Chapter 361 I just want to make you feel comfortable
Carrying the fish and dragging his daughter home, Lin Heng shouted as soon as he entered the yard: "Wife, is the meal ready?"
Xiulan replied, "It will be ready soon. The stewed vegetables have just come out of the pot and I am preparing to stir-fry them."
Lin Heng said: "That's perfect. Mom bought you a crucian carp. I'll kill it and make you a crucian carp and tofu soup."
"Okay." Xiulan nodded in agreement.
Lin Heng held Xiaoxia and took the fish into the house to warm up for a while, then took the dagger and went outside to kill the fish. The crucian carp weighing one pound were very big, so killing two in one meal was enough, and the rest were temporarily kept in a bucket.
When Lin Heng was killing the fish, a few puppies came running over and grunted, wanting to eat the internal organs. They are now one month old and can eat anything.
"Give!"
Lin Heng threw two bowls of fish roe-filled intestines to them. The five puppies scrambled for the food with howling sounds, chasing each other. Finally, a black and yellow puppy with its tail standing upright snatched the food away.
"Yeah, green eyes!"
Lin Heng took a closer look and found that the puppy's eyes were unusual. Other dogs had golden and black pupils, but this dog's pupils were emerald green.
Its size was in the second tier, not the strongest, but its timing in biting was perfect, it took a bite while others were scrambling for it, and then swallowed it in two bites.
Among these six dogs, the largest one has gray and white hair and looks like a wolf cub. Its right ear is black and it looks much bigger than the others. It loves to bite things. Even the rags on the doghouse padding have been bitten to pieces by it.
There are four medium-sized dogs, and the smallest one is the little white dog. I don’t know if it’s because it can’t get milk, but it’s much smaller than the other dogs.
Lin Heng took a quick look and went into the house. He often observed these puppies and could tell which one was smarter from their usual actions.
After giving the fish to Xiulan, the meal was ready in a short while. Xiulan cut the braised bear intestines, bear liver, and roe deer meat, and fried a piece of bacon, a piece of bear meat, a piece of green vegetable, and added crucian carp soup, making a total of seven dishes.
A few of them drank a little rice wine, chatted and ate.
The braised bear intestines feel no different from pig intestines, but the bear liver is more delicate and tastes very good.
Braised roe deer meat is just a little more tender than beef, and the taste is not much different.
It tastes even better when dipped in the vinegar soup made by Xiulan.
After dinner, Tian Yan chatted with Xiulan Caiyun for a while before turning back.
After Tian Yan left, Lin Heng helped clean up the dishes and then sat on the sofa to rest. He didn't want to do any work in the afternoon.
After feeding the two children, Xiulan called Caiyun and Lin Heng to play cards. It was a good way to have some fun during the New Year.
"Dad, what should I do if the little house I built doesn't look like it?"
Xiaoxia ran over and took Lin Heng's hand and said.
Lin Heng turned his head and saw that she had built many strange buildings in the corner of the main room using building blocks and various toys.
"It's okay. You are the author and you can do whatever you want. You have the right to make the decision." Lin Heng patted her shoulder and said.
Xiaoxia was surprised: "Really, Dad?"
Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, as long as you make it yourself, you can make it whatever you want. You don't have to make it the same as others."
"Then I'm going to go play! I'm going to build a big house for the puppy."
Xiaoxia went to the door and grabbed the little white dog that was about to escape, and carried it back to build the house.
She now prefers playing with puppies because puppies are much more enthusiastic than cats. Jinbao just sleeps on the bench all day and doesn't want to interact with her at all.
After playing cards for half an afternoon, Xiulan looked at the solidified bear fat again, turned her head and looked at Lin Heng and said, "I want to eat hot pot, but we have run out of hot pot base. Can roe deer lard be used as hot pot base?"
"Okay, you can try making a little bit. If it doesn't work, I'll buy some butter when I go to the city to pull coal tomorrow." Lin Heng said.
"Okay, then help me dig some green onions." Xiulan nodded.
Lin Heng immediately went to dig some green onions, and came back to help get some other spices.
Xiulan cut a small portion of roe deer suet into pieces, blanched it in water and then put it in a pot to cook.
When it is almost cooked, filter the oil residue, then add chili pepper, peppercorns and other spices. Once it is ready, pour it into a plate and set it outside. It will cool and solidify after a while.
Because I made less this time, I only made about two kilograms of hot pot base, which I cut into eight pieces.
In the evening they had some roe deer meat for hotpot. Although the pot was very red, the chili was not spicy because they don't eat particularly spicy chili here.
Because the humidity is not as heavy as in the south, they prefer spicy food for its fragrance, with the spiciness being just a byproduct.
Lin Heng picked up a large piece of cooked roe deer meat with chopsticks, dipped it in the dipping sauce and put it into his mouth. He chewed it twice and ate it, nodding and saying, "Not bad. The hot pot base made with roe deer suet tastes almost the same as beef tallow."
"I think it's good too. I can't tell the difference between it and butter." Caiyun said.
"Then I'll make the remaining suet into hot pot base tomorrow. It won't go bad if it's stored in the freezer."
Xiulan nodded and said that adding some fried meat to the hot pot base would taste great.
"Okay, then I won't buy butter tomorrow." Lin Heng nodded.
As they were talking, Xiaoxia picked up a piece of roe deer meat from Lin Heng's bowl with chopsticks. After a while, she stuck out her tongue because of the spiciness.
"Is it delicious?" Lin Heng looked at her and smiled.
Xiaoxia shook her head stubbornly: "It's not spicy at all, I want to eat more."
"Hurry up and eat some tofu to relieve the spiciness." Xiulan took a piece of frozen tofu from the crucian carp soup pot next to her.
Xiaoxia rushed over to eat the frozen tofu, and Xiulan watched her helplessly feed her some light vegetables. She couldn't eat spicy food but still wanted to eat it, and she was curious about what the adults' food tasted like.
It was already dark after dinner. Lin Heng Xiulan washed up and changed the two children's clothes before going to bed.
"Guess how much red envelopes Lu Ming and Du Heng received?" Xiulan asked with a smile while lying on the bed.
"How much?" Lin Heng had never paid much attention to this and gave all the red envelopes to Xiulan.
"My parents gave them 150 yuan each, so the total is 200 yuan. My eldest brother gave a 20 yuan red envelope, and Tian Yan gave 10 yuan."
"That's so much." Lin Heng was a little shocked. The red envelopes everyone gave were so valuable.
"I was also shocked when I opened it." Xiulan said happily.
"Just take the money, let's go to bed quickly." Lin Heng said as he lay down. He was a little tired.
"Okay." Xiulan put the money away and lay down to rest.
What they didn't expect was that the two children wet the bed twice at night, and Xiaoxia woke up crying, so the two of them couldn't sleep well.
The next day, both of them got up at around nine o'clock.
"I'm so tired." Xiulan stretched and leaned into Lin Heng's arms.
"Get up quickly." Lin Heng hugged her and said with a smile.
"Honey, you really don't need my help~" Xiulan said in a tender voice while hugging his neck, her body pressed against his.
Lin Heng looked at her. These past two days, she had been trying to help him solve his problems, intentionally or unintentionally, as if she was really afraid that he would hold it in for too long and then he wouldn't be able to bear it anymore.
Both of them are used to sleeping naked, and it is difficult for them to resist being so close to Lin Heng.
"Don't use your hand." Lin Heng said with a smile and prepared to get up.
Xiulan immediately understood what he meant, blushing and angrily said, "Humph, you really have bad intentions."
"Get up and exercise, wife." Lin Heng kissed her on the face. In fact, he didn't want her to be too tired.
After changing her clothes, she went out to the backyard with Lin Heng to exercise.
She is now very keen on exercising and hopes that she can recover well enough without any problems.
After exercising, she went to make breakfast. Lin Heng called Xiaoxia to get up and exercise. When Caiyun came over from the old house, they all had breakfast together.
"Wife, I'm going to the city to pull coal." After dinner, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said.
"Go ahead, and be careful." Xiulan nodded.
Lin Heng filled up the gas tank for the sidecar and went next door to check on the progress of the renovation of his big brother's store.
They cleared out the originally large main room of the hall to use it to place shelves.
"Brother, do you think this is okay?" Lin Yue asked.
"Okay, that's good." Lin Heng nodded and then asked, "I'm going to the city to haul coal. Do you have anything to bring?"
"There's nothing to bring. Do you want me to go with you?" Lin Yue asked.
"No need, just help Dad make the containers and shelves." Lin Heng shook his head.
After saying this, he went out, took the bear meat, bear oil, and roe deer meat, and went to see Grandpa Gao first.
Grandpa Gao was very surprised when he learned that he had killed a black bear, and he was even more surprised when he learned that Xiulan had given him twin sons.
"You've given birth to twin sons. That's good news. Bring them to me when you have time." Grandpa Gao said with a smile.
"Don't worry, I'll bring the child to see you when he's a little older." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Don't leave today. Have lunch here. Then we'll go catch some crucian carp this afternoon and you can bring it back for Xiulan."
Grandpa Gao looked at Lin Heng and said that he liked fishing with people like Lin Heng who knew how to fish.
Lin Heng smiled and agreed: "Okay, I'll go into the city now and come over to have lunch with you at noon."
After chatting with Grandpa Gao, he parked his car here, rented a large tractor, went into the city to buy two tons of washed coal from a coal block shop.
Coal was very cheap in those days, one cent per pound, which means one dollar for one hundred pounds. He bought two tons of coal for a total of forty dollars.
Including the freight, it was only fifty yuan. It took five hours to go back and forth, and it was already one o'clock in the afternoon when we returned to Hongfeng Village with the coal.
Many villagers were confused when they saw him carrying coal home. They wondered why he would use expensive coal when he had free firewood.
Lin Heng didn't explain much, just said it was used to burn the stove at night, and asked his eldest brother to help move it.
He unloaded one and a half tons of coal at home and piled it in the corner under the eaves.
The remaining half ton was taken to Hongfeng Mountain for his parents to use, and they were warned to be careful of gas poisoning.
After unloading the coal, Lin Heng said goodbye to his parents and Xiulan and returned to town.
On the way back to town, he did some calculations and found that the total cost since he brought Xiulan to the city to give birth to the child was about two thousand yuan.
It's not just about buying things for Xiulan, there are also other things like treating people to dinner and so on.
Apart from the two thousand yuan, he now has
At noon, I had a hotpot with Grandpa Gao, which was made of roe deer and bear meat.
After eating, I went fishing again in the afternoon, but my luck was not good and I didn’t catch anything after fishing for the whole afternoon.
However, in the evening, they unexpectedly discovered a two pheasants. Grandpa Gao went home and shot them dead, one for each of them.
It was almost dark when Lin Heng returned home. Xiaoxia hugged him when she saw him and said, "Dad, you're finally back."
"I won't go out tomorrow. I'll stay at home and play with you." Lin Heng said while hugging her.
"I'll go cook when you come back. Today I'm making dumplings stuffed with oil residue." Xiulan looked at him and said.
"That's such a treat! I like dumplings stuffed with oil residue the most." Lin Heng was drooling.
Whether it is lard or bear oil, the oil residue after peeling it is so fragrant that people can swallow their tongues. It is used to make steamed buns or dumplings, which is absolutely a supreme delicacy.
After a while, Xiulan prepared the dumplings. Lin Heng ate thirty of them by himself and almost got too full.
"Let's play checkers." Caiyun suggested during dinner.
"Sure." Lin Heng readily agreed. This was a game that Xiaoxia and Xiulan could both participate in, and five people could play together.
"The loser will be punished," said Xiulan with a wink.
The three of them played for nearly two hours before going to bed, and during that time they spent some time taking care of the child.
They are both very tired now, as they have to coax three children to sleep.
Lin Heng finished telling Xiaoxia a story, and Xiulan finished feeding the two little ones, and then coaxed them to sleep.
But the good news is that the fireplace is burning coal tonight, so it can burn all night and there is no need to get up in the middle of the night to add firewood.
After Lin Heng lay down, Xiulan snuggled into his arms and played with his fingers.
After a year of rest, Xiulan not only became much whiter, but her hands also became as smooth as mutton-fat jade, soft and smooth to the touch.
She has a light scent of milk and is soft when you hold her.
"Go to bed." Lin Heng said after turning off the lights.
Then as soon as he turned off the lights, Xiulan hugged his neck and kissed him.
She didn't say anything either, just covered his mouth.
After a while, she gradually sank. Lin Heng said in the morning that he didn't want her hand, but now she used her mouth.
"Wife, I was just joking this morning. Your hand will do." Lin Heng said while hugging her.
"It's okay, I just want you to feel comfortable."
Xiulan said softly and continued with her own things.
Lin Heng did not speak either. The night was eerily quiet. He could only hear the sound of the wind outside. He felt like he had arrived in heaven and was destined to be trapped in her gentle embrace and unable to leave.
In the blink of an eye, it was already dawn. Lin Heng woke up early today. The child didn't make any noise last night and they both slept well.
Lin Heng looked at the woman lying beside him and touched her face gently.
She was so good to herself and was willing to do anything.
"You're not satisfied yet." Xiulan opened her eyes and looked at him with her watery eyes.
"No, I just think this face is so beautiful." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Take another look at that." She leaned into his arms and said softly.
The two looked at each other silently for a while, and Lin Luming next to them started screaming.
Xiulan pushed him: "Hurry up and change your son's diaper!"
"It's time to get up. We are going to set up the mullet hatchery today." Lin Heng nodded, sat up and brought Lin Luming over to change his diaper.
He felt particularly energetic and refreshed today.
(End of this chapter)
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