Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"What's going on?"

Lin Heng said doubtfully.

"It's not a big deal, I just want you to see if our layout is suitable." Lu Honghai said with a smile.

"Yes, didn't you say yesterday that the layout of the house was unreasonable? We changed it again." Zhang Gaolian said with a smile.

"Well, let me go and take a look." Lin Heng agreed.

When he walked over and took a look, his uncle and aunt did what they said and changed the position of the bed.

In fact, he just said something casually yesterday, but I didn't expect that everyone actually listened to him.

"That's good." Lin Heng nodded.

"That's fine. I'll show you other things. Your third uncle is still killing the muntjac. The muntjac he shot yesterday weighs more than forty pounds. You can take some back to eat later."

The uncle walked over and said to Lin Heng, with an extremely happy smile on his face.

He was able to get a wife this time all thanks to his nephew. A group of relatives outside were not as important as him alone.

Therefore, he would unconsciously be convinced and approve of Lin Heng's words.

"Thank you, uncle." Lin Heng smiled and nodded, not being polite to his uncle.

Lu Honghai took Lin Heng around, first to look at the muntjacs that were still being slaughtered, and then at the ginseng seeds that were still sprouting.

After looking around for a while, he saw that breakfast had been prepared and his cousin came over to ask him to eat.

"Lin Heng, you are so rich now, why don't you get a house to live in the city? The mountains are too backward." My cousin Lu Youfang asked curiously while walking.

"I like to stay in the mountains, and breeding can't be done in the city." Lin Heng responded lightly.

"That's right." Lu Youfang was helpless.

When Lin Heng came over for breakfast, a relative soon asked, "Lin Heng, I heard that you and your uncle made a deal and asked him to grow ginseng and astragalus for me. What's going on?"

Lin Heng had known that someone would ask this question today, so he said straightforwardly: "It does happen, but there is no chance this year. If you want to do it, I will let you know when there is a chance next time."

"Why don't we have a chance? We can still plant it now, right?" someone asked.

"I have no money to buy seeds. If you have money to buy seeds and plant them yourself, I can still charge you according to the market price." Lin Heng raised his head and smiled.

He knows that most of the relatives here have no ill intentions and just want to make money, so they are extremely enthusiastic towards him. This is human nature.

But this does not mean that he has to help, because these relatives have not given his family any help before.

After hearing this, everyone was a little silent. They had inquired about the prices of astragalus and ginseng seeds. They were 50 cents and 80 cents per catty respectively, which were not cheap at all.

"We just don't have that much capital." Lin Heng's second aunt said.

"It's better to wait until later. Be sure to inform us when you have the chance." Lin Heng's fourth uncle also said regretfully.

After hearing Lin Heng's words, most people could only give up temporarily.

But some people are not like this. Lin Heng's third aunt smiled and said: "Cousin, we are all a family. You have done it for your uncle and uncle, so help us too. Remember when we make money." Yours is great.”

"Yes, we will remember your good deeds when we are rich. Our family members should help each other. Don't you look down on us poor relatives now that you are rich?" Lin Heng's sixth uncle also had a full face. Said with a smile.

"Yeah, just help us."

"You are from a household worth ten thousand yuan, how can you not afford a few seeds?"

Someone started, and soon others followed.

Lin Heng ate the food calmly and waited for these people to finish speaking.

He counted and there were eleven people in total. He chuckled and said, "The eleven people you just spoke to want my help. Then tell me what you have done to help my family. Tell me." I’ll help you.”

As soon as Lin Heng said these words, these people were stunned for a moment, and then tried hard to think about it, but they couldn't think of it at all.

"You can't think of it, right? Then don't say such things again. Today is my uncle's wedding, and I don't want to care about it."

Lin Heng waved his hand, stood up and prepared to go out.

Aunt Lin Hengsan suddenly said: "Who said no? I have sent vegetables to your house several times before and you forgot?"

When Mother Lin heard this, she was so angry that she said directly: "Third aunt, you didn't just give me a gift. You gave me a basket of chayote and took ten pounds of fermented bean curd from me. In the end, I suffered a loss, right?"

"That's right, when did you give someone something and didn't you take more back?" Lin Heng's aunt Lu Hongyun next to her also said.

Uncle Lin Heng heard the commotion here, came over and scolded loudly:

"Third Aunt, Sixth Master, please go and sit aside quickly, don't embarrass me. I won't help you, and you will be the most active in taking advantage. If you do this, you will go back, and you won't have to go back to me in the future."

"you……"

Aunt Lin Hengsan was so angry that she was about to speak when Lu Honghai spoke again: "What are you? Third aunt, you took my matchmaker money three times, and I didn't even care if you didn't get anything done. Now you've really gotten worse. Go back quickly, you are not welcome here!"

Because they are relatives and elders, even if they break the news, they still retain a trace of politeness.

"Just leave, you think I'm here for you."

Aunt Lin Hengsan said angrily, turned around and walked away, cursing others as she walked, saying that everyone was a white-eyed wolf and she was the only good person.

"Good nephew, don't argue with them. We have absolutely no intention of doing so. Anyone who has a problem with you will have a problem with your uncle and me." Zhang Cuilian looked at Lin Heng and apologized.

"fine."

Lin Heng waved his hand and said with a smile, "I don't care about verbal blackmail. I remember what everyone said just now. Don't even think about coming to my house in the future, and don't even think about me providing the slightest help."

"Some people are shameless, and there is really no need to continue to associate with them." Lin Heng's second uncle also said.

The few who thought they could morally blackmail Lin Heng to take advantage of them just now were all pale now, and they all found excuses to go out in despair.

Lin Heng didn't even look at them. He was not afraid of offending people because he didn't ask for help. He had a scale in his heart about who to help.

People like his third aunt who were so stingy that he wouldn't help him even if he was blackmailed morally. The more you help such people, the more she will feel that this is what she should do.

"Cousin Lin Heng, you are tough enough, you did a good job."

"That's right, the third aunt and the sixth uncle are the most annoying, they only know how to take advantage."

"Cousin Lin Heng, don't be angry, it's not worth it at all."

Those people went out, and some other relatives hurried to comfort Lin Heng.

Many people were displeased with them, and it was not just Lin Heng's family that was taken advantage of. Many people were embarrassed to do what Lin Heng did, and they felt very happy to see Lin Heng deal with some people.

"It's okay, I'm not angry." Lin Heng waved his hand and wanted to go out to find a quiet place to stay.

But a group of cousins ​​of the same age followed him out. Especially a few cousins, they were thicker than each other and pestered him for comfort.

These people had only met a few times when they were young, and now they were so enthusiastic just to listen to some secrets and inside stories of making money from him.

But he was not interested in entangled with them, and he said a few words casually and went to help with the work.

After a while, the cook prepared the dishes. They had eight or six cold dishes first, and then hot dishes in the middle, and the quantity varied according to the amount of financial resources.

Cold dishes are generally half meat and half vegetarian, and you can start eating after they are served.

During the meal, he had opera singers specially invited by his uncle to sing folk songs and flower drums for everyone to entertain them, and also recite those wedding rhymes.

The most important ceremony was that his uncle and aunt toasted to both parents and changed their names. Although the wedding ceremony was not held, this ceremony still had to be held.

When toasting, Lin Heng saw that his grandmother was very happy. Two sons who were not married had always been one of her worries, and now she was finally cured.

Lin Heng clearly felt that his grandmother's condition had improved a lot. Since she got through the hurdle two years ago, her condition has gradually improved, and now she can walk and eat normally again.

During the meal, Lin Heng did not sit with the elders, but sat at a table with his cousins ​​of the same age.

Mainly here, no one would keep pulling him to drink, and he was more comfortable eating.

Everyone unconsciously isolated the stingy relatives who liked to take advantage of the previous two tables.

His uncle often hunts, so the dishes this time are quite luxurious, with fish, pork, deer meat, and egg yolk soup.

It can be said that this banquet really cost a lot of money. Most of the gifts were gifts of goods. The better ones were sugar and wine, and the less hungry ones were white rice and fine noodles.

Lin Heng directly gave a gift of 30 yuan, his eldest brother gave 10 yuan, and his second uncle also gave 10 yuan.

It was already two o'clock in the afternoon after the banquet. Those who lived far away left first. Lin Heng's family and his aunt's family stayed to help clean up.

They didn't have the custom of taking away the food after the banquet. At most, some people would take some dry goods such as peanuts, melon seeds, and fried dough twists back to their own children.

And for face and politeness, no one would eat a dish of food without leaving any.

Therefore, there were actually quite a few leftover dishes. All of these dishes would be picked, and all the untouched dishes would be poured into a jar to make jar dishes. Add salt and wine and they could be eaten for a long time.

This is something unique to this era of scarcity. People don't want to waste even a little bit of food, let alone meat.

Of course, Lin Heng's family doesn't have it now, as his family is no longer short of supplies.

The remaining scattered dishes were all thrown away to feed the pigs. After cleaning up, the borrowed tables, chairs and benches were returned to the neighbors, and the floor was swept and it was done.

"Don't leave, I've cooked another table of dishes. Eat before you leave." Aunt Zhang Gaolian kept everyone.

"Yes, eat before you leave. It's too late now because it's dark." Uncle Lu Honghai also smiled and kept the guests.

After another meal, when leaving, the uncle gave Lin Heng and his friends a pound of deer meat, and gave Lin Heng an extra deer belly.

"Have you noticed that my uncle seems to have really changed after getting married." Li Shiwei said with a smile as he walked.

Lin Yue laughed, "You mean you've become obedient to your aunt?"

"Yeah, do you think your aunt beat your uncle into submission or made him submit to sleep?" Li Shiwei laughed.

Lin Heng's aunt Lu Hongyun looked at her son and said, "Be careful, your uncle will come over to deal with you if he hears you."

"I'm telling the truth." Li Shiwei laughed nonchalantly.

"I think they're doing fine now." Lin Heng smiled, he thought his uncle was subdued by sleep.

"Maybe it's just a trick by the new bride, just like your dad lied to me, it'll change in a few days." Lin's mother commented.

"When did I lie to you? It's not true!" Lin's father sobered up a lot.

"There was..."

After a while, the topic went off the track and everyone was very happy.

It was already dusk by the time Lin Heng and the others got home, and his aunt's family insisted on going back and did not stay here for the night.

"Dad, you're finally back!" Seeing Lin Heng open the door, Xiaoxia, who was sitting in the main room, stood up and ran over.

"Yes, daddy is back and brought you twists!" Lin Heng picked her up and said, holding her high.

Xiaoxia tilted her head and said, "I have to raise it even higher!"

"Okay, let's lift it again!" Lin Heng lifted her high again, and lifted her three times in a row.

Then Xiaoxia took Lin Heng's big hand and walked into the house while eating mahua.

Xiulan happened to be breastfeeding her child. She looked at Lin Heng and asked curiously: "What you are getting is muntjac meat?"

"Yes, uncle shot it yesterday. It gave me more than a kilogram of meat and a muntjac belly." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"I got it yesterday, so you guys have a good meal today." Xiulan said with a smile.

Lin Heng sat down and said, "The food is good, but it's not that smooth."

Then he told Xiulan the details of what happened.

"Third aunt is such a nuisance. She just wants to take advantage." After hearing this, Xiulan felt that Lin Heng did a good job and it was quite enjoyable.

The two chatted for a while, and Xiulan went to prepare dinner after feeding the child. She fried a plate of muntjac meat and put the rest in the freezer.

Lin Heng had eaten just after five o'clock and tasted a little. He mainly watched his daughter and wife eat and chatted with them.

After dinner, there was another reading activity. Lin Heng taught Xiaoxia how to read children's books.

The weather was still sunny the next morning. During the morning exercise, bees were buzzing on the grape trellis to pollinate the grapes.

"These two grapes will have a good harvest this year, with thirty-four bunches of grapes."

Xiulan counted the bunches of grapes and said happily.

"That's for sure. After all, the roots of this grape come from wild grapes." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Not only here, several grapes planted in the back hill are also blooming very luxuriantly.

Grapes do not need to be thinned. You only need to wait until the fruit is about the size of a peanut before thinning the fruit.

With this year's output, they can basically eat grapes freely, and there are several different varieties.

After breakfast, Lin Heng went to the field with his parents to cut flowers on the grapes. The grapes in the field were not allowed to bear fruit this year.

The same goes for Apple. When running an orchard, you should not be eager for quick success and just pull weeds and remove insects when going to flowers.

The orchard has been busy for five days, and when it is finished, it is already halfway through May.

However, the farm work was not over yet, and they started planting rice again. This year it was a little later than last year, but it was within the normal time range.

After the rice planting, it rained for two days. With such suitable weather, it was natural to quickly sow sweet potatoes and corn, which took another six days.

By the time we finish all the spring farm work, it will already be June.