Chapter 500 Birch Sap and Outing

Inside the house, Lin Heng and Xiulan had just finished applying fertilizer to the strawberries, and then laid a layer of plastic film.

After the plastic film was laid, they tore the film apart a little, dug out the strawberries underneath, and let them receive sunlight.

The previous greenhouse had been removed, and the film was used to maintain the ground temperature and prevent the fruiting strawberries from falling to the ground and rotting.

The previous method of using branches to insert the fruiting branches was too troublesome, so it was changed to this.

"I estimate that this year's strawberries can be eaten in early May."

Xiulan smiled as she looked at the finished mulch.

"Of course, we can eat strawberries happily this year, and there is still a large area over at Hongfeng Mountain." Lin Heng nodded.

The two washed their hands and were about to go into the house when there was a knock on the door: "Brother Lin, are you home?"

Then Li Shiwei pushed the door open and walked in. When he saw Lin Heng, he hurried over and said, "There was a call from the city, saying that the piglets you ordered, Brother Lin, have arrived, and asked you to go and get them back."

Lin Heng nodded and looked at him: "Is that so? I see. Is there anything else?"

"Lin Hai said there are some things. You can go down and tell him. He has been in the factory for the past few days." Li Shiwei replied.

"I understand. You can play here. Have dinner tonight and go back tomorrow." Lin Heng looked at him and said.

Although there was a call from below, he was not in a hurry. He asked the institute to raise the pig for a few days first.

"No, Brother Lin, I'm going to go home to see it on the way, and then go to town tomorrow." Li Shiwei said. He missed his wife for many days.

"Okay, then I won't keep you." Lin Heng patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

"Okay, Brother Lin, I'm leaving." Li Shiwei nodded, pushed the bicycle outside the door in and put it here, then took the things and went home.

Lin Heng looked back at Xiulan and said, "Let's have lunch, and then go to Hongfeng Mountain in the afternoon."

"Are you sure that thing is really drinkable?" Xiulan stared at him with bright eyes and smiled.

"It's definitely drinkable, why would I lie to you." Lin Heng patted his chest and promised.

"That's fine."

Xiulan nodded, then went back to the house to prepare dinner. Lin Heng went to his eldest brother's house to pick up the children. They just went over to play.

Lunch is rice, two simple dishes and a soup, with meat and vegetables.

After dinner, Xiulan went into the house, put on a coat and walked to Lin Heng, then hugged his neck from behind, leaned over and smiled: "Let's go, let's go to Hongfeng Mountain."

Lin Heng felt the amazing touch of Xiulan against his back, carried her on his back and said: "You scared me, let's go, brother will carry you."

"Okay." Xiulan smiled and really lay on his back.

Lin Heng immediately carried her out, and the three children chased after him, saying that they also wanted their father to carry them.

As soon as they reached the door, Xiulan let go and got down by herself. She just wanted to tease Lin Heng and make out with him, but she didn't want to go out and play like this, the villagers would definitely tell dirty jokes.

"Go on!" Lin Heng looked at him with a smile.

Xiulan raised her smooth chin, revealing a slender and white swan neck: "Okay, you can carry me after we go up the mountain for 100 days, and you are not allowed to say you are tired when the time comes."

"No problem." Lin Heng smiled.

After that, he hugged the children who came over again, and when Xiulan went back to lock the door and took the transparent plastic pot, they set off with the children and Xiongba.

On the Red Maple Mountain side, Father Lin was releasing water into the shrimp pond and caught a lot of green shrimps and yellow eels.

Xiaoxia came over and shouted curiously: "Grandpa, what are you doing!"

Father Lin hurriedly said: "Grandpa is catching green shrimps and yellow eels. My dear grandson, don't go here, be careful not to fall into the mud."

Xiaoxia didn't listen to him, walked over to the side and saw the shrimps and yellow eels in the bucket, and cheered: "There are so many, Grandpa is really amazing."

"So awesome!"

"So awesome!"

Luming and Du Heng also cheered, ran over to look at the green shrimps and yellow eels, and poked them with their hands.

"Be careful." Lin Heng just warned, but didn't stop.

It doesn't hurt to fall in this place, but it can make them remember.

For example, Xiaoxia fell off a stone step when riding a bike before, and now she won't ride to dangerous places.

Xiulan walked over to take a look and was also a little surprised: "I didn't expect there were so many green shrimps. This yellow eel is strange. How did it get in?"

The yellow eels in the yellow eel bucket are very thick, at least half a pound each, and the big ones are like snakes, estimated to be more than a pound.

"I'm surprised too, there is none in the mountain spring water. This thing has been dirty for thousands of years now, and there are every year." Lin's father said helplessly.

"It's normal. Even if there is nothing in the mountain stream, those birds will bring it." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Then he showed off a little knowledge to everyone. Yellow eel eggs are like fish and shrimp eggs. They can be taken by birds.

Many ponds that suddenly form on the mountains will have fish and shrimp after a period of time. This is the same reason. Some fish eggs stick to the legs of birds and will be taken over by chance.

This made the three children admire Lin Heng a little, thinking that he was so amazing and knowledgeable.

Father Lin looked at Lin Heng and said, "Son, do you want to join us in catching eels? There are still many big eels here. You are better at catching eels than I am."

"Wait a minute. I have to go up the mountain now. Isn't my mother here?" Lin Heng said.

"She went with the villagers to get Xiaosuan. She will probably be back soon." Father Lin said.

"Okay, I'll go up first." Lin Heng nodded.

The shrimps they need to breed have already been selected. Now all the shrimps that come out of the pond are eaten. It is difficult for them to survive this year.

However, we still need to hire people to clean the pond this year. When the mud at the bottom of the pond is slightly dried, we can ask people to help shovel it out.

After the accumulation of these years, there is already a lot of silt in the pond.

"The grass is growing really well." Xiulan said with emotion as she looked at her green grass.

"It's really good. This year, a lot of cattle and sheep manure has been added to this pasture. It will grow very quickly and there is no need to spread compound fertilizer." Lin Heng nodded and said that the tender green color is pleasing to the eye.

As spring comes and flowers bloom, the mountain gradually becomes beautiful. The fields between the mountains are tender green, the roses on the fences have grown buds, and the rape flowers in the fields are golden. The breath of revival of all things is like wine, intoxicating.

However, as they walked to the top of the mountain, this spring atmosphere gradually became sparse. The tall trees were only the white poplars and mountain poplars, which were green early, and the other trees were still bare.

"Oh! There's a beautiful flower here!"

"I have one too!"

After going up the mountain, the children started to explore everywhere and had a lot of fun.

At this moment, the snakes hadn't come out of the mountain yet, and with Xiongba next to them, Lin Heng didn't worry about their safety.

Xiu Lan took off her coat and held it in her hand. Inside was a white tight sweater, which showed off her curvy figure.

"Mom, give you flowers!"

Xiao Xia gave Xiu Lan a bunch of purple flowers she picked.

"I have flowers for Mom too." Du Heng ran over and handed over a white wild flower.

"I want to give it to Dad." Lu Ming gave Lin Heng a bunch of yellow flowers.

Both were amused by the children, and they took them and kissed them.

Lin Heng smiled at Xiu Lan with the flowers, "The children have taken my job."

"Then I'll give you the flowers too, dear, hold them well."

Xiu Lan smiled brightly and gave the flowers to Lin Heng, then walked briskly in the woods.

Soon they came to the back of Hongfeng Mountain, where there were more than a dozen birch trees, the largest of which was only 30 cm in diameter, and the smallest was only as thick as a human thigh.

Four of the medium-thick trees had a thin bamboo stick inserted into them, and drops of crystal clear juice flowed out of them and fell into the bottles below.

The four plastic bottles were full, and the liquid flowed to the ground.

"It seems that it flows faster than I thought." Lin Heng walked over and picked up the bottle.

"Let me taste what it tastes like." Xiulan knew for the first time that birch sap could be drunk, and took out the disposable cup she brought with her.

Lin Heng poured her a cup, and the children ran over to look at it pitifully.

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Xiulan drank two sips and handed it to the children, shaking her head and said, "I didn't taste anything special, just a little bit of tree flavor and sweetness."

"It doesn't have any taste, it's just cheaper and more nutritious than water, but it's also good to take it back to make tea, it will have a special taste." Lin Heng nodded.

"That's not bad." Xiulan nodded and took the cup from Du Heng. The children drank two sips and didn't want it because it was not sweet enough.

Then they poured the full birch sap into the large plastic pot, and then took the children back.

After looking at the cabin, they went down the mountain. There was really nothing fun on the mountain.

After going down the mountain, Xiulan took the children to pick eggs. There were only 14 chickens left here. Mother Lin sold some during the New Year and killed and stewed a lot for her grandchildren.

And they decided to raise some other three-yellow chickens this year, not just black chickens.

Now that spring is warm and flowers are blooming, the chickens are more active in laying eggs, and four or five eggs can be picked up every day.

Lin Heng put on his water pants and went to catch yellow eels with his father. There were many large yellow eels in the pond, which made Lin Heng quickly immersed in the joy of catching yellow eels.

They stopped when the sun was about to set in the afternoon and weighed the yellow eels they caught. It was as much as 28 pounds and 6 ounces.

"There are only three ponds. If we catch all 15 shrimp ponds, we can catch more than 100 kilograms." Lin's father was shocked.

"Indeed, there are more than the remaining shrimps, and they are all good yellow eels that grow up eating shrimps." Lin Heng nodded.

"This thing can nourish the body. Keep some for us to eat, and the rest can be sold." Lin's mother looked at the two and said.

"Of course, we can't eat it all by ourselves." Lin Heng nodded. This is too much.

"Do you want to get some to grill tomorrow?" Xiulan asked.

They decided to go outing tomorrow, and then have a barbecue and have fun.

"Okay, my dad and I will kill it first, eat some in the evening, and grill some more tomorrow." Lin Heng nodded.

Immediately, he and his father went to kill the yellow eel, nailed it to the wooden board with nails, and quickly removed the internal organs and head and tail.

Because they were not eating yellow eel silk, they did not remove the spine.

As long as you know how to cook it, the eel is tender and fragrant, and you can't stop eating it. It is a good dish to go with wine.

Xiulan cooked it very well, and Lin Heng feasted on it. The shrimp, eel, pork and shredded potatoes that the children liked, the whole family was very happy.

After telling his parents, Lin Heng and Xiulan took the children back.

After returning home, Lin Heng asked his eldest brother and his family if they would go. It would be fun and lively with more people, but not with fewer people.

Unfortunately, his eldest brother couldn't go, and agreed to go to help others, but his eldest sister-in-law Liu Juan could go, saying that she would take her youngest son to play with her.

Lin Wei and Lin Tao wanted to go very much, but they had to go to school, so they could only envy.

The next morning, Lin Heng and Xiulan got up early to prepare, and Li Shiwei was called down by them.

After breakfast, when everything was ready, Lin Heng drove the car to the door and set off with everyone.

This time they went to Huangtan River instead of Heihe River.

First they arrived at Huangtan Town, then walked down the national highway for seven or eight kilometers, turned to a dirt road and walked two kilometers to an uninhabited river valley.

The river valley was covered with bluestone and grass, and there were many willows and peach trees growing on the river bank. At this time, the tender green willow branches swayed in the wind, and purple-red peach flowers bloomed on the branches, and a layer of them fell on the ground.

The water here was not turbulent, but calm like a jade belt. On the mountains on both sides of the river, some small shrubs were full of white flowers.

"How is it, is this place I found good?" Lin Heng stopped the car and asked everyone.

"This place is amazing, it's beautiful for barbecue." Li Shiwei gave a thumbs up.

"Does anyone live here?" Xiulan asked curiously.

"Yes, but there's no one here half a mile further down." Lin Heng smiled.

"Oh, it's so beautiful!"

"I want to pick flowers!"

The children rushed out after getting off the car, just like wild horses.

"Let's go and have a barbecue." Father Lin said with the barbecue grill.

"Everyone come and help get the things." Lin Heng also went to unload the goods from the car. He not only took charcoal, food and barbecue grills, but also fishing rods, beer, beverages, teapots and many other things.

With the things, they quickly found a suitable place, which was under a big willow tree. The place was very flat and very suitable for barbecue.

They first opened the picnic mat and then put down the ingredients.

Then everyone worked in public. Li Shiwei made a fire and burned charcoal, Lin Heng set up the barbecue grill and iron plate, Xiulan and Liu Juan were responsible for sorting out the various foods they brought, and Lin's mother and father put out the wooden folding table and stool.

After a while, everyone was ready. Lin Heng brought two barbecue things, one was an iron rack for grilling skewers, and the other was a round iron plate with a concave middle for making some teppanyaki.

"Should we start grilling first, or go fishing and play around first?"

Lin Heng looked at everyone and asked with a smile.

"It's already eleven o'clock, let's grill first, and then go play after eating." Xiulan looked at her watch and said.

"I agree, I'm hungry." Lin's father nodded.

"Okay, let's grill first." Lin Heng nodded immediately.

He came to the grill and started grilling. Although he had eaten barbecue many times, he was still the best in terms of skills.

He grilled twenty skewers of lamb, ten skewers of pork, and some gluten, potato chips and vegetables at one time.

The children were already playing nearby, and Xiongba, who was brought along, was also having fun nearby.

Xiulan and the others walked around, feeling the breath of spring, and everyone talked and laughed, with joy on their faces.

While barbecuing, Lin Heng looked at the green mountains and clear waters and the laughter of his family and friends, and felt completely satisfied.