Chapter 366 Money Makes Money
The next afternoon, Lin Heng had everything ready, but Lin Hai came running over.
"Brother Lin Heng, I heard that you are going down the city. Can you delay for a few days and take me with you?" Lin Hai looked at Lin Heng and asked.
"Have you thought about it?"
Lin Heng looked at him and asked.
"Yes, I'll go down and try. I'll work hard to dig the pond for my dad in the next two days." Lin Hai nodded.
"That's fine. Any day before the 15th will do. Let me know when you're done."
Lin Heng patted him on the shoulder and said that his childhood friend asked him to take care of him, so he had to help with things like this.
Anyway, he can do it any day, it’s still early to plant crops.
"Then let's go with number 12, what do you think, Brother Lin?" Lin Hai asked.
"No problem, I'll pick you up early on the 12th." Lin Heng nodded.
After the agreement, he often went back home. Lin Heng's daily routine these days was almost the same, mainly training the puppies and regularly checking the water quality of the hatching pond.
The rest of the time I spend with Xiaoxia and Xiulan at home, and occasionally go out hunting in the afternoon.
Hunting was difficult in early spring, and he had been empty-handed for a long time.
Early in the morning on the 12th, after breakfast, Lin Heng called his eldest brother to go into the city together.
After his eldest brother opened the convenience store, the business was neither good nor bad. The main items that sold well were daily necessities. He estimated that he could make about 40 to 50 yuan a month.
Although it's not much, it's a very stable income, and it's much better than before after a year.
While the eldest sister-in-law is selling goods, his eldest brother is also working in the mountains these days. During the slack season, many people in the village work in the mountains.
"Brother, did you hear about the news that Wang Kaidian and his men got a muntjac yesterday?"
Lin Yue got in the car and asked with a smile.
"No, I stayed at home yesterday. How big is the muntjac?" Lin Heng asked curiously.
"It is said that it was a 50-kilogram big muntjac, and it was hunted by four people together. Wang Bing even showed off to me. If I said that we hunted a bear, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"Then they are pretty lucky." Lin Heng sighed. He hasn't caught anything recently.
As he spoke, he drove to his third father's house. Lin Hai had already packed up and was standing at the door with a backpack on his back. His parents were standing beside him giving him instructions.
"Third Dad and Third Mom!" Lin Heng greeted with a smile.
"Lin Heng, can you find a job for Lin Hai? I'm really worried about him going to the city alone." Li Xue said hurriedly when she saw Lin Heng.
"There's nothing I can do about this. I can only find him a place to live." Lin Heng shook his head.
"It's okay, Mom. I can take care of myself." Lin Hai said and got in the car.
After his third uncle and aunt had given their instructions, Lin Heng drove off.
Lin Hai was still a little nervous along the way. He didn't know what to do next.
"Let me see if I can find you a temporary job." Lin Heng said with a little softness in his heart.
"Thank you, Brother Lin." Lin Hai said quickly.
The road into the city was easier to walk, and we arrived in the city at 11 o'clock. Compared to the mountains, the city was warmer, the withered grass had turned green, and peach blossoms were even blooming in some places.
Lin Heng had accumulated a lot of connections in the city, so it was not difficult to find odd jobs. In the end, he found a backbreaking job helping to move food, which paid 90 cents a day.
This job was not good, but it allowed him to settle down first and then look for a new job. Lin Heng also found him a very cheap place to live, a small room of 20 square meters for five yuan a month.
The rest depends on him, and see if Lin Hai has the courage to take risks.
"Here, I'll lend you another ten dollars in case of emergency. The rest is up to you." After everything was ready, Lin Heng handed Lin Hai another ten dollars and said.
"No need, brother. My dad gave me twenty dollars, which is enough for me."
Lin Hai stuffed the money back. He was already very grateful to Lin Heng for arranging his accommodation and initial work for him.
"Take it and return it to me later." Lin Heng stuffed it into his pocket.
After patting him on the shoulder, the two turned around and left, heading to the seed station in the city.
After asking, he found out that this year's seeds had just been delivered, so Lin Heng bought 500 bags of corn and 500 bags of grain seeds on the spot.
Each bag weighs one kilogram, which adds up to a total of one thousand kilograms. Lin Heng’s car definitely couldn’t transport it all, so he rented a tractor.
In addition to corn and rice seeds, Lin Heng bought 500 kilograms of urea, 500 kilograms of compound fertilizer, and some vegetable and fruit seeds, but he mainly bought them for himself.
I also bought some spices and daily necessities.
It was three o'clock in the afternoon when Lin Heng returned to the village. He unloaded the goods at home and then went to the village to inform the village party secretary Tian Dongfu.
Tian Dongfu shouted through a loudspeaker that the seeds had arrived, and soon many people came to Lin Heng's door with money.
"Lin Heng, how much do these corn and rice seeds cost?"
After a while, someone came to inquire.
"Corn seeds cost five yuan a bun, and rice seeds cost eight yuan." Lin Heng said with a smile.
“It’s so expensive.”
"Can it be cheaper?"
"We are all from the same village, so give us some discounts."
Hearing the expensive price, everyone started talking about it.
"This is really not okay. I didn't make any money from everyone even if I pulled it up."
Lin Heng shook his head and reminded, "There is one more thing I want to make clear to everyone. Last year, our corn yield was 1,200 per mu and rice yield was 1,000 per mu, all because of the use of fertilizers, namely urea and ammonium carbonate. This level would not be achieved without fertilizers."
"How much is a bag of urea?" Yang Zhaotao asked curiously.
"Urea is 25 per bag, and ammonium urea is 15." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Everyone gasped and stopped talking. The price was too expensive.
"I'll buy a bag of corn and a bag of rice seeds." Yang Zhaotao took out 13 yuan, walked forward and said.
"I'll have a bag of each, too."
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People came and went one after another to buy things. There were more than 300 households in Hongfeng Mountain, and in about three days, Lin Heng sold more than 820 bags of two kinds of seeds.
In addition to some villagers who bought two bags at one time, some wealthy people from Baima Village and Shimen Village also came to buy seeds. Lin Heng's family's bumper harvest last year still affected many people.
"I can't believe I've made so much money in just a few days." On the evening of the 14th, Xiulan said in surprise after sorting out the payment for the goods.
Lin Heng smiled and said, "This is the advantage of having a lot of money. When you have money, money can make more money."
He was not that unscrupulous when selling the seeds this time. He only made 50 cents for a bag of seeds, which was definitely not much. Even if he sold all of them, he would only make 500 yuan.
In fact, it’s not that there are no other people who want to do this business. For example, the village head and the village party secretary have all been to the city, but the problem is that it costs 6,000 yuan to buy so many bags of seeds, and they don’t have the financial resources.
I can only watch Lin Heng make money and give this opportunity to him.
"Can I return these if they can't be sold out?" Xiulan asked again.
"Yes, but these can definitely be sold out. There are only eighty packs left and they can be sold out in a few days." Lin Heng said.
After selling all the seeds and saving the money, his cash assets reached 25,000 yuan, not counting the 400 or 500 yuan in change that Xiulan had.
Xiulan tied the money with a rubber band and asked Lin Heng to put it in the secret compartment in the floor tiles under the bed. She was still worried about other places because the amount was a bit too much.
After putting the money away, Xiulan lay down and looked at Lin Heng and asked, "What are you going to do tomorrow morning?"
"The weather has been good these two days. Let's fan the lamb tomorrow morning and then roast some lamb eggs to eat." Lin Heng looked at her and said quietly.
"Ah, will it be too smelly if they are roasted? How about we just fry them?" Xiulan looked at him with her eyes wide open. As a country person, she was not averse to eating goat eggs, but she was a little skeptical about the method of roasting them.
"Try it. Eating it will help strengthen your body." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"You're strong enough." Xiulan poked his chest, which was full of solid muscles.
These words made Lin Heng very happy, and he hugged his wife in his arms: "Go to sleep, go to sleep, and we'll talk about it tomorrow morning."
The next morning, when the two got up to exercise, the sky was still blue. Although the sun could not be seen yet, they could see the sunlight from the top of the mountain, which meant that today would be another beautiful sunny day.
"Let's go to Hongfeng Mountain after breakfast and put our two sons in the stroller and push them over there." Lin Heng said while exercising.
"Okay." Xiulan agreed.
After exercising in the morning, I made a simple breakfast, then took out some lamb to thaw and prepared the seasoning.
Lin Heng took a few bags of rice and corn seeds and placed them in his eldest brother's shop, asking his eldest sister-in-law to help sell them if anyone wanted to buy them.
His eldest brother also took his two sons and Lin Heng to Hongfeng Mountain. To fan the sheep, they naturally needed a strong helper.
Xiaoxia brought the little white dog, while Lin Heng and Xiulan each pushed a baby stroller, which was covered with blankets for fear that the child would catch a cold.
Thanks to the careful care of both of them, the child has not been sick for a month and has been in good health.
"Second Dad, are we going to have a barbecue today?"
Lin Tao asked curiously while helping to carry the mutton.
"Yes, I took the iron skewers and iron nets for barbecue to Hongfeng Mountain a long time ago, and there are special delicacies today." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"What is it?" Lin Tao suddenly became even more curious.
"You'll know when the time comes." Lin Heng smiled mysteriously and did not tell his nephew.
"Okay then!" Lin Tao walked forward with his things in his hand without saying a word.
Lin Tao is shy and doesn't know how to act coquettishly. If it were Xiaoxia, she would have hugged her legs and acted coquettishly. But at this moment, she was walking happily in front with her little white dog and didn't hear anything at all.
As they walked, Lin Yue asked, "Brother, how are you training the dogs? Which one did you leave for me?"
"Children, training. Now, except for the little white dog and the one with green eyes chosen by Dad, all others are fine." Lin Heng nodded.
"Then pick a male and a smart one for me from the rest." Lin Yue said after thinking for a while.
"Okay, I'll give it to you when I'm almost done with training." Lin Heng agreed.
They chatted and laughed all the way and soon arrived at Red Maple Mountain. Hearing their voices, Lin's mother ran out from afar to greet them.
"Take the child inside quickly. It's still cold and windy outside." Lin's mother said as she took the stroller from Lin Heng.
"It's okay, there's a blanket to cover yourself with." Xiulan said with a smile.
When they entered the house, Lin's father was warming himself by the fire. He first looked at his two twin grandsons, and then gave some dried sweet potatoes to Xiaoxia, Lin Tao and Lin Shan.
Lin Heng's eldest brother Lin Yue has three sons in total. The eldest son Lin Wei is already in school, the second son Lin Tao is one and a half years older than Xiaoxia, and the third son Lin Shan is half a month older than Xiaoxia.
After pouring a glass of water for the two, Father Lin asked, "Are you really going to fan the sheep yourself without hiring a specialist?"
He was afraid that Lin Heng's technique was not good enough and something might happen to the sheep.
"Don't worry, Dad. There's no problem." Lin Heng smiled and waved his hand. If it were a little difficult to deal with ewes and sows, it wouldn't be that difficult with rams and boars.
"I believe in my brother. After I do it myself, I won't ask for help from anyone," said Lin Yue.
"Then shall we start now?" asked Father Lin. Since both of his sons said so, he had no objection.
"Wait a moment, I'll go see how the fish fry are hatching." Lin Heng said and got up to go to the fish egg hatching room.
Lin's father and Lin Yue also followed.
The thermometer in the hatchery pool shows that the water temperature is now 6.5 degrees, which is a little higher than before. Because it has been disinfected and the temperature is low, the pool water is very clean.
The earliest batch of fish eggs are almost twenty days old, and you can see the tiny fish wriggling inside the eggs.
"Yesterday I connected an oxygen cylinder to slowly deliver oxygen to the pool water because I was afraid there wasn't enough oxygen," explained Lin's father.
Lin Heng shook his head and said, "There's no problem with oxygen for now. What I'm afraid of is that bugs will get in and eat the fish eggs."
"If you have nothing to do, go and fan the sheep!" Lin Yue said, putting his hand on his shoulder.
"Let's go back and get the tools." Lin Heng nodded, and he turned the door and bought a knife for beating sheep and pigs.
They took some things and medicine powder, as well as a basin for sheep eggs. They also used a car to bring a large scale up to weigh the cattle and sheep.
These black goats have been bought for almost a year. They have been well fed and now weigh around 70 kilograms.
After putting the things at the door, the three of them walked in wearing rain boots.
We didn't let the children come over, mainly because it was too dirty. The breeding area wouldn't smell good even if it was cleaned regularly.
As soon as they entered the house, the sheep began to bleat and stretched their necks to eat grass.
Farther away, twelve cows also began to moo, obviously hungry.
"These sheep seem to be in heat again. This is the second time. They should be able to breed now." Father Lin said after looking at the condition of the sheep.
These black goats are all one year old. They reach sexual maturity at six or seven months old, but breeding too early is not good, so the males and females were separated last year.
This year these sheep are already one year old and are fully capable of breeding.
"It's okay. We can start after we finish fanning it today." Lin Heng nodded.
Then he took another bag of silage and poured it into the feed trough and said, "But let's feed the grass first."
When the cattle and sheep are fed, they stand in rows while eating and don't move much, so it is easy to tell their sizes.
"This one is the biggest." Father Lin soon found the largest male goat. This guy had a pair of large horns that bent backwards and was larger than the others.
"Catch it and weigh it first." Lin Heng jumped in, grabbed its horns and pulled it out.
“Mee-mee!!”
This black goat was very ferocious and rushed towards Lin Heng after being caught.
(End of this chapter)
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