Chapter 291 Lin Heng! Is this how you listen to your mother?

"It's delicious!"

Xiaoxia chewed the cakes with a crunchy sound. After finishing one, she took another and boasted to her mother, "I am better than mom. I dare to eat them."

Lin Heng also ate and smiled: "It's really delicious, you can try one or two."

As he said this, he handed one to Xiulan's mouth.

Xiulan didn't want to eat it at first, but she couldn't resist Lin Heng's constant temptation, and the fragrance was really strong, so she finally ate one with a frown.

"Hey, it really tastes better than the cicada monkey!"

Her brows relaxed and a look of surprise appeared on her pretty face. This scorpion looked ferocious but it tasted better than the cicada monkey.

It is crispy all over and tastes full of protein. It is delicious even without any seasoning.

"I'll let you have another one." Lin Heng handed her another one, and he and his daughter finished the rest.

They didn't do much, and they finished eating it all in no time. Xiaoxia hugged Lin Heng's thigh and said coquettishly: "Dad, I want more!"

"Wait until tomorrow before eating." Lin Heng touched her head and said. You can't eat too much of this.

"Okay!" Xiaoxia pouted and looked unhappy.

After packing up, Lin Heng took Xiulan and Xiaoxia to the river to wash clothes. Xiulan mainly wanted to go out and play, and the few summer clothes could be washed at home.

Xiulan was washing clothes by the water in her sandals, while Xiaoxia was playing with sand by the river, building strange little houses.

"I really want to take a shower in this hot weather." Lin Heng said with emotion while soaking his feet in the water.

Xiulan glanced at him and teased him, "You are so grown up and still bathing in the dam. You really don't think it's ugly."

Lin Heng lifted up his shirt and chuckled, "What's so ugly about my figure? Others will just envy you when they see it."

"You're not a good person." Xiulan looked at the chatterbox and said.

Lin Heng came close to her, pulled her little hand up and put it on his belly, saying with a smile: "You can touch it if you want to, and you can look at it if you want to."

"I'll hit you if you do this again!" Xiulan gritted her teeth and looked around, afraid that someone would come.

Papapa! Lin Heng didn't let go, so Xiulan used her other hand to slap him twice.

"Does it feel good to touch me?" Lin Heng laughed. It was interesting that she often touched me at night and even lay on his chest, but she became reserved during the day.

Xiulan glared at him, splashed water on his face, and ran over with a smile.

"I'm home, remember to bring your clothes back." Xiulan ran to the edge of the field and shouted with a smile.

"You don't have to run. Why would I pour water on you? You're a pregnant woman." Lin Heng smiled and spread his hands.

Xiulan then remembered: "Yes! You are right!"

She walked down with a smile and sprinkled some water on Lin Heng. As a result, she was grabbed by Lin Heng and quickly pretended to be weak and begged for mercy: "Don't sprinkle water, I will catch a cold and it will be bad for the child."

Lin Heng tickled her and said with a smile, "I won't water it. I can't bear to do it."

“Hahaha…don’t…husband…haha…I haha…was wrong!!” Xiulan laughed so hard that her body went limp and she begged for mercy.

Lin Heng just let her go for fun and said, "Go home, the sun is getting brighter."

Xiulan straightened her clothes and called to Xiaoxia, "Xiaoxia, let's go."

"I'm coming, I'm coming." Xiaoxia agreed and continued playing until Lin Heng patted her, then she washed her hands and went home.

As soon as they got home, their eldest sister-in-law Liu Juan's uncle came over with a bag of fairy leaves and some blackberries and said with a smile: "Your brother and I went to the mountain to dig herbs this morning. You can try the small-leaf fairy leaves."

"This blackberry is for Xiaoxia." She gave the blackberry to Xiaoxia.

Xiaoxia hugged her thighs happily: "Thank you, Auntie."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Xiulan took the fairy leaf and said with a smile.

"It's not a good thing." Liu Juan waved her hand, chatted for a few more words, then got up and went home.

Xiulan looked at the fairy leaves and spread her hands, saying, "It looks like we can only make fairy tofu again."

"Let's eat first, and then make the magical tofu. I'm hungry." Lin Heng said.

Xiulan said, "Then go get some bacon and we'll make stir-fried pork with sour beans."

"good."

Lin Heng picked up a piece of bacon at random and washed it. The rest were all pieces of bacon with alternating fat and lean meat. Every piece was good meat and there was no need to pick and choose.

Xiulan first steamed the rice in the rice cooker. Lin Heng cleaned the bacon and boiled it in the pot. Then he cut it into cubes and made fried pork with sour cowpea.

"That time you go down, ask the blacksmith to make you a bone-chopping knife. This kitchen knife is not enough." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.

Lin Heng nodded: "No problem, I'm going to go down and change the horseshoe for Hongzao in the next two days."

He also wanted to forge a new dagger and see if he could get the blacksmith to make him a steel knife with a Damascus pattern. There is no man who doesn't want a handsome knife.

Xiulan nodded and fried another dish of loofah, another dish of bitter gourd, and made a spinach and mushroom soup.

"It's delicious. I'll make more sour cowpeas this year."

Lin Heng nodded repeatedly while eating the sour cowpea and minced meat. It was so delicious that he couldn't stop eating two big bowls of rice. It was one of his favorite dishes.

A little spicy but very sour and appetizing.

Xiaoxia has a special liking for loofah, but Xiulan only ate two bites and could only watch. She had already vomited once out of nausea and didn't dare to eat any more.

Even if she eats a little bit every now and then, it's useless. She will vomit if she wants to. As her belly gets bigger day by day, her stomach and intestines are compressed, which is unavoidable.

"Let's go make some magical tofu." Xiulan said after Lin Heng and Xiaoxia finished eating.

"Eat a little more, just in case you don't vomit." Lin Heng looked at her and said.

"Go away. It's so uncomfortable to vomit." Xiulan glared at him.

"Haha, it's my bad." Lin Heng laughed quickly, feeling that he seemed to have some back pain when he was talking while standing.

After saying that, he quickly got up to boil water to prepare the tofu. They were all familiar with making this thing, because they made it every summer. It was a rare delicacy in the countryside.

The key point of making it is to use less water, otherwise it will not solidify and become a pot of soup. Wash the leaves and put them in a wooden barrel, pour a bowl of boiling water, and Lin Heng will keep pounding with a rolling pin.

After a while, the leaves will be crushed and a thick green slurry will come out. At this time, use gauze to filter the residue, then add wood ash water, stir evenly and place it in a cool place to let it stand.

When I checked after about two hours, the tofu had turned into jelly.

"I'll make it cold." Lin Heng cut a piece and said, without a refrigerator, this thing can only be kept for half a day, so it has to be eaten once it is made.

Xiaoxia was not interested in this as she disliked it being a bit bitter, but Lin Heng and Xiulan liked its unique flavor.

The two of them ate some, and in the evening Lin Heng brought some to his parents.

Lin's mother went to herd cattle with the villagers, while Lin's father was busy building the foundation of a composting pit.

"Dad, I brought you some magical tofu. You can eat it in the evening." Lin Heng walked up and said with a smile.

Father Lin looked up and said, "Your mother gave away all the food she didn't finish yesterday. You guys just eat it."

"Try it, this is freshly made today." Lin Heng said, and then asked, "Dad, are the shrimp fry in the bucket okay?"

"No, you can be released tomorrow." Father Lin said with a smile.

"Okay, let's come over tomorrow morning to release the shrimp fry, and then I'll make you something delicious." Lin Heng said mysteriously.

Father Lin asked curiously, "What is that? We have eaten cicada monkeys many times before."

"You'll know tomorrow." Lin Heng chuckled.

"So mysterious." Father Lin felt that he was just like a child.

Lin Heng turned around and went to the cattle and sheep pen to take a look. He couldn't help but sigh that his father was so hardworking and a great worker.

He had cleaned the cattle and sheep pens thoroughly and sprinkled lime powder for disinfection.

He usually also takes care of weeding and fertilizing the crops and orchards. He can be said to be busy and will find some work for himself if there is no work.

He got his dad two purple bamboo fishing rods, but he didn't seem to fish much unless he was asked to do so.

Lin Heng had no choice. Living habits were not so easy to change. Fortunately, he planted fruit trees on the land so that he didn't have to do so much work.

He walked around and looked at the orchard and the Chinese medicinal herbs. The fruit trees planted in the field grew slower than those in the back hills, but they were also thriving, and no diseases or insect pests were seen for the time being.

The planted Astragalus is growing well, but not too lush.

After walking around, he touched a few stream groupers and brought them back to Xiaoxia to feed the turtle.

“Thank you, Dad!”

Xiaoxia was very happy to see that he had caught the small fish, and she went to feed the turtle herself.

The topaz box turtle is still timid, but the little grass turtle has gradually become bolder. Although it cannot be fed by hand yet, it will chase after food thrown to it and will not hide from people.

The next morning, I woke up and exercised as usual, then had breakfast.

"Let's go!"

After dinner, Lin Heng took Xiaoxia and Xiulan to Hongfeng Mountain and brought some scorpions with their tails cut off and fried.

Today is a good day for releasing shrimps, so they all went over and had lunch at Red Maple Mountain.

"Brother, what are you holding?"

As soon as Lin Heng went out, he met his elder brother Lin Yue. He looked at the bag in Lin Hengshou's hand and asked curiously.

"Fried scorpions, do you dare to eat them?" Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Fried scorpions?? How come you caught so many?" Lin Yue opened his mouth in shock.

He had previously tried to catch a few to make wine for his father-in-law, but he only found a dozen after searching through rocks for a long time. However, there were at least a hundred in Lin Heng's bag, which was too many.

Sister-in-law Liu Juan was also shocked and said, "This thing is not cheap. Why did you fry it? Aren't you afraid it will be poisonous?"

Lin Heng smiled and said, "I caught it on the mountain. I'll tell you how I caught it at noon. Do you want to eat it?"

"Dad, this is delicious." Xiaoxia said like a greedy little cat.

Liu Juan didn't dare to eat it at all. Just looking at it made her feel numb all over. But she had learned her lesson and didn't say anything sarcastic. She had already been slapped in the face by the cicada monkey incident last year.

Lin Yue picked one up and tasted it, then said in surprise: "This scorpion is tastier than the cicada monkey, but it's really not poisonous."

"Xiaoxia and I ate two taels of milk yesterday and nothing happened." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Liu Juan asked curiously, "Xiu Lan, have you eaten?"

Xiulan nodded and said, "I ate two. Lin Heng said I can't eat more of this since I'm pregnant."

"How bold." Liu Juan shook her head. She didn't dare to say anything when she saw this.

"It's nothing, I just feel scared when I see it." Xiulan Xiaodao.

As they walked and talked, they soon arrived at Hongfeng Mountain. Lin's mother did not go to graze cattle and sheep today. Releasing shrimp fry is a big project and requires a lot of manpower.

"Lin Heng, this is the surprise you gave me? Is this how you listen to me?"

When Lin's mother saw the food that Lin Heng brought, she got furious and slapped him in the face.

"You're so brave to eat this poisonous thing." Lin's mother glared at him.

Lin Heng had no choice but to pick it up and eat it: "Mom, if you die from eating this, I'll give you my life in exchange. This thing is very delicious when fried."

"Yes, Mom. He ate a lot of it yesterday. It's not poisonous if it's fried, and it also removes the poison needle from his tail." Xiulan also said.

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"Really?" Lin's mother didn't believe it. She heard that this thing was very poisonous.

Xiaoxia took one and put it in her mouth and said, "Grandma, I ate a lot too. It was delicious."

Lin Heng looked at his mother and explained, "How could I eat anything I wanted? I only ate it after seeing other people eat it. If this thing is made into Chinese medicine, won't some people still eat it?"

Mother Lin reached out and rubbed Lin Heng's shoulder and said with a smile: "Does it still hurt?"

"Who wouldn't be scared when you suddenly came up with this thing? You can't blame me," she defended.

Lin Heng: “…”

"Let's start releasing the shrimp fry. I'll go measure the water temperature first. You guys get the barrels ready."

After saying this, Lin Heng went to get a thermometer to measure the water temperature. The shrimp fry are very fragile and they will easily die if the temperature difference is too large, so the temperature must be measured.

He first measured the temperature of the incubation pool, which was 23 degrees Celsius. Then he measured the water temperature outside, which was 22.5 degrees.

A difference of more than one degree is enough to release shrimp fry. According to Lin Heng's breeding density, about 70,000 to 80,000 shrimp fry are released per acre of land. The shrimp fry he raised are more than enough to release 100,000 shrimp fry per acre of land.

The shrimp farming technology is relatively good, and a lot of shrimp fry are left.

Lin Heng used a light to attract the shrimp fry, then scooped them up with a scoop and put them into a bucket. During this process, you must be careful and gentle, as shaking too much will easily kill the shrimp fry, after all, they are only one-month-old shrimp.

Similarly, you need to be gentle when pouring it into the pond and not pour it in from too high, otherwise the shrimp fry will die in large numbers.

After Lin Heng demonstrated it from beginning to end, he looked at everyone and said, "Do you remember everything?"

"Remember, there are so many details to pay attention to when raising shrimps." Lin Yue sighed.

"Indeed, it feels like the shrimp will die if we don't pay attention." Father Lin nodded. He had a deep understanding of the process of feeding shrimp fry.

At the beginning, he fed the shrimps a little too much, which caused the water quality to deteriorate and all the shrimp fry floated to the surface. If oxygen had not been inserted in time and Lin Heng had been asked to solve the problem, almost all the shrimp fry in the pond would have died.

Since then he never dared to feed more bait.

Another time, he almost caused the death of all the shrimp fry in the pond because he forgot Lin Heng's instructions and didn't add water.

"So everyone should slow down and take it easy." Lin Heng nodded. There is a reason why shrimps are so expensive, because breeding them requires high technology and the feed required is also relatively expensive.

"Okay, I understand." Everyone nodded.

Lin Heng took Xiulan to the hatchery pond to teach her how to scoop shrimp fry. He didn't want her to work, but she felt bored and wanted to do something.

They all used plastic buckets of similar size. Lin Heng calculated how many shrimp fry were in one bucket, and then he could work out how many buckets to release per acre of pond, so it was very easy to quantify the amount.

After the calculations were completed, everyone started to release the shrimp fry.

Lin Heng first put the silver carp and bighead carp seedlings he had bought earlier into the water. Silver carp and bighead carp are very good partners for mixed breeding. Silver carp and bighead carp can purify the water quality and clean up the bait residues left over by the shrimps, thus preventing the water quality from deteriorating.

He bought a silver carp and bighead carp fry, but it was still in the pond and had not been released yet. He could release it today.

Sixty fish is a bit too few for a pond, and they can be kept for about 200 days. But Lin Heng is afraid that too many will be difficult to keep, so he habitually releases fewer fish.

Releasing shrimp fry is hard work, as you have to put them in bucket by bucket, and you have to be very careful.

By noon they had only released one-third of the materials, and it would probably take another day tomorrow.

Xiulan and Lin's mother prepared lunch together. Lin Heng also killed a chicken, prepared a plum fish and a plate of shrimps. It was an extremely sumptuous meal and everyone enjoyed it very much.

"Mom and Dad, is this fried scorpion delicious?" Lin Heng said with a smile while looking at his parents.

After trying it, they all accepted it and couldn't help but eat a few more.

Father Lin smiled and said, "It's really good. You are good at making these weird things."

Mother Lin ate while shaking her head: "I suspect you'll even eat grasshoppers if you keep going like this!"

Lin Heng looked at his mother in surprise and said with a smile: "Mom, you are amazing. You guessed it. I really plan to catch locusts to eat. They are really edible."

"Please don't eat it. I won't eat it. It's disgusting." Mother Lin frowned and wanted to hit her son again.

"It's really edible." Lin Heng was still trying to hold back, but his mother was about to take his chopsticks.

"Stop talking to you, or you won't have dinner." Lin's mother said angrily.

Lin Heng helplessly spread his hands and said nothing for the time being. But the fried locusts were really good, with a very crispy texture. He had eaten them in his previous life.

"Don't eat this." Xiulan also advised. She hated that thing.

"No problem, I won't eat it anymore." Lin Heng nodded.

Mother Lin sneered: "As expected, now that you have a wife, you won't listen to your mother anymore."

"Then mom, do you mean that I should not listen to Xiulan?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

"Are you trying to piss me off on purpose?" Lin's mother slapped him in the face and turned around to bring over a plate of food.

The family was talking and laughing happily. Rural life is still wonderful as long as you have enough food and clothing.

After finishing a table full of dishes, everyone felt full. The only one who was not full was poor Xiulan. She didn't dare to eat any more.

Therefore, Lin Heng has to classify and arrange the food to ensure a balanced nutrition.

"Let's go, keep working, and try to finish it today."

After resting for a while after dinner, Father Lin got up first.

Lin Heng actually wanted to rest for a while, but he had to get up and continue working.

He wanted to observe the shrimp fry released in the morning, and after confirming that there were no problems, he felt relieved and continued to release the remaining shrimp fry.

As Lin Heng expected, only six acres of ponds were stocked in one afternoon, leaving four ponds without shrimp fry.

The unfinished work would have to be done tomorrow, but Lin's father and elder brother wanted to go with him to catch scorpions, as they all wanted to see it for themselves.

Lin Heng waited until it was dark and took them out with an ultraviolet lamp. When he shone the ultraviolet lamp on the stone step, he immediately found the scorpion.

"How about it? Do you see it clearly now?" Lin Heng said with a smile as he looked at his father and elder brother.

"This is so clear! Catching scorpions is so easy." Lin Yue said in shock. He had worked so hard to catch one before and turned over many stones.

"It's amazing. I can see it clearly just by taking a photo." Father Lin was amazed and didn't quite understand the principle behind it.

"Let's catch him quickly." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After catching them for a while, Lin Yue said, "Brother, we can definitely sell them for money. How much is your UV lamp?"

Father Lin also nodded: "Yes, this makes much more money than digging Chinese herbs."

"This UV lamp is not cheap, it costs more than ten yuan." Lin Heng said, "As for selling it, I have to wait for some time before I can figure it out."

He explained again what he had said to Xiulan and the others before.

"That's true. I'm afraid we won't be able to sell much if we only sell it to Chinese medicine stores." Father Lin also nodded.

The three big men ran much farther than yesterday, going to all kinds of stone embankments, and kept catching them until twelve o'clock in the evening.

After returning home, they weighed it and it was exactly 1.6 jin, half more than last night. Lin Heng grabbed 6 liang, and his elder brother and father each grabbed 5 liang.

"Our house is much hotter than the old one."

Xiulan sighed while lying on the bed, saying that it was comfortable to have the fan on all the time, but it was too hot without it.

"There's nothing we can do since this is a wooden building." Lin Heng said helplessly. The second floor of the old house is an earthen building which can effectively isolate heat.

He thought for a moment and said, "Let's buy some insulation cotton in a few days and install it under the tile roof. Then the house won't be so hot and it will be cooler in winter."

The thick earthen walls are not easy to conduct heat. The high temperature mainly comes from the roof. It will be much better if we use thermal insulation cotton to isolate it. Add a layer of wooden boards to the top, and then the second floor can be lived in in winter, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"Why don't we go to the wooden cabin in the woods? It should be cooler there," said Xiulan.

"Okay, let's try it in a few days." Lin Heng nodded. He also felt that it would be cooler over there, after all, there were trees providing shade.

It's just that the road is not well-maintained, which is not very convenient, especially since Xiulan is pregnant. But they are going to build a small dam on the stream in a few days, so it's just right to build a step with cement to make it easier to walk.

After talking for a few words, they fell into a deep sleep. It was hot, so they were very far away from each other, but they could still touch each other with their hands.

The next morning, after breakfast, the two of them took Xiaoxia to Hongfeng Mountain to continue releasing shrimp fry.

After a busy morning, I finally put all the shrimp fry in. The rest of the time, breeding will be simpler, just feed them regularly and pay attention to the condition of the shrimp.

Around October, these shrimps will be grown up and ready for sale.

"It's finally done." Father Lin took a deep breath.

Lin Heng took a breath and said, "I'm going to town this afternoon. Is there anyone who wants to go with me?"

He went to the town to change the horseshoe for Hongzao, and also to make a boning knife and a new dagger.

"Today is not a market day, you go by yourself." said Lin's mother.

The others nodded as well, but no one wanted to go with him.

"The day after tomorrow is the day for the livestock intake. When are you going down, son?" asked Father Lin. He took this matter very seriously.

(End of this chapter)