Chapter 344: Buying a Refrigerator, People’s Minds Are Unpredictable

Since he bought the factory and borrowed 500 from his parents-in-law, Lin Heng only had 4,500 yuan left in his savings account.

Later, he sold various things and saved up 4,900 yuan. This time, he earned more than 15,200 yuan from selling shrimp.

As of now, he has more than 20,000 yuan in his savings account.

In the clothing store, Lin Heng bought a set of autumn clothes and a pair of shoes for everyone in the family.

Then he bought a manual noodle mixer for his mother, which can be used to make noodles. Lin's mother was very interested in it and occasionally told Lin Heng that she saw others using it very well.

He bought some woodworking tools for Lin's father, some books for Caiyun, toys for Xiaoxia, and headwear for Xiulan.

Finally, he bought a bunch of daily necessities, beef and mutton, and gifts for his eldest brother and his third father.

He spent nearly 300 yuan on a lot of things, which made Lin's father complain all the way, thinking that he spent too much and didn't know how to feel sorry for the money.

"It's okay, Dad. If you lose money, you can earn it again. As long as you are happy, it doesn't matter." Lin Heng waved his hand and said.

"You always have reasons and things to say." Lin's father shook his head.

Lin Heng smiled and walked to the car and said, "Let's go buy a freezer."

First, he went to get the money, and then the two returned to the store where they bought home appliances. Lin Heng paid for a large freezer, which was a large-sized freezer with a length of 1.5 meters, a height of 85 meters, and a width of 70 meters.

The price of industrial products in this era was extremely expensive, but the materials used were also very solid, and basically one machine could be passed down to three generations.

"It's really a big store that can deliver goods to your door." Lin's father sighed.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "After all, such expensive things should have these services."

After the workers loaded the freezer, Lin Heng also loaded some of the goods he bought, and then drove a sidecar to lead the way.

Because they didn't stay in the city for too long, they went back at two o'clock in the afternoon.

At this moment, the villagers were preparing to go uphill to work. When they heard the roar of the truck, they all came out.

"No doubt it's Lin Heng's house again!" Li Caifeng said standing in her courtyard. Her loud voice could be heard from a long distance, and her tone was sour.

"What's in that cardboard box? It can't be a new appliance sold after making money?" someone guessed.

"It's an appliance, so big?"

"Let's go and take a look. If you can't afford it, can't you learn more?"

Seeing the truck stop on the road below Lin Heng's house, the elderly and women who like to watch gathered around to watch the excitement.

"Lin Heng, what did you buy this time?" Liu Lan, who had a pockmarked face, asked directly.

Lin Heng was no longer surprised by this scene, and he didn't hide it. He said, "I bought an electric refrigerator to store things."

"Electric refrigerator! The one that can freeze meat?" Li Yan in the crowd asked in a lost voice.

"Yes, yes." Lin Heng nodded and pushed the cart up. Xiulan had already come out of the door with Xiaoxia.

"Oh my God, I heard that the lowest price of that thing is three or four thousand."

Li Yan's words made the air quiet all of a sudden, and everyone turned their heads to look at her.

"How much more?"

Li Yan said with certainty: "It's three or four thousand. I heard that even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it."

"The refrigerator is more expensive. Mine is a freezer with only freezing effect, and it's only two thousand and five." Lin Heng explained.

"Only?" Everyone widened their eyes and didn't know what to say for a while.

Most people guessed that Lin Heng only made four or five thousand before, but now it seems that it is definitely more than that.

"Lin Heng, how much money did you make from selling shrimps?" someone asked again.

"Not much."

Lin Heng smiled, pushed the cart into the house, and then went out to help move the freezer.

When Lin Heng went out, Lin Yue looked at him in shock and said, "Brother, you really bought a refrigerator."

Lin Heng nodded and said, "Yes, big brother, please help move it. The driver is in a hurry to go back."

"Okay."

Lin Yue nodded, and the two went down and carried the freezer up with Lin's father, and carried it into the house under the envious eyes of everyone.

"Put it in the living room near the door. I have made room." Xiulan looked at him and said.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and agreed, and moved the freezer to that position.

After simply unpacking, Lin Heng went out to move other things in the car.

When he came back, he found that Liu Lan, Li Yan and other thick-faced women also came in, and looked at the white freezer with his sister-in-law Liu Juan, their eyes were full of envy, and there was a hint of jealousy.

This freezer is good no matter how you look at it, but the price is too expensive. When they looked at the beautiful woman Xiulan standing next to them, they became a little jealous.

"Xiulan, you are so lucky to marry such a useful man." Li Yan said with emotion.

Liu Lan also complained: "Yes, the man in my family is not even one percent as good as Lin Heng. Let alone a freezer, he can't even afford a rice cooker."

They seemed to have forgotten that they used to laugh at Xiulan for not being able to get married, saying that she was blind to choose to marry Lin Heng.

Xiulan smiled and said: "I also think I'm lucky."

Lin Heng looked at them and said: "In fact, every man has potential, you should just praise your man more."

"Forget it, I get angry just looking at that dead look." Liu Lan shook her head.

"Lin Heng, you don't understand, not everyone is the same as you." Li Yan also shook her head.

In their hearts, they only compared Lin Heng with their own men, and regretted that they had not chosen a good candidate to marry, but they never thought about whether they themselves had the gentle and virtuous qualities of Xiulan.

Lin Heng spread his hands and was too lazy to say anything. He walked over to drink tea without turning on the refrigerator.

Xiulan glanced at them and felt a little unhappy. Their words had the intention to seduce Lin Heng. Fortunately, Lin Heng was completely unmoved.

So she didn't even pour tea, but poured a few cups of boiling water. After chatting awkwardly for a while, they were too embarrassed to stay any longer and walked out with eyes full of envy and jealousy. Only Lin Heng's sister-in-law, brother and dad were still here.

"Okay, I'll turn on the power." Lin Heng took out a newly bought plug board and wire, and connected a wire directly from the switch blade position.

The so-called "gate knife" refers to the main switch. In this era, there were no air switches in rural areas. The control switch was made of ceramics and aluminum alloy, and was connected with a fuse. To turn on the electricity, you need to press the gate knife, so it is affectionately called the gate knife. .

Lin Heng fixed the separate wires horizontally and vertically to the wall, picked up the plug of the freezer and plugged it in. Suddenly the freezer made a low buzzing sound.

"How long will it take to cool down?" Liu Juan asked curiously.

She was no less envious than Liu Lan, Li Yan and others. The closer she got, the more she knew how happy Xiulan was.

What makes her more clear-headed is that she understands how much she weighs. Ever since Lin Heng became a householder worth ten thousand yuan, she has not dared to do anything wrong, and has changed her ways and played the role of a good sister-in-law.

"About three or four hours. You can't put anything in until the cooling effect is achieved." Lin Heng looked at her and said.

"That's it." Liu Juan felt a little pity that she couldn't see the specific effect for the time being.

Lin Yue said happily: "Now we can hunt with peace of mind. Even if the things we hunt back in the summer are broken, we don't have to worry."

Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, there is no problem if the meat is frozen in the refrigerator for more than a year."

After chatting for a while, Lin Yue left with his wife, leaving Lin's father here.

Lin Heng sorted out the things he bought for his parents, looked at his father and said, "Dad, just take these back. I won't go to Hongfeng Mountain for the time being."

"Okay, I'll take it over later." Father Lin nodded, finished the tea, then stood up and put the things on the tricycle.

After having lunch with Lin Heng, he drove back to Hongfeng Mountain.

After Lin's father left, Lin Heng came out with the daily necessities and food he bought, as well as the clothes he bought for Xiaoxia Xiulan.

"Dad, I want a puppy." Xiaoxia pointed to the yellow puppy doll in the bag and said.

"I bought it for you." Lin Heng handed it to her with a smile, and then discussed with Xiulan the clothes he bought.

"The material and style are quite good, but they are not very stain-resistant." Xiulan nodded and said, she was very confident about Lin Heng's aesthetics.

The clothes and underwear I bought for her were a bit too novel, which made her uncomfortable.

"Then I'll buy you a washing machine during the Chinese New Year," Lin Heng said.

"No need, I just like to wash clothes by the river." Xiulan shook her head.

Taking the clothes back to the bedroom, Xiulan tried on the upper body clothes, but she couldn't even put on the lower body clothes now.

Lin Heng didn't go out in the afternoon. Instead, he took his things and went to his eldest brother's house next door to do some work.

His eldest brother didn't charge for any help he received this year, so he should be rewarded with some gifts.

After the reward was over, dinner was naturally at his eldest brother's house. During the period before the meal, he was at home with Xiulan Xiaoxia.

It was very cold in the freezer after five o'clock, so Lin Heng put part of the beef and mutton he bought in to freeze.

Xiulan asked from the side: "Can you put dried fish, dried meat, and milk in there to freeze it?"

"Dried meat, fish and other dried vegetables can be used. If these are frozen, insects will not grow and the shelf life can be extended. Milk can also be frozen. But not for too long, otherwise it will not taste good." Lin Heng said.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded, took the most precious dried black truffles and pine mushrooms in the house and put them in the freezer.

These are from last year, and she keeps them in the sun so they don't get any insects.

Lin Heng looked at the little black truffles left at home and said, "I will dig some more when I find time. We can eat them ourselves when we get home."

"Okay." Xiulan nodded. She quite liked putting a little black truffle in her food.

Then Lin Heng told Xiulan about the methods and precautions for using the freezer. After that, she was about to go to the back mountain to see the calf when the gate of the yard was pushed open with a creak, and then Lin's father and Lin's mother left with a bag of noodles. Come in.

"Son, do you want to eat live noodles? We experimented with the noodle mixer this afternoon and made a lot of noodles." Mother Lin looked at Lin Heng and asked with a smile.

"We are eating at my brother's house, you can give it to my brother." Lin Heng said.

"I gave some, but there are so many left. The noodles made by this machine are very beautiful." Mother Lin promoted her noodles.

"Then put it in the freezer and freeze it for tomorrow." Lin Heng thought for a while and said.

"Can this be eaten frozen?" Mother Lin asked in surprise.

"Of course." Lin Heng nodded and took Mother Lin to look at the freezer.

Feeling the temperature in the freezer, Mrs. Lin exclaimed: "New China is great. In the old society, how could we think of things like electric lights and freezers before?"

Mother Lin only knew the most basic Chinese characters and had only attended school for two years. These modern technological creations were incredible to her.

Of course, the elderly in the village who are in their 60s and 70s are even more shocked. When they were young, they were still in the old society and could not understand electric lights, refrigerators, etc.

I can’t believe that the temperature inside a square box is actually colder than winter.

"That's natural." Lin Heng smiled and nodded. No matter what, the current era is much better than the past.

After looking at the freezer, Lin's mother went to the backyard and the back hill for a stroll.

Lin Heng was too lazy to go around, so he watched Xiaoxia and Jinbao playing in the front yard.

After drinking a sip of tea, he was about to go to his eldest brother's house for dinner when Tian Baishun knocked on the door again.

"Lin Heng, let me see your freezer." The old man was very shameless. He heard that Lin Heng's family had bought a freezer and had to come in to take a look.

"It's just like that, nothing to see." Lin Heng took him to take a look and explained a few words casually.

"This thing is really good, except that it's expensive."

Tian Baishun looked at the freezer with envy and drooled.

Lin Heng quickly stopped his thoughts: "Don't think about asking me to freeze things for you. I don't think I can use enough for myself."

"You kid, do I look like that kind of person? If I want to freeze something, I will definitely give you money." Tian Baishun blew his beard and glared.

"Even if you pay, I don't rent this thing out." Lin Heng refused directly.

He really didn't care about the rent money, but it was too troublesome.

"It's great to be rich, so willful!" Tian Baishun shook his head and left helplessly.

But he became happy after going out. After seeing the freezer, he could go back and show off with the old men and women in the village.

After sending Old Man Tian away, Lin Heng went to his eldest brother's house for dinner.

The next day at noon, he and Xiulan took Xiaoxia to the third father's house to thank him.

On the way, they unexpectedly met the eldest father Lin Xuping and the eldest mother Li Ping who came back from picking chestnuts on the chestnut mountain.

Lin Heng and Xiulan didn't look at them, but Xiaoxia was a little curious.

Although Lin Xuping and the others pretended to be indifferent on the surface, they couldn't help but envy the third brother Lin Xutao and regret it in their hearts.

The big bag of gifts that Lin Heng carried looked expensive, and when they thought about the fact that they actually bought a refrigerator yesterday, they regretted it enough.

It's not that they regret bullying Lin Heng's family, but that they regret not being able to get close to Lin Heng.

Lin Xuping and Li Ping tried to secretly sabotage Lin Heng's family several times, and they couldn't bear to see them doing well.

But what made the two angry was that Lin Heng seemed to be on guard, and there were dogs everywhere, and the dogs barked before they got close.

They wanted to poison Hongfeng Mountain, but unfortunately pesticides were too expensive, and they had no money to buy them. Ordinary poisonous grasses had no effect in such a large amount of water.

"Xiu Lan, remember to be on guard against some people in the village at home, and you must bring a dog."

After walking away, Lin Heng looked at Xiu Lan and said, and he also emphasized safety for Xiaoxia.

You must be careful of some bad people. There are not so many surveillance and means in this era. It is also very difficult to investigate if someone is doing bad things. Prevention is the kingly way.

"I know, I don't go out alone." Xiu Lan nodded and agreed. She understood Lin Heng's worries and knew that people's hearts were unpredictable.

"I understand too, Dad." Xiaoxia held the dog doll and nodded her head.