Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

This year's autumn seems to have passed particularly quickly. The mountains and forests quickly changed from green to red and yellow, and then became naked under the tearing of the cold wind.

Until now, the goddess of the mountains and forests would put on a white dress every morning, and then reluctantly take it off under the pressure of the sun.

In this small village located at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, every household used a stove and burned a brick bed, and the curling white smoke rose lonely into the sky.

Lin Heng's family had already used a fireplace and changed into thick cotton clothes.

In the main room, Lin Heng hugged Xiaoxia and called distressedly: "Xiaoxia, are you feeling better?"

"Dad~ I'm so hot!"

Xiaoxia pulled at her cotton clothes and wanted to take them off.

"Don't take it off, be good." Lin Heng grabbed her little hand.

It was November 28th. Xiaoxia suddenly caught a cold two days ago. She had a fever and her throat was hoarse. Lin Heng took her to the city to see a doctor that day, but she suddenly became worse after returning.

Xiaoxia had not been ill this year, but this time it was very serious. Xiulan took out the thermometer from her armpit and looked at it, and said worriedly: "It's 39 degrees again. Should we give her some more medicine?"

She used a gauze scarf as a mask to cover her mouth and nose. This was made by Lin Heng. She couldn't get sick when she was pregnant, otherwise it would be more troublesome.

"Wait until the evening. It's not long since I gave her the antipyretic medicine." Lin Heng shook his head.

"Then I'll boil some honey and ginger water for her." Xiulan turned around and took honey from the drawer of the coffee table, and went to the kitchen to get ginger slices.

But Xiaoxia had fallen asleep after it was done, and she didn't dare to wake her up.

"Drink it, just to prevent it. You can't catch a cold." Lin Heng looked at her and said.

Xiulan poured the ginger and brown sugar water into two bowls and said, "Then you drink some too. We can't catch a cold."

After it cooled down a little, she brought a bowl to Lin Heng, and they drank it together, and then went to boil a pot for Xiaoxia and added two pears in it.

After drinking the water, Xiulan looked at Xiaoxia, who was sweating on the sofa, with a worried look on her face, and reached out to wipe her sweat.

She sighed and said, "She was still alive and kicking a few days ago, how could she suddenly get sick, and it's so serious."

Lin Heng looked at his daughter's little face and said, "If the fever doesn't go down in the afternoon, I'll take her to the city for treatment."

Xiulan looked at him and said, "Aren't you going to the county town for a meeting tomorrow? If you go in the afternoon, won't you be unable to go tomorrow?"

"Xiaoxia is not well, I don't care about any big meeting or not." Lin Heng shook his head.

"Will this be bad?" Xiulan worried.

Lin Heng waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter."

Not going would just mean less opportunities to contact other people, and he didn't really care.

Xiulan nodded, and said, "Then you go to cook, I'll take care of Xiaoxia, we can't not eat."

Lin Heng agreed, went outside to pick a handful of green onions, and simply made a sour noodle soup.

After they finished eating, Xiaoxia suddenly woke up and said in a hoarse voice: "Mom, I'm so hungry~"

"I made pears for you, I'll feed you."

Lin Heng poured the stewed food in the enamel pot into a small basin and fed him the cooked pear.

After eating, she went to the toilet and fell asleep again. Lin Heng settled her down and went out for a walk.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Lin's mother came over with a peace amulet and said: "I asked for it for Xiaoxia at the Guanyin Temple, you give it to her."

"Okay." Although Lin Heng knew it was useless, he didn't refuse, because it was his mother's intention after all.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Heng took Xiaoxia's temperature again. He spent a lot of money to buy this thermometer. It was not easy to buy thermometers in this era.

"How is it?" Xiulan asked beside him.

Lin Heng looked carefully and said in surprise: "The fever has subsided, only 38 degrees."

Xiu Lan smiled and said quickly: "That's great, give her another pill quickly."

Lin Heng nodded and said: "Give her another pill in the evening, the medicine is so effective that I dare not give her more."

Xiaoxia's fever subsided, and the two of them felt relieved at once.

Lin Heng went to the yard to breathe in the cold wind, and then ran to Hongfeng Mountain to tell his parents the good news.

On Hongfeng Mountain, the workers hired by the village are still helping to open up the wasteland. Now the total area of ​​land reclaimed here has reached 30 acres. Among them, 10 acres of ryegrass are already green, just like wheat.

Knowing that Xiaoxia's fever has subsided, Lin's father breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Finally, she is fine. These few days, give Xiaoxia some good food to nourish her."

"I know." Lin Heng nodded.

Father Lin pointed to the mountain and said, "I plan to finish the work on Hongfeng Mountain on the 31st. In the last two days, help nail some railings and fence this side."

"It depends on you. You can work as long as you want." Lin Heng said.

Father Lin said, "If you want to continue, there will definitely be work, but there are enough acres of land to grow grass. I think the cattle and sheep can't eat all the twenty acres. The rest can be used to grow crops or medicinal herbs."

Lin Heng nodded and said, "Then plant twenty acres of grass first, and plant other things depending on the situation."

Twenty acres of grass is indeed enough, even if there are three or four times more cattle and sheep in the future, it will be more than enough.

Lin Heng remembered something and added, "Oh, by the way, ask someone to chop some firewood and move it back on the last day. There is not enough wood at the old house."

"Okay." Father Lin nodded and agreed.

After speaking, Lin Heng did not go to the mountain, but went back home.

Opening the freezer and taking a look, Lin Heng took out the last piece of beef he bought.

"How about making some coriander beef to nourish Xiaoxia in the evening?" Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Then you should give him some shrimps, which are easy to digest." Xiulan thought for a while and said.

"That's right."

Lin Heng put the beef back and took out a plate of green shrimps. These shrimps were frozen after being processed.

When it was dark in the evening, Xiaoxia's fever had completely subsided, but her cold and runny nose had not yet healed.

Lin Heng gave her a bath and made her favorite sweet potato and garlic shrimp.

After dinner, Lin Heng played games with her, but Xiaoxia fell asleep after a while.

"Dad, tell me a story." She held Lin Heng's hand and pouted her little mouth.

"Okay."

Lin Heng took her to the bedroom, where the fireplace was burning and it was warmer than the main room.

Lin Heng had just told the first half of a story when Xiaoxia fell asleep.

Lin Heng covered her with a quilt and went to heat a cup of milk and brought it to Xiulan.

Now that the weather is cold, the storage time of milk has also increased. Fresh milk will basically not go bad for two or three days after boiling it.

Xiulan took the milk and said, "You should go to bed soon, we have to go to the county town tomorrow."

"Okay." Lin Heng took off his clothes and got into bed naked.

Xiulan was also naked in the bed. After Lin Heng got in, she suddenly said, "Your feet are so cold. Don't put them on my legs. Put them on your feet and I'll warm them up for you."

She finished the milk and lay down to warm Lin Heng's feet.

After a while, Xiulan said helplessly, "You are poking me again."

"I didn't mean it." Lin Heng said embarrassedly.

"Really, didn't I just help you two days ago?" Xiulan exhaled and stretched out her little hand.

For her, this is a physical job and it takes a long time to solve it.

But there is no way, who can help him solve it now.

"Did you do it on purpose?"

After half an hour, Xiulan said in a low voice with some gritted teeth.

Lin Heng hugged Xiulan with a refreshed look and smiled, "This is really unfair. You know how powerful I am."

"Go, go to sleep."

Xiulan patted him shyly and leaned against his arms again.

She knew that she couldn't blame Lin Heng, but she was used to sleeping naked and liked to hug Lin Heng. She didn't want to change this habit.

Even if she had to help him solve his problems from time to time, she didn't want to change this habit. She slept best when she hugged him.

The next morning, Lin Heng got up early and walked out of the yard. There was white frost everywhere outside, and the birds were much less chirping.

The grapes had withered long ago, and only the black pine, cypress, sugar orange trees and the lollipop rose grafted by Lin Heng were green in the yard.

After the rose stems dug in the summer were grafted and survived, he found four kinds of roses and grafted them on them. When they bloom next year, there will be four colors, just like the bouquet.

The lotus leaves in the fish pond had withered long ago, and only the orchids and calamus were still green by the water.

Lin Heng took a breath of cold air and exercised for a while, then went back to the house to add some firewood to the fireplace and took Xiaoxia's temperature.

"You don't have a fever, do you?" Xiulan asked while sleeping on the bed.

Lin Heng nodded and said, "No, I'm back to normal."

"That's good." Xiulan's heart was completely relieved.

Lin Heng helped her up, prepared the milk and eggs, and went to the next door to call his eldest brother to go to the county town together.

He could go alone, but it was a little inconvenient, so he asked his eldest brother to go with him.

"It seems that this is the first time we drive to the county town." Sitting in the car, Lin Yue said with white air.

"Yes, we have to go faster." Lin Heng nodded.

The county town is about the same distance as the city, but it is more difficult to walk, and the road is not good enough.

It took several starts to start the motorcycle, and then the two walked towards the county town in the cold.

It took more than two hours, and they finally arrived at the county town at nine o'clock in the morning when the sun was just warm.

This is a small basin embedded in the valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with a river running through the middle.

There are a few high-rise buildings scattered in the county town, most of which are red brick houses, and only a few houses in the most central area have painted exterior walls.

"This county town is so small!" Lin Yue sighed.

"Of course it is smaller than the city, but it is much larger than our town." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"That's true." Lin Yue nodded.

"Let's go, let's go into the city, there's not much time." Lin Heng said as he got in the car. The wind was also strong at this location.

Because they often go to the city, the two are not very curious about this small county town.

Compared with the city, there are fewer bicycles on the road here, and motorcycles are relatively rare, and the sidecar driven by Lin Heng has attracted Ping Ping's attention.

In Lin Heng's memory, their county town has always been poorly developed. Due to its geographical location, it is the poorest of the ten counties in Taibai City.

After taking a casual look, Lin Heng rushed to the center of the county to report. There was a large square here, and many people had already arrived.

Lin Heng took his ID and entered quickly, and his elder brother could only wait outside and watch from a distance.

The commendation meeting started at 10 o'clock, and they were afraid that some people who lived far away would not be able to make it.

Lin Heng's seat was relatively forward, in the third row. After he sat down, people nearby cast curious eyes on him because he was too young and dressed too well.

There were not many young people like him around, most of them were in their thirties and forties.

"Little brother, where are you from?"

As soon as Lin Heng sat down, someone next to him asked.

"I'm from Huangtan Town, my name is Lin Heng, and I'm engaged in breeding. Where are you from, brother?" Lin Heng opened a cigarette and handed it out.

"You're too polite. I can't smoke now."

"It's okay. If you can't smoke it, it will be the same if you smoke it later."

"I'm from Ziye Township, and I built a small brick factory myself."

"That's great. The brick factory can make money."

After Lin Heng got to know this person, he started to smoke with others around him. The conference hadn't started yet. He mainly wanted to familiarize himself with everyone he could.

The people who can come here are all invited activists. He first makes himself familiar and introduces himself. It will be easy to handle any business he wants to do later.

Through understanding, he found that not many people agreed to engage in breeding, and most of them opened various small workshops, such as small brick factories and shoe factories.

There are only about ten people like him who make money from breeding. This line of work seems easy to get started, but it is very difficult to master.

Without relevant experience, if you want to make money, it all depends on God’s mood.

Lin Heng is not afraid of being hot-faced and cold-blooded. Shamelessness is one of the essential qualities for making money.

"There's nothing to recognize about the little business you've done. Let's go quickly. There's no need for us to communicate. I don't smoke this kind of cigarette."

A middle-aged man with a mustache glanced at Lin Heng and threw away the cigarette he handed him.

He looked down upon small households like him with ten thousand yuan at all and didn't bother to talk to them.

"It's just a group of people who were lucky enough to make some money. They really think they can do it. Come and get to know us when they open a factory."

Another man with a big belly wearing a leather jacket sneered and said that he felt that he was losing his status by sitting with a group of people like Lin Heng.

As long as there are people, there will be circles and chains of contempt. Lin Heng and others who make money by running small workshops are looked down upon by those who make big money by opening big brick factories and doing construction.

"Sorry, I don't know myself." Lin Heng glanced at some people and walked towards his seat.

"That's right. People should understand their own position." Someone laughed when they saw Lin Heng walking back.

The group of people with ten thousand yuan in the back who were similar to Lin Heng were aggrieved, but they didn't dare to provoke these rich and wealthy bosses, so they could only suppress their sulking.

"Hey, are you Xiao Lin?"

At this time, a gentle and slightly surprised shout came from behind.

Lin Heng turned around and recognized this person. He smiled and said, "Hello, Secretary Gao."

This was one of the connections that Uncle Gao introduced to him. He was one of his nephews. Lin Heng was a little surprised that he still remembered him.

Secretary Gao nodded, thinking that this young man Lin Heng was a bit interesting. He knew everyone here, but he never bothered him.

And he didn't have a relationship with him in public, he was very discerning.

Secretary Gao nodded and said, "Come to my office after the meeting and I will talk to you about something."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded quickly in agreement.

After Secretary Gao left and went to the rostrum in front, the people who had just spoken to Lin Heng were at a loss.

"Little... little brother, do you know Secretary Gao?"

The middle-aged man with a mustache asked with a smile on his face.

Lin Heng glanced at the cigarette thrown on the ground and said with a smile: "How can a small businessman like me dare to talk to big bosses like you?"

The man with the mustache quickly picked up the cigarettes on the ground and said with a smile: "What are you talking about? That was just a joke. Don't forget it."

"Yeah, I was joking just now, little brother, don't think too much about it." The middle-aged man with a big belly in a leather jacket also became amiable.