Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

The next morning, after Lin Heng and Xiulan finished their exercise, they went to clean up the firewood room in the back mountain.

The firewood in the firewood room had been sawed to the bottom, so they picked up the remaining dry firewood and piled it in the kitchen.

When they were done, Lin's father and mother also came with milk. They must come to help with the firewood cutting today.

They made a simple breakfast for the children, and when the third father, third mother, eldest uncle, third uncle, little uncle, and little aunt came, they made a sauerkraut noodle and distributed the cooked milk tea to everyone.

After the meal, Lin Heng took the diesel saw and asked with a smile: "Who will be in the same group with me today?"

"I'll do it, I'll help you." Li Baiquan walked over and said.

"Okay, little uncle, let's be in the same group." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

The group went up the mountain and came to the forest of Lin Heng's family. This is an acorn forest in the back mountain. They like to cut acorn trees when cutting firewood because this kind of tree is very durable.

After climbing the mountain, Lin Heng turned on the diesel saw and sawed down at an acorn tree in front of him. The acorn tree, which was as thick as an arm, was sawed off in just a dozen seconds.

Then his uncle Li Baiquan lifted the tree up and used the saw to saw off the remaining branches, leaving only a main trunk.

The main trunk was carried home by others, and then sawed into small sections and piled in the firewood room to dry naturally.

The branches were tied up with kudzu vines, and they were also good firewood to carry back.

"Dad, I'll buy another gasoline saw later. This diesel saw has a strong smell." Lin Heng said after sawing for a while.

"No, one is enough. Buy another one when it breaks." Lin's father shook his head. Saws are not used every day, so there is no need to buy two.

"Okay." Lin Heng spread his hands and continued to saw the tree.

After a while, they sawed dozens of trees, and the others began to carry them back, because they didn't have to carry them all the time on the top of the mountain. There was a "firewood slide" in the forest that was like a slide. It was easy to transport firewood a long distance through the firewood slide, and people only needed to carry it a short distance in the middle.

Lin Heng liked sawing wood very much, especially using a diesel saw, which was not very strenuous. Watching the wood being cut down gave him the same feeling as when he was a child, using a stick as a sword to knock down all the grass.

They cut very quickly. After two hours of cutting, Lin Heng sat down to rest, and most of the cut trees had not been transported away.

"Lin Heng, lend me the diesel saw later." Li Baiquan said with a smile after smoking a cigarette.

Lin Heng nodded: "Sure, my third uncle will probably need it too, so you can discuss it in order."

The working efficiency of hand saws and diesel saws is not at the same level at all. Not only relatives who have used Lin Heng's diesel saw want to borrow it, but some people in the village who have a good relationship with their family will also come to borrow it with a smile.

It can be said that his family's diesel saw will not stop at the end of the next two years. As long as they have a good relationship, he is willing to lend it to them. Those who have offended him, don't even think about looking at it.

"I will discuss it with them later." Li Baiquan said with a smile.

After a short rest, they continued to saw firewood. The work of sawing trees can be completed in one morning. They sawed about 500 square meters, which is enough for more than a year.

Now there is more work and no shortage of money. His father has not burned charcoal for two years, unlike many families in the village who still burn charcoal to sell in winter.

In the afternoon, Lin Heng and his uncle continued to saw firewood at home, sawing the wood they brought back into lengths that can be used for cooking and fireplaces, and then stacked them neatly.

They were busy until more than four o'clock in the afternoon and still hadn't finished sawing. This is much more troublesome than just sawing.

The dinner was ready in the evening, and everyone had dinner first. After dinner, his third uncle stayed in the old house of the Lin family. He will continue to help tomorrow morning and then take the diesel saw back to saw firewood.

The next day, they worked for another three hours to saw all the firewood. The simple firewood room on the back mountain couldn't hold all the firewood, so they chose a temporary place to pile it up and finally covered it with a rotten tarpaulin.

After having breakfast early, they went to Hongfeng Mountain to cut some trees. Lin Heng cut some unwanted trees for his parents to use as firewood.

Because they didn't cut much, it took less time. After dinner at four o'clock in the afternoon, his third uncle took the diesel saw back home.

His eldest brother didn't participate in the tree cutting. His family didn't need to cut firewood this year. They cut a lot last year and haven't burned it all yet.

Once the firewood was collected, the family's winter could be said to be perfect, with firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea all available.

Then relatives and friends asked his family to help, mostly his parents went, because he went to the city to do things.

The first thing was to go to the city to find merchants and workshops that buy grass carp. His family didn't have many grass carps, so it was easy to sell them.

After confirming it, he came back to pull the fish, and asked his father, eldest brother and third father to come to help. After a busy morning, all the grass carps were caught.

After weighing, Lin Heng was a little surprised when he calculated the total weight: "How many fish do you think there are?"

Lin Heng's third father smiled and said, "I guess it should be 3,000 kilograms."

"That's too much, I guess 2,000 kilograms is good." Lin's father shook his head.

"I also think it's about 2,000 kilograms." Lin Yue said.

Xiulan said with her child in the distance: "I guess 3,500."

Lin Heng showed a little surprise: "How did you know? You guessed so accurately."

"I watched you weigh it, and I roughly calculated it." Xiulan smiled.

Lin Heng said: "Okay, you guessed it very well, a total of 3,528 kilograms of grass carp."

"So much!" Lin Heng's third father was a little shocked.

"Indeed, if you calculate it this way, then this grass carp can also be sold for a lot of money." Lin Yue said in surprise, this grass carp is easier to raise than it looks.

"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake, son?" Lin's father didn't quite believe it.

Lin Heng nodded: "Of course I didn't make a mistake. Grass carps are about ten kilograms. More than three hundred is more than three thousand five hundred kilograms. According to the price of one yuan and two kilograms, it is more than four thousand two hundred yuan."

The wholesale price of grass carp is already quite good. It only costs one yuan and fifty cents in the market.

"Then it's very cost-effective, even if it's been raised for three years." Lin's father said.

"Yes, it seems that raising fish is also good." Lin Xutao smiled and began to have confidence in the fish raised by his family.

"It's not bad." Lin Heng nodded.

After calculating the bill, he kicked the 25 grass carps in the bucket and said, "Brother, help me carry them to the mountain stream and raise them. We will eat them during the New Year."

He planned to take these grass carps to the big pond under the waterfall of the reservoir and raise them. When they are eaten during the New Year, they will also give some to relatives and friends.

"Where are the two big silver carps?" Lin Yue pointed to the two big silver carps in another plastic bucket. These fish were even bigger, weighing 15 or 16 pounds each.

"I originally wanted to kill them all, so let's take one back and raise it." Lin Heng thought for a while and said.

There were eight or nine silver carps caught, and two were kept and the rest were put back into the water. This fish has a good effect in purifying water quality.

I originally planned to eat both of them, but after thinking about it, he thought it would be okay to eat one first.

The two of them carried the bucket and put it in the pond, and then surrounded it with stones.

Because they were all big fish, there was no need for birds to eat them, so there was no need to set a net.

After releasing the fish, Lin Heng and his brother turned back. Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and his father and said, "Then my elder brother and I will go to the city to deliver the fish first. You guys prepare dinner. Make a fish head with chopped peppers for the silver carp. Make the meat into fish balls. The children like to eat fish balls."

"Okay." Xiulan nodded and agreed.

"I'll make the fish balls. You guys come back early for dinner." Lin's father said.

"Don't worry." Lin Heng said, dragging his water pants, he and his elder brother got in the car and drove towards the city.

Because they had agreed in advance, they just had to unload the goods when they arrived at the place, which was very fast.

It was just getting dark when they got home. Xiulan's meal had already been prepared. They served it on the table as soon as they came back. The fish head with chopped peppers was extremely fresh and fragrant, the fish balls were chewy and smooth, and there were some other dishes. Everyone enjoyed it very much.

After dinner, Lin Heng helped to clean up the dishes. After telling a story to coax the child to sleep, he briefly calculated the account and said with a smile: "Except for the money paid for the astragalus before, we now have another 40,000 yuan in our hands."

Xiu Lan nodded and asked: "Is this money enough to raise pigs next year?"

"Sell some sheep, it should be enough." Lin Heng thought for a while and said.

He planned to raise 2,000 pigs. If the money was not enough, he could only sell some more antiques. For the time being, only the antiques he collected were valuable.

"I think it's better for us to raise fewer. If we raise more, the risk will be greater." Xiu Lan thought for a while and said.

"I understand, I know my limits, don't worry." Lin Heng said while holding her hand. He understood Xiu Lan's worries.

The so-called wealth is not counted with hair. The risk of raising pigs is still very high. Even if there is no natural disaster, it does not mean that everything will go smoothly.

"Just understand it yourself." Xiu Lan nodded.

Putting the things on the bedside table, turning off the lights and lying down, the two chatted for a few more sentences, and finally fell asleep slowly.

The next morning, after getting up and exercising, the two came to the pavilion. After more than half a month of drying, the persimmon cakes have changed from round persimmons to small persimmon cakes.

Except for a few that were moldy due to rain, the others were dark red, soft to the touch, and smelled sweet.

"The weather is good today, you can pick them, wash them, and dry them." Xiulan said, looking at the blue sky.

Lin Heng nodded: "I'll go get milk first, and we'll start after breakfast."

In the morning, there were potato cakes, milk and eggs. After eating, Lin Heng and Xiulan took the persimmon cakes one by one, washed them slightly in boiling water, and hung them in the sun to dry.

During the drying process, they were stained with a lot of dust, and the color became much brighter after washing.

"Mom, I want to eat this!"

"I want to eat it too!"

"I want to eat it!"

When washing the persimmon cakes, three children came around and begged with their heads tilted.

"I'll give it to you later." Xiulan said and drove them away first.

The dried persimmons hung out were quickly dried by the sun. Xiulan picked a few and put them on the fireplace to roast and handed them to the children.

Lin Heng also ate one. The dried persimmons were as sweet as honey after being dried in this way and tasted very good.

"I want more!"

"I want more!"

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After eating one, the three children surrounded their mother and asked for more. Xiulan gave them one each, but they were gone after they finished eating.

But the children were very greedy and ran out to pick them by themselves. After being beaten with "noodles", they behaved and went to play with their own things.

It often doesn't work to talk to a child. For example, if you tell him that fire is hot and nettle leaves will sting people, it's useless to tell him ten times. After being burned and stung once, he will never touch such things again.

Sometimes education still requires beating, beating can make them remember. Those who advocate only teaching with words are nonsense, they will only raise a scum or a waste, beating and reasoning can educate a child well.

Xiaoxia would fall down when riding a bike in the yard, but she would stand up by herself, and no one would keep pulling her. Now she can turn when riding a bike, and her skills are getting better and better. She is practicing the S-bend drawn by Lin Heng. After learning this, she can ride on the road again on the single-sided bridge.

Lin Heng will not stop her, but will take her to a less dangerous place to let her practice first and get familiar with the environment.

There are too many dangerous things in this world, and we cannot firmly cut off the children from doing it. Lin Heng thinks that they should understand that experiencing danger once is more effective than teaching thousands of times.

What parents need to do is to make their children less dangerous in the process of perceiving and experiencing danger. For example, when riding a bike on the road, it is better to choose a section with low cliffs and no stones at the beginning. After falling a few times, she will understand, and the injury will not be serious.

After two simple days, Xiaoxia completed the project he said, and couldn't wait to ride a small bicycle on the road. Lin Heng also kept his promise and took her to the highway, letting her wear protective gear and ride by herself.

"Wife, I'm going to Ancheng these two days. You can come with me then." Lin Heng said while calling the child to ride a bicycle.

"Leaving the day after tomorrow?" Xiulan looked at him and asked.

"Yes, I'm going to leave the day after tomorrow. I want to finish things quickly, and then come back to the mountains to hunt for a few days." Lin Heng said, holding her hand.

Xiulan thought for a while and said, "Okay, then we'll tell Xiaoxia about it, and she can take her brother and grandma with her when she understands."

Xiaoxia is almost five years old, and most of the time she is very sensible.

"I think so too." Lin Heng nodded. Although the two sons are already two years old, they can still say other things, but once they say that both of them are going, they won't listen to anything and just hug your legs and cry.

Anyway, they can't leave their parents.

After the discussion, Lin Heng went to the front to take care of Xiaoxia. She was riding happily now.

"Dad, can I ride alone?" Xiaoxia stopped the bike and threw herself into Lin Heng's arms.

"I can ride with my parents and grandparents by my side. I can't ride alone. I can ride independently when I grow up." Lin Heng pinched her little face and said.

"How long will it take?" Xiaoxia hugged his neck and asked.

"12 years old, it's not safe to ride a bike when you are too young. You will be caught by bad guys. You will never see your parents again after being caught for a long time." Lin Heng looked at his daughter and said.

He always told his children about the knowledge of anti-abduction. There are too many human traffickers in this era, and he is very scared.

"Then I won't ride alone. I want my parents."

When Xiaoxia heard that the bad guys would catch her, she immediately shrank into Lin Heng's arms. (End of this chapter)