Chapter 313 The whole family moved to the woods
"It's okay, we'll just take a look at the door." Lin Hai said with a smile.
"Then you guys take a look." Lin Heng knew he couldn't stop them, so he gave way and went over to take a look at the mother musk deer and her two children.
The two little forest musk deer have grown up and are a little smaller than their mother.
However, if they want to reproduce, they have to wait until December next year. This year, the only one that can reproduce is still this large female musk deer.
If the male musk deer caught today survives, it will be bred with a female musk deer this year to produce a new batch of offspring.
After reading it, Third Father Lin Xutao exclaimed: "It's amazing! This is another cash cow!"
A male musk deer can earn thousands of yuan every year by extracting musk, which is really enviable.
"It looks like he's not in good condition. It's hard to say whether he'll make it out alive or not." Father Lin said modestly.
"Of course I can, Second Father." Lin Hai nodded, then looked at Lin Heng excitedly and said, "Brother Lin Heng, quickly tell me how you got it."
Lin Heng spread his hands and smiled, "Nothing special. It's mainly because it's hard to find the trail. Sometimes I can't find it for months. Sometimes I'm lucky and find it by running around. After finding it, I just set a trap or guard it. I caught it by setting a trap."
"You must have the skills. Most people can't catch you even if they find the trace." Sandie praised. He felt that there really was a knack.
Lin Heng smiled and walked into the house while talking to everyone.
When the eldest brother Lin Yue saw Lin Heng coming back, he said, "Brother, the plum blossom fish are all dead. I gave two to mom to steam for lunch, and I also gave two bamboo chickens to fry."
Lin Heng smiled and said, "We are going to eat it anyway. It's OK as long as the golden catfish is not dead."
"Oh, you also got a golden catfish, it looks great!" Sandie came over and said in surprise.
Lin Yue grinned and said, “I caught him in Sanchagou.”
"Beautiful!" This catfish makes people envious.
After chatting for a while, Lin Heng and his elder brother went home, one to release the fish and the other to collect bees.
"I'll go with you!" Lin Hai ran after the two of them.
He gave the two-jin catfish to his eldest brother and took the golden catfish home. The remaining three small ones and two plum fish were left on the Red Maple Mountain.
"Dad!!" Xiaoxia saw Lin Heng rushing towards her as usual.
"Good baby!" Lin Heng picked her up, spun her around in the air and then put her down.
Xiulan looked at him and said, "If you don't come back, I'll ask Dad to go look for you in the mountains."
Caiyun asked curiously, "Brother, did you guys catch something big that delayed you?"
Lin Heng nodded: "We encountered a musk deer, so we were delayed. Fortunately, we were lucky enough to set a trap and caught it alive. We have already locked it up in the pen over at Red Maple Mountain."
"Lin Musk!" Xiulan and Caiyun were both surprised.
Lin Heng sat down and drank some water and explained. Caiyun was surprised and said, "Congratulations to my second sister-in-law. My brother has found another money tree."
Xiulan smiled and said, "If he were still alive, he would indeed be a cash cow."
After chatting for a while, he went to the backyard and put the golden catfish into the fish pond. The water in the pond was clear and slightly green. Lotus leaves once again occupied a large area, and lotus flowers of various colors were still blooming.
Lin Heng asked Lin Hai to help him trim the lotus leaves again. The koi and other fish underwater were very happy and had grown a lot.
From time to time, some green shrimps can be seen in the cracks of the rocks. These are the shrimp fry that Lin Heng had released before. They can be used as food for fish and can also eat algae to purify the water quality.
As soon as the golden catfish was released, it slowly dived to the bottom of the pond and began searching everywhere, scaring some small fish and shrimps into hiding.
Lin Hai enviously said, "Brother, the fish in your pond are so pretty, and the lotus flowers are beautiful too."
Lin Heng smiled and said, "You want me to give you a few. It's not good to have too many. Lotus flowers are also fine."
Lin Hai immediately said happily: "Thank you very much, I will go back and build a small pond, and then come to get it."
After taking Lin Hai to look around the backyard, they turned around and went back into the house.
Xiulan handed him the bee-proof hat and said, "Be careful. Bees can easily riot in the middle of the day."
"Don't worry, I'm not that reckless." Lin Heng nodded, looked at his wife and said, "You and Caiyun pack up the things you want to take to Hongfeng Mountain. We can go there for lunch at noon and move all the things there at once."
"I understand." Xiulan nodded in agreement.
After Lin Heng finished speaking, he and Lin Heng took Xiongba to the big brother's house next door.
Lin Yue held a beehive and said, "My dad made this beehive for me. He has been talking about catching bees for a long time and today I finally found a nest of bees."
"I know two beehives on the mountain. When it rains in a few days, let's go there together to harvest honey." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Okay." Lin Yue smiled, and the three of them set off together with the tools needed to collect bees and went to the mountain.
The three of them chatted and laughed along the way, as if they were back in their childhood. They were chatting and before they knew it, they had arrived at the destination.
Lin Heng carefully observed the branch where the swarm of bees gathered. It was only two meters above the ground, but the branches around it were a bit dense, making it difficult to take action.
"Sir, you should build a fire. If that doesn't work, just set off some smoke." Lin Heng looked at his elder brother and Lin Hai and said.
"Let's do it." The two nodded, turned around to find materials, and quickly started a small fire.
Lin Heng smeared honey on the bamboo basket and then extended it to where the bee colonies gathered. After two minutes, bees gradually flew towards it.
Lin Heng was not in a hurry and waited slowly. Chinese honey bees are a very docile species of bees and they would not be aggressive even in the wild.
After about seven or eight minutes, all the bees finally landed on the bamboo basket to eat honey.
Lin Heng came out with a bamboo basket and placed it in the beehive that had been smeared with honey, but things were not going smoothly at this step.
These bees are busy eating the honey in the bamboo basket and don't even fly to the beehive below, which is worrying.
"Stay away." Lin Heng glanced at his elder brother and Lin Hai, and waited until they were far away before he shook hard to shake the bees down.
With a buzz, many bees flew up. Lin Heng shrank back in fear. Many bees rested on him. Fortunately, his face was covered by the gauze of the bee-proof hat given by Xiulan.
Seeing that most of the bees had entered the beehive, Lin Heng picked up the lid and walked over to close it.
"It's done, come over and help tie him up." Lin Heng shouted to his eldest brother.
"Here I come."
The two men trotted over with a rope to tie up the beehive, and Lin Heng put out the fire on the ground.
Lin Yue looked at his brother: "Brother, you weren't stung, were you?"
Lin Heng smiled and waved his hand: "It's just a sting on my hand, it's no big deal, it's inevitable to get stung when collecting bees."
He felt that he had now mastered the technique of collecting bees and no longer had to ask others for help.
"Are you really okay?" Lin Yue came over to check.
Lin Heng waved his hand and said, "It's really alright, hurry up and carry the beehive back."
"Okay then." Lin Yue spread his hands and could only go over to carry his things and walk back.
Lin Heng sucked the place where he was stung by the bee. It was extremely painful, but he could still bear it. On the way back, he told his elder brother about the precautions for raising bees.
They are free-range and do not require much management. You only need to keep them warm and provide them with food in winter.
After helping to install the beehive high up under the eaves, Lin Heng turned around and went back home.
Xiulan saw her coming back and asked, "Are you done? Are you not hurt?"
"I was stung twice on my hand." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Ah, I told you to be careful." Xiulan shook her head helplessly, walked over with the cooling oil and said, "Let me take a look at you and apply some medicine."
She pulled up Lin Heng's hand, looked at it, glared at him, then blew on it and applied cooling oil on it.
Lin Heng grinned, he was very happy to have his wife apply the medicine, it was worth getting stung.
Looking at her pretty face so close, he said, "Wife, do you think I should bring back those two beehives on the mountain to raise them?"
There is a nest of wild bees not far over the ridge behind Hongfeng Mountain, and there is also a nest on the mountain over Sanchagou. They were all wild bees he discovered last year. He harvested the honey but did not collect the bees.
Xiulan thought for a moment and said, "You can try to collect the one that's close by, and keep the one that's far away. No one else will know about it anyway."
"Yes, the honey harvested from the deep mountains should be better." Lin Heng nodded.
"We've packed our things, shall we move in now?" Xiulan looked at him.
"Yes, let them come to help later." Lin Heng nodded.
He first drove the sidecar down, loaded the things and asked his eldest brother to drive over, and also took everyone over for dinner.
He took out Hongzao and took Xiaoxia to ride together. Fengshou was left at home to look after the house, and Xiongba also followed them to the mountains.
"Oh, let's go riding a horse!!"
"Yang Qing, I'm riding a horse!"
"Brother Lin Wei, I'm riding a big horse!"
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Xiaoxia rode on Hongzao's back and waved excitedly. She would share her happiness every time she met a friend or elder.
Lin Heng supported her for fear that she would fall. The father and daughter walked through the village and soon arrived at Hongfeng Mountain.
Mother Lin looked at the group of people coming over and said, "You are finally here. The meal is ready and we have been waiting for you."
Lin Heng smiled: "Then you have to wait a little longer, we have to go up the mountain to put the things before coming over to eat."
"Don't let go. I'll help you after dinner."
Lin's mother walked over, carried Xiaoxia down and brought her into the house.
"That's fine." Lin Heng couldn't persuade his mother, so he tied the horse to the edge of the field and went into the house to eat.
There were two large tables of food in the room, one table for the women who didn't drink, and one table for the men who did drink.
Today, someone was hired to repair the dam, so naturally Lin Heng had to go and have a drink with Sandie and the others.
After drinking two glasses of wine, Lin Heng scooped up some rice to eat. He hadn't eaten anything since morning and was already hungry.
No one thinks that he doesn't know how to entertain guests. In this era, this meal with plenty of fish and meat is the best way to entertain guests.
After the meal, everyone helped to move some of the things they had brought to the mountain. Although the road had been repaired, tricycles could not go up, so they could only use red dates to carry the things.
After the things were pulled up, Caiyun helped Xiulan to pack up, while Lin Heng asked his eldest brother to reinforce the existing fences around the house, and then put a tarpaulin over the platform with wooden floors in front of the wooden house.
The main function of this is to prevent insects. Although there are maple trees and poplars around here that are not prone to insects, it is still better to take some precautions. Otherwise, it would not be nice if a bug fell down while you were eating outside.
The other areas remain the same as they were before, and the swings have been reinforced. Lin Wei and his friends ran up to play happily.
After a simple cleanup, this place can be lived in. It is much cooler than in the village.
"I went to help at the dam." After the house was finished, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said.
"Go ahead." Xiulan nodded.
After passing this side, Lin Heng also picked up a hoe to help widen the width of both sides of the mountain stream. The sand dug out can be used to make cement, the stones are the materials for building dams, and the soil is transported to both sides and piled up for growing crops.
Father Lin said, "Don't all come to dig. Two of you should go and pull the horses to carry cement and sand from the bottom of the mountain. This amount of sand and stones is not enough."
The eldest brother Lin Yue smiled and said, "Then Lin Heng and Lin Hai, you two go."
"Okay." Lin Heng didn't refuse. He and Lin Heng led the horse down, harnessed the wooden cart and started working.
Expanding both sides of the mountain stream is not an easy task. Only one-tenth of the work has been completed today, and it is estimated that it will take another ten days to complete it.
Everyone was in no hurry. When they got tired, they stopped to drink water and eat watermelon.
In the evening, after eating downstairs and watching Sandie and the others go back, Lin Heng took Xiulan and Xiaoxia and walked up the mountain with flashlights.
"We'll have to use candles again!" Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said.
"That's much better than being unable to sleep due to the heat." Xiulan glanced at the sky and said with a smile.
“That’s right.”
The three of them walked up with flashlights and soon returned to the woods. It was not hot here at all.
The bad thing about the forest is that there are a lot of mosquitoes, which start buzzing non-stop once they enter.
Without staying outside for a long time to enjoy the cool air, they opened the door and went straight into the house.
The cabin was not hot at all, fans were not needed.
After lighting a few candles, the room suddenly became bright.
She washed her face with water and went to bed to rest. Xiaoxia shared the bed with them.
The three of them didn't feel hot sitting next to each other, the temperature here was just like late spring.
"It's really much cooler in the woods than at home," Xiulan said with emotion.
"That's for sure. It's tall and the trees provide shade during the day, and it's windy at night." Lin Heng nodded.
"Then stay here for a while until you finish building the dam." Xiulan leaned against him and said.
"Dad, I want to hear a story."
"Okay, let me tell you a prophecy story..."
It was just past nine o'clock, and Lin Heng told three stories in a row before Xiaoxia fell asleep hugging his arm.
After chatting with Xiulan for a while, Lin Heng fell asleep. Compared to sleeping in the mountains, it was more comfortable to sleep in the house.
Because they went to bed early, the three of them got up early the next day. They woke up at 5:30 as soon as it was bright.
I wasn't woken by the birds.
Although the birds were singing loudly outside, the noise was not loud inside the house because there was insulation cotton in the mezzanine of the wooden house.
The two just looked at each other and lay down to continue resting.
At six o'clock, the golden morning sun shone into the window through the gaps in the leaves. The two woke up Xiaoxia and washed up together and then exercised.
The air in the woods in the early morning is particularly fresh, and it is more comfortable whether taking a walk or exercising than at home.
"You and Xiongba play here first. I'll go back and squeeze some milk for you."
After the exercise, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said.
"Okay, Xiaoxia and I will take a walk around the area." Xiulan nodded in agreement. The woods in the early morning made people want to explore.
Lin Heng went down the mountain and walked straight towards the musk deer circle. He wanted to see the specific situation there.
(End of this chapter)
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