Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 118 Encountering a classmate by chance, Ikaruga Ye Fairy Tofu
  At [-] o'clock in the morning, Lin Heng came out of Tuanjie Brick Factory with a bag on his body, which contained two thick stacks of one hundred ten-dollar bills.

In 83, the third set of RMB was still used, and the largest denomination was ten yuan.

Taking the banknotes, Lin Heng went to the rural credit cooperative in the town and deposited half of the money.

After saving money and making sure that there was no problem, he felt at ease.

After saving the money, Lin Heng immediately went to find the uncle who drove a tractor in the town. The last time he helped pull Sanghuang, Lin Heng asked him his home address.

After arriving, he found that the door was closed. Lin Heng went to the home of the tractor owner. This family was engaged in the transportation business in the town and owned two tractors.

When Lin Heng asked, both tractors went out to pull goods, but one of them came back immediately.

"How do you calculate the price?" Lin Heng asked.

"It costs two yuan for a round trip within ten kilometers, and three yuan for a round trip within twenty kilometers. Or you can rent it for the whole day, which costs ten yuan a day, plus the gas fee." The tractor owner looked at Lin Heng and said.

Lin Heng secretly sighed that they were so expensive, but there were only a few tractors in the town, and they were in a monopoly business, so he couldn't find another one.

But if you think about it carefully, the tractor can pull at least two thousand kilograms of things at a time, and it can pull four to five thousand kilograms on flat roads. The transport capacity is really powerful.

"Can I rent it for half a day?" Lin Heng asked.

"Sure, it's five yuan, and you'll pay for the gas yourself," the boss said.

Lin Heng: "Then I'll rent it for half a day."

"Pay the money first, and you can take the tractor away when it comes back later." The boss said, twirling his pen.

After taking out five yuan and paying it, Lin Heng took the receipt and drank water while waiting.

It was not until one o'clock that the tractor came back. It was not the uncle who gave him mulberry leaves that day, but another young man about the same age as him.

After taking a closer look, Lin Heng couldn't help but say: "Wang Zhou, it's you."

"Lin Heng, why are you here!" The oily young man sitting on the tractor jumped down with a look of surprise on his face.

"I'm here to rent a tractor." Lin Heng said with a smile.

This young man with three-quarter hair and thick eyebrows is his junior high school classmate, and he is the kind who can play well.

It's different from Lin Heng who didn't get up and ran out for a walk. Wang Zhou studied hard, but his grades were still average, not even as good as Lin Heng's, so his family didn't let him go to junior high school for the first year.

We didn't have many interactions with him in his previous life. Lin Heng only remembered that this person was very down-to-earth and willing to do any hard work as long as he could make money.

One thing that Lin Heng remembers deeply is that when he was in his forties, his wife revealed that his son was not his biological son, and then she took his coolie money and ran away with his mistress.

He didn't know what happened in the middle, but later I heard that he went out to make a living by carrying cement.

Later, I heard the news that he died in his fifties. It was said that when he died, his body was covered with traces of corrosion caused by the long-term use of cement.

"Why are you renting a tractor? This is so valuable." Wang Zhou was a little surprised. He remembered that Lin Heng's family was not rich either. How could he still have money to rent a tractor? He hadn't seen such a big change in a few years.

"I'm going to buy something, so I need to use a tractor." Lin Heng shook hands with him and said with a smile.

Now Wang Zhou's eyes are full of hope, and he is smart and diligent, making it difficult for him to connect with the person who lived a miserable life in his memory.

Maybe this is the misery caused by encountering unkind people, Lin Heng sighed inwardly.

"Then you wait, I'll go have a meal, and then I'll drive the tractor for you." Wang Zhou said with a smile.

"By the way, have you eaten?" Wang Zhou asked again.

"I ate. I'm buying food. You go ahead and eat it." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Wang Zhou works here as the food manager. His lunch is three cornmeal steamed buns and a bowl of pickled cabbage soup, which is pretty good.

After eating, he asked his boss, then started the tractor and took Lin Heng out.

"Where are you going?" Wang Zhou asked with a smile as he got on the tractor. He was very curious that this junior high school classmate was rich enough to spend five yuan on the tractor for half a day.

"You know the way to the Dahe Town Purchasing Station, right?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

"I know, I've been there several times." Wang Zhou said with a smile, his words full of energy.

The two chatted on the way, and Lin Heng learned that this was Wang Zhou's fourth job since he dropped out of school, with a monthly salary of 16 yuan, including room and board.

He is more than three years older than Lin Heng. He is 24 this year and has not yet married a wife.

The main reason is that he is afraid of talking to women. When he sees a woman, he can't say a word, so naturally no woman likes him.

In rural areas, people who are not married at the age of 22 will be laughed at. When chatting, he was also very anxious to find a wife.

And when he learned that Lin Heng was going to buy mulberry huang, his eyes widened even more: "Ah, you are going to buy mulberry huang? Could it be that the one Uncle Li mentioned collected a thousand kilograms of mulberry huang from the town?" It’s you who’s the big fool back home.”

"Haha, that's probably me." Lin Heng laughed.

"If you can buy a thousand kilograms of mulberry, you are very rich. Why take this risk? The price of mulberry has dropped to the bottom now."

Wang Zhou didn't understand that if he had as much money as Lin Heng, he wouldn't do such stupid things even if he died.

"Because I have seen through the future development, Sanghuang will inevitably see a big price increase." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Wang Zhou didn't believe it. He thought Lin Heng was crazy.

Lin Heng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "When I sell Phellinus mulberry and make money, will you be interested in working for me?

I'll give you twenty yuan a month, and there will be rewards for good work. "

These words made Wang Zhou's heart move, but he quickly shook his head: "The owner of this company is very good to me. Even if I want to change jobs, I have to wait until they find someone to take over before I leave."

And he felt that Lin Heng was likely to lose money.

"It's okay, don't worry. If you are willing to work for me then, I will find you a wife in our village." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Hearing this, Wang Zhou's eyes lit up and he nodded: "Then if you make money, I can go work for you."

Lin Heng smiled. It seemed that he was in a very intense mood to find a wife.

Talking and laughing, the two arrived at the center of Dahe Town in more than an hour.

The tractor parked on the roadside attracted many people's attention.

Lin Heng came to the purchasing station here and asked about the price of mulberry.

Twenty-five cents, slightly better than Liu Qicheng in their town.

When Lin Heng asked for [-] cents to buy Phellinus mulberry, there was only [-] kilograms here. He had people take away the previous batch just after the price dropped, and he only received these [-] kilograms.

Lin Heng had no choice but to buy the 168 kilograms of Phellinus mulberry for [-] cents, which cost [-].

"Let's go to another town." Lin Heng said again after pretending to be Sanghuang.

"You are really incomprehensible." Wang Zhou shook his head.

"You think I'm crazy?" Lin Heng laughed.

"Yes." Wang Zhou nodded.

The two drove the tractor to Wushan Town next door. What made Lin Heng speechless was that they only received more than 224 kilograms of mulberry huang at a cost of [-] yuan.

Almost all of them chose to sell Phellinus linata immediately, and these were only collected recently.

"Forget it, there's probably no hope no matter how far it goes, and time doesn't allow for it." Lin Heng shook his head and asked Wang Zhou to drive the tractor back.

When he returned to town, he gave him one yuan of gas money and asked Wang Zhou to take Sang Huang back to Hongfeng Village.

When the people in the village saw Lin Heng bringing back another tractor of mulberry trees, they couldn't understand it.

"Why did he come back with Sanghuang again? He is really desperate."

"Is there no one in his house to stop him?"

"All the money I earn from hunting is spent on this."

Under the huge ginkgo tree, a group of people shook their heads, wondering who gave Lin Heng such courage to hoard mulberry leaves like crazy.

"Then if he hires people to dig fish ponds tomorrow, can he still afford us wages?" Someone became worried.

"Yes, even though it was guaranteed by the village party secretary, I'm still a little worried." Someone agreed.

"What are you afraid of? He is in this village. He can still run away. Besides, there is also the village party secretary."

Lin Heng has handed over the matter of hiring workers to dig fish ponds tomorrow to the village party secretary, and the candidates have already been decided.

But when these people saw that Lin Heng had treated so many mulberry trees, they were immediately worried about whether Lin Heng still had money to pay them wages.

Lin's father and others were shocked when they found out. Lin Heng bought Phellinus mulberry again and really didn't save any money.

But several people knew that they couldn't be persuaded, so they just stopped and let him go.

Only Xiulan at home knew about this in advance, and Lin Heng told him early in the morning.

"Just leave it alone." Lin Heng and Wang Zhou moved all the mulberry and huang into the house.

After the move was completed, Lin Heng left Wang Zhou to take a sip of water. He was stunned when he saw Xiulan. He was secretly shocked that the daughter-in-law Lin Heng married was so beautiful and the daughter he gave birth to was so good-looking.

He somewhat believed Lin Heng's words about introducing him a wife. After all, he himself could marry such a dignified and decent wife.

"Lin Heng, I'm leaving. I have to go back and report to the boss." After taking a sip of water, Wang Zhou said and left, unable to stop him. After Wang Zhou left, Xiulan asked in a low voice: "Then the boss of Tuanjie Brick Factory really spent [-] yuan to buy your plan?"

"Yes, there is a recipe on how to get better. I learned it secretly in the city before." Lin Heng nodded.

"I can't believe it." Xiulan shook her head. Her husband sold a piece of paper for three thousand, which made her feel unreal.

"Is it more real now?" Lin Heng hugged his wife from behind, heart to heart.

"I feel like you are possessed by someone, but you are still the same as before." Xiulan shook her head.

"Actually, I tried various things while I was out for a walk, and it wasn't just hanging out with friends. I have a good memory, I remembered a lot of things, and gained a lot of knowledge."

Lin Heng said with a smile that he could only use this reason to excuse himself.

There will definitely be many changes after rebirth. This is something he can't do anything about. He can't do nothing just to avoid being exposed.

And this unreasonableness is just a small problem, nothing compared to the reality that has no logic at all. There have been cases in the past where people made a fortune overnight.

"I just feel that I don't know whether you are you or not." Xiulan shook her head.

Lin Heng laughed and made a joke: "Of course, after all, we all know each other's strengths and weaknesses."

The next moment he slapped him, Xiulan glared at him fiercely and said, "I haven't been doing anything right all day long."

"That's not what I want to say to you. I won't talk to outsiders." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He was not on guard against Xiulan, because the center of this woman's life was only him and her children, and she didn't even have a so-called best friend.

Other women in the village travel together in twos and threes, but Xiulan is often alone, either with Caiyun or Lin's mother.

"Don't come here." Xiulan glanced at him. Apart from anything else, this little man had the sweetest mouth.

"Help me make turtle dove leaf fairy tofu. The turtle dove leaf in the basket was delivered by Liu Ciwen in the afternoon. He left it here and ran away without even taking a sip of water."

Xiulan pointed to a basket of small-leaf turtledove leaves on the table and said.

They also call it fairy leaves here. Blanch them with water and stir them with plant ash water to form a beautiful green tofu similar to jelly.

It tastes similar to jelly, but has a special turtledove leaf aroma and is cooler in nature.

Fairy leaves are divided into large leaves and small leaves. The large leaves are more bitter and the small leaves are more delicious.

They are rushed to pick every summer. Lin Heng does not have any in his own land, so he can only rely on wild picking.

"This young man is so sensible." Lin Heng said with a helpless smile. He learned how to be a good person at a young age, and he was not as good as him.

I had a meal in the morning and came back with some gifts in the afternoon.

"So you go prepare the ashes of plants and water to cool down, and I'll boil the water."

Xiulan stretched out a slender index finger, gently poked Lin Heng's chest, and said with a wink.

In fact, she could already do it alone, but she just wanted to do it with Lin Heng.

But she wouldn't tell her such little thoughts.

"Okay." Lin Heng turned around and did it.

The water used to make Turtle Leaf Fairy Tofu needs to be thicker. Lin Heng shoveled some plant ash from the stove hole, poured in water and stirred once, then filtered, then added the plant ash and filtered again. Repeated five times to get a basin of cement slurry. Same liquid.

Putting it aside to clarify, Lin Heng was about to turn around and help. At this time, Xiaoxia, who was tired from playing the stick-throwing game with the dog Xiongba, ran into the house and curiously looked at the gray water in the basin.

"Don't touch it, or mom will spank you." Lin Heng warned, looking at Xiaoxia who had been plastered into a kitten-like shape.

"Don't touch!" Xiaoxia immediately covered her butt with her small hands behind her back and shook her round little head into a rattle.

She followed Lin Heng into the house to light the fire. She stood curiously and saw Lin Heng taking something and asked, "Dad, what is this?"

"This is firewood, made from acorn trees." Lin Heng waved it in front of her, threw it into the stove and lit it.

The fire will start quickly, and the water in the pot can be extinguished by boiling it, and it is no longer needed.

Wash the turtle dove leaves, put them in a wooden barrel, and then pour boiling water into them. It should be noted that you cannot pour too much water, otherwise it will not be done. Xiulan is very measured about this.

"Okay, I'll hold the bucket while you pound it."

Xiulan handed the rolling pin to Lin Heng and said with a smile.

Xiulan found a small bench and sat down, holding down the bucket. Lin Heng took a rolling pin and kept pounding the turtle leaves, crushing them to release the substances in them. This process was quite tiring.

"I'm coming too!!"

Xiaoxia ran over with a smile and pressed her hands on the edge of the bucket.

This made Lin Heng slow down, for fear of touching her hand.

It took more than half an hour, and finally the turtle leaves were almost mashed, and all the green paste-like green juice came out.

"It's you who will come next. I'll watch. I'm afraid of getting burned." Xiulan smiled playfully and winked at Lin Heng.

"Okay, I will listen to whatever my wife says."

Lin Heng grinned. It was a very happy experience to be ordered by his wife.

Xiulan found a large pottery basin and a cloth bag for storing tofu. Pour in the mixed liquid of mashed turtle dove leaves and slurry and press it with your hands to filter out the green slurry without leaf residue.

Lin Heng soaked his hand in cold water and pressed it twice. When it was no longer hot, he soaked it in cold water again.

Xiulan held the basin for him, because she wore more casual clothes at home, a camouflage short-sleeved shirt with a large neckline, which was held up very high by her figure.

Xiulan was holding the basin just enough to see the half-covered spring scenery. Lin Heng couldn't help but take a look. This state was always the most attractive.

Xiulan had long noticed her little man's evil gaze, pouted slightly, glared at him, and told him to work hard.

"OK OK."

It took more than ten minutes, and most of the juice was filtered out.

"Isn't there a little more to it? Do you want to add some water and try it again?" Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiulan poked him with her finger and rolled her eyes: "You haven't seen enough yet, right? It's not like you haven't seen him before, and you're still looking lewd."

"Haha, I think my wife is natural." Lin Heng held his head high and said proudly: "Besides, my wife is so beautiful, I can never get enough of her."

"Just lie to me with your sweet talk for a day, hum." Xiulan snorted softly, feeling happy in her heart.

What woman doesn’t want her husband to be around her all the time?

Xiaoxia opened her eyes wide and watched her parents flirting. She couldn't understand it at all, but she thought the game seemed interesting and poked her dad with her finger.

"What are you doing!" Lin Heng turned around.

"You just lie to me all day long, huh!" Xiaoxia snorted and turned her head.

"Hahahaha, I didn't lie to anyone, not Xiaoxia or my mother." Lin Heng laughed, washed his hands, and touched his daughter's face.

"Hmph! ╯^╰" Xiaoxia pretended to be reserved and refused to touch her. When Lin Heng left, she trotted and hugged his legs.

Lin Heng turned around and she ran away immediately, snorting at Lin Heng.

Lin Heng grabbed her, picked her up and tickled her: "Is that wrong?"

"Hmph!" Xiaoxia laughed and hummed, finding it very funny.

Lin Heng played with his daughter for a while, but he was afraid that she would catch a cold from breathing in too much cold wind, so he had to put her on the ground.

However, Xiaoxia is still playing this game happily.

On the other side, Xiulan poured the clarified plant ash water into the turtle dove leaf slurry, stirred it evenly, and then placed it in a cool place to rest.

You can eat turtle dove leaf fairy tofu tomorrow morning.

"What's for dinner tonight?" Xiulan came over and looked at the father and daughter who were still playing and asked.

"Don't say casually." Xiulan added.

"Then let's eat noodles." Lin Heng thought for a while and said.

"Okay, let's eat rice." Xiulan nodded.

Lin Heng looked at his wife and smiled: "You are trying to amuse me, right?"

"Then do you want to eat or not?" Xiulan blinked and looked at him.

"Eat, I will eat whatever my wife cooks." Lin Heng nodded.

Xiulan smiled, looked at her husband and said, "You go feed the forest musk deer and pig badgers, and I'll cook."

Not long after, the rice was ready, and Xiulan served three bowls of noodles, two large and one small.

"It's fun to entertain your husband, isn't it?" Lin Heng picked up the noodles and looked at her with a smile.

Xiulan smiled playfully, it was really fun to tease her husband.

(End of this chapter)