Chapter 194 Going Home First
"Then let's have stewed yam for breakfast."
Lin Heng went to get a grouse and stewed it with yam.
There is no way, the yams are all ruined, and I can only eat this little bit that is left.
Besides, they are not very hungry now, so they can cook it first and eat it at noon.
After stewing the grouse, Lin Heng came over to help deal with the wild boar, which had just been bled again by her uncle.
Lin Heng helped Grandpa Gao set up the rack, and the three of them lifted the wild boar up to singe its hair.
However, the old wild boar's hair was so hard that the frame was burned before all the hair was burned out.
"Damn, the pig hair is too hard." Lin Heng was speechless. It had been roasted for more than ten minutes, but there were still hard hair roots on the pig skin.
Li Baiquan looked at the collapsed rack and said, "How about this? Let's gut it first, cut the meat into small pieces and then burn the hair, or take it back and deal with it."
"That's it. I'm too lazy to deal with it." Lin Heng nodded. After staying in the mountain for such a long time, everyone was a little physically and mentally exhausted.
Grandpa Gao nodded: "I think it's okay."
Immediately, the three men hung up the wild boar and cut open its stomach to process it.
Even cutting open the belly was extremely time-consuming; it took two hours just to cut it up.
"Feed this pig lung to Xiongba." Grandpa Gao handed the pig lung to Lin Heng.
"good."
Lin Heng took the pig lungs to another pot and cooked them. Xiongba seemed to understand what he said and squatted beside him, sticking out his tongue and waiting.
After cutting the pork, the three of them went to eat. They didn't deal with the hair on the pork for the time being, and would do it slowly when they got back.
Now just apply some salt to prevent corrosion.
“Woof woof~”
Xiongba took the cooked pig lungs and started to eat them. After finishing, he lay down beside the fire and took a nap with satisfaction.
Although I didn't get to eat the Golden Rooster, this big pig lung is worth three Golden Roosters.
After eating, the three of them went to the water to clean the pig's intestines, large and small intestines and stomach.
Then everyone started to pack up their things. Those that could be put into bags were put into bags, and those that couldn’t were put together with rattan sticks.
After packing up, the three of them had dinner and went to bed early. Early the next morning, they bravely walked back.
Everyone has a burden of more than 100 pounds on their shoulders, but they are far from finished.
The big wild boar alone weighed nearly 300 kilograms, and there were also seven little wild boars, four badgers, six golden pheasants, four grouse, and other miscellaneous meat and things.
The total weight was about five or six hundred kilograms, and they had to go back and forth twice to get it.
This is the weight after some things are destroyed, otherwise it would be much more.
It was already dusk when they returned to the Sanchagou camp carrying the things. The things were too heavy and none of the three of them could walk fast.
When he saw the blazing fire in the camp, Lin Heng's heart immediately calmed down. He was afraid that something might happen to his elder brother while he was alone here.
“Brother!!”
Lin Heng shouted from a distance.
After a few seconds, a figure with messy hair came out of the camp. When he saw Lin Heng and the other two, a smile immediately appeared on his face.
"Brother!"
Lin Yue's brows lit up with joy and he ran over quickly.
"Oh my god, did you guys hunt so many prey?"
When Lin Yue saw these things, his eyes widened as big as his mouth. There were simply too many of them.
Lin Heng handed the burden to his eldest brother and said with a smile: "This is only half, the other half has not been transported yet."
"And half?"
Lin Yue's mouth also opened wide at that time.
He didn't understand and said, "How many prey have you hunted?"
"I'll tell you slowly when I get back."
Lin Heng shook his head and went to help Grandpa Gao carry the burden.
"It's okay, old man, I can carry it." Grandpa Gao smiled and shook his head.
After entering the camp, Lin Heng and the other two were also surprised to find that there were three large bags of yam here, which weighed at least four or five hundred kilograms.
"Brother, did you dig all this?" Lin Heng asked with his eyes wide open.
Lin Yue smiled and nodded: "Yes, I didn't catch anything, so I dug yam nearby. I only dug about 40 to 50 kilograms a day, and this is the amount I dug for more than ten days."
Even Mr. Gao could not help but give a thumbs up: "So hardworking."
Everyone knows how difficult it is to dig yam. It often takes one or two hours to dig a yam, and the weight dug out is about four or five pounds, and a good one can weigh eight or nine pounds.
Forty to fifty kilograms a day means digging eight or nine yam plants.
This does not include the time spent searching. Not all yams can be dug out, and many that grow inside rocks cannot be dug out at all.
Lin Yue dug so much with a small hoe, he was really hardworking.
Hearing everyone's praise, Lin Yue grinned and said, "There are quite a lot, but they are not very valuable, only 30 or 40 cents per pound."
Lin Heng shook his head and said, "The price in the city is much higher than this. This is wild yam. If you give it to me, I can give you 50 cents per pound."
"Then I'll trouble you, brother."
Hearing this news, Lin Yue was delighted and said quickly.
Lin Heng waved his hands, saying that this was what he should do.
"Let's cook quickly and chat while we cook." Li Baiquan said. He was very hungry.
"Then I'll make rice." Lin Yue nodded. He hadn't eaten yet, so it was a good opportunity for him to make it together.
After the meal was ready, Lin Heng fried another dish of pork with fermented bean curd. The vegetables he brought from home had already been used up, and now only fermented bean curd was left, so this was the only way to cook it.
While eating, Lin Heng told his eldest brother about what had happened in the past few days.
Lin Yue was a little frightened when he heard this and sighed, "This is too dangerous."
Li Baiquan smiled and said, "If it wasn't dangerous, we wouldn't have gotten so many things."
"Brother, are you okay?" Lin Yue asked again.
Lin Heng shook his head, indicating that there was no problem anymore. It was less likely to get infected in winter, and his ankles hardly hurt anymore.
The next morning, the three men asked Grandpa Gao to stay here while they went upstairs to move the remaining things.
"Then take my shotgun so you can be prepared in case of danger." Grandpa Gao handed him the shotgun.
"Okay." Lin Heng took it and carried it on his shoulders with a smile, and set off to the camp at the foot of Taibai Mountain with his elder brother and uncle.
The snow stopped today, but the sun didn't come out. The road was covered with snow, and the three of them kept falling down while wearing their Liberation shoes and holding wooden sticks.
The ground was too slippery, the snow beside the stream had frozen into ice, and the cold wind howled in the valley, making walking very slow.
It was already afternoon when we got up there. There was no other choice but to stay here for one night and carry our things back down the next day.
"It looks like we'll have to spend this solar year in the mountains."
Lin Heng lay on the bed and shook his head helplessly. Today is already thirty, and I can go back at least the day after tomorrow.
Lin Yue smiled and said, "We don't celebrate the solar year anyway. With so many things, we will be rich if we celebrate the lunar year this year."
Li Baiquan also agreed: "With this succulent, this will be the most lavish New Year I have ever celebrated."
Lin Heng did not deny this. This was indeed the most lavish New Year since he was born.
The next morning, the three of them got up early and walked back carrying their things.
If you carry something heavy enough, constant sweating can help you keep out the cold.
When the sun came out and the ice and snow melted, the road became easier to walk on. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon when the three of them returned to the Sanchagou camp, which was much faster than yesterday.
The main thing is that there are fewer things.
After putting the things away, Lin Heng looked at everyone and said, "It's still early today, I think I'll go back first and ask someone to come up and help move the things tomorrow."
"It will be dark in three hours. Can you go back?" Li Baiquan was a little worried.
"I can go back. I won't run fast if I don't take anything." Lin Heng nodded. He wanted to go back early to put the ginseng away, otherwise it would go bad.
Uncle Gao saw at a glance that Lin Heng wanted to go back to find his wife, so he tore off the two legs of the roasted grouse and gave them to him, saying, "Take this and eat it. If you want to go back, leave quickly."
"Thank you, uncle." Lin Heng grinned.
"Then be careful." Lin Yue warned.
Lin Heng nodded in agreement, took a bite of the chicken, and ran quickly with Xiongba.
He was still very fast on his own, after all, he was a strong young man. In addition, he was only going back to travel and not looking for prey, so he actually returned to Hongfeng Village at dusk.
It was a very cold day and everyone in the village was indoors. Lin Heng arrived at his doorstep smoothly without meeting anyone.
Knock, knock! Lin Heng knocked on the door silently without saying anything.
"Who is it?"
As soon as he knocked on the door, Xiulan's clear voice came out.
"Daddy, is that daddy?!" Xiaoxia's baby voice was also heard.
"No, your father probably won't be back for a few days."
"No matter what, I want my daddy!"
Xiaoxia started crying.
Xiulan had no choice but to hug him and comfort him. Every time someone knocked on the door, she would ask for her daddy. There was really nothing you could do with her.
When she opened the gate of the yard and saw the tall figure standing outside, Xiulan was stunned.
Xiaoxia was stunned for a moment, then threw herself into Lin Heng's arms, big tears rolling down her cheeks: "Dad!!"
"Daddy, hold me. Daddy, hold me."
Lin Heng didn't care that he was dirty, he hugged Xiaoxia into his arms and kissed her hard.
He hasn't seen his beloved daughter and wife for a long time, and he misses them so much.
"husband!"
Xiulan's voice was soft to the core. She also wanted to hug Lin Heng, but she didn't feel comfortable competing with her daughter for it.
When Lin Heng was away, she missed him many times every day.
"Let's go inside!"
Lin Heng closed the door and pulled his wife into the house.
"Dad stinks!!"
Xiaoxia had stayed in Lin Heng's arms for long enough before wrinkling her nose and saying, "It's as if she didn't smell it just now."
"Okay, go down and play by yourself. Daddy's going to take a shower." Lin Heng smiled and put her on the ground.
"No! Dad, don't run!"
Xiaoxia hugged Lin Heng's neck and hooked her legs around him, refusing to get down no matter what, even though Lin Heng smelled bad.
Xiulan looked at her daughter and said helplessly: "Your father is not leaving, you should come down quickly."
"I won't!" Xiaoxia shook her little head like a rattle. Even though her father smelled bad, she didn't let go.
"I really don't want to leave. Let's make a pinky promise, okay?"
Lin Heng kissed her fair and soft little face again and said with a smile.
"I don't want it!"
Xiaoxia still shook her head.
Lin Heng had no choice but to let her hold him.
The child was not at fault, he just wanted to stick with him. After coaxing him for more than ten minutes, she finally shook hands with Lin Heng and went downstairs.
Xiulan looked at him and said, "Go take a shower quickly. I'll use the hot water to boil some water for you."
"Wait for a shower later, honey, come in with me."
Lin Heng grinned and took his wife's hand and walked into the house.
He hadn't held this soft and tender little hand for a long time and he missed it so much.
Xiulan blushed, and her expression was tangled with shyness: "Wait until tonight, okay? You haven't even taken a shower yet..."
Lin Heng looked back at his wife's face and immediately grinned: "You misunderstood my wife, I meant I have something to show you."
"Ah!" Xiulan's cheeks suddenly turned red. She was so embarrassed that she had misunderstood Lin Heng.
Lin Heng looked at her and said, "But, I miss you so much, too."
"Mom misses Dad too. She says it many times a day." Xiaoxia said beside her.
Xiulan glared at him and said, "You bad guy, you made me look bad as soon as you came back."
"I'm a bad person and I apologize."
Lin Heng grinned. He was very happy because it showed that Xiulan missed him very much and that was why she misunderstood.
If he wasn't so dirty now, he really wanted to pull his wife to have a good bite to satisfy his craving. He missed her all the time after not seeing her for so many days.
"What do you want me to see?" Xiulan was pulled into the house and asked Lin Heng.
She originally wanted to keep a stern face, but when she saw Lin Heng's face, her eyes were filled with tenderness. She just wanted to know what he had done these days, whether he was hurt, and whether he missed her.
"Here, this."
Lin Heng took out something tightly wrapped in a plastic bag from his pocket.
"What is this?" Xiulan asked curiously while holding it in her hand.
Lin Heng looked at his wife's face lovingly and said, "You'll know when you open it."
Xiulan opened the thing out of curiosity, and soon the musk deer's scent glands were exposed, and a rich musk scent wafted out.
Xiulan couldn't help but show surprise on her face: "You killed another musk deer, this is amazing!!"
Lin Heng felt satisfied immediately when he saw his wife's face full of surprise and admiration. This was the motivation for him to endure the wind and sun for so many days.
"Hehe, that's awesome, right? How are you going to reward me, your great contributor?" Lin Heng looked at her and said.
Xiulan looked at him with her beautiful eyes: "What do you want?"
Lin Heng waved his hand and continued: "Don't worry, don't worry, I have something else to show you."
"besides?"
Xiulan couldn't help but become curious. It seemed that Lin Heng's second thing was more precious than musk. What could it be?
Lin Heng took something out of his coat pocket and opened it.
When Xiulan saw this thing, she was stunned with her mouth wide open for a while, and then she said, "Oh my God, ginseng! It's such a big ginseng!"
"It's winter now. How did you dig it?"
Xiulan simply couldn't understand how ginseng could be dug in winter.
The ginseng was still fresh, obviously just dug, which shocked her.
Lin Heng didn't tell her, but took her hand and asked with a smile: "This is a hundred-year-old ginseng, is it powerful?"
Xiulan was already horrified when she heard that it was the 100-year-old ginseng. She looked at Lin Heng and nodded repeatedly: "That's amazing. Husband, you will always be the most amazing man in my heart."
Looking at his wife's eyes, Lin Heng felt satisfied, and all the suffering he had endured in the mountains was nothing.
(End of this chapter)
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