"It looks like it's raining."
When Lin Heng woke up early in the morning, he listened to the noise outside and whispered.
"Let it rain. I'll sleep a little longer." Xiulan leaned against him, muttered, and fell asleep again.
Her hair was tied with a rubber band and she was not wearing any clothes. She pressed herself tightly against Lin Heng, treating him like a large pillow.
Lin Heng looked at her little face with tenderness in his eyes. Perhaps she had eaten too many eels in the past two days, so she was quite exhausted last night.
"Then I'll get up first." Lin Heng looked at her and said, he was going to make breakfast.
"don't want!"
Xiulan suddenly lay on his chest and spoke in a daze, her voice very gentle.
"Okay then."
Lin Heng had no choice but to lie still, watching her sleep and feeling the amazing touch of her.
Nearly forty minutes later, Xiulan woke up. Looking at Lin Heng who had fallen asleep again, she leaned against his chest with a gentle look.
"You sleep a little longer, I'll make breakfast for you." Lin Heng opened his eyes, looked at her and said with a smile.
Xiulan looked at him and said, "Okay, then I won't get up. I want to eat Chinese toon eggs."
"No problem." Lin Heng nodded, got dressed and got up quickly.
He got up and went out, and found that it was drizzling outside. He glanced at the buzzing bees and went to the toilet first.
Then I exercised as usual. After finishing, I turned on the electric stove to boil water. After the water was boiling, I drove my sidecar to Hongfeng Mountain to get milk.
The dairy cows on the back mountain have now entered the weaning period.
When he came back with the milk, he found that Xiulan had gotten up and was exercising in the yard, and the children were following her and learning to do some boxing.
He smiled and said, "You can eat after you finish your exercise."
He went into the house, poured out the milk and put it on the electric donkey to keep it warm, then cut some Chinese toon and made Chinese toon eggs.
He didn't do anything else this morning, just simply beat ten eggs and made some Chinese toon omelettes.
It is spring now. The six hens in the hills behind his house can lay an average of three eggs a day, and sometimes as many as five.
The eggs at Hongfeng Mountain lay an average of six eggs a day. His family can't even eat all the eggs, so Lin's mother will sell some from time to time.
"Not bad, really good, it smells so good." Xiulan came over and said with a smile after exercising.
"Good dad, what you cooked is so delicious." Xiaoxia had already started to eat the egg and toon pancake.
The other two little ones were also not polite and buried their heads in their eating. The eggs they ate had less Chinese toon, while the eggs Lin Heng and Xiulan ate were densely packed with Chinese toon, then brushed with oil and chili, and rolled with last night's shredded potatoes. They tasted so delicious.
"It's delicious. The fried egg with Chinese toon is so tasty." Xiulan's mouth and fingers were greasy from eating, and she kept shaking her head.
"There is one more, you can eat it too." Lin Heng handed it to her and said.
"Half each." Xiulan tore it open and handed it to Lin Heng.
"Okay." Lin Heng took it and ate it in two bites.
As for children, an omelet with milk is enough to fill them up.
After dinner, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said, "Today is a good day. How about I pull out the seedlings and plant them?"
"That's what I was going to say. We can't waste such nice weather." Xiulan nodded.
"Then I'll go." Lin Heng took the bamboo basket and went to Red Maple Mountain.
When he came over, Father Lin had already started pulling out the seedlings. The seedlings in the greenhouse were plump and about 15 centimeters long, a very suitable size for transplanting.
This year, because we built a real greenhouse, there are so many seedlings that we can’t plant them all.
Last year, there were not many vegetable seedlings, but there was an overabundance of fruits and vegetables in Hongfeng Mountain, especially winter melons and pumpkins. There was more than enough to feed the pigs and chickens, so we gave some to others and sold a lot in town.
There is no other way. There is excellent cow and sheep manure here, and water that can be used for irrigation at any time. With these resources, these vegetables cannot grow badly.
"What kind of seedlings do you want?" Father Lin looked at him and asked with a smile.
"We can't grow much in the yard. We'll just eat it ourselves. So give us some peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, green beans, and cowpeas. I'll also get some watermelons, pumpkins, winter melons, and Hami melons to plant in the back hill." Lin Heng said, looking at his father.
"Okay, I'll just pick five or six for you." Father Lin nodded.
After pulling up the seedlings for Lin Heng and putting them into the basket, he said, "Grow some here on Red Maple Mountain, and I'll sell the rest. I'll try to make some money."
"Sure, if you want to go to town, just drive my car." Lin Heng nodded.
“No need to go to town, we can sell them all in the village.” Father Lin said with a smile.
"That's fine." Lin Heng nodded.
After saying a few words, he took the seedlings home. When the villagers saw the seedlings in his basket, they were all envious and asked him how he grew them and why they were so pleasing to the eye.
You have to know that the fruits and vegetables planted by the villagers have not yet sprouted, and the germination rate is not very high if they are planted directly.
He talked about greenhouse cultivation, and then told everyone that his family would sell some seedlings this year. The price was cheap, and they were all new seeds purchased in the city. Those who needed them could go and get them.
Many people immediately chose to make reservations and expressed their desire. Farmers could not resist seeing such beautiful seedlings, just like a man seeing a beautiful woman.
Lin Heng did not agree and told them to go find his father tomorrow and wait until his family had finished planting today.
After returning home, he first talked to his eldest brother and asked them to get the seedlings, and then walked into his own yard.
In the yard, Xiulan was surprised to see Lin Heng coming back with the seedlings, "This seedling is bigger than I thought."
"In the greenhouse, for sure." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Then he added: "And I plan to use steel bars to build two or three real greenhouses this year, so that we can have plenty of vegetables to eat even in winter."
"Yes, this is very necessary." Xiulan nodded.
After a few words, the two began to transplant the seedlings. Lin Heng had already plowed the soil in the yard and added a lot of rotted cow and sheep manure into it.
He asked Xiulan to dig a hole and he planted the seedlings in it.
The ones on the back mountain were also planted quickly, but we covered them with bamboo shoots first to prevent the chickens from eating them.
There were some left, so he planted them in a field of his own under the road.
After lunch, the rain got heavier. Lin Heng looked at the heavy rain outside and said with a smile, "It's a good thing that it rains today. The seedlings will definitely survive if they rain today."
Xiulan also nodded, then looked at Lin Heng and said, "You should go into the city tomorrow, right?"
"Yes, I guess I will have to run many times." Lin Heng nodded.
He had to go into town tomorrow, rain or shine, and it would be inappropriate if Piggy wasn't brought back.
Unlike sidecars, Dongfeng trucks are not afraid of wind and rain.
Lin Heng went to the village committee holding an umbrella and asked the village party secretary whether they needed to order piglets.
Tian Dongfu had already thought it through, and without hesitation he asked Lin Heng to order three hundred piglets.
He also said that he wanted Lin Heng to get some pig feed and provide some guidance on pig-raising techniques.
Naturally, Lin Heng had no reason to refuse this and agreed immediately.
In addition, Tian Dongfu also consulted him about planting fruit trees. Lin Heng said that he'd better wait another one or two years until the villagers make money, and there's no need to be impatient.
However, Tian Dongfu did not think so. He decided to start planting himself and others, and lead the villagers little by little.
In response, Lin Heng agreed to sell him a batch of kiwifruit and grape seedlings that he had grafted last year.
Tian Dongfu was very happy about this. In fact, he just liked this batch of seedlings. He said that he would give him the money in one lump sum later and asked Lin Heng to plant more seedlings when he had time.
Lin Heng is indeed doing this. He built three greenhouses this year, two of which are used to grow kiwi and grape seedlings. He also grew some apple seedlings.
It wouldn't take much effort anyway, so he wouldn't mind making a little extra money.
After finishing his work here, he returned home. The rain was still moderate, so he went into the house, burned some charcoal and put it into the ceramic stove.
The temperature in spring is still quite cold after the rain, so having a stove will make you warmer. The most important thing is that you can put an iron plate on it and roast lamb and pork.
"It smells so good." Xiulan took a bite and nodded repeatedly.
"Dad, are my shrimps ready?" Xiaoxia asked from the side.
"I want to eat mutton, too, dad." Lu Ming looked at her coquettishly.
"Dad, can I eat first?" Du Heng also shook his arm.
"Yes, yes." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Come, let mom feed you, don't just lie in your dad's arms." Xiaoxia also picked up a piece of meat and said.
Everyone ate barbecue and made a pot of tea. The children even had milk tea. It was a very comfortable time.
After eating, Lin Heng took out a book and leaned on the sofa to read.
He stayed like this until dark, and at night he practiced calligraphy with the brush he made.
Xiaoxia came over to make trouble, and he held her hand and taught her for a while. Unexpectedly, she could write quite well.
The rain stopped early the next morning. After breakfast, Lin Heng drove and called his eldest brother to go into the city.
After entering the city, Lin Heng first went to the factory to take a look. The situation here was still the same as before, except that the raw materials were running out, and he needed to purchase more.
Lin Hai’s sales promotion was not very effective, and not many people were willing to buy. It was not his fault, as he did not have much experience in sales promotion.
Lin Heng looked over here, then called his eldest brother and said, "Let's go, let's go get the piglets."
"Okay." Lin Yue nodded with a smile and got on the passenger seat.
When he arrived at the animal husbandry station, Lin Heng was taken in as soon as he arrived. The people here had been looking forward to his arrival.
"Something happened at home and delayed me. I'm really sorry." When asked, Lin Heng lied with a smile.
Then he went to see the piglets, and only after observing that they were all healthy did he start asking people to help load them into the truck.
The animal husbandry station has special cages for loading trucks, which Lin Heng can load into three layers and carry sixty pigs back at a time.
In addition to his own car, there is also a large cart at the animal husbandry station that specializes in transporting piglets to help.
Even so, they only pulled 500 pigs on the first day.
After the pigs were brought to the pig farm, Lin Heng asked Li Shilei and Zhang Feng to disinfect them first, spraying disinfectant inside and outside.
Fortunately, the weather was sunny the next day, so it was relatively convenient to haul the pigs. It took four days to haul all 2,000 pigs.
At three o'clock in the afternoon of the fourth day, Lin Heng pulled back the last batch of pigs.
Lin Yue went to the pig farm with him and took a look, then asked curiously: "Are all the pigs knocked out like this?"
Knocking a pig means castration. If the pig is not castrated, it will smell very bad.
Lin Heng nodded: "That's natural. These pigs were castrated shortly after they were born. This is the advantage of being a state-owned factory."
"That's good. If we knock them down ourselves, we'll be exhausted after knocking down two thousand heads." Lin Yue said.
"I don't have the ability yet. It will take me half a month to ask the pig carpenter for help." Li Shilei also laughed.
After watching the pigs eat for a while, Lin Heng nodded and said, "That's it for now. I'll come over every two or three days. If it's a minor matter, let me take care of it. If it's a major matter, send someone to my house. But remember to disinfect everyone who comes in and out, and especially don't come into contact with other pigs when you go out."
"I understand, Brother Lin." Zhang Feng quickly agreed, and Li Shilei also nodded.
Lin Heng nodded, went out with his eldest brother, and let his eldest brother drive the car back to the village.
Lin Heng got out of the car directly at the door of his house and asked his elder brother to drive to Hongfeng Mountain.
His technique is good enough now, but he just needs to practice more.
Lin Heng planned to wait until he had completely learned how to drive, and then let him find a company to take the driving test.
Lin Heng returned to the house and saw Xiulan drying mushrooms. It had rained a few days ago, and she had not only picked a lot of Chinese toon mushrooms in the past two days, but also picked a lot of pine mushrooms and morels.
"Are you done?" Xiulan blinked steadily.
Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, the 2,005 piglets have been taken back to the pig farm. Do you want to go and have a look?"
These piglets are not cheap. Even if he ordered such a large quantity at one time, it still costs twelve dollars each.
In other words, these piglets alone cost him 24,000 yuan, which is equivalent to the profit from shrimp farming for two years.
It is also a big investment for him.
"Let's go back another day." Xiulan shook her head and added, "I've saved the meal for you."
Lin Heng nodded, went into the house and ate his meal. During his chat with Xiulan, he learned that she didn't pick many Chinese toon trees.
"That's easy. I'll climb up the tree and pick it later." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"The big tree is very dangerous, let's just forget it." Xiulan shook her head, worried about his safety.
"If you're worried, I'll tie a rope around my waist." Lin Heng said.
"Well, you must be careful."
Xiulan knew she couldn't persuade him, so she had to agree.
After dinner, Lin Heng and Xiulan took the children to Red Maple Mountain first. Lin Heng called his mother to join them and then started to climb the tree.
It is now the end of April, and the trees on the top of the mountain have sprouted. The buds of the big toon tree are the best at this time, more than ten centimeters long, and taste very delicious.
Lin Heng climbed up the tree, tied the safety rope, and then used a hatchet to cut down all the branches of the big tree.
Each of these big trees can produce six or seven kilograms of weight, and Lin Heng cut down seven trees in a row.
"That's enough, that's enough. You weigh more than 40 kilograms." Xiulan saw him coming down and pulled him.
"Yes, the baskets are full." Lin's mother also nodded.
"I can make some more and store them in the freezer." Lin Heng wanted to make more.
"I said enough is enough." Xiulan took away his hatchet. After climbing so many trees in a row, Heng's physical strength had obviously decreased a lot. She didn't dare let him take any more risks.
"Haha, okay then, let's go home." Lin Heng looked at his wife's eyes and obeyed her.
"That's right. Let's go back to Hongfeng Mountain and I'll cook for you." Mother Lin nodded.
The three of them quickly returned to Red Maple Mountain with the child in their arms. Father Lin saw them coming and said quickly, "Son, I have good news to tell you today."
(End of this chapter)
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