Chapter 252 Everything is ready [ask for monthly ticket]
When Li Shiwei heard that there was a play, he immediately became happy and looked at Lin Heng and said, "Then what do you think I should plant?"
Lin Heng thought for a moment and said, "Ginseng, Panax notoginseng, Chinese angelica, Astragalus, Forsythia, etc. are all fine."
These are all valuable Chinese medicinal materials. There will be huge market demand for them in the future, and you will definitely not lose money by planting them.
Li Shiwei nodded and said, "I'm afraid the seeds are very expensive?"
"Of course, the seeds of these precious Chinese herbal medicines are not cheap." Lin Heng nodded.
"Then I'll go and discuss it with my dad." Li Shiwei thought for a while and nodded.
Lin Heng glanced at him and continued to plant his Forsythia. He was responsible for sowing the seeds and several workers turned the soil. Half an acre of Forsythia was planted in more than half an hour.
On the other hand, they also planted forage grass very quickly. The method they adopted was to dig trenches for planting. They dug vertical trenches from top to bottom, scattered the seeds in, and covered them with soil.
At ten o'clock, the planting of forage grass was completed. Everyone stopped and looked at Lin Heng, waiting for him to arrange the next work.
Lin Heng thought for a moment, looked at everyone and said, "You guys take the hoe and go to the apple orchard with my dad. I'll go back and get the astragalus and turmeric seeds. We'll just plant them today and that's it."
"Everyone follow me."
Father Lin also shouted and took everyone to the apple orchard.
Lin Heng called Lin Hai and Li Shiwei to go back with him to move the seeds. Turmeric is a tuberous root, and he couldn't carry all the more than 200 kilograms.
Carrying his things to the Huangliupo apple orchard, Lin Heng looked at the apple seedlings and found that most of them had grown green spores and were basically alive.
"Don't plant too close to apple trees, and remove the weeds and pile up some soil for the apple seedlings."
Lin Heng said this and led everyone to start working. The distance between the apple trees was three or four meters, so there was no problem in planting some Chinese herbal medicine in the middle.
There were not many astragalus and turmeric seeds, and more than 20 people finished them in more than an hour.
Now that all the Chinese herbal medicines purchased have been planted, Lin Heng feels relieved. All he has to do next is wait for a spring rain.
It was not even twelve o'clock when all this was done. Lin Heng directed everyone to continue weeding the apple saplings and piling some soil around the saplings.
He asked Murakami's workers to help do the work, so that his parents wouldn't have to dig slowly.
In the afternoon, Lin Heng did not ask them to go back to the construction site to harden the road surface, but instead went to help weed the grape and kiwi seedlings and loosen the soil.
Not only did it not rain today, but the sun was shining during the day, as if the rain yesterday morning was just a joke from God.
When the group was dismissed in the afternoon, Lin Heng saw Li Shiwei standing there in a daze, so he walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "How did you discuss it with your dad?"
Li Shiwei shook his head: "My dad said the seeds are too expensive, and it's not certain whether we can make money in the future. The little money saved in the house is also intended to build a house, so I can't do it for the time being."
Lin Heng understood it after hearing it. His uncle was not wrong. It was not easy for farmers to earn money, so they did not dare to invest easily.
Moreover, Lin Heng estimated that even if Li Shiwei's uncle agreed, Li Shiwei's wife would not agree, because she had long wanted to build a new house to live in.
Lin Heng thought for a while and said, "How about this, next year I will pay you to buy ginseng or Panax notoginseng seeds for planting, and then we will sign a contract that you must sell the herbs you grow to me at the agreed price in the future."
"For example, Panax notoginseng is 52 cents per pound now, and I'll set the price at 70 cents. No matter what the market price is after it's grown, you must sell it to me at 70 cents. What do you think?"
Lin Heng looked at him and explained it again.
Li Shiwei was stunned at first, then asked curiously: "How do you make money?"
"Just tell me if you are willing or not?" Lin Heng asked with a smile. He would naturally make money from the difference.
Three years later, the price of Panax notoginseng was close to one yuan, and he could make a lot of money by buying it back at 70 cents.
"Of course I'm willing to do that. I won't lose anything at all." Li Shiwei nodded.
Lin Heng nodded and said, "That's fine. I'll arrange it for you next year. It's too late for you to plant this year."
"I see. You think that 37 will be more expensive than 70 cents in a few years, right? If it is cheaper than 70 cents, won't you lose money?"
Li Shiwei quickly figured it out and walked over to say.
"If I lose money, it's because I have poor vision." Lin Heng said with a smile.
The price increase of these things is inevitable, and even the butterfly effect of his rebirth will be difficult to change.
After saying a few words, Lin Heng turned around and walked back. Back in the house, Xiulan was picking vegetables, and Tian Yan also came over after get off work to teach Xiaoxia how to draw.
What she knows is some simple drawing, which is just right for Xiaoxia to learn.
"Is the work on the site almost finished?"
Xiulan brought Lin Heng a glass of water and asked.
Lin Heng took a sip of water, nodded and said, "Yes, now all the Chinese herbal medicine and forage seeds have been planted, and today we also asked people to help weed. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we will be finished after hardening the Hongfeng Mountain."
"Then let's hope it doesn't rain tomorrow so we can finish it in one go and avoid all the trouble." Xiulan nodded.
She was also looking forward to going out for an outing with Lin Heng.
"Yes, I hope so."
Lin Heng nodded, hoping that God would give him some face.
"Brother Lin, do you want to play chess?"
After a while, Lin Hai finished taking a shower and ran over, holding the chessboard and saying with a smile.
Lin Heng glanced at him, smiled and shook his head: "This is obviously just a courtesy, I dare not disturb your elegance."
Tian Yan, who was standing next to him, raised her head and said, "What are you saying? I still rely on you, Mr. Lin, the rich man. I come over every day to get some books. How dare I snatch them from you?"
Lin Hai also smiled and said, "Brother Lin Heng, let's play two games. Tian Yan and I play often, so we can play for a while."
"I'm just kidding. I'm going to go out and walk the dog. You guys go play first."
Lin Heng shook his head, untied Xiongba's chain, and took it out for a walk.
"Woof woof~"
Xiongba was having fun in the front, barking from time to time.
Lin Heng walked in the woods at the back of the mountain, smelling the scent of spring.
The oak trees have sprouted green buds, and the rape flowers in the village are in full bloom. Spring has truly arrived.
He couldn't wait to go for an outing in the mountains and feel the breath of spring.
It was dusk now, and the view in the woods was not very clear, and no signs of animals were found.
After playing for half an hour, the man and the dog turned around and walked back.
When they got home, Lin Mu had already prepared dinner and everyone was called to eat together.
The next day was March 25th. When he woke up in the morning, there was no sound of rain. Lin Heng hugged his wife happily.
"It's not raining again, that's great." he said excitedly.
Xiulan was still quite confused and was woken up by Lin Heng.
"Be gentle, it hurts me." Xiulan said with a pout.
"But it's good that it's not raining. My mother, sister-in-law and I will go pick some garlic and fern later."
Xiulan stretched and sat up while grabbing Lin Heng.
"If you are sleepy, sleep a little longer and I will do the work." Lin Heng looked at her and smiled.
"Really? Then I won't get up." Xiulan said with a wink.
"certainly."
Lin Heng nodded, pushed her down to sleep, and got dressed and got off the boat.
He began to like the chill in the morning, which made him feel refreshed and full of energy.
I exercised a little more today, and when I went to the back mountain to milk the cows, I saw Lin's mother here.
"Where is Xiulan?" Lin's mother asked curiously. In the past, it was always Xiulan who came to milk the cows.
"I'll let her rest and I'll do the squeezing." Lin Heng said.
"Oh, that's so rare, he loves his wife."
Lin's mother was still as sarcastic as ever.
"I love my wife every day, okay."
Lin Heng didn't bother with his mother and turned around to look at the little lamb.
The little goat we bought last year has a pretty big belly already. His dad said it’s probably pregnant.
The sheep was very docile and did not resist when Lin Heng touched it.
After milking, Mother Lin looked at the cow and said, "Son, there is a lot of milk recently, and we can't drink it all. Do you think it's okay to boil it dry and make milk powder?"
"I want to make some milk powder and bring it up to your grandmother to nourish her."
Lin Heng glanced at his mother and nodded, "Of course you can, but you have to keep turning it with a shovel, which is very tiring."
The milk powder you make yourself is definitely not as good as modern production technology, but it is still fine to drink.
The method is also very simple. Just keep cooking until the water evaporates and turns into milk cubes, then smash and grind it into powder.
"That's okay. How tiring can it be to just flip the food with a shovel?" After saying that, Lin's mother took the milk and left, ready to give it a try.
Lin Heng shook his head and squatted down to milk the cows.
In addition to drinking, milk can also be used to make many delicious foods, but people in the mountains don’t know much about it. He plans to try it when he has free time.
His mother wanted to try, so she could let her. The older generation couldn't stand waste. If there was a lot of milk left over every day, they would feel like they were losing money if they didn't squeeze it.
He also saw his father giving his grandmother some milk that she couldn't finish, but he didn't say anything about it.
Although he really disliked his grandmother who helped his uncle's family bully his own family, to his father, she was his mother after all and he still had a lot of affection for her.
During the Chinese New Year or other festivals, his father would always bring some food to him. Lin Heng did not stop him. He did not need that food anyway, so it did not matter if he asked his father to show his filial piety.
Now that I'm here, his uncle's family can't do anything weird anymore.
After milking, Lin Heng turned back home, boiled some water to heat up the milk, poured himself a cup, and poured another cup for Xiulan and brought it into the house.
"Thank you, husband~"
Xiulan took the milk and said softly.
"Would you like some biscuits?" Lin Heng asked as he took out some biscuits.
"You eat it, I don't want to eat it." Xiulan smiled and shook her head, then picked up the milk and started drinking it.
Lin Heng ate some biscuits and drank the milk slowly.
"Ahem~"
Xiulan didn't know why she suddenly choked. Her hand shook and some milk flowed out from the corner of her mouth and dripped onto her high chest, then flowed all the way down to her stomach.
Lin Heng was a little stunned. Xiulan was only wearing a bra. This scene was too shocking. After coming to his senses, he quickly handed her some toilet paper.
"Are you okay?" Lin Heng looked at her and asked.
"It's okay, my throat suddenly felt itchy and I coughed and choked." Xiulan shook her head.
Lin Heng smiled and said, “If it wasn’t so painful to see you, I would have suspected that you were tempting me.”
Xiulan looked down and quickly understood what Lin Heng said. Her pretty face turned red and she glared at him again: "I really want to beat you up. What are you thinking about all day long?"
Lin Heng chuckled and said, "Do you want me to help you deal with it? I will make sure it is licked clean."
Lin Heng's words made Xiulan stunned, and a picture appeared in her mind. Then she quickly took a piece of paper and wiped off the milk herself, and said angrily: "You wish, go to the construction site quickly."
Lin Heng laughed, got up and went out, driving his three-wheeler to the construction site.
Almost everyone in the village had arrived. When signing in, someone asked, "Lin Heng, is today the last day?"
"Yes, we hardened the road today and everything was fine last night. We will pay your wages directly in the afternoon." Lin Heng nodded. He was not the kind of person who would withhold wages.
“That’s great.”
"Boss Lin is such a good man. He never delays paying wages."
"You will definitely make a fortune if you do business."
As soon as they heard that they would be paid in the afternoon, everyone became excited and kept on hearing flattering words.
"Let's start working." Lin Heng said with a smile.
The morning job is to support the formwork, with ten-centimeter-high wooden boards and the cement floor is only this thick.
The land had already been leveled, and setting up the formwork was easy, and everything was done by ten o'clock.
While everyone was setting up the formwork, Lin Heng was not idle either. He asked people to help bury two wooden poles and run the electric wires from the gate of the fish pond to the warehouse.
Then I ran wires around the house and connected switches, sockets and light bulbs.
On the other side, the mixer has been started, and stones, sand and cement are poured into it to harden the ground, with stones being the most common.
After mixing, they used a modified wooden cart to push the material over and pour it on the ground. Liu Haigui and several other skilled workers used tools to vibrate and compact it, and then used long wooden strips to smooth it out.
It was already twelve o'clock when Lin Heng finished fixing the electrical wires. He saw that everyone had finished most of the work and had not stopped yet.
"Why don't you go eat?"
Lin Heng walked over and asked.
"Salaries are paid in the afternoon, and there isn't much work to do. Everyone thinks it's okay to work overtime to finish the work. It's not too tiring, and they don't have to change clothes." Liu Haigui said with a smile.
"That's fine." Lin Heng nodded, and called a few people to go with him to build a pool in the nearby mountain stream.
The work here is not difficult. We just need to dig out the mud and sand from the pond and widen the sides to make it easier to pump water with a water pump in the future.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the hardening work was completed. Looking down from the sky, except for the pond, all other parts of the fence had been poured with cement.
There was a two-meter-and-a-half-high iron fence on the outermost side of the pond, close to the road. Lin Heng had a door frame built and a gate made of welded steel pipes installed. After all, there was a road in front of the main gate, and there was no way to block it with thorns.
Now with this, the original two-meter-high wall plus the iron fence make it difficult for people to climb over.
There is a welding master in town. These materials and steel pipes cost a total of fifty dollars.
"Okay, let's go back and go directly to my house to get our wages."
Lin Heng closed the door and said with emotion.
It’s been almost a year since I was reborn, and the first project that makes a lot of money has finally been built. Now I just need to invest in shrimp fry and start breeding, and I will have a harvest in the fall.
Upon hearing this, everyone followed Lin Heng back with a smile on their faces.
Lin Heng returned to the house and took out the workbook to calculate. It had been exactly thirty-two days since the start of work. Two of them were not dry because of rain, which made it exactly thirty working days.
Except for carpenter Liang Gui who only worked for ten days, everyone else took thirty days.
Twenty ordinary workers earn 80 cents a day, which is 24 yuan for thirty days, so 480 yuan will be needed for 20 people.
His father Sandie and others helped with management and were paid one yuan a day, 30 yuan per person, which means 180 yuan for six people.
Six bricklayers earn one dollar a day, which is 39 yuan for 30 days, a total of 234 yuan.
Finally, add the 15 yuan for carpenter Liang, and the total wages to be paid to the workers is 909 yuan.
In this era, this is a huge expense, enough for an ordinary farmer to earn for four or five years.
After calculating, Lin Heng shouted, "Come here and line up to get your salary."
He had already exchanged the money in town, using the 5,500 yuan in his passbook and not the 25,000 yuan in the treasure house at home.
(End of this chapter)
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