Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

The door opened soon, and Xiaoxia rushed out first and hugged Lin Heng's legs, saying in a soft voice: "Dad, you are finally back, I miss you so much."

"I miss Xiaoxia too."

Lin Heng picked her up and walked into the house.

Xiu Lan and Cai Yun saw that everyone was intact, and turned their attention to the things they brought.

"You have a big harvest this time." Xiu Lan looked at Lin Heng in surprise.

"Yes, second brother, this is a roe deer on your back, it's a big one." Cai Yun smiled as she looked at the things in Lin Heng's backpack.

"Yes, I didn't find ginseng this time, but the harvest is barely okay."

Lin Heng nodded and walked into the house with his daughter in his arms.

The eldest sister-in-law and three nephews next door also came out to greet Lin Yue.

But a group of people came to Lin Heng's yard first, and the things have not been divided yet.

"Wife, is everything okay in the house?" Lin Heng asked as he entered the house.

"Everything is fine. There is no problem at Hongfeng Mountain. Mom said that the corn is seriously damaged by wild boars." Xiulan nodded.

After entering the yard and turning on the lights in the yard, Lin Heng put Xiaoxia down first and took off the backpack.

It was really tiring to carry such heavy things for a day. He felt his legs were numb.

"That's fine." Lin Heng nodded, and Lin's father was greatly relieved to hear this.

Xiulan went into the house to get boiled water for everyone. This is what she prepared every day, in case Lin Heng suddenly came back with only boiled water and unboiled cold water. In that case, he would definitely drink cold water, which is not good for his health.

The three drank boiled water, rested for a while, and then began to distinguish the various harvests. When they were packed, they were packed one bag at a time, but now it is easy to distinguish.

After finishing, Lin's father and Lin Yue went back first, and came back to help deal with the roe deer after taking a shower.

"Wife, help me divide the things. I'll talk to you after I take a shower."

After his father and the others returned, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said.

"Okay."

Xiulan nodded and agreed, and went in with him to find some clothes to change.

Lin Heng closed the back door and took a cold shower in the backyard. Here Xiulan put a large wooden basin for washing clothes, which contained water heated during the day.

It took more than ten minutes for Lin Heng to take a comfortable shower and walked to the main room refreshed.

"You harvested a lot of Ganoderma lucidum this time, more than ten pounds." Seeing Lin Heng coming out, Xiulan smiled and said.

"The biggest harvest this time is ginseng, and the others are not so good."

Lin Heng nodded. The Ganoderma lucidum harvest was basically dried, except for the seven or eight picked up yesterday.

The dried ones filled up a snakeskin bag and a half. Lin Heng picked up a small beam scale and weighed them. The total amount of dried goods was 12 pounds.

"These ganoderma can be sold for more than 700 yuan, which is worth a big cow." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Now that the price of beef and mutton has increased, a cow can no longer be bought for more than 500 yuan before.

"You are great in the mountains this time. With other herbs, I am afraid it can be sold for 800 yuan." Xiulan praised with a smile.

"It can be sold for 900 yuan." Lin Heng was satisfied with Xiulan's praise.

He dug a lot of Paris, Cibotium barbata, Codonopsis pilosula, Polygonatum sibiricum, etc., which can all be sold for a lot of money.

"There are also turtles and small turtles, as well as roe deer skins. Second brother made a lot of money in the mountains this time. If you buy all of them as food, you can pile them up in a room." Caiyun also said.

"Dad is the best!" Xiaoxia immediately affirmed it when she heard the room full of delicious food, and nodded her head and followed Lin Heng.

"Xiaoxia said it well, the little turtle is for you." Lin Heng smiled and touched his daughter's head and hugged her.

"Great, thank you dad!" Xiaoxia happily kissed Lin Heng on the face.

Holding his daughter, Lin Heng sighed, "It's a pity that we didn't find ginseng this time."

"How can it be so easy to find? If that were the case, ginseng would have been worthless." Xiulan said with a smile.

"Yes, it usually takes many years to hear that someone has found ginseng." Caiyun also said.

"That's right, I'm just sighing."

Lin Heng sat down, put his daughter down, looked at the two sons in the crib next to him, and said with a smile, "Call daddy!"

"Ba... Yaya!"

"Ba... Hehe~"

However, the two little guys only giggled and could tell that their calls were extremely unrecognizable.

Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said, "I'll make you some noodles first. I just happened to have some pickled cabbage whistles."

"Okay, I'm a little hungry." Lin Heng nodded. He had been eating wild fruits on the way back, so he wasn't particularly hungry.

Xiulan went to cook, he hugged his two sons, and took his daughter to raise the little turtle and the old turtle.

After doing all this, he sorted out the wild peppers and mushrooms he picked and put them in the cabinet dedicated to storing dry goods.

Then pour out the undried Chinese herbs and dry them, and put the dried ones upstairs, so they can dry and not get damp.

After doing all this, he leaned comfortably on the sofa and chatted with Xiaoxia Caiyun about what he saw and heard during this trip to the mountains.

The biggest feeling when returning home is comfort and tranquility, which is much better than being in the wild.

After a while, Xiulan brought him a bowl of noodles, not pickled cabbage but chopped green onion and egg noodles. Lin Heng ate the noodles in big mouthfuls. The familiar taste made him a little hungry. The noodles made by his wife are delicious.

"Dad, I want to go to the cave you mentioned."

Xiaoxia heard what Lin Heng said and said coquettishly.

"Haha, wait until later, I'll take you there if I have the chance."

Lin Heng laughed. That place is too far. It takes a whole day to walk on the mountain road.

"Why not now, Dad?" Xiaoxia pouted.

"Because Xiaoxia is too young and can't walk. She can go when she grows up." Xiulan answered this question for Lin Heng.

"Well, I want to eat well and grow up quickly." Xiaoxia sighed on her mother's knees, wanting to grow up quickly.

Xiulan turned her head and looked at Lin Heng: "Are we going to cook and drink later? If so, I'll go and prepare to cut vegetables."

"No, I'm too tired today. Let's have a barbecue to celebrate tomorrow afternoon."

Lin Heng shook his head, took Xiulan's hand and smiled, "Just sit here obediently, let's eat melon seeds and chat, and wait for Dad and Big Brother to come."

Xiulan is now wearing a casual plaid shirt on her upper body and a white skirt with a light gauze texture on her lower body, revealing half of her white calves.

Her hair is habitually tied into a single ponytail, from the right shoulder to the chest. The whole person looks very fresh and elegant, like a lotus with water droplets after the rain.

She was not used to wearing skirts, but now it was hot, and she liked to change into skirts as soon as she got home, and gradually she liked it.

If Lin Heng was at home, she would also change into a short skirt or cheongsam, because he liked to see it.

Lin Heng pulled her hand over and touched it, and felt much more comfortable. If Caiyun and Xiaoxia were not there, he really wanted to pull her over to sit on his lap and hug her.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded and sat down on the sofa.

Lin Heng talked about his hunting in the mountains, and Xiulan and Caiyun talked about what they saw in the village.

These two days, his village formed a hunting team to hunt wild boars. After running for several days, they killed a boar weighing more than 150 kilograms.

In addition, the black goat ewe in his family's pen was about to give birth. After hearing Caiyun say that, Lin Heng knew that Xiulan was still angry because of this.

The thing is, Xiulan went to help Lin's mother and thought that she should feed the black goat with something good, because Lin Heng taught her to feed it this way before, and pregnant animals should be taken good care of.

Lin's mother thought she was wasting money and thought it was enough to feed her with grass. She thought she shouldn't be criticized if she didn't herd sheep. She also said that she was very wasteful at home and asked her to be frugal and not spend money recklessly.

Xiulan was not a hot-tempered person. She came back angrily, but her mood was definitely not good. She was still a little angry.

"It's my fault. Blame me for coming back late."

After listening to Caiyun's story, Lin Heng grabbed Xiulan's hand and smiled, "Hit me, hit her son hard to vent your anger. I apologize to you on her behalf. I will go and talk to her tomorrow to let her know her mistakes and never make them again."

Lin Heng understood the problem as soon as he heard it. His mother's old problem came back. There was something wrong with the concepts of the two generations.

His parents' generation was born in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. They experienced the great famine when there was nothing to eat. They had done everything from eating tree bark to eating Guanyin soil. They were very careful about every little thing. They had to use steamed buns to dip the oil in the pot.

Although he and Xiulan had a hard life when they were young, they also had black flour buns and corn flour buns to eat, so they didn't have to eat tree bark and Guanyin soil.

Therefore, they have different views on many things, especially Xiulan, who was influenced by Lin Heng. She read a lot of books and understood many scientific principles, knowing that some should be saved and some should not be saved.

Now that Lin Heng and his father and others have left, Lin's mother naturally wants to preach and let Xiulan live in her way, and conflicts arise.

Although living separately can avoid such things, it cannot be completely avoided. What Lin Heng has to do is to say who is wrong, not to be biased. The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, and you have to be more tactful while speaking reason.

Xiulan was amused by Lin Heng's funny actions, patted him and said, "It's not as serious as Caiyun said, I'm not angry anymore."

"Don't worry, I support you in this matter, you are right, then those overly frugal problems are wrong." Lin Heng patted and pulled Xiulan's hand and said.

Xiulan nodded, looked at Lin Heng and said, "I know, don't tell mom, she didn't mean it, it's just a habit."

Lin Heng stood on her side and acknowledged that she did nothing wrong, which was enough for her, and she didn't want Lin Heng to be caught in the middle and feel uncomfortable.

"It's because of bad habits that we need to change." Lin Heng said.

Caiyun also nodded and said, "Yes, mom just needs to talk more. If I don't explain the reason to her, she will always be too frugal. I dare not say it, so I can only rely on you, second brother."

Now Lin Heng has the most say in the family, and his mother can listen to it.

"Don't worry, leave it to me." Lin Heng nodded. He thought about how to talk about his mother, not a false promise or muddy.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about something else, this matter is over." Xiulan didn't want to discuss it anymore. With Lin Heng's understanding of her grievances, she didn't want to pursue anything anymore.

After a while of chatting, his eldest brother came over. Lin Heng and his eldest brother set up a rack and started to skin the roe deer.

Father Lin came over when the skin was half peeled. He looked at the skinned roe deer and laughed, "This guy really has no fat at all."

"It's just that this male roe deer has a strong fishy smell." Lin Heng laughed.

Roe deer meat is red lean meat after the skin is cut off, and only a little fat can be seen sporadically.

Father Lin helped and said, "It's okay, there are many ways to deal with the fishy smell."

"Yes, if it doesn't work, just marinate it, and there will be no fishy smell. People are only afraid of having no meat to eat, who is afraid of the fishy smell." Lin Yue said with a smile.

"I am." Lin Heng smiled and continued the work at hand.

I just weighed it, and the hair of this roe deer weighs 45 kilograms, and it is estimated to be about 40 kilograms without the skin.

The roe deer skin was stretched out and dried as usual. Lin Heng took out the internal organs and chopped off the head. The pure meat was only 28 kilograms.

"Brother, take this little meat back to eat."

Lin Heng cut the front legs for a day, about 10 kilograms, and gave them to his elder brother.

Although the roe deer was caught by his clamp and killed by him, the meat would definitely be divided, and he would definitely not eat it alone.

And it is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. Even if his elder brother hunted the prey himself, he would share it with him.

The harvest of mountain hunting is distributed according to work and ability, but the meat is a family bond. The concepts of the two are different.

"This is too much, give me less." Lin Yue shook his head.

"Just take it back to eat. There are so many people in your family. Let's not refuse." Lin Heng smiled.

"Okay, thank you brother." Lin Yue laughed and said, "I'll take some back and cut some off. The rest can be wrapped in plastic film and frozen for me."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.

After giving the meat to his eldest brother, Lin Heng looked at his father and said with a smile: "Dad, should I give you a leg, or cut some meat and take it back to eat with my mother?"

"I'll just cut some and take it back. The rest will be frozen. I'll come back to get it when I want to eat it." Father Lin said with a smile.

After dividing the meat, Lin Heng cut it into small pieces of more than one pound and froze it, so that it would be convenient to take it when I want to eat it.

Father Lin helped to clean the intestines and put them in a basin with baking soda, and wash them again tomorrow morning to make braised meat.

It was already eleven o'clock when everything was done. No one had the idea of ​​drinking today, so they agreed to have a barbecue tomorrow afternoon, grilling lamb and roe deer meat at the same time.

Today is the 23rd, and Caiyun will go to school soon, so it's just right to celebrate for her.

After his father and the others left, Caiyun smiled and said, "My second brother is back, so I can only sleep on the sofa, and I can't sleep with my sister-in-law."

"Of course, your sister-in-law is mine." Lin Heng laughed and said, "You can also go back to the old house, or I can make a bed for you in the study."

"I'll sleep on the sofa, it's more comfortable than the bed." Caiyun smiled. Anyway, she didn't sleep in the morning, and it was very comfortable to sleep on the sofa.

"That's fine, let's go to rest." Lin Heng nodded and took his two sons back to the bedroom.

He was very excited because he hadn't told stories to his daughter for a long time, but it was a pity that Xiaoxia was too sleepy. He told her a short story of Journey to the West and she fell asleep.

"Wife, you've worked so hard."

Lin Heng went to bed and hugged Xiulan to comfort her again, with their foreheads touching.

He missed Xiulan so much because he hadn't hugged her for a long time. She was fragrant and soft, and even the feeling of her hair tickling his face was very unique.

"Okay, go to sleep now. This matter is over. It was hard for you to climb the mountain." Xiulan patted his face and said, spitting out anger on his face.

"No, let me serve my wife well to express my apology."

Lin Heng grabbed her waist hard and let her fall into his arms.

"No... um..."

Xiulan didn't finish her words, and unconsciously hugged Lin Heng's neck, falling into a deep expression of love and longing.