"This year is really a bumper year, with a good harvest of kiwis and apples." Lin Yue said with emotion.
"This kind of fruit is indeed much more profitable than crops. Our kiwi trees are a little smaller, but we still have an output of 3,000 kilograms per mu." Lin Xutao said with a smile.
"This is what they say: you don't know until you try it, and you'll be surprised when you do it." Father Lin said with a smile.
At this moment, everyone gathered in Lin Yue's yard, discussing this year's harvest.
Lin Yue also made a lot of money this year. He paved the yard with cement and the children played around.
"In life, you just have to try more. How will you know if you don't try?" Lin Heng nodded.
Farmers rarely try because they have low risk tolerance, which is one of the reasons why it is difficult for them to make a fortune.
His eldest brother's kiwifruit yield per mu this year was 4,000 kilograms, and his third uncle's yield per mu was 3,000 kilograms. The defective fruit rate was about 30%, but even so, each mu could still be sold for more than 600 yuan.
The high rate of defective results is due to their lack of experience, which will decrease as their skills improve.
And it’s not that inferior fruits cannot be sold. You can take them to the town and sell them cheaply where many people will buy them, or you can sell them to middlemen at a low price.
Lin Heng's family produces 3,000 kilograms of apples per acre, and the defective fruit rate is only 20%. All the high-quality fruits have been sold, and the apples from eight acres of land were sold for nearly 3,800 yuan.
The inferior fruits are piled up in the warehouse. I plan to drive around with Xiulan to sell them at a low price in the next few days, and collect some old items at the same time.
Adding the 5,700 yuan earned from selling grapes, his annual income is 9,500 yuan, which is almost equivalent to a millionaire.
His eldest brother's family made nearly 6,000 yuan from selling kiwis, and his third uncle's family made 2,300 yuan. These were definitely huge incomes for them, and they could not even catch up with that from growing crops.
His eldest brother's family invited them to dinner tonight, and they will go to his third uncle's house for dinner tomorrow night.
Lin Heng felt satisfied when he saw the smiling faces of those people who were kind to him.
But in fact, compared to all these, what excited him more was that their factory was about to be demolished and the news of building a highway had already spread.
At present, he has only told Xiulan about this matter and has not told his parents yet. He plans to wait until it is completely confirmed before telling them.
In the room, Lin's mother and eldest sister-in-law were cooking. Next to Lin Heng, Third Aunt Li Xue was holding Xiulan's hand and talking to her in a very affectionate manner.
It seems that she has become more generous and polite after having money. It is true that "when the granaries are full, one knows etiquette; when one has enough food and clothing, one knows honor and disgrace."
Xiaoxia was tired from playing and ran over to Lin Heng's arms. She had two ponytails and was wearing pink shorts and a short-sleeved shirt. Her face was fair and her big eyes were bright.
"Have you finished your homework today?" Lin Heng asked after wiping the sweat off her face.
"I've already finished writing it at school. It's so easy. I even read a book for a while." Xiaoxia said, pulling his hand.
"Xiaoxia is really amazing." Lin Heng touched her head and praised her.
"Then Dad, let's go to the river to catch fish tomorrow instead of going to school, okay? I want to catch fish for my little turtle," Xiaoxia said coquettishly again.
"Sure, I'll take you there tomorrow." Lin Heng nodded in agreement. He didn't have anything else to do these days.
"That's great, thank you Dad." Xiaoxia happily kissed Lin Heng on the face and then ran away.
Lin Yue's father-in-law Liu Hua looked at Lin Heng and asked, "Lin Heng, how did you educate your child to be like this? He is well-behaved and sensible, and his academic performance is good."
In addition to her cute and sweet appearance, Xiaoxia also exudes a scholarly temperament. She is more eloquent than ordinary children. She has become the "other people's child" in the village and is used by the villagers to educate their own children to be the object of comparison.
"She is smart herself. It has nothing to do with me." Lin Heng smiled. He was too lazy to talk about the specific things because most people couldn't do it.
Many people can't do the simplest thing of practicing what they preach, let alone insist on cultivating children's reading to broaden their horizons like he does.
Whether a child is introverted or extrovert, whether he is inferior or sunny, depends largely on his parents. Some parents do not realize how much harm their constant belittlement and criticism will cause to their children.
He mostly encourages his three children and doesn't ask too much of them in terms of studying. However, he helps them broaden their horizons through reading so that they can understand more about the world.
He did not follow the idea that daughters should be raised in wealth and sons in poverty, and treated them all equally. He scoffed at the idea that daughters should be pampered, reasoned with, and not scolded or beaten. He believed that both men and women should be beaten when they made mistakes, and not be allowed to know the fundamental right and wrong, so that when they grow up, they can only call their parents biological dad and mom.
Of course, he does not advocate the idea that a good son is born under the stick. Blindly beating and scolding will only lead to inferiority. It is necessary to set a standard, and there should be a clear standard for what behavior to preach and what behavior to educate, instead of changing the rules arbitrarily according to one's mood, which will only lead to bad results.
He was afraid that he would sometimes act on impulse, so he asked Xiulan to write a standard by hand.
Liu Hua shook his head and said, "I don't think so. You must have some tricks like doing business. My grandson is also very smart, but he is very naughty and gets into trouble all day long."
Lin Heng said helplessly: "It really depends on the individual. Just be nice to the child."
It is very difficult for a person who does not have this kind of cognition to change through words, and he is too lazy to waste his energy. Once a person's character is determined, it cannot be changed without experiencing a heart-wrenching event.
Just as Liu Hua was about to say something, Lin's mother came out and said, "The meal is ready, come in quickly."
"Okay." Lin Heng agreed and went in first to help.
For dinner, there were snails, rice fish, and a big pheasant that my eldest brother had shot these two days. Lin Heng helped with the dishes and didn't drink much wine.
It was already past nine o'clock when they returned home in the evening. After coaxing the children to sleep, Lin Heng and Xiulan went to bed. They were quite happy tonight. They inevitably rubbed their ears together for a while, enjoying the happiness brought by each other.
The next day, she got up early as usual. After dinner, the sun just came out. Xiulan boiled water and called to Lin Heng, "Husband, come and help me wash my hair."
This is one of her favorite things to do. Every time Lin Heng helps her wash her hair, she can feel a deep sense of happiness.
"good."
Lin Heng adjusted the water temperature and gently washed Xiulan's hair. He felt that he was now a master at washing hair, but it was a pity that he had never learned how to cut hair in his previous life, otherwise he could have trimmed Xiulan's hair.
After washing her hair, Lin Heng dried it and used a fan to blow it dry in a short while.
Although it is autumn, the sun is still scorching today. Lin Heng did not go out much at noon. In the afternoon, when the sun was not so hot, the family went to the mountain stream in Hongfeng Mountain to fish for small mackerel.
There are not only many smelt fish in the small reservoir on the top of the mountain, but also many small mackerels because of frequent feeding. At the end of the reservoir where you can clearly see the bottom of the water, there are groups of stream groupers and horsemouths, all of which are very large.
Put the earthworm on the fishhook. The creek groupers will bite the fish vigorously when they see it, without any hesitation. You can pull out a fish in just a few seconds after throwing it down. After Lin Heng and Xiulan played for a while, the three children decided to try it themselves.
Xiaoxia was strong and her fishing skills were decent. She kept shouting "fish caught" and was so happy that she forgot everything else. Luming and Duheng could only hold their fishing rods steadily and could not grasp the opportunity. It took them many times to catch a dead fish.
After playing for a while, the two little guys stopped fishing, threw their fishing rods by the water, and ran upstream to pick up stones.
"Do you want to catch two plum fish and take them back to eat?" Lin Heng asked.
"Sure, I haven't eaten mullet for a long time." Xiulan nodded. Before she finished her words, she saw the fishing rod being dragged away. She grabbed it immediately, and the water immediately splashed.
"As we were talking, we caught a fish. Now we only need one more." Xiulan said with a smile as she picked up the fish. It was a plum carp weighing about one kilogram.
"You've been pretty lucky lately." Lin Heng said in surprise.
Xiulan smiled and nodded, threw the fish into the fish basket, and continued fishing.
This small reservoir is surrounded by trees over ten meters tall, which provide great shade and makes fishing here very pleasant.
There were also many wild fruits on the mountain at this time. The wax gourd and schisandra chinensis were ripe. The wax gourd grew beside the reservoir, and Lin Heng picked some to share with everyone.
They also picked more Schisandra chinensis this year, but didn't pick many wax gourds, mainly because the jam made from them is not as good as that made from pears.
They played until the sun could no longer shine on the entire Red Maple Mountain before going home.
"Let's go, it's time to go back. We have to go to Sandie's house for dinner later." Lin Heng said after looking at his watch.
"Let's go." Xiulan called the children.
They had enough fun, so they jumped down the mountain with the fish.
Lin Heng temporarily kept the plum fish in the pond to eat it another day. He also took a look at the mutant grass carp and then they returned home.
As soon as the three children got home, they ran quickly to the backyard and were eager to feed the turtle.
Lin Heng and Xiulan packed up everything and fed the dog before calling them to set off.
Looking at Xiong Ba eating noodles, Lin Heng rubbed its head and said, "Let's go hunt wild boars in a few days. We'll give you most of the boars we hunt back as food."
Recently, the crops have matured and many wild boars have come down from the mountains to harm people. The wild boars reproduce too fast and cannot be killed all even if they are hunted every year.
“Ooooooooooo!”
Xiongba seemed to understand and raised his head and howled like a wolf, appearing very excited.
After feeding the dog, they went to Sandie's house and had a sumptuous lunch.
At the dinner table, Lin Heng and his elder brother asked where there were wild boars.
"If you want to hunt wild boars, it's best to go to Shimen Village. This year, the soybeans, corn and sweet stalks in their village have been destroyed by wild boars." Lin Yue said.
"Then pick a time and let's go together." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"That's no problem, as long as you have time." Lin Yue said with a smile.
He didn't have much to do this year. He was mainly busy with the affairs of the village cooperative and his own orchard and fish pond. He also went to sell fruit with Lin Heng, who introduced him to channels for selling fruit.
He did not participate in the affairs of Lin Heng's factory. He temporarily placed the development center in the village.
The village chief Zhao Xiancheng is no longer concerned about the village because of his son Zhao Hu's affairs, and his say is gradually increasing.
The rumors about Zhao Hu's escape have been confirmed. He is no longer in Taibai City and his whereabouts are unknown.
Lin Heng didn't say much about it, and he was too lazy to gloat over it.
After we finished our meal, it was completely dark. Today is October 11th, and both National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival have passed. There was no moon in the sky, only stars.
The few of them walked and looked at the stars. Xiaoxia curiously looked for the Big Dipper and held Lin Heng's hand and kept asking questions.
The two little guys were counting the stars one, two, three, four, five, two, three, four.
Lin's father and mother were teaching them, and in front of them, the eldest brother's family was talking and laughing. Lin Wei was loudly pestering his father to go hunting.
"We're just waiting for a rain. After a rain, the temperature will drop suddenly." Father Lin sighed while looking at the sky.
"It should be soon. We have been working on it for a long time during the Mid-Autumn Festival." said Lin's mother.
As they talked, everyone quickly returned home.
The next morning, Lin Heng sent Xiaoxia to school. When he came back, Xiulan had already prepared two bamboo baskets and said, "Let's go pick some autumn pears and make autumn pear paste."
"good."
Lin Heng nodded and took his two sons to Hongfeng Mountain to pick autumn pears.
There are also pear trees planted here, and there are still many pears on the trees that have not been picked.
Passing by the center of the village, the leaves of the old ginkgo tree began to turn yellow again. It has stood here for countless years, seeing off generations of people.
It was originally planted by a Taoist priest. During this period, the Taoist temple experienced several ruins. Now the Taoist temple halfway up the mountain has been rebuilt.
The red flag was hoisted high. The whole Taoist temple is made of bluestone and old blue bricks, and the roof is made of the cheapest black and gray earthenware tiles.
There is a main Taoist temple with two accommodation rooms at the back. There is a beautiful incense burner made of blue bricks in front of the door. There are also some small areas nearby where some trees are planted and stone seats are placed.
Now the Taoist priest surnamed Li is busy sculpting a clay statue of the Great Emperor Zhenwu in the Taoist temple. As it is a small Taoist temple, he did not choose to enshrine the Three Pure Ones.
The Taoist priest named Li is a practical man. With the help of many elderly people in the village, the entire Taoist temple has taken shape.
Lin Heng helped transport goods several times and donated 100 yuan. He planned to take the children to play at the Taoist temple on the day it opened.
Lin's father and mother helped. They picked all the autumn pears and took them back to make autumn pear paste.
The sky was blue and the clouds were white. The clouds rolled and dispersed. The autumn pear paste was not ready until the evening.
Lin Heng is not in a hurry these days. All his businesses are developing steadily and he is enjoying the happiness brought by life.
His elder brother was searching for wild boars these days, so he and Xiulan drove to various villages to sell apples several times.
The price is cheap, and it is not just about money. Their apples are selling very quickly. The two plan to sell them in more remote villages next time, and they may also try other counties.
On the afternoon of the 16th, Lin Heng rested at home, playing music and studying the working principle of this motor. He constantly compared and verified it with the brushless motors he had come into contact with countless times.
Xiulan was sitting at the desk, knitting a sweater, while the two children were entertaining themselves by playing role-playing games in the main room.
Suddenly, the door creaked open, and Lin Yue walked in and shouted, "Brother, come out quickly, there is something important."
Lin Heng looked outside with a puzzled look on his face, thinking that he hadn't seen his elder brother so anxious for a long time. (End of this chapter)
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