When Xiulan heard the sound, she said immediately, "I guess the cow gave birth. The time is about right."

"I estimate that it is 80% true." Lin Heng nodded, put down the teapot and walked out. Xiulan ignored the teapot in the pavilion and walked out with the three children.

Lin Heng opened the door to the front yard, and his mother walked in and said, "Son, a yellow cow has given birth to a calf, but it may be the first time the calf came out with its feet first. We need your help."

"I guess that's it. I'll be right over."

Lin Heng nodded, went back to get the car keys and drove the tricycle away. Xiaoxia and Du Heng pestered Lin's mother for a while, and Xiulan came to help her get away.

After driving quickly to Hongfeng Mountain, Lin Heng first went to the cowshed to take a look at the specific situation.

"Son, do you think we should add some soybean oil to lubricate it?" Father Lin had been waiting nearby. He couldn't let the first calf born die, otherwise it would be too unlucky.

"It doesn't look like there's any big problem at the moment. You can add some oil to lubricate it." Lin Heng nodded.

"I've brought the oil. I wouldn't dare to mess with it when you're not around." Father Lin said as he brought the soybean oil over.

Lin Heng first put on the water pants hanging next to him, then went in with the soybean oil, checked the situation and lubricated the cow before delivering the baby.

After lubrication, he helped to pull it out slowly, and soon the calf came out. Lin Heng immediately removed the mucus in the mouth and nasal cavity, and soon the calf began to breathe steadily. Under the licking of the cow, it quickly stood up and began to drink colostrum.

"It's okay." Lin Heng looked at the condition of the cow and nodded.

After taking off his water pants and washing his hands with soap, Lin Heng found a bag and walked towards the field.

Mother Lin also planted a large field of strawberries on Hongfeng Mountain. Many of them have turned red now. He picked some and took them down. He weighed them and they weighed a full 4.8 jin.

"I'll leave two kilograms for you. I'll take the rest back. Come over for dinner later in the evening." Lin Heng said to his parents.

Mother Lin handed it back to him and said, "Give it all to the children. We won't eat it."

"We have some at home too." Lin Heng waved his hand and emphasized again that he wanted them to come over for dinner in the evening before he would go home.

Lin Heng brought food home, and Xiaoxia came over excitedly when she saw it: "Wow, there are so many strawberries, Dad."

“Beep!”

"Papa...eat..."

Although Lu Ming and Du Heng were being pulled, they also called out to him and were very jealous of Strawberry.

"Wash them before eating. They are just picked and not washed yet." Lin Heng touched Xiaoxia's head, took it to the faucet, soaked it and washed it twice, and then put it in a bamboo basket to dry.

"The calf should be okay, right?" Xiulan looked at him and asked.

"It's okay." Lin Heng nodded, took the strawberries and fed one to her and one to his daughter, and then fed each to his two sons.

"That's good." Xiulan nodded in agreement.

Back in the house, Lin Heng said he would make something delicious in the evening and invite his parents over as they had been very tired from working these days.

Xiulan nodded and said that there were still a lot of things in the freezer. The wolf meat was gone, but there was still a lot of bear meat and venison, as well as many braised dishes.

In the evening, Lin Heng watched over the three children, played with them, and helped Xiulan to cook a table of dishes. In addition to the usual ingredients, there were also some cicada monkeys. These things began to emerge again in June. A few days ago, he and Xiulan coaxed the children to sleep and went to catch some.

Even if Caiyun came back, Lin Heng would not let her help take care of the children, and asked her to work hard and prepare for the high school entrance exam.

When my parents came over, they took a bag of strawberries and put them on the table: "We ate some in the afternoon, you can eat the rest, we can go to the field to pick more if we want."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, somewhat helplessly.

Mother Lin looked at him and said, "There are a lot of these things. Xiaoxia likes them so I give them to her. This is not saving. Don't your father and I drink the Cordyceps and saffron you gave us every day? We are not saving at all."

"Yes, if the children like it, give them more. It doesn't matter who eats it anyway." Father Lin also nodded with a smile.

Lin Heng said helplessly: "You are right, let's put it here."

"Thank you, grandma. I love you so much." Xiaoxia had already thrown herself into her grandma's arms to express her gratitude.

"Luming, come here, let grandpa hold you." Father Lin stretched out his arms towards Luming, and the two little guys ran into his arms together.

Xiulan put down the rice wine she had brought and said with a smile, "Let's eat quickly. The rice wine is ready, and the buns stuffed with venison and mushrooms are also hot."

Lin Heng picked up the cup and poured a glass for everyone. The hot rice wine was particularly mellow and fragrant. It tasted charmingly after taking a sip, and it was not as strong as liquor.

Everyone clinked glasses and ate a few bites of food before starting to chat. After chatting for a while, Tianlin's father said with emotion: "Now all that's left is to cultivate the shrimp pond, put in the shrimp fry, and then wait for the cows to give birth. Then we'll have an easy job. When the time comes, we'll ask your brother to go to Sanchagou to dig for Chinese medicinal herbs."

Mother Lin smiled and said, "You also have to thin out the grapes and weed the crops. You have a lot to do."

Although she is busy now, she is happy because she has hope in life.

"There's no need to rush. You can take your time, don't you think so, son?" Father Lin looked at Lin Heng with a smile. He always missed him a little when he was not in the mountains.

"I may not be able to go into the mountains this summer. I have to go to the city to do things." Lin Heng shook his head helplessly.

"Getting things done? Will it take a long time?" Mother Lin was curious, and Father Lin and Xiulan Caiyun also looked over.

Lin Heng nodded: "I plan to learn to drive a truck, and then do some other things. But I won't be away for a long time, I will be back every few days, but I will go to the mountains in autumn."

Now it is 1986, and time is critical. He has to start making preparations and open his own feed factory.

He doesn't want to give up the countryside. No matter how far he goes, he still likes this small mountain village. But he can't stay here forever. The future historical dividends are destined to start from the city.

What he can do is to follow the trend of history, reap as much historical dividends as possible, and then come back to replenish the village that gave birth to him.

So he still had to go to this city. He was just a small figure and could not resist the tide of history. He could only go with the flow.

When Father Lin heard this, he readily agreed: "Oh, that's a good thing. Go ahead and take the exam."

Xiulan also nodded: "The business in the house does need a truck. You didn't buy the Cheng family's tractor a few days ago, so you were planning to buy a truck."

"I guess so. I'll tell you in detail later." Lin Heng smiled. He liked to tell her these things after having an in-depth conversation with Xiulan.

"Okay." Xiulan blinked.

Father Lin poured another glass of wine for Lin Heng and said, "Come on, son, let's drink this one more glass and then take a rest. Tomorrow morning we will go to release fish fry into the rice paddies."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.

After drinking, they ate buns and chatted for a while after the meal before Lin's father and mother took Caiyun back to Hongfeng Mountain. Lin Heng and Xiulan washed the children's hands and faces and let them crawl and play on the bed for half an hour before telling them stories to put them to sleep.

"Wife!"

After the children went to bed, Lin Heng lowered the mosquito net and looked at his wife undressing with eager eyes.

"Are you going to start building the factory?" Xiulan looked at him and said.

"Well, but let's talk about that later." Lin Heng kissed her.

…

After a long conversation, both of them had a deep understanding of each other, and they leaned together and said everything they wanted to say.

This is the best preservative for love.

"Xiu Lan, is your throat okay?" After chatting for a day, Lin Heng hugged Xiu Lan and said apologetically.

"What do you think?" Xiulan snorted, feeling her throat still a little burning. This guy was so hateful. She didn't want to cooperate with him anymore.

"I'm sorry." Lin Heng turned her face over and pressed it against hers and said that he was too excited and accidentally hurt her.

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"I'll come back." Xiulan bit him lightly. She wanted to use more force, but she didn't have enough strength at the moment, so she held his head in her arms, ready to suffocate him.

Lin Heng was not sure whether this was a punishment or a reward. He instinctively wanted to move his mouth, but was hit on the head. He could only let her bully him obediently and did not dare to do anything else.

…

In a blink of an eye, it was the next morning. Lin Heng woke up earlier than Xiulan, but he did not rush to get up. Instead, he looked at Xiulan quietly.

The milky white snowflakes rose and fell with her breathing, which was very tempting.

"You haven't seen it." Xiulan woke up and noticed his eyes and her face turned red.

Lin Heng laughed, got dressed and got up. Even though he had eaten this countless times before, he just liked watching it.

After getting dressed and exercising, Lin Heng made Xiulan a strawberry honey milk tea. Milk tea was a calorie bomb in the era of abundant materials, but it is just right in this era and is very popular.

Now they eat first and then wake up the children to take care of them while they eat, otherwise they won’t be able to take care of all three children.

Mornings with Xiulan are always wonderful. Today, Xiulan wore a simple white shirt with her hair draped over her shoulders, a knee-length floral skirt, and a pair of pink slippers. She felt like warm river water, the fresh mountain breeze, and the fragrant orchid in the valley.

There was a faint fragrance of osmanthus as she walked. Lin Heng always felt physically and mentally relaxed when he was with her. It was a pleasure to be with her or watch her work.

Of course, he would sometimes deliberately bully her, wanting to see her angry and be beaten by her. Gentle people always have a different kind of charm when they are angry.

"You go and release the rice fish with dad. Just remember to pick some fairy leaves. I want to eat fairy tofu. I'll take care of the child."

After finishing breakfast, Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and tidied up his messy hair behind him.

Lin Heng shook his head slightly: "It's okay, I'll go with you to wake the child up for dinner, you can't take care of it alone."

"Okay then." Xiulan nodded, her voice still clear, and the sore throat from last night had already healed.

The two of them took care of the children while they ate, then Lin Heng changed his clothes and went out, while Xiulan took the children to play in the yard.

He had not taken a few steps when he met two beautiful girls from the village walking towards the river. When they saw him, they greeted him warmly. He nodded and walked over without any thought.

As he became richer year by year, there were beautiful women who flirted with him, but he ignored them all. Having Xiulan was enough for him. What Xiulan brought to him could not be replaced by any other woman.

It is a kind of mental and spiritual peace. When you see her, you will feel at peace and happy involuntarily, and you can get spiritual joy by being with her.

Arriving at Hongfeng Mountain, Lin Yue saw him and shouted, "Brother, you're finally here. Dad and I have already packed up the fry. Let's just go and release them."

“After a month of feeding, the fry have grown quite big. I expect we’ll have a good harvest of rice fish this year,” said Father Lin with a smile.

"Of course." Lin Heng nodded.

They counted the fish fry and released them into the fields. Now that the seedlings have grown up, they can no longer harm them.

They released about 1,500 fish into one acre of paddy field, and in the end almost half of them were left. After they finished releasing the fish into their own field, there were still a lot left. Lin's father sent a letter to Lin Heng's father, his uncle, and his eldest and third uncles, sending all the extra fish fry to them.

After finishing, Lin Heng looked at the cattle, sheep and musk deer. The three female musk deer that were pregnant last year had also given birth, two cubs each, four males and three females. Together with the original six, his family now has a total of 12 musk deer.

Among them, there are three musk deer that can produce musk this year. Two are male musk deer caught from the mountains and forests, and one is bred by itself.

After seeing the musk deer, Lin Heng took a bag and went to Red Maple Mountain to pick some magic leaves. He transplanted two of them here, and now they have grown very big. He can pick two or three kilograms of leaves at a time.

"Wife, I picked the leaves of the fairy tree and the cypress leaves." Lin Heng said happily as he took the leaves home.

Xiulan looked at it and nodded with a smile: "There are still quite a lot. Go wash them. I'll boil some water and we'll make the tofu later."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and agreed, and helped according to Xiulan's instructions. Making the magical tofu requires experience, and people with rich experience can make it not only successfully but also deliciously.

Whether it is the ratio of leaves and boiling water, or the amount of wood ash water, it all requires experience. Xiulan is very experienced in this, and Lin Heng can't compare to her.

Lin Heng enjoyed working with Xiulan, watching her serious expression up close, and the feeling of being busy together.

"Okay, just leave it there, there shouldn't be any problem." Xiulan washed her hands and said to Lin Heng.

"Of course it is. No matter who did it, you can see who did it." Lin Heng said with a smile.

The ingredients were made in the morning and finished in the afternoon. The emerald green fairy tofu looked like beautiful pieces of jade. It is delicious with a little vinegar and is suitable for all ages. It is an indispensable delicacy every summer.

They kept some for themselves and gave a lot to each of their relatives and friends. This thing cannot be stored for a long time and cannot be put in the refrigerator.

In the next few days, Lin Heng was busy delivering the baby. Meanwhile, his uncle and aunt Zhang Gaolian came to live in Lin Heng's old house to take care of the baby, and Lin Heng's uncle and mother-in-law came to take care of the baby.

Lin Heng had a meal with them, and was mainly busy cleaning up the shrimp pond and delivering the cows. On June 24, the nine pregnant oxen in Lin Heng's family gave birth to the last calf. In the past half month, nine beautiful calves were successfully born.

This brings the number of cows in their family to 23, which is a considerable number.

On the 25th, the shrimp pond was ready. Some shrimp fry were released to test the water. Two days later, all the shrimp fry were put in.

At this point, he had completed all the most important tasks at home, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. (End of this chapter)