Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 299 Father’s Talent, Solitaire
[Chapter 297 was killed, is being revised, and will not be released until tomorrow]

Lin Heng was carrying a lot of things, Xiulan was holding Xiaoxia, and Xiongba was leading the way. The three of them and one dog walked up the path.

The road is not crowded after repairs. Looking back, you can see fish ponds arranged as neatly as emeralds. The mountain stream next to it and the Shiban River further away surround it like two ribbons, one white and one green.

Walking up the mountain, the breeze was caressing, the mountain spring was crisp, and the jumping water droplets reflected colorful light from time to time. After looking at the beautiful scenery around them, they came to the tall woods on the top of the mountain.

There are maples, pine trees, aspen trees, and other tall trees such as acorn trees and fir trees mixed in here. As the mountain wind blows the leaves, they make a rustling sound. Walking here suddenly feels much cooler. It's like a completely different world.

"The forest is so beautiful now." Xiulan nodded and said. Without the messy small trees and dead branches, the forest looked transparent and clean. This environment made people naturally happy.

Lin Heng looked at Xiulan. When she was happy, her big eyes would curl up, watery, as if she were smiling, with a different kind of charm. Xiaoxia's eyes were inherited from her, and they would also curl up when she was happy. of.

"Then let's stay a little longer." Lin Heng looked at her and smiled.

"Dad, I want to play on the swing!"

As soon as she arrived at the cabin, Xiaoxia pointed to the swing in the distance and said excitedly.

Lin Heng took it over and sat on it for a while to try it out. He was pleasantly surprised and said, "This hemp rope is more comfortable and soft than expected. Please try it, Xiulan."

Let Xiaoxia play on the wooden platform in front of the door. Xiongba explored the surroundings, looking for snakes and other dangerous things. Lin Heng opened the door and walked in.
Everything in the house is as before, and there is only a thin layer of dust. After all, I lived there when I was growing ginseng.

"This place is great for barbecue. Let's get something for barbecue next time." Lin Heng leaned on the chair and said, really missing the taste of barbecue.

Those who are not dead have their wings burned out and cannot fly.

There are a lot of firewood piled behind the house, all of which were made when someone was hired to clear the forest this year. It can be burned for two years without any problem.

Xiulan sat on it and nodded repeatedly: "It's very comfortable, much softer than ordinary chairs."

"As long as you feel comfortable, remember to come down for lunch." Father Lin said this and wanted to leave home, but Xiaoxia hugged her legs.

If you want to get tap water here, you have to use a water truck or a water pump. Currently, you can only carry water.

He had never learned how to make it. He bought one on the street and came back to study it. He didn't expect to make it by himself so quickly.

"Then I will cut some bamboo sticks for you in advance, and then we will have a good meal." Father Lin said from a distance.

"We will have a barbecue when I come back from this trip to the mountains." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Lin Heng then used the same method to create another three nests of wasps, killing all of them. The last nest almost caused the bees to retaliate because it was not easy to burn. Fortunately, the flames were strong enough to save him.

Mainly snakeskin wasps and arrow wasps. These two hives are very low, and they will be stung if they are accidentally touched.

Lin Heng memorized the location of the nest. He went back to get firewood and tied a torch over it. He also poured some diesel oil on it. He brought it to the hive and started a flame with a bang. The bees were burned to death before they could fly.

"Okay!" Lin Heng agreed.

Hu Feng is the most terrifying, but the nest is on top of an aspen tree and has the size of a child's head, but as long as it is marked and not provoked, it will be fine.

After briefly checking the situation in the house to make sure there were no rats, snakes or insects, he took a bucket and went to the mountain stream to fetch water, while Xiulan cleaned the house first.

Father Lin picked up two large wicker chairs and said with a smile: "I brought you two wicker chairs, which I made recently."

Even in such a sultry weather, the forest is still very cool, and with the strong wind today, you can feel it in the forest, which makes it even more comfortable.

It doesn’t need to be too much, at least enough for half a month.

"It's much cooler under the tree than inside the house." Lin Heng said as he opened the window.

After picking up two buckets of water, Lin Heng and Xiulan began to clean the house, laying out the bed planks and laying the mat and summer quilt they brought today, and then wiping various furniture.

After resting for a while, Lin Heng went down the mountain with his father and continued to bring up some rice, noodles and other daily necessities.

It took them about half an hour to clean everything inside and outside the house. Lin Heng boiled a pot of hot water and made some honeysuckle and prunella vulgaris herbal tea. Just as he was about to sit on the bench to rest for a while, Father Lin came up.

Father Lin wanted to leave but had no choice but to pick her up and said, "Then I'll play with you for a while. You should sit down."

The cooking area is outside the house. The stove is made of stone. When Lin Heng was paving the road, it was reinforced with cement. Now you can put an iron pot on it and cook directly.

If he had studied since childhood, he must have been a very good carpenter.

"Awesome!" Lin Heng praised. His father is really talented in this area. He knows how to weave bamboo baskets and other things. He just learned it from others a few times or watched people do it twice before he figured it out.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t look at it. Once you take a look, you will find something.

Xiulan walked into the room and said pleasantly: "It's really cool in this room, not stuffy at all!"

Father Lin said proudly: "Of course it worked. These two are made of hemp rope. You can use them for now. Later I will use bamboo strips and rattan to make a few good ones and bring them back to the house."

He first tried the swing rope to see if the knot was strong, and then started to swing with Xiaoxia in his arms.

"Grandpa, come play with me on the swing!" she said delicately.

"Dad, you really succeeded." Lin Heng said in surprise. When he was making a sofa a few days ago, he saw his father trying to make a wicker chair, but he failed at that time.

"I'll play with you after I finish cleaning up later." Lin Heng glanced at the swing and said. It's not clear whether it is safe since no one has used the rope in these autumn months.

Xiulan nodded in agreement: "I want to eat it too, last year's barbecue was so delicious."

The main body of this rattan chair is made of wood, and the sitting area and backrest are made of rattan. In addition, the backrest has a large slope, making it much more comfortable to sit on than ordinary wooden chairs. It is very suitable for lying on your back to enjoy the cool or bask in the sun.

There are one nest of Hu Feng, three nests of 'Ma Jian' bees, and one nest of snakeskin wasps with long honeycombs.

Lin Heng has always wanted to make a waterwheel, but due to lack of time, he has not even built a model yet.

After moving the things, he took a walk in the woods and took Xiongba around a few times to check if there was any danger.

Lin Heng moved the wicker chair under an aspen tree nearby, and lay on his back with Xiulan to rest.

"There are still bee pupae to eat at noon today." Lin Heng came over with three beehives and said.

Xiulan tilted her head and looked at him: "You haven't been stung, have you?"

"No, I'm being careful." Lin Heng gave the hive to Xiulan, took a small bowl and started to take out the bee pupae, which are also foods with a very high protein content.

When the two of them finished, they only had a small bowl, about one or two bee pupae, which was a little small and barely enough for a meal.

Lin Heng didn't have anti-bee clothing, otherwise he would have climbed up a tree and removed Hu Feng's nest, which could catch several kilograms of bee pupae at a time.

"Come on, let's go down and eat." Lin Heng said after finishing the bee pupae.

"it is good."

Xiulan nodded, they moved the animals back into the house, and then went down with the bee pupae.

When they got downstairs, Lin Heng went over to help cook. Lin's mother's fish cooking skills generally required him to do it himself.

"Are you sure you're coming?" Mother Lin looked at him with distrust.

"Leave it to me, I'm professional in fishing." Lin Heng said with a smile, this is just the basic quality of an old fisherman.

Mother Lin gave him the knife and stood aside to watch: "Then I want to see your skills."

The first thing Lin Heng made was the minced pepper fish head. It had been marinated yesterday and all sources of fishy smell such as black film and fish teeth had been removed.

Now put it on a large plate and put it directly into the pot and steam it for eight minutes. While steaming the fish, he chopped hot and sour seeds, millet peppers, wattle twigs, garlic, and ginger into minced peppers, seasoned them and added a spoonful of lard.

When the time is up, take out the fish head and drain the steamed water from the plate. This is a very important step in making fish head with chopped pepper. Remove the water and add chopped pepper and continue to steam for ten minutes, then pour hot oil on it.

Lin Heng brought some of the fish balls he made last night and added loofah to make a loofah fish ball soup. It was sweet and fragrant, Xiaoxia Xiulan's favorite.

Then there are sweet and sour fish nuggets and oily fish nuggets.

Finally, there is the core dish of pickled fish. There is enough fish today so Lin Heng doesn’t add vermicelli. The fish fillets alone are enough for everyone.

"Okay, everything is done, Mom, what do you think?" Lin Heng said with a smile after finishing.

Mother Lin was a little shocked. Her son actually had such skills, which was completely beyond her expectation. The dishes not only looked good but also smelled delicious. She even wondered if he had secretly learned how to cook outside.

But as a mother, she still said calmly: "Then I will make the remaining fish into dried fish. It would be too wasteful to feed the dogs."

"It doesn't matter, it's up to you." Lin Heng said helplessly. This was his mother's habit and there was no way to change it.

But I still have five kilograms of fish at home, so I can feed Xiongba and Fengsheng some when I go back in the afternoon.

"It's time to eat!" Lin Heng said loudly as he brought the pickled fish to the living room.

"Hey, it smells so good!" Father Lin said with a smile and went over to help serve the food.

When all the dishes were put on the table, Mother Lin couldn't help but said: "This is more abundant than the Chinese New Year."

"Indeed, there are ten dishes, too many. I don't even need to eat today." Father Lin said with a smile.

"Hurry up and start eating, everyone, sit down." Lin Heng was already hungry, so he said this and picked up a greasy bee pupa to taste.

It's very delicious with a little sweetness. You can't stop eating it. It's full of protein flavor.

"It's a pity that there are too few!" Lin Heng said with emotion.

Xiulan gave him a piece of pickled fish fillet with chopsticks and said, "You'd better eat the fish quickly, otherwise you won't be able to finish it."

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

Lin Heng smiled and said that the spicy and sour pickled fish appetizer is his favorite, and it is not a problem to solve.

Xiaoxia likes to eat loofah fish balls today, Lin's father thinks the fish head with chopped pepper is the most delicious, and Lin's mother likes fried fish nuggets, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, which suits her very well.

The fighting power of the five people is still very strong. After eating for nearly an hour, the dishes on the table are almost finished, and the remaining ones can basically be thrown away.

After eating, everyone leaned on their chairs and didn't want to move. They were so satisfied with what they had eaten today.

"It's time to eat today!" Lin's father said with a grin. This was like the Chinese New Year, and it was a dream day for him.

Mother Lin also said: "Your dad really had a good meal today, and he didn't even have time to take a sip of wine."

"Next time we have barbecue, that one will be better." Lin Heng said with a smile. He is happy when his family enjoys their meal.

Xiulan walked outside and looked at the sky and said, "Lin Heng, I think it's going to rain. Let's go home quickly."

"Go out and see."

Lin Heng also walked out. While eating, he heard the roar of the wind outside, but he didn't pay much attention.

When I came out now, I was shocked. The dark clouds were much lower than in the morning, and there were lightning bursts from time to time. It felt like dark clouds were overwhelming the city.

You know, it's only one o'clock now, but the sky is almost as dark as evening.

The wind outside was even more outrageous, much stronger than in the morning. Trees as thick as wrists were blown to their sides, and people standing in the wind felt slightly suffocated.

"Please, I've blown away the epimedium in the sun!" Mother Lin clapped her hands and regretted, she had forgotten.

The so-called begging means it is over.

"It should still be over there, it can't blow too far." Lin Heng pointed to the vegetable garden and said.

Father Lin looked at the sky and said: "Son, you go back quickly. Xiulan is pregnant and cannot be exposed to the rain. I will go and feed the cattle and sheep as soon as possible."

"I'm going to get some bags of hay too."

Lin Heng walked towards the warehouse. It had been sunny for too long this time. He estimated that it would be a heavy continuous rain. It had not rained yet this summer.

So he had to bring some more fodder for rainy days. He felt that it was not enough to take a little from what was stored there.

After tying the hay with a rope, Xiulan hugged Xiaoxia and sat behind him. Xiongba could only follow the car and run home. After they got in the car, he drove the three-wheeler quickly towards home. He felt rain falling just halfway.

The wind was strong and a bit suffocating.

Fortunately, it didn't rain when I got home. I took the hay to the back mountain and stored it. Lin Heng said to Xiulan: "I'll go over again and pull the sofa planks over. It will be easy to assemble if it rains."

"Hold the raincoat." Xiulan put the raincoat into his hand.

Lin Heng put on his raincoat and drove twice to move back all the wooden boards used to assemble the sofa. It started to rain on the way, but it wasn't too heavy.

"Go back to the house quickly, the rain is getting heavier and heavier." Xiulan looked at him and said.

Lin Heng covered the car with a waterproof tarpaulin, walked into the house and picked up a hoe and said, "I'm going to clear the ditches near the house to avoid problems due to rain."

If this is not done properly, water may enter the house accidentally.

"I'm with you!" Xiulan said, picking up a hoe.

Lin Heng put the hoe back, looked at her and said, "Just stay at home."

"Oh!" Xiulan puffed her lips and did not argue with him.

Lin Heng took a hoe and went outside to repair the ditch quickly.

pat!pat!
The rain started falling before it was over, hitting Lin Heng's raincoat-wearing back, and the frequency became faster and faster, causing him to speed up quickly.

"It's finally done." Lin Heng ran back to the house and took a deep breath.

Putting down the hoe, he stood at the door and watched the rain. Lightning and thunder roared continuously. The ground was already soaked. Heavy rain had already poured down, and water flow formed on the ground in an instant.

"Let's go into the study!" Lin Heng shook his head and said. They could be caught in the slanting wind and rain at the door.

However, the front and rear doors and windows were open, just waiting for the wind to blow away the heat in the room.

Lin Heng didn't read a book in the study. He looked through the window at the pouring rain outside and at the trees on the mountain opposite that were swayed by rain and wind. He was in a daze and his mind was very empty.

Xiaoxia played with the little spring frog. Xiulan turned on the light and picked up the unfinished book to read carefully. She read slowly for a month or two before finishing a book. At first, she just wanted to understand what Lin Heng was reading. Well, I was gradually attracted by the stories in it.

Lin Heng watched the rain for a while and felt a bit chilly. He walked to the desk and didn't really want to read, so he picked up a pen and copied ancient poems.

After copying for more than an hour, he calmed down before picking up the third volume of Capital and checking it out. He was about to finish reading this book, but he was still far from digesting and understanding it.

At about four o'clock, Xiulan walked to the desk and looked at Lin Heng closely: "What are you going to eat tonight?"

Lin Heng looked up at her and could see the slender down on the snow-white face. The little face with a little baby fat looked a little cute. The most eye-catching thing was the watery eyes.

Lin Heng reached out and pinched her face and said with a smile: "There are still some fish balls, so let's have some fish ball noodles. If you want to rest, just go and I'll do it."

"Okay, I'll go over and take a rest." Xiulan pursed her lips, rolled her eyes playfully, and walked over with the book in her hands behind her back.

Xiulan left, and Xiaoxia ran over when she was tired and said, "Dad, I want to listen to a story."

"Okay, come here and daddy will teach you how to read a story." Lin Heng waved to her.

"Great!"

Xiaoxia happily ran over and sat on Lin Heng's lap. Lin Heng taught her how to read and tell stories while holding a children's book.

"Dad, literacy is so difficult." Xiaoxia acted coquettishly in his arms. After all, she was only a two-and-a-half-year-old little girl.

Lin Heng touched her little head: "You can only read stories every day if you are literate. Don't you want to read more interesting stories?"

Lin Heng did not say something that would be more motivating to her and reward her for the number of words she recognized. This would develop her subconscious mind that learning is for rewards. He wanted her to learn spontaneously for her own reasons and develop good study habits from an early age.

"I just want dad to read to me." Xiaoxia tilted her head, her eyes were as lively as her mother's, but a little more innocent and curious.

"But I also want to hear Xiaoxia read to me. Dad won't be able to read books when he gets old." Lin Heng said softly.

Xiaoxia thought for a while and said, "Then I need to learn how to read and tell stories to dad."

"Then let's continue." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After spending some time with his daughter to learn calligraphy, he took her to draw. He drew a big duck, and Xiaoxia learned to draw a little duck. Then he made up a story and asked Xiaoxia to make up another one.

Xiaoxia liked this kind of drawing and story solitaire games very much. She was playing very enthusiastically, and before she knew it, it was completely dark outside.

"Okay, that's it for today. We'll play another day. I'm going to cook."

Lin Heng looked at the sky outside and said.

"I'm hungry too!" Xiaoxia said, touching her stomach.

"Then I'm going to cook. Let's eat fish ball noodle soup tonight." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After packing his things, he took Xiaoxia out and went to look at the chicken under the eaves but found an unexpected presence.

(End of this chapter)