Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 291 Lin Heng! Is this how you listen to your mother?
"Really delicious!"

Xiaoxia chewed them loudly in her mouth, took one after another, and showed off to her mother, "I'm better than my mother, I dare to eat them all."

Lin Heng also smiled while eating: "It's really delicious, you can try one or two."

As he spoke, he handed one to Xiulan's mouth.

Xiulan didn't want to eat it at first, but she couldn't resist Lin Heng's temptation, and the smell was indeed strong, so she finally ate one with a frown.

"Hey, it's really more delicious than cicada monkey!"

Her brows widened, and a look of surprise appeared on her pretty face. This scorpion looked very ferocious, but it really tasted better than a cicada monkey.

It's crispy all over and full of protein flavor. It's delicious even without any seasoning.

"Let you have another one." Lin Heng handed her another one, and he and his daughter took care of the rest.

They didn't do much, and the two of them finished it all quickly. Xiaoxia hugged Lin Heng's thigh and acted coquettishly: "Dad, I still want it!"

After packing up his things, Lin Heng took Xiulan Xiaoxia to the river to wash clothes. Xiulan mainly wanted to go out and play, and a few summer clothes could be washed at home.

"it is good."

Xiulan straightened her clothes and shouted to Xiaoxia: "Xiaoxia, let's go."

"I really want to take a bath in this hot weather." Lin Heng said with emotion as he soaked his feet in the water.

Xiulan was washing clothes by the water in sandals, and Xiaoxia was playing with sand by the river and building strange little houses.

"I'll beat you if you do this again!" Xiulan gritted her teeth and looked around, fearing that someone was coming.

"Wait until tomorrow before eating." Lin Heng touched her head and said. You can't eat too much of this thing.

"You don't have to run, why would I sprinkle water on you? You are a pregnant woman." Lin Heng smiled and spread his hands.

"I'm home, remember to bring your clothes back." Xiulan ran to the field and shouted with a smile.

Lin Heng was just joking and let her go, saying: "Go home, the sun is getting bigger and bigger."

She walked down with a smile and sprinkled some water on Lin Heng. As a result, Lin Heng grabbed him and quickly pretended to be weak and begged for mercy: "Don't sprinkle the water. I'm going to catch a cold. It's not good for the child."

Xiulan then remembered: "Yes! You are right!"

Lin Heng took off his shirt and chuckled: "What's so ugly about my figure? Others will only envy you when they see it."

Lin Heng scratched her itch and said with a smile, "I don't want to water it. I can't bear it."

Lin Heng nodded: "No problem, I'm going to go down and change Hong Zao's shoes in the next two days."

They had just returned home and their sister-in-law, Uncle Liu Juan, came over and brought a bag of fairy leaves and some thornberries and said with a smile: "Your brother and I went to the mountains to dig for herbs this morning. You can try the small leaves of fairy leaves."

Lin Heng randomly found a piece of bacon and washed it. The rest were fat and thin bacon. Every piece was good meat and there was no need to choose.

Xiaoxia has a special liking for loofah. Xiulan only took two bites and could only watch. She had already vomited in nausea and did not dare to eat more.

"It's delicious. I'll soak more sour cowpeas this year."

A bit spicy but very appetizing.

Xiulan first steamed the rice in the rice cooker. Lin Heng cleaned the bacon and boiled it in the pot, then cut it into diced meat to make fried minced pork with sour cowpeas.

Lin Heng came up to her, pulled her little hand up, put it on his belly and said with a smile, "You can touch her if you want and look at her if you want."

"Nothing is right." Xiulan looked at her and said.

"It's not a good thing." Liu Juan waved her hand, chatted for a few more words, then got up and went home.

Xiulan glanced at him and said jokingly: "You are still bathing in the river dam, you are really not too ugly."

"You go down and ask the blacksmith to make a bone-chopping knife that time. This kitchen knife is not enough." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.

Bang bang! !
Lin Heng didn't let go, so Xiulan freed up her other hand and patted her twice.

Xiulan glared at him, slapped him in the face and ran over with a smile.

Xiaoxia happily hugged her thigh: "Thank you, aunt."

"Okay!" Xiaoxia pouted and was not happy.

Xiulan said: "Then go get some bacon and let's make fried pork with pickled beans."

"Come on, come on." Xiaoxia agreed while continuing to play. She didn't wash her hands and go home until she was patted by Lin Heng.

He also wanted to forge a short sword again, and wanted to see if he could have a blacksmith make a steel sword with a Damascus pattern. Every man didn't want a handsome sword.

Xiulan looked at the fairy leaves, spread her hands and said, "It seems we can only make fairy tofu again."

Lin Heng ate the sour cowpea minced meat and nodded repeatedly. It was so delicious that he couldn't stop eating two big bowls of rice. It was one of his favorite dishes.

Xiulan nodded and fried a plate of loofah, a plate of bitter melon, and made a spinach and mushroom soup.

"This thornberry is for Xiaoxia." She gave the thornberry to Xiaoxia.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Xiulan took the fairy leaves and said with a smile.

"Hahaha...don't...husband...haha...I haha...wrong!!" Xiulan laughed so hard that her bones softened and she begged for mercy again and again.

"Let's eat first and then make the fairy tofu. I'm hungry." Lin Heng said.

"Is it easy to touch?" Lin Heng laughed and said, it's interesting that she often touches her at night and she still lies on his chest, but she becomes more reserved during the day.

Now even if she eats a little bit later or eats smaller meals more often, it will be useless. She will vomit if she vomits. As the belly gets bigger day by day, there is no way around the pressure on the intestines and stomach.

"Let's make fairy tofu." Xiulan said after Lin Heng and Xiaoxia finished eating.

"Eat a little more, just in case you don't vomit." Lin Heng looked at her and said.

"Go away, it feels so uncomfortable to vomit." Xiulan glared at him.

"Haha, my bad." Lin Heng laughed quickly, feeling that his back ached when he stood talking.

After saying that, he quickly got up and went to boil water to make fairy tofu. They are all familiar with making this thing because they make it every summer. This is a rare delicacy in rural areas.

The key point of making it is to use less water, otherwise it will not solidify and become a soup. Wash the leaves and put them in a wooden bucket, pour a bowl of boiling water into them, and pound them with a rolling pin.

After a while, the leaves will be mashed, and a thick green slurry will come out. At this time, filter the residue with gauze, then add plant ash water, stir evenly, and let it sit in a cool place.

After checking it for almost two hours, the fairy tofu had turned into jelly.

"I'll make it cold and eat it." Lin Heng cut a piece and said. Without a refrigerator, this thing can only be stored for half a day. You have to eat it when you make it.

Xiaoxia is not interested in this, she dislikes it being a bit bitter, but Lin Heng and Xiulan like this unique flavor.

The two ate some, and Lin Heng brought some more to his parents in the evening.

Lin's mother went to herd cattle with the villagers, while Lin's father was building the foundation of the compost pit and was too busy to take any time off.

"Dad, I brought you some fairy tofu for you to eat tonight." Lin Heng walked up and said with a smile.

Father Lin raised his head and said, "Your mother gave it away before she finished eating it yesterday. You can just eat it."

"Why don't you try it? This is the new one made today." Lin Heng said and then asked, "Dad, are the shrimp fry in the bucket okay?"

"No, we can let him go tomorrow." Father Lin said with a smile.

"Okay, let's come over tomorrow morning to plant shrimp seedlings, and I'll make something delicious for you then." Lin Heng said mysteriously.

Father Lin asked curiously: "What is it? We have eaten cicada monkeys several times."

"You'll know tomorrow." Lin Heng chuckled.

"Mysterious." Father Lin felt that he was just like a child.

Lin Heng turned around and went up to the cattle and sheep pen to take a look. He couldn't help but sigh that his father was really diligent and a great worker.

The cattle and sheep pens have been cleaned by him, and lime powder has been sprinkled for disinfection.

He usually also takes care of weeding and fertilizing crops and orchards. It can be said that he has no leisure time and will find some work for himself when there is no work.

He got two purple bamboo fishing rods for his father, but he didn't seem to fish much except when he called him.

Lin Heng had no choice. Living habits were not easy to change. Fortunately, he planted fruit trees on the land so that he did not have so much work to do.

He walked around and looked at the orchard and the Chinese medicinal materials. The fruit trees planted in the ground grow slower than those in the back mountains, but they are still growing vigorously, and no pests or diseases have been seen for the time being.

The planted astragalus is growing well, not too lush.

After completing the circle, he touched a few stream groupers and took them back to feed Xiaoxia's turtles.

"Thank you dad!"

Xiaoxia was very happy to see him come back after catching a small fish, and went to feed the turtle herself.

The yellow jade closed-shell turtle is still timid, but the little tortoise has gradually become bolder. Although it is still unable to feed food with its hands, it will directly chase after anyone who is dropped to eat, and will not hide from people.

The next morning, get up and exercise as usual and then have breakfast.

"Let's go!"

After dinner, Lin Heng took Xiaoxia and Xiulan and set off to Hongfeng Mountain, and also picked up fried scorpions with their tails cut off.

Today is a good day to put shrimps, so they all go over and have lunch at Hongfeng Mountain.

"Brother, what did you get?"

Lin Heng met his eldest brother Lin Yue as soon as he went out. He looked at the bag in Lin Hengshou's hand and asked curiously.

"Fried scorpion, do you dare to eat it?" Lin Heng opened it and said with a smile.

"Fried scorpions? Why did you catch so many?" Lin Yue opened his mouth in shock.

He wanted to catch a few to make wine for his father-in-law, but he spent a long time digging through rocks before he found more than a dozen. There were at least hundreds of them in Lin Heng's bag, which was too many.

Sister-in-law Liu Juan was also shocked and said: "This stuff is not cheap. Why did you fry it? Aren't you afraid it will taste poisonous?"

Lin Heng said with a smile: "I caught it on the mountain. I will tell you how to catch it at noon. Do you want to eat it?"

"Dad, this is delicious." Xiaoxia said like a greedy cat.

Liu Juan didn't dare to eat it at all, and her whole body felt numb just by looking at it. However, she learned her lesson and didn't say anything sarcastic. She had already been slapped in the face last year when it came to cicada monkeys.

Lin Yue picked it up and tasted one, and then said in surprise: "This scorpion is more delicious than the cicada monkey, but it's really not poisonous." "Xiaoxia and I ate two taels yesterday and nothing happened." Heng said with a smile.

Liu Juan asked curiously: "Xiulan, have you eaten?"

Xiulan nodded and said, "I ate two. Lin Heng said I can't eat more because I'm pregnant."

"How brave." Liu Juan shook her head. She didn't dare to speak when she looked like this.

"It's nothing, I just look scared." Xiulan Xiaodao.

Everyone talked as they walked, and soon arrived at Hongfeng Mountain. Mother Lin didn't go to herd cattle and sheep today. Herding shrimp seedlings was a big project and required a lot of manpower.

"Lin Heng, this is the surprise you gave me?? Is this how you listen to me??"

Mother Lin was furious when she saw the food Lin Heng brought and slapped him directly.

"You eat this poisonous thing, you are so brave." Mother Lin glared at him.

Lin Heng had no choice but to pick it up and eat it: "Mom, if you die from eating it, I will pay for it. This thing is very delicious when fried."

"Yes, Mom, he ate a lot yesterday. It's no longer poisonous when fried, and he also removed the poisonous sting from his tail." Xiulan also said.

"Really?" Mother Lin didn't believe it. She heard that this thing was poisonous.

Xiaoxia took one and stuffed it into her mouth and said, "Grandma, I also ate a lot. It's delicious."

Lin Heng looked at his mother and explained: "How could I eat it randomly? I only ate it after seeing other people eat it. Doesn't it mean that people still eat this stuff when it is made into Chinese medicine?"

Mother Lin stretched out her hand and rubbed Lin Heng's shoulder and said with a smile, "Does it still hurt?"

"Who wouldn't be scared if you suddenly created this thing? You can't blame me." She defended.

Lin Heng: "..."

"Let's start planting shrimp seedlings. I'll go and measure the water temperature first. You guys prepare the barrels."

After saying this, Lin Heng went to get a thermometer to measure the water temperature. The shrimp seedlings are very fragile and will easily die if the temperature difference is too large. The temperature must be measured.

He first measured the temperature of the hatching tank, which was 23 degrees Celsius. Then I went to measure the water temperature outside, and it was 22 degrees Celsius.

The difference of a little more than one degree is sufficient for the release of shrimp seedlings. According to Lin Heng's breeding density, approximately 70,000 to 80,000 shrimp seedlings can be stocked in one acre of land. The shrimp seedlings he raises are more than enough, and he can release 100,000 shrimp seedlings in one acre of land.

The technology of shrimp farming is relatively good, and there are many shrimp seedlings left.

Lin Heng used a light to attract the shrimp seedlings, then scooped them up with a ladle and put them into a bucket. During this process, you must be careful with your hands and feet. If you shake it too much, the shrimps may die. After all, they are only one-month-old shrimps.

Similarly, when pouring into the pond, you need to be gentle and do not pour it in high, otherwise the shrimp larvae will die in large numbers.

Lin Heng demonstrated it from beginning to end and then looked at everyone and said, "Do you remember everything?"

"Remember, there are so many details to pay attention to when raising a shrimp." Lin Yue sighed.

"Indeed, I feel like I'm going to die if I don't pay attention." Father Lin nodded. He had a deep understanding of the process of feeding shrimp seedlings.

At the beginning, he fed a little too much, which caused the water quality to deteriorate and all the shrimp seedlings floated to the surface. If he hadn't inserted oxygen in time and asked Lin Heng to solve it, almost all the shrimp seedlings in the pond would have died.

After that, he never dared to feed more food.

Another time, because he forgot Lin Heng's instructions and did not add water, he almost killed the entire pond of shrimp seedlings.

"So everyone should slow down, take your time and don't rush." ​​Lin Heng nodded and said, it is not unreasonable for shrimps to be so expensive, because the breeding technology is high and the feed required is relatively expensive.

"Okay, I understand." Everyone nodded.

Lin Heng took Xiulan to the hatchery to teach her how to scoop shrimp seedlings. He didn't want her to work at first, but she felt bored and wanted to do more.

They all used plastic buckets of about the same size. Lin Heng calculated how many shrimp seedlings there were in one poke, and then he could calculate how many buckets to release in one acre of pond, which was easy to quantify.

After making the calculations, everyone began the work of releasing shrimp seedlings.

Lin Heng first went to put in the silver carp and bighead carp seedlings he bought before. Silver carp, bighead carp and green shrimp are very good polyculture partners. Silver carp and bighead carp can purify the water quality and clean up the bait residue left by the shrimp to avoid deterioration of the water quality.

The silver carp and bighead carp seedlings he bought were kept in the pond without being released. It can be launched today.

The number of sixty in a pond is a bit small, and can be kept for almost two hundred days, but Lin Heng is afraid that it will be difficult to maintain too many, so he habitually keeps less.

Putting shrimp seedlings in is a hard job, you just put them in bucket by bucket, and you have to be gentle.

They had only put in a third of it by noon, and it was estimated that it would take another day tomorrow.

Xiulan and Lin's mother cooked lunch together. Lin Heng also killed a chicken and prepared a plum blossom fish and a plate of green shrimps. It was extremely rich and everyone was very happy to eat.

"Mom and Dad, are these fried scorpions delicious?" Lin Heng looked at his parents and said with a smile.

After trying it, they all accepted it and couldn't help but eat more.

Father Lin smiled and said: "It's true, you can do these weird things."

Mother Lin shook her head while eating: "I doubt you will even eat grasshoppers if this continues!"

Lin Heng looked at his mother in surprise and said with a smile: "Mom, you are so awesome. I have already guessed it. I am really ready to catch locusts and eat them. They are really delicious."

"Stop, I won't eat it. That stuff is disgusting." Mother Lin frowned and wanted to hit her son again.

"It's really edible." Lin Heng still wanted to be strong, so Lin's mother was about to take his chopsticks.

"Stop talking about you, or you won't be able to eat." Mother Lin said angrily.

Lin Heng reluctantly spread his hands and said nothing for the time being. But fried locusts are really good. They taste very crispy. He had eaten them in his previous life.

"Don't eat this." Xiulan also advised, she hated that thing.

"No problem, I won't eat." Lin Heng nodded.

Mother Lin sneered: "Sure enough, even after you have a daughter-in-law, you won't listen to your mother anymore."

"Mom, do you want me not to listen to Xiulan?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

"Are you trying to make me angry?" Mother Lin slapped him in the face and turned around to bring a plate of vegetables.

The family was very happy talking and laughing. Rural life is still very wonderful as long as food and clothing are provided.

After eating a large table of dishes, everyone was a little full. The only one who was not full was poor Xiulan, who did not dare to eat more.

Therefore, Lin Heng has to sort out the food to ensure nutritional balance.

"Let's go, keep working, and try to finish it today."

After eating and resting for a while, Father Lin got up first.

Lin Heng actually wanted to take a rest, but he had to get up and continue working.

He wanted to observe the shrimp seedlings released in the morning. After confirming that there were no problems, he felt at ease and continued to release the remaining shrimp seedlings.

As Lin Heng expected, only six acres of ponds were stocked in one afternoon, leaving four ponds without shrimp seedlings.

The unfinished work can only be done tomorrow, but Lin's father and eldest brother want to catch scorpions with him, and they all want to see them.

When it got dark, Lin Heng took them out with an ultraviolet lamp. When he shined a light on the stone ridge, he immediately found traces of the scorpion.

"Well, can you see clearly now?" Lin Heng looked at his father and eldest brother and said with a smile.

"It's clear. Catching scorpions is too easy." Lin Yue said in shock. He had to turn over a lot of rocks just to catch one.

"It's really amazing. You can see clearly with just one photo." Father Lin was so shocked that he didn't understand the principle.

"Let's catch him quickly." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After catching it for a while, Lin Yue said: "Brother, we can definitely sell it for money. How much does your UV lamp cost?"

Father Lin also nodded: "Yes, this is more profitable than digging for Chinese herbal medicine."

"This ultraviolet lamp is not cheap, it costs more than ten yuan." Lin Heng said, "As for selling money, I have to wait for a while before I figure it out."

He explained what he had said to Xiulan and the others before.

"That's true. I'm afraid I won't be able to sell much if I just sell it to a traditional Chinese medicine store." Father Lin also nodded.

The three grown men ran much farther than yesterday, going to all kinds of rocky areas, and caught them until twelve o'clock in the evening.

When I got home, I weighed a pound and six ounces, half more than last night. Lin Heng caught six taels, and his eldest brother and father both caught five taels.

"Our house is much hotter than the old house."

Xiulan sighed as she slept on the bed. Turning on the fan and blowing it all the time made her feel comfortable, but not turning it on would make it too hot.

"There's no way this is a wooden building." Lin Heng said helplessly. The second floor of the old house is made of earth, which can effectively insulate the heat.

He thought for a while and then said: "In a few days, let's buy some thermal insulation cotton in our district and install it under the tile roof. By then, the house will not be so hot and it will be cooler in winter."

The earth walls are thick and it is not easy to conduct heat. The high temperature mainly comes from the roof. It will be much better if you use insulation cotton to insulate it. With another layer of wooden peaks, people can live in the second floor in winter, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"No, let's go to the wooden house in the woods. It's probably cooler there." Xiulan said.

"Okay, let's give it a try in a few days." Lin Heng nodded. He also thought it would be cooler there because there are trees for shade.

It's just that the road is not repaired, which is inconvenient, especially since Xiulan is pregnant. However, they are going to build a small dam on the stream in a few days, and they just want to build a cement step to make it easier to walk.

After saying a few words, the two fell asleep. They were far apart in the heat, but they could reach out and touch each other.

The next morning they got up and had dinner, and they took Xiaoxia to Hongfeng Mountain to continue releasing shrimp seedlings.

After a busy morning, I finally put in all the shrimp seedlings. The rest of the time, breeding will be simpler, just feed regularly and pay attention to the condition of the shrimp.

These shrimps will be ready for sale around October.

"It's finally done." Father Lin took a deep breath.

Lin Heng took a breath and said, "I'm going to town in the afternoon, is there anyone with me?"

He went to the town to change the shoes for Jujube, and also picked up a bone cleaver and a new dagger.

"Today is not a market day, you can go alone." Mother Lin said.

Everyone else nodded, and no one wanted to go with him.

"The day after tomorrow is the day to take care of the animals. Son, when are you going to go down?" Father Lin asked, he took this kind of thing very seriously.

(End of this chapter)