"This weighs more than two kilograms. A pheasant is much bigger than a golden rooster." Lin Yue said with a smile as he picked it up.
Lin Heng smiled and said, "It seems that I am lucky today."
After collecting the pheasant, he put some new insects on the hook and set it up in another place.
Lin Yue quickened his pace and said excitedly: "Let's go and check out the others. I think you're going to have a great harvest of pheasants today."
Lin Heng also walked quickly and said with a smile: "I hope so."
Lin Yue added: "You have to go back and get me some fish hooks. I will go to the grassy areas in the village where pheasants roam and lay some out."
"That's no problem." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
He set up a total of twenty fishhook traps. The two looked at them one by one. The last seven were not eaten. When it came to the eighth one, Lin Heng was surprised again: "Another pheasant, haha, I'm really lucky today."
After getting two pheasants, he felt that today's hunting was worth it. He continued walking forward, and when he saw the tenth fishhook trap, Lin Heng showed a helpless expression: "No way, you want to eat this too."
What was hooked to death was not a pheasant but a crow, which made him speechless.
"It's okay, Xiongba's food is ready." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"Woof woof!" Xiongba barked in response and rolled happily on the ground.
Lin Heng glanced at it and sighed, "I hope I'll have better luck next time."
When he set the trap, he considered that other birds might eat it, and deliberately chose bushes, the kind of places that pheasants like to go, but he didn't expect that other birds would be fooled.
After walking a few meters, Lin Heng took a deep breath at the next trap: "What a shame! It's another crow."
“Awooooooooooooo!!”
Xiongba knew that he had something delicious to eat again, and happily imitated the howl of a wolf.
Lin Heng threw the crow to it, and it happily picked up the crow and played around.
"I've really disturbed the crow's nest." Lin Heng shook his head and continued to collect the fish hooks and traps.
The remaining traps were not very effective either. Three were empty in a row, and when I finally caught a fish, it was only a bird the size of a fist.
"There are only five left." Lin Heng looked at the hay in front of him. These five were already close to the swamp wetlands, so there should be good results.
"Not bad, brother. One of them is a turtledove." Lin Yue said with a smile.
Lin Heng spread his hands: "I can't do that here, it's a magpie."
Then two more were empty. When he came to the last fishhook trap, Lin Heng suddenly quickened his pace because he saw a large area of grass had been knocked down, which meant there must be some large birds.
"It's not a pheasant yet, I give up!" Lin Heng was disappointed again after seeing the prey.
Lin Yue came over to take a look and said with a smile: "Such a big mallard, it's pretty good."
"Duck is not as delicious as pheasant." Lin Heng said regretfully. Pheasant tastes much better than duck.
After putting the duck away, he looked at the fish hooks in the water. Maybe it was too cold in winter, the effect was not very good and he didn't catch anything.
Shaking his head, Lin Heng put away all the hooks and found a new area to set up.
He returned to the shelter and plucked all the feathers from the harvest. He gave the crows and birds to the two dogs to share. The remaining ones were two pheasants, a mallard, a dove and a magpie. He gave one of the pheasants to his eldest brother and kept one pheasant and one duck for himself.
The turtledove and magpie were roasted on the spot and each person shared one. It was also the first time for Lin Heng to eat a magpie. The taste was OK, but there was too little meat, not as good as the turtledove.
The two continued searching in the afternoon, but still found no big prey. However, they were lucky enough to find a female golden rooster, which they successfully shot.
"Let's go home tomorrow morning. Come back next time when it snows. We can still do something here." Lin Heng said while having dinner in the evening.
"Okay, there are still some gains from this trip." Lin Yue nodded.
Lin Heng harvested two pheasants, a wild duck and a golden rooster. He harvested two golden roosters and a pheasant. Although they were all poultry, they all tasted very good.
The next morning, after having breakfast and packing up, they hid the plastic film in a small cave and surrounded it with stones so they could take it out and use it next time they came.
After cleaning up, the two of them went to collect the fishing hooks. Their luck was not good today, so they caught two turtledoves, and each of them put one in their backpacks.
There was nothing gained on the way back, and the two did not continue exploring. They walked back along the road and arrived home at only three in the afternoon.
"dad!"
"dad!"
"dad!"
As soon as Lin Heng entered the house, the three children rushed over and hugged him. They missed him terribly after not seeing him for a few days.
Lin Heng held up a pheasant and a duck to show them: "Look, these are the pheasants and ducks that Dad shot. Aren't they amazing?"
The three little guys nodded in unison and looked at Lin Heng's cheers with admiration.
"My dad is the most powerful, the most powerful man in the world!"
"It's so annoying, Dad!"
"Dad is the best, I want to eat chicken legs~"
The three children were all born praisers and looked at Lin Heng with great admiration.
Lin Heng handed them the chicken and duck with a smile, and said, "Take the things home to show mom."
Holding the things, the three of them happily ran into the house and handed them to their mother, praising how great their father was.
Although the children are young, they love to work because even if they do not do well, Lin Heng Xiulan will not beat or scold them but will encourage them.
"That's great, husband. You gain something every time you go out." Xiulan poured Lin Heng a cup of tea and praised him with a smile.
"It's a pity that we didn't hit the big one." Lin Heng sighed.
Xiulan looked at him and said softly, "It will definitely be difficult to fight for just two or three days, but that's enough. The children miss you very much when you're away for so long, and the family can't live without you."
"Mom thought about it too!" Xiaoxia added.
Xiulan smiled and poked her little head: "You are the only one who can say it."
Xiaoxia nodded proudly: "I can say it, I miss Daddy more than Mommy, Daddy, you have to hold me and tell me stories."
"Okay, I'll hold you." Before Lin Heng held her in his arms, Lu Ming and Du Heng came over and wanted to hug her too. The three of them were pushing and shoving each other, and no one wanted to give in.
"Hold them all, hug each of you for a while." Lin Heng looked at the three of them helplessly, and only then did they feel happy.
After chatting with Xiulan for a few words, he went to take a shower. After he came out, he took turns lifting the children up and played with them for a while. His original intention was to take a rest after playing, but the children surrounded him and wanted him to continue.
After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered the small scientific experiments he had seen in short videos before his rebirth, so he chose the simplest pressure experiment. He filled the bottle half with water, inserted a small bamboo stick tube from the bottle mouth, and another one from the water to control the water flow through the tube.
The three children were stunned by this experiment. They were all curious about what was going on. After playing there for a long time, Lin Heng freed himself.
When the children got bored of playing and came to him, he found a small section of water pipe, filled it with water, and when he held one end, the water would not flow down. When he let go of his hand, the water would flow out. The children watched with their eyes wide open, thinking it was magical.
Looking at the children's admiring eyes, Lin Heng smiled happily. There were many such experiments, and he remembered them all clearly.
He would naturally explain when the children asked, but it was difficult for them to understand. Even when he demonstrated it himself, only Xiaoxia could barely understand it.
But it doesn’t matter. He just wanted to arouse the children’s curiosity. It doesn’t matter whether they understand it or not. As long as they think about it, it will be beneficial.
"Are we going to invite our parents to come over for dinner tonight?" Xiulan asked, referring to whether or not to invite them to eat pheasant.
"Let's do it another day. I'm very tired today." Lin Heng said, holding Xiulan's hand.
"Then I'll make you some fried tofu and cold konjac tofu, and we'll have some wine." Xiulan looked at him tenderly and said.
"Okay, I'll help you add fire." Lin Heng nodded.
It was almost dark now, so it was time to start cooking. After Xiulan had finished chopping the vegetables, he started the fire.
Although you can put a small pot on the fireplace or cook directly on an electric stove, the food cannot be compared with that cooked in this big iron pot.
They still prefer to use a wood stove to cook.
There were not many dishes for dinner, just one dish of stir-fried pork with sour beans, one dish of stir-fried leeks with dried tofu, one dish of cold konjac tofu, and a crucian carp soup.
"The spiced tofu you braised is better than meat!" Lin Heng nodded repeatedly while eating the tofu. The tofu was chewy but not too hard, and it tasted rich in the aroma of the braised tofu.
"Yes, dried tofu is delicious!" Xiaoxia said while eating.
"Meat is the most delicious!" Lu Ming disagreed and refuted his sister.
Xiulan said happily: "Then let's make another basket of dried tofu in a few days."
"Okay, I'll help you then." Lin Heng nodded, and the two of them clinked glasses while eating. In the evening, they drank two small cups of rice wine, and mainly ate the dishes and the rice.
After dinner, the children can go to bed after washing up. Tonight, the children will sleep in the big bed with their parents again. They sleep on the right side of Lin Heng and Xiulan sleeps on the left side.
When he woke up the next day, Lin Heng found that his left arm was held in Xiulan's arms and his right arm was held in his daughter's arms. At this moment, he felt particularly happy.
Xiulan opened her eyes and looked at him, then hugged him and said softly, "We don't care whether you get anything from hunting or not, as long as you come back safely, the children and I miss you."
Lin Heng showed a happy expression, kissed her red lips, and then they both turned over and got up.
After exercising and having breakfast, they took the children to Hongfeng Mountain. Xiaoxia rode a bicycle, Lin Heng took Luming, Xiulan took Du Heng, and Xiongba had fun near them.
When they arrived at Red Maple Mountain, Lin's father and mother saw them coming and welcomed them into the house with a smile, then took out some roasted sweet potatoes and shared them among the three children.
"Dad, have you found the place to dig the roots?" Lin Heng put down the milk and asked.
Father Lin nodded and said, "We found it. There are a lot of them along the river in the upper river and in the lower river. It shouldn't be a problem for us to dig one weighing three or four hundred kilograms."
"Okay, then you guys drink the milk and then we'll go dig." Lin Heng nodded.
The parents drank a little milk and put the rest in bottles for their grandchildren. Lin Heng drove the sidecar over and everyone squeezed in and headed for Shanghe.
“Woof woof!!”
Xiongba followed behind with his tail wagging. Lin Heng was not driving fast, so it was easy for Xiongba to catch up.
Soon they arrived at the place that Lin's father mentioned. There was a large area of ferns there. They parked the tricycle on the side of the road and took the children down.
Lin Heng and his father built a stove with stones, lit a bonfire, and used an iron kettle to fill a pot of river water and boiled it next to it.
It's cold by the river, so of course you need a fire, otherwise you can't bear it.
“Let’s get started!”
After the fire was lit, Lin Heng took a hoe and started digging. It was just him and his father who were digging. His mother and Xiulan were responsible for taking care of the children and cleaning the fern roots that were dug out.
The riverside is all sandy, so digging fern roots is not tiring, and they are not in a hurry, digging at a leisurely pace. When they have dug enough, they take them to the riverside and throw them into the water, soaking them for a while and then they can be easily cleaned.
The adults were busy digging and washing fern roots, while the children were having a great time digging in the sand on the beach. Their laughter could be heard from hundreds of meters away.
In the next few days, they were all obsessed with digging fern roots. They dug up and down the river for several days. When they were tired, they sat down to drink tea, warm themselves by the fire, talk to each other, and finally dug 400 kilograms of fern roots.
Digging out the fern roots is the first step. Next, they crush the fern roots with a crusher at Red Maple Mountain. After crushing, they are washed in water, and the fern root powder will be dissolved in the water.
Filter the water containing fern root powder several times to get a relatively pure liquid and then let it settle. After settling overnight, the fern root powder will be at the bottom of the pot the next day.
Generally, in order to obtain a pure enough fern root powder, the precipitated fern root starch will be melted in water and filtered again, and then filtered again.
The last step is to find a sunny day to dry it in the sun, or dry it in a dryer.
After the fern root powder is successfully made, vermicelli can be made. This time they made 40 kilograms of fern root powder and rolled the vermicelli themselves.
It took more than ten days to finally make the fern root powder. But everyone was happy and felt it was worth it. Making delicious food together as a family is the meaning of life.
At noon on December 29, Lin Heng and Xiulan were braising dried tofu at home. After making the fern root powder, they made tofu. Lin's father and mother pushed open the door and walked in.
"Son, the fern root powder is ready." Father Lin shouted with a smile.
"If you want to eat fern root powder, you can eat it today." Lin's mother also said.
Lin Heng Xiulan walked out of the kitchen and saw the fern root powder in the bag, which had been cut into small pieces of equal length and tied up with dry rice dumplings leaves.
"Why did you bring so much? Didn't you keep some for yourself?" Lin Heng asked.
Mother Lin said, "We kept ten kilograms. You can eat these thirty kilograms. What we have is enough."
"Yes, we also have sweet potato noodles to eat." Father Lin also smiled.
"Okay then." Lin Heng had no choice but to pour a cup of tea for his parents. "Then let's make a good meal tonight and cook the pheasant we had earlier. Do you like it stewed or fried?"
Father Lin smiled and said, "Let's stew it. The chestnut and yam stewed chicken we made last time was very good."
"Yes, the children also like to eat stewed chicken. They can't bite it if it's fried." Lin's mother also said.
"You really love your grandson too much." Lin Heng smiled and said, "Then stew the chicken. I'll do it later."
"It really tastes better when stewed." Father Lin took an apple and ate it while explaining.
"Yes, yes, yes." Lin Heng did not refute him and went to put the fern root powder into the cabinet.
It has been cloudy these days, and the weather is getting colder, but it hasn't snowed yet. Lin Heng is also preparing to go into the city again. (End of this chapter)
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