Chapter 292 What to do if milk spills on Xiulan's feet
"If we want to get the livestock, we'll go tomorrow. We'll stay in the city for one night and discuss with them to bring the cattle and sheep back the day after tomorrow. Then, dad, you can come with me."
Lin Heng looked at his father and said, "It's just right that his father can go down with him to check his body and see if there is any problem."
Father Lin did not refuse this, he smiled and nodded, "Okay."
After finishing his words, Lin Heng took some grass and took Xiulan Xiaoxia home. He fed the red dates and then rode to the town.
He first went to the purchasing station to check the account book. He only came here once every two weeks, but Caiyun often helped to check the accounts. Wang Zhou himself was an honest and simple person, so there would be no problems.
"Brother Lin, that..."
Seeing that Lin Heng was about to leave, Wang Zhou spoke hesitantly.
Lin Heng turned his head and looked at him: "If you have anything to say, just tell me. A grown man shouldn't be so fussy."
Wang Zhou mustered up his courage and said in one breath: "Lin He, I want to marry Liu Cihua this year."
Lin Heng glanced at him, walked over, patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's no problem. I'll arrange a matchmaking for you when I have some free time in a few days."
Wang Zhou is older than him, so it is time for him to get married. But he needs help and doesn't want him to get married so early.
But it doesn't matter. When I open my own pig farm, I can transfer him and Liu Cihua to raise pigs. They are both down-to-earth and capable people.
As for the purchasing station, we can find someone else to look after it.
Wang Zhou thanked excitedly: "Thank you, Brother Lin. I promise that even if I get married, I will not delay my work here."
Lin Heng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about that. I'll find someone to talk to you about the situation in a few days. Maybe within two months at the latest. I'm a bit busy lately."
"No problem, Brother Lin, you go ahead and do your thing. I'm not in a hurry." Wang Zhou said quickly.
Lin Heng smiled and asked, "Anything else?"
"No more." Wang Zhou shook his head.
Lin Heng patted him and led the horse to Li’s blacksmith shop.
"Boss Lin is here to change the horseshoes again! Please come in quickly."
As soon as Lin Heng reached the door, Li Tie, the owner of the blacksmith shop, greeted him with a smile.
"Uncle Li, I want to make another short knife for use in the wild and a bone-cutting knife." Lin Heng tied the horse to a tree and said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Li Tie became even happier and patted his chest and said, "That's no problem. I'll make sure you'll be satisfied."
"A bone-chopping knife can be made of tempered steel, but for the short knife, I want one with Damascus pattern." Lin Heng took the tea brought by Li Tie's wife and said with a smile.
"What is Damascus pattern?" Li Tie was confused and didn't understand the meaning of this term.
"It's just cutting and stacking the steel..."
Lin Heng introduced Damascus steel in detail. In essence, it is no different from refined steel, but the pattern made by this stacking method is more neat and beautiful.
The patterns produced by the hundred-fold tempered steel are not delicate enough.
After explaining, Lin Heng asked, "Uncle Li, can you fight? How much does a dagger like this cost?"
Li Tie smiled and nodded: "It's not difficult, but I have to borrow an electric welder. It will take a day or two to make one. The bone-chopping knife and horseshoe together will cost twelve yuan."
Lin Heng immediately took out one dollar as a deposit and handed it over: "It's okay if it's a little more expensive, but I won't pay if it's not done well."
Li Tie patted his chest and said, "Boss Lin, don't worry. I, Li Tie, will never joke about my reputation. If there is even a slight flaw in the forging technique, I won't charge you a dime."
Lin Heng nodded. He still trusted Li Tie. This blacksmith shop has always been very honest.
After drinking a cup of tea, he waited for the horseshoe to be made and installed and then left with the red dates.
It was still early, only three in the afternoon, and he was walking around town when he was surprised to find a store selling ripe apricots and plums.
I immediately walked up to him and asked, "Excuse me, how much are these plums and apricots?"
"Apricots are five cents a pound, and plums are ten cents. These are Sichuan plums, and they taste crispy and sweet." said the woman selling things.
Lin Heng picked it up and tasted it. The plums were indeed Sichuan plums, which were crisp, sweet and slightly sour.
Apricots are more sour, but they should become very sweet if left for a few more days.
This is a local apricot. He has eaten the egg-sized apricots at his relatives' house. They are not only sweet but also sticky, and very delicious.
"I want to buy two pounds of plums and two pounds of apricots." Lin Heng said, taking out three cents.
"Okay!"
The saleswoman smiled and took a plastic bag and weighed out the plums and apricots for Lin Heng.
Lin Heng took the apricots and went to the river to look around. No one was fishing. It was too hot at the moment, so even Grandpa Gao only went fishing in the morning and evening.
He didn't want to fish either, so he turned over, rode on the red date and went straight home.
After tying the red dates to the stable, Lin Heng pushed open the door and walked into the yard.
Xiaoxia was lying on a mat in the main room, playing with a bunch of small toys, including small wooden blocks, small frogs, wooden mice, etc.
Jinbao was sleeping on his back on a cool mat, snoring evenly. Even though Xiaoxia put some small pieces of wood on his body, he did not wake up.
This cat has been living a miserable life since it was picked up by Lin Heng. It eats and sleeps, and rarely does anything else.
Xiongba was lying outside the mat, squinting his eyes at Xiaotian, his ears moving from time to time, looking quite comfortable.
"Dad! Look at the big house I built!" Seeing Lin Heng coming back, Xiaoxia showed off to him the big house she built with wooden blocks.
"Xiaoxia is so awesome. Dad bought some plums and apricots and will wash them for you later." Lin Heng touched her head and praised her.
"Xiaoxia doesn't want to eat sour apricots! Xiaoxia wants to eat cranberries!" Xiaoxia shook her little head. She was so jealous when she stole her mother's sour apricots before.
"Okay, I'll pick it for you next time." Lin Heng agreed with a smile, and then asked, "Where's your mother?"
"She's in that room." Xiaoxia pointed to the study.
Lin Heng put down the fruit and went over to take a look. He found Xiulan asleep on the table with a book under her. No wonder there was no movement.
Smiling, he walked over and looked at her child-like sleeping posture, then picked her up and went to the bedroom to sleep.
"Hey...you're back!"
Xiulan woke up as soon as Lin Heng held her in his arms, and she was very happy to see him.
"I just came back and saw you fell asleep, so I wanted to carry you to the bedroom." Lin Heng said with a smile, and was about to put her down.
"No, there's no one else at home, just carry me over." Xiulan hugged his neck and said in a tender voice, her pretty face blushing.
She seemed to have used perfume on a whim today, and there was a faint scent of jasmine on her body. She was wearing a floral skirt and a white short-sleeved shirt.
"Actually, I think so too!" Lin Heng grinned and carried her into the bedroom. Xiulan hugged his neck with her soft, white arms and stared at him with her bright eyes.
When they reached the bedroom door, Xiulan smiled and said, "I'm not sleepy, put me down."
"But I miss you so much suddenly!" Lin Heng carried her into the house. He felt that Xiulan, who had just woken up, had a unique beauty and was very beautiful.
Xiulan was gently placed on the bed, looking at Lin Heng with her big eyes, and slowly closed her eyes as he gradually approached.
“Hmm!”
The two of them had a big competition on the strength and flexibility of their tongues, leaving each other a little breathless.
Lin Heng was only busy eating the big white steamed buns, while Xiulan was doing some weird things.
"Wash my feet!!"
After a long time, Xiulan stretched her milk-stained feet in front of Lin Heng, looking a little angry.
He could have avoided it, but he insisted on pouring milk on her feet.
Lin Heng gave a wicked smile, took out a tissue and wiped off the large amount of milk spilled on Xiulan's feet, then tidied her clothes and pulled her up.
"You are so bad!" Xiulan gritted her teeth and patted his face, then went out with the soap and washed it again.
She originally wanted Lin Heng to wash her clean, but she found that this didn't seem to be a punishment.
"Honey, I washed the fruit and bought it for you."
Lin Heng washed the plums and apricots and brought them to the backyard. He actually didn't think much about it at first, but suddenly he fell in love with them.
"Bring it here!" Xiulan beckoned at him and sat in the pavilion to dry the moisture on her feet.
Lin Heng brought the fruit over and placed it between him and Xiulan. Xiulan picked up a plum and ate it, then picked up an apricot and tasted it.
"This is delicious!" Xiulan said with a smile, holding up the apricots.
"My teeth are sore just looking at it!" Lin Heng shook his head repeatedly. He still liked these crispy and sweet Sichuan plums.
This young couple has completely become a forgetful couple, sitting here enjoying the backyard, eating fruit and appreciating the scenery.
"Mom, I'm hungry!!"
Until Xiaoxia got hungry and came over.
"Here, try this." Lin Heng broke the plum in half and gave her half.
Xiaoxia's eyes lit up: "This is delicious!"
"I'm going to cook. Let's have a vegetable stew for lunch." Xiulan stood up and said. It was hot and she didn't feel like eating anything greasy.
Lin Heng took Xiaoxia to help pick vegetables, and the family of three cooked lunch together. After dinner, they stayed in the house until the afternoon. Lin Heng didn't want to go out because he was accompanying his daughter and wife.
After the sun went down in the afternoon, Xiulan went out to pick some wild vegetables and relax. She asked Tian Yan and her sister-in-law Liu Juan to go with her, so Lin Heng had nothing to do.
He asked Tian Yan and his elder sister-in-law to help take care of Xiulan, for fear that she might fall.
"Oh, go away quickly, we don't know yet. Stop showing off your affection, really." Tian Yan waved her hand to indicate that Lin Heng could go away, as her show of affection made her unhappy.
"Okay." Lin Heng spread his hands, turned and went to Hongfeng Mountain.
He came here mainly to check on the condition of the shrimp fry. If there is no problem, they can start feeding them this evening.
“Pah!!”
As soon as I arrived at the breeding base, I heard the sound of grass carp fry bursting in the water. I could see some grass carps beside the water plants. These grass carps weighed only about two or three taels now.
But if you feed it this year, it will definitely increase sharply.
In the shrimp pond, only silver carp and bighead carp can be seen on the surface of the water, and shrimp fry are almost invisible during the day. But this is a good thing, which means that there is no problem with the shrimp fry.
Father Lin was still building the foundation of the composting pond. When he saw Lin Heng coming over, he asked, "Son, how do you feed these shrimp fry?"
"I was talking about the same thing. Dad, stop doing this and come over here to help me prepare the feed." Lin Heng nodded.
When we bought so many types of materials, we had to coordinate them.
"Okay, I'll be right there." Father Lin nodded in agreement. After packing up his things, he and Lin Heng came to the warehouse.
Lin Heng used the same ratio he used in his previous life: 50% wheat bran, 30% silkworm pupa powder, 10% bean cake, 5% peanut cake, and 5% rice bran.
Finally, add some bone meal to supplement calcium.
The two weighed the specific weight with a scale and prepared 1,000 kilograms of feed. The daily feed amount for the shrimps is about 10% of their body weight.
Feed twice a day, once in the morning with about one-third of the total amount, and once in the afternoon and evening with about two-thirds of the total amount.
Lin Heng and his father prepared the feed, scooped it out, mixed it with water, and started feeding it. The 15-acre pond consumed a lot of feed.
After feeding the shrimps, the two waited until dark and shone flashlights. They felt relieved when they saw that all the shrimps were lying on the water peanuts eating the bait.
"When are we leaving tomorrow?" Father Lin asked when he saw Lin Heng was about to go back.
"About eight or nine in the morning. Eat your meal before leaving. There's no rush. I'll come and pick you up then." Lin Heng said.
The day for the livestock reception is the day after tomorrow. There is no rush tomorrow and you can take your time.
Father Lin nodded and looked at the gloomy sky: "Are you going even if it rains?"
"Yes, we can go if it doesn't rain too much." Lin Heng nodded. If they go down early the day after tomorrow, they will not have enough time.
After saying that, he turned around and went back home. The wind was quite strong on the way, blowing the leaves on the mountain into green waves, which looked very turbulent.
Lin Heng returned to the house and saw Xiulan picking wild amaranth, gray-gray vegetables and Houttuynia cordata that she had dug in the afternoon. These two kinds of wild vegetables are the most delicious in summer.
"Will you still go tomorrow even if it rains?" Xiulan asked, looking up.
"Yes, good times cannot be delayed." Lin Heng said with a smile, squatting down to help pick vegetables.
Xiulan nodded, and after picking the vegetables, she took them back to cook. The leaves of the gray-gray vegetable and the houttuynia cordata were all used for cold salad, and the wild amaranth Xiulan fried it with eggs, which tasted great.
Lin Heng tasted the leaves of Houttuynia cordata and found that it was more acceptable than Houttuynia cordata. Xiaoxia tried a bite and spit it out directly, and started eating the loofah on the plate. She liked it.
"It's going to rain!"
After dinner, Xiulan walked to the door and said, "Outside, there were dark clouds and thunder rolling in. From time to time, a big flash of lightning would light up the entire sky."
"I hope it's a white rain." Lin Heng sighed and ran out to catch the chickens in the yard and put them under the eaves, then covered them with plastic film, fearing that the heavy rain would damage them.
The so-called white rain is heavy rain but of short duration.
The three of them had just finished washing up and were about to go back to the bedroom when it started to rain heavily outside, accompanied by strong winds.
Lin Heng opened the windows, the bedroom door and the back door. He turned on the light and told Xiaoxia a story while watching the rain through the wooden window.
After a while, the heat in the room was taken away and I could have a good sleep tonight.
Xiaoxia gradually fell asleep to the sound of rain and Lin Heng telling stories. Lin Heng glanced at the heavy rain outside, closed the window and lay down on the bed to rest.
It was raining and not hot, so the night was very comfortable. The white noise also made me sleep more soundly than usual.
“Oh my god!”
The next morning, Lin Heng opened the window and exclaimed at the situation outside.
(End of this chapter)
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