Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 164: Find a way to electrify the village, and the initial construction of Hongfeng Mountain

"It turns out to be Uncle Tian. Let's go into the house and talk."

Lin Heng opened the door and saw that it was Tian Dongfu, the village party secretary, and said with a smile.

"Okay." Tian Dongfu was not polite and went directly into the house.

"Xiulan, scoop a bowl of rice for Uncle Tian." Lin Heng said while pouring a cup of tea for Tian Dongfu.

Tian Dongfu quickly stopped Xiulan, shook his head and said, "No, I just ate at home and am very full now. I have something to discuss with Lin Heng."

"Uncle Tian, ​​you're welcome. You can eat some more after you eat it." Xiulan said with a smile.

"No, I came here just after dinner." Tian Dongfu waved his hands repeatedly.

In this way, Xiulan had no choice but to give up.

"Uncle Tian, ​​drink water." Lin Heng nodded and handed over the tea.

Tian Dongfu put it on the table to dry, looked at Lin Heng and said, "I am here to discuss the matter of electrifying our village."

Lin Heng had already guessed this, nodded and said, "This is a good thing. It is inconvenient to do anything in the village without electricity. If you want to become rich, you must build roads and provide electricity."

Tian Dongfu nodded: "That's the truth. I've gotten to know the power station in town these days and applied for some subsidies. But even so, each family still has to pay 15 yuan to get electricity."

Lin Heng was not surprised by the price. 15 yuan is not a lot, but it is still a lot. Some families may not be willing to pay this amount.

Especially after electricity is turned on, you still have to pay the electricity bill, which is not something everyone is happy with. This is especially true for some pedantic people, who are completely unwilling to accept new things.

Naturally, Lin Heng had to work hard to connect Murakami with electricity. It was too inconvenient to not have electricity. He couldn't stand kerosene lamps for a long time, and he had been lighting candles recently.

"Then let's mobilize. We can start with the rich people. I believe most of them still want to get electricity. And we can also use some appropriate rhetoric, saying that everyone agrees that if there is no electricity now, it will be more expensive without subsidies in the future. Yes." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He believed that no matter how poor they were, it would still be okay for a family to spend fifteen yuan, and that they would have a chance to become rich only when electricity was supplied.

Tian Dongfu glanced at Lin Heng and thought that this kid was pretty good at it. He nodded and said, "That's what I mean. When the time comes, you, I, the village chief and a few others will work on this matter together.

I estimate that it will rain in the next two days. If it rains, it will be easier for everyone to stay at home. Let’s go to everyone’s home to mobilize. "

"Okay, no problem, just let me know when the time comes." Lin Heng nodded and said, this matter must be done no matter what.

"By the way, I have applied for a 10,000-yuan household commendation for you. Then you will be our village's model worker and leader in getting rich." Tian Dongfu took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

"Ah, I don't have 10,000 yuan in savings now." Lin Heng spread his hands and said with a wry smile. He didn't want this reputation and would be easily jealous.

"As long as you have it. If you have a buying station and dig a fish pond, you are taking the lead in getting rich. And having this name will have many benefits. You can apply for a lot of entrepreneurial subsidies and so on, and apply for some documents. It’s a lot more convenient.” Tian Dongfu said with a smile.

Not only does this matter give him face, but the leaders of the town also need it. Working for a year definitely requires some achievements, and being the youngest-ever million-yuan household in town is definitely a gimmick that could make it into the newspapers.

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Tian." Lin Heng didn't refuse. It would be good to meet the leaders of the town through this and get acquainted with them.

After saying this and chatting briefly, Tian Dongfu finished his tea and left.

"Honey, how many sweet potatoes have you ground?" Lin Heng asked curiously.

Xiulan said: "It's more than 2,000 jins. The sweet potato flour that comes out is about 300 jins. Mom means to grind it into 5,000 jins and leave 3,000 jins, which will be used later to make sweet wine."

"Then you guys are pretty fast. When you're done, I'll beat the fern roots into powder." Lin Heng was a little surprised. This speed was much faster than he expected.

"It will slow down in the next two days. There are too many sweet potato residues, and the pigs at home can't finish them." Xiulan said.

Lin Heng nodded, took two mouthfuls of rice, and continued chatting.

Xiulan has recently gained a new friend, Tian Yan. After meeting her at the last barbecue party, she often comes to Xiulan to wash clothes and ask for advice on life matters.

Sometimes she would teach Xiaoxia how to write at home, but Xiaoxia was not interested in this and would run away when she saw her.

Lin Heng naturally didn't have any objections to this. After Caiyun went to school, Xiulan happened to have no friends to chat with, so it would be nice to have Tian Yan to play with her.

Moreover, Tian Yan unexpectedly discovered that Lin Heng had a lot of books at home, and became even more interested in coming to play with Xiulan.

After eating, Lin Heng took the initiative to wash the dishes. His wife's little hands were injured while grinding sweet potatoes.

"Your hands are not infected, right?" After rinsing the bowl, Lin Heng picked up his wife's hand and looked at it.

After more than half a year of maintenance, he was really distressed when his slender, fair little hand was injured. There was a centimeter-long scratch on the index finger.

Xiulan looked at him, blinked and shook her head: "There is no infection. I am wearing the rubber gloves you bought for me now and they have not been wetted."

"That's good. If it's infected, it'll be troublesome." Xiulan nodded, holding her wife's hand and touching it for a while. It looked nice and easy to touch, soft and smooth.

Xiulan looked at him helplessly and could only let him touch her hand. She felt very happy and simply lay on his lap to rest.

"There have been a lot of Hericium and Enoki mushrooms in the mountains these past two days, and oyster mushrooms and matsutake mushrooms are also coming out. When will you go pick them up with me?" Xiulan asked, lying on Lin Heng's lap, looking up at him.

Lin Heng looked at his wife's big eyes and alluring red lips, thought for a while and said, "It will definitely rain in the next two days. When it rains lightly, let's go directly to Baishigou to look for fungi."

He also wants to go looking for fungi with his wife. After the fungi are found, this period of time is also suitable for hunting. The leaves have fallen, and pheasants and other things can be easily found.

"Okay, let's go look for it when it rains." Xiulan nodded.

After taking a nap at noon, Xiulan took Xiaoxia to her parents' place to continue grinding sweet potatoes.

Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain with his father and elder brother. After ten days of work, the stone ridges in the second and third rows were built. The ridges built with cement mortar were very smooth and looked beautiful.

The land leveling work for these two rows is also in full swing. The land in the second row has basically been leveled. Looking at the huge flat site that is 400 meters long and 15 meters wide, Lin Heng feels very comfortable. Everyone is doing this. Very well done.

There is no rush to spread the lines of the fish pond for the time being. It will not be too late to spread the lines once all the land is leveled.

After looking at it twice, he took cornmeal to feed the grass carp fry, and then started working with everyone else.

This mountain is empty and the autumn wind is quite strong in late autumn, which is just right and very comfortable for people who sweat from work.

It was very interesting to chat with Li Shiwei and others while working.

Lin Heng originally wanted to build a waterwheel during this period, but after trying it for a while he decided to invite his father to join him.

It's too hard for one person to do this thing, and his carpentry work is not even interesting.

"It's been cloudy and sunny for half a month, and it hasn't rained yet. Maybe another big one is coming."

Li Shiwei looked at the sky and said, he was looking forward to it. If it rains heavily, he might be able to pick up the dark wood again.

He also wanted to make a small fortune so that he could straighten his back when he returned home and make his wife obedient and not dare to contradict him.

"I guess not. It doesn't rain much in late autumn." Lin Heng said with a smile.

The weather did give him face. In the past twenty days of work, it rained twice, which had no impact.

"I guess it won't rain heavily. It's very beautiful to dig yams during this period." Li Baiquan said with a smile.

"Yes." Lin Heng nodded, and when he mentioned yams, he couldn't help but miss them.

The wild yam tasted really good last time. It was delicate and sweet, and became soft when cooked. It was much more delicious than artificially grown ones.

I ate one of the lilies I dug on Chestnut Mountain last time when I got home. It made me cry because of the pain, so I planted them all in the backyard to see the flowers next year.

And lilies are also edible, so they are great for making flower cakes.

Li Shiwei patted him on the shoulder: "When the fish pond is dug, you go to our house and I will take you up the mountain to dig. We have a mountain with many big yams."

"Let's talk about it then. I'm not sure whether to go or not yet." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye. The rain has not yet fallen, and the leveling work on the fish pond is about to be completed.

Because the slope is not that big in the first place, leveling is not particularly labor-intensive.

Lin Heng saw that it was not raining, so he went to the town to deal with the purchase and delivery of goods.

He first went to the city alone, taking his compound bow with him.

Ge Qingshan learned that he was going to the city and ran to Li Chengguo.

"Lin Heng, please do the math. I bought these things ten days ago." Ge Qingshan looked at Lin Heng and said in surprise.

"Then let's find a place to play." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"I have a place, come with me." Ge Qingshan said with a smile, and took Lin Heng to an empty factory on his motorcycle.

There are arrow targets set up here, and it seems that Ge Qingshan has already prepared them.

"Your place is pretty good, Lin Heng." Ge Qingshan said with a smile.

Lin Heng nodded: "Very good, let's get started."

"Okay." Ge Qingshan opened the things. In addition to his compound bow, there were also the hunting arrows Lin Heng mentioned.

"These fifty triangular-headed hunting arrows are all bought according to your request, costing two yuan each." Ge Qingshan looked at Lin Heng and said.

"Thank you. I'll give you the money later and let's start practicing first." Lin Heng looked at the hunting arrows and was very satisfied.

This is much better than what he modified himself, and the weight is more reasonable.

It's expensive, but it's not cheap to play with modern compound bows. Fortunately, these fifty bows are enough for him to use for several years.

He started from scratch and taught Ge Qingshan bit by bit, and then let him test-fire by himself while he watched and corrected the situation.

After practicing for two hours, Ge Qingshan couldn't help but stop and rest.

He took a sip of water, looked at Lin Heng and asked curiously: "How far can you shoot while maintaining accuracy?"

Lin Heng thought for a while and said: "I can shoot within the seventh ring within a hundred and fifty meters, and I can hit the target from two to three hundred meters. I shot a golden rooster to death from a hundred meters away a few days ago."

"So awesome!!" Ge Qingshan said in surprise.

"After all, this is what I rely on for a living." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He picked up the compound bow and started shooting at the farthest eighty-meter target.

Five arrows in a row, all within the eighth ring. When he took the bow, he felt like he could hit it. This was where his talent lay.

Just like a top student picking up a math problem and knowing how to solve it.

Ge Qingshan clapped his hands and applauded: "Awesome! You can compete in competitions at your level."

Lin Heng smiled and shook his head and said, "Not interested."

Although he is talented, those on the national team are even more talented, and in this era, you can’t make much money playing games, so you might as well go hunting.

"Then how long do you think it will take for me to reach your level?" Ge Qingshan asked curiously.

Lin Heng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Of course it's the truth." Ge Qingshan said.

"That may take at least two years, but you can try hunting after practicing hunting for half a year." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He didn't hit him too hard. In fact, some people who have been practicing for several years may not be as good as him. "That's okay. I can persist. When can you take me to try hunting?" Ge Qingshan nodded, never forgetting about hunting.

"Let's wait until it snows. It's hard to fight recently." Lin Heng shook his head and said.

"Okay, I'm already very hungry and thirsty." Ge Qingshan rubbed his arms and started practicing again.

He can now hit the target at twenty meters and fly out from time to time.

"Then you can go shooting fish and just put a fishing line on the arrow." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"What a great idea. I'll find a place to shoot fish in a few days." Ge Qingshan's eyes lit up.

The two practiced archery together until noon, and then went to have a meal. Lin Heng gave him the money to buy arrows and treated him to a meal.

After playing for a while in the afternoon, Lin Heng followed the truck back home.

The truck delivered some goods, and Lin Heng did the math. He made two hundred yuan from selling goods this month, a little more than last month.

In the evening, Lin Heng and Uncle Gao went fishing. If he didn't go back today, he would sleep in Huangtan Town.

Fish fishing in autumn is very good. In the evening, he caught three to four kilograms of crucian carp and a carp in more than an hour in the evening. Lin Heng rarely had fun.

The next day, the truck that came to pick up the bulk goods also arrived. After settlement, the profit was 520 yuan. This month is the time when the most goods are received in the year, so it is not outrageous to have this kind of income.

And because the purchase price he offered here was relatively high, many people from the neighboring towns also came to sell goods.

After paying Wang Zhou's wages, Lin Heng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come on, the store is closed today. I'll take you up to see the girl."

"Ah, today! Wouldn't this be bad?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhou immediately became nervous.

"You're so coy, just follow me." Lin Heng was speechless, there was nothing to be afraid of when meeting a woman.

Wang Zhou hesitated again: "Then I..."

"Don't say anything, just come up with me and see people." Lin Heng waved his hand and interrupted him.

After closing the shop and saying something to Uncle Gao, the two of them left directly.

Lin Heng led the horse and walked back with Wang Zhou.

It was already past one in the afternoon when we arrived at Hongfeng Village. Xiulan was grinding sweet potato powder in the yard.

"Whatever you want to eat, I'll cook it for you." Xiulan wiped her hands and looked at Lin Heng and said.

"No need, I can just do it myself." Lin Heng waved his hand and said.

"Are you sure?" Xiulan asked again.

"Well, you go about your business."

Lin Heng nodded and took Wang Zhou home to cook a meal for himself.

"Brother Lin, what do you think we should say when we meet later?" Wang Zhou became nervous again while eating.

"Just say whatever you have to say, just say you like her if you like her." Lin Heng looked indifferent.

Wang Zhou's eyes widened: "Is this appropriate?"

"Why isn't it appropriate? How will she know if you like her if you don't tell her?" Lin Heng rolled his eyes.

After eating, he took Wang Zhou and set off.

After asking some people, I finally found Liu Cihua herding cattle in Shibadanggou.

When they came over, Liu Cihua was sitting on the stone man in a daze. When she saw Lin Heng, she was stunned for a moment and then quickly stood up. She looked at him and said, "What's the matter?"

"Liu Cihua, this is Wang Zhou. He likes you and wants to ask you to be his wife." Lin Heng pushed Wang Zhou over and said directly.

"what!!"

Lin Heng's straightforward words shocked both Wang Zhou and Liu Cihua, and the frequency was surprisingly consistent.

Lin Heng glanced at Wang Zhou and said with a smile: "Let's have a good chat. If we don't chat for half an hour, I will deduct your salary if you come out."

After saying that, he left and went downstream, ignoring them.

After Lin Heng left, both of them froze on the spot, motionless.

After several minutes, the two of them looked at each other carefully.

"Where are you from?" Liu Cihua finally spoke first.

Wang Zhou couldn't say a word for a long time.

……

After waiting for half an hour, Wang Zhou came out with a red face.

Lin Heng glanced at him and said, "How do you like it? Do you like it?"

Wang Zhou nodded and said with a shy smile: "Yeah, she is so beautiful, I think she is very suitable."

Liu Cihua's appearance has exceeded his own expectations. If she were more beautiful, he wouldn't dare to look at her. He would instinctively feel that he is not worthy of her.

At this moment, Liu Cihua was still in my mind, with her bulging breasts.

"Then what does she mean?" Lin Heng asked again.

Speaking of this, Wang Zhou looked confused: "This... I don't know either."

He didn't say much just now, and he couldn't understand what Liu Cihua meant at all.

"That's easy to handle. You go pick some wild chrysanthemums and send them over. If she doesn't refuse, there will be something interesting." Lin Heng said with a smile.

When Wang Zhou heard about sending flowers, his heart was pounding even more and he was a little afraid to act.

"If you don't want to do it, then go back. I can only help you so far." Lin Heng spread his hands and said, not understanding what was scary about women.

"I'll go." Wang Zhou gritted his teeth, picked some wild chrysanthemums on the roadside, turned around and ran in.

Lin Heng took a look. He guessed that there would be no problem. People can find their own positions. These two people are a good match.

After a while, Wang Zhou ran out with a smile on his face.

"She accepted Brother Lin." Wang Zhou said excitedly.

"Let me make it clear to you. Her mother is mute and her father is also a bit demented. If you want to marry her, you have to think carefully." Lin Heng warned.

"It's okay, as long as she has no problem." Wang Zhou waved his hands, thinking that it was not a problem. Now his mind was filled with Liu Cihua's appearance.

"Okay, that's it for now. You save some money, discuss it with your parents, and find a time next year to ask someone to propose marriage."

Lin Heng nodded and said, he took Wang Zhou back, walked around for a while, and then let him go back to the town. For the time being, he had to calm down and not make a hot-headed decision that would harm both himself and the girl.

Just as Wang Zhou was sent away, a light rain began to fall in the sky. Together with the autumn wind, Lin Heng, who was peeing on the roadside, couldn't help but shiver.

Lin Heng looked at his watch. It was after four o'clock in the afternoon, so he turned around and went to Hongfeng Mountain.

Today is already November 16th. The leveling work at the Hongfeng Mountain construction site was completely completed this morning. In the afternoon, the stone ridges near the mountain stream and some minor flaws were dealt with.

"Lin Heng, there is no more work to do, why don't you start digging the pond?" Lin's father looked at him and said.

Lin Heng stood on the ground and took a look. He was very satisfied. He shook his head and said, "No, let it go when it's done. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, come back."

"Okay." Father Lin nodded. He originally wanted everyone to work for a while, but the rain became heavier and heavier.

I had to ask someone to sign and leave quickly.

By the time we got home, the light rain had turned into moderate rain. With the howling autumn wind, the cold people were shivering all over.

"Hurry up and help bring the dried fish and persimmons into the house." Mother Lin shouted when she saw them. They were busy collecting sweet potato flour.

"Okay." Lin Heng and others quickly received the things into the house.

The things were put into the house, and several people looked at the gloomy rain with emotion on their faces.

"It seems that we won't be able to do any work tomorrow." Li Shiwei said with emotion.

"Definitely, I estimate it will take two or three days." Lin Yue also nodded.

Lin Heng felt that the rain was quite good. It just allowed the newly leveled land to settle, which would be beneficial for later construction.

"Let's cook. I'm very hungry. Have a drink tonight." Father Lin shook his head and said.

Mother Lin agreed and went to cook.

Among the five dishes for dinner, Lin Heng’s favorite was undoubtedly the stir-fried white strips with chopped peppers.

The small white fish rods stir-fried with chopped chili peppers are fragrant and spicy and can't be more perfect.

Lin Heng felt that the only thing that could compete with it was braised pork, and nothing like bacon could compare.

"If it rains tomorrow, then we will get up early and go back and wait until the weather clears up." Li Baiquan said at the dinner table.

Mother Lin didn't stop her. She nodded and said, "It's time to go back. The dried fish happened to be dried in the sun. You can take it back."

Lin Heng looked at his uncle and Li Shiwei and said, "Do you want me to settle the salary first?"

Li Shiwei shook his head: "That's no need. We still have to come down to do the work. Let's settle the settlement together in the end."

Li Baiquan also nodded and said: "Besides, if you pay us our wages in advance, wouldn't it be bad if other people also pay their wages in advance? We are not in a hurry."

"That's okay." Lin Heng didn't say much, it was indeed the truth.

After dinner, it was still raining lightly, the sky was overcast, and it was only six o'clock and it was already hard to see the road.

Lin Heng held his daughter, Xiulan held an umbrella, and the three of them quickly returned home.

There was nothing else to do in such a heavy rain. After taking a shower, they all went to bed and lay down. Xiaoxia did not sleep in her own small bed and crawled around on the big bed.

Lin Heng and Xiulan were not sleeping either. Lin Heng was reading with a book to relieve Xiulan's boredom. When it was almost done, I changed to a storybook to coax Xiaoxia to sleep.

Early the next morning, although the rain became lighter, it was still moderately rainy.

At around eight o'clock, Lin Heng was having breakfast when there was a knock on the door outside.

"coming."

Lin Heng knew who it was without thinking. He said something and walked over to open the door.

(End of this chapter)