Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 79 The chain reaction caused by harvesting Phellinus linata
  "You be careful."

Seeing that Lin Heng was okay, Xiulan said something and went to pack the dishes.

Lin Heng brought the dried straw into the house and spread it on the bed, and then spread the quilt and sheets that his wife had put aside.

When he went out to help his wife clean up the dishes, he found that his mother had sent people back and came to help again. He took a broom and swept the floor, and there was no more work at home.

"Here, this is Xiongba's rice." Xiulan brought out a large bowl of leftover rice, with some chicken bones in it.

"it is good."

Lin Hengduan went out to pour Xiong Ba into the dog basin.

"Wang Wang~"

Xiongba shook his tail excitedly, and as soon as Lin Heng got in, he stretched his head over and started eating.

"There are some terracotta tiles and wooden boards left there. I'll book you a luxurious kennel tomorrow." Lin Heng promised, touching Xiong Ba's head.

I had originally wanted to build it for him before, but it was always located at the old house and I felt that I would always have to move, so I didn't build it.

"Second brother, Xiaoxia has been coaxed to sleep. Can you put her on the bed?"

After entering the house, Caiyun hugged Xiaoxia and asked softly.

"Come here, she has her own bed."

Lin Heng led the way. This time he asked a carpenter to make a special crib with a raised fence around it, so there was no need to worry about the child rolling under the bed while sleeping.

"This little bed is beautiful." Caiyun's eyes lit up as she looked at the little wooden boat.

"Of course, this is made entirely of pine wood and has been finely polished." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Caiyun put Xiaoxia in, and when she covered her with a quilt, she found that there was a rope at the four corners of the quilt. She was suddenly a little strange: "What is this for?"

"Prevent her from kicking off the quilt. If it's tied to the surrounding railings, she won't be able to kick off. But this is the first time I'm using it, so let's tie it up first and have a look."

Lin Heng explained, stretched out his hand and tied the rope.

"Is this also your idea, second brother?" Caiyun was speechless.

"Of course, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well, and I have to worry about her catching a cold." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"I hope it's useful, I'm leaving." Xiaoxia said with a smile, then went out and left with Mother Lin.

Xiulan sent them out of the door, and when she came back after closing the door, she felt a little uncomfortable. The family suddenly changed from 11 people to three people. It was too deserted and a little uncomfortable.

"Wash your feet and rest. Do you want to take a shower?" Lin Heng had already poured the foot washing water and brought their slippers.

"No, I didn't go out today." Xiulan shook her head.

"Then you should sit down and wash it quickly. I will wash it after you wash it." Lin Heng said.

Xiulan blinked and sat down to wash her feet. As soon as she took off her shoes, Lin Heng's hand reached out.

"I guessed it." Xiulan looked at him, a hint of cunning flashing in her big bright eyes.

Lin Heng said seriously: "I just saw that you were tired and wanted to give you a squeeze."

"Then squeeze it." Xiulan nodded and watched his movements.

"It's so touching." Lin Heng smiled stupidly.

After washing Xiulan's feet for a while, he finished. After he finished washing himself, as soon as the water was poured, the two of them turned around and went to the bedroom.

"oops!"

As soon as they entered the bedroom door, Lin Heng picked up his wife by the waist. Xiulan was startled and quickly hugged his neck to avoid falling.

"What are you doing?" Xiulan glared at him.

"Hehe, what do you think? Xiaoxia has her own little bed, so you don't have to worry about waking her up tonight." Lin Heng chuckled.

Xiulan lowered her head, her face slightly red: "Do you want me to give you a son?"

"Let this matter wait until next year, forget it this year."

Lin Heng smiled, carried Xiulan to the bed, blew out the kerosene lamp beside the bed, and started the battle.

The hazy moonlight outside the window fell like a gauze, and a battle in the house that was far more intense than before began silently.

In the newly built house, there was no need to worry about anyone hearing, so it became even more intense. They fought three times in a row before falling asleep in each other's embrace.

Early the next morning, it wasn't until nearly seven o'clock that the two of them woke up and looked at each other. A blush immediately appeared on Xiulan's face.

Under the thin summer quilt, the two of them were still in a candid state.

"You touched me again." Xiulan glared at Lin Heng.

Lin Heng laughed: "There is no way, this is a natural phenomenon."

Xiulan rolled her eyes, quickly put on her clothes and got up, taking out the dirty sheets on the chair and soaking them.

It was just that her legs hurt when she walked, and her face turned red again when she thought of her ridiculous actions last night.

For a simple rural girl, those are a bit too shocking.

After Lin Heng got up, he couldn't walk while holding on to his lower back. He couldn't help but shook his head: "It's so beautiful that the human body is so fragile that she can kill ordinary people with a sword at her waist."

Lin Heng went to the toilet and came over to find that his daughter was awake. He took her to the toilet and sat in a rocking chair to bask in the sun to replenish her yang energy.

After basking in the sun for a while, he took Xiaoxia to feed the chickens and ducks.

"This is the chicken cooing, this is the duck quacking, this is the lamb bleating."

While teaching his daughter, Lin Heng threw ground corn to feed the chickens and ducks.

"Xiaoji cuckoo, duckling quack, anti-inflammatory baa baa~"

Xiaoxia grabbed some chopped corn with her little hands and spread it out like Lin Heng did, but unfortunately it all went outside the cage.

"Get closer and do it again." Lin Heng picked up his daughter.

She opened her pink little mouth and said it again, and finally let it go in.

"Awesome." Lin Heng smiled and kissed his daughter.

Xiaoxia grinned, grabbed another handful of chopped corn and threw it in, chanting "chicken coo coo".

Watching the chickens and ducks fighting for what she fed, their little faces were filled with happy smiles.

But when Lin Heng took out the lamb, she was still a little scared and hid behind Lin Heng's legs.

"Don't be afraid, it won't bite you." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"afraid!"

Xiaoxia hugged his legs and was unwilling to let go.

Lin Heng picked her up, and the little girl hid her face in her arms, not daring to look.

Lin Heng was helpless. He didn't know why she dared to pull a dog's tail but was afraid of a lamb. Could it be because she had never seen it before?
  After finding a place with plenty of grass and tying the sheep, Lin Heng took his daughter home to wash her face and feed the fry by the water.

"I forgot to give my elder brother and the others two pieces of soap." Lin Heng only remembered this when he was using the soap to wash his face.

"You can take it to them later." Xiulan handed him the towel and said.

Lin Heng wiped his face: "Okay."

"What do you want to eat in the morning?" Xiulan asked again.

"You can do whatever you want." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Then let's mix the sauerkraut with the soup."

"it is good."

Xiulan went to cook, and Lin Heng took her daughter to her eldest brother's house next door.

"Brother, let's eat, pickled cabbage dough, do you want to eat it?"

Seeing Lin Heng walking into the yard, Lin Yue said with a smile.

"Xiulan is doing it now. I'm here to bring you soap. The one I gave to mom before was not very good. The older it gets, the better it becomes."

Lin Heng smiled and put the soap on the table, turned around and left.

"Brother, I won't be polite to you, but you should play for a while before leaving." The eldest brother Lin Yue said.

"Yeah, let's play for a while and drink some water before we go." Sister-in-law Liu Juan also quickly put down the bowl and poured water for Lin Heng. She had been craving for soap for a long time.

"Okay." Lin Heng sat for a while.

The eldest brother’s yard is filled with all kinds of fruits and vegetables, but only one third is empty.

After chatting for a while, Xiaoxia disagreed and wanted to go home to play with the dog, so Lin Heng had to take her back.

"Lin Heng, take these rape seedlings back to make sauerkraut for Xiulan. Your brother dug too many yesterday and we can't finish them." When he left, his sister-in-law got him a bunch of rape seedlings.

"Okay, thank you." Lin Heng was not polite and brought it back.

"Here, my sister-in-law gave it to me." Lin Heng gave the rapeseed to his wife.

"Just leave it there, I'll pick it up later." Xiulan nodded.

Let Xiongba play with Xiaoxia, and Lin Heng took a hammer to hammer Xiongba into a doghouse.

It is also simple to make. Just nail a square with a length, width and height of two meters, leaving the two adjacent sides unsealed. One side is the gate and the other side is the roof.

The roof was nailed into a triangle with boards. After thinking about it, Lin Heng did not use terracotta tiles. Instead, he found some straw left over from last year. Part of it was used to decorate the roof, and part of it was used to make a nest for Xiong Ba.

"Okay, your house is built. It will eat well and grow well." Lin Heng brought Xiongba over and touched its head.

"Wang Wang!!"

Xiongba let out a cheerful cry, got into the small house, lay down and then stood up. After playing for a while, he ran over and picked up his dog bowl and placed it at the door.

"Let's eat when we're done. The rice is almost cold." Xiulan looked at him and said. “Didn’t I let you eat first?” Lin Heng chuckled.

Xiulan glanced at him and said with a smile: "I just like to wait for you to come and eat together."

She had already scooped out the rice.

While eating, Lin Heng mentioned the previous matter to Xiulan again: "Honey, didn't I tell you before that I wanted to acquire Sanghuang?"

Xiulan was stunned: "Why are you talking about this again? Are you ready to start?"

She thought it was just her husband's whim, but she didn't expect that he was really planning to do this.

"Yes, do you know what Phellinus mulberry is used for?" Lin Heng asked.

"Chinese medicine, I don't know exactly what it does." Xiulan shook her head.

"You know about cancer, right? It's a disease that is almost impossible to survive. The old man from the Wang family in the village died of stomach cancer." Lin Heng added.

"I know, does this matter?" Xiaoxia didn't quite understand.

Lin Heng explained with a smile: "That's right, I was reading in the library and saw relevant reports. In 68, Japan discovered that Phellinus linteus extract can fight cancer.

South Korea also discovered this anti-cancer substance in 74. Recently, it is said that it has begun exporting. The price of Phellinus linteum must have risen sharply, so I want to buy a batch before it rises and save it, and then sell it when the price rises. "

What he said is all true and there is no trace of fraud.

Xiulan looked at Lin Heng, thought for a while and said, "I won't stop you if you want to do business, but I don't understand these things. So, as long as you keep fifty yuan for your family as life-saving money.

If you want to do business, just do it. Anyway, you still have the ability to hunt. At worst, if you lose money, you can earn it back slowly. "

A month ago, she might have hesitated for a long time, but now she decided to believe in her husband, just like she had always believed that he would turn around.

"Honey, thank you for your trust." Lin Heng was a little moved, it was Xiulan.

If other men in the village said this to their mother-in-law, they would definitely be scolded, and they might even be threatened with having to "go back to their parents' home" or "not being able to live anymore."

Many rural families cannot get rich, and to a certain extent, this is also due to the short-sightedness of ignorant women who still like to be housekeepers and manage money.

"I definitely trust you. As long as I don't steal or rob, it's okay to try to start a small business, but you can't farm the land forever." Xiulan glared at Lin Heng, as if to say that you actually doubt my trust in you.

She had also run a small business selling tofu before, but she gave up after working with Lin Heng because the farm work was too much. She was not very disgusted with this aspect.

Of course, the most important thing is that the risk of harvesting Phellinus linata is not high. Even if the price does not increase, or even drops a bit, you will not lose much money.

Lin Heng was a little excited. After finishing two gulps of the mixed soup, he went to nail a big board and wrote on it that he wanted to buy Phellinus mulberry, as much as he wanted, and the price was [-] cents per catty, the same as in the town.

"Here, is fifty yuan enough?" Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and asked.

"That's enough, that's enough." Lin Heng nodded, went out and put the notice board on the side of the road, and then went directly to collect it door to door.

"Are you really harvesting Phellinus mulberry?"

Yang Zhaotao was a little shocked when he saw Lin Heng coming.

"Really." Lin Heng nodded.

"That's okay, you wait for me to get it for you." Yang Zhaotao nodded and went to take out the mulberry.

Lin Heng weighed it: "One pound and three taels, I'll give you one dollar. You don't have to change the remaining few cents. Please help me promote it more."

"Okay." Yang Zhaotao was happy to take advantage of this.

After Lin Heng left, Li Caifeng walked out of the house with a puzzled look on her face: "What is he doing? He has a lot of money to burn?"

Yang Zhaotao also smiled: "I don't understand, people can waste money when they have money."

Lin Heng directly collected more than [-] stores near where Murakami lived. He collected a total of thirty-two kilograms of Phellinus mulberry at a cost of twenty-seven yuan. The extra yuan and fourteen were the profits he gave away. Let everyone help him promote it.

He was busy until noon when he got home. His lower back was very sore.

Xiulan took Xiaoxia out to pick shepherd's purse, gray vegetables, and rapeseed seedlings. They came back and were picking vegetables.

I couldn't help laughing when I saw him holding his waist and coming in: "If you're tired, take a good rest, and then run again."

Lin Heng put the mulberry leaves away, came over and scratched his wife's nest: "If you are still smiling, don't your legs hurt?"

"Hahaha, wrong, haha, wrong, wrong, hahaha, really wrong..."

Xiulan couldn't bear the tickling, so she laughed and begged for mercy.

"Tickling~"

When Xiaoxia saw the two playing around, she also stretched out her little hand.

Lin Heng ran away, but she was caught by her mother: "You tickled me, right?"

Xiaoxia's eyes widened as she looked at her mother and nodded sharply.

"I'll tickle you too~" Xiulan tickled her twice, making her daughter laugh.

Worried that she would catch the cold wind if she smiled too much, Xiulan let her go.

"Tickle you~"

Xiaoxia still didn't repent after being released, so she ran over to take revenge, saying that she still dared.

As a result, Xiulan caught her again, scratched her, and slapped her butt several times.

After playing around for a while, Lin Heng pulled his daughter over to teach her about wild vegetables, gave her two small vegetable leaves, and helped his wife pick them beside him.

"Tomorrow morning, go and help dad and brother weed the corn weeds. Although we are separated, we can only do our own thing after harvesting the crops this year." Xiulan said.

The so-called corn is corn, and they like to call it corn here.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.

Crunch!

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, the sound of the front yard door being opened was heard, and then Father Lin, Mother Lin, and uncle all came.

"Lin Heng, I heard from the villagers that you are collecting mulberry in the village today?"

Father Lin asked straight to the point.

Lin Heng had known this would happen for a long time. This was the reason why he chose to separate the family and start a business. Xiulan was easy to talk to, but it was not necessarily the case for others.

"Yes, you can make money by harvesting mulberry leaves." Lin Heng nodded.

"How do you make money like this?" Father Lin stared at him.

"In less than two months, the price of Phellinus huang will rise sharply, and you will be able to make money by then." Lin Heng said, spreading his hands.

"Whether you can count or pinch, you will make money in two months.

I just told you to live a good life in the future, but you are so unreliable.

You have lost all the money you finally earned from hunting. I wonder how you and Xiulan will live in the future. "

Lin's mother was furious. She felt that Lin Heng was taking too many risks and wasted money.

Traditional Chinese medicine was rising and falling, and she was afraid that Lin Heng would lose everything to his wife.

"Yes, you should still hunt well and don't do all these things." His uncle's expression was not good either.

"Stop getting these things for me, can't you just keep hunting?
  You can live a comfortable life by planting some land and hunting, so why bother doing these things. Father Lin frowned and warned.

This is the usual psychology of farmers, which is also caused by their weak capital and their inability to afford compensation. They dare not do such risky things. His previous life is the best example.

Fifty thousand yuan in [-] may be a drop in the bucket for a wealthy person, but for a rural family, it may take decades or even a lifetime to repay it.

Although Lin Heng had expected it, he didn't expect the opposition to be so strong. A group of people in the village who said he had a funny brain were ignored, and his parents were also very worried.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Hengxiao explained: "I just don't want to be a farmer all my life, farming with my back to the sky and facing the loess, and end up with nothing, so I do this.

I don’t want you to go to the hospital when you get old and sick. I don’t have the money.

I don’t want my son to get married in the future, and I, as a father, can’t afford a penny.

Although I followed people around the city these years, I didn't just idle around. I also read a lot of books and thought about a lot of things.

So I came back and hunted to make money, not only to provide meat for my family, but also to make some money to start a business, so that the entire Lin family could escape from this hard life.

There are risks in everything you do. I am willing to take this risk, and I have already investigated it, so you don’t have to worry. "

After Lin Heng finished speaking, Father Lin, Mother Lin, and his uncle who wanted to speak fell silent.

Poverty is something they have suffered their entire lives, and no one knows better than them how uncomfortable it feels.

Sometimes when they see others making money doing business, they also think that maybe they should try it too.

But then I thought that there are old people above and young people below, and the inevitable consequences of failure, so I quietly extinguished this idea in that silent and dark night.

So they were silent at this moment. Isn't Lin Heng the same as them when they were young?

"Dad, Mom, uncle, I agreed. It doesn't matter if you try it. Even if you lose money, you can sell Phellinus linata without losing too much."

Xiulan was stunned by Lin Heng's words first, and then spoke for Lin Heng.

Father Lin opened his mouth, then waved his hands fiercely and sighed: "Forget it, since it is a joint decision between you and your husband, then you can make up your own mind."

After saying that, he turned around and left. His broad back seemed to gradually become thinner. At this moment, he felt that he was really old.

Lin Heng wanted to stop him, but he didn't get up. At this time, he had to walk all the way.

He would never let this family endure the suffering he suffered in his previous life.

"If it doesn't work, remember to stop in time." Mother Lin said, said no more, turned and left.

She doesn't understand anything, she just doesn't want her son to lose the money he finally earned. This is the simple heart of a mother.

His uncle looked at Lin Heng and finally said: "Whenever you go hunting in the mountains, give me news."

Lin Heng smiled slightly: "I will ask Mr. Tian later, how can we determine a time, it will not be later than the day after tomorrow at the latest."

(End of this chapter)