Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"This is more than two kilograms. Pheasants are much bigger than golden roosters." Lin Yue picked it up and said with a smile.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "It seems that I am lucky today."

After collecting the pheasant, he put the new insects on the fishhook and set it in another place.

Lin Yue quickened his pace and said excitedly, "Let's go and see the others. I guess you will have a big harvest of pheasants today."

Lin Heng also walked quickly and said with a smile, "I hope so."

Lin Yue said again, "You have to go back and get me some fish hooks. I will set some in the grassy areas where pheasants are in the village."

"That's no problem." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

He set a total of 20 fish hook traps. The two looked at them one by one. The next seven were not eaten. When it came to the eighth one, Lin Heng was surprised again: "Another pheasant, haha, I am so lucky today."

After getting two pheasants, he felt that today's hunting was worth it. Continuing forward, when he saw the tenth fishhook trap, Lin Heng showed a helpless expression: "No way, you come to eat this too."

The one killed by the fishhook was not a pheasant, but a crow, which made him speechless.

"It's okay, Xiongba has food." Lin Yue said with a smile.

"Woof woof!" Xiongba called out in cooperation and rolled happily on the ground.

Lin Heng glanced at it and sighed: "I hope I'll have better luck next time."

When he set up the trap, he considered that other birds might eat it, and deliberately chose bushes, the kind of place that pheasants like to go, but he didn't expect that other birds would be fooled.

After walking a few meters, Lin Heng took a deep breath at the next trap: "What a pity, another crow."

"Awoo awoo!!"

Xiongba knew that he had something delicious again, and he happily learned to howl like a wolf.

Lin Heng threw the crow to it, and it happily picked up the crow and had fun.

"I really poked the crow's nest." Lin Heng shook his head and continued to collect the fishhook traps.

The remaining traps were not very effective. Three of them were empty in a row. Then, after much effort, the one that was hooked was only a fist-sized bird.

"There are five left." Lin Heng looked at the hay in front of him. These five were close to the swamp wetland, so there should be good results.

"Not bad, brother. One of them is a turtledove." Lin Yue smiled.

Lin Heng spread his hands: "My side is not good. It's a magpie."

Then two more were empty in a row. When he came to the last fishhook trap, Lin Heng suddenly quickened his pace because he saw a large area of ​​grass was knocked down. There must be a large bird.

"It's not a pheasant. I give up!" Lin Heng was disappointed again after seeing the prey.

Lin Yue walked over and took a look, and smiled: "Such a big mallard is also very good."

"Ducks are not as delicious as pheasants." Lin Heng said regretfully. Pheasants taste much better than ducks.

After putting the duck away, he looked at the fishhook in the water again. It might be too cold in winter. The effect was not good and nothing was caught.

Shaking his head, Lin Heng collected all the hooks and found a new area to set up.

Back to the shelter, all the harvests were plucked and cleaned up. The crows and birds were given to the two dogs to share. The remaining ones were two pheasants, a mallard, a dove and a magpie. He gave a pheasant to his eldest brother and kept a pheasant and a duck for himself.

The dove and magpie were roasted on the spot and each person ate one. It was the first time for Lin Heng to eat magpie. The taste was okay, but there was too little meat, not as good as the dove.

In the afternoon, the two continued to search for a while. No big prey was found, but they were lucky and found a female golden rooster. They shot and took it down successfully.

"Let's go home tomorrow morning. Come back next time when it snows. We can still do something here." Lin Heng said at dinner in the evening.

"Okay, there is still a harvest this time." Lin Yue nodded.

Lin Heng harvested two pheasants, a wild duck and a golden rooster. He harvested two golden roosters and a pheasant. Although they are all poultry, they taste very good.

The next morning, after eating and packing up, they hid the plastic film in a small cave and surrounded it with stones. They could take it out and use it next time.

After packing up, the two went to collect the fish hooks together. They were not lucky today, so they caught two turtledoves, one for each of them and put one in their backpacks.

There was nothing to gain on the way back, and the two did not continue to explore. They walked back along the road and arrived home at only three o'clock in the afternoon.

"Dad!"

"Dad!"

"Dad!"

As soon as Lin Heng entered the house, the three children rushed over and hugged him. They missed him very much after not seeing him for a few days.

Lin Heng showed them pheasants and ducks: "Look, these are pheasants and ducks shot by Dad. Aren't they awesome?"

The three little guys nodded in unison, watching Lin Heng cheer with admiration.

"My dad is the best, the most awesome person in the world!"

"Dad is awesome!"

"Dad is awesome, I want to eat chicken legs~"

The three children were born to praise players, and looked at Lin Heng with great admiration.

Lin Heng handed them the chicken and duck with a smile, and said, "Take the things home to show mom."

Holding the things, the three of them happily ran into the house and handed them to mom, saying how great dad was.

Although the children were young, they loved to work, because even if they did not do well, Lin Heng Xiulan would not beat or scold them, but would encourage them.

"It's good, husband, every time you go out, you gain something." Xiulan poured Lin Heng a cup of tea and praised with a smile.

"It's a pity that I didn't hit the big one." Lin Heng sighed.

Xiulan looked at him and said softly: "It's definitely not easy to hit it for just two or three days, but that's enough. The children miss you so much when you've been away for so long, and the family can't live without you."

"Mom misses you too!" Xiaoxia added beside her.

Xiulan smiled slightly and poked her little head: "You're the only one who can say it."

Xiaoxia nodded proudly: "I can say it. I miss Dad more than Mom. Dad, you have to hold me and tell me stories."

"Okay, hold you." Before Lin Heng held her in his arms, Lu Ming and Du Heng came and wanted to hold her too. The three of them pushed and shoved and no one gave in.

"Hold all of you, hold each for a while." Lin Heng looked at the three of them helplessly and said, and now they were happy.

After chatting with Xiulan for a few words, he went to take a shower. After taking a shower, he took turns to lift the children up high and play with them for a while. His original intention was to rest after playing, but the children surrounded him and wanted to continue.

After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered the scientific experiments he had seen in the short videos before his rebirth, so he chose the simplest pressure experiment. He filled the bottle with half water, inserted a small bamboo stick tube from the bottle mouth, and inserted another from the water, and controlled the water flow through the tube.

This experiment made the three children stunned, and they were all curious about what was going on. After playing there for a long time, Lin Heng was free.

When the children were bored and came to him, he found a small section of the water pipe, filled it with water, and held one end. The water would not flow down, and the water would flow out when he let go. The children opened their eyes wide and thought it was amazing.

Looking at the children's admiring eyes, Lin Heng smiled happily. There are many such experiments, and he remembered them clearly.

When the children asked, he would naturally explain, but it was difficult for them to understand. Even if he demonstrated it himself, only Xiaoxia could barely understand it.

But it didn't matter. He just wanted to arouse the children's curiosity. It didn't matter whether they understood it or not. As long as they used their brains to think, it would be beneficial.

"Are you going to invite your parents to dinner tonight?" Xiulan asked, referring to whether they should invite them to eat pheasant.

"Let's do it another day. I'm very tired today." Lin Heng said, holding Xiulan's hand.

"Then I'll fry dried bean curd and cold konjac tofu for you, and let's drink some wine." Xiulan looked at him tenderly and said.

"Okay, I'll help you add fire." Lin Heng nodded.

It was almost dark now, and it was completely possible to start cooking. After Xiulan cut the vegetables, he lit the fire.

Although it is okay to put a small pot on the fireplace or directly use an electric stove to cook, it is simply incomparable to the dishes cooked in this big iron pot.

They still like to cook with a wood stove.

There are not many dishes for dinner, just a stir-fried pork with sour beans, a stir-fried dried bean curd with leeks, a cold konjac tofu, and a crucian carp soup.

"Your braised five-spice dried bean curd is better than meat!" Lin Heng nodded repeatedly while eating the dried bean curd. The dried bean curd is chewy but not very hard, and it tastes rich in braised flavor.

"Yes, tofu is delicious!" Xiaoxia also said while eating.

"Meat is the best!" Luming disagreed and refuted his sister.

Xiulan said happily: "Then let's make another basket of tofu in a few days."

"Okay, I'll help you then." Lin Heng nodded, and the two of them clinked glasses while eating. In the evening, they drank two small cups of rice wine, and mainly ate vegetables and meals.

After dinner, they washed the children and went to bed. Tonight, the children will sleep in the big bed with their parents again. They sleep on Lin Heng's right and Xiulan sleeps on the left.

When he woke up the next day, Lin Heng found that his left arm was held in Xiulan's arms and his right arm was held in his daughter's arms. At this moment, he felt particularly happy.

Xiulan opened her eyes and looked at him, hugged him and said softly: "We don't care whether there is any harvest from hunting, as long as you come back safely, the children and I miss you."

Lin Heng showed a happy expression, kissed her red lips, and then the two turned over and got up.

After exercising and having breakfast, they took the children to Hongfeng Mountain. Xiaoxia rode a bicycle, Lin Heng pulled Luming, Xiulan pulled Duheng, and Xiongba played around them.

When they arrived at Hongfeng Mountain, Lin's father and mother saw them coming and smiled and took them into the house, then took out the roasted sweet potatoes and distributed them to the three children.

"Dad, have you found the place to dig the roots?" Lin Heng put down the milk and asked.

Father Lin nodded: "I found it. There is a section of the riverside in the upper river, and there are also in the lower river. It shouldn't be a problem for us to dig three or four hundred kilograms."

"Okay, you drink the milk and we'll go dig." Lin Heng nodded and said.

The parents drank some milk and put the rest in a bottle for their grandchildren. Lin Heng drove the sidecar over, and everyone squeezed into the car and headed for the upper river.

"Woof woof!!"

Xiongba ran behind him with his tail wagging. Lin Heng was not driving fast, so he could easily catch up.

Soon they arrived at the place Lin's father said. There was a large area of ​​ferns there. They parked the tricycle on the side of the road and took the children down.

Lin Heng and his father built a stove with stones, lit a bonfire, and used an iron kettle to boil water to get a pot of river water and put it on the side.

The riverside is cold, so there must be a fire, otherwise it will not be able to withstand it.

"Get started!"

After the fire was lit, Lin Heng took a hoe and started digging. He and his father were the only ones digging. His mother and Xiulan were responsible for taking care of the children, and also for cleaning the dug fern roots.

The riverside was full of sand, so digging for fern roots was not tiring. They were not in a hurry and dug slowly. When it is almost dug, take it to the river and throw it into the water. After soaking for a while, it can be easily cleaned.

The adults were busy digging and washing the fern roots, and the children were having a great time digging in the sand on the beach. The sound of laughter could be heard hundreds of meters away.

In the next few days, they were obsessed with digging fern roots. They dug up and down the river for several days. When they were tired, they sat down to drink tea and warm themselves by the fire, look at each other and chat, and finally dug four hundred kilograms of fern roots.

Digging out the fern roots is the first step. Next, they crush the fern roots with a grinder in Hongfeng Mountain. After crushing, they wash them in water, and the fern root powder will be blended into the water.

Then filter the water containing fern root powder several times to obtain a relatively pure liquid, which can be left to settle. After settling overnight, the fern root powder will be found at the bottom of the basin the next day.

Generally, in order to obtain the fern root powder that is pure enough, the precipitated fern root starch will be melted and filtered again, and then filtered again.

The last step is to find a sunny day to dry it clean, or dry it.

Once the fern root powder is successfully made, they can make vermicelli. This time they got a full forty kilograms of fern root powder and pressed the vermicelli through the revolving door.

It took more than ten days to finally produce the fern root powder. But everyone was happy and felt it was worth it. Being busy making delicious food together as a family is the meaning of life.

At noon on December 29, Lin Heng and Xiulan were stewing dried tofu at home. After finishing fern root powder, they made tofu. Lin's father and Lin's mother opened the door of the house and walked in.

"Son, the fern root powder is ready." Father Lin shouted with a smile.

"If you want to eat fern root powder, you can eat it today." Mother Lin also said.

Lin Heng Xiulan walked out of the kitchen and saw the fern root powder in the bag. It had been cut into small sections of equal length and tied with dried rice dumpling leaves.

"Why did you bring so much and didn't you keep some for yourself?" Lin Heng asked.

Mother Lin said: "We have left ten kilograms. You can take these thirty kilograms and eat them. Our little is enough."

"Yes, there is sweet potato starch for us to eat." Father Lin also smiled.

"That's okay." Lin Heng had no choice but to pour a cup of tea for his parents, "Then let's make a good meal tonight and cook the pheasant from before. Do you like it stewed or stir-fried?"

Father Lin smiled and said, "Let's stew it. The chestnut and yam stewed chicken we made last time was very good."

"Yes, children also like to eat stewed chicken. It's so fried that they can't even bite it." Mother Lin also said.

"You really love your grandson so much." Lin Heng said with a smile, "Then let's stew the chicken. I'll stew it later."

"It's indeed delicious when stewed." Father Lin defended himself while eating an apple.

"Yes, yes." Lin Heng did not refute him and went to put the fern root powder into the cabinet.

It has been cloudy these days, and the weather is getting colder and colder, but it has not snowed. Lin Heng is also preparing to go to the city. (End of chapter)