After dinner, Lin Heng took his elder brother to sell antelope beef. This was a good thing and only state-owned restaurants needed it. Almost no one bought it.
Lin Heng often sells food in that kind of restaurant, and it is easy to sell 170 kilograms of antelope beef. After all, it is a rare thing and you can't buy it under normal circumstances.
The price of antelope meat was 5.5 yuan per pound. This amount of meat was sold for 946 yuan. Two antelope skins were sold for 600 yuan, and two antelope whips were sold for 100 yuan.
Overall, it was pretty good, with sales of nearly 1,700 yuan. Lin Heng did not get any of the antelope beef, as he kept it all for himself. He got 40% of the cowhide and bullwhip, which was 280 yuan.
As for his eldest brother, uncle and third uncle, each of them could earn 420 yuan, which was a good income.
"Shall we go shopping now?" After all the things were sold, Lin Yue looked at Lin Heng and asked.
"Let's go back and call Caiyun and the others, buy some things and then go home." Lin Heng said after thinking for a while.
Lin Yue was puzzled: "Brother, didn't you say you would be back tomorrow? Why don't you do it?"
"I'll come down and do it myself in a few days. It's not convenient for one or two days now." Lin Heng replied. After thinking for a while, he decided not to rush some things.
"That's right, you will have more time next time you come down." Lin Yue nodded.
They then went back to the factory and informed Tian Yan and Lin Hai and the others to buy whatever they needed and they would be back soon.
"We've bought it a long time ago, and we're just waiting for your ride." Tian Yan said with a smile.
"I don't have anything to buy." Caiyun said with a smile.
Lin Heng showed a trace of helplessness: "Why didn't you tell me before?"
"You said you were leaving tomorrow, but we didn't tell you." Tian Yan spread her hands.
"Okay then, wait a moment, I'll be back soon."
Lin Heng said this, turned around and got in the car with his elder brother. This time they mainly bought some daily necessities, things needed for the New Year. Things like clothes and shoes had already been bought in Ancheng.
It was 4:30 in the afternoon when everything was done. Lin Heng returned to the factory, gave instructions to Wang Zhou, and drove out of the city towards Hongfeng Mountain.
Of course, the cockpit couldn't accommodate so many people, and some of them sat in the bed. It was very common to sit like this in this era.
It was already dark when the group returned home. After the car stopped in the village, Lin Heng said, "Come to my house for hot pot in a few days."
"Don't worry, I haven't seen Xiulan for a long time. I must come to your house every day." Tian Yan said with a smile.
Lin Hai and Lin Yue naturally had no objections. They helped to unload the things and brought them into the house. Then Lin Heng took Caiyun and Lin Hai to Hongfeng Mountain.
Lin Hai met Lin's father and mother and hurried home. Caiyun had a good conversation with her parents. She had only come back twice in the past few months of school, so her parents naturally missed her very much.
"My daughter has become much more beautiful than before!" said Father Lin with a smile.
"Of course not. This is what they call girls changing a lot when they grow up." Lin's mother also laughed.
Caiyun smiled and said, "No, it's all the same. No matter how I change, I am still my parents' daughter."
Lin Heng parked the car and walked over and said, "This is called the scent of books."
Caiyun used to have a strong country girl vibe and looked a little timid and introverted. Now that she has been in a good school in the city for some time, she has seen a wider world and her temperament has changed.
Father Lin smiled and nodded: "Okay, study hard. If you can get into college, it will really bring honor to the family."
"I'll try my best, Dad." Caiyun nodded in agreement.
This is not only to be able to go out and see a wider world, but also to be able to help and give feedback to my second brother in the future.
Lin Heng looked at them and said, "Let's stop talking about this. Let's go over and have a meal. Let's celebrate for Caiyun and have hotpot."
"Let's go then. I haven't had hotpot for a long time and I miss it terribly." Father Lin stood up and said.
Mother Lin said, "Wait a minute, I'll go pick some vegetables. There are a lot of them here."
"Then I'll help you." Caiyun went into the house and took the basket.
"Just get some cilantro and greens, our main meal will be meat." Lin Heng shouted.
Soon, Lin's mother and Caiyun prepared a basket of vegetables, half of which were coriander and half were Shanghai greens. Then the four of them locked the door and went to Lin Heng's house in the village together.
"Xiaoxia, look who's back!" Caiyun shouted to Xiaoxia after walking into the yard.
Xiaoxia was stunned for a moment, then rushed over with a smile on her face and shouted, "Aunt, you're finally back. I missed you so much!"
"Aunt misses you too." Caiyun smiled and hugged Xiaoxia and kissed her.
After being intimate with Xiaoxia, she looked at her two twin nephews and said, "Luming Duheng, do you miss your aunt?"
She held out her hands, but the two little guys stepped back, not recognizing her at all.
"It's so sad. We don't recognize each other after just a few months." Seeing the two little guys, Caiyun pretended to be sad and shook her head.
"They will become familiar with each other after playing for a while." Xiulan said with a smile.
Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said, "Wife, let's eat hot pot."
"Sure, but we can't prepare vegetables right now." Xiulan nodded. Sesame paste and hot pot base were already prepared.
"That's okay, let's just eat meat today." Lin Heng said with a smile. He first took out the copper stove and cleaned it, and then burned charcoal in the fireplace.
Then he took out the frozen antelope beef from the freezer and cut it into thin slices with a spatula. This was the main thing they were going to eat tonight. He also cut some yellow muntjac meat to try.
After five pounds of meat was cut, the charcoal was ready. He put the copper pot in place, threw the charcoal in, added water and burned it, and then put the hot pot base on one side and the three-fresh base on the other side.
The base of the three-fresh dish is mainly made by simply boiling butter and various spices. The soul of the dish lies in the various mushrooms added later, such as morels, chicken fat, tea tree mushrooms, as well as some fish balls and frozen yellow croaker. With these, the dish becomes fresh even if it is not fresh.
After it was done, everyone quickly gathered together to eat. The cooked meat was dipped in the sauce in the bowl, and the people squinted their eyes at the delicious taste of the sauce.
Wild antelope beef tastes very good, the texture is firmer than domestic beef or mutton, and its texture is more like mutton.
The best way to eat it is with coriander, it feels really good.
"Dad, I want to eat flat noodles." Xiaoxia shouted after eating two yellow croakers.
"Yes, I'll serve it to you right away." Lin Heng turned around and took the wide noodles, which were pure sweet potato vermicelli.
"It's a great meal, I'd better go home!"
After eating for a long time, Caiyun finally spoke, saying that it was impossible for her to have such a life of luxury at school.
"That's right. Only your brother doesn't care about the family's wealth and eats and drinks lavishly." Lin's mother said with a smile.
"Money cannot be brought into this world and cannot be taken away from this world, so why not treat yourself better?" Lin Heng replied.
Father Lin took two more bites and said, "This is really good. It tastes great."
"Then eat more." Lin Heng raised his glass and clinked it with his father's. They were drinking beer today, which was very satisfying when paired with the spicy hot pot.
"Wife, have some too." Lin Heng picked up a large piece of meat for his wife and poured her a glass of beer.
Xiulan smiled and shook her head: "Don't give me any more. I can't eat anymore. I'm too full."
"I can't eat anymore either. You two should work harder," said Lin's mother.
"Then Dad, let's continue. There are still two pounds of meat." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"No problem, I can still eat." Father Lin said with a smile.
Then it was their turn to eat. Xiulan, Caiyun and the others watched and chatted on the side, eating a few mushrooms and vegetables from time to time.
The hotpot was not finished until ten o'clock in the evening. After all the dishes were eaten, Lin Heng and his father leaned back in their chairs, feeling comfortable and satisfied.
After resting for a while, everyone cleaned up the dishes together, and then Lin's father and mother Caiyun got up and went back.
"Xiaoxia, do you want to come with me and sleep with your aunt?" Caiyun shouted with a smile.
Xiaoxia hesitated for two seconds and then shook her head and said, "No, I want my dad!"
"Okay then, see you tomorrow." Caiyun said, spreading her hands.
After their parents left, Lin Heng and Xiulan looked at each other, one went to light the fireplace in the bedroom while the other washed the child.
After finishing, the family quickly went to bed to rest. The firewood in the fireplace was burning fiercely, and the bedroom was warm. Xiulan sat on the bed in her underwear, her pair of round and slender white legs flat beside Lin Heng, her body leaning against the head of the bed watching Lin Heng telling stories to the children.
Lin Heng looked at her and finished telling the children the story attentively. When the children fell asleep, he crawled to her side and grabbed her hands. Her hands were slender, white and tender, with neat nails. He couldn't help rubbing them with his hands.
"How come your legs and hands are so beautiful?" Lin Heng said with emotion.
Xiulan blinked, turned off the light and said, "Go to bed."
"Okay!" Lin Heng held her in his arms and tasted her carefully.
Loneliness and solitude are the two most unbearable emotions. Fortunately, he has a sweet and soft wife who can hug him to sleep every day. When he thinks of this, he feels full of happiness.
When he woke up in the morning and saw Xiulan always leaning on him to rest, he felt very satisfied.
When Xiulan woke up, she would look at him, come closer to him and lean against him.
"Get up, I'll help you comb your hair later." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Forget it, just wash my hair. Combing my hair hurts me so much." Xiulan looked at him and shook her head.
She got up, changed her clothes, tied her hair into a high ponytail, and then took Lin Heng out to exercise with him.
Lin Heng completed his daily exercise and shot another forty arrows in a row.
"I'll go to town later and bring back some materials to rebuild the stove tomorrow." Lin Heng looked at her and said while eating breakfast.
"Okay." Xiulan agreed happily, poured the hot milk into a bottle and asked Lin Heng to take it to his parents.
Lin Heng took the bottle to Hongfeng Mountain, and then called his father to drive to town together.
After arriving in the town, Lin Heng first went to find Li Shiwei and took a look at the purchasing station. They had to work here until the end of the year, so he came to tell him how to sell some things at the end of the year.
After the viewing, he reminisced about the past with Grandpa Gao, then went to the brick factory with his father. He first bought some red bricks, and then bought a few bags of cement. He had already bought ceramic tiles in the city yesterday.
As for the sand, he parked the car on the road, took a shovel and went to the river with his father to shovel it, because building a stove did not require much sand, so there was no need to buy it.
Basically all the materials were prepared in one morning and piled up in the yard. In the afternoon, Lin Heng stayed at home and spent two hours drawing a blueprint, and then he drank tea at home.
Caiyun and Tianyan were also at his house, chatting with Xiulan. The three of them hadn't seen each other for a long time and had endless topics to talk about.
Soon it was evening. After washing up, Lin Heng told stories to the children. Xiulan was folding clean clothes, but as soon as she finished folding them, Lin Heng messed them up.
"You did this on purpose, didn't you?" Xiulan glared at him.
Lin Heng said nothing and messed things up again when she wasn't paying attention.
Xiulan gritted her teeth, pointed at him and said, "If you do it again, I'll beat you to death."
"Three, two, you're dead!"
When Lin Heng attacked again, Xiulan took direct action, pushed him to the bed and beat him violently with her hands and feet.
"That feels so good, hit me a few more times!" Lin Heng laughed. He was teasing Xiulan on purpose, otherwise it would be too boring. It was also a pleasure to see his gentle wife get angry.
Xiulan pinched his face and said, "You are such a jerk. Hurry up and fold it for me, or you will be dead."
"I'll fight too!"
The two of them were playing and Xiaoxia came over to join in.
After playing for a while, Lin Heng helped fold the clothes and coaxed the child to sleep.
"You just have to be a slut every once in a while." Before going to bed, Xiulan pinched Lin Heng's thick skin hard again.
"Then hit me a few more times?" Lin Heng said with a smile.
"I'd rather beat you to death!" Xiulan patted his face and then lay down to rest.
After playing for a while, Lin Heng fell asleep holding Xiulan in his arms.
The next morning, after breakfast, Lin Heng called his father and elder brother to come over to dismantle the earthen stove in the kitchen, and then rebuilt it using red bricks and cement.
There is no need to worry about the red bricks and cement exploding, as the fire-burning area will be coated with some clay.
Lin Heng's design was still an earthen stove that could hold two pots, one large and one small. The flue was in the middle of the two pots, spiraling out from there and extending out of the wall.
The stove eye is divided into three structures. The bottom one is for ash leakage and air intake, the middle one is for adding firewood and primary combustion, and there is a secondary gasification and combustion area at the top. Finally, due to siphoning, the remaining smoke will be sucked away and discharged through the flue.
Originally, there could be a place for boiling water on the stove, but Xiulan said that Lin Heng didn't like having to boil water, so she didn't do it.
It is easier to make without a water boiling area, and the flue area can also be used to place vegetables. In winter, you don’t have to worry about the dishes getting cold quickly when you put them on the stove.
Most of it is made of red brick concrete, and the surface is paved with specially purchased tiles, and the whole thing is simple white tiles.
"Why don't you try it first to see if the smoke will come back."
After the initial construction was completed, Lin's father suggested that it would be better to give it a try, as it could be modified if it didn't work.
"Then let's give it a try." Lin Heng nodded. He had built several stoves before his rebirth, so he would basically not make any mistakes.
They immediately put the pot on the stand, temporarily sealed it on all sides, and then lit a fire with dry firewood. They could clearly see that regardless of whether it was burning or not, no smoke came out, and it all floated away along the chimney.
"No problem at all, you can seal it with clay." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Tian Yan, who was standing next to him, was also surprised when she saw this scene: "Lin Heng, you are really good at making a clay stove. Please make one for my family later."
In rural areas, most kitchen ceilings are pitch black because the smoke from burning wood will eventually escape, and the oil smoke makes the kitchen look very dirty.
The smokeless wood-burning stove's functions of smoking, secondary combustion, fire gathering, etc. are all the culmination of modern scientific principles and cannot be compared with the casually built earthen stoves in rural areas.
Lin Heng was not the first to do this, but he learned it and brought it to this era.
Seeing that Lin Heng didn't say anything, Tian Yan took Xiulan's hand and said, "Xiulan, tell your Lin Heng that I am willing to pay you." (End of this chapter)
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