Chapter 253 Shotgun and Melon Seedlings [asking for monthly ticket]
The workers came forward one by one, received their wages and walked back happily, and the yard was filled with laughter.
"Thank you, Boss Lin!"
Liu Haigui said with a smile after receiving his salary.
"This is what you deserve." Lin Heng said with a smile. Liu Haigui was the last one at the scene, and the only person who had not been given a job this time was Carpenter Liang.
In his previous life, he hated people who withheld wages the most, so he would never withhold wages for others in this life.
"Then Boss Lin, I'll take my leave now."
After taking the money, Liu Haigui didn't want to stay any longer and left immediately.
"Aren't you staying for dinner?" Lin Heng said with a smile. This man worked very carefully and he was quite satisfied with him.
"No, I'm covered in cement and need to go back to clean it up." Liu Haigui shook his head and said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll just deliver the carpenter's wages and take you downstairs." Lin Heng said again.
After handing the account book and the remaining eighty-one yuan to Xiulan, Lin Heng got up and went out to drive.
The six people squeezed into the car again, with tools in hand. Lin Heng slowly drove them to Huangtan Town, and then turned around and went to Zheng's store.
"Boss Zheng, is the gun I bought back?"
Lin Heng walked into the store and asked directly and openly.
His brother has obtained a hunting rifle license and registered it with the police station. He also treated people to a meal, so there was no need to be sneaky.
The fat, pockmarked-faced boss sitting in this store is named Zheng. If you want to buy a gun in town, go to him.
"It's here, waiting for you to pick it up. Come to the backyard."
Boss Zheng stood up and said with a smile.
Lin Heng nodded and followed him to the backyard. After a while, Boss Zheng came out with a long wooden box and a cloth bag.
"Here it is, take a look at the stuff." He handed the stuff to Lin Heng with a smile.
Lin Heng opened it and took a look. It had a beautiful black barrel and the buttstock was made of red hardwood. After it was opened, two shotgun shells could be loaded.
This is the most common double-barreled shotgun, not the high-end one like Mr. Gao’s that can be loaded with rifle bullets.
"This red bullet is a birdshot, which contains small lead pellets. The green one is a deer bullet, which contains large lead pellets. The metal-headed one is a special lead-tipped bullet, which has the greatest power."
While Lin Heng was looking at the gun, Boss Zheng introduced the bullets to Lin Heng.
As the name suggests, bird bullets are used to shoot birds, deer bullets are used to shoot wild boars and deer, and special bullets are used to kill black bears, wolves and tigers.
Lin Heng nodded, picked it up and counted it. There were 250 birdshot bullets, 100 deer shot bullets, and 50 lead-head bullets, a total of 400 rounds. There was no problem.
"Thank you."
After confirming, Lin Heng put the gun back into the wooden box, carried the gun box and the bullets and went out.
He had already given the money. Here you have to pay first and then buy the gun. A gun costs 120 yuan, and bullets are 20 cents each. 400 bullets are 80 yuan, which adds up to exactly 200 yuan.
Leaving the gun in the car, Lin Heng went to the blender rental place in town and told them to go up and pull the blender back and settle the bill at the same time.
When Lin Heng passed by Baima Village, he delivered the wages to Carpenter Liang, and he no longer owed any money.
"I spent another three thousand." Lin Heng sighed. There was exactly two thousand five left out of the five thousand five in his card.
When he returned to the house, Lin's father ran down the street to greet him and asked curiously, "Son, what are you holding?"
"I bought the gun for my brother." Lin Heng handed the gun to his father, stepped on the accelerator and drove back home.
His third father, uncle and others were chatting in the yard. When they saw him come back, they asked him if the work had been done.
Lin Heng parked the car, took out the bullets and handed them to Lin Yue: "Brother, your gun is back. Here are the bullets. The gun is in Dad's hand."
"You're back so soon?" Lin Yue was a little shocked. This was a bit too fast.
"Finished bullets, are you buying a hunting rifle?" Li Baiquan asked curiously as he looked at the bullets in the bag.
Father Lin locked the door and said with a smile: "Here is the gun!"
After he said that, he took out the gun and let everyone observe.
"What a good thing! It's well made, shiny and glossy."
Li Baiquan's eyes widened as he looked at the double-barreled shotgun. Compared with this gun, his homemade shotgun from the countryside was just a firewood stick.
"How much is it?" Lin Hai asked curiously.
"Add two hundred bullets." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"Hiss, it's so expensive!" Lin Hai couldn't help but take a breath.
The others also silently gave up the idea of trying their hand at it.
Lin Heng gave the bullet to his brother and went back to the house to take a shower. After washing and changing his clothes, he felt refreshed.
After coming out, everyone was still looking at the guns in the yard and chatting happily.
"Brother, please find some time and take me to practice." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"no problem."
Lin Heng nodded, said a few words, and went out to wait.
After a while, a tractor came up outside. Lin Heng walked to the side of the road and waved, then took people to Hongfeng Mountain and installed the mixer on it.
The cement on the Red Maple Mountain side had already solidified, but Lin Heng discovered that there were some more bird footprints on it, like those of the Green-bearded Diaozi, and he silently kept a record of his grudge.
When he returned to the house, the meal was ready. Today, the construction site was completed, and everyone had to celebrate. Xiulan cooked more than ten dishes and served them on the table. Everyone picked up the wine and started drinking.
Lin Heng likes to drink yellow wine, which has a rice aroma and makes people intoxicated. Lin's father and his friends like sweet wine with a higher alcohol content, and they drink it with great enthusiasm.
It was already six o'clock when we finished the meal, but it was not dark yet. My uncle and my third father left one after another, and the room became quiet.
Lin Heng took an official hat chair and sat in the yard to enjoy the breeze. Lai Fu and Fengshou, two puppies, were fighting and playing in the yard. Xiongba and Jinbao were lying on the ground and on the stone table respectively, watching the two puppies fight.
After enjoying the breeze for a while, Lin Heng walked over and opened the sides of the small greenhouse above the strawberries, allowing the strawberries to gradually adapt to the temperature outside.
The weather is getting warmer now, so we can open up the fields and the same goes for the watermelon seedlings next to them.
After Lin Heng finished all these, he sat back in the official hat chair and was in a daze, enjoying the leisure time in the evening.
"Dad, play ball with me~"
Xiaoxia came over with the ball and said crisply.
"Ha, then you pick it up."
Lin Heng nodded and sat on a chair to play a ball tossing game with her. He threw the ball to her and she threw it back. It was a boring game for adults, but Xiaoxia was laughing while playing it.
After playing for a while, Lin Heng got tired and called Lin Wei next door, asking him to bring his second and third brothers over to play with Xiaoxia.
Lin Heng called out first, and sister-in-law Liu Juan had to agree. She told her son not to make Xiaoxia cry, otherwise she would be spanked.
Lin Heng remembered that there was a little girl named Liu Qingqing in the village who also played well with Xiaoxia, but for some reason she didn't come these days.
"Third dad!"
After a while, Lin Tao and his brother came over with smiles on their faces. Actually, they really wanted to come and play, but their mother usually didn't allow them.
"You guys play ball with Xiaoxia!"
Lin Heng said this and then leaned back in his chair, watching the kids happily playing with a ball in the yard, intervening from time to time, which was quite joyful.
After Xiulan cleaned up the dishes, she also took a stool and sat next to Lin Heng to watch the children play. Unconsciously, she put her head on Lin Heng's thigh, and her movements were very skillful.
Lin Heng glanced at her and leaned back in his chair to enjoy the fresh air.
They waited until dark before entering the house. Lin Heng got some charcoal and burned it in the ceramic stove. They didn't eat dinner, but just drank some milk and ate some biscuits before resting.
Before taking a break, he found a book to read, and at Xiaoxia and Xiulan's request, he read aloud to them.
The next morning, when Lin Heng woke up, it was already seven o'clock, but it was still gray outside.
"It looks like even if it doesn't rain today, it will rain tomorrow."
Lin Heng opened the window and suddenly a strong wind blew in. He was so cold that he immediately closed the window and crawled into bed.
"Get up. Since it's not raining, let's go transplant the watermelon seedlings." Xiulan looked at him and said softly.
"Warm yourself up for a while before getting up again."
Lin Heng hugged her and said that they both liked to sleep naked wearing only underwear, and it was very comfortable to hug his wife, who was soft and fragrant.
"Okay~"
Xiulan spread her hands, there was nothing she could do about him. But it was impossible to go outing in such a bad weather today, so she could sleep a little longer.
At 7:30, the two got up from bed and were just about to go out when Xiaoxia woke up and asked to go to the bathroom. Lin Heng had no choice but to dress her and take her to the bathroom.
After going to the toilet, she stood aside and made trouble while Lin Heng and Xiulan were exercising, following her mother's Tai Chi and shaking around randomly.
"How about we have potato pancakes and milk for breakfast?"
After finishing her exercise, Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.
Xiulan went back to the house to get the wooden bucket, and he pulled Xiaoxia, who was lying on the railing watching the fish, to milk the cows.
The lotus flowers in the fish pond have begun to sprout, revealing tiny buds. It is estimated that lotus leaves will soon grow out of the water.
There are a wide variety of fish species in the fish pond, including yellow mullet, crucian carp, koi, mandarin fish, stream grouper, and the giant salamander that has ended hibernation.
Now that the weather is warm, these fish are more active and are swimming around looking for food.
After milking, Xiulan went to heat milk to make potato pancakes. Xiaoxia wanted to watch the fish in the backyard, and Lin Heng watched from the side, not feeling at ease even with the railings.
As the sun gradually came out, the buzzing of bees became louder. Many bees had already returned with their full loads of nectar. Rice-sized dots could be seen on both sides of their wings, which were most likely nectar from the rapeseed flowers.
"See if they've made new honeycombs."
Lin Heng moved the ladder up and removed the insulation pads and rotten clothes placed around the sealed box, then opened the beehive and took a look.
Since there was no honey harvest in the winter, they ate a lot of the original honey, but now new honey combs have been made, so they are still very diligent.
After accompanying Xiaoxia to feed the fish for a while, they went to the front to eat.
The fried potato cakes are very fragrant. Although they are very hot, I still can't help but eat them. After eating, I drink a glass of milk. It is so comfortable.
It makes people look forward to this new day.
"Let's go plant the seedlings."
Xiulan finished drinking the milk and looked at Lin Heng and said.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.
The two of them went out together, first peeling off the plastic and removing the bent bamboo strips. The strawberries and fruit seedlings here were all green and lush.
"There are too many watermelon and cantaloupe seedlings."
Xiulan looked and roughly counted them. There were about sixty or seventy watermelon and cantaloupe seedlings. Even if she gave some to her parents and eldest brother, it would be too many.
"I can't help it. It's because I'm so successful in breeding."
Lin Heng smiled proudly, and then said: "It doesn't matter if there are too many, just plant them. If there are too many, give them away or sell them on the street. If that doesn't work, feed them to pigs."
Anyway, there is no need to take care of the fields except for applying fertilizer. In rural areas, there are so many fruits and vegetables in summer and autumn that they can't be eaten up.
"Then just plant five watermelons and five cantaloupes in the yard, and plant the rest in the fields outside or in the back hills." Xiulan said after thinking for a while.
"Can!"
Lin Heng nodded, walked to the side and dug holes in the field where ginseng was previously grown. Xiulan dug up the seedlings and the soil and transplanted them.
Half of the two-meter-wide and ten-meter-long field was planted with five watermelons, five cantaloupes, and ten cucumbers, and the remaining half was planted with green peppers.
“Boom boom boom!!”
"Son, open the door."
Just as the two men finished planting and were about to go out, Lin's father knocked on the door.
"Dad, I was just looking for you, do you want the melon seedlings?"
Lin Heng opened the door and asked with a smile.
Father Lin looked at the green melon seedlings in the distance and nodded, "Of course, have you planted enough?"
"Yes, you and my elder brother can take some to plant, and I will plant the rest in the back mountain." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
"Okay, I'll pull some out later."
Father Lin nodded and handed him another thirty yuan. "Here, take this money back. Just settle the account with your brother. There's no need to settle with me. If you don't have enough money, tell me and I can get some out."
Lin Heng looked at the money and realized that his father was worried that he would use up the money to repair the pond.
It cost more than 5,000 yuan to repair the pond last year, and another 3,000 yuan this year, so 8,000 yuan is gone, not counting other expenses. Add to that the purchase of the motorcycle, and under normal circumstances, I would definitely be out of money.
Lin Heng leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Dad, I'll tell you the truth. Last year, when it snowed heavily, I went into the mountains and luckily dug up a wild ginseng. It's a hundred-year-old wild ginseng."
"Hundred-year-old wild ginseng???"
Father Lin's voice was small and sharp, which showed that he was frightened, but he didn't dare to speak loudly.
His eyes widened into bells and he couldn't believe it for a long time.
"Dad, it's enough for you to know. That thing sold for a lot of money, and the remaining money I have is enough for business." Lin Heng laughed softly.
"call!"
"Were you the one who sold ginseng when that jeep came that time?" Father Lin took a deep breath and asked in a low voice.
Lin Heng didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded.
"call!!"
Father Lin took a deep breath again, but he still couldn’t calm down for a long time. Hundred-year-old wild ginseng, it was a legendary good thing.
He couldn't calm down at all, but now everything made sense. He asked why Lin Heng suddenly bought a motorcycle.
Then, he pulled Lin Heng and stuffed thirty yuan into his hand, saying with a smile: "You should keep this money. It will be used for my retirement in the future."
As for how much Lin Heng sold it for, he didn't care. He just wanted to know that his son had money to use.
Lin Heng had no choice but to accept the money after looking at it.
"This seedling is good. It already has seven or eight leaves."
Father Lin walked over there, looked at Miaozi and said with a smile.
After saying that, he found a basket and took out the seedlings along with the soil.
I took twenty watermelon and cantaloupe seedlings each, thirty cucumber seedlings, and forty-three pepper seedlings.
"You can plant the rest in the back mountain. These are enough for me and your brother." Father Lin said with a smile. The sky was covered with dark clouds today and it was obviously going to rain. It was a good time to transplant the seedlings.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, closed the door, walked over and gave Xiulan thirty yuan.
"You can take it with you. I have more than 300 yuan in change here." Xiulan looked at him and said. Lin Heng always gave her this kind of change whenever he had it.
"Then take it too. I'll give it to you." Lin Heng smiled and put it in her hand.
(End of this chapter)
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