Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

In the blink of an eye, the next morning, Lin Heng woke up and Xiaoxia was still in his arms, sleeping like a little piggy with her head under his shoulder.

Lin Heng saw that his daughter was sleeping soundly and could not bear to disturb her. He lay on the bed and continued to sleep. He waited until after eight o'clock to ask Xiaoxia to get up, put on clothes and went to the toilet.

I had a simple meal at my parents-in-law's house in the morning, and then went to my uncle's house for lunch at noon. I originally wanted to leave after eating, but was forced to stay and continue playing.

In desperation, we could only stay for one more day and went for a walk around the area in the afternoon.

We had lunch on the seventh day of the lunar month and talked a lot before they agreed to let them go back.

When we set off, all three children received red envelopes, even Caiyun got one.

"I'm finally back."

Lin Heng took a deep breath as he opened the door to his yard. Even if I'm at my parents-in-law's house, it's not as convenient and comfortable as my own home.

"Xiong Ba, Da Zhuang, I'm back!"

Xiaoxia ran over to play with Xiong Ba and Da Zhuang happily. The two dogs lay motionless and didn't want to play with her at all.

"Come inside and light the fire. It's too cold."

Xiulan stomped her feet and quickly opened the door of the main room while carrying her things. When they left this time, Father Chen and Mother Chen also gave them a large amount of dried fish and shrimps, which totaled twenty or thirty kilograms.

Lin Heng put the child on the crib, went out to shovel some coal, and put some charcoal into the fireplace, then added firewood to light it. After a while, the fire was burning brightly, and several people gathered around the fireplace to keep warm.

After the charcoal was ignited, Lin Heng shoveled out some and put it into the brazier so that everyone could roast their feet.

"It's finally warm."

After roasting his feet for a while, Lin Heng took a deep breath and went to bring the boiling water from the fireplace to make a pot of tea.

"We don't have to run away anymore, right? All the relatives have left." Caiyun asked.

Xiulan nodded and said: "No, you don't have to go anywhere next. Caiyun, just concentrate on your studies. It's hard to help take care of the children during this time."

"Second sister-in-law, you are too polite. I should do this." Caiyun smiled and shook his head.

Lin Heng poured them a cup of tea and said, "Now it's time to enjoy life. When it's time to play, it's time to eat."

Visiting relatives during the New Year is a social interaction that adults cannot avoid. After socializing, he still prefers to eat and drink with his family.

After taking a sip of tea, the temperature in the room was already quite high. Lin Heng warmed up and went to the backyard for a walk. He looked at the flowers and koi carps, and then went to see the cows and a few chickens in the back hill.

Seeing that the baby cows and chickens were safe and sound, Lin Heng returned home with satisfaction, said something to Xiulan, and went to Hongfeng Mountain to find his parents.

Arriving at Hongfeng Mountain, Lin Heng found that his parents were on the north side of the first platform on the mountain. He guessed that they were feeding cattle and sheep.

He walked up and saw that it was indeed the case. His parents were digging holes and planting wooden stakes in preparation for laying out the barbed wire fence behind.

"Mom and Dad, you went up to the mountains to work during the Chinese New Year, why don't you take a good rest." Lin Heng looked at them and shouted.

"You are back. Why don't you play for a few more days? Xiulan finally goes back." Mother Lin looked at him and said, "Let's do these tasks while we have nothing to do. We won't be so busy later." Trouble."

Father Lin also raised his head and said: "In addition to planting crops this year, we also need to fertilize fruit trees and build trellises for grapes. We also need to build new cattle pens to cultivate shrimp seedlings and raise fresh shrimps. There is too much work. We have nothing to do in advance. What."

"Xiulan said that two days would be enough, and she didn't want to play more." Lin Heng responded to his mother's words and said, "You don't have to worry about these, just ask for help when the time comes."

He knew all the things his parents said, but he could ask someone to help him do it, so there was no need to be in such a hurry.

He walked to his parents, looked at them with disheveled hair and said, "Let's go back, let's go back and cook dinner, and have a couple of cups of wine tonight."

"Then let's wait until we have cleared this up." Father Lin said with a smile.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded. He didn't offer any help and went out to take a look up the mountain.

By the time he came back from a circle, Father Lin and Mother Lin had also come down from the mountain, taking grass to feed the animals.

"Son, you said cement pillars are needed in vineyards and kiwi fruit orchards. Should we make molds ourselves?" Father Lin asked while washing his face and hands.

Lin Heng nodded and said, "Yes, I will just buy some plastic box molds and thin steel bars and cast them myself. It won't take much effort. The weather is cold now, so it is not suitable for this work."

Father Lin nodded to express his understanding. He and his wife went back to the house and changed clothes, then returned home with Lin Heng and had a big meal in the evening.

The weather was very good on the eighth day of the lunar month. The sun came out early in the morning, and the golden sun made people warm. Lin Heng asked his parents to have a barbecue in the front yard.

There were barbecues with oiled skewers and teppanyaki barbecues. Everyone was eating, drinking tea, and chatting happily.

After the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Heng also started to make preparations. He hitched up his oxen and plowed the land at home, preparing to plant crops in two days.

In addition, my father and I also erected wooden stakes in the area where cattle and sheep are grazed on the mountain. After completing these tasks, it was already the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

The arrival of the Lantern Festival means that the new year has completely passed and spring has begun to arrive.

"How are you going to spend today?"

When he got up in the morning, Lin Heng hugged Xiulan and asked with a smile.

When he came back, Xiulan also satisfied all his strange ideas, and his waist ached a little when she cooperated.

"Barbecue, hot pot, or stir-fry?"

Xiu Lan hugged Lin Heng's neck and asked with a smile. She was unsure.

"What do you want to eat?" Lin Heng touched her little face and put his other hand on her butt.

"Hot pot, how about some cold dishes to eat with hot pot?" Xiu Lan thought for a while and asked.

"What a pity, let's get up and do it." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

The two got up, dressed and washed their faces, then exercised as usual, and milked for breakfast.

A lot of eggs were boiled this morning. In addition to the ones eaten in the morning, some were put in a small pot on the fireplace and boiled into tea eggs. They can eat them anytime they want.

After a casual lunch, they started preparing dinner in the afternoon. Xiu Lan and Cai Yun cut cold dishes together and prepared various ingredients for hot pot.

Lin Heng took the two children and pulled them to learn to walk. The two little guys walked more and more like a normal person, and they were not far from learning to walk completely.

"Daddy...dog..."

"Borrow...dog..."

The two little guys can speak more and more words. Now they are full of curiosity about the world. Seeing their sister playing with the dog, they also want to play.

"Be good, you can't play with the dog now."

Lin Heng pulled the two back, put one in the stroller, and taught them to walk one by one.

This busy afternoon, after six o'clock, it was dark, and the hot pot ingredients were ready.

Lin Heng added charcoal to the copper stove and turned on the lights inside and outside. The Lantern Festival must be brightly lit.

Before eating hot pot in the evening, a small pot of glutinous rice balls was prepared for everyone.

"Delicious!"

Xiaoxia nodded while eating. She loved fermented glutinous rice balls, which were sweet and fragrant.

"Let's just eat hot pot directly." Lin Heng shouted with a smile.

"Okay, Dad, brother, let's go first." Lin Yue raised his glass and said.

Tonight, their family is also here, and it will be lively when there are more people eating together.

"Okay, have a drink." Father Lin nodded.

Lin Heng also took a sip of wine, but he liked to eat meat more. He dipped beef and sika deer meat in the pot, and then dipped it in the dipping sauce full of sesame paste, garlic and coriander. He felt his taste buds blossoming after taking a bite.

The pork belly of the big fat pig killed during the Chinese New Year was also very good and tasted very fragrant.

In addition, there were various dried mushrooms, beef balls and fish balls made by hand.

Of course, the soul wide noodles were also indispensable. The sweet potato wide noodles soaked in soup were placed in a bowl and dipped in sesame paste and garlic. The sour taste was simply an ultimate enjoyment.

All the ingredients were made by themselves. Not only were they pure and natural, but they were also full of ingredients, and there were also many precious wild game.

Everyone was not in a hurry. They ate hot pot and chatted slowly from 6:30 to 9 o'clock.

"Second father, can I stay at your house in the future? There are so many delicious foods in your house."

Lin Wei, who was full, sighed and envied Xiaoxia very much.

"I want to live at my second father's house, too." Lin Tao also shouted with a smile.

"Of course, come over anytime you want to eat something delicious." Lin Heng agreed with a smile.

Xiaoxia came over and hugged Lin Heng, saying, "This is my dad, brothers, you can't compete with me for my dad."

Xiaoxia's words made the adults present laugh, and Lin Heng held her in his arms and fed her a fish ball.

"Don't worry, Xiaoxia, no one will compete with you for your dad." Liu Juan shouted with a smile.

"We only compete for food, hehe." Lin Wei said with a sly smile.

"Then I'll give you some food." Xiaoxia was quite generous with food, because she didn't lack snacks.

After chatting for a few words, the children went out to play, and the adults continued to eat.

Lin Heng picked up a beef ball for Xiulan, and she shook her head and handed it back to him: "I can't eat anymore, you eat it."

"I'm almost done." Lin Heng shook his head, looked at his father and elder brother and smiled, "The remaining beef balls and food are left to you."

"Let's divide these in the pot among the three of us." Father Lin nodded, he could still eat a little more.

Xiulan went to the freezer to get some hawthorn cakes, put them by the fire to soften them, and took them out for the children. They had to digest the meat after eating too much at night.

The adults ate until ten o'clock and ended the dinner. During this time, they talked about the work they had to do this year and how to do it.

It was already half past ten when they finished cleaning up the dishes. The children had played for so long and had almost digested their food, so they could go to bed and rest.

Everyone else went back, Lin Heng coaxed the children to sleep, and quickly lay down on the bed to sleep.

Both of them were a little full, looking at each other very happy and happy, this kind of life was what they wanted.

The next morning, after getting up, exercising and having breakfast, Lin Heng and his father went to the town to send Caiyun to school and register, and then opened the store.

He gave Wang Zhou a holiday until today, and he had a great time during the Chinese New Year this year.

After finishing here, Lin Heng and his father went to order cement, sand and gravel, as well as red bricks and other materials to prepare for the construction of cattle and sheep pens.

This time, he did not plan to use ceramic tiles. Lin Heng planned to buy iron wire tiles. This kind of tile is also very effective and can be used for at least four or five years without any problem. It is easy to install.

After returning home, Lin Heng went to talk to the village party secretary again in the afternoon. He found some people to help with the work in a few days.

In the next five days, Lin Heng and his parents took five helpers to install iron wire fences for the outdoor cattle and sheep farm.

Loosen the soil for the fruit trees, bury the decomposed cattle and sheep manure in it for fertilization, and sprinkle a lot of fertilizer to kill pests such as silkworms.

There is a lot of cow and sheep manure, which is not only used for fruit trees, but Lin Heng also asks his helpers to fertilize the pasture and astragalus, and to pour some on the crop fields.

There are a lot of these jobs, and they can come and do them when they are free.

On the 20th day of the first lunar month, which was also February 28th of the Gregorian calendar in 1987, Lin Heng and his eldest brother went to the city together, bringing three cousins ​​who asked him to help during the New Year.

The two stayed in the city for two days. Lin Heng contacted some people and arranged a good job for the three cousins.

If they work hard, they will definitely achieve something.

On the second day in the city, Lin Heng and his eldest brother rented a truck to buy the concrete column molds that had been ordered last year.

This mold is made of plastic and can be reused. The size is ten by ten centimeters. Lin Heng bought one hundred at a time.

In addition to the mold, he also bought steel wire for grape and kiwi racks and thin steel wire for filling concrete columns.

At two o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the truck stopped at the first platform on Hongfeng Mountain and unloaded everything.

In the following days, trucks carrying sand, gravel and red bricks also came one after another. Lin Heng also rented a mixer and hired several masons.

While letting the masons build the cattle and sheep pen according to the drawings he designed, he was making cement pillars with his parents and elder brother.

The production of cement pillars is very simple, just put the cut steel bars into the mold, add some thin iron wire as the skeleton, and add concrete with a good ratio.

The construction of the cattle and sheep pen is more complicated, because this time he plans to use iron tiles, so he plans to build a larger cattle and sheep pen. He designed a large cattle and sheep pen covering an area of ​​600 square meters, 10 meters wide and 60 meters long.

Such a large cattle and sheep pen will not need to be expanded for several years after it is built, and it is no problem to raise hundreds or thousands of cattle and sheep.

He is not a professional in the design of cattle and sheep pens, but he has seen professional cattle and sheep pens in his previous life. Combined with his own experience in raising cattle and sheep, he constantly directs masons to build according to his requirements.

Now it is the Jingzhe season, and basically there will be no ice or frost, and the construction project has begun vigorously.

Soon Jingzhe arrived. It didn't rain that day, but there were two spring thunders.

The buds of the trees gradually became full, and Lin Heng and his team had already made 300 cement pillars.

"Son, I think the cement pillars are almost enough. We are not sure how to build this frame. Come and teach us today."

Early in the morning, Lin's father found his son and said.

"Have you moved all the cement pillars?" Lin Heng asked curiously.

"We moved some yesterday." Lin's father said with a smile.

"That's no problem. I'll go to the field to teach you later." Lin Heng nodded.

These days, he watched the masons help build the cattle and sheep pens, and he also personally went to the battle. He didn't pay attention to the work of pouring cement pillars.