Chapter 101 My granddaughter is amazing
Lin Heng walked into the field and saw his elder brother still plowing the field.
"Do you want to try?" Lin Yue asked.
"Okay." Lin Heng walked over with a smile.
Lin Yue stopped the cow and handed it to Lin Heng.
Lin Heng took it and took a look at it first. This old-fashioned plow was very complicated.
What the person is holding in his hand is a wooden plow frame with a plowshare on it, a triangular iron tool used to break the soil; the plowshare is used to connect to the ox, and what the person is holding is the plow handle, which is used to control the direction of the plow and the ox.
There are two sets of ropes connecting the cows. The plowshare uses two brown ropes two fingers thick connected to a V-shaped wooden yoke. The yoke is placed on the hump of the cow's neck, and the cow can be driven to pull the plow forward.
There are two ropes on the plow handle, which are connected to the nose rings on the cow's nose on the left and right sides.
By pulling the rope, you can control the cow's movement to the left or right or turn its head.
"Chi, let's go!!"
Lin Heng held the plow handle and shouted, and the big yellow ox in front slowly started walking.
The plowshare entered the soil and turned up the mud. Lin Heng only needed to control the direction to complete the turning of the soil.
What a great invention this was in ancient times when there were no machines.
"fold!!"
When he reached the end, Lin Heng quickly pulled the left rope to make the ox turn back, and he also lifted the plow and turned it around.
The power of the ox is great enough that a human being cannot dig even one acre of land in a day, but an ox can easily plow five acres of land a day, and even seven or eight acres is no problem if it gets a little tired.
"Chi, let's go!!"
If you whip the cow from time to time, it will walk faster.
After two hours, the remaining field was plowed. The big yellow ox stopped, its hair wet with sweat, and stretched its neck to eat the grass leaves on the roadside.
"After you finish plowing the land here, let the cows rest for a while, and then go plow your land over on Red Maple Mountain."
Father Lin came over, untied the yoke and the rope, and took the cow to the side to rest and eat grass.
"I don't need to plow the fields anymore. I won't plant anymore. I can just pull the cows back home." Lin Heng shook his head.
Father Lin turned his head and looked at him: "You don't farm and live on the wind, right?"
"Xiulan and I have discussed this. I will hire someone to dig the two acres of land into fish and shrimp ponds in early August, and raise fish and shrimp next year." Lin Heng said, looking at his father.
Father Lin glanced at him and didn't care: "Anyway, you already live alone, just make your decision.
I have done everything I should have done for you. I married you and built a house for you.
How you get through the rest of the day is entirely up to you. If you make money, it’s your own business. If you lose money, you’ll have to bear the consequences yourself.”
After that, Father Lin asked again, "Are you sure you don't want to plow? Then I'll take the cows back and feed them now."
"Sure." Lin Heng nodded.
"Okay then." Father Lin came over to tidy up the plow, coiled up the rope, and removed all the accessories.
"Brother, are you really planning to raise fish and shrimps? Is it reliable?" Lin Yue walked over and asked with concern.
"There is no problem raising them in flowing water, it's the same as raising them directly in the river."
Lin Heng smiled and said, of course it is different, this is just words to comfort the family.
"Well, it seems that you are determined to make a lot of money." Lin Yue patted his shoulder and sighed.
He still admired Lin Heng for being brave enough to make trouble. He had three sons and four mouths to feed every day when he woke up, so he didn't dare to make trouble at all.
Lin Heng smiled and said, "Yes, there is no future in farming. I am still young. If I lose, I can earn more."
"Just tell me if you need my help. No need to be polite." Lin Yue said again.
"Don't worry, brother. I will definitely find you if I need anything."
Lin Heng understood his eldest brother's difficulties very well. Who among the three sons would dare to mess around? But it didn't matter. He was there to take his eldest brother flying when he got up.
"By the way, do you still go to catch eels at night?"
Lin Heng asked again, because he has been very busy, he only caught eels once this year.
Lin Yue shook his head: "Now we can't catch them. After the seedlings grow up, we can't catch them in the fields. If we want to catch them, we can only go to the river, but it's not easy to catch them either."
"Is that so? Then after we plant some corn, let's take Dad to the mountains to hunt in a few days. There isn't much farm work to do recently."
"Okay, I also want to go to the mountains to try my luck." Lin Yue nodded.
"Dad, are you going?" Lin Heng asked again loudly.
"It depends on the situation. We'll go when we have time." Father Lin said as he walked, pulling the cow.
Lin Heng was helpless: "Okay."
"Come back and move the wheat. You and your elder brother will each carry 700 kilograms. Next year, you will plant and harvest your own crops."
Father Lin carried the plow and led the cow for a long distance when the voice came back.
Lin Heng looked at his father's back. This man said that he didn't care and it was none of his business, but all he was thinking about was this family.
Lin Heng turned around and helped carry the bamboo shoots. Xiulan and the others picked a lot of bamboo shoots and also picked a few baskets of pig grass. They did a lot of work.
"Daddy, hug me!"
As soon as Lin Heng picked up the pig grass, his daughter ran over to him and asked him to hold her.
She played here with her two brothers and Xiongba for the whole afternoon today, and now her face and clothes are all dirty.
"I'll hold your hand and walk you. You have to learn to walk by yourself." Lin Heng reached out and pulled her.
"I want a hug!"
She stamped her feet and became even angrier, which was very cute.
Lin Heng held her little hand and whispered, "If you don't leave now, you'll be spanked."
Xiaoxia was stunned and looked back. Her mother was looking at her with a bamboo stick in her hand.
She turned around, took her father's hand and walked forward very quickly without saying a word.
"Wife, do you want to go catch cicada monkeys tonight?" Lin Heng asked on the way.
"Sure, I want to eat it too." Xiulan nodded.
I finished the work quickly today and got home at only 6:30, which was still more than an hour before dark.
At this time, it's eight o'clock and the sun hasn't completely set yet.
“Why don’t we ask our parents and eldest brother to come over for dinner today and we can cook a few dishes.
I just happened to have some pig intestines and fat residue left, so I made some fat residue stuffed steamed buns tonight."
Opening the door of the main hall, Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.
Xiulan fries the pig intestines twice every day, and there are still some left.
Lin Heng thought it was a good idea and nodded, "Sure, let's have a meal together to have some fun. I'll call Caiyun, mom, and sister-in-law to help you.
I'm taking my dad and older brother out to go fishing, and see if we can catch something to eat."
"Then you go now. I'll give Xiaoxia a bath, change her clothes, and then start cooking." Xiulan said.
Lin Heng nodded, went out to find someone, and first said something to his eldest brother and sister-in-law. After a few words, they agreed.
Lin Heng went to the old house with his elder brother. When they arrived, Lin's father was feeding the cows with a bowl of corn paste.
Every time after plowing the land, the big yellow ox can get a pot of such a reward as a reward for it.
"If you come here to move the wheat, please wait a moment. It hasn't been weighed yet." Father Lin said while touching the ox's back.
Lin Heng shook his head: "No, I came here to ask Dad to come to my place for dinner tonight."
"Why should we go to your place to eat? Your mother is already cooking. Just eat by yourselves." Father Lin shook his head.
"Dad, I need a reason to ask you to eat. Come over and eat later. I asked my mom to stop cooking."
Lin Heng said helplessly, thinking that it would probably be impossible to ask his dad to go fishing with him.
He was probably still angry in his heart, thinking that I didn't listen to him. But it didn't matter, he would understand after he achieved something.
Lin Yue stayed to help Lin's father and persuade him.
Lin Hengze entered the yard and walked into the house. Caiyun and Lin's mother were picking green beans. Recently, many fruits and vegetables have begun to bear fruit. It will soon be the time when the vegetables and fruits cannot be eaten and can only be fed to pigs.
"Mom, Xiulan asked you and Caiyun to come over to help cook and have dinner at my house tonight. You don't have to cook anymore." Lin Heng said to his mother.
"Okay, your sister and I will pick the green beans and take them over to eat." Lin's mother was very straightforward. Going to her son's house for a meal was a very normal thing.
"By the way, did your father disagree?" Lin's mother asked again.
Lin Heng spread his hands: "Yes, I don't want to go."
"It's okay, just go and do your own thing, I'll give you advice." Lin's mother waved her hand, indicating that it was not a big deal.
Lin Heng nodded, came out and saw his elder brother and shouted, "Come on, elder brother, I'll take you fishing."
"Okay." Lin Yue said with a smile. The two brothers went side by side to get the tools, and then set out together to go fishing and hunting on the Red Maple Mountain in the village.
Lin's mother and Caiyun took the beans to Lin Heng's room to help Xiulan.
When they came over, Xiulan had already given Xiaoxia a bath and changed her into clean clothes. The little girl was now white and clean, as if she was a little princess from a fairy tale.
"Come, let aunt hold you."
Caiyun looked at Xiaoxia and picked her up and kissed her several times.
"Call me auntie!" Caiyun said, touching Xiaoxia's little face.
"Aunt!" Xiaoxia called out crisply, her voice sounding like the chirping of a lark.
"It smells so good, call me grandma." Mother Lin couldn't help but touch Xiaoxia. The little girl smelled very good after taking a bath with soap.
"Mother-in-law." Xiaoxia called again.
The baby's sweet voice immediately melted Lin's mother's heart. After teasing for a while, Lin's mother suddenly had an idea.
"Caiyun, go give Xiaoxia to your father and let him take care of him, so that he won't be idle all day long." Lin's mother said.
"Okay." Caiyun nodded and went out carrying her little niece.
Father Lin had just finished a cold shower and was about to go get some grass for the cows when Caiyun came over with Xiaoxia in her arms. She teased Xiaoxia and said, "How about letting your grandfather hold you?"
Xiaoxia looked at Father Lin, stretched out her little hand and said in a baby voice, "Grandpa, hold me!"
Father Lin was also moved by his granddaughter's cuteness. He couldn't bear to refuse and held her in his arms.
"Dad, please take care of it for a while. I'm leaving now." Caiyun saw her father taking over, said this and ran away.
"Come back..." Before Lin's father could finish his words, Caiyun disappeared.
"Grandpa, go out!" Xiaoxia pointed outside, indicating that she wanted to go out and play.
Looking at this delicate and beautiful granddaughter, Father Lin couldn't bear to refuse, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you out to play."
When taking his granddaughter out for a walk, he put Xiaoxia down and walked with her.
"This is foxtail grass, and this is garlic..."
Xiaoxia pointed at the plants on the roadside and said to herself that she had to identify them several times a day now, picking them and talking at the same time, and she was having a lot of fun.
"You still know grass, Xiaoxia, what is this?"
Father Lin was surprised. His granddaughter not only talked more recently, but also knew about flowers and plants? He was a little unconvinced and pointed to a pear tree nearby to ask.
Xiaoxia tilted her head to look at it and said in a baby voice, "It's a pear tree!"
Father Lin was surprised. He really knew it. He pointed to a plantain on the ground. Xiaoxia looked at it and said, "This is plantain."
"My granddaughter is so smart?" Father Lin was surprised that a one-year-old girl who was only a few months old knew so many plants.
He didn't know that Lin Heng took his daughter to identify objects when he had nothing to do every day. He did this three or four times a day for more than half a month. It was normal for her to remember these things.
After playing along the way, the grandfather and grandson soon arrived under the big ginkgo tree in the village. Many people were enjoying the cool air and chatting here, some men and some women.
There were also a bunch of kids playing in the mud here. This was a time of population explosion, and there were a lot of children in the village.
Xiaoxia, wearing clean clothes and looking like a porcelain doll, stood out among the children and quickly attracted a group of people's attention.
"Lin Xuan, this is your little granddaughter, she's so beautiful." The old man of the Liu family, Mr. Liu Sanye, said with a smile.
"Yes, my little granddaughter." Father Lin said with a smile.
"He's so cute, just like a little sugar man. But I'm afraid he'll be hard to take care of. He'll have to change clothes several times a day. Sons are easier to take care of. He can play in the mud for a long time by himself." Li Caifeng glanced at Xiaoxia with a sour look.
"She's easy to take care of. My little granddaughter never cries or makes a fuss, and she knows many flowers, plants and trees." Father Lin touched Xiaoxia's little face and said with a smile.
"A kid this young knows about flowers and plants? You must be bragging." Uncle Liu San looked unconvinced.
"If she can recognize five kinds of flowers and plants, I will give her two persimmon cakes to eat." Wang Jin, a beekeeper who earns thousands of yuan, looked at Lin's father and said in a very loud voice.
After he did this, many people looked over, and they didn't quite believe that a one-year-old kid could recognize flowers, plants, and trees.
Father Lin glanced at Wang Jin with dissatisfaction. He disliked this man very much. He smiled and said, "No need for persimmon cakes. She doesn't like to eat them. If you want to see them, then I'll let you have a look."
"Little kid, what is this?" Uncle Liu pointed at a dogtail grass and asked.
"Dogtail grass!" Xiaoxia was not very shy and said in a baby voice.
"Hey, it really works." Uncle Liu was stunned, then pointed to a small garlic that was difficult to recognize on the roadside.
"Xiao Suan!" Xiaoxia took a look and recognized him.
"What is this?" Wang Jin didn't believe it and pointed to the plum tree not far away.
"This is a plum tree!" Xiaoxia answered with her head still tilted.
The villagers were all shocked. How could a one-year-old girl be so capable? They all rushed to ask, and Xiaoxia could answer eight out of ten questions.
"My God, how do you teach this?"
"Really one year old?"
"Why does my baby only know how to cry and make a fuss? He can't even learn to go to the toilet, let alone recognize things. How do you take care of him?"
A group of people asked in disbelief, they are both children, but the difference is so huge? We should be thankful that our own child doesn't cry or make a fuss, but why is the child in other people's house so obedient and well-behaved and can even recognize objects.
"Wang Jin, now you believe it, right? Is he better than your grandson?" Father Lin asked with a smile.
Wang Jin smiled awkwardly and said with all his strength: "It's a bit of a skill, but it's useless. The kid won't know these when he grows up, and he can't eat them."
Uncle Liu couldn't stand it anymore and laughed at him, "Other children can recognize objects at the age of one and recite poems at the age of three, but your grandson still wets the bed at the age of three."
Wang Jin's face darkened: "I'm too lazy to talk to an old man like you."
"Don't run. Bring the persimmon cake here. If the little girl doesn't eat it, I will." Uncle Liu San snorted coldly. He had disliked Wang Jin for a long time because he showed off his money every day.
Wang Jin turned around and left, cursing in his heart, "It's just recognizing a few things, look how happy this old guy is. I wonder if you can still laugh when your son Sang Huang loses all his money. Let's just wait and see."
"Lin Xuan, how did you teach your granddaughter? Teach me too, so I can go back and teach that silly boy of mine." Someone asked.
"Yeah, don't keep us in suspense, just tell us quickly." A group of people surrounded him and asked for an explanation.
Father Lin was so happy that he couldn't say it all. His precious granddaughter was so smart and amazing. It seemed that that brat Lin Heng was not completely useless. At least he raised his daughter well.
"Hehe, I don't know about that. Usually my son and daughter-in-law take care of him. I just took him to play for a while today." Father Lin smiled.
"Then go ask and come and tell us tomorrow. It's very difficult to raise a good kid." Someone shook his head, simply not believing that a one-year-old baby could be so capable.
Li Caifeng and Liu Lan standing by were secretly shocked. They remembered that Lin Heng seemed to teach his daughter to speak and recognize objects every morning without getting tired of it.
At the time, both of them felt that it was a waste of effort, but they didn't expect it to be effective so quickly, and they immediately wanted to educate their own children.
But I feel so tired just thinking about it, so forget it. It's useless to get to know flowers and plants anyway, we can still get to know them when we grow up, so it's better to chat with them.
"Okay, I'll ask you guys later." Father Lin couldn't stop smiling.
After chatting for a while, Father Lin had forgotten about going to collect grass for the cows, and Xiaoxia was running and playing nearby.
"Grandpa, I'm thirsty!" Xiaoxia said, pulling his trouser leg after playing tired.
"Okay, go home and I'll make you some honey water."
Father Lin picked up his granddaughter and loved her more and more. He thought to himself that he still had to work hard. Even if that fool Lin Heng lost money, he would still make sure his granddaughter had food to eat.
On the other side, Lin Heng and his elder brother Lin Yue brought the dog and arrived at the foot of Red Maple Mountain one after another.
"Brother, just fish in this pond, it's fun." Lin Heng found a pond for his elder brother and taught him how to fish.
He scattered some corn cobs and hung some earthworms on them. As soon as he threw it down, a fish took the hook. Lin Heng grabbed it and it flew up. A golden stream grouper more than ten centimeters long was caught. It was so easy.
"Is it easy to fish? Big brother, you try it." Lin Heng handed the fishing rod to his elder brother with a smile.
"Let me try!" Lin Yue was not very interested in this and took the fishing rod to try.
Within a few seconds of throwing it in, the fishing line was pulled away, but Lin Yue didn't realize it until he lifted the rod and the fish had already run away.
"This fish hook has no barbs. You have to keep an eye on it and pull up the hook when there is a bite," said Lin Heng.
"good."
Lin Yue tried twice again and finally pulled up a stream grouper. A gleam of light appeared in his eyes and he found that fishing seemed to be quite interesting.
Soon, he was immersed in fishing. He held the fishing rod in his hand and stared at the water, and immediately pulled up the fish as soon as it bit the hook. He often threw the fish directly onto the shore because of excessive force.
Looking at his elder brother's focused look, Lin Heng realized that there was one more fisherman in the world.
Fishing is such an amazing sport. Before you go fishing, you may think it is stupid to stay by the river and fish regardless of the weather.
After fishing twice, I found it so interesting. Not only would I fish regardless of rain or shine, I would even cast a rod when crossing the Naihe Bridge.
"You know what, this is really interesting." Lin Yue said, looking up.
"Haha, then you go fishing, I'll go see if there are any pheasants or something nearby." Lin Heng said with a smile, and left with Xiongba.
(End of this chapter)
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