Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

After returning to the village from the mountain, Lin Heng took Xiulan to the Taoist temple in the village.

The Taoist temple has become more and more well-built after a period of construction. Taoist Priest Li not only built the main house, but also opened up many areas around it and planted some flowers and plants to make it look well-built.

At the same time, a plaque was erected at the main entrance of the Taoist temple, with three big characters "Xuantian Palace" written on it.

"Xuantian Palace, this Taoist temple has not officially started to accept incense, right?"

Xiulan asked curiously while looking at the wooden plaque.

Lin Heng nodded and said, "Not yet. It is said that the clay has not been buried yet. The temple will not be opened until the first day of the Lunar New Year. Those who want to burn the first incense should come and line up early."

"Isn't it a competition to see who gives more money?" Xiulan asked in a low voice.

Lin Heng looked at her and laughed, "General temples are like this, but this Taoist temple is still relatively orthodox, emphasizing fate and casualness."

Xiulan nodded, "That's pretty good."

Although it was not her first time here, she had not come into contact with the Taoist priest and did not know these things.

The two looked around and came to the main hall of the Taoist temple. Although this is a large hall with an area of ​​only 50 to 60 square meters, the stone walls are as high as four meters and look very empty. The statues inside are covered with red cloth and cannot be seen clearly.

"Donor Lin, please come in for tea."

Lin Heng and the others were watching, and Taoist Li came over in a navy blue Taoist robe and invited them.

"Sorry to bother you." Lin Heng smiled and nodded, and asked as he walked over, "Master Li, have you just finished practicing?"

"Yes, I just finished the morning class." Master Li nodded.

Arriving at the backyard, they sat under the pavilion, and Master Li picked up the tea heated by charcoal fire and poured a cup for each of them.

Lin Heng drank tea and chatted with him for a while. He had come to drink tea many times. This Taoist priest was indeed a pure cultivator and had no utilitarianism.

"Master, can you give me some advice on Tai Chi? I feel that my practice is a bit unstandard." Lin Heng drank two sips of tea and asked with a smile.

Taoist Priest Li nodded and agreed, "Show me a demonstration."

After drinking tea, Lin Heng immediately demonstrated it, and then Taoist Priest Li corrected many of Lin Heng's non-standard movements on the spot.

After the correction, Lin Heng smiled and thanked him. Taoist Priest Li waved his hand, saying that it was a great merit for him to promote Taoist Kung Fu.

After Lin Heng chatted with him for a few more words, he left without leaving any money.

"Are you asking for me this time?" Xiulan looked at him after leaving the mountain gate.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "Part of the reason is that I asked about the Eight Parts of Vajra Kung Fu last time, and this time it's just right to ask about Tai Chi."

He was not a person who didn't know how to be grateful. In addition to providing help in building the Taoist temple, he also brought a lot of rice, flour and vegetables to Taoist Priest Li. The loquat trees planted in the Taoist temple were also good varieties provided by him.

Xiulan smiled and said, "Then let's bring some vegetables to the Taoist priest another day. There are still a lot of winter melons and pumpkins at home, and some dried persimmons."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.

The two talked and soon came to the outside of the school. It was not far from the end of the school at noon, so they came to pick up Xiaoxia.

"Let's go to the window quietly to see what Xiaoxia is doing." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.

Lin Heng took her over and looked quietly from a distance. In the classroom, Xiaoxia was very lively teaching her classmates, while the teacher was giving a lesson to the third grade school next door.

"Xiaoxia is really busy." Xiulan said after watching for a while.

In the classroom, Xiaoxia explained the questions to this classmate and then to that classmate. As the class monitor, she worked very seriously.

"This is a good thing, so that she will love to study and read." Lin Heng said with a smile, and being able to help others will also gain a lot of internal motivation.

Xiulan nodded. Xiaoxia was indeed more studious after going to school than before. Not only did she teach her two younger brothers, she also read books frequently.

The two watched for a while and went outside to wait. After a while, the school bell rang at noon. Xiaoxia came out of the classroom and rushed over excitedly to her parents.

"Mom and Dad, why are you all here?"

Xiaoxia asked curiously, holding their hands.

"Of course I came to pick you up." Lin Heng said.

"Wow, I love you guys!" Xiaoxia jumped up happily.

Xiulan pulled her and said, "Let's go home. Let's go to Hongfeng Mountain. Your grandma cooked."

"Okay." Xiaoxia agreed crisply, and then jumped back home with the two of them.

When they arrived at Hongfeng Mountain, Lin had already prepared lunch. They cooked rice, fried bacon, shredded potatoes and yellow cabbage.

The green vegetables outside now are only cabbage and spinach. The green vegetables grown in the greenhouse will take ten days to eat. It has been planted for almost a month.

After lunch, Xiaoxia took her brother to pick up eggs. They had a lot of fun in Hongfeng Mountain.

Xiulan and Lin's mother discussed preparing to soak another 20 kilograms of soybeans and make tofu for making fermented tofu chili sauce.

After sending Xiaoxia to school, Lin Heng went to find his eldest brother. They discussed it and set off at 3:30 in the afternoon.

Lin Heng also took a hunting rifle this time. It is the most useful thing for hunting at night. The golden roosters rest together in groups, so they can be shot down all at once with a gun.

Two people each brought a dog. They went up the mountain so early in the morning mainly to listen to the sound. When it was getting dark in the evening, the golden roosters and bamboo partridges would call, and it was easy to hear the specific location.

Of course, this does not necessarily mean that they will all call, it still depends on luck.

The two went to a ditch in the direction of Sanchagou. Lin Yue had recently inspected it and said that the ditch was more promising.

The two walked all the way, and it was almost five o'clock when they arrived at the destination. The sky looked a little dark. It was not that this place was far away, but they were looking for traces of prey on the way, not just rushing.

"Listen, this is the call of the yellow muntjac."

After walking a few steps, Lin Heng looked at the hillside on the left and said.

"It's a muntjac, let's go over quietly and try to touch it." Lin Yue took a look and nodded.

The two greeted the dog and then groped over there. Now that they can't find other prey, they will chase it for the time being, but the two don't have much hope for this.

After a while, the two reached the halfway point of the mountain, but at this time they heard the sound of the muntjac was farther away, and they were suddenly speechless.

"Keep chasing and see where it can run." Lin Heng said with a breath.

Half an hour later, the two gave up helplessly. This kind of thing is still too vigilant, or today is not a good time.

At this time, the sky in the west was already orange-red. After resting for a while, the two heard the chirping sound coming from not far away.

"It's a golden rooster, absolutely." Lin Yue said excitedly.

Lin Heng also nodded and continued to walk up along the ridge, wanting to see if there was any movement in other places.

When it was dawn, he suddenly saw two golden roosters flying up and landing on a tree halfway up the mountain, and he was immediately excited.

"Brother, this place you found is really good." Lin Heng looked at his brother and smiled.

"It's a pity that these two groups of golden roosters are a little close, we must shoot together." Lin Yue said with his hands spread out.

The golden rooster that heard the call was at the edge of the ravine, while Lin Heng was halfway up the mountain, not far away, and it is likely to be disturbed.

Lin Heng thought for a while and said: "How about this, you go and shoot first, I'll wait for your gun to fire, the distance is quite far, it shouldn't be a problem."

"It can only be like this." Lin Yue nodded, it was unrealistic to look at the watch and shoot at the same time, if they were close, it would be possible to communicate by voice.

After the two of them finished talking, they separated and slowly approached each other.

Lin Heng moved quickly and found the two golden roosters in a short while. These were two females with gray feathers and long and beautiful tail feathers.

He did not approach them, but stopped more than ten meters away from them. The man and the dog waited quietly until it was completely dark. At this time, the night was extremely quiet, and the sound of leaves sliding in the forest was clearly visible.

Suddenly he heard a rumble coming from the bottom of the mountain. The sound echoed in the mountain for a while before disappearing, and the two golden roosters on the tree in front of Lin Heng took off the first moment the sound sounded.

Lin Heng could only watch the worst scene happen, and it was impossible to hit it even if he raised his gun now. Soon he became happy again, because one of the two golden roosters did not fly very far, and there was still a chance.

He waited with the gun for more than ten minutes, and waited until it was stable before walking over. With the help of the moonlight in the sky, he found the golden rooster again.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, one look!

Without hesitation, he fired a shot with a rumble.

"Awoo!"

After the gunshot, Xiongba rushed out and caught the pheasant in a short while.

"Let's go home."

Lin Heng glanced at the watch. Although it was still ten minutes before nine o'clock in the evening, he didn't want to continue. There was little hope.

"Brother, did you catch any?"

When they reached the ditch at the foot of the mountain, Lin Yue asked curiously.

"The gunshot scared one away, but it didn't fall very far. I caught it. How many did you catch?" Lin Heng asked curiously.

Lin Yue brought his stuff to Lin Heng and said with a smile: "I'm lucky. I found three on that tree. One male and two females. I caught them all. You can take the female one."

"One is enough for me." Lin Heng shook his head.

Lin Yue stuffed it into his pocket: "This thing is small, so it's not enough to eat. Brothers, don't do such polite things."

Lin Heng couldn't refuse again, and smiled: "Thank you, brother."

"Go back." Lin Yue nodded and said.

Both of them had the same idea. On the way back, they walked along the ditch. If they could see it again, they would fight it. If they couldn't see it again, forget it.

"Hey, I finally found it."

When they were about to go home, Lin Yue suddenly said.

Lin Heng turned his head and saw that it was a hedgehog that he had caught. He was immediately puzzled: "Why did you catch this thing?"

Lin Yue put the hedgehog into the bag and said: "It was Lin Tao who pestered me to raise a little hedgehog. The cage was ready, but I never caught it. I just met it today."

"Is that so? This little thing is really good to raise." Lin Heng smiled.

"Well, sometimes if you don't look for it, it will be everywhere at night. You can't find it even if you look for it." Lin Yue said.

As they talked, they arrived home at half past ten.

Lin Heng unlocked the gate of the yard and walked in to call the door. After a while, Xiulan came to open the door for him.

"It's a good harvest today. I killed two." Xiulan saw the golden chicken in his hand and gave a thumbs up.

"I beat one, and the other one ran away. My eldest brother sent me this." Lin Heng walked into the house and recounted the general process, and then asked the children.

"The children are all asleep, I'll bring you food."

Xiulan took out the still hot food from the rice cooker and put it on the table, and poured Lin Heng a glass of rice wine.

While Lin Heng was eating, she propped her chin up with her hand and watched him eat and talked to him, and the water for the golden chicken was boiling.

After Lin Heng finished his meal, they scalded and plucked the golden rooster. Lin Heng fed the chicken's internal organs directly to the dog, one for each Xiongba and Dazhuang.

The internal organs of the golden rooster are relatively small and difficult to clean, unlike the large intestines of a big rooster.

"Are you going to ask your parents to come and eat tomorrow?" Xiulan asked, holding the golden rooster.

"Let's have hot pot tomorrow, and eat the golden rooster in two days. For now, put it on the wall of the storage room. There is no fireplace over there." Lin Heng said.

"Why don't we eat the golden rooster tomorrow? It will be delicious to eat the hot pot when the vegetables in the greenhouse grow up in a few days." Xiulan looked at him and said.

Then she added: "If you want to eat shabu-shabu mutton, I will make it for you separately."

"Thank you, wife." Lin Heng grinned. He really wanted to eat shabu-shabu mutton before he wanted to eat hot pot.

"Hurry up and wash your face and go to bed." Xiulan patted him and turned to hang up the golden rooster.

After Lin Heng washed up, he quickly went into the bedroom. The bedroom with a fireplace was ten degrees warmer than outside at night.

After roasting in front of the fireplace for a while, he got into bed and fell asleep quickly with Xiulan in his arms.

The next day, they ate golden chicken, but went to the eldest brother's house. Their parents were also there. The next day, they made mutton hot pot and invited them back.

It was not that one of them was short of a meal, but it was a manifestation of a good relationship and a means of communication.

In the following days, Lin Heng also went out hunting with his eldest brother. They would go into the mountains at around 4 o'clock and come back at 10:30. The main target was golden chicken.

But his luck was not very good. He ran for several days in a row and didn't catch any. Instead, Lin Heng and Xiulan caught a pheasant with the fishhook trap they set up.

Time soon came to December 20th. There were only eleven days left in the Gregorian calendar until 1988, but hunting didn't matter. The Wildlife Protection Law had been in effect for 89 years.

At noon that day, the Musk Deer pen was making screams about Musk Deer. Lin Heng and his father pressed the Musk Deer, and Xiulan took the small spoon to take the musk.

After a busy morning, they finally got a small amount of musk. These things were piled on a piece of white paper, showing a beautiful brown color, and exuding a dizzy stinky fragrance.

"This year, there should be 30-40 grams. How much is musk per gram now?" Father Lin asked while looking at the musk.

"This year's price is 38 per gram, which is more expensive than last year." Lin Heng said while he and Xiulan carefully put the musk into a small plastic bag with a self-sealing mouth.

After they were done, they took out a scale to weigh it. After Xiulan read out the number, she looked at Lin Heng and smiled and said, "Add the flat 40 grams in the bag."

Suddenly, Father Lin's mouth widened: "Then this is at least 180 grams, at least more than 6,000 yuan, more than the money we sold grapes for."

Lin Heng also smiled and nodded: "It is indeed this number, which is beyond my expectation. These new musk deer produce more musk than expected."