Chapter 45 I don't want to separate the family anymore [More updates, please read later]
"No, we have no intention of targeting you, Carpenter Liang."
When Father Lin heard what Carpenter Liang said, he quickly explained.
"Yes, you misunderstood, we are not talking about you." Lin's mother also said with a smile.
Carpenter Liang waved his hand, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Whether you are blaming me or not, it is indeed my fault. I apologize to you."
"Let's weigh it and see how heavy it is." Father Lin quickly avoided the topic and went back to the house to get a scale.
In the bedroom, Xiulan was wiping Lin Heng's back with a hot towel. Hearing the voice outside, Lin Heng couldn't help but smile: "This Carpenter Liang is quite a character."
"Keep your voice down." Xiulan reminded.
Lin Heng lifted his wife's chin and said with a smile, "Your husband is awesome today."
"Great, you're the best." Xiulan rolled her eyes at him, pushed his hand away, and wiped his back.
After changing into clean clothes, Lin Heng walked out of the bedroom to see his father and the others weighing the badger.
"Twenty-four pounds, that's amazing!"
Seeing Lin Heng coming out, Lin's father looked at him with a smile on his face and said.
"Second father, how did you manage to kill such a big badger? That's awesome."
Nephew Lin Wei already worships Lin Heng as an idol, which is simply amazing.
"Yes, Lin Heng, how did you get it?" Lin's mother and others were also extremely curious.
"Let's eat first. I'm starving. Let's talk while we eat." Lin Heng said while looking at everyone.
Of course there was nothing wrong with that. As soon as he sat at the table, Lin Heng took a big bite of the cold-mixed gray vegetables.
After he finished eating, he began to recount the entire process of his hunting.
It was similar to what he said to Xiulan, but he didn't brag too much because he knew very well that too much is as bad as too little.
"I'm impressed. You're an excellent archer. You can shoot accurately even at forty steps. Uncle, I apologize for my previous attitude. I'll drink this cup."
Carpenter Liang shook his head, smiled bitterly, picked up the wine glass and drank the sweet wine in one gulp.
"Uncle Liang, you are joking. I am so young, it is normal for you to think that I should study more."
Lin Heng was not a fussy person, so he also had a drink.
"Drink this."
Xiulan came over and sat next to him, handing him a bowl of ginger soup.
"Pure ginger soup!" Lin Heng took a sip and found it a little hard to swallow.
"You're not a child, why do you still want candy from him?" Xiulan glanced at him.
Lin Heng stopped talking and drank the ginger soup in one gulp.
Sometimes I get confused, and only after thinking carefully do I remember that gifts in this era are half a bag of sugar or a few kilograms of rice.
At the dinner table, because of this wild boar, Lin Heng became the undisputed protagonist.
Sister-in-law Liu Juan smiled and poured Lin Heng a glass of wine. At this moment, his reputation as a second-rate person in this family really began to be washed away.
After dinner, the rain got heavier. Lin Heng walked into the kitchen, looked at the badger on the ground and said with a smile: "Dad, you and my brother can help peel it."
"No problem, just take your rest." Father Lin nodded, eager to try.
The others didn't sleep either. They used flashlights and kerosene lamps to stare at the badger.
Such a big prey is too precious for the family, it will be invaluable meat.
Lin Heng scooped up some rice, added some lard, and made a delicious dinner for Xiongba.
After it finished eating, Lin Heng went over to watch his father skin the badger.
Although the name of the badger contains the word "pig" and it has a pig nose, it is actually a species of the Mustelidae family.
The fur is not as hard and rough as that of pigs. Its leather products are beautiful and colorful. It is the raw material for making high-end fur clothing.
The fur is white at both ends and black-brown in the middle. The hair shaft is of moderate thickness, has good elasticity and is wear-resistant. It can be used to make beautiful women's coats and is a popular leather product.
A complete badger skin will cost no less than thirty yuan in the market.
With the skillful hands of Lin's father, the badger skin was peeled off completely and stretched straight with bamboo to dry.
"This is a boar badger with beautiful fur." Father Lin said with a smile as he looked at the badger's fur.
"I guess it can be sold for more than thirty."
Lin Heng smiled and nodded.
Carpenter Liang next to him looked at him with envy. Although he ran all over the mountain hunting, he often couldn't catch any fish.
But it’s true that one opening is equivalent to several months of others.
Sister-in-law Liu Juan began to envy Xiulan. It seemed that Lin Heng had really turned over a new leaf this time. The speed at which he was making money was terrifying.
After the internal organs were torn open, Lin Heng came over and took away the lungs and liver of the wild boar: "Don't deal with these two, leave them for Xiongba to eat."
The whole family was reluctant to let go and looked at Lin Heng eagerly. They thought it would be such a waste to feed such good things to dogs.
Lin Heng placed it in a basin and said, "Only when Xiongba grows up can he catch more prey."
"What Lin Heng said is correct. Let's deal with the intestines quickly and let's go to sleep."
Father Lin said something.
Badger intestines are a delicious thing, and they taste great when fried.
The eldest brother took over the job, simply removed the feces from the intestines, and soaked it in wood ash to deal with it tomorrow.
"There are still 13 pounds of pure meat, not bad!"
Father Lin weighed it again and said with a smile.
"We don't have to worry about meat when building a house." Lin's mother was also very happy.
When she heard about building a house, sister-in-law Liu Juan suddenly wasn't as eager as before. After the house was built and they separated, she might not be able to eat the prey hunted by Lin Heng.
Thinking of this, she even had the urge to not separate the family.
"Okay, okay, put some salt on it and hang it up, and go to bed quickly." Lin Heng waved his hand and said, his family was so excited.
"Yes, time for bed."
After hearing what he said, everyone felt a little sleepy.
After hanging the meat where mice couldn't reach it, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, but noises could be heard from time to time, showing that everyone was very excited.
Lin Heng lay down, but his daughter Xiaoxia did not sleep today. She tossed and turned in bed, which annoyed him.
But there is nothing you can do. Children are like this. It is impossible for them to fall asleep just because you ask them to.
After coaxing the child for a while, the child finally fell asleep. Lin Heng didn't have the energy to toss and turn, so he leaned against his wife and fell asleep quickly listening to the heavy rain outside.
In the middle of the night, Lin Heng couldn't hold it anymore and got up to go to the toilet. It was raining heavily outside, and he had to go to the dry toilet, which made him so cold that his whole body was shivering.
When I returned to the house and just lay down, I heard a series of noises, all made by mice.
The roof of his and Xiulan's bedroom was nailed up with colorful tarpaulin because it was an earthen building and was often covered with dust.
But after nailing it like this, the tarpaulin became infested with rats, which made a lot of noise every night, which was extremely annoying.
However, because of his living habits from his previous life, Lin Heng was not used to sleeping for more than ten hours. After getting up in the middle of the night, he suddenly couldn't fall asleep.
"Damn it!" Finally, Lin Heng couldn't bear it anymore, he got up from the bed and reached for the flashlight.
"What's wrong?" Xiulan was also awakened by his actions and looked at him in confusion.
"The mice are too noisy. I have to deal with them." Lin Heng couldn't stand it anymore. He was disturbed every night after so many days since he was reborn.
Xiulan rubbed her eyes and said helplessly, "It's annoying, but they are inside the tarpaulin on the roof, what can you do?"
"Watch me."
Lin Heng stood up, took a flashlight and shoveled a shovel of corn into the big cabinet in the main room. After returning to the bedroom, he fell on the windowsill.
Then he used a knife to saw a hole in the tarpaulin above the windowsill, took the slingshot, turned off the flashlight, and waited on the bed.
Although the house is pitch black at night, there is still some faint white light visible from the window. The human eye will adapt to the faint light as long as it stays in the dark for a period of time.
"Will this work?" He whispered in Lin Heng's ear.
Because Lin Heng was now squatting sideways at the end of the bed, she couldn't sleep well either.
"Just watch it."
Lin Heng said this and waited quietly.
These mice are often very greedy, especially at dark, they will eat anything they see. In just three minutes, a mouse climbed onto the windowsill.
Bang!!
There was a dull sound, and the mouse fell on the windowsill, its paws still trembling as it died.
Xiulan excitedly grabbed Lin Heng's arm. It was the first time for her to watch her husband hunting at such a close distance.
It was so amazing that the mouse died before she could even react. She was more excited than her husband.
Lin Heng was helpless. His wife didn't notice at all that she was only wearing underwear, which made him a little confused.
At this moment, a rat that looked about the same size as a bamboo rat rushed down from the tarpaulin on the top.
A flash of lightning passed outside, and Lin Heng noticed that the mouse's fur had turned yellow, and it was obviously an old creature.
Just as it reached the windowsill, a black stone hit its head accurately.
With a bang, the big rat fell off the windowsill and died on the ground.
Xiulan grabbed Lin Heng's arm again, expressing her admiration for him.
After a few minutes of silence, two mice rushed down from the tarpaulin again.
Just when Xiulan was worrying about how to kill two at once, Lin Heng had already taken action.
One was killed with a bang, and the other one had just run to the edge of the windowsill when Lin Heng's second stone came again, taking its life like the Black and White Impermanence.
"So fast!" Xiulan couldn't help but exclaim.
Lin Heng smiled slightly, almost losing himself.
In the next half hour, five more mice were killed.
"It should be gone. Pick up the mouse and go to sleep." After waiting for more than ten minutes and hearing no movement, Lin Heng turned on the flashlight to pick up the mouse.
"This is so big, it must weigh three pounds!" Xiulan said in shock as she looked at the yellow mouse.
"Definitely." Lin Heng nodded. There were nine mice in total, each of them was very fat. Lin Heng estimated that the total weight was at least eleven or twelve kilograms.
"What should we do with these rats? It would be a pity to throw them away, so why not eat them?" Xiulan asked. In those days, meat was too scarce, so eating rat meat was not a rare thing.
"Forget it, let's burn all the fur tomorrow and cook it to feed Xiongba." Lin Heng shook his head. Although it would be okay if it was cooked, it was still not good.
"That's fine." Xiulan nodded. After the mice were fed to Xiongba, the badger's liver could be eaten by humans.
However, after killing the mouse, the noise disappeared, but Lin Heng couldn't sleep anymore.
The same goes for Xiulan. It was all because she was too excited just now.
"How about we do some exercise?" Lin Heng suddenly suggested.
"Ah? Why are you exercising so late at night?" Xiulan was a little confused, not knowing that this exercise was not that exercise.
The next moment, Lin Heng came over and demonstrated it himself...
“Hmm…”
After a workout, the two were exhausted and fell asleep in each other's arms.
The heavy rain showed no sign of stopping all night. The next morning, when Lin Heng got up from bed, there was still the sound of heavy rain outside.
"The rain hasn't stopped yet." Lin Heng looked at the window, but unfortunately it was a wooden window sealed with a white film, so he couldn't see the rain outside.
"It hasn't stopped all night. I guess it'll rain for another day." Xiulan said as she sat up. There was nothing to do in the rain, so she didn't get up early.
The main reason was that I exercised too vigorously last night and couldn’t get up early.
"What a pity! I said I wouldn't go down this morning to pick up the few green crickets I left on the mountain." Lin Heng said with some regret.
"You also beat the green-bearded fox?" Xiulan turned her head and looked at him.
Lin Heng would certainly not admit that this was a backup option because he felt there was no hope of catching prey: "Yes, I killed some to feed Xiongba, but I was afraid that the smell of blood would scare the badger, so I didn't take it and left it in the woods."
"Then I guess they're all gone. The rats have eaten them all." Xiulan shook her head.
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