Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"It's much more than I thought." Father Lin was a little surprised, "What's going on?"

"Word of mouth has spread. I heard from Wang Zhou that many people from the next town come here to sell mountain products and buy things." Lin Heng explained.

"That's it, no wonder." Lin's father suddenly realized.

He became happy, smiled and patted Lin Heng on the shoulder.

"Let's go see if there's anything cheap to buy. If not, let's leave." Lin Heng looked at his father and said.

"Okay." Father Lin nodded in agreement.

Lin Heng turned to look at Wang Zhou and said, "You can go back now. There is no need to be busy here. Let's open the store after the first month is over. This month is a holiday, and you can get half of your salary during the holiday."

Wang Zhou was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly: "Thank you, Brother Lin."

He didn't expect that in addition to the year-end bonus, he would also receive paid leave, which was simply unbelievable.

"Go ahead, you deserve this." Lin Heng waved his hand and said, he would not treat those who followed him badly.

After Wang Zhou left, he took his father to go shopping on the street. Usually, the prices of some things would suddenly drop at this time, but he did not buy them this time because they were not what he needed.

Because of the snow, the market ended very early today. Father Lin looked around and patted Lin Heng on the shoulder: "Go home, son."

"Yes." Lin Heng nodded, and the two of them drove back, picking up a few people from the same village along the way.

Light snow has been falling, and now the sky and the earth are white.

After returning home, Lin Heng pushed the car into the house, walked quickly into the house and warmed himself by the fireplace.

"It's frozen." Xiulan handed him a cup of hot tea that she had just made.

"It's snowing like this. I won't be able to go to Lushui County the day after tomorrow." Lin Heng said with emotion after taking a sip of tea.

Xiulan smiled and said, "It's okay. It will be the same after the snow melts in a few days. I've prepared lunch. Let's eat."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.

I had a quick lunch and spent the afternoon bored at home watching the snow falling outside.

In the evening, snow has piled up on the hills, and the sky and the earth are white.

Although it is lightly snowing, it can’t stop falling.

Go to bed early and keep the fire burning brightly in the fireplace, Lin Heng said.

When Lin Heng woke up early the next morning, he glanced at Xiulan next to him.

"Oh, don't move, the wind is coming in."

Xiulan muttered, hugged him tightly and wrapped the quilt around him. Although it wasn't cold, the wind was still very uncomfortable when it entered the quilt.

"What time do you want to get up?"

Lin Heng looked at her and asked. Xiulan's body was hot and soft, and hugging him tightly brought an unparalleled touch.

"I've packed everything I need to prepare. Let's rest for a while." Xiulan whispered. She didn't sleep well last night and was still dozed off now.

Lin Heng looked at her face and lay quietly, not moving a finger, just feeling the feeling she brought.

At half past eight, Xiulan finally fell asleep. She opened her eyes and looked at Lin Heng, her expressions conveying affection.

"Get up."

She sat up, picked up the black lace bra next to the pillow and put it on, then turned her back to Lin Heng and let him button it.

After getting dressed, the two of them walked out together and opened the backyard. The air-conditioning hit their faces. As expected, it was white outside.

"It must have snowed all night. I hope it won't snow today." Lin Heng said with emotion.

"It shouldn't fall." Xiulan said, looking at the sky.

"Let's shovel the snow first."

Lin Heng said something, took two shovels and shoveled the snow with Xiulan.

The snow was not too thick, but it was still more than 20 centimeters thick. After the two of them shoveled the snow in the front and back yards, they felt hot all over. They took off their cotton-padded jackets to exercise together.

After the exercise, Lin Heng lit the fireplace in the main room, and then went to milk the cows and make breakfast with Xiulan.

After breakfast, Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain first.

When he came over, his parents and Caiyun were already preparing to put up Spring Festival couplets.

"You guys move so fast." Lin Heng said in surprise.

"Son, you and your sister will stick together. Your mother and I will go get fodder for the cattle and sheep. When we're done, we can go there." Lin's father waved to him and said.

"good."

Lin Heng nodded in agreement and came over to post Spring Festival couplets with Caiyun.

Father Lin and Mother Lin took a pair of couplets to the cattle and sheep pen. They wanted to paste a couplet there to seek good luck.

Lin Heng quickly finished pasting all the Spring Festival couplets and door paintings, and Caiyun went into the house to pack some things.

He took the net and went to the mountain stream, caught a grass carp and took it back to eat later.

He came back after catching grass carp and warmed himself by the fire in the house. After waiting for a while, Father Lin and Mother Lin finished feeding the cattle and sheep and walked in and said, "Let's go over there."

"Okay." Lin Heng carried the fish and returned to the village with his parents.

It was windy and cold outside, and the four of them hurried back to the yard.

"Auntie, I'll give you something to eat."

Xiaoxia saw Caiyun coming and handed the sugar orange in her hand to Caiyun.

Lin Heng has been at home for a long time, and he is no longer very attached to him.

"Thank you Xiaoxia." Caiyun smiled, picked her up and kissed her.

"Xiaoxia, I also want to eat oranges." Mother Lin looked at her granddaughter and said with a smile.

"For your grandma."

Xiaoxia got off Caiyun and took two oranges and handed them to Lin's mother and Lin's father respectively.

"Haha, what a good grandson I am." Mother Lin smiled happily.

Father Lin teased his granddaughter and then went to see the twin grandsons who were asleep after breakfast.

He now has a family full of children and grandchildren, and his life is enviable.

After warming up the fire for a while, Father Lin stood up and said, "Your mother and I will go to the old house to shovel the snow first. You finish pasting the couplets and come over to help."

"I understand. Dad, please remember to inform my brother to come over for dinner." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.

"I know." Father Lin waved his hand.

After their parents passed by, Lin Heng and Xiulan Caiyun posted couplets together, while Xiaoxia jumped around and watched.

"Mom, I also want to post couplets." Xiaoxia said aloud.

"Here, post a blessing, you will be full of blessings." Xiulan said holding a paste-stained blessing character.

Lin Heng picked her up and motioned for her to stick the word "福" on the door. Although it was a little crooked, it didn't matter, as long as she was happy.

"It's so fun, I want to post it again." Xiaoxia cheered.

"Wait a moment." Lin Heng didn't stop her. It was already a good thing that the child wanted to help. There was no need to reject her because she was clumsy. Everyone had been clumsy before.

Taking his daughter with him, Lin Heng quickly posted the couplets and hung up the lanterns. Suddenly, the room felt a little more joyful.

"I'm going to cook." Xiulan said after posting the couplet.

Caiyun also said: "I will help my sister-in-law. Second brother, please take Xiaoxia to the old house to post couplets."

"good."

Lin Heng took the things and pulled Xiaoxia towards the old house, following the two of them in a domineering manner.

The parents had already packed up the snow in the old house. Xiaoxia ran in and started asking for credit: "Grandpa and grandma, I just posted the couplets. Dad said I did a good job."

"Really? Then I'll take a look too." Father Lin touched her head and held her in his arms to paste the couplets.

A few people were busy, and soon the couplets on the old house were put up. After a little tidying up, they went back to the house to warm themselves by the fire.

Although there is a fireplace, Lin Heng still lit a charcoal fire today. This thing is very warm. What needs to be paid attention to is to guard against Xiaoxia.

Not long after they sat down, they heard the crackling of firecrackers in the village. Father Lin went out to take a look and said, "Wang Jin's family has done a lot of work this year. Now they are having a reunion dinner."

"Hurry up, let's take it slow and don't rush." ​​Mother Lin said in the kitchen.

At this time, firecrackers sounded in the yard next to it, and Lin Yue's family came over soon.

"Second father, grandpa!"

Lin Wei, who had a loud voice, ran in first. He was very happy. He achieved good results this year and his parents rewarded him with a toy.

"Brother and sister-in-law, come in and sit down." Lin Heng also walked out to greet him.

"Okay." Lin Yue nodded, stretched out his hand to hold his shoulders and said, "Let's go over and eat tonight."

"No problem." Lin Heng smiled and nodded in agreement.

After entering the house, it suddenly became lively when there were more people. The children were playing and playing together in a group. They went out to have snowball fights and made snowmen and had a lot of fun.

The adults took out playing cards and started playing, chatting while playing cards.

At around eleven o'clock, Xiulan shouted from the kitchen: "The food is ready, let's move the table for dinner."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and asked his father to move the square table and place it in the middle of the main room. Then he went to the utility room at the back and took a large round table and placed it on it.

This large round tabletop was custom-made by him from the carpenter Liang. The family placed it on the square table just enough to form a circle. After scrubbing it clean, they could serve the dishes.

Lin Heng’s reunion dinner this year can be said to have a rich menu. In addition to the regular chicken, fish, and pork, there are also stewed sika deer ribs, stir-fried black bear meat, and braised golden chicken, muntjac, and wolf meat.

Twelve dishes of various sizes were laid out, and there were many that were not served.

"This year's dish is delicious. It's all meat." Father Lin said with a smile.

Mother Lin also said: "That's right, there are more than last year. The children are so capable."

"It smells so good. Let's fire up the firecrackers and have dinner." Lin Wei couldn't help but say while inhaling the aroma.

"No problem." Lin Heng nodded with a smile, went to get firecrackers and sky cannons, and went to the entrance of the yard to set off the firecrackers.

"Eat, eat."

Lin Heng ran back not long after the firecrackers went off. The firecrackers his family bought this year were quite long and they had to go off for a long time.

"Come, let's have a drink first." Lin Heng said, raising a cup filled with rice wine.

Everyone has something to drink today, hot milk for the children and rice wine for the adults.

After taking a sip, everyone started to feast and enjoy the delicious food. The adults chatted while drinking, and from time to time took care of the children who couldn't reach the food.

They chatted about this year's harvest and issued a new outlook for next year, hoping that the coming year would be better than this year and that everyone would be healthy.

After the meal, everyone, including adults and children, including Lu Mingdu, was too full to eat, and there were still many dishes on the table.

"Come, pack your things and let's play cards and chess." Lin Heng said with a smile, not because he liked playing cards, but because the game was very simple and everyone could participate.

"Auntie, let's play checkers." Lin Wei held Caiyun's arm and shook it.

"Okay, let's play checkers." Caiyun agreed with a smile.

"Then I'll go back and prepare dinner first." Liu Juan stood up and said.

"It's still early. Let's play here for a while before we leave. We'll also play a few games of cards." Mother Lin grabbed her and said.

"That's good." Liu Juan agreed with a smile.

After playing for half an afternoon, the laughter in the whole room never stopped. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, everyone went to the eldest brother's house and continued playing cards.

In the evening, we had another New Year's Eve dinner at eldest brother's house. After playing for a while, Lin's father and Lin's mother, Caiyun, went back to Hongfeng Mountain.

Lin Heng and Xiulan took the children home and burned the fire in the house vigorously. The more fire there is on the night of the 30th, the better, which means a prosperous life in the coming year.

"I'll help you, Dad." Xiaoxia handed the firewood to Lin Heng and said.

"Okay." Lin Heng took it with a smile, and Xiaoxia clapped her hands as she looked at the raging flames in the fireplace.

Xiulan changed all the beds with new leaflet covers, and then signaled everyone to go to bed.

Lin Heng told the children the story of the Nian beast and the origin of the twelve zodiac animals tonight. Xiaoxia listened with relish, while Luming Duheng fell asleep in a short while.

The next morning was the real first day of the new year. Lin Heng and Xiulan woke up before dawn. They each changed into new clothes, and then changed new clothes for the children and sealed big red envelopes.

"Wow, I like big red envelopes."

Xiaoxia was not happy to be woken up, but she woke up immediately when she saw the big red envelope.

The two sons were different. They cried when they were woken up, and they didn't understand what the red envelope meant. After the two changed their clothes, Xiulan fed them some milk helplessly and coaxed them to sleep.

"Mom, let's go to kowtow to grandpa and grandma and wish them a happy new year." Xiaoxia pulled her mother excitedly and said that she wanted to collect a lot of big red envelopes to save.

"Wait a minute." Xiulan pulled her, they first made a fire and warmed up the main room, then took the square table out to make stars, burn incense, burn yellow paper and set off firecrackers.

After the worship, Lin's father and mother Caiyun came over. Xiaoxia was the first to rush out and hug them: "Grandpa, grandma, aunt, happy new year, congratulations on your prosperity."

After she finished speaking, she looked at the three people with big eyes.

"Happy New Year, Xiaoxia." Lin's father hugged her, smiled and took out a red envelope from his arms and handed it to her, and Lin's mother also handed her one.

"Wow, thank you grandpa and grandma." Xiaoxia kissed them happily.

Caiyun smiled and said, "Xiaoxia and I are both children. We both receive red envelopes but don't give them out."

"Okay then." Xiaoxia still kissed her aunt.

Lin Heng and Xiulan also greeted their parents and gave them red envelopes. The two elders also prepared red envelopes for them. After they finished chatting, they gave red envelopes to their two grandchildren.

The next thing was the same as in previous years. They wrapped the children in blankets. Lin Heng and Xiulan each held one. Caiyun took Xiaoxia and called the eldest brother's family to go to the Guanyin Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.

"Are you going to your third father's house to greet the New Year first or your grandmother's house?" Lin's mother asked curiously while walking on the road.

"Go to my grandmother's house. It's far away. What about you, brother?" Lin Heng looked at his eldest brother.

Lin Yue smiled and said, "I'm the same as you. Let's go together so that my aunt doesn't have to cook twice. She's pregnant and tired now."

"Okay, our whole family will go there." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

Father Lin shook his head and said, "No, your mother can just follow you. If we all leave and someone comes to pay New Year's greetings, they won't even be able to enter the house."