Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 85 Go home and find a wife

After thinking about it, Lin Heng felt that this method was feasible and immediately picked the dendrobiums he picked one by one.

Pinch off most of the salable stems and dry them for sale. Keep the new shoots and prepare them for transplanting together with the roots.

"Lin Heng, are you planning to go back and do it yourself?" Uncle Li Baiquan asked curiously after seeing his actions.

"Yes, I want to try it." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Don't waste your efforts. We have all tried it. This thing can only grow wild and cannot be planted." Li Baiquan shook his head and said.

"It's useless anyway. I won't lose anything if I try." Lin Heng said with a smile.

They couldn't plant it normally because they didn't know the habits of dendrobium at all. Lin Heng had never planted it before, but he had heard of some cultivation methods before he was reborn, so it might not be impossible for him to succeed.

"If you want to try, then I'll leave all my roots to you. I don't want them anyway." Li Baiquan didn't try to persuade him anymore. He thought he would understand after Lin Heng failed once.

Lin Heng finished processing the dendrobium. He had nearly [-] kilograms of dendrobium. Once the roots were removed, there was not much left. He felt that even two kilograms of dendrobium in the final drying process was enough.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that he did not kill them all and kept some small dendrobium buds. Normally, he would not leave any.

"Here, this is mine. I picked it relatively cleanly." Li Baiquan gave Lin Heng the dendrobium root he picked.

Lin Heng took the dendrobium roots and looked at them, wondering if he should go home. If the roots died after two or three days of drying, the harvest would be even smaller.

After thinking about it, he felt that this was the reason. Since he wanted to try planting, he should do it well.

"Uncle, Uncle, Old Man Tian, ​​I'm going back now, and I'll come over tomorrow morning to take the things back, and by the way, I'll try to plant the roots of these dendrobiums to see if they can survive."

After Lin Heng made his decision, he turned around and looked at the three of them and said.

When his uncle heard this, he shrugged and said, "It's up to you to decide as you please. But if you leave, we won't get any share of the wild boar we hunt."

He felt that growing dendrobium was just a whim. If it could be done, someone would have done it already.

"It's not necessary, Lin Heng. It's no problem to put these dendrobium roots by the water and wait for a few days to take them back." His uncle felt that it was completely unnecessary and it was a waste of time.

"Since I want to try, I'll give it a good try. It will be the same if I go back today and come back tomorrow morning." Lin Heng shook his head and insisted.

"Let him go back. I think he doesn't want to plant dendrobium, but wants a wife." Old Man Tian looked like he had seen through everything.

Lin Heng: "...you just think of me as your benefactor, right?"

"Hahaha, the old man is joking with you. It's okay. If I catch a prey, I will share some with you. Lin Heng, go back quickly." Old Man Tian said with a smile.

"Then I'll go back."

Lin Heng exhaled and turned around to pack his things. There was no need to dry these things. It was still time to go back and dry them for his wife Xiulan.

After packing his things, Lin Heng got up and went home directly.

"Pay attention to safety and be careful of wasps and venomous snakes." my uncle Li Baiquan warned.

"understood."

Lin Heng waved his hand and walked forward quickly, because the way home was more than ten kilometers, which was quite far, but this time he didn't carry anything heavy.

They were moving in a straight line along the way, with no interest in watching any prey, and the goal was to get home as quickly as possible.

"Gah da da!"

However, sometimes you don't want to hunt, but prey comes to your door. Back at Hongfeng Mountain, Lin Heng heard the grouse calling in the forest.

"Hey, you're looking for death, so I'll have to take you back to my wife to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival."

Lin Heng shook his head, put down his backpack, and quietly walked over with his bow and arrow.

After walking two hundred meters, he saw two grouse grooming each other on the top of an acorn tree. They were so affectionate that they seemed to be showing off their affection.

Lin Heng hid under a tree, found an angle, quietly aimed his sharp arrow, drew a full bow, and shot an arrow.

There was just a popping sound, and the sharp arrow accurately passed through the obstruction of the branches, and passed between the two grouse. The pair of loving grouse flying together could happily accompany each other on the road to Huangquan.

"This is what happens when you show affection."

Lin Heng picked up two grouse. The grouse were not big, weighing more than a pound each, but the meat quality was not much different from that of golden pheasants.

Carrying the grouse, Lin Heng continued on his way until he returned to the village, but he never encountered any suitable prey.

"Lin Heng, you shot two grouse, it's amazing!"

Passing by Yang's house, Yang Zhaotao looked at the two grouse Lin Heng was carrying and said with envy.

"With your skills, I'm afraid Xiulan will get tired of eating meat." Liu Lan, who came over to eat and chat, drooled with envy.

"Haha, it's okay. There are so many people in the family." Lin Heng smiled slightly and left.

He didn't put the grouse in the basket because he didn't want the blood to drip everywhere, and he didn't mean to show off.

To show off, if you take out Dendrobium officinale, these people’s eyes will pop.

When I got home, I found that the door was locked and Xiulan was not at home, so I hurriedly came to the old house to take a look.

"Caiyun, where is your sister-in-law?" Lin Heng asked quickly when he saw Caiyun collecting honeysuckle in the yard.

"Second brother, why are you back? Didn't you say you would stay for at least two or three days?" Caiyun looked surprised.

"Did something happen?" She suddenly had a bad guess.

"Nothing happened, I came back early." Lin Heng shook his head.

"Sister-in-law Xiulan went to wash clothes with mom and sister-in-law. You have a drink of water and have a rest. I'll call you."

Caiyun said quickly.

"Then go ahead." Lin Heng nodded, went into the room and poured a glass of water, mixed it half with cold water and drank it all in one gulp. He drank two glasses in a row to quench his thirst.

About twenty minutes later, Caiyun came back with Xiulan and the other three.

Xiulan saw Lin Heng and saw the scratch on his forehead at a glance: "What's wrong with your forehead?"

"Nothing's wrong, I touched the Dendrobium tree this morning." Lin Heng chuckled, thinking that his wife was just fine.

"Dendrobium? Have you guessed Dendrobium officinale?" Sister-in-law Liu Juan was attracted by the word dendrobium. This thing is very valuable.

"Yes, it's about ten kilograms after picking it, and it's probably two kilograms when it's dried."

Lin Heng chuckled and said, "I came back just because I wanted to try growing dendrobium roots. Nothing else."

"Ten pounds of dendrobium, are you lucky? Did you pick it all by yourself?" Sister-in-law Liu Juan was not calm anymore. Lin Heng could earn hundreds of dollars in one trip.

"Really?" Mother Lin couldn't believe it.

"Of course, there are also seven or eight kilograms of wild honey, but my uncle and I share half of this." Lin Heng took out the things and showed them.

Sister-in-law Liu Juan suddenly didn't want to talk anymore and decided to go back and persuade Lin Yue to let him go hunting with Lin Heng no matter what.

"You are so lucky." Mother Lin didn't know what to say.

"Mom, take these two chickens. We will spend the Dragon Boat Festival at the old house in the evening. You can show me Xiaoxia by the way. I want to take Xiulan and Caiyun to plant dendrobium later."

Lin Heng thought about it and gave both grouse to Mother Lin. He might as well eat them all at night. There were only two, so it was hard to divide them.

"Lin Heng, don't worry, we'll take Xiaoxia for you." Sister-in-law Liu Juan said with a smile that she was very happy to be able to eat grouse at night.

"You go ahead and give me the child." Mother Lin agreed, although she thought Lin Heng's idea of ​​planting dendrobium was fanciful.

"Xiulan, let's go home." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded and returned home with her clothes.

Caiyun followed Lin Heng and came over too.

Lin Heng put down the things, and Xiulan was hanging the clothes while talking: "Where are you going to plant those dendrobiums?"

"Hongfeng Mountain, on the tree near the creek." Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said.

"Planting on a tree? How to plant it?" She was stunned.

"Just get some moss, press it on the tree, and secure it with palm leaves or straw."

Lin Heng said, spreading his hands.

"Shouldn't it be planted in the soil?" Caiyun didn't understand how it could be planted like this.

"You definitely can't plant it in the soil. This is how it survives. Just take your things and follow me."

Lin Heng held up the root of Dendrobium officinale and said that when people in rural areas bring back Dendrobium, they plant it in fertile soil, so naturally it is difficult for them to survive.

"Let's go." Xiulan didn't ask again, took the hatchet, and went to the old house's cattle pen to get a bundle of last year's straw.

Then the three of them came to Hongfeng Mountain to the west of the village.

"Get some moss first, and then get more." Lin Heng said while walking on both sides of the stream.

He originally wanted to plant it on both sides of the creek, but he was afraid that it would be washed away by the high water in summer, and the place was a bit too wet.

However, for the sake of experiment, he still found a stone wall and planted two.

Nowadays, the Dendrobium candidum only has roots and one or two leaves, making it difficult to find.

If he survives and grows up, he should move to the Red Maple Mountain and not be afraid of being stolen.

The boundary of Hongfeng Mountain is on a small road to the west of the mountain stream. The entire mountain stream is within his boundary, and he is not afraid of others arguing.

"How to plant it?" Xiulan and the others asked as they brought a large bundle of moss over.

"It's simple. First, gather a straw rope, then straighten the dendrobium roots and press them on the tree. Spread moss on the outside and tie them up."

Lin Heng found a tree by the mountain stream to demonstrate.

"Is this really okay?" Caiyun expressed doubt.

"Just follow along." Lin Heng did not explain. He was very sure that this was possible and there was a high probability that he would be able to make a living. Although I don’t grow it professionally, I have heard about it and know its general habits.

He was thinking about how to expand the scale. If he wanted to expand the scale, he couldn't rely on wild dendrobium and had to cultivate his own seedlings.

And this is completely a technical job that requires plant experts. After all, he had never cultivated it in his previous life.

He only heard that it was grown with sawdust or bark, but he didn't know the specific humidity, temperature, or light.

"Let's start farming first and then talk about it." Lin Heng shook his head, too lazy to think so much.

There were only sixty or seventy dendrobium trees he brought back. If they were divided into two halves, there would be less than [-] dendrobium trees. One tree was planted in a circle, with one tree in the southeast and four in the northwest.

It took three people less than half an hour to plant them all.

"Pour some more water on them." Lin Heng said again.

Although the humidity next to the stream is already high, you still need to know how to water the roots just after transplanting.

"You don't have to worry about watering?" Xiulan asked curiously.

"Of course not. You have to water it every few days in the early stage, but you won't need it once it's alive."

Lin Heng said while scooping water with a gourd ladle.

The water vapor near this stream is heavy, so there is no need to water it if it is alive, but if it is a relatively dry place, you have to water it every once in a while.

A living tree originally has water, and it will absorb some if it grows on it.

"Okay, let's go home."

After planting, Lin Heng clapped his hands and took his wife and sister home.

After returning home, Lin Heng took his baby daughter Xiaoxia back and took it with him.

"Dad, play!"

After not being hugged by Lin Heng for two days, Xiaoxia was also very attached to him, clinging to his arms and rubbing his face with her little hands.

"Come here, I'll teach you how to recognize objects and speak." Lin Heng knew what his daughter wanted to play and started playing with her.

"Dog's tail grass!"

"Dog's tail grass!"

Xiaoxia followed suit, reached out and pulled out the grass and stuffed it into Lin Heng's arms, which was a little gentler than stuffing it directly into her mouth before.

However, after such a long period of teaching, his daughter's words have obviously become more sincere.

Facts have proved that enlightenment education is still more important. Letting children learn by themselves at this stage is definitely not as good as active teaching.

Xiulan sat under the eaves, took two baskets, and sorted out Lin Heng's harvest from the mountain.

When Lin Heng went up the mountain this time, in addition to dendrobium and honey, he only had some Ganoderma lucidum, which together weighed about half a catty.

"Dad, shake!!"

After playing with the objects for a while, my little daughter wanted to sit on the swing chair.

"Let's go shake it." Of course Lin Heng chose to satisfy his lovely daughter.

"You're leaving half of the honey for your uncle, right?"

Xiulan asked while holding honey.

"Yes, half as good as my uncle." Lin Heng nodded.

"Mom, eat!!"

Xiaoxia asked about the smell of honey and didn't want to leave. She stretched out her little hand to eat the honey.

"Here, just this little piece."

Xiulan broke off a piece the size of a fingernail for her.

Before she could finish eating, Lin Heng carried her to the backyard and played on the swing.

"Eat candy!"

Xiaoxia twisted her body. Compared to the swing, honey was obviously more attractive to her.

"Oh my god, you don't want your little butt anymore? Mommy said you're not allowed to eat it anymore." Lin Heng looked at her and reminded her.

Xiaoxia was stunned and immediately stayed in place. She had been spanked several times for being naughty. I was beaten once today for playing in the water, and I was a little scared.

But he kept chewing on his mouth, and his little tongue even licked up a little bit of honey from the corner of his mouth.

"Baba, I want Tangtang!!"

Xiaoxia got into Lin Heng's arms and hugged him, nuzzling him like a puppy, her big eyes full of prayer.

This coquettish little look melted Lin Heng's heart. How could the little baby be so cute? It was so foul.

"Baba, I want Tangtang!!"

As if she didn't think so, Xiaoxia stood up again, hugged his neck, and said coquettishly, cheek to cheek.

I don’t know where she learned it from. She didn’t dare to go, so she acted like a baby and begged her father.

Lin Heng thought it might be because he had never beaten her.

"Okay, okay, I can only eat the last piece. It's gone today."

Lin Heng couldn't bear it anymore, so he picked her up and walked into the house.

"Give her another piece." Lin Heng looked at his wife and said.

"You will spoil her rotten." Xiulan was helpless.

Men in the village generally don't like their daughters, but my husband doesn't like them anymore, he is too doting.

Xiaoxia's little head was resting on Lin Heng's shoulder, and she didn't look at her mother. She looked like an ostrich burying her head.

"It's okay, just eat a piece of candy. Honey is good for people."

Lin Heng smiled, stretched out his hand and broke off a small piece. As soon as he handed over a small head, he whimpered and put his fingers together into his mouth.

"What a snack."

Lin Heng took out his hand and looked at his daughter helplessly.

After eating quickly, she wanted it again. Before she could say anything, Xiulan's eyes came over and said, "That was the last piece just now. I want to beat your father too."

Xiaoxia quickly turned her face away and buried it in Lin Heng's chest. She muttered something, as if she was talking about her mother being a murderer, but Lin Heng couldn't understand it anyway.

After accompanying her to sit on the swing for a while, it got dark. Lin Heng came to the edge of the fish pond and looked at the fry in the water. The flowing water made them in good condition, but their size seemed to have not changed.

Lin Heng sprinkled a handful of wheat bran, and Xiaoxia was at his feet, tugging at the corner of his clothes: "Dad, I feed the fish!"

There are [-]-meter wooden railings installed around the fish pond, and little Xiaoxia can only beg her father to hold her.

"You've done it." Lin Heng was helpless. She almost spilled it on him last time.

"Feed the fish!" Xiaoxia came to Lin Heng's arms as she wished, grabbed a handful of wheat bran and threw it down, and then watched the fish swimming around curiously.

"Pfft!"

The tortoise and the turtle seemed to be fighting in the barrel, making quite a noise.

"I forgot to get them some fish to eat." Lin Heng then remembered that they had not been fed since they were captured.

After Xiulan finished processing the honey, she came to the backyard and called him: "Let's go to my parents' place. The meal is probably almost ready."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, holding his daughter and walking behind Xiulan.

When we arrived at the old house, Lin's father and eldest brother had already returned.

"I heard that you picked dendrobium today?" Lin Yue, the eldest brother, couldn't help but ask when he saw Lin Heng.

"Yes, I was lucky enough to pick some." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Awesome, you made a lot of money this time in the mountains." The eldest brother said with some envy.

Lin Heng looked at his eldest brother and extended the invitation: "Brother, do you want to go together? I'm going there tomorrow morning. Maybe I can make other discoveries."

Lin Yue shook his head: "I don't have time these days. I just finished removing the weeds and applying fertilizer today, and I have to cut the wheat tomorrow.

And I don’t know how to hunt. If I want to go pick herbs, I can go anytime, so there’s no rush. "

He also wanted to search in the mountains, but he didn't want to let his father do all the work at home.

But these words made the sister-in-law Liu Juan on the side very unhappy.

"You can go if you want. You can wait two days to harvest the wheat at home. It doesn't matter if it is left to dry for a few days." Father Lin looked at him and said.

"I won't go. These days, we can make a lot of money catching eels at night. If we go to the mountains, we might not get as much as we do at home." Lin Yue shook his head and said.

"Okay then." Lin Heng knew that his eldest brother was being filial and couldn't bear to have Lin's father do farm work alone.

He admires it, but he can't follow him to learn. His current goal is to make money by traveling to the mountains to make money for breeding and planting.

Once he gets these things done, Father Lin and his eldest brother will no longer have to work hard on the farm.

"Then after we have harvested the wheat and weeded the crops, we can go up to the mountain to dig herbs together." Lin's father looked at his eldest son and said.

"Okay, the three of us will be together when the time comes." Lin Yue said with a smile.

"The food is ready, let's eat." At this time, Mother Lin came up with two plates of food.

Lin Heng quickly got up and went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes. After a while, six dishes were served on the table. In the middle basin was the grouse Lin Heng shot today.

(End of this chapter)