Chapter 132 Planning, Selecting a Site for the Cabin
This stallion does have a problem. He caught a cold last year and couldn't stand up. Luckily, he managed to get over it. However, his endurance and labor capacity have decreased since then. However, if he doesn't pull heavy objects, you can't see anything wrong.
They didn't expect to meet such an experienced person like Lin Heng. It was not enough for him to check the body's limbs, he also asked someone to ride two laps on the horse and listen to the breathing rhythm.
They thought that since Lin Heng was young and a nouveau riche, he would definitely spend lavishly on purchases, but his experienced character surprised them both. Fortunately, the stallion had only been sick before and was fine now.
Otherwise, it would be terrible if Lin Heng found out.
Wang Zhou, who was standing by, had no idea that Uncle Li, who was so kind to him, had such bad intentions. He said foolishly, "It seems that this stallion is better. It's much taller, Brother Lin."
Lin Heng smiled slightly: "I like this mare, how much is it?"
Li Gui looked at Lin Heng and responded, "This mare is worth five hundred dollars."
"This is impossible. A cow only costs three or four hundred yuan, and you want five hundred for a horse." Lin Heng immediately shook his head.
These days, a 300-pound pig only sells for 140 to 150 yuan, and a 500-600-pound ox only costs four or five hundred yuan. This is not a good horse, so the price is too expensive.
Li Gui smiled bitterly and said, "My horse is a good one, a purebred Mongolian yellow horse. It can easily pull 600-700 kilograms of things. And it's a mare, it can give birth to foals, so it's really not expensive."
Lin Heng shook his head and said, "The price is four hundred yuan. If you agree, I will buy it. If you don't agree, forget it."
Don't talk to him about purebred horses. It's a miracle that there are purebred horses in this place.
Li Gui said hurriedly, "This price is impossible. Four hundred and ninety is the lowest price I can offer. This mare is almost four hundred kilograms now."
"Then I can't offer you a higher price. Sorry for disturbing you today. I'll go look somewhere else. If it doesn't work out, I'll just buy a donkey." Lin Heng shook his head. The price could not be negotiated.
"Then how about this. If you buy the stallion, I'll give you a discount. How about four hundred and fifty?" Li Gui said after thinking for a while.
Lin Heng smiled: "You still want to sell the stallion for 450 yuan? I don't even want 400 yuan."
After laughing, he said, "Let me go back and think about it for two days."
There are not many people in Huangtan Town who can afford to buy a batch of adult horses, so he has plenty of room for bargaining.
At this time, the driver came over and stopped him: "Boss Lin, how about this, let's both make concessions. You can take the mare for 470 yuan. After all, it is a mare, and it is well trained. This price is really not expensive."
"Four hundred and twenty yuan, I'll pay you in cash. If you don't want to pay, find someone else. Not many people can pay it off in one go." Lin Heng waved his hand and said.
He really left this time. You can't be impatient when buying things. He suffered many losses when he was young.
Li Gui frowned, very unhappy: "Boss Lin, you are not really here to buy, why are you wasting my time, this is just a joke."
"I really want to buy it, but your price is too expensive." Lin Heng shook his head and left with Wang Zhou.
The driver uncle stayed here and didn't leave.
On the way, Wang Zhou wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, he thought about it and said nothing.
"Just say what you want to say." Lin Heng looked at him.
Wang Zhou shook his head and said, "I think about it carefully, Brother Lin, you are right. It is right to look at more places for something worth more than 400 yuan."
He originally wanted to speak for the driver, but after thinking it over, he felt it was inappropriate. First of all, there was too much money involved, and secondly, he was now Lin Heng's subordinate.
Wang Zhou's words surprised Lin Heng. He didn't expect him to say such a thing. His trust and evaluation of him increased even more.
"Do you know why I didn't buy that stallion? I'm sure it was sick." Lin Heng said to him what he didn't want to say.
Wang Zhou was a little dumbfounded: "Ah, no way! Uncle Li is a very nice person."
Lin Heng smiled and said, "The horse was just sick before, not sick now. He probably just wants to make some money. I understand. It's nothing."
Wang Zhou was a little skeptical and asked Lin Heng how he figured it out. After Lin Heng explained the details, Wang Zhou was convinced: "Brother Lin, you know too much."
Lin Heng shook his head: "Read more books and summarize more."
In fact, these were all experiences gained from the sixty years of mistakes in his previous life. He had suffered losses several times due to his rashness.
Lin Wei made note of this. Now that his work was easier, he found that he could really read a book and learn something.
After returning to town at 5:40, Lin Heng gave some instructions to Wang Zhou and then walked home.
Arriving at Baima Village, Lin Heng went to find Carpenter Liang and talked to him about the custom-made bath tub.
When Carpenter Liang saw him, he was so astonished that he insisted on having him stay for dinner. Lin Heng was allowed to leave only after he repeatedly declined.
Watching Lin Heng leave, Carpenter Liang couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. When he went to the Lin family four months ago, he never thought that this young man would grow to this level in such a short time.
When I left, I just thought he had a promising future, but not long after that, he transformed himself and opened a purchasing station and a convenience store, becoming a small boss.
But he himself has not changed at all.
When they were almost at Hongfeng Village, Lin Heng saw Caiyun. She and Liu Ciwen were walking side by side on the road, seemingly discussing something.
But he had nothing to worry about, as both of them were determined to study and would not think about love at this stage.
As for the future, he has no control over it. As long as Caiyun is not deceived, it doesn’t matter who she likes.
He was too lazy to chase after them to say hello, so he walked slowly and picked an early-ripening wax gourd to eat on the way.
The wax gourd turns purple-red when it gets old, and the fruit is full of seeds, but it is very sweet, even a little cloying.
He ate half of it, took a few sips in his mouth, and when he finished the juice, he spit it all out like a machine gun. When I was a kid, I would compete to see who could spit faster and farther.
When I got home, Lin's mother and the others were using a windmill to grind the millet. The millet had already been dried preliminarily, and it needed to be dried further after being grinded.
"There are so many empty shells. Dad, how many kilograms do you estimate the yield per mu will be this year?" Lin Heng said with emotion as he walked into the yard.
For every windmill that was driven away, a small portion of its deflated shell was taken out.
Father Lin shook his head and sighed, "About 300 kilograms, about the same amount every day. I heard that in some places with fertilizers and high-quality seeds, the yield per mu can reach 600 to 700 kilograms, but I don't know if it's true."
"I estimate that it will become popular here next year or the year after. We will know then," said Lin Heng.
The places where chemical fertilizers are currently popularized are mainly some major grain-producing areas such as the three northeastern provinces, Henan and Hebei. However, due to inconvenient transportation and difficulties in transportation, chemical fertilizers have not yet been popularized in these areas.
As far as I can remember, it started to become popular only from the next year.
"Hopefully, this kind of crop really doesn't make any money. Even if the yield per mu is 400 kilograms, nine mu of land will yield 3,600 kilograms, and based on the price of rice at 1.5 cents per kilogram, it's only 540 yuan. You can earn it back in two months." Father Lin sighed.
In fact, even if it is an ordinary store, the annual income is much more profitable than growing crops now. Father Lin didn't understand it before, but now that he understands it, he is a little depressed.
"Haha!" Lin Heng couldn't help but laugh when he saw the depressed expression on Lin's father's face.
Growing crops in non-plain areas is not a good business. It requires a large enough scale to make money.
"What are you laughing at? Come over here and help move the grain." Father Lin glared at him.
Lin Heng came over to help move the millet, and temporarily placed it with Lin's father, to be distributed after it was completely dried and paid as public grain.
After finishing all this, it was already dark. Lin's mother made white flour steamed buns, and the dishes were stir-fried bamboo chicken and stir-fried cucumber. While eating, Lin Heng talked about his purchase of a horse.
Mother Lin was shocked: "You still have this ability?"
Lin Heng didn't want to pay attention to his mother and looked at his wife: "Xiu Lan, just tell me if I'm awesome or not?"
Xiulan nodded, looked at Lin's mother and nodded, "Lin Heng is very capable. He asked me to choose the male and female of the chicken before, and I was right."
Then Xiulan repeated to everyone the techniques that Lin Heng taught her on how to select roosters and hens, and she cooperated very well with her husband.
"No wonder you have so many hens, so this is what's going on." Lin Yue was shocked. At first he thought Lin Heng was just lucky.
Liu Juan also sighed and said, "Why didn't you tell me in advance? I bought ten chickens, and now seven roosters are dead. They fight every day. I'm so worried."
"You've already bought it, so there's no point in us saying anything." Lin Heng took a bite of the bamboo chicken. Although the bamboo chicken was small, it tasted really good. The meat was tender and not dry.
"You can't be in a hurry to choose a horse. Just take your time looking for it." Father Lin nodded. After all, there was so much money at stake.
While eating bamboo chicken, Lin Heng asked again: "Bamboo rat?"
"I fried it and ate it when my eldest and third uncles left at noon, and I left some for you at home," said Xiulan.
"Oh, then just eat it directly, no need to leave any for me." Lin Heng was just curious, he didn't care who ate it.
After dinner and chatting for a while, Lin Heng and Xiulan took their daughter home to rest.
The next day, Lin Heng got up early and took Xiaoxia and Xiongba for a stroll in the village. They had no purpose, just a simple walk.
When they were almost under the ginkgo tree, a big rooster rushed towards Xiaoxia and tried to peck her fiercely.
"You want to die, right?" Lin Heng kicked him away. The guy was not convinced and rushed over again with flapping wings.
"Xiongba, stand back. I will do it myself."
Lin Heng let go of his daughter's hand and chased the big rooster, kicking it hard until it gave in and ran away.
The big roosters in the village that had eaten centipedes or bees were very fierce. They had pecked him many times when he was a child, and now they even wanted to peck his precious daughter.
Xiaoxia watched Lin Heng chasing the rooster and clapped her hands in joy: "Dad is awesome, so awesome!!"
"This damn rooster is so disgusting!" Uncle Liu San said as he walked over from a distance.
"Yes, we will eat it one day." Lin Heng walked over and said, pulling his daughter.
Xiongba saw that the big rooster had come back again, so he chased it and pinned it down in a few seconds, and beat it up severely, scaring it so much that its legs trembled.
"What is this?" Xiaoxia pointed curiously at a yellow flute in Mr. Liu's hand.
"This is a flute. Grandpa will play it for you." Uncle Liu San took two breaths, picked up the flute and started playing.
Although I couldn't understand the tune, the sound was quite nice, melodious and pleasant to the ears.
Xiaoxia cheered and clapped her hands when she heard the sound, which made Uncle Liu very happy and he played even harder.
But after a while he stopped to catch his breath and said, "I can't do it anymore. I'm old and can't play all the songs."
"I want to listen to it, and I want to listen to it more!" Xiaoxia jumped up and down and cheered.
"Wait a while before blowing. Grandpa is old and has no strength." Uncle Liu sat down on the bench next to him, touched Xiaoxia's little face and said with a smile.
"Daddy, blow!" Xiaoxia turned her head and looked at Lin Heng again.
"Dad won't." Lin Heng smiled and shook his head.
When he was a kid, he used to play with Mr. Liu's flute when he was herding cattle with Mr. Liu, but he could only barely make it sound and couldn't play any tune at all.
Uncle Liu took a rest for a while and then started to play again. There were not many people under the ginkgo tree in the morning, and Xiaoxia was having a great time.
After playing for a while, Lin Heng took Xiaoxia for a stroll. Xiaoxia walked in front and Lin Heng followed her.
"Grandpa!" After walking a few steps, Xiaoxia saw Lin's father coming back from the field carrying corn, and ran over excitedly.
"Grandpa is dirty, don't hug him." Father Lin quickly grabbed her and coaxed her for a few words before she stopped.
"Let's go back and peel the corn and make corn cakes." Father Lin looked at Lin Heng and said.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and walked back with his daughter.
Go home, peel the corn, stir it with a wooden stick to remove the corn husks, and then you can start making the rice cake.
Lin's mother had cleaned the millstone in the yard. After installing it, Lin Heng and his father pushed the millstone while Lin's mother added corn and water.
After turning a few times, the crushed corn residue mixed with corn pulp flowed out.
Lin Heng pushed for a while, and then his elder brother Lin Yue came to take his hand.
It took three people taking turns pushing the wheel for a whole morning to make two buckets of corn pulp.
"It's so tiring." Lin Heng sighed, his waist ached from pushing.
"It's divided. You can choose for yourselves." Mother Lin divided the Jiangjiangba into three portions.
"I'm going to talk about the smallest one."
Lin Heng took the smallest portion back home. This thing needs to ferment for half a day before it tastes good.
Xiulan covered the starch cake with gauze to prevent insects from getting in.
After having breakfast together, Lin Heng lay on the mat in a daze, thinking about his future plans.
The main goal is to build the Hongfengshan breeding base. In the early stage, we will raise fish and shrimp and study Dendrobium cultivation, and in the later stage, we will gradually expand the scale of the industry.
While living a good life, develop your career step by step steadily.
Hunting cannot stop, you can still make a lot of money by hunting in the mountains, there are many good things in the mountains.
He also likes the feeling of hunting in the mountains, so he wants to have more fun while he can still hunt now, as it will not be allowed in a few years.
But he won’t go to the mountain recently. It’s more than half a month away from August 15th, and he has to accompany Xiulan back to her parents’ home.
Xiulan hasn't been back since she got married, and it's been two years.
When I come back from my mother's house, I can go to the mountains to pick chestnuts, wax gourds and schisandra chinensis.
As he was thinking, Lin Heng fell asleep, and when he woke up it was already past two o'clock.
He looked at the watch and then at his daughter sleeping next to him.
He got up and drank a glass of water. He had eaten too many dates recently, and his blood was so active that he had a nosebleed.
"What are you going to do this afternoon?" Xiulan asked Lin Heng. She had not fallen asleep yet and was just lying on the mat to rest.
Lin Heng said, "Didn't I tell you before that I plan to build a wooden house over there? Let's go check out the place today. Do you want to come with me?"
He even bought a diesel saw in preparation for building the cabin. After the millet harvest, he had some free time. He had chosen a good place and could ask his father to help.
"Okay, I'll go get some grass for the badgers and musk deer." Xiulan nodded.
At 3:30, the two of them took their daughter and Xiongba up the mountain. Lin Heng also brought a bow and arrow and a slingshot.
I met my prey today and I must teach it a lesson.
When I arrived at Hongfeng Mountain, I was sweating all over. It was only after I went into the woods that I felt much cooler.
Lin Heng took a towel and wiped Xiaoxia's sweat, then wiped himself. The three of them each took a towel, all of which were bought by Lin Heng.
"Dad, I have so many ants." Xiaoxia said curiously, pointing at the ants moving on the ground.
"Don't touch it, it will bite your hand." Lin Heng warned, and Xiaoxia immediately retracted her hand.
After resting for a while, Lin Heng stood up and said, "Wife, where do you think it would be best to build the wooden house? We can live in it in the fall after it's built."
"Let's look up. This piece isn't very good. I think the piece where we plant Dendrobium is pretty good." Xiulan looked around. This place was a little too steep.
Lin Heng nodded: "That's what I was thinking of. It's not far from the stream and it's relatively flat."
Continuing forward, Xiongba was having fun in the woods. Lin Heng looked around but didn't find any prey.
Soon, we arrived at the forest where Dendrobium officinale was grown. This place was close to a stream and was quite humid.
"These Dendrobiums are actually alive." Xiulan was a little surprised when she looked at the Dendrobiums on the tree trunk.
Most of them survived and even sprouted new buds, which she had not expected. When Lin Heng first planted Dendrobium in this way, she had no hope at all, and just regarded it as accompanying Lin Heng to do an experiment.
"It will definitely survive, because the environment in which the dug Dendrobium grows is very similar to this." Lin Heng said with a smile.
These Dendrobiums are alive and will bloom in May and June next year. After harvesting the seeds, he can try to expand the scale of planting and further study the planting techniques.
After looking at the Dendrobium, Lin Heng took Xiulan to look around the forest, and finally decided to build a wooden house a little to the west of the forest where Dendrobium was planted.
This location is 300 meters away from the stream in a straight line. If you cut down the trees in front, you can have a clear view of both sides of the river from this position. The location is very good.
There are many tall maple trees in the back and west, and there are also cotinus coggygria at the foot of the mountain. The scenery will be picturesque in autumn. It would be so happy to have a barbecue with your family in such an environment, eating and enjoying the scenery.
After choosing a place, Lin Heng made a detailed plan. It would be enough to build a temporary cabin of about 50 to 60 square meters.
Afterwards, Lin Heng searched for prey in the forest for a while, but his luck was bad today. Not only did he not find any prey, but he was also stung by a live chili pepper, leaving a small lumps on the back of his hand.
After going down the mountain to the edge of the field, he picked some mulberry leaves and mulberry leaves to feed the musk deer and wild hogs. Lin Heng took his wife and children to play in the water by the stream for an hour, and only returned home after the sun went down with his things on his back.
It was already past six o'clock. Lin Heng was walking on the road with his wife and children when suddenly a series of shrill horn sounds were heard.
Looking back, I saw a red motorcycle rumbling towards me from a distance, with three young men sitting on it.
Lin Heng recognized at a glance that the man driving the motorcycle was the village chief's son Zhao Hu, but he ignored him and walked back along the roadside with his daughter.
However, many people in Murakami looked over curiously when they saw the motorcycle.
With a swish, Zhao Hu stopped the motorcycle suddenly next to Lin Heng, looked at him and smiled: "Lin Heng, take a look at my motorcycle."
The two people sitting on the back seat of the motorcycle were Jin Hai and Liu Sheng. Both of them had smug looks on their faces, as if they had made a lot of money recently.
I have a serious writer's block, so it's a bit late to post.
(End of this chapter)
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