Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

Take Xiaoxia with you, and the three of them go to the chicken coop on the mountain to pick up eggs.

The thatch and chickens here have reached a delicate balance, and neither can kill the other. Chickens often look for grasshoppers, earthworms and other insects, eat the tender leaves of the thatch, and the thatch grows wildly with the nutrients of chicken manure.

Lin Heng did not remove the thatch here because it has strong vitality. If other pastures are destroyed by chickens, they will be destroyed.

The three of them walked in wearing long pants without worrying about getting their feet pricked. They can find the eggs laid by the hens in small earth holes.

"Dad, there is a hole here!!"

Xiaoxia wanted to pick it up when she saw the earth hole, and she was so excited.

"Be careful of snakes, hit it with a stick first." Lin Heng said, hit the nearby grass with a stick, and looked into the hole before letting Xiaoxia pick it up.

The free-range black chickens lay light green eggs, which are small in size, but taste and are very nutritious.

Since these chickens were raised in the wild, he no longer gave them mixed feed. He only added some shell powder to the large-grain crushed corn to supplement calcium. They could get the rest from insects and soil.

After these chickens were well-behaved, they would be let out to eat the insects in the pasture. They had no ability to harm the growing pasture, and they would come back to the pen when they were called in the evening.

Xiulan took the basket to bring eggs to Xiaoxia, and Lin Heng led the way in front.

The eggs here are basically picked up every three days, and about ten to fifteen eggs can be picked up each time, and sometimes one or two goose eggs will appear.

There were originally 23 chickens and 4 geese, but now there are only 20 chickens and three geese left. The ones that are missing died for unknown reasons during the growth process.

Survival of the fittest. Last year, more than 40 chickens were hatched, but only these few survived in the end. They all have strong resistance.

This year, his mother is trying to hatch eggs again. The pheasant eggs hatched last time have left the nest in the past two days, and four pheasants were hatched. He estimated that it would be good if one of them survived in the end.

After picking up the eggs, he was too lazy to go out and turn over the sweet potato vines in the afternoon. Lin's mother helped to look after the two twin grandsons, Lin Heng, Xiulan and his father, and pulled the grass in the astragalus field.

In the evening, he went to his third father Lin Hai's house for dinner. During the meal, Lin Heng asked Lin Hai to work part-time as a postman and collect stamps by the way. It would be safer for him to sell things in the mountains and get the identity of a postman.

After breakfast the next day, Lin Heng sent Lin Hai off, and after returning, he went to Hongfeng Mountain to release water to the shrimp pond. After so many days of exposure to the sun and disinfection with lime water, it was ready to release water.

During the release of water, he also kept feeding and caring for the shrimp fry and the plum fish fry in the reservoir on the top of the mountain, helping with farm work, and taking his wife and children for a stroll and bathing.

Maybe his soul is old, he is not in a hurry to do things, and he is unwilling to lose his life in order to get money faster.

When the pond is full, it needs to be disinfected again to remove other organisms and pests, and then he starts to cultivate the water. Fertilizing water can effectively reduce the use of feed, and the method of fertilizing water is also very simple, that is, throwing manure water.

Soak cattle and sheep manure in water to ferment into manure water, and then use lime to thoroughly disinfect and sterilize it, and then sprinkle it into the pond, in small amounts and multiple times, until the water in the pond turns green and the visibility is less than 20 cm.

When they finished the water fattening of the pond, it was already July 1st. They threw the caught fathead fish back to test the water, and threw the water peanuts that had been cultivated in advance into the cultivation.

Early in the morning of July 5th, they first put a small number of shrimp seedlings into the net and took them to the pond for observation for three days.

After confirming that there was really no problem, they began to release shrimp seedlings on a large scale early in the morning of July 8th. Not only his eldest brother's family came that day, but also Sandie's family.

"Sandie, are you still planning to raise shrimp now?" Lin Heng asked with a smile while putting the shrimp seedlings.

In order to prove that he has no selfish motives, his third father has also been learning here these days and listening to his explanations.

But many things cannot be learned just by watching. Every step Lin Heng takes is experience, and it is experience gained by losing money.

Lin Xutao smiled and said: "I feel that I have learned almost everything. I have also completed the disinfection of my pond. The trial shrimps seem to be fine."

He was actually nervous, but his wife Li Xue repeatedly urged him to learn to raise shrimps, so he could only bite the bullet and agree.

Seeing this, Lin Heng did not stop him and smiled and said: "Okay, we will give you the seedlings after we have released them. There must be extra shrimp seedlings cultivated this year."

"Yes, third brother, we will give you the seedlings for free. It depends on your ability to raise them. As long as you take good care of them, there should be no problem." Lin's father also felt that it should not be a problem. He studied for a year last year and felt it was quite simple.

But what he didn't know was that there was a reason why Lin Heng came to check the situation frequently.

While Lin Yue was putting the shrimp seedlings in, he asked curiously: "Brother, do you think I can put some shrimp seedlings in my fish pond?"

The grass carp seedlings in his one-acre pond were already two centimeters long. He originally planned to catch them himself, but later he was delayed and bought female and male fish directly.

Then he built a pond and threw some branches and water plants into it. Within two days, the fish had completed their reproduction by themselves.

"Of course, but they will only become feed for grass carp." Lin Heng smiled.

He was going to throw the extra shrimp seedlings into the reservoir on the top of the mountain. They can eat algae and the leftover feed for fish, which can purify the water quality and can also be used as feed for plum fish.

"If there are too many, I will put some in too." Lin Yue thought for a while and said.

Lin Heng nodded: "There must be more."

Several people were chatting while releasing shrimp fry. When the sun was shining overhead, they had finished releasing the fry themselves.

After releasing them, there were still 400,000 or 500,000 shrimp fry left in the hatchery, enough for his third father's family. Although there were many shrimp fry, they were not many, only a few kilograms.

At noon, Xiulan and Lin's mother cooked a table of dishes, the main dish was a large plate of green shrimp. Everyone had a happy meal, and in the afternoon they started to release shrimp fry for his third father.

His third father released 300,000 shrimp fry in two ponds, and his eldest brother released about 100,000 shrimp fry in his pond. The rest were all released by him into the reservoir on the top of the mountain.

When they were released, you could see the plum fish running around in the pond, enjoying this feast.

It was already seven o'clock in the evening when the work was finished. There was a fiery sunset in the sky, and the setting sun was like blood, which made people feel excited.

Whenever he saw the sun like this, Lin Heng thought that this thing was actually a burning fireball. He and everything he saw came from this fireball. It was incredible.

When he got home, Xiulan was sorting out the dried mushrooms. She picked up some more when it rained a few days ago.

Xiongba and Xiaoxia ran over to be intimate with him. After touching Xiongba, he lifted Xiaoxia up high and let her look at the sun outside.

"Dad, the sunflowers we planted are blooming!" Xiaoxia said happily with her little face close.

"Thanks to Xiaoxia for watering every day, have you discovered the secret of the sunflower?" Lin Heng looked at her and said with a smile.

Xiaoxia hugged his neck and nodded: "My mother and I watched it together. The sunflowers really turn with the sun."

She now feels full of accomplishment. Planting sunflowers by herself has verified her doubts. Her sunflowers have grown big and round.

"Then I'll take you to draw sunflowers tomorrow." Lin Heng held her and turned her in the air twice before letting her go.

Xiulan poured him a glass of water and asked with a smile: "Is this time the work is done?"

"Yes, it's done." Lin Heng nodded with a smile, "The rest is just some small things, such as harvesting grass, weeding and watering."

After drinking a sip of water, he said: "Let's go fishing in Huangtan River a few times when we have free time."

"I'm fine with that." Xiulan said with a smile.

After a pause, she remembered something: "By the way, what do you think we should do with Jinbao's kittens?"

The golden cat Jinbao gave birth to kittens half a month ago, and now the kittens can run around.

There are three kittens in total, and her family definitely can't keep them anymore. It's not very useful to keep this guy, and he's not as good as a domestic cat in catching mice because of his large size.

"When they grow up and can move independently, I will catch them and release them in the deep mountains. It just so happens that I am going to go to Birch Cliff with my dad in August to look for ginseng. I will release them there then. Whether they live or die will be up to fate."

Lin Heng thought for a while and said that it was definitely not appropriate to keep so many golden cats at home. It would be more appropriate to release them back to the forest to restore the ecology.

"That's the only way." Xiulan nodded.

"Or see if there are other people who want to keep them, give them away or sell them." Lin Heng added.

After speaking, he took a bath, had dinner and went to bed early. He was tired after working all day today.

In the next two days, Lin Heng rested well at home, accompanied Xiaoxia to draw sunflowers, waited for the sun to heat up the water, and took her to play in the water.

But as the temperature got higher and higher these days, Lin Heng couldn't stand it anymore. The brick house at his parents' place was even hotter, like a sauna.

On the 12th, Lin Heng went to the city again and stayed there for three days, building connections and looking at several insulation cottons.

On the afternoon of the 15th, he came back with a large truck, which was full of insulation cotton.

The insulation cotton was placed on Hongfeng Mountain and in the village.

The next morning, Lin Heng asked his father to come and help install the insulation cotton. The installation was very simple. Just use wooden strips to nail the insulation cotton under the tiles on the roof, and finally nail it with white tarpaulin outside. It looks very beautiful, just like the ceiling.

He also laid a layer on the ground on the second floor of Lin Heng's house, and planned to lay another layer of floor later, so that the second floor can be lived in.

"Son, you don't say it really works. It was only finished at noon, and the temperature dropped a lot at once."

After laying, Lin's father was surprised.

Xiulan also nodded: "Yes, the house is obviously cooler."

"That's for sure. The insulation effect of this sponge is very good." Lin Heng smiled.

"I'm afraid it's not cheap, right?" Lin's father asked.

"It's okay, the total cost is 180 yuan." Lin Heng said. This thing is not too expensive for him, but it is still very expensive for ordinary people.

In fact, there are cheaper ones, but he dislikes the quality.

Lin's father nodded: "That's acceptable."

The next day, the insulation cotton of the house where his parents live was installed again, still in the same way.

However, unlike the earth house, the brick house is installed inside and outside. Lin Heng only installed the two sides that are often exposed to the sun, and the remaining two sides are unnecessary.

The effect can be clearly felt the next day after the installation. The temperature in the house dropped by more than ten degrees. The sauna room, which was originally 30 or 40 degrees, was only 25 or 26 degrees.

"It's much more comfortable now, and the money is worth it." Lin's mother said happily.

Lin Heng also said: "Next, let's have a good rest and wait until August to go to the mountain to find ginseng."

After checking the situation at his parents' place and finding no problem, he looked at the shrimp seedlings again and found that the dissolved oxygen was not enough, so he immediately turned on the aerator.

These days, he bought six more aerators, plus the money for buying insulation cotton, and spent another 1,500 yuan.

Now a total of ten aerators are enough, and no more electricity can support them. He has built an aeration pool, and the water in the shrimp pond is also interconnected, which is completely sufficient.

However, even if he spent a lot of money again, he still has 21,000 yuan. It doesn't look like much, but he has made a lot of investments and is now waiting for the results.

Back home, Lin Heng walked into the house and shouted loudly: "Wife, let's go fishing tomorrow."

"Where are we going?" Xiulan's voice came from the kitchen.

Lin Heng walked in and saw that she and Caiyun were making cold fish, and immediately responded: "Huangtan River is fine, and our small river is also fine."

It is already the middle of July, and Caiyun has been on vacation for several days.

"Then wait until the sun is completely gone, and then we can go catfishing at around six o'clock, or we can go early."

Now she can finally play around. The child is five months old and can eat a lot of complementary food, so he won't be hungry if he doesn't feed for a meal.

"Then do it in the afternoon. If we can't catch anything, we can make a nest and try again the next day." Lin Heng thought for a while and said.

"I'm fine with it." Xiulan said as she brought out the prepared cold fish.

With the sour soup whistle, it tastes very refreshing.

The side dishes that go with the rice include pickled sour bamboo shoots and fried cicada monkeys. This year, he caught ten kilograms of cicada monkeys and froze them in the freezer, which can be eaten for a whole summer.

After dinner, Lin Heng prepared in the afternoon. He planned to go to the river to catch a big one this time and try to catch soft-shelled turtles again.

The things that needed to be prepared were mainly nest materials, so he slaughtered a big rooster at home, and asked his parents to come over to eat chicken in the evening. He chopped up the chicken's internal organs, and then caught some frogs and chopped them together and put them in a bag to let them stink.

I'll take it to fish tomorrow afternoon.

Chicken that has been exercised regularly tastes very chewy and has the unique aroma of native chicken. It is delicious whether it is fried or stewed.

The family is now wealthy, and these little roosters are often eaten. A few days ago, my father killed one for his birthday, and now he wants to kill another one.

Don't worry if they are all gone. Mother Lin has hatched another batch of chicks, and they are about to be born.

"You want to go fishing, call me, let's go together." Father Lin took the initiative to speak at the dinner table.

"And I guess your brother wants to go too, he has nothing to do recently." Father Lin added.

"That's fine, let's go together."

Lin Heng could only agree. It was originally a two-person activity, but it suddenly became a four-person activity.