Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

Xiulan poured Lin Heng a glass of water, took an apple, and brought the scallion pancake directly. It was just made in the morning and can be eaten directly.

"You eat, I'll cook for you." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.

Lin Heng grabbed her and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it will be enough to do it later, let's talk for a while."

"Okay." Xiulan nodded, sat down next to Lin Heng, and reached out to flip through his untied collar.

Lin Heng held his daughter who came in from outside and told Xiulan what he had done in the past half month. He knew that Xiulan was very anxious when he was not at home. She was a person who was very afraid of being alone.

"Then you've been busy every day for the past half month." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said with some distress.

Lin Heng smiled and said: "I am busy now so that I will not be busy in the future. Don't worry, things will be much simpler when the factory is up and running."

While there is still an opportunity now, he must make more investments. When the wind of reform really blows later, he will take advantage of the east wind and jump into action without spending much effort at all.

"We are fine now. Take your time with the rest. You don't have to work so hard." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said, Lin Heng was working a little too hard now.

Lin Heng held her hand with one hand and hugged her neck with the other and smiled: "The autumn leaves have turned yellow in the past two days. In two days, we will go to the mountains to play, and then we will kill a black goat to make hot pot. We will also do it ourselves." Taste the lamb.”

Xiulan's hair was simply tied behind her back with a rubber band today. It had no smell at all, but had a faint floral fragrance.

Xiulan nodded happily: "Okay, I've wanted to go up the mountain for a long time, but it's boring if you don't go up the mountain alone. Now that the white dew has passed, we can still go pick persimmons. This year's persimmons are also very good. Let's take them back and make them. Persimmon.”

"Okay, let's take a day off today, and I will accompany you to pick persimmons tomorrow." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiulan nodded and leaned on Lin Heng's shoulder. Her daughter also took off her shoes and sat on the sofa, occupying Lin Heng's arms. Only her two sons took the trolley and ran around the house excitedly.

Although this toy car is said to be a toy, there is no problem for a two-year-old child to sit on it. It is more than thirty centimeters long.

"These are the dried sweet potatoes and dried apples that I steamed and dried. You can take some with your children and eat some yourself while I go cook." After chatting for a while, Xiulan stood up and brought some food to Lin Heng.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, picked up a dried apple and ate it. It was full of toughness, sour and sweet, and the whole thing was a beautiful orange-red color.

After taking two sips of tea, Xiaoxia hugged his shoulders and said, "Dad, teach me how to ride a bicycle."

"My dear, let's wait until the afternoon. Dad is very tired. I want to take a rest." Lin Heng touched her head and said. When he got home, he didn't want to do anything but sit quietly.

"Then I'll give Dad a shoulder squeeze. He's going to teach me how to play with cars this afternoon!"

Xiaoxia knelt down next to Lin Heng and squeezed his shoulders, which was very considerate.

Lin Heng enjoyed it happily for a while, then got up again and walked around the room.

Although there are three children at home, only the toys on the floor are a little messy. Everything else is in order. There are only teacups, fruit plates and a thin-neck bottle with flowers on the coffee table. Tea snacks are neatly placed in the drawer.

He opened the wooden cabinet standing next to him. Xiulan also organized the contents very neatly, including various medicinal materials preserved in glass jars and other things in plastic bags.

When I walked into the study room, it was the same here. The desk was very clean and tidy, and the books were neatly placed on the bookshelves. Even the small cupboard for rice noodles was neat.

Xiulan is not obsessive-compulsive, but she likes to keep her home in order. She puts away what needs to be put away, and piles the unnecessary things into the utility room. She will sort out some things that can play a decorative role and put them away. A suitable location.

She even kept the wood-burning kitchen tidy and the firewood was not in a mess.

Life does not mean that you have to look at the quality of material things. Even if it is a mud house, as long as you have a heart to love and enjoy life, you can still make it comfortable and warm.

And if there is no love for life, even a big villa will be a mess.

Just like the houses made of yellow mud, if you wander around the village, you will find that various straw, pig manure, firewood and other things are cluttered in front of some houses, and they do not look like they are lived in. There are also people whose front and back are neat and tidy, and their earthen houses are decorated beautifully through some careful methods.

Some people complain about life, and some people love life.

Lin Heng looked in the front yard and saw that all the fruits that had been harvested in the fall had been pulled out by Xiulan. Now they were planting coriander, garlic sprouts, spinach and other vegetables that could grow in winter.

In the backyard, flowers, green grass and trees complement each other, and the bluestone path spreads out. The water in the fish pond is clear and translucent, and the big round koi carps are playing in the water.

In the back mountain, Kunkun and Kunkun are looking for insects in the forest. There are still navel orange trees and tangerine trees hanging fruits, and they have gradually turned yellow and are beginning to mature.

The cows that have given birth to milk for more than two years here are wagging their tails leisurely and eating the grass slowly. Going behind the elder brother's house, the smell is not so good. There are cow pens and pig pens over there, although the feces produced are They are all covered with tarps, but there is inevitably a smell.

Lin Heng walked around, and Xiong Ba followed him happily, hugging his legs from time to time to express his feelings.

Lin Heng took his dog son Xiongba back to the house, and his younger son Du Heng hugged him: "Dad, brother took my car."

"No, it was my younger brother who snatched it from me first." Lu Ming also ran over to argue.

Although the two brothers are twins, they quarrel and fight five or six times a day, and sometimes they cry and sometimes they make up.

"Come on, come on, Du Heng will talk first, and then Lu Ming will talk."

Lin Heng didn't take sides. They both asked questions, and finally called Xiaoxia to corroborate the testimony of the three parties. Then he judged that it was Du Heng who caused the trouble. He wanted to steal his brother Lu Ming's excavator, but failed to do so. Instead, he was robbed. He hit the forklift, so he came to complain.

"This is your fault, Du Heng. You were the first to steal someone's things. This is very good. You have to apologize to your brother." Lin Heng looked at Du Heng and said, without making any remarks about being an older brother and having to give way to his younger brother.

There should be no distinction between age when it comes to right and wrong. This will only make older children resentful and resentful, while younger children are arrogant and domineering.

Du Heng was a little unconvinced, but after some guidance from Lin Heng, he still admitted his mistake in a sweet voice: "Are you angry? I was wrong about Pigeon Pigeon."

"I've been kidnapped by my brother, so I'll give it back to you." Lu Ming returned the forklift to his brother.

Du Heng also looked at his brother's excavator and wanted to play with it. He felt that the forklift was boring.

"If you want to play, just speak up and discuss it with your brother. You shouldn't snatch it." Lin Heng taught Du Heng again, and then looked at Lu Ming: "You did nothing wrong by following others, but brothers must be friendly and have things to talk about. Reason, rather than arrogant action, which should only be done when it doesn't make sense."

"I understand." Lu Ming nodded.

After teaching his two sons a lesson, Lin Heng took them to play for a while, and then went to the kitchen to help Xiulan. Although the two sons were still young, under the leadership of Lin Heng's already well-shaped sister, they were still relatively mature. He is well-behaved and his speaking ability is better than other children of the same age.

Entering the kitchen, Xiulan was kneading dough. When she saw Lin Heng coming in, she said, "Go and sit down. I'll finish kneading it in a moment."

"I have some noodles at home. Just order some noodles and it will be fine." Lin Heng said as he washed his hands and came over to help.

Xiulan said softly: "The noodles are not delicious, and I am going to knead them more and make them into noodles. I will eat them tomorrow."

"Then let me help you." Lin Heng pushed her away and kneaded the dough himself. Compared to Xiulan, he was undoubtedly more than twice as strong and kneaded the dough faster.

"Then I'll prepare the whistle." Xiulan looked at him and went to pick vegetables happily.

Knead the dough for more than ten minutes and it's almost ready. Divide half of the dough into small strips, brush with oil and put it in a basin until it wakes up. I will make the noodles tomorrow and roll out the rest on site into a large round cake with a diameter of one meter. , then fold it and cut it into finger-width strips. This is standard hand-made noodles.

"The water has boiled, let's get in immediately." Xiulan looked at him and said.

Lin Heng nodded, spread the noodles and put them into the pot. Xiulan added a few leaves of Chinese cabbage, poured cold water on them once and they were done.

Shaozi Xiulan also makes it very simply, just chopped green onion, coriander and minced garlic, then adds some lard, pours it with noodle soup, adds soy sauce and mature vinegar and it's done.

Although it looked simple, it tasted very fragrant. Lin Heng directly took a small bowl to eat, while Xiulan and the children all had bowls.

Soon the food was on the table. Xiaoxia was the first to bring water to wash her hands, and her two younger brothers followed. But if they couldn't wash them thoroughly, Xiulan had to step in.

In addition to the noodles, there is also a plate of fried vegetables, some soaked sour bamboo shoots, and a bottle of mushroom beef sauce on the table.

"Mom, I want beef with mushrooms." Xiaoxia said holding chopsticks. She was already good at using chopsticks.

"I'll scoop it for you." Xiulan scooped some for each child and watched them sit on the bench and start eating noodles. Xiaoxia used chopsticks and her two younger brothers used forks.

Although it was difficult for the two sons to eat with a fork, Lin Heng and Xiulan did not immediately help. Exercise will strengthen the children's fingers, and they can learn to eat by themselves early.

If you think he doesn't know how to feed him and keep feeding him for fear of knocking him over, it will take a long, long time to learn to eat on his own. He will be proficient in everything he does and must practice more to learn it.

Lin Heng ate the fastest. After making some sauce, he finished a small bowl of noodles with a few mouthfuls, and then drank the soup.

"Eat slowly. No one will compete with you. There is still something in the pot. Eating too fast is not good for your health." Xiulan looked at him and said helplessly.

"It's okay. I am young and have good digestion now, so the noodles taste better this way." Lin Heng smiled and walked over to help the two children eat, while he took a bite of food from time to time.

Although he knows that eating too fast is not good, he likes to eat noodles like this, it feels good and feels at ease.

After finishing the meal, Xiulan put away the dishes and chopsticks. Lin Heng went to the cabinet next to him and took out two pieces of Polygonatum japonica. They had been steamed and sun-dried for nine times. He put them into a drinking pot and rinsed them with water. The whole family could drink it. , nourishing qi and yin, strengthening the spleen and moistening the lungs, the best stuff.

In the afternoon, Lin Heng didn't do much work. He took his children to Hongfeng Mountain, which has a large venue. He put on Xiaoxia's knee pads, wrist pads and a small helmet, and started teaching her to ride a bicycle.

The two children were watched by Mother Lin. They wanted to play but were unable to do so.

My parents didn't do much today. There was nothing else to do except feed the cattle and sheep.

Lin Heng told his father that he wanted to eat a black goat. After hearing this, Lin Heng smiled and said, "I actually want to eat it too. I haven't eaten this black goat yet. Let's kill one in two days to taste it." ”

"You guys are really good at eating. Even if you don't eat the white goat, you have to eat the black goat." Mother Lin said with a smile, but she did not disagree.

Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said, "We should kill pigs during the Chinese New Year this year, right?"

"Of course, the two piglets raised in the pigsty in the winter have grown up and have been eating acorns for a long time." Lin's father interrupted.

Xiulan nodded and said, "Then I plan to take out the pork slaughtered in the middle of this year from the freezer and dry it into bacon. This meat is not very delicious after being frozen for a long time."

"Of course, the freezer can be freed up to store other things. Bacon will not go bad if it is left outside in the winter. I also like to eat bacon." Lin's mother said.

Lin Heng slapped his thigh and said, "Speaking of bacon, I still have two hams that haven't been opened yet. Let's go back and open them in the afternoon."

The two big hams made earlier are still hanging upstairs, and he hasn't paid attention to them for a long time.

Xiulan said, "I've checked it out. There should be no problem, but it is indeed edible."

Lin Heng said immediately, "Then we will open it when we go back. If it is edible, we will fry it for dinner in the evening."

"I want to eat it too." Xiaoxia said in a baby voice while riding a bicycle.

Lin Heng pushed her and promised repeatedly: "My precious daughter will definitely have a share."

Everyone chatted while playing with the children, and an afternoon passed like this.

At around four o'clock, Lin Heng went up the mountain with his father to feed the livestock. He also took Hongzao, who had not been ridden for a long time, out for a stroll. It felt good to ride a horse, very majestic.

After feeding the cattle and sheep here, Lin's father and mother followed back to the village. Xiaoxia was tired after learning to ride a car for an afternoon, and gave up after not learning it. The car was pushed by her grandfather.

After entering the house, Lin Heng couldn't wait to go upstairs and took down both hams. Not only was there a layer of ash on the ham, but there was also a layer of mold on the lean meat.

"I don't know if it can be eaten." Lin Heng looked at the two hams and said.

"You'll know after burning it and cutting it open." Lin's father had already brought a handful of dry bamboo slices.

Take the ham outside, light the bamboo slices, and burn it inside and out first. The tight skin and meat sizzled and exuded a rich fragrance.

Soon the surface of the two hams was burned clean, and Lin Heng placed them on a wooden board and used a steel dagger to scrape off the mold on the surface.

It was easy to scrape, and soon a piece of mold was removed, revealing a beautiful red and white texture, accompanied by a strong meaty aroma.

"It looks like it's done!" Lin Heng said with a smile, which means that the ham is successful, and the mold is only on the surface.

"This meat is really beautiful, much more beautiful than bacon." Lin's father also nodded repeatedly.

Xiaoxia even came closer and looked drooling: "It smells so good, I want to eat it so much, Dad."

Lin's mother poured a basin of cold water: "This is made from wild boar legs, whether it is successful or not depends on whether it has a 'ha la' smell. Some meat looks fine, but it tastes very bad." (End of this chapter)