Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 173 'The Story of the Beautiful Musk Musk' and the first snow in early winter [6k]

In the following days, Lin Heng first rebuilt the fish pond and well at his home.

The process is not difficult, just remove the water and fish temporarily, and then harden the surrounding walls.

After the inner wall hardened, he still put back the stones that were originally piled on the inner wall. The cement inner wall still didn't look as good as the stones.

After it's done, you won't see any big changes from the outside, but the inside has been completely changed. There will be no risk of water seepage, and the house will not be very humid.

The same treatment was done for the toilets. The fermentation materials in the toilets were dug out and poured into the ground to fertilize, and then a large septic tank was built with cement and stones.

He originally wanted to build a toilet in the house, but since there was no toilet room in the house in advance and the amount of work was a bit large, he forgot about it.

However, he has already repaired this toilet. After using the toilet, he can just flush it with water and there will be no smell in the yard.

His original idea was to build a biogas digester, but he gave up because the project was too large.

Later, he hardened the ground for his parents and elder brother, and even the aisles outside the three courtyards were paved with cement floors.

Their respective dry toilets have also been covered and piled with cement. Although they have not been rebuilt, they have been greatly improved.

The pig pen in the yard of the old house was also moved to the back hill this time. Most of the place where the pig pen was originally was paved with cement, and part of it was built into a flower bed.

These projects were completed by Lin Heng, his eldest brother, Li Shiwei and Lin Hai. These were physically demanding tasks, but building his own home gave him a sense of accomplishment and happiness.

Both Li Shiwei and Lin Hai were extremely envious. Sometimes money may be just a number, but when it is converted into physical objects, it will shock people.

The two of them were more eager to make money, and the frequency of asking Lin Heng related questions became more frequent.

Time came to December 12st unknowingly in the busyness.

In the past few days while Lin Heng was working on the ground hardening, Lin's father and others lived in the wooden house in Hongfeng Mountain or at Lin Heng's home. This morning it took two days for the cement to be laid and it had completely hardened.

In the early morning, a large family gathered in front of the door.

Lin Heng opened the door, looked at his parents and said, "Go in and feel it."

Father Lin and Mother Lin nodded and walked into the yard. They felt a little emotional when they stepped on the hardened cement floor. They looked around in the yard and then inside the house.

The whole yard is smooth and flat. There is no more gnawing and gnawing, and there is no need to worry about mud everywhere due to rain.

After looking around the room, the two returned to the middle of the yard, with smiles on their faces, nodding their heads and saying, "That's great, that's great!"

Lin's father patted Lin Heng's shoulder and said with a smile: "Dad has taken advantage of you. I never thought that our house would be able to have a concrete floor this year."

Mother Lin also nodded: "You will no longer be a rebellious child. You have really grown up."

Lin Heng laughed, put his arms around his parents' shoulders and said with a smile: "This is nothing, I just want you to live comfortably for the time being, and I will build two small western-style buildings for you to live in in two years."

He didn't plan to plaster the exterior walls of his parents' and eldest brother's houses. This time they had to lay cement floors, so he asked his parents to plaster the walls of the first floor of the house into cement walls. This was mainly to make it easier for them to live temporarily.

Because in the future, he will definitely demolish his parents' house and build it into a building. It may only take two or three years, so there is no need to decorate the exterior walls.

The same is true for his eldest brother. He estimates that in two years' time, if his eldest brother makes money with him, he will definitely build his house into a building.

So there is no need to do any decoration on the exterior wall, as long as it does not leak from rain or wind.

As for his house, he is not planning to demolish it. He has already decided to build a house in Hongfeng Mountain in the future. This one here will retain the structure of this earthen house and come back sometimes to experience life.

Therefore, the exterior wall must be smoothed with plaster and cement. He will do this slowly in a few days, but he hasn't started yet.

Father Lin smiled and shook his head: "That's enough for now. Let's wait until you really have hundreds of thousands to talk about small foreign-style buildings."

Mother Lin also said: "Yes, it's good now. You've already spent a lot of money to get these for us, so don't worry about it for now."

When Lin Heng said this before, his two elders would definitely not believe it. But now they are only afraid of Lin Heng spending money recklessly, and no longer doubt Lin Heng's ability to make money.

"It doesn't cost much, we just need to live comfortably by ourselves." Lin Heng said with a smile, and he felt comfortable looking at it now.

After saying a few words, Father Lin and Mother Lin went to clean up the house. In the past two days, the cement floor was beaten, and everything in the house was messed up. Furniture and food were piled upstairs and at Lin Heng's house.

After Li Shiwei and others came over, they helped move and arrange it. There were many people in the village watching in the yard, very envious.

Li Caifeng said with envy: "This cement floor is so good. From now on, we won't need bamboo mats to dry food."

Grandpa Liu San nodded: "Yes, you don't have to worry about getting mud on your feet when it rains, and the mice in the house can't burrow."

“It’s great to have money!”

Most of them couldn't even build a mud house, let alone build it like Lin Heng's family, and the envy in their eyes was about to materialize.

If they walked into Lin Heng's house, they would be even more impressed. It turns out that an earthen house can be built so beautifully.

Lin Heng helped his parents for a while and then went to his eldest brother's house.

As soon as Lin Heng entered the house, his sister-in-law Liu Juan poured him a cup of water and tea and said with a smile: "The furniture in the house has not been tidied up. It is very messy. Don't mind. You will definitely come to my house for dinner in two days."

She is a woman who can assess the situation very well, and now she is very kind and kind to both Lin Heng and Xiulan. Because she knew very well that her family would still rely on Lin Heng for a long time, whether now or in the future.

With Lin Heng's strong rise in the village, everyone who was related to him felt the change in other people's attitudes, and they all understood the meaning of the saying that one person can rise to the top of a chicken or a dog and become a Taoist.

"It's nothing. I'm here to help. By the way, I'm going to my house for dinner later. My parents are also here," Lin Heng said.

Liu Juan nodded quickly and said with a smile: "Then we're welcome."

She knew that Lin Heng didn't like people to be polite, so she immediately agreed. I am going to wait a few days to help Xiulan more and get some wild vegetables, pigweed and the like.

With more people and strength, together with Li Shiwei, Lin Hai and his uncle Li Baiquan, they quickly finished the furniture and other things.

Xiulan ordered the pickled cabbage noodles, and everyone ate them in the yard and then went to the construction site. The remaining work in the house was left to the women to sort out slowly.

There are a hundred people on the other side of Hongfeng Mountain, and someone must keep an eye on them, otherwise it will be easy to get into trouble.

Lin Heng handed the work book to his father and said with a smile: "Dad, I won't go today. Let's have a good rest. Let's go early in the evening and make a hot pot."

Father Lin knew that Lin Heng was very busy these days, so he naturally had no objection. He nodded and said, "Just leave it to us over there."

Father Lin and others left and closed the courtyard door. The wind subsided and the courtyard suddenly became very quiet.

Xiongba and Jinbao had just finished their meal, lying on the bluestone and yawning in boredom. Xiaoxia was touching the dog's ears next to them, causing Xiongba to shake his head from time to time.

Xiulan took a broom to clean up some small garbage on the ground. Lin Heng came over and hugged her waist from behind, holding her in his arms.

Xiulan turned her head and rolled her eyes: "What are you doing~"

Lin Heng felt his wife's soft and warm body, put his head on her shoulder, and said with a smile, "Why don't you just hug her?"

Xiulan puffed up her cheeks and said, "Okay, you can sweep that place later."

"I'll sweep it, I'll sweep it." Lin Heng didn't care. It was so comfortable to hold his wife on his waist, and her hair also smelled of conditioner.

Holding his wife in his arms, Lin Heng looked at his home. Once he whitewashed the earthen walls with plaster, it would be perfect.

After letting him hug her for a while, Xiulan said softly: "Okay now, help clean the yard and let's plant vegetables."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lin Heng could only agree. In fact, he wanted to hold her for a while longer. It was really comfortable to hold my wife with her figure.

Xiulan cleaned the yard, and Lin Heng went to wash the dishes. He knew that his wife liked cooking but not washing dishes.

The kitchen is now different from before. Part of the previous earthen stove was dismantled, and a new stove with a chimney was built out of cement and bricks.

They also used the remaining bluestone slabs from the floor to build a cooking table and a rectangular water tank for filling water. The water pipes have been buried in the house in advance. When the electricity is turned on, a water pump will be purchased and tap water will be available directly.

The same goes for my parents and eldest brother's house, where water pipes are already buried. The water pipe was bought when he was digging the first and second fish ponds, and has been stored for a long time.

After his renovation, the kitchen was incomparable with the modern kitchens of later generations, but it was much cleaner and tidier than most rural kitchens.

"Open your mouth!"

Seeing Lin come out after washing the dishes, Xiulan fed him a peeled orange.

"Come on, come and plant vegetables with me."

She handed the hoe to Lin Heng while holding some vegetable seeds herself.

Lin Heng looked at his wife and said, "You can plant whatever you want. Just cover it with a film after planting. It can grow very fast in winter."

There is a film I bought before in the house. I cut two bamboos into pieces and put them in the ground. The surface is covered with film to create a small greenhouse.

"Okay, then I'll get some more seeds." Xiulan nodded and went to the cabinet to get some more seeds.

The two planted radishes, coriander, greens, mustard greens, spinach, garlic, shallots, peas and other vegetables. Basically, they planted some vegetables that did not require climbing vines and did not take long to mature.

After planting, Lin Heng went to cut down four golden bamboos and cut them into bamboo slices to arch the vegetable field.

While Xiulan was working with him, she asked, "Did you already plan to make the vegetable field into a long strip like this?"

Lin Heng nodded: "That's for sure. It's both beautiful and convenient. I've thought about it for a long time."

He had actually thought about the plan for the small yard for a long time, and he didn't just change it wherever he thought.

Cover the film, and soon the transparent film will turn silvery white by the evaporated water vapor.

It was already noon when they finished planting vegetables. Planting is very time-consuming, and half a day passed before they knew it.

I had a simple meal for lunch, and then started preparing for the hot pot in the evening.

Mother Lin and sister-in-law Liu Juan came over to help after cleaning up their home. They pulled a bunch of green vegetables in their vegetable patch.

Lin Heng chopped up the golden rooster he had shot before, added some leopard bones and soybeans and threw them into the pot to make a base soup.

He had already eaten the bamboo chicken and egret he had shot earlier. The bamboo chicken was stir-fried with hot and sour seeds, and it was so delicious. The egret stewed a soup, and Xiaoxia liked the stewed egret very much.

This golden chicken is a cured chicken deliberately left to stew and make hot pot soup base.

In terms of meat, the only ones left now are bacon and sausages, and dried fish.

Except for the portion of leopard meat sent to his grandmother and Uncle Gao in the town, the rest of the family almost ate it, leaving three kilograms of it made into dried meat for storage.

There are not even a few bones left, and today these are the last two.

Lin Heng didn't go hunting in the mountains these days, he was busy with things at home.

The only time I went up the mountain was to look for the forest musk deer that Wang Kaidian mentioned, but I wandered around the mountain for a whole day without finding any trace.

After simmering the soup in the pot, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan who was picking vegetables and said: "Xiulan, watch as the chicken soup in the house is carefully dried. I will go to the village to see who has the newly picked enoki mushrooms today. I will buy them. A little." "No need, the dried mushrooms at home are enough." Mother Lin shook her head and said.

"I want to eat it myself." Lin Heng said with a smile.

I went to Murakami to inquire about it and learned that Liu Lan had just picked up some enoki mushrooms yesterday morning. When Lin Heng came to her house, he found that Tian Baishun was also warming up by the fire.

"Lin Heng, what kind of wind has brought you here!" Liu Lan smiled charmingly when she saw Lin Heng. It just looks a bit scary with his pockmarked face.

"I heard that you picked up some winter mushrooms yesterday. I'll buy some." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Liu Lan smiled and said, "That's no problem. I picked up eight kilograms yesterday and just cleaned them up. Do you want them all?"

Lin Heng nodded and agreed. When Liu Lan went to get the mushrooms, Lin Heng started chatting with Tian Baishun and Liu Sanye.

After chatting for a while, the topic shifted to hunting. Tian Baishun wanted to ask him to go hiking with him again. Now in winter, he goes up the mountain almost every day and said that he met forest musk deer.

"Did you also see a forest deer in Getengou? When did it happen?" Lin Heng asked curiously,

The forest musk deer that Wang Kaidian discovered before was also in Ge Tenggou. It is a ravine covered with kudzu vines. In summer, there are almost no other trees. They are all kudzu leaves. There are also many people digging kudzu vines in winter.

He went there to search for a day, but found no trace of the forest deer. Unexpectedly, Old Man Tian found it again.

Tian Baishun took a breath of welding smoke and said, "I found it the day before yesterday. I was on this side of the ditch and it was on the other side of the ditch. They were seven or eight hundred meters apart, but I'm sure it was a male forest musk deer. I walked there yesterday and heard it. Howled.”

Lin Heng nodded and said, "Then I'll go take a look in the next two days."

He now has a new idea, which he named "Beautiful Musk Deer". The forest musk deer is not very spirited. He plans to take the family's female forest musk deer and tie it under a tree to seduce it.

Set up some traps nearby. If it is fooled, catch another one alive to make a pair. You don’t have to worry about breeding in the future.

If he didn't fall into the trap and successfully paired up with his own female forest musk deer, and the mother forest musk deer could borrow seeds to give birth to baby forest musk deer, he would also make a huge profit.

Even after mating, he can ambush one hand and maybe hunt it down, which is super profitable.

The more he thought about this strategy, the more satisfied he became. The only thing he worried about was that he, the forest musk deer, would break free from the rope and run away.

But as long as precautions are taken, he believes it shouldn't be a problem.

Tian Baishun said: "Ask me to come with you when you go, so that I can take advantage of your luck."

Just when Lin Heng was about to agree, Liu Lan brought the enoki mushrooms and carried a steel scale: "It's eight pounds in total, take a look."

"No problem." Lin Heng took four yuan from his pocket and gave it to her.

Although enoki mushrooms are delicious, they are not as valuable as hericium, fresh ones only cost 50 cents per pound.

After taking the mushrooms and saying something to everyone, Lin Heng left.

On the way back, I was still thinking about the feasibility of my plan.

The mushrooms have been picked and handed over to Xiulan for cleaning, while he cuts bacon and sausages to prepare for hot pot in the evening.

The bacon was cut, and this time he also made the hot pot soul sesame sauce, chopped green onion, minced garlic, soy sauce, chili and other spices. Everyone can choose according to their own taste.

At four o'clock, everyone finally got everything done. Lin Heng wiped his hands and said, "I'll go to Hongfeng Mountain to call someone."

On the Hongfeng Mountain side, after so many days of excavation, the ten newly dug ponds are about to take shape, and it is estimated that they will be completed in another week.

这10座塘子建成就只剩下4座塘子没挖了，加上原本的2座一共16座鱼塘，也就是16亩。

There is also some construction of the indoor breeding room in the storage room. Together with the four fish ponds, Lin Heng estimates that it will be completed by January and a half of next year at the latest.

People in the village are also down-to-earth and hard-working, and there are very few cheating and cheating.

"Everyone gets off work early today, come and sign, and then you can leave. The salary will not change at 80 cents." Lin Heng looked at everyone and said aloud.

"Great, thank you, Boss Lin!"

"You are such a good person!"

Everyone was so excited when they heard this. After finishing the work in hand, they rushed over to sign in to get off work.

After everyone left, Lin Heng looked at Lin's father and others and said, "Let's leave quickly, the hot pot is ready in the house."

"Okay, let's try your hot pot today." Father Lin nodded.

Everyone was looking forward to it, and none of them had ever had hot pot.

After going back to the room to wash up briefly, a dozen people all sat down around the table.

The hot pot has been prepared a long time ago, and it is bubbling. It is filled with various dishes, and the strong aroma wafts to the nostrils, whetting everyone's appetite.

Lin Heng picked up the enoki mushrooms with chopsticks and said with a smile: "Eat it directly, it's already cooked."

"it is good!"

The group of people started to eat vegetables. Their dipping sauces were also prepared by Lin Heng. They were all the first time eaters and they would not be able to make these.

After taking two bites, he couldn't help but nod his head: "It's delicious, the hot pot is so delicious."

"This mushroom is so fragrant and tastes better than the ones made by my mother and grandma." Lin Wei praised.

He was so honest that he was glared at by Liu Juan and Mother Lin, which made everyone laugh.

"It's really enjoyable." Lin Heng's third father, Lin Xutao, shook his head. He had never thought that hot pot was so delicious, and he didn't understand it before.

"This is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten." Lin Heng's uncle Li Baiquan said after taking a bite of the cooked bacon. He had enjoyed enough at Lin Heng's house these days.

Lin Heng laughed: "There are enough dishes prepared today for everyone to eat."

What I drank today was still rice wine. It has a low alcohol content and a sweet taste, which is very popular.

Drinking wine and eating hot pot, the room was full of laughter.

Children's fighting ability is the worst. After eating for a while, they ran out to play, doing somersaults and hide-and-seek in the yard. When they were hungry, they came back to take a few bites.

The women's fighting power was also relatively poor, and the strongest ones were a group of men. Eight pounds of enoki mushrooms were wiped out, and there was not much left of the twenty pounds of vegetables and meat in total.

We started eating at 4:30 and it got dark after 6:00. It was quite fierce.

This fresh way of eating hot pot has been well received by everyone.

Lin Heng felt that beer, Coke and Sprite were missing, and it would be better to have beer when eating hot pot.

After finishing eating, everyone left with satisfied expressions. Sister-in-law Liu Juan and Caiyun helped clear away the dishes.

After everyone left, Lin Heng took Xiaoxia for a walk in the yard to eat and count the stars.

It is also a kind of enjoyment to have a lively meal with a group of relatives and friends. This kind of slow time makes people feel very comfortable.

After a while of cold wind, Lin Heng was pulled into the room by Xiulan, fearing that he would catch a cold.

"Eat a few hawthorns to help digestion." Xiulan took a few washed hawthorns and handed them to Lin Heng.

This thing was given by his third father, who had a big hawthorn tree in his field.

"Okay." Lin Heng ate five pills. They tasted sour and sweet, and he also fed Xiaoxia half a pill.

Although she only eats some vegetables, Lin Heng is still afraid of her indigestion.

It is difficult to treat illnesses these days, so he pays special attention to this aspect and puts prevention first.

After eating hawthorn, Lin Heng let Xiaoxia play for a while while he went to take a bath.

Hot pot is delicious, but it can easily stain for a lifetime, so it needs to be washed thoroughly.

After washing, he went to coax Xiaoxia to sleep.

After he coaxed Xiaoxia to sleep, Xiulan also finished washing and came out.

"Lie in quickly and keep me warm." Xiulan pointed to the quilt and said, chewing a piece of refreshing White Rabbit toffee in her mouth.

"I have a way not to be cold, but to be even hotter."

Lin Heng chuckled, picked her up and got into bed.

"oops……"

Xiulan screamed, but Lin Heng blocked her mouth and took a hard taste of the refreshing White Rabbit toffee.

Taking advantage of the situation, she also ate a large snow-white paper packet that was too big for one person to carry, and exercised her waist and abdominal muscles for half an hour, allowing Xiulan to feel the warmth of 37 degrees in this cold winter.

"Isn't it cold now?" Lin Heng looked at his wife in his arms and said with a smile.

"Bad guy~"

Xiulan whispered, feeling so tired in Lin Heng's arms that she couldn't bear to deal with him. She was so happy.

"Ha ha!"

Lin Heng laughed happily, and Xiulan and she put on their underwear and went to hug Xiaoxia, and the three of them slept together.

The main reason is that the weather is cold, and I am worried that she will not be warm enough and freeze.

However, the three of them still felt a little cold at night and huddled together.

At dawn the next morning, Lin Heng woke up and opened the window. He wondered if it was snowing.

Opening the window, a gust of cold wind hit me instantly. When I looked again, I saw that the ground outside was indeed covered with a thin layer of snow, about two or three centimeters thick.

"Xiulan, it's really snowing." Lin Heng said with a smile.

The first snow in the winter of 83 came so quietly, but the snow did not continue to fall from the sky. It is estimated that it will melt as soon as the sun comes out.

"It's so beautiful." Xiulan looked out the window. The snowy scene was so intoxicating.

"Snow!" Xiaoxia also cheered, full of curiosity about the vast white world.

Lin Heng closed the window, got into bed and said, "I'm going to the town today to see if the fireplace I bought from the city has arrived."

The weather is getting colder and colder, and it is no longer enough to survive the night without a fireplace.

　That’s 6,000 for today. Sorry, I’ll try to get 8,000 tomorrow.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)