Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 122 Li’s Blacksmith Shop, the Fisherman’s Cultivation
  Lin Heng took Caiyun out and met Tang Qing, the village chief Zhao's ready-made clothes, as soon as he went out.

"Lin Heng, what are you doing here?" Tang Qing thought so he said hello first.

In the past, she always waited for others to speak first, and she didn't even notice this small change.

"Aunt Tang, I'll send my sister to middle school." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Caiyun goes to school?" Tang Qing was caught off guard. In the past two days, she had been thinking about coming to marry her son Zhao Hu.

Caiyun was originally beautiful, and many people in the village had noticed her and wanted to marry their son.

Lin Heng has made a lot of money recently, and Caiyun has been rising even more. In the past few days, many people have been going to Lin's father's house frequently to chat and test their voices.

Tang Qing was also planning to talk to Mother Lin in the next two days, but she had to go to school.

"Yes, it will be good for her to read more books. Say no more, Aunt Tang, we are in a hurry." Lin Heng said with a smile and left with his sister.

Tang Qing watched Lin Heng and Caiyun leave, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"What's the point of going to school for a girl? She's already dropped out of school for a year." Tang Qing didn't quite understand. She felt that Caiyun wouldn't be able to go to school for a long time.

"Aunt Tang is so weird today." Caiyun said a little strangely while walking.

"You have to be lucky that school has just started. Otherwise, in a short while, the threshold of our family will be broken through, and everyone will come to ask for marriage." Lin Heng said looking at Caiyun.

In her last life, Caiyun got engaged in August next year. After marrying the wrong person, her life would be miserable and miserable for the rest of her life.

Fortunately, he finally changed everything in this life.

"Ah! Could it be that Aunt Tang also wants to marry her son? It's too scary." Caiyun's eyes widened, and she was afraid for a while.

"Thank you so much, second brother. If it weren't for you, I really don't know what I would do." Caiyun tugged on Lin Heng's clothes and burst into tears of gratitude.

If she didn't have her second brother, she really didn't know what she would do in the future. Even if she wanted to study, she wouldn't have the chance. Like most rural girls, she would probably marry according to her parents' arrangements.

"So just study hard and don't think too much about the rest. I'm here." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Okay." Caiyun nodded, feeling good to have someone to rely on.

Lin Heng looked at Caiyun and said, "By the way, you probably only have to go to school for a few days to find a place to live in Huangtan Town."

The middle school in the town cannot provide students with accommodation, and everyone has to travel to school. After Caiyun went to school, she had to get up early to go to the town to go to school every day, and come back after school in the afternoon.

I usually get a piece of dry food for lunch, and very few eat in the school cafeteria.

"What do you mean?" Caiyun turned his head, looking confused.

"I won't tell you for now, I'll tell you later." Lin Heng laughed and let it slide.

"What do you think, second brother?" Caiyun begged.

But Lin Heng didn't say anything, so she could only give up and make random guesses.

It was only past seven o'clock when the two of them arrived at Huangtan Town, and school registration hadn't started yet.

Lin Hengxian took Xiulan to his teacher Guo Xu.

"Teacher Guo, didn't you say you wanted a fishing rod before? I brought it to you."

Lin Heng walked to the door of the office and found Guo Xu writing.

"I'm just saying this casually. You're too polite." Guo Xu put down his pen, feeling a little flattered.

"Teacher Guo, we can be considered friends. It's not worth much. Why are you so polite to me?" Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Haha, I'll accept it without mercy, thank you." Guo Xu took the fishing rod and looked at it, feeling very satisfied.

"This next to you is your sister Lin Caiyun, right? You two look so much alike." Guo Xu said with a smile.

Lin Heng told him about Caiyun, and he was still a little shocked at the time.

Lin Heng, who dropped out of school on his own initiative, actually sent his sister to study at his own expense.

"Yes." Lin Heng smiled and nodded, "I need to trouble the teacher more to take care of me at school."

"Hello, Teacher Guo!" Caiyun nodded respectfully.

"Don't worry, I will protect you well at school." Guo Xu said with a smile.

After chatting for a while, when the time came, Lin Heng took Caiyun to sign up.

In this era, schools are very short of students. Even if you drop out of school for a year, there will be no problem in registering, and there is no need to go through any connections.

Bringing the fishing rod to Guo Xu was purely out of gratitude.

"Brother Lin Heng!"

When I arrived at the junior high school freshman registration office, Liu Ciwen was also here, smiling and saying hello from a distance.

"If you sign up too, then you and Caiyun can go back together." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Yes." Liu Ciwen nodded. He knew that Caiyun was coming to school yesterday.

Lin Heng and Liu Ciwen chatted for a while, and soon it was Caiyun's turn to sign up.

The number of new students enrolled in junior high school in Huangtan Town is less than thirty.

Most people only need to go to elementary school to be literate, and junior high school is almost not considered.

After all, you won't be assigned a job after junior high school. You must at least be admitted to a technical secondary school to be useful.

Many people feel that it is better to go home and farm.

Caiyun's class teacher is a female teacher in her twenties, whom Lin Heng doesn't recognize. She glanced at Lin Heng, as if she was surprised that he could send a girl to school.

"Just fill in the information." The female teacher looked at Caiyun and said.

"Okay, teacher." Caiyun took the pen and began to fill it out carefully, stroke by stroke.
  After filling in the information, the female teacher looked at Lin Heng and said: "The tuition fee is six yuan, the book fee is eight yuan, and you have to pay for food if you eat at school at noon. The meal for nine yuan a month is white flour and rice, and the meal for six yuan is Multigrain rice.”

"Then first pay for a month's worth of flour and rice, a total of 23, right."

Before Lin Heng finished speaking, Caiyun quickly shook his head: "Second brother, I can bring food from home. You don't need to pay for it."

"I'm not short of money." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"That's not possible, please take it back." Caiyun insisted. She was very grateful to be able to go to school, and she really didn't want to spend more money on her second brother.

"Okay, then just pay the tuition." Lin Heng nodded helplessly and handed over 14 yuan.

The teacher collected the money, issued a receipt and handed it to Lin Heng: "Classes will start at ten o'clock. No students are allowed to leave today."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.

After signing up, Lin Heng took out another two yuan and handed it to Caiyun: "You can buy stationery and food yourself."

"Don't refuse. If you persist, your brain will break." Lin Heng said sternly.

"Okay, thank you, second brother." Caiyun had no choice but to take it.

"Don't be so mentally burdened. My second brother will need your knowledge to help him open a big company in the future." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"I will definitely help your second brother." Caiyun nodded fiercely, with another goal in mind.

"Okay, you can go and play by yourself, or you can meet new classmates.

Don't wrong yourself at school. If you have any questions, you can tell me. Don't hold it to yourself. "

After patting Caiyun on the shoulder and giving a warning, Lin Heng left.

There is no need to worry too much, Caiyun has long learned to protect herself.

"Goodbye, second brother!" Caiyun sent Lin Heng to the school gate before turning back.

Lin Heng walked out of the school and walked directly towards the blacksmith shop in the town.

The blacksmith shop is relatively remote and not on the main street of Huangtan Town.

Lin Heng walked for about ten minutes and arrived at the blacksmith shop. He heard the tinkling sound of forging in the distance.

As you get closer, you can see the messy scrap metal placed in the yard, and a sign reading "Li's Blacksmith Shop" hangs beside the gate of the yard.

This blacksmith shop has been in existence for five or six years. I heard that the family's ancestors were blacksmiths, and they resumed their old business after the reform and opening up.

Lin Heng walked into the yard and saw two young men forging iron. One was beating with a sledgehammer, and the other was moving the red-hot iron continuously. They cooperated very well.

Next to them, a middle-aged man in his forties was sharpening his knife while teaching the two of them.

Judging from their looks, you can tell that they are father and son.

"Excuse me, what do you want to hit?"

Seeing Lin Heng walking in, the middle-aged man stopped sharpening his knife and asked with a simple and honest smile.

"I want to make a kitchen knife and a short dagger for hunting. They need to be forged with hundred-melted steel." Lin Heng looked around and said.

"Knives and daggers made from hundred-refined steel are not cheap. In fact, kitchen knives and daggers made from ordinary steel are enough." This middle-aged man is too honest and honest.

"Just making steel, how much does it cost?" Lin Heng waved his hand and said indifferently.

"A kitchen knife made of hundred-smelted steel costs five yuan, and a dagger costs four yuan. It is guaranteed to be made of high-quality hundred-smelted steel that we have manually forged hundreds of times. You can take it back and use it. If it is cut off or the blade is chipped, you can take it. I'll replace it for you free of charge when I come back." The middle-aged man said with a smile. Integrity is the main thing in his business.

Lin Heng nodded, not doubting this. The blacksmith shop relied on integrity, and asked: "How long will it take to get the knife?"

"We have ready-made knives from Baiyang Steel. You can take a look at the shape of the knife and you can pick it up at noon tomorrow." The middle-aged man said with a smile.

Lin Heng nodded and entered the room with him. This family was relatively professional. They also had a knife-shaped chart made of kraft paper with many different knives engraved on it. No wonder his family was the most famous in the ten miles and eight towns.

"This is an old object, passed down from our ancestors, uncle?" Lin Heng turned over the kraft paper and asked with a smile.

The uncle surnamed Li grinned: "It is indeed passed down from our ancestors."

"Then my dagger should have this shape, and my kitchen knife should be more normal." Lin Heng flipped through it and confirmed the shape of the knife.

He also wanted to have a hunting knife as handsome as Mr. Bei. It would be much more convenient for hunting in the mountains. The previous knife was not very good.

After saying that, he directly took out a dollar and gave it to the uncle surnamed Li: "This is the deposit. I'll pick it up in two days. Please make it right."

Uncle Li suddenly became flattered when he took the money. He usually just came over and left without giving a deposit at all.

Lin Heng's behavior made him feel great trust, and he quickly said with a smile: "Okay, please go slowly, I guarantee that you will be satisfied by then."

With a total of nine yuan worth of business, this may be his biggest business this month. Usually, a hoe or something only costs a little more than one yuan.

After all, steel production capacity has increased at this time, and the prices of knives and hoes produced in industrial batches are also very cheap.

After leaving the blacksmith shop, Lin Heng was not in a hurry to go home and came to a blue brick house covering an area of ​​[-] square meters. This house was located not far in front of the buying station opened by Liu Qicheng.

This location is very good. If you want to go to Liu Qicheng Buying Station to sell things, you will definitely pass by this store.

The brown wooden door was closed tightly, and the person seemed not to be at home.

But Lin Heng knew where his master's house was, and after looking around, he turned around and went to the Huangtan River.

After searching around the Huangtan River, I saw an old man in his sixties wearing brown clothes and a straw hat.

The old man was fishing in a bay with a bamboo fishing rod in his hand.

"Uncle, did you catch it?" Lin Heng came over and asked with a smile, handing out a cigarette.

"I caught a small crucian carp. I don't smoke, thank you." The uncle pointed to the plastic bucket next to him and said.

"It's not small yet, it's a big crucian carp." Lin Heng took a look and praised it. It was a half-pound big crucian carp, which was really not that big in this era.

"It's okay, it's okay." Hearing Lin Heng's praise, the uncle immediately showed a happy smile.

"Actually, I also fish, but I didn't take a pole today." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Oh, you and the young boy also like fishing." The uncle was a little surprised when he heard it. It is very rare for young people to like fishing.

"Yes." Lin Heng said with a smile.

I started chatting with the uncle through this topic. Although he may not be good at fishing, he has rich theoretical knowledge ahead of his time.

It can analyze and judge from many aspects such as water temperature, wind direction, air pressure, fishing position, and even how to fish.

He also understands the heart of the fishing guy, has great empathy, and can say the right words at the right time.

At first, the old man thought that Lin Heng was a newbie who came here to learn from his experience.

But as they chatted, he was shocked by Lin Heng's abundant fishing knowledge, and he felt like an old friend at first sight.

"What's your surname?" The uncle asked Lin Heng's name out of curiosity.

"My surname is Lin, and my name is Lin Heng." Lin Heng responded with a smile.

"Here, you come and try two fishing rods." The uncle handed the bamboo fishing rod to Lin Heng.

Lin Heng picked it up and looked at it. His fishing rod was too rough. It was obvious that this man didn't know how to make his own fishing rod.

Moreover, he uses the most traditional fishing method of long pole and short line with a dull pole, which is too slow to catch crucian carp and carp.

"Then let me give it a try." Lin Heng said with a smile and hung up a new earthworm.

This time he used the teasing fishing method, lightly teasing the fishhook twice. He felt that the old man had made a nest with a lot of fish, and he couldn't catch it because the fishing rod was too insensitive.

After teasing for a few moments, he suddenly felt a pulling force. Lin Heng raised his rod to stab the fish and control it.

The uncle's eyes lit up and he praised him: "Not bad, young man, you really have two brushes."

"Uncle, it was you who made the mistake, and I took advantage of you." Lin Heng said with a smile.

The fish was quickly pulled out of the water, and a large golden crucian carp emerged from the water.

When I pulled it ashore, it was bigger than the one I just caught, weighing a pound.

"What a good luck." Lin Heng said with a smile. There are so many fish in this era, and the big crucian carp weighs half a pound.

"Xiao Lin, your skills are pretty good. Let's go fishing together some other time." The uncle said with a smile.

Lin Heng returned the fishing rod to the uncle and nodded: "Okay, I'll take the rod down and we'll do it together some other time."

The fishing rod was returned to the uncle, and Lin Heng sat next to him and chatted again. When the uncle caught the fish, he went to help catch the fish.

With Lin Heng's technical guidance and good resources, the uncle caught more than ten large crucian carp in two hours.

"Okay, no more fishing. I had a great time fishing today, thanks to you, Xiaolin."

After ten o'clock, the weather became hot and hot. The uncle put away the fishing rod, looked at Lin Heng and said with a smile.

"No, no, it's all up to you." Lin Heng shook his head and said.

"Stop being modest." The uncle shook his head.

After packing up his things, he looked at Lin Heng and said, "Xiao Lin, I'm afraid you didn't come to me specifically to fish."

"I met by chance. I was happy to see someone fishing like me." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"If you don't tell me, then I'll leave." The uncle glanced at him.

"Haha, there is indeed something wrong, but I really fell in love with you at first sight, Grandpa Gao. I also love fishing." Lin Heng laughed.

"Then tell me, I, an ordinary old man, can't help you." Uncle Gao looked at him and said.

"That's right, I want to rent your house to do some business." Lin Heng said his purpose with a smile.

This uncle Gao is not an ordinary man. Not only is he a retired veteran who participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, his son is still serving in the army, and his nephew is an official in Nanping County.

This old man could have gone to the city to enjoy his old age, but he was an upright man and was unwilling to waste national resources and insisted on living alone in the town.

And he doesn't show off his achievements and lives his own life alone.

Lin Heng knew about this in his previous life when the old man passed away.

Renting his house, one is in awe of this old man who serves the country, so that he can have an income and live a better life.

Another reason is to open a buying station here for safety. If someone uses some tricks to set fire or something like that, he will be dead. This man has a background.

Moreover, this uncle has a good character and will not argue over money matters. If it were someone else, it would be hard to say whether the rent would be raised every year.

"What business are you doing?" Uncle Gao glanced at Lin Heng and asked.

"I'm going to open a buying station." Lin Heng said truthfully.

Uncle Gao thought for a moment and said, "Yes, yes, but there are conditions."

"Say it." Lin Heng said quickly.

"That is, you have to accompany the old man and me to fish twice a month." Uncle Gao said with a smile.

"That's not a problem. Even if you don't tell me, I will take the initiative to fish with you." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Then let's go, go back first." Uncle Gao looked at Lin Heng and said.

He had already learned about Lin Heng from the chat just now. He was just an ordinary peasant boy.

He also thought that renting his house was a normal small business and not a way to make profits by leveraging his influence.

But what he didn't expect was that Lin Heng really knew.

But even if he knew his identity, Lin Heng had no idea in this regard. It was enough to start his career slowly and he didn't want to take any shortcuts. Shortcuts often lead to the abyss
  The main reason for renting his house is that the location is good and he knows everything about it, which makes him worry-free.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and helped hold the fishing rod. Naturally, he was allowed to hold the fish himself.

On the way back, the tall man inevitably showed off his catch, with a happy smile on his face.

Back at the uncle's house, Lin Heng found that even though the house was big, there was a larger yard behind it, with many flowers, plants and trees planted in it.

Uncle Gao stayed with him for lunch, and then the two of them talked about the rent. In the end, Lin Heng took over the house at a rent of [-] yuan per year.

It wasn't that Lin Heng was stingy. Uncle Gao had already mentioned the price before he opened his mouth. He couldn't bargain for a higher price.

After drafting the contract and signing it, Lin Heng felt at ease.

The next step is to sell Phellinus mulberry and open a purchasing station.

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