Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

After the two men finished chatting, they set off for Hongfeng Mountain. The water had just boiled here and everyone had just started to dismantle the pigpen fence.

Lin Heng and the other man hurried over to help, and soon the pig was knocked down with a miserable wailing sound.

The pig is then scalded, offered sacrifices, and finally gutted. About two-thirds of the meat is made into bacon, and the remaining one-third is stored in the refrigerator to be eaten fresh.

Lin Heng did not allow the pigs they raised to be fed with feed. It was not that the feed was bad, but that the pigs did not like to eat meat that was too fatty. So it was best to feed them with their own corn and roasted acorn meal, and finally some sweet potatoes, rotten fruits, etc.

Their pigs grow slowly. They bought one in the first half of last year and raised it for a year and a half. They also bought one in the first half of this year to be used as the New Year pig for next year.

Because it was fed for a long time and with good food, the pork was very good. Although it only weighed 308 kilograms, the meat was really delicious.

When they had the pig-slaughtering meal at noon, they all thought the pork was delicious, especially since Lin Heng and his friends had eaten feed pork in the city, and the comparison was even more obvious. This kind of pork would be very fragrant if it was simply stir-fried, and there was no need to go through the trouble of removing the fishy smell.

After lunch, everyone discussed the wedding of my third uncle, and then left. Only my third uncle and Yang Li were left behind to help and go to the city to buy some things for the wedding tomorrow.

"Our third aunt is hardworking." Lin Heng said with a smile while pulling Caiyun. Judging from her performance at his house today, she is indeed a woman who can live a normal life. Her ugly appearance is also an advantage. If she is too pretty, his third uncle can't handle her.

Caiyun looked at Yang Li who was helping in the room and nodded: "That's true. My sister-in-law and I talked to her today and she seems to be a good person. I think she's better than my aunt."

"Dad is busy, do you want to go out and play?" Lin Heng looked at her and smiled.

"Please, Daddy!" Xiaoxia put her little face close to him and looked at him eagerly with her big eyes.

"Okay, let's play for a while." Lin Heng washed his hands and let Xiulan play for a while while he went to play with Xiaoxia for a few minutes.

"Just love her!" Xiulan shook her head.

Lin Heng smiled, went out and held his daughter up high. His daughter looked at him with her big eyes and acted coquettishly. Her cute look was really hard to refuse.

After playing with the three children outside for a while, Lin Heng went back to work. In the evening, a large pot of fish balls was successfully cooked. Xiulan cooked a fish ball for the children with dried shrimps and coriander. The children ate it as much as the piglets and could not refuse this delicacy.

In the evening, the adults cooked a few more dishes and drank some rice wine. Lin's mother asked Yang Li to taste the wine she made herself.

Early the next morning, Lin Heng drove his third uncle and his two brothers into the city, and Xiulan also accompanied him.

After entering the city, Lin Heng first took the two to his house. After getting out of the car, Lin Heng looked at his third uncle and Yang Li and introduced them: "Third uncle, look, this is the house we bought in the city. Today I will take you to see it. It is on Linjiang Road. If you have time and want to go into the city, you can come to our place."

"Yes, our house is very big and has many guest rooms. I'll take you in to have a look." Xiulan also understood and pulled Yang Li inside.

She understood that this was Lin Heng's way of subtly showing his family's strength to his third aunt Yang Li, letting her know that she wouldn't have to suffer following her third uncle, because her third uncle had them.

Many times, no matter how good the words are, they are not as effective as seeing it with your own eyes.

Yang Li was also a little curious and wanted to know what the place they lived in looked like. When Lin Heng opened the door, she was a little dumbfounded and murmured, "Your yard is so big!"

"This house is much more beautiful than our earthen walls." Lu Honggang was also shocked.

Lin Heng took them to have a look outside, and then went into the house. The exquisitely decorated house dazzled the two of them, and they felt like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

After all, in the countryside, everyone's houses are made of rough earthen walls, and there is no decoration on the walls except for hanging farm tools. Some of the walls are even blackened by the fire.

Even if it is a brick house, it would at most be flatter and whiter, not as exquisite as Lin Heng's house, with all kinds of crystal chandeliers, exquisite paintings and decorations, solid wood furniture and other things that look high-end at first glance.

"Lin Heng, I heard from your third uncle that you also opened a factory?" Yang Li asked curiously.

"Yes, there aren't many people there during the New Year. I can take you to see it later." Lin Heng nodded.

"You are so amazing, the most amazing person I have ever met." Yang Li said in shock. She never thought that someone from the countryside could accomplish such a big business.

"I'm just lucky to be in this situation at such a good time." Lin Heng smiled.

Several people sat down in the living room, drank two cups of tea, felt the heater warm for a while, then chatted about other things. Then Lin Heng took out two thousand yuan in cash for his third uncle and asked him to hold it for a while to pay.

After it warmed up, Lin Heng and Xiulan took them to visit the factory. On the way, Lin Heng told his third uncle not to worry about money. After a few years, he could sell his ginseng for at least tens of thousands. If the yield was good, hundreds of thousands was possible.

"How did we end up in a clothing store?" Yang Li noticed something was wrong while walking and stopped to ask.

"Of course I'm buying clothes for you, aunt. How can you get married without a couple of new clothes?" Lin Heng said with a smile.

"And you don't have to worry about money. We are here for you." Xiulan pulled her inside.

Lu Honggang also said: "Yes, don't worry about the money. I will have it after I sell the ginseng. Let's have a beautiful wedding wine."

Yang Li couldn't persuade them, so she followed them in. After trying on the clothes for a while, she couldn't help but scream when she asked the price: "This one is 18 yuan?"

It's not her fault. She usually buys coarse cloth clothes that cost no more than five dollars, and she keeps patching them up when they get torn. The clothes here simply shocked her.

"Don't worry, aunt. This dress is a little expensive but it's comfortable to wear." Lin Heng comforted her.

Although she still couldn't accept it, Yang Li still bought one after her husband's persuasion.

After Uncle San finished paying, Xiulan brought over a better set and said, "This set is included, along with the shoes."

After saying that, she handed over a hundred yuan. The total cost of this set of clothes and shoes was ninety-five yuan, which was much more expensive than the previous one.

"Aunt, this is a gift from us. When you come to my uncle's house in the future, you won't have to suffer the hardships you had before. We are all a family." Xiulan smiled and handed the bag to Yang Li and said softly.

"This is too expensive, Xiulan." Although Yang Li was touched, she did not dare to accept such an expensive thing. She had never seen such good clothes, let alone wear them.

After a long struggle, she finally accepted it. Then they went to buy a set of festive clothes for her third uncle. Just like before, her third uncle bought one set for himself and Lin Heng gave him another set.

After buying a pair of shoes, Lin Heng Xiulan took them to get a fashionable hairstyle, and finally went to buy some things they needed for the seats.

His uncle also bought some furniture, a gasoline saw, new dishes and other odds and ends. He also secretly had someone make him a pair of gold rings and an extra pair of silver earrings.

After finishing, they had lunch and went home. They left the things at Lin Heng’s house and asked someone to move them to the mountain tomorrow.

"Good nephew, take this thousand yuan back. I have enough money. Just lend me one thousand." After moving the things home, Lu Honggang took out a thousand yuan and returned it to Lin Heng.

"Okay then, Third Uncle, tell me if you need anything." Lin Heng nodded.

"Don't go, I can cook a meal quickly." Yang Li said to a few people.

"No, no, no, it's a good opportunity for you to come up and play. I'm going to dig some konjac behind my uncle's house." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After a short break, Lin Heng took a hoe and went to dig konjac with Xiulan. On the way, he handed her a thousand yuan and said, "Here, this is pocket money for you."

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"Thank you, husband." Xiulan smiled with her bright eyes and put the money directly into her pocket.

After digging some konjac, they had their meal here. Third aunt Yang Li’s cooking skills were average and the taste was a bit salty, but it was still okay.

After dinner, my third uncle asked him to help write couplets so that they could be posted when the time comes.

The two returned home in the afternoon. Now they had some free time. In the next half month, Lin Heng went up the mountain to hunt several times, but he did not go running in the mountains for a long time.

The hunting harvest was not great, I only caught three golden roosters. The resources in the mountains are indeed scarce now, and the harvest will be less if we don’t go deep into the mountains.

However, someone in Shimen Village killed a yellow muntjac weighing more than 50 kilograms. He bought half of the meat and took out the stomach and intestines.

In addition to hunting, my wife and I prepared New Year's goods. We made some lotus root powder, dried tofu, konjac tofu, etc. We also made winter melon candy, rice cakes, etc. for the children. The most enjoyable part of the New Year is the preparation process.

After finding some free time, Lin Heng went to the mountains with his father and elder brother to dig wild yam and got more than 30 kilograms of it to eat during the New Year.

Soon it was the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, and early in the morning they went to their third uncle's house with other relatives.

The wedding ceremony was also very simple. Lin Heng's third uncle Lu Honghai and third aunt Yang Li stood in front of the eight-immortal table wearing new clothes and fireworks on their chests. Then the village party secretary Tian Dongfu read out the marriage information. Finally, they worshiped the heaven and earth and served tea to the elders.

Lu Honggang's parents had both passed away, and Yang Li's father had never cared about what was happening here, so the table for the elders was empty. The two of them simply bowed and then started eating.

Everyone enjoyed the carefully prepared delicious food and wine, chatted happily, and waited for the newlyweds to come and pour the wine.

His third uncle usually likes to give gifts. Today, quite a few people came, sitting at 15 tables. There were more than a hundred people giving gifts, and each of them represented a family.

Because they are richer, gifts now only cost one or two yuan, so his third uncle also received some gift money.

After the banquet, Lin Heng's family, Lin Heng's aunt's family, and his third uncle and third aunt did not let them leave. They insisted on having another meal in the evening to express their gratitude, because these relatives had helped them so much.

At the dinner table, everyone said some of their true feelings, hoping that they would live well and for a long time. In particular, they told the third uncle not to do anything, otherwise everyone would come to teach him a lesson.

Yang Li has no family members from her mother's family now, so Lin Heng and his people are her family members.

When she returned home at night, Lin's mother was very happy: "Now your grandmother can rest in peace in the grave, and your third uncle has also found a wife."

"If she knew about this, she would definitely bless her son. Her son has helped the eldest uncle with his two uncles' marriages." Father Lin said with a smile.

Lin Heng carried the woman on his back, glanced at the ravine where his grandmother was buried and said with emotion: "It's a pity that my grandmother didn't live for two more years, otherwise she would have seen my third uncle get married."

He wanted to repay those who were kind to him, but sometimes time waits for no one, and by the time you have money, the people you want to repay are no longer around.

"Dad, can you tell me about Journey to the West when we get home?" Xiaoxia hugged her neck and put her face against his neck and said coquettishly.

"Okay, put on your hat." Lin Heng responded with a smile. All he could do was to be nicer to those who were still there.

It was already ten o'clock when we got home in the evening. The children fell asleep on the way without washing their hands, faces or feet, but we had no choice but to let them sleep.

Lin Heng and Xiulan washed up before going to bed to rest. Lin Heng hugged Xiulan and talked for a while, feeling the sound of each other's heartbeats as they were pressed against each other.

The Spring Festival is coming soon. This year's Spring Festival is more lively than ever before because the children are older and play more vigorously, blowing up dog bowls and setting off firecrackers. It is even more lively when there are more children when visiting relatives and friends during the New Year.

There was a moderate snowfall on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the snow piled up to 20 centimeters high on the ground. Lin Heng and the children built a small snow house in the yard.

The way of celebrating the New Year is no different from the past. Everyone visits each other to wish each other a happy new year and it is very lively.

Lin Heng enjoys having fun with his family and friends, but he is also annoyed when some unfamiliar people come to him to build relationships.

This year, Lin Heng also took Xiulan back to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings. Now that he has a car, he takes Xiulan to visit his parents every year, and the children also have a new place to play.

Because of the help Lin Heng gave to his parents-in-law and three uncles, they also felt his kindness and came to Lin Heng's house to return the gifts. The two families began to truly interact and communicate with each other.

In the past, due to poverty and distance, although the two sides were relatives and had a very close relationship, there was no opportunity for contact and communication.

Now that they have more contact, the two sides have naturally become closer and more familiar with each other. Although the three uncles and sisters-in-law each have some minor flaws, they are not bad people. They can only be described as poor and have low aspirations.

By the 12th day of the first lunar month, all relatives have left. The rest of the days are quiet days for the family and we can truly enjoy life.

Lin Heng was dragged by his daughter and son to play games every day, while Xiulan, Caiyun and Tian Yan chatted about women's topics in the house.

"Brother, let me ask you something." Lin Heng was playing chess with the children when he heard Lin Yue's voice from behind. (End of this chapter)