Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

Soon it was evening, and a table of delicious dishes was served on the table. Even though it's winter, I still made a cold fern root powder today, which is sour and spicy with fungus.

After half a month of work, everyone's faces were full of satisfaction when they took the fern root powder into their mouths.

"It's delicious. This fern root powder salad is even more delicious than sweet potato vermicelli!" Father Lin nodded affirmatively.

"It's delicious when cooked. I've eaten it before." Mother Lin also nodded and said.

Xiulan ate a chopstick and said, "It's better to have more coriander."

The fungus and fern root powder plus a lot of coriander give it a complete taste.

Lin Heng and the children didn't say anything because they were busy eating. They were afraid that the food would be too spicy and they used onions and sesame oil. They also ate very happily. After eating, they stretched out their small bowls and acted coquettishly to express that they wanted more.

"Eat some more vermicelli and fish." Lin Heng was afraid that the children would eat too much because they were too cold. He gave them some vermicelli and fish. This was pickled fish made from sliced ​​grass carp that had been raised in the stream for a month.

This dish is also very popular. The vermicelli that has absorbed the soup has the umami flavor of fish and the sourness brought by pickled cabbage. With the addition of a small amount of chili, it tastes full of texture.

"And eat more yams and chestnuts." Lin Heng gave the children yam, chestnuts and pheasant meat.

There are not many dishes to cook tonight, only six dishes, but they are all hard dishes, so there is no need to eat after eating.

The children ate happily, and the adults ate heartily after a glass of wine. Delicious food is the best reward for these days of hard work.

"It's so delicious!" Xiaoxia cheered after eating a little.

"I still want daddy!" Lu Ming stretched out the small bowl towards Lin Heng.

"I'll give it to you!" Mother Lin took the small bowl and gave her grandson yam and chicken.

Here, the mother-in-law and grandson call grandma the local name, and grandma is the name introduced from outside. The daughter-in-law calls the parents-in-law mother, and the father-in-law is father.

"Daughter-in-law, your skills are getting better and better." Lin Heng gave Xiulan a few large pieces of fish and praised her.

Good ingredients require good craftsmanship. Xiulan cooks delicious food and often thinks about it by herself, and her craftsmanship becomes more and more sophisticated. Although good ingredients can be delicious simply cooked, good techniques will undoubtedly make the ingredients more delicious.

For example, his eldest aunt Zhang Gaolian's cooking skills are average, and the food made with good ingredients also tastes average.

"Yes, this fish has no fishy smell at all and is very fragrant." Mother Lin also praised it.

Xiulan smiled and said: "Fish is good in the first place, but after being raised in mountain spring water for a month, it is even different. There is no fishy smell without any treatment."

"Don't be humble, your craftsmanship is good." Father Lin said with a smile.

Lin Heng gave her another chicken leg and ate a lot of chestnuts himself. After being stewed, the chestnuts became sweeter and glutinous and tasted very good.

It was already past seven o'clock when the family finished their meal happily. The parents drove the Biansan to Hongfeng Mountain. Lin Heng and Xiulan packed up the dishes and took their children to bed early.

Lin Heng re-told the children fairy tales tonight and put them to sleep. When they lay down, Xiulan had already warmed the bed.

"Oh, your feet are so cold, don't move."

Xiulan was iced by Lin Heng's feet and covered him with her own feet to stop him from moving.

"I feel pretty good." Lin Heng smiled.

"Just don't move." Xiulan shrank into his arms and said, "Are you going to the city in the next two days?"

Lin Heng hugged her warm body and nodded: "Yes, it's the end of the year. The workers' wages have been settled. Then the factory can basically stop this year and restart next year."

"Then remember to buy some cloth and soy sauce. There is not much soy sauce in the house." Xiulan whispered.

"Tell me tomorrow morning and I will write it down in my notebook." Lin Heng said.

Xiulan nodded, changed into a comfortable sleeping position and rested next to Lin Heng. Although the fireplace can keep the room warm, it is still warmer to sleep without clothes close together.

Lin Heng likes winter because he can sleep very close to each other without having to worry about being hot. This is not possible in summer.

When I woke up in the morning, I saw Xiulan sleeping soundly next to her, feeling peaceful and at ease.

After getting up the next morning and having breakfast, Lin Heng wrote down in a notebook the things Xiulan said he needed, and then called his elder brother to set off.

These days at home, when he has free time, he also teaches his elder brother how to drive. He is initially able to start the car and drive normally, but he is still far from mastering it.

But I can only follow him and learn slowly, because there are no driving schools in this era. To learn to drive, you have to find an employer to affiliate with. There are not many places every year, and you can only get it by paying.

He planned to wait for his eldest brother to learn it thoroughly, then spend money to find him a place in the work unit and get his driver's license. Even in this era, money can still solve most problems.

However, it is already the late 1980s, and various driving schools that charge fees have appeared one after another. It will not be so difficult to learn to drive a driver's license in the future.

After entering the city, Lin Heng went directly to the Hengxiu Feed Factory. This was his second visit this month. Everything went smoothly here. The selected workers were all hard-working and willing to work, and there were no glitches.

He first looked at the factory's accounts. The factory's production efficiency has not been high since it opened. So far, it has only produced 23 tons of shrimp feed, 10 tons of pig feed concentrate, and 20 tons of fish feed.

The reason why we chose these types is to familiarize employees with the specific operating procedures and how to produce, so that we can expand production efficiency next year. This year, this machine is running at the lowest efficiency. It can produce more than ten tons of feed in one day at full power. .

After checking the accounts, he went to look at the feed produced, and then praised Wang Zhou: "You are still very rigorous in doing things, not bad."

These days, Lin Hai and Wang Zhou are mainly taking care of the factory. Wang Zhou spends more time looking after it because Lin Hai is busy taking the driver's license exam.

Unlike what he had done before, where he paid a thousand yuan and skipped all the steps to get his driver's license, Lin Hai only paid two hundred yuan, so he had to follow the old master to pull wood in the mountains to complete his internship.

It's not that Lin Heng is unwilling to pay, but that they are novices. Internships with senior masters can improve their skills, otherwise they are prone to problems when driving later.

Wang Zhou smiled honestly and said, "I strictly follow what you said, Brother Lin."

"So that's right, I saw you right." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After talking to Wang Zhou, Lin Heng called all the workers together and held a year-end summary meeting. At the meeting, he didn't say much nonsense. He briefly summarized the problems that had arisen at work, and then announced that Factory No. 31 would be closed this year. So far.

At the same time, he also praised the workers for their hard work and seriousness, saying that the factory will expand production next year, and by then they, the veterans, will at least be junior supervisors, and the best ones will be qualified to serve as deputy managers.

His words naturally made everyone feel like they were getting promoted. Promotion and salary increase are more inspiring than any slogan. He also said that in view of everyone's good performance this year, everyone will be rewarded with half a month's salary at the end of the year. salary.

And even if you take a vacation, you can still get a basic salary of ten yuan every month.

When these words came out, the employees were even more excited. They didn't expect that Lin Heng's treatment was so good. Everyone supported the factory from the bottom of their hearts, thinking that it must grow stronger, otherwise they would never be able to find such a good job again. .

After the meeting, Lin Heng dismissed everyone, and then found Wang Zhou and said that he could take half a month off now. After the vacation was over, he would help take care of the factory and he would be given double salary during the Chinese New Year.

The factory can't work without someone to take care of it, and Lin Heng thinks that the most suitable candidate is Wang Zhou. He is never afraid of Wang Zhou selling everything behind his back and running away.

Because this is impossible, there is no chance of 0.1%. He knows very well that his character has already been determined. Unless he encounters a major change, he will never do anything beyond his character in his life.

Once a person's character is developed, it is often equivalent to a transparent net trapping oneself, and it is difficult to escape without going through changes.

After hearing this, Wang Zhou shook his head repeatedly: "No, Brother Lin, just the normal salary is fine. Double is too much and I can't ask for it. It's just a show-stopper and it's not a heavy job."

He felt that Lin Heng's treatment was so good that he felt uneasy.

"That's it. Just take it with peace of mind. I'll take it back to you in the afternoon after packing it up." Lin Heng waved his hand.

Wang Zhou had no choice but to nod, knowing that Lin Heng hated the constant exchange of pleasantries.

After the preliminary matters here were settled, Lin Heng went to buy the things Xiulan needed, leaving his eldest brother here, and then drove a truck to pull a load of shrimp feed, and sent Wang Zhou home by the way.

He stayed at home all night and went to the city again the next day. He stayed at the factory until the 31st, when he paid off the employees' wages and took charge of cleaning and maintaining all the machines.

Lin Hai also came back that day. Lin Heng looked at him and asked, "How long will you stay down there?"

Lin Hai said with a smile: "I'll wait until Tian Yan goes on vacation and go back with her in the tenth day. I'll be able to get my driver's license after just a few more days of internship."

Lin Heng nodded and said, "That's it. You take time to come to the factory every day to take a look. Wang Zhou has gone back. He will be here when you leave. I will pick you up then. Caiyun will be out of school at that time."

"No problem, Brother Lin, leave this matter to me." Lin Hai said, patting his chest.

Lin Heng nodded, said a few more words to him, and then closed the factory door, leaving only a small door for entry and exit.

Then he bought some common items needed for the New Year, such as tobacco, wine, red paper, etc. Then he went to a factory that produces fireworks and firecrackers and bought a cart of fireworks and firecrackers before returning.

Most of these things were unloaded to be sold in shops in the town, and a small amount was unloaded in his elder brother's shop.

This store is the only store in Shimen Village and Hongfeng Village. Business is pretty good on weekdays. Even people from Baima Village often come here to buy some things.

After unloading the things, he put the car away at Hongfeng Mountain, told his parents to go eat hot pot in the evening and then went home.

When Lin Heng returned home, Xiulan was drying lettuce in the yard. Lin Heng made dried lettuce last time, which was very good for hot pot. She took advantage of the time to dry some more. When she saw Lin Heng, she smoothed her hair and smiled: "Everything has been dealt with. Is it going well?"

"It went well. I brought you new chocolates. You can try them." Lin Heng took out a box of chocolates and handed them to her.

This thing is a novelty in this era. Xiulan quite likes it. He will buy it for her when he goes to town.

"Why do they look like bird eggs?"

Xiulan looked at it curiously, then opened one and took a bite. There was a click and the wine in the center flowed out. She quickly caught it with her hand and said in surprise, "Why is there still wine in here? You didn't tell me in advance. It’s all gone.”

"Well, it tastes good, right?" Lin Heng said with a smile.

"This is delicious." Xiulan nodded.

"Dad, I want it too!"

"I want it, I want it!"

"I want it!"

The three children in the room saw the mouth moving here and rushed out quickly.

Lin Heng gave them three bags of shrimp crackers and sent them away. He talked to Xiulan for a while before going into the house.

They sat down around the fireplace, boiled a pot of tea, and rested quietly for a while.

"Let's prepare the ingredients for hot pot tonight." Lin Heng said.

"Who are you going to call?" Xiulan asked. She had wanted to eat hot pot for a long time, but she never had the chance.

"My parents and my eldest brother's family, there are many people and it's lively." Lin Heng said.

Xiulan said: "Then the mutton is not enough. There are only more than two pounds of meat left."

Lin Heng said: "Then eat less mutton, wait two days and kill a white goat. I remember there are a lot of tripe, plus some of the ingredients I bought are completely enough."

He still has four white goats at home. He can kill them whenever he wants to eat them. White goats taste very good.

"Okay, let's prepare the dipping sauce first, and then prepare the vegetables and other things."

Xiu Lan nodded and took Lin Heng to make the dipping sauce. They had to make sesame paste and peanut butter by themselves, little by little, and they didn't prepare all the ingredients until it was almost dark.

Lin Heng washed the copper pot and put it on the table, then added the burned charcoal and waited for his parents to come. His eldest brother's family had already come.

After waiting for a while, his parents came and looked at them and said, "A musk deer ran out. Your mother and I caught it for half an hour and spent some effort."

"It's okay, come and eat quickly." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Okay." Lin's father and mother nodded and sat down quickly.

No rice wine was made tonight. Xiu Lan cooked a sweet wine as a drink. Everyone sat down and ate the hot pot.

Needless to say, the taste was good. There was pork, beef, mutton, small strips of yellow thorn bones, as well as beef tripe, chicken intestines and various green vegetables.

Everyone ate around the hot pot for more than two hours, talking and laughing, and then they drank tea for half an hour to relieve the greasiness before they dispersed.

"It was so delicious!" Lin Heng couldn't help but sigh when he went to bed to rest. Eating such a hot pot in winter was really perfect.

"Such a day is so good." Xiulan also sighed. This is how she dreamed of living.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep, it's eighty-seven when you wake up."

Lin Heng smiled slightly, took off his clothes and lay down with her.

The two talked in private, and when they were deeply in love, they communicated again before hugging each other and fell asleep.

The next morning, Xiulan woke up first and found that she was lying on Lin Heng's back. She smiled as she looked at his profile.

Xiulan reached out and took his arm into the quilt, sat up and put on her clothes, and tied up her hair with a rubber band.

"You woke up so early, sleep a little longer!" Lin Heng opened his eyes and pulled her hand and said.

Xiulan looked at him and said, "It seems to be snowing outside. Let's go out and take a look." (End of this chapter)