Lin Heng sent Xiaoxia to school. When he came back, Xiulan was drying rice. The rice at home was almost finished, so they had to go to the town to mill rice in two days.
"Let's go and sell apples." Lin Heng asked while helping her.
"Let's go after lunch. We'll go check on the rice wine later. It should be ready." Xiulan looked at him and said.
She was wearing a red plum blossom-printed cotton jacket with a buttoned-down collar today. Her hair was tied into two pigtails, and the loose hair on her forehead looked a beautiful golden color under the sunlight.
"That's fine." Lin Heng nodded and poured the millet onto the tarpaulin, and Xiulan raked it up with a rake.
After drying the millet, Xiulan went into the house and took out two plastic pots, a funnel and a black plastic bag.
"Luming and Du Heng are gone, let's go to the old house." Xiulan called her two sons and walked over with Lin Heng.
"What's in this bag?" Lin Heng asked curiously.
Xiulan handed him the item, and opened it side by side with him, smiling and showing it to him: "I collected silver osmanthus in September this year, and it will become osmanthus yellow wine when it is put into yellow wine."
"I said that you dragged me to collect osmanthus flowers, and I thought you were making osmanthus cake, but it turns out you were making this." Lin Heng nodded.
"I think osmanthus cake is so fragrant, it's perfect for making wine," said Xiulan.
While chatting, they had already arrived at the old house. When they walked into the yard, they saw many fallen leaves.
Walking into the main room, they opened a large sealed jar, and a rich aroma of rice wafted out.
"It seems that this year's rice wine is very successful." Xiulan nodded.
Lin Heng found a small cup and scooped a cup to taste it, then nodded and said, "It is indeed very successful. My wife's wine-making skills are getting better and better."
"Of course." Xiulan raised her chin happily, then inserted the bamboo strainer and began to scoop out the wine.
They scooped out the pale yellow wine and poured it into another empty wine jar.
After filling half of the bottle, Xiulan poured in dried osmanthus flowers and continued to fill the bottle with wine.
Two large jars of rice wine were made here, and the first scoop of wine was about twenty liters.
Scoop out the wine and pour it into a new jar to ferment and blend with the osmanthus flowers. The taste will become mellower next year.
The plastic pots they held were used to scoop out the rice wine made the year before.
His family makes rice wine every year, and the wine we drink is old wine from previous years, which tastes more mellow and sweet.
After filling two ten-pound plastic jugs, they took the children home.
There was a pot of wine at home, and another pot of wine that Lin Heng took to Hongfeng Mountain.
"Dad, I'll go with you." Seeing Lin Heng go out, Lu Ming chased after him.
"I want to go too." Du Heng also ran over happily.
"Let's go, let's go." Lin Heng glanced at the two little ones and said.
Lin Heng came to Hongfeng Mountain with his two sons.
There was not much farm work these days, so Father Lin was doing carpentry work. When he saw his two grandsons rushing in, he quickly stopped and said, "Don't move, be careful not to hurt yourself."
"Grandpa, what is this?"
"What is this for? Can you carve a wooden sword for me?"
The two little guys were chattering around their grandfather.
"You two should be quiet." Lin Heng said to the two of them, then looked at his father and said, "I'm going to the old house to get some wine, and I'll bring you a pot of wine."
"Is this from the year before last?" Father Lin asked with a smile.
His skills in roasting wine are impeccable, but when it comes to making rice wine, Xiulan is still better. The rice wine she makes is mellow and delicious.
Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, there was only 20 kilograms left from the jar the year before last. I put it in a small jar and sealed it with mud, and I plan to put it in there and drink it again."
"Okay, let your mother cook some dishes tonight and we'll have a drink together. Or we can kill a sheep in the next two days." Father Lin nodded and said with a smile.
"Okay, Xiulan and I are going to sell apples and kiwis this afternoon." Lin Heng said.
There were a lot of second-rate kiwifruits left from his eldest brother's house and apples from his own house.
After talking to his father, he drove the car to the entrance of the warehouse, spread the straw and started loading the goods.
After loading a truck with goods, Lin Heng took his two sons to pick up eggs. It was quite fun to watch the chickens running around in the pen. The children were especially happy, running around with smiles on their faces.
The weather has turned colder, and chickens are still laying eggs, but not as many as in summer and autumn.
After picking up the eggs, Lin Heng went to check on the cows and sheep calves. This year's calves have all been weaned, the cows and sheep have started to go into estrus, and have recently been bred.
They now have more than 200 sheep, and the smell near the sheepfold is very strong. Lin Heng plans to sell half of these sheep next year, as many of them are castrated and are a burden to keep.
After taking a look here, while the children were playing at the foot of the mountain, he walked to the back of the mountain and went to the edge of the farmland to see if there were any pheasants or something. He would then set a few fishhook traps to catch a few.
From behind Hongfeng Mountain, he walked all the way to Shibadanggou, and then to Shanghe.
On the way, he indeed found several places frequented by pheasants, and even chased away two pheasants.
Pheasants are different from golden pheasants. Sometimes they stay in the grass at night and don’t climb trees. They are difficult to shoot with a hunting rifle, so there are still many of them near human farmland.
Although he has hunted less often this year, he still often wanders around to look for signs of prey.
When he was halfway back, he saw Xiulan coming from a distance. After seeing him, she stopped where she was, and when he got closer, she stretched out her hand to him and said, "The meal is ready, come home and eat."
"Okay!" Lin Heng walked over, took her hand, and walked back with a smile.
"What are you so happy about?" Xiulan turned her head and looked at him and asked.
"We just found three pheasants. I think we can catch them by setting up a fishhook trap." Lin Heng said.
In fact, he was happier when Xiulan came to pick him up. Every time he ran out, Xiulan would come to find him before dinner and ask him to go home for dinner.
"Then let's go and set the hook together. We'll be lucky if we can catch one. Pheasant meat is more valuable than a golden rooster." Xiulan looked at him and said.
"Okay, let's go together some other time." Lin Heng put his arm around her shoulders and moved closer to her. The two of them walked back side by side like good brothers.
Chinese people, especially those in rural areas, are very reserved. If you flirt with your wife like this in broad daylight, you will definitely be laughed at and told dirty jokes.
But Lin Heng didn't care. He wanted to express his love for his wife openly.
At first, many people in the village would joke about it, and Xiulan felt embarrassed, but gradually many people began to envy them and thought they were a model couple.
Xiulan returned home with her two children. For lunch, she cooked rice and fried three dishes: one was stir-fried bacon with shredded pickled radish to go well with the rice, one was shredded potatoes, and one was stir-fried vegetables.
After dinner, Lin Heng and Xiulan took the children to Hongfeng Mountain. They left their two sons with their mother and drove to sell fruit.
The apples and kiwis sold by the two were all inferior fruits, only their size and luster were not good, but there was no problem with the taste.
In addition, the price is cheap, so every time I put it up for sale, there are a lot of people willing to buy it, and they all think it is a good deal.
The two men did not go far this time, they just sold it in the villages around Huangtan Town.
Lin Heng called Xiulan to collect money and settle the account. He finished selling all the fruits and came back at around four o'clock in the afternoon.
"Today we collected only food and medicinal herbs. There was almost no money or antiques."
On the way back, Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.
"That's normal. If there were so many antiques, those things wouldn't be valuable." Lin Heng smiled back.
For him, going out to sell things was mainly about having fun with Xiulan and experiencing this kind of life.
"Well, we also harvested some yam and polygonatum today, which is pretty good." Xiulan nodded.
Being with Lin Heng without children is very peaceful. She really enjoys this world of two people. They can whisper to each other and each other can hear each other clearly.
It was already past four in the afternoon when they drove back to Hongfeng Mountain. Lin's mother had just picked up Xiaoxia from school.
When they saw them come back, the three children came over and wanted to be hugged and lifted up.
Mother Lin looked at Lin Heng who was being clung to by her daughter and said, "Go and kill that black goat that loves to fight. We can make some mutton soup in the winter."
"Do you really want to kill him?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.
"Of course, they are raised to be eaten, and it is also suitable to eat mutton in winter," said Lin's mother.
"Okay then, I'll go kill it with my dad later." Lin Heng nodded.
"You guys go now and kill them for dinner," Lin's mother urged.
"Okay, okay, I'll go right away." Lin Heng put his daughter down and went over with his father.
When he went to the sheepfold, he quickly found the naughty black goat, which was a castrated goat that had been castrated long ago.
"Look, this guy is so fond of fighting even though he's been provoked."
Father Lin pulled the goat's horns, and the black goat struggled violently, trying to butt him.
"Let me see how strong it is." Lin Heng climbed up and held it down, then lifted it out amid its screams.
A sheep weighing more than 70 kilograms could not even struggle in his hands.
After tying its limbs, Lin Heng and his father carried it down the mountain.
After a while, it was bled, killed, hung up and skinned.
After peeling the sheep skin and taking out the internal organs, I made some lamb chops and took them to the kitchen to eat in the evening.
By the time the two of them had cleaned the sheep's internal organs, it had already fallen dark and the meal was ready.
"I've made a cumin lamb chops and a lamb stew with radish tonight. Let's eat them while they're hot." Mother Lin said as she brought the dishes to the table.
Lin Heng took the lead and took a bite of the cumin lamb to taste it, then nodded and said, "This lamb is good, come and try it."
Although they are kept in captivity and don't do much mountain running or exercise, they are all grass-fed and taste very good. You can basically not tell the difference.
We were all family, so no one was polite. We ate the cumin lamb chops with big mouthfuls, taking a sip of rice wine and a bite of lamb chops, and we were extremely happy.
The lamb stewed with radish has another flavor. The deliciousness of the lamb is all stewed in the soup, and the children eat it with bowls.
"This mutton tastes delicious." Father Lin nodded as he ate a bowl of mutton stewed with radish.
"Let's have hotpot these two days. Lamb hotpot is also delicious." Lin's mother smiled. She prefers lamb hotpot.
"I'll braise the sheep's internal organs and brain, and we can have three dishes out of one sheep." Xiulan said with a smile.
After the meal, they took most of the mutton back home because they had a freezer at home and it was easier to preserve.
Lin Heng also brought three pounds of mutton to his eldest brother. Although they had separated, their relationship was still the same as before, and they would give some meat to each other when they had it.
In the evening, after washing up, Lin Heng counted his money.
At the beginning of the year, he had 65,000 yuan. He spent a total of more than 45,000 yuan on building a pig farm, buying piglets, and opening a factory.
The factory had been spending money in the first half of the year and had very little income. It only started to make a profit after July, so he didn't have to put in any more money.
At this time, he only had 20,000 yuan in cash left.
The money from the factory and the pig farm is not included. We will calculate it together after the Chinese New Year.
His main source of income in the second half of the year is selling grapes, apples and shrimp.
The grapes and apples together sold for 9,500 yuan, and the net profit from selling the shrimps was 14,000 yuan, with a total income of 17,000 yuan.
The total amount was 26,500 yuan, plus the 20,000 yuan he had left in the first half of the year, he had 46,500 yuan.
This does not include the profits from pig farms and factories.
Recently, musk deer have also started to produce musk. Lin Heng estimates that this year's musk can be sold for four to five thousand yuan. After all, the number of musk deer producing musk has increased.
Then the profit of the purchasing station in town is estimated to be around four thousand.
The total amount is more than 8,000 yuan.
In other words, if there were no factory and pig farm, his income this year would be around 35,000 yuan just from these industries in the village and town.
Adding the remaining 20,000, that’s 55,000 yuan, which is quite a large sum.
Being a little rich is no problem, but I’m still far from doing something big.
Lin Heng is now looking forward to the summary of the factory projects at the end of the year, and the pigs in the pig farm will also be sold before the Chinese New Year.
These two are the bulk of this year's income, and Lin Heng estimates that this will bring him a big surprise.
After roughly calculating the bills, Lin Heng went back to his bedroom to rest.
After coaxing the children to sleep, he lay on the bed and told Xiulan about the accounts he had settled.
He was so completely open with Xiulan. If he couldn't trust her, there would be few people in this world he could trust.
As for the passbooks, they are kept in a fixed place at home, and the two will discuss it together if there is any need to spend money.
Of course, Lin Heng also gave Xiulan a lot of change, and there were many valuable items in the house that he had bought. These were not included in the calculations, and they were things he would not touch even if he went bankrupt.
"Then we are doing pretty well this year. I thought the factory would let us put in a lot more." Xiulan said with a smile after hearing this.
"I thought so at first, but things are much simpler than I imagined," Lin Heng said while hugging her.
Xiulan turned over and hugged his neck and asked again: "When are you going to sell the pigs?"
"I knew about it before. I'll do this in a few days when I pick musk and go into the city to sell it." Lin Heng said.
The two of them whispered to each other for a while, then had a good intimate moment, before finally falling asleep leaning against each other.
The next morning, they woke up honestly. Xiulan was a little lazy and curled up in Lin Heng's arms. Lin Heng held her without saying a word, feeling her beautiful figure.
After having breakfast and sending Xiaoxia to school, Lin Heng and Xiulan went to set fishhook traps to catch pheasants.
"Are you going to play Golden Rooster these two days?"
On the way home, Xiulan took Lin Heng's hand and asked.
"Yes, we'll be back around 10 o'clock. We won't be away for too long." Lin Heng nodded. He just wanted to catch a few golden roosters to eat, and other big prey would be left to chance.
(End of this chapter)
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