Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 70 He can be considered a rich man [[-] words]

"Is your face okay?"

After eating, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan's face again while taking a break.

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore." Xiulan shook her head and said.

Lin Heng came over to take a look. It was indeed nothing serious, but it looked a little scary at the time. There were red palm prints on it.

"That's good."

Lin Heng nodded and lay down to rest. After working all day today, he had no energy to do anything else.

Early the next morning, Lin Heng did not help his eldest brother Lin Yue to apply plaster.

Because Lin's mother arranged a job for him, he and Xiulan went to his third father Lin Xutao's house to do some work.

Lin's mother took the muntjac meat she prepared earlier and a small bag of sugar to Lin Heng's uncle Li Bai's family to express their gratitude.

They all took the same things, three kilograms of muntjac meat and a small bag of half a kilogram of white sugar.

In this day and age, this is definitely a generous gift.

Lin Heng's third father, Lin Xutao, lived close to the river, with Shiban River just below the threshold.

After getting the things, Lin Heng held his daughter and Xiulan took the things and set off.

"Baba, run~"

Xiaoxia shook her little head, indicating that she wanted to run and didn't want to be held.

"Well, there's really nothing we can do about you." Lin Heng put her down and took her little hand and walked forward.

Pulling a handful of leaves from the gray cabbage, she turned her head and looked at Lin Heng: "Baba~"

Lin Heng understood what she meant and said, "This is Hui Hui Cai."

"It's gray grass ~ hehe"

Xiaoxia imitated Lin Heng's words, smiled, exposed her dimples, and stuffed grass into Lin Heng's body.

She still cared about her dad as always, giving him everything she could, and stuffing candy into her mouth when she saw it.

"A good daughter as always." Lin Heng shook his head and pulled her forward.

After Lin Heng taught her about recognizing objects and speaking for several days, Xiaoxia seemed to regard this as a game.

On the side, Xiulan looked at the father and daughter, and the corners of her mouth could not help but raise slightly.

While playing around, the three of them arrived at the door of Lin Heng and his third father, Lin Xutao.

"I'm knocking on the door, but I don't know if the third mother will welcome us. I didn't have a good face when I came here before."

Lin Heng said something and walked over to knock on the door. Even if her third mother didn't like them, she would still get what she deserved.

In the morning, his third father and his family had just woken up. His two sons, the eldest son Lin Shan, had gotten married, built a house and moved out.

The second son, Lin Hai, did not have a wife yet and lived with them. At this time, the couple just got up and were washing in the yard.

dong dong!

"Who's knocking on the door?" Lin Heng and his third mother, Li Xue, put the washbasin on the ground and walked over to open the door expressionlessly.

"Lin Heng, Xiulan, why are you here?" After opening the door, Li Xue was a little surprised.

"Third Mom, why don't you bother us because we suddenly came to your door?" Liu Juan said with a smile.

"No, no, you can come as soon as you come. Why bring anything with you? You're too polite."

The third mother, Li Xue, smiled immediately when she saw what the two men were carrying, and understood that this was Tao Lao.

She had been waiting for them to come for a long time, but she didn't expect them to come so soon, and the gifts she got were even richer than she expected.

Originally, she hated the fact that her husband often helped Lin Heng's family.

She had endless work at home, and her second son still couldn't find a wife and couldn't get married. He even went to help others, which made her furious. She had to quarrel countless times.

But in the past two weeks, she could often hear the village discussing Lin family matters while doing laundry.

It was no big deal that Lin Heng shot a pig badger, and then he shot a giant muntjac. This changed her attitude. The skins of the two things together cost nearly two hundred yuan.

Now that Lin Heng is rich, his family can benefit a little bit, and he can borrow some money when his second son gets married in the future.

No, the gifts I got from Tao Lao were three kilograms of muntjac meat plus a pack of sugar, which was worth five or six yuan.

"Hurry up and sit in the house. You're welcome. Just treat it as your own home."

Li Xue took Xiulan's hand and welcomed them into the house.

Lin Heng was a little uncomfortable seeing such an enthusiastic third mother.

He still remembered that he had asked for a drink of water when he walked in front of her house, and she had said something weird about it, saying that it was hard to find water.

Now she seems to have forgotten what happened before and doesn't mention a word about it.

Lin Heng couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Sure enough, you have to have money and ability to be respected."

"Lin Heng, are you here to humiliate your third father and me by bringing so many things? I just did a favor and you brought so many things."

Third father Lin Xutao said angrily when he saw Lin Heng.

He helped simply because Lin Heng's father was good to him when he was a child, not for money or gifts.

"It's not much. Third dad, you also know that I have a big muntjac weighing more than fifty pounds and I can't finish it. Please help me eat some."

Lin Heng smiled and carried Xiaoxia into the house.

Xiulan has already put the things on top of her food cabinet.

"Drink water, you're welcome, just treat it as your own home."

For the first time, Li Xue poured a glass of sugar water for Xiulan and a cup of sugar tea for Lin Heng.

In this era, sugar was extremely precious and was considered a strategic material in many places. Treating guests with sugar water in rural areas was the highest standard.

"Third Mom, you are so polite." Xiulan was a little flattered. It was the first time that Third Mom treated her like this.

"You guys talk to your third father, and I'll cook for you."

Li Xue smiled and quickly went out to cook again.

Lin Xutao was shocked to see his wife being so enthusiastic towards others, which was rare.

He turned to look at Xiulan and Lin Heng. Both of them were wearing clean clothes and shoes, and they looked like they had just bought them.

The two of them are talented and good-looking, and with this appearance, they look like they belong to a wealthy family in the city.

He understood in his heart that his wife changed because Lin Heng was now capable and rich.

He was very happy. At least he wouldn't be scolded by his wife when he went to his second brother's house, and she wouldn't say anything.

He can't understand his second nephew now. Even if he is a good hunter, he even took care of Wang Cuilian yesterday.

"Lin Heng, has your house been plastered?" Lin Xutao asked with a smile.

"It should be completed in one day today." Lin Heng nodded and said.

Lin Xutao asked again: "Has your family determined the date of living with water? Will there be a banquet?"

Living in the water means moving house.

"It's not confirmed yet, but there's a good chance we won't have a banquet. It would be too troublesome."

Lin Heng thought for a while and said.

Hearing this, the third father didn't understand: "Why don't you have a banquet for such a big happy event?"

"I can't do it with my brother at the same time, right? Whose house will the guests come to? Just don't do it at all."

Lin Heng spread his hands and said.

While chatting, third father Lin Xutao took Lin Heng to play chess.

"I carved this myself, what do you think?"

Lin Xutao showed Lin Heng a chess set he had carved.

Lin Heng: "Awesome."

Lin Xutao chuckled: "I'm asking you to win, but don't lose too quickly."

Three minutes later, Lin Heng hit the iron door bolt with one move and almost burned the third father's head. No matter how he moved, there was no chance of survival.

He is very invincible in the village. How could he not defeat Lin Heng?

"Cousin, sister-in-law, why are you here?"

At this time, Lin Hai, the second son of third father Lin Xutao, walked in from outside.

He was holding several bamboo eel cages in his hand, and he was obviously going to collect the cages.

"Come and see the three parents. Cousin, have you received the eel?" Lin Heng said with a smile. Lin Hai was one year younger than him.

"Not much, I guess it's barely a pound." Lin Hai poured the eels into the basin. They were all small, with a few big ones.

"As long as you're back, give me the eel and come play chess with your brother." Lin Xutao stood up quickly and said.

"Okay." Lin Hai understood as soon as he sat down that his father was ruthlessly killed by his cousin.

"Don't worry, Dad, I'll fight back for you." Lin Hai said with a smile.

"Fuck you, I didn't lose. How can I still bet if I didn't see it? How can I be considered a loser if I haven't reached the last step?"

Lin Xutao slapped his son on the head.

Lin Hai didn't care, looked up at Lin Heng and said, "His father likes to refuse to admit his mistakes, but I am very skilled.

School teachers are no match for me, cousin, be careful. "

"Okay." Lin Heng looked at Lin Hai being slapped again and smiled slightly. His cousin was really upright and he liked to make things difficult for his father.

After playing for a while, Lin Hai had some respect for Lin Heng and looked up at Lin Heng: "Cousin, have you ever learned chess records?"

Lin Heng smiled: "I have read a few books."

The real reason is that he has a good memory. He remembered some layout routines he learned in his previous life, but his actual level is not that good.

"It seems I'm going to use my true skills." Lin Hai smiled and became more serious.

Gradually, Lin Heng realized that he really couldn't win the game. His cousin had studied chess very deeply.

"I lost, Lin Hai, have you read the chess records?" Lin Heng admitted defeat.

Facts have proved that he is not good at everything after being reborn, he can also abuse vegetables, and he is still not good at what he is not good at.

"No, but I often play by myself when I'm bored. Brother, your level is very good. Even the old man in the village and I couldn't last more than fifteen rounds."

Lin Hai laughed.

For a person to be able to achieve this level by himself, Lin Heng somewhat recognized his cousin, thinking that he was a talent that could be made.

Although he had been a playmate since childhood, he didn't play much chess in his previous life until he was forty years old. He really didn't know that Lin Hai had such chess skills.

"time to eat!"

Not long after, Li Xue shouted and began to clean the table and serve food.

We cooked six dishes, and the best one was the fried bacon with sour chili peppers, the full-fat kind.

At the dinner table, Li Xue, the third mother, brought food to Lin Heng and Xiulan from time to time, which made him feel the different side of the third mother.

Even though Lin Heng only hunted a few prey, his income was only two to three hundred.

But this was rural life in [-], which was already remarkable. Many families only had an income of three to five hundred yuan a year, and some even had no income.

And Lin Heng got so much money in half a month, and it was still the kind of money that he could use freely.

By 2023, it would be equivalent to a monthly income of [-].

After eating, Lin Heng naturally did not stay to play, and left on the pretext of going home to help.

On the way, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan with a smile: "How do you feel?"

Xiulan shook her head: "I didn't expect Third Mom to have such a kind side."

"Of course, she is the most snobbish. She hates poor relatives and fawns over rich relatives."

Lin Heng chuckled: "We are now considered rich relatives."

Xiulan looked at Lin Heng: "It's really unbelievable."

She felt that the past half month had been like a dream, but it was so real.

After returning home, Xiaoxia fell asleep, and Xiulan hugged her to sleep.

Lin Heng took out the lard jar at home, scooped out some lard, and prepared to make soap.

Enough materials have been collected.

The most fundamental principle of soap is saponification reaction. The reaction between oil and alkaline substances will generate carboxylates and glycerin, which has a good cleaning effect.

At the earliest, the ancients accidentally discovered that "putty" mixed with plant ash and oil had a good cleaning effect, and thus invented soap.

If you do it now, it's actually very simple. Just buy a pack of strong alkali, either sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. After mixing with oil, you can easily make soap.

Lin Heng couldn't buy this thing for the time being, so he had to make it himself.

The collected shell powder is calcined on a charcoal fire to convert the calcium carbonate into calcium oxide, and then ground into powder and mixed with plant ash water to obtain a strong alkaline solution containing potassium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.

Lin Heng picked up his shells from the ponds and river dams in the village. There were a lot of them and no one wanted them.

"Second father, what are you doing?" While Lin Heng was burning shells, his eldest nephew Lin Wei came over.

"It's alchemy." Lin Heng laughed.

"Huh?" Lin Wei couldn't understand, but was very curious.

After the shells were calcined, Lin Heng placed them in a stone mortar and pounded them.

Then pour it directly into the water soaked in prepared straw ash.

Stir for a while and then filter. A few more filtrations are basically enough. It doesn't matter if there are some small particles.

Then Lin Hengjiafu melted the lard and poured it into a basin to cool slightly, and then began to add the strong alkali solution he had made previously.

The first time he made it, he didn't dare to use too much lard, so he only melted part of it and only used part of the strong alkaline solution.

"It's over. It's now soapy water. Too much alkaline solution has been added."

Looking at the soap I made for the first time, it can only be called soapy water, but it can definitely be used wherever it is fully saponified.

After one experience, Lin Heng added the strong alkali solution little by little the second time, and finally got a more suitable result.

After the black-gray strong alkali solution reacts with lard, a gray-white solid will be formed. As long as you can write on it without disappearing, it is a success.

Lin Heng put the successfully made bowl of soap into the mold box made by Carpenter Liang.

Made two bars of soap in one bowl.

"Okay, it's time to get started."

The ratio has been determined, which is about one part to three, one part oil and three parts plant ash water.

This time, Lin Heng added prepared gardenia oil to lard, and then mixed it with a strong alkaline solution.

After stirring for a while, the off-white, fragrant "cream" took shape.

Lin Heng put it in a grinding tool, and added the previous two pieces, making a total of fifteen pieces of soap.

"It's finally done, but it will take at least three or four days to decide whether it will be successful or not."

Lin Heng sighed, picked up the things and put them in the new house to let them fully saponify.

"Are you making soap?"

While Lin Heng was doing it, Lin's mother had come back, and her sisters-in-law Xiulan and Caiyun were also watching.

"Yes, I don't know if it can be successful yet. After all, I saw it in a book."

Lin Heng said with a smile that there was no soap for hand washing at home, which was really uncomfortable.

"It's definitely possible. Brother, you have successfully made lipstick before." Caiyun nodded.

"If you don't succeed, just wait to be beaten. You can use a lot of my lard."

Mother Lin snorted coldly.

Many people have heard that lard and plant ash can be used to make soap, but most people don't know how to make it. She felt a little incredible when she saw Lin Heng tinkering with it.

If it really succeeds, wouldn't it be possible to make soap and sell it?

For a while, she was quite hopeful that it would succeed, so that her family would have another source of income.

"I think there's no problem, Lin Heng is very capable." Liu Juan was also full of confidence in Lin Heng.

It's no good if you don't have confidence. She was slapped in the face every time she was ridiculed before, but she has learned well.

Xiulan picked the gray vegetables and said softly: "It doesn't matter if he fails. He can just hunt and get some grease by himself. It doesn't cost much anyway."

She was afraid that Lin Heng wouldn't be able to get off the stage if he didn't succeed, so she would wait for a while first.

"Second dad, can oil still turn into soap?" Lin Wei, the eldest nephew, didn't understand the change.

"Study more and you will understand. It's all in the book." Lin Heng smiled and patted his shoulder.

Lin Heng turned to his wife Xiulan and said, "I'm going to see if dad and brother have finished their work."

"Wait a minute." Xiulan grabbed him and took him into the house.

"Change your clothes." Xiulan found old clothes for him. How could he wear new clothes to work.

"Forgot." Lin Heng chuckled and changed his clothes before going to his eldest brother's new house.

When I entered the house, I saw that the eldest brother's house was less than half completed. After all, he is not here today, there are only two of them, and the eldest brother's house is bigger than his.

"Brother, I'll help you mix the plaster, and you can plaster the wall." Lin Heng came up and said.

Lin Yue smiled and said, "Okay."

But even if Lin Heng joined, he wouldn't be able to finish today.

On the 20th of April in the lunar calendar, his uncle finished making ten stools and two small tables, and then went back, saying that he would come down later with a gun and go hunting with Lin Heng.

On the 21st, the plaster, doors and windows of the two houses have been completed, and the earthen walls have turned into a yellow earth color under the sunshine these days and are completely dry.

On this day, Lin Heng mainly moved furniture and took care of his daughter. In the afternoon, he beat a few green-bearded thugs in front of his house to give Xiong Ba a tooth beating ceremony.

On the 22nd, it rained lightly, and Lin Heng had no choice but to go out. He tidied up his new home, and the new earthen stove was ready. Carpenter Liang also started making furniture, mainly bookcases, wardrobes, food storage cabinets, wooden beds, and dressing rooms. desk, and several small boxes for storing valuables.

I couldn't recognize objects on a rainy day, so I read Romance of the Three Kingdoms to my little girl at home, mainly to pass the time while I was bored.

The next three days, the 23rd, 24th, and 25th were all covered with drizzle. It was already June 12th in the Gregorian calendar, which was midsummer.

In the past three days, Lin Heng's life consisted of eating, playing with his daughter, playing tricks, doing exercises with his wife, and sleeping.

A total of fifteen muntjacs were shot in three days, all for Xiongba. The family had not finished eating the muntjac meat yet, so there was no need to worry. Even the family members were a little tired of eating. It is really disappointing in this era. It's a bit incredible.

Anyway, there are many green beards and they are stupid, so they are the easiest to succeed. If there is no problem, just beat a few. His eldest nephew Lin Wei is also chasing the green beards all day long.

During this period, Lin's father found someone to check the date and determined that the second day of May was a good day. At that time, the family was officially separated. Lin Heng and his eldest brother Lin Yue moved to a new house.

　Ask for a ticket.

　　
  　
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