Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"You want to make a flower pot. It's very simple. Can a square one be used?"

Carpenter Liang said with a smile.

Lin Heng nodded: "Of course, the diameter is 40 centimeters."

Is this very simple for a carpenter? He saw a few boards and made two mortise and tenon joints, and it was done in half an hour.

Taking the finished square wooden basin, Lin Heng came to the back of his old house.

It is dark and humid here, with no more than two hours of direct sunlight every day, making it a good place to slow down seedlings.

After placing the flowerpot in the middle, he dug some humus from the forest, trimmed the roots of the black pine a little, made a shape and planted it.

Because it was originally designed to be near the water, Lin Heng did not modify it. He only made a root lift, which exposed part of the roots to the soil. This would make the entire tree look more grippy and vigorous.

After it is done, trim the branches slightly and adjust them, then water them thoroughly.

When it sprouts new leaves, it can be moved to his backyard with the pot attached.

When he got home, Lin Heng could already smell the aroma of meat, and Lin's mother had already started frying the meat.

Father Lin and his eldest brother had already divided the meat from the muntjac, and stretched the skin to dry it in the sun.

"Lin Heng, I thought about it for a while. This muntjac meat is all lean meat, and the smoke will probably spoil it. Let's just cut it into small pieces and make it into muntjac jerky, so that it can be stored longer. "

Seeing Lin Heng, Lin's father explained his decision.

"Absolutely, get more spices." Lin Heng nodded in agreement, this is a very good idea.

Muntjac belongs to the deer family, and its characteristic is that it has less fat and more lean meat. To make bacon, you need fat and lean pork belly. Pure lean meat is too easy to spoil.

With Lin Heng's consent, Lin's father immediately started cutting the meat. Except for the two pieces of meat for his uncle and third father, only the meat for three meals was left, and the rest was all chopped into dried meat.

"It's already done. I still have a lot of spices at home, including chili pepper, alfalfa, fennel seeds, Sichuan peppercorns, and patchouli powder. It's absolutely delicious when you put it together."

Sister-in-law Liu Juan said with a smile that she and Xiulan were processing the spices, drying them and then pounding them.

"How much muntjac oil is there?" Lin Heng came over and asked.

"Not much, there is not much oil this season, only four or five pounds." Father Lin pointed to the white suet hanging on the wall.

"The muntjac oil is delicious and nutritious, so just keep it. I'll get some lard at home and use it." Lin Heng looked at his mother, Lu Hongmei.

"What are you going to do again?" Mother Lin was a little reluctant.

"You will know when the time comes, just think that I exchanged the muntjac oil for you."

Lin Heng didn't say he wanted to make soap, and he wasn't sure whether he could make it.

Mother Lin looked at him: "Do you want it now?"

If she dared to waste oil before, she would have killed Lin Heng, but now that her son has the ability, it is understandable to use some.

"No, I'll tell you when I use it." Lin Heng shook his head, not having the other materials ready yet.

And he was too tired today to do any of this.

"That's okay."

Mother Lin shook her head.

After finding a bench, Lin Heng sat under the eaves, held his daughter in his arms, and fell asleep while looking at the sun.

"dad!!"

Xiaoxia couldn't stand still, moving around in Lin Heng's arms, turning over and over, sometimes pulling Lin Heng's hair, sometimes pinching his face.

"Here, let me teach you how to speak, table, chair..."

Lin Heng sat up helplessly, holding Xiaoxia in his arms and teaching her how to speak and recognize objects.

The language was still in Mandarin. He didn't really want his daughter to learn Mandarin slowly when she went to school.

"Juezi...one by one..."

The little girl didn't mean what she said. She opened her mouth and made a barely similar sound with difficulty.

"There is progress, come on, read it again, table, chair."

Lin Heng became interested and continued teaching.

While Lin Heng was teaching his daughter how to speak, Lin's father and his eldest brother Lin Yue cut the muntjac meat into two large pots, two centimeters wide and five centimeters long, weighing twenty-eight pounds.

After the meat is cooked, sprinkle salt, pour wine, add the prepared spices, stir evenly and let it sit for an hour. After the meal, you can dry the meat.

Watching his father and elder brother working, Lin Heng missed the refrigerator more and more. Why does it need to be so complicated to have a refrigerator? Just throw it away.

It's a pity that there is no electricity now.

"time to eat."

Mother Lin said something and went out to call Carpenter Liang.

Uncle Lin Heng made three chairs in one morning, very classic rural side chairs.

Made from yellow willow tree (cotinus cotinus), no dyeing is required, it is naturally golden and very beautiful.

His uncle is actually quite capable. Although his carpentry work is not as good as that of a professional carpenter, it is not bad at all. He can make tables, chairs and benches by himself.

He can also hunt, and his family is well off, but his temper is not very good, and he is prone to problems when he drinks.

There was a woman before, but he also beat her away.

"Lin Heng, are you ready to sell that old turtle?" The uncle tidied himself up and looked at him and asked.

"Not necessarily. It depends on the price. If it's too cheap, you don't want to sell it. Anyway, it won't die if you keep it alive."

Lin Heng spread his hands and said that old turtles of more than 30 years are very rare and there is no rush to sell them.

"This is my suggestion. Ask around. This is a good thing. Some people will pay a lot for it. Don't worry."

Lu Honghai nodded, quite satisfied with Lin Heng's approach.

Today's lunch was very sumptuous, including a large pot of fried muntjac meat and half a pot of muntjac offal, mainly the heart, liver and kidneys. They were all fried but only half of them were served.

The deer belly, intestines, and eggs were also processed and fried, and left there to be eaten tomorrow.

The deer spear was hung up to dry, ready to be used to soak in wine, which is a good thing.

Deer meat has no fat, similar to beef, but more delicate, very fragrant after being fried with lard, and very chewy.

"This male deer doesn't have a strong smell of mutton, it's quite delicious."

Lin Heng commented after taking two bites.

"Deer is okay, it doesn't have a strong smell of mutton, and your mother handled it well, so it's naturally delicious." Lin's father said with a smile.

"This is a good thing, deer are full of treasures, the ancients said that it can replenish deficiency, increase energy and strength, and strengthen the five internal organs." Carpenter Liang said with a smile.

"Yes, you should eat more, so that you have the strength to work." Lin's mother picked up a big chopstick for everyone.

Lin Heng really buried his head in eating, and he also ate a lot of deer kidneys. He felt that he needed to nourish himself and make his body strong enough.

After eating, Lin Heng boiled all the skinned weasel meat and fed it to Xiongba. It had meat almost every meal these days, and it was difficult to find a little food.

Because it ate meat every meal, its body size obviously grew much faster, its hair was shiny, and its skeleton was getting bigger and bigger.

"Clang!"

The bones were bitten by it and made a clanging sound.

On the other side, Xiulan and the others also dried the pickled venison on the bamboo fence.

It was sunny today, and it could be almost dried in one day.

The mushrooms that were dried when I came back in the morning are now almost dry.

In such a hot sun, Lin's father has moved the wood to the main room and continued to make benches.

Lin's mother and sister-in-law went to the river to wash clothes, and Lin Heng and Xiulan rested at home and did not go out.

He went to see his fish pond and found that the fish were all alive and well. He sprinkled some wheat bran for pigs to feed them.

The fish pond was actually a little small, but it was in the yard after all, so it was not suitable to build a big one.

When Hongfeng Mountain was developed, he planned to build a super large one when building a villa to raise a lot of fish.

"Here you go."

When Lin Heng returned home, Xiulan handed him a cup of herbal tea, which was made of dogweed and honeysuckle.

The root of dogweed is the Houttuynia cordata, which many people love and many people hate.

Almost every family in the countryside has this herbal tea, which is refreshing and a must-have in summer.

After drinking the tea, Lin Heng went back to the room and hugged his daughter Xiaoxia to teach her to speak and recognize things.

Not long after, Xiaoxia fell asleep, and Lin Heng himself fell asleep on the bed.

When he woke up, it was already four or five in the afternoon. Lin Heng was woken up by Xiaoxia, and her diaper was wet.

"Wow...Wow..."

"Don't call me little ancestor, I'll change it for you."

Lin Heng helplessly found a new diaper for her to change, and the little ancestor stopped crying.

After changing his daughter's diaper, Lin Heng came out of the main hall and saw only his uncle and father who were doing carpentry work.

No need to ask, Xiulan and the others must have gone out to work, they are all people who can't sit still.

After saying something to his father, Lin Heng took his daughter out for a walk.

"This is Zhuzhu, this is yam, this is dogtail grass..."

Lin Heng took his daughter and pointed at every thing passing by to identify it, which was not only teaching her to speak, but also leading her to identify things.

"This is bamboo, this is mountainside, this is dogtail grass..."

Xiaoxia was very curious. Seeing Zhuzhu was scared and hiding behind Lin Heng, she didn't dare to look.

When Lin Heng taught her to recognize flowers, plants and trees, she excitedly ran to catch them, and pulled them back to feed her father "filially".

"You are such a filial daughter!" Lin Heng looked at her helplessly.

The little girl pointed at Lin Heng with a giggle: "You are such a laughing girl..."

After recognizing flowers and plants for a while, she didn't want to recognize them anymore, and started to run happily, stumbling forward. Every step made Lin Heng tremble with fear that she would fall.

But every step she took was magically able to continue, on the verge of falling.

Only Lin Heng was frightened by her and kept paying attention.

"Daddy, hold me~"

When she was tired of running, she would crawl into Lin Heng's arms again. She didn't sleep even when she was in his arms, and she had the energy to flirt with flowers and plants, and continued to learn to speak with Lin Heng.

An afternoon passed like this. After teaching for an afternoon, the little guy didn't seem to learn anything, but just played with a smile on his face.

When they returned to the yard, Xiongba was caught again, and he had to pull his tail.

"No! The dog will feel pain." Lin Heng stared at her, very sternly.

Xiaoxia opened her mouth and wanted to cry, but Lin Heng ignored her. She cried a few times and seemed to remember that crying before was useless, so she ran over and punched Lin Heng with her little fist.

Another big meal was served in the evening, and the aroma of oil and chili spread hundreds of meters.

People who went home nearby were drooling with greed, and looked at the Lin family for a long time without saying a word.

The worst was Li Caifeng's family. Her courtyard was closest to Lin Heng's kitchen. She sat in the courtyard to enjoy the cool air while eating dinner, and she also had to smell the aroma of meat.

The corn paste in the bowl felt satisfying to swallow.

After taking a shower and going to bed to rest, I don't know if it was because of eating venison or for some other reason, Lin Heng felt hot all over.

Fortunately, his daughter fell asleep by herself.

As soon as his wife Xiulan got on the bed, he hugged her.

"Be gentle, be careful not to wake up your daughter."

Xiulan whispered, but she cooperated with Lin Heng very well.

The two of them, one 20 and the other 21, were at the age of vigorous energy.

After a half-hour battle, both of them were still a little unsatisfied. They hugged each other, rubbed their ears for a long time, and made small intimate movements.

There was no way, his daughter could move too much, which made Lin Heng miss moving to the new house even more.

When the time comes, make a cradle for your daughter and put it aside, so he can do whatever he wants.

On the morning of the 17th, when Lin Heng got up, his father and elder brother had already gone to the town to get gypsum powder.

He took care of his daughter and helped his uncle and carpenter Liang.

Carpenter Liang had already made the nine doors and three windows of his house, painted them with tung oil and installed them directly.

Lin Heng took his daughter around the village, found some straw from last year, and taught his daughter to continue speaking and identifying objects.

She had already forgotten all the knowledge she had learned yesterday, and when Lin Heng taught her again, she was full of curiosity and enthusiasm, and followed him to learn to speak.

In the afternoon, Lin Heng walked on the road, pulling his daughter to identify objects and talk, and Xiongba followed behind to have fun.

From time to time, lizards ran by the roadside, which scared her so much that she hugged Lin Heng's thighs, and when she saw ants, she mischievously stepped on them with her feet.

"What's the point of teaching these things to a one-year-old? It's exhausting, but there's no effect. She'll learn it naturally when she grows up a little bit."

Liu Lan, who was working in the field outside the road, saw Lin Heng's actions and was a little confused.

Lin Heng smiled: "Nothing, just bored."

He would not explain that this was to enlighten his daughter. It would definitely be better to teach her from a young age than to learn by herself. His daughter's words were obviously much more real.

"Drink some water?"

Liu Lan pointed to the kettle on the edge of the ground and said. She took off her coat because it was hot, revealing a V-neck floral short-sleeved shirt underneath, revealing her plump figure.

"No."

Lin Heng shook his head.

"I don't like it. It's just hunting skills. If you have money, you can drink good tea water."

Liu Lan smiled, and I don't know if it was intentional or not. When she bent down to pull weeds in front of Lin Heng, most of the scenery was exposed.

"Let's go."

Lin Heng saw whether he saw it or not, and turned around and took his daughter away. Whether she did it intentionally or not, he would not care, and he would not let Xiulan down.

Liu Lan was a little strange. In the past, if she did this, a group of men would not want to leave.

Although she had many pockmarks on her face, her body was fair and white, one of the best in the village.

Lin Heng's behavior made her a little confused.

After walking his daughter on the road twice and chatting with the villagers, Lin Heng went back.

When he got home, his elder brother and father were back. The sun was strong these two days, and the road was not slippery, so pulling plaster was much easier than before.

He did not hunt today, and inevitably had another round of negative distance intimate contact with his wife at night.

The next day, on the 18th, Lin's father began to help paint the house, working the plaster well and applying it on the earth wall with a scraper.

Lin Heng's skills were not good, so he could only help work the plaster.

...

Caiyun went to pick grass for cattle every morning. This morning, when she went to the river, she met Liu Lan and several women in the village. They all got up early to wash clothes.

Several people inevitably chatted by the river. Rural people, as long as they were not deadly enemies, would chat a few words when they met.

"Caiyun, did you put something on your lips? They are rosy and smooth."

As they chatted, Liu Lan asked what was in her heart.

In the hot summer, everyone's lips are dry and hot, and it is normal for them to peel and crack, but Caiyun's lips are rosy and smooth.

"Yes, my second brother made lipstick."

Caiyun said with a smile. She was simple-minded and took out the lipstick from her pocket to demonstrate.

The women washing clothes by the river immediately showed envy. They had seen this lipstick, but they couldn't afford it.

"You mean the second brother made it? How did he make it?" Liu Lan didn't understand. Lin Heng could make this thing?

Caiyun shook her head: "I don't know either. He spent a long time tinkering with the beeswax, camellia oil, and flower petals, and then he made it.

I got this from my second sister-in-law Xiulan. My second brother made it for her."

"So that's what you, Lin Heng, bought tea oil and rotten honeycomb that day. You're really good."

Liu Lan said with some envy. She felt bad. Lin Heng was too good to Xiulan.

She thought Lin Heng was squandering money, but it turned out that he was making things for his wife.

She felt very bitter when she thought that her husband didn't even send a flower.

The women around were also a little envious. Although Lin Heng was a second-rate guy who was idle, they didn't seem to have heard of him beating his wife.

Now that the prodigal son has turned back, he is still so good to his wife, which really makes them jealous.

Many men in the village beat their wives. Even if they don't beat them, it's common for them to quarrel every day over trivial matters.

However, they were unwilling to believe that Lin Heng and Xiulan were so loving, thinking that the news had just not been spread.

"Ask your brother if he still has one, I'll exchange it with him for something, or I can buy it." A woman named Li Yan said next to him.

This Li Yan is very beautiful, with a good figure and a fair face, but her mouth is a little big, which makes her look much lower.

If her mouth is a little smaller, her appearance will not be inferior to Xiulan Caiyun.

Fengshu Village has a total of more than 200 households, with a population of about 1,200. There are about a dozen wealthy families, belonging to the thousand-yuan household level.

Ten thousand yuan households may be a bit reluctant for the village head and the village party secretary. The purchasing power of 10,000 yuan is too strong in this era.

The Li family that Li Yan married is a wealthy family. When she married her husband Li Changfu last year, the Li family directly built a two-and-a-half-story red brick house at the east end of the village.

"I'll take note. I'll go back and ask my brother. If he sells it, I'll deliver it to your door."

Caiyun nodded and said with a smile.

"Okay." Li Yan nodded, thinking that it would definitely not be a problem.

When Caiyun came home after cutting grass for cattle, it was already past ten o'clock. After feeding the grass to the big yellow cattle at home, she went straight to Lin Heng's new house.

In the new house, Lin Heng, his eldest brother and his father were applying plaster. The main room had been applied, and they were applying the walls of the bedroom.

Although the plaster was not dry yet and was grayish white, it obviously made the whole house much brighter. Caiyun looked proud and happy.

"Second brother, Li Yan from the village wants to buy the lipstick you made. Will you sell it?"

Xiulan walked into the house and asked.

"Not for the time being, this is for your sister-in-law." Lin Heng refused without thinking.

How much money can you make by selling one or two?

He was too lazy to even do it. He might as well go to the mountains to see if there are rabbits, grouse or something.

"Okay, I know." Caiyun nodded. She also guessed that her second brother would refuse.

After all, the second brother is now a capable person, it is normal for him to look down on a few cents.

After Caiyun left, the three Lins continued to apply plaster.

In one day, the walls of the rooms on the first floor were finally plastered, and the whole house was much brighter.

As for the second floor, it will not be plastered for the time being, but the first floor is enough for Lin Heng and Xiulan to live in.

"Second brother, go and see, sister-in-law Xiulan was beaten and cried, and mom is arguing with someone because of this."

As soon as Lin Heng and his sons left the new house, Caiyun hurried over to report the news.

Hearing this, Lin Heng was suddenly stunned, and his voice suddenly became angry: "Where is it? What happened?"