Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

Lin Heng turned around and went upstairs, and soon brought down a glass bottle. It contained red oil, and there were many petals in the oil.

"What is this, Dad?"

Xiaoxia ran over and looked curiously.

"This is the essence of petals extracted with camellia oil." Lin Heng said with a smile. Looking at Xiaoxia's confused expression, he explained, but Xiaoxia was still confused.

"Are you going to put this in the soap?" Xiulan asked curiously.

"Yes, I'm going to make a flower bear oil soap, and I also want to make a mugwort bear oil soap. Unfortunately, I didn't extract the mugwort essence in advance." Lin Heng nodded.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded, went to get a small pot, put it on the fireplace, took out last year's bear oil and put it in to melt.

Instead of heating with an open flame, just rely on the temperature radiated from the shelter to melt the oil. Letting the oil melt slowly, Xiulan picked up the shell powder and added water to make lye. She had made soap many times, and her control of details was better than Lin Heng's.

After the oil is completely melted, you can pour it and the lye into a larger basin and stir. After a while, the reaction will produce a white cream-like paste.

"Just add the flower oil at this time." Lin Heng took the flower oil and said.

"I'll add daddy." Xiaoxia, who had been watching from the side, said.

Lin Heng handed the thing to her and said, "Just pour it in with the flowers."

"good!"

Xiaoxia poured the flower oil into Xiulan and stirred it evenly. The creamy soap soon turned light red. At this time, she could take a mold and put it in.

"The soap made from bear oil looks very delicate. Let's see the effect when the time comes. It should be ready for use during the Chinese New Year."

Xiulan placed the grinding tools on the cabinet in the main room and said that the bear oil flower soap she made this time can be divided into about ten pieces, which is enough for half a year.

Making it yourself doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good, but the materials are solid and you enjoy the process of making it. Bringing your children along will allow you to experience the joy of doing things together.

"Dad, I want to see it again." Xiaoxia stretched out her arms and looked at Lin Heng. She hadn't seen enough yet. She thought making soap was very interesting. She was much more sensible this year than last year and thought this change was very strange.

"Okay." Lin Heng picked her up and asked her to look at the bear oil flower soap on the top of the cabinet.

Xiulan hugged her son on the crib and said, "If we want to go to Hongfeng Mountain, we can start now. The sun has warmed us up."

"Okay." Lin Heng put down his daughter and walked over to look at his son. The two little guys now like to move around and call, and they are not peaceful in the crib.

After tidying up, this time I pushed a stroller with Lu Ming and Lin Heng in his arms.

Taking Xiongba with him, the family set off. In the village, they inevitably met people who asked him what prey he had caught. His answer was still as agreed upon.

"The weather is beautiful today, there is sun but no wind." Xiulan said while walking on the road.

"Good weather." Lin Heng nodded, winter is the most beautiful like this.

When they arrived at Hongfeng Mountain, they saw their mother before they even entered the breeding base. She was busy picking up something by the pond.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Lin Heng walked in with the child in his arms and shouted.

Mother Lin smiled and said, "Your father and I were picking up river mussels and also got a lot of green shrimps. We will fry them and eat them together at noon."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, walked over and looked at his father who was bending down and working in the pond and said, "Didn't Dad say you want to wait for me to come with you? Why are you doing this alone?"

Father Lin waved his hand and said, "It's just a cold winter and I'll finish it right away. You just need to wait next to me."

"Yes, there isn't much work." Mother Lin also said.

What else could Lin Heng say? His father had almost finished the work. There was no point in going in to help at this time. He could only wait nearby.

They chatted for a while on the shore and told their parents about cow production.

"The heifer is good, now we have another cow, and we will have milk to drink from now on." Mother Lin said with a smile. She was not used to drinking it before, but now she feels like something is missing if she doesn't drink a little every day.

"Can the two grandchildren also drink milk?" Lin's father asked while picking up river mussels and green shrimps.

"It's ready to drink. I've fed some, and there's basically no problem." Xiulan nodded.

When the child was young, he could not feed milk because his gastrointestinal function was not perfect and he could not digest it. Now that he is about to be one year old, there is no problem.

She was also slowly weaning her baby off, because sometimes she felt uncomfortable in her chest from holding it in, and she had to ask Lin Heng for help.

"That's good." Father Lin nodded.

After chatting for a while, Father Lin finished his work and everyone quickly entered the house carrying river mussels and green shrimps.

Mother Lin weighed the shrimps and said happily: "There are still a little over 10 kilograms, which is enough for several meals."

"Then you can make a prawn for lunch. Xiaoxia, Lu Ming and Du Heng can all eat it." Father Lin said with a grin.

"Thank you Grandpa, I like eating shrimps!" Xiaoxia walked over and hugged Grandpa's legs and said coquettishly.

"Eat more if you like it." Father Lin happily held her in his arms.

Lin Heng washed the river mussels and put them in a wooden basin. It was a large and tall basin. It was not clear whether there were pearls in it.

Holding a dagger, he first opened a medium-sized river clam. After opening it, he smiled: "There are really pearls. It seems that the method of growing pearls I heard is correct."

"Really, this river mussel has four pearls, which is more than last year's river mussel."

Mother Lin came over and looked at the pearls in the shell and said in surprise.

"In this case, we can harvest a lot of pearls this time." Father Lin looked at it and said in surprise.

"Let me look at the pearls too." Xiaoxia came over and looked at the beautiful silver-white pearls.

Lin Heng picked out the pearls and put them on a small plate, then took out the mussel meat and put it in a small basin.

Then he pried open the second river clam, but unfortunately there was nothing inside.

"This one has pearls again!" Xiaoxia cheered when she saw the third river clam.

"There are five of these, which is quite a lot." Lin Heng smiled and took out the pearls.

River mussels kept coming, and only one-third of them had pearls, but they were all pretty good in size. The smallest ones were five millimeters in diameter, and quite a few were one centimeter in diameter.

It took Lin Heng twenty minutes to open all the river mussels, and there was a small bowl of pearls.

Xiulan handed the child to Mother Lin, counted it with Xiaoxia, and divided it into pieces.

"Dad, there are 24 big pearls and 47 small pearls in total." Xiaoxia looked at Lin Heng and said crisply.

"Xiaoxia is great. It seems that the effect of artificially growing pearls is good." Lin Heng touched his daughter's head and looked at the pearls and said.

Last year, a large number of river mussels produced just a few pearls, but the yield of artificial cultivation was so terrible, and this was the result of his lack of skills.

However, it is indeed not as precious as natural pearls.

"Can these be sold for a lot of money?" Mother Lin said.

"It won't sell for much, so let each of you make a pearl bracelet. I'll find someone to process it later." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Do I have a dad too?" Xiaoxia acted coquettishly and cutely

"Both." Lin Heng nodded.

"Okay, you can make it into a pearl bracelet. I heard that grinding this stuff into powder can also cure diseases, nourish the liver and improve eyesight. I'll take a few small ones to give to your grandma."

Mother Lin nodded and said.

"Okay." Lin Heng took part of it for her on the spot.

Just clean the rest on the spot, dry it and store it.

After processing the pearls, Lin Heng took out the shells to dry, and when they were dry, they could be used to make soap.

Then he went to see the grass carp raised in the mountain stream. He felt relieved when he saw them all swimming slowly at the bottom of the water, fearing that some of them would not adapt and die.

When Lin Heng came back, Father Lin and the others were basking in the sun at the door. When they saw him, Father Lin said, "Son, let me tell you something."

"What's going on?" Lin Heng asked curiously.

"You are planning to build the new cattle and sheep pen after the New Year, right?"

"Yes, it will be built in time when the time comes."

Father Lin said: "What I want to say is that we can encircle a large area nearby and let the cattle and sheep run around in it. There are dozens of acres of wasteland near the two platforms. Let them enter and get rid of it." Once the weeds are removed, the land can be reclaimed slowly.”

"That's totally fine. I'll see if there's a suitable net when I go to town tomorrow. I'll buy it and we'll enclose an area for grazing cattle and sheep." Lin Heng nodded.

Originally he was too lazy to do it, but if his father wanted to do it, he could do it. It didn't cost much, and letting the cattle and sheep run around could also strengthen their physical fitness and improve their resistance.

"Okay." Father Lin nodded with a smile. He felt bad if he didn't pull out the cattle and sheep to let them go.

There was nothing much going on in winter. A few people basked in the sun for a while, and it was already noon soon. Mother Lin cooked fried prawns, which came in three different flavors, including fried and crispy prawns, and boiled prawns. , and stir-fried.

Xiaoxia held the shrimps with her hands and ate them herself, while Xiulan peeled some shrimps and fed them to her two sons, who were too young to eat them with their shells.

Lin Heng poured some drinks for everyone, and happily finished their lunch with prawns.

In the afternoon, Xiulan and her mother dug up shepherd's purses and peeled some shrimps. They were going back to make steamed buns and make hundreds of them and put them in the refrigerator to eat slowly.

Mother Lin soaked the soybeans and wanted to make a pot of tofu, dry them to make dried tofu, and also make some fermented tofu chili sauce.

When I got home in the afternoon, Xiulan started making noodles. Although it was winter, it was not difficult to make noodles with a fireplace in the house. When I woke up the next day, I could see a strong fragrance coming from the noodles. When you open it, you can see that there are honeycomb-shaped holes all inside.

"It's completely cooked. After we have breakfast, we can make buns and eat them when you come back from the city." Xiulan said with a smile.

"Then I will definitely come back soon." Lin Heng nodded, his mouth watering just thinking about the meat buns.

After getting dressed and getting up, they took Xiaoxia to exercise together. Today they picked up the keg again and went to the back hill to milk the cows.

"Fresh milk is more fragrant than milk powder." Lin Heng said while looking at the steaming milk boiling in the pot. The rich milk fragrance filled the whole room.

Next to it is the smell of Xiulan making potato cakes. Potato cakes are simple and delicious to make and are often the first choice for morning exercise. Sometimes they roast some taro and add jam to eat. This is Xiaoxia's favorite way of eating.

"It's almost time. Give your son some time to dry." Xiulan reminded.

Lin Heng nodded, poured half of it out to dry, and added some tea leaves and honey to the other half to make milk tea.

After breakfast, the milk was allowed to dry to a suitable temperature and put into bottles to feed to their two sons. This was not the first time for them to drink milk, so they drank it quickly without objecting.

At half past eight, his uncle Lu Honghai and his uncle Li Bai all arrived, and his eldest brother Lin Yue also came.

After chatting for a while, Lin Heng said: "Then let's go directly and have dinner when we get back."

"Okay, hurry to the city and come back soon." Lu Honghai also said that his wife was pregnant now and he couldn't stay outside for too long.

Everyone put all the furs and other things to be sold into snakeskin bags. These things must not be sold out in a blatant way.

After packing, Lin Heng said something to Xiulan, coaxed Xiaoxia, and set off, taking his uncle, uncle-in-law, and brother with him. There were four of them in total.

It was just noon when they entered the city. They did not go to sell mountain products and furs first, but went to buy daily necessities and other things that everyone wanted to buy.

Because these furs must be a lot of money to sell, it is not safe to use them to buy things everywhere, so they bought them now, and he would pay for them when the money was divided.

He also asked about the barbed wire. The price was not expensive. He planned to buy a batch and take it back when he came down again in a few days.

"Have you bought everything?" Lin Heng asked everyone. He had bought everything he wanted on paper.

"It should be gone." Li Baiquan said.

"Let's go sell the things quickly and go back." Lu Honghai also said that it was very fun to go to the city, but he still wanted to go home quickly.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, drove everyone to the state-owned store, and sold the things to be sold one by one.

"So many!!" The people who received the goods were shocked when they saw the things.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "We have saved them for a year, otherwise there wouldn't be so many."

"I guess so." The clerk said with a smile.

Two people came and counted all the things one by one, and then gave different prices according to the size of the goods, and finally completed the settlement smoothly.

"Let's go out and settle the accounts slowly." After getting the money, Lin Heng looked at everyone and said.

Li Baiquan smiled from ear to ear: "There is no rush now, we are all family."

"Yes, there is no rush." ​​Lu Honghai also said with a smile.

"It should be divided early." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Lin Yue also said, "Lin Heng, it is not safe to divide it here, let's go home and talk about it."

"I am also planning to buy some gold or silver dollars after the division. My third uncle asked me to help him deal with the money." Lin Heng looked at everyone and said.

His third uncle Lu Honggang had said this to him before. He didn't know how to use money and didn't know what to do. He let him handle it and trusted him completely.

He felt that for a villager like his third uncle, it would be best to buy gold and silver dollars, because he might have to save for a few years, and the two things he chose would never depreciate.

"Is that so? Then you can just sell more. We can keep more later." Li Baiquan said.

"Okay then." Lin Heng nodded, took part of the money to buy some silver dollars and gold, and took out all the money from selling black bears and took them back to Hongfeng Village.

Driving home, Lin Heng took them to the living room, closed the door, and then began to divide the money. This time the harvest was not cheap.