Chapter 85 Going Home to Find a Wife
After thinking about it, Lin Heng felt that this method was feasible and immediately selected the Dendrobiums he had picked one by one.
Most of the sellable stems are pinched off, dried and sold, while the newly sprouted shoots are left behind and prepared to be transplanted together with the roots.
"Lin Heng, are you planning to go back and plant it yourself?" Li Baiquan, your uncle-in-law, asked curiously when he saw his actions.
"Yes, I want to try it." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Don't waste your energy. We've all tried it. This thing can only grow in the wild and cannot be cultivated." Li Baiquan shook his head and said.
"The roots are useless anyway, so there's nothing to lose if I try." Lin Heng said with a smile.
It was normal that they couldn't grow it, because they had no idea about the habits of Dendrobium. Lin Heng had never grown it, but he had heard of some cultivation methods before his rebirth, so it might not be impossible to succeed.
"If you want to try, then I'll leave all my roots to you. I don't want them anyway." Li Baiquan didn't persuade him anymore. He felt that Lin Heng would understand after he failed once.
Lin Heng processed the Dendrobium. He had nearly 20 kilograms of Dendrobium, but there was not much left after removing the roots. He felt that he could only get 2 kilograms after drying it.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that he did not kill them all and retained some small young shoots of Dendrobium. Normally, no shoots would be left.
"Here, this is mine. I picked it relatively cleanly." Li Baiquan gave the Dendrobium root he picked to Lin Heng.
Lin Heng took the roots of Dendrobium, looked at them, and wondered whether he should go home. If he waited for two or three days to dry them, the roots would die and the possibility of a good harvest would be even smaller.
After thinking about it, he felt that this made sense. Since he wanted to try planting, he might as well do it well.
"Uncle, uncle, old man Tian, I'm going to go back now and come back tomorrow morning to take the things back. By the way, I'll try to plant these dendrobium roots to see if they can survive."
After Lin Heng made the decision, he turned around and looked at the three people and said.
When his uncle heard this, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's up to you. Just make your own decision. But if you leave, you won't get a share of any wild boars we kill."
He thought that growing Dendrobium was a pipe dream, and if it could be grown alive, someone would have planted it long ago.
"It's not necessary, Lin Heng. It's okay to leave these Dendrobium roots by the water and take them back after a few days." His uncle-in-law thought it was totally unnecessary and a waste of time.
"Since I want to try it, I'll try it well. It's the same if I go back today or come back tomorrow morning." Lin Heng shook his head and insisted.
"Let him go back. I think he doesn't want to grow Dendrobium, but misses his wife." Old man Tian looked like he saw through everything.
Lin Heng: "...You just think of me as your benefactor, right?"
"Hahaha, the old man is just joking with you. It's okay. If we kill the prey, I will share some with you, Lin Heng. Go back quickly." Old Man Tian said with a grin.
"Then I'll go back."
Lin Heng breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to pack up his things. There was no need to dry these things in the sun. He could still have time to dry them when he got back for his wife Xiulan.
After packing his things, Lin Heng got up and went home.
"Be careful and beware of hornets and poisonous snakes," reminded my uncle Li Baiquan.
"knew."
Lin Heng waved his hand and walked quickly forward. The way home was more than ten kilometers, which was still quite far, but he didn't carry anything heavy this time.
It moved forward in a straight line all the way, with no interest in looking for prey at all, and its goal was to get home as quickly as possible.
"Gadada!"
However, sometimes you don't want to hunt, but prey still comes to your door. Back at Hongfeng Mountain, Lin Heng heard grouse calling in the woods.
"Hey, you're looking for death, so I'll have no choice but to take you back to my wife to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival."
Lin Heng shook his head, put down the backpack, and walked over quietly with the bow and arrow.
After walking two hundred meters, he saw two grouse grooming each other on the top of an acorn tree. They looked so intimate as if they were showing their affection.
Lin Heng hid under a tree, found an angle, quietly aimed his arrow, pulled the bow to its full extent, and shot an arrow out.
With a "whoosh" sound, the sharp arrow accurately pierced through the obstruction of the branches and passed through the two grouse. The loving pair of grouse flying side by side can happily accompany each other on the road to the underworld.
"This is what happens when you show off your affection."
Lin Heng picked up two grouse. The grouse were not big, weighing only a little over one pound each, but the quality of their meat was not much different from that of golden roosters.
Carrying the grouse, Lin Heng continued on his journey until he returned to the village, but he did not encounter any suitable prey.
"Lin Heng, you shot two grouse, awesome!"
Passing by Yang's house, Yang Zhaotao looked at the two grouse that Lin Heng was carrying and said enviously.
"With your skills, Xiulan must be tired of eating meat." Liu Lan, who came over to eat and chat, drooled with envy.
"Haha, it's okay. There are too many people at home to share it." Lin Heng smiled slightly and left.
He didn't put the grouse in the backpack because he didn't want blood to drip everywhere, and he didn't mean to show off.
If you want to show off, just take out the Dendrobium officinale and these people's eyes will pop out.
When I got home, I found the door locked and Xiulan was not at home, so I hurried to the old house to check.
"Caiyun, where is your sister-in-law?" Lin Heng asked hurriedly when he saw Caiyun picking honeysuckle in the yard.
"Second brother, why are you back? Didn't you say you would stay for at least two or three days?" Caiyun looked surprised.
"Did something happen?" She suddenly had another bad guess.
"Nothing happened. I came back early because of something." Lin Heng shook his head.
"Sister-in-law Xiulan, mom and eldest sister-in-law have gone to wash clothes together. Have a drink of water and take a rest. I will go and call them for you."
Caiyun said quickly.
"Then go ahead." Lin Heng nodded, went into the house, poured himself a glass of water, mixed half with cold water and drank it in one gulp. He drank two glasses in a row before he felt thirsty.
Twenty minutes later, Caiyun came back with Xiulan and three others.
When Xiulan saw Lin Heng, she noticed the scratch on his forehead at a glance: "What happened to your forehead?"
"Nothing, I just bumped into something while picking dendrobiums this morning." Lin Heng smiled and thought to himself that his wife is just great.
"Dendrobium? Did you pick Dendrobium officinale?" Sister-in-law Liu Juan was attracted by the word Dendrobium, this thing must be very valuable.
"Yes, we picked about ten kilograms, and after drying it, it's estimated to be two kilograms."
Lin Heng chuckled and said, "I came back because I wanted to try to grow the roots of Dendrobium officinale, nothing else."
"Ten kilograms of Dendrobium, you are so lucky, you picked it all by yourself?" Sister-in-law Liu Juan was not calm, Lin Heng could earn hundreds of dollars on this trip.
"Really?" Lin's mother was a little bit unbelieving.
"Of course, there are also seven or eight kilograms of wild honey, but my uncle and I will each take half." Lin Heng took out the things and showed them.
Sister-in-law Liu Juan suddenly didn't want to talk anymore and decided to go back and persuade Lin Yue to go hunting with Lin Heng no matter what.
"You are so lucky." Lin's mother didn't know what to say.
"Mom, take these two chickens. We will all celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in the old house tonight. Please look after Xiaoxia for me. I want to take Xiulan and Caiyun to plant dendrobium later."
Lin Heng thought about it and gave both grouse to his mother. He might as well eat them all in the evening. There were only two and it would be difficult to divide them.
"Lin Heng, don't worry, we will take care of Xiaoxia for you." Sister-in-law Liu Juan said with a smile. She was very happy to eat grouse in the evening.
"You guys go, give the child to me." Lin's mother also agreed, although she thought it was a fantasy for Lin Heng to grow Dendrobium.
"Xiu Lan, let's go home." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Okay." Xiulan nodded and went home with the clothes.
Caiyun followed Lin Heng and came over too.
Lin Heng put his things down, and Xiulan hung the clothes while talking: "Where are you going to plant those dendrobiums?"
"Red Maple Mountain, on the tree near the stream." Lin Heng said to Xiulan.
"Plan it on a tree? How do we plant it?" She was stunned.
"Just get some moss, press it on the tree, and use palm leaves or straw to secure it."
Lin Heng said with his hands spread out.
"Shouldn't it be planted in the soil?" Caiyun didn't understand why it could be planted like this.
"It certainly can't be planted in the soil. That's how it survives. Just take the things and follow me."
Lin Heng said while holding the root of Dendrobium officinale, rural people always plant the Dendrobium at home in fertile soil, so naturally it is difficult for it to survive.
"Let's go." Xiulan didn't ask any more questions. She took the hatchet and went to the cowshed in the old house to get a bundle of last year's straw.
Then the three of them came to the Red Maple Mountain west of the village.
"Get some moss first, get more." Lin Heng said as he walked along the banks of the stream.
He originally wanted to plant them on both sides of the stream, but he was afraid that they would be washed away by the high water in the summer, and this place was a little too wet.
However, for the sake of experiment, he found a stone wall and planted two.
Now this Dendrobium officinale only has roots and one or two leaves, and it is difficult to be found.
If he survives and grows up, he should move to Red Maple Mountain to live, so he won't have to worry about being stolen.
The territory of Hongfeng Mountain is on a small road west of the mountain stream. The entire mountain stream is within his territory, so he is not afraid of others arguing.
"How to plant it?" Xiulan and the others came over with a large bundle of moss and asked.
"It's simple. First, make a straw rope, then straighten the dendrobium root and press it on the tree, spread moss on the outside, and tie it up."
Lin Heng found a tree by the stream and demonstrated it.
"Is this really possible?" Caiyun expressed doubt.
"Just follow me." Lin Heng did not explain. He was very sure that this would work and there was a high probability that the crops would survive.
Although I don't grow it professionally, I have heard some about it and understand its general habits.
He was thinking about how to expand the scale. If he wanted to expand the scale, he could not rely on wild Dendrobium, but had to grow seedlings himself.
This is a completely technical job that requires a plant expert. After all, he had never cultivated any plants in his previous life.
He only heard that sawdust or bark was used for planting, but he didn't know the specific humidity, temperature, light and so on.
"Let's grow the crops first." Lin Heng shook his head, too lazy to think too much.
He brought back only about sixty or seventy Dendrobiums, which, if divided into two parts, would make less than one hundred and fifty. He planted them in a circle around each tree, with four trees in each of the east, south, west and north.
It took the three of them less than half an hour to plant all the seeds.
"Give them some more water." Lin Heng said again.
Although the humidity is high near the stream, it is still necessary to water the plants after transplanting to establish their roots.
"So I just don't have to worry about it after watering it?" Xiulan asked curiously.
"Of course not. You need to water it every few days in the early stage, but you won't need it once it's alive."
Lin Heng spoke as he scooped water with a gourd-shaped ladle.
There is a lot of moisture near the stream, so there is no need to water the plants if they are still alive. But if it is a drier place, you will have to water them every once in a while.
Living trees already have moisture, and they will absorb some of it when they become attached to plants.
"Okay, let's go home."
After the planting was completed, Lin Heng clapped his hands and took his wife and sister home.
After returning home, Lin Heng took his precious daughter Xiaoxia back with him and took care of her himself.
"Dad, play!"
Xiaoxia hadn't been touched by Lin Heng for two days, and she became very attached to him. She snuggled in his arms and rubbed his face with her little hands.
"Come, I'll teach you how to recognize objects and talk." Lin Heng knew what his daughter wanted to play, so he started playing with her.
"Dogtail grass!"
"Dogtail grass!"
Xiaoxia followed suit, pulling out some grass and stuffing it into Lin Heng's arms, which was more gentle than putting it directly into his mouth before.
However, after such a long period of teaching, his daughter's words have obviously become more genuine.
Facts have proved that enlightenment education is still more important. Letting children learn on their own at this stage is definitely not as good as active teaching.
Xiulan sat under the eaves, took two baskets, and sorted out the harvest that Lin Heng had brought from the mountain.
This time when Lin Heng went up the mountain, in addition to Dendrobium and honey, he also brought some Ganoderma lucidum, which together weighed about half a pound.
"Dad, shake it!!"
After playing with objects for a while, my little daughter wanted to sit on the swing.
"Let's go and shake the rock." Lin Heng of course chose to satisfy his lovely daughter.
"You're going to leave half of the honey for your uncle, right?"
Xiulan asked while holding the honey.
"Yes, half as much as my uncle." Lin Heng nodded.
“Mom, eat!!”
Xiaoxia smelled the fragrance of honey and didn't want to leave anymore. She stretched out her little hands to ask for some honey.
"Here, just this little piece."
Xiulan broke off a piece the size of a fingernail for her.
Without waiting for her to finish eating, Lin Heng carried her to the backyard and started playing on the swing.
“Eat candy!”
Xiaoxia twisted her body. Compared to the swing, the honey obviously attracted her more.
"Oh my God, don't you want your own little butt? Mommy told you not to eat it anymore." Lin Heng looked at her and reminded her.
Xiaoxia was stunned and froze in her place. She had been spanked several times for being naughty. Today she was spanked again for playing in the water. She was a little scared.
But his lips kept smacking, and his little tongue even licked the honey at the corner of his mouth clean.
"Beep, I want candy!!"
Xiaoxia snuggled into Lin Heng's arms and hugged him, rubbing against him like a puppy, her big eyes full of pleading.
This coquettish look melted Lin Heng's heart. How could the little baby be so cute? It's so unfair.
"Beep, I want candy!!"
As if she felt that it was not a good idea, Xiaoxia stood up again, hugged his neck, and spoke coquettishly with her face close to his.
I have no idea where she learned this. She was afraid to go, so she acted like a spoiled child and begged her dad to go.
Lin Heng thought it might be because he had never hit her.
"Okay, okay, then I can only eat the last piece. There's no more for today."
Lin Heng couldn't bear it anymore, so he picked her up and walked into the house.
"Give her another piece." Lin Heng said to his wife.
"You'll spoil her like this." Xiulan was helpless.
Men in the village generally don't like their daughters. My husband doesn't even like them. He dotes on them too much.
Xiaoxia rested her little head on Lin Heng's shoulder, not even looking at her mother, like an ostrich burying its head.
"It's okay, just a piece of candy. Honey is good for people."
Lin Heng smiled, stretched out his hand to break off a small piece, and just as he handed it over, he put his fingers into his mouth.
"What a little foodie."
Lin Heng took his hand away and looked at his daughter helplessly.
After she finished eating quickly, she wanted more. Before she could say anything, Xiulan looked over and said, "That was the last piece. If you want more, I'll beat your dad too."
Xiaoxia quickly turned her face away and buried her head in Lin Heng's chest, muttering something, as if she was saying that her mother was the real murderer. Anyway, Lin Heng couldn't understand her.
After accompanying her to sit on the swing for a while, it was dark. Lin Heng came to the fish pond and looked at the fish fry in the water. The flowing water kept them in good condition, but their size seemed to have not changed.
Lin Heng scattered a handful of wheat bran. Xiaoxia stood at his feet and pulled at his clothes: "Dad, I'll feed the fish!"
There are 1.3-meter-high wooden railings around the fish pond, so little Xiaoxia can only ask her father to hold her.
"Just peep it." Lin Heng was helpless. Last time she almost peed on himself.
"Feed the fish!" Xiaoxia came into Lin Heng's arms as she wished, grabbed a handful of wheat bran and threw it down, then watched the fish swimming around curiously.
“Plop!”
The grass turtle and the soft-shell turtle seemed to be fighting in the barrel, making quite a noise.
"I forgot to get some fish for them." Lin Heng then remembered that they seemed to have never been fed since they were caught.
After Xiulan finished processing the honey, she came to the backyard and called him, "Let's go to our parents' place. The meal should be almost ready."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, holding his daughter and following Xiulan.
When we arrived at the old house, Lin's father and eldest brother had already returned.
"I heard that you picked some Dendrobium today?" Seeing Lin Heng, the eldest brother Lin Yue couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, I was lucky enough to pick some." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Great, you made a profit this time going into the mountains." The eldest brother said with some envy.
Lin Heng looked at his elder brother and invited him: "Brother, do you want to come with me? I have to go there tomorrow morning. Maybe we can find something else."
Lin Yue shook his head: "I don't have time these days. I just finished removing corn weeds and applying fertilizer today, and I have to harvest wheat tomorrow.
Besides, I don’t know how to hunt, so I can go to collect herbs anytime, there’s no rush.”
He also wanted to go search in the mountains, but he didn't want to let his father do all the housework alone.
But these words made the elder sister-in-law Liu Juan very unhappy.
"You can go if you want. You can wait two days before harvesting the wheat at home. It's okay to let it dry for a few days." Father Lin looked at him and said.
"I won't go. We can make a lot of money catching eels at night these days. We might not get as much in the mountains as we do at home." Lin Yue shook his head.
"Okay then." Lin Heng knew that his elder brother was being filial and couldn't bear to see his father go to do farm work alone.
He admires them, but cannot learn from them. His current goal is to make money from the mountains and engage in breeding and planting.
Once he gets these things done, Lin's father and elder brother won't have to work so hard on the farm anymore.
"Then after we harvest the wheat and weed the crops, let's go up the mountain to dig herbs together." Father Lin said to his eldest son.
"Okay, then the three of us will go together." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"The meal is ready, let's eat." At this time, Lin's mother came up with two plates of food.
Lin Heng quickly got up and went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes. Soon six dishes were served on the table. In the middle bowl was the grouse that Lin Heng had shot today.
(End of this chapter)
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