Chapter 153: Guarding against wild boars at night, do we need the air force?
The taste of golden chicken is already delicious, and it is even better after being braised.
After braising, the meat and bones are separated, and the chicken is soft and chewy, with the original meaty aroma of the chicken and the aroma of the marinade. The combination of the two leaves a unique fragrance between the lips and teeth, making people want to eat more.
You can tell whether something is delicious by looking at the children's actions. Both Xiaoxia and her nephew's eyes are on the plate of braised golden chicken in the middle of the table. Even the stir-fried golden chicken is not to their liking.
"Dad, I want more~" Xiaoxia finished eating one piece and pulled Lin Heng's arm to ask for more.
Lin Heng picked up a vegetable for her and said with a smile: "Eat some vegetables. Don't eat too much meat."
Xiaoxia turned her head away rebelliously and ran over to hug Lin's mother's legs.
"Don't feed me too much, Mom. It's easy to get indigestion at night." Lin Heng hurriedly stopped his mother from picking up a large piece of chicken for Xiaoxia.
Xiaoxia only ate a little bit, clenched her fist and looked at Lin Heng angrily: "Dad is bad~"
Lin Heng looked at her, grabbed her and handed her to Xiulan, who immediately became even angrier.
"Open your mouth!" Xiulan picked up a small cabbage for her.
Xiaoxia looked at her mother, opened her mouth and ate obediently, then leaned in Xiulan's arms and acted coquettishly, wanting to eat the braised chicken.
"Xiulan is really great, unlike my second son." Lin's mother praised.
Lin Heng: “…”
Lin Heng picked up a large piece of chicken for his father: "Dad, eat more."
Father Lin was helpless: "I've been eating, no need to serve me."
"I wanted to give it to my mom, but she always insults me, so I can only give it to you."
Lin Heng smiled and drank a sip of rice wine. It was a family gathering, so you can drink whatever you want and eat whatever you want. There is no need to be so particular.
"I don't want it." Mother Lin snorted.
Lin Heng didn't respond. He looked at the people who were eating enthusiastically and said, "The wooden house in Hongfeng Mountain has been built. Let's go there for a barbecue after I finish building the surrounding area."
"I'll be the first to support you." Nephew Lin Wei will always be Lin Heng's supporter.
The eldest brother Lin Yue nodded and said, "Okay, we'll kill a chicken and roast it when the time comes."
Father Lin said, "The rabbits at home have grown quite big. They fight every day. We have to catch one to eat."
"Okay, then let's set a date and invite more people to play." Lin Heng said with a smile.
It must be fun to have a barbecue and eat together with a group of people.
Rice was also cooked for dinner, but no one could eat it anymore. After finishing the whole table of dishes, only the adults reluctantly ate a little.
After everyone left, Xiulan looked at the remaining half pot of rice and said, "I can only fry the rice tomorrow morning."
After waiting for a long time, no one responded. She looked up and found that Lin Heng and Xiaoxia were not there. Then she looked again and saw that the father and daughter had run out to catch fireflies.
"Dad, there's this too!" Xiaoxia pointed at the sky and shouted in a baby voice.
"Got it, got it."
Suddenly, several fireflies appeared in the yard. Lin Heng caught them for a while and finally put four in the can for Xiaoxia.
She looked through the bottle with her big eyes curiously at the twinkling fireflies inside, and seemed not to understand how these tiny things could emit light.
Lin Heng took her to the backyard to play again. There was water in the backyard and there were more fireflies than in the front yard. Xiaoxia tried several times with the scoop net to catch some but failed to catch any.
She was just like the monkey picking corns in the textbook, grabbing this one and then that, but never able to catch any.
In the end, she could only hug Lin Heng's legs and act cute: "Dad, catch it for me~"
"Fireflies are living things. You have to let them go after playing with them for a while." Lin Heng caught two more for her.
He would kill chickens and fish without avoiding his daughter, but he also hoped that she would be kind to small non-edible animals.
He hopes that his daughter will not have excessive compassion, but at the same time have a certain degree of kindness.
"Then I'll let her go later~" Xiaoxia nodded. She was very well-behaved most of the time, probably because Xiulan had a very stable personality, and so did she.
In addition, with his careful teaching, she does not have the capricious, crying, noisy and irritable personality of other rural children.
After playing with her for a while, Xiaoxia got tired. She opened the lid and curiously watched the fireflies fly out of it. I don’t know what she was thinking about.
"Dad, let me tell you a story!" Xiaoxia turned around and hugged him and said.
Lin Heng picked her up and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's go back to the house and tell you a story."
Xiaoxia kissed him happily and put her cheek against his, acting coquettish and clingy.
Lin Heng lit two candles, then held her in his arms and casually opened a storybook to tell her. Xiaoxia still could understand very little. The only story she understood was about Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf, and the Seven Dwarfs.
The other fairy tales were all confusing to her. She just wanted to fall asleep listening to Lin Heng's voice. She would be even happier if she could be held in his arms.
Lin Heng could recite all these stories without looking at the book. He just told them while rocking her in his arms, and the little one soon fell asleep in his arms.
After she fell asleep, Lin Heng put her on the small bed and covered her with a quilt and mosquito net.
"Wife, is there any water in the kettle?" Lin Heng walked out of the room. His wife was taking a bath in the fireplace room which had not been officially used yet. He opened the door and walked in.
An electric kettle is a hot water kettle, and they are used to calling it that.
Xiulan was speechless when she saw him suddenly come out, and pouted and said, "Don't you know how to knock on the door?"
Lin Heng grinned and said nonchalantly: "I mean I want to try whether the new bath tub I bought leaks. Do you want to give it a try?"
"No try, no bathing with pigs." Xiulan snorted and glanced at her.
Lin Heng came over and said, "Please give it a try, or I'll bully you."
Xiulan couldn't resist him, mainly because she was threatened, so she put on her clothes and helped move the wooden barrel filled with half a bucket of water into the house.
The water here is clean and has been heated by the sun. Lin Heng added some water from the buckets in the house and hot water from two electric kettles.
Then I took a bath with my wife, who said she was reluctant but did not resist physically.
This wooden tub is big enough for two people to take a bath.
Taking a bath is really an enjoyable thing, especially when the water temperature is hot. The whole body feels warm and all the fatigue of the day seems to be dissolved in the water.
The fire room was only 6 square meters. A red candle was lit in the room. As the candlelight flickered, water vapor rose slightly. Xiulan rested her head on the edge of the wooden barrel and dozed off. Her slender neck and white skin were faintly visible in the mist, which made Lin Heng look a little obsessed.
Thanks to the fact that he didn't let his wife suffer this summer, she became more beautiful and whiter than before.
Just as Lin Heng was about to move, Xiulan stared at him and said, "Just take a bath, or I'll leave if you move."
"good."
Lin Heng nodded in agreement, and started playing the Hercules Palm in the water, pushing the water flow to hit his wife's body, causing her to roll her eyes.
After playing with it for dozens of times, Xiulan finally couldn't bear it anymore and splashed a handful of water on his face: "You're really naughty, aren't you?"
For no reason, the two of them started playing and fighting, and in the end, Xiulan, who was so soft all over, was held in Lin Heng's arms. Her cheeks were flushed and she felt weak all over, as if she was a little angry at someone's shamelessness.
"It's truly a paradise on earth." Lin Heng sighed. This was the happiest thing for him.
However, no matter how angry or shy she was, Xiulan still liked leaning on Lin Heng like this. It was a completely different and wonderful feeling.
After soaking for half an hour, the water was getting cold, so Xiulan gave Lin Heng a bath and they both got up and got dressed.
"I'll hold you." Lin Heng, wearing shorts, smiled slightly, and picked up his wife by the waist.
"Why do you always have so many little thoughts?" Xiulan blinked and put her arms around his neck.
Lin Heng looked at her and smiled: "Then you don't like it."
Xiulan thought for a while and replied, "I like it, but I have to keep doing it... um~"
As soon as she finished speaking, she was put on the bed by Lin Heng, and then the big bad wolf showed his claws and was about to eat the big white rabbit.
"Hmm~"
Although White Rabbit is delicious, it can be harmful to your health.
About half an hour later, Lin Heng fell asleep while hugging his wife, whose skin was smooth and moist, while feeling her somewhat empty lower back.
The next day, Lin Heng was woken up by his daughter. After getting up, Lin Heng went to the backyard to practice a set of Eight-Part Vajra Exercise, which was a set of exercises he often practiced in his previous life.
When he returned to the house, Xiulan had already brought the fried rice. She looked at him and wanted to laugh.
Lin Heng held his head high. He didn't embarrass himself. He just got up a little late in the morning.
After dinner, Lin Heng ate some dried chestnuts and mulberries and drank some wolfberry and epimedium tea.
Then he took a wooden block as a target and practiced archery for a while to improve his skills.
Xiaoxia sat under the eaves eating Schisandra chinensis and at the same time served as a cheerleader. Whenever Lin Heng shot an arrow, she would applaud, regardless of whether he hit the target or not.
After Lin Heng finished practicing, Xiulan looked at him and asked, "I'm going to wash clothes, do you want to come?"
"Go ahead, why don't you go to Hongfeng Mountain to take a bath and help me build a house." Lin Heng suggested.
"That's fine." Xiulan didn't refuse and took the good things and shared them with Lin Heng.
Lin Heng took some work tools and a bow and arrow and went to Hongfeng Mountain with his daughter and wife.
His father and elder brother were planting wheat today and were not with him, so it was just the three of them.
"Isn't the cabin nice? This is our holiday home. If you don't want to live in the village, you can come here. It's quiet and beautiful here."
Lin Heng brought his wife and daughter to see the newly built wooden house.
"That's great." Xiulan said with a smile.
Her eyes were filled with seven parts of happiness and three parts of emotion.
Building a new house was a luxury before, but now I have enough free time to build a holiday cabin.
"Haha, I'll take you here to stay for a few days when I finish building it."
Lin Heng grinned, then went to the stream and built a stone slab for his wife to wash clothes.
“A lot of shrimps.”
When Lin Heng was building the washing stone slab, he found a lot of black-shelled shrimps under the shrimp grass. He could grab a handful of them with a bamboo sieve.
"You can grab some and stir-fry it for us. It's quite fragrant and can also be used as a seasoning."
Xiulan looked at Xiami and said.
"Okay." Lin Heng took the bamboo sieve and started catching.
Xiaoxia was wearing sandals and clapping her hands nearby. She would first take a look at the shrimps she caught, then pour them into a bamboo basket herself, and then take credit to her mother for catching the shrimps.
I caught almost half a pound of shrimps in two or three ponds. There are a lot of shrimps in this mountain stream in autumn, so catching them is not difficult.
After catching about one kilogram, Lin Heng stopped and went to build his own wooden house.
After a busy morning, I dug the hole for the wooden stakes, buried the stakes, and found the level.
It's difficult to work alone, and this result was only possible with the help of Xiulan.
I didn't rest here at noon, but took my wife and children back home.
The wooden house had just been painted with paint, which had a high formaldehyde content and was not good for them.
After returning home, Xiulan cooked corn and red date porridge. It was sweet and delicious when cooled. It was really enjoyable to drink such a bowl of porridge in the middle of the day.
Although the corn was harvested long ago, there are still some young corns planted later for eating, so we can still eat them now.
After dinner, Lin Heng pulled out the green bean stalks that had already been planted in the garden. Xiulan had asked him to plant some radishes in the afternoon, but he didn't.
Because he wanted to reorganize the vegetable garden in a few days, the front yard looked too messy now.
Also, he planned to renovate the mud house while digging the fish pond, and cover the inside and outside of the house with white plaster.
The floor in the house is going to be upgraded to wooden or marble floor. This will not only extend the life of the house, but also make it warmer and more beautiful.
Even if I build a big villa in the future, I can come here to experience life.
He told Xiulan about his idea, and Xiulan nodded: "Okay, but does it have any impact on growing radishes?"
"Of course there is. The courtyard wall will also be plastered, and the vegetable garden will be surrounded by wooden boards into a square shape. The soil will also be rearranged in a composting pattern so that the vegetables can grow better.
Then, except for the vegetable garden, the rest of the area is paved with stones, so when it rains, you don’t have to worry about your feet getting stuck with mud when you go to pick vegetables.”
Lin Heng nodded and said that he just wanted to make his home beautiful and live a leisurely life.
"Then I'll help you." Xiulan blinked her eyes. She saw Lin Heng's determination to build this home.
"I'll help too!" Xiaoxia said in a baby voice.
"Okay, let's build our home together." Lin Heng said with a smile, then poured himself a cup of herbal tea and took a sip.
As they were chatting, the front gate creaked open and Lin's father and Lin Yue walked in from outside.
"Brother, go and watch out for the wild boars and white rice at night. The soybeans on the beam have been eaten by the wild boars again, and the persimmons next to them also show signs of being eaten." Lin Yue walked into the yard and said to Lin Heng.
"Okay." Lin Heng agreed without thinking too much. He also wanted to catch some big prey to eat.
He hasn't been exploring the mountains recently, mainly because he feels the weather isn't cold enough yet. He'll be able to go after the leaves fall a little more.
"Then let's go back and prepare. You should wear something thicker at night, and then we can go and try to guard the wild boar." Father Lin nodded.
After Lin's father and the other man left, Lin Heng went to pack up his things.
You don't need to bring too many things when hunting at home, so after packing up, Lin Heng went to help pick some pig grass.
At around six o'clock in the afternoon, the three men and the dog reunited. All three of them took thick coats with them. Father Lin and the eldest brother also cut two bamboo sticks for self-defense.
"Do you want to take the bow and arrow I had earlier?" Lin Heng asked.
"Forget it, we can't shoot accurately again." Father Lin shook his head.
"Yes, you alone are enough." Lin Yue also said with a smile.
"Let's go." Lin Heng rubbed Xiongba's head, and the three of them and the dog set off for Daliang.
Not long after, the three of them arrived at the soybean field on Daliang. There were few golden roosters here, and few hunters.
Lin Yue pointed at the marks where Huang Dou was killed and said, "Look, brother, this wild boar should have come from the direction of Tongshugou. Do you think it would be better for us to wait there?"
Lin Heng didn't say anything, but walked over to look at the traces of the soybeans being eaten.
The land on Daliang is planted with small, late-harvesting soybeans, which are not yet ripe. All the soybeans on the ten or so square meters of the ground have been pressed down. A small part of them have been eaten, but most of them have been wasted.
Judging from the footprints on the ground, there was not just one wild boar here, but a group. The small ones might weigh only a few dozen kilograms, while the big ones might weigh one or two hundred kilograms.
"Xiongba, smell the scent and find the way they came." Lin Heng touched Xiongba's head, which now looked even more majestic and powerful.
“Ouch~”
Xiongba called out and started searching on the ground.
Through Xiongba's searching, he was able to determine the wild boar's route.
"That's basically correct. It came from the direction of Tongshugou." Lin Heng nodded.
"I decided that it would be a good idea for us to stay in our current position. It's about sixty or seventy meters away, which is pretty good," suggested Lin's father.
Lin Heng shook his head: "It's too close, let's go find a place to wait down there, and then sneak up quietly when there's movement again.
Sometimes wild boars don’t always follow their original route, and it’s not safe to get close to the upper beams, which might scare them away.”
"That's fine. We'll listen to you. We don't understand anyway." Father Lin grinned.
"Then let's go down and find a place to wait. It's almost dark." Lin Yue nodded.
The three of them went downstairs and found a suitable place to sit down and wait.
When it just got dark, there were so many mosquitoes in the forest that I had to cover my hands, head and neck with thick clothes.
Today is the seventh day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. When it was completely dark, a half moon appeared in the sky, casting a silvery glow that could be seen clearly without a flashlight.
Lin Heng looked at the watch. It was nine o'clock. They had been waiting for three hours and had not heard any movement from the wild boar.
My butt was sore from sitting, and the mountain wind was strong at night. Even with thick clothes on, I felt a little cold.
From time to time, there were some small noises in the woods, I didn't know whether it was a mouse or a hedgehog.
In a blink of an eye, it was already 12 o'clock in the evening. Lin Heng was cold and hungry, and began to miss the warm embrace of his wife.
"What's going on? The wild boar didn't come." Lin Yue couldn't help but speak out.
"Now that you're here, just keep watching." Father Lin was quite patient.
"If not, wait until tomorrow morning. We must not return empty-handed." Lin Heng nodded. He would never return empty-handed.
At a little after one o'clock, Lin Heng leaned against the oak tree behind him and fell asleep. When he woke up again, it was already a little after four in the morning.
Fortunately, Xiongba could hold me to keep me warm. It was really cold at night on the top of the mountain. I looked at my father and elder brother. They were also asleep and had not woken up yet.
After touching Xiongba's dog head, he waited silently.
However, until after seven o'clock, there was still no sight of the wild boar. The three men knew that they had waited in vain all night and had come back empty-handed.
This reminded Lin Heng of a painful experience in which he once went fishing at night but didn't catch any fish.
"Go home, take a rest and come back tonight. I don't believe that we can't catch the wild boar." Lin Heng said gritting his teeth.
"Well, let's go back. This damn wild boar is really good at calculating." Father Lin shook his head.
When she got home, Xiulan knew the result as soon as she saw his expression. She poured him some water to wash his face and then made him some sauerkraut noodles.
After Lin Heng had his meal, he went back to his room, lay down on the bed and fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
"Are you going tonight?"
Xiulan was picking vegetables at home. When she saw him come out, she asked.
"Yes, go ahead." Lin Heng nodded. He had to teach those wild boars a lesson. They actually left him empty-handed.
"I made some soft cakes for you. You can eat some and take the rest to the mountain to eat." Xiulan nodded.
"Okay." Lin Heng agreed and went to the kitchen to eat lunch.
Xiulan dried the black-shelled shrimps she had caught earlier and put them in cans. Lin Heng took some out and put them in the pancakes, which immediately tasted more delicious.
After dinner, Lin Heng played with Xiaoxia for a while, then went to find the village party secretary Tian Dongfu and asked him to find workers as he would start digging a fish pond in two days.
The work was originally scheduled to start tomorrow, but because we had to guard the wild boar, it was postponed for two days. The day after tomorrow is the tenth day of the ninth lunar month, which is October 24th in the solar calendar, and is also a good day.
"How many people are you going to call this time?" Tian Dongfu asked while playing chess with Lin Heng.
"Sixty people, 80 cents a day, no food, this time we have to work for at least two months.
I plan to dig out all the fish ponds in that 20 mu area. If it is not enough, I will call for help temporarily." Lin Heng said to Tian Dongfu.
"So many? I can call people once you're sure." Tian Dongfu was a little shocked. Sixty people working for two months, the salary alone would be nearly three thousand yuan.
"Of course, Uncle Tian, the salary will be paid in one lump sum on the day of completion." Lin Heng nodded.
"Okay, I'll spread the news this afternoon, and then pick sixty strong laborers for you." Tian Dongfu nodded in agreement.
"That's troublesome." Lin Heng nodded. He could actually call someone himself, but it was too troublesome.
Tian Dongfu is an upright person, so there will be no problem in asking him to find someone. If any problem really arises, he can help solve it.
After finishing the game of chess, Lin Heng returned home, fed Xiongba, and went up the mountain with his father and elder brother to guard the wild boar.
"There should be no problem today. It's impossible for a wild boar to not be hungry for two days." Lin Yue is full of confidence today.
Father Lin also nodded and said, "That's right. We keep guarding. It will come eventually."
Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, if it doesn't come, I will keep guarding it. I don't believe it is not hungry."
He and the wild boar just got together.
Of course, the main reason is that the probability of spotting wild boars during this period is higher, which is much easier than searching all over the mountains.
The three of them chose to continue waiting at the same location as yesterday.
Squatting in one place without being able to speak or move around is really a torment and a real test of one's endurance.
The three of them waited until dark, but never saw any sign of the wild boar.
Lin Heng looked at his watch and saw it was already ten o'clock. He was immediately a little depressed: "Damn, I'm not going to be empty-handed again tonight."
Lin Yue was about to speak when he was suddenly stopped by his father. He pointed to the distance and whispered, "Look, there's something over there by the persimmon tree."
Lin Heng and the other person hurriedly looked in the direction of the persimmon tree. Under the moonlight, a slender figure climbed up the persimmon tree.
"It's white rice!" Lin Yue said excitedly in a low voice.
"I'll take Xiongba with me to give it a try and see if I can beat him."
Lin Heng said this and decided to teach this white rice a lesson first.
With Xiongba, he groped over from the stone step below, and with his waist bent, he could block the view of the white rice.
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