his grass turtle was only half a jin.

But generally speaking, the first time I went to the river at night this year, the harvest was still good.

"How to divide it?" Caiyun asked curiously.

"The fish and yellow eel can be divided casually, whoever catches the turtle will get it." Lin Heng spread his hands.

After a pause, he continued: "I'll take some yellow croaker and river grouper, and you can divide the rest. Keep the yellow eel first, and take it when you want to eat it."

As he said that, he found a basin and poured some yellow thorn bone and river grouper into it. It was enough, and Lin's father poured him some more.

"Don't pour it, I'm going to take you over for dinner later, Dad." Lin Heng poured some back helplessly.

"We've already had breakfast, and I won't go even if you pull me." Father Lin glared at him.

"Caiyun, are you going? Let's go and have some fish soup." Lin Heng asked again.

"Go!" Caiyun was not polite, and took an umbrella and followed Lin Heng to his house.

"Second brother, this is the horse you bought, it's really beautiful." Caiyun walked into the yard, touched the red dates, and added some grass to it.

"Yes, you close the door."

Lin Heng nodded, took the fish and walked into the house, looked at Xiulan and asked: "Wife, is the meal ready?"

"The rice is already in the pot, and it will be taken out and drained immediately." Xiulan said while holding the fire.

"Then take the rice out and use the yellow thorn bone to make soup." Lin Heng handed the fish to Xiulan and said.

"Okay, you go pick some coriander and I'll cook it." Xiulan nodded.

Lin Heng went out and picked a bunch of coriander in the yard. This is the good thing about the countryside, the dishes can be made with great care.

Just like this coriander, his family planted several square meters of it, but they couldn't eat it all, and finally had to feed the pigs.

Xiaoxia was playing with dolls and cars on the mat in the house, and Jinbao was watching from the side, chasing from time to time.

Caiyun was entangled by Xiaoxia when she entered the house after watching the horse. Lin Heng picked the coriander and washed it. He didn't remove the roots, thinking that it tasted better with roots.

Xiulan picked up the rice, put oil in the pot, fried the yellow catfish and ginger together for a while, added boiling water, and a pot of milky white fish soup was soon ready. Put the coriander in and blanch it, add salt and pepper to season it, and it's done.

"Eat!" Xiulan said with a smile. It was almost nine o'clock now, and she was hungry.

"Okay!" Lin Heng helped to serve the dishes.

The dishes in the morning were quite rich. In addition to fish soup, there were pickled bamboo shoots, hot and sour potato shreds, sour cowpea fried meat, and cold cucumber shreds.

"It's really rich!" Caiyun's eyes lit up. The second brother's food was really good.

"Mom can't bear to eat it, there's nothing I can do." Lin Heng spread his hands, there was no way to change this in a short time.

"Then you should eat more." Xiulan looked at Caiyun and said with a smile.

Yellow thorn bone is like catfish, it has no bones, except for the spine, it's all meat. Lin Heng picked up one for Xiaoxia, and she could eat it slowly by herself.

"Delicious!"

Xiaoxia puffed her cheeks, she liked catfish and yellow thorn bone the most, and plum fish (Qinling fine-scaled salmon) was also very popular.

All the dishes on the table were good for rice. Lin Heng ate two large bowls of rice and drank a bowl of fish soup. There were whole corianders in the fish soup, which tasted very good.

But it was a little hard to chew, so I had to eat it whole.

The meal was eaten very slowly, mainly because there was nothing to do even after eating, so I just chewed it slowly and enjoyed life.

The rain kept falling, and it was still raining heavily when Lin Heng fed Xiongba after dinner. Xiongba's doghouse was flooded, so he simply abandoned the doghouse and ran under the eaves to eat.

Xiulan cleaned up the dishes and took out the needle and thread to sew the soles of her shoes, while Caiyun took a book and told Xiaoxia a story.

Lin Heng was thinking of getting a fireplace for his home. It was still very cold in winter. It was minus ten degrees here and there was no heating. He had to rely on the fire to keep warm.

There was a fire room at home, right next to their master bedroom to the west, but it couldn't warm the master bedroom. He thought of building a fireplace for the master bedroom.

But it was just a thought, and he had no intention of doing it yet.

After reading Tiangong Kaiwu for a while, Lin Heng flipped through the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. There was really nothing to do on this rainy day.

In the afternoon, the rain was a little lighter, from heavy rain to light rain. Lin Heng went out to get some horse grass for Hongzao and made a pot of thinner corn paste to feed it.

The rest of the time was spent watching the rain, taking care of his daughter, talking to Xiulan, etc.

It was not until the evening that the rain finally stopped.

"Today is September 21st. There should be matsutake and broom mushrooms (coral mushrooms). Look for them tomorrow." Lin Heng said while looking outside.

"I know a place where there are broom mushrooms every year. I'll take you there tomorrow. Let's take Xiongba with us." Xiulan nodded.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.

The next morning, the rain really stopped. The sky was cloudless and blue, and the golden sunrise was particularly bright.

Lin's mother came and knocked on the door early in the morning: "I'm going to herd cattle. Do you want me to herd your horses for you?"

"Mom, where are you herding cattle?" Lin Heng asked curiously.

"Right in front of the door, in the fields and outside the fields." Lin's mother said.

Lin Heng immediately smiled and said, "Mom, then you can take Xiaoxia with you. Xiulan and I want to go to the mountain to pick mushrooms."

"I knew it was no good." Lin's mother rolled her eyes and continued, "It's okay, but I'm afraid he will stick to you and won't let me take him."

"That's okay, just take two bags of shrimp crackers." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Lin's mother nodded and agreed, "Okay, hurry up."

Lin Heng went into the house and said something to Xiulan, and the two of them called Xiaoxia up and took two bags of shrimp crackers to her mother.

Lin Heng helped drive the cattle, horses and sheep outside the field to graze.

"Dad!" Xiaoxia chased Lin Heng when she saw him leaving.

"I'll be back in a while, you eat first." Lin Heng coaxed her.

Xiaoxia saw that it was her favorite shrimp crackers, hesitated for a second, and nodded.

When Lin Heng returned home, Xiulan had already prepared breakfast. After eating, the two of them carried Xiongba up the mountain with a backpack.

The two walked along the hillside behind the door for a distance, and Xiulan said: "It is in this forest that I can pick up a lot of broom mushrooms every September and October."

"I have seen one." Lin Heng said, and walked a few steps to the left front, and saw an orange-yellow broom mushroom, the size of a palm, which can weigh more than half a pound after being picked.

This broom mushroom is still the kind that has just grown. The fully grown broom mushroom is really like coral, with a large cluster of high and low, and one weighs more than a pound, but that kind is not delicious.

It is the best to have this fist-sized one, with only the main trunk and the coral branches not growing much.

"I saw several too!" Xiulan also picked them up happily.

The orange-yellow color of the broom mushroom is too conspicuous in this forest. Except for the very small ones that are still under the leaves, the others can be seen at a glance. Xiongba is not as fast as people at this time, because he is short and his vision is blocked.

But if you can't find the mushroom nest, you may not find a single one all day long. This thing grows in groups.

After picking, the two poured the mushrooms together. Looking at the half bag of broom mushrooms, Lin Heng smiled happily: "I have picked more than 20 kilograms this time."

The purchase price of coral mushrooms is not high, but fresh ones are delicious when fried.

"Do you know other nests of broom mushrooms?" Lin Heng looked at his wife.

"I don't know." Xiulan shook her head.

"Then let's go directly to the pine forest to find matsutake truffles." Lin Heng suggested. The prices of these two kinds of mushrooms are very high.

The dried matsutake costs ten yuan per kilogram, while the price of black truffles is more expensive. The fresh ones cost ten yuan per kilogram, ten kilograms per kilogram, and the dried ones cost one hundred yuan per kilogram. The price is extremely high.

After all, it is known as one of the three major delicacies in the world, along with foie gras and caviar, and its price has always been very expensive.

At least the matsutake has a small head popping out of the ground, while the black truffle is completely in the soil, and you can only rely on luck and fragrance to find it.

Xiulan reached out and pulled Lin Heng up a stone step, nodding: "Okay!"

In the pine forest, Xiongba can play the role of his dog nose.

The two walked all the way towards the pine forest, and it took half an hour to reach a pine forest.

"Xiongba, it's up to you!" Lin Heng touched its head.

"Awoo!"

Xiongba started to search with his nose close to the ground.

Lin Heng and Xiulan followed it forward while picking up some pine milk mushrooms. There were not many pine milk mushrooms in this pine forest. You could only see one or two after walking more than ten meters.

But it had just rained, and the pine milk mushrooms were all very beautiful, some orange-yellow, and some orange-red. The purchase price of this thing is not high, because only fresh ones taste good.

It took half an hour to walk around the pine forest on this half of the mountain. Not only did they not find matsutake and black truffles, they only picked up less than a pound of pine milk mushrooms.

"Go to a taller forest."

Lin Heng was not discouraged. He took his wife and Xiongba to continue moving forward. The older the pine forest, the greater the hope.

Without the child, the two of them were still very fast. After crossing the mountain ridge, they came to a pine forest. The pine trees in this forest were much taller, and they were all as thick as one person's arms.

"No way, we didn't find a single pine mushroom?"

Halfway through, Lin Heng was shocked. This forest was like a poisoned forest, and there was not a single mushroom.

"Then we can only change to another forest." Xiulan spread her hands and said, she knew that it was not easy to find pine mushrooms.

Lin Heng nodded: "This is the only way, we won't stop until we find it today."

Although there were no miscellaneous trees in the pine forest, the road was easy to walk on, but the pine needles were too slippery, and the two of them slipped from time to time.

After leaving the pine forest and coming to the junction with the acorn forest, Xiongba suddenly turned his head and roared: "Woof woof!!"

"Any harvest?"

Lin Heng ran over excitedly, and didn't care about falling twice, and stood up and continued walking.

When he came to where Xiongba was squatting and pulled apart the bamboo leaves, he couldn't help but grin. He turned his head and saw Xiulan and said, "It's a matsutake, come and dig it."

"Okay!" Xiulan nodded repeatedly. She had never dug a matsutake by herself.

Lin Heng pulled apart all the leaves and found all the matsutake. When Xiulan came to dig matsutake, the task was handed over to her.

"So many, there are seven in this piece." Xiulan came over and said in surprise.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "Hurry up and dig it. I still have three here, and there may be more nearby."

Xiulan nodded, used a small hoe to pull apart the soft soil, and pulled out a matsutake. These were all matsutakes that had not yet opened their umbrellas, and were in the best state.

"It smells so good!" Xiulan smelled it and was so happy.

After Lin Heng found all the matsutakes nearby, he touched Xiongba to watch his wife dig, so that she could experience the joy of digging matsutake.

"There are eighteen of them, which weighs one kilogram. This is a great place!" Xiulan said with a smile as she looked at the matsutake mushrooms in the bag.

"I'll make a mark, and I'll come directly next time." Lin Heng smiled slightly, restored the ground to its original state, and cut an X-shaped mark on the pine tree, so it would be easy to find it next time.

Then the two of them took Xiongba to search along the edge of the pine forest. Not long after, Xiulan exclaimed: "I have it here."

Lin Heng ran over and looked around, and the two dug out a total of eight matsutake mushrooms.

"We're lucky today." Lin Heng smelled the matsutake mushrooms, which had a faint fragrance.

Xiulan said excitedly: "Keep looking!"

After searching this pine forest, the two found another pine forest, and unknowingly they had climbed two mountains.

This third pine forest is very large, stretching across two mountains. Lin Heng thinks that black truffles may be found in it.

"There are so many pine milk mushrooms in this forest!"

Not long after entering the forest, the two saw many orange-yellow pine milk mushrooms scattered among the pine needles, which were extremely beautiful.

Of course, they would not let go of the pine milk mushrooms, and the two bent down to pick them.

The air in this forest is fresh and quiet, but the two had no time to appreciate it. Their eyes were on the pine milk mushrooms on the ground.

"So many!"

Lin Heng looked at his bag. He had only walked a few hundred meters and picked up more than ten or twenty kilograms.

Picking mushrooms is like this. If you encounter a mushroom nest with too many mushrooms, you will be annoyed. Lin Heng and Xiulan are now very annoyed.

"Woof woof~~"

Lin Heng was picking mushrooms. He heard Xiongba's call in the distance. He looked up and saw that Xiulan had passed by, so he did not move and continued to pick pine milk mushrooms.

"It's still Matsutake!" Xiulan said.

"Then you pick it up. I won't go over." Lin Heng is now eager to unlock black truffles and is no longer so interested in Matsutake.

Of course, this is just talk. If you see it, you will definitely not let it go.

After picking up a few pounds of pine mushrooms, Lin Heng found that this mushroom was gone. It was really gone suddenly.

He looked at the watch. It was already two o'clock in the afternoon. Because they had been looking for mushrooms, they didn't feel hungry.

They brought some dry food in their backpacks. They planned to pick mushrooms until the afternoon before going back.

Looking at the scattered sunlight in the sky, Lin Heng decided to look for a while and then meet his wife for dinner.

"Well, there are also Ganoderma lucidum here?"

Lin Heng didn't find the matsutake mushroom, but he saw a red Ganoderma lucidum.

I didn't find much Ganoderma lucidum today, because I didn't have much hope for Ganoderma lucidum in the pine forest. I didn't expect to find one here.

This one is not small, half the size of a palm, red, and graceful.

"Hey, there are more than just Ganoderma lucidum here!"

When he walked up to it, Lin Heng immediately found something different. There was something wrong with the ground.