Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 134 Build a wooden house and breed ewes
  "Brother, is Schisandra chinensis old?"

Lin Heng asked when he came back in the afternoon.

"No, it will take several days." Lin Yue shook his head, and then said excitedly: "I heard that you used a chain saw to cut the tree. I will go there tomorrow."

"Of course, three people are faster." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

After chatting for a few words, his daughter started clamoring to go for a walk, so Lin Heng could only take her to run and play.

When he walked to the ginkgo tree, the rooster that he had beaten away before took advantage of his inattention and gave him a nudge on the butt, then flapped its wings and ran away.

"Oh shit!"

Lin Heng picked up rocks and threw them all the way, but the thing ran so fast that he couldn't catch up.

Mainly because he was afraid of his daughter walking alone and leading the way, so he didn't dare to chase her far.

"Whose rooster is this?" Lin Heng asked.

"Liu Lan's family often pecks people." someone nearby answered.

Lin Heng glanced at the rooster from a distance and took note of this grudge.

I continued walking with my daughter and kept playing the game of identifying objects and talking.

"Dad, what is this?"

On the side of the road, Xiaoxia pointed to a plant with black fruits and asked curiously.

"This is nightshade. The black fruit is edible." Lin Heng picked one and swung it in front of his daughter's mouth and ate it himself.

Sweet and sour, I ate a lot of it when I was a kid.

Xiaoxia stamped her feet angrily, picked one and put it in her mouth, then picked the second and third...

Lin Heng also ate a few pills, then took her away and told her not to eat randomly while he was away.

Every time he ate wild fruits, Lin Heng warned him, for fear that his precious daughter would eat them randomly.

On the way back, Lin Heng saw the big pecking rooster again, but it ran far away and did not dare to come over.

The next morning, Xiulan Lin's mother Liu Juan and others followed them to Hongfeng Mountain. They dug peanuts at the foot of the mountain and herded cattle and sheep.

Lin Heng and the others went up the mountain to continue sawing wood. Every time a tree was sawed off, Lin Heng replanted two other tree species.

I saw thirty more in the morning, and the number was almost there.

"How are you going to move this?" Lin Yue looked at these six-meter-long logs, each weighing hundreds of kilograms.

"No need to move, just use diesel fuel to cut it into boards and then transport them." Lin Heng had already thought of a countermeasure.

"I'm afraid it's not easy." Lin Yue shook his head.

"Take your time, we have plenty of time." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Although he has no experience, he has seen others do this in the video. It was a young man in the Far East who was probably only one or two years old at the time.

One afternoon, the father and son were studying how to use a chain saw to cut wooden boards.

First, fix the wood, then how to start the saw. I sawed three pieces of wood in one afternoon and still didn't get the hang of it.

Early the next morning, Lin's father called Lin Heng away early in the morning and continued their fight.

It took another day and five pieces of wood were scrapped. The three of them have mastered the method of chain sawing to cut wooden boards.

However, the wooden boards used are all four to five centimeters thick. If they were any thinner, the three people's skills would not be able to achieve it.

Opening the planks took more effort than cutting down the tree. It took the three of them a week to open more than half of the planks.

During this period, Lin Heng went to town twice. Liu Qicheng still hadn't settled the matter of renting a house yet, so he didn't pose any threat to him.

Lin Heng's business here is just average, far from what it was when he went to the market for the second time after opening the store.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Heng took his daughter out for a walk again. As soon as they reached the ginkgo tree, the big rooster came again and quietly approached from behind.

Just when it was about to take off, Lin Heng turned around and grabbed it by the neck.

"quack!!"

This guy let out a shrill scream, flapped his wings, and was so frightened that his shit came out.

"You still know how to be afraid?" Lin Heng sneered. He had long disliked this guy.

This time, he was finally caught. Holding his wings and holding his head, Lin Heng arrived at the door of Liu Lan's house.

"Liu Lan, I bought your big rooster. How much did it cost?" Lin Heng asked.

Tomorrow they will officially break ground to build the cabin. Although the planks have not yet been finished, they decided to start building it first.

Because I have a lot of things to do recently, I want to go up to the mountains to collect schisandra chinensis and other mountain products, and I also want to go down to the river to catch soft-shell turtles at night.

After discussing it, the three decided to start building one floor tomorrow and build the others slowly when they have time.

Tomorrow, the fifth day of the eighth lunar month, will be an auspicious day, and it will be a good time to kill these big roosters who have offended me repeatedly.

Liu Lan was picking vegetables in front of her house. She smiled when she heard this: "Of course, it's one yuan a pound. I'll go back and get a scale for you."

Liu Lan took the steel scale and rope, tied up the kilometer and weighed it, and said with a smile: "Eight pounds and two taels, just give me eight yuan."

"Then you come to my house to withdraw money." Lin Heng nodded and said.

Liu Lan was holding the rooster, and from time to time she winked and said some provocative dirty jokes on the way. Lin Heng held his daughter and pretended not to hear her.

Arriving at home, Lin Heng said something to his wife, and Xiulan turned around to get the money.

Liu Lan was extremely envious. Xiulan would be so happy to have so much money.

After Liu Lan left, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said, "Honey, prepare the seasonings for barbecue. I will get up early tomorrow to kill the chicken. Then we will go to Hongfeng Mountain for barbecue."

"Okay." Xiulan nodded.

Lin Heng threw the tied big rooster to the corner under the eaves. It made a shrill cry, as if he had predicted his miserable ending.

Lin Heng helped collect the dried peanuts, and dinner was simple cornmeal fish.

In the evening, Lin Heng and his wife chewed their ears, which increased the relationship between the couple and discussed art and techniques.

"Cuckoo!!!!"

Early the next morning, the big, tied rooster crowed hysterically.

"You really don't want to live."

Lin Heng got up and shook his head and sneered. He was very tired and wanted to sleep a little longer, but this guy kept screaming, forcing him to get up early and kill it.

Taking his own hundred-smelted steel dagger, he cut its neck with one knife, and the chicken blood was collected in a small bowl.

The feathers of this big rooster are really beautiful, they are blue and crimson. Lin Heng cut off part of them.

Boil water and soup the chicken to open the intestines and break the belly in one go.

"Woof woof~" Xiongba wagged his tail and circled back and forth, showing a Samoyed smile like a licking dog.

"Come on, lick your hand." Lin Heng reached out and it immediately licked it.

Jin Bao under the eaves looked arrogant and seemed to despise Xiong Ba.

When he saw that Xiongba had a cooked chicken organ to eat, he licked his lips again, feeling a little envious.

Fortunately, Xiaoxia woke up, touched it, and asked Lin Heng for two small fish to feed it.

Lin Heng's original intention was to invite everyone in his family to go to Hongfeng Mountain and treat it as a camping trip.

But Lin's mother and sister-in-law rejected him, and Lin's mother said: "You guys can eat, your sister-in-law and I are going to go to the mountains to pick schisandra chinensis and dig for medicinal materials."

"Yes, I will ask Xiulan to help take care of the children today." Liu Juan also said with a smile.

If they would definitely stay for a few bites before, but now they don't lack this little meat, it doesn't matter to them.

"Okay." Lin Heng could only agree.

After breakfast, Lin Heng and his party set off, taking the children and the cattle and sheep with them.

The little goat Lin Heng and Xiulan bought together now weighs more than thirty kilograms. Its hair is snow-white. It has recently begun to bleat, as if it is in heat.

Lin Heng was wondering whether to find a ram for it. If he found it, he wouldn't be able to kill it during the New Year.

"Find one. You can buy some mutton to eat during the Chinese New Year." Xiulan said.

"Okay, let's find a family with big rams to breed it at noon." Lin Heng nodded and said.

After going up the mountain and tying the big cattle and sheep to the hillside to graze, Lin Heng found a place full of pebbles by the stream to light a fire and burn charcoal.

The waterwheel is the same one used to roast the pig last time. The chicken is tied up and the rest is left to my wife Xiulan.

The second nephew Lin Tao and his two-year-old brother were watching, Xiaoxia was playing with Xiongba.

When Lin Heng and his party arrived at the place, Father Lin smiled and said, "First dig nine holes and bury the tree stumps."

Naturally, the wooden house cannot be built directly on the ground. It must be suspended underground and supported by piles.

The tree stumps they chose were two large pine trees that had fallen to the ground, dead and in a semi-dry state.

The tree stump has been sawn, one meter and two meters long, buried [-] centimeters underground and [-] centimeters above the ground.

Lin Heng and his eldest brother worked together to dig holes, one digging and the other shoveling, taking turns.

Father Lin painted the wooden piles with asphalt. This asphalt was bought by someone at a building materials store in the town. It seemed to be more effective than tung oil when used to paint the wooden piles.

Lin Yue dug the hole and said with emotion: "This is the fulfillment of a childhood dream."

When they were children, they wanted to build a log cabin by themselves, but the tools were seriously insufficient and they could only make four different things that didn't even look like a pigsty.

"Indeed." Lin Heng said with a smile. If possible, he would also like to build a small tree house. When he was a child, he wanted to have a small house in the tree. It is not difficult to dig a pit only fifty centimeters deep. After digging, Father Lin will move in the wood that has been painted with asphalt and bury it in it.

Lin Heng's plan is to build a [-]-square-meter cabin, which is exactly a square.

It is completed after burying nine wooden stakes. After burying, it is time to make the leveling. All the wooden stakes must be on a horizontal line.

This was not a problem for the three of them. It was easy with the tools and the level work was done. It took a lot of effort to move three six-meter-long acorn tree square logs, and the bottom surface was painted with asphalt and the upper layer was painted with tung oil.

Lin Heng and the others didn't bother to create any mortise and tenon structure. It wasn't that it was bad, but it was just too troublesome.

Just use large steel nails to fix it in, and then use steel bars to hold it on the outside. There won't be any problems.

For a cabin with only one floor, this is already as strong as it gets.

By the time the three square logs were ordered, it was already noon, and the stomachs of the three of them were growling.

"Come over and eat." Lin Heng looked at his father and eldest brother and said.

In the afternoon, they laid down the wooden boards and then erected the pillars. They planned to make a mortise and tenon structure for the pillars, which is relatively simple.

"The meal is ready." Xiulan said.

Lin Heng and the others came over. The chicken had been roasted all morning and was already golden in color.

Lin Tao was drooling next to him for a while.

In addition to the golden crispy roasted chicken, there will also be white flour steamed buns for lunch today. These were made yesterday. Eating them on the mountain will save you a trip home.

"This big cock chicken is so delicious and so chewy."

Lin Heng pulled off a piece of meat, dipped it in the barbecue sauce, took a bite, and couldn't help but praise it.

Right next to the mountain stream, under the shade of the trees, the chicken skin is crispy and the chicken is smooth and tender. It is worthy of a big rooster that often exercises. The meat is fragrant and chewy.

"People say that this kind of chicken eaten with centipede and bee seeds has the effect of replenishing the body. I don't know whether it is true or not. Everyone should eat more." Father Lin said with a smile. He shared it with his grandchildren first and then ate it himself. One mouthful.

"It's delicious anyway." Lin Yue said with a smile.

Everyone was sitting in the stone man, with a cool breeze blowing from time to time, and the sun shining through the leaves with mottled light and shadow. Eating in this place really has an indescribable taste.

Since Lin Heng opened the acquisition station, everyone in the family has become visibly more relaxed, especially Lin's father.

In the past, he would not do such idle things at all. He was busy planting crops or digging for medicinal materials from time to time. Now he has chosen to come out and play occasionally.

"Dad, do you want to drink?" Lin Heng took out a bag of rice wine and handed it to his father.

"Have some." Father Lin smiled and took it and took a sip.

After a sip of chicken and a sip of wine, Father Lin happily leaned against the stone.

Xiong Ba was lying next to him, waiting for the bones to be eaten. He was not in a hurry, as it would all be his in the end.

After finishing the meal, Lin Heng also leaned on the stone and looked at Xiaotian. The mountain breeze felt really comfortable.

No matter whether you are lazy or undisciplined, you are just comfortable.

Xiaoxia was playing with grass leaves nearby, while Xiongba was eating the bones, making a cracking sound.

Everyone was too lazy to talk. It was so comfortable to lie flat like this, listening to the stream, the mountain breeze, and the innocent laughter of the children.

The maple tree is called the maple tree because its leaves make a rustling sound when the wind blows, just like the sound of the wind.

"Let's go on." After resting for an hour, Father Lin said, and the three of them got up and continued working.

The three of them moved some wooden boards first. Although the thick wooden boards were still heavy, they could already be moved by manpower.

These boards are not polished and the chainsaw cuts are rough.

That's it for the time being. Once the power is turned on, I'll just buy an electric polishing machine and polish it. If you polish it by hand, it's really terrible.

The side of the board facing the ground is painted with asphalt, and the other parts are painted with tung oil. The black one doesn't look good.

In one afternoon, the three of them finished the foundation of the [-]-square-meter house.

Then I used a plane to flatten the columns to make a mortise and tenon structure.

After thinking about it carefully, I decided to finish all the columns and beams and install them all at once.

It is enough to build a one-story wooden house with a height of four meters. The roof is also prepared to be made of wood. Finally, a layer of tarpaulin is nailed on so that there is no need to worry about rain leaks.

Lin Heng is also planning to lay some wooden boards around the wooden house to build a campsite. It will be very convenient for his family to come and play without having to step on the mud.

But all of this has to be done slowly. It was already dusk when I planed a few pillars and took out the mortise and tenon joints today.

Tomorrow is the sixth day of the eighth lunar month. Lin Heng is going to town to check out the business. Father Lin and the others are going to explore the mountains.

"Go, let's go back."

Taking the tools, the father and son went down the mountain together.

On the other side, Xiulan had already taken Xiaoxia and others down the mountain. While waiting for Lin Heng, she also carried a basket of pigweed.

On the way back, I happened to meet someone driving cattle and sheep up.

"They are the cattle and sheep of Liu Ciwen's family. They are just perfect for breeding for our additional sheep."

Lin Heng saw a big ram among the sheep and quickly pulled his little ewe over.

"What's wrong?"

Liu Cihua, Liu Ciwen's sister, was herding sheep today. She came over and asked curiously.

"Match my sheep with a breeder." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He remembered that Liu Cihua should be eighteen or nineteen years old now, three years older than Liu Ciwen.

Her mute mother gave birth to three children. The eldest was Liu Cihua, the second was said to have been abducted by human traffickers, and the third was Liu Ciwen.
  "Then just drive it over." Liu Cihua nodded and said.

Lin Heng brought his own sheep's rope and rushed over. The big ram quickly came over listening to the sound and smell.

Lin Hengze glanced at Liu Cihua, feeling that the shy girl was embarrassed.

In fact, Lin Heng was not looking at her but thinking in a daze. Liu Cihua was average-looking, far worse than Xiulan, and her figure and appearance were even inferior.

Moreover, her family was in this situation. No one proposed marriage in the village, and they were all afraid of getting involved with such a family.

Lin Heng was wondering if he should introduce her to Wang Zhou. In his previous life, Liu Cihua was very capable. She married a man who could not find a wife in the village and was very hardworking and hardworking.

"The sheep are ready for breeding," Liu Cihua said aloud.

"Thank you." Lin Heng came to his senses and walked over to take the ewe away.

On the way home, Lin Heng thought about the matter again and decided to tell Wang Zhou so that he could have time to come up and see him.

"Xiulan, do you think it would be better to bring something to your parents on August [-]th?"

After returning home, Lin Heng asked again.

"It's enough to bring a pound of sugar." Xiulan thought for a while and said.

"That won't work. You can follow me to the town tomorrow and buy a set of clothes and shoes for our parents. Things in the town are not expensive."

Lin Heng looked at his wife and said, since he wants to go back, he must make his wife look good and prove to her parents and brothers that she was not with the wrong person.

He didn't want his wife to suffer any further injustice, and he felt guilty when he thought of her going back to ask for a loan in her previous life.

Xiulan wanted to say something else, but Lin Heng covered her mouth directly: "Stop talking, it's settled."

"It's so salty!" Xiulan glared at him and said in disgust.

"It's useless if you dislike me, you have to live with me for the rest of your life." Lin Heng chuckled.

"Okay, that's fine if you want." Xiulan looked at her husband and understood what he was thinking, feeling warm in her heart.

In the evening, Lin Heng washed Xiulan's hair. He used shampoo bought in the city, which was much faster than washing with soap. It still smelled good after washing.

After washing Xiulan, I gave Xiaoxia a fragrant wash and applied baby cream.

Early the next morning, Lin Heng took Xiulan and Xiaoxia to the town on foot.

"Dad, why are you picking flowers?"

Xiaoxia asked curiously as she watched Lin Heng pick wild chrysanthemums on the roadside.

"It's for my wife." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiaoxia tilted her head: "Who is your brain?"

"My wife is your mother." Lin Heng said again.

Xiaoxia was confused, blinking her big eyes and thinking for a long time.

"Here, here they are for you!" Lin Heng arranged the flowers and handed them to his wife.

Xiulan smiled and took it over to smell it. This ordinary wild chrysanthemum seemed to have extraordinary meaning.

She didn't speak, but her love for Lin Heng was already conveyed between her eyebrows.

"It turns out that my father's wife is my mother!" Xiaoxia finally figured it out.

She let go of her mother's hand and pulled a few chrysanthemums and handed them to her: "Mom, I'll give you flowers too."

Although Xiulan was often spanked, she still loved her mother very much.

"Thank you Xiaoxia." Xiulan took it and kissed her.

"Why don't I?" Lin Heng refused.

Xiulan raised her chin and snorted: "You should give it away, there is no reward."

(End of this chapter)