Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"It's raining!"

When he woke up in the morning, Lin Heng looked at the drizzle outside the window and sighed. The pillow made by Qiu Ju made people feel refreshed when sleeping.

"It looks like it won't be a big deal." Xiulan walked to the window sill and took a look, then went back to combing her hair.

After closing the window, Lin Heng came back and said with a smile: "It seems that God wants us to eat mutton today."

If it rains and you can’t do anything, then naturally you can only eat some delicious food.

"Are you going to kill the sheep after breakfast?" Xiulan raised her head and asked.

Lin Heng thought for a while and suggested: "How about we go directly to Hongfeng Mountain and have breakfast at my parents' place, then kill the sheep at noon and eat mutton hot pot or simply boil the mutton."

"That's okay." Xiulan nodded and said, there is not much work to do at home now.

"Then let's go." Lin Heng decided to say.

The two of them finished their exercise first, and then woke up their children to go to Red Maple Mountain.

"Dad, why have all the turtles disappeared?" Xiaoxia suddenly screamed, ran over and hugged Lin Heng's thigh and asked. She came over every morning to see the turtles.

Lu Ming and Du Heng were still looking at their sister and father blankly, not knowing what was going on.

"Of course it's hibernating. I'll show you."

Lin Heng walked to the big wooden basin where the tortoise was kept and said that he doted on the children very much. A large wooden basin with a diameter of one meter was specially customized for the tortoise. After it was painted with tung oil, it was left in the open air.

He also made a landscape with the children in the pot, including sand, stones, moss, calamus, etc. There was water and beach. It can be said that no one except him in the countryside would do this with the children, and a large wooden pot was wasted.

"It's winter now, and the turtles are hibernating, so they're all burrowing into the sand." Lin Heng pulled Xiaoxia and explained.

While talking, Lin Heng dug a hole in the sand and showed it to Xiaoxia. He has put a lot of water in the tub, and now the remaining water is just to keep the sand moist.

"It's really hibernating." Xiaoxia was a little surprised and seemed to have forgotten that Lin Heng told her about this last year.

"Don't disturb the turtle's hibernation. Let's go play at the Red Maple Mountain." Lin Heng said, and took some grass to cover it and keep warm.

Then he changed into rain boots, carried Du Heng with a strap, held Lu Ming in his arms, and let Lu Ming hold the umbrella. Xiulan took Xiaoxia to carry the seasonings for mutton shabu-shabu and barbecue.

Xiong Ba followed them, Jin Bao

"Brother, let's go kill the black goat. Let's go over and eat mutton at noon." Lin Heng opened the door of the eldest brother's house and shouted.

Lin Yue nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll go in a moment. We'll go after feeding the cows and pigs."

"Okay, let's go first." Lin Heng nodded and agreed.

Next, they took their children to Hongfeng Mountain under umbrellas.

Opening the door and walking in, Father Lin and Mother Lin had just gotten up. Seeing them coming, Father Lin smiled and said, "I guessed that it was raining and you would come over to kill the sheep. I didn't expect you to come here without even eating breakfast."

"We came over for breakfast, you didn't eat it, right?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

"Grandpa, I want to eat eggs."

"I eat candy!"

"I eat fruit!"

Without waiting to speak, the children chirped and shouted, running towards the house one by one, like little penguins.

"We have everything. My dear grandchildren have everything they want." Mother Lin walked out of the house with a smile and hugged the children. Her two twin grandchildren were her favorite and one of the things she showed off to everyone. .

"We must not have eaten either. We are just getting ready to milk the cows." Father Lin said with a smile.

"Then I'll help." Lin Heng nodded.

After a while, they prepared milk and eggs. Mother Lin fried potato cakes and peeled apples for the three children.

After they had finished breakfast, his eldest brother and his family came over. The six children were so lively together, they were running around and couldn't stop at all.

Lin Heng and his father and brother went up the mountain, first fed the cattle and sheep, and then picked out suitable targets while the sheep were grazing.

"These fanned sheep can actually be sold, and they won't grow much if they are raised again." Father Lin said while looking at the sheep.

"Then sell a batch next year, otherwise we won't be able to keep them anymore." Lin Heng nodded and said.

These fanned sheep can indeed be disposed of. Now that the price of mutton is getting higher and higher, it is not a special loss to sell them. Moreover, he will need a lot of money in the spring of next year and has a new investment to make.

Even those astragalus, he is planning to sell next year, it is not the same thing to accumulate them in his hands for a long time. Although according to his memory, there have been no large-scale animal diseases in the past few years, there is no guarantee that this will change.

"Let's see if we can sell it at the end of the year. I estimate the price of mutton will be very good at the end of the year." Lin's father said.

"That's okay, then I'll find time to go to Ancheng next month and have a look. The prices there should be better than here." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.

Now that he has a car, he can bear the freight costs himself. If he can sell it to Anseong, he will definitely not sell it here in Taebaek City.

"Just this end."

While chatting, Lin Heng suddenly took action and grabbed the head of a Jie Yang.

"Baa!! Baa!!"

With screams, all the other sheep ran away, and only the poor guy was struggling.

"I'll do it."

Lin Yue turned over twice, grabbed the sheep from the pen, and carried it out with Father Lin. The other sheep just watched from a distance, and then continued to eat grass after the sheep was taken away, as if nothing had happened.

"This one is quite fat, I wonder if it weighs 80 kilograms." Lin Heng said with a smile while lifting one leg of the black goat.

"If not 80, it can be more than 70." Lin's father said with a smile.

"It must be more than 70, this black goat looks very fat." Lin Yue said with a smile.

They took the goat down the mountain and found a suitable position. Lin Heng hit the goat on the forehead with a hammer, and the goat stopped moving with a thud.

After lifting the fainted goat to the big scale and weighing it, Lin Heng smiled: "We estimated it too small, this black goat actually weighs 86 kilograms."

"I really can't tell, it seems that this black goat is really different." Lin Yue was a little shocked.

"This weight can be sold." Lin's father grinned and repeated the topic. He didn't know what would happen in the future. He was worried that if there was an accident, all these black goats would rot in his hands.

"Yes, it can be sold." Lin's mother understood this and nodded in agreement.

Then they lifted the sheep to one side, put it in a basin, and killed it with a knife to drain the blood. After killing it, they took it to the eaves and hung it up, peeling the skin bit by bit.

The skin of the black goat is still very thick, but it is not difficult for three people to kill it.

After peeling off the sheepskin, they can bring it into the house after cutting open the intestines and stomachs, and do the rest of the work while warming the fire. It was raining and the wind was still strong outside, and it was a bit unbearable to be cold.

After killing it, the pure meat was about 40 pounds, which was pretty good.

"Come on, let's put a few skewers on the spot and roast them to taste." Lin Heng cut off a fat and lean mutton and asked.

"Give it to me, I'll put it on." Xiulan took the meat, cut it into small pieces with Lin Heng's hundred-tempered steel dagger, and put it on the iron skewers.

After roasting it on the fire for less than two minutes, a strong smell of meat came out, and all the children who were playing gathered together, drooling at the mutton on the grill.

Soon, Xiulan, Liu Juan and others finished roasting the first batch of meat. After all the pieces were removed, each person could eat about two pieces.

"Hmm, it smells so good!"

"Smells good, I want more~"

"Roasted lamb is really delicious, Dad. Let's raise two sheep at home. I'll herd them, okay?"

"I'll help my brother."

The adults hadn't spoken yet, but the children spoke first.

"It's really good." Lin Yue tasted it carefully, then looked at his son, "If you really want to herd them, I'll buy you one."

"Of course, we will." Lin Wei nodded repeatedly. He thought herding sheep was a very interesting thing.

"I'm willing to do that too." Lin Tao also nodded.

Mother Lin chewed and said, "The black goat's mutton tastes good, but it doesn't seem to be much different from the white-bearded goat."

"I think it smells better than the white goat." Father Lin smiled.

Lin Heng said, "You can't really taste the difference if you roast it, and our white goats are well-fed, so the taste is not much different."

After a pause, he continued, "We will definitely be able to taste the difference if we eat it in hot pot later, but it's a pity that there is no white goat meat for comparison."

"Then should I continue roasting it?" Xiulan asked.

"Of course I roast it, but I can't roast much." Lin Heng nodded and cut some more meat.

Then he cut up all the remaining meat, except for the lamb chops, and kicked off the meat from the four legs. He chopped the leg bones into small pieces and put them in the pot to stew soup and make broth.

He didn't have to worry about how to make hot pot lamb, Xiulan had done it last year, and her skills were very good. This year, she also studied several recipes he bought for her.

He used his finely polished Damascus dagger to cut the meat with a light scratch, and cut five pounds of lamb slices first, waiting for the hot pot at noon.

Father Lin and his eldest brother were busy dealing with the sheep's internal organs, and they were going to have some hot pot lamb tripe to eat later.

The mutton bone broth was stewed for two hours. During the stewing period, Xiulan also prepared the dipping sauce for the mutton. Lin Heng roasted some mutton over there.

At 12:30 noon, Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said, "Wipe the table and eat mutton."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded quickly.

After setting the table and cleaning it, he went to get the electric stove. Xiulan brought the iron pot with the broth over and took it out. After taking other things, everyone sat together and started eating.

In addition to the mutton, there was only a large plate of coriander on the table. After sitting down, Lin Heng picked up the chopsticks and said, "It's ready to eat, everyone hurry up and eat."

When the mutton was brought over, there was already some mutton in it. Shabu-shabu mutton is very simple. There are some ginger, onions and basic spices in the broth, and nothing else.

"Eat it all!" Lin's father also said.

Everyone couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and pick up some, mainly because they could smell the aroma of the broth very early, and their mouths were watering.

As the mutton was in his mouth, Lin Heng kept nodding: "Delicious, really delicious."

This mutton tasted very fresh and fragrant, and the taste was also layered. It was chewy but not chewy, and it had almost no fishy smell.

"Absolutely good mutton." Lin's father said with a smile. This mutton was delicious.

Xiulan said: "I think it tastes better than white goat when it is washed down."

Even Lin's mother nodded repeatedly, indicating that it was indeed delicious.

Then Lin Heng picked up a piece of mutton with fat. Generally, this kind of mutton would be very fishy, ​​but it tasted okay. It had the taste of mutton fat, but it was not offensive.

You should know that these muttons have not been soaked in water or other methods to remove the fishy smell, and they still have this taste, which means they are really good.

They are delicious when eaten alone, and they taste even more delicious when dipped in some sesame sauce. Everyone just nodded and hardly spoke, and even stopped drinking.

Because this mutton is really refreshing to eat, not only does it make the whole body warm, but the delicious taste makes people unable to stop.

A chopstick of mutton is eaten with a coriander, and the taste is even better, and the tongue feels like swallowing it.

After a while, the five catties of mutton were finished, and everyone finally stopped. Whether it was children or adults, there were satisfied expressions on their faces.

"Let's cut some more, we will be full of mutton today." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"I'll help you." Lin Yue also nodded.

The rain outside was getting heavier now, and the sound of the rain was accompanied by the whistling of the mountain wind, and the yellow leaves on the mountain were constantly falling.

Inside the house, they cut another five pounds of mutton and continued to eat. There was plenty of coriander and mutton. No one in their family didn't eat coriander.

After eating for a while, the children hugged it first, and ran to the side to play.

The adults poured a cup of rice wine and continued to drink while they drank. They could eat a lot. It was already two o'clock in the afternoon when they finished eating. Everyone leaned back on the chair with satisfaction, and their body and mind were unprecedentedly satisfied.

"This day is so good!"

Father Lin sighed as he looked at the rain outside. In the past, he had never thought that there would be a day when he would eat too much mutton.

"Our whole family ate ten pounds of mutton, which is also good." Lin Yue smiled.

"We ate a whole sheep." Liu Juan also smiled and said.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "What's the big deal? People should be good to themselves when they are alive. Eat whatever you want."

There is no end to suffering. People who preach that suffering is a blessing must not suffer. No matter how much you suffer, it is useless most of the time. At the very least, you should think about who made you suffer and why some people are born without suffering.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Mother Lin also started to think, not knowing where her thoughts drifted with the continuous drizzle.

After clearing the bowls and chopsticks, Mother Lin took out hawthorn, oranges and apples, and a bag of white sugar and an iron spoon.

"It's time to eat candied haws. Does anyone want to eat?" Xiulan shouted at the children. She was afraid that the children would have indigestion after eating too much meat, so she brought hawthorn.

"Eat, I want to eat candied haws!"

"I want to eat too!"

Soon a group of children gathered around, happily wanting to eat delicious food.

Xiulan added some water to the spoon, and soon the sugar melted. She took the skewered candied haws and wrapped them up. Strings of candied haws were ready. Every child got the candied haws they wanted to eat. Accompanied by the mountain breeze, the laughter and joy spread far away. (End of this chapter)