Chapter 75 Air Force? It doesn't exist!
"Look at the butts of these two chickens. The rooster has a reproductive bulge in its butt, which is a small meat nub, but the female has no small meat nub.
This method is generally most accurate when checking on the day of birth. If the chicken is this big, it is necessary to combine other characteristics for identification, because the rooster may have atrophy of reproductive organs, making it impossible to judge.
The second way is to look at the body shape. The male is heavy, has a long and pointed beak, thick legs, and round eyes. The most important basis for judgment is that the second toe and fourth toe of the rooster are different in length, while those of the hen are the same.
Generally, you can clearly distinguish the gender of the chicken at this point, and there is no need for a third method. "
Lin Heng's words were calm and powerful, and he was in control of his strategy.
The uncle was lying on his back on the chair at first, but he sat up straight when Lin Heng was halfway through his words, and listened and watched attentively.
Admiration gradually appeared on Xiulan's face, and two middle-aged men who were watching nearby also sat over, grabbed the chicken and looked at it carefully.
"You know what. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have realized that it is exactly the same as you said." The uncle picked up the chicken to verify it, and his eyes changed when he looked at Lin Heng. This is definitely an expert.
It is absolutely impossible for him to tell so many details and have them all match up.
"What about the third point?" Xiulan asked curiously.
"Yes, what about the third point?" The uncle who sold the chickens also became curious and looked at Lin Heng with curiosity.
"This is the secret that is not passed on." Lin Heng smiled slightly and looked at the uncle: "You can verify my tricks when you go back. Is it worth it for a chicken like you?"
"It's worth it. With this ability, I will be much more courageous than others when buying chickens in the future. I'll give you one big and one small. Can you also tell me the third point?"
The uncle nodded repeatedly and looked at Lin Heng with a smile.
"Okay, put your ear close to me." Lin Heng pulled him aside and whispered the third point.
When he came back, the uncle's face was red, and he looked at Lin Heng in disbelief and asked, "How do you know all this?"
"It's in the book." Lin Heng smiled mysteriously. The fact was that he had worked in a large chicken farm in his previous life to pay off his debts.
Lin Heng, the chick, also picked them one by one, explaining to his wife as he picked them: "First, look at the ones that are lively and have clear voices; then look at their body temperature. Normal ones are very warm, and their bodies are soft and smooth without any lumps."
"Hubby, you're so awesome!" Xiulan was fascinated by Lin Heng's profound knowledge. It turned out that such a young boy knew so many tricks.
"Young man, you are amazing. I have learned a lesson. Do you smoke?"
The uncle next to him took out a cigarette and handed it to Lin Heng, looking like he was learning something.
"Thanks." Lin Heng took it and clipped it on his ear. He didn't want to eat it, but he could take it back to his father.
Grab the chicks, eight hens and four roosters as Xiulan requested.
After making their selection, the two of them carried the chicks away to see other animal cubs.
"Husband, look, that uncle is imitating you and going to other chicken selling places to ask for chicks." Xiulan pulled Lin Heng and pointed at the uncle who had just handed him a cigarette.
"Pretending to be cool is one of the pleasures of human beings." Lin Heng smiled and shook his head, but he felt that the uncle had obviously chosen the wrong target. The woman selling chickens was an old lady and would definitely not pay attention to him.
Sure enough, he left angrily after a while.
"Want to buy two ducks?"
The lady selling ducks looked at the two of them and asked.
"Do you want to buy it?" Lin Heng asked Xiulan.
"How much?" Xiulan looked at the duck on the ground. It would probably take two months.
"Fifty cents, it's only two months old. It'll be very easy to take care of if you buy it." The aunt said with a smile.
"Then let's buy four." Xiulan thought for a moment and turned to look at Lin Heng: "Is the same method applicable to ducks?"
"Almost." Lin Heng nodded.
"Then I'll choose." Xiulan squatted down and started to choose.
In the end, she took two males and two females, and the lady selling the ducks was very curious about what she was looking at.
"Should we buy these piglets?" Xiulan asked as she looked at the piglets by the river.
"No, the meat I get from hunting is enough for us to eat. If you want to eat pork, just buy some for the New Year. There's no need to buy any. Let's wait until next year."
Lin Heng shook his head and said that he didn't want his wife to be too tired. Chickens and ducks were fine, but pigs ate a lot, so he had to cut grass for them frequently.
"That's fine." Xiulan thought about it and realized that this was the truth.
"Then you can buy a lamb, tie it to the edge of the field and let it eat by itself." Xiulan pointed at the bleating lamb.
"Then buy one and ask how much it costs." Lin Heng nodded and obeyed his wife's wishes.
"How much is this lamb of yours?" Xiulan came over and asked.
"Ten dollars for a two-month-old one, fifteen dollars for a three-month-old one," said the man selling the lambs.
Piglets and lambs are relatively expensive, a dozen or twenty yuan is normal, while a calf costs fifty or sixty yuan.
"Then let's buy the two-month-old one." Lin Heng pointed to the larger one.
This is a little ewe, white, a native goat breed.
After squatting down and taking a closer look, Lin Heng immediately shook his head: "Let's go to another one."
This sheep looks fine on the outside, but its conjunctiva is flushed, its eyelids are pale, and there is a lot of secretion. There is definitely a problem.
"This sheep is very good. You can buy it at a lower price." Seeing Lin Heng and the other man were about to leave, the man hurriedly stopped them.
But Lin Heng didn't even turn his head or expose it, because he couldn't be sure and was too lazy to argue with others.
We came to another stall where a middle-aged woman was selling lambs. A three-month-old one was also selling for fifteen yuan.
Lin Heng looked at it, drove it for a few laps, and saw that it barked loudly, so he knew there was nothing wrong. He immediately took it away and said, "Wife, you give me the money."
Including the pots, pans, quilts, sheets and other things I bought before, I have spent a total of 32 yuan.
When leaving, Lin Heng found that there were fish and shrimps by the river, so he hurried over.
"Uncle, did you catch these prawns from the river?" Lin Heng asked.
He looked at the two fish baskets, one filled with five or six centimeter shrimps, and the other filled with a few carp.
"Yes, I caught it in the Huangtan River yesterday. Do you want to buy it?" the uncle asked.
Lin Heng picked up a few shrimps and saw that they were all carrying eggs. This season was the spawning season for shrimps.
"How much money?" Lin Heng asked.
"Two yuan per pound. This thing is very hard to catch. Everyone is selling it at this price. It is said that it is sold for two yuan and fifty cents in the city." said the uncle.
"I can't afford it." Lin Heng shook his head and left. He actually came to investigate the situation of the shrimps in the Huangtan River.
Because he plans to dig a pond this winter and raise shrimps next year. These things can be grown in a year and the price is good. It is a good project to accumulate wealth in a short period of time.
The most difficult thing about shrimp farming is that the farming technology is too difficult. Although it can make money, 99% of novices lose all their money.
Because it has very high requirements for water quality and dissolved oxygen, and there are also various pathogens and natural enemies, a whole pond of shrimps can be doomed if you are not careful.
In his previous life, when Lin Heng first started raising shrimp, he almost gave up the aquaculture industry because of all the losses. Fortunately, he finally successfully mastered the secret of shrimp farming and turned things around.
Lin Heng's current plan is to make several thousand or tens of thousands of dollars this year. He will dig fish and shrimp ponds before the New Year and raise shrimps first, and also raise fish and plant fruit trees.
Then he will rely on the income from shrimp farming to develop other industries. In this life, he also wants to raise the most precious fish in Qinling Mountains - Qinling salmon, a kind of cold-water salmon, a very rare species with great commercial value.
The uncle was not surprised by Lin Heng's behavior of just looking but not buying. Generally, those who came to buy were rich people. Poor people could not even afford meat, let alone shrimp.
Xiulan led the sheep, Lin Heng carried the chickens and ducks, and he also bought some candy for his daughter. He also bought a roll of wire to make his own wire mesh, and then he carried the things back.
"Oh, by the way, we forgot to buy a clock. We need to go get one."
Halfway through the walk, Xiulan said.
"Then buy one. You can't be without a way to tell time." Lin Heng nodded.
I can't afford a watch, but a clock is okay. A watch is too sophisticated and costs at least over a hundred dollars.
But the clock is very large and not that precise, and an average one costs only a dozen dollars.
The two turned around and went back to buy a large wooden clock for fifteen dollars.
I made sure once more that nothing was missing before turning around and walking back.
"We're done shopping, we can go home now."
Lin Heng looked at his elder brother and sister-in-law and said.
"You didn't buy a pig, but chose to buy a ewe?" Sister-in-law Liu Juan was a little confused.
"Because I can hunt, I have no shortage of pork to eat, and mutton is even better." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Sister-in-law: “…”
She didn't want to talk anymore. In this era, saying that there is no shortage of meat to eat would be a huge disservice to others.
"Put the things up and let's go." The eldest brother Lin Yue nodded and said.
There were so many things he bought that after putting them on the ox cart, there was no room for the lamb, so he had to lead it.
"By the way, Lin Heng, I just asked around, and the Jinyu Hotel is willing to buy your thirty-year-old turtle for thirty yuan."
Lin Yue looked at Lin Heng and said.
Lin Heng didn't bring anything to sell, but he took a lot.
"The price is okay, but I don't want to sell it for the time being." Lin Heng shook his head.
After everything was packed up, eldest brother Lin Yue pulled the cow and eldest sister-in-law Liu Juan walked in front, while Lin Heng pulled the sheep and Xiulan walked behind.
When I got home, it was already 4:13 in the afternoon.
Lin's father, mother, and Caiyun all came over to help carry the things.
Regarding the question of why he did not buy pigs but only sheep, Lin Heng explained it again.
Except for the chicks and lambs that were placed directly in the pen of the new house, all the others were pushed to the old house and had to wait until the day of moving to the new house.
"Let's eat after we move. You must be starving." Lin's mother had already boiled the water, and they cooked the noodles as soon as they got home.
"Let me scoop a bowl first." Lin Heng was too lazy to wash his hands and scooped a bowl of sauerkraut noodles first. He was so hungry that he had eaten a bowl of mixed soup when he left in the morning.
The four of them did the same. After getting their meals, they squatted on the stone steps under the eaves and ate the noodles in one breath. They were so hungry, but they were reluctant to waste money on buying food on the street.
After dinner, Lin Heng and his elder brother went to renovate the pigpen and the chicken and duck pens. They cut bamboo to make two bamboo cages and temporarily kept the rabbits in them.
I plan to cut down a tendon tree later to make a cage, and wrap it with a layer of wire mesh. I should be able to raise rabbits then.
Carpenter Liang started assembling the cabinet furniture yesterday afternoon, and Lin's father is helping.
Lin Heng looked at his small pavilion in the backyard and felt unsatisfied: "We need to get a wooden floor and raise the ground of the pavilion a little higher, otherwise it will get wet easily when it rains."
After thinking about it, he called his elder brother Lin Yue for help and cut down a few pine trees from the mountain.
Sawed into three-meter lengths, cut into pine boards, carbonized over a fire, and brushed with tung oil.
After a night's rest, the next day, a layer of wooden floor was installed in the pavilion at a height of 30 centimeters from the ground, a wooden step was made around it, and a wooden railing was placed on the floor.
Now the pavilion is complete, with a small square table and a few wooden stools inside, which creates a unique feeling whether you are eating or drinking tea.
Lin Heng placed the rocking chair under the grape trellis, but felt it was not suitable for the pavilion as the chair was a bit too big.
While pressing the chair, he also built the grape rack, although there were no grape seedlings yet.
At this point, the entire backyard is perfect except for the lack of a lawn. Small decorations such as a small bridge, flowing water, a pond, a pavilion, and irises and orchids make up a farmhouse backyard that looks like a peach garden.
It will be perfect if you add some other plants to decorate it later.
Sitting in the small pavilion, Lin Heng admired it for a while, went over to sprinkle two handfuls of wheat bran on the grass carp fry, and then turned and went to the main room.
At the innermost position of the main room, a wooden grain cabinet that is three meters long, one and a half meters high, and one and a half meters wide has been built.
Next to the main room, there is a two-and-a-half-meter-high wardrobe, a desk with drawers, a dressing table, a cupboard, three small boxes, two tables, and a small rice and flour cabinet, all of which are already ready.
"Lin Heng, what do you think?" Seeing Lin Heng, Carpenter Liang pointed at the furniture and asked with a smile.
"Uncle Liang is indeed an old carpenter. His craftsmanship is impeccable." Lin Heng nodded with satisfaction.
Although Carpenter Liang is a bit arrogant, his work is impeccable and very detailed. The tables and cabinets are carefully made with curved corners so that children will not bump against them.
At first glance, there are hardly any flaws such as burrs.
After Lin Heng's affirmation, Carpenter Liang smiled and said, "After a while, when the wood is completely dry, you can paint it."
"Thank you for your hard work these days, Carpenter Liang. I must toast you with two glasses of wine at noon."
Lin Heng smiled slightly.
Today is April 30th of the lunar calendar, and Carpenter Liang will leave after lunch.
When they got back to the old house, Lin's father found him and said, "Carpenter Liang is leaving today. Why don't you go out and see if there are any pheasants or grouse nearby and catch one for this afternoon."
"Okay, the weather is nice today, I'll go out and take a look." Lin Heng nodded. He knew that his father was a very polite person and he would definitely treat others well when they came to his house.
After going back to the house to get a bow and arrow, he took Xiongba out and prepared to go to the back mountain to see if there were any grouse or something.
However, prey does not appear just because you say it exists. After a walk around the back mountain, I didn’t see a single pheasant feather, and I only saw three chanterelles, one of which was rotten.
"Let's go, Xiongba, let's go to Shanghe and take a look." Lin Heng rubbed Xiongba's dog head.
“Woof woof!!”
Xiongba rushed out happily.
Lin Heng did not go to Shibadanggou. There were too many people picking honeysuckle there these days. He was at the edge of the field, wanting to see if there were any crakes. It would be delicious to kill a few.
“Gu-gu! Gu-gu!!”
Big green frogs were croaking happily in the water, hiding in the duckweed thinking that people could not find them.
"Damn, are we going to need the Air Force again today?"
Lin Heng turned his eyes to the frogs in the field.
"If we don't have rails, frogs are good too."
He found a stick and hit it with it. With a snap, a large frog turned white, stretched its legs and died.
In just ten minutes, Lin Heng had twelve big frogs in his hands, weighing more than two kilograms in total.
Phew!
At this time, a pheasant suddenly flew out from the opposite hillside and landed in the woods above the field.
Lin Heng glanced at the frog in his hand and said, "I misunderstood you. I apologize. It turns out there are pheasants."
Holding a bow and arrow, Lin Heng went into the woods, but the pheasants seemed to be extra cautious today. When they were still more than a hundred meters away, they flew away and flew directly to the top of the mountain.
Snap! Snap! Snap! !
There were waves of splashing water, and several green frogs turned white.
"What's wrong? I did nothing wrong."
Carrying the frog, Lin Heng went down to the Shiban River again and caught ten green-bearded crabs in the bushes by the river.
They are all birds anyway, so killing a green-bearded eagle does not count as an air force.
"Oh, it's another fruitful day, don't you think, Xiongba?" Lin Heng smiled and touched Xiongba's head.
“Woof woof!!”
Xiongba gave a Samoyed smile, seeming to agree with Lin Heng's words.
"Good dog, I'll reward you with a frog." Lin Heng fed it a frog. He had caught a lot of frogs anyway.
When he got home, Lin's father was not at home. Lin's mother was cooking in the kitchen. When she saw Lin Heng coming back, she asked, "Did you catch it? If not, just use the bacon."
"Of course I hit it. How could I miss?" Lin Heng raised the green-bearded devil and the big green-skinned frog.
Mother Lin: “…”
"You call this a hit?" Lin's mother's face was full of black lines.
"No problem, green mullet and frogs are no worse than pheasant meat." Lin Heng said seriously.
Mother Lin was so angry that she wanted to beat him up. The frog made her tremble: "I can deal with the green-bearded tiaozi, frog, you either do it yourself or feed it to the dog."
"Woof woof!" Xiongba opened his mouth wide and jumped up happily, as if saying, "It's good to feed the dog, feed me quickly."
"Then I will do it myself." Lin Heng looked unrepentant. What's there to be afraid of a frog? Isn't it a bit like a human?
Taking a knife and a wooden board, he did it himself. He cut the skin on the head and pulled hard, and the whole frog skin came off, revealing the snow-white flesh.
Then chop off the head, chop off the four claws, take out the internal organs and you're done.
There were nineteen frogs in total, and there was still a small basin left after they were processed.
"Fry it yourself!" Lin's mother snorted coldly, feeling like hitting him at any time.
"Wife, please fry it for me." Lin Heng went to find his wife again.
Xiulan was also a little scared because some of the frogs were still jumping even after being chopped into pieces.
But as Lin Heng said, she went ahead and cut the ingredients and fried them.
"Lin Heng, you are really getting more and more wild." Lin's father was also very helpless. He had only heard of other people eating this thing, but he had never tried it himself.
“Don’t worry, I guarantee you’ll want to eat it a second time after trying it once.” Lin Heng said with a grin.
"I dare to eat it!" Lin Wei was the first one to support his second father. He complained for a long time because he didn't get to eat the fried cicada monkey last time.
"Well said." Lin Heng patted his nephew, feeling that it was worth it for him to teach him the slingshot.
The dishes were quickly served. There were nine luxurious dishes, including three meat dishes. It was simply a luxury.
"Carpenter Liang, this is your wages, a total of twenty-two, please count."
Before eating, Lin's father settled the bill first.
Carpenter Liang counted the money and smiled brightly: "The money is good. I got lucky to work here this time. I get some meat every day and I have gained a lot of weight.
I'll have someone bring you some gifts later as a congratulations on your move."
"You're so polite. It's only natural for us to have a meal together." Father Lin said politely.
"Anyway, I recognize you as my friend this time. If you need anything next time, come to me. I will do it for you no matter how cheap or expensive it is."
Carpenter Liang raised his wine glass as he spoke.
Lin's father, elder brother and others also picked up their weapons. Everyone in the family understood that Carpenter Liang was impressed by Lin Heng and admired his hunting skills.
"Uncle Liang, I'll toast you." Lin Heng raised the glass with a smile.
"Okay, okay." Carpenter Liang quickly picked it up.
"Lin Heng, don't say it, this frog is so delicious. I'll get some to eat when I get home. It's really tender and fragrant."
Carpenter Liang took two bites of the frog meat and praised it highly.
"This thing is really good." Father Lin also changed his mind and ate it with gusto.
Lin Heng wanted to pick up a piece for his mother, but she took the bowl away and said, "I don't want to eat it. I'm scared just by looking at it."
Anyway, I just won’t eat it.
"Okay then, Xiulan, you eat." Lin Heng spread his hands. It was normal for his mother to be picky.
Xiulan was quite cheerful. She ate two bites and fed Xiaoxia a small piece.
After the meal, Carpenter Liang put on his tools and said with a smile: "I'm done with the delicious food and drinks. I'm leaving now. If you have a chance to pass by my house in the future, you must come in, even if it's just to drink a bowl of water."
"What are you talking about? Of course, of course."
Father Lin replied with a smile, and he and Lin Heng and others sent the people to the highway.
(End of this chapter)
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