Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"Here you go!"

When resting at night, Lin Heng gave Xiulan all the cash returned by his elder brother and Lin Hai.

Xiulan took it and counted it, saying, "It's not safe to put so much money in the cabinet, right?"

"It's okay, just put it in the cabinet. If someone steals the money, they will only mistakenly think that there are only those."

Lin Heng said with a smile, he knew that Xiulan meant to put the money in the secret compartment under the bed.

But he was a little lazy and didn't want to spend the effort.

"Okay then." Xiulan reluctantly put the money into the money box in the closet.

"Tonight we continue the story of Journey to the West yesterday. Our Monkey King should fight the White Bone Demon." Lin Heng picked up Journey to the West and read it to the children.

The 1986 version of Journey to the West was broadcast this year, but he deliberately didn't buy a TV, so no one in the family could watch it.

It's not just for the growth of the children, but also his strict requirements for himself.

Human laziness is very instinctive. With a TV, he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself and often watch TV, and neglect reading.

After all, compared to TV dramas, books are still too boring, especially those classics.

But he must make himself do this, and the children must follow. To change his class, reading is essential.

Otherwise, even if he makes money by taking advantage of his rebirth, he will give it back in the end if his own knowledge is not enough.

"Okay, I want to listen to Sun Wukong!"

Xiaoxia cheered. This is not the first time she has listened to it, but she still likes it very much.

"Sun Wukong!"

"Monkey paper monkey paper!"

Luming and Du Heng can't understand such complicated things at all, but they are also very happy.

"It is said that on this day, Tang Monk and his disciples walked to..."

Lin Heng can now read and tell stories with emotion. Telling stories to children has improved his ability to read aloud and his ability to speak.

The room was quiet when he told stories, and Xiulan also liked to listen to him, just like listening to books.

After a while, the two little guys fell asleep first. Xiulan covered them with quilts and pulled up the mosquito net.

Xiaoxia was not asleep yet. She could understand the content now. The more she listened, the more fascinated she was, and she was not sleepy at all.

Soon, Lin Heng finished the chapter. Seeing that he stopped, Xiaoxia said coquettishly, "Dad, I want to listen more."

"It's time to go to bed. Leave the expectation for tomorrow, dear!" Lin Heng patted her gently.

"Okay, I'm going to sleep!"

Xiaoxia compromised, because she was used to her father telling a chapter every night.

After coaxing the child to sleep, Lin Heng and Xiulan did not play a couple game, but leaned on each other and said a few words.

"Are you going to sell shrimp next?" Xiulan asked.

"Yes, I have contacted people before. I will confirm the specific order in the next two days, and then I can ship it." Lin Heng nodded.

The factory delivered the machine in the past two days. He has installed a landline in the factory in the city in advance. When the machine is delivered, he will call the town.

It is now very simple to get a phone in the city, after all, you can watch TV.

He is also applying for a landline in the town, which will be installed this month.

It was not installed before because it was not needed. Now that the factory has opened in the city, a phone is necessary.

After holding Xiulan and chatting for a while, Lin Heng lay down to rest. The two leaned against each other's shoulders and soon fell asleep.

The next morning, just after Lin Heng finished breakfast, his father came to call him: "Son, another sheep is in labor, and it's the first time to get pregnant today."

"I'm just about to go there, let's go now." Lin Heng nodded.

"Dad, I want to go too, I'm going to Hongfeng Mountain to feed the chickens!" Xiaoxia chased after him and wanted to stick to him.

"Then let's go."

Lin Heng picked her up and gave her to his father, then drove to Hongfeng Mountain quickly.

When we came to the first platform, we saw a ewe with labor difficulties. The legs came out first again. Lin's mother said that she had been ten minutes, and only one hind leg came out.

Lin Heng first injected oxytocin, and then added peanut oil for lubrication. When the first lamb was born, it was already dead.

Then the second lamb was also motionless after it was born, and none of them survived.

"Alas, I really owe a lot of people!" Lin's mother shook her head, a little regretful.

"It's OK as long as the ewe is fine. This is inevitable in breeding." Lin Heng shook his head.

"Yes, don't feel sorry for it. Take the lambs back and cook them to feed the dogs."

Father Lin picked up the two lambs and put them in the bucket. Although they died, they couldn't be wasted.

Lin Heng nodded, helped to feed the cattle and sheep, and then went back to pick up Xiulan and the two sons. He asked Xiulan to take the children to play here, and he and his parents went to harvest the grass.

Alfalfa has grown again. This good grass must be harvested quickly.

Ryegrass is not so good, because I have been harvesting it for more than two years in a row. It is a little old and the growth is not as fast as before.

Lin Heng plans to wait for half a month to harvest again, and then find someone to turn the land over and secretly plant a new batch of ryegrass.

He had bought new varieties of ryegrass seeds in Ancheng before.

"Son, the apples in the apple orchard can also be picked. There are birds visiting recently, and many apples have been pecked to pieces." Mother Lin said.

Lin Heng thought for a moment and said, "Well, let's pick them all after the grass is cut, and store them in the warehouse at home. We can drive the truck to sell them when we have time."

The apple tree only has a few fruits this year, so we can sell them by driving.

Although it is easier to sell them wholesale in the city, he wants to experience the fun of driving a car to sell goods, and bring his family with him.

"That's true. The apples won't go bad if they are stored for a month. You can sell them slowly." Father Lin nodded.

They were chatting and cutting grass. It was still a bit difficult for three people in the family. Father Lin went to find Lin Yue and Lin Heng's third father for help.

There is no money for this kind of help, but it allows them to take some pasture back, so they don't have to graze cattle every day in winter. It took two days to cut the pasture, half of it was made into green storage, and the other half was dried into hay.

Some ewes have given birth in the past two days, but there are no difficult births.

Xiulan has not been idle these two days. There were many small kiwi fruits left over from the previous harvest. She peeled them while they were still hard, then marinated them with sugar and boiled them in a pot for two minutes. Place in a bamboo dustpan to dry.

"Try it!"

On the afternoon of the 26th, Xiulan fed Lin Heng the dried kiwi fruit.

Xiulan likes to make things, try all kinds of things, and is very talented.

She kept the house in an orderly manner. Not only was it clean, but there were also various trinkets made by her, clay dolls made by the children, and the words written by Lin Heng. They were all placed and posted in various ways by her, making the house full of joy. Breath of life.

She also tried to make all kinds of weird foods, and preserved kiwi fruit was just one of them.

Lin Heng took a bite. The unripe kiwi fruit was a bit sour, but Xiulan had marinated it with sugar and finally dipped it in some powdered sugar. The sweet and sour taste was surprisingly good.

"It's delicious and the craftsmanship is good!" Lin Heng said with a thumbs up.

Xiulan smiled and said: "It seems to be a success, the children also like to eat it."

"Then why don't you make some dried apples when picking apples tomorrow? They should be delicious too." Lin Heng looked at her and said.

There are no additives in the food you make yourself, so it is definitely better to give it to your children than bought snacks.

"I think so too." Xiulan said with a smile.

Lin Heng took another handful and ate while walking. He had just finished cutting the pasture today, and now he was going to help make green grains. Xiulan and her mother were going to cook for them.

Today’s dinner also includes fairy tofu, and everyone is very happy to enjoy this delicious food.

"Grandma, how did you discover this magical tofu? How did you know that leaves can be made into tofu?"

Xiaoxia asked while eating the smooth and tender fairy tofu with a spoon.

Mother Lin took some more for her and put them in a small bowl and said: "This, some say it was inspired by gods, some say it was because there was famine before and everyone had no food to eat. Some people boiled the leaves in water and discovered this strange thing. Leaves, grandma thinks the second one is more believable.”

"There is a high probability that it is the second type. If there is no food, who would eat the leaves?" Father Lin said.

"I think so too." Lin Heng nodded.

There are many strange delicacies in the countryside, but these delicacies often represent some very sad stories. Under normal circumstances, no one would try something unknown without eating good rice and noodles. When they try, they often end up with nothing. Got something to eat.

Even if some of them are not caused by famine, they are delicacies made by accident by mixing several things together with a sense of economy.

It was only later that everyone forgot the origin of these things and only remembered their deliciousness.

"What is the Great Famine?" Xiaoxia tilted her head and asked curiously.

Mother Lin held her in her arms and told her about the past. Her generation had personally experienced the Great Famine, and they felt it very deeply. She spoke with emotion and emotion, especially about some people who ate dirt until they died, and were so hungry that they could not chew tree bark. , vomiting and chewing at the same time, etc. It makes people feel uncomfortable to hear it.

Xiaoxia shed tears after hearing this, and handed her small bowl with food to Father Lin and Mother Lin: "Grandpa and grandma, I will give you mine to eat."

"My dear granddaughter, you can eat it. Grandpa and grandma don't have to eat dirt now." Mother Lin smiled and touched her head.

Lin Heng gave his parents a chopstick of beef and said, "So you have to eat well and enjoy it now, so that you can be worthy of the suffering you suffered before."

"I'm enjoying it now. Your mother and I couldn't even think about living like this before." Father Lin shook his head and said.

"Then have a drink." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After drinking two glasses of wine, they moved the conversation elsewhere.

When he went back in the evening, he took a shower and asked Xiulan to get him formal clothes. He was ready to go into the city.

There has been no news from the machinery factory. Lin Heng plans to sell the fresh shrimps first and go to the city to confirm this year's order. Since there have been exchanges in previous years, there will be no big problems this year.

The purchasing station in the town has now been decided to be run by Li Shiwei. After these few days of preliminary operation, Lin Heng felt that he was okay, mainly because he could not find a better candidate.

When Lin Heng drove his tricycle over in the morning, he found that landline phones had been installed.

"Brother Lin, this was installed yesterday. You can give it a try by making a call." Li Shiwei said with a smile. He also tried it yesterday and found it very novel.

Lin Heng nodded and dialed the phone number at the factory. Wang Zhou soon answered. Lin Heng told him about the phone call and asked him to call him if he had anything to do in the future. Then I asked about other things. Everything was fine at the factory, but the person who delivered the machine had not yet arrived.

After chatting for a while, Lin Heng hung up, then looked at Li Shiwei and said, "When I come back in a few days to buy a second-hand bicycle, you can learn from it. If anything happens, ride it quickly to the village and let me know."

"Brother Lin, you are too generous. You have to give me a car!" Li Shiwei was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

"This is a job requirement. As long as you do your job well, everything else will come." Lin Heng replied with a smile. Not to mention second-hand cars, new cars are just a drop in the bucket for him now.

He didn't buy it before because he didn't need it. He already had a sidecar. Now that he needs it, he naturally bought it.

"Okay, Brother Lin, don't worry. I will definitely work very hard to complete the work." Li Shiwei nodded.

Lin Heng waved his hand and said something to him, then drove the sidecar into the city. Cars of this era are sturdy. His second-hand sidecar has only had two tires and a few fireworks in such a long time.

Although he asked about the situation, Lin Heng still went to the factory to take a look, and then went to discuss the business of green shrimp. This year, the price of green shrimp has increased again. He spent a little time negotiating, and then successfully got the order.

As I said, in this era, as long as the things are not bad, there is no worry about selling them. As long as you go for it, success is very simple under the sweeping dividends of the times.

It was already dark when he got home, but Xiulan and her children were waiting for him. Knowing that he was tired, Xiaoxia followed her mother to massage his back and shoulders.

The next morning, he started catching shrimps. At noon, Lin Heng first used the large plastic barrels at home to pack a batch of green shrimps into the city, and then bought a large square barrel for the revolving door truck to transport the shrimps.

In the past, I hired a revolving door aquatic product truck and didn’t buy those things myself. Now that I have my own truck, I naturally have to buy a set.

The next few days were spent catching and selling shrimps. There was an autumn rain in the middle, but Lin Heng didn’t stop working because he was in a hurry to sell shrimps.

It was just an autumn rain after the Mid-Autumn Festival that made people wear autumn clothes and coats instantly. The summer heat completely disappeared, and the cool autumn really arrived.

It took a total of seven days to catch the green shrimps. The day when the green shrimps were sold was October 5th. Caiyun took a holiday during this period and played at home for a few days before going to school again.

Caiyun has grown into a beautiful young lady. People in the village are shocked when they mention her. The Lin family actually let a girl go to school for so long. It seems that she will take the college entrance examination.

At 3 pm on the 5th, Lin Heng drove the truck back. He first drove to Hongfeng Mountain and stopped, then unloaded the things he bought.

As usual, he bought clothes and gifts for his family. His parents also had 500 yuan of wages each, which he bought for them in gold. He was afraid that his parents would keep the money for too long and it would become worthless due to inflation, so he simply changed it into gold and silver dollars.

"Mom and Dad, these are your things. You put them in the house first, and then we will go to the village to eat." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"There is really no room for clothes. I buy more every year, but you don't listen." Lin's mother sighed with emotion.

"Let's enjoy it. Anyway, it's useless to say it." Lin's father took it with a smile. This year, his son rarely bought him cigarettes for one day. In the past, he thought smoking was not good and didn't buy them for him. (End of this chapter)