"Dad, look, I found gold!"
"Mom, I found it too!"
“Mine is a gem.”
The children ran over with the treasures they had found to show off to the adults.
Xiulan broke off some willow branches and made a wreath. She called out to the children, "Who wants a wreath? Come get one from me."
"I want it, I want it!"
"Mom, you are the best and most beautiful mom, please give it to me first!"
“I want one too!”
The children swarmed over and surrounded Xiulan.
“This is a nice place.”
Father Lin built a barbecue grill with stones and started barbecuing nearby, with a relaxed and happy look on his face.
Although he has lived in these mountains for half his life, he feels as if he has only discovered the beauty of these green mountains and the significance of these flowers, plants and trees in the past two years.
When he no longer had to worry about providing food and clothing for his family, he also felt the joy of family.
“Is it ready?”
Xiulan played around for a while, then came over with a bunch of Chinese toon and sat next to Lin Heng.
She was wearing the same tight white sweater she wore yesterday on the upper body and a pair of slim grey pants on the lower body, and her figure that was revealed was very attractive.
Her hair was simply tied behind her with a rubber band, and the scattered strands of hair fluttered in the sunlight, giving it a charming golden color.
She also wore a wicker wreath on her head, and her beautiful eyes seemed to be glowing when she smiled. She was full of energy, and had a hint of elegance and gentleness.
"Try it."
Lin Heng handed her a skewer of mutton and was completely attracted to her.
Xiulan took it and smelled it, then she opened her red lips and gently bit off two pieces. After chewing for a while, she gave a thumbs up and said, "It's delicious. My husband's cooking skills are really good."
"I've almost finished roasting the food here, you can call people over to eat." Father Lin also spoke.
"Wait a moment. Mom and sister-in-law Li Shiwei are going upstairs to look for Chinese toon. I'll go and call them right away." Xiulan said.
"It's okay, I'll just put it aside for now." Lin Heng said.
Xiulan did not go to find them immediately, but went to the river to wash the toon she had picked.
After returning, he used Lin Heng's dagger to cut it into small pieces, then put it into a bowl, beat two eggs, added a little salt, and fried it on a round iron plate.
She brought the eggs from home. She had already decided to make Chinese toon eggs here and eat the freshest Chinese toon buds.
"Okay, you are not allowed to eat secretly. I'll go call mom and the others." Xiulan flipped the fried egg and said to Lin Heng.
"Don't worry, I won't." Lin Heng nodded leisurely.
Xiulan went to call Lin's mother and others, and Lin Heng called all the children back.
They were given grilled shrimps and fish balls. Mutton and vegetables were edible, of course, but not as easy to digest.
"Dad, give us more cumin. This is the most delicious." Xiaoxia said while eating shrimps, pointing at the shrimps that Lin Heng was grilling.
"good."
Lin Heng sprinkled some more cumin, and the aroma of the roasted shrimps made him drool, and the children ate them one by one without caring about the heat.
"Dad, I want to eat this meat." Lu Ming said, pointing at the pork skewer in his hand.
Lin Heng would naturally not refuse the children's request, but the premise was that they had to finish eating. Although it would not be wasted with Xiongba watching, it was a matter of habit.
After a while, Xiulan and Lin's mother came back. Li Shiwei ran the fastest and came to Lin Heng and said, "Brother Lin, there are a lot of crucian carps swimming in the front beach of the river above. There are water peanuts there."
"That's a good place. Let's go and catch some fish later." Lin Heng said with a smile. Crucian carp will come to the grass when they start to spawn.
Then he looked at everyone and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's start eating."
He put all the grilled food on a large plate on the table.
“It smells so good!”
“This meat is so delicious when grilled!”
Everyone sat down and started eating the barbecue without hesitation. Lin Heng ate a piece of fried egg with Chinese toon, and then devoured the roast lamb, clinking beer glasses with everyone from time to time.
Basking in the warm sun, eating barbecue and drinking beer, with beautiful scenery everywhere you look, it’s so comfortable.
There was enough barbecue, and after eating, everyone came over to barbecue themselves, chatting while eating.
"I can't eat anymore. I'm so full." Li Shiwei shook his head. He was very happy after eating the roasted lamb.
"I don't want it either." said Lin's mother.
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The others also shook their heads, saying they couldn't eat any more. But there were still 40 or 50 skewers of meat. Lin Heng had brought more than 200 skewers of meat this time, all of which had large pieces of meat.
He even took some mutton and pork to skewer on the spot for fear that there would not be enough food.
"If you don't want to eat it, I will. I can continue." Father Lin said as he picked up the freshly roasted lamb.
"I'll eat it later. I'm going to go fishing now and fry some small fish later." Lin Heng put the roasted lamb aside for the time being.
Mother Lin looked at everyone and said, "If you want to go play, go ahead. I'll be here to show you something."
"You don't have to look, I'll come and see it." Father Lin shook his head.
"Then let's go to the nearby mountains to look for garlic and toon buds." Liu Juan said, holding Lin's mother's hand.
"That's fine." Mother Lin nodded, then looked at Xiulan and said, "Xiulan, are you going?"
Xiulan shook her head: "I'm not going, Mom. I'm going fishing with Lin Heng and taking care of the kids at the same time."
"Okay." Mother Lin nodded, took the basket and left with Liu Juan.
Lin Heng also held a fishing rod and watched Xiulan and Li Shiwei go fishing together, and brought the child with them.
Fishing is not far away, and the barbecue place is only three or four hundred meters away.
When he arrived at the place, Lin Heng could see some crucian carps jumping out of the water and turning over from afar.
"Isn't this a nice place?" Li Shiwei asked with a smile.
"Indeed you can." Lin Heng nodded, found a good spot, threw in some of his homemade rice wine to make a nest, and then moved a few big rocks for Xiulan and himself to sit on.
As for Li Shiwei, he must have moved the stones by himself. When the children saw a piece of sand nearby, they happily ran over to pile up sand. Lin Heng even brought their small shovels.
Lin Heng first put a worm on Xiulan's fishhook, and then put his own on it. However, before he threw the hook in the water, Xiulan pulled out a silvery-white crucian carp.
"I caught a fish!" Xiulan said excitedly.
"This is already two taels, not bad." Lin Heng said enviously.
He was watching Xiulan catching the fish when he found that his seven-star float had also been pulled away. He quickly pulled it up. He thought it was a crucian carp, but unexpectedly it was a huge black carp.
"I caught a crucian carp, too." Li Shiwei cheered from the side.
"This fish is easy to catch." Xiulan threw the fishing hook back into the water and said with a smile.
"It's easy to catch crucian carp now." Lin Heng nodded.
Soon the three of them were immersed in the joy of fishing. Catching a fish every two or three minutes made the three of them excited.
Lin Heng stopped fishing after a while and went to pull his old father over. He just needed to cover the things over there so that they could see it from a distance.
After giving his fishing rod to his father, Lin Heng went to Xiulan to help her take the fish and hang the earthworms.
The fish they caught included not only crucian carp, but also a lot of whitebait.
Lin Heng killed the white-striped horsemouth on the spot, cleaned it, strung it with dogtail grass, and fried it to eat later.
Fishing is addictive, especially when you keep catching fish, everyone becomes addicted to it.
Lin Heng watched from the side and enjoyed the happiness.
Before she knew it, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. Xiulan moved her right hand, looked at Lin Heng and asked, "Honey, how much have we caught?"
Lin Heng walked over and picked up the fish basket. Suddenly, there was a rattling sound and a silvery-white light was dazzling.
"So many!" Xiulan was a little surprised, and then she smiled brightly again.
"There should be five or six kilograms of fish." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"That's enough. It's worth coming here to play today." Father Lin also said happily.
"It's a pity that the crucian carps here are not big, only two or three taels. It would be great if they were half a catty or more." Li Shiwei said with a smile.
"You are being greedy." Lin Heng looked at him and said.
Xiulan washed her hands and looked at Lin Heng and said, "Are you going fishing? I want to go for a walk."
"Then I'll go with you, exercise a little and then have a barbecue." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He glanced at the children, who were having a lot of fun shoveling sand and didn't care about them at all.
Immediately, the two of them walked upstream together. The riverbed was not flat. There were grass in some places and rocks in others. The two of them walked forward while looking for garlic and Chinese toon.
Lin Heng and Xiulan walked side by side. When the spring breeze blew, the fragrance of flowers mixed with the fragrance of her hair, making people feel slightly tipsy.
The golden sunlight shining from one side also made her look ethereal.
"I can't walk anymore, husband, carry me on your back."
When they came to a longer piece of grass, Xiulan jumped lightly from behind, hugged Lin Heng's neck, and spoke in a sweet voice in his ear.
"Then let's run!"
Lin Heng lifted her up with his hands behind his back and started running quickly.
"Slow down, I'm scared!"
"It's okay, I'm very stable..."
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Lin Heng ran two laps with Xiulan on his back. It was a unique feeling.
After Xiulan came down, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off his face, then hit him again and ran away laughing.
Lin Heng chased after her and wanted to fight back, and she begged for mercy pitifully, but Lin Heng did not spare her and kissed her hard on the mouth.
After playing for a while, the two of them had already left the camping site very far away.
Suddenly, Xiulan, who was walking in front, exclaimed: "Honey, what a big black snake, and what a big piece of fern."
"Let me see."
Lin Heng ran over quickly and saw a black shadow disappear into the ferns on the slope.
"It's really big, but I'm too lazy to catch it." Lin Heng shook his head.
This kind of big snake is a good material for making traditional Chinese medicine or food, but his parents don't like killing snakes, so he let it go.
"Then let's pick some ferns. We can get a lot." Xiulan walked over and said as she folded them.
Lin Heng also nodded. Of course, they couldn't let it go when they saw it. The two of them went together to pick the tender fern sprouts.
They carried plastic bags with them. After picking all the ferns, they went to the water to wash their hands, and then sat on a blue stone to rest.
"I can get more than 20 kilograms of ferns." Lin Heng said with satisfaction as he lifted the bag.
"Of course, there aren't many Chinese toon trees near the river, but mom and sister-in-law should have picked quite a few."
As Xiulan spoke, she took off her shoes and poured out the sand in them. She then took off her socks and brushed off the sand.
A pair of beautiful jade feet was placed in front of Lin Heng. The snow-white instep was neither fat nor thin, and the blue veins inside were faintly visible. The toes were slender, and the light pink nails were very neat, reflecting a jade-like luster in the sun.
Lin Heng reached out and grabbed her soft, smooth feet. As soon as he tickled them, Xiulan couldn't help but laugh while trembling all over.
"You're so annoying, stop tickling me." Xiulan glared at him.
But Lin Heng just grinned and kept tickling her a few more times. Xiulan was stubborn at first and said that if he didn't stop he would be dead, but she quickly begged for mercy: "Brother, hahahaha I was wrong, haha good brother..."
"Okay, then I won't bully you, my good sister." Lin Heng laughed, put her feet down and ran away.
"If you run again, I'll catch you and put my foot in your mouth!"
Xiulan put on her shoes and socks, picked up her things and chased after Lin Heng, threatening him as she ran.
The two of them, one chasing and the other fleeing, soon came down to the barbecue camping site.
"Did you pick any?"
Mother Lin looked at the two of them and asked.
"As for the ferns that Xiulan is holding, she didn't pick any toon buds." Lin Heng responded with a smile.
"That's not bad. We only got five or six kilograms of toon buds." Lin's mother nodded.
Xiulan walked over, glared at Lin Heng imperceptibly, and did not continue to deal with him.
"Come and eat fish, it's fried and smells delicious." Father Lin shouted to them.
“Here I come.”
Lin Heng washed his hands first and then ran to eat fish. Lin's father fried the fish strips until they were golden and crispy, and they tasted so delicious.
After playing for such a long time, everyone was hungry, so they came over to continue eating barbecue and drinking beer.
After more than an hour, they finished eating all the skewered meat and vegetables. During this time, Lin Heng also tried the roasted Chinese toon, which also had a unique flavor.
"Let's go, it's time to go home, the sun is about to set." Lin Heng said after eating and drinking.
"Well, it's time to go back. It's still quite cold after the sun goes down." Xiulan nodded.
Immediately, everyone started to pack up, taking away all the leftover food and burning the garbage on the spot.
After everything was done, everyone got in the car, Lin Heng drove, and everyone went home happily.
After returning to Hongfeng Village and putting his things away, Lin Heng drove the car to Hongfeng Mountain, put them away and went home. When he got home, he made a pot of tea with birch sap and recalled the wonderful day.
"You lost. The kiwi fruit tree you grafted in the back mountain is dead." Xiulan came back after feeding the chickens and looked at him and said.
"You didn't kill him secretly, did you?" Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Kill you, you big-headed ghost. If you lose, you lose. Catch the one who refuses to pay." Xiulan poked his head.
"Okay then, you tell me to do it." Lin Heng spread his hands.
"It's very simple. Later tonight you are not allowed to fight back. Just let me tickle you." Xiulan said with her chin raised.
This is what she wants to do most now, to take revenge on this guy.
Lin Heng immediately waved his hands: "Change it, I'll give you all the money, okay? My dear wife, I will listen to whatever you say from now on."
Xiulan smiled at him and ruthlessly refused: "No."
"Ah, this is going to cost me my life." Lin Heng wailed.
(End of this chapter)
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