Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"My parents said they would come over on the fourth and fifth day of the Lunar New Year. It's snowing today. I wonder if you can still come?"

When getting up to exercise, Lin Heng looked at the falling snow and said.

"It should come. It won't be a problem if it doesn't snow too much."

Xiulan looked at the sky and said.

Lin Heng nodded, and after the exercise, he asked the children to get up and eat together.

After eating, it was normal fun, there was nothing to do.

Lin Heng watched the children while Xiulan and Caiyun went to pick vegetables and prepare for hot pot in the evening.

Father and mother Lin are both in Hongfeng Mountain. There are no guests today and they didn't come so early.

Lin Heng's family has been waiting for his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but they didn't come even after dark, so they had to eat hot pot by themselves. It is estimated that his parents-in-law will not come today.

The next day was already the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and the lively atmosphere of the New Year was much reduced. Zhao Hu in the village was about to get married, and he had been asking for help and preparing supplies in the past two days.

Tian Yan, Lin Hai and the others are also preparing supplies. In this era, vegetables for banquets in rural areas are bought from door to door, but there are no supermarkets where you can make a large purchase at once.

Lin Heng lent Lin Hai his tricycle to make it easier for him to walk in the village.

He doesn't need to go to the city. The things he needs to go to the city to buy have already been bought before the New Year.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, there was a sudden knock on the courtyard door, and then a shout came from outside: "Xiulan Lin Heng, are you in the house?"

"My parents are here." Lin Heng, who was playing backgammon with his children in the room, looked surprised when he heard the voice.

"It's them, let's open the door." Xiulan nodded and went to open the door with Lin Heng.

Lin Heng tied up the barking Da Zhuang at the door, and then opened the door.

Xiong Ba is 100% controllable, but this is not necessarily the case for Da Zhuang, a silly dog. He only knows people who often live at home.

When she opened the door, she saw Xiulan's father, Chen Changxia, and mother, Wang Zhi, standing at the door with their two children.

"Mom and Dad, you are here!" Lin Heng and Xiulan said at the same time.

"Hurry up and sit inside. It's very cold outside." Lin Heng said with a smile.

My father-in-law and mother-in-law look much older than last year, their brow wrinkles are deeper, and they are wearing the same clothes they bought last year.

"Haha, good!" Chen Changxia nodded repeatedly with a smile, then patted his two grandchildren and said, "Why don't you call me aunt and uncle soon?"

"Auntie, happy New Year, uncle!" The eldest child in his teens called first, and then another child of five or six years old followed suit.

Both of them looked around curiously. It was their first time traveling far away, and they felt that their aunt and uncle's house was so luxurious.

"Happy New Year, happy New Year, we are all good children." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.

"Come into the house quickly, don't pester your parents here." Xiulan urged with a smile.

"Our ox cart is still on the road, and the things we brought for you are also on the cart." Chen's mother Wang Zhi pointed to the ox cart on the road and said with a smile.

"It's easy. I'll go help." Lin Heng nodded and walked out.

Chen Changxia came over and joined him, first driving the ox cart to the door, and then unloading it. Lin Heng tied the oxen to the back hill to feed, and pushed the wooden cart into the yard.

"You are lacking everything, and we didn't know what to bring, so we brought you a bag of dried white striped fish, half a bag of fish maw, and twenty pounds of sweet potatoes we just roasted this year."

Chen Changxia said with a smile while carrying the things into the house.

They made everything themselves and had no money to buy gifts from stores.

Lin Heng said quickly: "Dad, you are too polite. It is enough for people to come, and they have brought so many things. We should have come to see you."

It was somewhat contrary to Tiangang for his parents-in-law to come to his house with gifts, and he had to entertain them well.

Chen Changxia smiled and waved his hand: "It's all the same, don't we think our daughter and son-in-law are well fed, so we came here to help with the meal."

Xiulan and her father said, "Then you should stay a few more days, otherwise we will all be embarrassed. Lin Heng hunted a takin as big as an ox and several wild boars a few years ago."

"After beating so many things, that's not even a thousand kilograms of meat!" Chen Changxia's eyes widened in shock.

"I worked in partnership with my eldest brother and two uncles. The total weight must be more than 1,500 kilograms." Lin Heng replied with a smile.

Hearing this, Chen Changxia and Wang Zhi were shocked again.

After saying a few words, Xiulan went to make milk tea for them. There was still a lot of milk in the house, and the honey tea was more delicious and nutritious than simple tea.

"It's good to come to my son-in-law's house. There will be something delicious to drink when you come."

Wang Zhi grinned and looked at his two grandsons, "It's very hot. Drink it slowly."

"Um."

The two children nodded in agreement, but their eyes never left the milk tea and various snacks on the table.

The toys of Xiaoxia and her two younger brothers not far away also made their eyes shine. They occasionally saw candies and the like, but they really didn't see many of those toys.

Lin Heng noticed their gazes and gave them fruit snacks.

"Thank you, uncle."

Even if Lin Heng gave it to them, they all looked uneasy and only took a little bit.

Because their parents have always told them to obey the rules at home, and they dare not take more even if they want to eat.

As for the toys that Lin Heng gave them, they didn't even play with them. It was a kind of inferiority complex from the bottom of their hearts, and they were afraid that they would not be able to compensate if they were damaged, because their parents had told them since they were young that they had no money at home and should not get into trouble.

Lin Heng Xiulan understood the psychology of children very well and took special care of her two nephews. After a while, she took the initiative to give them some snacks.

With the permission of their grandparents, they relaxed their hands and feet a little, drank milk tea in big sips, and put snacks in their mouths to eat. They had never eaten so many delicious things before.

By getting to know Lin Heng, I learned that one was the child of Xiulan's eldest brother and the other was the child of her third brother. The parents-in-law specially brought them here to play.

After everyone chatted for a while, Xiulan went to cook. Lin Heng asked Caiyun to go to Hongfeng Mountain to call his parents, while he stayed here to accompany the guests.

When Lin Heng was chatting with his parents-in-law, he also took care of his two nephews enthusiastically. He understood their sense of restraint very well. He had the same feeling when he went to his second uncle's house when he was a child.

Xiaoxia was very enthusiastic towards her two brothers. She enthusiastically invited them with toys and firecrackers, but they couldn't let go and kept sitting next to her grandparents.

"Oh, my parents-in-law and my mother-in-law wish me a happy New Year. You are such rare guests. You make our place shine!"

After a while, Father Lin and Mother Lin came over. Father Lin walked into the house, grabbed Chen Changxia and congratulated him with a smile.

"Happy New Year, happy New Year." Chen Changxia responded with a smile, and then added, "What a rare guest, we visit every year, but you only went to our place once."

"It was inconvenient before, but I will definitely go there in the future. I have always wanted to go to your nice place." Father Lin said with a smile.

With Father Lin and Mother Lin, they had more topics to talk about as people of the same generation. Lin Heng didn't have to chat with him all the time. He gave his two nephews some rubbish cannons to play with. There is no child who doesn't like cannons. .

Dinner was ready soon. The first meal for the parents-in-law must be a reunion dinner, with a total of eighteen dishes, eight cold dishes and ten meat dishes.

"Hey, there are too many dishes here!" Chen Changxia said in shock when he saw the dishes on the table.

Wang Zhi also smiled and said: "We are really lucky, there are too many dishes."

"It's all made at home, it's not a good dish." Lin's father said modestly, and then let everyone sit down at the table.

Lin Heng poured wine for everyone, prepared milk for the children, and then asked everyone to use chopsticks.

At the dinner table, Lin Heng and Xiulan kept picking up dishes for their parents-in-law and two nephews, so that they could eat with peace of mind.

Different from the era when supplies were abundant, in this era when supplies were scarce, guests did not dare to really eat and be polite, so the host had to constantly add dishes to make the guests eat well and make people feel your enthusiasm.

The smiles on the faces of the parents-in-law never stopped throughout the meal. Their daughter and son-in-law’s family were so enthusiastic, and the delicious food made them very happy.

Generally speaking, rural families only eat pork, chicken, and duck during the Chinese New Year, but not necessarily fish. In addition to these conventional foods, Lin Heng's family also has pheasant meat, antelope meat, mutton, muntjac meat, wild boar meat, etc.

The two grandsons who followed them saw what Chinese New Year was like. It turned out that there was so much meat to eat besides pork. They felt so happy. It was the first time they ate all kinds of meat and their stomachs were full. They also had a good impression of their aunt and uncle. Soaring.

"Coming to your home is really more beautiful than going to a restaurant." After the meal, Chen Changxia said with emotion. He was also full of meat. Xiulan's food was so delicious.

Lin Heng said with a smile: "Mom and dad, please stay here for a while longer, and we will do it for you every day."

"The relationship is great, we really can stay longer this time." Wang Zhi said with a smile.

She was so happy. She was the happiest every time she came to her little daughter's house. Not only could she eat well, she was also very happy to see her little daughter so happy.

Xiulan smiled and said: "This is what you said, don't stay here for less than three days and then clamor to go back."

"Okay, that's what we said." Wang Zhi smiled.

Then she went to help her daughter clean up the dishes, but Lin Heng stopped her and asked them to play square together.

The two nephews were also familiar with this place. They took the cannon given by Lin Heng and Xiaoxia Luming and ran to play in the yard.

After playing for an hour after dinner, it was almost ten o'clock. Lin Heng took his parents-in-law and two nephews to the old house to rest. In his house, they could only sleep on the sofa or on the second floor, but they were not cleaned up and it was not suitable.

"Grandpa, my aunt's family is so rich. They have more houses than ours."

Ten-year-old Chen Bentao said while sleeping.

"The food at his house is also good, with a lot of delicious meat. Let's stay a few more days." Five-year-old Chen Benxin said that he had never eaten so much meat.

"When you grow up and work hard, you will be so rich. Now go to bed." Chen Changxia looked at his two grandsons and said.

Although Lin Heng's family didn't talk much about their development this year when we chatted today, they clearly felt that the son-in-law's family's life had become better.

Apart from anything else, it can be seen from the appearance and dress of my daughter that if she worked every day, she would not be like this at all. She seems to be getting younger and younger as she lives, and looks like an eighteen-year-old yellow flower girl.

On the other side, Lin Heng and Xiulan were already lying on the bed. Lin Heng hugged Xiulan and said, "How about we have a barbecue tomorrow and roast the little wild boar to entertain our parents."

The whole little wild boar he shot before the Chinese New Year was moving in the freezer. He planned to find a time to eat the roasted whole pig, but now was an opportunity.

Xiulan shook her head and said, "It's not necessary. It's a lot of trouble to do that. It's better to have hot pot. Let's save the little wild boar and roast it sometime in the spring."

"Then I'll listen to you. It's not easy for them to come here. You have to treat them well." Lin Heng looked into her eyes and said.

Xiu Lan leaned on Lin Heng's shoulder and said, "That's good enough, go to sleep."

The next day came in a blink of an eye. They got up in the morning and prepared some dishes for breakfast.

After breakfast, Chen Changxia said, "Lin Heng, take us to see where you raise shrimps and sheep."

"I was just thinking of taking you there." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After cleaning up the dishes, everyone went to Hongfeng Mountain together. When they arrived, Chen Changxia was surprised: "You built a road to the top of the mountain and laid cement. It must cost a lot of money."

"It cost some money, but not much." Lin Heng responded with a smile.

"Great." Chen Changxia gave a thumbs up. Even if Lin Heng didn't say it, he could guess that the cost was not cheap.

After entering, Lin Heng and Xiu Lan's father accompanied his parents-in-law to go around. Lin's mother and Caiyun first took Lu Ming Du Heng into the house to warm up by the fire.

After visiting the shrimp pond and coming to the warehouse, Chen Changxia and Wang Zhi were stunned when they saw the big guy Dongfeng 140 parked next to them.

Chen Changxia turned around and asked, "Son-in-law, did you buy this truck?"

Xiu Lan smiled and nodded beside him, "Yes, we bought it this year. It's a new car worth nearly 50,000 yuan. It's far from the city. You can't do business without a car, so you can only buy one yourself."

They didn't tell their parents how much money they made to buy a new car when they chatted yesterday. If you tell them directly, people will think you are showing off.

Now that they see and ask, she will explain it clearly, and at the same time implicitly indicate that their money has been used to buy a car, so if parents want to borrow money again, they have an excuse.

She and Lin Heng are now one, and she must consider her family. It's okay to give them some money for the good of her parents, but she is definitely unwilling to let them borrow money to help her three brothers. It's enough to help once.

There's no need for Lin Heng to say this kind of thing, she will take the initiative to say it and won't embarrass him.

"Fifty thousand yuan!"

"Hiss!"

Chen Changxia and Wang Zhi both took a deep breath after hearing this. They all knew that their son-in-law and daughter were rich, but they didn't expect them to be so rich that they had already bought a truck worth fifty thousand yuan.

Lin Heng pinched Xiulan's palm without leaving a trace. She was still too gentle and considerate, which made him feel warm in his heart.

Then he smiled and said, "Mom and Dad, do you want to get in the car? I'll drive you to the top of the mountain to play."

"Okay, it just so happens that we haven't ridden in this kind of car yet." Chen Changxia came back to his senses and nodded with a smile. He looked around the truck and thought that it had only been a few years since his son-in-law became rich, and he had already driven a truck.

After looking at it, the two elders squeezed into the front row with their grandson and looked around curiously. (End of this chapter)