The next morning, when I woke up, the sky was blue and cloudless with only a few dark clouds hanging above it.
"Where are we going to get barbecue today?"
Xiulan asked while practicing Tai Chi.
Lin Heng responded: "Let's go to the yard. The leaves outside haven't sprouted yet, so there's nothing to see outside. The most you can do is catch some fish."
Xiulan nodded: "That's best. We can go out to eat when spring comes."
After the exercise, they boiled eggs first, and then went to milk the cows together. After boiling and sterilizing the milk, they separated the milk for their son and made the rest into honey milk tea. If they couldn't finish it in the morning, they could drink it while eating barbecue at noon.
"Dad...let's go..."
“Let’s go…”
As soon as I put on their clothes, my two sons couldn't wait to walk. They were very addicted to walking.
"Eat first, you can't leave now."
Lin Heng shook his head, and he and Xiulan each carried one child into the main room.
After a simple breakfast, Lin Heng played with his three sons while Xiulan took a knife to cut the meat that was grilled at noon. There was still some venison, bear meat, and wolf meat left, and with some pork belly, it was enough for everyone.
At around nine o'clock, Lin's mother came in with a basket of wild vegetables and said, "Is there anything I can help you with? I picked some wild vegetables and we can eat them cold later. Otherwise, it would be too greasy if there was only meat."
"Xiu Lan has prepared almost everything. Mom, come and help take care of the children." Lin Heng looked at his mother and said, it would be too difficult to take care of two children who had to walk all the time.
"Sure." Lin's mother came over with a smile. She was happy to take care of her two adorable grandsons.
Lin Heng picked up the basket and took a look. Most of it was purslane and a small part was dandelions. They were both very good wild vegetables when eaten cold.
After picking the vegetables cleanly, Lin Heng handed them to Xiulan for a cold dish. He lit a charcoal fire and prepared some barbecue spices. Barbecue with only chili and cumin was not delicious enough.
There were two barbecue grills, one was a large iron stove that Lin Heng made himself with iron sheets, and it was rectangular and used to grill skewers. The other was a small ceramic stove on the table with a bluestone slab on it, so he could fry some meat with chopsticks.
"Mom, why hasn't my dad come yet?"
Lin Heng was almost ready, but found that his father had not come yet. The spring sun was casting golden rays, and it was very warm to sit in the yard.
"I don't know either. He said he would be here in a while." Mother Lin shook her head and walked in the yard with her two little grandsons.
"Okay, I'll go see my brother and the others."
Lin Heng went out and went to his eldest brother's house. After asking, he found out that his eldest brother had gone to Sandie's house in Shanghe and would not be back for a while.
"Let's eat first and wait while we eat." Lin Heng returned to the house and said with his hands spread out.
Xiulan looked at him and said, "Then wait a moment. You're not hungry now. I'll boil some Polygonum multiflorum water and you can help me wash my hair."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.
He sat down and took a sip of tea, looking at Xiulan. She was wearing a navy blue dress today, which made her skin look even whiter and softer, revealing a slightly fragile temperament and a sense of otherworldly elegance.
Lin Heng had just rested for a while when Xiaoxia took out the checkers and looked at her and said crisply, "Dad, play checkers with me."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement and started playing chess with her.
After waiting for a while, Xiulan boiled the water for Polygonum multiflorum, and Lin Heng went over to help her wash her hair.
Xiulan's hair was thick and dense, and had fallen to her hips. She first wet her hair with the water boiled with Polygonum multiflorum, then washed it with the shampoo she bought, and finally washed it again with the water boiled with Polygonum multiflorum. She was done with one wash.
Although she didn't use conditioner, her hair still had a light fragrance after drying. Her hair dried quickly, and under the sunlight, the black hair seemed to turn golden, giving her a different feeling. When she smiled, she was filled with a fresh and hot warmth, exuding a vigorous youthful energy.
"Do you think I should sell some of my hair? It's too long now and hard to take care of." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and asked, while gently tying her hair up at the back with a rubber band.
Lin Heng nodded and said, "You can cut it a little longer. It will look best if it's longer than your shoulders."
Lin's mother also said: "Yes, Lin Heng will go to the city tomorrow and you can go with him to get his hair cut. It's inconvenient if it's too long."
"Then cut it a little longer than the shoulders." Xiulan nodded three times. She thought what Lin Heng said was very reasonable.
Maybe it's because I've been eating better in the past two years, and my hair has grown faster than I expected.
As they were talking, Father Lin came in from outside, looked at them curiously and asked, "Why haven't you started yet?"
"The children are waiting for you." Lin's mother looked at him and said.
"I was delayed by some cow and sheep dung in the house." Father Lin said, and came over to tease his grandchildren.
When his father came, Lin Heng started grilling directly, putting the skewers of meat on the fire and started grilling.
Xiulan and her family can also sit at the table with their children and enjoy the stone barbecue.
The barbecue had just been cooked when my eldest brother and his family came over, bringing a bowl of egg liqueur.
This is a way of drinking that involves mixing eggs and glutinous rice wine together and mixing them with boiling water. It is very popular in rural areas.
"This is the sweet wine I just made. Everyone, try some." Liu Juan said with a smile.
"Okay, sister-in-law, come here and eat the meat. It's just out of the pot." Xiulan handed the venison skewers to them.
Lin Heng drank some sweet wine and egg, but didn't like it so he went to drink milk tea. He promised that grilled wolf meat was the most delicious, followed by pork slaughtered during the Chinese New Year.
Both venison and bear meat tasted average, which may have something to do with the barbecue skills.
Lin Heng felt very satisfied as he basked in the sun, ate sizzling barbecue, chatted, drank wine, and watched the children chattering.
We have a small dinner together every once in a while and life is very comfortable.
It was already half past one when we finished our meal. No one wanted to eat meat at this time. We took a bite of wild vegetables, and they seemed to taste better than meat.
"Pack it up now. We can't eat any more. You can stir-fry the remaining pork to eat in the evening."
Father Lin said lazily, leaning back in his chair.
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time and wait a while." Lin Heng said. It was so comfortable to bask in the warm sun that he didn't want to move.
Lin's mother Xiulan and sister-in-law were very diligent and quickly cleaned up and washed these things.
"Mom, sister-in-law, please leave in a moment. I'll get you something good."
After packing up her things, Xiulan spoke.
After saying this, she went upstairs and came down shortly afterwards with a bag of bear oil soap.
There are twelve pieces in total, each one is about the size of a palm, two centimeters wide, and weighs almost half a pound.
"This is the bear oil and flower soap that Lin Heng and I made for the New Year. You can take it back and try it." Xiulan looked at the two of them and said with a smile.
"Soap made from bear oil, what a luxury." Lin's mother said in surprise.
"Yes, bear oil is very valuable when sold." Liu Juan was also surprised. She didn't expect Xiulan to make such a good thing into soap.
This was mainly because Lin Heng’s family had too much bear oil, which they could not finish, so they could only use a portion of it to make soap.
"I didn't use much bear oil, and I haven't tried the effect."
Xiulan walked to the basin with a smile, dipped her hands in the water and rubbed them gently a few times. A series of dense foam came out, exuding a faint scent of flowers.
"This bear oil soap is really different. It's much finer than ordinary soap."
Xiulan said in surprise.
"It's definitely different. The feel is very different."
"It's made of bear fat, I have to keep it well."
After using it, both of them were very impressed. They said that the bear oil soap was very comfortable and unique to use.
She gave each of them one piece, and Xiulan kept one piece for herself. The rest were wrapped in paper and put in a box. They were treasures to her.
Everyone basked in the sun and drank tea for a while, and Lin Heng discussed some things with his father and elder brother.
Tomorrow morning his elder brother will go with him to the city to buy the necessary things.
In the afternoon, Lin Heng didn't want to do anything. After his parents and elder brother left, he went to the backyard and sat under the gazebo drinking tea for a long time.
The next morning, after breakfast, Lin's mother came to take care of the children, and Lin Heng took Xiulan and his eldest brother into the city.
After a simple packing, Lin Heng pushed the cart onto the road. Xiulan sat behind him and hugged him, while the eldest brother sat in the right side of the cart.
It took less than an hour to drive to the suburbs. The suburbs are at an altitude, and although there are still a few days before Qingming Festival, the grass is already green even when you look far away.
"There are Chinese toon trees over there. I can pick some and try them when I get back."
Xiulan pointed to the Chinese toon tree on the side of the road and said that she had been looking for it for a long time and finally found it.
She had another purpose for going into the city, which was to pick some Chinese toon trees on the road.
"If we break off now, we may not have time to come back." Lin Heng said as he stopped the car.
"Yes, I don't think I'll have much time to come back."
Lin Yue walked out and pulled down the toon tree, and the three of them picked toon together.
By the time they got into the city, they had picked two or three kilograms of Chinese toon.
After entering the city, Lin Heng first took Xiulan to get her hair cut. Her hair was very good, and he sold half of it for twenty yuan.
"After the haircut, I feel my head is much lighter."
Xiulan smoothed her hair in front of Lin Heng, obviously wanting to see her opinion.
Lin Heng smoothed her hair and said with a smile, "It looks better now than before. This length is the most suitable."
"That's good." Xiulan felt relieved and looked at Lin Heng and continued, "Come on, I'll use the money from selling my hair to buy you a pair of shoes."
"Thank you, my wife." Lin Heng did not refuse and took Xiulan to buy things with a smile.
Xiulan bought him a pair of shoes, and he picked out an autumn coat for her. Then they bought some daily necessities and went to do business.
I went to the seed station and found out that the seeds he had ordered had arrived. He had purchased a large quantity, and the seeds could be delivered directly to Huangtan Town.
In addition to seeds, he also bought some fertilizers and pesticides.
He asked his elder brother to look after the seed station, while Lin Heng and Xiulan went to the place selling iron tiles.
The iron tiles had been ordered a long time ago and have already been produced here. If he adds a little money, we are willing to deliver them.
By the way, he also moved some other pipes and other materials to someone else.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Heng and his team arrived with two trucks.
The tin tiles were transported directly to Hongfeng Mountain, and there were helpers to help with the unloading.
Lin Heng and his elder brother unloaded the seeds into the house. Many people in the village saw them unloading the seeds and came over to help.
"Lin Heng, is the price of this seed still the same as last year?"
While helping to move things, someone asked, "Yes, the same price, no change." Lin Heng nodded.
"That's good." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"Can I buy it today?" someone asked again.
Lin Heng smiled and said, "Sure."
The seeds were unloaded in a short while, and some were left to be unloaded in the store in Huangtan Town. He planned to sell seeds in the store this year as well.
After finishing all these, it was already evening. Lin Hengyang lay on the sofa and didn't want to move. Xiaoxia was massaging his legs vigorously at his feet, acting like a caring little cotton-padded jacket.
"It's time to eat."
Xiulan brought over the prepared meal and said that she was very tired today, so she simply made some sauerkraut noodles.
After dinner, they were too lazy to clean up the dishes and went back to their room to rest.
After a night of rest, I felt much better the next day.
After breakfast, Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain. He had to be busy building a roof for the cattle and sheep pens today, so he had a lot of work to do.
He was busy on site all day, and needed instructions on how to install, how to fix screws, and how to apply glue.
After working for two days, the roof of the cattle and sheep pen was finally completed.
Lin Heng looked at the blue roof and took a deep breath: "It's finally done."
"Next, we just need to clean up the house and find a good day to drive the sheep in, right?" Father Lin said with a smile.
"Yes, there is not much work left. It can be finished in another day." Bricklayer Master Huang replied to Lin Heng.
"That's great." Father Lin was very happy. Now that the work in the cattle and sheep pens was done, he could focus on the spring farming matters.
In the evening, Lin Heng returned to his room and took a comfortable bath. His work became easier after that.
The next morning, I worked with the mason to do some cleanup work on the cattle and sheep pens, and then took the vegetable seeds to the simple greenhouse to cultivate the seeds.
"Son, I asked someone to check and found that the day before Qingming Festival, which is the day after tomorrow, is a good day." Father Lin said while helping him.
March has flown by and it is already early April.
"You can drive the cattle and sheep into the cattle pen at any time, any day." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.
After they planted the seeds, Lin Heng returned to the house. These past two days, Xiulan had to take care of the children and sell crop seeds at the same time, which was not easy.
After returning home and taking care of the children for a while, Lin Heng liked to sit at the stone table or in the pavilion, drink a sip of black tea, watch the children play with the cats and dogs, watch the clouds roll by, and watch the green mountains change color.
The two sons learned to walk so quickly that they can now walk without anyone's support, and they always want to chase their sister around.
The next morning, a drizzle suddenly came. It was the first real rain this spring.
It rained all day, and Lin Heng was very carefree, staying at home with Xiulan and the children, drinking tea and playing with the walnuts he picked up from the mountain. (End of this chapter)
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