Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"Do you want it?"

After making candied haws for the children, Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and asked.

Lin Heng thought for a while and said, "Just string four or five, no more."

"Okay." Xiulan nodded and made a small string for Lin Heng.

Candied haws have no technical difficulty and are very simple to make.

Lin Heng stood under the eaves with candied haws, watching the rain and eating.

The sweet sugar shell and the sour hawthorn complement each other, and they taste sour and sweet.

The autumn scenery in the rain is also very good, washing the leaves particularly transparent.

The green river water gradually turned yellow.

It's just that the rain was too cold. It was 17 or 18 degrees before, but now it may be less than 10 degrees.

He watched the rain for a while, and he couldn't stand it and went back to the house to warm himself by the fire.

Everyone chatted boredly by the fire, and waited until more than 3:50 in the afternoon, when the rain finally stopped.

"When the rain stops, we will go back." Liu Juan stood up and said.

"We're leaving too. You can take some mutton back." Lin Heng nodded.

"Yes, take some to eat. Don't be polite when you're with us." Father Lin directly handed a prepared leg of lamb to Lin Yue.

"Okay." Lin Yue took it with a smile.

Lin Heng took more than half of the remaining mutton back, and also took some of the sheep's head and internal organs.

Mother Lin looked at the sheepskin outside and asked, "What should I do with this sheepskin? Sell it or tan it myself?"

"Let it hang out and sell it another day." Lin Heng thought for a while and said.

It's troublesome to tan it yourself, so it's better to buy ready-made ones.

He took the things and went home with the children.

When they arrived in the village, they heard someone quarreling from a distance. Two women stood in their respective courtyards and cursed at each other.

The children were still very strange, but the adults were used to it. In the village, there was basically a small quarrel every five days and a big quarrel every ten days.

Ignoring their quarrel, Lin Heng carried Xiaoxia and his son on his back, and was carrying things. Xiulan also held a child.

The ground is now full of mud, and the child has to change clothes when he walks back.

"Dad, there are so many ginkgo leaves!"

Xiaoxia pointed to the big ginkgo tree and said, not only is the tree a beautiful golden color, but the ground seems to be covered with a golden carpet.

"If you want to pick them, wait until the weather clears up." Lin Heng answered her, without stopping, and walked back quickly.

Because the rain had just stopped, many people came out to watch the fun, and Lin Heng and his mutton were also seen.

Many people asked, and they were a little envious when they learned that Lin Heng killed a sheep on a rainy day.

Most of them dared not even think about such a day.

Lin Heng said a few words with a pleasant face, and then hurried back to the house.

Putting down the child and the mutton, he first went to see how much coal was left from last year.

"It seems that we need to pull more coal this winter."

As Lin Heng said, he threw a few pieces of coal into the fireplace, added dry wood and started a fire.

"It's time to get some coal. There's not much wood left. We may need to chop some more in the winter." Xiulan nodded.

Coal burns for a long time and can be used all night without getting up to add more.

"Then wait until the New Year to find someone to chop some wood. As for coal, I'll bring some back every time I go to the city." Lin Heng said.

The fireplace was lit, and the room slowly warmed up. Lin Heng boiled a pot of water and made two cups of black tea.

I don't plan to do anything in the afternoon, just drink tea at home and take care of the baby.

"When are you going to deal with this sheep's head? I'll braise it." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.

"Tomorrow morning, get up and do it." Lin Heng said, he just wanted to sit comfortably and drink tea now.

Put some of the mutton in the freezer. He also left some outside. He planned to eat it without freezing in the next two days. Frozen tastes always worse.

"Okay, I'll go do needlework."

Xiulan nodded, she took the sewing box over, and prepared to make two pairs of cotton boots for winter.

Lin Heng drank a sip of tea and read a book. The children played with toys by themselves and came back to bother their parents from time to time.

The rest of the time was spent simply. In the evening, he had a simple chopped green onion noodles and some vegetables.

The rain stopped the next day, but when I got up in the morning, I saw a layer of white frost on the ground. It was cold outside and people were shivering.

"It's really cold every autumn rain. Ten autumn rains require cotton!" Lin Heng shook his head and went back to the house to add a cotton warm coat, which made him feel better.

"Make rice and fried lamb chops in the morning." Xiulan said while exercising.

"Yeah." Lin Heng nodded.

The sun came out at noon for the first time in a long time, making people warm.

Lin Heng split the processed sheep head and helped Xiulan to stew it.

After finishing, Lin Heng was sitting on the sofa drinking tea. The gate of the yard was pushed open, and Lin Yue walked in and said excitedly: "Brother, I guessed right. Tian Baishun really shot five wild geese in Sanchagou. He is showing off everywhere in the village now."

Lin Heng showed a trace of envy: "This old man has a big harvest this time. Let's go buy one and see if he will sell it."

"He will definitely sell it. He can't finish it all by himself." Lin Yue said with a smile.

Lin Heng nodded, said something to Xiulan and went out.

As soon as they walked out of the gate and came to the door of Wang Caifeng's house next door, they saw Tian Baishun carrying four wild geese coming towards them.

Seeing Lin Heng, the old man walked over heroically and proudly: "Lin Heng Lin Yue, you see my skills are good, right? I shot five wild geese with one shot, and just sold one."

"Awesome!" Lin Heng gave him a thumbs up.

Lin Yue smiled and blamed: "Mr. Tian. You are so weird. You secretly go hunting wild geese without calling me. I envy you so much."

Tian Baishun was pleased by the two people's compliments, he chuckled and said, "I'm not sure. Besides, you didn't call me when you finished packing things before."

He was complaining that Lin Heng didn't call him when he asked someone to form a hunting team several times.

Lin Heng didn't want to take him with him mainly because he was too old. Although the old man was a widower, he didn't want to get into trouble.

"Are you selling this wild goose? I want to buy one." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"I'm also going to buy one." Lin Yue also said.

"Sell it for four yuan a pound."

Tian Baishun nodded and said, then looked at Lin Heng, "I heard that you killed the black goat yesterday. You can get me a lamb chop of the same weight. I want to eat stewed lamb."

"That's okay, you come to my house and I'll get it for you." Lin Heng nodded and said.

He took Old Man Tian to the house and made him a cup of tea. He weighed the wild geese. The largest one weighed four pounds and five taels, and the smallest weighed three pounds and sixty taels.

This is the weight of killing and plucking the hair, but it would be even heavier if it were not killed.

"I want this big one. I'll weigh five kilograms of mutton for you. I'll give you the extra half a kilogram." Lin Heng said while holding the wild goose.

"You guys can braise the haggis again, give me some." Tian Baishun looked at the kitchen and said with a smile.

Although he had no profit, he still wanted to eat.

"You old man really knows how to eat." Lin Heng smiled and looked at Xiulan, "Is it ready?"

Xiulan shook her head: "Not yet, I have to wait another two hours to get the flavor."

Lin Heng said: "Let's do this. I'll weigh three kilograms of lamb chops for you first, and then I'll bring you the marinated meat when it's ready in the afternoon."

"That's okay." Tian Baishun said with a smile.

Leaving a wild goose for Lin Heng, he went back to the house with Lin Yue, and Lin Yue bought the wild goose with money. Four yuan per catty is not expensive. Wild geese can be sold for ten yuan per catty in the city.

Lin Heng looked at Dayan and said, "I've chopped it now. Let's stew it with yam and chestnut. How about we bake a steamed bun and eat it in the afternoon?"

"Okay, once it's stewed, take some to your parents." Xiulan nodded and said.

Lin Heng nodded, went to chop the wild geese and blanch them, then put them into a casserole, added yam, chestnuts, ginseng, and red dates, added water, and simmered slowly on the fireplace.

After the wild geese are stewed, the sheep head and haggis are also braised. Lin Heng each took a part and sent it to his parents. Because the road was not dry yet, it was not convenient for them to come at night.

After returning, he gave Tian Baishun two pounds of braised haggis.

In the evening, they also set up a small table. The stewed wild geese had been deboned and tasted very delicious and tender. The braised deboned lamb head meat was also delicious when dipped in vinegar soup, which made people want to stop eating.

"Delicious!" Lin Heng nodded and clinked the glasses with Xiulan.

"These two days are just like the Chinese New Year." Xiulan said with a smile.

Xiaoxia held a small bowl and begged: "Dad, I want more meat!"

"This is the best life." Lin Heng smiled and gave Xiaoxia some wild goose meat.

After dinner, we had a fun time and the day ended. The next day, Lin Heng took the children to play by the river. After the rain cooled down, the leaves of the cotinus became even redder. Walking in this area of ​​the Guanyin Mother Temple was really like a fairyland.

Taking advantage of the good sun and beautiful scenery, he drove a truck and took his family to the Heihe River to fish for a day. During this time, the fish were eating in preparation for winter. The fish had heavy bites, so fishing was quite easy.

The three men were fishing here and caught a total of fifteen or six kilograms of fish. Crucian carp was the most common, along with two mandarin fish and several plum blossoms, and the rest were carp.

In late autumn, the scenery of the forest full of dyed green rivers gradually dissipated. December arrived as scheduled, and all the red and yellow leaves fell. The entire mountain was bare, giving off a dead look.

At this time of year, it was also the time for forest musk deer to mate. Lin Heng successfully collected the forest musk deer at home. Four forest musk deer produced 78 grams of musk, which could be sold in the city for nearly 4,000 yuan.

In early December, Lin Heng left the child with his mother, drove Xiulan and Lin's father into the city, and took them to see his factory.

"It's so big, and it's all done so well!" Father Lin was a little shocked after reading it.

Xiulan also nodded in shock. Although Lin Heng had told him before, she still couldn't help but be surprised when she saw things.

"What you see is just the beginning. It will be bigger in the future. It can easily cover hundreds of acres." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"We are just producing feed now, and we haven't started selling it yet, right?" Father Lin asked.

Lin Heng nodded and said: "Yes, sales will not officially start until next year. By then, I will prepare to raise several thousand more pigs. I will produce them for my own use in the initial stage to ensure that the factory keeps running. When they are sold out later, I will expand the scale." ”

This is a plan that has been planned for a long time. Once the factory starts running, it cannot stop, otherwise it will only lose money.

"Raising thousands of pigs??" Father Lin said in shock.

Xiulan was also surprised: "Doesn't that mean we need to build a super large pig farm??"

Lin Heng shook his head and said: "The investment to directly build a pig farm is too big. I'm going to just find a ditch in the village and surround it with barbed wire. It only takes a year to raise pigs, so there won't be any problems."

The risk for ordinary people to do this is still not small, but he knows that the breeding environment has been good in the past two years and there is basically no swine fever, so he dares to do this.

Raise a few thousand head and sell them all at once at the end of the year, earning hundreds of thousands. By then, it will really become a large-scale enterprise. When the big policies are announced, you can set up a company to produce feed or engage in other more stable industries. Well, once you have millions, everything will be loose.

At that time, it can be said that there is no need to work hard, you only need to invest according to the advantages of rebirth, and the assets will continue to snowball.

"That's it, are you sure?"

Father Lin looked at Lin Heng. He felt that his son was walking too fast. He couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all.

"There is certainty, but there is no guarantee of 100% success." Lin Heng said.

Xiulan looked at her father and smiled and said, "Dad, do you think Lin Heng is a little too motivated now?"

"Indeed, I almost don't recognize him anymore." Father Lin said with emotion.

Lin Heng smiled and said: "Stop talking about this, I will take you to find Lin Hai and Caiyun. They should have nothing to do today and Sunday."

He took the two of them into the car and went to find Lin Hai first. He was still learning to get his driver's license. It would be a while before Lin Heng went to No. 1 Middle School to find Caiyun.

She rarely goes back to her hometown now because it's too far away and it's dangerous to take an unfamiliar car. Lin Heng lets her go to the Hengxiu Feed Factory on Sundays, or she can just take her to school.

"Dad, second brother, sister-in-law, I miss you so much!"

Seeing Lin Heng and the others approaching, Caiyun smiled and ran over to hold the three of them's hands.

"How are you? Are you used to staying in school?" Lin's father asked.

"The school is very good, and everything is good here." Caiyun nodded and said.

"Stop reminiscing about old times here, let's go to a restaurant to eat, and then I will take you to visit the city." Lin Heng said while looking at the few people.

They went to a restaurant for lunch first, and then Lin Heng took them to the antique street, where they found a bead-making workshop and asked the people here to make the few pieces of wood he brought into bead bracelets.

After the final formation, there were 15 strands of golden nan bracelets and 9 strands of rosewood bracelets. The beads he made were all two centimeters in diameter. He didn't like the small diameter ones.

This thing is not very valuable just because it is made. Although it is made of good old materials, to be more valuable, you have to play with it every day and let it become patinated, just like those quilts in the house. It's like playing with battered walnuts.

"You guys pick one and play with it." After doing it, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan Caiyun and her father.

"Thank you, second brother. I'll get a black one then." Caiyun nodded and chose a rosewood bracelet without being polite to Lin Heng.

"I'll choose again when I go back." Xiulan said.

"I don't want it, what's the fun in this thing." Father Lin shook his head.

"In that case, I will go back and take it to Mother Guanyin to consecrate it and then you can choose." Lin Heng said, he likes to play with these little things and they are very comfortable in his hands.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded. (End of chapter)