At the age of 60, Lin Heng unexpectedly returned to the 1980s, a time when transportation was slow, life was difficult, but thoughts were pure.
Living a second life, he had no lofty ambitions...
On the way back, Lin's mother smiled and said, "You must say that this money is well spent."
Although donating the books made her feel painful, the feedback she received made her feel it was acceptable.
Not only did she receive warm thanks from the villagers and teachers, but she also felt it was worth it when she saw the happy and excited smiles on the children’s faces.
"People should read more. Children in the village have little education. Donating some books is a good deed. These children will miss us when they grow up." Father Lin also said with emotion.
"Brother Lin is really amazing." Wang Zhou sighed.
In the cab, Lin Heng smiled when he heard his parents' discussion. Doing good deeds is a kind of spiritual enjoyment for oneself and a good way to accumulate reputation.
He had the best reputation among the children in the village because he often gave them candies and was very kind to them.
Although children are small, they are the most grateful and will remember any kindness you do for them.
Children are innocent and have not yet been polluted by society. They receive pure education from their parents and remember good and evil most clearly.
Of course, there are bad kids too, and there are exceptions in every group.
"Xiulan, don't you get carsick?" Lin Heng turned his head to look at his wife.
She sat in the passenger seat holding three curious babies.
"It's okay, I'm not very dizzy." Xiulan shook her head slightly to stop her son from making trouble.
She is a little prone to motion sickness, but as long as she stays still and keeps the windows open she isn't too uncomfortable.
"Dad, I want to drive a big truck too." Xiaoxia said coquettishly.
“I drive a car too!”
“Car, car!!”
A series of childish calls were heard from behind. The three children were extremely envious of the big truck and thought it was so majestic.
"The truck needs to grow bigger before it can be driven. It can't be driven now." Lin Heng said to them, and the car had already arrived at Hongfeng Mountain.
The car stopped, but the three children were still reluctant to get out, so Lin Heng had no choice but to let them play in it for a while.
Xiulan, her parents, moved the remaining things from the car. Except for those for her parents, she took the rest back to the house after dinner.
After moving the things, Xiulan's mother quickly prepared the meal. There were also people helping to collect ginseng seeds at noon, so three tables of food were set up.
Because it was raining and he had to go into the city, Lin Heng didn't drink any wine, but scooped up some rice and ate some vegetables.
There are a lot of dishes in September, including all kinds of vegetables. He eats everything, but prefers meat.
After he was full, he fed the child, said goodbye to Xiulan's parents, and drove Wang Zhou into the city on his sidecar.
"Do you want to go home and talk to your wife first?" Lin Heng said while driving.
Wang Zhou shook his head and said, "No need, Brother Lin, I've already told her everything in advance."
"That's fine." Lin Heng nodded, said no more words, and drove faster towards the city.
They arrived at the factory a little after three in the afternoon, and Wang Zhou looked around curiously along the way.
He had never been to the city and was curious about everything here.
"Brother, you finally came down."
"Brother Lin, you are really generous this time!"
Lin Yue and Lin Hai opened the factory door together and looked at Lin Heng and said.
"I just came down after having dinner at home." Lin Heng said, then looked at Lin Hai and smiled, "How did you find time to come here?"
Lin Hai smiled and said, "Brother Lin, you need manpower for such a big project, I think I can help you."
"Is that so? Let's go inside and talk." Lin Heng closed the factory gate and walked into the office building with everyone.
The reception room here has been set up in a decent manner, with tables, chairs, benches and so on. Lin Heng sat down, poured a cup of tea and said, "Of course I need help. I welcome you to come, but there is nothing to do at the moment. Everything is not set up yet. Whether it is you or my brother who helps me, I will pay you on a daily basis, and I will give you some dividends based on your contribution later."
After taking a sip of tea, Lin Heng continued, "But I won't give you the company's equity. I need to have full control over the company. You can only get dividends at most. Whether it's Wang Zhou or you, you have to follow the organizational structure I set up. I hope you understand this. Later on, I can help you start a company, etc. There will be no problem."
There is no order without rules. For an organization to function, a good structure must be established in advance, and he naturally has to say it in advance to avoid any unpleasantness in the end.
Lin Yue nodded: "Lin Heng is right, this is indeed the way it should be. It is better to make it clear at the beginning."
"Yes, Brother Lin, I understand what you said. Don't worry, I am here to learn and help you. There are so many things I want to thank you for." Lin Hai nodded with a smile.
Wang Zhou also nodded, indicating that he understood. He was very excited, he just wanted to make a little money with Lin Heng, it was enough, he didn't care how much Lin Heng made, because he knew that there was a big gap between him and Lin Heng, he had to be content.
Lin Heng nodded and poured everyone another cup of tea: "It's good that everyone understands. Now we have to wait for the machines to be delivered, test run, and recruit some workers. It will take another month before the official opening."
During this time, he had to come up with the company structure and articles of association, which were necessary regardless of the size of the company. In addition, he had to find a bag production factory to produce plastic bags with their company's trademark for him.
Lin Hai said, "Brother Lin, you mainly produce feed, right? I'm going to help sell it, and it happens to not conflict with my current job."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement. He produced all kinds of feed. The next step was to open a large-scale pig farm, the kind that could raise tens of thousands of pigs at a time. Producing feed for his own use could also save a lot of cost.
"Brother Lin, I don't know what I can do." Wang Zhou was a little nervous.
Lin Heng patted his shoulder and said, "It's okay, you can learn slowly."
After chatting for a while, Lin Heng told Wang Zhou some things. He could choose to cook the rice, flour, oil and other things he bought, or go out to buy food, and he would reimburse all the money.
After giving the instructions, Lin Heng drove Lin Hai back to his residence, and then he and his elder brother returned to the village.
Not long after we walked out of the city, Lin Yue called out, "Brother, stop. There are a lot of red August bombyx over there. Let's pick them and bring them back for the kids."
"Really? I didn't notice it." Lin Heng nodded with a smile. The fried stuff in August will mature faster because it's warm near the city. The ones on the mountain are still green and hard. They will only become ripe after August 15th.
But it’s almost here, Mid-Autumn Festival is less than a week away, and from Mid-Autumn Festival onwards, various fruits will gradually ripen.
After parking the car on the side of the road, Lin Heng took a short knife from the car and picked the wax gourd. He cut the vines and pulled them off with force, and easily picked the wax gourd.
Sometimes if the trees are too tall, we cut them down. Cutting down a few trees in the mountains is nothing, they will grow again in no time.
On the way back, the two picked more than fifty wax gourds. In fact, they only grew on two vines. As long as it was not a particularly dry year, the fruit would be very abundant.
As long as the skin is purple or slightly cracked, the fruit is very sweet, without any sourness.
They were returning home under a sky full of red clouds. I don't know if it was going to rain soon. The sunset tonight was as red as blood, dyeing half the sky red. The sun, which had not yet set, was also particularly blood-red.
The gate was half open, and Lin Heng pushed the cart directly into the yard.
"Abba dad!"
When Lu Ming saw him jogging towards him, he somehow tripped and fell on his back. He was dazed for a moment, and the corners of his mouth gradually deflated as he looked at Lin Heng.
"Boys need to be tough guys and get up on their own."
Lin Heng stopped the car, walked up to him, smiled and stretched out his hand.
Seeing Lin Heng’s smile, Lu Ming grabbed his hand and climbed up, then snuggled into Lin Heng’s arms with a wronged look.
"Are you hurt?" Lin Heng asked after brushing off the dust on his body.
Lu Ming shook his head and leaned into his arms intimately.
"dad!"
"dad!"
At this time, Xiaoxia and Du Heng also ran over, and each of them hugged one of Lin Heng's thighs.
"I picked something good for you." Lin Heng smiled and hugged the children, taking out the wax gourds he had picked on the road.
"The wax gourd is delicious!" Xiaoxia took two excitedly.
The youngest son Du Heng was also quick. He took one and put it in his mouth and started to chew it. After taking a bite, he felt the skin was astringent and threw it to the ground.
“This will require skinning.”
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Xiulan shook her head and walked over, picked up the wax melon, peeled it and fed it to the child.
Children who cannot spit out the seeds should not eat too much of this thing. Cut one into two halves and feed it to the two sons. The daughter can eat more because she can spit out the seeds.
Lin Heng took the wax gourd and the things he bought back to the house, then took out a wooden mold and said, "Wife, look at this mooncake mold I bought. It's pretty good, isn't it? It's handmade and carved."
There are peony patterns on this mooncake mold, and the mooncakes made will have beautiful patterns like peony flowers.
"This is great. I'll try making some meat-filled mooncakes this year." Xiulan nodded.
Lin Heng sat down, drank a sip of tea, chatted with Xiulan for a few words, and then took care of the child again.
"We're making hand-rolled noodles tonight. Do you want the ones with oil splashing on them or the normal ones with臊子面?" Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and asked.
Lin Heng and she both prefer pasta, so she specially kneaded the dough in the afternoon to make hand-rolled noodles.
"Let's pour oil on it and mix it dry. It's too hot in summer." Lin Heng said after thinking for a while.
"Okay." Xiulan nodded and walked into the kitchen.
When the sun went down and the sky was about to get dark at dusk, Xiulan had finished making the oil-splashed noodles.
The aroma of minced garlic and chili powder stimulated by hot oil makes people drool just by smelling it.
Take the bowl and squat under the eaves to stir it. Take a big mouthful of the noodles and you will hear how fragrant they are. The flavors of garlic, chili, aged vinegar and soy sauce are all blended into the noodles. For people who like noodles, such a bowl of oil-splashed noodles is no less delicious than eating meat.
Lin Heng was not satisfied with one bowl, so he ate another one. He ate noodles very quickly, and after he finished two bowls, the children had just started eating, so he still had time to feed the children.
Their noodles have just a little bit of chili and are not spicy at all. Children also love to eat these fragrant noodles.
Some people like to say that children don’t like to eat. In fact, they always like to give children meals without any seasoning, so naturally they don’t like it because it has no taste.
As long as it tastes good, children will eat it with relish.
After dinner, Lin Heng drank a few cups of tea in the cool breeze and then quickly washed up and rested. He was also very tired today.
Fortunately, Xiulan gently massaged my back before I went to sleep, and the fatigue of the day was relieved a lot at once.
It rained lightly the next morning, just as Lin Heng predicted.
In all kinds of weather, he had breakfast and went to Red Maple Mountain to see if there was anything he could do to help.
Walking past the ginkgo tree in the center of the village, Lin Heng discovered a notice posted on the trunk next to the tree. It was actually a notice praising him for donating books. Looking at the calligraphy, one could tell it was written by Tian Dongfu.
"As expected of the old branch secretary!"
Lin Heng said this with a smile, and soon they arrived at Red Maple Mountain.
Father Lin was harvesting corn today. When Lin Heng came over, he harvested a basket full and went home.
It was drizzling, which was perfect for work. Lin Heng picked up the backpack and went to help his father.
"Son, your third father said that the kiwis are almost ready to be picked, and asked when you can sell them. They think the price will be better during the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Father Lin said as he was breaking corn.
"Mid-Autumn Festival is only a few days away, so it's okay to pick a batch. They will sell better during this period." Lin Heng nodded.
When Father Lin heard this, he quickly said, "Then what do you think? Should we sell some of the grass carp and shrimp as well? It would be a waste if we don't sell them at such a good price."
"It can be sold, but I'm afraid it will rain continuously in the next two days, making it difficult to work." Lin Heng said, looking at the sky.
Father Lin looked at the sky and said, "How about this, I'll go and notify them. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we can prepare for the harvest, okay?"
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.
Although he wanted to take a few days off recently, my father thought it was okay to do it now, as he had to do it sooner or later.
Today he helped with corn for half the day and spent the rest of the day resting.
The next morning, it rained a little harder, as if God wanted Lin Heng to take a break. He could no longer pick kiwis or catch fish and shrimps.
The air was a little chilly after the autumn rain, so Lin Heng changed into autumn clothes and long pants.
He took care of the children during the day while Xiulan studied how to make mooncakes with meat filling.
"Dad, let's go pick plums. I want to eat plums." Xiaoxia said while holding Lin Heng's hand after she was tired of playing.
"We have apples, pears and grapes, why do you want plums? It's raining." Lin Heng said, touching her head.
"The plums are crispy, sweet and delicious!" Xiaoxia said coquettishly.
"Okay then, I'll go to the back mountain to see if there are any more." Lin Heng nodded. He also wanted to eat some crispy plums.
Mid-Autumn Festival can be said to be a season of harvest for all things, including most fruits.
He picked up a bamboo basket and brought it back. As soon as he washed it and put it on the coffee table, the three children picked it up and put it in their mouths.
"Don't eat too much." Lin Heng said to them while taking some for himself.
He squeezed the fruit open with his hands and took out the core, leaving him and Xiulan half each.
Not to mention the children, he himself could hardly stop eating it, the sour and sweet taste was really good.
Lin Heng stayed at home as it rained for several days. Although he did not go hunting, he prepared a lot of Mid-Autumn Festival ingredients.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival of 1986 has arrived. (End of this chapter)