Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

On the morning of April 6th, the weather was still sunny. Lin Heng had breakfast, drank tea and read at home.

"Dong dong dong!"

At around eleven o'clock, there was a rapid knock on the door, and then a call came in: "Brother Lin, are you at home?"

"Wang Zhou, what is he doing here?"

Lin Heng was a little confused, glanced at Xiulan and got up to open the door.

"Come in and sit."

Opening the door, Lin Heng welcomed him into the room with a smile and poured him a cup of tea.

Wang Zhou took a sip of tea, looked at Lin Heng quickly and said, "Brother Lin, something happened to the Cheng family who collects food in this town."

"Something happened? Is it because of gambling?" Lin Heng said in surprise.

"Brother Lin, how did you know?" Wang Zhou looked at him in surprise.

"Because I know that uncle from the Cheng family likes gambling. Why don't you know that?" Lin Heng looked unconcerned.

Wang Zhou nodded and said: "It is indeed because of gambling. It is said that he lost tens of thousands of dollars in gambling this time and owed a lot of money. Debt collectors have been coming to his door in the past two days, and he cannot prepare to sell the machine at a low price." Sold, that’s why I came up to inform you, Brother Lin.”

"Isn't the Cheng family the first ten-thousand-yuan household to have to sell the machine to repay the money?" Xiulan was a little shocked.

"It is said that he lost all his money in gambling, and he borrowed a lot of money from everywhere, not only from relatives, but also from loan sharks." Wang Zhou told the news he had learned.

"This is normal. Once you get into gambling, no matter how much money you have, you won't be able to spend it." Lin Heng said.

However, what happened to the Cheng family did surprise him. He remembered that they were arrested together with Liu Qicheng from the acquisition station in his previous life.

But in this life, Liu Qicheng was arrested early. He thought there would be changes in the Cheng family, but he didn't expect the result to be even more drastic.

"Have you asked how much it costs to sell the machine? Do you know where the debt collectors are?" Lin Heng took a sip of tea and asked again.

Wang Zhou replied: "It is said that all machines are for sale. The most expensive ones cost tens of thousands of yuan, and the cheap ones cost more than a thousand yuan. If you want to buy one, you can come and ask. I think you may need it, Brother Lin, so I came over to tell you."

After taking a sip of tea, he continued: "As for where the debt collectors come from, I don't know. Some say they are from the city, while others say they are from the neighboring village."

Lin Heng nodded and said, "I understand. I'll go down and have a look on the 29th of the lunar calendar the day after tomorrow."

Wang Zhou stood up and said, "Brother Lin, I will leave as soon as the news is brought to you."

"What are you talking about? We'll leave soon after lunch." Lin Heng held him down and motioned for him to continue drinking tea.

"You guys have tea, and I'll cook for you right away." Xiulan said.

Wang Zhou knew Lin Heng's character. He didn't refuse anymore and said with a smile: "Thank you, Brother Lin. I'll bother my sister-in-law."

Lin Heng was drinking tea while looking at his daughter and son. Xiaoxia was taking them to play with toys in the crib over there. He had to pay attention to them not to fight.

Xiaoxia frowned, because her two younger brothers could only destroy but not create, and she was very troubled.

Lin Hengze understands that this is the nature of children. Destruction is their way of understanding the world. They learn about the world by knocking things down and throwing things away.

Because compared to creation, destruction is the easiest. Parents cannot stop it too much, but they cannot completely let it go and must guide it intentionally.

"Brother Lin, are you ready to buy it?" Wang Zhou asked.

"Well, let's go take a look. Don't be in a hurry." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He has no urgent need, and he doesn't want to buy these things that will depreciate now, unless the price is very attractive.

"I understand." Wang Zhou nodded in agreement.

Lunch was ready in a short while. It was not particularly rich, just six dishes and one soup, but it was all hard vegetables and spring mountain products.

After dinner, Wang Zhou said goodbye and left. He went to his brother-in-law Liu Ciwen's house, saying he was going to see his father-in-law and help him with some work.

"Are you ready to buy it?" Xiulan asked curiously.

Lin Heng shook his head and said, "I'm not sure yet. It's not impossible to buy it. In fact, harvesting grain is a long-term thing. It's a long-term process. It's just that our family is not in the town. If we buy a machine, we have to find a revolving door person." It’s very troublesome.”

In rural areas, it took about 10 years for farmers to be able to buy their own grain-threshing machines. After household appliances were brought to the countryside, there were more and more machines in rural areas.

Before that, they were all very poor. Farmers had always suffered. They had paid public taxes for decades, but in the end, pensions still differentiated between rural and urban areas, with the difference dozens of times.

Later, I ran out of electrical appliances to sell, so I thought of dumping them in rural areas.

The people who truly love this person are often the simplest people, and most of them end up turning into loess in obscurity after suffering, while some people enjoy boundless wealth.

"This is indeed a very troublesome thing. There are already a lot of things at home, and no one can take care of it even after buying it." Xiulan said.

"I'm still thinking." Lin Heng nodded.

If it is suitable for him, he can buy it and teach Wang Zhou to run it well, and he can give him part of the dividends.

After taking a sip of tea, he didn't bother to think about it anymore. They stayed at home in the afternoon, and early the next morning they found their mother to take care of the children, and then went to fold toons and bracken together.

The leaves of the trees have turned green very quickly in the past two days, changing every day. The low shrubs are basically tender green, and the small trees have also sprouted buds. Only some large trees have not yet revealed new buds.

It is a pure joy to find wild vegetables, one here and there, and every time you find one, it is a pure joy.

In the morning, the two of them got five kilograms of Chinese toon and ten kilograms of fern. They didn't go there in the afternoon. They turned the land in front of the house and mixed it with rotted manure to prepare for transplanting seedlings.

At this moment, the grapes and kiwis have sprouted, and the branches in the simple greenhouse are basically alive. There is also a greenhouse where the seedlings of vegetables and fruits are growing well. They are ten centimeters long and are just waiting for a rainy time to transplant.

Soon it was the 29th of the lunar calendar, the market day. Lin Heng and his eldest brother went to the town together and came to the door of the Cheng family.

But now his status is different. He used to come to the Cheng family as a ten thousand yuan household, but now he is in danger.

"If you want to get rice, go over there. You can't come in here."

Seeing Lin Heng and the others walk into the main room, Cheng's daughter-in-law reminded with a gloomy face.

Recently, the family situation has deteriorated drastically. She is very worried. She doesn't know what to do in the future because her good and affluent life is gone.

Lin Heng glanced at the woman and said, "Aren't you selling machines here? We're here to buy machines."

"You're buying machines? The cheapest ones cost thousands." The woman glanced at the two of them, a little unconvinced, implying that they were not joking.

Lin Heng said, "My name is Lin Heng. You don't know me, but you should know the purchasing station in the town. That's the one I opened."

Upon hearing this, the woman was stunned and a little surprised: "You are Lin Heng."

"Don't blame me. Many people have come to inquire about the news these two days, which makes people feel irritated. It's not intentional." The woman apologized first, and then quickly poured tea for the two of them, "Drink water, wait for me to find my father-in-law."

Soon, Cheng Peng, the uncle of the Cheng family, came over. He was of the same generation as Lin Heng's father.

"What machines do you want to buy?" Cheng Peng looked very distressed and regretful.

"Take a look at them all. Buy them if the price is right." Lin Heng said. He didn't sympathize with this man. Don't look at his expression now. When he gets addicted to gambling, he will sell his children to gamble.

Gamblers are the least worthy of sympathy.

Cheng Peng smiled and said, "If you really want to buy, I can sell you all the machines plus two motorcycles and a tractor for only 40,000 yuan."

"So expensive, you are dreaming, Uncle Cheng." Lin Heng said mercilessly.

Cheng Peng said undeniably, "I have a lot of these things, you will pay more than this if you buy them separately."

"How much do the tractor and motorcycle sell for separately?" Lin Heng asked again.

Cheng Peng asked, "The tractor sells for 10,000 yuan, and the motorcycle sells for 1,000 yuan."

"Can't it be reduced a little more?"

"Not a penny, if it's not urgent, it would be impossible to sell at this price."

"Forget it."

Lin Heng shook his head and told him that if the price dropped, he could go to the purchasing station to notify him.

This price is too uneconomical for him. It is better to rent a tractor with this money. Fifteen thousand is more cost-effective than doing anything now.

"Brother, what do you think about me buying a motorcycle?"

On the way to the purchasing station, Lin Yue sought Lin Heng's opinion.

"Don't buy it. It's better to buy it as gold and save it. If you want to go far, just use my car." Lin Heng persuaded.

"It's mainly because your sister-in-law wants to buy it. I don't actually want to buy it." Lin Yue spread his hands.

"Then don't buy it. Believe me, you won't suffer a loss. Buy it as gold or silver dollars and save it, or other things I told you." Lin Heng said again.

He understood that his sister-in-law Liu Juan was eager to show off. If she had some money, she would be superior to others if she bought a motorcycle.

"Then I'll listen to you. I'll buy it as gold and save it later."

When Lin Yue heard his brother say this, he decided to listen to him. After all, he didn't miss it, and he could rely on him to have this money.

And he firmly believed that the brothers he had played with since childhood would definitely not cheat him. His wife was not as reliable as his brother.

When he came to the store, Lin Heng chatted with Wang Zhou for a few words, and then met Grandpa Gao again. As soon as they met, he was called to go fishing.

Lin Heng didn't refuse. He took the rod and went, and then he was empty-handed.

"It must be that the water temperature is not high enough at this moment. Let's wait for a while."

"I think so too."

The three of them quickly found the reason. It was not their fault. It was all the fault of the water temperature.

After finishing all this, Lin Heng went home after walking around the street for a while and buying some things.

He picked a lot of flowers on the way and gave them to Xiulan when he got home.

Xiulan put several kinds of flowers into the vase one by one. Her flower arrangement skills had a self-taught beauty.

Time flies, and it will soon be April 15. At this time, the trees are all green. It is another good time of spring.

This year's Hongfeng Mountain is more beautiful than last year. The roses around the fence have bloomed into a flower wall, which is not only pleasing to the eye but also very fragrant.

These days, in addition to helping to turn over the land at home and planting corn and soybeans, they are mainly busy with the breeding of rams and ewes.

But fortunately, everything went smoothly and there were no accidents.

On the 15th, there was another spring rain. Lin Heng sat at home drinking tea and staring at the green mountains on the other side.

"When the weather gets warmer in a few days, let's go out for an outing." Xiulan said.

"Sure, where do you want to go?" Lin Heng asked curiously.

"Just by the Slate River, we don't want to go far." Xiulan said.

She just wanted to take the children to play by the river, and didn't want to go far away.

"We can go there many times." Lin Heng said with a smile.

In spring, the trees are beautiful in color and there are all kinds of flowers, and there are no annoying insects, so you can have fun.

"Dad, let's go plant watermelons." Xiaoxia came over and said that she didn't want to play with her brother anymore, they were so annoying.

"Wait until tomorrow, dear." Lin Heng hugged her and said.

It rained all day that day, and the land was completely wet. The next morning, after breakfast, Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain to pull up the seedlings and transplant them.

They planted some conventional vegetables, and the most common ones were watermelons and cantaloupes.

This year's strawberry field was also renovated. Because of the renovation, it will take until June to eat strawberries.

Planted fruits and vegetables, and some sweet potatoes, this year's spring plowing is almost completed.

Because most of the land at home is planted with fruit trees, they are not very busy this year.

Lin Heng went to see the astragalus and ginseng. The astragalus planted in Hongfeng Mountain last year grew very lushly.

The ginseng seedlings are also normal. This year is the third year, and it can bloom and bear fruit. The ginseng will also have some medicinal effects when dug out.

The weather was very sunny on the 20th. Lin Heng took his wife and children to the Red Maple Mountain stream with food.

Originally they wanted to go to Shiban River, but after looking around they found that it was not as good as the Red Maple Mountain.

A tarpaulin was laid by the stream, and a bed sheet was laid on it, so the children could play on it.

Lin Heng lit the charcoal and put the pot on to cook food.

"Have a sip." Xiulan brought Lin Heng a cup of milk tea and said.

"Okay, aren't parents Caiyun here?" Lin Heng asked after taking a sip.

"No, they said they would come in a while." Xiulan said.

Lin Heng nodded, and he cooked food here for a while, and then he ran away when his parents and Caiyun came.

He went to lie on the bed sheet, covered his head with the sun, and the whole person fell into a state of emptiness.

"Dad!"

"Daddy!"

The children ran to him and crawled around, but he didn't want to move, which made them even worse.

But even so, Lin Heng still chose to ignore it. If he did, he would be even more troubled.

Sure enough, they went to play with grandma nearby.

After sleeping for a while, Lin Heng woke up again, came to the table to drink tea, ate something and looked at the green all over the mountains and the flowers dotted in it.

"By the way, how is the Cheng family now?"

Xiulan sat next to Lin Heng and suddenly asked.

"They sold them all to someone in the town. The tractor and motorcycle were reduced in price several times to buy from me, but I refused." Lin Heng replied.

"It is said that Chen Peng ran away without paying off the money he owed, and his son and daughter also ran away, which hurt the relatives who lent him money at the beginning." Lin's mother said.

"Yes, Cheng Peng's relatives are also pitiful. They didn't get any bargains and lost a lot of money." Lin's father also said.

Lin Heng drank a sip of tea and said, "Actually, I didn't buy anything. I still bought some." (End of this chapter)