Chapter 538 Taking Xiulan to See the Newly Renovated House

Xiu Lan handed him a big strawberry that she had just picked. Although it was not washed, it was very clean.

"Is the house renovated?" Xiu Lan asked curiously.

After eating the strawberry, Lin Heng nodded and said, "Yes, our house in the city has been renovated. The decoration style inside the house has been changed, and some new furniture has been purchased. The rest of the changes are not big. I changed the yard outside a little bit."

"Is that so? Then I will go down with you to have a look when I have time in a few days." Xiu Lan said as she walked into the house with the strawberry.

"I will take you down to have a look tomorrow. If there is anything you don't like, you can change it." Lin Heng walked into the house and said.

"That's fine."

Xiu Lan nodded, washed the strawberries and put them on the table, and then poured Lin Heng a cup of tea.

Lin Heng sat down next to her, drank a sip of tea, and chatted with her for a while.

The children played around him for a while, ate a few strawberries, and ran to the backyard.

"Wife, rub my shoulders and back for me. I feel a little sore and uncomfortable."

The children left, and Lin Heng lay on the sofa and looked at his wife and said.

"You've been too tired this month. Take a good rest next time."

Xiu Lan took off her shoes and sat on his body to massage him. Although her technique was not professional, she massaged very attentively.

Lin Heng enjoyed his wife's massage and said with a smile: "I feel that this year is very critical. I can't rest. It should be much easier next year."

This year is a year to lay the foundation. If you work hard to lay a good foundation, future development will be much easier.

"You are stubborn. I really don't want to massage you." Xiu Lan pinched his shoulders and said.

She really felt that her life was good enough now, and she didn't want to see Lin Heng so tired.

"I have a good wife here." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiu Lan glanced at her and increased the strength. After a while, Lin Heng fell asleep comfortably.

Noticing that Lin Heng fell asleep, Xiu Lan's movements became gentler. After the massage, she covered him with a piece of clothes and looked at his sleeping face with some heartache.

She got up and went to the kitchen to knead the dough to make hand-rolled noodles. Lin Heng liked noodles the most. As long as she was not busy, she would make hand-rolled noodles or pulled noodles for him.

Lin Heng woke up after sleeping for half an hour. He got up and walked out to find Xiulan reading a book under the eaves. He walked over and held her shoulders and said, "What book are you reading?"

"Fortress Besieged, it's boring and fun. I always can't get into it. I've only read half of it now." Xiulan looked up and smiled.

"If you don't like it, change it. There's no need to force yourself. The most important thing in life is to be happy." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiulan shook her head: "I've read half of it. I'll just finish it."

"That's fine." Lin Heng nodded and asked, "Where are the children?"

"They are watching ants or playing house in the back mountain. I told Xiaoxia not to take her brother out." Xiulan looked towards the back mountain.

"That's fine, I'll go over and take a look." Lin Heng nodded and turned to walk towards the back mountain.

The scenery in the backyard is pleasant now. Lilies are blooming vigorously, and grapes, oranges and other plants have just bloomed. The little bees are working hard to collect nectar and carry it home. The turtles stretch their necks to bask in the sun on the sand.

When we came to the back mountain, the various fruits and vegetables planted here have grown long vines, and many have begun to bloom. The three children gathered under the eaves behind his eldest brother's house to play.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Heng walked over and asked curiously.

"We are watching the ground bulls and the ants moving." Xiaoxia looked up and said.

Lin Heng walked over and found that there were indeed many funnel-shaped pits under the corners of the wall here. There were indeed ground bulls hiding in them. The children were catching some ants and throwing them in to watch the ground bulls hunting.

"I caught a grasshopper for the ants." Lu Ming pointed to a small ant nest not far away and said that a locust in front of the ant nest was already covered with black ants.

"Dad also liked to play like this when he was a child, but remember not to catch poisonous ones, be careful not to bite your hands." Lin Heng looked at the three children and said with a smile.

Xiaoxia shook her head and said, "No, I'm watching, I won't let my brother catch poisonous insects."

"I only dare to catch grasshoppers and pig worms." Lu Ming smiled.

Du Heng raised his little hand and showed off, "Dad, I dare to catch earthworms."

"As long as you don't catch poisonous ones that bite people, you are all good children." Lin Heng touched the heads of the three people and praised with a smile, and then said, "Let's go, I'll take you to catch cicadas."

"Great!"

"I want cicadas!"

"I want green wolf goo! (Copper green beetle)"

All of a sudden, the three children cheered and ran over with Lin Heng.

Lin Heng took them to find cicadas while telling them to pay attention to cleanliness, and it was hard for their mother to wash clothes.

After a while, the three children went home with three noisy cicadas and Lin Heng, and the green beetle that Du Heng wanted was not found.

Xiulan looked at the cicadas in the children's hands and said helplessly to Lin Heng: "You really spoil them."

Lin Heng smiled and said: "After a while, they will get tired of playing and feed the cat and fish, and then they will stop making noise."

"Then I will go to cook, you should be hungry, right?" Xiulan said again.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement, he was indeed hungry.

After a while, Xiulan prepared the hand-rolled noodles and brought them to the table, and made a bowl for Lin Heng, she and the three children had just eaten not long ago.

Lin Heng ate the fragrant mixed sauce hand-rolled noodles, and was physically and mentally satisfied. He drank a cup of tea and rested for a while, and then he went to the study to look at the golden catfish.

When the sun got smaller, he took the children to his parents' home in Hongfeng Mountain. His parents are not very busy now. The production of black goats has been completed, and the fry have been bred. The remaining work will take some time to do.

Lin Heng came here to see the fry first. These fry have just hatched and can only eat crushed egg yolks now. They need to wait until June to be put into the fish pond.

Then he took his wife and children to play in the mountain stream. From here, they went up the mountain and came to the ginseng garden. Now these ginsengs have been planted for the fifth year. The number is a little scarce, but the plants are much taller.

Now these ginsengs don't need to be sold for money. Lin Heng plans to let them grow here and dig them when they are needed. In two years, the entire Hongfeng Mountain will be surrounded by a courtyard wall, so there is no need to worry about others stealing them.

On the way down the mountain, the children clamored to pick up eggs, and Xiulan cut a lot of roses along the way to take them home.

"Shall we kill a chicken and roast it?" Father Lin said as he walked up to the bamboo basket with eggs. There were bristles in it to prevent the eggs from colliding with each other.

"Sure, we can make a beggar chicken." Lin Heng said.

"Then go and kill one, we'll cook it for dinner, and we'll have a drink then." Father Lin said with a smile.

"Okay."

Lin Heng nodded and picked up the chicken catching net next to him. The native chickens here are very smart. If you don't use tools and rely on your hands to catch them, you can only wait until the evening.

He waited for Xiulan to pick up the eggs with the children, and then used corn to call the chickens over. The chickens, which had long formed a conditioned reflex, rushed over when they heard the call for food.

Lin Heng took advantage of the fact that he was not paying attention, and caught a colorful rooster with a net, and then quickly walked over to catch it in his hand.

No rooster would come up to take revenge when the rooster was caught. If it was a hen, these roosters would pay a little and crow to intimidate him.

"This one weighs more than 7 or 8 kilograms. I'm afraid we can't finish it all at once." Lin Heng said with a smile while holding the rooster.

"There are so many people, so we can definitely finish it. You can make the honey roasted chicken for the children." Lin's father smiled. He liked to feel sorry for his granddaughters and grandsons.

Lin Heng nodded, boiled water and killed the chicken after going down the mountain, and then looked at the earthen kiln made of yellow mud before. When he found that it could be used, he directly lit the fire. After the earthen kiln was red, he put some charcoal, and then hung the marinated chicken in it to roast.

Take it out and brush it with honey once in the middle. When it's time to eat at night, take it out and the fragrance will immediately fill the whole house.

"It smells so good!" The children smelled the fragrance and fed it, and swallowed their saliva at the sight of the big rooster.

"It's ready to eat soon." Lin Heng said with a smile, and cut the chicken into small pieces with a knife, put the children's on a plate, and sprinkle some chili powder on theirs and put them on a plate.

In addition to roasted chicken, there are also Chinese toon eggs, which taste so good that Lin Heng can't stop using chopsticks.

While drinking at the dinner table, Lin Heng told his parents about the house renovation and invited them to go down to see it and celebrate at the same time.

"We won't go tomorrow. You and Xiulan can go and see it. We can go down later when we find a good day to celebrate the housewarming." Father Lin said after taking a sip of rice wine.

"Yes, the lambs and fish fry need to be taken care of now, and we can't leave." Mother Lin also said.

"Okay then." Lin Heng nodded helplessly, thinking that this would be fine.

On the way back after dinner, Lin Heng took Xiulan's hand and said, "I want to buy a tractor for Dad. Do you think it's suitable?"

"This is quite suitable. It will be very convenient for him to pull some things. We are rich now, so we can buy one for them." Xiulan nodded.

"Then why don't we buy one for them tomorrow." Lin Heng said.

Xiulan thought for a while and said, "Dad's birthday is not far away. There is still a month. I think it would be better to buy it for him then."

"This is indeed a good idea." Lin Heng nodded.

They went to bed early when they got home. The next morning, Lin's mother came early. Lin Heng and Xiulan went into the city without eating.

When they arrived in front of their house, the yard was still the same as before, but there was a burglar-proof wire mesh on the wall and the paint on the gate was repainted.

But when Xiulan walked into the yard, her eyes lit up. The style inside had changed a lot compared to before. The yard was divided again, with lawns, flowers, trees and plants planted, a fish pond and rockery, a small pavilion for drinking tea and enjoying flowers, and even the vegetable fields were surrounded by bricks and stones.

"I chose a more Chinese garden style for this yard. There are ornamental trees and flowers over there, and there are two fruit trees on this side." Lin Heng introduced to Xiulan next to him.

This 180-square-meter area has become more layered and beautiful after such a design, while also taking into account the attributes of life, and is no longer as empty as before.

"Very good, it's worthy of finding a professional." Xiulan nodded.

She noticed that the wall was painted white and replaced with new glazed tiles. The courtyard looked very elegant and beautiful. It was the first time she thought that a courtyard could be designed like this.

"Come on, I'll take you inside."

Lin Heng took Xiulan's hand and walked into the house with a smile.

The house was still in Chinese classical style. Although the European style is very popular in China now, Lin Heng thinks that the Chinese style is the most beautiful, especially the combination of modern and classical, which is both convenient and beautiful.

Inside the house, the original white walls have not changed, but all kinds of decorations and furniture have been changed, mainly vermilion and crimson, and the lamps are warm crystal lamps.

Lin Heng took Xiulan and talked while walking. After the visit, they stopped in front of the master bedroom window on the second floor, where they could overlook the scenery of the entire yard.

"It's really good. The inside and outside of the house are very beautiful, and even the little place in the backyard is made very beautiful." Xiulan nodded with satisfaction.

She originally thought that the original style was beautiful enough, and now it is completely beyond her expectations.

"As long as you like it, here, here are the keys. You are the most distinguished hostess of this house." Lin Heng smiled and handed a bunch of keys to Xiulan and said with a smile.

"Thank you, husband." Xiulan smiled and took the keys, then she looked around the house again and was shocked by such a luxurious and beautiful house.

"It's not quite suitable now. In two years, I will build a bigger Chinese-style garden villa in Hongfeng Mountain, our hometown. Then we can live comfortably there." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"A small one will do. It will be hard to clean if it's big. You work so hard to earn money, so don't spend it lavishly." Xiulan pulled him and said.

She felt distressed when she thought of Lin Heng's hard work of going out early and coming back late recently, and even complained that she couldn't help at all.

"I'll listen to you. We'll discuss it when the time comes." Lin Heng rubbed her little hand and said.

After looking at it again, the two of them were sure that there was no problem and no need to make any changes, so they went together to pay the balance to the designer and the construction team.

Lin Heng also took Xiulan to see the house of Lin Hai and Tian Yan next door. They decorated it in a simple European style, which also had a different feeling, which shocked Xiulan a little, but after a careful look, she still liked her own yard.

"When will Tian Yan and the others move in?" Xiulan asked curiously.

"It will take a month. They need to get rid of the latex paint smell in the house first." Lin Heng said.

His family didn't ask to repaint the walls because he considered that it would take a long time for the formaldehyde in the new paint to evaporate, so he only asked to repair the damaged parts.

Xiulan nodded and followed Lin Heng out to get in the car. The two went to a department store not far away to buy some daily necessities, and then went to school to pick up Caiyun Liu Ciwen who was on labor holiday.

On the way back, Xiulan suddenly said, "Husband, stop for a while, there are good things on the roadside outside."

"Yes, second brother, there are so many cranberries, all red, let's pick them and bring them back for Xiaoxia and the others to eat." Caiyun, who was sitting in the truck bed, also shouted. (End of this chapter)