Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"What should we do next?"

Driving back, Xiulan asked. The three children were still at home, and she was a little worried.

"Nothing to do. Let's go home after sending Caiyun back. We can talk about other things later." Lin Heng said while driving.

He originally wanted to take some time to talk about selling grass carp today, but now he has no time. Let's just wait and talk about it later. It doesn't matter if there is this little time.

"That's good. I'm worried that the children can't see us crying." Xiulan nodded.

After sending Caiyun back to school, Lin Heng took Xiulan and her father to buy some winter supplies. He hadn't bought clothes yet. He planned to buy them there when he went to Ancheng in a few days.

In a prosperous place, there are many styles of clothes and the prices will be cheaper.

After buying the things, Lin Heng finally drove to the place where he sold fire coal and bought three tons of coal. This thing is not expensive and very convenient to use.

"Drive slowly, son. I'm very carsick." Lin's father said while sitting in the car.

However, even though Lin Heng drove slowly, his father still felt dizzy after leaving the city. He waved his hand and said, "I'd better get on the back of the truck. It's better to be a little cold than carsick."

"Okay then." Lin Heng stopped the car and watched his father get off and get on the truck. After he got seated, he drove back.

Xiulan was fine. As long as she didn't move around, she wouldn't feel dizzy.

After driving back to the village, Lin Heng unloaded a ton and a half of coal for his family, and unloaded another half ton at Hongfeng Mountain. He strictly warned his parents that the coal could only be burned in the fireplace. It was easy to get gas poisoning if it was taken out.

Because of the structure of the fireplace, it only draws air from the house and then discharges the exhaust gas from the combustion outside the house. In most cases, gas poisoning will not occur.

The children were all here at Hongfeng Mountain. When Lin Heng and his friends came back, the children ran over to hug them. Xiaoxia even boasted to Lin Heng and Xiulan, "Mom and Dad, I learned to ride a bicycle!"

"Really?" Xiulan was a little surprised.

"Then I'll ride it for you now." Xiaoxia ran over and pushed the bike over to show it. She failed twice at first, and then she really rode it smoothly.

"Mom and Dad, look!"

Xiaoxia cheered while riding, but when she reached the end, she immediately braked with her foot and stopped. She hadn't learned how to turn yet.

"Great!" Lin Heng gave a thumbs up.

Xiulan also smiled and praised: "Xiaoxia is amazing, she learned so quickly."

Being praised by her parents, Xiaoxia happily rode twice more. She just learned how to ride a bike and now she likes riding a bike very much.

"Go home, ride it again when you get home."

Xiulan shouted after talking to Lin's mother.

"I want to go out and ride on the road." Xiaoxia pushed the bike over and said.

Lin Heng shook his head: "Not yet, you have to master it before you can go out and play."

"Okay!" Xiaoxia was a little unhappy to be rejected.

Lin Heng looked at her and said: "When you can turn around, S-bend, and single-side bridge, you can go to the road to ride."

"What is this?" Xiaoxia tilted her head in confusion.

"I'll tell you when we get home. Now we're ready to go back." Lin Heng waved at her.

"Okay!" Xiaoxia was happy again and walked over quickly.

Lin Heng tied her small bicycle to the back of the sidecar, and drove his wife and children back to the house in the village.

After returning home, he reorganized the coal and put it in the utility room. He put some in the fireplace to burn. While burning coal, he also had to put some firewood from time to time. Only by burning open flames could the temperature in the house be higher.

When the house was warm, Lin Heng made a cup of tea and drank it on the sofa.

While drinking tea, he counted the money on him. Today, he sold musk for nearly 4,000 yuan. After investing in the factory, there was still 40,000 yuan left in the bankbook. Now it was equivalent to 44,000 yuan in the bankbook alone.

He always counted the money as an approximate integer. He was too lazy to count some small numbers. He spent at most a few hundred on buying things, and rarely spent thousands unless he bought home appliances.

After drinking two cups of tea with Xiulan, Xiaoxia came to ask him about what he had just said. Lin Heng simply told her to practice walking in a straight line first, and then turn after walking in a straight line. Only after learning to turn can she know the next project.

Xiaoxia hugged his arm and begged for a long time, but in the end she still didn't get the answer to the next project, and angrily said she would ignore him.

In the evening, the family simply ate noodles and went to bed early.

As winter came, people's desire to get up became less and less. In the morning, Lin Heng would add some firewood to the fireplace to make the house warm enough, and then get up with Xiulan.

After breakfast, he asked someone to take a letter to his uncle, aunt, and third father, asking them to come down to settle the accounts. The astragalus they harvested this year had been delivered long ago, but they didn't take cash and didn't settle the accounts before. This time they took the money back.

The three families had been waiting for him to settle the accounts for a long time. After receiving the information, they all came in the afternoon, including Lin Heng's parents and his eldest brother.

Lin Heng poured water for everyone, then took out the account book and said, "Third father, your family has 1,100 kilograms of dried astragalus, your aunt's family has 1,250 kilograms of dried astragalus, and your uncle's family has 2,100 kilograms of dried astragalus. Am I remembering it correctly?"

"Yes, that's right, that's the number." Third aunt Li Xue laughed first.

"Yes, that's right." Lu Hongyun also nodded.

Uncle Lu Honghai also nodded.

Lin Heng nodded and said: "We agreed at the beginning to purchase astragalus at the market price. Now the dried astragalus is one yuan and fifty cents per catty. Is it okay for me to give it to you at this price?"

Just as Li Xueyang was about to nod, Lin Heng's aunt Lu Hongyun said: "One dollar and a half is enough. One dollar and a half is the price at your purchasing station. Other towns charge one dollar and three."

"Yes, this price is fine." Lin Xutao nodded.

"The price is right. After all, the amount of astragalus is relatively large." Lu Honghai also nodded.

Lin Heng waved his hand and said: "No need for that, just one dollar and a half. In this way, the third father's family's money is 1,650 yuan, the aunt's family is 1,875 yuan, and the uncle's family is 3,150 yuan, right?"

Everyone nodded. They had already calculated the exact amount of money many times, and they were so familiar with it that they didn't need to calculate it at all.

After calculating the accounts, Lin Heng wrote a receipt for everyone, from the number of pounds harvested to the price, and then subtracting the original seed money, it was the final payment amount.

Seeds are not expensive. One acre of land only costs 15 yuan. His third father’s family pays 50 yuan for seeds, his aunt’s family pays 75 yuan, and his uncle’s family pays only 105 yuan. Compared with the money earned, it is a drop in the bucket. That’s all.

This is because they have just started learning to grow, and the yield is not very high.

He asked everyone to check the receipt and take their fingerprints, and then he settled the money for everyone on the spot.

After getting the money, everyone counted it. They were all happy from ear to ear, with excitement written on their faces. So much money was considered a super figure for them.

In the past, I could only make some money by selling some medicinal materials, but I had never harvested so much at once.

In fact, Lin Heng has never mentioned this matter these days. They are still thinking in their hearts that Lin Heng is not keeping his words, something unexpected happened, but now it seems that they are overthinking, and they can settle it in one go without paying a dime. .

Lu Hongyun thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you nephew, you really helped us a lot."

Li Baiquan also nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, without you we wouldn't be able to make so much money. Now we have money to build a house."

"Without Lin Heng to lead us, let alone making money, we would still not be full to eat." Lin Xutao also said with a smile on his face.

Li Xue also said pleasantly: "Yes, Lin Heng, you are really the most promising person in our Lin family. You don't just get rich yourself, you also help us all get rich."

"Not only is the most promising person in the Lin family, I think there is no one in the entire Huangtan Town who is more promising than Lin Heng." Aunt Li Xue said with a smile.

The main reason why she married Lin Heng's uncle Lu Honghai was because he had the reputation of Lin Heng, a nephew worth ten thousand yuan.

But he didn't expect that in just two years, they had already earned five thousand yuan from following Lin Heng. This made her extremely happy, and she liked everything about Lin Heng.

"It's not my fault, it's your hard work and ability." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.

By collecting their astragalus at this price, you can make money yourself without losing money. This is a win-win deal for both parties.

Lu Honghai nodded and looked at Lin Heng: "Will we still plant astragalus next year?"

In autumn, Lin Heng got them a batch of kiwi fruit seedlings. Now they have planted them, but they are still undecided about whether to plant astragalus.

Because kiwifruit takes up some land, the number of acres planted is definitely not as much as before, but they still want to plant it because it is obviously more cost-effective than growing crops.

"You can plant it. As long as you are willing to plant it, I will continue to purchase it." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"That's fine, let's plant some more next year." Lu Honghai smiled and nodded.

Li Baiquan said: "Then we will plant some more next year."

"Okay, everyone put your money away, we'll have dinner later." Lin Heng said with a smile after settling the accounts.

"By the way, will everyone be okay tomorrow? I want to cut down some trees to use as firewood, and I need your help moving the wood."

He stood up and said that it takes no effort to cut wood. With a diesel saw, one person can cut very, very quickly. If one person helps, the speed will be even faster.

"That's no problem. There's no work at all in the winter." Li Baiquan said, patting his chest.

"We all love coming to your house to help. We can eat big fish and meat every time we come here. Auntie likes to eat your delicious food." Lu Hongyun said with a smile.

She felt that she felt sorry for Lin Heng in vain before. Not only had he helped her family so much, even her son Li Shiwei was assigned a job, earning a stable salary of more than 400 yuan a year.

"Yes, we'll come if you just say it. I don't know what to do when I'm at home recently." Third father Lin Xutao also said with a smile.

No matter who you reject, you can't reject such a good nephew.

Lin Heng smiled and said: "Then it's settled."

After putting away the things, Lin Heng brought out a few decks of cards for them to play with when they were bored.

He went to the kitchen to see Xiulan and his mother who were cooking. Before he was ready to do anything, he was kicked out by his aunt. She smiled and said: "It's enough for us women to be here, you go and play with yourself."

"Okay." Lin Heng had no choice but to nod. He really couldn't help much. There were already three people there.

Soon dinner was ready, including stewed mutton soup, braised haggis, and ham. Everyone looked at it with great appetites. Only Lin Heng's family was so arrogant in the village.

However, not many outsiders know about this, because Lin Heng and Xiulan are not the kind of people who show off everywhere. And those who were invited by Lin Heng to be guests were all reluctant to leave for his dishes.

Although the dishes were good, Lin Heng did not let everyone drink too much, because they all had money, and it would be bad if they drank too much and lost it, and people who were not sober would easily make mistakes.

After a pleasant dinner, it was already dusk, and Lin Heng gave his flashlight to his aunt and uncle, asking them to walk slowly.

He also gave his uncle four pounds of lamb chops and a ginseng, asking him to take it back to his grandmother to cook and eat to nourish her body.

The old man survived the previous period, and now his body has become strong again. It is said that he can go to pick pig grass and herd cattle, but he thinks he still needs to nourish himself more, eating lamb in winter is good for the body.

The aunt and the third father's family also gave some, but only two pounds, not as much as the uncle's family.

After sending people away, Lin Heng noticed that his parents were very happy. For them, it was a great pride that they could help relatives now that they had money.

"Let's go back. It's getting late." Lin's father said with a smile.

"Then you parents, be careful." Lin Heng nodded and didn't try to stop them. It was getting dark and they had a drink so it was better to go back early.

After his parents left, his elder brother was still here. He drank a sip of tea and looked at Lin Heng and said, "The village is planning to set up an agricultural cooperative recently and get a loan from the town's Rural Commercial Bank. Are you interested in joining in?"

"Is it Secretary Tian who asked?" Lin Heng said with a smile.

Lin Yue nodded: "Well, he told me many times during the meeting that he has two directions, one is to plant fruit trees and the other is to plant medicinal herbs."

Lin Heng nodded and said, "Both directions are fine. They are suitable for rural areas. I'll talk to him later. I can participate this year."

The cooperative thing is okay for him. If it is done well, it can indeed make a lot of money. If a village works together, the power is still not small.

"Okay, I'll talk to him later." Lin Yue said with a smile.

After they chatted for a few more words, his elder brother got up and left. When Lin Heng closed the door and came back, Xiulan had already poured water and started to wash her face.

"Wife, I'm going to Ancheng in a few days. I'll take you with me." Lin Heng came over and said with a smile.

"Forget it. It will take a few days. The children can't live without us." Xiulan thought for a while and shook her head.

Lin Heng said, "It's okay. It will only take three days at most. It's no big deal."

He knew that Xiulan still wanted to go. After all, she had never been there and wanted to see it.

"Then let's talk about it when the time comes." Xiulan said.

"Mom and Dad, I want to go too."

Xiaoxia was very smart and heard it clearly from the side. When she said this, the two younger brothers followed and looked over.

They don't know anything else, but they are the best at imitating their sister's behavior.

"Look!" Xiulan smiled and spread her hands.

"I will definitely take you there if there is a chance. I never lie." Lin Heng took an orange and broke it open and said.

The oranges and tangerines planted on the back hill are ripe and are very sweet now. I picked some these two days. (End of this chapter)