"No, as the saying goes, a fortune is worthless, I don't have much assets at all."
Lin Heng shook his head and said.
Tian Dongfu waved his hand and said, "Don't be so modest. Others can't see it, but I can. Don't worry, I'm not here to ask you for anything this time. I have something good to ask you."
"Uncle Tian, please come and tell me what good news it is." Lin Heng said with some doubt.
Tian Dongfu took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Do you want to be an official? The village officials are going to be replaced soon, and there are many vacancies."
Hearing this, Lin Heng immediately understood and shook his head, "I'm not interested in this, but I think my eldest brother is very suitable. Although he only has an elementary school education, he is enthusiastic and calm. Everyone likes him very much."
Tian Dongfu said: "You are more loved by the villagers. If you want to be the village chief, there will be no problem at all."
He wanted to pull Lin Heng in. As for Lin Yue, although he was not bad, he was far inferior to Lin Heng.
"I don't want to be it. I'm not interested. It's too tiring." Lin Heng shook his head and refused decisively.
After refusing, he poured Tian Dongfu a cup of tea and drank it happily.
He had no interest in being a village official, and didn't want to use it to gain anything for himself. But he also didn't want to be completely unaware of things, so he wanted his elder brother to go.
This is also an opportunity for training, which is also suitable for his eldest brother.
"Don't you really want to experience being an official?" Tian Dongfu still wanted to fight for it.
"I recommend my eldest brother Lin Yue. I think he is suitable." Lin Heng continued.
"Okay, I understand." Tian Dongfu nodded, somewhat helplessly.
He stood up and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Lin Heng: "Uncle Tian, it's just right to have lunch before leaving. Xiulan is already doing it."
"No, no, they're doing it in the room." Tian Dongfu shook his head repeatedly.
"It's all the same."
Lin Heng forced him to stay.
After a while, Xiulan cooked five dishes. Lin Heng poured a glass of rice wine for Tian Dongfu and they started chatting while eating.
After three rounds of drinks, they talked more deeply, without being so polite. Tian Fudong explained to Lin Heng the interests involved. He really liked Lin Heng, this junior.
Lin Heng also revealed some details to him, allowing the two of them to get to know each other better.
After the meal, Lin Heng smiled and sent Tian Dongfu out.
Then I went to my older brother's house next door.
"Sister-in-law, is my brother at home?" Lin Heng asked Liu Juan who was picking vegetables in the yard after entering the house.
"I'm in the house, come in and sit down." Liu Juan said with a smile.
"Brother, why are you looking for me?" Lin Yue walked out of the house and asked with a smile.
"Brother, I recommend you to be an official in the village and serve the villagers." Lin Heng said to his brother.
"Ah?" Lin Yue was stunned.
Liu Juan even stood up: "You said that you want your elder brother to be an official in the village? Did I hear correctly?"
She found it unbelievable that Lin Heng didn't want this opportunity and gave it to his elder brother instead.
Although the officials in the village are of low status, they are coveted and respected by everyone.
"Yes, sister-in-law, you heard it right." Lin Heng nodded with a smile, then looked at his elder brother, "Brother, what do you think?"
Lin Yue brought out two official hat chairs under the eaves, motioned for Lin Heng to sit down, and then said: "Brother, this is the most suitable for you. How can I be the one?"
"I'm not interested in this. Brother, as long as you want it, everything else is not a problem. I'm here." Lin Heng clapped his hands and laughed.
Seeing Lin Heng's serious expression, Lin Yue said, "You really want me to go."
Liu Juan couldn't wait to agree on behalf of her husband: "Your elder brother can definitely do it, he just needs to exercise."
In her opinion, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that must be seized.
"Don't talk too much, find out what's going on first." Lin Yue said to his wife.
Lin Heng said, "If I really let you go, listen to me and tell you about the interests involved."
Lin Heng told his eldest brother about the matter. After listening, Lin Yue nodded and said, "In this case, I will give it a try."
"Okay, as long as you are willing to try it." Lin Heng said with a smile.
After chatting for a few more words, he asked his sister-in-law to stop talking nonsense for the time being, and then he went home.
Xiulan was wearing gloves while weeding the vegetables in the yard. Lin Heng walked in and looked at her and said, "Don't you understand my behavior, my wife?"
"No." Xiulan shook her head and looked at him and said, "Your decision is right. You are busy enough with business on weekdays. If you go to the village, you will have no time to go home."
For most women, if their husbands could become officials, they would react the same way as Liu Juan did. However, Xiulan was not so excited. She was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that this was the best way to deal with it.
"She is worthy of being my wife, she is so smart." Lin Heng praised.
Xiulan smiled and said, "Come and help me pull the weeds. And take care of your daughter. She insists on catching earthworms to feed the turtle."
"Dad, that's a really big earthworm." Xiaoxia was fiddling with it with a small wooden stick while her two younger brothers were watching.
"I'll catch them for you and put them in a bottle. You can feed them to the turtle later." Lin Heng found a plastic bottle nearby and caught the earthworms for her.
"Okay, thank you, Dad." Xiaoxia was very happy to see Lin Heng helping her catch.
The four rectangular vegetable plots against the wall of the yard were originally humus soil. When planting vegetables this year, a large amount of rotted cow and sheep manure was mixed in. Many earthworms grew in it, and you could pull out one or two earthworms for every grass you pulled out.
What’s more, they were big, dark blue earthworms as thick as fingers. Xiulan felt it was dirty and didn’t want to touch them. When she saw Lin Heng and the three children catching them, she shook her head speechlessly.
Lin Heng took the children to play while pulling weeds, and then picked a lot of small tomatoes. These tomatoes, the size of pigeon eggs, grew in large quantities and turned red quickly. They can be eaten directly, or cut in half and mixed with some sugar.
"Dad, let's go feed the turtle." Xiaoxia said impatiently holding the bottle.
There were more than a dozen large and thick earthworms in the bottle.
"Hey turtle!"
"Daddy, hug me!"
Lu Ming and Du Heng also came over with a grunt, wanting to go play with their sister.
Lin Heng pulled them to the backyard, where there was a wooden basin with a diameter of one meter. There were four turtles in it, one was a mutant box turtle, and the other three were ink-black grass turtles.
Lin Heng first caught them out and changed the water in the basin, and then put them back in. Xiaoxia couldn't wait to pour a few earthworms in.
Now these turtles are accustomed to being fed. When you throw earthworms in their mouth, they will happily run over and bite the food.
"Wow, the turtles are playing tug-of-war!" Xiaoxia cheered.
“Wuwu!”
Lin Duheng wanted to touch it, but was stopped by Lin Heng in time.
The turtle rushed to eat the earthworms, just like sucking noodles, and soon finished several earthworms.
Xiaoxia couldn't wait to feed it some more. The three of them giggled as they watched the turtle eat.
"Feed the rest to the fish. The turtle can't eat too much at one time, otherwise it will die of overeating." Lin Heng said and pulled them to the edge of the fish pond.
Xiaoxia poured all the earthworms into the water at once. Immediately, there was a splashing sound in the water, and the fish fought for the earthworms even more fiercely than the turtles.
The largest koi here now weigh four or five kilograms, and are round and very beautiful. Only some small gold carps and colorful crucian carps cannot grow big.
However, the fish pond does not seem crowded because there are giant salamanders and the golden catfish, and many small fish will be eaten.
Lin Heng originally thought that he could not keep the giant salamander alive, but he did not expect it to live exceptionally well in the mountain spring water. It is now fatter than before and would harm a few of his small fish from time to time.
Fortunately, the fish in the pond have reproduced, and he also feeds them some stream grouper on a regular basis, so everything is going well.
"The tomatoes are ready, come and eat them."
When they returned to the main room, Xiulan had already mixed the tomatoes with sugar.
"Wow, Mom, you are so nice!" Xiaoxia was the first to run over and gave Xiulan a sweet kiss on the face.
"Eat quickly."
Xiulan smiled and touched her head, then poked a tomato into her with a fork.
Lin Heng picked up another fork and ate one, then fed one to each of his two sons. Now they had no problem eating tomatoes.
After eating, they played in the house for a while and made some scrambled eggs with Chinese toon in the evening. Lin Heng and Xiulan both wanted to eat it, so they made one.
The next morning, Lin Heng had breakfast and went into the city. His uncle and his family were still downstairs, so he had to go down to check on them.
After entering the city, he went straight to the house rented by his uncle.
"Lin Heng, you're finally okay. We asked the doctor, and he said you can be discharged from the hospital. We're ready to go back." Lu Honghai said when he saw Lin Heng.
The expenses in the city are still not small for them. If they can go back earlier, they will try not to stay longer. They can use the money saved to buy some delicious food.
"I came down because I guessed that you wanted to go back. You can leave whenever you want." Lin Heng said.
"Then let's go the day after tomorrow. If the weather is good, let's go the day after tomorrow. As long as it doesn't rain, we can go buy some supplies tomorrow." Lu Honghai said.
"I understand." Lin Heng nodded. After staying here for a while and having a meal, he went to the factory to check the situation.
Now everything is ready, all we need to do is buy the machine and start working.
The next day, I accompanied my uncle to buy some things and bought some daily necessities for myself.
Early on the third day, when we woke up, we could see the blue sky and sparse white clouds, which indicated that it would be a bright sunny day.
So they had a simple breakfast, wrapped the child up, and had my aunt wear something a little thicker, and then they got in the car and set off.
We returned to the village in the afternoon. It was a sunny day and there were no other problems except that it was very hot.
For the time being, they are still living in Lin Heng's old house, and will stay here at least until the baby is one month old.
It's easier to find a doctor if you have any problem near the roadside. It would take a long time for a barefoot doctor to get to the top of the mountain.
Now that the child is back, everyone naturally comes to see him and express their concern.
After reading it, Lin's mother came out and said with emotion: "Now your uncle's life is complete. He has a son and someone will take care of him when he gets old."
In their view, passing on the family line is the most important thing in life. If they don’t have descendants, they would be sorry for their ancestors and would be laughed at by others.
"Yes, thanks to you, my son." Father Lin also said with a smile.
He was very proud because finding a wife for Uncle Lin Heng was something that no one in their Lu family had done, but they did it.
"That's nothing. When I have more money, I will find a way to find a wife for my third uncle." Lin Heng said with a smile. He would reward those who were good to him.
"Your third uncle is too honest, so it may be difficult." Mother Lin sighed.
"That's no problem." Lin Heng waved his hand.
In the evening, his uncle prepared a table of food in the old house of the Lin family to thank Lin Heng and others.
At the dinner table, he happily drank three cups with Lin Heng, patted his hands and said, "Good nephew, in the future, if you need your uncle's help, just ask. It's all thanks to you that my uncle has everything."
"We are all family, there's no need to be so formal, uncle." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"It's even more important because we are a family," said Lu Honghai.
He drank happily that night and felt that life had never been so good.
After dinner, Lin Heng returned home a little drunk. His uncle's business was done, and now it was time for him to do his own things.
He wants to open his own feed mill before the end of this year.
Saving money is only part of it, and he also needs to find a way to get some more money.
The next day he woke up and found it was raining outside. He was stunned: "Damn, there were stars in the sky last night, but it's raining today."
"Just go ahead and take a rest for two days." Xiulan put on her clothes and walked over to him and said.
"This is the only way. I don't know how long the rain will last." Lin Heng nodded helplessly.
"Let it rain for two more days. I want to pick some chanterelles." Xiulan said with a wink.
Lin Heng got dressed and went out with Xiulan. After practicing archery for a long time today, he suddenly felt itchy and wanted to play.
After breakfast, Lin Heng found that the rain was not heavy and he wanted to go fishing.
He called Caiyun to help take care of the children, and then called his father and elder brother to go fishing in Huangtan River.
It is easy to catch fish on rainy days. You can just put on a raincoat and a hat and sit there fishing, watching the drizzle and fishing leisurely.
At the end of the afternoon, Lin Heng had caught about five kilograms of fish. He didn't catch any big carp, but he caught a lot of big crucian carp and brook grouper.
His elder brother was a little worse than him. He caught small crucian carp and a lot of big whitebait.
His father had the best luck, catching a mandarin fish weighing more than three kilograms.
"Take this mandarin fish back and make it into stinky mandarin fish. Then invite your uncle and his family to come and taste it."
When leaving, Father Lin looked at the big, plump mandarin fish and smiled.
"Sure. I haven't eaten stinky mandarin fish for a long time. I really miss it." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
Lin Yue was not very happy with his fishing and suggested: "If it doesn't rain too much tomorrow, let's go fishing in the Black River. I think it's better there."
"Sure, we're free at home anyway." Father Lin was the first to agree. He really loves fishing now.
"That's fine with me." Lin Heng smiled and nodded. Fishing in the rain is better than fishing in the sun. The sun is too hot and you can't stand it. (End of this chapter)
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