The Era: Starting a Family by Hunting and Breeding

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...

Chapter 516 Xiaoxia goes to school

After the rain stopped in the afternoon, Lin Heng went out for a walk. As he walked, he reached the mountain behind the village committee. The mountain was not steep and it was not difficult to walk on.

The original ruins of the broken dojo are halfway up the mountain, where there is a small platform.

When Lin Heng came over, he found that the place had changed. Some of the trees around had been cut down, and the broken stones and bricks under the original platform had disappeared. It seemed that some vegetables were planted on the ground.

Neat stone steps appeared on the edge of the platform and the stone stairs were also repaired.

Lin Heng heard voices from above when he was downstairs. When he went up to see, he found that there were four people here. One of them was a Taoist priest who was about 40 or 50 years old, and the other three were elderly people from the village, two men and one woman.

"Grandma, Grandpa, you are helping us."

Lin Heng greeted him with a smile, then walked over to hand him a cigarette. He didn't smoke it himself, but would bring it with him to give to others.

"Lin Heng, are you here to help too?" Old Mrs. Liu from the Liu family took the cigarette and asked with a smile.

"This Taoist priest Wang is a very capable master. He not only knows how to practice Taoism, but he also knows Chinese medicine. He gave us some herbal medicine to cure our back pain. It worked immediately. He is simply a miracle doctor." Another old man named Tian Fugui said with a smile.

"No way, I will just observe, smell, ask and feel the condition step by step." The Taoist priest in a blue robe waved his hands and said.

"Where is the Taoist priest from?"

Lin Heng asked with a smile. His first impression of this Taoist priest was very good, because he was obviously building the Taoist temple by himself.

Especially when he first arrived and saw them eating, he would pick up even a small piece of broken steamed bread crumbs that fell on the ground and eat it.

"I am from our Hongfeng Village. When I was a child, I lived in the Taoist temple with the old Taoist priest. Later, the old Taoist priest passed away and I went to Wudang Mountain to study. Now that I have achieved some success, I want to come back and clean up this dilapidated Taoist temple."

The Taoist priest surnamed Li smiled and answered in a casual manner. He had a beard and looked a little different from ordinary people in terms of his special temperament.

His words surprised Lin Heng. He had no impression of this person at all.

"I know about this. The Taoist temple hadn't been demolished at that time..."

The three old men next to them started talking and told Lin Heng what happened that year.

After they talked to each other, Lin Heng finally understood what happened.

However, he still had some doubts about the long journey to Wudang Mountain, as the two places were still too far apart in this era.

"Well, I have nothing to do, so I'll come and help you too." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Okay, then you're welcome." Taoist Priest Li said quickly.

After they finished their meal, Lin Heng helped them move the stones, and during that time he chatted with Taoist Li about some things about Wudang Mountain.

He had been to that place in his previous life. After chatting with him, he found out that this person had actually been there, and described it in great detail, and had a very thorough understanding of Taoist thought.

"You look like you've practiced before, right?"

Taoist Priest Li looked at Lin Heng and said that he was also a little surprised about Lin Heng. This man knew a lot about Taoism and was very strong. He felt that they had some affinity.

"Yes, I practice the Eight-part Vajra Exercise every morning. I learned this from someone before." Lin Heng nodded.

"No wonder, this is a good Taoist practice for self-cultivation and self-improvement." Taoist Priest Li said.

The two chatted for a while, and after Lin Heng confirmed it, he said, "Master, I can help you get materials for building a Taoist temple."

Taoist Priest Li immediately expressed his gratitude to Lin Heng, and his attitude did not change because Lin Heng did not mention donating money.

After staying here for a while, he turned around and went back.

When Lin Heng returned home and just walked into the yard, he heard the crying of a child and Xiulan's scolding.

He pushed open the door and walked into the house, he saw Xiaoxia and Du Heng's children standing in a row crying loudly, Xiulan was holding a willow branch in her hand, and Luming was trembling with fear beside them.

“Wow wow wow…”

"dad……"

Seeing Lin Heng come in, Du Heng and Xiaoxia cried even louder, and Xiaoxia even walked towards him.

"Who told you to move?" Xiulan hit her on the butt with a willow branch and scolded her with a stern face, then looked at Lin Heng, "See if your father dares to save you. If you don't admit your mistake today, you will stand here forever."

"What's going on?" Lin Heng asked curiously, and did not go over to persuade her. If Xiulan took action, it meant that they deserved to fight.

"My sister and brother set a trap and caused mom to fall." Luming said in a low voice.

Xiulan said angrily, "They both deserved to be beaten. I came out to dry my quilt with no sight, and they hid outside the door. One of them kicked me down, and the other held a hoe aside. If it wasn't for the quilt, I would have been injured by the hoe."

Lin Heng was stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at Xiaoxia seriously: "Who did you learn this from? Who told you to do this?"

Xiaoxia wiped her tears and said, "I saw Tian Tao and his friends in the village playing, and I just wanted to give it a try..."

"So you're playing a prank on your mother. Don't you know that if you're not careful, someone could die? If something happens to your mother, you'll no longer have a mother. You really deserve to be beaten."

Lin Heng angrily slapped her on the butt twice as he spoke, and then slapped Du Heng next to him three times without mercy.

“Wow…”

The two of them cried even louder, but Lin Heng showed no mercy: "You are such a good person. If you harm your mother, I will not want you anymore."

Xiaoxia is usually very well behaved, but children make mistakes inevitably. This inappropriate behavior must be taught a painful lesson to her.

"Wu... Dad, I was wrong. I'm sorry... I won't do it again..."

After hearing what Lin Heng said, Xiaoxia finally realized her mistake. She wiped her tears and apologized to him with a sob.

"Don't apologize to me. Tell your mother that she won't forgive you. Just keep standing there." Lin Heng said with a straight face.

This is a very serious matter. If it is not stopped in time, it may lead to a disaster.

"Wow, mom, I was wrong. I'm sorry. I won't do that again, mom." Xiaoxia cried and hugged Xiulan.

"It's not just me, it's everyone. You can't just do things that hurt others. That's wrong." Xiulan looked at her and said.

"I promise I won't do it again!" Xiaoxia shook her head repeatedly.

"If you don't want to do that anymore, don't cry. I'll forgive you as long as you don't do it again." Xiulan said.

As she said this she helped wipe away her tears.

Xiaoxia hugged Xiulan and stopped crying, but her nose was still twitching.

Lin Heng glanced at her. Xiaoxia had never been beaten so badly in the past six months. At most, she was punished by standing because of a dispute with her brother.

Children are like this. If they make a mistake, they will be beaten. They won’t remember it if you talk to them. It’s no different from raising a puppy.

Seeing that his sister was fine, Du Heng immediately ran towards Lin Heng, thinking that he was fine too.

"Who told you to leave? Have you apologized?" Lin Heng slapped him in the face, and he hit his son even harder.

"Wow...I...I was wrong...oooh dad..."

Du Heng cried and apologized to Lin Heng.

"Go and apologize to your mother!" Lin Heng said with a stern face.

Du Heng went to apologize to Xiulan crying again. Xiulan gave him some warnings before he stopped crying and forgave him.

The two children stopped crying. Lin Heng called Lu Ming as well and gave the three of them a lesson.

Luming and Duheng were both less than three years old, so they didn’t understand much when Lin Heng talked to them, but Xiaoxia understood a lot.

Lin Heng explained to her what she could and could not do, and that some behaviors of the naughty kids in the village should never be learned.

But if she is bullied, she has to fight back and tell him that he will support her.

Of course, he was not actually afraid that Xiaoxia would be bullied when she went to elementary school, because she was much taller than other children of the same age in the village.

After some instruction, Xiaoxia went into her arms and acted coquettishly, then went to apologize to her mother again.

She actually just saw other people playing like this today, and on a whim she decided to do the same with her brother.

As for Du Heng and Lu Ming, they both realized the seriousness of the situation and dared not do these things again.

"Are you okay, wife?" After educating the child, Lin Heng went to Xiulan again.

The two of them are one, and one of them will never pull the child while the other is educating the child. Doing so will only make the child feel fearless.

Xiulan shook her head: "It's okay, the quilt blocked it at the time, but the quilt cover needs to be changed."

"Don't be angry, I'll wash your hair this afternoon." Lin Heng patted her shoulder and said, she liked him washing her hair the most.

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Because it is difficult to wash a person's long hair.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded in agreement, then asked him what he was doing outside.

Lin Heng told her about his encounter with the Taoist priest, and Xiulan nodded and said, "Then let's donate some money when we get back, just as a prayer for peace."

"I thought so too." Lin Heng nodded. He was ready to learn how to maintain health from the Taoist priest.

Taoist health-preserving methods are still very powerful and beneficial to physical health.

After saying that, Lin Heng ate a pear and fed Xiulan another one.

The children were much more well-behaved after being disciplined. Xiaoxia went to read a story book, while Luming and Duheng played with their toys and did not run around like usual.

In the afternoon, Lin Heng rested at home except for going to Hongfeng Mountain to check on his mutant grass carp.

In the blink of an eye, it was already August 31st. That morning, Xiulan woke Xiaoxia up early, changed her into a pretty little dress, and tied her hair into two beautiful ponytails.

Lin Heng prepared breakfast, including eggs and milk, and heated up the cake that Xiulan had made in the rice cooker last night.

"Dad, I don't want to go to school." Xiaoxia said with puffed cheeks.

"Be good, try it for a month first. If you still don't want to go, then don't go." Lin Heng looked at her and said.

"Okay then, Dad, remember to pick me up from school." Xiaoxia said with puffed cheeks.

Since it had been discussed long ago, she finally agreed.

After finishing breakfast, Lin Heng and Xiulan took the children to school. Lin's mother and Caiyun also came.

Caiyun and her friends signed up on the 1st and will go tomorrow.

The primary school in their village was built with red bricks. The village party secretary mobilized everyone to help, and it turned out quite well. The children from Shimen Village also go to school here.

There are only two teachers in the school, who look to be in their thirties or forties, a man and a woman, one teaches Chinese and the other teaches math.

The highest grade in the school is four, and one classroom has students from two grades. During class, the teacher assigns homework after teaching one side before teaching the other side.

The teaching quality will naturally not be good, it is not as good as Lin Heng’s individual tutoring.

He let Xiaoxia go to school to experience the atmosphere and he could teach her anything she wanted.

He also thinks that primary school is mainly about cultivating learning ability. As long as the foundation of language and logical thinking is laid, it will be the same even if you go to a good school after entering junior high school.

He doesn't push his child too hard, so he doesn't want to put too much pressure on her studies.

The registration process was very simple. All I had to do was pay the tuition and pick up the books. I took Xiaoxia to sit in the classroom, and they watched outside for a while before going back.

"Second sister-in-law, Xiaoxia's current level is actually not much different from the third-grade kids in our school. She is very smart." Caiyun said with a smile on the way back.

Mother Lin also nodded: "I think so too."

"That's also thanks to Caiyun and Tianyan who taught me a lot," said Xiulan.

Caiyun pulled Lin Heng and said, "It's mainly because of my brother. He is so patient. He tells Xiaoxia stories every day. Sister-in-law Tian Yan and I admire him so much."

Lin Heng's behavior may seem of little use in the short term, but in the long run it will help his children develop good habits.

"Speaking of this, I also feel that my son has changed. He used to be very impatient, but now he is steady and has more patience than me." Lin's mother also said.

"I'm awake now." Lin Heng laughed and said nonsense. He had been an impatient person for two lifetimes and had been worn down by life. Gradually, he understood the truth that haste makes waste.

Everyone was talking as they walked back. Lin Heng said he would prepare a delicious meal in the evening because Caiyun was leaving tomorrow.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Heng took Lu Ming and Du Heng to pick up Xiaoxia.

Seeing the three people, Xiaoxia jumped over and hugged Lin Heng.

"How is it? Is school fun?" Lin Heng kissed her and asked with a smile.

"It's fun, there are so many people!" Xiaoxia nodded. She felt it was so happy to play games with her classmates after class.

"As long as it's fun, let's go home. Your mother has prepared some delicious food for you." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"good!"

Xiaoxia nodded, got off Lin Heng, and took her two younger brothers to tell them about the games she played at school. The two envious little guys clamored that they wanted to go to school too.

After a big dinner in the evening, Lin Heng got up early the next morning to send Caiyun and Liu Ciwen downstairs.

Lin Hai and Tian Yan had left several days ago, so there was no need for him to take care of them.

When they arrived in the city, Lin Heng registered the two of them, left some living expenses, and left.

They have already adapted to high school life and don't need Lin Heng to teach them anything.

After finishing here, Lin Heng went to the factory. Not much had changed since he last came here for ten days.

The workers have now increased production, and feed sales have increased significantly in the second half of the year. Many people who bought some feed to try have noticed the effect.

The five veterinary students he called in were also working hard on research and reviewing the knowledge they had not learned well in school.

Lin Heng went to check out their progress and got a basic understanding of everyone's level.

Then he bought some books on the principles of electric motors and some old books from a technical secondary school.

In his previous life, he had worked in an electromechanical factory for a long time and was familiar with the detailed production steps of brushless motors.

At that time, there were no brushless motors in China, so he wanted to try and see if he could make one based on his memory and experience.

He had some confidence in this because his brain had become more functional after his rebirth, and his memory and other aspects had improved.

He wasn't sure whether this improvement was an illusion caused by the transformation from an old brain to a young one, or if it was some kind of enhancement he had gained after his rebirth.

(End of this chapter)