Chapter 113 Name it Jinbao, the more the better
Village Party Secretary Tian Dongfu lives in a valley east of the village, near the big ginkgo tree in the center of the village.
The village committee is also not far to the south of the ginkgo tree. It is said that there used to be a Taoist temple on the hillside behind the village committee.
I heard from the old people in the village that it is called Xuantian Palace, and that the deity enshrined there is Zhenwu Emperor, who is the same Zhenwu Emperor enshrined in Wudang Mountain.
It was demolished a few years ago, and the village committee was built using waste blue bricks and a red flag was hoisted.
This ginkgo tree in the center of the village, which can barely be protected by one person, is more than 80 years old. It was planted by a Taoist priest when the Taoist temple was built during the reign of Emperor Guangxu.
Today the tree is less than 20 meters tall, but its branches are extremely dense, with many side branches. This is because the top was sawed off in the early years, and the tree was deliberately allowed to swell to provide shade.
When Lin Heng came over holding Xiaoxia, Uncle Liu and several other old men from the village were sitting under the shade of a tree, chatting and playing cards, and their voices were even louder.
"Xiaoxia, what kind of tree is this?"
Seeing Lin Heng and Xiaoxia, Uncle Liu asked with a smile.
Xiaoxia looked up, pointed at the ginkgo tree and said cheerfully: "Dad said this is a ginkgo tree."
"The little girl is so smart." Uncle Liu gave a thumbs up and praised her.
Xiaoxia leaned on Lin Heng's shoulder, looked at Uncle Liu San, didn't say anything, just rolled her eyes.
"Lin Heng, how much did you get this time?"
The old man from the Yang family who was sitting under the tree next to him asked with a smile, "This is Yang Xiaotao's grandfather."
Lin Heng shook his head and said, "We didn't catch anything. We just caught two piglets and a female musk deer."
Uncle Liu shook his head and said, "You are not a good kid. People have seen wild boar meat. You must have killed a big wild boar."
Lin Heng laughed: "Not big, just a little over 100 pounds."
He wanted to hide, but he didn't expect to be discovered.
"I see you didn't bring back much, did you sell it?" the old man from the Yang family asked again.
“I sold some and ate some myself on the mountain.”
After Lin Heng finished speaking, he smiled and said, "No more talking, I have to go to the village committee to do something."
"If you want to find the village party secretary and the village chief, you have to go to their homes. They have just returned." said Uncle Liu.
"Okay, thank you."
Lin Heng nodded, thanked him, and walked towards the village party secretary's house.
"Thanks!"
Xiaoxia also imitated Lin Heng and waved with a smile.
"Hey, this little girl is really polite." Uncle Liu laughed happily.
Soon, Lin Heng arrived at the village party secretary's house. There was a large bamboo forest to the northwest of his house, so it was easy to find.
The yard and the house are also covered with the old-fashioned blue bricks and tiles, and the adhesive is white lime instead of cement.
There is a two-story building with a small courtyard, and outside the small courtyard there is a large courtyard connected to the bamboo forest.
The small courtyard is paved with blue bricks, and the large courtyard is paved with stone slabs.
When Lin Heng came over carrying Xiaoxia, Tian Dongfu's wife Wang Qin was washing clothes under the shade of bamboos at the edge of the yard.
"Auntie Wang, have you had lunch?" Lin Heng greeted with a smile.
"I just finished eating. I'm doing the laundry right now. Lin Heng, have you eaten?"
Wang Qin glanced at Lin Heng and asked with a smile.
"I ate it too, Aunt Wang, you can try using it to wash clothes."
Lin Heng handed over the osmanthus soap with a smile.
"Is this soap? I can't have it. Take it back."
Wang Qin took a look at it and handed it back. Of course she wanted to accept it, but her husband refused to allow her and had scolded her many times.
"Xiu-lan made it herself. She wanted to exchange the pattern of shoes with you. It's not a gift. Her pattern of shoes was lost."
Lin Heng put the osmanthus soap on the ground and said with a smile.
"Oh, that's not good either." Wang Qin hesitated.
"What's wrong with it? It's just like buying it." Lin Heng said with a smile and spread his hands.
Wang Qin is a rural woman who likes to take advantage of small things, and Lin Heng also knows how to let her take it.
"Okay, I'll take out all the shoe styles in my collection and you can choose one yourself." Wang Qin smiled.
"Let's talk about it later. Where is my Uncle Tian? I have something to discuss with him." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"After dinner, he listens to the radio on the second floor. He listens to it every day. You go upstairs by yourself. There is no one else at home." Wang Qin said with a smile.
"OK."
Lin Heng walked into the courtyard, where there were some flowers and plants, and a stone table with a chess board carved on it.
As you enter the main hall, the first thing you see is a huge portrait of a great founding figure of the country.
The house is simply decorated and tidy, just like my own home, except that the renovated house is a little nicer.
There was a wooden staircase at the corner, and the sound of news broadcasts came from the room on the second floor.
Holding her daughter in her arms, Lin Heng went straight up to the second floor. Opposite the stairs was Tian Dongfu's study.
Through a layer of gauze window, Tian Dongfu had already noticed Lin Heng's arrival.
He turned off the radio, stood up, opened the door, and greeted him warmly: "Lin Heng, why are you here? I said I was going to look for you, but you haven't been home these few days."
Lin Heng was somewhat flattered. Tian Dongfu was too polite. He quickly said politely, "Uncle Tian, you are too polite. Just tell me if you have anything to say."
“You don’t know, I almost lost my life recently, but luckily I remembered your reminder that day and changed into a pair of rain boots when I went to pick vegetables on the 28th.
At that time, a piece of mud belt bit my rain boots. If I hadn't worn rain boots, I would have been in trouble. Your reminder saved my life."
Tian Dongfu poured a cup of tea for Lin Heng and said excitedly.
Tubadai is the local name for a kind of snake. Lin Heng is not sure of its scientific name. Its yellowish body is hidden and cannot be seen clearly, but its venom is not particularly strong.
"Haha, Uncle Tian, you're exaggerating. I was just giving you a casual reminder at the time. It can't be considered a life-saving favor."
Lin Heng waved his hand and said.
He was a little surprised. Tian Dongfu was really bitten by a snake again in this life. He was really unlucky.
"You can't say that. If you hadn't reminded me, I might not have changed into rain boots at all." Tian Dongfu shook his head.
After a pause, Tian Dongfu continued, "So since you are back, come to my house for dinner this afternoon and bring your wife Xiulan and daughter with you. I want to thank you very much."
"Really, that's not necessary, Uncle Tian. You're too polite." Lin Heng said helplessly.
"It's settled. If you don't come, you're looking down on me." Tian Dongfu waved his hand, not giving Lin Heng a chance to continue speaking.
"I definitely don't mean that. Since Uncle Tian has repeatedly asked, I will bring my family over here this afternoon to disturb you." Lin Heng said quickly.
"Okay, that's right. It's just a meal, nothing else." Tian Dongfu said with a smile.
Lin Heng nodded, looked at his daughter, and said, "Uncle Tian. Actually, I came here for another matter today."
"Oh, about this, go ahead." Tian Dongfu took a sip of tea slowly, his aura was different from before.
Lin Heng exhaled and said, "It's like this. I plan to hire someone to dig a fish pond to raise fish. The land I'm going to use is the land where my family grows wheat at the foot of Hongfeng Mountain. I came here to report and see if I need to go through any procedures."
"This kind of thing." Tian Dongfu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "No problem, for now you just pay taxes and public grain according to the land you grow crops on."
After taking a sip of tea, he asked again: "Fish are not easy to raise. Do you have any experience?"
“I’ve read some books and seen people raising them in the city, so I decided to give it a try. I can’t just keep growing crops.
Besides, times are good now, as long as you raise fish, you don’t have to worry about not making money.”
Lin Heng said with a smile.
"That's a good idea. If you don't have enough money, I can help you get a loan from a village bank."
Tian Dongfu praised Lin Heng. Not many people can realize this.
Recently, he has also been thinking about leading the villagers to grow cash crops or engage in breeding.
But he himself lacks experience and has never done anything like this. He doesn't know what to do and has not made up his mind.
Now that someone has done it, he can give some help and gain some experience.
If Lin Heng succeeds and has a role model, he can cooperate with Lin Heng and call on the whole village to do it together.
If Lin Heng fails, he can also learn some lessons and switch to other industries.
In a very short time, he figured these things out.
"Not for now. If there is a need, I will ask you, Uncle Tian, for help." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Tian Dongfu nodded and asked, "You are engaged in breeding, have you ever thought about planting fruit trees or something?"
"Yes, but it depends on the situation. I don't have that much money right now." Lin Heng said. In fact, the cycle of planting fruit trees is too long and he is not interested in it for the time being.
After chatting for a few more words, Lin Heng said goodbye and left.
He understood Tian Dongfu's idea of helping the villagers get rich, but still chose not to give him any advice.
He did not have as broad a mind as Tian Dongfu. He wanted to wait until he became rich and had the capital before leading the villagers to become rich and expand the scale of the industry.
I am still in the stage of accumulating initial capital and don’t want to point out the way forward to others.
"Lin Heng, these are the shoe patterns you wanted." After going downstairs, Wang Qin brought a book filled with shoe patterns.
This is used by rural women to make cloth shoes. You won’t go wrong if you cut it according to the shape of the shoes.
"Thank you, Aunt Wang." Lin Heng took two and left.
The shoes look like nothing, but if you make Wang Qin happy, she will speak for you no matter what you do, and will also inform you if anything happens.
On the way back, a group of people greeted him on the road, some were polite, and some asked about what he had gained yesterday.
Even if there is jealousy or resentment, no one would be foolish enough to show it in person.
Lin Heng brought his daughter to his father's house. Father Lin was eating in the house. For lunch, he made cornmeal fish, which is what rural people like to eat in the summer.
"Do you want to eat it? Cornmeal fish with pickled cabbage is very good." Father Lin said with a smile.
"I want to eat!" Xiaoxia stretched out her hand and said crisply.
"Come, let auntie feed you." Caiyun walked over with a bowl and said.
Lin Heng put his daughter down and asked Caiyun to feed him. He shook his head and said, "I don't want to eat. I came here to ask you to find someone to pick a date. I'm going to dig a fish pond."
Father Lin glanced at him, knowing that he couldn't persuade him, so he gave up and spread his hands and said, "Okay, I'll go find Li Shifang in the village this afternoon to show you."
"Thank you, Dad." Lin Heng nodded, and then asked, "Is there anyone who came to buy wild boar cubs today?"
"No, no one in the village is interested. I'll keep it for now and see if anyone from other villages wants to buy it. Anyway, it only needs to be fed with grass, so it won't take much effort if there's no grain."
Father Lin shook his head.
Lin Heng guessed the result, and also guessed that Lin's father would be reluctant to eat it and would raise it.
Mother Lin looked at him and asked, "Where's your wild boar cub?"
"My wound has become inflamed. I don't think he'll survive. I'm going to kill him in two days and treat everyone to a roast suckling pig."
Lin Heng smiled and said that he wanted to let his family taste the real delicacy - roasted suckling pig with golden crispy skin.
"That's such a pity. If you can't keep it alive, kill it as soon as possible to prevent it from getting thinner." Mother Lin said with some regret.
After chatting for a while, when Xiaoxia didn't want to eat anymore, Lin Heng took her home.
"Have you finalized the deal?" Xiulan asked when she saw Lin Heng coming back.
She had already prepared lunch on the table.
"It's settled. There's no problem. Moreover, Secretary Tian insisted that we go to his house for dinner." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan wondered, "Why?"
When Lin Heng explained what happened, Xiulan immediately understood and said with a smile, "You are so lucky to have encountered this.
But we can't leave empty-handed. I just saved a piece of pork belly for dinner. You can bring it over when the time comes."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, sat down and drank some water.
"Hurry up and eat. For lunch, we have cold noodles, salad with shredded cucumber, and your pickled bamboo shoots."
Xiulan also said that she was waiting for Lin Heng to come back for dinner.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, picked up the chopsticks and started eating. Although he had just eaten rice not long ago, he was a little hungry.
Moreover, the cold cucumber shreds and pickled bamboo shoots are so appetizing that I want to eat noodles after just two bites.
"I eat cucumbers." Xiaoxia said crisply, opening her little mouth wide and waiting to be fed.
Lin Heng and Xiulan took turns feeding her, one bite at a time.
"Xiu Lan, you added sugar to season this cucumber salad. You are a master."
Lin Heng commented that with this little bit of white sugar, the taste and texture of the entire cucumber shreds suddenly became different.
It is not as sour and spicy as before, it has become just right, with a hint of sweetness, which neutralizes the sourness and spiciness, and tastes crisp and refreshing.
"I actually poured the sugar water in there accidentally, but unexpectedly found it tasted really good." Xiulan said with a smile, she didn't expect this to happen, it was purely a blind cat catching a dead mouse.
"It's so delicious. I'll make it this way next time." Lin Heng praised, and he wondered how his wife suddenly got it.
After lunch, Lin Heng dozed off on the bed for half an hour. It was really wonderful to have a good sleep after a full meal.
After a good sleep, Lin Heng stretched and sat up.
Walking out of the bedroom, Xiaoxia was playing with the cat under the eaves in the backyard.
The wind chimes tinkled as the wind blew. The little golden cat lay lazily on the ground. Xiaoxia touched its belly. The kitten did not resist and looked very happy.
Sensing Lin Heng coming out, it immediately turned over, and looked at Lin Heng vigilantly with a pair of heterochromatic pupils. It seemed that because Xiaoxia was beside it, it did not roar.
"Dad, pet the cat!" Seeing Lin Heng, Xiaoxia smiled and called him to pet the cat together.
"Xiaoxia, please give it a name." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Name?" Xiaoxia tilted her head, not quite understanding.
She is too young and naming a cat is embarrassing for her.
Lin Heng thought for a moment and said, "Then you can call it Jinbao. This name suits it very well."
The word "Jin" is more in line with its red hair, and "Jinbao" is a homonym of "Jinbao", which means to attract wealth and treasure.
"Jinbao!" Xiaoxia blinked and reached out to touch the cat.
"Meow!" The little golden cat called out, as if responding to Xiaoxia.
It’s just that this Qinling golden cat doesn’t meow very well, and its sound is very rough and a bit scary.
But Xiaoxia seemed to have gotten used to it.
After looking at his daughter, Lin Heng turned and went to the main room. Xiulan was weaving a straw hat. She was not used to taking a nap. If she took a nap at noon, she would not be able to sleep at night.
Lin Heng is an elderly man who has been living a busy life and often has the habit of taking a nap.
"Is my daughter still playing with the cat?" Xiulan asked when she saw him.
"Yes, I'm still playing with the cat." Lin Heng said with a smile. He planned to take the little golden cat and Xiongba to the city to get pet vaccinations when he had time.
In this day and age, there are vaccines for cats and dogs in cities.
After thrashing them, you won’t have to worry about them getting sick or accidentally hurting people.
Or you can wait until the New Year to take your family to get a rabies vaccine. Rabies is still very scary, and there are many stray dogs in rural areas.
While chatting, Lin Heng found the leftover sandpaper that Carpenter Liang had used and used it to grind and polish the wooden bowl he had made in the mountains.
Paulownia trees are not afraid of water and do not crack. After being polished, this set of wooden bowls and basins can be passed down for three generations, and they will still be there even after the person is gone.
Manual sanding is a lot of work, but without power tools you can only do it yourself.
Before I knew it, it was already past three o'clock. After Xiulan finished weaving her straw hat, she went to pick some vegetables. The pretty ones were eaten by the pretty ones, and the ugly ones were thrown to the badger cubs.
Xiongba rubbed Xiulan and asked for a cucumber. Lin Heng thought he would take a few bites and spit it out, but he didn't expect this guy to gobble it all up and then asked for another one after he finished it.
At around four o'clock, Lin Heng finally finished polishing the five wooden basins. They were much smoother without the previous wood hair.
After washing the wooden basin and putting it down, Lin Heng looked at the locked musk deer and wild boar cubs.
Both of them were very timid. They shrank to the side when they saw people coming, but they obviously ate everything that was thrown to them.
“Boom boom boom!!”
Just as I was about to discuss making roast suckling pig with my wife, there was a knock on the gate of the yard.
"Who is it?"
Lin Heng walked over and opened the door. There were two people standing outside the door carrying large bags. They looked to be in their fifties, but he didn't know them.
"I heard that you sell Coriolus versicolor here, and the price is one cent more expensive than in town?"
One of the taller and thinner men said.
"Yes, uncle. I charge 30 cents per pound for Coriolus polygoni multiflori." Lin Heng opened the door with a smile.
"Well, the two of us will sell two bags of Coriolus versicolor, which together will weigh more than 100 kilograms."
The two men were talking as they walked into the yard carrying Coriolus versicolor.
They had been hoarding these Coriolus versicolor for a long time, but the price suddenly dropped. They didn't want to sell them, but when they heard that the price would continue to drop, they were afraid that it would become less and less valuable, so they brought them to Lin Heng.
"I'll take any amount." Lin Heng said with a smile
He turned around and went into the house to take out the scale to weigh the Coriolus fungus. One weighed 53 pounds and the other weighed 52 pounds.
After weighing it, he poured out the Coriolus versicolor and placed it on the ground for inspection.
Sure enough, there was a lot of other tree yellows mixed in, and some of them were wet.
Lin Heng picked them out one by one, and the total weight of the mixed yellow trees was ten kilograms.
There are still ten kilograms of Coriolus versicolor that are not dry.
"This won't do. Let's figure this out clearly." Lin Heng looked at the two of them.
"We didn't notice, sorry." The two pretended to be innocent.
Lin Heng was not a philanthropist, so he gave a total of 27.5 cents according to different prices.
The two men didn't say anything, they just took the money and left. It was already good enough to sell it for 30 cents.
Lin Heng was very happy looking at the room full of Coriolus polytrichum. He now had 1,400 kilograms of Coriolus polytrichum. When the price went up, he could make at least 4,000 to 5,000 yuan by selling it.
The more people come to sell Coriolus versicolor recently, the better. It is already the beginning of August, and the price increase is very close.
Now, every bit more you collect means more profit.
(End of this chapter)
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