Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

Xiulan tried to make some of the mooncakes for this Mid-Autumn Festival this year. Lin Heng bought some, but she had nothing to do with her children at home, so she decided to make some of them herself.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the smelly mandarin fish was also prepared. Lin Heng gave one to his elder brother, kept two at home, and kept the remaining three in the freezer until he wanted to eat them.

The smell of the stinky mandarin fish actually disappears after it is cleaned, and it is almost invisible after frying. There is no need to add any seasonings, just a little ginger slices and peppercorns, a little chili sauce and cook for two minutes before it is ready.

The meat of the stinky mandarin fish is very firm, and it has a special smell when you eat it. You can’t tell whether it’s smelly or fragrant, but it’s really delicious.

When they got up early in the morning on the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lin Heng took care of their children at home. Xiulan and the others all went to the Guanyin Mother Temple to offer incense. By the way, they also opened Xiaoxia's herring stone pendant.

At noon, Lin Heng's family made a big table and invited his parents and elder brother's family. In the evening, he went to his elder brother's house to eat. The Mid-Autumn Festival ended with a cheerful dinner.

Fish, chicken, as well as tofu, crabs and snails, everyone felt physically and mentally comfortable and felt like they had gained two pounds.

After finishing the meal, we came out to see the bright moon hanging high in the sky. It seemed like we could see the small craters above under the bright yellow moon.

Xiulan brought out moon cakes and mosquito coils, and Caiyun brought out checkers. Today, her parents were not in a hurry to leave, but were playing with him.

While eating moon cakes and chatting, Xiaoxia asked everyone to tell her the story of the moon. Father Lin and Mother Lin knew that there were quite a few stories about the moon, so they smiled and told Xiaoxia.

"Grandma, let me tell you about Chang'e flying to the moon." Mother Lin hugged her and said.

"Grandpa will tell you the story of Wu Gang cutting osmanthus and the Jade Rabbit making medicine later." Father Lin also said with a smile.

None of them had read any books, and all they told were myths and stories passed down orally, stories that Lin Heng had told him when he was a child.

Xiaoxia shook her head. She had heard this story many times: "No, no, no, I've heard these two before, and I don't want to hear them!"

"Then we won't do anything else, dear granddaughter." Mother Lin said helplessly, spreading her hands.

"Dad, tell me." Xiaoxia got into Lin Heng's arms and said coquettishly.

Lin Heng put down the food and looked at her and said, "Then let me tell you about the world we live in. Does Xiaoxia think the world we live in is round or square?"

Xiaoxia tilted her head and thought for a while, pointed at the moon and said, "It's round, the moon is round."

"Actually, the world we live in is a sphere. We live on the surface of the ball. If we keep walking in one direction, we will eventually return to the origin from the direction of the back..."

Lin Heng showed Xiaoxia the round pastry. Xiaoxia opened her eyes wide and was surprised to find that walking around on the ball could really bring her back to the starting point.

"Then why are there still flat lands and high mountains?" Mother Lin next to her asked in confusion.

"That's because we are too small and the ball is too big. Looking at it as a whole, even the highest mountain is just an inconspicuous little bulge on the big sphere of the earth, as insignificant as the lines on our palms. It doesn’t affect its spherical shape at all…”

"Also, the moon revolves around our earth, and the current side always faces us. This is called tidal locking..."

"And outside the sky, the sun is actually a super huge fireball..."

Lin Heng told Xiaoxia all about it from the simplest astronomical knowledge, and tried his best to explain it all. Caiyun next to him was also helping to explain.

Not only Xiaoxia is fascinated by this knowledge, but his parents are also fascinated by it.

After Lin Heng finished speaking, everyone was still looking up at the stars. It seemed that only at this moment did everyone understand what the moon meant and what those stars in the sky meant.

It turns out that the universe is so big and gorgeous, and human beings are so small.

"Dad, I really want to fly out and have a look." Xiaoxia huddled in Lin Heng's arms and looked at the moon and said.

"Then you can work hard to become an astronaut, and then you can go out on a rocket to see the earth." Lin Heng said with a smile.

There was a time when he wanted to fly out and see if the earth was really round. The universe was so mysterious that people were full of curiosity, but he was destined to have no chance.

But Xiaoxia still has the opportunity to use her prophetic advantage to gain enough money to train her in that direction.

But, it depends on what Xiaoxia wants to do when she becomes sensible. One of the meanings of making money is that her children can do what they want to do.

"Then I want to be an astronaut when I grow up!" Xiaoxia said, raising her little hand.

"I also want to be an astronaut!" Lin Wei's voice rang out from the eldest brother's yard next door. Apparently he also heard Lin Heng's speech.

"Then you have to work hard and don't let your dreams fade away." Lin Heng smiled, picked up the mooncakes, handed one to his wife, and ate one himself.

"To hear you say it, it's incredible to restore the universe."

Father Lin and Mother Lin also had expressions of emotion on their faces.

Lin Heng smiled and said: "So enjoy life more, don't always work hard, and hire people when you need them."

"We know." Father Lin also smiled and stood up, "Okay, let's go back and go to bed."

Lin Heng stood up and sent the two of them out. He felt a little emotional as he watched the two of them gradually walking towards Hongfeng Mountain while talking on their phones.

When Lin Heng came back, Xiulan had already entered the house because her son was crying, and Caiyun also took the things back.

After taking a look at the bright moon and the silent moonlit night, he walked into the house to help Xiulan.

After changing the diapers of the two sons and carrying them into the bedroom, Xiulan fed them again, and then Lin Heng put them in the cradle and rocked them to sleep.

The two sons' beds were at the foot of Lin Heng and his friends, and the daughter's bed was on their left. When Lin Heng and his friends were coaxing their sons to sleep, Xiaoxia crawled over again and acted like a spoiled child: "Dad, tell me about the earth, the moon and the sun again, I want to hear more."

"Okay, wait a moment, your brother will fall asleep soon." Lin Heng touched her head and said.

Xiaoxia nodded and lay on the edge of the bed to look at her two brothers. After a while, they fell asleep and were placed in the crib, covered with a small quilt and a small mosquito net.

After taking off his clothes and going to bed, Lin Heng told Xiaoxia the astronomical knowledge he had told her before. He only regretted that the materials in this era were too scarce, and it was difficult to buy planet models and globes, and there was no small astronomical telescope, otherwise he could take Xiaoxia to see the moon clearly.

Xiaoxia gradually fell asleep during his narration, and it seemed that she would have a wonderful dream tonight.

"I'm so tired today." Lin Heng lay down and looked at Xiulan.

"Although I'm a little tired, I'm also very happy." Xiulan replied, looked at him and said softly, "Go to sleep."

It gradually became colder in the middle of autumn. You need to cover yourself with a quilt when you sleep at night, otherwise you will be cold in the early morning.

The quilts for my daughter and son are all fixed at the four corners and cannot be opened. Even so, I always have to get up in the middle of the night to cover them.

The next day, life was still normal. After breakfast, Lin Heng went to the part of the town where the national highway was being repaired. He quickly met the excavator master here by giving cigarettes. After chatting for a while, the master said that he had to find the project manager.

He introduced the project manager to Lin Heng. After the discussion was almost over, Lin Heng asked him and the project manager to have dinner at the Jinyu Restaurant in the town.

In the afternoon, he took people to Hongfeng Mountain to see the approximate scale. Finally, after some discussion and negotiation, Lin Heng paid a price of 2,000 yuan to get the job done.

When the excavator came to dig, he first paid a deposit of 500 yuan, and settled the remaining 1,500 yuan after the digging was completed.

The regulations stipulated that in addition to building a dirt road to the top of the mountain and digging two 1,500-square-meter platforms, they also had to help open up other wasteland a little.

Originally, Lin Heng wanted a 3,000-square-meter platform, but they said that the large platform would require too much work, so they eventually changed it to two 1,500-square-meter platforms, with the same area but much less work.

After Lin Heng sent the people away, Lin's father couldn't wait to come over and ask: "Son, have you agreed?"

"How much?" Lin's mother also asked hurriedly.

Lin Heng explained: "It's agreed, 2,000 yuan, not including the money for buying cigarettes and eating, they are responsible for..."

"So expensive!" Lin's mother was a little surprised.

Lin's father glanced at her and said: "It looks expensive, but it's not a big loss to do so many things. If it's manual labor, the money will be higher and the work will be slower, and it may not be completed in half a year."

"Yes, digging will be much faster. And they will come to dig first during the National Day holiday on the 1st." Lin Heng nodded and said.

"Okay then." Lin's mother nodded. She only asked about this kind of thing. If Lin Heng thought it was okay, then it was fine.

"Oh, son, there is one more thing. Two yellow cows are in heat again. I guess the other cows will be in heat soon." At this time, Lin's father said.

"I'll go and see. Let's breed a few yellow cows in the next two days." Lin Heng said as he walked over.

The big yellow cow that his family gave to his eldest brother was spayed and did not have the function of breeding. However, there are still many big yellow cows in the village that have not been spayed.

He put on his waders and came to the cattle and sheep pen. He first went to see the cows in heat, and then took a shovel to clean the feces and disinfect the sheep pen.

Special attention should be paid to hygiene during the period when lambs are born. Not only should the sheep pen be cleaned every two days, but their umbilical cords should also be disinfected with alcohol.

Now sheep cannot be vaccinated when they are just born, and special attention should be paid to these issues.

When they grow up, they still need to be vaccinated. Although according to his memory, there will be no particularly large cattle and sheep epidemics in the next few years, they still need to be vaccinated when they should be vaccinated. Small money cannot be saved.

After cleaning the sheep pen and washing the water pants, Lin Heng went home.

Xiulan made steamed buns made of fennel leaves today, which tasted very good with porridge.

Lin Heng told her about what happened today, and Xiulan thought it was a good deal.

After dinner, Lin Heng did not go out. He stayed at home to help take care of the children. Xiulan wanted to make rice wine with last year's old glutinous rice and wheat.

The first step in making rice wine is to make wheat koji. Choose the best wheat and grind it with a millstone. Xiulan has prepared these, and Lin Heng can help grind it.

Because there is not much grinding, there is no need for animals. The two people push the stone mill by hand to grind it. The flour does not need to remove the bran. It can be directly steamed in the pot. After steaming, let it cool to room temperature, add the wine koji, stir evenly, and put it in a jar for sealed fermentation.

At this time in the evening, a wheat koji is made. It takes a week for it to ferment well, and then you can start making rice wine.

In fact, there are rice wine koji on the market now, and you can just buy it and make it directly with glutinous rice, but farmers still like their own oral production methods, and the rice wine tastes more mellow.

The next morning, after dinner, Lin Heng and his father went to the village to look for suitable big yellow cattle from house to house, ready to breed with the estrus cows.

After looking around, they finally chose the big yellow cattle from Jin Yan's family, because her family also raised cattle and sheep, and the big yellow cattle had a symmetrical and strong physique, and the testicles were also very large. Lin's father thought it was a good material for breeding.

"Old Jin, let's take it over for breeding." After discussing it, Lin's father looked at Jin Yan's father and said with a smile, the breeding fee is one yuan, and it will be placed at Hongfeng Mountain for breeding in the next two days.

Although the Lin family failed to propose marriage to the Jin family before, there was no big conflict, so it was normal to borrow a cow for breeding.

"Okay." Jin Gui took a puff of cigarette and nodded with a smile, and took Lin Heng and others to pull the big bull, wanting to go to Hongfeng Mountain with them.

They led the cow to Hongfeng Mountain, and Jin Gui looked around curiously, looking envious.

Lin Heng asked his father to follow Jin Gui and not let him run around, and then he and his mother brought two estrus cows over.

In front of everyone, first clean the key parts of the cow with water, and then check it before starting.

Someone helped to hold the cow down so that the big bull could complete the breeding better. After finishing, he gave it some grass. It will be placed here at Hongfeng Mountain for the next two days, and it will be mated several more times to ensure success.

After Jin Gui took a look, he felt relieved and went back.

Lin Heng led the cow back and looked at the lambs. After coming out, he helped his parents cut grass and clean up the vegetable garden.

The excavator will come tomorrow and build a road up the mountain. There is no need to go around the mountain from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain because the slope is not large. At that time, a straight road will be built.

Just go straight up along the road in the middle of the shrimp pond and build it three meters wide.

When you reach the top of the mountain, start to go around the mountain and build it all the way to the cabin on the top of the mountain.

The path that was originally built along the mountain stream will be used as a path without any changes.

Going up the mountain will destroy some grass and vegetable gardens. Today, they will harvest the vegetables and grass that will be destroyed to avoid waste.

The fresh grass cut will be directly chopped up with a lawn mower to feed cattle and sheep. No silage and hay will be fed recently.

It was already half past six when he finished his work. Lin Heng was holding a basket of purslane that he had just picked, which he had just picked from the garden.

"Wife, let's have cold purslane tonight."

Lin Heng shouted as he pushed open the door.

In the room, Xiulan was collecting the dried sweet potatoes that had been steamed and dried three times, and Xiaoxia was eating them secretly beside him in the name of helping.

Seeing the basket he was carrying, Xiulan nodded and said, "Sure, have you picked them?"

"Yes, you can just wash them and have them cold." Lin Heng nodded.

After saying that, he put the basket down and came over to help. Xiaoxia took the dried sweet potatoes and wanted to give them to him.

After collecting the things, Lin Heng helped to cook. In the evening, Xiulan made cold noodles, and the dishes included cold purslane and cold cucumber shreds.

Eating purslane with a unique taste and flavor, Lin Heng and Xiulan chatted about what they did in the afternoon and ended the day happily.