Chapter 50 The Prodigal Son Really Returns
The foundation of a rural earthen house is very simple. Dig a trench 50 cm wide and 50 cm deep, and then lay stones vertically in it.
Similar to placing your palm vertically, one advantage of laying stones in this way is that water can drain.
The main function of the foundation is to prevent water from leaking out. Earth walls are most afraid of water, so the base of the wall needs to be built with stones before yellow mud can be used to build the wall.
The stones for building the wall are everywhere on the mountain behind you. You can just carry them up in a backpack. Even if there are no more, you can just find a steel drill or a hammer and dig through the mountain.
Lin Heng's family still used ceramic tiles to build their house. In the past, they used bluestone slabs to build houses. They were all mined from the mountains and carried piece by piece by hired people.
Rural people are all hard workers and have very good physical strength, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many migrant workers.
After they started working, no one slacked off, and eight people dug out the foundations of two houses in two hours.
"Come and help dig this fish pond as well."
Carpenter Liang was in charge of the foundation work here. When he saw that the foundation had been dug, he asked someone to come over and help Lin Heng dig a fish pond.
"Lin Heng, is this the fish pond you built?" Li Caifeng's husband, Yang Zhaotao, looked at Lin Heng and asked with a smile.
"Yes, let's build a fish pond for fun." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
"He is indeed a cultured person. The things he repairs are all different." Yang Zhaotao said sarcastically. In his opinion, repairing this thing is a waste of space.
"That's right, Lin Heng, you can do the same as your eldest brother and build a house at the back. It will provide space for your children to live in when you have them. Building a fish pond will also be very useful."
Uncle Wang advised that in his opinion, Lin Heng had lost his mind and was setting up a fish pond.
Some other people also think that the fish pond is unnecessary and that a bigger house would be better. A hundred square meters is too small in the countryside.
"It's okay, I just like the smaller ones." Lin Heng smiled and didn't listen to the advice.
These people all wanted to live in one house for their whole lives, but Lin Heng only regarded this house as a transition. He didn't need to consider it too big. His plan was to make it exquisite and small.
After that, decorate the house well, and living in a mud house will have a different feeling.
"If the owner doesn't want to do anything, just ignore it. Three of us can dig the fish pond, and the rest can help move the stones." Carpenter Liang smiled and helped Lin Heng out of the predicament.
When there are more people working together, the work is more lively and faster. The fish pond was completed in an hour. There were relatively few rocks underground, so digging was quick.
On the other side, the people who were moving the stones had piled up into several small hills.
"Okay, it's almost done. Just leave two or three people to help move the stones, and the others can help lay the foundation." Father Lin was carrying a basket of stones on his back. After putting it down, he looked at everyone and said.
Those invited today were all people who had experience in building houses, so laying stones was no problem for them. Lin Heng helped pass the stones and watched his second uncle lay the stones.
By the time we had lunch, more than half of the foundation had been built and it would be almost completed in the afternoon.
At lunch, there were three tables at home. When everyone saw the badger meat on the table, they couldn't help but exclaimed: "Badger meat, did you buy it or hunt it?"
Father Lin chuckled, pointed at Lin Heng and said, "My second son got it the night before last."
Then he briefly recounted what had happened.
"Can you really hunt? Did you really kill the rabbit that day?" Uncle Wang was the first one to look at Lin Heng. He couldn't believe that Lin Heng could kill a badger.
The villagers all looked at him curiously. Could the second-rate kid from the Lin family be hunting? Did the sun rise from the west? "Lin Heng, show us, are your bows and arrows really that accurate? I don't believe it. Did you pick them up from others?"
Yang Zhaotao couldn't believe it.
Because he also learned to hunt like humans, but the harvest was very little. He could only rely on traps to catch some small prey such as squirrels, rabbits and grouse.
He found it hard to accept that Lin Heng, a second-rate guy known for his idleness, could actually kill a wild boar, and he spoke very bluntly.
After hearing someone start, everyone else in the village immediately followed suit.
"Lin Heng, show us how powerful bow and arrow hunting is!"
"That's right, let me broaden my horizons!"
Everyone was talking at the same time, not giving Lin Heng a chance to speak.
Lin Heng was quite helpless, but he also knew that one day this would be exposed, so he took out the bow and arrow from the house.
"Is this wooden block okay?"
Yang Zhaotao chuckled and took a wooden stool and placed it outside the gate of the yard, more than thirty meters away from Lin Heng.
It was obvious that he wanted to make things difficult for Lin Heng, to dampen his arrogance, and to do something bad in secret.
"If you can hit this, I will admire you!"
Yang Zhaotao chuckled.
The others also looked over and waited for Lin Heng to take action, without even eating.
Lin's father and mother, Xiulan and others were all worried for Lin Heng. If he didn't hit the target, he would definitely be laughed at in the village in the future.
I secretly blamed Yang Zhaotao in my heart. This guy was so mean. He set his target so far away.
After taking a deep breath, Lin Heng picked up the bow and arrow and said with a smile: "Then let's just think of it as a way to cheer everyone up during the meal."
As he said this, he shot an arrow, which accurately hit a wooden block thirty meters away.
With a bang, the expressions on everyone's faces froze, staring at Lin Heng. He aimed at the target from more than thirty meters away in less than two seconds and shot it with one arrow. What an incredible skill.
“Awesome!”
"What a skill! No wonder you can beat the badger!"
"Hey, this archery skill was a great general in ancient times."
Everyone was shocked by Lin Heng's accuracy with the bow and arrow. There was continuous cheering and the way they looked at him changed. They were no longer as frivolous as before.
Especially Yang Zhaotao and Uncle Wang’s faces, the expressions on their faces were even more interesting. Lin Heng’s archery accuracy exceeded their expectations.
"Just kidding, I was just lucky this time."
Lin Heng smiled, turned around and put the bow and arrow in the bedroom.
He felt that he had a talent for aiming. He had been able to shoot accurately with a slingshot since he was a child, and he had also learned the bow and arrow very quickly in his previous life.
"Awesome!" When Lin Heng returned to the table, his elder brother Lin Yue couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
Lin's mother and father also looked somewhat relieved. Lin Heng had made them worry so much, and now he finally gave them a chance to breathe.
Maybe this time he really changed for the better, a prodigal son who has turned over a new leaf! Everyone in the family thought so, because during these eight days, Lin Heng did a lot of things at home.
Even if I said I had reformed in the past, I just stayed at home and didn't go out. I wouldn't go around making money like I did this time.
It can be said that during these eight days, the Lin family’s living standards have improved to a higher level. They can eat meat every day, and everyone has become a little fatter.
Even Liu Juan, the sister-in-law who used to hate Lin Heng, had to admit that all this was caused by Lin Heng.
(End of this chapter)
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