Chapter 391 Harvest and sorting out the conflict between mother-in-law and
daughter-in-law Soon the door opened, Xiaoxia was the first to rush out and hugged Lin Heng's legs, saying in a tender voice: "Dad, you are finally back, I missed you so much."
"I miss Xiaoxia too."
Lin Heng picked her up and walked into the house.
Seeing that everyone was safe and sound, Xiulan and Caiyun turned their attention to the things they brought with them.
"You've gained a lot this time." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng in surprise.
"Yes, second brother, that's a roe deer you're carrying, right? It's quite big." Caiyun smiled as she looked at the things in Lin Heng's backpack.
"Yes, we didn't find any ginseng this time, but the harvest is still okay."
Lin Heng nodded and carried his daughter into the house.
The sister-in-law and three nephews next door also came out to greet Lin Yue.
However, a group of people came to Lin Heng's yard first, and the things had not been divided yet.
"Wife, is everything okay in the house?" Lin Heng asked as he entered the house.
"Everything is fine. There is no problem at Hongfeng Mountain. Mom said that the corn is seriously damaged by wild boars." Xiulan nodded.
After entering the yard and turning on the lights in the yard, Lin Heng put Xiaoxia down first and took off the backpack.
Carrying such a heavy thing and walking for a whole day was really tiring. He felt his legs were numb.
"That's fine." Lin Heng nodded, and Lin's father breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Xiulan went into the house and got some boiled water for everyone. This was what she prepared every day in case Lin Heng suddenly came back and there was only boiled water and unboiled cold water. In that case, he would definitely drink a lot of cold water, which was bad for his health.
The three of them drank boiled water and took a good rest before they began to sort the various harvests. They had packed them one bag at a time at the beginning, so now it is easy to distinguish them.
After finishing, Lin's father and Lin Yue went back first, and came back to help deal with the roe deer after taking a bath.
"Wife, help me divide the things. I'll talk to you after I finish my shower."
After his father and the others returned, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said.
"good."
Xiulan nodded in agreement and went in with him to find some clean clothes.
Lin Heng closed the back door and took a cold shower in the backyard. Xiulan had placed a large wooden tub for washing clothes here, which contained water that had been heated during the day. It took Lin Heng more than ten minutes to finish his shower comfortably, and he walked into the main room feeling refreshed.
"You have harvested a lot of Ganoderma lucidum this time, at least more than ten kilograms." Xiulan said with a smile when she saw Lin Heng coming out.
"The biggest gain this time is the Ganoderma lucidum. The others are not so good."
Lin Heng nodded. Most of the Ganoderma lucidum had been dried, except for the seven or eight picked yesterday.
The dried goods filled up one and a half snakeskin bags. Lin Heng picked up a small beam scale to weigh them and found that there were a total of 12 kilograms of dried goods.
"These Ganoderma lucidum can be sold for more than 700 yuan, which is worth a big cow." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Now that the prices of beef and mutton have risen, a cow can no longer be bought for more than 500 yuan as before.
"You've done a great job going into the mountains this time. Together with other herbs, you can probably sell them for eight hundred yuan." Xiulan praised with a smile.
"It can be sold for 900 yuan." Lin Heng was very satisfied with Xiulan's praise.
He dug up a lot of Tripterygium wilfordii, Ginseng palm ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, Polygonatum sibiricum, etc., all of which can be sold for a lot of money.
"There are also soft-shell turtles and small tortoises, as well as roe deer skins. Second brother made a lot of money this time going into the mountains. If we buy all of them as food, we can pile them up to fill up a room." Caiyun also said.
"Dad is the best!" Xiaoxia immediately affirmed when she heard the room full of delicious food, nodded and followed Lin Heng.
"Xiaoxia is right. The little turtle is for you." Lin Heng smiled, touched his daughter's head and hugged her.
"Great, thank you, Dad!" Xiaoxia happily kissed Lin Heng on the face.
Holding his daughter in his arms, Lin Heng said with emotion: "It's a pity that we didn't find ginseng this time."
"How can it be that easy to find? If that were the case, ginseng would have been worthless long ago." Xiulan said with a smile.
“Yes, it usually takes many years to hear that someone has found ginseng.” Caiyun also said.
"That's right, I'm just feeling emotional."
Lin Heng sat down, put his daughter down, looked at his two sons in the crib next to him, and said with a smile, "Call daddy!"
"Ba...Aa ...
"Ba... Hehe~"
However, the two little guys could only giggle, and it was obvious that their calls were not very similar.
Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said, "Let me make you some noodles first. I just happen to have some pickled cabbage."
"Okay, I'm a little hungry indeed." Lin Heng nodded. He had been eating wild fruits on the way back, so he wasn't particularly hungry.
While Xiulan went to cook, he hugged his two sons, and took his daughter to raise the little turtle and the old turtle.
After finishing all this, he sorted out the wild peppers and mushrooms he had picked and put them into a cabinet specially used for storing dry goods.
Then pour out the Chinese herbal medicines that have not dried yet and let them dry, and pack up the dried ones and put them upstairs where they will dry and won’t get damp.
After finishing all this, he leaned back comfortably on the sofa and chatted with Xiaoxia and Caiyun about what he had seen and heard during this trip into the mountains.
The biggest feeling when returning home is comfort and tranquility, which is much better than being in the wild.
After a while, Xiulan brought him a bowl of noodles. It was not sauerkraut noodles but green onion and egg noodles. Lin Heng ate the noodles in big mouthfuls. The familiar taste whetted his appetite. The noodles made by his wife were just delicious.
"Dad, I want to go to the cave you mentioned."
Xiaoxia heard what Lin Heng said and spoke coquettishly.
"Haha, let's wait until later. I'll take you there when I have the chance."
Lin Heng laughed and said that the place was too far away and it would take a whole day to walk along the mountain road.
"Why not now, Dad?" Xiaoxia pouted.
"Because Xiaoxia is too young and can't walk. She can go when she grows up." Xiulan answered the question for Lin Heng.
"Well, I will eat well and grow up quickly." Xiaoxia sighed while lying on her mother's lap. She really wanted to grow up quickly.
Xiulan turned her head and looked at Lin Heng: "Are we going to cook and drink later? If so, I'll go and prepare the vegetables."
"No, I'm too tired today. Let's celebrate with a barbecue tomorrow afternoon."
Lin Heng shook his head, took Xiulan's hand and smiled, "Just sit here and eat some melon seeds and chat while we wait for dad and big brother to come."
Xiulan is now wearing a casual plaid shirt on her upper body and a white gauze skirt on her lower body, revealing half of her pale calves.
Her hair was tied into a single ponytail, from her right shoulder to her chest. She looked very fresh and elegant, like a lotus flower covered with water after the rain.
She was not used to wearing skirts at first, but now that the weather is hot, she likes to put on skirts as soon as she gets home, and gradually she likes it.
If Lin Heng is at home, she will change into a short skirt or cheongsam because he likes to watch.
Lin Heng pulled her hand over and touched it, and he felt much better. If Caiyun Xiaoxia hadn't been there, he really wanted to pull her over and sit on his lap and hug her.
"Okay." Xiulan nodded and sat down on the sofa.
Lin Heng talked about his hunting trip in the mountains, and Xiulan and Caiyun talked about what they saw and heard in the village.
These two days, his village formed a hunting team to hunt wild boars. After running for several days, they killed one weighing more than 150 kilograms.
In addition, the black goat ewe in his own pen was about to give birth. When Lin Heng heard Caiyun say that, he realized that Xiulan was also angry about this.
The thing is, Xiulan went to help Lin's mother and thought that she should feed the black goat something good, because Lin Heng had taught her to do so before, and pregnant animals should be taken good care of.
Lin's mother thought she was wasting money and that feeding grass was enough. She thought she shouldn't be criticized since she didn't herd the sheep. She also said that she was very wasteful at home and asked her to be frugal and not spend money indiscriminately.
Xiulan is not a person with a hot temper. She came back angrily, but her mood was definitely not good, and she was still a little angry.
"It's my fault. I came back late."
After listening to Caiyun's story, Lin Heng grabbed Xiulan's hand and said with a smile, "Go ahead and hit me. Beat her son hard to vent your anger. I'll apologize to you on her behalf. I'll go and talk to her tomorrow and let her know her mistakes so she won't make them again."
Lin Heng understood the problem as soon as he heard it. His mother's old illness had come back again, and there was something wrong with the concepts of the two generations.
His parents' generation was born in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. They experienced the great famine when there was nothing to eat. They even ate tree bark and soil. They were very frugal with every little thing and would even use steamed buns to dip up the oil in the pot.
Although he and Xiulan had a hard childhood, they had black flour buns and corn flour buns to eat, and they didn't have to chew tree bark or eat Guanyin soil.
Therefore, they have different views on many things. In particular, Xiulan was also influenced by Lin Heng. She read a lot of books and understood many scientific principles. She knows that some things should be saved and some should not be saved.
Now that Lin Heng, Lin's father and others have left, Lin's mother naturally wants to preach and let Xiulan live her own way, and conflicts arise as a result.
Although living separately can avoid such things, it cannot be completely avoided. What Lin Heng needs to do is to criticize whoever is wrong, instead of showing bias. He has to be tactful while being reasonable.
Xiulan was amused by Lin Heng's funny actions. She patted him and said, "It's not as serious as Caiyun said. I'm not angry anymore."
"Don't worry, I support you in this matter. You are not wrong, but those overly frugal habits are wrong." Lin Heng said while patting Xiulan's hand.
Xiulan nodded, looked at Lin Heng and said, "I understand. Don't tell mom. She didn't mean it. It's just a matter of habit."
Lin Heng stood on her side and acknowledged that she had done nothing wrong. This was enough for her, and she didn't want Lin Heng to be caught in the middle and feel uncomfortable.
"It's because we have bad habits that we need to change them," said Lin Heng.
Caiyun also nodded and said, "Yes, Mom just needs to talk more. If I don't explain things to her, she will always be too frugal. I dare not say anything, so I can only rely on you, second brother."
Now Lin Heng has the most say in the family, and his mother listens to him.
"Don't worry, leave it to me." Lin Heng nodded. He had already thought about what to say to his mother. He didn't want to make false promises or try to smooth things over.
"Okay, okay, let's talk about something else. It's over now." Xiulan didn't want to discuss it anymore. Since Lin Heng understood her grievances, she didn't want to pursue anything further.
After a while of chatting, his eldest brother came over. Lin Heng and his eldest brother set up a rack and started skinning the roe deer.
Father Lin came over when the skin was half peeled. He looked at the skinned roe deer and said with a smile, "This guy really doesn't have any fat at all."
"It's just that this male roe deer has a strong fishy smell." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Roe deer meat is red lean meat after the skin is removed, with only a little fat visible sporadically.
While helping, Father Lin said, "It's okay. There are many ways to deal with the fishy smell."
"Yes, if that doesn't work, just braise it and the fishy smell will be gone. People are only afraid of not having meat to eat, who is afraid of the fishy smell?" Lin Yue said with a smile.
"Yes, I am." Lin Heng smiled and continued with the work at hand.
I just weighed it, and this roe deer weighs 45 kilograms in wool, and about 40 kilograms without the skin.
The roe deer skin was stretched out and dried as usual. Lin Heng took out the internal organs and chopped off the head. There were only about 28 kilograms of pure meat.
"Brother, take this little bit of meat back and eat it."
Lin Heng cut off the front legs for a day, weighing about ten kilograms, and gave them to his eldest brother.
Even though he caught the roe deer with his trap and killed it, he would definitely share the meat and would definitely not eat it all by himself.
Besides, sharing happiness with others is worse than enjoying it alone, so his elder brother would share the prey with him even if he hunted it himself.
The harvest from mountain climbing is distributed according to work and ability, but delivering meat is a bond of family ties, and the two concepts are different.
"This is too much. Give me less." Lin Yue shook his head.
"Just take it back and eat it. There are so many people in your family. Let's not try to refuse." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Okay then, thank you, brother." Lin Yue laughed and said, "I'll bring some back and cut some off. You can wrap the rest in plastic wrap and freeze them for me."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.
After giving the big brother the meat, Lin Heng looked at his father and said with a smile, "Dad, should I give you a leg, or cut off some meat and take it back to eat with my mom?"
"Just cut some and I'll take it back. Freeze the rest. I'll come and get it when I want to eat." Father Lin said with a smile.
Lin Heng divided the meat into small pieces weighing more than one pound and froze them, making it convenient to take when he wanted to eat.
Father Lin helped to clean the intestines and other things, put them in a basin and soak them in baking soda, and then wash them again the next morning to make braised meat.
It was already eleven o'clock when we finished everything. No one wanted to drink today, so we agreed to have a barbecue tomorrow afternoon, grilling lamb and roe deer meat at the same time.
Today is the 23rd and Caiyun will be going to school soon, so this is a good opportunity to celebrate for her.
After her father and the others left, Caiyun smiled and said, "Now that my second brother is back, I can only sleep on the sofa and can't sleep with my sister-in-law in my arms."
"Of course, your sister-in-law is mine." Lin Heng laughed and said, "You can also go back to the old house, or I can make a bed for you on the floor in the study."
"I'll sleep on the sofa. It's more comfortable than the bed." Caiyun smiled. She didn't sleep in the morning anyway, so sleeping on the sofa was very comfortable.
"That's fine. Let's go and rest." Lin Heng nodded and carried his two sons back to the bedroom.
He was very excited because he hadn't told stories to his daughter for a long time. Unfortunately, Xiaoxia was too sleepy, and she fell asleep after he told her a short story from Journey to the West.
"Wife, you have worked so hard."
Lin Heng got on the bed, hugged Xiulan in his arms and comforted her again, with their foreheads against each other.
He missed Xiulan so much after not hugging her for so long. She was so fragrant and soft, and even the feeling of her hair tickling his face was very unique.
"Okay, go to bed quickly. This matter is over. It was really hard for you to climb the mountain." Xiulan patted his face and exhaled her anger on his face.
"No, let me serve my wife well to express my apology."
Lin Heng grabbed her slender waist tightly and made her fall into his arms.
“No… um…”
Before Xiulan finished her words, she unconsciously hugged Lin Heng's neck, lost in a deep expression of love and longing.
(End of this chapter)
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