Chapter 336: It is already late autumn, and the cow is having a difficult birth
"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"
Father Lin still found it hard to believe this number; it was far beyond his expectations.
"Yes, son, count it again." Lin's mother also felt that it was a bit too much.
Lin Heng calculated it again in public and confirmed: "I didn't calculate it wrong, it's this much."
Father Lin was shocked and said, "Then the yield is really high, close to 1,200 kilograms per acre."
In the past, the rice yield per mu was only 300 to 400 kilograms, but this has nearly tripled.
"We don't need to buy rice this year for these grains." Lin's mother said with a smile. Since last year, Lin Heng has bought a lot of rice and flour. Otherwise, the family would not be able to eat white rice and fine noodles every day.
This year, we can be completely self-sufficient in rice.
"The main reason is that the weather is good this year and God has blessed us, otherwise we wouldn't have such a good harvest." Lin Heng explained with a smile.
This year's rice yields are generally high, there are fewer pests and diseases, and the climate is very good.
Xiulan looked at the grains piled up in the warehouse and said, "Let's go get some new rice tomorrow to see how it tastes."
"I'll drive there tomorrow." Father Lin nodded.
After looking at the new rice again, they tied up the bags, placed some of it on the shelves in the warehouse, and drove the rest back to the old house and placed it in a large cabinet.
Although the warehouse was very dry and there was a blue wolfhound named Lai Fu to catch mice and other things, Father Lin still habitually poured the rice into a large cabinet for storage.
He also wanted to make two more large cabinets and place them in the warehouse in Hongfeng Mountain to store grain.
While Lin Heng and his father were moving things, Lin's mother was asking Xiulan how to make jam.
Lin Heng had made a jar of melon jam and gave it to her, but she had already eaten it all.
In the next few days, she plans to go into the mountains with others to look for wild hawthorns, pick them and make hawthorn cakes to eat.
Lin's mother likes to do these things and enjoys doing them.
The big cabinet in the old house was full, and Father Lin asked with a smile: "Do you want to move some more to your house?"
"No need. If I want to eat, I can just go and get it myself." Lin Heng shook his head.
"Okay, let's go back." Father Lin nodded and said that they would have dinner at Hongfeng Mountain tonight.
As the two walked, someone who was enjoying the cool under the ginkgo tree asked from afar, "Lin Xuan, I heard that your family harvested 5,000 kilograms of rice this year?"
"No way, it's only 4,500 kilograms, which is 1,000 kilograms per acre." Father Lin grinned and habitually said less.
"That's enough. Lin Heng, please buy some rice seeds for us next year. We want the same variety that you grow." Someone said.
"Buy some for me, too."
First it was corn and then rice. The extremely high yield immediately stimulated the villagers to buy grain seeds.
Many families in the village are not short of money, but they are used to saving money and are unwilling to invest in unknown things. Now that they have examples, they all want to buy them.
"You guys go find the branch secretary and do the statistics so I can buy it for you next year." Lin Heng said with a smile and did not refuse this matter.
After a few words, they left quickly. In the past two days, the village was full of people threshing rice, and his family's super high rice yield also aroused heated discussion among the whole village.
This feeling of being noticed made Lin's father feel very proud.
"Dad, let's go pick up eggs~"
As soon as Lin Heng returned to Hongfeng Mountain, Xiaoxia ran over with a small basket and hugged her legs.
The chicken pen here is very large, and the old hens lay eggs in the holes dug by Lin Heng. He took Xiaoxia there once, and she fell in love with the feeling of treasure hunting.
"I'll go with you after I have a drink of water."
Lin Heng touched her head and said.
After drinking a sip of water, he took Xiaoxia to the chicken coop.
These chickens are very powerful. The originally lush thatch in the chicken coop has been eaten and trampled until there is not much left. Even the leaves under some bushes have been pecked away.
But this kind of thatch is also very powerful. After a rain a few days ago, a lot of green grass leaves sprouted out, with their roots connected together, and the chickens were helpless.
“Gugugugu!!”
Lin Heng first fed the chickens, and then took Xiaoxia in to pick up eggs.
He carried the basket and Xiaoxia was responsible for searching.
The chicks hatched this year weigh only a little over three pounds and are not yet ready to lay eggs, but only a few old hens laid eggs.
The two of them picked up four eggs in total and that was it, but Xiaoxia was still very happy.
After picking up the eggs and sending Xiaoxia back, Lin Heng went to help feed the cattle and sheep, took a look at the musk deer, and then took his bow and arrow to the area behind Hongfeng Mountain to see if there were any golden roosters, bamboo partridges, or the like.
The plum fish in the dam are doing well. Today is sunny and the water is clear and transparent. The mountain spring water is cold and there is very little algae.
The sky has become more cloudy in recent days. Today's evening was a beautiful sunset with most of the sky looking orange-red.
As he was walking in the woods, he suddenly heard a noise from above, and soon he saw three women walking towards him.
Lin Heng was very familiar with one of the beautiful women, it was Jin Yan.
"Did Lin Hengni catch anything while hunting?" asked Li Yan who was walking in front.
"No, you guys have enough Schisandra chinensis." Lin Heng said, looking at the three people's tall backpacks.
"It's OK."
After chatting for a while, Lin Heng continued exploring without staying for long.
When Lin Heng walked over, Li Yan and others couldn't help but start discussing again.
Jin Yan no longer regrets it as much as before, because she has become good friends with the village chief's son Zhao Hu. After listening to what Zhao Hu said, she feels that Zhao Hu will definitely have a better future than Lin Heng in the outside world.
In the future, Lin Heng and Chen Xiulan will be the ones who envy her.
Lin Heng had no idea about these and was not interested in them. He explored the woods, listening carefully and looking in all directions, paying attention to any movement related to his prey.
Following him was the blue wolfhound Lai Fu,8 but its searching ability was far inferior to Xiong Ba's, so the harvest was slim.
"Go home."
Looking at the increasingly red clouds, Lin Heng shook his head.
“Ah~”
Lai Fu barked and trotted ahead. Although he was not as smart as Xiongba, his appearance was quite good, second only to Xiongba.
Lin Heng estimated that it should be in heat again soon, and then it can be bred with Xiongba to see the quality of the offspring.
“Gugugugu~~”
Lin Heng was about to walk out of the forest when he suddenly heard the call of grouse in the distance.
"It's over there!"
Lin Heng quickly figured out what was going on and walked towards the edge of the ditch. Soon he saw a grouse looking for food under the forest.
“It’s a precious hazel grouse.”
Lin Heng was a little excited. He hadn't had much success hunting recently, and the traps in the cornfield didn't catch any wild boars.
The snares set in the woods caught nothing but squirrels and mice.
This grouse was the first flying bird he had encountered this month.
He took out his bow and arrow, took aim, and shot an arrow with a sound of breaking through the air. The grouse thirty meters away was killed with one shot.
"Woof~"
Lai Fu was quite skilled at picking up prey and soon came back with the prey.
Lin Heng picked up the hazel grouse weighing more than a pound and turned back to Red Maple Mountain.
At the warehouse at the foot of the mountain, Xiulan and a group of people were outside enjoying the cool air. They were a little surprised to see him coming back with a grouse.
"We were lucky today. We even shot a grouse," Xiulan praised.
"I encountered it in the ditch behind the mountain when I came back. I was lucky." Lin Heng said happily.
"The meat of the hazel grouse is delicious, but it's a pity that it's already been cooked tonight." Father Lin said with a smile.
"Then let's eat it tomorrow morning. I'll stew it into chicken soup for all of us." Lin Heng said with a smile. The hazel grouse mushroom soup tastes absolutely delicious and you'll always miss it after drinking it once.
Mother Lin said, "Hurry up and eat. I'll make you-dregs steamed buns and corn, red beans, and dried sweet potato soup tonight."
Lin Heng nodded and said, "Okay, take it out and eat it."
He was in no hurry to cook the hazel grouse.
They lit a few mosquito coils made of mugwort powder, brought the table and took out the food to eat in the middle of the yard. With the sky full of fiery clouds, the gentle breeze from the mountains, and the leaves that had begun to turn yellow and red, everyone had a happy dinner.
The oil-dregs steamed bun has a strong aroma of oil, and the corn, red bean and sweet potato porridge with only a handful of rice is extremely sweet. The family eats while watching the beautiful sunset and listening to the chirping of insects and birds during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
After dinner, Lin Heng took a bundle of fresh grass and went home with Xiulan and Xiaoxia. After harvesting the rice and corn, there was not much other farm work left. As for planting wheat and rapeseed, it would take some time.
The focus of the next construction will be to reclaim the more than 100 acres of shrub and weed hillside halfway up Hongfeng Mountain, develop it and plant pasture grass to prepare for the future expansion of cattle and sheep herds.
At present, there is enough food for cattle and sheep, including not only forage grass, but also crop straw such as corn stalks and soybean husks. The expansion of forage grass planting is mainly to prepare for the breeding of cattle and sheep next year.
After returning to the house, Lin Heng prepared the hazel grouse and hung them on the wall of the main room. A few grams of it would not go bad.
As the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, the weather became colder and colder, with the average temperature reaching over 20 degrees Celsius, and dropping to 17 or 18 degrees Celsius at night. Things can also be stored for a longer time.
After coaxing Xiaoxia to sleep, the two of them whispered something and then fell asleep.
There was nothing big to happen the next day. Lin Heng took Xiaoxia to Hongfeng Mountain to wash clothes and see the small waterfall. Compared with the complex environment of Shiban River, the stream in Hongfeng Mountain has been transformed very well. The road is flat and pregnant women can walk on it without any problem.
In the past two days, Lin Heng also took some time to go to the mountains to pick some Schisandra chinensis and wild hawthorn. He also picked a lot of wax gourds and made some jam.
In the blink of an eye, it was October 1st. The weather was gloomy and there was no rain, but Lin Heng's Red Maple Mountain welcomed visits from several leaders.
We are very satisfied with the construction here. It is clean and tidy, and it is well built. The photos look very nice. After listening to what he said, we are even more satisfied. We feel that Lin Heng is completely different from those other farmers who engage in breeding.
Eventually, he was touted as a model of rural prosperity in Huangtan Town, and was reported in the newspapers. He was also invited to attend a commendation meeting in the county town a few days later.
Lin Heng is very happy to get in touch with all of these people, no matter they are officials or businessmen. Whenever he has time, he will get to know those people who will rise in the future, drink tea with them and provide some help within his ability.
Maybe you can't see anything now, but after five or six years, or even ten years, he will have a large number of powerful connections. Coupled with his career success, the entire Taibai business circle will have to act according to his wishes, and he will be able to do things like a fish in water here.
After seeing them off, Lin Heng said something to his parents and went back home. He knocked on the door for a while but no one opened it. He walked along the path to the back mountain and found that Xiulan, his elder brother and his wife and others were standing far away outside the cowshed.
Lin Heng immediately understood something and asked in a low voice: "Could it be that the cow gave birth?"
"Yes, Dad." Xiaoxia agreed.
Xiulan looked at him and said, "The calf's legs came out first, and it got stuck for a long time."
The cow had been giving birth for a while, and because Lin Heng was busy, she didn't let anyone disturb her.
"It's another difficult labor. Let me take a look." Lin Heng walked over and took a look. Finding that there was indeed a problem, he quickly went back to wash his hands and brought some rapeseed oil.
He first helped to pull it out slowly. It was very difficult at first, but surprisingly, the calf was born smoothly after a while along with the other leg.
Lin Heng cleaned off the mucus in its mouth and nasal cavity, and the cow licked the amniotic fluid off its body. After about two or three minutes, it stood up.
"Brother, prepare corn paste for the cow." Lin Yue came over with a basin. In addition to corn paste, there were also many fruits and vegetables cooked in it.
Lin Heng fed the food to the cows and waited for the afterbirth to fall off and pick it up. Everything was fine for the time being.
"Second Dad, what are you going to do with the rapeseed oil?" Lin Tao, who was watching, asked curiously.
In fact, he was not the only one who was confused. Xiulan and others were also very confused.
"Lubricant, if the cow's stomach can't come out, put some lubricant and then try to help pull it out." Lin Heng said with a smile. It is impossible to find biological lubricant now, so oil is the best choice.
“I see.”
Everyone looked as if they had suddenly understood something.
"So will we have fresh milk to drink next, second father?" Lin Tao asked again. He had been craving for milk for a long time.
"Yes, the next period is the peak period of milk production for dairy cows. The calf certainly cannot drink all the milk by itself." Lin nodded and said that during the peak period, more than ten kilograms of milk can be produced a day, and both humans and cows cannot drink it all together.
"That's great, there's milk to drink!" Lin Tao cheered.
"This is our family's dairy cow, I'll drink it first~" Xiaoxia and Lin Tao started arguing.
Xiulan took Lin Heng's hand and asked, "Is it a heifer this time?"
"Yes, it's a heifer." Lin Heng nodded with a smile. A heifer means that it will be able to produce milk and give birth to calves next year, which is much better than a bull.
“I can’t even finish the milk now, so I’m going to be even more unable to finish it in the future.” Lin Yue said happily.
“You can sell the milk you can’t finish.” Lin Heng said with a smile. If you raise more milk in the future, you can set up a milk processing plant to produce milk.
But that's all in the future. My immediate goal is to open a feed factory and then build a super large modern pig farm. I hope to accumulate enough capital within ten years. By then, it will be easy to enter other industries.
Lin Heng talked to his elder brother and sister-in-law for a few words, then he helped Xiulan back to the house, and then took the tools to the back to renovate the cowshed.
The first thing was to remove the original grille and make the cowshed bigger. Then a windproof tarpaulin was added to the upper part. The main reason was that it was a bit cold at night and we were afraid that the cows would get sick.
As for the big cows, it doesn’t matter, as Dutch cows are a breed that is cold-resistant but not heat-resistant.
"Brother, it's already late autumn. When can we go hunting again?"
While working, Lin Yue asked with a smile, "It's autumn now and the weather is clear and cool. The prey in the mountains are all fat and strong. It's a good time to hunt."
(End of this chapter)
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