Chapter 393 New Problems
Xiu Lan looked at the braised roe deer head and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, let it cool down and eat it this afternoon."
"I'll leave some for you in case you're running out." Lin Heng looked at her and said, Xiulan really likes to eat this kind of braised animal skin.
"That's fine." Xiulan smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Brother, Mom asked me to bring the meat for the barbecue over first. She has cut it and prepared it so we can barbecue it in the afternoon." Caiyun looked at Lin Heng and said.
"Okay, I'll get it for you."
Lin Heng walked over, opened the freezer, and took out the mutton and roe deer meat that he had prepared yesterday.
It should have been thawed in the morning, but after talking to his mother he was too lazy to do it.
After taking the things out, Lin Heng told Caiyun how to remove the fishy smell.
Caiyun nodded in agreement and took her things to Hongfeng Mountain. Xiaoxia saw her aunt going out and followed her out to play.
Suddenly, only Lin Heng and his wife and their two sleeping sons were left at home.
Since there was no one else around, Lin Heng went up to his wife and held her up to sit on his lap.
"What are you doing? Aren't you feeling hot?" Xiulan rolled her eyes at him.
"Don't mind the heat. It's very comfortable like this." Lin Heng chuckled and hugged her over.
Xiulan couldn't persuade him, and since there was no one else around, she gave in.
Lin Heng put one hand on Xiulan's thigh and massaged it, and put the other hand around her waist: "What did mom say to you?"
Xiulan leaned on Lin Heng's chest like a kitten, resting her head on his shoulder, feeling his strong chest and looking at his profile.
"That's it. She said she didn't mean it that day. She was just in a bad mood and was too busy. I said it was okay. What else could I do?" Xiulan said softly.
In fact, she was the one who went to find her mother first because she didn't want to make things difficult for Lin Heng, but she didn't say it. As long as Lin Heng cared about her, it didn't matter if she was tolerant of other things.
"That's good. I'll find someone to help later." Lin Heng breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's possible. If there are more cattle and sheep out there, the work will be very hard, and you can't be there to help every day." Xiulan nodded.
After chatting for a while, Lin Hengshou became a little restless and wanted to explore around.
But he was soon caught by Xiulan. After a while, Xiulan left, not giving him the chance to do anything wrong.
Lin Heng didn't continue. He watched her doing various chores in the house. When he saw Xiulan bending over, he couldn't help but lean over and hug her slender waist.
"Oh, you're so annoying!" Xiulan turned her head and glared at him angrily.
"You are so attractive, my wife!"
Lin Heng carried her directly to the sofa, he couldn't help it.
"Don't... the... the door is not locked, go and lock it."
Xiulan looked at him and said quickly.
Lin Heng had no choice but to stop and walked out quickly. The yard gate was locked and closed.
"Honey, there's a child here...let's go to the bedroom!"
Xiulan looked at Lin Heng who rushed back impatiently and reminded him with a red face.
Lin Heng glanced at his two sons, put his arm around her slender waist and went to the study room next door.
“Hmm…”
Xiulan wanted to say not in the study, but her red lips were blocked.
…
Forty minutes later, Xiulan tidied up her messy clothes and ran out to feed the crying child with a look of embarrassment and anger.
Lin Heng breathed a sigh of satisfaction, reached out and wiped off the large amount of water stains on the armchair and desk.
Lin Heng came out after cleaning up. In the main room, Xiulan had just finished feeding her son and was lying on the sofa to rest and recover her strength.
Lin Heng came over and hugged her, and she lay in his arms like a kitten.
"Go to sleep nicely."
Xiulan said this, then lay down and rested her head on his legs. After a while, she fell asleep peacefully, her pretty face slightly flushed, with satisfaction and happiness.
When Xiulan woke up again, she saw Lin Heng letting her rest her head on him. She couldn't help but feel happy. She reached out and patted his face and said softly, "Wake up, husband. It's time to go get some barbecue."
Lin Heng opened his eyes, was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, let's go."
As he said this, he picked up Xiulan again and did five squats to wake herself up. Xiulan was afraid of falling so she could only hold him tightly.
"You did it on purpose." Xiulan waited until he finished the squats and glared at him.
"I can't live without you. I miss you every day when I go up the mountain." Lin Heng touched her soft lips with his mouth and said with a smile.
"I saw you didn't come back for so many days, and I thought you didn't miss me." Xiulan blinked and walked over to hug her son.
She also missed Lin Heng very much, which was why she was willing to satisfy him in broad daylight, even in a strange place.
After washing their faces with cold water, the two of them took the child to Red Maple Mountain.
It was already past four o'clock and the temperature was not particularly high. Lin Heng lit a charcoal fire and went to Hongfeng Mountain to take a bath.
The previously built swimming pool has been washed away by water and now needs to be rebuilt, but it is still very convenient to find a place to bathe and swim.
After swimming, Lin Heng started to grill. He looked at the meat marinated by his mother, skewered it, and put it on the fire to grill.
Because roe deer meat had too little fat, he added some mutton fat into it. As it was roasted, it sizzled and a rich aroma wafted out.
"Mom, this first string is for you. I didn't speak in the right way yesterday. I apologize to you."
Lin Heng walked up to his mother with a smile, holding the skewers of meat.
"I won't eat it." Mother Lin snorted and ignored him. Although she was indeed wrong in that matter, she was still very unhappy about what her own son said about her.
Lin Heng had no choice but to put the things down and continue grilling.
After a while, his eldest brother and his family also came. They barbecued together, drank sweet wine and rice wine, and were very happy.
The taste of roe deer meat with mutton fat is surprisingly good, even more fragrant than pure mutton skewers.
The group of people ate barbecue for more than two hours, and when they were done, Lin's mother was no longer angry.
After dinner, Lin Heng went up the mountain to check on his cabin. He hadn’t lived in it this year, so it was inevitable that there would be some problems with the house.
Upon closer inspection, I really found the problem. There were three beehives built at the firewood pile behind the house, but fortunately they were all small beehives.
Then he went into the house again and took a look, then cleaned and tidied it up a bit. He thought this place was very nice and he would live there again in the future.
The main reason I didn’t come this year is because I have two newborn sons and it’s inconvenient to come to the mountain.
After looking at this side, he took another look at the reservoir. The last flood caused a lot of silt to accumulate at the bottom of the reservoir, and some branches on top had not been cleared yet. However, the fish were all alive, and if he threw a bug in, the fish would come to grab the food.
We will just need to find time to clear the branches. The accumulation of silt is not serious now. When there is more, we will open the drainage pipe at the bottom of the reservoir and flush the silt out easily.
It was quite interesting to watch the smelt fish chasing the insects. Lin Heng grabbed a few stools and threw them in. He could constantly see these fish swimming out from the deep water to fight for the insects.
Feeding them regularly has become a habit for these fish.
After playing for a while, Lin Heng walked down, passing by large tracts of astragalus and pastureland. The breeze blew, and the pastureland swayed in the wind.
His elder brother and his wife had already gone back down the mountain, leaving Lin Wei with only three children. They were playing hopscotch with Xiaoxia on the cement floor, having a lot of fun.
"How's the cabin? Is it leaking?"
Seeing Lin Heng coming down, Xiulan asked.
Lin Heng shook his head: "It's not leaking, it just needs to be painted. When I'm not busy in a few days, I'll go and paint it."
"That's good. I'd like to live in the mountains when the leaves turn yellow in a few days, but it's a pity it's not very convenient."
Xiulan sighed that the scenery in the mountains in autumn is still very touching.
"What's the big deal? Just bring the child here and I'll take care of him. You can just go up the mountain and play." Mother Lin said to Xiulan.
Although different living habits may lead to some minor conflicts, there is no doubt that she still loves and cares for everyone.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes." Xiulan said.
Lin Heng looked at his father and said, "The corn and rice are about to be harvested, and there is still grass to be cut on the mountain. I suggest that we ask two people to help cut the grass and remove the grass in the astragalus field."
Father Lin nodded slowly: "We really need to hire someone. We can dig the astragalus in our orchard, harvest the seeds, and loosen the soil and weed the fruit trees."
Lin Heng explained: "In fact, we need to dig up not only the astragalus in the orchard, but also those on the mountain. We need to bury them deep, so that the roots can grow bigger next year."
The planting cycle of Astragalus is two years. If you want to increase the yield, it is best to replant it in the autumn of the first year.
Planting Astragalus is quite cost-effective. The seeds can be collected and given to villagers to plant next year. It is a legume and the plant can also be used as forage or cattle grass.
"Then call two or three people and do it slowly. There is no rush." Father Lin said.
Lin Heng nodded: "Well, I will look for two or three suitable candidates in the next two days."
After chatting, it was still early, so Xiulan and Caiyun took the children to pick up eggs. Lin Heng and his father let the cattle and sheep out first. With the help of the two dogs, Xiongba and Lutong, they drove them smoothly along the path to the ditch behind Hongfeng Mountain and let them graze.
After letting the cattle and sheep out, Lin Heng put on his water pants and worked with his father to clean out the manure from the cattle and sheep pens and pile it in the composting pool, covering it for fermentation. Then he rinsed the cattle and sheep pens with clean water and sprinkled lime inside and around the pen for disinfection.
"We need to build a new cattle and sheep pen, otherwise we won't be able to accommodate the animals by next year." Father Lin said as he spread lime.
"When the time comes, we can move the cattle and sheep pens to another location depending on the situation, or temporarily expand it." Lin Heng nodded.
The current cattle and sheep pen is 240 square meters, 30 meters long and 8 meters wide, with an aisle in the middle and five 6*3 compartments on each side. Each compartment can raise 4 cows or 12 sheep.
Not counting the dairy cow in the back mountain and the horse and white goats raised outside, there are now 12 cows (10 Qinchuan cows, one male and one female) occupying three compartments, and 50 sheep occupying four compartments. This leaves only three compartments, which can accommodate another 36 sheep or 12 cows.
Now there are 25 female black goats confirmed to be pregnant, and the birth date is in the coming September. Black goats have a strong calving capacity, and can give birth to 2 to 4 lambs in one litter.
Based on the minimum calculation of 2 lambs, 50 lambs will be produced. Because of their small size, we can temporarily raise more in one sheep pen, which will require three compartments. In this way, the sheep pen will be full by September and October.
And there are new cattle and sheep to be born in the future, and they definitely cannot be raised here.
"Then let's start working in winter. We have to dig the foundation and so on, which will take a lot of time," said Lin's father.
"I know." Lin Heng nodded. He was thinking about waiting a few days to find a way to get an excavator. Manual labor was too slow to handle some large rocks.
Originally, we wanted to hire an excavator to go to the city, but now the national highway is being built, and many excavators are building the road in Huangtan Town. As long as we find some free time and contact them, I believe there will be no problem.
If you have an excavator, you can dig a large platform and build a farm of thousands of square meters without any problem. It is not difficult to hire an excavator. It is a simple matter if you have money.
But what Lin Heng was considering was whether or not to build this large cattle and sheep farm on Hongfeng Mountain, because he was planning to build a villa later. If the mountain was dug up beyond recognition now, it would not look good to build a villa deep in the mountains later.
After cleaning the cattle and sheep pens, the father and son went downstairs to rinse their waders. Xiulan and the others had already finished picking up the eggs.
After washing the reservoir and taking it off and hanging it up to dry, Lin Heng looked at his watch and it was already seven o'clock in the afternoon.
"You said..."
Lin Heng told everyone what he had thought before and asked them to discuss it.
After hearing this, Xiulan said, "Digging a large flat area on the mountain will indeed affect the scenery of the entire mountain, but it's actually not a big deal. It would be nice to transform it into a garden or something."
Father Lin said: "The main reason is that it is very expensive to build a large cattle and sheep pen. It may not be demolished for a long time, and the smell is too strong. It is unsuitable for people to live here."
Although the cattle and sheep pens are cleaned every day and the feces are covered, the smell is still not small. It's just that it's far away at the foot of the mountain and you can't smell it. If a large cattle and sheep pen is built in the future, the smell will definitely be difficult to cover up.
Caiyun thought for a moment and said, "But if not on the mountain, where else can it be built? Other places belong to other people or the village collective, so it must not be built too close to other people's homes, otherwise it will stink. In this case, it seems that places like Sanyegou and Banlishan will be the best choice."
"Those places are better off staying in Hongfeng Mountain. Not only are they too far away, but the cost is also too high." Father Lin shook his head.
Lin Heng listened to everyone's analysis and smiled helplessly: "For the time being, it seems that we can only build it in Hongfeng Mountain. The smell problem is actually mainly caused by the accumulation of feces. We can clean up the feces and transport them to other places in time. If we can't use it all, we can give it to the villagers for free. I'm sure everyone will be willing to take it."
"Then let's just let the excavator dig out a large piece of flat land, raise cattle and sheep first, and then we can demolish it and build houses. There are still more than 50 acres of barren hills above the grassland and astragalus land. There is no other use for it if it is left barren, so we might as well open it up." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.
The 20 acres of land at the foot of Hongfeng Mountain, which is now the site of the fish pond, has the lowest slope of about 15 degrees. The 80 acres in the middle have a slightly steeper slope of about 20 to 30 degrees. The 120 acres at the top of the mountain have the highest slope, reaching about 40 to 50 degrees.
They have now opened up nearly 30 acres of the 80-acre area in the middle, and there are still more than 50 acres of area on top that have not been developed.
Xiulan meant to just dig one in this area and then tear down the house and build it on top.
Lin Heng originally wanted to build the house on the top of the mountain, but now he thinks this is also possible. If it is built on the mountainside, the area will be larger, and it is also possible to build a few wooden houses behind the top of the mountain.
"My wife is right. Let's build it on Hongfeng Mountain. We can build the villa there later. The area we've dug out now can be turned into a tea garden at worst."
Lin Heng thought about it and realized that you can't always have your cake and eat it too. Completing the platform also has its own advantages.
For the time being, just raise cattle and sheep on a large scale in Hongfeng Mountain. Once you have saved up over a million, things will be easier later. Relying on the advantage of being a prophet, the road ahead will be smooth.
(End of this chapter)
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