Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 315: Lightning and Thunder in the Still Night

Wearing a pair of shorts, Lin Heng reached out for the bow bag on the wall, opened it, took out an arrow and walked out.

Because in the forest, it is common to see some small animals. Normally, he doesn't care much, but the noise just now was a bit loud, it didn't seem like a small creature.

He quietly opened the door and found that Xiongba's eyes were fixed on the roof. Because he often went hunting, he did not bark like other dogs, but was always observing and ready to catch.

Today is July 12th in the lunar calendar. The moon in the sky is bright and has not disappeared into the clouds. The silvery moonlight is scattered into the woods, and is faintly visible through the gaps in the leaves, like an invisible net covering the mountains and forests.

The breeze caressed his bare upper body, and Lin Heng felt a slight chill. He looked up and saw a dark shadow on the branch of a maple tree.

"White rice?" Lin Heng was a little unsure. He could only see that the black shadow looked a bit like a civet cat.

He did not act rashly, but walked to another direction to take a look. With the help of a ray of moonlight, he finally saw clearly what it was.

It is indeed a white rice seed.

But Lin Heng was a little confused. Why did it come to this place?
But he didn't care about that. He put on his bow and arrow and began to aim. Because he didn't get too close, the civet cat didn't continue to run around.

With a whoosh, the sharp arrow flew through the mottled moonlight under the forest and hit the civet cat hiding on the tree branch.

The next moment, it fell straight down and landed behind the house, and was picked up by Xiongba who rushed out.

"It's such a small one." Lin Heng weighed it in his hand. It was about the same size as a domestic cat, probably about eight or nine kilograms.

But this is also a pleasant surprise, as after peeling the skin, you can still get five kilograms of fish meat.

"Did you hit it? What was it?" Xiulan's voice came from the room.

"Xiao Bai Mi Zi, I guess the nest is nearby." Lin Heng replied with a smile. There are many wild resources in Hongfeng Mountain. He even killed a wild hog badger nearby last year.

But as the development progressed, the animals gradually ran away.

Xiulan said happily: "That's fine, I'll get up and help you kill it."

Lin Heng did not stop him, he went over to put on his shirt, and worked with Xiulan to deal with the white rice. He turned on the flashlight, Xiulan helped pull it, and soon the skin was peeled off.

Then chop off the head and take out the internal organs, and the initial processing is complete. Finally, clean the intestines, and it is done.

"Ow~"

Seeing that the two were about to go to sleep, Xiongba still circled around them.

"Don't worry, I'll cook Bai Mi Zi's head for you tomorrow morning." Lin Heng smiled, touched its head, and left it outside the door.

It was nearly eleven o'clock when I went to bed again. It took a lot of effort to kill the white rice. Now the moonlight from the windowsill was no longer shining into the room. The forest did not become silent even as midnight approached, and the dew gradually moistened everything.

The two of them lay back on the bed and fell asleep soon after. After getting up early the next morning, the three of them exercised together in the woods. There was still some fog in the woods, and they felt like they were cultivating immortals while exercising.

After breakfast, Lin's mother came up to take care of Xiulan and Xiaoxia. She was shocked to learn that Lin Heng had had a bowel movement last night.

"You can fry some and eat them at noon. Don't be reluctant to eat them, otherwise they will go bad." Lin Heng said to his mother and Xiulan.

"I know. We'll eat some at noon and wait for you in the evening." Xiu agreed.

Lin Heng nodded, went down the mountain with Caiyun to the warehouse to get the silage, returned to the village to feed the cows, chickens and ducks, and after getting the things, called his eldest brother, and the three siblings went into the city together today.

I brought Caiyun along because she had never been to the city, so I took her out to have some fun and see the world, and also to sell her the scorpions that she and Lin's mother caught.

On the way, the eldest brother Lin Yue knew that Lin Heng had won Bai Mizi at the doorstep last night and was extremely envious: "Damn, your luck is just too good."

"I also think that my second brother is lucky, but this is as he should be." Caiyun said happily.

The three of them chatted and laughed along the way, and arrived at Taibai City at ten o'clock. They agreed to sell the scorpions first, this time one weighed two catties and two and a half catties, although it was not much, it was still a huge sum of money.

Afterwards, Lin Heng went to the state-owned store in the city, took out the ten kilograms of special wild Panax notoginseng he brought with him and asked about the price.

After learning that the price was 55 yuan per pound, I sold it decisively. I sold the ten pounds for 530 yuan.

I also picked up more than a pound of Ganoderma lucidum in the summer and sold it for 80 yuan, making a total of 610 yuan.

Adding the remaining 500 yuan in the passbook, he now has another 1,150 yuan.

The reason why he didn't put it in the purchasing station in the town was because he didn't want to mix it with the accounts there. The income from both sides was kept in different passbooks.

Now, eight months have passed, and the net profit of the purchasing station has reached more than two thousand, and Lin Heng has never misappropriated any of it.

His eldest brother also took the opportunity to sell some precious herbs dug from the furs of the prey he had hunted.

After finishing, Lin Heng first asked his eldest brother to take Caiyun for a walk around the city while he went there to continue consulting about buying a warehouse.

Unlike before, this time when Lin Heng came, the owners of several abandoned factories left him their contact information and wanted to meet with him for a talk.

Lin Heng spent an entire lunch talking to the three bosses separately. He negotiated the price of the cheapest one to 14,000 yuan, and the price of the other two was 15,000 yuan each.

Finally, Lin Heng chose the one that cost 15,000 yuan. The owner was named Zhang Zhi. He chose this one because this abandoned factory had the greatest potential for demolition in the future.

He had also heard of Zhang Zhi, who had connections and made things much easier. After confirming, Lin Heng made the decision. Zhang Zhi said that he could complete the formalities in half a month and asked to make an appointment with Lin Heng.

After thinking about it, he set the time on the 20th.

After finishing his work, Lin Heng looked at the time and went to the agreed place to wait for his elder brother and sister Caiyun. After getting the abandoned factory, he felt much more at ease. Even if he did nothing in the future, he could guarantee that he would not have to suffer for the rest of his life by relying on the demolition of this factory.

After waiting for a while, Lin Yue drove Caiyun over. After seeing the prosperity of the city, Caiyun's face was full of smiles.

"How is it? The city is beautiful, right?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

"It's very beautiful." Caiyun nodded with a smile, and then said, "But I still like our mountain."

Lin Heng looked at her: "Why is this?"

Caiyun shook her head: "I don't know, I just think the mountains are good, maybe it's because I've lived there for a long time."

Caiyun tilted her head and looked at Lin Heng, changing the subject: "By the way, second brother, what business are you talking about? Tell us about it."

"Buy a house. Your sister-in-law is coming to live with us at the end of the year. She's pregnant with twins, and the delivery capacity of the hospital above us is not very reliable." Lin Heng explained, but did not mention buying a factory, otherwise he would have to explain a lot. He will talk about it slowly later.

Lin Yue looked at him and said, "So let's buy the feed and go home now?"

"Let's eat first. I'll take you to eat something delicious, and then we can talk about other things." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After taking Xiaoxia to eat a meal of delicious food that can only be found in the city, Lin Heng went to the Fisheries Research Institute again and this time successfully rented a pellet machine.

Lin Heng bought all the necessary raw materials on the spot, mixed them together and made them into pellets using a feed machine.

He couldn't discuss any cooperation now because the feed factory hadn't opened yet and the prices of these things couldn't be negotiated. Therefore, the feed cost for his shrimp farming this year was relatively high, and the 1,100 yuan in his savings account was suddenly wiped out.

The research institute has large-scale machinery, and the feed we bought this time was made into pellet feed in just one afternoon. Of course, the feed made in this way is not good enough, and the real feed needs to go through a series of processing.

But for Lin Heng, it was good enough to be able to make feed, so that it would not be so troublesome to feed in the future, and there would be less waste. The rest would be discussed after the feed factory was opened, but it was also a very difficult thing. Now it was just the initial purchase of the factory, and later on we had to buy machines, which would cost another 30,000 yuan, which was far from enough.

Caiyun noticed that Lin Heng was in a daze, so she walked up to him and said, "Brother, what are you thinking about? The goods have been loaded, and we should leave."

"Okay." Lin Heng glanced at the half-remaining sunset and drove back.

We rented a tractor to transport the goods back, and it was dark when we got home.

The villagers are not so excited about tractors anymore, mainly because they have seen them so many times that they know without guessing that it is the one rented by Lin Heng to haul things.

"You are finally back. What took you so long?" Father Lin asked hurriedly when he saw them coming back.

"I was delayed because I was processing the feed." Caiyun was the first to explain.

Father Lin asked doubtfully: "Processing feed?"

"Yes, it has been processed into pellets. You don't need to wet it when feeding the shrimps in the future. You can just feed it directly."

Lin Heng explained and signaled everyone to move their things quickly because the driver was still waiting to leave.

After moving all the things and sending the driver away, Father Lin curiously opened the bag and took a look at the pelletized feed.

"From now on, can we just weigh it and scatter it?" Father Lin looked up and asked.

"Yes, just sprinkle it directly." Lin Heng nodded.

Father Lin said happily: "It will be much easier to feed the shrimps in the future. It can be done in half an hour."

After saying a few words, Lin's mother came over and looked at them and said, "Hurry up and go up to eat. It's already ready for you."

"No problem." Lin Heng put away the other things he bought and went to see the musk deer.

The male musk deer that was caught by the trap has healed its leg injury and is not as afraid of people as before, but it will still hide when people approach. Its leg is also permanently lame.

Back on the mountain, today is another day of eating by candlelight. Everyone who is used to electric lights feels a little uncomfortable and a little nostalgic.

The meat of white rice is very tender and tastes quite good.

After dinner, when my parents and others walked down the mountain, the sky was pitch black. The moon, which should have been close to a full moon, was blocked by thick clouds.

"It looks like it's really going to rain!"

"Of course. It's been so hot and humid for so many days!"

Accompanied by sparse conversations, Lin's father and others walked away.

Lin Heng and his friends washed up and went to bed early. Xiaoxia was very happy these days to be able to sleep in the same bed with her parents. She fell asleep quickly while listening to stories.

Xiaoxia fell asleep, and Lin Heng talked to Xiulan about what happened today. Finally, he leaned over to Xiulan's ear and told her that he was planning to buy the factory and open a feed factory behind it.

Although Lin Heng couldn't be seen in the dark, Xiulan still turned her head and touched his face: "You wanted to buy it when you went to see it with me before, right?"

Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, it is obviously more cost-effective to sell feed than to raise livestock. There will definitely be a large number of people engaged in breeding in the future, and there will be no problem selling feed."

Xiulan raised her head and thought for a while, then said softly, "I don't understand these things, and I can't offer any suggestions. Just do whatever you want. Just make sure your daughter and the two children in her belly don't go hungry."

"The money earned from the purchasing station is a guaranteed bottom line. I have kept it in a special passbook and have never touched it. No matter what, we will never go without food at home." Lin Heng explained while hugging his wife.

He was still too lenient in this regard, leaving ample room for maneuver.

"That's good." Xiulan agreed softly.

"Do you think I'm too aggressive?" Lin Heng asked.

"I feel sorry for you. It's hard to earn money hunting in the mountains in the wind and sun."

Xiulan patted his face, leaned over and kissed him, saying, "Go to bed. I'm sleepy."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.

Xiulan fell back from her arms and fell asleep quickly with her head resting on the pillow. Lin Heng stared blankly at the wooden ceiling vaguely visible in the darkness.

It was not surprising that Xiulan agreed to his request. As long as he was by her side, she would not complain even if they had such simple meals as before.

Boom!

Lin Heng, who was lost in thought, was first startled by the lightning that illuminated the entire room, and then frightened by the huge thunder.

Xiulan seemed also shocked, she turned sideways and hugged Lin Heng's arm in her arms.

Lin Heng felt his arms being pinched by the big white rabbit, and suddenly smiled as he looked at her sleeping face. It was a blessing he had earned in several lifetimes to have a woman who trusted him so much, so he naturally had to work harder to give her and the children a happy life.

Accompanied by flashes of lightning and thunder, at one point heavy rain suddenly came pouring down, leaving only the rustling sound of rain between heaven and earth, and the quiet mountain village was shrouded in misty rain.

Lin Heng forgot when he fell asleep. When he woke up in the morning, the rain was still falling, but not as heavy as last night.

"The rain is finally coming." Xiulan got up, walked to the door, yawned and said.

Looking to both sides from the door, you can see the misty forest in the rain. Looking straight ahead, you can see lush crops and trees on both sides of the river, and curling smoke above the houses.

Because Lin Heng had put up a tarpaulin in front of the house, they could now walk on the wooden floor to the front to see the scenery below the mountain.

The two of them trained a little in the rain, and Lin Heng showed Xiulan his archery skills.

Then I woke up Xiaoxia, lit a charcoal fire, boiled milk tea for breakfast, and enjoyed the food under the tarpaulin while watching the rain. It was quiet and comfortable.

"I don't know how long the rain will last. It will probably rain continuously." Lin Heng sighed.

Xiulan smiled playfully and said, "That's good. We are in the woods now and can pick mushrooms when we go out."

After living here for a few days, she completely fell in love with this place. It was much quieter and more comfortable than the village, and there was no one to disturb her at all.

Xiaoxia raised her hands and said coquettishly: "Xiaoxia can also pick mushrooms and cook."

Xiongba looked at the potato pancake in her hand, stretched his neck and waited to take it, but the potato pancake just wouldn't fall.

Lin Heng threw a piece to it, smiled and praised: "That Xiaoxia is really amazing!"

After dinner, the family of three had nothing to do. Lin Heng and Xiulan sat in comfortable rattan chairs, drinking tea and listening to the rain, while Xiaoxia played with Xiongba beside them.

"Son, something big happened in the village last night!"

At ten o'clock, Lin's father came up and spoke from a distance before anyone arrived.

(End of this chapter)