Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 320 The Best Way to Comfort Lin Heng

"It's right beside Sanchagou. We tracked it for several days before we caught it." Wang Kaidian said with a smile, then looked at Lin Heng, "Didn't you catch it this time?"

Tian Baishun even laughed and said, "Yeah, Lin Heng, you also have times when you miss."

Lin Heng spread his hands helplessly: "I can't help it. My skills are not good enough and I didn't catch any fish. I just caught a few fish. You guys are really good."

After hearing what Lin said, many people showed happy expressions on their faces, as if being better than him was something worth being happy about.

Some people even gloat over other people's misfortunes in their hearts and feel very happy.

But what they didn’t know was that although Lin Heng didn’t catch any prey, the wild ginseng he dug was incomparable to any other prey.

"Yeah, our luck was bad this time." Lin Yue also echoed, but he was very happy in his heart.

"It's okay. Everyone has times when they can't hunt. I'll send you some wild boar meat to try later." Wang Kaidian said with a smile.

He was still thinking about Lin Heng's wife's cooking skills and wanted to get some of her help.

"No, no, just eat it." Lin Heng waved his hands quickly.

Wang Kaidian smiled and said, "That's nothing. I'll give you some of my own share. If you feel bad about it, just help me braise the pig's head."

Old Man Tian also nodded and said, "Yes, young man from the Lin family, I will bring you some meat later and ask your wife to braise some meat for me as well."

Joking aside, he still remembered Lin Heng's kindness to him.

"That's fine. Just come directly to Hongfeng Mountain when the time comes." Lin Heng grinned and did not refuse.

After chatting for a few words, Lin Heng waved his hand and said, "Then you guys take your time, we'll be leaving first."

After the two of them left Gao Yuan, Lin Yue laughed softly, "Just now there were a few people laughing at us. They didn't even know what was in our bags."

"Just laugh if you want to." Lin Heng grinned, not caring at all.

Soon they arrived at Red Maple Mountain and walked directly to the backyard of the cabin from the path in the woods.

"dad!!"

Lin Heng wanted to give Xiulan and Xiaoxia a surprise, but the two dogs exposed them. Seeing the dogs, Xiaoxia immediately ran towards Lin Heng at full speed.

"Don't fall."

Seeing her like this, Lin Heng reminded her and quickly ran over to pick her up.

"I missed you so much, Dad!"

Xiaoxia hugged Lin Heng's neck and acted coquettishly.

"I miss you too." Lin Heng smiled and kissed her, then walked towards the cabin with his things.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, you guys have been in the mountains for quite a long time this time, what did you harvest?"

Under the tarpaulin in front of the house, Caiyun asked curiously.

Lin Yue took the lead in explaining: "It may not seem like much, but they are all very valuable, especially your second brother, he dug up a ginseng."

“Ginseng!”

Hearing this, Caiyun and Xiulan were both shocked and looked at Lin Heng together.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "I'll tell you slowly after we take a break. Only our own people know about this matter, so don't spread it to anyone else."

He put Xiaoxia down first, and then took out the things one by one.

"There are so many things, it's a good harvest, there is also a black fish and an old turtle." Caiyun said in surprise.

"Xiu Lan, you can use this mandarin fish to make stinky mandarin fish." Lin Heng said, pointing at the mandarin fish that weighed almost two kilograms.

"It's easy. It will ferment in three or four days in summer." Xiulan nodded with a smile.

Lin Yue also demonstrated his Sanqi, which surprised the two of them.

Finally, everyone looked at Lin Heng. He no longer kept the secret and took the ginseng out of the bag.

"so beautiful!"

“What a strong medicinal smell!”

The two were amazed at the wild ginseng, especially Caiyun, as it was the first time she had seen wild ginseng of this vintage.

“The preliminary estimate is that the ginseng is 70 to 80 years old.” Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Then, second brother, you will make a fortune again this time?" Caiyun was a little shocked.

"I guess so." Lin Heng smiled and went to fetch a basin of mountain spring water. He cleaned the ginseng with a toothbrush and then hung it inside the window with a red rope to dry in the shade.

This thing cannot be exposed to the sun, as it will affect its efficacy.

When it is almost dry in the shade, expose it to the morning sun for a little while, then put it in a glass bottle and seal it for storage.

After chatting for a while, his elder brother got up and walked back. Lin Heng gave the old turtle to him and took the black fish for himself. They divided the killed mullet, stream grouper and the like equally.

The same goes for honey.

Caiyun followed her elder brother Lin Yue downstairs to tell their parents the good news.

Lin Heng sat down, drank a glass of water and asked, "What have you been doing these days?"

Xiulan looked at him and said, "Nothing much. I just slept, ate, took care of Xiaoxia, and occasionally went to the breeding base downstairs for a stroll."

After filling Lin Heng's glass with water, she continued, "In addition to feeding shrimps, cattle and sheep, my parents have mainly been weeding the orchard and medicinal herbs, turning over sweet potato vines and so on. The dam has not been repaired since you didn't come back."

Lin Heng nodded, then walked over to her and squatted down, looking up at her face: "You haven't felt unwell these days, have you?"

"I've been fine, nothing's wrong." Xiulan nodded first, then patted his face and said with a smile, "Go take a shower, you stink."

"Let me listen to the baby's heartbeat first." Lin Heng grinned and put his ear on Xiulan's belly.

Because she is carrying twins, her belly is now almost as big as if she were pregnant with a single baby at seven or eight months, but in fact she is not even halfway through her pregnancy.

Seeing that Lin Heng had been standing there for a long time without saying anything, Xiulan took off the small branch on his head and asked softly, "Did you hear it?"

"I heard it. There were indeed two faint heartbeats." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.

"Mom, I want to listen too." Xiaoxia also ran over with a curious look on her face.

"Don't touch your mother." Lin Heng looked at her and said.

Xiulan smiled and said, "It's okay, you can go into the house and take a shower, I can take care of her."

"I originally planned to take you to the Black River to fish these days, but I didn't expect that the search for ginseng would take a while." Looking at her, Lin Heng said apologetically. The main reason was that he didn't expect the twins' belly to grow so quickly.

Xiulan looked at him and shook her head: "Just wait until next year, there's still plenty of time."

Lin Heng looked at her and said, "I won't stay in the mountains for several days like this anymore. I will just take care of you until the baby is born."

Xiulan smiled knowingly and said, "Go take a shower quickly. I'll find some clothes for you to put under your pillow."

Lin Heng nodded, went into the house, closed the door, and took a quick bath. In fact, he had washed himself in the mountain stream with soap before going to bed last night, but his clothes were dirty and he had sweated during the day.

Now you just need to wash it briefly and you can put on your clothes and go out.

After taking a shower and putting on clean clothes, Lin Heng came out and looked at Xiulan and said, "By the way, we met Wang Kaidian and his men on the way. They killed a big wild boar and would like you to help them stew the meat."

Xiulan smiled and said, "Then I can only command you. I can't do it."

"I thought so too." Lin Heng nodded, and pointed to the marinated fish next to him and asked, "How do you want to eat these fish? I'll cook them for you. Call your parents up at noon."

Jinbao, who was tied to the tree nearby, had already started meowing when he smelled the scent. He was very sensitive to the fishy smell.

Xiulan took Lin Heng's hand and stood up, looked at the fish and said, "I'll teach you how to pickle the stinky mandarin fish first. You can make the black fish into pickled fish tonight. It was quite good last time. Fry the remaining small fish and eat them dry. Sprinkle some salt on the larger plum fish and bake them into dried fish."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, pulled Xiulan into the house and started processing the fish.

After the mandarin fish was marinated, he cut the black fish into slices and marinated them with green onions and ginger. Then he went to the stove outside to make a fire, and while the charcoal was burning, he put on the pot and fried small fish such as creek grouper.

Finally, the larger plum blossom fish were roasted over charcoal fire as Xiulan had said and made into dried fish.

After he finished all these, he made himself some noodles. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon and he was so hungry that his intestines were thin.

As soon as he finished his meal, Lin's mother and Caiyun came up with baskets of vegetables. Lin's mother first ran to take a look at the ginseng hanging to dry, then looked at Lin Heng and said, "You have made a great contribution this time."

"It's okay, it's okay." Lin Heng said modestly.

Then Lin's mother said, "Pack this thing up, and don't show it off. Don't tell anyone. Wealth cannot be leaked to others. This is much more valuable than your father's ginseng that is more than ten years old. If outsiders know about it, they may steal it."

"I know." Lin Heng nodded. He explained the matter to his eldest brother sternly. What he feared most in the family were his eldest sister-in-law Liu Juan and his eldest brother's three sons.

His eldest sister-in-law is a bit of a big mouth and can't keep secrets, and his three nephews might leak secrets because of their childish words.

It would be safer for Xiaoxia to stay with them all day long.

Mother Lin took another look at the ginseng, then started to help with cooking. They also brought up some river shrimps.

At around six o'clock, the meal was ready and Lin's father came up. After seeing the ginseng that Lin Heng had dug, he gave him a thumbs up and said, "Great, your luck is much better than mine."

"Dad, where did you find that ginseng? You can go look for it nearby when you have time." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Father Lin shook his head and said, "I found it at the Birch Cliff after turning over three beams in Baishigou. I looked for it nearby at that time and later, but couldn't find it."

He went there to collect herbs, and the place was quite far away.

"Then let's go and have a look together when we have time, maybe we can make some more discoveries." Lin Heng said, he thought he might be able to find it.

"Sure, I want to go there again. There are still a lot of herbs there. But wait until next year. Don't run around this year." Father Lin said.

Mother Lin finished cooking the last dish and came over to say, "It's time to serve the food. You two can talk slowly when we're at the table."

"Okay." Lin Heng stood up to help serve the dishes. Among these dishes, only the pickled fish was made by him, and the rest were given to his mother and Caiyun.

After dinner today, it was just their family together. They had originally invited their eldest brother, but his father-in-law went to visit his house, so he couldn't come.

Xiaoxia can't eat spicy food, so the sauerkraut fish he made was slightly spicy. Black fish is indeed the best ingredient for making sauerkraut fish. Everyone praised it after eating it, but in the end even the sauerkraut was eaten up.

After the meal, it was dark, and parents and Caiyun went down the mountain. After feeding the dog, Lin Heng took a while to cool down and digest the food, then went back to the house with Xiulan and Xiaoxia to rest.

"Dad, tell me many stories today to make up for what I told you before." Xiaoxia lay in Lin Heng's arms and acted coquettishly.

"Okay, no problem." Lin Heng touched her little head, lay down comfortably and told her a story.

The bed at home is much more comfortable than the one in the mountains. I have my daughter on my left and my wife on my right, and I feel very happy.

Xiaoxia fell asleep just when he started telling the third story. Lin Heng pushed her further inside and lay on her back.

As soon as he lay down, Xiulan leaned over and put one hand on his chest. She also missed Lin Heng, and only when she leaned on him to sleep could she feel at ease.

"Your body is covered with cuts from thorns. It's been very hard to find ginseng these days. Don't be so anxious. Just take your time." Xiulan said softly.

She had long noticed the scratches on Lin Heng's arms and face caused by thorns. Seeing his proud and happy expression when he took out the wild ginseng, she understood that he was probably trying to find more ginseng these days just to reassure her.

"The main purpose is to earn more money so that our children can have a better future." Lin Heng said with a smile, holding her in his arms.

Of course he believed that Xiulan would not have any emotion because he spent the money, but she was panicked because she suddenly lost her savings, so she was in a hurry to find ginseng.

"These are just minor injuries, they're nothing serious." Lin Heng said again.

"You'll feel bad if you go back." Xiulan said as she wrapped her arms around Lin Heng's neck and suddenly kissed him.

She felt that this was the best way to express her longing and relieve Lin Heng's fatigue. Lin Heng loved her, and she loved Lin Heng too. It didn't matter if her belly was a little bigger, as long as Lin Heng did the same things he did when making love.

Lin Heng only felt that he was surrounded by the land of gentleness and forgot how he fell asleep. When he woke up the next day, it was a little after six o'clock. The call of the thrush outside was very pleasant to his ears.

He also felt more refreshed than ever before, as if everything was flowing smoothly. He felt that he couldn't hold it in for too long, as it was bad for his health.

Turning my head to look at Xiulan, the thin summer quilt could not cover her naked body. Her white and soft skin was breathtaking. She became even whiter during pregnancy.

He had just moved twice when Xiulan woke up. She rolled her eyes at him and said shyly, "Help me get dressed quickly. Xiaoxia will wake up soon."

"It's okay, Xiaoxia won't wake up that easily." Lin Heng hugged her and wanted to sleep for a while longer.

Xiulan resisted symbolically, half of her body pressed against him. They rested in silence for a while until a ray of sunlight shone into the room through the window.

"I'm going to get up." Xiulan said, taking Lin Heng's hand off her waist and supporting him to sit up.

Xia Liang slipped off her body, revealing her even more shocking scenery. Lin Heng's gaze made her ears red, and she quickly picked up the bellyband next to her and put it on.

Because bras are a bit stuffy and tight in the summer, she made a small bellyband herself with the silk she bought, and Lin Heng felt a different feeling when wearing it.

Lin Heng smiled and tied the thin strap behind her back. Xiulan put on the jade Buddha he had given her, put on the rest of her clothes, and got out of bed.

Lin Heng also put on his clothes, called Xiaoxia to get up, and took her to the toilet first.

The toilet here was dug next to the ginseng garden. The septic tank was covered with cement boards, and a pipe was connected from the squat toilet. After using the toilet, you just flush it with water and there is almost no smell.

Lin Heng brought Xiaoxia back, and Xiulan waved at him: "Come and see."

(End of this chapter)