Chapter 345 Tangli, Stepping Into Autumn

"Oh, you're here, why don't you bring a gift?"

Li Xue said the polite words, and the happiness on her face could not be suppressed at all.

The gift Lin Heng gave was too expensive. It was worth more than ten yuan, which was equivalent to a normal person's salary for a month. It was definitely a great gift in rural areas in this era.

"Lin Hai and my third father have helped me many times. This is what we should do." Lin Heng said as he put the things on the cabinet.

Lin Hai pushed the thing back: "This is too expensive and I can't take it. We should help each other. If you do this, I won't dare to ask you and your dad to help next time."

"Yes, Brother Lin, these things of yours are too valuable." Lin Hai also nodded.

Li Xue was a little unhappy and glared at the two of them, telling them to stop talking.

"I can't help you for more than a few days. Take it, otherwise I won't dare to ask you for help in the future." Lin Heng insisted. In fact, he preferred to give him wages, but there was nothing he could do if he didn't accept them.

The things I bought were not very good, just three pairs of rubber shoes, plus a bottle of Erguotou, a pack of sugar and a box of sugar cubes.

Although Lin Heng thought it was ordinary, it was a precious thing to the three parents. They might not buy a pair of shoes every year.

"Third mother, take it. If you don't take it, we won't eat it." Xiulan also said.

After pulling and pulling, they still collected the things, feeling a little uncontrollable in their hearts. Li Xue also fell in love with his nephew, how generous he was.

"I heard that you bought a freezer yesterday?"

Li Xue asked again when they sat down to chat. The news spread throughout the village in one day, and everyone who talked about the freezer was very envious.

"Yes, the effect is pretty good after one day of use." Xiulan nodded and said.

Li Xue held Xiulan's hand and asked questions. Her words were filled with envy. She felt that she was simply too happy.

Seeing Lin Heng take a few sips of water, his third father, Lin Xutao, said, "Xiao Heng, we have a field next to Shibadang Valley. Do you think we can raise fresh shrimps if we dig deeper?"

Lin Heng bought a freezer after selling the shrimps, which led the villagers to guess that his profit from shrimp farming was at least 4,000 to 5,000 yuan, or even higher. Therefore, many people are discussing how to raise shrimps.

Lin Xutao was naturally tempted and wanted to make some money with Lin Heng.

Lin Heng refused: "No, the technical requirements for shrimp farming are high, and it is easy to lose all your money even if you don't need oxygen-increasing equipment."

The three of them were silent for a while, and finally Li Xue asked tentatively: "I think this is the first time I'm raising a baby this year, so it doesn't seem to be difficult."

Lin Heng looked at the three of them and said immediately: "Then you can try it if you want. I can provide you with a batch of shrimp seedlings for free. You can buy other feed and other things yourself."

He didn't persuade them any more, because that would only be interpreted as saying that he didn't want them to get rich. There were many things that others said were useless. Only through personal experience could one understand that others were doing it for his own good.

Just like the saying, "The only lesson that humans can learn from history is that humans never learn lessons." Once people's cognition is formed, it is stubborn and difficult to change. Don't expect to change it.

Li Xue quickly agreed: "Okay, we will dig two small ponds this year. We don't expect to make much money, just a small amount of money will be fine."

"On a small scale, raising grass carp would be a better choice, as it has a high meat yield and a wide range of food habits." Lin Heng added.

Li Xue said: "Dig it out first and then look at it."

Obviously she didn't hear what Lin Heng said.

Li Xue said a few words and then went to cook. Lin Heng and his third father, Lin Hai, chatted for a few words and then took Xiulan out on the road.

It's cloudy today and the sun can't be seen. The autumn wind is blowing and leaves are falling like rain. The scenery on the mountains on both sides is very beautiful.

"Dad, our house is the most beautiful!" Xiaoxia said, pointing to Hongfeng Mountain.

Xiulan said in surprise: "It's amazing that Xiaoxia can recognize her own home."

Hongfeng Mountain is indeed one of the more beautiful mountains in the village. It has red maple leaves, golden aspens, and clusters of purple-red cotinus flowers. Coupled with the decoration of other trees, it can be said that such a beautiful mountain is rare. .

When all the mountainside is replanted with pasture next year, the scenery will be even better.

"I'll take you to go fishing at Shimen this afternoon." Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said.

The river over there is right on the roadside, and Xiulan can easily walk down it.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded. She just wanted to go for a walk and didn't want to stay at home all day.

After a while, the third mother, Li Xue, prepared the meal and prepared nine dishes. They brought out everything they had at home, whether delicious or not.

After eating and playing here for a while, they went back home without staying too long.

Walking into the yard, Harvest, the tyrant, came to greet him, sticking out his tongue and wagging his tail in welcome.

The three of them walked into the house on the rough bluestone floor. Xiulan opened the freezer, looked at the frozen beef and mutton and nodded: "This freezer is good, it's cold enough."

This is the first time she has used this kind of thing, and she is still very curious about its functions and effects.

Lin Heng said while packing up the dried fish: "If you want to keep it colder, you can usually take it out every half an hour."

"I know." Xiulan nodded and fiddled with other things. Xiaoxia lay on the edge with her head exposed for curious observation.

If it's summer, you can make your own milk cakes with milk.

After packing his things, Lin Heng drove Xiulan and Xiaoxia toward the border with Shimen Village in his tricycle. Xiongba couldn't get in the car today, so he ran behind.

There are a lot of cotinus coggygria at this junction, so the scenery is also very beautiful. A thick layer of leaves has fallen on the road, and the autumn water by the river is a little green, reflecting the scenery on both sides.

Lin Heng stopped at a river covered with coarse sand, holding a small stool and pulling Xiulan down.

There is a relatively deep pool next to it, dark green and bottomless, but you can see some large stream groupers swimming to the shallow water from time to time and then swimming back with a flick of the tail.

"You fish, I'll hang earthworms for you." Lin Heng looked at her and said, as long as someone accompanies you to fish, he will be very happy no matter who fishes.

In such a beautiful scenery, the autumn breeze is gentle, and taking his wife to fish by the river is the life that Lin Heng dreams of.

"Don't be mean to me if you can't catch anything." Xiulan nodded and said.

Lin Heng knew she was joking, and opened the stool on the ground for her to sit down. She was wearing a black dress today, only the autumn clothes inside were white, and her hair was tied up with a jade hairpin. The whole person looked a little cold, like a snow lotus blooming on a snowy mountain.

Lin Heng filled a small bucket with water and sprinkled some shrimp feed in front of it. This thing has a great effect in attracting fish.

Then he put a black earthworm on the fishhook and gave it to Xiulan to cast out. This purple bamboo fishing rod has been used frequently and has been covered with patina, showing a beautiful purple-red color.

"Quick pull!"

Seeing the seven-star float being pulled into the water, Lin Heng hurriedly said.

Xiulan's reaction was also very fast. She flew the fish out, and a ten-centimeter-long stream grouper was pulled to the sand behind her.

"Mom is so amazing, such a big fish!" Xiaoxia praised while running to pick up the big fish. This homemade small hook without barbs was easy to get off the hook.

The stream grouper here is golden, with a horizontal black line and three vertical black lines dotted, and the fur looks so beautiful.

"Awesome." Lin Heng praised.

"Of course." Xiulan raised her head and threw the fishhook in again, and the small section of five-millimeter-long earthworm on it was still there.

After a while, Xiulan mastered the trick and frequently pulled up stream groupers. Xiaoxia was excited to pick them up nearby, but sometimes Xiongba swallowed them before she could catch them. Then he pretended to be innocent and watched Xiaoxia looking around.

When Xiaoxia found it, she would crawl over and chase it to bully it. Xiongba always walked around in circles, stopping and starting, waiting for Xiaoxia to chase it. They grew up together and Xiongba loved Xiaoxia very much.

"Bad dog, I caught you!" Xiaoxia caught it and played with its face. Her movements were also very gentle, unlike other children who didn't know the severity of the situation.

After playing for a while, she went to dig sand to play. Lin Heng knew that she liked to play with sand, so he brought her a small wooden shovel and a small wooden car. When she saw what Lin Heng brought, her eyes lit up and she kissed Lin Heng affectionately.

Lin Heng sat next to Xiulan, chatting while watching her fishing and watching Xiaoxia play. The quiet and cold river became lively because of their presence.

After playing for a while, Xiaoxia handed the fishing rod to Lin Heng and said softly: "I'm tired of fishing, you come, I'll watch you play."

"Okay." Lin Heng took the fishing rod with a smile, threw it into the water and started fishing.

Xiulan sat beside him, watching Lin Heng fishing with full concentration. Lin Heng's grasp of the fish's bite was naturally much better than Xiulan's. Basically, every rod could hit the target, and he pulled the grouper out of the water one by one.

"Hubby, you are so awesome!" Xiulan supported her chin and shouted in admiration.

"Haha!"

Lin Heng was so happy that he didn't know what to say, he just felt that happiness wrapped himself.

They fished for more than an hour until the big ones were almost caught. They stopped, and the small bucket was already filled with forty or fifty beautiful groupers.

"Dad, I built the house." Xiaoxia showed Lin Heng the results of her construction during this period.

"Whose house is this?"

Lin Heng leaned over and listened to her explain her results one by one, and talk about the small houses she built.

After listening to the compliments, Lin Heng took her and Xiulan for a walk along the road.

"This pear tree is so big." Xiulan was surprised when she saw a pear tree on the road.

Pear is a wild pear with brown skin and white dots. Generally, it is only the size of a little finger egg. There are few pears as big as pigeon eggs like this tree.

This pear has a strong taste, but it is very astringent, even if it is fully ripe. Rural areas basically do not pick this kind of wild fruit, so it can still exist in late autumn.

"Pick it up and make autumn pear paste. I'll see if it works." Lin Heng picked one up and tasted it. He found that the taste of this big one was barely okay, but it was as astringent as always.

"It's so unpalatable, ugh ugh ugh!!" Xiaoxia spit out several times after taking a bite.

"Can this thing be made into autumn pear paste?" Xiulan expressed doubt.

"I haven't made it either. Pick it up and try it. I'll go back and get a bag." Lin Heng said with a smile, and ran back to get a snakeskin bag.

He gave the bag to Xiulan and asked her to take Xiaoxia away first. He climbed up the tree in the road and shook it vigorously a few times. Suddenly, a "pear rain" fell down, and Xiaoxia danced and cheered in the distance.

"It's raining, it's raining!"

When Lin Heng came down, Xiaoxia ran over to help pick up the pears. Xiulan couldn't bend down, so she reached out to pick the fallen leaves on Lin Heng's shoulders and head, and watched the father and daughter busy.

Soon they picked up half a bag of pears. The fragrance of the pears was really strong. After picking for a while, Lin Heng smelled that his hands were fragrant.

"Let's go home."

After walking along the road for a while, Lin Heng said, it's already five o'clock.

"Okay." Xiulan nodded in agreement. She had walked enough today and was a little tired now.

After driving back home, Xiulan sat on the sofa to rest. Lin Heng poured the pears into the basin, washed them, and then poured them into the round bamboo dustpan to dry. He was not in a hurry to make autumn pear paste for the time being.

In the afternoon, he caught the ten smallest ones to feed Xiaoxia the turtle. The rest Lin Heng killed on the spot and fried them in oil until both sides were golden brown. He would eat them in the evening.

Lin Heng was frying the grouper on a charcoal fire. His eldest brother Lin Yue pushed open the door and walked in to ask: "Brother, are you going to the mountain to hunt tomorrow?"

Tomorrow is Saturday, Caiyun is on holiday, so he asked this.

"Go, get up at six in the morning, let's go to Chestnut Mountain to find wild boars." Lin Heng nodded. With the freezer, it's time to add some meat.

"Okay." Lin Yue nodded and turned away.

At 6 o'clock, Caiyun came back from vacation. Lin Heng let her live in his house directly, eat here, and took out the clothes and books he bought for her.

"Second brother, why are you buying me clothes and books again!" Caiyun was a little embarrassed. Second brother bought her a lot of clothes, and what she is wearing now is bought by second brother.

Xiulan explained: "This is your second brother who made a lot of money from selling shrimps. Everyone in the family has it. Just take it."

After hearing this, Caiyun took it and said: "Then thank you, second brother and second sister-in-law!"

After that, she opened the clothes and looked at them. She liked them very much. Her second brother's aesthetic taste is really good. Every time she wears the clothes he bought, many people will pay attention to her at school.

Then she looked at the refrigerator curiously. When she learned that Lin Heng was going to hunt tomorrow, she took the initiative to go to the kitchen to knead the dough and bake steamed buns in the evening so that Lin Heng could take them up the mountain tomorrow.

In addition to the fried river grouper, Lin Heng also fried him a coriander beef and a winter melon soup in the evening. This steamed bun is also very good to eat.

After dinner, Lin Heng packed up his hunting equipment, and then played a few games of checkers with the others, and then went back to the house to rest.

When he woke up, it was already 5:30 the next morning. After a short nap, he quietly got up.

"Be careful." Xiulan's voice sounded in the quilt.

"Don't worry." Lin Heng waved his hand and walked out of the room.

Caiyun in the living room also opened her eyes when she heard Lin Heng's movement. She was wearing pajamas and remembered to help pack up.

"Go to sleep, I packed up yesterday, take good care of your sister-in-law." Lin Heng looked at her and smiled.

"Don't worry, second brother." Caiyun shrank back into the quilt again. It was already very cold in late autumn, more than ten degrees.

After Lin Heng finished, he walked out with a flashlight. It was still dark outside.