Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

The next morning, after breakfast as usual, his uncle-in-law also came down, and everyone gathered together to sort out the harvest.

Almost everyone in the Lin family was here, and everyone moved out their things. Lin Heng took out the account book to verify the accounts one by one.

Lin Heng looked at the things and said, "Everything is here. Now let's separate the things to sell and the things to keep for ourselves, and distinguish them according to our respective harvests."

The food is mainly meat, wild boar meat, musk deer, muntjac, white rice, sika deer, and various pheasants, golden pheasants and other poultry.

These things can't be sold at a high price, and it's also very troublesome, so they are divided and then handled by themselves.

After a distribution, Lin Heng took 50 kilograms of venison and the deer's internal organs, head and limbs, 20 kilograms of bear meat, 30 kilograms of bear oil, 20 kilograms of wolf meat, 5 kilograms of forest musk deer meat, 8 kilograms of roe deer meat, 5 kilograms of yellow-throated marten meat, a pair of black bear intestines, a pair of yellow muntjac intestines, a pair of wolf intestines, three stomachs, seven golden roosters, three grouse, and three hazel grouse.

He didn't want any wild boar meat, and he gave up the yellow muntjac. After the distribution, he took a few more golden roosters.

The remaining meat was distributed to the other four people. If calculated according to the proportion of merit, he suffered a loss and should have taken more.

After the meat was distributed, everyone saw that the proportion was a bit wrong. Li Baiquan looked at Lin Heng and said, "Lin Heng, you gave us too much, you should take some back."

"Indeed, you mainly killed a wild boar, a black bear, two wolves and a sika deer. This is too little." Lu Honghai also nodded and directly took some venison and stuffed it into Lin Heng.

"Yes, we agreed to distribute according to the merits, and you can't suffer any loss." Lu Honggang also said.

"Brother, your share is really not reasonable." Lin Yue also said.

Several people took some meat and stuffed it to Lin. They were all very simple people. They didn't want to suffer losses themselves or see others suffer losses.

Lin Heng waved his hand and said, "No need to do this. I volunteered not to take wild boar meat. What I took is enough."

"No, you have to take more. If you think it's too much, you can give it away. This will make us embarrassed to go hunting with you in the future. This time, you have made the greatest contribution."

Lu Honghai sternly refused and gave Lin Heng a golden chicken and a ten-jin bacon. The remaining three people also handed some back.

"You can't do this even if you want to hand it over. This is too much. I don't need to take so much." Lin Heng waved his hands again and again.

After a few people pulled and pulled, even if he didn't want it, he still got three more golden chickens, fifteen jins of wild boar meat, and more than ten jins of white rice meat.

"That's good. We are all family. It doesn't matter if we have more or less." Lin's father also persuaded him.

Lin's mother also persuaded him: "Yes, there is no need to haggle over the meat like the hunting team in the village. The meat is enough for everyone to eat."

They felt that Lin Heng should have taken more, but it was enough. It was okay to share the rest with everyone.

According to the current situation, Lin Heng took about 40% of the meat, and everyone else took 15% of the meat, which means that Lin Heng still took out 20% of the meat to share with everyone.

According to his normal contribution, he could get 60%~70% of the total meat, but he didn't take that much, because these were his best relatives, he was willing to share some, and he didn't lack that much food.

"Okay, have lunch at my house, uncle and uncle, you can take the meat first, and then tomorrow or the day after tomorrow we will go to the city to sell these furs at once, how about it?"

After the distribution, Lin Heng looked at everyone and said.

"Okay, then the day after tomorrow. Let's have a good rest tomorrow. We've been too tired recently." Lu Honghai said.

"Yes, the day after tomorrow is suitable." Li Baiquan also said.

After the discussion, everyone packed their own meat. Lin Heng put the venison and a few fresh chickens into the refrigerator, and the other dried meat was hung in front of the second-floor window to be blown by the cold wind.

He was destined to have too much meat to eat this year, so he gave some to his parents on the spot and asked them to take it to Hongfeng Mountain to eat, and they could also take some to his third father's house. No matter what his third mother was like, his third father and Lin Hai were very nice people.

Others also put the meat into bags and put it aside. The fur and other things were temporarily piled in the study.

At noon, we chose a simple and delicious hot pot, and everyone gathered together to eat meat and drink.

This delicacy from the mountains and forests, whether it is mushrooms, yams or meat, has an incomparable taste. It is a pure and natural green food without any additives.

"Dad, I want to eat meat." Xiaoxia took chopsticks and wanted to tinker with it herself, but the copper pot was too high for her to reach.

Lin Heng picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece for her, dipped it in a little sesame paste and fed her. His daughter sat between him and Xiulan, but she always liked him to pick up food for her.

After picking up food for her, Lin Heng picked up a piece of tripe for himself. The tripe cooked in hot pot was a wonderful enjoyment, and the taste was unique.

"You should have some too, we have enough tripe to eat." Lin Heng picked up a piece for Xiulan and smiled.

Not only did they have the tripe of sika deer at home, but they also had the tripe of musk deer, musk deer, and roe deer. He took the initiative to take all the good things for hot pot.

"Okay." Xiulan smiled and nodded. She also liked the taste of tripe.

The longer the hot pot is eaten, the more fragrant it is, and there is no need to worry about the problem of the food getting cold.

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon after finishing the hot pot. After everyone exchanged greetings, they left one after another. Lin Heng sent them away. Xiulan and Lin's mother was cleaning the dishes in the house. The copper pot was washed and she could get some hot pot base in the afternoon. Keep eating, there are still dishes to finish today.

Li Baiquan didn't go far when he met some people in the village. Someone asked curiously: "Li Baiquan, is this the meat you picked? Did you gain a lot from this hunting?"

"It's meat, just wild boar. I haven't caught anything good in hunting." Li Baiquan said with a smile. He really wanted to show off, but after Lin Heng said something, he had to keep the same tone.

"I don't believe you have been out for so long and only caught wild boars. There must be muntjacs, roe deer, and maybe forest musk deer?" Tian Baishun said with a chuckle.

This is also the speculation of many people in the village. They speculate that Lin Heng and the others must have gained a lot this time, otherwise they would not have been out for such a long time.

"Maybe you hit a black bear or a wild wolf? You didn't even tell us to let us see it," someone joked.

Li Baiquan smiled and said: "It would be great if we really hit it, there are wild boars and golden pheasants."

"It's impossible to have a black bear, and maybe a wild wolf, maybe a sika deer, takin or something like that." Tian Baishun said.

Everyone thought the same thing, but they didn't know that Lin Heng, the prey they joked about, had all been killed this time. If they really said it, they would be jealous.

Lin Heng didn't know this. He drove to the town and got some venison and bear meat for Uncle Gao. Then he found Wang Zhou and asked, "Have you found the shell I asked you to find?"

He has communicated with Wang Zhou quite a lot this year. The young man is working harder than before because his wife Liu Cihua is getting pregnant and he has to work hard to earn money to support the family.

Liu Cihua is a shy and obedient girl who treats Wang Zhou very well and makes him fall in love and unable to extricate himself.

He was also happy to see that he had changed Wang Zhou's destiny. He felt that every honest and kind person should receive good rewards.

Wang Zhou walked in and took out a bag and said, "I found it. I also went to a few dry ponds not far away and picked up a lot. It weighs five or six kilograms. Brother Lin, can you see if this is enough?"

He was extremely grateful to Lin Heng. He tried hard and earnestly to do everything Lin Heng said.

"That's enough, that's enough." Lin Heng nodded with a smile, and then said, "When you go home in two days, remember to come to my house first, and I will give you something."

"Okay, Brother Lin." Wang Zhou agreed with a smile.

"Xiao Lin, aren't you going to go fishing? I recently caught a crucian carp nest. I think it has already made a nest." Uncle Gao walked out with a fishing rod and said with a smile.

"That's okay, let's go fishing and try it." Lin Heng thought for a moment and said, there was nothing urgent to do today.

"Let's go, tell me what you gained from entering the mountains." Uncle Gao said as he walked.

"good."

Lin Heng took his fishing rod and pony to the river and chatted while fishing.

It was soon past four o'clock in the afternoon, and two people caught six large crucian carp, all weighing about one pound.

Lin Heng took two shells and returned home.

When he got home, Xiaoxia ran over to see what he had brought. When she saw it was a fish, she started to moan: "Dad, if you don't take us fishing with you, I don't want to play with you anymore."

Lin Heng looked at her and smiled and ignored her. He poured the shells into a basin and brought them into the house, pouring boiling water in to wash them.

"Are you going to make soap?" Xiulan asked looking at the shells he made.

"Yes, wash it first and make bear oil soap tomorrow." Lin Heng nodded with a smile. There was too much bear oil at home, and he wanted to try bear oil soap.

"I'll help you." Xiulan was very interested in this and squatted down to help clean it.

When Xiaoxia saw that Lin Heng ignored him, she ran over again, held her head high and said, "Dad, you must take me fishing next time. I forgive you this time."

"Okay, give me a kiss." Lin Heng said while washing the shells.

Xiaoxia smacked his face, then squatted down and played with the shell.

"Tomorrow at noon we will go to Hongfeng Mountain to pick up live shells and see if there are any pearls." Lin Heng said while washing.

Xiulan looked up: "Is it the batch of pearl oysters you put in last year?"

"Yes." Lin Heng smiled.

"Okay, I want to pick up pearl shells!" Xiaoxia said crisply.

"No problem, I'll take you there when the time comes." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

After washing them, he took a hammer and hammered the shells into small pieces, then divided them into two parts and put them into iron cans, and put them in the fireplace for calcination.

In fact, you can also use quicklime directly, but Lin Heng always feels that this ancient method of using shells has a better feel.

After resting for a while, Lin Heng took out two yellow-throated marten skins and handed them to Xiulan and said, "We will make these two skins ourselves, and then make a scarf for you and mom."

Xiulan blinked and said, "I can buy a lot of woolen scarves with the money I sold, so why do we waste so much time?"

Then she added: "And I have a mink coat. If you sell it, I will buy a good dress for my mother."

"But the mink scarf feels good." Lin Heng reached out and smoothed her messy hair.

"It's not necessary. I think my hand-knitted scarf is better." Xiulan shook her head, patted his hand again and said, "Obey, just do this. I'm too lazy to make it. It's very time-consuming."

"Okay then." Lin Heng agreed, spreading his hands.

After sitting on the sofa and resting for a while and eating an orange, he went out for a walk to see if the cows showed any signs of giving birth.

When he got home, he found candles lit in the house, and couldn't help but say, "Is there a power outage again?"

"Yes, it will probably come tomorrow." Xiulan said.

Lin Heng nodded, walked over and sat down. Power outages are a very normal thing in this era. At this time, electricity is not so abundant, and various technologies are not working.

"It should be burned." Lin Heng looked at the shells in the fireplace, took them out and put them aside to cool. The second portion will be put in the bedroom fireplace later. If there is no electricity, you have to go to bed early.

For dinner, Xiulan chose to make a spicy hot pot, and went to bed early after eating.

After coaxing the child to sleep, Lin Heng and Xiulan did a simple exercise again. If you are not used to going to bed too early, you can also spend the long night in this way.

The two fed each other some snacks and made some other attempts, such as Lin Heng holding Xiulan on his waist...

After being tired, the two gradually fell asleep.

The next morning, the two got up together. After exercising, Lin Heng went to the back mountain to check the cows. He immediately found something wrong.

"Xiu Lan, prepare some corn paste. The cow has given birth." Lin Hengxian returned to the backyard and shouted.

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Xiu Lan nodded, feeling very good.

This time the cow gave birth very smoothly. When Xiu Lan came to the back mountain with the cooked corn paste, Lin Heng had already taken out the placenta.

"Is the calf male or female?" Xiu Lan asked curiously.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "It's another heifer."

"That's good. We're lucky." Xiu Lan smiled and said, she went in and fed the corn paste to the cow.

Cows can give birth and produce milk. In any case, they are definitely better than bulls.

"That's for sure."

Lin Heng went to bring another bundle of dry straw and chopped it into small pieces with a knife to pad the cow in the circle to keep warm. This time the birth was very smooth and the calf was also very healthy. Next, we only need to pay attention to the nutrition of the cow.

Xiu Lan was very careful in this regard. In the past month, she would feed the cow some food every other day to supplement nutrition. This is also one of the reasons why the cow can give birth smoothly.

"Let's go." Xiulan reached out to take the straw off Lin Heng's head and shoulders and said.

Lin Heng nodded, went home and made breakfast with Xiulan, and called the children to get up and eat.

After breakfast, Xiulan brought bear oil over, and Lin Heng crushed the shells with a stone mortar to remove the powder, and the two prepared to make bear oil soap.

"By the way, I remembered that I have another good thing here."

Lin Heng suddenly said.

"What?" Xiulan and Xiaoxia looked over at the same time.