Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"Dad, let me try it!" Xiaoxia raised her little face and said coquettishly.

"I want to try it too!" Lin Luming learned quickly and smiled.

"Try it!!" Lin Duheng jumped, following Xiaoxia and the others to learn quickly.

Lin Heng first picked one for Xiulan and Caiyun to try, and then took a knife to cut a small piece for each of the three children.

"Delicious!"

"Great!"

After tasting the pears, Xiaoxia, Luming and Duheng all puffed up their cheeks, and the sweet and crisp pears made them smile.

"It's really edible, crisp and sweet." Xiulan nodded.

"It's better than the weight pear." Caiyun also said.

"Then pick more and take it back, and I'll try to bag the other tree." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Three pear trees were planted in the back mountain, but only two survived, and he repaired them very well.

He bought special paper bags, and this kind of pear will become a beautiful snow pear after being covered for a period of time, and it can also prevent Hu Feng from coming to steal it.

There is no need to climb the tree to set up a bench to reach the pears. You can reach them under the tree. Lin Heng picked some from each branch to relieve the pressure on the pear tree.

After picking the pears, Xiulan handed him a paper bag, and he put all the pears one by one.

After finishing, they took the pears home. The clothes in the washing machine in the house had been washed, and Xiulan hung them up to dry.

Lin Heng said: "Xiulan, I will take some pears to my uncle and my parents, and by the way, I will go to see if they have clothes and bring them over to wash together."

His eldest brother's house does not need to be picked, the things are in the back mountain, and they can go to pick them whenever they want to eat. Just like milk, as long as there is milk, no one will say anything if they squeeze more or less.

"You go." Xiulan nodded and agreed.

Lin Heng picked two portions of pears and took them out. He gave his aunt a portion and she happily took it: "Thank you, nephew, your pears are delicious, much better than the Chengtuo pears we grow."

"It's OK as long as they are delicious. Next spring, let my uncle come over to break off a few branches and take them back to graft the Chengtuo pear tree. It will bear fruit in two years." Lin Heng replied with a smile.

His uncle went home today and was not here. Only his aunt and aunt's mother were here.

"That's great. We will break off some branches and graft them next year." Zhang Gaolian said with a smile.

After chatting with them for a while, Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain. Fruit trees are planted in rural areas. Having a few fruit trees in front of the house can greatly improve the happiness of life.

Lin Heng's family has planted so many fruit trees in the back mountain, which makes him feel even happier. He can eat all kinds of fruits almost all year round.

"Mom, I brought some pears for you. Do you have any clothes? I'll take them to the washing machine to wash them?"

When he came to the house in Hongfeng Mountain, Lin Heng put down the pears and said.

Mother Lin was feeding the chicks next to her. She had already hatched three nests of chicks this year, and the two old hens at home had also hatched a nest of eggs each.

There were 42 chicks hatched so far, and she had sold them several times.

"The pears are ripe." Mother Lin came over curiously and took one to taste.

She knew there were a lot of pears at home, and this was specially for them, so she didn't say anything.

"It's really sweet, it's worth buying a fruit tree." Mother Lin smiled and nodded.

She was a little reluctant when Lin Heng planted fruit trees at first, but now she gradually understood that compared with planting crops, fruit trees are easier to take care of and have greater returns.

"As for clothes, I just washed two pieces, so there's no need to take them over." Mother Lin said again.

"Okay, take them over when you need to wash the sheets, it's easier to wash in the washing machine." Lin Heng nodded and said.

"I understand." Lin Heng nodded.

After chatting for a few more words, he looked at the truck and learned that his father had driven the sheep out to the open-air sheep pen on the hillside to graze and exercise, and he was dealing with the sheep manure himself.

He said a word to his mother and put on his water pants and walked up.

This year, Lin's mother continued to plant sunflowers, and the flowers on the hillside were very bright.

Alfalfa and ryegrass were also floating in the wind, and astragalus was growing very well.

Not far away, he saw the sheep in the iron fence, each one was grazing and strolling, very happy.

On the first platform, Lin's father was pushing a cart to push out the sheep manure.

There are three special composting pools on the side of the platform, which are used to decompose cattle and sheep manure.

"Dad, I'll help you." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"It's almost done, you don't have to hide your hands, it stinks." Lin's father said with a smile.

"I'm fine in my water pants." Lin Heng walked over to help.

"I took some of your saplings and planted them on the mountain. When they bear fruit, they can be sold." Father Lin looked at Lin Heng and said.

"You plant them. Anyway, those saplings can't be sold for much money." Lin Heng nodded.

The saplings grafted this spring basically survived after transplanting. They were planted in the land halfway up the mountain. No one pulled weeds and let them grow slowly.

He did this to make money. Selling saplings is more profitable than planting fruit trees.

While talking, Lin Heng helped with the work, cleaning the sheep pen and the cattle pen.

After finishing, Lin Heng couldn't wait to go to the mountain stream to take a bath. It was so comfortable to take a dive in the clear and transparent water in the hot summer.

"You should take a bath for a while. The water in the mountain ditch is cold and it's easy to catch a cold."

After taking a bath, Father Lin looked at him and said that he couldn't swim, so he just washed his body.

"I'll take a bath for a while." Lin Heng swam back and forth several times before getting ashore.

On the way back, Lin Heng looked at his father and said, "Dad, if it's inconvenient for you to work here, you can drive a tricycle over here to do it."

"It's okay. I use horses the same way." Lin's father said. He didn't want to use a tricycle to do farm work. His family was not so luxurious.

Lin Heng said no more. When he gets rich later, he can buy a small tractor for his father to work on. Working with a three-wheeler is not very comfortable.

Mother Lin broke off a lot of corn and came back. When she saw Lin Heng coming back, she said, "Take some back. It will be delicious roasted or boiled."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.

After returning home with the corn, Xiulan happened to make steamed buns for lunch, so he immediately said: "Then let me cook some corn porridge."

Corn porridge is very simple. Just peel the fresh tender corn and add two handfuls of glutinous rice, one handful of mung beans and one handful of red beans.

After cooking, scoop it into a bowl and let it dry, blow it with an electric fan, and it will have cooled down by the time you eat the steamed buns.

"Dad, I want sugar." Xiaoxia took a sip and said eagerly. She likes sweet things.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and asked Xiulan Caiyun, "Do you want honey?"

There is a lot of honey at home, so you can put honey directly in your porridge.

"Come on a little."

Both nodded.

Lin Heng put a lot of honey for them all, but he didn't make it himself. He liked to drink this kind of porridge with only the fragrance of rice and the sweetness of tender corn.

He didn't want to do anything in the afternoon, so he just drank tea at home, took care of the children, and had a good rest.

He doesn't want to hunt recently. If he wants to play, he will play with bow and arrow at home.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it's the next day. After breakfast, Lin Heng takes out the frozen pork belly and defrosts it, preparing to have barbecue in the yard in the afternoon.

Xiulan also prepared a lot of food. It was a very happy thing for a few people to have barbecue at home.

Lin Heng went for a walk in the woods at noon. He likes to walk in the woods when he has nothing to do.

It's enough to sit on a stone, sit in the shade of a tree, and listen to the sound of the wind blowing the leaves without thinking about anything.

Just like eating barbecue, you don't need to do it for anything, you just eat it when you want to.

A few people gathered around, chatting and cooking barbecue, along with some rice wine, and the afternoon passed like this.

"I have to put up the bird netting tomorrow. Those birds have already begun to harm the grapes." Father Lin said.

"It's not difficult. I've already bought the net. Just go and set it up." Lin Heng nodded. He would have completed the poles and ropes for the bird-proof net in the spring.

Mother Lin asked from the side: "The grapes will be ripe soon. Do you have any idea how to sell my son?"

"We can sell this ourselves, or we can sell it to state-owned stores. We don't have to worry about selling this thing at all. Don't worry, Mom." Lin Heng waved his hand and said.

In this day and age, selling things is not difficult at all, so there is no need to worry about it.

"As long as you have an idea." Mother Lin nodded. She didn't understand this and was just reminding her.

"In that case, I will go to the city to look for sales these days." Lin Heng thought for a while and said.

Grapes mature very quickly, so we really need to find channels first. We can wait for the feed mill, which will be built within this year.

The next day, he rested for another day, and then went to the city to run channels with his elder brother.

This is a family-to-family negotiation. Doing business is a first-time experience and a second-time familiarity.

It is also necessary to find several channels so that you will not be forced to raise prices. Even if there is a problem with one channel, there will be other channels.

We talked about this matter for three days and got some purchase orders. When the time came, he would drive to the door and deliver the goods.

The negotiation process went very smoothly. Now that the economy is getting better and better, there is no need to worry about selling things, so it went very smoothly.

The channels for fruits are all the same. I sold grapes this time, so I don’t have to look for kiwis and apples later.

Time passed by quietly, and in the blink of an eye it was already August 1st, and more than half of the 1986 year had passed.

"Yeah, it's raining again."

When he woke up in the morning, Lin Heng heard the sound of rain outside and went to the window to see that it was indeed raining heavily.

It hasn't rained for a long time since he bought the car, so it's time for rain.

Although his house has become less hot since the insulation sponge was installed on the roof, the rain is good and can cool down the house, and the crops also need rainwater.

"Will the grapes be okay if it rains?" Xiulan was a little worried.

These two days are when the grapes are ripening, so rain is not a good thing. Especially heavy rain will cause the grapes to burst directly.

"It looks like it's light rain, so it's not a big problem." Lin Heng looked at the sky and said.

Because the sky is not very dark and the rain is not heavy, light rain is conducive to the ripening of the grapes, but there is no fear of heavy rain.

"I hope so." Xiulan stood up and said.

The two got up and did some simple exercise. When they went to milk the cows, Lin Heng picked a bunch of Kyoho grapes. The purple and black ones were edible, and they were very sweet.

There was nothing else to do after dinner. Lin Heng drank tea in the house. Xiulan got some fairy leaves and came back to make some fairy tofu.

Although the rain was not heavy, it did not stop until the evening.

Sure enough, the rain stopped early the next morning. Lin Heng went to the orchard to take a look. Many of the grapes were ripe. When the weather cleared again, they could be picked and sold in basically two days.

In just two suns, the yellow mud road is as dry as iron.

On the morning of August 3, Lin Heng put a layer of grass on the bottom of the truck bed, and then called ten helpers to help pick the grapes and transport them to the highway for loading.

Lin Heng's family's grapes are ripe, and a lot of people in the village are paying attention. His family is the first to plant fruit trees. So many grapes have matured this time, and everyone is very curious.

"Lin Heng, how much do you sell your grapes for per pound?" someone asked.

"The price is different in different places, some are 20 cents, and some are 30 cents." Lin Heng responded with a smile.

Because this year is your year, in order to open up channels, he offered very cheap prices, and once the channels are opened, it will grow longer.

"You can produce 3,000 kilograms of grapes from this acre of land, which means at least 600 yuan per acre." Someone was shocked.

After calculating, everyone felt that it was a good deal, which was much more cost-effective than growing crops.

Lin's father shook his head and said, "How can the yield per acre be 3,000 kilograms? 1,500 kilograms is good. In addition to laying concrete pillars, pulling steel wires, catching birds, spraying pesticides, etc., it is only a little hard-earned money, but it is indeed more cost-effective than growing crops."

Lin Heng also said, "This is because we have our own car. If we let others come up to pull it, the price we give will be cheaper."

This year is the first year that grapes bear fruit, so there are not many fruits hanging, and the yield per acre can be almost 2,000 kilograms on average.

Kyoho grapes are a good variety. If you take good care of them, they can produce more than 3,000 kilograms per mu of land during the peak fruit-bearing period.

"That makes us envious. These grapes can be harvested for more than ten years after planting." Liu Lan envied.

"About thirteen or fourteen years." Lin Heng replied.

"That's really cost-effective."

"That's right. No matter how you calculate it, it's more cost-effective than planting crops."

"Lin Heng, we also grow grapes. Can you help me sell them?"

The helpers talked to each other, and some people who were watching the excitement around the car were also tempted and began to ask Lin Heng.

"Well, I can't guarantee this. If you really want to plant it, wait until it's planted." Lin Heng smiled and didn't give any guarantees.

The first car was loaded at noon. Because it was grapes, it was not too difficult to load. It was probably more than two thousand kilograms.

"Brother, let's go." Lin Heng shouted with a smile.

"Here we go." Lin Yue nodded. Although he was carsick, he still had to try.

He had already agreed that as long as he didn't eat, he wouldn't feel particularly uncomfortable.

Driving into the city, the handover was completed smoothly that afternoon.

Lin Heng's grapes are of very good quality and are delivered directly to the city, so they are very popular.

In the next few days, Lin Heng basically transported one truck a day for four days and sold the first part of the grapes.

Then after an interval of five days, when the remaining part was ripe, he also took them all to sell.

In the end, there were still some small grapes left in the orchard, and he did not keep them for himself, but gave them all to the children in the village, and every child could come to get some.

They already had a lot of them in their house, and they could not eat them all except for making wine.

It was August 14th when the grapes were sold out. During this period, it rained twice, and August was a bit dry.

At noon on the 14th, Lin Heng and his eldest brother came back, and a large number of people gathered in the house, all of whom were their relatives and friends.

In addition to the helpers, relatives and friends also helped a lot in harvesting grapes these days.

Now they are all looking forward to Lin Heng's account settlement and want to know the specific income. (End of this chapter)