Chapter 338 Lin Heng's Indifference
"That's a shame. Leave two for Xiaoxia."
Xiulan said as she ate a plum.
Xiaoxia was just taken out to play by her grandmother and hasn't come back yet.
Mother Lin likes to show off her granddaughter from time to time.
"You can eat it. She has other fruits." Lin Heng said. By next year, the family will probably have no shortage of fruits. He has planted many different varieties of fruit trees in the back mountain.
Xiulan ate two plums, and the two of them cleaned up the mushrooms and prepared to have dinner later.
The sky had just cleared up and the soil outside was still wet and soft. Xiulan basically stayed in the yard. Lin Heng took her to the back mountain to see the cows.
I have so much milk recently that I can’t finish it. In addition to drinking a glass in the morning and evening, I also use it to make yogurt, butter, milk crisps and many other dairy products.
Even so, I couldn't finish it, so I would give some to others from time to time.
Although the calf experienced some twists and turns during the production process, there were no problems afterwards. Recently, it started eating some silage and is gradually building up the rumen flora.
Cows are not able to ruminate when they are born, and they cannot digest cellulose. They will gradually build up their bacterial flora as they eat small amounts of grass. Once the rumen is well developed, they will ruminate, and at this time they can be weaned.
Farmers who understand this principle will let calves try to eat grass very early, and gradually build up the rumen flora system. The advantage is that calves can be weaned very early, usually in three months.
Without human intervention, it usually takes four to five months for the baby to wean itself.
The method of trying is also very simple. Raise the cow and the calf separately, and provide some grass. The calf will always try to eat a few bites.
After watching the calves, they went home and planted some more garlic. Today’s sunset was absolutely beautiful, with half of the western sky orange.
After planting garlic and looking at the sunset in the yard, they began to prepare dinner. Life consists of three meals a day, and it is not a waste of time as long as they enjoy it.
The rice was steamed in an electric rice cooker, and they burned a fire to cook two dishes and a soup: one was fried ham with mushrooms, one was stir-fried winter melon, and the other was a Matsutake mushroom and crucian carp soup.
Add some pickled bamboo shoots and it will be today's dinner. When it is ready, the sun has already set. The last red afterglow still remains on the western mountain peaks, like the lamentation of the setting sun.
The two of them sat outside to cool off for a while when they heard the sound of a door being pushed open. Xiongba and Fengshou stood up first and wagged their tails happily, and then Lin's mother came out from behind the screen, pulling Xiaoxia.
"Mom and Dad, I brought back plums." Xiaoxia said in a baby voice while carrying a small bag.
Lin Heng saw that it was the golden wild plums that he had only picked a few this year. Xiulan asked curiously, "Did you pick these?"
"No, it was given to me by Yang Qing's mother." Xiaoxia said with her head held high.
Then she took out two and gave them to Lin Heng and Xiulan, asking them to taste them. The golden wild plums had the right taste of sourness and sweetness.
"It seems that you have a lot of face." Xiulan said with a smile while eating plums.
Mother Lin also nodded and said, "Of course not. Didn't his third mother give him a gardenia tree a few days ago? As long as it's something worthless, someone will give it to him as long as Lin Heng mentions it casually."
Both of them understood that this was a gift from Yang Qing's mother for Lin Heng's sake. Lin Heng's wealth and power led to all this happening, and everyone was willing to have a good relationship with him.
However, they will not tell Xiaoxia these words for the time being. She can't understand them and is not old enough to understand them.
Lin Heng smiled and said, "Mom, come and have dinner with us. If my dad hasn't eaten, just bring him some."
He knew that his mother and the others would eat late, so he was still cooking.
"That's fine." Mother Lin nodded in agreement.
She hasn't caught scorpions very often recently. She has caught almost all of them in the area near her home, and she has earned thousands of yuan from selling scorpions in one summer.
Lin's mother originally wanted to give Lin Heng five hundred yuan, but he refused. He had already received about four or five hundred yuan from his eldest brother and had already given them the ultraviolet lamp.
After finishing the meal, Mother Lin took the gifts for Father Lin and left, while Lin Heng and the other two sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air and play games.
In a blink of an eye, it was the next day. This year, Lin Heng was making a small "fishing reel" with wood. It was called a fishing reel, but in fact it was just a wooden wheel for reeling in the line.
"Why are you doing this?" Xiulan asked while sewing the soles of shoes. She successfully made a pair of small cloth shoes for Xiaoxia two days ago, and was now sewing cloth shoes for Lin Heng.
Even though her family had the money to buy shoes, she was still used to making shoes for Lin Heng herself. She would feel a sense of accomplishment when her beloved wore the shoes she made.
This is also the unique romance of this era. A pair of cloth shoes represents a woman's passionate and sincere love.
"I want to eat pickled fish, so I'm going to go catch some black fish." Lin Heng said to Xiulan.
The roads were not dry these past two days, so it was inconvenient to go into the city. However, the next day and the day after tomorrow were Sundays. Caiyun was on holiday to help take care of Xiulan, so he planned to get some black fish to eat.
He has no ambitions, he just wants to eat delicious food. Now that autumn is the season when fish are fat, he plans to catch some black fish.
"Where are we going, Heihe?" Xiulan asked, looking up.
"No, you have to go to the swamp to fish for snakehead fish. I'll go to the swamp over at Sanchagou." Lin Heng explained.
The most common snakehead fish are not found in rivers, but in swamps and areas with lots of floating aquatic plants. There are snakehead fish in the swamps over at Sanchagou, so he plans to give it a try.
Fishing is much simpler than hunting. No matter what, you will definitely get some rewards, and you don’t have to search all over the mountains.
"Oh, I see. Then you can cut the sauerkraut and wait for you when you come back." Xiulan said with a smile. She also liked sauerkraut fish, especially the vermicelli in it.
The vermicelli that has absorbed the hot and sour soup tastes really good.
Lin Heng grinned: "No problem, I promise you can eat pickled fish tomorrow afternoon."
After making a wooden fishing reel for a whole day, Lin Heng prepared the fishing line. In the afternoon, he went to the waterside and caught five large green frogs to take with him, so as to avoid having to catch frogs everywhere tomorrow.
"Brother, are you going hunting tomorrow?"
After catching the frog, Lin Heng went to ask his elder brother.
Lin Yue said happily: "Do you want to go hunting? I'm always free."
Now whenever he goes out hunting, his wife will not stop him.
"I'm going to fish for snakehead fish. You can look for prey nearby." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Oh, that's fine too. I'll set down a few hooks. If I can't catch any prey, I can still have fish to eat." Lin Yue nodded.
Then he continued, "There are quite a few people there now. Ever since you had a big harvest there last year, there are more people there now. Especially after they killed a big wild boar a few days ago, it became even more lively there."
"It doesn't matter. There are a lot of people, so be it." Lin Heng waved his hand. He was not surprised by these things. It was like when you caught a big fish and the fishing spot was full of fishermen the next day.
Without him saying anything, those people would judge the approximate direction of his hunting and then run over to hunt as well.
Lin Yue nodded and smiled, "Okay, then let's set off at four o'clock. I heard that they recently discovered traces of yellow muntjacs and roe deer. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to see them."
After discussing with his eldest brother, Lin Heng returned home. Caiyun had already helped prepare dinner when she came back.
"Second brother, my sister-in-law taught me how to make some steamed buns. See if they suit your taste." Caiyun said with a smile.
Knowing that Lin Heng was going into the mountains, Xiulan kneaded the dough at noon, and Caiyun came back to help make fennel steamed buns.
Fennel steamed bun is made by chopping fennel leaves, adding sesame seeds, spreading the mixture on the bun with oil, kneading it into a ball and rolling it out to make a fennel steamed bun similar to a lasagna.
"You're very skilled at it. It tastes better than what mom makes." Lin Heng nodded affirmatively.
Caiyun smiled and said, "That's fine. I don't expect to cook better than my sister-in-law."
"Eat quickly." Xiulan said with a smile.
Xiaoxia was the most pragmatic one and had already started eating the steamed bun.
The unique aroma of fennel and sesame go perfectly together. Spreading it with fermented bean curd and chili sauce, Lin Heng can eat a whole steamed bun with a diameter of 20 centimeters. After drinking a bowl of winter melon soup, he leans back comfortably in his chair, enjoying the satisfaction of being full.
Caiyun didn't go home at night and slept on the sofa in his house.
Lin Heng packed up all his things and went back to his room to rest. He woke up at around three o'clock the next day, slept for a while, and didn't wake up until half past four.
"Be careful and be careful of snakes." Xiulan pulled him aside and said.
"Don't worry." Lin Heng nodded. After getting up and washing his face, he drank a bowl of yogurt, took his equipment and went out.
He went to his eldest brother's house and knocked on the door for a while before his eldest brother came out to open the door: "I forgot about it when I was sleeping today."
"It's okay. I'll wait for you to clean up." Lin Heng said with a smile. He got up a little late today.
Lin Heng and his elder brother went into the house and waited for about ten minutes. His elder brother was ready, and the two of them set off for Sanchagou together.
It was already five o'clock when the two set out, but because it was already October, the sun was already a little after six, so the opportunity for hunting in the morning had not been missed.
The two of them continued along the path without exploring, and when daybreak came they were not far from Sanchagou, so they began a brief exploration.
Lin Heng brought Xiongba with him, and his elder brother brought Fengshou with him. It was more convenient and safer to do anything with a dog in the wild.
It was already eight o'clock in the morning when the two arrived at Sanchagou. Lin Heng didn't see any prey along the way. He just picked up a few Ganoderma lucidum and about a pound of other mushrooms.
"It seems that this place is no longer the same as before. I didn't even see a squirrel this morning." Lin Yue shook his head in disappointment. He also harvested more than a pound of mushrooms.
"It's okay, let's go get the black fish." Lin Heng shook his head. He had anticipated all this.
"This is the only way." Lin Yue nodded and sighed.
The two walked upwards, and just as they reached the edge of the swamp, they suddenly met someone who said, "Lin Heng, are you guys here hunting too?"
Lin Heng looked up and saw two people walking out from the edge of the swamp in the distance. One was Wang Kaidian, and the one who was speaking was Wang Bing, who was about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. He was Wang Kaidian’s nephew and had always followed him hunting.
"Yeah, did you succeed?" Lin Heng asked casually.
"I've only hunted one rabbit in the two days since I came here. There are too many people here and it's hard to hunt. I finally saw a yellow muntjac but it ran away." Wang Kaidian shook his head.
Wang Bing also nodded and said, "Yes, I think it's useless for you to come here, so why not just go back?"
Lin Yue was not used to hearing these words, and frowned and said: "Just because you can't hit it doesn't mean others can't hit it either."
"Hey, you still don't believe me. This is the advice from someone who has been through it. You've only been hunting for a few days so you don't understand." Wang Bing shrugged and said frivolously.
He even looked down on Lin Heng, thinking that he was a second-rate guy who was just lucky enough to make money by stockpiling Coriolus versicolor. If he had this much luck, his industry would be bigger than his.
"Wang Bing, you should say less. You are far inferior to others." Wang Kaidian turned his head and scolded.
Wang Bing stopped talking, but he looked unconvinced. He felt that Lin Heng relied entirely on luck and looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.
"Lin Heng, don't take it to heart. My nephew just speaks like that." Wang Kaidian turned around and apologized to Lin Heng.
"Oh, it's okay." Lin Heng waved his hand. He didn't care about Wang Bing at all. He had seen many young men like him.
He also noticed that Wang Bing was wearing a silver-white necklace, which reflected light very strongly and was not suitable for hunting at all.
Maybe that was why the muntjac ran away, but he was too lazy to point it out.
After that, he led his elder brother upstairs. However, Wang Bing felt very uncomfortable with Lin Heng's indifference. After the people left, he cursed: "So arrogant, it's just that he was lucky and made a few stinky money."
Wang Kaidian looked at him and said, "You need to change your temper. His current wealth and power are not something you can challenge."
"I'm not afraid. I can't ask him for help, so why should I be afraid?" Wang Bing said proudly.
Wang Kaidian was too lazy to say more, and nodded, "Let's go and look for it again."
On the other side, Lin Heng had brought his two elder brothers to a swamp full of water peanuts and floats.
Lin Yue asked curiously: "Brother, how do you catch this black fish? Do you still use a ground hook?"
"You can use a ground hook, but it's not as good as mine." Lin Heng smiled mysteriously.
He took out his own fishing reel from his bag, caught a frog, pierced its body with an oversized hook, and broke the bones of its hind legs to prevent it from jumping around, so it could only struggle to move.
Then he looked at the direction and found a grass hole about four or five meters ahead. There was no grass in this place, so it was obviously the breathing hole of the black fish.
He aimed at the frog and threw it to the breathing hole. The green frog's blood seeped into the water. Its front paws and hind legs were kicking weakly, but it could not swim at all because of its broken leg bones.
"What is this method?" Lin Yue asked curiously.
Plop!!
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge splash of water appeared on the surface of the grass cave, and a loud splash was heard.
"Holy crap, this is huge!!"
Lin Heng excitedly reeled in the line with all his strength. His wooden wheel had no force relief and he had to rely entirely on brute force to pull it up, relying on the line being thick and strong enough.
With his violent pulling, the black fish was pulled out of the water in a short while and was violently pulled in front of Lin Heng.
"This one is big enough, about 6 or 7 kilograms." Lin said with a smile as he picked it up. This ferocious carnivorous fish feels great to pull up, and it feels so good.
Lin Yue was stunned beside him, and looked at Lin Heng and said, "Brother, what kind of fishing method is this? It's amazing."
It was the first time he saw this method of catching snakehead fish, and he never thought that snakehead fish could be caught in this way.
(End of this chapter)
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