Chapter 294: If you don't work, you won't eat.
Lin Heng nodded and replied, "There are 52 black goats in total, 22 of which are males. Since they are relatively cheap, I just bought them all at once."
Including the purchase of cattle and sheep this time, he only had 500 yuan left in his passbook. Adding the cement, sand, feed, shrimp seeds, fish fry and a lot of other things he had bought before, he didn't count them specifically, but in the end he only had 700 yuan left in his passbook, and he still had 35 cash on him.
From 5,000 to 700, the speed of shrinkage is too fast. If the villagers would never do this, there would be no point in saving this money.
Now the only money left is 25,000 yuan hidden in a secret compartment at home and money in a passbook used to store revenue from the purchasing station.
It looked like a lot, but Lin Heng wanted to buy an old factory to open a feed production plant, but the money was not enough. However, when the shrimps grew up in October, there would be an income, which would relieve some of the pressure.
"How much cheaper?" Lin's mother asked curiously.
Lin Heng replied, "22 heads for 150 yuan."
"If it's not seven dollars, that's fine." Lin's mother nodded.
Lin Heng glanced at the seven or eight villagers who came over to watch, touched Xiaoxia's head, and turned around to direct the truck to back up.
After the car was backed to the appropriate position, everyone began to unload the cargo, starting with the lambs.
“Meh!!”
“Meh!!”
The little lamb let out a miserable roar when it was caught.
"I want to catch the lamb too!" Xiaoxia was jumping and skipping as Xiulan pulled her along, and she thought catching the lamb was so much fun.
"Don't come over. I'll take you to catch one another day." Lin Heng glanced at her and took the lamb into the pen.
"Brother, should male and female lambs be raised separately?" Lin Yue asked while grabbing a screaming little ram.
Lin Heng nodded: "They must be raised separately, otherwise the ewes will easily become pregnant early."
Father Lin pointed to the tall sheepfold at the edge and said, "Put all the males here. When they grow bigger, pick one or two strong ones and keep them. Kill the rest."
"Shuaile" means castration. They are used to saying "shuaile" when referring to cows and sheep, and "qiao" when referring to pigs, all of which mean castration.
"Okay." Lin Yue smiled and threw the lamb into the pen. As he walked out, he asked, "How big can this black goat grow?"
Lin Heng smiled and replied, "The male weighs 100 kilograms, and the female weighs 80 to 90 kilograms."
Lin Yue was shocked and said, "Hey, this is much bigger than our own white goat."
"Of course, these are all good varieties." Father Lin came out and said with a smile.
Several people were talking and laughing as they carried the lamb. The onlookers in the village wanted to help, but Lin Heng refused. In case they mixed up the male and female, he would have to choose again.
However, the villagers were shocked when they saw the cattle and sheep pens. They were speechless with envy. The red brick walls and cement floors were actually for the cattle and sheep to live in, while they still lived in mud houses. It was really infuriating to compare them with each other.
Some people originally thought that this was a house, but they didn't expect it to be a cattle and sheep pen. By comparison, their lives were worse than those of the Lin family's cattle and sheep.
It took half an hour to carry all 52 lambs back to the pen. The calves were easier, just had to be driven into the pen by leading them by ropes.
There are only ten cows now, and the cowshed can easily accommodate them, with plenty of space left.
After the inventory was completed, Lin Heng gave the driver a pack of cigarettes and sent him away. Seeing that there was no excitement, the villagers also left with him.
In the end, only the Lin family was left at the cattle and sheep pen, and they were all smiling as they looked at the cattle and sheep in the pen.
"There are so many lambs and calves!!" Xiaoxia was the happiest. She looked here and there. Xiulan kept holding her, fearing that she would be hurt by the sheep and cattle.
"This is a really huge investment, we have to take good care of it." Lin's father said with emotion.
"Of course not. Fifteen hundred yuan is enough for us to earn normally for seven or eight years." Lin's mother also sighed, saying that she would never have dared to think about it in the past.
Lin Heng opened his mouth and said, "As I said before, prevention is the most important thing in breeding. Regular disinfection and ventilation are better than anything else."
He left a lot of ventilation holes in his breeding pen to ensure air circulation. If the ventilation is not enough after two months, he will install ventilation fans, and the installation holes are reserved.
Lin Yue asked curiously, "Brother, you won't make any other investments for the time being, right?"
"Let's not do it for now." Lin Heng nodded, but he was actually ready to continue. After all, this was just the beginning and he was still far from his goal.
"Do we need to take these cattle and sheep out to graze?" Xiulan asked curiously. It would not be easy to graze so many cattle and sheep.
"Just take them out for a walk occasionally, or not let them out at all." Lin Heng thought for a moment and said, "In fact, my idea is to fence off the 100-acre wasteland slope halfway up Hongfeng Mountain, and let them out for a walk when I want to."
Mother Lin agreed and said, "I think it's a good idea to fence this place off. It would be hard to take care of such a large herd of cattle and sheep if we put them on the mountain. There are crops everywhere in the village."
"I also think it's a good idea to fence off this area." Father Lin nodded.
"In fact, it's completely fine to keep them in captivity. They're going to be sold anyway." Lin Heng said with a smile.
However, letting them run around is good for their health. And it is not difficult to let them run around. Cows and sheep will not run around randomly when they are in groups. It is no problem to let them roam freely in the wild mountains behind Hongfeng Mountain.
Father Lin decided: "Let's start building railings in a few days. It would be good to enclose this area to prevent others from running over."
Lin Heng nodded in agreement and said, "Hurry up and go down to eat. We are starving after being busy all morning."
"The vegetables have been cut and we've been waiting for you to come back." Xiulan said with a smile, and habitually reached out to pick the spider web on his clothes.
"Son, do these cattle and sheep need water and grass?" Father Lin looked at Lin Heng and asked. He now had complete confidence in his abilities and would habitually ask him about everything he did.
Lin Heng shook his head: "Don't feed them for now. After we finish our meal, we can feed them some light salt water. Then, in the evening, we can feed them a small amount of hay. Let them have a good rest now."
Normally, sheep are fed concentrated feeds to sell quickly, which are feeds made from grains such as corn and wheat bran. But he is not in a hurry to sell them after three or four years, so he just feeds them grass.
It is enough to supplement some concentrated feed during pregnancy and childbirth.
Of course, once his feed factory is opened in the future, he can expand the scale of breeding cattle, sheep and pigs to form a preliminary industrial chain.
"Let's go down and eat." Father Lin nodded and said, then he closed the gate of the cattle and sheep pen and everyone went downstairs to the house together.
Lin's mother and sister-in-law went to the kitchen to cook, while Lin Heng, his father and his eldest brother moved some of the purchased odds and ends into the warehouse, and then chatted about breeding in the house.
Lin Heng had just rested for a while when Xiaoxia snuggled into his arms. She didn't feel hot even in the hot summer, and luckily there was an electric fan.
After saying a few words, Lin Heng suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Xiulan: "By the way, wife, where are the chicks you hatched?"
Xiulan pulled him aside and whispered, "Stop talking. Mom is going to settle accounts with you. She only hatched five chicks out of twenty eggs. She is so angry."
However, the next moment, Lin's mother came out of the house, put her hands on her hips and looked at Lin Heng and said, "I seriously suspect that you have hidden something and didn't tell me. Why did I only hatch five, but Xiulan hatched 18?"
She seriously suspected that Lin Heng had forgotten his mother after getting married.
Lin Heng was surprised and said, "This shouldn't be the case. Mom, your incubator is better than mine. It shouldn't be so small."
Looking at his mother's expression, he spread his hands and said, "As for Xiulan, it was pure luck. I only hatched 12 out of 30 eggs. We are lucky to have a hatching rate of half."
"Okay, then I'll go get a few goose eggs and try again in a few days." Lin's mother looked at Lin Heng and reluctantly believed what he said.
"Let's go see the chicks." Lin Heng pulled Xiaoxia over.
Mother Lin still kept the five chicks in the incubator, with tungsten lamps shining on them. Unlike the ones at home, these five chicks all had black fur, and their entire bodies were black, which was very strange.
"Why are all the chickens here black?" Xiulan asked curiously.
"It's a mutation." Lin Heng smiled and spread his hands. Chickens have too many genes that control their fur color, which is different from humans.
After taking a look, Xiulan said, "Another chicken was killed today, but I think we can kill the duck at home, as it's useless to keep it if it doesn't lay eggs."
"Chickens and ducks can be killed. The number of eggs they lay will start to decline in the second year." Lin Heng nodded. It was indeed not good for the ducks at home to lay eggs if they were kept in dry land.
"Let's have some roast duck in a few days," Lin Heng added.
Xiulan opened her mouth and asked, "Honey roast duck?" She liked to eat this.
"I'll make honey crispy roast duck then." Lin Heng smiled.
Xiaoxia cheered: "Great, I want to eat duck!"
After watching the chicken for a while, they returned to the main room and sat down. Soon the food was ready and served on the table. Today, there was not only a freshly killed chicken, but also fresh beef that Lin Heng bought in the city.
Lin Heng picked a little bit of each for Xiulan, fearing that she would vomit after eating too much. But he didn't expect that she would run away with a whimper after just two bites.
"I'll go take a look, you guys continue eating." Lin Heng said and the table was cleared. Lin's mother also hurried over to take care of it.
"It's okay, I'll eat later." Xiulan shook her head, with tears in the corners of her eyes.
Mother Lin sighed and said, "I'm afraid this is the son I'm really pregnant with. He's too noisy."
"Take a rest and then eat something." Lin Heng patted her and said.
Xiulan nodded and sat back down at the table, but she didn't dare eat any more.
Lin Heng picked up some chicken liver and some beef for her and motioned for her to eat slowly.
After taking good care of Xiulan, everyone continued to eat and drink to celebrate the birth of the livestock. This was a big event and everyone was very happy.
It was already two o'clock in the afternoon after the meal. Lin's father and elder brother were a little drunk. Lin Heng didn't like white wine and only had a little rice wine.
He went to check on the cattle and sheep, and used his sidecar to pull a few buckets of salt water to feed them.
After these two hours, the cattle and sheep had excreted a lot of feces, but the smell in the house was not very strong, which shows that the ventilation of the cattle and sheep pens was good.
However, this time is still short, and you have to wait two or three days to see the real effect.
I looked at the flock again and found two "problem" sheep. These were two rams, and they had already started fighting in the pen, as if they were competing for the lead.
"Fighting is not good for growing meat!" Lin Heng said with a smile, but at this stage they can fight as much as they want. After the strongest one emerges from the competition, all the others will be beaten away, and only one male will be left.
In normal breeding, sheep can be fanned one to two weeks after birth, or they can be slaughtered after eight months without fanning, because even ram meat will not become smelly if it is less than eight months old.
Moreover, sheep grow faster if they are not fanned, and they do not gain fat.
Lin Heng plans to wait until they become the leader in six or seven months before getting aggressive. At this stage, let them fight if they want.
After feeding the cattle and sheep, Lin Heng drove down the road, looked at Xiulan and Xiaoxia, and said, "Let's go home."
"Here I come!" Xiaoxia had been wanting to get in the car for a long time. She ran over in small steps and stretched out her little hand for Lin Heng to pull her into the car.
Xiulan took some things, walked over slowly, picked up Xiaoxia and sat in the truck bed. She didn't like to let her hair down, she liked to braid it and let it hang in front of her chest, giving people a gentle and peaceful feeling.
Lin Heng started the car and the three of them drove towards home.
"What are you going to do in the next period of time?" Xiulan turned her head and asked.
"It will be easier from now on. There is nothing important to do. I will just repair the dam and raise shrimps, cattle and sheep." Lin Heng said with a smile.
There is no need to rush when it comes to opening a feed factory or buying a house. Just take your time. It won’t be completed in a short time.
"That's good." Xiulan said happily.
After a while they returned to the house and put away the fruits and some miscellaneous items they bought. Lin Heng looked at the roof. Although this place was better than the brick house, it was still quite hot in the summer.
"Let's move into the cabin in a few days, while your belly is not too big and you can still run around." Lin Heng said.
Xiulan nodded: "Okay, I've thought about it a long time ago."
Lin Heng washed some plums and apricots and put them on a plate, then drank some cold tea and sat in the house to rest. He didn't want to do anything at the moment.
"Let's go back to the bedroom and lie down. I bought two more mats." After sitting for a while, Lin Heng stood up and said.
He felt that it would be a shame if there was no sofa in the living room. If he wanted to rest, he could only go back to the bedroom. He wanted to make a sofa himself when he had time. He could just make a frame and fill it with sponge. It shouldn't be too difficult.
Having a soft sofa is a enjoyment for the whole family. It’s okay if you haven’t experienced it, but once you have experienced it, you will never forget it.
"Xiaoxia, let's go back to the room." Xiulan called Xiaoxia and Lin Heng went back to the bedroom together.
Put a cool mat on the bed, open the window and turn on the fan, and the room will be much cooler.
Lin Heng got up after an hour's lunch break. He didn't want to sleep any longer or he would not be able to sleep at night. He glanced at Xiulan who was sleeping, smoothed her messy hair, and then got up to take Xiaoxia out to play.
"Dad, I want to play with Yang Qing!" Xiaoxia said eagerly.
"Then I'll take you to find it." Lin Heng said, pulling her.
Yang Qing's home is a little below the village party secretary's house. Lin Heng brought Xiaoxia over and met Yang Qing at the edge of the bamboo forest.
"Yang Qing, come to my house and play with cars!" When Xiaoxia saw Yang Qing, she ran over excitedly to invite him.
Yang Qing pulled Xiaoxia and shook his head: "I can't go. My dad asked me to cut grass for the pigs. I'll come and play with you tomorrow."
"Why?" Xiaoxia tilted her head in confusion.
"If I don't collect grass for the pigs, the pigs at home will have nothing to eat." Yang Qing shook her head. She didn't dare to disobey her father's orders.
Finally, Xiaoxia walked back in a depressed mood. She looked up at her father and said, "Dad, why does Yang Qing want to cut grass for the pigs?"
"Because if she doesn't collect grass for the pigs, they will have nothing to eat." Lin Heng touched her head. Xiaoxia didn't understand these things very well because of him, but she would understand them when she grew up.
People are different. His family can eat white rice and noodles and meat every day, while many families in the village are still eating cornmeal and buckwheat noodles.
It was because he used his foresight to choose the right direction to make money after his rebirth that Xiaoxia was able to grow up happily without having to worry about food and drink.
He didn't want to say this for now, but when Xiaoxia grows up, she will understand for herself that this world is too varied.
Lin Heng asked Lin Tao and his brother who lived next door to play with Xiulan, and then he took a ruler to measure the size of the living room to see how big a sofa would be appropriate.
After measuring, he found that a 3.5-meter-long sofa would be more suitable for the main room, which would be placed against the east wall of the study. After deciding, he returned to the study and took a pencil to start drawing a rough sketch.
In fact, he could just go to the city and buy one, as there were already sofas available at that time. But he thought he could make a better one, and the price wouldn't be that expensive.
"What are you drawing?" Xiulan woke up and walked into the study and asked curiously.
"Draw another sketch of the sofa and prepare to make a sofa." Lin Heng said, looking up.
"What is a sofa?" Xiulan leaned over and took a curious look, somewhat not understanding Lin Heng's drawing.
"It's just a chair for sitting, but it's more comfortable than a wooden chair. You'll know when it's made." Lin Heng explained after smelling the faint jasmine scent on her hair.
It’s not that wooden chairs are bad, they are naturally comfortable to sit on. It’s just that the application scenario is different from that of sofas. Sofas allow people to lie down and are more comfortable when they want to rest.
"Okay!" Xiulan blinked and smiled playfully.
She went to get a stool and sat opposite Lin Heng, resting her chin on her hand while watching him paint.
"By the way, have you found a buyer for the scorpion?" Xiulan thought of this and asked again.
Lin Heng nodded as he painted: "I asked around with my dad yesterday, and the only Chinese medicine practitioner I know is only 38 yuan per pound. If I buy more, I'm afraid the price will be lowered."
"Is that so?" Xiulan nodded in disappointment, and then said, "You can catch them, and if you lower the price, you should be able to sell them for quite a bit of money."
"Sure, you can catch some when you have nothing to do." Lin Heng nodded. Although there was no large-scale purchase, it could indeed sell for a lot of money.
Xiulan said regretfully: "It's a pity that I'm pregnant, otherwise I really want to go out and catch them every day."
Lin Heng glanced at her and said, "You'd better stay in the house. Just go out and play during the day, but don't run around at night."
After drawing the picture, Lin Heng and Xiulan went together to put the batch of chicks he had hatched earlier into the chicken coop on the back mountain and locked them up in a separate chicken cage.
These chickens are already half a pound, and if they are kept in the yard, they will poop everywhere, which is not good for people's health. Xiaoxia was reluctant to leave them, but she reluctantly agreed when she saw Lin Heng locking them up alone.
After settling the chicks, Tian Yan came to play with Xiulan and taught Xiaoxia how to read and draw. She still comes every now and then and has become a good friend of Xiulan.
In the evening, the eldest brother came over and looked at Lin Heng and said with a smile: "Brother, come here for a moment. Your sister-in-law and I have something to ask you."
Lin Heng nodded and followed his elder brother to his home. His elder sister-in-law Liu Juan enthusiastically poured him a cup of tea.
"What's the matter, brother?" Lin Heng put the tea aside and asked.
Lin Yue looked at his wife, then at Lin Heng, and said embarrassedly: "Brother, we asked you to come here because we want to cooperate with you on something."
Liu Juan smiled and said, "We want to borrow your ultraviolet lamp to catch scorpions. Every time we catch a scorpion, we will give you half. What do you think?"
Ultraviolet lamps are not available in Taibai City. Lin Heng bought his in Ancheng. As long as he doesn't sell them, the business of catching scorpions is his alone. But Lin Heng doesn't catch them often, so they want to borrow them and catch them themselves, but they don't lend them for free, so they give him half.
Lin Yue was afraid that Lin Heng would be embarrassed, so he added: "Just lend it to us when you don't need it. It doesn't matter if it doesn't work."
Lin Heng nodded and said, "No problem, just give me one third of the reward, and I'll just lend you one."
Scorpions are not caught by many people now, and the resources are very abundant. It is impossible for their family to catch them all. Even if they bring their eldest brother's family with them, it doesn't matter. It is a small amount of money for themselves, but it is a considerable income for him.
Lin Yue said happily: "Thank you, brother. Don't refuse the reward. If you say half, then half. Otherwise, I would be embarrassed to ask for it. We agreed that brothers should settle accounts clearly."
"Just one third is enough. I won't lend you any more." Lin Heng waved his hand. He didn't like to give in. It was pointless.
"Thank you, brother." Lin Yue nodded helplessly. He knew that this was Lin Heng's help to him, and he silently kept the favor in his heart.
After taking a sip of water, he asked again: "So, brother, can you catch it today?"
Lin Heng shook his head: "I won't catch him. You can take mom with you. If she wants to catch him, I'll go back and get you a lamp."
He was a little tired and didn't want to make any trouble tonight.
"Okay, I'll go with you to get it." Lin Yue said with a smile.
Lin Heng took his eldest brother over to get the things and asked them to bring their mother to try it out.
Lin Heng told Xiulan about this matter only after Tian Yan left.
Xiulan hesitated and asked, "Isn't this a bad idea?"
Lin Heng shook his head: "There's nothing wrong with it. This is called channel fees. One third is too little. I can find anyone in the village who would be willing to give me two thirds. This way of making money is not easy to find."
In other words, he only takes one third of his brother's money. If an outsider doesn't have two thirds, don't even think about letting him take him away.
"That's fine." Xiulan nodded.
Lin Heng glanced at the sky, went back to the house, took out his Boshan stove, and lit some incense made of mugwort powder to repel mosquitoes. After enjoying the cool air and looking at the stars for a while, he went into the house to cook dinner.
Everyone’s appetite was not very good in the hot summer, so I made a cold cucumber salad and a cold bitter gourd salad. After they ate and digested the food for a while, they went back to the house to sleep.
With the cool mat, sleeping at night was more comfortable than before, but he still couldn't sleep. Lin Heng decided to go to the Red Maple Mountain cabin tomorrow.
The next morning, after they finished breakfast, the eldest brother Lin Yue came over to return something and said happily: "Your sister-in-law and I caught six taels of scorpions last night. This ultraviolet lamp is really magical."
Lin Heng handed him an ultraviolet lamp and said, "Take this lamp first. I'll ask you for it when I catch some. You guys keep the scorpions first. When you catch enough scorpions, we'll take them down to the city and sell them all at once."
"That's fine." Lin Yue said with a smile.
Lin Heng looked at his elder brother and said, "Brother, if you have nothing to do today, let's go to Hongfeng Mountain to discuss digging a dam."
He now wants to dig a dam, but also wants to go to the place where he found the hundred-year-old ginseng before to look for ginseng. He is a little conflicted.
(End of this chapter)
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