Chapter 199: Bluestone Bamboo Shoots
The grass is bearing its seeds, and the wind is shaking its leaves. We are silent, and it is very beautiful just standing there.
After looking at his father for a while, Lin Heng turned around and went home.
The door to the yard was not locked, so he pushed it open. As soon as he entered the yard, Xiongba ran over from the doghouse and wagged his tail at him.
"dad!!"
Xiaoxia, who was wearing a flowery cotton jacket, saw Lin Heng and trotted over to hug his legs.
Lin Heng first rubbed the dog's head, then picked up his daughter.
"Dad, I want to ride a horse!!"
Xiaoxia snuggled in Lin Heng's arms, acting coquettishly and cutely, staring at Lin Heng with her big eyes.
“Okay, okay!”
Lin Heng picked her up and put her on his neck, then he ran quickly in the yard.
Xiaoxia waved her hands and laughed as clear as a silver bell. She was having a lot of fun.
Xiulan watched them play for a while before she spoke up: "It's cold and windy, come down after playing for a while, be careful not to catch a cold."
Lin Heng also knew this truth. After playing with his daughter for a while, he put her down and brought her into the house.
"Don't move!"
Xiulan blinked, raised her hand and carefully tidied up Lin Heng's hair that was messed up by Xiaoxia.
Lin Heng stood there obediently and looked at her. After she had finished cleaning herself up, he helped her tuck a strand of hair on her cheek behind her ear, and his hand stayed there for a few more seconds.
Xiulan smiled, feeling sweet inside. She looked at him and asked, "Have you finished with everything?"
Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, it's all done."
Xiulan nodded and pointed at the pork next to her and said, "What should we do with this meat? Hang it up or what?"
Lin Heng looked at the remaining pile of meat and said, "I'll hang it in the oven to smoke it tomorrow, and keep some for eating fresh."
All the meat in his room now adds up to at least 500 kilograms, which is too much to eat.
"good!"
Xiulan nodded and said, "When it's done, bring some over to our parents and brother. We can't finish it all."
Looking at so much meat, she felt a little worried about her happiness. She had never dared to imagine such a scene before.
"Okay." Lin Heng had this idea a long time ago, but he didn't do these things when Grandpa Gao was around.
After saying this, Xiulan said, "Take Xiaoxia with you, I'll go cook."
Lin Heng pulled her back and shook his head, "Don't worry, go to the bedroom and warm up first. Are you hungry?"
Xiulan shook her head: "I'm not hungry, I'm just worried that you might be hungry."
"Then let's go."
Lin Heng pulled Xiulan and her daughter into the bedroom.
The firewood in the fireplace never went out, and the temperature inside the house was completely different from that outside.
It's still very warm even if you don't stay in front of the fireplace, as the thick earth walls have very strong thermal insulation properties.
After a while, Lin Heng took off his cotton jacket because he was too hot. He was wearing a black sweater underneath.
Xiulan simply unbuttoned her thick cotton jacket, revealing her magnificent figure and two heavy breasts.
The curves are very beautiful against the white sweater.
Although he eats it often, Lin Heng's eyes are still involuntarily attracted to it.
Xiulan rolled her eyes at him but didn't care. After all, Lin Heng had seen everything he should and shouldn't have seen.
She picked up the needle and thread and began to knit a sweater, which she was about to finish.
Lin Heng played games with his daughter while watching his wife knitting a sweater.
Lin Heng and Xiulan were chatting intermittently, and the most common sound in the room was Xiaoxia playing with her toys and talking to herself.
After she learned to speak completely, she often talked to herself like this, and would talk endlessly to Lin Heng and Xiulan.
Soon it was dark, and Lin Heng had thought of some things. He looked up at Xiulan and asked, "Wife, do you want to sell the ginseng?"
Lin Heng had already told her about the price of ginseng.
Xiulan looked up at Lin Heng and whispered, "It depends. If there's a good price, sell it. If there's no good price, keep it for now."
Lin Heng nodded: "Then I'll go find someone to ask about the situation in a few days."
In fact, he had already made up his mind that he had to sell it. The most important thing for him now was to accumulate original capital.
Even if a ginseng can be sold for several million in the future, it is no longer worth it.
This was the height of the crisis. Even if you could buy a house with 10,000 yuan, it could be multiplied hundreds of times in the future.
If you just want to sell it, you have to find a suitable person, because most people can’t afford this kind of thing.
He plans to find time to go to the city soon to see if he can find a suitable buyer.
Musk and fur can be sold directly to state-owned stores, and the price will not be much different.
He had originally planned to go to Ancheng within the year, but now it seems a bit difficult, so he can only wait until the beginning of the new year.
Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said, "If the price is good, let's buy a motorcycle. It will be more convenient to go there."
Horses are suitable for traveling in the mountains. Sometimes they are convenient for transporting goods on rugged mountain roads, but they are not convenient for traveling to farther places, such as going into the city.
The motorcycle is fast and there is no need to rest.
In order to develop his career, he had to go to the city often to do things, so owning a motorcycle was very necessary.
Of course, the prerequisite for doing this is that the ginseng has been sold. If he only sold a musk, he would not buy the motorcycle.
Xiulan looked up and asked, "How much does a motorcycle cost?"
Motorcycles were something so unfamiliar to her. Just like watches, she had never thought about owning one before, and had no idea of its value, except that it was very expensive.
While playing games with his daughter, Lin Heng answered, "The cheapest model of a new car costs about 1,500 yuan, and the more expensive ones cost 2,000 to 3,000 yuan, 4,000 to 5,000 yuan. Different power means different prices."
Lin Heng gave Xiulan a brief explanation, and only then did she have an idea of what motorcycles were.
After thinking for a while, she replied, "Then buy it if you want. I'll listen to you. It's nice to have a motorcycle of your own."
Lin Heng grinned and said, "Then I'll buy it after I sell the ginseng. Now that we have a motorcycle, we can go back to my parents' home and back on the same day."
Motorcycles have always been faster than cars, and this is especially true on this rugged mountain road. It only takes one hour to get to Lushui County.
Xiulan smiled slightly: "That's great, my husband is really amazing."
This happy life made her feel like a dream.
It was already dark at this time. She put down the work in her hands and asked Lin Heng: "What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
Lin Heng was about to speak when Xiulan smiled slyly: "Don't say casually, because I don't know what to eat either."
Lin Heng helplessly spread his hands: "You really predicted what I would say, then let's have some sour soup noodles."
"Well, just take Xiaoxia and wait obediently."
Xiulan nodded, turned around and went out to cook.
Although Xiulan said so, Lin Heng put on his cotton jacket and took Xiaoxia to the kitchen.
Even if you don't help, the person cooking will be much happier just watching here.
Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and her daughter, and a smile appeared on her face. She suddenly realized that she didn't know when, smiling had become her common expression.
When I think about it carefully, it turns out that life is too happy.
Xiulan fried some vermicelli and meat, cut some braised pig ears and small intestines, and finally took some pickled bamboo shoots from the jar.
"The whole jar of bamboo shoots has been eaten up."
Xiulan said after she scooped out the last bit of pickled bamboo shoots.
Because Lin Heng’s cooking was very good and delicious, I specially brought a big jar to make it.
Lin Heng took a look and replied, "It just so happens that winter bamboo shoots should be available soon. We can just find a chance to dig some."
Xiulan nodded, and went to the bedroom with Lin Heng, carrying the dishes. Lin Heng mixed some rice wine with boiling water, and the two drank while eating.
"Dad, I want to eat pig ears!"
As soon as the dish was served, Xiaoxia in Lin Heng's arms pointed at the pig's ears and acted coquettishly.
"Okay, but don't eat too much."
Lin Heng picked one up for her and she didn’t need to dip it in vinegar soup because she liked to eat it plain.
Xiaoxia enjoyed the crispy pig ears very much. They were fragrant and crispy.
Lin Heng also picked up some for Xiulan and said with a smile: "Xiulan, you can eat too. There is enough in the room, so don't worry about not having enough."
We killed so many wild boars this time, and there were more than a dozen pig ears of varying sizes. I gave some to Grandpa Gao and he still has at least eight more at home.
Xiulan blinked and started eating. She liked pig ears very much. I guess there is no one who doesn’t like the taste.
But no matter when I was a child or when I grew up, this thing was very precious. It was usually used to entertain guests, and it was considered good to be able to eat a few bites during the Chinese New Year.
This year we have finally achieved pig ear freedom.
After eating a little and drinking a little wine, the two were almost full. Their daily life didn't have so many surprises, but it was very warm and happy.
Finally, the two of them had some sour soup noodles to end the day.
Xiaoxia went to bed early today. She fell asleep after Lin Heng told her two stories.
Lin Heng was also able to rest early. He added fire to the fireplace and went to bed.
The two fell asleep with their shoulders touching. They woke up early in the morning, leaned against each other for a while, and then got out of bed.
After taking a look at their daughter who was still sleeping, they washed up and went to feed the chickens, ducks and musk deer together.
Lin Heng added some grass to the red dates and went to the old house. His father and elder brother both received more than ten kilograms of wine.
Apparently the two of them had gotten up before daybreak to roast wine.
Seeing Lin Heng coming over, Lin Yue poured him a small glass of wine and said with a smile: "Brother, come and try it and see how it tastes."
Lin Heng took a sip. This was the wine he had drunk before. It was very strong and spicy, burning from his throat to his stomach.
He doesn't like drinking this kind of strong liquor because it is bad for his health.
But I’m a bit greedy, so my favorite drinks are usually sweet rice wine or yellow wine.
“Too high!”
Lin Heng took a sip and put it down.
Lin Yue smiled and said, "This is because the yeast you made is very powerful. It fermented much better than last year's wine."
Father Lin also nodded and said, "Buy me some more of this wine yeast next year. The effect is very good."
"Can."
Lin Heng nodded in agreement, then turned around and looked at the wine in the earthenware jar.
They use these large dark red earthenware jars to store wine in the rural areas.
This is much better than a plastic pot. It will acquire a mellow and cottony smell after being stored for a long time.
If a plastic bottle is left for too long, the plastic will dissolve, which not only makes the drink taste bad but is also bad for your health.
The utensil used to pour wine is a long-handled gourd, which has been hollowed out and has a hole drilled on one side. When pouring wine, the gourd is immersed in the wine.
After lifting it up and tilting it slightly, the wine will flow out along the handle of the gourd.
They call this wine.
After taking a look at the wine in the room, Lin Heng turned around and walked back to prepare for dinner.
Lin's mother, who was soaking clothes in the hot water from the Tianguo in the yard, looked at him and said, "Go back and ask Xiulan if she wants to wash clothes. There's hot water today."
"good."
Lin Heng nodded, turned around and went home to tell Xiulan about it.
Xiulan thought for a moment and said, "Then I can take the sheets over to wash later."
Then Xiulan went to cook, and Lin Heng went to call Xiaoxia to get dressed and get up.
After Xiaoxia got up, the three of them had dinner together. After dinner, Lin Heng and Xiulan took the pork hanging in the main room to the fire room, got some wet acorns and put them under it to burn and smoke it slowly.
"It's so cold that the buckets are frozen."
At the well, Xiulan pointed at the water bucket and said.
Lin Heng walked over and saw that the bucket was filled with water except for the center, and the surrounding area was frozen.
The water in the well showed no sign of freezing and felt even warmer than the water outside.
"I forgot to put the bucket into the well last night." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"It's okay, I'll just get that thing back."
Xiulan didn't care. She went to get a basin, scooped some water and took it back to wash her hands.
After washing her hands, she took down the sheets that she was going to wash and carried them to her parents' yard to soak them in water.
After soaking, Xiulan looked at Lin's mother and said, "Mom, don't worry about these sheets. I'll soak them with detergent and wash them tomorrow."
"Okay!" Lin's mother nodded. She originally wanted to help wash, but after hearing what Xiulan said, she didn't care.
After soaking the sheets, Xiulan took Xiulan, Xiaoxia and Lin Heng and walked towards their own bamboo forest.
They planned to dig some winter bamboo shoots to make pickled pepper bamboo shoots.
Winter bamboo shoots taste much better than spring bamboo shoots. They have no bitterness and are delicious even without blanching.
The Lin family’s bamboo forest is quite large, covering an area of more than one acre, and is filled with large golden bamboos as thick as thighs.
It’s just that the location is a bit far away, not at my doorstep. I have to walk downstream along the road about eight or nine hundred meters, and then cross the river from a small path. The bamboo forest is in a small ditch across the river.
In winter, the water level of Shiban River is much smaller, the riverbed is made of small pebbles, and the water is crystal clear without any impurities.
From time to time, you can see two creek groupers coming out from under a rock, and then quickly dive under another rock.
Lin Heng carried the hoe, soaked it in the water, touched the icy water, and then stepped on the stones to cross the river.
After crossing the river, he brought Xiulan and Xiaoxia over as well.
"Dad, water!!"
Xiaoxia picked up a small stone and threw it into the water, and when she saw the water splashing, she giggled.
"Watch carefully!"
Lin Heng picked up a big stone weighing thirty or forty kilograms with both hands and threw it into the water.
With a splash, a large amount of water splashed up, looking very beautiful in white.
"OK!!"
Xiaoxia shouted while dancing with a smile on her little face.
"Then I'll give you another one!"
Lin Heng knew that this was Xiaoxia's way of understanding the world, and he himself was having a lot of fun.
…
"Come, let me show you another water skipping game!"
…
Xiulan looked at the father and daughter helplessly, then sat on the bluestone beside them and watched them fetch water.
The river wind is not too strong today, and there is still warm sunshine. It is a pleasure to sit on the bluestone and bask in the sun.
(End of this chapter)
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