Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

The weather in the north in December was already very cold. Even if it didn't snow, many places were covered with thick ice.

Although Taibai City was just a little north of the Qinling Mountains and not as cold as the Northeast, it was just as cold.

Those with fireplaces lit up their fireplaces, and those without fireplaces lit up their kangs.

In the morning, there was a thick layer of frost on the ground, and there was also a thick layer of ice on the fish pond.

Lin Heng and Xiulan came to the backyard for morning exercises with white breath.

"The weather is getting colder and colder." Xiulan said with a breath, and then started to exercise.

"Hurry up and go back to the house to warm up by the fire." Lin Heng nodded and started to practice his Eight-Part Vajra Kung Fu.

After a while, his body became hot. He felt that he had to stick to some things. He felt that he was in great shape after practicing every day.

After practicing, he returned to the main room. The firewood in the fireplace had already burned, and the room was much warmer.

"Look, husband, the persimmons are frosted."

Xiulan took out the persimmons that were covered in the box and showed them to Lin Heng.

"This is a complete success." Lin Heng smiled and broke the persimmon cake apart, eating half for himself and feeding the other half to Xiulan.

After covering it for a few days, a layer of snow-white frost now hangs on the red persimmon cake, which is the sugar in the persimmon cake.

It tastes sweeter and more delicious.

"Leave three for the children, and pack the others." Xiulan took out three. This thing will not go bad as long as it does not get damp after it is made, and it can be stored for a long time.

After Xiulan finished cooking and woke up the children, Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain to get milk.

There was still nothing to do today. After breakfast, Xiulan prepared to make hawthorn cakes, and Lin Heng packed up his things and went to the provincial capital Ancheng early tomorrow morning.

At that time, four people were going to go, in addition to him and Xiulan, his eldest brother and sister-in-law would also go.

Originally, he was going to take only his eldest brother, but his sister-in-law wanted to go and see it, so he agreed.

Anyway, he would drive the truck, and his eldest brother would ride a sidecar with his sister-in-law.

In the afternoon, Lin Heng shouted at Xiaoxia: "Xiaoxia, come here and I will talk to you."

"What are you doing, Dad!"

Xiaoxia ran over with a smile.

"You are the oldest sister in the family. Let me tell you that your mother and I are going out to do something tomorrow and will be back in three days. You and your brother will stay at home with your grandparents..."

Before Lin Heng finished speaking, Xiaoxia hugged him and shook her head like a splashing drum: "No, no, I want to be with you, don't leave!"

"We are going to sell things, otherwise there will be no food or toys at home." Lin Heng touched her head and said with a smile.

"No, I won't play or eat anymore!" Xiaoxia still shook her head.

Xiu Lan smiled at him: "I said no."

Lin Heng ignored her gloating, hugged Xiaoxia in his arms, and whispered: "Mom and Dad really have to go out, but it's too far, it's not convenient to take you, I promise to take you to play when you grow up."

"I'm already big!" Xiaoxia said while wiping her tears.

Lin Heng was amused by her and said earnestly: "The two brothers are still very young. Without you, a little adult, to take care of them, they will definitely cry all the time at home."

"Then take them with you!" Xiaoxia said.

"I can't. You can't take care of them!"

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After arguing with his daughter for half an hour, she finally agreed and promised to comfort the two brothers at home.

After Xiaoxia finished speaking, Lin Heng didn't tell the two sons, otherwise they would definitely cry with you for a whole day.

In the evening, Xiulan cooked a fish ball noodle that the children liked to eat. After eating, Xiaoxia wanted to sleep with them. The two children saw their sister like this and didn't want to sleep alone.

In the end, the two had to bring the children to sleep together and added more firewood to the fireplace.

The next morning, Lin Heng and Xiulan got up early. Just as they were about to leave, they saw Xiaoxia looking at them pitifully with her big eyes: "Mom and Dad, you must come back early. I will take good care of my brother."

Lin Heng felt a little soft-hearted when he saw her like this. He had seen this kind of look too many times in his previous life.

Children in rural areas always understand things at a very young age, especially left-behind children. There are many who can wash clothes, cook and cut grass for pigs at the age of seven or eight.

"Don't worry, we will be back soon." Lin Heng nodded to comfort them.

The two got up and packed up, and their mother came over. Xiaoxia had already woken up. After learning the details, Lin's mother gave her a thumbs up: "My good granddaughter is so sensible."

Lin's mother also loves this only granddaughter very much.

Lin Heng and Xiulan packed up, had a simple breakfast and brought some snacks, and then said goodbye to their daughter and mother.

The sidecar was given to his eldest brother, and he drove Dongfeng 140 to Hongfeng Mountain.

The car was loaded with a full truck of Astragalus, more than 8,500 kilograms, which piled up high in the car and were all wrapped in tarpaulin.

He had loaded it in the past two days. He originally wanted to wait two years to sell it, but raising pigs next year would cost a lot of money, so he simply took it to sell it now.

There is a pharmaceutical factory in Ancheng. This thing is a common product in traditional Chinese medicine, and there is no worry about selling it, so he just took it there directly to avoid wasting fuel with an empty truck.

Driving to the door of the house, Lin Heng took Xiulan into the car and turned back to say to his eldest brother: "Let's go, brother, rest safely."

"Okay." Lin Yue nodded.

With the roar of the engine, they set off outside.

It was half past nine when we arrived in the city. Lin Heng went to the factory to take a look, said something to Lin Hai and Wang Zhou, and left.

The production speed here was not fast, but it did not stop.

The four of us moved forward quickly along the national highway. It took about five and a half hours, that is, at half past three in the afternoon, to arrive in Ancheng.

As the provincial capital, Ancheng has many more high-rise buildings than Taibai City, which made Xiulan a little dazzled.

"It is worthy of being Guanzhong. It is so flat that I can't find a few mountains along the way." Xiulan sighed.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "It would be great if we had land and houses near Ancheng. This is called land, and ours can only be called ravines."

Compared with this large plain, the advantages in the mountains are too small. The difficulty of farming is not at the same level, and the harvest is not as much as others.

The only good thing may be that there are mines, but they do not belong to individuals.

"This side is very good, and ours is not bad either. I think it's pretty good." Xiulan said with a smile.

This will comfort herself a little tomorrow morning.

Lin Heng looked at her and said, "Don't worry, we will have all these in the future."

Not only here, he also wants to go to Australia, Brazil, Northern Europe, etc. to build a manor for fun.

Compared to China, the natural resources in those places are better. Having a property to live and play is called enjoying life.

"I believe it!" Xiulan nodded, looking at the skyscrapers getting closer and closer with curiosity.

Soon they entered the city. Lin Heng first found a hotel and decided where to stay at night. Then he asked his elder brother and sister-in-law to look after the truck. He and Xiulan drove a sidecar to find a place to buy astragalus.

In addition to state-owned stores, there are also medicinal materials markets and some pharmaceutical companies.

Lin Heng ran around for an afternoon and got a general understanding of everything.

The prices given by state-owned stores here are also higher than those in Taibai City. Dried astragalus is two yuan per catty.

The price given by the medicinal materials market is based on the appearance. The good and coarse ones can be given two yuan and one, and the poor ones are only two yuan.

This price is not expensive. A pound of dried astragalus is a big bag. A Chinese medicine only needs a few pieces, less than half a pound.

The price at the pharmaceutical factory is good, and it is 2.2 yuan per pound.

But he was not in a hurry to sell it. He went back to fix the car and took Xiulan and his elder brother and sister-in-law to visit the night view of Ancheng.

Unlike the mountains where there is no moon and it is pitch dark, the streets here are brightly lit at night, and the night market is full of various snacks, which makes everyone dazzled.

"Oh my God, it's so prosperous, it deserves to be the provincial capital!" Liu Juan said in shock. She was really like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

"Yes, I didn't know that the night could be so prosperous before!" Xiulan took Lin Heng's hand and nodded.

The clothes, various toys, and various delicacies of the people here shocked them.

Although there was a shortage of materials in this era, big cities and small cities are completely different, and coastal and inland areas are also different. There is a huge difference.

"Then go for more." Lin Heng said with a smile.

They bought a lot of things on the way and found a restaurant to have a nice meal.

"It's really like a dream." When they returned to the hotel, Liu Juan said that she envied this place to death.

"Tomorrow I will take you to the scenic spots and historical sites, and then go to the most prosperous department stores." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Back to the hotel, Xiulan felt the warmth here and was also emotional.

Lin Heng pulled her and said, "Hurry up and wash up and go to bed, you have to get up early tomorrow."

Xiulan nodded, and the two quickly washed up and went to bed to rest.

The next morning, Xiulan woke up first. She opened a corner of the curtains and looked at it. She was surprised to wake up Lin Heng and said, "Husband, it's snowing outside!"

"Really!" Lin Heng woke up and looked outside and was stunned. Many places were already white. The good news was that there was not much snow on the ground.

But it was not cold because there was heating in the house.

He got up and put on his clothes. After washing up, Lin Heng took Xiulan out.

Lin Yue had also gotten up and looked at Lin Heng and said, "Brother, it's snowing. It feels colder here than here."

"Of course, it's colder here, further north." Lin Heng nodded.

Outside the house, the cold wind was howling, and people were shivering with the cold snow. Even wearing a cotton jacket couldn't stand it.

Xiu Lan held Lin Heng's arm and pressed against him. It was so cold that she didn't dare to ride a bike.

"Let's go to a few other places to ask first. After selling, we'll buy down jackets." Lin Heng said while holding Xiu Lan.

They ate a hot meat bun and porridge first, and then drove a sidecar to several other pharmaceutical factories for consultation.

After finding that the prices were about the same, Lin Heng decisively chose the nearest one and drove the truck in.

He packed the herbs very well, and encountered no obstacles during the sales process. He completed the handover of goods and money very smoothly.

Soon, he got the money. After selling 8,520 kilograms of astragalus, he earned a total of 18,744 yuan.

Adding the money he had originally, Xiaoxia's savings reached 60,000 yuan.

"Let's go buy down jackets!" Lin Heng said with a smile while pulling Xiulan.

Soon they came to a store that specializes in selling clothes, and there were down jackets on sale.

"How much is this?" Xiulan asked curiously, she thought the down jacket was so light.

"This one is 58 yuan a piece." The salesperson said.

Xiulan nodded, thinking it was so expensive. The clothes felt very light, completely different from a cotton jacket.

"Try this." Lin Heng took a black down jacket and said to Xiulan.

Xiulan nodded and took off her cotton jacket and put on the down jacket. She felt much lighter.

"It looks good, so wear it. I'll buy this one." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Then you should also take a black one. It's dirt-resistant and good-looking." Xiulan walked to the side and said something. She thought it was expensive, but she didn't want to hurt Lin Heng's face outside.

"Well, I like black." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

After he bought it himself, he asked his elder brother and sister-in-law to come and pick one. The price was very expensive for them, but he thought it was okay. If they should buy it, they should buy it.

"We are not cold, so we don't need to buy it." Liu Juan shook her head repeatedly.

No matter how thick-skinned she was, she didn't dare to ask for such expensive clothes.

Lin Heng didn't care. He bought the styles that she and her elder brother had tried, and then bought one for each of his parents.

Forget about the children. They grow too fast. If they buy it this year, they won't be able to wear it next year. I will buy them something else later.

"Brother, you are so generous. I don't know what to say." Liu Juan said embarrassedly while holding the clothes.

"We are family, so don't talk about these things." Lin Heng waved his hand.

After that, he looked at Xiulan and said, "How is it? Is it warm?"

Xiulan nodded: "This clothes is amazing. It is much lighter than cotton clothes, but it is still so warm."

She was really shocked when she wore a down jacket for the first time. No wonder it is so expensive.

"It is actually goose down and duck down, which is made of the fur of geese and ducks close to their bodies. It is very warm." Lin Heng explained with a smile.

"Can this thing be made into clothes?" Liu Juan widened her eyes.

Lin Heng nodded: "Of course, it is much warmer than cotton jackets after being processed."

Xiulan looked at him and asked: "Can we make it ourselves?"

Her family also raised geese and ducks, and the fur was thrown away directly after being killed during the Chinese New Year.

"You can try it when you go home." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiulan nodded, indicating that she would definitely try it.

His elder brother and his wife also put on the clothes out of curiosity, and soon agreed to Lin Heng that Xiulan was not lying, it was really lighter and warmer than a cotton-padded jacket.

"Where are we going next?" Xiulan asked.

"I'll take you for a stroll and have some fun, and then ask about the price of black goats in the afternoon." Lin Heng said.

Since we are here, we still have to let everyone have fun.

He took them to see the ancient monuments in the city. As an ancient capital city, there are too many things to see and play here.

While playing and watching, Lin Heng was also thinking about buying a house or land in the future. This place will be very expensive in the future, and it will not be a loss at all if he buys it.