Chapter 4: I won’t let my wife suffer anymore
"What do you remember?"
Chen Xiulan turned her head and looked at him and asked.
"I remembered there were morels in that place." Lin Heng realized that he had lost his composure and quickly found an excuse.
"Then hurry up and go up the hill to find them, before they are picked by others. They are eighty or ninety cents a pound." Chen Xiulan nodded. Anything that can be sold for money would not be eaten by herself.
But in fact, what Lin Heng remembered was a dog. He remembered that in May, which is next month, someone picked up a two-month-old wolfdog pup behind the town’s school.
When the dog grew up, it became very intelligent, as if it could understand human language. It made a lot of money for a local mountain herder named Li by looking for truffles and catching foxes, sables, rabbits, wild boars and other prey.
The man was so happy that he told everyone he met at the market. Unfortunately, the dog grew old and was ruthlessly sold to a dog dealer.
Fortunately, my memory became very good after my rebirth, so I was able to recall such a small thing.
Lin Heng decided to intercept this intelligent big wolfdog, and then buy an air gun or bow and arrow, go hunting in the mountains to earn his first pot of gold.
In his previous life, he was bored and joined an archery club to practice archery, and he also knew how to use an air rifle.
In the 1980s, there was no ban on guns or hunting, and hunting in the mountains was a good way to make money.
There are many ways to make money that come to my mind, such as which land will be demolished, where a highway will be built in the future and where I can make a fortune, and which items will increase in price in the future. I remember them all.
But the problem is that if you don’t have money and the first pot of gold, it’s useless to know these things.
Unless one is willing to resell goods, reselling goods across provinces has also been very profitable in the past two years, but Lin Heng is unwilling to do so and does not want to leave his family.
So I decided to go hunting in the mountains and then go into breeding. This way I can get rich without being separated from my family. After I have money, I can slowly expand my business and there is no need to rush.
He was reborn with a broad vision that this era does not have. He takes it slow and does not need to rush for success. His wife and children are more important than his family.
"Let's go up the mountain. You said there are morels there?"
Chen Xiulan gave Lin Heng a small bamboo backpack, took the child from his arms, and looked at him with her bright big eyes.
Seeing that Lin Heng didn't move, she pushed him again: "What are you staring at?"
Lin Heng came back to his senses and smiled at his wife: "Nothing, I just found that you look more and more beautiful the more I look at you."
My wife, Chen Xiulan, has regular facial features and delicate eyebrows. She can’t be said to be absolutely beautiful, but she can definitely be called pretty.
It may seem ordinary at first glance, but the more you look at it, the more it becomes more attractive.
When I think about how I didn’t cherish my past life at all, I really don’t know how lucky I am.
Chen Xiulan felt embarrassed and turned away, "Stop talking nonsense. Go pick mushrooms."
But she felt happy in her heart, because since they got married, Lin Hengke never said that she was pretty again.
Lin Heng went into the house and took a machete. When he was leaving, he saw the slingshot he had placed on the wall. It was a toy he had made before.
I haven't been to bed in the past few years. I spend all day wandering around the city with some friends I met in the village and town, and I'm not doing my job properly.
After thinking for a moment, he picked it up and put it on his waist, then locked the door, threw the key in a fixed place in the pile of rotten firewood outside, and quickly caught up with his wife.
At this time, my wife had just walked to the courtyard of the Liu family next door and was stopped by Liu's daughter-in-law Li Caifeng to chat.
"Xiu Lan, you have to carry the baby up the mountain. It's really hard for you. My husband never lets me do this!"
Li Caifeng appears to be concerned about Chen Xiulan, but in reality she is just showing off and displaying her superiority.
There were no entertainment facilities in that era, and rural women loved to compete with each other.
"It's not heavy, I can carry it comfortably." Chen Xiulan said calmly, "At least my husband won't get drunk and crazy."
Li Caifeng twitched her lips and suddenly didn't want to talk anymore. She knew that Chen Xiulan was making fun of her for being beaten by her husband.
"Xiu-lan, you have good taste. What do you think of the dress I'm wearing? I love that lucky guy. He killed a fox a few days ago and sold the skin to buy it for me."
Li Caifeng changed the topic again, and said with a smile, while pulling the red floral striped shirt she had just bought.
"These clothes are too expensive now. I bargained for a long time and they refused to sell it to me even if the price was less than two yuan. I said I would not buy it, but my husband finally bought it for me."
Li Caifeng couldn't close her mouth. She was so happy when she saw Chen Xiulan's clothes still with patches on them.
"It's okay, it's quite beautiful. I still have to go pick mushrooms. I won't say anything more." Chen Xiulan said casually and was about to leave.
Lin Heng's voice came from behind: "It's just so-so. This dress only costs one dollar in the city. It doesn't look good on you, Caifeng."
Li Caifeng is very fat. Wearing this dress, she looks like a spotted hen. Lin Heng couldn't bear it. He even wanted to make his wife angry.
This made Li Caifeng unhappy instantly. She glanced at Lin Heng and teased, "Then why don't you buy one for your Xiulan? She will definitely look good in it."
"He bought me other ones to keep at home." Chen Xiulan said, then pulled Lin Heng away quickly.
"Then I'll go see what style you have some other day..."
After Chen Xiulan left, Li Caifeng was still behind her with a sarcastic tone. She knew that Chen Xiulan couldn't afford it and it was obvious that she was lying.
"Why do you want to provoke her? She'll spread the news to the whole village one day. Just bear with it and it will pass!"
Chen Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said helplessly.
All the women in the village are like this, she has long been used to it.
"Don't worry, I'll buy you a better one some other day. You don't have any clothes at all." Lin Heng said with a smile, determined not to let his wife suffer any grievances in this life.
"No need. The few pieces of clothing at home can still be worn after being repaired. You can save the money to buy necessities." Chen Xiulan shook her head.
"Don't worry, our family will be rich soon. I will make money. There is no need to be so frugal. Clothes are necessities."
Lin Heng assured.
"Also, don't you want to go back to your parents' home? I will take you back during the Chinese New Year this year," Lin Heng continued.
His wife Chen Xiulan was not from Nanping County, but from the neighboring Lushui County. Although they were both from Taibai City, the two families were too far apart to allow Chen Xiulan to return to her parents' home only once after she got married.
After the family split up in her previous life, she didn't even have the chance to go back to her parents' home because of the heavy burden at home.
Before her death, she went back to her mother's home no more than ten times, and every time she went she had to borrow money for food.
She was often insulted by her brothers, who felt that she deserved it because she was disobedient and insisted on marrying Lin Heng.
This later became a knot in Lin Heng's heart that could never be eliminated in his lifetime.
He met Chen Xiulan at the market in the neighboring Lushui County. She took his casual promise seriously and married him despite her family's opposition.
In the end, he failed to give her a good life, and she suffered all her life, so much so that he spent the rest of his life regretting and blaming himself.
Chen Xiulan turned her head and glanced at Lin Heng. She felt that he was particularly considerate today. "I don't ask you to make a lot of money. As long as you can stay at home with me and live a good life, that's enough."
This kind and honest woman has such simple and honest wishes.
Lin Heng didn't know what to say. He felt that anything he said would be meaningless. He exhaled and looked at her and said, "Let me carry the child for a while."
"I can carry it!" Chen Xiulan continued walking, looking around for mushrooms.
"I said I would do it, so I will. You've been carrying her long enough." Lin Heng insisted, walking over to pick up his daughter.
Chen Xiulan glanced at him and gave her daughter to him helplessly.
(End of this chapter)
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