Chapter 117: Shy Boy, 3,000 Yuan Agreement
In the evening, Wang Jie, the owner of Tuanjie Brick Factory, brought the plan written by Lin Heng to his grandfather's house. His grandfather was a retired cadre in the town.
"Grandpa, how are you feeling lately?" Wang Jie came to the door with a bottle of wine and a roast chicken.
"Of course I'm fine. I can drink wine and eat chicken." The old man took a look at the gifts Wang Jie brought and said with a smile, "What do you want from me this time? Tell me."
"What you said, I just came to see you." Wang Jie smiled.
The old man glanced at him and said, "I've already entered the house."
"No, Grandpa. There is indeed something going on. I have been busy these days and have not come to see you. It is my fault. I will find some time to accompany you some other day." Wang Jie said with a smile.
"I don't expect you to just stay here and have a drink with me today." The old man shook his head and looked at Wang Jie and said, "But you should tell me the matter first. I'm afraid I won't be able to provide any advice if I'm drunk."
Wang Jie quickly took out the planning document that he had read many times and gave it to his grandfather: "Grandpa, do you think this planning document is worth the money?"
The old man went into the house and took out a pair of glasses. He put them on and looked carefully for more than ten minutes under the setting sun.
Wang Jie saw that his grandfather had finished reading and asked quickly, "How was it, Grandpa?"
"Who gave this to you?" The old man looked at him.
Wang Jie was stunned: "What's wrong?"
"Do you value the brick-making technology mentioned in this plan?" the old man looked at him and said.
"Yes, that's what I need." Wang Jie nodded, "I said the price was five hundred, and the man said something profound that I didn't understand."
"You really don't understand." The old man shook his head and continued, "Technology is important, but what's more important is the part about this person's view of the future in this plan. Even though it's just empty talk, this person has already seen the future development trend clearly. This person is not simple."
Hearing this, Wang Jie was even more surprised: "But this person is an authentic farmer."
Is this plan really as impressive as grandpa said? He was a little skeptical. After all, grandpa was just a minor official before and probably hadn't seen much of the world.
If it was really a retired high-ranking official, his brick factory wouldn't be running so hard.
"What's wrong with being a farmer? Can't it be that he got guidance from an expert?" The old man glanced at him and said, "I don't think this is a scam. If you have someone like this to lead the way, your career path will be much smoother. But the specific decision is up to you."
Wang Jie looked at the plan and pondered it, then immediately made a decision.
…
It was also sunset, and Lin Heng's parents, elder brother and sister-in-law, younger sister and nephew were all present at his home. None of them was not drooling at the sight of the golden crispy pig on the table.
"This smells so good and looks so good. I could never dream of something like this. Second dad, you are so handsome." Lin Wei said after wiping his saliva.
Lin Wei's words expressed the common feelings of everyone. In this era, it is impossible to dream of eating golden crispy roast suckling pig.
For people in rural areas, eating rice and flour every day and having meat for every meal is just a dream, let alone golden crispy pork.
"So cool!" The other two nephews also cheered.
"You know what, it smells really good." Father Lin couldn't help swallowing.
"I'm lucky today because I can taste what roast suckling pig tastes like." Lin's mother said with a smile.
"Of course, I am really lucky." Sister-in-law Liu Juan also smiled, feeling lucky that she did not offend Lin Heng too much.
Look at Lin Heng's aunt and father, it's so miserable, until now Lin Heng has not sent a pound of meat. But his own parents have sent a lot.
"Haha, everyone can eat later." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"I'll come and help." Lin Yue walked over, took a breath of the fragrance and said.
Take a knife and cut the roasted suckling pig. The pig skin will make a crisp snapping sound when the knife is cut. You will know how crispy it is before you eat it.
Cut the crispy pork into small strips one by one, and then place them in the bamboo sieve as they are.
After it was cut open, the fragrance became even stronger. Not only did people salivate at the smell, but Xiongba even turned around to please Lin Heng and wanted to share a bone.
"Let's eat. I have prepared the cold dishes." Xiulan brought out the cold dishes. There were three cold dishes, one of which was pickled bamboo shoots, which was today's side dish. The main dish was the more than ten kilograms of golden crispy honey roasted suckling pig.
"Come on, sit down, and let's eat." Lin Heng looked at everyone and said with a smile.
Today, everyone was seated very quickly, in less than half a minute.
"Come, let's eat!" Lin Heng first took two pork ribs with skin for his parents.
"I want pork ribs!"
"I want pig ears!" Several nephews started to fight for them, but were stopped by their father.
"It's okay, everyone, help yourself to some. There are so many of them. They taste better with this dipping sauce." Lin Heng said with a smile as he handed a pork chop to each person.
A pig has 28 pork ribs, and there are only eleven people in the family, which is more than enough to share.
Lin Heng dipped it in the sauce and took a bite. The pig skin was crispy and fragrant, with a hint of sweetness from honey. The pig ribs were crispy and easy to chew. The more you ate, the more delicious it became.
It was just a pity for Xiongba. He waited for a long time but saw no one spit out the bones. He was still chewing them with a crunching sound. He was so angry that he lay on the ground, looking at Lin Heng with resentment.
"Well, this roast suckling pig is really delicious. I am grateful to Lin Heng this time." Lin's mother said with a smile.
Father Lin praised while eating: "Dip it in this chili powder, it's so delicious, son, your cooking skills are amazing."
"The pork skin is crispy and the pork is fragrant. This is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten in my life." Lin Yue gave it a very high evaluation.
"It's also the most delicious thing I've ever eaten in my life. Second Dad, can we eat it again next time?" Lin Wei said with puffy cheeks.
While feeding his daughter some lean meat, Lin Heng nodded and smiled, "Next time I'll treat you to a roasted whole lamb, it's even more delicious than this."
Lin Heng was happy when he saw his family couldn’t stop eating the roast suckling pig. He didn’t have the ability in his previous life, but he must make his family live a good life in this life.
"Great!" the three nephews cheered in unison.
"Come, have a drink!" Father Lin took the initiative to pick up the wine. Tonight they drank rice wine.
"Come on!" Lin Heng Xiulan also raised her mouth, taking a sip of wine and a bite of meat, it was so refreshing.
In particular, rice wine has a dense and sweet taste, not as strong as white wine, and tastes better when eaten with meat.
Today's children are also happy, not only do they have meat, but they also have honey water to drink.
After finishing the ribs, everyone started to eat other parts.
Lin Heng brought the pig's head in front of him and started cutting it. The pig's head was already fully roasted, and he could tear off the skin and a lot of meat with just a slight tear.
"Come here, Lin Wei, I'll give you a pig ear." He gave the pig ear to Lin Wei.
The remaining part was torn into two halves and given to Xiulan and Caiyun, and the pig's mouth was given to the eldest brother and his wife.
"Xiongba, this is yours." After eating almost all the pork, Lin Heng handed the pig's head to Xiongba.
“Ouch~”
Xiongba, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed over and bit the pig's head. He took it out and started chewing it under the eaves. He broke the pig's head into pieces in a few bites.
At such a banquet, people actually talk less because they are all busy eating.
But even when they are all eating, you can still see the warmth of this home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lin always took the ones with more bones. From time to time, Mr. Lin would give Xiaoxia a piece of hot lean meat, and Mrs. Lin would tear off the meaty parts and pass them to Xiulan and her three grandchildren.
Lin Heng and his eldest brother forced their mom and dad to take the ones with more meat, and the family was having a great time.
Rural families are like this. There are not many good things, and everyone is used to giving the nutritious food to children and people who do physical work.
Even if life gets better later, the older generation will still treat the younger generation like this, but this behavior is very annoying for the younger generations who were born later.
But we often only realize when we grow up that we may never meet someone who loves us as much as our elders and parents do in our lifetime.
"This pickled bamboo shoot is also delicious, with a unique flavor. Did you make it, Xiulan?"
After eating a bamboo shoot, Lin's mother immediately showed a surprised expression. The taste was different from the ones pickled in sour jars. It was much more delicious and crispier.
"Actually, I've wanted to ask this for a long time. These pickled bamboo shoots are really delicious." Liu Juan also said with a smile.
"Lin Heng taught me. I'll teach you how to do it some other day." Xiulan said with a smile.
Mother Lin was stunned, totally unconvinced: "My lazy son can make these things? Xiulan, are you trying to flatter him?"
Lin Heng was speechless: "Mom, you are too prejudiced against me. I can't just watch others do it and learn it secretly."
"Really? I'm not lying." Xiulan said with a smile.
Mother Lin glanced at him and said, "For today's roast suckling pig, I believe you."
Lin Heng: “…”
After nearly an hour of eating, the roast suckling pig was completely finished, and the pickled bamboo shoots and other cold dishes were also eaten up.
"How much noodles do you all want? I'll serve them." Xiulan said as she stood up.
"Don't add any more. No one can eat it." Lin's mother shook her head.
"Yes, no one eats it. Everyone has eaten the meat." Father Lin shook his head.
"Let me help clear the table." Sister-in-law Liu Juan said with a smile.
Lin's mother Caiyun and others quickly cleaned the table and helped wash the dishes.
After everyone left, Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and asked with concern: "Are you full? If not, I'll give you something to eat."
"I'm full, no need to do it." Lin Heng shook his head.
"Then you take your daughter for a walk to help her digest the food, and I'll go feed some chickens and ducks. She eats too much meat, and I'm afraid she'll get sick." Xiulan nodded.
"Okay." Lin Heng pulled Xiaoxia and Xiongba to play games in the yard.
"Dad, I want to listen to fairy tales."
After playing for a while, Xiaoxia felt tired and didn't want to move anymore, so she kept throwing herself into Lin Heng's arms.
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you a fairy tale." Lin Heng carried her back to the room, took off her shoes, lit a candle, and sat beside the bed to tell her a story.
My daughter clearly doesn't understand anything, but she still asks him to read fairy tales to her. Maybe she just wants to hear him talk.
"Dad, what is Little Red Riding Hood?"
"Dad, what is the Big Bad Wolf?"
As she spoke, Xiaoxia asked questions, and Lin Heng had to explain to her.
"Little Red Riding Hood is Xiaoxia wearing a red hat, and the Big Bad Wolf is a wolf that eats people."
In less than half an hour, she fell asleep with a smile on her little face and smacking her lips from time to time.
Lin Heng looked at her. Fortunately, his daughter didn’t have the habit of breathing through her mouth, otherwise her teeth would easily grow crooked, and he would have to find a way to glue her mouth shut.
"My daughter is growing up soon. Let's see if there are any dairy cows in the city in a few days and buy two."
Lin Heng talked to himself as he looked at his sleeping daughter.
In this era, all walks of life in the country are suffering from serious shoddy production. Sanlu milk powder happened to start production this year. He dared not let his daughter drink milk powder bought from outside.
Without grassland, it is not suitable for large-scale dairy farming, but it is still okay to raise a few cows for your own family to drink milk.
If he wants his child to be smart and clever in the future, he must ensure that he gets enough nutrition during his growth and development.
That night, Xiulan taught Lin Heng a lesson as promised and refused to let him eat the soup dumplings.
He got up early the next morning and didn't give Lin Heng any chance.
"The fry are growing really fast."
Walking to the backyard, Lin Heng admired the scenery and sighed as he looked at the small grass carp that were already two or three centimeters long in the fish pond.
There are still seven or eight thousand alive now. Thanks to regular feeding, they grow much faster than grass carp fry in natural waters.
The absence of predators has allowed them to survive in numbers far exceeding normal levels.
After sprinkling a few more handfuls of wheat bran, Lin Heng looked at the living turtles in the bucket and threw two stream groupers he had caught yesterday into the bucket.
Under the eaves, the silly little golden cat tied with a rope stared at the creek grouper struggling in his hands.
Lin Heng took a look at it and threw one over: "I'll feed you one for Xiaoxia's sake."
“Hoohoo!!”
With a whooshing sound, the little golden cat grabbed the stream grouper and took it to the corner, where it began to eat it with a whooshing sound.
“Boom boom boom!!”
It was a little after six o'clock, just as Xiulan put the noodles into the pot, there was a knock on the door.
Lin Heng walked over and opened the door, and a young man wearing black clothes with several patches on them appeared outside the door.
This person was none other than Liu Ciwen, the young man whom Lin Heng had met before in Hongfeng Mountain.
"Brother Lin Heng, I'm passing by here while herding cattle. I wanted to come over to exchange two books. I've already finished reading the two books you asked Lin Caiyun to bring last time."
He spoke in a friendly tone with a shy smile on his face, and his toes were exposed in a pair of Liberation shoes.
"Of course no problem, come in quickly." Lin Heng smiled and pulled him into the house.
"Xiu Lan, add one more person." Lin Heng shouted into the room again.
"Brother Lin, I'm ready to eat. Don't let me do it for you. I'll just exchange a book and leave." Liu Ciwen waved his hands repeatedly. Lending a book was already a great favor, and he really didn't dare to eat anymore.
"Oh, just eat if I tell you to." Lin Heng smiled and pulled him into the house to sit down. The young boy was too polite.
Liu Ciwen had no choice but to sit down, looking a little awkward.
Lin Heng poured him a glass of water, and he quickly stood up and took it, saying thank you over and over again.
Soon Xiulan scooped out a bowl of pickled cabbage noodles and placed it in front of Liu Ciwen, saying with a smile: "Eat quickly, there's more in the pot after you finish it."
This was pure white flour. Liu Ciwen was a little flattered and quickly waved his hands and said, "I can't finish this much, really."
"Eat your meal. Don't be polite. I'll get you a book after you finish." Lin Heng pushed him down on the bench.
Then Lin Heng also took a bowl of rice and ate while chatting with him.
From the way he ate, Lin Heng knew that he must have not eaten in the morning and went out to herd cattle.
"Brother Lin, Sister Xiulan, I'm done eating, you guys take your time."
After eating, Liu Ciwen went to the kitchen to fetch water to wash his dishes, and Xiulan couldn't stop him.
"The books are all here. You can pick any you want."
Lin Heng moved the book out, looked at him and said with a smile.
When he saw the books, a gleam of light flashed in Liu Ciwen's shy and slightly timid eyes. He picked them up and flipped through them, and finally chose Jane Eyre and Gorky's Childhood.
"Just these two books, thank you Brother Lin." Liu Ciwen said with a shy smile.
"You're welcome." Lin Heng waved his hand.
"Then I'll leave after I've eaten and drunk well. Brother Lin, Sister Xiulan, you must come to my house when you have time."
Liu Ciwen said it again very politely before leaving.
Lin Heng did not try to keep him and sent him out.
"Liu Ciwen is only 15 years old, he is really sensible."
Seeing Lin Heng coming back, Xiulan commented.
In this era, it is not uncommon for rural children to start school late and enter the sixth grade of primary school at the age of fifteen or sixteen.
"Yes, children from poor families have to grow up early, there's nothing we can do about it, but I think he will definitely achieve something in the future."
Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan was puzzled: "How did you know that?"
"Just feel it." Lin Heng smiled.
"Are you going out in the morning?" Xiulan asked again.
"If I don't go out, I guess the owner of the brick factory will come to my door soon." Lin Heng said.
Xiulan looked at him: "Do you want me to prepare the meal?"
Lin Heng waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary.
At about eight o'clock, there was a knock on the gate of the yard.
Lin Heng opened the door and saw that Wang Jie, the owner of the brick factory, smiled and said, "Brother Lin Heng, I am sorry to bother you today."
"What's the matter?" Lin Heng asked knowingly while inviting him in.
"Haha, of course it happened yesterday. It was my fault yesterday. Don't be offended, Brother Lin Heng. I want us to talk about it again." Wang Jie said with a smile.
Lin Heng was not surprised by this. He left yesterday to give him time to think.
"So what do you think now?" Lin Heng asked slowly without any hurry.
Wang Jie took a sip of water to slow down, then said with a smile, "I want to buy this plan for a thousand yuan, what do you think?"
"One thousand?" Lin Heng smiled. "It seems that Boss Wang came to entertain me. If you have nothing else to do, you can leave."
Wang Jie quickly replied: "Haha, I was just joking, so, I will pay 1,500 yuan to buy this plan.
I'll pay a deposit of 500 first, and after you finish writing and I verify it, I'll give you the remaining 1500."
Last night his grandfather suggested that this person should invest in the company. He would not have to pay any money, and he would have an extra person to provide guidance.
He thought about it all night and decided not to let anyone buy in, so he decided to buy it. He felt that as long as he had the relevant technology, he didn't need anyone to guide him.
Lin Heng also saw that this person had no intention of letting him buy shares, so he stopped arguing about it and said, "The price is three thousand yuan, and you need to pay a deposit of one thousand first."
"This is too expensive. My brick factory doesn't make that much money now." Wang Jie shook his head quickly.
"With this plan, not to mention three thousand, three million can be easily earned back. If you are unwilling to pay, I will find someone else." Lin Heng shook his head and said.
"Let's take a step back. Two thousand yuan is the limit I can accept right now. My small brick factory doesn't make any money. Even if I have a plan, I still need money to renovate it," Wang Jie complained.
"Then you can give me two thousand first, and write an IOU for the remaining one thousand to be paid within six months. Three thousand is the lowest price. Unless you let me invest in your technology, it will not be reduced any further." Lin Heng shook his head.
"This... let me think about it."
Wang Jie looked at the plan again, drank water for half an hour, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "We can do as you say, but the plan must be useful. If it is not useful, I will refund the full amount."
"Okay, don't worry, you've made a lot of money." Lin Heng nodded.
This technology is worth ten thousand dollars without any problem, but there is no suitable partner at this stage and he is in great need of cash.
"I hope so." Wang Jie breathed a sigh of relief. This was also a gamble for him. His income last year was less than 3,000 yuan.
Afterwards, Wang Jie asked Lin Heng to go to the town with him to write an agreement and get the money.
Lin Heng said something to Xiulan, comforted his daughter, took the passbook and ID card, and left with Wang Jie.
Wang Jie came here by horse carriage, so it was also very convenient for him to go back.
(End of this chapter)
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