Chapter 151 New Equipment, Millionaire
"What is it, big brother?"
Lin Heng walked over curiously and found that his elder brother was in a mountain stream.
Lin Yue held a stone and said in shock: "Lin Heng, look at this stone, there is a Bagua diagram on it, is it valuable?"
"Bagua diagram?"
Lin Heng walked over with a confused look on his face. After a closer look, he found that it was a smooth, light yellow pebble the size of a palm, but with very clear brown and black patterns in the shape of a Bagua on it.
Lin Heng explained with a smile: "This should be a fossil. Some tree cores are in this shape. When they become fossils, they look like the Bagua diagram."
"Fossil? Are they valuable?" Lin Yue asked curiously.
If he had picked up such a beautiful stone as a child, he might have been happy for a long time and showed it off everywhere. But now he just wanted to know whether it was valuable.
"It's worth some money, probably can be sold for a few dollars, but no one here buys it. You have to take it to Ancheng. Maybe someone likes it and will buy it at a high price." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He searched in the water again and found two smaller ones. There was no Bagua diagram on them, but there were patterns similar to small bubbles.
This is also a kind of fossil. I didn’t expect there would be such fossils on this mountain.
"Then I'll take it home and keep it. If I have the chance to go to Ancheng in the future, I'll sell it." Lin Yue grinned and continued looking.
Father Lin was surprised: "Who would buy this rotten stone? Are you sure they are not bored?"
"Of course, people buy everything, just like buying jade, isn't it also a kind of stone?" Lin Heng nodded. This kind of stone has a big market in the future.
When Father Lin heard this, he clapped his hands and asked regretfully, "I have picked up blood-red stones like that before. Can I sell them too?"
Lin Heng nodded: "Of course, you should be talking about chicken blood stone, it can indeed be sold, and the beautiful ones are quite expensive."
Father Lin immediately regretted his decision: "Oh, I picked up two pieces before, but I thought it was unlucky and threw them into the river."
Seeing his father's regretful look, Lin Heng smiled and comforted him: "It's okay, Dad, just don't lose it next time."
There are many good things in the mountains, but in many cases, a certain level of cultural literacy is required. Without a discerning eye, you won’t be able to recognize the treasures right in front of you.
Nowadays, many good things in rural areas have been exchanged for pots, pans, and utensils by people from cities. This is because rural people have low cultural level and the environment is closed.
"Let's look for it, and go to the mountain to see what the wooden house is like." Father Lin became interested in looking for stones.
But this thing is hard to come by, and Lin Heng didn't find anything until he reached the top of the mountain. He saw many beautiful Acorus calamus and threw them into the wooden barrel along with the attached stones.
The cabin on the mountain showed no signs of leaking, and the wooden boards piled in the cabin were almost dry, but there was more bird droppings.
This time when Lin Heng goes to the city, he will buy all the paint, insulation cotton and other things, and then he will be able to build the cabin he has been dreaming of in one go.
The autumn wind was very cool on the way home. The temperature dropped significantly after the continuous rain.
Xiulan made breakfast, and her parents and eldest brother ate at home. The eldest sister-in-law cooked and ate for herself before going up the mountain to look for medicinal herbs.
Lin Heng did nothing in the afternoon, and placed the calamus he got in the fish pond as a landscape. He loved this plant very much, not only was it evergreen, but it also grew on rocks, exuding a unique fragrance, and had a quiet and elegant temperament.
After arranging the Acorus calamus and admiring it in the yard for a while, Lin Heng went to help harvest the soybeans from Hongfeng Mountain. After the soybeans were harvested, he could start the construction of the fish pond at the end of the month.
Harvesting soybeans is very simple. Just pull them up with the roots, tie them into bundles and carry them home.
The next morning, Lin Heng collected the black truffles at home. After drying them last time, there were still 15.7 kilograms.
He kept seven taels of silver at home for his own use, and took the rest on horseback to Huangtan Town. The dirt road from Hongfeng Village to Huangtan Town had been repaired, so he estimated that the road to the city should be no problem.
Wang Zhou was so excited when he saw Lin Heng appear: "Brother Lin, you finally came down."
"Nothing happened in the store, right?" Lin Heng got off the horse, patted him on the shoulder and asked.
Wang Zhou shook his head and said, "No, I recently bought another batch of mushrooms, and I only have more than fifty yuan in cash, which is not enough."
"Okay, weigh this and put it aside." Lin Heng handed the black truffles in the bag to Wang Zhou.
"Black Truffles!" Wang Zhou was stunned when he opened the bag. "Brother Lin, did you get this?"
Lin Heng showed his white teeth and smiled: "No, I dug it myself."
Wang Zhou opened his mouth wide: "Oh my God... Hey, Brother Lin, if you drive the mountains yourself, wouldn't it be more profitable than the purchasing station and the canteen combined?"
Lin Heng patted him and said with a smile: "Only occasionally."
Wang Zhou didn't know what to say, so he took it to weigh and found it was exactly ten kilograms, so he recorded it in the account.
Lin Heng took the account book and checked it, then checked everything he received. He couldn't give Wang Zhou the impression that he was careless, which could effectively prevent him from having unnecessary thoughts.
After checking the accounts, Lin Heng found that the profit in the past month and a half was a little beyond his expectations. The profit of the purchasing station actually reached more than 580 yuan, which was 200 yuan more than expected.
The profit of the canteen was 150 yuan, 30 yuan less than the expected 180 yuan.
This is because some things have been sold out and some things have not been bought. After adjustments this month, next month will be much better.
It is not easy for people in rural areas to make money. Unless it is a necessity, they will not spend money madly and will save it.
Therefore, even if the convenience store has discounts, the turnover is still not much, but it is more than double the monthly profit of other stores. After all, there is a large flow of people here.
Lin Heng signed the red dates to the backyard and tied them up. When he came out, he said directly, "Let's go, let's rent a tractor and go into the city."
"Tractor?" Wang Zhou was stunned.
"Yes, I want to buy some things, definitely a tractor." Lin Heng nodded.
Taking Wang Zhou with him, Lin Heng still found Wang Zhou’s previous boss to rent a car, and the driver was still the driver named Li.
"Boss Lin!" The driver looked at Lin Heng and smiled a little shyly. The last incident of selling the horse made him feel embarrassed to face Lin Heng.
"Then I'll trouble you today." Lin Heng looked at him and said with a smile, without any extra expression.
"Okay." The driver nodded, found some cardboard for Lin Heng and Wang Zhou to sit and lean on, and then drove the tractor towards the city.
At about ten o'clock, they entered the city and found a place to stop outside the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Lin Heng went in and successfully obtained his business license.
After getting the business license, he went to meet Jin Fuqiang, signed the contract smoothly, and contacted people to transport the mountain products the next day.
After inviting Qian Fuqiang to have lunch, Lin Heng went to find wholesaler Li Chengguo to sign a contract and gave him a list of products that he had prepared based on the sales performance of this month.
After signing the contract, Li Chengguo said with a smile, "Boss Lin, how about we find a place to have a meal?"
"That's not necessary. I have other things to do." Lin Heng waved his hand and refused.
After thinking for a while, he asked again: "By the way, Boss Li, let me ask you a question. Do you know where I can buy a modern compound bow?"
Although he had been in Taibai City for a long time in his previous life, he didn't know all the things and channels, so he thought that asking might bring him some other gains.
"Well, I actually know someone. I can take you to ask him, but I'm not sure if he sells it." Li Chengguo had a smile on his generous face.
"That's troublesome."
Lin Heng said with a smile, turned around and said something to Wang Zhou, then he rode Li Chengguo's motorcycle to a residential area.
"I'll go in and ask for you first. Please wait a moment." When they arrived at the place, Li Chengguo said with a smile.
Lin Heng nodded and stood there waiting.
Not long after, a tall and thin young man in his twenties came out with Li Chengguo, carrying a black bow bag on his back.
"Lin Heng, let me introduce you. This is Ge Qingshan." Li Chengguo introduced with a smile.
Lin Heng smiled and extended his hand: "Hello."
Ge Qingshan shook hands with Lin Heng and said with a smile, "Hello, I bought this bow in Ancheng for fun. It's quite expensive, costing me three hundred yuan, and it can shoot more than three or four hundred meters."
"Let me take a look at the bow first." Lin Heng looked at him and said.
"Okay, come here with me." Ge Qingshan nodded and took Lin Heng to an empty enclosed place, about seventy or eighty meters long, which could be used to test arrows.
"Look, this is the bow and arrow I bought, but unfortunately my skills are not good enough and I don't know how to use it, so I want to sell it."
Ge Qingshan opened the hard bow bag, and inside was a black-painted modern compound bow with a pulley and adjustable poundage.
Lin Heng could tell at a glance that this was an entry-level modern compound bow, and it was incomparable to the fully equipped compound bow he bought for tens of thousands of dollars in his previous life.
As soon as I picked it up and took a look, I could tell that this guy didn't quite understand how to use it, and there were problems with the adjustment of the bow and arrow.
First of all, the poundage he adjusted was too high. Forty-five pounds is equivalent to a pulling force of forty-three kilograms, which is simply impossible for a novice to handle.
Secondly, the arrow rest and sights are not installed properly.
Seeing Lin Heng adjusting the accessories very skillfully, Ge Qingshan couldn't help but ask: "Brother, I see you are so skilled, have you ever used a compound bow?"
"Yes, I have." Lin Heng nodded.
After adjusting it, I took out an arrow and looked at it. This arrow is not bad. It is a full carbon arrow and the tip is an ordinary cross-shaped arrow for practice.
Ge Qingshan, who was standing next to him, looked at Lin Heng curiously and asked, "Can you hit the target at 30 meters?"
Thirty meters is his limit.
Lin Heng turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile: "If it's just about hitting the target, I can hit it at a hundred meters. At this distance, I can hit more than five rings."
"Seventy-five meters and above the five rings? You're just bragging without thinking?"
Ge Qingshan glared and stretched his neck, not believing Lin Heng's bragging at all. He knew very well how difficult archery was.
Lin Heng smiled slightly and said nothing more. He glanced at the target in the distance, which was about seventy-five meters away. He took the launcher and started aiming.
The so-called release device is an accessory specially used to hold the arrow and pull the bow. It is much more accurate than releasing the arrow directly with your hands.
The reason why modern compound bows are so accurate is that every step has been taken to the extreme, and any areas that may cause inaccurate accuracy have been improved and some peripherals have been added.
But no matter how good the bow and arrow is, it still depends on the person using the bow and arrow. An expert can hit the target from a hundred paces with a wooden bow, while a novice with the most advanced fully equipped modern compound bow may not be able to hit a can at a distance of thirty meters.
Lin Heng is one of the masters in this field and has extraordinary talent in this area.
After taking aim and releasing it gently, the sharp arrow flew through the air and pierced the target with a bang, hitting the ninth ring.
"Nine rings, oh my god! Sharpshooter!" Ge Qingshan next to him was astonished. Let alone nine rings, he couldn't even hit the target from such a long distance.
It turns out that Lin Heng was not bragging, he was even being modest.
Li Chengguo couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Awesome!"
He originally thought that Lin Heng was also a novice who bought it for fun, but now it seems that he is a hidden master.
"This bow is okay, but the arrow rest is a bit bad. The shock absorber and balance bar are also average." Lin Heng put down the bow and arrow with a smile. He hasn't used a modern compound bow for a long time and he really missed it.
Things made of modern materials and technology are really good. Even the entry-level models are better than any traditional bow and arrow.
With this bow, he was confident that he could shoot a rabbit from hundreds of meters away.
Ge Qingshan ran over and looked at the target again. Nine rings, nine rings.
"Master Lin, I would like to ask you to teach me how to use a compound bow. I am willing to sell this bow to you at half the price."
Ge Qingshan ran back and looked at Lin Heng excitedly. His attitude changed 180 degrees and he almost knelt down to worship Lin Heng as his godfather.
He had no shortage of money, but he lacked a friend who could play a compound bow. No one in Taibai City could play a modern compound bow, and Ancheng was too far away, and his family wouldn't let him run around.
In fact, even in Ancheng, there are very few people who use modern compound bows in this era.
Lin Heng glanced at him and said with a smile: "I can teach you, but I live in the mountains and only come down once every one or two months. I'm afraid I don't have that much time."
Ge Qingshan was stunned: "You live in the mountains, do you often hunt?"
"Yes, is there any problem with that?" Lin Heng said with a smile.
Ge Qingshan grabbed Lin Heng's arm and pleaded, "Brother, I want to go hunting, too. I think hunting with a bow and arrow is so cool. Please teach me."
"You'd better practice your skills first, and then buy a bow. I will guide you once a month. After you learn how to use it, just practice more." Lin Heng shook his head.
"Okay, thank you Brother Lin." Ge Qingshan said with a smile.
"Just call me Lin Heng. I'll buy this bow." Lin Heng said with a smile. Although it was an entry-level compound bow, it was much better than a carpenter's bow. He would not let it go if he saw one.
After paying Ge Qingshan 150 yuan, Lin Heng explained to him how to use a bow and arrow, what kind of accessories he should buy, and asked him to help buy another 30 hunting arrows.
At that time, the domestic industrial level was too poor, and modern compound bows were all imported and very expensive. A bow cost an average person one or two years' salary, and only rich people could afford it.
Ge Qingshan originally wanted to give up playing with compound bows, but now he has rekindled his hope. He looked at Lin Heng and said with a smile: "Brother Lin, I will definitely be able to get all the equipment next month."
"See you next month." Lin Heng waved his hand and left with his bow bag.
After returning on Li Chengguo's motorcycle, Lin Heng took a tractor to buy a lot of things including waterproof paint, flame-retardant thermal insulation cotton, copper hot pot, wheat and rapeseed seeds, purple clay teapots and teacups.
These things are not expensive. The total cost of such a large quantity is less than 150 yuan.
After finishing, he went back to Huangtan Town with the truck driven by Li Chengguo. This time, Lin Heng still bought goods worth 500 yuan, but they were all inspected and easy-to-sell goods.
After unloading and handling the goods, Lin Heng left Wang Zhou behind and rode a horse back to the village with a tractor loaded with goods.
As the roar of the tractor sounded in the village, it attracted a lot of people's attention.
"Lin Heng, what are you doing?" someone asked curiously from a distance.
Lin Heng pointed to the fireproof insulation cotton piled high in the car and said with a smile: "The insulation cotton we bought is not worth the money."
After he said this, Lin's father Xiulan and others came out to help. They all knew that Lin Heng had to bring things back in the afternoon, so they didn't go out.
"So many thermal insulation cottons!" Father Lin was a little surprised when he saw the pile of them in the car.
"I was afraid that it wouldn't be enough, so I bought a little more at once." Lin Heng said with a smile and started moving things.
After moving all the things and sending the driver away, he returned to the yard and saw his parents and elder brother looking at him.
"Have you got the business license?" asked Lin's father.
Lin Heng smiled and nodded: "Okay, there will be a truck coming to pick up the goods tomorrow."
Hearing this, Father Lin felt relieved: "That's good."
He was afraid that the contract would not be negotiated well and the mountain products would rot in his hands.
"Brother, what's in that black bag of yours?" Lin Yue asked, pointing at the bow bag that Lin Heng placed on the seat.
"This is a modern compound bow. It can shoot three to four hundred meters." Lin Heng smiled and opened the bow bag to show them.
"Three or four hundred meters, isn't that more powerful than a gun?" Father Lin looked at this iron thing with some disbelief.
"It's definitely better than a shotgun, but it can't compare to a real rifle or something like that." Lin Heng shook his head.
After a pause, he continued, "I can shoot a rabbit at 100 meters with this bow, and it is no problem to shoot a deer or wild boar at 200 meters. Its disadvantage is that it is not easy to hold and is a bit heavy."
Even though this is a hunting bow with a shorter limb, it is still difficult to hold.
"So powerful! You're going to make a fortune this winter." Lin Yue said. Ordinary animals have no defenses at all at a distance of one hundred meters.
"Once I have modified the arrow, I will go to the mountain to test its power in a few days." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"We can accompany you to Daliangshan to guard against wild boars. There is a soybean field over there that has been infested by wild boars recently." Father Lin nodded. He also wanted to see the power of this modern bow and arrow up close.
"Okay, let's try it in two days." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.
After chatting for a while, his parents and eldest brother left. Lin Heng took out a beautiful silk flower hairpin from his pocket and handed it to his wife as if he was offering a treasure: "This is for you."
Xiulan blinked her eyes, revealing a hint of surprise: "Thank you, husband, it's really beautiful~"
This hairpin is made of cyan gauze as the base and has blue gauze flowers as the main body, which is very beautiful.
After Xiulan put it on, she looked even more elegant and gentle, which stunned Lin Heng.
"Dad, I want one too." Xiaoxia hugged his legs, pouted, and looked very sad.
"Have you prepared a gift for me?" Lin Heng squatted down and asked with a smile.
"I... I'll give you flowers!" Xiaoxia was stunned for a moment, then took the chrysanthemums picked by Xiulan on the table and handed them to him.
"Next time, you have to pick them by yourself. I also bought you a little rabbit hairpin." Lin Heng smiled and took a little rabbit hairpin from the cabinet and put it on her forehead.
"Great! I'm Little Bunny!" Xiaoxia jumped up in the house.
Lin Heng was afraid that she would fall, so he watched from the side.
When she got tired of jumping, he started to fiddle with his arrows. The compound bow came with fifteen arrows, and he needed to convert the arrowheads into hunting arrows.
It is the kind of flat triangular arrow, or the triangular arrow, which has a stronger killing effect on prey.
According to common sense, the arrow should be adjusted by a specialist according to the poundage and shooting distance of the compound bow, so that it can be more accurate.
But this is obviously unrealistic in rural areas. Lin Heng can modify it himself, and the impact on the accuracy will not be too great. He can make up for this gap with his technology.
At dinner that night, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and asked, "Wife, do you want to go to town with me tomorrow?"
"Forget it. It's not market day. I want to help my mom thresh soybeans." Xiulan shook her head.
"Okay then, but remember to use the hand cream and face cream I bought for you. Don't be reluctant to use them." Lin Heng reminded again.
Xiulan glanced at him and said with a smile, "Of course I use it. I'm afraid you won't want me anymore if I become ugly."
Lin Heng rolled his eyes at her and said, "It's good that you're afraid. If you're afraid of becoming ugly, then do less work and don't tire yourself out."
"But don't worry, I want you no matter what." Lin Heng added.
Xiulan blinked and said nothing. She believed what Lin Heng said.
The next day, early in the morning on the 19th, Lin Heng rode his horse to Huangtan Town, as there would be a truck coming up to transport mountain products.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the truck from the city arrived, connected with Lin Heng, counted the mountain products, settled the accounts, and the money was transferred to the credit union on the spot.
After sending the man away, Lin Heng looked at his passbook, which had 8,550 yuan in it. Together with the 500 yuan in cash kept in the store, his current savings reached 9,100 yuan.
This was real money, not counting the goods worth about 700 yuan that were still in the store, there was also the 1,000 yuan that the owner of the Tuanjie Brick Factory owed him.
During this month, he spent nearly 1,800 yuan on buying clothes, electric saws, digging fish ponds, buying horses, lime and other miscellaneous expenses for his family, and Xiulan still had two or three hundred yuan left.
The money he earned mainly came from black truffles, which amounted to 1,400 yuan, which he earned from working in the mountains.
The purchasing station and the canteen earned 650 yuan.
In total, he earned two thousand and fifty yuan in this month.
There is 9,100 in cash on the account, but actually his current assets have reached more than 13,000, making him a millionaire.
Lin Heng took out 22 yuan and a salary slip and handed them to Wang Zhou, smiling and saying, "Here, this is your salary for last month. The extra two yuan is an incentive. You've worked very hard, keep up the hard work."
"Thank you, Brother Lin!" Wang Zhou was overjoyed. He signed the salary slip before taking the money in his hand and counting it carefully.
Although he had spent thousands of dollars this month, he still felt less secure than these twenty-two.
"By the way, I'll find some time to take you to see the girl I found for you and see if she's suitable." Lin Heng said again.
When it comes to girls, Wang Zhou becomes shy: "Brother Lin, you decide."
Lin Heng slapped him and said speechlessly: "I have no say in this matter. It's not me who's going to marry a wife. If you don't like her, just find another one."
Wang Zhou had no choice but to agree: "Okay, then Brother Lin, just let me know when you have the time."
Lin Heng nodded. If Wang Zhou and Liu Cihua were in love, it would be easy for his parents to persuade them.
After finishing his work here, Lin Heng rode his horse back home. On the way, he saw people riding bicycles, traditional 28-inch bicycles, which meant they were rich.
He didn't buy a bicycle because he thought it was inconvenient and riding a horse was cool.
After returning home, Lin Heng tied up the horse and couldn't wait to go to the old house to share his joy with his wife.
As soon as I walked into the house, I found my parents and uncle Xiulan sitting in the main room with serious faces, as if something big had happened.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Lin Heng was stunned and felt something was wrong.
* * * ps: Only 6,000 words today. Not only am I having a writer’s block recently, but I’m also not feeling well.
I was eating a bun this morning and I lost my key. I found a locksmith and waited for an hour before he came up. I was so unlucky.
Finally, can you give me a few monthly tickets? I’m asking for your help shamelessly. I really want to get over a thousand monthly tickets in a single month.
(End of this chapter)
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