"for you!"
During the rest time at night, Lin Heng gave all the cash returned by his elder brother and Lin Hai to Xiulan.
Xiulan took it and counted it, then said, "With so many, it's not safe to keep them in the cabinet, right?"
"It's okay, just put it in the cabinet. If someone steals the money, they will just mistakenly think that's all they have."
Lin Heng smiled and said that he knew Xiulan meant to put the money in the secret compartment under the bed.
But he was a bit lazy and didn't want to go through the trouble.
"Okay then." Xiulan reluctantly put the money into the money box in the closet.
"Tonight we continue the story of Journey to the West from yesterday. It's time for our Monkey King to fight the White Bone Demon." Lin Heng picked up Journey to the West and began to read it to the children.
The 1986 version of Journey to the West was broadcast this year, but he deliberately did not buy a TV so that no one in his family could watch it.
It is not only for the growth of his children, but also his strict requirements for himself.
Human laziness is very instinctive. With the TV, he is afraid that he will not be able to control himself and will watch TV frequently, thus neglecting his reading time.
After all, compared to TV dramas, books are still too boring, especially those classics.
But he must force himself to do so, and his children must follow suit. To change one's own class, reading is essential.
Otherwise, even if you make money by taking advantage of your rebirth, you will lose it all in the end if you don’t have enough knowledge and understanding.
"Okay, I want to listen to Sun Wukong!"
Xiaoxia cheered. This wasn't the first time she had heard it, but she still liked it very much.
"Sun Wukong!"
"Monkey paper, monkey paper!"
Lu Ming and Du Heng couldn't understand such complicated things at all, but they were also very happy.
"It is said that on this day, Master Tang and his disciples arrived..."
Lin Heng can now read books and tell stories with great emotion. Telling stories to children has improved his reading ability and speaking skills.
The room became quiet when he told a story, and Xiulan liked listening to him, just like listening to a book.
After a while, the two little ones fell asleep first. Xiulan covered them with quilts and pulled the mosquito net.
Xiaoxia hasn't slept yet. She can understand what's being said now. The more she listens, the more fascinated she becomes. She's not sleepy at all.
Soon, Lin Heng finished telling the whole chapter. Xiaoxia saw that he had stopped and said coquettishly, "Dad, I want to hear more."
"It's time to go to bed. Leave the anticipation for tomorrow, dear!" Lin Heng patted her gently.
"Okay then, I'm going to sleep!"
Xiaoxia compromised because she was used to her father reading a chapter every night.
After coaxing the child to sleep, Lin Heng and Xiulan did not play a game between husband and wife, but leaned against each other and chatted for a few words.
"Are you going to sell shrimps next?" Xiulan asked.
"Yes, I have already contacted him. We will confirm the specific order in the next two days, and then we can ship the goods." Lin Heng nodded.
The factory delivered the machines over in the past two days. He had already installed a landline phone in the factory in the city in advance, and would call the town when the machines arrived.
It is very easy to make a phone call in the city now, after all, you can watch TV.
He is also applying for a landline in the town, which will be installed this month.
We didn’t have one before because there wasn’t much need for it, but now that factories have opened in the city, we have to have a telephone.
After holding Xiulan and chatting for a few minutes, Lin Heng lay down to rest. The two leaned their shoulders against each other and soon fell asleep.
The next morning, just after Lin Heng had finished breakfast, his father came running to call him: "Son, another sheep is having a difficult birth. This is the first sheep to get pregnant today."
"I'm just about to go over there. Let's go now." Lin Heng nodded.
"Dad, I want to go too. I want to feed the chickens at Red Maple Mountain!" Xiaoxia chased after him and wanted to stick to him.
"Then let's go."
Lin Heng picked her up and gave her to her father, then drove quickly to Hongfeng Mountain.
When we came to the first platform, we saw a ewe that was having a difficult birth. Her legs came out first. Mother Lin said that it had been ten minutes, but only one hind leg had come out.
Lin Heng first injected oxytocin and then added peanut oil for lubrication. However, when the first lamb was born, it had already stopped breathing.
Then the second lamb was born and also lay motionless, and none of them survived.
"Oh, I really owe a lot of people!" Lin's mother shook her head, feeling a little regretful.
"As long as the ewe is fine, this is unavoidable in breeding." Lin Heng shook his head.
"Yes, don't feel sorry for it. Take the lamb home and cook it and feed it to the dogs."
Father Lin picked up the two lambs and put them into the bucket. Even though they were dead, they couldn't be wasted.
Lin Heng nodded, helped feed the cattle and sheep, then went back to pick up Xiulan and her two sons, letting Xiulan take the children to play here while he and his parents went to harvest grass.
Alfalfa is growing again, and this good forage grass must be harvested quickly.
The ryegrass is not so good, because I have been harvesting it for more than two years in a row, it is a bit old and does not grow as fast as before.
Lin Heng planned to wait for half a month before cutting the grass again, and then ask someone to turn over the land and secretly plant a new batch of ryegrass.
He had bought a new variety of ryegrass seeds when he went to Ancheng before.
"Son, it's time to pick the apples in the orchard. There have been a lot of birds visiting recently, and many of the apples have been pecked to pieces." said Lin's mother.
Lin Heng thought for a moment and said, "Well, let's pick them all after the grass is cut and store them in the warehouse at home. We can find a time to drive a truck around and sell them."
The apple trees only produced a few fruits this year, so I could sell them by driving myself.
Although it is easier to sell wholesale in the city, he wants to experience the fun of driving a car to sell goods and bring his family along.
"That's indeed possible. Apples won't go bad even if they are kept for a month, so you can sell them slowly." Father Lin nodded.
They were cutting grass while chatting. It was a bit difficult for three people in the family, so Father Lin went to find Lin Yue and Lin Heng's father for help.
They don’t get paid for this kind of help, but they can take some grass back home so they don’t have to herd cattle every day in the winter.
It took two days to cut the grass. Half of it was stored as silage and the other half was dried into hay.
In the past two days, some ewes have given birth, but none of them had difficult births.
Xiulan has been busy these past two days. There were many small kiwis left over from the previous harvest. She peeled them while they were still hard, marinated them with sugar, boiled them in a pot for two minutes, and finally put them in a bamboo dustpan to dry.
“Try it!”
On the afternoon of the 26th, Xiulan fed Lin Heng some dried kiwi fruit.
Xiulan loves to make things, try all kinds of things, and is very talented.
She keeps the house in perfect order. Not only is it clean, but there are also various small ornaments she makes, clay dolls made by the children, and words written by Lin Heng, all of which are displayed in various ways, making the house full of life.
She has also tried to make all kinds of strange foods, and kiwi preserves are just one of them.
Lin Heng took a bite. This unripe kiwi fruit was a bit sour, but Xiulan had marinated it with sugar and finally sprinkled it with some powdered sugar. The sour and sweet taste was surprisingly good.
"It's delicious, and the cooking is great!" Lin Heng said with a thumbs up.
Xiulan smiled and said, "It looks like it was a success. The children like it too."
"Then when we pick apples tomorrow, you can also make some dried apples. They should be delicious too." Lin Heng looked at her and said.
Homemade food has no additives and is definitely better for children than store-bought snacks.
"I thought so too." Xiulan said with a smile.
Lin Heng took another handful and ate while walking. He had just finished cutting grass today, and now he had to help make silage. Xiulan and her mother went to cook.
We had divine tofu for dinner today and everyone was very happy to enjoy this delicacy.
"Grandma, how did you discover this magical tofu? How did you know that leaves can be used to make tofu?"
Xiaoxia asked while eating the smooth and tender tofu with a spoon.
Mother Lin picked up some more leaves for her and put them in a small bowl. She said, "Some say it was inspired by gods, and some say it was because there was a famine and everyone had no food to eat. Someone boiled leaves in water and found these strange leaves. Grandma thinks the second one is more credible."
"It's most likely the second one. If there was no food, who would eat leaves?" said Lin's father.
"I think so too." Lin Heng nodded.
There are many strange foods in the countryside, but these foods often represent some very sad stories. Under normal circumstances, no one would leave good rice and flour uneaten to try something unknown, and by the time they try, there is often nothing left to eat.
Even if some of them were not created due to famine, they were probably the result of mixing several things together in the spirit of saving, and then the delicacies were accidentally made.
But later on, everyone had forgotten the origin of these things and only remembered how delicious they were.
"What is the Great Famine?" Xiaoxia tilted her head and asked curiously.
Lin's mother held her and told her about the past. Their generation had personally experienced the Great Famine, and they felt it very deeply. They spoke vividly, especially the stories about how some people ate dirt to death, how they were too hungry to chew tree bark, and how they spit while chewing on it. It was very heartbreaking to listen to.
Xiaoxia burst into tears after hearing this and handed her small bowl of food to Lin's parents: "Grandpa and grandma, I'll give you mine."
"My dear granddaughter, please eat. Grandpa and grandma don't have to eat dirt anymore." Mother Lin smiled and touched her head.
Lin Heng picked up a piece of beef for his parents and said, "So you should eat well and enjoy yourself now, so that you can justify the hardship you have endured in the past."
"We are enjoying it now. Your mother and I couldn't even imagine such a life before." Father Lin shook his head.
"Then let's have a drink." Lin Heng said with a smile.
After two glasses of wine, they changed the subject.
When he returned home in the evening, he took a shower, asked Xiulan to get him some formal clothes, and prepared to go into the city.
There was no news from the machinery factory yet, so Lin Heng planned to sell the prawns first and go to the city to confirm this year's order. Since there had been exchanges in previous years, there wouldn't be any major problems this year.
The town's purchasing station has now been decided to be handed over to Li Shiwei for operation. After a few days of preliminary operation, Lin Heng feels that he is doing well and he can't find a better candidate.
When Lin Heng drove his sidecar over in the morning, he found that the landline phone had already been installed.
"Brother Lin, this was installed yesterday. Why don't you make a phone call and try it out?" Li Shiwei said with a smile. He also tried it yesterday and found it very novel.
Lin Heng nodded and called the factory. Soon Wang Zhou answered the phone. Lin Heng first told him about the phone call and told him to call this number if he had any problems in the future. Then he asked about other things. Everything was fine at the factory, and the delivery of the machine had not arrived yet.
After chatting for a few words, Lin Heng hung up, then looked at Li Shiwei and said, "Wait for me to buy a second-hand bicycle in a few days and you can learn how to ride it. If there is anything, you can ride it quickly to the village to inform me."
"Brother Lin, you are so generous. You are even going to give me a car!" Li Shiwei was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
"This is a job requirement. As long as you do your job well, everything else will come." Lin Heng replied with a smile. Not to mention a second-hand car, even a new car is just a drop in the bucket for him now.
He didn't buy it before because he didn't need it, he already had a sidecar. Now that he needs it, he bought it.
"Okay, Brother Lin, don't worry, I will definitely try my best to complete the work." Li Shiwei nodded.
Lin Heng waved his hand and said something to him, then drove the sidecar into the city. Cars of this era are sturdy, and his second-hand sidecar has only had two tire changes and a few fireworks in such a long time.
Although he asked about the situation, Lin Heng still went to the factory to take a look first, and then went to discuss the green shrimp business. The price of green shrimp had increased a bit this year, so he spent a little time negotiating and successfully got the order.
As I said, in this era, as long as your product is good, you will have no trouble selling it. As long as you give it a try, success will be easy as you are swept by the dividends of the times.
It was already dark when he returned home, but Xiulan and her children were waiting for him. Knowing that he was tired, Xiaoxia joined her mother in massaging his back and shoulders.
The next morning, they started catching shrimps. At noon, Lin Heng first used a large plastic barrel from home to load a batch of green shrimps into the city, and then bought a large square barrel used in revolving door trucks to transport the shrimps.
In the past, I hired a revolving-door seafood truck and didn’t buy those things myself. Now that I have my own truck, I naturally have to buy a set.
The next few days were spent catching and selling shrimps. There was even a day of autumn rain in the middle, but Lin Heng did not stop working because he was in a hurry to sell the shrimps.
Just an autumn rain after the Mid-Autumn Festival made people put on autumn clothes and coats instantly. The summer heat completely disappeared and the cool autumn truly arrived.
It took a total of seven days to prepare the prawns, and by the time we sold all the prawns it was October 5th. During this time Caiyun took a holiday, played at home for a few days, and then went back to school.
Caiyun has grown into a beautiful young lady now. People in the village are shocked when they mention her. The Lin family actually let a girl go to school for such a long time, and it seems that she will even take the college entrance examination.
At three o'clock in the afternoon on the 5th, Lin Heng drove back in a truck. He first drove to Hongfeng Mountain and stopped, then unloaded the purchased items.
As usual, he bought clothes and gifts for his family, and his parents also received 500 yuan each from their wages, which he bought back for them in gold. He was afraid that his parents would keep the money for too long and it would become worthless due to inflation, so he simply exchanged it for gold and silver dollars.
"Mom and Dad, these are your things. Please put them in the house first, and then we will go to Murakami's house to eat." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"I really have no space for clothes. I buy new ones every year, but you don't listen." Lin's mother said with emotion with a smile.
"Let's just enjoy it. It's useless to talk about it anyway." Father Lin took it with a smile. This year, his son rarely bought him cigarettes. In the past, he always thought that smoking was not good and didn't buy them for him. (End of this chapter)
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