Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 150 Worth a Thousand Yuan! Fish pond

"Wang Wang~"

Xiong Ba placed the black truffle in his mouth on Lin Heng's hand.

Lin Heng took a deep breath, not dissatisfied with the saliva, and smelled the familiar scent, this time it was musky.

After searching for five or six days in the pine forest without finding the black truffle, he unexpectedly came across it in the chestnut forest. Lin Heng didn't know what to say for a while.

Following Xiong Ba's footsteps, he came to a soft humus soil. The ground had been abandoned by wild boars. Some of the black truffles had disappeared and a lot of them were scattered on the ground.

"What a sin!"

Lin Heng shook his head and sighed. He quickly took out a small hoe and started digging. Within two strokes, he dug out a large handful of black truffles.

"I don't know how many there are this time."

Lin Heng was a little excited and threw it into the snakeskin bag while digging.

Fortunately, he habitually carried a snakeskin bag and a small hoe, otherwise he would have had to dig with his hands today.

An hour passed, and before Lin Heng stopped, there were still many areas where the wild boar had gone.

"Oh my God, this already weighs more than thirty pounds, right?"

When Lin Heng stopped to rest, he was stunned when he looked at the half-snake skin bag of black truffles.

Although the density of truffles here is less than what was found in the pine forest last time, the number seems to be far more than that there.

"I'm really confused. Black truffles are not necessarily found only in pine forests."

Lin Heng patted his thigh.

It was his habit to search along the pine forest. After all, there were few pine forests, but there were too many acorn and chestnut forests. He didn't know how to find them. It felt like looking for a needle in a haystack.

I didn't expect to find it while running blindly. I really couldn't find it without running through iron shoes. It took no effort to get it.

“What a good dog, I almost missed it.”

He picked up Xiongba and rubbed him hard.

"Ouch~"

Xiongba's dog eyes revealed his dissatisfaction, as if he was saying that you should at least use some substantial rewards.

"Okay, okay, I guarantee you will eat meat every day for the next month, okay?" Lin Heng could see its thoughts at a glance.

"Wang!"

Xiong Ba immediately showed a Samoyed smile, extremely happy.

Lin Heng rubbed the silly dog ​​and continued digging.

He was afraid that if he met someone else if he delayed for a long time, it would be bad if he was discovered.

Although there is nothing wrong with picking mushrooms, this forest is not a wild forest after all, and the owner will definitely make trouble if he finds out.

For money, especially so much money, don't show off your face, there won't be any trace of shame left.

So he had to finish digging as soon as possible and then run away.

He was also very aggressive this time, and except for a small amount near the tree, he looked through all the other places.

After the piece was almost turned over, Lin Heng looked at the bag and found that it already weighed forty or fifty kilograms.

The purchase price of black truffles in the city can reach 14.5 yuan per catty for wet truffles, 10 jins per jin for dried truffles, and 1,451 jin for dry ones.

Just these can be sold for six to seven hundred, enough to build two mud houses.

"See if there are any around."

Lin Heng tied the bag tightly and didn't bother to restore the traces here. Without seeing the mature truffles, it would be difficult for others to think that it was caused by digging black truffles.

I would just think it was digging Gastrodia elata or other medicinal materials.

The main reason is that the area is too large, and there are not many leaves in this area, so there is no way to restore it.

After going around, Lin Heng would visit twice under every tree. The main thing was to never miss one.

He found it until two o'clock at noon. He couldn't bear it anymore. He took out the vegetable steamed buns made by his wife and ate them while thinking.

The vegetable steamed buns were stuffed with spicy and sour shredded potatoes, and were also smeared with spicy tofu, which was very suitable for him.

Xiongba was given rice, which he ate quite happily.

The sun has been particularly good these two days, but the temperature is not as good as in summer. Lin Heng was neither cold nor hot in his shirt in the forest.

The tiny rays of sunlight are not annoying, and there is still a slight feeling of warmth.

The cicadas in the forest were chirping a bit miserably, seeming to be whining for their fate.

The result of Lin Heng's thinking was to keep looking and not give up. Anyway, I have made a lot of money now, and whether I can find it or not will not affect my mood.

After eating two vegetable buns, Lin Heng continued to search with a small hoe. Adjacent to the chestnut forest was an oak forest. They were also tall acorn trees hugged by one person. The ground was full of acorns that had taken root after the rain.

"Ok?"

Just at the junction of the chestnut forest and the acorn forest, Lin Heng made another discovery.

He came over and dug with a hoe, and two fist-sized red lumps were dug out.

"Mistaken?"

Lin Heng was stunned, removed the soil, picked it up and smelled the familiar fragrance.

"Fist-sized red-skinned black truffles, this one weighs half a catty." Lin Heng couldn't help but grin. He was so excited that he wanted to turn around to share, but he only saw Xiong Ba.

He reached out and rubbed its head, temporarily putting away his excitement.

This was his first time seeing red-skinned black truffles, but he had heard of them before.

Keep digging with a hoe. There are few black truffles here, but they are all very big.

I searched everywhere and dug for three hours. I dug through all the nearby fields and found nothing except the seeds deliberately left behind.

Lin Heng looked at the bag and couldn't hide his excitement. He actually dug out more than thirty kilograms. This is really incredible.

A treasure land, a real treasure land.

Lin Heng loved this land so much. He was on the edge of this inconspicuous ravine. No one could have imagined that this place contained so much wealth.

After calming down, Lin Heng looked at his watch, it read half past five.

"Look for one more hour." Lin Heng muttered to himself, and then searched everywhere with Xiong Ba again.

Xiong Ba can only smell ripe black truffles, but Lin Heng can use a hoe to find those that may not be ripe.

An hour later, Lin Heng shook his head and shouted, "Let's go home."

He wasn't sure if it was still here, but this time it was here. If he didn't leave, he wouldn't be able to go back after dark.

"Ouch~"

Xiong Ba shouted and followed Lin Heng back.

Lin Heng carried the basket on his back, took a detour, and walked quickly back in the other direction, trying to avoid others on the way.

"Lin Heng, what did you do, carrying such a big basket?"

In the field, Liu Sheng's father Liu Kai asked with a smile.

"It's all gold." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"You're such a kid, you're always talking about cheating." Liu Kai shook his head helplessly.

Lin Heng didn't say anything and ran away. He hurriedly returned home and knocked on the courtyard door.

Because he saw Jin Yan, Liu Lan and others were walking past.

"Lin Heng, why are you so anxious? What good things did you get for being so afraid of people?" Liu Lan spoke from a distance.

"Let's see."

Liu Lan pulled Jin Yan and Li Yan over and ran over, joking and insisting on opening Lin Heng's bag to take a look.

"It's nothing, just ordinary medicinal materials." Lin Heng said with a smile, thinking that this crazy woman is here and it's over.

"I don't believe it, how could Rich Lin know how to get ordinary medicinal materials?" Liu Lan said, removing the rope with the mouth and opening the bag.

The other two people also came closer to take a look.

"It smells so good. What is this?" Li Yan was stunned and didn't react immediately.

Jin Yan and Liu Lan were both stunned. Their mouths were so wide that they could stuff a giant duck clam inside.

"Here, this bag is full of black truffles?" Liu Lan was numb. She was just looking at it casually. Why was she given such a big lemon?

"You...how did you get it?" Jin Yan's beautiful face was filled with disbelief.

"Also, is the bag below you also filled with black truffles?" She took a deep breath and asked again.

If this bag is the same, oh my God, how much money will this make? Is Lin Heng going to buy goods?

She picks up fungi every day. Over the years, she has never encountered matsutake, let alone black truffles.

At this time, the door creaked. Xiulan opened the door and looked at the people, curiously asking: "What's wrong?"

"No, I dug up the turmeric below. It was just luck."

Lin Heng said something and took his wife and children into the house without letting them in to drink water.

"Do you think the bag below is black truffles?" Liu Lan was a little unsure.

Jin Yan thought for a while and shook her head: "It's unlikely. How can one dig so many at once?"

The gate to the courtyard was open, but they didn't have the courage to go in and take a look. They were afraid of being too shocked and couldn't help cursing.

"What happened?" When Lin Heng pulled them into the room, Xiulan and Xiaoxia looked confused.

"See for yourself." Lin Heng put the backpack in front of his wife.

"Black truffles!" Xiulan was startled, then pointed to the bag below and asked, "That too?"

"Yes, all of them!" Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Oh my God!" Xiulan was shocked and quickly went out and closed the courtyard gate.

Jin Yan and the others had already left. She closed the door and ran back quickly, lifting the bag on top.

Seeing that the bags below were all filled with black truffles, she hesitated, turned around twice, calmed down, and then looked at Lin Heng and said, "Where did you go to find so many? It must weigh seventy or eighty kilograms." Bar?"

"An old chestnut forest, don't you think it's strange?" Lin Heng picked up his daughter and threw her in the air several times to express his excitement.

"Chestnut forest?" Xiulan didn't know what to say.

"Actually, if you think about it, it seems normal. No one has cut down the chestnut trees. Those trees are older and there is a high possibility that they contain black truffles."

Lin Heng smiled slightly. This week's time was not wasted, I made it back in one day today.

"I'll get the dustpan."

Xiulan didn't know what to say, so she turned around and got a large round dustpan.

Lin Heng went to get a steelyard and weighed the two bags of black truffles.

"Seventy-five kilograms, but not eighty kilograms. Once the soil is cleaned, it will probably only be seventy kilograms." Lin Heng said with some pity.

Xiulan rolled her eyes at him and said with a smile: "Just be content, seventy pounds can be sold for thousands of yuan."

"Haha, indeed."

Lin Heng laughed, poured out the truffles, and picked up the soil with his wife.

It's impossible to wash it, it's not something you can eat by yourself, it's a little bit muddy and a little heavy.

Separate the mature and immature ones and get four round dustpans with a diameter of two meters before putting them down.

"Great hero, whatever you want to eat today, I will cook it for you."

Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said with a smile.

"Let's have three dishes and one soup with rice."

Lin Heng sat on the bench calmly. He was indeed very tired today.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded and went to cook for Lin Heng.

Lin Heng rested for a while, went to the backyard to get a basin of water and took a bath.

After coming back, I took out the Boshan stove and lit the mugwort incense to drive away these damn mosquitoes.

After sitting down and taking a few sips of tea, and resting for a while, Lin Heng got Xiong Ba a pound of bacon, some fat and some thin, but he didn't break his promise.

Xiongba took the meat and went to the kennel to eat it, while Jinbao watched eagerly.

"You don't have it, and it's useless to look at it." Lin Heng shook his head, but the silly cat didn't understand what he said, and was still acting cute.

It wasn't until meal time that Lin Heng gave it a piece of meat.

After eating and coaxing Xiaoxia to sleep, Lin Heng lay comfortably on the bed, and Xiulan squeezed his shoulders and waist.

"Are you going tomorrow?" Xiulan asked while squeezing it again.

"If I don't go, it will probably be in vain to go again. This is something you can only meet but cannot seek."

Lin Heng shook his head and looked away.

After a fisherman catches a big fish, he will always be idle for a long time, so forget it and keep your luck.

And today is already the 15th, the first day of the ninth lunar month. He has to go down in the next two days to see if the road into the city has been repaired.

Then go to the city to get your business license, negotiate a contract, and buy some things along the way.

"I thought so too. You were too crazy in the past few days." Xiulan held him down for a while and then lay down next to him to rest.

"Haha, there are many places to spend money. Autumn is a good time to find black truffles. You have to look for them carefully." Lin Heng said with a smile. He was still too short of money.

After chatting for a few words, he fell asleep due to exhaustion. He had been digging in the forest all day, so it would be a lie if he wasn't tired.

When I woke up the next day, my whole body was sore and I didn't want to move at all.

He originally wanted to ride to the town today, but he decided to postpone it and wait two days before going there.

Looking up, the sky is still clear, with only a few scattered white clouds visible in the blue sky.

He took out the black truffles to dry, fed the animals at home, and after breakfast Xiulan was going to wash clothes. Lin Heng took Xiaoxia to the river together.

The river water has long since returned to its original clear and gentle appearance, but Lin Heng was still surprised: "The terrain of this river has completely changed."

No matter the width or the position of the rocks and trees, everything is different.

This section of the river, which originally had few large stones, now has many large stones, and the fine sandy river bed has been replaced by fist-sized gravel.

These gravels emit golden and silver light when exposed to the sun, like treasures, making the river water sparkling.

"There's a deep pool up there."

Xiulan pointed to the location where the mudslide fell.

"I gonna go see."

Lin Heng pulled Xiaoxia and walked up curiously.

"Oh boy, it's so deep!"

Lin opened his mouth wide after seeing the deep pool.

Most of the soil and debris in this debris flow have been washed away, but these boulders weighing tens to hundreds of tons are still here, lying motionless on the river bed.

Stones, branches, and sand rushed from the upstream filled the gap, and a large deep pool was formed.

The pool looked dark and dark, and you couldn't see the bottom at a glance. Lin Heng estimated that the water was at least four to five meters deep.

Moreover, this pool is very long, extending upward for more than ten meters, which is equivalent to a small dam.

Xiaoxia picked up a stone and tried to throw it inside, but she only threw it two meters away. She said some words that were incomprehensible. She picked up another stone and tried again. She had a lot of fun.

Taking her back to the place where Xiulan washed clothes, Lin Heng looked around again.

The originally numerous snails had almost disappeared, and the traces of fish had become scarce. Even after turning over several rocks, there was no trace of crabs.

Now it seems that the only good thing is that the Shiban River has become completely clean.

There is no moss or rubbish, and it is quite comfortable to walk on the river bed without taking off your shoes.

After washing clothes with Xiulan, I met Lin's father when I went home.

Lin Heng knew that his father and elder brother had been cutting corn stalks and plowing the fields these days, and were preparing to plant rapeseed and wheat in a few days.

However, because of his suggestion, they greatly reduced the planting area, only planted the land, and prepared the rest for planting fruit trees next spring.

"Lin Heng, I asked someone to check the date again. You can release fish fry tomorrow. It's a good day." Father Lin looked at him and said.

Lin Yue asked from the side: "Do you want us to help?"

"Of course, otherwise I would have to do it many times by myself." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Okay, we'll get up early tomorrow morning to help you." Lin Yue nodded and said.

"By the way, Dad, don't worry about planting crops. I will go to the city to buy you seeds in the next two days. The yield will be much higher than the seeds I keep at home." Lin Heng looked at his father and said.

Many people in rural areas blindly believe in the seeds passed down by their ancestors and are unwilling to buy professionally bred seeds because they think they are too expensive.

In the past two years, high-yield crop seeds have become increasingly popular. They are expensive but have good yields.

"Okay, then I'll wait." Father Lin nodded and did not refuse. Now that he has money, he also wants to try it and see what the effect is.

In the afternoon, Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain to look at the fish pond. There was no problem here. The pond drained smoothly during the rain and did not overflow.

Early the next morning, when Father Lin and his eldest brother came over to help, they were suddenly startled.

"Lin Heng, when did you get so many black truffles again?" Father Lin didn't know what to say for a while.

"This... this must weigh fifty or sixty pounds." Lin Yue was also shocked and speechless.

"Seventy kilograms, dug from Tianshan Mountain the day before yesterday." Lin Heng smiled.

"Great!" Lin Yue gave a thumbs up.

Father Lin looked at it again and again. He felt that if this continued, he might not be able to make more money by opening a buying station than by driving the mountains himself.

"Actually, there are a lot of these things, but they are hard to find. You can try to get a dog to look for them in the woods." Lin Heng explained.

The domestic production of black truffles is actually very high, so that the price of this stuff has dropped sharply.

"If you can find it, it's your destiny. You are destined to climb the mountain." Lin's father sighed with emotion.

After entering the backyard, I cut off the water in the fish pond and started catching fish with a fishing net. There were too many fry, and there were hundreds of them in just one net.

After picking it up and pouring it into a bucket, the three of them carried the bucket to Hongfeng Mountain.

"Are they all dumped into this pond?" Father Lin asked.

"Yes."

Lin Heng poured the bucket and water into the fish pond, and said a blessing that the fish would eat and grow.

“If you eat it, you will grow longer, and you will be free from disease and harmlessness!”

Father Lin shouted his blessings while pouring the fry into the fish pond.

Entering the fish pond, these grass carp fry quickly scattered and disappeared into the water.

The three of them went back five more times and put most of the grass carp fry into the fish pond.

There were about one or two hundred fry left that couldn't be fished out, so Lin Heng gave up and left them in the fish pond.

Block the overflow and cut off the water inlet. No new water will enter the fish pond for the time being. The level of two meters is enough for these grass carp fry to survive.

Just as he was about to walk back with the bucket, his elder brother Lin Yue from far away suddenly called out: "Come here quickly, holy shit!"

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