Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 300 Installing the sofa, a chicken died
"You come here to eat chickens on a rainy day, right?"

Lin Heng looked at a red snake spitting out snakes next to the box. This thing had red patterns on its body and was a non-venomous snake.

Lin Heng picked up the tongs used for making fire, pinched it by seven inches, lifted it up, walked along the corridor to the door, and threw it into the ground outside the road with a hiss.

Fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise this little chicken might have been harmed.

After taking a look at the little chicken, he went back to the house to cook, boiled the water and called Xiulan.

There are chopped green onions and fish balls floating in the brown clear soup, as well as white noodles.

Xiulan took a sip and tilted her head and asked, "Why is my food not as delicious as yours?"

Lin Heng said with a smile: "Maybe you didn't add lard. The clear soup noodles need some lard to make them fragrant."

"Then I'll try it next time." Xiulan nodded and started eating. The fish ball sour soup noodles were really delicious.

Lin Heng likes to eat noodles and fish the most, so he is good at making noodles and fish.

"I'm coming."

"It's okay, let's eat." Xiulan smiled and brought the dishes out, and Lin Heng helped bring the leek box and fermented bean curd hot sauce.

After stretching his body, Lin Heng walked to the pavilion and watched the raindrops hitting the delicate lotus flowers. In the clear fish pond, koi and other small fish chased and played happily.

He leaned on the bench and watched for a while, liking the feeling of silence in the rain.

"I just added an extra cucumber." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He took her little hand over and looked at it. There was no knife wound on the soft and white hand.

Until I felt bored, I went to the toilet and came back to wash up.

At one o'clock at noon, Xiulan walked out of the kitchen and said, "Take a rest, it's time to eat."

After washing his hands, Lin Heng walked into the kitchen to help serve the dishes. When he saw Xiulan sucking her fingers in front of the bluestone chopping board, he walked over and said concernedly: "What's wrong? Let me take a look."

Xiulan boiled the remaining fish meat and distributed it to Xiong Ba and Fengsheng. She kept half of it when feeding the dogs last night. She thought it would be preserved until today due to the low temperature on rainy days, but it still went bad when she just smelled it.

"Shall we have a box of leeks for lunch?" Xiulan said to Lin Heng after feeding the dog, looking at the leeks in the basket.

Mortise and tenon joints are naturally the best, but he finds them troublesome. However, his father is a man who strives for perfection, and transplanting rice must be done horizontally and vertically.

Just as he expected, it was a continuous rain that would probably last for two or three days.

Although they installed the imperial concubine couch in one morning, which was relatively slow, they still had to eat.

After dinner, it was still raining heavily outside, and the wind was blowing, but it was not as strong as in the afternoon.

"Let me buy you a new box of needles another day." Lin Heng said with a smile.

When Xiulan and the others got up and washed their faces, there was a knock on the door: "Son, open the door."

However, rain also has its advantages. The weather has become cooler and not as difficult as before.

"I know." Xiulan waved her hand and went into the room to knead the dough.

My father shook the installed imperial concubine couch and said, "Although it is slow, it is strong enough. It won't break even if you drop it. The nails will fall apart after two shakes."

Lin Heng stood at the door and took a look before going back to the house to rest.

……

In the morning, he boiled an extra egg, made some potato pancakes, and cooked a cucumber.

When I opened the back door, a cool breeze came to me. It was a bit too cool for someone wearing shorts and shorts, and I shivered for a moment.

"This breakfast is rich." Father Lin sat in front of the table and said in surprise.

The four of them enjoyed breakfast together. Lin Heng and his father began to assemble the sofa, while Xiaoxia made trouble next to them.

Lin Heng nodded: "Okay, put more eggs. You can't keep eggs for a long time in summer. They will spoil if you don't eat them."

"Indeed, this is more useful than nails and glue." Lin Heng nodded in approval. His father's carpentry skills are getting better and better. He seemed to have learned a lot from working for Carpenter Liang before.

Father Lin held some carpentry tools in one hand and a vegetable basket in the other and said, "By the way, I picked some leeks and fruits for you."

Therefore, the corners and joints of the sofa have been changed to mortise and tenon structures, which is more troublesome to install and requires constant debugging.

"It was a needle prick. The needles at home are not easy to use. I pricked them three or four times in a row when sewing clothes. The salt will hurt a lot, but it's okay." Xiulan took her hand back and shook her head.

After going to express fresh milk, he looked at the yogurt made last night.

Unlike Lin Heng's model, which is all glued, this large sofa still uses a lot of mortise and tenon structure. Father Lin felt that all watering and nails were too worthless, so he insisted on using mortise and tenon joints.

After Xiulan kneaded the dough, she took the troublesome Xiaoxia aside, sorted out Xiaoxia's baby clothes, and took out the newly bought cloth to make new clothes for her unborn child.

Lin Heng walked over and opened the door with a smile, and took his father in.

Although she now has money to buy clothes, she is still used to making clothes for her children herself. While saving money, she can also gain a sense of accomplishment. She would feel useless if Lin Heng buys everything.

Lin Heng opened his eyes early the next morning. The rain outside had not stopped, and it was still raining heavily, with moderate rain.

"Hurry in and eat, it's just been cooked." Lin Heng took the basket and said with a smile. Naturally, his dad came over to help assemble the sofa.

Glancing at Xiulan who was still sleeping next to her, she took out her arm and got up.

"Okay, let's eat first. The smell of the leek box has already made my mouth water." Lin Heng said with a smile.

It was still raining outside, about moderate rain, and the Shiban River had turned into a yellow angry dragon. Many people ran to the rice fields to get out of the water, fearing that the fields would be washed away.

For lunch today, I made fried bacon with pickled beans, a cold vegetable stew, and a loofah soup.

Father Lin took a bite and was shocked: "This leek box is so fragrant!"

The outside of the leek box is fried in oil and is golden and crispy. The inside is filled with soft leek and egg filling, which fills your mouth with fragrance after one bite.

Lin Heng likes to smear one side with fermented fermented chili sauce, which makes it taste richer. After finishing one in one go, he nodded repeatedly: "My wife's cooking skills are getting better and better."

Xiulan smiled and said, "It's because food is inherently delicious, so if you use more oil, it will taste better."

"Mom, it's so hot." Xiaoxia wanted to eat but was afraid of it being hot, so she could only look at her mother.

"I'll blow it for you." Xiulan leaned over and blew her for a while.

The leek box is about ten centimeters in diameter and filled with leek and egg fillings. It needs to be fried in oil to make it taste fragrant.

Lin Heng ate four in a row, Lin's father also ate four, Xiaoxia ate one, and Xiulan ate two.

"Dad, you can take the remaining four pieces back to my mother in the afternoon." Xiulan took a mouthful of cold salad and said.

Everyone just ate the leek box and didn’t eat any soup or vegetables at all. Now they can’t eat any more.

"Okay." Father Lin took a sip of soup and nodded in agreement. He had a big appetite, and he could also have a bowl of loofah soup.

After dinner, they continued to assemble the sofa frame. They spent a long afternoon working from 1:30 to 7 o'clock and finally finished the sofa frame.

"It looks pretty good." Father Lin looked at the frame and nodded with satisfaction. He felt that this was better than the sofas he had seen in the city.

"That's for sure. Dad, you can make one over there. It's more comfortable to sit on than an ordinary bench." Lin Heng looked at his father and said that there was still a lot of wood left in the wooden boards he bought this time to make another one.

"Let me feel it after you finish this." Father Lin said with a smile.

"That's okay, let's push the sofa over first and take a look." Lin Heng pointed to the wall of the study room and said.

The front yard of his house faces north and slightly east, and the wall of the study is on the east side.

Pushing the sofa frame to the wall near the study, Lin Heng found that it was different from what he thought. The sofa is not suitable here because the stairs are right above it.

Although his wooden staircase is fully enclosed and has no impact on the lower part like the concrete staircase and does not shed dust, the staircase gives people a sense of oppression and makes sitting very uncomfortable.

"This is easy to handle. Let's just move the big cabinet over." Father Lin measured the length with a ruler and said with a smile. "The length is just right for you."

The large cabinet is 3.5 meters long and 1.5 meters high and 1.5 meters wide. Every household in rural areas will have such a large cabinet to store food and other things that are easily harmed by rats.

Lin Heng did not move in a hurry, but said: "Actually, this big cabinet can also be placed upstairs. Then just put a small cabinet here."

Get a small cabinet that doesn't take up much space. It's enough to store some of the rice and noodles you usually eat. The big cabinet is mainly for grains that haven't been shelled.

"I think this is good." Xiulan also nodded.

She had already had the idea of ​​moving this big cabinet. It really didn't match the overall appearance of the main room, and Lin Hengxiaoxia always liked to throw things on it, making it look messy.

Father Lin nodded slowly: "That's okay. It's not easy to get wet if the food is placed upstairs, but it will be a bit troublesome to move it."

"Then let's wait until later. It will be a long time before the sofa is used. Let's put it here for now." Lin Heng said with a smile. Father Lin nodded and packed up his things: "Then I will go back. It will be dark if I don't leave."

Lin Heng helped his father pack his things and brought the dry raincoat and water shoes. After Lin Heng put them on, he left with the box of leeks he made in the morning.

Lin Heng sent him to the gate and took a look at the rain outside. It has been raining for a day today, and it looks like it will rain for two more days.

After closing the door and returning to the house, he collected the broken wood on the floor and threw it on the kitchen firewood pile, then cleaned the floor.

"You go feed the chickens, ducks, cows and horses, and I'll make dinner. Let's eat noodles." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said. She had kneaded the noodles in the morning and was awake all the time.

"it is good."

Lin Heng took the chicken feed he prepared and went to the back mountain to feed the chickens. It was very rare to feed corn directly to lay eggs, so he needed nutritionally balanced feed like his.

"Another one died?"

Lin Heng looked at a chicken that fell to the ground in his cage. This was the batch of chickens he hatched. After this one died, there were now only seven chickens left.

This kind of chickens weighing about one pound always die for various reasons. There is nothing we can do. We can only wait for the weather to clear up and release them, and then disinfect the chicken pen.

But fortunately, the little black chicken whose body was completely black was not dead, otherwise Xiaoxia would have cried for a long time.

After taking out the chicken carcass and inspecting it, Lin Heng suddenly realized something was wrong: "Damn, this chicken was bitten to death. What did it do?"

I saw that the neck of the chicken was torn open and a large piece of meat was missing, and a small hole was squeezed out from the bottom of the chicken coop. This thing tried to drag the chicken out but failed.

"I want to see what bit me." Lin Heng went back to the house, took a clip, and put it under the small hole in the chicken coop. The hole was kept as it was, so as not to alert the snake.

After feeding the chickens and ducks in the big chicken coop, he counted seven chickens and three ducks here, and the rest were eaten by them.

Big chickens have strong immunity and rarely die. Lin Heng waited for all the chickens to grab the eggs and picked up the eggs again. He laid a total of three eggs today, which was pretty good.

Basically, there are three or four a day now, because there are only six hens left.

After loading fodder for the cattle, Lin Heng returned with eggs and dead chickens.

"This chicken was bitten by a wild thing. You boil some water and I'll boil it and feed it to Xiong Ba." Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said. Since he didn’t die from illness, he could cook it and feed it to the dogs without wasting it.

"What did you eat?" Xiulan walked over curiously and said in surprise, "We didn't hear any movement at all, and there is a dog in the back mountain who dares to come here."

"Maybe it rained too much last night, and it's normal that you can't hear the lightning and thunder. I've already placed the clamp, and the thing will definitely be clamped if it comes again." Lin Heng nodded. In fact, he had a little thought. Doesn’t make sense.

"Then that's all." Xiulan said as she scooped the boiling water she was going to use down into the bucket.

Lin Heng took the water to the gate and made chicken soup. After plucking the hair, he looked at the wound. It was the mark of an animal bite, which looked like a weasel.

Open the intestines and stomach, clean the internal organs and chop them into pieces. When the Xiulan rice is ready, pour the contents into the pot and cook.

After eating the noodles, Lin Heng put the cooked chicken and the remaining noodles together and served them to the two dogs.

If it rained, she could only go back to the bedroom to rest early. Lin Heng told Xiaoxia a new story and she fell asleep quickly. She fell asleep very early after playing all day today.

Lin Heng leaned on the bed and read for a while before feeling a little bored. He opened the mosquito net and put the book on the desk.

The rain was still a bit cold, so the two of them covered themselves with quilts, Xiulan leaning against him.

It rained all night again, and it was still raining early in the morning. It was just a little lighter than before, but it didn't mean to stop yet.

"Get some more sleep."

Lin Heng wanted to get up, but Xiulan pulled him and fell asleep again, lying on his chest in a daze.

She didn't wear any clothes and didn't seem to feel uncomfortable. The reason why she was like this was naturally related to the long night.

It's such a long night and I can't sleep, so I can only do the things I love to do to relieve boredom, and I can often fall asleep quickly after exercising.

"Oh, you left me alone." After sleeping for a while, Xiulan was woken up by something like a stick.

Lin Heng looked at her without speaking.

"Why are you looking at me lustfully?" Xiulan glared at him, and then said weakly, "Isn't it just last night..."

She hasn't had an in-depth communication for a long time, and she is still a little tired and doesn't want to come again.

Lin Heng touched her face and said with a smile: "I was just looking at you. When did I get horny, I got up to look at the clip."

"Go ahead, I'll sleep a little longer." Xiulan yawned. She had been dozing off a lot since she was pregnant.

After Lin Heng washed up, he walked to the yard with an umbrella and some feed. Under the green grape trellis, he could see several bunches of grapes hanging down, already the size of peanuts.

After taking one look, he took the feed and went to the back mountain.

Looking under the chicken coop, I saw that the clip was still intact and the guy didn't come back last night.

"What a pity." Lin Heng shook his head and spread the feed to the chickens.

When feeding the chickens, Lin Heng grabbed one of the white ducks while they were eating.

"Quack quack!!"

When Lin Heng grabbed his neck, the white duck flapped its wings and screamed. The other chickens and ducks were also scared away.

"I'll bake you today, so stop struggling." Lin Heng grabbed its wings and smiled.

There are three ducks in the house. In addition to this white one, there is also a pale one with a green head. Those two occasionally lay eggs, and this one just eats dry food.

After carrying the duck home, he weighed it first.

"Not bad, it weighs five kilograms." Lin Heng said with a smile. This family has been raising the stuffed ducks for a year, and it must taste much better than the stuffed ducks that were fed for half a month.

He went to the back mountain to milk the cows. Today's breakfast was simply milk and eggs, and he was busy roasting duck.

"Are you going to cook roast duck?"

When Xiulan got up to eat, Lin Heng had already killed and blanched the duck.

"Yeah, if it rains and you have nothing to do, let's eat a duck. I happen to want to eat it too, so let's make a honey roast duck." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiaoxia ran over and watched for a while, then said: "Dad, I want to eat pressed duck legs!"

"No problem, then you finish the eggs first." Lin Heng agreed.

He had already eaten, plucked the duck's feathers, burned a handful of pine needles to burn the down, and then disemboweled and disposed of the internal organs.

"Xiulan, this duck is actually full of eggs."

After cutting open the belly, Lin Heng saw the small eggs and a duck egg that was about to be the size of a table tennis ball. He actually killed the wrong one.

Xiulan looked at it and shook her head: "It's a pity, but it doesn't matter if you kill them, I'm going to make a charcoal fire."

Lin Heng processed the duck's internal organs one by one and put them all into a small bowl. He liked to eat all the chicken and duck.

After the duck was marinated, Lin Heng found a piece of green bamboo and tied it to it. He placed it on the charcoal fire and roasted it slowly. At the same time, he brushed some white vinegar and honey water to make the skin crispy easily.

As it roasts slowly, the skin of the duck gradually turns red, and the duck is sizzling with oil and fragrant.

"Dad, can you eat it?" Xiaoxia drooled at the smell.

"It's still early. This duck needs to be roasted for a long time. We can only eat it in the afternoon." Lin Heng shook his head.

"But, you can try the roasted venison jerky first." Lin Heng handed her a roasted soft venison jerky.

This dried meat is almost gone, and only the last two kilograms are left. The rest is used as snacks for Xiulan when she suffers from morning sickness.

"Wow, delicious."

Xiaoxia took the dried venison and asked her mother to tear it apart, shaking her head happily.

"Dong Dong Dong!!"

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Is Xiulan in the house?" Li Caifeng's voice came from outside the door.

"Hey, what's she doing here?" Xiulan walked over to open the door curiously.

Li Caifeng opened the door and said with a smile on her face: "Xiulan, you have some ink at home. I'll borrow some. I'll buy it and return it to you next time the weather is nice."

"Yes, you and I come here to get it." Xiulan nodded, turned around and went into the house to get something.

Li Caifeng curiously looked at the beautiful bluestone courtyard of the Lin family, and then smelled the tempting fragrance. When she looked carefully, she saw that Lin Heng was roasting duck in the main room.

(End of this chapter)