Chapter 164: Find a way to bring electricity to the village, and the initial construction of Hongfeng Mountain
"It turns out to be Uncle Tian, come in and talk."
Lin Heng opened the door and saw that it was the village party secretary Tian Dongfu. He quickly said with a smile.
"Okay." Tian Dongfu didn't hesitate and went straight into the house.
"Xiu Lan, scoop a bowl of rice for Uncle Tian." Lin Heng said as he poured a cup of tea for Tian Dongfu.
Tian Dongfu quickly stopped Xiulan and shook his head, saying, "No, I just ate at home and I'm very full now. I have something to discuss with Lin Heng."
"Uncle Tian, don't be polite. You can eat some more after you've finished it." Xiulan said with a smile.
"Really? No, I just came here after dinner." Tian Dongfu waved his hands repeatedly.
So Xiulan had no choice but to give up.
"Uncle Tian, have some water." Lin Heng nodded and handed over the tea.
Tian Dongfu left it on the table to dry, looked at Lin Heng and said, "I came here to discuss the issue of bringing electricity to our village."
Lin Heng had guessed it was this, and nodded, saying, "This is a good thing. Without electricity, it would be inconvenient for the village to do anything. If we want to become prosperous, we have to build roads and provide electricity."
Tian Dongfu nodded. "That's right. I have consulted with the town's electricity management station these days and applied for some subsidies. But even so, each household still has to pay 15 yuan to get electricity."
Lin Heng was not surprised by the price. 15 yuan is not a lot, but it is not a small amount either. Some families may not be willing to pay this money.
Especially after the electricity is connected, you still have to pay the electricity bill, which is not something everyone is happy about. This is especially true for some pedantic people who are completely unwilling to accept new things.
Lin Heng naturally had to do his best to get electricity in the village. It was too inconvenient without electricity. He had long been fed up with kerosene lamps and had been lighting candles recently.
"Then mobilize them. You can start with the wealthy families. I believe most of them still want to have electricity. And you can also use some appropriate rhetoric, saying that everyone agrees that if they don't have electricity now, it will be more expensive in the future without subsidies." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He believed that no matter how poor a family was, it would not be a problem for them to come up with 15 yuan, and that only when electricity was connected would there be a chance to become rich.
Tian Dongfu glanced at Lin Heng, thinking that this boy was quite capable, and nodded, "That's what I meant, when the time comes, you and I, along with the village chief and a few others, we will go and do this together.
I think it will rain in the next two days. If it rains lightly, everyone will stay at home so we can find some shelter. Then we can go to everyone’s home and mobilize them.”
"Okay, no problem. Just let me know when the time comes." Lin Heng nodded and said that this matter must be accomplished no matter what.
"By the way, I have applied for a ten thousand yuan household recognition for you. Then you will be our village's model worker and a leader in getting rich." Tian Dongfu said with a smile after taking a sip of tea.
"Ah, I don't even have 10,000 yuan in savings now." Lin Heng spread his hands and smiled bitterly. He didn't want this title as it would easily arouse jealousy.
"As long as you have had it, it's fine. You also have a purchasing station and dug a fish pond, which means you are taking the lead in getting rich. And having this title will have a lot of benefits. You can apply for a lot of entrepreneurial subsidies and it will be much easier to handle some certificates." Tian Dongfu said with a smile.
This matter not only makes him proud, but also the town leaders need it. After working for a year, you must have some achievements, and the youngest millionaire in the town's history is undoubtedly a gimmick that can be published in the newspaper.
"Okay then, thank you Uncle Tian." Lin Heng did not refuse. It would be nice to be able to meet with the leaders of the town and get acquainted with them through this opportunity.
After saying this and chatting briefly for a few more minutes, Tian Dongfu finished his tea and said goodbye and left.
"Wife, how many sweet potatoes have you ground?" Lin Heng asked curiously.
Xiulan said, "It's more than 2,000 kilograms, and the sweet potato flour we grind out is about 300 kilograms. Mom meant to grind 5,000 kilograms and leave 3,000 kilograms for making sweet potato wine later."
"You guys are quite fast. After you're done, I'll grind the fern roots into powder." Lin Heng was a little surprised. This speed was much faster than he had imagined.
"I'll slow down in the next two days because there are too many sweet potato residues and the pigs at home can't finish eating them." said Xiulan.
Lin Heng nodded, took a few bites of food, and continued chatting.
Xiulan recently gained a new friend, Tian Yan. After meeting her at the last barbecue party, she often came to Xiulan to do laundry together and ask for advice on some things in life.
Sometimes she would teach Xiaoxia to write at home, but Xiaoxia was not interested in these and would run away when she saw her.
Lin Heng naturally had no objection to this. After Caiyun went to school, Xiulan had no friends to chat with, so it was nice to have Tian Yan to play with her.
Moreover, Tian Yan unexpectedly discovered that there were many books in Lin Heng's house, so she became more interested in coming to play with Xiulan.
After dinner, Lin Heng took the initiative to wash the dishes. His wife's little hand was injured while grinding sweet potatoes.
"Your hands are not infected, right?" After rinsing the dishes, Lin Heng picked up his wife's hand and looked at it.
After more than half a year of care, he felt really sad when this slender, fair little hand was injured. There was a one-centimeter-long abrasion on the index finger.
Xiulan looked at him, blinked, and shook her head, "It's not infected. I'm wearing the rubber gloves you bought for me now, and they haven't gotten wet."
"That's good. It would be troublesome if it got infected." Xiulan nodded, held his wife's hand and touched it for a while. It looked beautiful and pleasant to touch, soft and smooth.
Xiulan looked at him helplessly and could only let him touch her hand. She was very happy in her heart and simply lay on his lap to rest.
"There are a lot of Hericium erinaceus and Flammulina enoki in the mountains these days. Oyster mushroom and Matsutake are also coming out. When will you go with me to pick them?" Xiulan asked, lying on Lin Heng's legs, looking up at him.
Lin Heng looked at his wife's big eyes and attractive red lips, thought for a while and said, "It will definitely rain in the next two days. Let's go directly to Baishigou to look for mushrooms when it rains."
He also wanted to go mushroom hunting with his wife. After they were done, this period would be a good time for hunting. All the leaves would have fallen, and pheasants would be easy to spot.
"Okay, let's go look for it when it rains." Xiulan nodded.
After a short nap at noon, Xiulan took Xiaoxia to her parents' house to continue grinding sweet potatoes.
Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain with his father and elder brother. After ten days of work, the second and third rows of stone steps were completed. The steps built with cement mortar were very flat and looked very beautiful.
The land leveling work for these two rows is also in full swing. The second row of land has been basically leveled. Looking at the huge leveled site that is 400 meters long and 15 meters wide, Lin Heng is in a very good mood. Everyone has done a very good job.
There is no need to rush to lay the fish pond lines. It will not be too late to lay them once all the land has been leveled.
After taking a look, he took some cornmeal to feed the grass carp fry, and then started working with everyone else.
The mountain is open and the wind is quite strong in late autumn, which is just right for people who work and sweat, and very comfortable.
It was very interesting to chat with Li Shiwei and others while working.
Lin Heng originally wanted to build a waterwheel during this period, but after trying it for a while, he decided to ask his father to join him after a while.
It would be too much work for one person to make this thing, and his carpentry skills are not very good.
"The weather has been unpredictable for half a month, and it hasn't rained yet. I wonder if there will be another heavy rain."
Li Shiwei looked at the sky and said that he was a little excited. If it rained heavily, maybe he could pick up the sunken wood again.
He also wanted to make a little money so that he could go home with his head held high and have his wife behave herself and not dare to contradict him.
"I don't think so. It's late autumn and there isn't much rain." Lin Heng said with a smile.
The weather was kind to him. During the twenty days he worked, it only rained twice, but it didn't have much of an impact.
"I don't think it will rain heavily, so it would be a great time to go digging yam." Li Baiquan said with a smile.
"Yes." Lin Heng nodded. When he talked about yam, he couldn't help but miss it.
The wild yam I ate last time tasted really good, delicate and sweet, and it became soft after a little cooking. It was much better than the artificially grown ones.
Last time I dug some lilies on Chestnut Hill and ate one after I got home. It was so bitter that I cried, so I planted all of them in the backyard and will just enjoy the flowers next year.
Lilies are also edible and are great for making flower cakes.
Li Shiwei patted him on the shoulder and said, "When the fish pond is dug, come to our house and I will take you to the mountain to dig. We have a mountain with a lot of big yams."
"Let's talk about it when the time comes. I'm not sure whether to go or not now." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Time flies, and three days have passed in a blink of an eye. The rain has not yet fallen, and the leveling work here in the fish pond is about to be completed.
Because the slope is not steep, leveling it does not take much effort.
Seeing that it was not raining, Lin Heng went to the town to deal with the matters of purchasing and selling goods.
He first went to the city alone, bringing his own compound bow.
When Ge Qingshan learned that he had left the city, he ran to Li Chengguo.
"Lin Heng, you finally came down. I bought these things ten days ago." Ge Qingshan looked at Lin Heng in surprise.
"Then let's find a place to play." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"I have a place, come with me." Ge Qingshan said with a smile, riding a motorcycle with Lin Heng to an empty factory.
There is a target inside, and it is obvious that Ge Qingshan had prepared it long ago.
"Your place is great, Lin Heng." Ge Qingshan said with a smile.
Lin Heng nodded: "Very good, let's get started."
"Okay." Ge Qingshan opened the things. In addition to his compound bow, there was also the hunting arrows that Lin Heng mentioned.
"These fifty triangular-head hunting arrows are bought according to your requirements, two dollars each." Ge Qingshan said to Lin Heng.
"Thank you. I'll give you the money later. Let's start practicing first." Lin Heng looked at the hunting arrow and was very satisfied.
This is much better than the one he modified himself, and the weight distribution is more reasonable.
It is indeed expensive, but modern compound bows are not cheap to begin with. Fortunately, these fifty bows are enough for him to use for several years.
He started from the beginning and taught Ge Qingshan again, bit by bit, then let him try shooting himself, while he watched and corrected the situation.
After practicing for two hours, Ge Qingshan couldn't hold on any longer and stopped to rest.
He took a sip of water, looked at Lin Heng curiously and asked, "How far can you shoot while maintaining accuracy?"
Lin Heng thought for a moment and said, "I can shoot within the seventh ring within 150 meters, and I can also hit the target within 200 to 300 meters. A few days ago, I shot and killed a golden rooster from a distance of 100 meters."
"So powerful!!" Ge Qingshan said in surprise.
"After all, I make a living from this." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He picked up the compound bow and shot at the target as far as eighty meters away.
He shot five arrows in a row, all within the eight rings. When he picked up the bow, he had a feeling that he could hit the target. This was where his talent lay.
It’s just like a top student picking up a math problem and knowing how to solve it.
Ge Qingshan clapped his hands and cheered: "Great, great! You can go to the competition with your level."
Lin Heng smiled and shook his head: "Not interested."
Although he is talented, those on the national team are more talented. Besides, you can't make much money from playing in competitions these days, it's better to go hunting.
"Then how long do you think it will take me to reach your level?" Ge Qingshan asked curiously.
Lin Heng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
"Of course it's true." Ge Qingshan said.
"That may take at least two years, but you can try hunting after practicing hunting for half a year." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He didn't discourage him too much. In fact, some people may not be able to reach his level even after practicing for several years.
"That's fine. I can hold on. When can you take me to try hunting?" Ge Qingshan nodded, still thinking about hunting.
"Let's talk about it after it snows. It's difficult to fight recently." Lin Heng shook his head.
"Okay, I'm already hungry and thirsty." Ge Qingshan rubbed his arms and started practicing again.
He can now hit the target at 20 meters, but he still flies out from time to time.
"Then you can go shooting fish. Just put a fishing line on the arrow." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Good idea. I'll find a place to go fishing in a few days." Ge Qingshan's eyes lit up.
The two practiced archery together until noon, and then went out to eat. Lin Heng gave him the money to buy arrows and treated him to a meal.
After playing for a while in the afternoon, Lin Heng followed the truck back home.
The truck delivered some goods. Lin Heng did some calculations and found that he made two hundred yuan from selling the goods this month, which was a little more than last month.
In the evening, Lin Heng went fishing with Grandpa Gao. He would not go back today and would sleep in Huangtan Town.
Fishing is very easy in autumn. In the evening, in more than an hour, he caught three or four kilograms of crucian carp and a carp. Lin Heng had a rare good time.
The next day, a truck carrying mountain products also came up. After settlement, the profit was 520 yuan. This month is the time when the most goods are collected in the year, so this income is not outrageous.
And because the purchase price he offers is relatively high, many people from neighboring towns and villages also come here to sell goods.
After paying Wang Zhou his wages, Lin Heng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come on, close the shop today. I'll take you upstairs to see the girl."
"Ah, today? Is this not good?"
Hearing this, Wang Zhou immediately became embarrassed.
"Why are you being so shy? Just follow me." Lin Heng was speechless. What was there to be afraid of when meeting a woman?
Wang Zhou hesitated again: "Then I..."
"Don't say anything, just come with me to check on the people." Lin Heng waved his hand and interrupted him.
After closing the shop and saying something to Grandpa Gao, the two of them left.
Lin Heng led the horse and walked back with Wang Zhou.
It was already past one in the afternoon when we arrived at Hongfeng Village. Xiulan was grinding sweet potato flour in the yard.
"What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you." Xiulan wiped her hands and said to Lin Heng.
"No need, I can do it myself." Lin Heng waved his hand and said.
"Are you sure?" Xiulan asked again.
"Well, go ahead and do your thing."
Lin Heng nodded, took Wang Zhou home and cooked a meal for himself.
"Brother Lin, what do you think I should say when we meet later?" Wang Zhou became shy again during the meal.
"Just say whatever you want to say. If you like her, just say you like her." Lin Heng looked indifferent.
Wang Zhou's eyes widened: "Is this appropriate?"
"Why is it inappropriate? How would she know if you don't tell her that you like her?" Lin Heng rolled his eyes.
After dinner, he set off with Wang Zhou.
After asking some people, I finally found Liu Cihua herding cattle in Shibadanggou.
When they came over, Liu Cihua was sitting on the stone man in a daze. When she saw Lin Heng, she was stunned for a moment, then stood up quickly. She looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Liu Cihua, this is Wang Zhou. He likes you and wants to marry you." Lin Heng pushed Wang Zhou over and said directly.
"ah!!"
Lin Heng's straightforward words surprised Wang Zhou and Liu Cihua, and the frequency of his words was surprisingly consistent.
Lin Heng glanced at Wang Zhou and said with a smile: "Have a good chat. If you don't chat for half an hour, I will deduct your salary when you come out."
After saying that, he left and went downstream without paying any attention to them.
After Lin Heng left, both of them stood there in a daze, not moving.
After several minutes, the two looked at each other cautiously.
"Where are you from?" Liu Cihua finally spoke first.
Wang Zhou couldn't utter a word for a long time.
…
After waiting for half an hour, Wang Zhou came out with a red face.
Lin Heng glanced at him and said, "How is it? Do you like it?"
Wang Zhou nodded and smiled shyly: "Yeah, she is so beautiful, I think she is very suitable."
Liu Cihua's appearance has already exceeded his own expectations. If she were prettier, he wouldn't dare to look at her and would instinctively feel that he is not worthy of her.
At this moment, the image of Liu Cihua is still in my mind, and her plump breasts.
"Then what does she mean?" Lin Heng asked again.
Speaking of this, Wang Zhou was confused: "This... I don't know either."
He didn't say much just now and didn't understand what Liu Cihua meant at all.
"That's easy. Go pick some wild chrysanthemums and send them to her. If she doesn't refuse, there's hope." Lin Heng said with a smile.
When Wang Zhou heard about sending flowers, his heart started pounding and he was a little hesitant to take action.
"If you don't want to do it, then go back. I can only help you up to this point." Lin Heng spread his hands, not understanding what was so scary about women.
"I'll go." Wang Zhou gritted his teeth, picked some wild chrysanthemums on the roadside, turned around and ran in.
Lin Heng took a look and thought there would be no problem. People would find their own seats, and these two people were a good match.
Not long after, Wang Zhou ran out with a smile on his face.
"She accepted Brother Lin." Wang Zhou said excitedly.
"Let me make it clear to you, her mother is mute and her father is a little demented. If you want to marry her, you have to think carefully." Lin Heng warned.
"It's okay, as long as she's fine." Wang Zhou waved his hands, thinking it was not a problem. His mind was full of Liu Cihua's appearance.
"Okay then, that's it for now. Save some money and discuss it with your parents. Find a time next year to ask someone to propose."
Lin Heng nodded and said, take Wang Zhou back, stroll around for a while, and let him go back to town. For the time being, he still needs to calm down and not make a decision in a hurry, which will harm both himself and the girl.
Just after seeing Wang Zhou off, a light rain started to fall from the sky. Combined with the autumn wind, Lin Heng, who was peeing on the side of the road, couldn't help but shiver.
Lin Heng looked at his watch and it was past four in the afternoon, so he turned around and went to Hongfeng Mountain.
Today is November 16th. The leveling work at the Hongfeng Mountain construction site was completely completed this morning. In the afternoon, we were dealing with the stone steps near the mountain stream and some minor defects.
"Lin Heng, there is no work to do. Do you want to cast the lines and start digging the pond?" Father Lin looked at him and said.
Lin Heng stood on the flat ground and took a look. He was very satisfied and shook his head and said, "No, let's put it aside after we finish it. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we can come back."
"Okay then." Father Lin nodded. He originally wanted everyone to work for a while longer, but the rain was getting heavier.
I had no choice but to ask them to sign and leave quickly.
By the time I got home, the drizzle had turned into moderate rain, and the howling autumn wind made me shiver all over.
"Hurry up and help put all the dried fish and persimmon cakes into the house." Lin's mother shouted when she saw them. They were busy collecting sweet potato flour.
"Okay." Lin Heng and others quickly put the things into the house.
After putting the things into the house, several people looked at the gloomy rain with emotion on their faces.
"It seems like I won't be able to work tomorrow." Li Shiwei sighed.
"Of course, I estimate it will take two or three days." Lin Yue also nodded.
Lin Heng thought that the rain was a good thing as it allowed the newly leveled land to settle, which would be beneficial for later construction.
"Cook. I'm very hungry. Let's have a nice drink tonight." Father Lin shook his head.
Mother Lin agreed and went to cook.
Among the five dishes for dinner, Lin Heng’s favorite was undoubtedly the stir-fried pork belly with chopped pepper.
The small white fish rods fried with chopped chili peppers are fragrant and spicy, it is simply perfect.
Lin Heng felt that the only thing that could compare with it was braised pork, and nothing like bacon could compare.
"If it rains tomorrow, we'll get up early and go back home until it clears up." Li Baiquan said at the dinner table.
Mother Lin did not stop them and nodded, saying, "It's time to go back. The fish has just dried. You can take it back."
Lin Heng looked at his uncle and Li Shiwei and said, "Do you want me to settle the salary first?"
Li Shiwei shook his head: "That's not necessary. We still have work to do. Let's settle it together at the end."
Li Baiquan also nodded and said: "Besides, if you pay us in advance, it would not be good for others to get paid in advance as well. We are not in a hurry."
"Okay then." Lin Heng didn't say much. It was indeed true.
After dinner, the rain was still pouring down, the sky was gloomy, and it was a little difficult to see the road at only six o'clock.
Lin Heng held his daughter in his arms, Xiulan held an umbrella, and the three of them quickly returned home.
It was too rainy to do anything else, so after taking a shower everyone went to bed. Xiaoxia didn't sleep in her own little bed but crawled around on the big bed.
Lin Heng and Xiulan were not sleepy either. Lin Heng read a book to entertain Xiulan. When it was almost time, he changed to a story book to coax Xiaoxia to sleep.
The next morning, although the rain was lighter, it was still moderate.
It was a little after eight o'clock and Lin Heng was having breakfast when there was a knock on the door.
“Here I come.”
Lin Heng knew who it was without thinking, so he said something and walked over to open the door.
(End of this chapter)
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