Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 290: Wouldn’t this make a lot of money?

Making yogurt is very simple. Boil the milk three or four times, strain it and pour it into a small basin. When the temperature drops to 378 degrees Celsius, pour in the purchased old yogurt as a starter, then put it into a rice cooker and heat it with heat preservation. After an hour, if the power is turned off and the milk is left to ferment naturally for a period of time, the milk will turn into delicious yogurt.

You can also add some sugar during this process. Note that all utensils must be sterilized at high temperatures to avoid contamination of the yogurt by bacteria.

Compared with pure milk, yogurt is more friendly to people with lactose intolerance. After finishing breakfast, Lin Heng made yogurt from the remaining milk and kept it.

I originally wanted to do it last night, but I forgot about it when I went to catch cicada monkeys.

While Lin Heng was making yogurt, Xiaoxia took Corn Jane to the yard to feed the chicks. After half a month of growth, the chicks in the yard were ready to be raised outside. They were no longer fluffy but had some real growth. feathers.

Unfortunately, only eight of the ten chickens are left, and two died of diarrhea. Unvaccinated chicks have a lower survival rate after birth.

Xiaoxia cried for a long time because the two chicks died, but what surprised Lin Heng was that even though the chicks had grown a lot, she could still distinguish the ones with names.

Xiulan walked in with a basket of cowpeas she had just picked and said, "The cowpeas are so beautiful now, so I just picked them and soaked them in the jar."

This thing tastes average when eaten normally, but it is great when used to stir-fry meat after being soaked in acid.

He cleared some lotus leaves in the pond and now he can clearly see the bottom of the water. The water is clear and translucent. There are scenes of koi carps playing in the water and mandarin fish catching stream groupers. You can still see the giant salamander at night.

It was a bit difficult to read at first, but gradually I got used to it and became immersed in it, and I also practiced pen calligraphy from time to time.

Several children made a sizzling sound when they drank the herbal tea. It was the sound of sucking water through their teeth. He also liked this when he was a child.

"Thank you uncle (second father)!"

He took a small bowl and poured the herbal tea made from honeysuckle, prunella vulgaris and Houttuynia cordata, then added a large amount of honey, let it cool and filtered it, and then it became a sweet herbal tea.

The Kyoho grafted seedlings that were also planted only grew branches of 670 centimeters, with no intention of bearing fruit at all.

"Then eat something before going to sleep." Lin Heng brought her cold fern root powder.

Of course, this place is far away from Lin Heng's backyard, so the smell cannot be conveyed at all.

The trick to stewing soup is not to add salt at the beginning, and then season it after it is simmered, so that the nutrients in the meat can be easily stewed out.

Xiaoxia was playing games with Yang Qing, Lin Tao and his younger brother in the yard, jumping up and down happily.

This was beyond Lin Heng's expectation. It could only be attributed to the fact that the original wild grapes were too strong in supplying nutrients, which was why the grafted red grapes bore fruit that year. Although there were only five bunches of grapes, it was an unexpected surprise.

There are many benefits to doing this, the biggest benefit is that the odor will be greatly reduced and so many mosquitoes will not breed.

"I want to rest and look at the lotus flowers later." Xiulan said with a yawn.

"You can eat it when Xiulan gets up." Lin Heng nodded and added some more water.

After taking a look at the situation here, he put on his water shoes and took a shovel to the back mountain to shovel manure for cattle and horses. He also made a compost pit here in the back mountain. After scooping out the feces, he threw it into the compost pit, then covered it with film paper and waited for it to mature naturally.

He felt that next year he could let these fruit trees bear small amounts of fruit. Unlike the fruit trees here in the orchard, which were only for his own people to eat, he could eat them earlier if they bear fruit earlier. It doesn't matter if the tree trunk is not grown, it just grows for an extra two years.

"Okay." Lin Heng followed her to the backyard.

Leaning on the railing and waiting for the wind to blow, you can still smell a faint fragrance.

As summer entered, these fruit trees all began to grow wildly. The fertile soil in the back mountain and the cow dung and sheep dung provided by Lin Heng made them full of growth power, and they were much more lush than the fruit trees planted in the ground.

The only remaining livestock here are red-maned horses and jujubes, milk-producing cows, large oxen, and a pig bought by the eldest brother's family. The rest have all been moved to Hongfeng Mountain.

Xiulan watched for a while and then went back to the house to sleep, while Lin Heng went to look at the grapes. The red grapes grafted with wild grape roots have grown so luxuriantly that the branches are more than two meters long and have five clusters of fruit spikes. They have begun to bloom now.

Basically, if you clean it regularly, there won't be much of a smell.

"Honey, the lotus flowers in the backyard are blooming." Lin Heng finished stewing the turtle and touched Xiulan and said.

"You eat turtle and winter melon soup. It has been dried for you. You can eat this after you finish." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Guide me on this, I always make bad mistakes." Lin Heng looked at his wife and said.

Lin Heng was not idle. He went to the backyard with a knife and killed the turtles he had caught at the foot of Taibai Mountain. This one weighed one pound. There were two more in the bucket, one weighing two pounds and the other three pounds. Most of them are purely wild.

After eating, Xiulan blinked and said, "It seems like I'm not so sleepy anymore. Let's go take a look."

"Okay, I'll pour you honey water." Lin Heng said with a smile.

At this time, the sun shines on the water, and small lotus flowers bloom above the green lotus leaves, with various colors of pink and white, purple-red, light green, and pink-purple. They look slim and graceful without being demonic.

Kill the soft-shell turtle, chop it into pieces and blanch it, then put it into a casserole, add dried shiitake mushrooms and dried matsutake mushrooms and simmer over low heat. He also killed a small winter melon and planned to throw it in and stew it together when it was almost ready.

After finishing the work, Xiulan took a book and leaned on the chair to read. She was bored at home because she was pregnant and could not go to the mountains, and she gradually fell in love with reading.

After giving the cows and horses a bath, Lin Heng glanced at the fruit trees on the back hill and turned back to the house.

Lin Heng wrapped all the original tree stumps in black film paper and killed them.

"Is the meal ready?" Xiulan washed her face and walked into the kitchen and asked in surprise.

Xiulan nodded happily: "No problem."

"Dad, we want to drink sugar water." Xiaoxia and her friends were tired from playing. They lay on the mat in the main room and played with plasticine. When she saw Lin Heng coming over, she said coquettishly.

He didn't go to work at Hongfeng Mountain today. He shoveled the animal manure. He also got water to give the cows and jujubes a bath, and luxuriously brushed their fur with dish soap.

The two put the cowpeas on the table and picked them clean, then washed them and let them dry in the sun before putting them in a jar for pickling.

At one o'clock at noon, Lin Heng started making lunch. It was hot and he was going to make cold noodles. He prepared the noodles and cucumber shreds first. After the water was boiled, he called Xiulan to get up.

When he returned to the house, he washed his face to cool down, and then looked at the turtle soup in the casserole. After opening it, he could smell the rich fragrance.

Lin Heng bought a jar for soaking sour cowpeas a few days ago, and only half of it has been marinated now.

"Okay." Xiulan blinked, smiled and walked over to smell the soup.

"It smells so good." She was attracted just by smelling it, and the rich fragrance of winter melon and mushrooms made her salivate.

Lin Heng smiled and said: "Then eat quickly, the temperature is probably just right now."

Xiulan scooped a bowl and went out to share it with Xiaoxia. Lin Heng was getting ready. Father Lin opened the door and walked in from outside me. He also held a basin in his hand: "I brought you good things."

"Grandpa, what's delicious? Is it thornberry?" Xiaoxia ran over excitedly and hugged her grandfather's thigh.

Father Lin touched her head and shook his head and said, "There are no raspberries now. I will pick other delicious things for you another day. The one I brought here is fairy tofu."

"Did my mother make it?" Lin Heng asked curiously. He and Xiulan didn't have time to pick the fairy leaves this year, but they didn't expect that their father would eat them.

"Yes, your mother made it this morning." Father Lin nodded with a smile.

"That's just right. Let's sit down and eat together while I'm making cold noodles." Lin Heng nodded and said.

"Okay." Father Lin was not polite and sat down with a smile.

Lin Heng mixed the fairy tofu with cold salad, added a cold cucumber, and scooped out some soaked bamboo shoots. Then put the noodles into the pot and cook them, then scoop them up and make them into cold noodles.

Although it is dried noodles, it still tastes good when eaten cold, especially with the addition of garlic, patchouli leaves, and chili peppers.

Lin Heng poured a glass of rice wine for his father, and the two of them ate and drank. The fairy tofu is smooth, tender and refreshing, with a cool and slightly bitter taste. It has a rich flavor when mixed with garlic, spicy soy sauce and mature vinegar. It is a pleasure to eat in the summer.
However, this kind of thing not only requires skills to make, but also the cold dressing, otherwise it will taste a bit bland.

"I think the one you mixed is more delicious. The one made by Mom is a bit too bland." Father Lin took a bite and said with a smile.

"Then next time I will go over and teach my mother how to mix." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Father Lin nodded, took a sip of rice wine and continued: "I asked someone to check the good days this morning. They said that May 5th of the lunar calendar, which is also June 29th of the solar calendar, is a good day, suitable for bringing in animals."

"In five days, let's not build the compost pool for the time being. Let's wait until the cattle and sheep are bought back." Lin Heng thought for a while and said.

This time is a bit short, and we will prepare fresh shrimps in two days. The compost pit needs to be dug and leveled before it can be built. It can't be done by myself in a day or two.

"That's okay." Father Lin nodded, and then asked, "Are you going to release shrimp seedlings in the next two days?" "Yes, you can release shrimp seedlings after testing the water in the next two days." Lin Heng nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to dig herbs in the mountains, so I won't go there for the next two days." Lin's father said.

After lunch, Lin Heng and his father went to Hongfeng Mountain to test the water. The so-called water test is also very simple. It is to fill some pond water with a bucket, and then throw the green shrimp seedlings in to stock for a day or two. If there are no problems, you can release the green shrimp seedlings on a large scale.

After staying here for a while, Lin Heng returned to the house and looked at the yogurt made in the rice cooker.

He took a bite and shouted: "Xiulan, the yogurt is made successfully, you can come over and eat it."

"I'm here, Dad!!" Xiaoxia was the first one to run over, standing on tiptoes like a greedy cat.

Lin Heng fed her a mouthful, and she immediately shook her head happily, her big eyes widening.

"Dad, I want more!" She opened her mouth again.

"Take it and eat it yourself." Lin Heng gave some to her and gave the rest to Xiulan.

Xiulan tasted it and smiled: "It's delicious. This tastes very good."

"I'll get you some red date juice in a few days. It will taste better." Lin Heng said with a smile. He especially liked the red date-flavored yogurt.

Xiulan smiled and said: "The apricots are almost ripe, you can make one with apricot flavor first."

"No problem." Lin Heng waved his hand and asked: "I want to catch scorpions at night, will you go?"

Xiulan nodded: "Okay, but I won't catch you."

"It's okay. I'll teach you. I'll make the tools first." Lin Heng said, patting his chest.

He turned around and found a piece of bamboo, cut it into a piece of bamboo that was 30 centimeters long, wide in the middle and narrow at both ends, then roasted it with fire and bent it from the middle to become a self-rebound clip, which was better than tweezers for holding scorpions. It works fine.

To hold shoes, use a plastic bottle, attach a portable rope, and make a small hole in the top of the bottle just big enough to hold the scorpion.

After finishing it, put it aside and wait for Caiyun to finish school and ask her to come over and help take care of Xiaoxia for a while.

After learning about the situation, Caiyun was shocked and said: "Second brother, you are taking your sister-in-law to catch scorpions when she is pregnant. If my mother finds out, I won't beat you to death."

Xiulan smiled and said, "My belly hasn't gotten bigger yet. I just walked around, nothing much."

"Okay, second brother, take good care of your sister-in-law." Caiyun warned her again. She couldn't stop her sister-in-law if she wanted to go.

Lin Heng waved her hand and said she didn't need to worry about this. After getting some food and eating, it was already dark. He said something to his sister and took Xiulan to catch scorpions.

When she reached the road, Xiulan asked out of curiosity: "Why don't we go up the mountain?"

Lin Heng explained with a smile: "Scorpions like those kinds of stone ridges, but there aren't many of them in the forest. There are most of them in the gaps between the stone ridges of the terraces we built."

"Is that so?" Xiulan was a little curious.

They turned a corner along the road and left the center of the village before starting to search. Lin Heng turned on the ultraviolet light and shined a light on the stone ridge inside the road, and immediately saw several of them.

"So many! Wouldn't that make a fortune!" Xiulan exclaimed. Scorpions are not cheap. The price of live ones is the same as Ganoderma, thirty or forty yuan a pound.

It’s just that this thing is too difficult to catch and difficult to catch in large quantities, so not many people do it. But it's different with the ultraviolet light. You can see it with just a light. It's so easy to catch.

"That's for sure, but I mainly catch them to eat." Lin Heng said with a smile. He wanted to catch scorpions last year, but unfortunately there was no ultraviolet lamp available in Taibai City.

This year I went to Anseong and bought some, but he no longer lacked the money.

After saying this, Lin Heng picked up the scorpion with bamboo tweezers and threw it into a plastic bottle. The bottle was too smooth for them to climb out of.

"Let's take a look first. It looks like there are quite a few." Xiulan said.

She used a flashlight to look at the road, and Lin Heng used an ultraviolet light to look for scorpions. There was no need to go anywhere else. There were a lot of them on the stone walls on the road, and you could see a lot of them within a few steps.

After a while, Xiulan also learned how to catch it, and started catching it with the ultraviolet lamp.

The two of them started from seven o'clock and unknowingly caught it until ten o'clock. They grabbed it on the road and went to the stone ridge beside the terrace.

There are more stone ridges on the terraces than inside the roads. These stone ridges are full of small holes, which are perfect for scorpions to hide.

"Go back." At ten o'clock, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said, he was not tired but he was afraid that Xiulan would be.

Xiulan nodded, looked at a large number of light yellow scorpions in the bottle and said happily: "I guess I caught another half a catty."

"Almost." Lin Heng nodded. No one had ever caught the scorpions on the mountain. There were so many of them that they were easy to catch.

When they got home, Caiyun and Xiaoxia ran over as soon as they knocked on the door.

"Second brother and second sister-in-law, you are finally back. I thought you were lost." Caiyun said, looking at the two of them.

Xiaoxia ignored them and rushed towards the two of them. Lin Heng was so frightened that he quickly raised the plastic bottle. It would be terrible if it knocked her over.

"I was fascinated by it, but I didn't gain much today." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Yes, it can be sold for a lot of money." Xiulan also said.

Back in the house, Lin Heng found a plastic bucket and poured the scorpions into it. Caiyun looked at the light yellow scorpions and couldn't help being shocked and said: "There are so many, how did you catch them?"

"It's very simple!" Xiulan turned on the ultraviolet light and demonstrated it, and Caiyun understood immediately.

Caiyun exclaimed: "No wonder we can catch so many, they can really be sold for a lot of money."

Lin Heng took it to the scale and weighed it. The net weight was eight taels.

Xiulan shook Lin Heng's arm and said in surprise: "We can definitely catch it and sell it. Even if we catch half a catty in one night, it will cost more than 20 yuan."

Lin Heng patted her: "It's better not to think about it for now, just grab it and play with it."

Xiulan defended: "If I don't want to arrest you, why don't you let dad and the others arrest you? They will definitely be happy, and they will most likely stay up all night long."

Caiyun also said: "Yes, second brother, if we really can catch so many every day, it will definitely be worthwhile. I want to catch them too."

"Okay, okay, let me find out where to collect it first," Lin Heng said.

Because it is difficult to catch scorpions in small quantities, the buying station does not accept them. You have to find a traditional Chinese medicine center or other channels and ask for them before catching them. Otherwise, if you catch them and cannot sell them, you will have to eat them yourself.

After chatting for a while, Lin Heng put the scorpion out of Xiaoxia's reach, and then mixed a cucumber, spinach, lettuce mixed cold dish as a late night snack.

I also boiled the unfinished milk twice in the morning, then added white sugar and old yogurt and put it in the rice cooker to make yogurt, so that I would have enough to eat when I woke up tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, Lin Heng got up early and made breakfast. Caiyun Zhanguang ate the yogurt, and then brought a jar to share with his classmates.

After eating breakfast, Lin Heng began to handle the scorpions. Xiulan was surprised: "Did you really eat them?"

"It's the same as the cicada monkey, very good." Lin Heng said with a smile. To deal with the scorpion, you only need to cut off the tail.

Lin Heng added: "But pregnant women cannot eat this, so you can only watch."

"I won't eat." Xiulan shook her head, indicating that she was not interested in this at all.

Lin Heng just clamped the scorpion and cut off the tail hook, and there was no need to deal with anything else.

In fact, the tail hook does not need to be cut, as high temperatures will deactivate the scorpion venom. He cut it out of habit, and the cut tail hooks can be soaked in wine. Scorpion venom has the effect of treating rheumatism. The soaked wine can be used to massage rheumatism areas and has a good effect.

After cutting off the tail hook, scald the scorpion with boiling water and clean it. Heat oil in a pot and fry it. After frying it again, sprinkle with fine salt and cumin chili powder and it will be a delicacy in the world.

Lin Heng took it out and ate one first, chewing it in his mouth and slowly getting the aroma of protein. He took one and looked at Xiulan and said, "You can eat one, it tastes better than cicada monkey."

"Forget it, I'm scared." Xiulan was still a little scared of this thing.

"Dad, I dare to eat it." Xiaoxia, a newborn calf, is not afraid of tigers. She ran over, took one from the plate, put it in her mouth, and started chewing it.

(End of this chapter)