Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"How much did you sell the prey for this time?" Lin's mother asked curiously.

"Yes, how much did you earn in total?" Liu Juan also asked.

Everyone looked like a curious baby.

Lin Heng smiled and responded: "Not much, including the black bear, a total of 8992 yuan."

"God, this is not much." Liu Juan widened her eyes.

"That's right, you made a lot this time." Lin's mother opened her mouth wide.

Lin's father smiled and said: "It seems that there are indeed a lot of things in the deep mountains and forests. This harvest is full."

Only Xiulan was not too surprised, because she knew it in advance.

"It's mainly because black bears and musk are valuable, and the price of fur is actually average." Lin Heng said.

The money of the black bear, forest musk, and horse musk is more than 6,000, and all other furs are sold for less than 3,000 yuan.

"It's a pity that I didn't hunt another black bear this time." Lu Honghai said with emotion.

Li Baiquan also nodded: "Indeed, we went a little late."

"Let's divide the money first, calculate it, and then talk about other things." Lin Heng opened the bag and said, in addition to a lot of ten-yuan bills, there were also many silver dollars and gold.

The calculation of this money is not directly based on the total number, but on each prey. Who killed this prey, who helped, everyone's contribution is different.

According to the price and the calculated contribution, a reasonable distribution is made. After the distribution, the money obtained by each person is added up to be his dividend this time.

After calculating for more than half an hour, each one was recognized by everyone, and finally the money was divided.

Lin Heng got the most, because he killed most of the prey this time, and he took the most credit, and he got 5844 yuan.

His eldest brother Lin Yue got 1145 yuan, his eldest uncle got 989 yuan, his third uncle got 512 yuan, and his younger uncle-in-law got 500 yuan.

After calculating the accounts, Lin Heng distributed the money to everyone. He took the money for his third uncle himself and waited for him to come down to get it.

The reason why he didn't let his eldest uncle help take it back was because his eldest uncle had a habit of bullying his third uncle, and he might not give all the money.

After everyone got the money, they were all smiling. They didn't get unhappy or have conflicts because Lin Heng got the most, because they all understood that this was what Lin Heng deserved. Without Lin Heng, they wouldn't even get the money they have now.

"Xiu Lan, take it and keep it. We'll deposit it into the passbook tomorrow." Lin Heng gave Xiu Lan the money he got. There was 5,000 yuan in cash and more than 800 yuan in gold.

In addition to these, he also had extra income. The musk from his two musk deer sold for more than 1,600 yuan, and the mountain products collected from the mountain sold for more than 800 yuan.

He didn't sell the two precious herbs, saffron and cordyceps, but kept them at home. The same was true for the egg-sized bezoar, which he kept in his hands and didn't sell.

If all were sold, at least 7,000 or 8,000 yuan would be sold.

He had already deposited this extra income into his passbook. There were already more than 30,000 yuan in the passbook, and with this money, it would be more than 32,700 yuan.

After depositing the 5,000 yuan, he now had nearly 38,000 yuan in cash in his card alone. For ordinary farmers, this was definitely an astronomical amount of savings.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded gently, walked over and wrapped the wallet with a cloth, then opened the door and took it to the bedroom to store it secretly.

Lin's mother smiled and said, "Okay, let's get ready to eat, the hot pot is ready."

"Yes, let's eat quickly." Lin's father also said.

After a simple cleanup, everyone sat down around the hot pot, first eating a few steamed dumplings made by Xiulan, and then started eating hot pot.

The venison stuffed buns were so fragrant that people could swallow their tongues. Lin Heng ate two to fill his stomach, and then everyone started to eat hot pot after the copper pot was lit.

Everyone received money today. Lin Heng didn't let anyone drink too much, fearing that they would lose the money if they got drunk.

It was already past four in the afternoon after dinner. Lin Heng and his father sent his uncle and uncle away. When they came back, everyone cleaned up the dishes and chatted while playing chess in the house.

It is December 13th in the Gregorian calendar and the first day of the winter month in the lunar calendar. There are still two months before the Spring Festival. The next period of time will be very relaxing, and there is basically nothing to do.

Lin Heng is going to relax at home for a while, quietly waiting for the New Year.

After playing for an hour, Lin's father and mother returned to Hongfeng Mountain. They were going back to make tofu. When they left, they called Lin Heng: "Remember to come and get tofu brain and soy milk in the evening."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and agreed.

After the parents left, only Xiulan and Lin Heng were left in the room. Xiaoxia ran to her eldest brother's house next door to play after eating, and Xiongba followed to take care of her.

In the crib, the two children were also sleeping at this time. They had just finished drinking milk.

"Huh!" Lin Heng took a deep breath and leaned back on the sofa.

"What's wrong?" Xiulan came over and looked at him curiously.

Lin Heng looked at her and smiled, "Nothing, I just feel that I'm finally free. I'll accompany you to do whatever you want in the next few days."

"Okay." Xiulan agreed with a smile, and went to get the ear spoon and said, "Come, I'll clean your ears for you."

Lin Heng lay down and put his head on her thighs, and a faint fragrance emanated from her body. Xiulan gently cleaned Lin Heng's ears, her movements were extremely gentle, without a trace of pain.

After picking out his ears, Lin Heng looked up at her, with a slight smile on his beautiful oval face and tender love in his big eyes.

"Why do you think people live?"

Lin Heng sat up and tucked her messy hair behind her ears.

Xiulan smiled and shook her head: "How did I know? People's goals should be different at each stage. I just want to live by your side now, and I don't want to go anywhere else."

Lin Heng touched her cheek gently and smiled: "Me too."

He just wanted to lazily nestle in this small mountain village, quietly feel the passage of time, and empty his entire soul.

Lin Heng cleared the coffee table, took the tea tray, put charcoal on the small pottery stove to boil water, and when the water boiled, he took out the purple clay pot and black tea to make tea.

Sipping tea with Xiulan, they each took a book to read, quietly feeling the flow of time, and their hearts gradually became as calm as the lake.

The afternoon passed quickly, and it was going to be dark soon. Xiaoxia came back when she was tired from playing next door.

Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain with a wooden lunch box. Seeing him coming, Lin's mother said happily: "You came just in time, the tofu will be ready soon, and your dad will also make the spicy food."

Lin Heng took a closer look and found that his mother had also made mugwort tofu, and immediately said: "Give me some tofu puffs made from mugwort tofu."

Compared to pure tofu, the tofu made from mugwort tofu is obviously more delicious.

"I'll scoop up the second brother for you." Caiyun said with a smile. Not long after she came back, she had already eaten a bowl of tofu.

"good."

Lin Heng first scooped up a bowl and ate a little here, and then asked his mother to get two small basins and take them back.

One pot was taken to his eldest brother's house, and the other pot was taken home to eat.

At home, Xiulan was frying the buns she had made today in a pan on the fireplace, and now she was following behind, obviously hungry.

"I brought back tofu nao, come and eat." Lin Heng shouted.

"I'm so hungry, so hungry, so hungry!"

When Xiaoxia heard what she said, she trotted to Lin Heng's side, looking like she would be starving in the next second if she didn't eat.

"Get it for you right away."

Lin Heng smiled and opened the lunch box and took out tofu brains and garlic chili. The tofu brains given to Xiaoxia were made as honey. He and Xiulan both liked salty and spicy tofu brains.

Eating the soft and hot tofu puffs, the stomachs of the three of them immediately warmed up, and expressions of enjoyment appeared on their faces.

Add some fried buns and it will be enough for dinner. As for the two sons, it is enough to feed them milk and some complementary foods, but it is not appropriate to give them what they eat.

In the following period, Lin Heng's life became dull. He had three meals a day with his family, did some small things leisurely, had no goals or special ideas, and simply enjoyed life.

He and Xiulan made fermented fermented chili sauce together, marinated the sausages and deer heads and legs brought back from the mountains, and tasted the delicious food.

When the sun is nice, I go out for a walk, go for a walk in Hongfeng Mountain, and fish in the mountain stream. When the sun is not bright, I stay at home. Lin Heng plays with his daughter and son, and Xiulan works as a female worker.

Choosing a day when Caiyun was on holiday, Lin Heng went into the city with Xiulan and his mother who wanted to visit the city. He took the pearls he had previously opened to a small shop and made them into bracelets.

I took Xiulan and her mother to buy some cloth and picked out a set of clothes for the family to wear during the New Year. In the past, it took several years for everyone to buy a piece of clothing, but now not only can you buy it on a daily basis, but you will definitely have a new set of clothes during the New Year.

In addition to these, they also bought some daily necessities and spices for cooking.

Lin Heng also found someone and asked him to get him a new compound bow. After doing this, he rented a tractor and pulled a large roll of painted barbed wire home.

There is no rush in setting up barbed wire fences for cattle and sheep. We can do it at home when we have free time.

In the blink of an eye, it’s already December 27th, and it’s the Gregorian year soon, and the 1986 year is coming.

After breakfast that day, I asked Lin's mother to take Xiaoxia and her two sons. Lin Heng took Xiulan and his father to dig yams in the mountains.

They went farther this time, and it took them an hour to climb to the ridge. The huge ridge was circling like a dragon. As they walked on the ridge, they could clearly see the red maple village, which was like a small bowl.

"It's right over here. There are a lot of big yams in this forest." Father Lin pointed at a forest of mixed trees below and walked down first.

Lin Heng and Xiulan walked behind. Not far away, Xiulan noticed something: "There is a pretty thick vine here."

"Let me take a look." Lin Heng came over and saw that it was a vine as thick as his index finger. He was immediately happy. He took a hoe and cleaned the ground. He evenly dug out the soil and soon found the yam.

"This place where yams grow is not bad. Let's dig them all out." Lin Heng handed the basket to Xiulan and said.

"That's a big project." Xiulan blinked. When digging yams, they usually just dig out a section, because they grow too deep and it takes a lot of effort to dig them all out.

"I want to dig a complete one." After Lin Heng finished speaking, he took a small hoe and started digging. The deeper he dug, the deeper he dug. Soon he had dug one meter and a half deep, but he hadn't even reached the bottom yet.

"This is too deep, so don't forget it." Xiulan came over and wiped Lin Heng's sweat and said.

"After digging again, it is now as thick as a forearm, which is very rare." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiulan nodded and asked him to drink some water and take a rest. She took the hoe and piled the excavated soil aside so that he could continue digging later.

After taking a rest, Lin Heng came over to continue digging, and dug half a meter deep before he dug out the yam.

"Super big yam!" Lin Heng took out the long yam and laughed. Although he had to cut it into small pieces after digging out such a complete yam, it gave him a different sense of accomplishment.

"It must be seven or eight pounds." Xiulan gave a thumbs up.

Lin Heng raised it again and showed it to his father in the distance: "Dad, look, how is mine?"

"Awesome, one is equivalent to two or three of mine." Lin's father praised.

After showing off, Lin Heng cut it into small pieces and put it in the backpack, and then went to dig the next one with Xiulan.

When they were tired of digging, they took a break for a while. When they were hungry, they took out the fried dough twists they bought and ate them one by one.

The wild mountains and ridges were desolate, and even the shadows of animals could not be seen, but Lin Heng and others felt very happy. It was a very happy thing to dig yam together.

They would be happy to find a big yam, and even happier after digging it out.

Before we knew it, it was already past three o'clock. Snowflakes that had been missing for a long time suddenly floated in the sky. Xiulan reached out to catch some and said, "It's going to snow. Let's go back."

"Yeah, I'm hungry too." Lin Heng nodded. He had finished the snacks he brought. He turned around and called his father, "Dad, let's go home."

"Right away." Lin's father agreed, dug the one next to him and walked up.

"How much did you dig?" When they reached the ridge, Lin's father asked.

"A little more than you." Lin Heng looked at his father's yam and said, they dug about 20 kilograms of yam.

Lin's father took a look and praised, "Then you two are very good. Most people can't dig more yam than me."

After resting for a while, they got up and walked back along the ridge. Lin's father walked in front, Xiulan in the middle, and Lin Heng at the end.

It was already snowing heavily. Although it was not as heavy as goose feathers, the heads and shoulders of the two people were all white in a short while, and a thin layer of snow accumulated on the branches and leaves.

However, the three of them were not in a hurry. They walked back leisurely, admiring the slow falling of the snow.

When Lin Heng sat down to rest after being tired, he kneaded a small snowball, but before he could do anything bad, Xiulan took it away, glared at him and threw it aside.

"Don't freeze me."

After warning, Xiulan put her hand in his pocket to keep warm.

Lin Heng looked at her and smiled, "What should I do if I really want to do it?"

"Hit it yourself." Xiulan snorted.

She kept staring at Lin Heng, making Lin Heng's idea of ​​using snow to freeze her big white rabbit helpless. Seeing Lin Heng's helpless look, she smiled happily.

"Oh!"

At this moment, a thumb-sized snowball accurately passed through the sweater and fell on her chest.