Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

He bought some old items sold by his family, a set of ancient books left by his ancestors, and a silver ingot collected by Cheng Peng.

It cost a total of 500 yuan, which was not a small amount, but he felt that it was all worth it.

They played by the stream of Hongfeng Mountain for nearly four hours before they packed up and left.

Back in the house, Lin Heng and Xiulan went to the mountain to take a look.

In the sheepfold, since the sheep entered the new sheepfold, these sheep have been much easier to raise, and they don’t have to excrete feces frequently.

You can clean it once you want, or once every three or four days if you don’t want to. It’s okay, even if the ground is a little dirty, the suspended sheepfold is always clean.

Lin Heng bought a two-wheeled iron cart, which is specially used for removing feces.

Now the more than 20 ewes have basically become pregnant again and are pregnant.

There are more than 20 ewes in this batch of lambs last year, and they can be arranged for breeding when they are in heat again in May and June.

Black goats reproduce very quickly. Basically, they can reproduce at five months old and give birth to their first child at ten months old.

Lin Heng has tied up the testicles of the rams produced at the end of last year with rubber bands. Now you can see that the testicles are gradually shrinking. Without blood flowing in, they will soon be castrated naturally.

"I think this is better than surgery. It must be painful for the goats to be tied up for so many days." Xiulan looked at these little rams and felt a little sorry for them.

"Actually, it's the same. It was only a little bit in the first two days, and there was no feeling afterwards." Lin Heng smiled.

After looking around, the two left the sheepfold and went to the mountain.

Ginseng has grown and will bloom again this year. Most of the spring has passed, and the spring honey is full and can be harvested.

After looking around the cabin, they went down the mountain and went home.

These days, other crops have been planted, fruits and vegetables have been planted, and only rice has not been planted.

These days, Lin's father has been busy with paddy fields and preparing to plant rice in May.

Unlike last year, this year Lin Heng plans to raise some rice fish, so he wants to raise the water livestock in the paddy field higher.

The green shrimps were taken out from the shrimp pond one after another, and the suitable female shrimps were selected and raised in the hatching pond. He chose to buy male shrimps from the fishermen in Heihe.

The big green shrimps caught by them in Heihe were paired with the green shrimps raised by his family.

However, there is no rush for this matter. It will be fine if they are purchased before mid-May. At present, he just brought the news and offered a very high price. Many people rushed to catch shrimps for him.

On April 25, there was a heavy spring rain, moderate rain, which lasted for two days and two nights. This rain made the green mountains completely green.

Looking up, there was green everywhere, and the Chinese toon on the mountain could be picked again.

After the rain, Lin Heng stayed at home to look after the children, and asked Xiulan and Lin's mother to pick mushrooms for half a day.

The weather was cool in early spring, and there were pine mushrooms, matsutake mushrooms, and morels.

Xiulan and Lin's mother picked more than 20 kilograms of pine mushrooms, 5 or 6 kilograms of morels, and only found three matsutake mushrooms in the previous nest.

"This year's mushrooms are not good, not as many as last year." Xiulan shook her head while picking mushrooms.

"It seems that mushrooms also have good and bad years." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He didn't go to pick mushrooms not because he didn't want to go, but Xiulan saw that the children had no time to go out and play, so she asked her to pick mushrooms to relax.

Taking care of children, especially young children, is also a very annoying thing, because children always have unlimited energy to run around, and they don't know the danger, so adults must watch them all the time.

A few days ago, when they were feeding chickens, something happened. Lin Luming went out for a walk and grabbed a nettle leaf and cried for a long time.

"Although we didn't get many mushrooms, we got a lot of deer ear chives. This time is the tender time. Mix it with meat to make dumplings." Xiulan took out a large pile of deer ear chives at the bottom of the basket and said.

"This is good, and it tastes good when fried with meat." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

At noon, they fried mushrooms and deer ear chives, which tasted very good. They were mountain delicacies with a special taste.

"You two go pick them tomorrow, and I'll look after the children. Son, you can always find some good things in the mountains." After dinner, Lin's mother said.

"Okay, then I'll go and take a look." Lin Heng nodded. His luck came from Xiongba lying lazily in the yard basking in the sun.

In the afternoon, they rested at home. Lin Heng was turning over and drying the Polygonatum odoratum. He steamed it in the morning and it was almost dried now.

After nine steamings and nine dryings, Polygonatum odoratum can be soaked in water to replenish Qi and enhance the body's immunity. People like them who live in the mountains always use some medicinal herbs to soak water when drinking.

In summer, the water is mostly honeysuckle, Prunella vulgaris, Houttuynia cordata, etc., and there are different medicinal herbs soaked in water in other seasons.

This is also one of the reasons why people in the mountains are healthy. Some people eat very poorly, but they can live to be eighty or ninety years old. It is these medicines in the mountains that subtly nourish the body.

The next morning, Lin Heng took his bow and arrow and bag and went up the mountain with Xiulan.

At this time, the leaves were green and the flowers were in full bloom. It was a pleasure to walk in the mountains and forests. I felt that every cell in my body was relaxing.

Bringing a cup of water and some dry food, the two of them and the dog walked and stopped in the forest to search.

"There is one here."

"I have one here too."

When they found the mushrooms, they were happy together. If they couldn't find them, they complained together and looked for the reason. Such days were beautiful and a bit dreamy.

When there were no so many utilitarianism and pursuits, even if you only did one thing a day in nature, you would feel a sense of relaxation.

They didn't go home until two o'clock in the afternoon. They did gain more than yesterday.

We got a lot of morels and pine mushrooms, but we didn't find any matsutake mushrooms. None of the previous nests grew.

"Son, you can really pick up good things when you go up the mountain." Lin's mother said happily as she looked at the more than ten kilograms of morels.

"Not bad." Lin Heng was in danger, so he went into the house to hang up his bow and arrow and drink a cup of tea.

The next few days were sunny. The beginning of summer had arrived, and the wheat and rapeseed in the fields had all turned yellow. Every household was busy harvesting.

After harvesting, they were busy plowing the fields and diverting water to plant rice.

Lin Heng's family also planted a lot of rapeseed and wheat in several muddy fields that did not have water all year round. They were busy these days.

After we finished, the beginning of summer had passed. At this time, the cherries and loquats at home were ripe. Lin Heng picked a lot for the children and let them eat for several days.

And the strawberries at home were ripe one after another. Xiaoxia would go to see them every day. If she picked the red ones, she would happily give them to her mother. She would not eat them alone, but save enough for five people.

On May 8, Lin Heng went to the town on the other side of the Heihe River.

He went there with his eldest brother and did two main things. The first thing was to pull back the male prawns he bought, and the second thing was to buy eight large carps netted from the Heihe River.

Back to Hongfeng Mountain, Lin Heng put the male prawns he bought in a special pool and observed them for a while. If there was a problem, he would change a batch. This matter could not be sloppy.

"Dad, did you cut the branches and water grass leaves back?"

Lin Heng looked at his father and asked.

Father Lin nodded: "I cut them at noon. If you want, I'll bring them to you now."

"Let me help you." Lin Heng followed him out.

They put the branches and water grass into a one-meter-deep pool, and then Lin Heng put eight large carps in.

There were five female carps weighing six kilograms, and three male carps weighing more than three kilograms. They were all fish that were about to spawn. If they were placed in such a spawning pool, they would spawn in one or two days.

When Lin Heng came the next morning, his father happily shouted to him, "Carp lay eggs so quickly. I went to see this morning and saw that the branches were full of carp eggs."

"That's for sure. These are fish that are about to lay eggs. Let's catch the fish now and raise them somewhere else, otherwise they may damage the hatching of the eggs." Lin Heng said with a smile.

The carp eggs will hatch in seven days at most, and then they will grow a lot after feeding for a month. At this time, the rice seedlings have grown up. Put the fish fry in, and they will weigh two or three taels when the rice is threshed.

The rice fish is not big, but it tastes very delicious. You can choose to eat it or continue to raise it.

"Okay." Lin's father nodded with a smile and went into the house with Lin Heng.

Lin Heng looked at the male shrimps. At first glance, there was no problem, but he had to wait for two more days to be safe.

All the carps were caught, and a big carp was selected to be kept for rice planting, and the remaining few were thrown into the grass carp pond.

"This year, the grass carp can be sold. They won't grow much more." Father Lin said while looking at the grass carp pond.

"Yes, they can be sold. I'll buy two big grass carps these days and bring some grass carp seeds back. Then I'll keep them for next year."

Lin Heng looked at his father and said that his father was right. There was no need to keep these grass carps.

"Are the ones in this pond not good enough?" Father Lin was curious.

"No, grass carps can only spawn after three or four years. These are not enough." Lin Heng shook his head.

Although these grass carps are now more than ten pounds, they are still some time away from spawning.

"Got it. Then you can only do it after planting the seedlings." Father Lin nodded and said.

They will plant the seedlings the day after tomorrow. When planting the seedlings, his eldest uncle, third uncle, third father's family, and uncle's family will all come to help.

The paddy fields of Lin Heng's family and eldest brother's family together only have eight or nine acres of land. So many people can finish the work in one day.

"Lin Heng, do you still want to go hunting this year?" When planting the seedlings, Lin Heng's uncle asked.

"Let's talk about it in winter. I won't hunt in summer." Lin Heng shook his head. If he wasn't particularly short of money, he would be too lazy to hunt in summer.

It's too difficult to preserve the prey in summer, and many prey often have cubs. Killing them will cause great damage to the ecology.

"And my aunt is about to give birth, right?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

"Yes, she is about to give birth, in June or July. I plan to tell your mother that we will temporarily live in your old house for a month. If she is going to give birth, it will be more convenient to go to the hospital. The mountain is too far and it's too late."

Lu Honghai nodded and said that he cherished a child with great difficulty. He didn't plan to find a barefoot doctor to deliver the baby. He planned to go to the city to give birth. It would be best if the child was stable.

Lin Heng nodded and said, "That's definitely no problem. The house is empty, but we don't have time to take care of it. Uncle, you have to take care of it yourself, or find someone. I can send it to the city when you are going to go to the city."

He made it clear in advance to avoid being unhappy at that time.

"I know you are busy, don't worry about this." Lu Honghai said with a smile.

Lin Heng nodded and talked to them about other things.

The rice seedlings were planted in one day, and in the next two days they went to help the three families of the eldest uncle, the third uncle and the youngest uncle to plant rice seedlings. Most of the time, people in the countryside just exchanged work to help each other, and they didn't talk about money or anything.

After the rice seedlings were planted, the spring farming work was also over. Lin Heng called his father and eldest brother, and took Xiulan to go fishing in Huangtan River.

What disappointed them was that they changed five or six places in two days, but they couldn't catch any big grass carp. The largest one was only a three-jin carp, and the rest were crucian carp.

"I'm not used to them anymore when I go online." Lin Heng was so angry that he took out the sticky net that he had prepared long ago.

After fishing for a long time, I saw the net shaking, and as expected, I caught a big grass carp.

"This must weigh twenty kilograms. With such a big belly, it must be a female grass carp."

Xiulan said after taking the big fish from the sticky net.

"Yes, just get another male." Lin Heng nodded.

"I guess it might be done if we wait for another half day." Father Lin said with a smile.

"I think so too." Lin Yue also said.

However, the three of them were disappointed. They spent a lot of effort to get the female grass carp back, but the male grass carp could not be caught for a long time. As if they were cursed, they caught another twelve-pound large grass carp, and it was also a female. of.

Finally, I heard that someone else had found it online and quickly checked it out. When I found out it was a male, I quickly bought it.

When I got home, I made a big puddle in the Shiban River for them to lay their eggs.

Unlike carp, grass carp likes flowing water to spawn, so they found a small pool with a large flow of water to set up their spawning ground.

After the fish has finished spawning, take them back and put them in the hatching tank to hatch.

After finishing the grass carp eggs, we started hatching and cultivating the green shrimps. A few days ago, the carp eggs had already hatched, and the fry were already eating and were very active.

Although spring plowing has ended, their work is not over yet. They have to disinfect the shrimp ponds, re-use fertilizer and water to cultivate algae, and prepare for a series of tasks.

Although shrimp farming has only been carried out for two years, the amount of silver carp and bighead carp mixed in the fish pond to clean up the water is already more than ten kilograms.

Then I was busy for another half month, and the time soon came to June.

This morning, Lin Heng had a rare rest. He drank tea with Xiulan at home and watched fish.

At this time, the water lilies in the water began to bloom, and the flowers of various colors were very beautiful.

"It's been a very busy year this year. Grapes, apples and fruits will be given to us soon, and the cows are about to give birth."

Xiulan looked at him and said, Lin Heng worked harder this year than last year, and he hasn't stopped working since March.

"Yes, but I'm very happy to have you here." Lin Heng said with a smile.

These two years are a good time to accumulate original capital. It doesn’t matter if you are tired, as long as your wife and children are with you.

Time flies so fast. The two sons are almost one and a half years old, and they are running very fast now. The three siblings chat in the yard all day, and sometimes the three next door are included, and it is too lively.

It was very tiring for Xiulan to take them at home and do some chores such as housework.

"Then take a good rest and have fun these two days." Xiulan said with a smile.

"Okay, let's have a barbecue tomorrow." Lin Heng said with a smile.

The two were talking happily when Mother Lin's voice suddenly came from in front of them: "Son, are you in the house? Something happened and I need your help." (End of Chapter)