Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"It turns out to be Uncle Tian. Let's go into the house and talk."

Lin Heng opened the door and saw that it was Tian Dongfu, the village party secretary, and said with a smile.

"Okay." Tian Dongfu was not polite and went directly into the house.

"Xiulan, scoop a bowl of rice for Uncle Tian." Lin Heng said while pouring a cup of tea for Tian Dongfu.

Tian Dongfu quickly stopped Xiulan, shook his head and said, "No, I just ate at home and am very full now. I have something to discuss with Lin Heng."

"Uncle Tian, ​​you're welcome. You can eat some more after you eat it." Xiulan said with a smile.

"No, I came here just after dinner." Tian Dongfu waved his hands repeatedly.

In this way, Xiulan had no choice but to give up.

"Uncle Tian, ​​drink water." Lin Heng nodded and handed over the tea.

Tian Dongfu put it on the table to dry, looked at Lin Heng and said: "I am here to discuss the matter of electrifying our village."

Lin Heng had already guessed this, nodded and said, "This is a good thing. It is inconvenient to do anything in the village without electricity. If you want to become rich, you must build roads and provide electricity."

Tian Dongfu nodded: "That's the truth. I've gotten to know the power station in town these days and applied for some subsidies. But even so, each family still has to pay 15 yuan to get electricity."

Lin Heng was not surprised by the price. 15 yuan is not a lot, but it is still a lot. Some families may not be willing to pay this amount.

Especially after electricity is turned on, you still have to pay the electricity bill, which is not something everyone is happy with. This is especially true for some pedantic people, who are completely unwilling to accept new things.

Naturally, Lin Heng had to work together to connect Murakami with electricity. It was too inconvenient to not have electricity. He couldn't stand kerosene lamps for a long time, and he had been lighting candles recently.

"Then let's mobilize. You can start with the rich people. I believe most of them still want to have electricity. And you can also use some appropriate rhetoric, saying that everyone agrees that if there is no electricity now, it will be more expensive without subsidies in the future. "Yes." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He believed that no matter how poor they were, it would be okay for a family to spend fifteen yuan, and that they would have a chance to become rich when electricity was available.

Tian Dongfu glanced at Lin Heng and thought that this boy was quite good at it. He nodded and said, "That's what I mean. You, I and the village chief will work on this together.

I estimate that it will rain in the next two days. If it rains, it will be easier for everyone to stay at home. Let’s go to everyone’s home to mobilize. "

"Okay, no problem, just let me know when the time comes." Lin Heng nodded and said, this matter must be done no matter what.

"By the way, I have applied for a ten thousand yuan household commendation for you. Then you will be our village's model worker and leader in getting rich." Tian Dongfu took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

"Ah, I don't have 10,000 yuan in savings now." Lin Heng spread his hands and said with a wry smile. He didn't want this reputation and would be easily jealous.

"As long as you have it. If you have a buying station and dig fish ponds, you are taking the lead in getting rich. And having this name will have many benefits. You can apply for many entrepreneurial subsidies and so on, and apply for some documents. It’s a lot more convenient.” Tian Dongfu said with a smile.

Not only does this matter give him face, but the leaders of the town also need it. Working for a year definitely requires some achievements, and being the youngest-ever million-yuan household in town is definitely a gimmick that could make it into the newspapers.

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Tian." Lin Heng didn't refuse. It would be good to meet the leaders of the town through this and get acquainted with them.

After saying this and chatting briefly, Tian Dongfu finished his tea and left.

"Honey, how many sweet potatoes have you ground?" Lin Heng asked curiously.

Xiulan said: "It's more than 2,000 jins. The sweet potato flour that comes out is about 300 jins. Mom means to grind it into 5,000 jins and leave 3,000 jins, which will be used later to make sweet wine."

"Then you guys are pretty fast. When you're done, I'll beat the fern roots into powder." Lin Heng was a little surprised. This speed was much faster than he expected.

"It will slow down in the next two days. There are too many sweet potato residues, and the pigs at home can't finish them." Xiulan said.

Lin Heng nodded, took two mouthfuls of rice, and continued chatting.

Xiulan recently gained a friend, Tian Yan. After meeting her at the last barbecue party, she often came to Xiulan to wash clothes and ask for advice on some life matters.

Sometimes she would teach Xiaoxia how to write at home, but Xiaoxia was not interested in this and would run away when she saw her.

Lin Heng naturally didn't have any objections to this. After Caiyun went to school, Xiulan happened to have no friends to chat with, so it would be nice to have Tian Yan to play with her.

Moreover, Tian Yan unexpectedly discovered that Lin Heng had a lot of books at home, so she became even more interested in coming to play with Xiulan.

After eating, Lin Heng took the initiative to wash the dishes. His wife's little hands were injured while grinding sweet potatoes.

"Your hands are not infected, right?" After rinsing the bowl, Lin Heng picked up his wife's hand and looked at it.

After more than half a year of maintenance, he was really distressed when his slender, fair little hand was injured. There was a centimeter-long scratch on the index finger.

Xiulan looked at him, blinked and shook her head and said, "There's no infection. I'm wearing the rubber gloves you bought for me now and they haven't gotten wet."

"That's good. It's troublesome if it's infected." Xiulan nodded, holding her wife's hand and touching it for a while. It was really nice to touch, soft and smooth.

Xiulan looked at him helplessly and could only let him touch her hand. She felt very happy and simply lay on his lap to rest.

"There have been a lot of Hericium and Enoki mushrooms in the mountains these past two days, and oyster mushrooms and matsutake mushrooms are also coming out. When will you go pick them up with me?" Xiulan asked, lying on Lin Heng's lap, looking up at him.

Lin Heng looked at his wife's big eyes and alluring red lips, thought for a while and said, "It will definitely rain in the next two days. When it rains lightly, let's go directly to Baishigou to look for fungi."

He also wants to go looking for fungi with his wife. After the fungi are found, this period of time is also suitable for hunting. The leaves have fallen, and pheasants and other things can be easily found.

"Okay, let's go look for it when it rains." Xiulan nodded.

After taking a nap at noon, Xiulan took Xiaoxia to her parents' place to continue grinding sweet potatoes.

Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain with his father and elder brother. After ten days of work, the stone ridges in the second and third rows were built. The ridges built with cement mortar were very smooth and looked beautiful.

The land leveling work for these two rows is also in full swing. The land in the second row has basically been leveled. Looking at the huge flat site that is 400 meters long and 15 meters wide, Lin Heng feels very comfortable. Everyone is doing this. Very well done.

There is no rush to spread the lines of the fish pond for the time being. It will not be too late to spread the lines once all the land is leveled.

After looking at it twice, he took cornmeal to feed the grass carp fry, and then started working with everyone else.

This mountain is empty and the autumn wind is quite strong in late autumn, which is just right and very comfortable for people who sweat from work.

It was very interesting to chat with Li Shiwei and others while working.

Lin Heng originally wanted to build a waterwheel during this period, but after trying it for a while he decided to invite his father to join him.

It would be too hard for one person to make this thing, and his carpentry work was not even interesting.

"It's been cloudy and sunny for half a month, and it hasn't rained yet. Maybe there's going to be another big one."

Li Shiwei looked at the sky and said, he was looking forward to it. If it rains heavily, he might be able to pick up the dark wood again.

He also wanted to make a small fortune so that he could straighten his back when he returned home and make his wife obedient and not dare to contradict him.

"I guess not. It doesn't rain much in late autumn." Lin Heng said with a smile.

The weather did give him face. In the past twenty days of work, it rained twice, which had no impact.

"I guess it won't rain heavily. It's very beautiful to dig yams during this period." Li Baiquan said with a smile.

"Yes." Lin Heng nodded, and when he mentioned yams, he couldn't help but miss them.

The wild yam tasted really good last time. It was delicate and sweet, and became soft when cooked. It was much more delicious than artificially grown ones.

I ate one of the lilies I dug on Chestnut Mountain last time when I got home. It made me cry because of the pain, so I planted them all in the backyard to see the flowers next year.

And lilies are also edible, so they are great for making flower cakes.

Li Shiwei patted him on the shoulder: "When the fish pond is dug, you go to our house and I will take you up the mountain to dig. We have a mountain with many big yams."

"Let's talk about it then. I'm not sure whether to go or not yet." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye. The rain has not yet fallen, and the leveling work on the fish pond is about to be completed.

Because the slope is not that big in the first place, leveling is not particularly labor-intensive.

Lin Heng saw that it was not raining, so he went to the town to deal with the purchase and delivery of goods.

He first went to the city alone, taking his compound bow with him.

Ge Qingshan learned that he was going to the city and ran to Li Chengguo.

"Lin Heng, please do the math. I bought these things ten days ago." Ge Qingshan looked at Lin Heng and said in surprise.

"Then let's find a place to play." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"I have a place, come with me." Ge Qingshan said with a smile, and took Lin Heng to an empty factory on his motorcycle.

There are arrow targets set up here, and it seems that Ge Qingshan has already prepared them.

"Your place is pretty good, Lin Heng." Ge Qingshan said with a smile.

Lin Heng nodded: "Very good, let's get started."

"Okay." Ge Qingshan opened the things. In addition to his compound bow, there were also the hunting arrows Lin Heng mentioned.

"These fifty triangular-headed hunting arrows are all bought according to your request, costing two yuan each." Ge Qingshan looked at Lin Heng and said.

"Thank you. I'll give you the money later and let's start practicing first." Lin Heng looked at the hunting arrows and was very satisfied.

This is much better than what he modified himself, and the weight is more reasonable.

It's expensive, but it's not cheap to play with modern compound bows. Fortunately, these fifty bows are enough for him to use for several years.

He started from scratch and taught Ge Qingshan bit by bit, and then let him test-fire by himself while he watched and corrected the situation.

After practicing for two hours, Ge Qingshan couldn't help but stop and rest.

He took a sip of water, looked at Lin Heng and asked curiously: "How far can you shoot while maintaining accuracy?"

Lin Heng thought for a while and said: "I can shoot within the seventh ring within a hundred and fifty meters, and I can hit the target from two to three hundred meters. I shot a golden rooster to death from a hundred meters away a few days ago."

"So awesome!!" Ge Qingshan said in surprise.

"After all, this is what I rely on for a living." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He picked up the compound bow and started shooting at the farthest eighty-meter target.

Five arrows in a row, all within the eighth ring. When he took the bow, he felt like he could hit it. This was where his talent lay.

Just like a top student picking up a math problem and knowing how to solve it.

Ge Qingshan clapped his hands and applauded: "Awesome! You can compete in competitions at your level."

Lin Heng smiled and shook his head and said, "I'm not interested."

Although he has talent, those on the national team are more talented, and you can't make much money playing games in this era, it's better to hunt.

"Then how long do you think it will take me to reach your level?" Ge Qingshan asked curiously.

Lin Heng glanced at him and smiled and said, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Of course it's the truth." Ge Qingshan said.

"It may take at least two years, but you can try hunting after practicing hunting for half a year." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He didn't hit him too hard. In fact, some people may not reach his level even after practicing for several years.

"That's okay, I can stick to it. When can you take me to try hunting?" Ge Qingshan nodded, thinking about hunting.

"Let's talk about it after it snows. It's not easy to hunt recently." Lin Heng shook his head and said.

"Okay, I'm already thirsty." Ge Qingshan rubbed his arm and started practicing again.

He can hit the target at 20 meters now, and he will fly out from time to time.

"Then you can go fishing, just put a fishing line on the arrow." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Good idea, I will find a place to go fishing in a few days." Ge Qingshan's eyes lit up.

The two practiced archery together until noon, and then went to eat. Lin Heng gave him the money for buying arrows and treated him to a meal.

After playing for a while in the afternoon, Lin Heng went home with the truck.

The truck delivered some goods. Lin Heng calculated the accounts and made 200 yuan from selling goods this month, a little more than last month.

In the evening, Lin Heng went fishing with Grandpa Gao. He didn't go back today and slept in Huangtan Town.

Fish are easy to catch in autumn. In the evening, he caught three or four catties of crucian carp and a carp in more than an hour. Lin Heng had a rare good time.

The next day, the truck that came to pull mountain goods also came up. After settlement, the profit was 520 yuan. This month is the time when the most goods are received in the year. It is not outrageous to have this income.

And because the purchase price he offered was relatively high, many people from the neighboring towns also came to sell goods.

After paying Wang Zhou's wages, Lin Heng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, close the store today, and I'll take you upstairs to see the girl."

"Ah, today! Wouldn't that be bad?"

Hearing this, Wang Zhou immediately became shy.

"Why are you shy? Just follow me." Lin Heng was speechless. What's there to be afraid of when seeing a woman?

Wang Zhou hesitated again: "Then I..."

"Don't say anything, just go upstairs with me to see the person." Lin Heng waved his hand and interrupted him.

After closing the store and saying something to Grandpa Gao, the two left directly.

Lin Heng led the horse and walked back with Wang Zhou.

It was already past one o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived at Hongfeng Village. Xiulan was grinding sweet potato flour in the yard.

"What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you." Xiulan wiped her hands and said to Lin Heng.

"No, I can do it myself." Lin Heng waved his hand and said.

"Are you sure?" Xiulan asked again.

"Well, you do your thing."

Lin Heng nodded and took Wang Zhou home to cook a meal.

"Brother Lin, what do you think I should say when we meet later?" Wang Zhou was shy again during the meal.

"Just say whatever you want to say. If you like her, just say you like her." Lin Heng looked indifferent.

Wang Zhou widened his eyes: "Is this appropriate?"

"Why not? If you don't say it, how can she know?" Lin Heng rolled his eyes.

After dinner, he set off with Wang Zhou.

After asking people, he finally found Liu Cihua who was herding cattle in Shibadanggou.

When they came over, Liu Cihua was sitting on the stone man in a daze. Seeing Lin Heng, he was stunned at first, and then stood up quickly. Looking at him, he said, "What's the matter?"

"Liu Cihua, this is Wang Zhou. He likes you and wants to marry you." Lin Heng pushed Wang Zhou over and said directly.

"Ah!!"

Lin Heng's straightforward words startled Wang Zhou and Liu Cihua, and the frequency was surprisingly consistent.

Lin Heng glanced at Wang Zhou and smiled: "Have a good chat. If you don't chat for half an hour, I will deduct your salary when you come out."

After that, he left and went downstream without paying attention to them.

After Lin Heng left, the two of them were stunned and motionless.

After several minutes, the two carefully looked at each other.

"Where are you from?" In the end, Liu Cihua spoke first.

Wang Zhou couldn't say a word for a long time.

...

After waiting for half an hour, Wang Zhou came out with a red face.

Lin Heng glanced at him and said: "How is it? Do you like it?"

Wang Zhou nodded and smiled shyly: "Yeah, she is so beautiful, I think she is very suitable."

Liu Cihua's appearance has exceeded his own expectations. If she was more beautiful, he would not dare to look at her, and instinctively feel that he is not worthy of her.

At this moment, Liu Cihua's appearance is still in his mind, and her bulging breasts.

"What does she mean?" Lin Heng asked again.

Speaking of this, Wang Zhou was confused: "This... I don't know either."

He didn't say much just now, and he didn't understand what Liu Cihua meant at all.

"This is easy. Go pick some wild chrysanthemums and send them over. If she doesn't refuse, there will be a chance." Lin Heng smiled.

When Wang Zhou heard about sending flowers, his heart was pounding even more, and he was a little afraid to act.

"If you don't want to do it, then go back. I can only help you up to this point." Lin Heng spread his hands and said, not understanding what was so scary about women.

"I'll go." Wang Zhou gritted his teeth, picked some wild chrysanthemums on the roadside, turned around and ran in.

Lin Heng took a look and thought there was no problem. People would find their own position. These two people were very suitable.

Not long after, Wang Zhou ran out with a smile.

"She accepted Brother Lin." Wang Zhou said excitedly.

"I've made it clear to you. Her mother is dumb and her father is a little demented. If you want to marry her, you have to think about it carefully." Lin Heng warned.

"It's okay. As long as she is fine." Wang Zhou waved his hand and felt that it was not a problem. Now his mind was full of Liu Cihua's appearance.

"Okay, that's it for now. You save some money and discuss it with your parents. Find a time next year to ask someone to propose marriage."

Lin Heng nodded and said, taking Wang Zhou back, strolling around, and then letting him go back to town. For the time being, he still had to let him calm down, so as not to make a decision in a hurry and harm himself and the girl.

Just after sending Wang Zhou away, the sky began to drizzle, and with the autumn wind, Lin Heng, who was peeing on the side of the road, shuddered.

Lin Heng looked at his watch. It was past four in the afternoon. He turned around and went to Hongfeng Mountain.

Today is November 16th. The leveling work of the Hongfeng Mountain construction site was completely completed this morning. In the afternoon, the stone steps near the mountain stream and some minor flaws were dealt with.

"Lin Heng, there is no work to do. Do you want to cast the line and start digging the pond?" Lin's father looked at him.

Lin Heng stood on the flat ground and took a look. He was very satisfied and shook his head and said, "No, let's leave it when we are done. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we will come again."

"That's fine." Lin's father nodded. He wanted to let everyone work for a while, but the rain was getting heavier.

He had to let people sign and leave quickly.

When they got home, the drizzle had turned into moderate rain. With the whistling autumn wind, people were shivering from the cold.

"Hurry up and help put all the dried fish and persimmon cakes into the house." Lin's mother shouted when she saw them. They were busy collecting sweet potato flour.

"Okay." Lin Heng and others quickly put the things into the house.

After the things were put into the house, several people looked at the gloomy rain with emotion.

"It seems that we can't work tomorrow." Li Shiwei sighed.

"Of course, I estimate it will rain for two or three days." Lin Yue also nodded.

Lin Heng thought that the rain was good, just right to let the newly leveled land settle well, which is conducive to the later construction.

"Let's cook, I'm very hungry, and I'll have a good drink tonight." Lin's father shook his head.

Lin's mother agreed and went to cook.

Among the five dishes for dinner, the most popular one for Lin Heng was undoubtedly the fried white strips with chopped peppers.

This small white strip fish rod is fried with chopped peppers, which is fragrant and spicy, and it is simply too perfect.

Lin Heng thinks that the only thing that can compare with it is braised meat, and bacon can't compare.

"If it rains tomorrow, then we will get up early and go back when the weather is clear." Li Baiquan said at the dinner table.

Mother Lin did not stop them and nodded, saying, "It's time to go back. The fish has been dried. You can take it back."

Lin Heng looked at his uncle and Li Shiwei and said, "Do you want me to settle the wages first?"

Li Shiwei shook his head, "No need for that. We still have to work. Let's settle the wages together at the end."

Li Baiquan also nodded and said, "Besides, if you pay us wages in advance, it will be bad for others to pay in advance. We are not in a hurry."

"Okay then." Lin Heng did not say much. It was indeed reasonable.

After dinner, the rain was still pouring down. The sky was gloomy. It was a little difficult to see the road at six o'clock.

Lin Heng held his daughter and Xiulan held an umbrella. The three of them returned home quickly.

It was raining so hard that they could not do anything else. After taking a bath, they all went to bed. Xiaoxia did not sleep in her small bed, but crawled around on the big bed.

Lin Heng and Xiulan were not sleepy either. Lin Heng read a book to entertain Xiulan. When it was almost time, I changed to a storybook to coax Xiaoxia to sleep.

The next morning, although the rain was a little lighter, it was still moderate.

At around eight o'clock, Lin Heng was having breakfast when there was a knock on the door.

"I'm here."

Lin Heng knew who it was without thinking, and he said, and walked over to open the door.