Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

“Dong dong dong!!”

"Second Dad, get up and hunt rabbits!"

Early the next morning, just after five o'clock, there was a knock on the door of Lin Heng's room.

My eldest nephew Lin Wei, who is usually late for school, got up earlier than his mother today.

"Husband, get up."

Xiulan saw that Lin Heng was still silent and shook him.

"Ah, where is my big herring of more than 100 kilograms?" Lin Heng vaguely saw a beautiful face.

Xiulan looked at him with confusion: "Lin Wei asked you to hunt rabbits. Where did the herring come from? You must be talking in your sleep."

Lin Heng finally woke up and realized that it was a dream. He sighed regretfully: "I just dreamed that I caught a big herring of more than 100 kilograms.

I even managed to catch a fish, I was really capable of anything in my dream. "

He felt that he was probably sick, and he actually dreamed about fishing.

"Second father, are you up?" Lin Wei spoke again outside the door.

"It's coming, it's coming." Lin Heng climbed out of bed helplessly, thinking that his eldest nephew was too positive.

After getting dressed, he yawned and took down the bow and arrow from the wall, opened the door and walked out.

"Second father, let's leave quickly."

Seeing Lin Heng coming out, Lin Wei quickly urged.

Lin Heng smiled and patted his nephew on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I'll wash my face and go to the toilet first. The rabbit may not be up so early."

"Okay." Lin Wei was helpless and excited.

After washing his face and peeing, Lin Heng untied Xiongba's iron chain and said, "Let's go up the mountain. It's up to you today."

"Woof woof!!"

Xiongba held his head high and rushed out. Every time he went out, he had to have a few laps before he felt comfortable.

Lin Wei walked in front and led the way. He excitedly talked about how he saw the rabbit yesterday.

When he arrived at the place he was talking about, there was no rabbit anywhere.

Lin Wei explained anxiously: "Second Dad, I'm not lying. I really saw it yesterday, right next to the thatch."

Lin Heng smiled and patted his shoulder: "It's normal, don't worry."

After saying that, it squatted down and touched Xiongba's head: "Fuck Xiongba, find the rabbit hole."

Rabbit urine and feces are very smelly and not difficult for a dog to find, as long as the dog has been around recently.

"Woo~"

Xiongba sniffed the ground, then burrowed into the thatch, all the way up.

Lin Heng and Lin Wei followed, and not long after, Xiong Ba stopped at a very hidden location in the grass.

"Woof woof!"

Xiong Ba looked up at Lin Heng, indicating that he was here.

"Second father, Xiongba is so awesome, you can find all these."

Lin Wei knelt down and touched Xiongba and said in shock.

Xiongba held his head high, as if to say that you know nothing about my strength.

"Don't be too happy. Maybe the rabbit is not at home."

Lin Heng said, looking around for other exits. Rabbit holes usually have two or three exits.

After finding all three exits, Lin Heng turned to look at Lin Wei and Xiong Ba: "You take Xiong Ba here to guard them, and I'll light a fire to smoke them out."

"Okay." He ran over very excitedly and stood guard at the entrance of the cave, holding a slingshot in his hand.

Lin Heng found a few pine needles and some cypress leaves.

Light the fire, add some dry firewood, and throw the cypress leaves on top. With crackling sounds, thick smoke rises.

"Ahem!"

Lin Heng turned his head to the side and fanned wildly with leaves. Within a few seconds, he saw smoke coming out of some other places.

This time Lin Heng searched carefully and found no exit.

Poor rabbit, there is no possibility of escape this time.

On the other side, not long after the thick smoke started to rise, a gray figure took the lead and rushed out of the cave entrance.

"Woof!!"

Before Lin Wei fired his slingshot, the rabbit rushed out. With a bark, Xiong Ba accurately bit the gray rabbit.

"I caught it, I caught the second daddy, the big gray rabbit I saw yesterday."

Lin Wei danced excitedly, hunting was so exciting.

"No problem, it's not difficult." Lin Heng smiled slightly, already expecting the result.

Just as Lin Heng was about to put out the fire, he suddenly heard his eldest nephew's exclamation again.

"Oh my god, there are rabbits. They're little rabbits. One just ran out."

"And the little rabbit!!"

Lin Heng didn't expect the unexpected surprise at all, so he hurried over.

"That one ran away. Xiongba bit the big rabbit but failed to catch up. I was careless." Lin Wei pointed at the hole and said.

"You go over and fan the smoke, and I'll catch it." Lin Heng handed the leaves to his nephew and said.

"OK."

Lin Wei quickly ran over to fan himself.

Lin Heng glanced at the female rabbit that was bitten to death by the bully, took out the snakeskin bag and pointed it at the hole, hoping to catch it alive.

Lin Wei fanned the smoke for a while, and there was movement in the hole again. With a whoosh, a rabbit got into the snakeskin bag.

Then there were a few more huffing sounds, and four more little rabbits got in.

Lin Heng was afraid that they would get back into the hole again, so he quickly picked up his bag and grabbed what he had got first.

When the smoke in the snakeskin bag dissipated, Lin Heng saw five little rabbits running around, all only the size of two fists, two white, one gray, and two black and white.

"Second father, have you caught him?"

Lin Wei asked excitedly when he heard the movement.

"I caught you. Let's put out the smoke."

Lin Heng said with a smile.

Lin Wei picked up the stick and put out the fire a few times, and ran over impatiently: "How many of them have been caught?"

"See for yourself." Lin Heng opened the bag.

"Five little rabbits, my God, we are rich." Lin Wei couldn't hide his excitement.

"Indeed, this little rabbit is an unexpected surprise. I took it back to raise it and give it to you."

Lin Heng said with a smile that following the novices would indeed lead to unexpected gains. He actually encountered a nest of rabbits, which was really good luck.

Lin Wei shook his head and said: "I just want two, and the rest are your second daddy. It's all up to you this time, otherwise I won't be able to catch one."

He is too particular about fairness and is already a qualified little hunter.

"It doesn't matter, you can raise as many as you want." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Second father, show me the big rabbit." Lin Wei smiled and stretched out his hand.

Could Lin Heng not understand what he was thinking: "Here you go, give it to you."

Lin Wei took the big rabbit and looked at it carefully. The rabbit's spine was bitten off by Xiongba. Although its body was still hot at this time, it was already dead.

Lin Wei looked at it with his ears raised, a smile on his face, and he jumped forward.

"Aunt Liu Lan, look at the rabbit we shot, it weighs four or five pounds."

"Uncle Yang, this is a rabbit that my second father and I shot together. We also caught five little rabbits, all of them alive."

At a young age, Lin Wei understood that hunting is not about showing off, just like walking at night in brocade clothes, not sparing any adult he meets.

Lin Heng shook his head and walked behind. Without saying anything, everyone in the village knew that it was his contribution, and their eyes were full of envy and admiration.

Lin Wei deliberately went to the big ginkgo tree where the elderly in the village often gathered. Unfortunately, there were no people here in the morning, so he had no choice but to go home. After all, he still had to go to school.

"Dad, grandpa, we have found prey!!"

It can be said that Lin Wei's loud voice was the first to arrive. Everyone was shocked and looked at the door.

"Dad, Mom, look."

Lin Wei showed it to them like a treasure.

"Your second father must have beaten him." Lin Yue used See Through.

"I also helped a lot." Lin Wei was not convinced.

"He really helped a lot. I was lucky today and caught five little rabbits.

Let’s make a cage later, raise them, and let’s share them. "

Lin Heng showed the rabbit in the bag.

"This is good. We often have rabbits to eat at our house." Mother Lin's eyes lit up when she saw the little rabbit.

"Thanks to Lin Wei's good luck as a newbie, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to catch these little rabbits."

Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Lin Wei, you are useful this time and have made a contribution, but it is already half past seven, so hurry up and go to school."

Liu Juan praised and urged.

"Okay." Lin Wei couldn't wait to go to school today and wanted to brag to his friends about the rabbit he caught.

"It's hard to keep this thing. You have to make a strong cage out of iron pear tree or beef tendon tree, otherwise it will easily chew up the wood and run away."

Father Lin found a deep wooden bucket and asked Lin Heng to pour the rabbit into it.

The five little rabbits huddled together, shivering and terrified.

"Indeed, rabbit teeth are very powerful." Lin Heng was also a little worried because there was no iron cage at home.

"I can only make one out of bamboo first. I'll go to the market in a few days to see if there is anyone selling barbed wire. I can buy some and keep it later."

Father Lin spread his hands and said.

"Brother, take two of the little rabbits and keep them, and give the rest to dad. I'm too lazy to raise them."

Lin Heng looked at the rabbit and said.

"You don't want to raise her?" Mother Lin was confused.

"Why are you raising it? It's everywhere on the mountain. If I want to eat it, I'll hunt it." Lin Heng spread his hands and smiled.

Mother Lin: "..."

"If you have the ability and you are great, we will support you." Father Lin will not refuse anyone who comes.

"The sauerkraut soup is ready. After you eat it, go and repair the pig pens, chicken and duck pens."

Xiulan walked out of the house and said that she was cooking the morning meal.

After dinner, at eight o'clock the father and son went to the back mountain to build pig pens and chicken pens.

This thing is not difficult, just clear out a piece of flat land, nail stakes, surround a square railing, put up a frame and build a shelter from the rain.

Finally, you can raise pigs by taking out two wooden pig troughs.

The same goes for chicken pens, which can be made of bamboo or wood. Unlike pig pens, the top must be sealed, otherwise the chickens will fly out.

It sounds simple, but the workload is not small. It took a whole day to finish it.

And the pig trough hasn't been dug out yet.

In the evening, I ate the rabbit I caught in the morning. The rabbit meat tasted average when fried. Everyone in the Lin family who had been eating meat a lot this month was a little disgusted.

The next day is the 29th, the last market day in April.

When she woke up in the morning, Xiulan turned to look at Lin Heng: "Have you decided what to buy today?"

"You want to buy it? Do you want me to go with you?" Lin Heng reached out and touched his wife's face softly.

Last night, Lin's father gave him and his eldest brother fifty yuan each and asked them to take advantage of the market today to buy some furniture for their new home.

Because I moved to a new home on the second day of May, this was the last market day before moving.

"Hmm, I don't know what to buy." Xiulan nodded and said softly.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Lin Heng originally wanted to clean up the small yard behind, but he couldn't bear to refuse his wife.

The two got up, changed into clean clothes, and tidied up.

"Brother, just pack up and leave when you're done."

Eldest brother Lin Yue and sister-in-law Liu Juan got up earlier.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.

"Then I'll go and lead the ox." Lin Yue nodded. Today, he borrowed a wooden cart and used the ox at home to pull it.

Because there will be a lot of things to buy today, it is impossible to carry them all by human labor, so we have to use an ox cart.

Pull the ox to the road and assemble the ox cart. The eldest brother Lin Yue drove the car, and Lin Heng Xiulan and the eldest sister-in-law Liu Juan all sat on the cart.

Lin Heng's suede, badger skin, and mushrooms were not sold. He planned to store more and go directly to the city.

The ox walked slowly, and the copper bell on its neck made a crisp sound.

Lin Heng sat in the car, the cool breeze of the early morning came towards him, looking at the scenery outside the road, and listening to Xiulan and the eldest sister-in-law discussing what to buy.

When he was tired of sitting, he lay down, resting his head on Xiulan's legs and looking at the sky. This slow life had an indescribable sense of comfort.

They set off at 5:30, and the four of them arrived on the streets of Huangtan Town at 7 o'clock.

Listening to the noisy voices and looking at the dense crowds of people, Lin Heng had the illusion of returning to the time before his rebirth.

"Brother and sister-in-law, you go buy first, we'll watch the cow and the cart."

Lin Heng took the initiative to say.

Lin Yue didn't pretend, nodded and said: "Then you watch, Xiaojuan and I will be back in a while."

The two said a word and went out together.

Lin Heng tied the cow to a tree on the side of the road, sat on the cart and chatted with his wife.

He took a piece of paper and a pen, wrote down all the things he wanted to buy on it, and bought them one by one when the time came.

"How many bowls should we buy?" Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and asked.

"Ten bowls and plates are enough, and there is no use for more. There are only three people in our family after the separation." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Then buy two more, and I will give you two more when the time comes." Xiulan blinked her eyes, she really wanted to give Lin Heng a son.

Lin Heng held his wife's hand and said with a smile: "Okay."

He was not in a hurry about this matter. He would wait until the conditions were better. At least he had to wait until next year.

With money, Xiulan's risk of giving birth would be lower, so there was no need to rush.

The two leaned against each other and chatted until they ran out of things to say. Xiulan looked at the people on the street, and Lin Heng looked at her, waiting boredly.

During this period, the eldest brother came back three times. The first time he brought back fifteen chicks, the second time he brought back a series of pots and pans, and the third time he brought back some sheets and quilts.

When the two brothers came back for the fourth time, it was already eleven o'clock in the morning. The two carried snakeskin bags full of things.

"Brother, you can go buy it. We'll watch it now."

The eldest brother Lin Yue said with a smile.

"Okay." Lin Heng and Xiulan jumped out of the car quickly, and their buttocks were sore from sitting.

When moving to a new home, the first thing to buy is pots and pans, kitchen knives and shovels. Food is the most important.

Secondly, I had to buy some basic daily necessities, such as two quilts, pillowcases, and sheets.

After selling all these, I spent 12 yuan. The pots, pans, and bowls were not expensive, but the quilts were the main ones. A five-jin cotton quilt cost three yuan, and two sheets cost another one yuan.

But the ones I bought were of relatively good quality, after all, it was a new house.

After buying these, I bought some red paper to write couplets, and bought a portrait of the Kitchen God to worship when I got home.

After putting the things I bought in the car, Lin Heng said again: "Let's go to the river to see the chicks."

There were pigs, chickens, ducks, cows, and sheep on the river beach under the bridge. They were all bred by farmers themselves. There were few large-scale farms at this time.

"How much is this chick?" Xiulan walked up to an uncle selling chicks and asked.

"My chickens are black chickens with black legs. These are half a month old, 20 cents each, and the one next to them is one month old, 30 cents each."

Half a month old chicks are all fluffy, the size of a fist, and the fluff of a one-month old chick has turned into thick feathers.

"Let's buy one-month-old ones, ten of them, the bigger ones are easier to raise, can you give me a bamboo cage?" Lin Heng noticed that there was a simple bamboo cage for chicks behind the uncle.

"This is 20 cents each, or if you buy five more, I'll give it to you." The uncle grinned.

"Forget it, let's go to other houses to ask." Lin Heng glanced at him and left with Xiulan.

"Don't go, I'm kidding, I'll give it to you, my chicks are the best here." The uncle quickly stopped Lin Heng and said with a smile.

"Let's see what else we can do." Lin Heng ignored him and went to other houses selling chicks to take a look.

"It seems that the uncle's is better, although it's a little more expensive, but the black chicken is delicious." Xiulan looked around and commented.

"Then go back." Lin Heng smiled slightly.

"I said my black chicken is unique, and the price is really reasonable." The uncle smiled and took the bamboo cage for the two of them.

"Others only sell one-month-old chicks for 20 cents. Yours is too expensive." Lin Heng shook his head and said.

"You get what you pay for." The uncle chuckled.

Lin Heng didn't care. The price was indeed similar. He turned his head and looked at Xiulan and said with a smile: "How many males and females do you want first?"

Xiulan looked at him in surprise: "Can you tell the male and female of such young chicks?"

The uncle selling the chicks didn't believe it either: "Young man, don't brag. It's hard to tell the male and female of such young chickens. Those who say they can tell are fooling you. Don't lie to your wife."

Lin Heng smiled slightly and looked at the uncle: "If I can explain the reason, how about you give me an extra chick?"

The uncle took out a piece of paper, poured a little welding smoke and rolled it slowly, and said proudly: "You said, if you can really convince me, I will give you one."

Xiu Lan was also curious. Catching chicks in the countryside, especially those under two months old, almost all depends on luck, and it is impossible to tell the male from the female.

Lin Heng smiled: "That's what you said."

"I said it." The uncle was very proud.

Lin Heng took a chick out of the bamboo cage, turned it over and looked at the chicken's butt, and said: "This is a female, Xiu Lan, you catch it, I will catch another male."

After searching for a while, Lin Heng quickly found a male and said with a smile: "This is a male."

"Why do you say that?" The uncle who sold the chicks looked unconvinced, took out a kerosene lighter and lit the welding smoke, and a smell of smoke and kerosene filled the air.

I thought to myself, I have been selling chicks for so many years, and he doesn't know whether the chicks can be distinguished between males and females?

It's not that easy to just pick two chicks and try to trick him.

"It's okay, just listen to me and I'll tell you slowly." Lin Heng was not in a hurry.

Yesterday I dreamed that I caught a 150-jin big black carp, and I was so excited, but I woke up from the dream, damn it.