Chapter 112 How much money did you make this time? Will recognize the master of the golden cat

The whole family was gathered in the main room of the old house, including Lin's mother Caiyun, Liu Juan with her two sons, and Xiulan holding her daughter.

"Daddy, hug me!!"

Xiaoxia hadn't seen her father for more than half a month, and she struggled to get out of her mother's arms to be held by her father.

Lin Yue's two sons also hugged his thighs to express their longing for him.

Lin Heng put his things down, wiped his sweat, walked over and hugged his daughter who was about to cry, and said with a smile: "My dear, do you miss your daddy?"

Xiaoxia rested her head on her father's shoulder and said coquettishly, "Xiaoxia misses daddy so much, and mommy misses him too!"

"My dear baby, come here and give daddy a kiss." Lin Heng's heart was melted by his daughter's cuteness and he kissed his daughter's fair and tender face.

"Daddy, don't go out. I want daddy." Xiaoxia wiped her eyes. The little girl missed him so much that her eyes dropped.

"Brother, you don't know that after you left, Xiaoxia would drag us to look for you every day, and she would cry if she couldn't find you.

We told her we were going up the mountain, and she would drag us up the mountain every day." Caiyun said with a smile.

Lin Heng looked at his daughter, then at his wife. Her eyes showed obvious concern and longing, and her gentle gaze was like charming autumn water.

Four people went up the mountain, but Lin Heng and his eldest nephew did not come back for nearly twenty days. Xiulan must have been very worried.

"It's okay, I'm back. I won't go out for a while and I'll stay with you guys, okay?" Lin Heng said, touching his daughter's little face.

"Okay!" Xiaoxia stopped crying, but her tone was still a little gentle.

"Then let mommy hold the baby while daddy packs up first, okay?" Lin Heng asked tentatively again.

Xiaoxia immediately hugged Lin Heng's neck, shaking her head like a rattle, and her voice immediately became tearful again: "No, no, I want daddy to hold me."

Lin Heng patted his daughter's back helplessly and said comfortingly: "Then Dad will hold you all the time and won't let you go."

On the other hand, his eldest brother Lin Yue’s two sons were much easier to deal with. He just hugged them, turned them around, and then asked them what they had done recently and put them on the ground. The eldest son would tell the rest.

But Lin Heng discovered that there seemed to be envy in his elder brother's eyes. He wanted a little girl who loved to act coquettishly and wanted to be hugged.

"Okay, that's about it. It's time to distribute the things. According to the old rules, the herbs and mushrooms you dig yourself are yours. If no one helps you hunting, then they belong to you completely. If someone helps, we will divide them according to how much help they give."

Father Lin said as he divided the things out.

First was Lin Heng’s. Lin Heng dug very few herbs, all of which were valuable or useful. They were packed in his own bag, and after drying, they weighed about ten kilograms.

In terms of mushrooms, he harvested 50 kilograms of tea tree mushrooms, 1.5 kilograms of Ganoderma lucidum, and 13 kilograms of shiitake mushrooms, all of which were dried.

Then comes the prey. First of all, it is live prey, a musk deer, a wild boar kid, and a seven-jin old turtle.

As for furs, Lin's father thought that he had not contributed much to hunting the big wild boar, so he gave all the suede and white rice seed (civet cat) skins to Lin Heng.

Finally, there were about 50 kilograms of wild boar meat left, and the fried large and small intestines also belonged to Lin Heng, as well as three kilograms of Taibai Mountain Sophora japonica honey.

Father Lin's own harvest included five catfish, weighing 11-12 jin in total, a small wild boar, more than 30 jin of tea tree mushrooms, and half a jin of ganoderma lucidum. In addition, he brought back 80-90 jin of fresh medicinal herbs, which would probably weigh 30-40 jin after drying.

On the eldest brother Lin Yue's side, there were one or two catfish brought back last time, a badger skin, and most of the meat.

In addition, there are more than 60 kilograms of dry medicinal materials, more than 30 kilograms of tea tree mushrooms, half a kilogram of Ganoderma lucidum, and three kilograms of Taibai Mountain Sophora japonica honey.

In terms of harvest, Lin Heng naturally got the most. Although hunting was difficult, it was definitely a much faster way to make money than digging for medicinal herbs, because valuable medicinal herbs were too scarce.

Not counting wild boar meat, badger meat, two wild boar cubs and musk deer, only fur, medicinal herbs, mushrooms, catfish and turtles.

Lin Heng's income is around 230 yuan.

Lin's father's income is about 75 yuan.

Lin Yue's harvest was around 130 yuan.

Lin Wei's income is about 3 yuan.

Among them, the price of fur is calculated based on the cheapest price, which may be more expensive in reality.

If the little wild boar and the female musk deer are included, Lin Heng's income from this trip can reach about 270 or 280 yuan, crushing his father and elder brother.

The reason why Lin Yue was able to reach 130 was mainly because he caught a wild hog badger, and he also stayed in the mountains for more days than Lin's father and dug up many more herbs.

After the distribution, Lin Heng got the most things and was the most enviable. Others were also quite satisfied with their gains, so this trip to the mountains was not in vain.

When sister-in-law Liu Juan saw her husband's harvest, she couldn't hide the smile on her face.

"Dad, take this white rice husk. Without you, I can't catch the little wild boar. " Lin Heng gave the white rice husk to his father.

Without waiting for Lin's father to speak, Lin Heng took out a piece of wild boar meat and gave it to his eldest brother and father, each weighing about 11 or 12 pounds.

"Don't say anything. Anything you said is just politeness. Big brother, you didn't keep the badger meat all to yourself." Lin Heng said to his father and elder brother.

The eldest brother's dozen pounds of badger meat was given to him and his father, five pounds each.

"Okay, let's divide it like this. Move your things back home first, take a shower, and come back for dinner later." Father Lin nodded without being pretentious.

Lin Heng looked at his daughter in his arms. She didn't dislike him. Her clothes were stinking of sweat, but she didn't show any intention of getting off.

"Caiyun, please help Xiulan. I can't carry Xiaoxia on my back." Since her daughter refused to take her down in her arms, she had no choice but to ask Caiyun and Xiulan to help take her back.

I returned home with my daughter in my arms and walked into the yard. All the fruits and vegetables that Xiulan and I had planted two months ago had already borne fruit.

Whether it is cowpea, green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, or peppers, the branches are full of them, so many that people can’t eat them all.

The racks on the courtyard wall were covered with pumpkin vines, gourd vines, and winter melon vines. It had been less than twenty days, but it felt like a long time had passed.

Lin Heng picked a country cucumber, wiped off the sharp thorns and the stalk at the tip, and took a bite.

The wild cucumber has a crisp, sweet and juicy taste, sweet and delicious, and has a slightly astringent feeling from the juice on the surface of the tender cucumber.

"Dad, I want to eat."

Xiaoxia thought about it with her little mouth, touched Lin Heng's face with her little hand, and said in a tender voice.

"Here, eat the cucumber core." Lin Heng bit off the outer layer, leaving the sweet cucumber core.

Xiaoxia opened her little mouth and took a bite of half, her cheeks puffed up for a while, then she bit off the other half, and then stopped eating.

Lin Heng finished the rest in two bites, then walked to the badger hole to look at the badger cub. This guy had grown a lot bigger now, weighing more than ten pounds.

Now it is not afraid of people. If you throw a leftover cucumber to it, it will happily run over to pick it up and eat it.

"Where are the musk deer and wild boar cubs?" Xiulan came over and blinked at Lin Heng, her clear eyes filled with tenderness.

She hadn't seen her little man for more than 20 days and she missed him terribly, but as there were so many people around, she could only show her eyes and couldn't do anything.

Lin Heng looked at his wife and said softly, "First, put them in their respective backpacks to prevent them from fighting."

"Brother, I'm leaving now. I won't disturb you and sister-in-law from reminiscing about the past." Caiyun put the things down, smiled, waved her hand and left.

"Xiaoxia, let mommy hold you. Daddy will take a shower and come back soon. I promise I won't leave."

Lin Heng put his daughter down and said.

"Pin pinky promise!" Xiaoxia stretched out her little hand, her voice less delicate and more crisp than before.

"Okay, pinky promise!" Lin Heng smiled and fulfilled the pinky promise with his daughter.

Xiulan looked at her daughter and said, "Your clothes are all washed and put in the closet. You can take them yourself."

"Okay."

Lin Heng carried the turtle in the bag, got some clean clothes and towels, and went to the backyard.

"call!!"

As soon as he walked to the backyard, Lin Heng heard the sound of a cat trying to scare him. He turned around and saw a red cat with leopard spots tied under the eaves.

"I eat at my house and I sleep at my house. If you yell at me again, you'll get hungry."

Lin Heng glanced at it and felt that it had no gratitude at all. If it weren't for him, it would have become a skeleton by now.

However, this cat has grown a lot now and is smaller than the average tabby cat.

It seems that we can now identify its species, which is the Qinling golden cat, a medium-sized feline.

It is known as the "yellow tiger" and is a very powerful predator that can prey on muntjacs and badgers. The male can grow to more than 30 kilograms, and the female can grow to more than 20 kilograms.

After taking a look at this guy, Lin Heng took a wooden bucket from under the eaves, scooped some water from the fish pond, and put the newly caught turtle into it.

Then he found a wooden basin and drew water from the well to take a bath.

After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, it was already ten o'clock. The stars in the sky were rolling, and it was extremely beautiful.

Back in the main room, Xiulan was sorting out his things. The hunting bow, arrows, hatchet and other items were hung neatly on the wall.

The mushrooms and herbs were poured into the garden winnowing basket and hung out to dry. Everything in the house was kept tidy and clean.

"Did you make these wooden bowls and basins yourself? Your craftsmanship is quite good." Xiulan saw him, pointed at the wooden bowls and basins on the table and said with a smile.

Lin Heng nodded and said with a smile: "Of course I made it. I missed you on a rainy day so I made this to pass the time.

I thought about carving one piece at a time, but in the end I made so many things. There were also many ugly ones that I left on the mountain and didn’t bring back. I thought about you tens of thousands of times at least.”

Xiulan glared at him and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I don't believe it."

Lin Heng came over and hugged his wife's waist, whispering in her ear: "Really? I swear to God."

Xiulan's body softened, but she still pushed him away and whispered, "Can't you see your daughter is still here? Just tell her directly, don't do anything."

"It's nothing to hug."

Lin Heng smiled and spread his hands.

"The lean meat has gone bad. I'll fry it in oil when I get back. I'll also refine the fat into oil. It's hard to preserve it in this weather."

Xiulan didn't bother to argue with him and pointed at the fat meat.

"It's up to you to decide." Lin Heng said, spreading his hands.

"It's decided then. Let's go to my parents' house for dinner first and then come back and do it." Xiulan said with a smile.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, picked up the boiled water on the cabinet and said with a smile: "Is it prepared for me?"

"Could it be prepared for Xiongba?" Xiulan glanced at him and said unhappily.

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Lin Heng drank it all in one gulp, then picked up his daughter and walked towards the old house.

After Xiulan locked the door, Lin Heng asked as he walked away, "Has that little wild cat found a home yet?"

“I guess so, but it only recognizes Xiaoxia. It roars when I go to her, very fiercely.

"One time, Xiaoxia touched its belly, and it just lay there motionless with its eyes narrowed," Xiulan complained.

"Then it really will recognize its master." Lin Heng smiled. This kitten is quite smart. It has been keeping Xiaoxia company. It will be difficult for him to kill it when it grows up.

When we arrived at Lin's father's house, a group of people were chatting, especially the eldest nephew Lin Wei, who described their life in the mountains to his two younger brothers in vivid detail, making the two brothers very envious.

Lin Heng held his daughter in his arms and didn't want to interrupt. He sat next to his wife and listened quietly.

"Catfish have a very long life span. After working all afternoon, they can still come back alive when put in water."

Father Lin walked in and said with emotion.

"That's natural." Lin Heng said with a smile. The vitality of catfish is really abnormal.

If other fish want to change to another water area, they can only swim along the water flow, but catfish can go directly ashore and jump over on land.

Therefore, this species can be found in waters large and small all over the world and is definitely a leader in evolution.

The food was served soon. Since there were so many fruits and vegetables that could not be finished in the past two days, Lin's mother cooked nine dishes.

"Come, eat."

After saying this, Lin's father started to eat. Everyone in the family was staring at the meat and the braised catfish, while Lin Heng was interested in the cold-mixed gray vegetables and lettuce.

He was a little annoyed by the greasy food he had eaten during the past few days in the mountains, especially in the past two days, when he had been eating meat every day in order to get rid of the wild boar's offal.

After taking a few bites of vegetables, he felt refreshed. He almost finished a whole plate of greens and lettuce by himself.

"Come, Xiaoxia, eat fish." Lin Heng picked up a piece of catfish for his daughter.

Wild catfish meat is good stuff, it has no bones, and the meat is tender and nutritious.

Xiaoxia ate happily with her chopsticks.

After having a sip of rice wine and dinner, I quickly went home. Because it was very late, everyone lit three candles while eating.

On the way home, Lin Heng had already coaxed his daughter to sleep. He walked into the bedroom and put her on the crib.

There are a lot of mosquitoes these days, so Xiulan made an opaque mosquito net for her daughter out of cloth so that she doesn't have to worry about being bitten by mosquitoes while sleeping.

After arranging everything for his daughter, Lin Heng turned around and went to bed. Xiulan had already taken off her clothes and was "resting".

She estimated that Lin Heng would be back in the next few days, so she would take a nice bath every afternoon as soon as the sun went down.

Lin Heng lay down and gently hugged his wife's waist. She turned over and hugged Lin Heng, and the two immediately kissed each other.

Xiulan's hot body silently tells of how much he has been missing her these days.

Lin Heng searched high and low, even though he was very tired today, it still couldn't stop his passionate heart. The young knight's determination to charge into battle was unstoppable.

But before that, he ate two big soup dumplings.

In the dark room, the bed sheets were changed twice before Lin Heng finally fell asleep hugging his wife's curvy body.

The next morning, Lin Heng slept until 12 noon, and only woke up slowly when the sunlight shone on the bed.

"Oh my god, I'm so tired."

Lin Heng lay in bed and didn't want to move. Xiulan and her daughter had already gotten up.

"Dad, get up!"

After a while, his daughter came in from the door, trotted to the bed and called him.

Xiaoxia now walks very straight, unlike before when she always gave people the impression that she was about to fall.

"Okay."

Lin Heng smiled and touched his daughter's face, got dressed, and took his daughter out.

"Eat when you get up. I've left some rice and vegetables for you."

Xiulan was refining oil in the kitchen. When she saw Lin Heng pulling her daughter over, she started talking.

"Right away, I'll go plant this tree first."

Lin Heng wanted to eat right away, but when he saw the cypress bonsai in front of him, he remembered that he had forgotten it last night.

I gave it a simple repair, cut the roots short, removed some of the leaves, and cut off the rotten parts.

Then I planted it in a flowerpot, watered it thoroughly and placed it in the east corner of the wall, which is humid and has short sunlight hours.

"Please don't let it die." Lin Heng was very satisfied with this bonsai.

The bark on the back of the cypress trunk is grayish white, full of death and desolation, but a branch of green leaves sprouts from it, which is full of the artistic conception of life and death.

Lin Heng returned to the room and Xiulan brought the meal to the table.

Lin Heng sat down to eat, and Xiulan and her daughter sat beside him and talked.

"During the days you were on the mountain, many people came to sell Coriolus versicolor. I bought it at the price you asked, a total of more than 280 kilograms, and spent more than 80 yuan."

Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and reported.

"Well done. We'll take them all, no matter how much comes." Lin Heng nodded.

The more Coriolus fungus the better. Xiulan is indeed a good wife. She did what she said and didn't cause any trouble.

If it were any other woman, let alone accepting it, she might even secretly sell it to you on her own initiative, and then keep the money in her own hands under the banner of doing it for your own good.

"When are you going to dig the fish pond? Once you have decided, you need to find someone to pick a date."

Xiulan asked again.

"I will go to the village party secretary to report and ask about the specific situation, and then ask someone to choose a good day." Lin Heng said after thinking for a while.

While eating, the two shared with each other what they had done during the past few days.

In addition to taking care of the children, Xiulan also picked mushrooms and honeysuckle with Caiyun Lin's mother. She also picked up some dry firewood and rummaged through the soap. Her life was plain and monotonous.

"I feel like I have put away the soap. I plan to sell some in the village with Caiyun in the next two days to test the waters."

Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.

"Okay, you can decide for yourself. I'm going to the village party secretary's house to find out more about the situation."

Lin Heng said after finishing his meal.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded.

Lin Heng washed his face and walked out. Xiaoxia hugged his legs and said, "Daddy won't leave."

"I'm not leaving. I'll be back soon." Lin Heng said helplessly.

"No!" Xiaoxia shook her head.

"You should take her with you. She'll go to see you every once in a while in the morning before you get up. She's afraid you'll leave, and she'll cry again if you don't take her with you."

Xiulan said with a smile.

"Okay then." Lin Heng looked at his daughter, picked her up and walked out with her.

"Wait, why don't you take a piece of osmanthus soap?" Xiulan thought about it and felt that it would not be good to go empty-handed, even though the village party secretary did not accept gifts.

She turned around and packed a bar of osmanthus soap for Lin Heng and asked him to take it with him.

(End of this chapter)