Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 183 Want to buy a motorcycle [6k]

Lin Heng grinned and said: "I just bought it not long ago. Uncle, are you going to town to sell things?"

"Yes, I picked up some wild hawthorns in the mountains and took them to sell."

The uncle nodded, looked at the red date where Lin Heng was sitting and said, "I'm afraid your horse is not cheap. Have you made a fortune recently?"

He didn't seem to know that Lin Hengdu had become a household worth ten thousand yuan.

"Fortunately, it's not particularly expensive." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After chatting and walking into the town, Lin Heng dismounted and looked at the old man's hawthorn.

The quality is average, the particles vary in size, and some have wormholes.

"How much does it cost?" Lin Heng asked.

The old man glanced at Lin Heng and said, "If you want to buy it, I'll give you two cents a pound."

Lin Heng pointed to the bag and said, "Then I'll buy them all. How many kilograms do you have in total?"

"Buy them all?" The uncle was stunned, and then continued: "I only weigh twenty-two pounds, so don't play tricks on me."

Lin Heng smiled and took out four dollars and a half and handed it to him: "Four dollars and a quarter, right? I'll give you four dollars and a half, and give me the bag as well."

"You really buy it." The uncle was stunned, how could this young man become so rich?

"Really bought it."

Lin Heng took the hawthorn and left directly.

Someone who knew Lin Heng nearby smiled and explained to the uncle: "He must have really bought it. He attended the town's commendation meeting and is the youngest ten-thousand-yuan household in Huangtan Town."

The old man was stunned and looked at Lin Heng with wide eyes: "I heard that there is a millionaire in Hongfeng Village. Could it be you?"

Lin Heng looked back, smiled, waved and left.

The old man was stunned for a long time, not really understanding why Lin Heng had changed so much in such a short period of time, less than a few months ago.

Although the weather is cold, the streets are still very lively on market days, with stalls and pedestrians everywhere.

When they arrived at the bridge, Lin Hengneng saw that the meat stall actually had mutton, and hurriedly walked over.

"How do you sell this mutton?" Lin Heng asked looking at the uncle in front of the stall.

Seeing Lin Heng asking about the price, the uncle grinned and said quickly: "One dollar and five pounds, do you want to buy it? Buy more and I will give it a cheaper price for you. This is my own sheep that broke its leg before killing it."

"Where's the sheep's belly? How much does this cost?" Lin Heng pointed to the sheep's belly hanging next to him and asked. This is a good thing.

The uncle pointed at the sheep tripe and replied: "The offal costs two yuan a pound. If you want to buy it, I can give it to you as cheap as one yuan and eighty cents."

Lin Heng nodded and said, "Then I'll buy ten pounds of mutton. I'll buy all the lamb tripe, large intestines, and lamb kidneys."

"So many."

The uncle was stunned when he heard this. Such a arrogant person was so rare. He even doubted whether Lin Heng had so much money.

"Don't worry, if I give you money on the spot, I can still run away..." Lin Heng spread his hands and said with a smile to reassure him.

In this era, even a household worth ten thousand yuan is reluctant to eat and drink like this. It is really hard to believe that it is worth buying so much at one time.

"That's fine."

The uncle nodded, cut the meat and weighed it on a scale. Ten kilograms of mutton cost 15 yuan, and the total of 12 kilograms of offal was 21.6 yuan.

The total is 36 yuan and 6 cents, which is more than a normal person's monthly salary. The boss can't help but not believe it.

People who come to buy meat usually buy it in half a pound. Most people cannot afford meat.

The uncle looked at Lin Heng, then pointed at the sheep's head and said, "How about you add three yuan and forty cents to this sheep's head and give the rest to you?"

"That's okay. You and I can come to the buying station to get money. I don't have that much." Lin Heng nodded. Buying a sheep head for four yuan seemed to him a good deal.

The uncle was stunned, looked at Lin Heng and said loudly: "Buying station? Are you the boss Lin of the buying station?"

Lin Heng laughed: "It should be no accident."

The uncle clapped his legs and said quickly: "I'm so blind that I can't see the mountains. Then I'll add some more mutton for you."

He turned around and went back to add meat. Although he had never met Lin Heng, many people had heard of Lin Heng's name. What was reported in the newspapers was their reputation in Huangtan Town.

"That's no need." Lin Heng grabbed him and took him to the purchasing station to get the money.

"Thank you." The uncle smiled, put the money in his pocket, turned around and left.

Lin Heng went into the house and looked at Uncle Gao, then cut two kilograms of the sheep he bought and gave them to him.

"Xiao Lin, you take things every time you come here. I can't bear it, old man." Uncle Gao smiled and shook his head.

Lin Heng grinned: "It's not like I brought anything valuable. It's winter, so I'll get you some mutton to warm yourself up. If you feel sorry for me, just teach me more techniques when I go hunting in a few days."

Uncle Gao smiled and shook his head: "I can't beat you, so let's eat together. I haven't had lunch yet."

"Then I'll make an old Beijing mutton-boiled dish." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Okay." Uncle Gao was not polite and nodded with a smile.

Lin Heng turned around and made sesame paste first. Uncle Gao had sesame seeds at home, so he just had to dry them and mash them with a stone mortar. A bowl of sesame paste was ready in ten minutes.

The soup base for Old Beijing mutton-shabu-shabu is even simpler, just two green onions, three red dates, a few slices of ginger and a little dried shrimp skin.

Make two dipping sauces with sesame sauce, cut the mutton into pieces and enjoy the mutton-shabu-shabu.

The mutton I bought is very fresh and can be eaten after being lightly cooked.

The cooked mutton is dipped in the dipping sauce and placed in your mouth. The fresh aroma of the mutton and the flavor of the dipping sauce explode together. Lin Heng's dipping sauce is spicy and sour, with a lot of garlic added. It is simply a pleasure to eat. .

Uncle Gao took a bite and praised repeatedly: "It's delicious. Xiaolin, you prepared the dipping sauce well. It's not much different from the authentic mutton-shabu I had at BJ."

"Uncle Gao, have you ever been to a BJ?" Lin Heng said in shock, with a look of envy on his face.

Uncle Gao looked at Lin Heng, took another bite of mutton and recalled, "Of course I have been there. I went there with my friends when we came back from the war."

He always thought that Lin Heng knew his identity, but now it seems that this kid really doesn't know.

"Did you come back from the army during the war? Then I must give you a toast, old man. You have defended our country."

Lin Heng said, picking up the wine glass and toasting. He really admired these people who went to the battlefield to defend their country. They were all real heroes.

"Hahaha, it's not as noble as you said..."

Uncle Gao and Lin Heng met each other, and while they ate the hot-boiled mutton, they talked about their experience of crossing the Yalu River to make eagle sauce.

After hearing this, Lin Heng sighed with emotion: "You are so powerful and great. Listening to your deeds makes people excited."

Uncle Gao is indeed a noble man. If he revealed his identity, he would have received a good placement, but he quietly chose to go home and take care of himself in his old age, without spending any national resources.

Moreover, Lin Heng also knew that he was not the kind of person who lives alone. His son was a senior official in the army and his nephew was also an official in the county.

If you want to arrange it, it only takes a minute. This makes him even more noble.

"As long as you know these things, don't go out and talk nonsense. I don't want to be disturbed."

When they were almost done eating, Uncle Gao patted Lin Heng on the shoulder again and said.

He really fell in love with Lin Heng, a junior, and treated him as a grandson, otherwise he wouldn't have said these things.

Lin Heng grinned and said: "Uncle Gao, don't worry, I promise not to reveal a word to anyone, not even my wife."

Uncle Gao nodded and said with a smile: "That's good, let's continue eating meat, and you can get me some sesame sauce."

"Okay." Lin Heng stood up with a smile. He felt that this was the uncle's initial recognition of him.

After finishing the meal, both of them felt very full. Lin Heng took out some hawthorn, and then played a few games of chess with the uncle.

After having enough fun with Uncle Gao, Lin Heng went shopping on the street again.

By this time, the market was coming to an end, and the sellers had begun to close their stalls.

Lin Heng went shopping around and bought two kilograms of pears and six kilograms of oranges. Then he went to buy a new pair of shoes for Jujube. Lin Heng rode it back to his hometown with his things.

"With this weather, it won't snow. It's really annoying."

Lin Heng covered his face with a scarf and put on his cotton hat. Fortunately, he had a scarf and gloves knitted by his wife, so he had some protection against the cold wind.

Back in the house, Xiulan looked at him with a curious face when he came back with so many things: "Didn't you get out of the cage? Are you going to town?"

"Yes, I bought some mutton by the way. Let's eat mutton-boiled in the evening. You can take care of these things first, and I'll go and warm them up. It's too cold."

Lin Heng said as he ran into the house.

"Then take your daughter to the house quickly and leave these to me." Xiulan nodded.

Although she felt that Lin Heng bought a bit too much, she did not blame him. He bought it for himself and his daughter, which was not wrong.

"Dad, let me warm your hands."

Xiaoxia seemed to understand what Lin Heng said about cold hands, and held Lin Heng's big hand.

"What a considerate little cotton-padded jacket."

Lin Heng couldn't help laughing, went to add two firewood to the fireplace, and then held his daughter in his arms.

Xiaoxia warmed his hands for a while, then tilted her head and said coquettishly: "Daddy, candy~"

"Here you go." Lin Heng nodded with a smile, took out a candy and gave it to her.

After taking a look at Xiong Ba who was lying on the ground and unwilling to go out, Lin Heng turned around and left the bedroom. Xiaoxia also ran out like the little follower.

"The sheep's head needs to be burned. I can't do it." Xiulan said to Lin Heng while washing the sheep's tripe and small intestine.

Lin Heng nodded and said, "I'll do it."

The sheep's head needs to be burned black with fire until it is almost scorched. I found some dry bamboo pieces and made a fire, and the sheep head was burned in a short time.

The cooked sheep head was handed over to Xiulan. Lin Heng made a thin bamboo tube, thinned the open end and used it to remove the seeds from the hawthorn, and then poked it from the center.

Xiulan looked at his movements and asked curiously: "What are you going to do with these hawthorns?"

"Part of it is used to make hawthorn paste, and part of it is used to make copycat cake." Lin Heng said while making it.

He also likes to eat hawthorn cake, and hawthorn paste is prepared for Xiaoxia. Giving her some after meals can effectively improve the problem of indigestion.

"You really love your daughter so much." Xiulan said with a smile. She had never seen someone who regarded her daughter as such a treasure.

"Of course." Lin Heng smiled.

After the hawthorns were prepared, he kept eight kilograms to make hawthorn paste, and the remaining 12 kilograms were dried and ground into powder to make hawthorn cake.

By the time he had finished cutting the hawthorns into slices, it was almost dark.

"You said you want to eat hotpot mutton tonight, do you need the lamb tripe? I've already washed it." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and asked.

"No need, I'll wait until next time when I ask my parents to eat." Lin Heng shook his head and said.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded and went back to cut the mutton.

Lin Heng lit a charcoal fire on the small pottery stove and placed it on the table. He set up a small iron pot and put in green onions, ginger, wolfberry, red dates and dried shrimps. Finally, he added cold water and boiled it.

In addition to preparing dipping sauce and mutton, Xiulan also prepared some coriander, pea tips and small green vegetables.

Lin Heng took a bite and said with emotion: "I will never get tired of it."

Especially in winter, this bite of mutton-boiled meat really warms the whole body. Xiulan also agreed deeply, nodded and said: "It's really enjoyable."

Her current life seems to be too happy.

"Good times~"

Even Xiaoxia nodded repeatedly, although she was not allowed to eat much, but more vegetables.

"You try eating it with coriander, I think it tastes better." Lin Heng looked at his wife and said.

The cooked lamb is put together with coriander, and then dipped in hot and sour sesame sauce. The rich texture and various aromas seem to constantly stimulate the taste buds, which is simply intoxicating.

"It's delicious." Xiulan immediately liked it after tasting it.

The meal was delicious. Each of them ate a pound of mutton and a lot of vegetables.

After the meal, the three of them all ate some hawthorn and played in the bedroom for an hour and a half to digest their food before going to rest.

When he got up the next morning, Lin Heng took a look at the mutton hanging outside last night. Sure enough, it was frozen and hard, so it could be cut very thin.

After finishing the exercise he did every morning, Lin Heng continued to make his own hawthorn cream.

This thing is not difficult, just like Pipa ointment, just wash the hawthorn and tangerine peel, pour it in and cook it until the hawthorn is rotten and then filter it out. At this time, most of the nutrients of the hawthorn are integrated into the soup. .

Then add some rock sugar and cook it until it becomes a gelatinous liquid like honey. Pour it out and put it into a blue and white porcelain round-bellied jar that has been boiled with water.

"Is it done? Let me have a taste." When Xiulan saw Lin Heng finished, she came over and took a spoonful to taste.

Lin Heng looked at her and asked, "How's it going? I made these four kilograms of hawthorn cream out of eight kilograms of hawthorn."

"It's sour and sweet. It's delicious. I guess Xiaoxia will like it."

Xiulan blinked and fed Xiaoxia a little.

Xiaoxia tasted it, and her big eyes suddenly lit up. She leaned on the edge of the table with her hands like a greedy cat and said, "Great time, dad, I want more!"

This sweet yet slightly sour taste is so popular.

"Then I'll give you some."

Lin Heng added a little water to what couldn't be scooped out of the pot and poured it out to Xiaoxia, and then added a little kudzu powder to mix it up. Xiaoxia sat on the bench with a spoon and ate happily.

Today at noon, the sun appeared for the first time in a long time. Lin Heng walked to the yard and turned over the hawthorn slices that were drying and looked at the bacon.

"What are parents doing today?" Lin Heng looked at his wife and asked.

"Dad and eldest brother are digging lotus roots. Mom is in the house and hasn't gone out." Xiulan replied.

Lin Heng looked at her and suggested: "Then let mom take Xiaoxia with her for a while, and you and I go collect the cage?"

"Okay." Xiulan nodded.

"Well."

Lin Heng waited for Xiaoxia to finish eating, then took her to her mother's house and asked her mother to help carry her.

Then he went to the back mountain to fetch the horse. Xiulan went home to get the bag and took Xiongba out for a walk.

When they reached the road, Lin Heng smiled and said, "Get on the horse."

"it is good."

Xiulan blinked and was helped by Lin Heng to get on the horse first, and then Lin Heng got on the horse himself and stretched out his hands from her waist to hold the reins.

"drive!"

At the command, Hongzao started to trot. The two of them were jolting on horseback. It wasn't very comfortable but it felt wonderful, especially when their bodies collided with each other.

Lin Heng wanted to buy a motorcycle. Riding the motorcycle with Xiulan holding him in the back must be more enjoyable than this.

Moreover, it is very convenient to have a motorcycle to get into the city. You can take it anytime you want to go into the city. It is not necessarily necessary to take someone else's ride.

"Hey."

Lin Heng put his head on Xiulan's shoulder and sighed, taking a deep breath of her hair.

Xiulan squeezed Lin Heng's hand and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Heng smiled slightly and said, "Nothing, I just sigh that you smell so good."

Although his home is very comfortable, he is still planning to go hunting in the mountains in a few days, hoping to gain something. It allows him to afford a motorcycle and earn some money to prepare for shrimp farming next year.

But there is no need to tell Xiulan more about this kind of thing, otherwise she will definitely be worried.

Xiulan pouted: "You're so smooth-talking, there must be something wrong and you haven't told me yet."

"drive!!"

Lin Heng suddenly asked the horse to speed up and sprint. Xiulan screamed in fright and got into Lin Heng's arms.

"Slow down, slow down, brother, slow down."

Xiulan prayed quickly, it was too fast and she was afraid.

"Good sister, we are already here."

Lin Heng held the horse's reins and dismounted first, then picked up Xiulan.

Xiulan dismounted and glared at Lin Heng: "I won't come out with you so soon next time. My butt will hurt."

"Okay." Lin Heng smiled and nodded in agreement.

As they talked, the two led the horses to the river, where the river was already very wide.

After leaving the horse to graze on the edge of the field, the two went to the river to collect the ground cage.

Lin Heng found a place and pulled the rope back. After a while, the cage came out of the water, and there were fish rolling and struggling inside.

"There is something!" Xiulan was immediately delighted.

Lin Heng put it away and took a look, and he also smiled happily: "There are so many yellow thorns, just this cage is not in vain."

There are a lot of large and small yellow spines in the cage, and there are some golden individuals among them, which are particularly conspicuous among them.

Xiulan nodded: "This fish is more delicious than crucian carp and it has no spines."

Not only Xiaoxia likes it, but she also likes it.

Lin Heng fell to the shore with the ground cage. The most annoying thing about the Yellow Thorn Bone was that it had three spikes that could easily get stuck on the ground cage. It took a lot of effort to get them out.

Throw the ones that are too small back into the river and put away the ones that are too big.

Lin Heng counted and found that there were twenty yellow thorn bones that were collected, and each one was about two taels.

Then Lin Heng went to pull up the second cage. When he pulled it up, he was a little disappointed. Maybe it was not in a good position. There were only five or six yellow thorns and some creek groupers.

Xiulan was very open-minded: "Anyway, it's not a loss anymore. The first cage is already three or four kilograms."

Lin Heng nodded and pulled up the third cage. This cage was next to a pile of water plants and far away from the other two cages.

There was no movement as soon as I pulled it up, but when the last two sections came out of the water, there was a sudden pop and a huge splash of water.

"Holy shit, big catfish."

Lin Heng was stunned and suddenly looked surprised.

"How big?"

Xiulan trotted over from not far away and asked curiously.

Lin Heng held up the cage and showed it to his wife with a smile: "Look, there are three catfish in this cage. The largest one is at least six or seven pounds, and is as thick as my forearm."

"Awesome, you are very capable under the cage." Xiulan smiled and gave a thumbs up, praising her husband.

"Collect them all and put them back into our fish pond to eat slowly." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Okay." Xiulan also felt that there was no need to let go.

Pour the fish out and throw it into the bag, and there is no need to fill it with water. Catfish and yellowtail can breathe air with their gills, so they will not die for a while.

The two wanted to continue lowering the cage, but a cattle herder came from the opposite side and watched from a distance.

Lin Heng didn't want to use the floor cage that the two of them had spent two days making to test the man's quality, so he decisively took it away.

He was holding the ground cage in his right hand, Xiulan was holding the fish in her left hand, and Lin Heng was pulling her right hand up.

After getting on the horse, the two of them walked slowly and chatted while going back. At this time, there was still sun in the sky, which was warm on the people.

After returning to the house, the two of them kept one catfish and five yellow spines in the basin, and threw the rest into the fish pond.

This fish pond originally contained black fish, red carp, stream grouper, a small turtle and a hibernating salamander.

This snakehead fish is extremely ferocious and often attacks the creek grouper, causing a roaring sound in the water.

Catfish is also a big overlord, but it lives at the bottom of the water and does not conflict with the snakehead fish.

The worst thing is the creek grouper. The days to come will be even more miserable. There is no one in the water they can afford to offend.

"Let's go back to the house."

After it was done, Xiulan said quickly.

The two of them went back to the bedroom to warm up their hands and feet. Xiongba lay on the floor too tired to move. This time, he was able to slip away.

After their whole bodies were warm, the two of them went to the old house to pick up Xiaoxia.

It was past one o'clock at noon, and Father Lin had returned from digging lotus roots. He was eating in the house and put forty or fifty kilograms of lotus roots in the yard.

"We'll have dinner together when we come over, and I'll make some for you." Mother Lin looked at them and said.

Lin Heng nodded and said, "You guys go to our house to eat mutton hot pot tonight. I bought a lot of mutton yesterday."

Mother Lin looked at him and asked, "It must have cost a lot of money. There is no need to eat well all day long."

"Not much money." Lin Heng shook his head. His mother was like this. She cared about money. Fortunately, they lived separately and didn't have to listen to his mother's chanting every day.

"Oh, just eat. If he doesn't have money, he won't eat." Father Lin was now more open-minded than Mother Lin and agreed immediately.

In the afternoon, Xiulan cooked the sheep head, removed the meat, and cooked the bones into a soup stock. In the evening, we invited a whole room of people to eat copper stove hot pot.

Lin Heng brought out the mutton, while his eldest brother and his parents brought in a lot of vegetables, and everyone in the room ate them happily.

“This mutton hot pot is so delicious.”

“Sheep tripe is also delicious…”

There was a lot of fun in the house, and we ate from five o'clock until about seven o'clock, and all the dishes were finished.

When everyone was about to disperse, snow suddenly started falling outside for no apparent reason. It was snow at first, but soon it turned into large flakes.

"It's snowing so heavily. If it keeps falling like this, tomorrow will be a waste of time." Father Lin said with emotion.

Lin Heng also walked out after hearing this. He was very happy when he saw the heavy snow falling in the sky. When the snow fell, it was time to go into the mountain.

　Six thousand words today, six thousand words every day from now on, and strive to restore 10,000 words after the New Year.

　　If possible, please give me a monthly pass.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)