Chapter 46 A pleasant time in the rain
He stayed in bed for a while and played with his wife's hands for a while, until his daughter woke up with a hum, and then they both woke up.
Lin Heng looked at the clock. It was only seven o'clock. In an era when there was no television, time seemed to pass very slowly.
In the main room, Carpenter Liang has started sawing wooden boards. He has sawed hundreds of boards in the past few days, but it is far from enough.
Father Lin helped by peeling the bark with a trimmer.
"You came back yesterday with a wet body, did you catch a cold?" Father Lin asked when he saw him looking up, his eyes no longer showing the disappointment he had in the past.
"No, Xiulan made ginger soup for me last night and nothing happened." Lin Heng smiled and felt a sense of accomplishment.
This is just the beginning. He wants to slowly make this family wealthy so that his parents don't have to struggle for daily necessities and have time to pursue their hobbies.
"That's good. Your mother should be ready for breakfast soon. Go wash your face and eat." said Lin's father.
Lin Heng nodded and was about to leave when Carpenter Liang handed over a dozen paulownia arrow shafts and said with a smile, "I got up this morning and had nothing to do. Do you think it's suitable?"
Lin Heng took a look and found that the arrow shaft was perfectly round and had obviously been polished with sandpaper, which showed that Carpenter Liang had really put in a lot of effort.
It is obvious that all this was caused by the badger last night. People of this era are also very pure in some aspects, that is, they admire people with abilities.
Hunting a wild boar alone undoubtedly proved Lin Heng's hunting skills.
"It fits perfectly. Uncle Liang has such a skillful hand." Lin Heng took the arrow shaft and said happily.
Carpenter Liang chuckled and said, "A good horse deserves a good saddle. It's perfect for you. Working for your family and eating meat every day is also a contribution."
"Haha, look at what you said, Uncle Liang should do this." Lin Heng also smiled, revealing his snow-white teeth.
This carpenter Liang is a really interesting person.
"I heard some banging noises last night. Did you kill those mice?" Carpenter Liang asked while looking at the mice in the basket by the wall.
"Yes, they were too noisy and running around on the tarpaulin. I lured them to the windowsill and shot them to death with a slingshot," Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Awesome!" Carpenter Liang was really impressed. All the rats were killed by being hit in the head. It was really horrifying.
Not only him, but also his family members were shocked when they saw it early in the morning. It was so dark at night that so many mice could be killed with a slingshot. The slingshot technique was really terrifying.
"Haha, it's easy to fight since we're close." Lin Heng smiled modestly.
The noodles I had for breakfast today, sauerkraut noodles, are considered a very good breakfast in this era.
After breakfast, the rain was still as heavy as before. Lin's mother and others were processing yesterday's badger meat, cutting the meat, smearing it with salt and smoking it with cypress branches.
There is no refrigerator, so this is the only way.
After the pig offal is prepared, fry them all and set aside. Fry them three times a day for three meals until they are eaten up, otherwise they will go bad.
Even though it's raining, the temperature is still over 10 degrees, so it's hard to store things for a long time.
"Here, this is a reward for you." Lin Heng poured the food into its dog bowl. It was all rat meat, without a trace of rice.
Fearing that the dog's life might be in danger, Lin Heng burned all the mouse's hair and boiled it for more than half an hour until it was soft before serving it to the dog.
“Bang!”
When Xiongba saw the food, he lowered his head and began to eat voraciously, smacking his lips, and gobbled it up in no time.
It finished eating three pounds of meat in less than two minutes. It raised its head and looked at Lin Heng with a pair of light golden dog eyes, as if asking if there was any more.
"That's all, this morning." Lin Heng patted the dog's head.
Then he found a bench and sat under the eaves to assemble his arrows. The arrowheads and tail feathers were ready-made, so the assembly was quick.
After installation, Lin Heng tried it again and the effect was very good. He felt it was better than the ones he bought.
After everything was done, Lin Heng leaned back on the chair, stretched out his legs, put his left leg on top of his right leg, and rested his head with his hands, watching the rain fall.
“Dog…dog…”
Xiaoxia was teasing the dog, but Xiongba just gave in and lay on the ground, letting her pull his ears, touch his belly, and pull his tail, and he just wouldn't move.
Without interaction, Xiaoxia soon found it boring. She was so angry that she punched around in the air and then turned to annoy Lin Heng.
Lin Heng also pretended to be dead. The angry girl hit him for a long time. When she saw her aunt Caiyun, she staggered over.
“Woof woof~”
After Xiaoxia left, Xiongba walked up to Lin Heng and looked at him with some resentment.
"Aren't they leaving?" Lin Heng touched the dog's head. Xiongba didn't buy it and turned around and lay down with his tail facing him.
Xiulan and her elder sister-in-law Liu Juan both took out their needlework. Xiulan was sewing the soles of shoes, and her elder sister-in-law Liu Juan was mending clothes.
Outside there was the sound of heavy rain, and in the main room there were the sounds of chopping and paring wood.
The mountains in the distance appeared hazy in the rain, and thick fog invaded from the other side of the mountains towards this side, like a huge white monster eating, swallowing up the mountains one by one.
The quiet and peaceful environment made Lin Heng a little sleepy. The slow time always makes people want to sleep.
However, the occasional laughter from his daughter and the noise from his two little nephews playing hide-and-seek would always wake Lin Heng up.
This kind of lazy time brought him inner peace, it was a scene he could only dream of in his previous life.
But not everyone is so leisurely. Some are wearing raincoats and cutting grass for cows, while others are busy planting sweet potatoes in the ground. There are always people busy in this world.
Lin Heng fell asleep in the sound of rain. When he woke up, he had an extra piece of clothing on his body. Who else could it be if not Xiulan?
When Lin Heng fell asleep, she was still doing needlework and taking care of the children beside him and rarely left.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the rain stopped and the eldest brother went out to collect grass for the cows. Lin Heng took Xiongba out to help, holding a basket and a slingshot.
I don't have much hope of hunting, I just hope to pick some mushrooms. There will be plenty of mushrooms in this season after the rain.
Xiulan, Lin's mother, and sister-in-law Liu Juan also took baskets and went up the mountain, while Caiyun stayed at home to take care of the children.
There were also many women from the village going up the mountain. The first wave of mushrooms after the rain was the most attractive. Everyone had their own mushroom nest and were afraid that theirs would be snatched away.
Especially near the village, there are only a few places where mushrooms grow, and everyone knows them.
"Let's split up and look for some to eat when we build our house tomorrow."
Mother Lin said something, and the three of them separated.
"Brother, I can do the cow grass cutting by myself. You can go pick mushrooms with Xiulan and the others."
Big brother Lin Yue said with a smile.
"It's okay, I can pick it up anywhere."
Lin Heng chuckled and thought that places with a lot of people might not necessarily have good mushrooms.
"Okay!" Lin Yue nodded and took Lin Heng to the woods west of the village.
There aren't many mushrooms growing here, so not many people come here.
“Delicious porcini!”
Just now in the forest, Lin Heng found two delicious boletus mushrooms next to a Pyracantha tree.
It has just grown out, is the size of a fist, has a cinnamon-colored cap with depressions, white gills, and a very thick stem with light brown reticular patterns.
This mushroom is very iconic and looks like the mushroom house where the dwarfs live in fairy tales.
Of course, the taste is also first-class delicious, second only to mizuna.
But they are mostly young people here, and they eat less.
"These mushrooms have come out in the past two days. It's a bit early this year."
Lin Yue nodded.
"Yes, I'll go into the woods to take a look. Go Xiongba."
Lin Heng nodded and took Xiongba into the woods.
“Woof woof!!”
Xiongba barked excitedly twice, ran to the front, stopped in front of a delicious porcini, and touched it with his paw.
Lin Heng walked over to pick it up. It immediately ran to the front, stopped in front of the next porcini mushroom, and patted it twice with its paws: "Woof woof!"
"Damn it, are you calling the dog?!" Lin Heng cursed with a smile, walked over and asked Junzi to pick it up.
“Woof woof!!”
After picking up the porcini mushrooms, Xiongba ran into the woods and turned around twice, then called out to Lin Heng again.
Lin Heng came over to take a look and immediately showed a delighted expression: "It turned out to be a cyanobacteria!"
(End of this chapter)
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