Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

It was mid-December and the wind was howling. The ground was covered with yellow leaves. Lin Heng drove a green pickup truck and roared past, rolling up waves of leaves flying towards the sky.

He rode his bike through the bumpy cement road and entered Taibai City, then came to a brand new oil tar road, and finally entered the winding dirt road.

"Woof woof!!"

"Ahhh!!"

Accompanied by a few barking sounds, several big dogs and six little puppies on Hongfeng Mountain surrounded him, causing Lin Heng to stop the car and let his eldest brother and Li Shiwei get off to drive the dogs away.

"You are back! Did everything go well on the road?" Lin's father and mother came out of the house, talking while driving the dogs aside.

"Very smooth." Lin Yue nodded in reply.

After driving the dogs away, Lin Heng parked the car smoothly. After he got off the car, the puppies were fed again. These little puppies, who were more than a month old, were very affectionate.

"I bought some materials to build a sheep pen this time, and I bought two black goat breeders." Lin Heng said to his parents while teasing the puppy.

Each of these little puppies is very strong, with big paws and a round body. They walk with vigor and vigor, and their fur is yellow and black, with a kind of kingly aura.

He tried them one by one, and felt that only five of the six in this litter were very good. They were not afraid of people when they were caught, and their tails would not be tucked up. Only one dog would tuck up its tail when people caught it. Such a dog is not worth having, and it will be dealt with when it grows up.

He thinks that there is a chance that one of the remaining five will be a top-quality dog, a good dog with a strong body and a smart brain. Even if it is not as good as Xiongba, it will not be much worse.

Father Lin walked to the back of the car, looked at the black goat breeder and said, "Such a big sheep, it can be bred in the spring."

"These two sheep will be kept outside for the time being, and they will be put into the sheep pen when there are no problems in the spring." Lin Heng went up and grabbed the two sheep and said.

Although they were carefully checked when they were bought, there is no guarantee that there will be no problems. They will be kept in isolation first, and if there are problems, they will not endanger other goats.

Father Lin nodded and looked carefully at the black goats in Lin Heng's hand. Although the two goats were only three months old, they were already very strong and good goats.

After tying the goats to the stakes outside the original musk deer pen, Father Lin came over and looked at the wire mesh and iron tiles and said, "These should be unloaded at the first platform on the mountain. It will be convenient when we use them next year."

"This is ready to be unloaded there. Wait for me to drive up." Lin Heng nodded and signaled his father, eldest brother Li Shiwei and the other two to get in the car. Then he started the car and stepped on the accelerator to go up the mountain and came to the first platform on the top of the mountain.

There was a lot of open space on the platform, which was covered with leaves at this time. Lin Heng drove to the warehouse behind, and then he and his father, eldest brother Li Shiwei and the other two unloaded the things and put them into the house.

After unloading the things, he drove down the mountain. Lin Heng did not eat here, but asked his parents to go back to the village to eat together. Xiulan should have been ready. He told Xiulan that he would be back tonight.

When he returned home and walked into the yard, Lin Heng smelled the rich fragrance and swallowed his saliva.

"Dad!!"

The children ran over to greet him one after another, surrounded him and expressed their longing for him.

Holding the children into the house, Xiulan came out of the kitchen and said in surprise: "You came back early today, it's not dark yet."

"Because it didn't snow in Ancheng this time, so it didn't get dark." Lin Heng smiled.

Xiulan nodded: "Then you sit and wait for a while, I'll have the meal ready soon."

Lin Heng nodded, added a few firewood to the fireplace, and soon the water in the small kettle boiled. He brewed a few cups of warm black tea, and ate a few pieces of dried sweet potatoes, and he was not so hungry.

"Brother, when are you going to go hunting?" Lin Yue asked with a smile after taking a sip of tea.

"I'll leave after resting for two days. I'm going to my uncle's house these two days. I've called him twice." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot." Lin Yue slapped his head and said.

After everyone chatted for a while, the meal was ready. There were five dishes and one soup, with meat, vegetables, fish, and cicada monkeys caught in summer.

Have a few drinks, eat food and drink, especially cicada monkeys are especially good with wine. After a simple dinner, it was already dark.

After arranging Li Shiwei to stay in the old house, Lin Heng didn't want to do anything else at night. He told the children stories and went to bed early.

The next morning, Lin Heng woke up late. Xiulan knew that Lin Heng didn't want to get up, so she got up to take care of the child's pee and went back to bed.

"Is it snowing outside?"

Lin Heng held her in his arms and asked with his chin against her head.

"No, it's just that the frost is a bit heavy." Xiulan shook her head slightly.

"That's good, sleep a little longer."

Lin Heng nodded gently, let Xiulan turn over, and he hugged her face to face and fell into a deep sleep.

I don't know why, I always feel bored after waking up, and feel that everything seems to be empty, I can't cheer up, and my body has no strength.

It seems that I can't find the meaning of life, and I don't know what to do when I'm alive.

At this time, only by hugging someone deeply can I feel the truth and warmth.

After hugging for a while, Lin Heng held Xiulan's face again, looked at her carefully for a while, and kissed her pink lips.

Xiulan closed her eyes slightly, hugged his neck to respond with her love.

"Get up, wife!"

After a long time, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and smiled.

He just kissed her affectionately and did nothing extra.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded with a blush on her cheeks.

Xiu Lan wore black pants with a white sweater and brown coat today, her hair tied into a ponytail, and brown leather boots on her feet. Lin Heng wore a navy blue cotton jacket, gray pants and black boots.

After the two finished exercising in the yard, they went to milk the cows with buckets. Lin Heng took an orange from home and peeled it, eating one slice himself and feeding one slice to Xiu Lan.

He also felt happy watching her move her cheeks to eat.

While milking, Lin Heng looked at her and said, "Give the child to the mother later, I will take you to pick hawthorns, wife."

Sometimes he suddenly didn't want the child, and just wanted to take his wife to a favorite place for a stroll, so he decided to do this today and enjoy his own world of two people.

"I will accompany you wherever you want to go." Xiu Lan smiled sweetly and stretched out her hand to tidy up Lin Heng's uneven collar.

Lin Heng smiled slightly and speeded up the milking. After going home to make breakfast, they took the child and the remaining milk to Hongfeng Mountain.

Asking his mother to take the children with him, Lin Heng reluctantly refused to let the three clingy children go with him, and let them go with their grandmother. Then he and Xiulan carried a backpack, a medicine hoe and a machete to the place where they picked hawthorn last year.

Maybe there were no hawthorns at this time, but Lin Heng didn't care. He enjoyed the feeling of walking in the mountains with Xiulan.

The thick leaves were like carpets, and the slow and leisurely stream seemed to be playing the piano, exploring every bit of the mountain. The two walked slowly, stopped to rest when they were tired, and took out the thermos to drink water.

"This flower is so beautiful!" Lin Heng picked a blooming autumn chrysanthemum and inserted it on Xiulan's head, smiling, "It looks better now."

Xiulan smiled and pointed to the distance and said, "Look, it's a big bunch of yam Lingling, let's go and see if we can dig it out."

"Okay." Lin Heng smiled and nodded, and the two walked over one after the other, and soon found the big yam, but it was a pity that it grew in the cracks of the rocks and they couldn't dig it out.

But it doesn't matter. They continued to move forward. Sometimes they could pick up two chestnuts, sometimes a pear or a wild plum.

In this season, as long as it is not rotten, it will be very sweet if you pick it up and wipe it.

"Here, this is so sweet." Xiulan stuffed the half-eaten plum into Lin Heng's mouth.

As soon as Lin Heng chewed it, he shuddered because of the sourness. Not all plums are sweet. Even now, they are sour.

"Haha!"

Seeing that Lin Heng was fooled, Xiulan ran away happily.

After walking for a while, Lin Heng caught up with her. She waved at him under the tree: "Come and help, this time I found a yam that can be dug."

"Here."

Lin Heng nodded and ran over to see that it was a relatively shallow small yam. He and Xiulan cooperated in digging and got it out in half an hour. Although it was only about two pounds, they were both very happy.

In the mountains, as long as there is a harvest, it is lucky.

"There are still enoki mushrooms here, but it's a pity that they are all frozen!" Xiulan said regretfully, looking at a large bunch of mushrooms on a tree stump.

Lin Heng picked them up and found that there was not a good one. He shook his head helplessly: "It's really a pity."

After walking and stopping for another distance, Lin Heng suddenly saw a turtle dove eating on a tree in front. He didn't take a gun or bow and arrow today, but he took a slingshot.

After quietly approaching, he tried to shoot a shot. With a bang, the turtle dove fell to the ground.

"Awesome, so accurate!" Xiulan ran over, picked up the turtle dove, and gave Lin Heng a thumbs up, with admiration in her eyes.

"Good luck, I don't really have much confidence, this is God's gift." Lin Heng smiled.

"That's amazing." Xiulan pulled his arm and smiled.

"We'll grill it at noon later, and see if we can get a few small mackerels then." Lin Heng threw the turtle dove into the backpack and said with a smile.

Yes, they are not going back to eat at noon, and will go back in the afternoon.

"Okay, then it's up to you to catch fish." Xiulan said with a smile. She knew that Lin Heng was an expert at catching fish with bare hands.

Soon they finally came to the hawthorn tree they had visited last year. Unfortunately, there were not many hawthorns on the tree.

They picked up some good ones on the ground and collected about three or four pounds, which was much less than last year.

"The ones that fell on the ground are delicious." Xiulan washed two hawthorns and ate them.

Lin Heng ate one and nodded, saying, "Let's go. Since there are no hawthorns here, let's go to the ditch to catch fish."

He took Xiulan to the stream. Catching fish in winter is actually easier than in summer, because fish are less active and don't like to move when they hide, so they can be easily caught.

The only downside is the cold, especially the mountain stream.

They found a sheltered bay sandwiched between two basalts and made a fire. Then Lin Heng rolled up his sleeves and went to the stream to catch fish. His skills were good, and he caught more than a dozen stream groupers in a short while.

After cleaning it, string it with wooden sticks and put it on the fire to roast. He brought eyes and roasting materials, and plucked the turtledoves and roasted them together.

While roasting around the fire, the two of them looked at the silent valley. Except for the whistling mountain wind, there were only one or two birds singing occasionally.

But even in such an environment, the two of them felt relaxed and comfortable, and they looked at each other with calm and peaceful eyes.

Xiu Lan picked up the red maple leaves on the ground, and made red roses with bamboo and dragon beard grass sticks. After making a bouquet of flowers, she handed it to Lin Heng: "Here, sister gives you a bouquet of flowers."

"Thank you sister!" Lin Heng took it with a smile, pulled Xiu Lan to sit on his lap, and looked at her oval face.

As she looked at her, she kissed her. Xiu Lan had a different kind of beauty. There was no one around, and Xiu Lan responded to his passionate love with a red face.

Kissing in such an environment had a different feeling, making the two people confused.

"If you don't stop, the fish will be roasted!" Xiu Lan held Lin Heng's hand and blinked, her pretty face still red.

Lin Heng took his hand out of Xiu Lan's clothes when he saw the roasted fish, and smiled: "I almost forgot."

Xiu Lan got off him and sat next to him, took the two fish, sprinkled some barbecue ingredients on them, and the two of them ate one slowly each.

The meat of the stream grouper is tender and almost has no fishy smell. It tastes delicious when grilled. When the last one was left, Xiulan broke it in half, ate half of it herself, and fed the rest to Lin Heng. Lin Heng ate the fish and sucked the grease and barbecue ingredients off her fingers.

Xiulan rolled her eyes at him, then picked up the turtledove and looked at it: "The turtledove seems to be fine too!"

As she said that, she tore off a little meat and fed it to Lin Heng to let him test the poison. Lin Heng tasted it and nodded and said: "It's edible, it tastes good."

He also grilled the steamed buns he brought from home and shared them with Xiulan. There were no other people in the valley, and living creatures were rare. The two leaned together, Xiulan fed Lin Heng the turtledove, and Lin Heng fed her the steamed buns.

It was already 1:30 in the afternoon after dinner. Xiulan looked at the watch and looked at Lin Heng: "Should we go back directly now or?"

"Do you want to go back?" Lin Heng said.

Xiulan spread her hands: "I can do anything."

"I really want to build a small house here to spend the night." Lin Heng said, the feeling of being in a shelter with only two people hugging each other for warmth when it was pitch black and silent outside was wonderful. He had a great time with Xiulan in Baishigou last time.

"That can't be built in a day." Xiulan smiled.

"Yes, so let's go to the mountains to find some yam and go home." Lin Heng put out the fire and pulled her up.

Xiulan pointed to a road and said: "Let's go up the hillside and take a look at the ditch over there."

"Okay, this is the direction to go home anyway." Lin Heng nodded. They had never been to the ditch over there.

The two of them climbed up slowly with their backpacks on their backs. They took a break after walking a few meters and were not in a hurry. If they walked too fast and sweated, it would be very uncomfortable to wet their clothes.

It took nearly an hour to climb the mountain. When they stopped to rest, Xiulan was looking for a leaf to fold a rose. Lin Heng liked to throw the leaf on her head, and waited for her to get impatient and hit herself and pinch her face.

"Honey, look over there!"

When they climbed over the ridge and came to the other side of the mountain, Xiulan pointed ahead and exclaimed. (End of this chapter)