Chapter 54 Beeswax

"Carpenter Liang, I have some things I need your help in making."

After breakfast, Lin Heng found Carpenter Liang who was making a wooden door and said.

"What is it?" Carpenter Liang came over and asked curiously. The things that Lin Heng asked people to help make were often very strange.

Lin Heng immediately took Carpenter Liang to the front and back yards to take a look and told him about his plan.

The backyard has been almost tidied up now, except for planting flowers and grass, and the stone paths have all been paved.

In the front yard, Lin Heng planned out an area for growing vegetables yesterday, and Xiulan is planting them now. At this time of year, peppers, green beans, cowpeas, eggplants, tomatoes, and Chinese cabbage can all be planted.

Carpenter Liang was surprised when he heard Lin Heng's words, and couldn't help but say: "Your plan is really amazing, I envy you for the backyard, it would be nice to have a small table there to eat.

I have remembered what you said. It is not difficult to make. I will make these things for you after I finish making the door. "

Anyway, he gets paid every day and the Lin family’s meals include meat every day, so he doesn’t want to leave even if they ask him to.

"That's troublesome." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.

After saying this, he went to help Xiulan farm. There was not much land in the yard, so he made the holes and Xiulan planted the seeds. It was done in about an hour.

While farming, Lin Heng noticed that Xiulan's lips were a little chapped. In that era, industrial products were very expensive, and rural women hardly ever bought things like cosmetics.

The main crops grown in the yard are cowpeas, green beans, tomatoes and peppers.

After planting, Lin Heng put the hoe aside, looked at Xiulan and said, "Come on, help me transfer the fry."

"Okay." Xiulan smiled sweetly, put down the hoe, and followed Lin Heng.

They found two buckets, Xiulan scooped out the fish fry, and Lin Heng carried them and poured them into the fish pond. The fish fry were too small, so they had to scoop up all the water in the wooden barrel and pour it into the fish pond.

For fear that the fish fry would run away, Lin Heng blocked the water outlet of the fish pond with a piece of cloth.

"I'm here to help you!"

Seeing Lin Heng hunched over while carrying a bucket of water, Lin's father took over the job.

"I can't help it. My shoulders hurt." Lin Heng smiled and found another wooden barrel to slowly lift.

After transferring all the fish fry to the newly built fish pond, Lin Heng finally felt relieved.

After these days, the number of fish fry has decreased a lot. There may have been 50,000 or 60,000 originally, but now it is estimated to be only half of that.

They will die in the future, which is normal. A grass carp lays millions of eggs at a time, but only a few thousand of them can survive a year, and only a hundred of them will eventually grow into big fish.

"Xiu Lan, give me a dollar." Lin Heng said after finishing the fish pond.

"Okay." Xiulan didn't ask why and walked into the house to get it for Lin Heng.

The money was originally earned by Lin Heng, so of course he has the power to dispose of it.

Lin Heng put the money in his pocket without saying what he was going to do. Then he took a backpack and a small hoe and went to the nearest stream to his home.

The ecology of the stream was complex. Lin Heng first dug up several calamus, fished out some duckweed, and caught some snails.

Then I dug up two wild orchids and some ferns by the stream.

Except for orchids, the others are naturally used to decorate the fish pond. A fish pond without plants will not look good.

Plant a few calamus and sprinkle some duckweed, and the fish pond will look more natural.

With two more orchids in the yard, it becomes more harmonious.

"As for other things, we can only add them slowly." Lin Heng said to himself.

He looked at the time and it was almost 12 o'clock, so he took the one dollar he got from Xiulan and went out.

I first found the Liu family in the village who raised bees, and spent 20 cents to buy five kilograms of useless discarded beehives.

I asked around to see who had camellia oil, and the one I found was the Liu family who lived not far from my home.

When he came over, the Liu family was making breakfast. Seeing him, Liu Changgen smiled and greeted him: "Lin Heng, what did you mention?"

He and Lin Heng were elementary school classmates, but he is five or six years older than Lin Heng.

Many people have heard the news that the Lin family killed the wild boar these days, and they are all extremely envious.

As word of mouth spread among the workers working for the Lin family, everyone's attitude towards Lin Heng also changed.

"It's a rotten beehive. I bought it for two cents." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Why buy that thing?" Liu Lan, who was cooking in the kitchen, came out to get some water and said in confusion.

I thought I was really rich.

Liu Lan is the woman with pockmarked face, big breasts and a round butt, who appeared with Li Caifeng before.

Her husband Liu Changgen is a genuine farmer. Apart from farming, he digs herbs and picks mushrooms. He doesn't know how to do anything else.

"Haha, it's somewhat useful." Lin Heng didn't say much.

Then he asked, "I heard that you have camellia oil at home, is it true?"

"Yes, I asked someone to buy some in the next town half a year ago. I use it for the elderly's ears. There are still seven or eight taels left," said Liu Changgen.

"Then sell me half a pound for 30 cents." Lin Heng said with a smile.

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"I'll get it for you." Without waiting for her husband to speak, Liu Lan went to get it.

Camellia oil is useless anyway, it would be better to sell it for money.

"Thank you." Lin Heng left with half a pound of camellia oil.

After returning home, Lin Heng gave the remaining fifty cents to his wife Xiulan.

"Why did you buy all these things? And you picked a lot of flowers."

Xiulan was a little puzzled. It was fine if there were just rotten beehives and camellia oil, but why were there also a bunch of roses, gardenias, and camellias?

"You'll know in a while." Lin Heng smiled slightly and went to tinker with it.

He found a small pot for cooking meat during the New Year, built a small stove in the yard, and started a fire.

Put the pot on the stand, smash the purchased honeycomb and throw it into the pot.

While cooking the honeycomb, Caiyun also came back and came over curiously, with a pair of big eyes revealing clear doubts: "Second brother, what are you doing?"

"He is boiling beeswax, am I right?" Sister-in-law Liu Juan told him at a glance.

"Yes." Lin Heng nodded.

"Then second brother, what are you going to do with the beeswax?" Caiyun was like a curious baby.

“Dad…Dad…”

When Xiaoxia teased Xiongba and got no response, she staggered towards him.

But Caiyun soon hugged him and made him laugh.

"When I'm done, I'll give you one." Lin Heng looked at his sister Caiyun and said with a smile.

"Okay." Caiyun nodded. The second brother always gives people surprises.

The beeswax was quickly boiled. Lin Heng found a few pages of palm paper as filters and filtered the honeycomb residue twice.

Looking at the black liquid in the pot, Lin Heng put it aside. After cooling naturally, the beeswax would naturally solidify on the top layer.

This was the first step. Then Lin Heng found an unused canning bottle, washed it, dried it, and poured in half a cup of camellia oil.

Then pick the petals of the flowers you picked and put them into canning bottles. After filling the bottles, cover them with lids and place them in a pot of boiling water to heat them.

Lin Heng's actions made the family more and more confused. They could no longer guess what he was doing.

In the past, I would have probably criticized him for doing useless things.

But now, everyone is watching curiously, wanting to see what he can come up with.

(End of this chapter)