Chapter 296: Looking forward to the rain
This model is still very delicate, 30 centimeters long, divided into three parts, and enclosed in a semi-square shape.
The total length is thirty centimeters, which looks quite large, but if it were made too small, it would be impossible to see the details.
After finishing it, Lin Heng recalled it carefully and felt relieved only when he was sure that it was the same sofa he had dismantled in his previous life.
The difficulty of making a sofa is actually very simple, not as difficult as a mandarin chair. You just need to make a frame with wood and nails, pull springs or elastic bandages and fill them with sponge or polyester.
It relies on the comfort provided by modern materials.
Classical furniture is very technically made, and almost all of them are mortise and tenon joints, which have a unique beauty. When Lin Heng cut the dark wood, he also chose classical furniture.
Looking at Xiaoxia, Lin Heng woke her up. She couldn't fall asleep at night because she slept for a long time.
"Dad~"
Xiaoxia was woken up and snuggled into Lin Heng's arms, rubbing her eyes with her little hands and making a delicate sound, seeming very unhappy.
"I've made some honey sweet wine for you!" Lin Heng had an idea and said, pointing to the small bowl on the table.
This is mainly honey and water, with a little bit of rice wine added to enhance the flavor and aroma of the drink.
"Wow, Daddy is so nice!!" Xiaoxia, who was originally unhappy about being woken up, immediately hugged Lin Heng and kissed him, then put her cheek against his.
"Go drink!" Lin Heng put her down with a smile.
After waking up Xiaoxia, he went to the bedroom to check on Xiulan. She was sleeping soundly, lying on her side on the bed with a pillow in her arms. She looked hazy through the mosquito net.
Without disturbing her, Lin Heng closed the door and took Xiaoxia to water the fruits and vegetables. The water had been evaporating too much in the past two days.
"Dad, when can we eat the watermelon?" Xiaoxia asked while looking at the watermelon which was as big as a human head.
There are now five large watermelons the size of a human head on the watermelon rack, and six or seven small watermelons the size of a child's head.
The same goes for the Hami melons next to them. There are eight large ones, and like the watermelons, they are all hung on the shelf by Lin Heng using a net bag.
Ground-grown watermelons and cantaloupes are rich in nutrients and produce a lot of fruit.
Lin Heng patted it and looked at the watermelon and replied, "It will be ready to eat in about ten days."
The watermelon ripens in about a hundred days. He planted the seedlings in March, and now it’s almost ripe in July.
It is not accurate to judge whether a watermelon is ripe by tapping it and listening to the sound. The most accurate way is to see whether the tendrils at the previous or next node of the vine are withered and yellow. If so, it means it is ripe.
The hanging tendril was just beginning to wither, and Lin Heng felt that it would take a few more days to mature.
Xiaoxia touched the watermelon, ran over to pick a cucumber and started eating it. Lin Heng did not stop her, because the vegetables grown at home were not sprayed with pesticides, so it was okay to eat them directly.
After watering the plants, Lin Heng picked a lot of fruits and vegetables, including cucumbers, loofahs, green beans, cowpeas, and spinach. They all grew too fast during this period.
There are many cucumbers, pumpkins, winter melons and gourds in the back mountain. They are all in full bloom and cannot be eaten up.
Lin Heng picked the vegetables and Xiulan woke up and came out of the house. She looked at the sofa model on the table and asked curiously, "Is this the sofa model you made?"
"Yes, it's actually four meters long." Lin Heng took it and explained to Xiulan.
"It's so big, it's not the same as a bed." Xiulan said in surprise, thinking that this thing called a sofa was a little strange.
Lin Heng said: "It's different from a bed. This is a large chair for resting. It's very comfortable. You'll know when you use it."
Xiulan did not object to his tinkering with these novel things, and even thought it was quite interesting: "I'll help you with the needlework."
"I'll need your help to make the pillows then." Lin Heng said with a smile. He put the model down and said, "Eat something first. I'm going to build a composting pond at Hongfeng Mountain."
"Then go ahead." Xiulan nodded.
Lin Heng took the ultraviolet lamp and tools for catching scorpions, then took the sofa model and drawings and left.
Father Lin had just finished his lunch break and was preparing to go to work on the mountain. When he saw Lin Heng coming over with the sofa model, he asked curiously, "What is this? Is it a toy for Xiaoxia?"
"No, it's a sofa model, a kind of chair. You'll know its specific function when it's made." Lin Heng said.
Father Lin looked at the model and asked, "Do you want to do it here again?"
Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, this is easy and we can do it ourselves. What kind of wood is left here, Dad?"
"There are only two pieces of pine and one piece of red toon left. It is definitely not enough for you to make furniture." Father Lin shook his head and said, "Okay, I'll go buy some finished wooden boards in a couple of days." Lin Heng said that he didn't want to make this sofa today.
Father Lin looked at him and said, "Tell me more about it so I can see what kind of wood is best to use. Maybe we don't need to buy it."
"Okay." Lin Heng unfolded the blueprint and took the model and blueprint to explain to his father.
Because Lin's father had gone with him to see the house and had seen some sofas, it was not difficult for him to understand.
After listening to this, Father Lin shook his head and said, "I don't think you need to make this kind of cloth-wrapped one. We can make it like a flat stool. The sitting surface and the backrest for placing cushions are the same, and the cavity can also be used to store things."
"Dad, I think you have a talent for carpentry and aesthetics." Lin Heng said with a smile. The design he was talking about was very fashionable and high-end, and it cost much more than his sofa.
He just needs to make a frame with small wooden boards, and then wrap it with cloth, which is very cheap. The sofa his father mentioned is a solid wood sofa, and the solid wood part exposed outside must be made very delicately and with good wood, otherwise it will look ugly.
Father Lin glared at him and said, "Don't humiliate me, kid. I think that kind of thing is practical!"
"I'm not humiliating you, I just think what you said makes sense." Lin Heng said with a smile. In fact, everyone has their own strengths, which is also called talent, but most people find it difficult to find it in their entire lives.
He felt that his father might really have a talent for carpentry or design.
"So you mean to do as I say?" Father Lin asked curiously.
Lin Heng shook his head: "Just follow my design. The one you mentioned is too laborious and requires very high production technology."
It’s not that he hasn’t thought about making a solid wood sofa, it’s just that it’s a bit too troublesome, and he wants to make it quickly and use it as soon as possible.
"Okay then, I think you can just buy some prickly fir wood boards. It's not difficult to make them, so we can make them ourselves." Father Lin nodded.
"I'll go buy it in a couple of days." Lin Heng agreed. The wood is sold in the town. There is a small workshop with a revolving door that makes wood.
"Then shall we build a composting pit this afternoon?" asked Father Lin.
"That's right, let's build a composting pit first." Lin Heng nodded.
Taking a shovel and putty, he first mixed some concrete with his father and pushed it under the cowshed with a cart. Then Lin's father helped him move stones and bricks, and he was responsible for building the wall.
Because the foundation had been built, it was easy to build a 1.2-meter-high composting pit. All that was needed was to build a wall. Father Lin was thrifty and asked him to use some stones as materials, which made it a little more troublesome.
"dad!!"
Lin Heng had just built a wall when he heard Xiaoxia calling him from below. He looked up and saw his daughter and Xiulan coming over.
"Why are you here?" Lin Heng asked in surprise.
Xiulan said, "It was boring at home in the afternoon, so I took Xiaoxia out for a walk and ended up here."
"Then you can finish watching us lay bricks here." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Okay, okay." Xiaoxia agreed happily.
The sun was out now, and Xiulan and Xiaoxia watched them lay bricks. Xiaoxia thought it was very interesting and wanted to try it, but Xiulan stopped her.
Even with Xiaoxia's interference, they built the wall of the west composting pit in one afternoon and used cement to plaster the wall and the floor.
There is an opening at the bottom of the composting pool, which can be blocked with a wooden board when composting. When taking out the fertilizer, the wooden board can be removed and the organic fertilizer can be directly dug out.
The composting pit on the east side was completed at about seven o'clock. It was not dark yet, so the two went to repair the foundation of another composting pit on the west side and laid two circles of stones.
They finished work on time at 7:30. Lin Heng took some green grass and went with Xiaoxia to feed the cattle and sheep. The consumption of green grass alone was quite large, but it was still within the plan.
The feeding of the shrimps was left to his father. He would check the water quality every day. As long as there was no problem with the water quality, other problems would be minor.
"Son, did you bring the ultraviolet lamp with you?" Lin's mother came over and asked. She had gone to turn over the sweet potato vines in the afternoon. When she was not herding cattle, she would do some easier farm work.
"Yes, I brought it. I plan to catch scorpions tonight. Do you want to catch one?" Lin Heng looked up at his mother.
Lin's mother criticized righteously: "Why are you catching scorpions? Take good care of Xiulan. Why are you running around in the middle of the night?"
Lin Heng: "...it's you who wants to go, mom. If you just tell me straight away, I won't disagree."
Mother Lin snorted softly, "I'm doing this for your own good, not because I want to go."
"It's right on the table in the warehouse. Let me see where you keep the scorpion." Lin Heng sighed.
Lin's mother took an ultraviolet lamp and tools for catching scorpions and took Lin Heng to see the scorpions she caught yesterday.
She kept it in a large plastic basin and built a nest with two stones.
"I don't know what scorpions eat, otherwise you can throw some to feed them." said Lin's mother.
Lin Heng answered, "That's easy. They eat everything. You can feed them some frog or grasshopper meat, or wheat bran or rice bran. Just don't feed them too much."
"Then I'll try it tomorrow." Mother Lin looked at the scorpion and said.
Seeing that Lin Heng wanted to leave, she said, "You are just here, help feed the shrimps, so your father and I can go catch scorpions later."
Unable to be lazy, Lin Heng had no choice but to nod and agree: "That's fine, but remember to wear water shoes, little viper."
"Don't worry, we are more careful than you." Lin's mother waved her hand.
Lin Heng walked over, weighed the feed, wet it with water, and took it to the pond to sprinkle it on the peanuts to feed the shrimps.
After feeding the shrimps, he took Xiulan and Xiaoxia back. Mother Lin went to cook and catch scorpions while preparing dinner.
Lin Heng and Xiulan didn't have a good appetite at night, so they made a hodgepodge of cold vegetables, mixing all kinds of vegetables into one bowl.
Then make a bowl of rice wine, light the mugwort incense, and sit around the table to eat.
"Look at the starry sky. The weather will be good tomorrow. I want to go into the mountains."
After dinner, Lin Heng walked into the yard and looked at the starry sky and sighed.
"Then go ahead. There's nothing much to do at home right now and I can take care of myself." Xiulan said.
Lin Heng turned his head and asked, "Really?"
He missed going up the mountain for a long time. Apart from anything else, he hadn't even harvested the wild honey that he had harvested last year.
Xiulan put her hand on his shoulder and said with a smile, "Really? Go now while my belly is still small. When my belly gets bigger, I'll really need you to take care of me."
"Forget it, I'm afraid you'll be angry." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"You're so angry, you big-headed ghost!" Xiulan slapped him.
Lin Heng laughed and said, "Actually, I plan to wait for a rain before going, so I can pick some mushrooms. I think it's going to rain soon."
"Then you lied to me." Xiulan glared at him.
"Let me fan you." Lin Heng took out a fan and fanned it gently.
After taking a break from cooling off, the three of them went back to the room to sleep. After coaxing Xiaoxia to sleep, Lin Heng lay beside Xiulan and felt a little moved again. He gently leaned over and bit her soft lips.
Xiulan cooperated for a while and stretched out her little hand to help him solve his troubles.
"Can I use...?" Lin Heng whispered in his ear.
Xiulan blushed and said nothing. After a while, she crawled over and leaned over.
"My wife, you are so nice!"
After a long time, Lin Heng hugged Xiulan comfortably and whispered.
"Asleep." Xiulan snorted softly, turned over and faced away from him. Even after wiping her chest clean, it still felt a little sticky.
Lin Heng leaned over and whispered, "I'll be able to help you around mid-July."
In fact, he could clearly feel that Xiulan was also very willing to help him. It was just that she couldn't do it because of the child, which made her feel uncomfortable.
But it doesn’t matter, you can have sex after the first three months. The only time you can’t have sex is in the early and late stages of pregnancy.
"Go away, I don't need it." Xiulan's ears blushed and she slapped her hands off her waist.
"I apologize, I apologize. I need it, I really need it." Lin Heng laughed softly, thinking that he would repay Xiulan when the time comes.
"Go to sleep and stop talking." Xiulan turned her head and warned with gritted teeth.
"Okay." Lin Heng agreed quickly. He thought Xiulan was very interesting. There were some things she could do but she wouldn't allow it unless she was so happy that she forgot everything else.
She would definitely not say more about these things when she was sober.
The next morning, Lin Heng got up early and went to work at Hongfeng Mountain.
But he didn't expect that his elder brother got up earlier than him and brought him a lot of cicada monkeys. They were caught when they were catching scorpions last night, and there were a lot of them.
Lin Heng gave the cicada monkey to Xiulan, and went to Hongfeng Mountain with his elder brother to continue building the composting pit.
After the composting pond is completed, the next step is to build a road up the mountain, a suitable and relatively flat road.
Apart from working, I spend time with my wife and children, cook delicious food, read books, exercise, or relax and have fun.
Lin Heng was very satisfied with his life. Xiulan was also very kind to him. Even when she was pregnant, she would help him solve his physiological problems in various ways every now and then, so that he would not feel uncomfortable.
Lin Heng really calmed down and lived a good life with Xiulan, and she was also happy to try those different and unique ways for him. Lin Heng was not really a pervert, he took good care of Xiulan and just tried some different parts of the body.
Love is about happiness, and a way that makes both parties happy is a good way.
It took a day to repair the remaining compost pit, and then they spent another three days repairing the road up the mountain.
Lin Heng originally said that it would only be necessary to build a width of 40 centimeters, but Lin's father shook his head and said that if he wanted to build it, he should build it 50 centimeters wide.
Finally, they built a winding path along the east side of the mountain stream all the way to the front of the cabin, which was about 1,500 meters long.
There is no need to build any small bends from the front to the two-thirds of the mountain, and the slope is only more than 30 degrees when you go straight up. The slope of the last one-third becomes much steeper, more than 50 degrees, and you need to spiral up.
On the evening of July 5, Lin Heng looked at the repaired road at the foot of the mountain and said with emotion: "It's finally repaired."
Looking down from where he was, there was a path that was winding on the upper half and flat on the lower half leading directly to the breeding base at the foot of the mountain.
The road is fifty centimeters wide, with shoulders made of cement and stones on both sides. The bushes and weeds outside have been cleared away very cleanly, and it looks very transparent at a glance. Only some larger trees have not been cut down.
"The next step is to lay a layer of cement and the road will be completed." Father Lin also said with a smile that it took them a lot of effort to build this road.
"Then let's wait until tomorrow. I don't have the energy to do it today." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"Let's go back, it's getting late." Lin Heng said. He also wanted to go back and rest.
The three of them took their tools and walked back along the newly repaired road. The road was paved with a layer of gravel from the road construction, and later they would use cement and gravel to make a road surface five or six centimeters thick.
The sky is gloomy. After being sunny for a few days, the sky has been gloomy these two days. The air is very stuffy, but it doesn't seem to rain.
After going downstairs to drink tea and rest for a while, Lin Heng went to feed the cattle and sheep, and left the feeding of the shrimps to his father, as it was not time yet.
In addition to repairing the road in the morning and evening these days, we also laid water pipes near the cattle and sheep pens. Raising cattle and sheep is not easy. They need to be fed salt water regularly, and they also need to be dewormed and prevented from diseases regularly.
They have already produced cow and sheep dung once in the past two days. According to the current situation, they need to clean up the dung once a week and then spray quicklime water for disinfection.
After so many days of observation, there are no problems with the cattle and sheep we bought.
At noon, Lin Hengze and his father were cutting and planing the purchased thorny fir wood boards in preparation for making sofas.
"Dad, I'm going back." After feeding the cattle and sheep, Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Go ahead, your mother and I will feed the shrimps." Father Lin nodded.
Lin Heng walked back with his elder brother. On the way, he looked at the water quality of the shrimp pond. As the feeding progressed, the water level would have to be raised in a few days.
More water can improve the original water quality and increase the total oxygen content, making the shrimp live better and less prone to hypoxia.
Shrimp ponds need to be constantly injected with new water.
"Brother, let's go to the dam and take a bath." Lin Yue suggested as they were about to return home.
"Okay, wait for me to go back and get a towel and clothes." Lin Heng nodded with a smile. He hadn't gone swimming in the river for a long time.
After the discussion, he returned to his home. When he opened the door, the yard was empty, the ground was clean, and there were lush fruits and vegetables.
Looking up, I saw Xiaoxia playing on the mat in the main room, but Xiulan was nowhere to be seen.
"Dad!!" Seeing Lin Heng, Xiaoxia cheered and then went back to building the house.
Xiulan came out of the study, looked at Lin Heng happily and said, "Husband, I have two special good news to tell you."
(End of this chapter)
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