Chapter 96: Fishing, Encounter, Beautiful Person with Sweet Voice

Back home, Lin Heng saw Cai Yunzhen leading Niu Heyang, holding a book in her hand, and about to go to the river to herd cattle.

"Caiyun, have you forgotten the knowledge you learned before?" Lin Heng walked over and asked.

"No, I've reviewed it several times recently. I just don't know how to do a few questions. It's no big deal." Caiyun shook her head.

Even before Lin Heng offered to pay for her to go to junior high school, she had been reviewing previous content and never gave up studying.

Lin Heng nodded, not doubting what Caiyun said: "I just went to buy lime. Tian Yan, a teacher at Murakami Elementary School, said that if you don't know how to do it, you can go to her."

"Okay, then I'll go herd the cattle." Caiyun nodded, remembered this, and prepared to look for Tian Yan when she had time.

When Lin Heng returned home, Xiulan was already cooking and his daughter was watching the wild cat.

Even though the wild cat was very ferocious, she was still very interested and stood far away to observe.

She seemed to want to interact with the little wild cat, but the little wild cat did not appreciate her kindness and stared at her warily.

"Did you get the lime?" Xiulan asked when she saw Lin Heng coming back.

"I got it back." Lin Heng nodded and placed the lime next to the wall.

"Then teach me how to make soap after dinner." Xiulan was very interested in making this.

"In fact, I can't sell it for much money, so I just use it myself."

Lin Heng shook his head and said that in two years, when the rural areas become more prosperous, large-scale chemical products will be introduced.

Industrially produced soap has a much higher yield than soap made using traditional methods, and it is cheaper and more practical.

So he did these just for fun and never thought about making money from it.

Unless he spent money to build a soap production factory, but he obviously didn't have that ability now.

But since Xiulan wanted to learn, he would teach her.

After breakfast, Lin Heng began to teach Xiulan how to make soap.

Last time we had to calcine shells to make calcium oxide, but this time we just bought quicklime.

"This is the wood ash water I made last night. It usually has to be made in advance and soaked overnight for better results.

The ratio is one pound of dry wood ash and lime, plus one pound and a half of water. The water cannot be too much, otherwise it will fail in the end. "

Lin Heng brought a bucket of wood ash water that he had prepared last night. He stirred it and added quicklime in an approximate proportion, then waited for it to react for a while.

"Okay, it's almost done. Now just filter it with the palm oil. I'll go get the oil."

Lin Heng asked Xiulan to sit there and filter it slowly while he went to the pot to take out the melted lard.

In order to avoid the oil temperature being too high, he always heats it in water, and it has just melted now.

"Now is the last step. The ratio of lard to wood ash water is three to one, but this is just a rough estimate. The specific situation depends on the situation."

Lin Heng said something and then added the solution he had prepared earlier.

While adding, teach Xiulan to pay attention to the specific situation. When the lard becomes almost a paste, it is done.

"That's almost it. Just transfer it into the mold and slowly saponify it. During this step, you can also add some osmanthus or something to make the soap fragrant."

While teaching, Lin Heng put the finished soap into molds.

"Let me try."

Xiulan scooped out some of the unsolidified lard and started to try it herself.

Lin Heng watched from the side without giving any instructions, and saw Xiulan make the soap.

"Is that so?"

Xiulan pointed to the grayish-white soap paste in the small basin and said.

"Very good, you succeeded in one try." Lin Heng gave a thumbs up and praised.

"I still have some osmanthus flowers that I collected last year. I'll take a handful and try making some osmanthus soap."

Xiulan limped over and took a handful of osmanthus flowers and sprinkled them in, stirred them a bit and put them into the mold.

"I'll do it again tomorrow, starting with the wood ash water."

Xiulan felt that she had not yet fully mastered it and decided to try again tomorrow.

Anyway, it won’t be wasted if you make too much, you can use it for yourself or sell it.

"Your ankle is still swollen, so pick some honeysuckle at home at noon and apply some safflower oil on it to heal it.

I'm going to go fishing by the river and see if I can catch any pheasants or something."

After teaching his wife how to make soap, Lin Heng's fishing spirit began to burn.

"Go ahead, go ahead, and be careful." Xiulan didn't stop him. She waved her hand, indicating that he could go.

He took the slingshot and the small bamboo fishing rod he had made earlier. He had already prepared the line and fish hook.

Lin Heng set off with a small bucket containing some corn crumbs and a few earthworms dug up from the edge of the field.

Instead of going to the dam, he came directly to the creek on the side of Hongfeng Mountain. He had seen big and fat creek groupers in this place before.

I went to the mountain to check out the Dendrobium first. Because it was under a tree and there was a stream next to it, the Dendrobium was not killed by the sun, but it looked wilted.

After watering the fish again, Lin Heng went down the mountain to fish. Although there were fish on the mountain, the water was cold and the place was steep, making it difficult to fish.

"Once we make money from selling Coriolus versicolor, we can start building this place, starting with a small wooden house."

Lin Heng looked at Red Maple Mountain and said to himself that he wanted to build a small wooden house here by himself.

Hongfeng Mountain, as the name suggests, has the most red maple trees. In autumn, it is a sea of ​​orange and yellow, like a fairyland.

He plans to build his own cabin here before the maple leaves turn red this fall.

"It's a pity that there are no egg incubators in China now. We have to import them from abroad. Otherwise, I can make a lot of money quickly with my chicken and duck farming skills."

Lin Heng sighed, but it was almost time, it was already July in the Gregorian calendar.

Coriolus polypore will soon start to experience a wave of price drops before rising in price. That will be a good time to buy at the bottom. You can accumulate enough original capital to start a business and make thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.

Unlike stocks, there is no way to go wrong with this thing because the medicinal value of Coriolus versicolor will not change.

While thinking about things, Lin Heng soon came to a pool of water at the foot of Hongfeng Mountain. From a distance, he saw many stream groupers swimming in the pool and looking for food.

There are basically no people coming to this place. The fish are big and fat, and the stream groupers are as long as a palm.

Finding a rock with its back to the sun to sit on, Lin Heng put on his straw hat and threw some corn crumbs to make a nest.

In less than half a minute, a fearless creek grouper came over to eat it.

The water level at the place Lin Heng chose was about 30 to 40 centimeters, so one could only see the shadows of the fish. If one could see everything clearly, it would be meaningless.

But it can't be completely unclear because his rod has no float.

After pinching off a half-centimeter-long piece of earthworm and hanging it on the fishhook, Lin Heng cast the first cast of his fate.

Because the cotton thread was cutting through the water very slowly, before it reached the bottom, Lin Heng saw a brook grouper swallow it in one gulp, then turn its head and swim away.

The cotton thread was quickly pulled into the water, and Lin Heng hurriedly raised the pole. The tiny stream grouper actually pulled the small bamboo pole into a big curved bow.

"Small fishing rods are great. They can also catch fish!"

Lin Heng felt the pleasure of wrestling with a fish and playing with it for the first time in a long time. After playing for a while, he finally pulled up the creek grouper.

A light yellow, palm-sized stream grouper struggled out of the water and was held in Lin Heng's hand, still struggling and shaking its tail.

"Don't worry, you won't survive." Lin Heng smiled and took out the fishhook and the earthworm.

Poor brook grouper, not only did he not get to eat the earthworm, he also lost his life.

In this era, fish all over the country don’t know the taste of hooks. They take the bait by simply opening their back molars to bite.

Lin Heng caught eight stream groupers for a 0.5 cm piece of earthworm before they were all eaten.

"There are so many fish and they are easy to catch. It's so cool." Lin Heng was very excited as he held the fishing rod.

Even if they are small fish, as long as the rod is small, it is a joy to keep catching fish.

"This era is so good that you probably won't go empty-handed when fishing. The only drawback is that there are no carbon fishing rods.

When I make money, I will invest in building China’s first modern fishing rod factory and give it a resounding name.”

Lin Heng said to himself, and in a short while he had caught twenty or thirty fish.

It's already noon and the fish are still biting. It's not like it's difficult to catch fish at noon.

As long as there are enough resources, it will eat even if you throw a cigarette butt in there.

“Ding-ling-ling!!”

Lin Heng was happily fishing when he heard the sound of cowbells from behind.

Lin Heng turned his head and saw a cow with two calves, one big and one small, and three sheep slowly walking towards them from a distance.

Behind him was a fourteen-year-old boy in ragged clothes, with a flat head, a square face and sparkling eyes.

"Liu Ciwen, why aren't you going to school?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

Liu Ciwen is now in the sixth grade of primary school. His mother is a mute, his father is a little mentally retarded, his father's brother, his second father, is also a little mentally retarded, and he has an older sister at home.

Although the previous generation were all mentally retarded, Liu Ciwen and his sister Liu Cihua were not mentally retarded, as if God was blessing this poor family.

His family lives in a valley further west of Hongfeng Mountain, and lives in a separate house.

"There's a lot of farm work at home lately, so I need to help out and come out to herd the cattle at noon."

Liu Ciwen said with a shy smile on his face.

Since one of his parents was mentally ill and the other was mute, he took on the responsibility of being the head of the family at an early age.

"I'm fishing, do you want to come over and play?"

Lin Heng smiled and said that he and Liu Ciwen knew each other, but it was just acquaintance.

Liu Ciwen's family was poor, and his peers in the village didn't play with him much.

But probably no one would have thought that this child from a mentally retarded family would become the first college student in their village.

And he was not just an ordinary college student. He was admitted to No. 211 University, became a well-known professor, and in his later years became the president of another ordinary university.

Before he was admitted to university, no one would believe that a slightly mentally retarded man and a mute could give birth to such a remarkable son.

Liu Ciwen dropped out of school several times, but each time he chose to continue studying after saving enough money. He never gave up and seemed to be born with a love and talent for learning.

"Fishing? Is it fun?"

Liu Ciwen came over curiously, with dark skin and some honeysuckle that he had picked himself in his backpack.

"Yes, you try it." Lin Heng handed over the fishing rod with a smile.

"Just throw it into the water like this?" Liu Ciwen asked as he took the fishing rod.

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"Yes, you saw the fish took the bait, so you quickly lifted it up and succeeded."

While Lin Heng was still explaining, Liu Ciwen caught a palm-sized grouper.

"How interesting." He said in surprise, threw the fish into the fish bucket, and cast another rod.

"What do you usually do?" Lin Heng started chatting with him while he was fishing.

"I just do my homework, help weed and plant crops, sometimes practice calligraphy with a wool brush, or borrow some extracurricular books from Teacher Tian to read."

Liu Ciwen said casually.

"You like reading, too. What kind of books do you read?"

"Well, there are Red Rock, Historical Records, and How the Steel Was Tempered..."

"I've seen it too..." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Soon the two of them started chatting together, and Liu Ciben originally thought that Lin Heng was just talking casually.

But as the conversation progressed, it soon became clear that he really knew these books well and could tell you a lot of details, which showed that he had definitely studied them carefully.

Liu Ciwen didn't expect that Lin Heng also loved reading and had read many books that he had not read.

"Do you mean there are a lot of books in the city libraries?" Liu Ciwen was a little envious. Rural children can only rely on books to understand the outside world.

"Yes, there are mountains of books in the city library. I still have a few books there. If you want to read them, you can borrow them when you have time.

I am going to the city soon and plan to buy some old books to read, otherwise it will be too boring in the village. "

Lin Heng said with a smile.

He went through the most difficult time in his previous life because he accidentally watched Ordinary World and To Live, which finally helped him get through that period. Since then, he developed the habit of reading, which allows him to talk to people freely now.

When Liu Ciwen heard this, his eyes were filled with longing. The farthest place he had been to was Huangtan Town, and he had only heard of such a place from people in the city.

Coming back to his senses, he said, "Can I come and borrow the book tomorrow morning?"

"Of course, anytime. We are book friends." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"I'm not going to play anymore. The cows have all run ahead. It would be bad if they damage people's crops."

After catching another fish, Liu Ciwen handed the fishing rod to Lin Heng and got up to chase the cow.

"Slow down." Lin Heng smiled and waved his hand. Through the conversation just now, he was sure that his success in his previous life was not accidental.

People who can succeed in everything have some qualities that are different from ordinary people, whether it is persistence, wisdom, etc.

Liu Ciwen's speech is as mature as that of an adult, and one can feel his love for knowledge when he speaks.

"Patta!"

Another beautiful brook grouper flew out of the water, and Lin Heng was once again immersed in the joy of fishing.

He was prepared to give Liu Ciwen some help, but he was not in a hurry as there was still a lot of time.

Before he knew it, it was already past one in the afternoon, and even with his hat on, Lin Heng could hardly stand the scorching sun.

Looking again, the bucket was filled with densely packed creek groupers that were somewhat lacking in oxygen.

"That's enough. That's all." With a refreshed smile, Lin Heng took off his clothes and took a comfortable cool bath in the pool.

Then he carried the fish back home.

Passing by the old house, Lin Heng went in to take a look and found his father and elder brother sawing wood boards. He asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"

"Our cart is broken, so we're going to make a new one. Are you going fishing?"

Father Lin explained, then looked puzzled again.

"Of course, you see, these are all my gains." Lin Heng showed off.

"Is that medicinal tree of yours medicinal?" Father Lin looked unconvinced.

"How is that possible? Next time I'll let you watch me fishing in person." Lin Heng was speechless. This was an insult to a fisherman. How could he poison fish?

And I have decided to train my father and eldest brother to become fishermen so that they can experience the hardships of fishing.

After chatting for a few more sentences, he learned that Lin's father would have to pay his public grain tax in a few days, and he planned to go with him then.

"It's really not poisonous?"

Xiulan didn't believe it when she saw so many fish. Lin Heng didn't catch any last time, but this time there were so many. It was hard to believe that he didn't poison them.

"Next time, I must take you fishing. You can't refuse."

Lin Heng snorted coldly, it was too insulting to him.

I picked out thirty big ones to eat at noon, and put the rest in a large wooden barrel. I also caught a few to feed the soft-shelled turtles and grass tortoises.

After throwing it in, Lin Heng hadn't even turned around when he heard a thud.

When I turned around, I saw that the grass turtle had already caught a fish impatiently, and it seemed to be very hungry.

He looked at the poor wild cat again, and finally softened his heart and threw a fish in.

As he walked away, he heard a panting sound. The little wild cat couldn't wait to eat the fish.

Because Xiulan had a problem with her feet, Lin Heng didn't run around in the afternoon. He massaged her feet and picked some pig grass to feed the badger.

The next morning, Lin Heng took Xiaoxia to feed the chickens and ducks, left her at home, and went to collect grass for the pigs.

After collecting grass for the pigs and returning home, Lin Heng also brought a handful of goat milk fruits for his daughter.

"Xiaoxia, it's time to eat the fruit." Lin Heng washed the goat milk fruit, put it in a bowl and brought it over.

"Dad, I want some fruit!" Xiaoxia came trotting over, her voice very delicate.

"I'll feed you." Lin Heng fed his daughter the fruits one by one and enjoyed the pleasure of feeding her for a while.

"I'll do it myself." Xiaoxia felt that her father was feeding her too slowly, so she reached out to grab the food herself.

"Why are your sleeves wet? Did you play with water secretly?" Lin Heng noticed that her cuffs were wet, looked at her and questioned.

Xiaoxia was stunned for a moment, then she hugged her father's arm, put her face close to his, and acted coquettishly, without saying a word, trying to get away with it with her big eyes open.

"I'll tell mom if you get it wet again next time." Lin Heng warned, but he still couldn't bear to spank his daughter's little butt. She was too cute.

"Yes, I won't dare to do it again." Xiaoxia nodded vigorously, indicating that she would never dare to do it again.

When mom spanks me, it really hurts.

"Hubby, look, I succeeded again."

Xiulan came out with a basin of prepared soap paste and looked at Lin Heng, sharing the joy of success.

Lin Heng smiled and gave a thumbs up: "My wife is not only beautiful and has a sweet voice, but she is also very clever and skillful!"

He failed twice, but Xiulan never failed. She must be truly talented.

"Of course."

Xiulan raised her chin happily and said, "Go and saw the bamboo in the yard for me. I want to make two molds with it. The molds are not enough."

"Okay."

Lin Heng took a hand saw and cut five bamboo tubes for his wife to use as molds.

After finishing, Xiulan washed her hands and came over to Lin Heng: "I calculated that one pound of lard can make about one pound of soap.

Lard costs 80 cents a pound, and a pound of soap can be divided into 5 yuan. Do you think my price is 30 cents a piece? Is it expensive?"

"Of course it's not expensive, I'm sure a lot of people will buy it, 40 or 50 cents is not expensive.

Soap on the market now costs only 70 or 80 cents." Lin Heng shook his head.

At present, the level of industrialization in China is low and the roads are inconvenient. A piece of soap brought to the countryside costs only 70 or 80 cents, and sulfur soap can only cost one piece.

Most farmers cannot afford it. They have to wait a few years until industrial product manufacturing becomes more mature before prices start to drop.

"Then I'll make more and sell them after half a month. If they sell well, I'll raise the price to 40 or 50 cents."

Xiulan nodded.

"Just say that 30 cents is a promotional price for publicity, and it will be restored to 40 cents in a few days." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiulan's eyes lit up: "You better pay attention to this and do it when the time comes."

With a new career, Xiulan is very motivated.

(End of this chapter)