Chapter 280 Future Plan, Picking Mulberries
The problem is that there seem to be too many wild resources now. Even if you have good shrimp farming skills, it is useless. It seems that you cannot achieve the expected income.
Not only is the problem of abundant wild resources of green shrimps, there is also the problem of transportation difficulties. There is no cold chain transportation in this era, and there are few cold storages in Taibai City, which also leads to some problems.
He plans to raise it this year to see how it goes, but if it doesn’t work, it will be harder to raise Macrobrachium rosenbergii next year. Compared with freshwater shrimp, which only weighs five or six grams in adults, Macrobrachium rosenbergii can grow to 100 grams in adulthood. Two taels of prawns.
And it is more difficult to breed, so it should be easier to sell than freshwater shrimp.
"Take your time."
Lin Heng sighed in his heart, turned around and walked out. He was not discouraged. The shrimp pond would definitely make money, it was just a matter of how much.
"Don't you need to feed these shrimps today?" Father Lin asked.
“No, we’ll feed you tomorrow.” Lin Heng shook his head and pointed at the shrimp on his hand, “Let’s get rid of these shrimps.”
Back in the house, Several people poured out the pound of dead shrimps, removed the shrimp threads and divided them into three portions for everyone to take home.
"Mom, I bought one for each of you." Lin Yue handed over a paper bag. Although he didn't earn as much as Lin Heng, he still had a few hundred dollars in savings, so he could still afford cheap clothes.
"Mom and Dad, these are the summer clothes I bought for you." Lin Heng also took out two bags and handed them to his parents.
"Why are you buying us clothes again? We have enough to wear." Mother Lin blamed.
Lin Heng smiled slightly: "Isn't it normal for me to buy clothes for my parents?"
"That's right." Lin Yue also smiled and nodded.
"This child." Mother Lin didn't know what to say for a moment. She felt like crying but stopped abruptly.
Lin Heng looked at his parents and said with a smile: "Stop eating burnt rice crackers and other things that are not good for your health. Eat as you wish. When you live a long time, my eldest brother and I will be rich." Only then can we enjoy happiness."
Father Lin and Mother Lin opened their mouths. They didn't know what to say for a while, but they could really feel Lin Heng's wish that they live a long life.
"We're going back. Remember to eat the shrimp at noon." Lin Heng smiled and waved his hand, got in the car and took his eldest brother out of the breeding base.
Lin Heng drove back to the house. Xiulan was handling the bamboo shoots she broke today under the eaves. Xiaoxia was riding a small car in the main room and talking to herself, as if she was humming a children's song.
"I bought everything you asked for, and I also bought two clothes for you and Xiaoxia." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan looked at him curiously and said, "What's wrong with you? Why do you feel a little unhappy?"
Lin Heng was surprised: "I can feel it. It's true. ."
Xiulan nodded: "Because you always look blank when you are unhappy, and your smile is different from usual."
"Really?" Lin Heng was shocked. He doesn't feel like he's staying still.
Xiulan nodded deeply: "Tell me, what happened?"
"Nothing, what do you think we will do if we lose money in raising shrimp?" Lin Heng looked at his wife.
Xiulan tilted her head, as if she didn't understand, and then said with a smile: "Just pay it, it's not like doing business will make money, we haven't lived a hard life, so what are we afraid of? "
"Or do you think I will blame you?" Xiulan looked at him with big eyes.
Lin Heng stayed for a second, suddenly smiled, and then said: "Let's go into the house and look at the fabrics and clothes. I bought you another skirt."
"Okay." Xiulan nodded and agreed happily.
The courtyard gate has been locked, and they are looking at their clothes in the bright main room. One piece of fabric is sky blue with light plaid, and there is also a red piece with a peony pattern printed on it.
There is also a green satin-textured bed sheet embroidered with peony and peacock patterns, and a pink printed bed sheet.
"How do these look like? Do they meet your requirements?" Lin Heng asked with a smile. This era is almost all of this style, and the ones he bought are already very good.
Xiulan touched the texture, nodded and said with a smile: "You are quite discerning, these are quite beautiful."
"Let's take a look at the clothes?" Lin Heng said with a smile.
The first is a set of skirts. The upper body is a white shirt with a lapel collar and a yellow rose pattern printed on it. The lower body is a knee-length yellow skirt.
“Such a short skirt?” Xiulan opened her eyes wide, and then said, “That can only be worn at home.”
Although she saw many women in the city wearing this , but I’m still embarrassed to wear it out in the village.
"Would you like to give it a try?" Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Then I'll take it back to the house to change."
Xiulan took the clothes and went into the house. She knew Lin Heng wanted to see them.
She came out after a while. Lin Heng originally thought she would have the style of an urban beauty, but she already had a sister-next-door temperament, with delicate collarbones that could hold a fish, and her snow-white calves were very dazzling.
"It looks good! Let's wear it like this today!" Lin Heng nodded fiercely.
"Dad, where's mine!" Xiaoxia saw her mother wearing new clothes and wanted them too.
"I bought it for you to wear tomorrow." Lin Heng touched her face and took out a pack of shrimp crackers.
"Okay~" Xiaoxia readily agreed. For her, food is more attractive than clothes, especially her favorite shrimp crackers.
In addition to this set, Xiulan also has a regular set of gray trousers and a navy striped shirt with a round neck and short sleeves. Xiaoxia, like his mother, wears one dress and one ordinary summer dress.
Lin Heng also bought two sets of clothes himself. He didn’t save much, mainly because he didn’t spend much money.
In addition, he also bought sandals, two pairs for each person. A pair of slippers to wear at home, and a pair with a heel and laces for sports.
His parents also have them. Now that the temperature is very hot, wearing sandals will be much more comfortable.
On the spot, the three of them changed into sandals. Xiulan put on purple crystal sandals. Her small and round toes were clearly visible, and most of the insteps were exposed. Her snow-white skin could clearly see the cyan blood vessels inside. .
"It's so beautiful." Lin Heng couldn't help but said in his heart, thinking how beautiful those strappy high-heeled sandals would look on Xiulan's feet.
Xiulan glanced at Lin Heng, packed up her things and took them into the house. She came out and said, "I'll go downstairs and wait for you. We haven't had lunch yet."
" There are shrimps here, they have been processed." Lin Heng took the shrimps to the kitchen and helped stoke the fire. In a short time, three bowls of shrimp noodles were ready.
After dinner, Lin Heng didn't want to work in the afternoon and lay down on the bench to rest. Xiulan took out the cloth he bought and started cutting it to make cushions and pillows.
She always has a slight smile on her face.
Lin Heng knew why. It was because he was happy with the clothes he bought. She is so easily satisfied that even a compliment can make her happy for a long time.
After watching Xiulan making cushions and pillows for a while, Lin Heng got up and went to the study, took out paper and pen and started writing a future plan.
He felt that he had been too anxious before. The next forty years were so long, so he could take his time and take it one step at a time. Nowadays, the living standards of households with a household value of 10,000 yuan have been greatly improved, and there is no need to be so anxious in the future.
For now, let’s preserve our strength silently and wait for the trend of the times to truly come before we can ride on the wind.
Three nodes have been sorted out in the past three years. The first one is to buy land. There are several old factories on the southern edge of Taibai City that will be demolished in three years, but now they are all in a state of neglect. He can buy it and use it for feed production, waiting for demolition when the time comes.
This is the latest one. Land in the downstream area in the south of the city and a large amount of land in the north of the city can be purchased. Later, real estate development began. The land in these places can be sold at a high price, and you can even develop it yourself. real estate.
Looking at the bigger picture, by the 1990s, investment in Anseong, the provincial capital, and even in big cities such as Shanghai and the capital will only involve buying a house. In the future, the value will increase thousands of times, and there will be no such thing as a loss. , the more you buy, the more you earn.
As long as enough original capital is accumulated, wealth is a very simple matter for the reborn Lin Heng.
But he still wanted to do something with his own hands.
In addition to buying a factory building to open a feed factory, Lin Heng is also planning to build a large pig farm in the next two years to raise thousands of pigs.
Because pork is cheap, many people buy it. In the next few years, as the economy improves, everyone will be able to afford it. Large-scale breeding can effectively reduce costs and make more money than raising shrimp.
Another point is to cultivate forest musk deer. The price of natural musk has always been very expensive, and selling musk can be regarded as a very profitable industry.
In addition, you can also raise more cattle and sheep, and you can sell them for a lot of money in the future.
In addition, you can also look for those who will rise in the future in these years and invest in advance.
Just like someone who borrows money from a knife, a small investment now will be your network in the future.
After writing the plan, Lin Heng put it in his diary and put it in the drawer. He was not afraid of being seen by anyone. There were only some symbols on it, and no one else except himself could understand it.
After writing, he picked up Das Kapital and continued reading when his interest arose.
In the afternoon, Mother Lin came back from herding cattle and took Xiaoxia out to play. Without thinking, she took Xiaoxia to tell stories to the Murakami children.
"Are you so serious?" Xiulan walked into the study and said with a smile.
Lin Heng hooked up with her and patted the vacant seat of his imperial chair: "Come here and take you to see it together."
Xiulan came over and sat next to Lin Heng, her face wide and wide. The Taishi chair can accommodate two people. She hadn't changed out of the short skirt suit yet, and as soon as she sat down, she noticed that there was an extra hand on her thigh.
She flipped her hair, put her hand on her chin and looked at Lin Heng with an innocent smile: "Are you taking me to read a book with you?"
Lin Heng laughed: "It won't affect reading. Who makes these legs look so good?”
Sitting on the chair in the study had a completely different feeling. He even wondered how exciting it would be to sit on the chair.
"I really read the book. The stories in the book are very interesting." Xiulan blinked.
"Yeah, I'm reading too." Lin Heng nodded in agreement, but didn't take his hand back.
After watching for a while, Lin Heng's hand came to a place where it shouldn't be. After a while, Xiulan was forced to sit on Lin Heng's lap and read.
Later she lay down on the Taishi chair, her skirt was lifted up and her chest was wide open. She buried her head like an ostrich, and her neck was red.
Later, Lin Heng wiped away the water on the table, and the two of them sat on the chairs and continued reading, but Xiulan's body was too weak to stand up.
The impact of different environments is too great.
"I will never read a book with you again." Xiulan gritted her teeth and said.
She couldn't realize that she had actually done this kind of thing with Lin Heng on the chair and the table in broad daylight. It was so indulgent. She was blinded by his sweet words.
Lin Heng didn't answer the call. Don't behave when you get an advantage, otherwise you'll get beaten easily.
"Are you going to pick mulberries tomorrow?" Lin Heng hugged Xiulan and asked softly.
Xiulan glanced at him: "You don't want to raise shrimps anymore?"
Lin Heng waved his hand: "Just feed them briefly now. It doesn't take much effort. I think the land is better. Big mulberry fruit."
"Okay." Xiulan nodded and agreed. She originally wanted to punish him for not going, but she couldn't help but agree when he invited her.
"That's great." Lin Heng said happily, hugged Xiulan and kissed her.
Xiulan said helplessly: "Don't you want to read the book yet?" Lin Heng smiled and spread his hands: "Obviously, people are more interesting than books, so I can't read them."
This made Xiu Lan think again. Lan was happy, but she still snorted softly: "Then you should read hard, I'm going out."
If he didn't leave, Lin Heng's hands would become restless again.
Lin Heng originally wanted to read seriously, but his wife came and sat next to him. She felt soft and fragrant, and in the end he accidentally went too far.
No longer interested in reading, he got up and walked out. When he came to the backyard, he found Xiulan leaning on the railing and feeding the fish. She seemed to be in a good mood.
"Why don't you continue reading? You're a follower." Xiulan turned her head and asked curiously.
“Come over and feed the fish together.” Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan looked at him and stopped talking. After feeding the fish for a while, she turned around and said, "If you want to follow me so much, then come over and help cook."
Not to Lin either. When Heng refused the opportunity, she directly took Lin Heng to the kitchen to cook.
After the two finished cooking, Lin's mother brought Xiaoxia back and had dinner together.
There were also shrimps in the evening, so the three of us were quite satisfied.
“Do you think we can find the cicada now?” After washing her face, Xiulan asked while lying on the bed.
She wanted to catch cicada monkeys with Lin Heng.
Lin Heng shook his head: "We have to wait a few days. I guess it's not possible yet."
This year, not only can we catch cicada monkeys, but we can also catch scorpions. He went to Anseong to buy ultraviolet lamps.
"Okay." Xiulan puffed her mouth and turned over to lie down.
After Lin Heng coaxed Xiaoxia to sleep, they went to bed to rest together.
Early the next morning, after exercising and having breakfast, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said, "I'm going to the breeding base, will you go?"
Xiulan hadn't spoken yet, Xiao Xiao Xia hugged Lin Heng's thigh: "I want to go, I want to go!"
"When are you going to pick mulberries?" Xiulan asked.
"Let's go in the afternoon. It only takes two hours to go back and forth." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan nodded: "Then let's go there together. I'll go to the creek over there to wash the clothes."
After saying that, she turned around to pack the clothes, carrying the basket and the family of three towards Walk towards the Red Maple Mountain.
When they came here, their parents had just finished breakfast. Mother Lin was going to herd the cows, and Father Lin was going to continue his carpentry work.
Seeing Lin Heng, Lin's father said: "Some shrimps died yesterday, and I fished them all out."
"This is normal, don't worry, just throw away the fish and feed them to the fish." ." Lin Heng waved his hand, walked into the room, opened a bag of peanut cakes, weighed three ounces of peanut cake, poured it into a basin, and then walked towards the incubation tank.
"Is this enough enough?" Lin's father asked curiously. He had been studying with him.
Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, feeding three percent of the weight of the shrimp is almost enough, as long as they can eat it within two hours."
While talking, he added Wet the peanut cake with water, then sprinkle it evenly according to the number of shrimps in the grid.
"Let's go, our task this morning is to sprinkle bleach on the boy." Lin Heng said after feeding the shrimps, looking at his father.
Father Lin nodded: "Then let me help you."
The two of them moved the bleaching powder out together, calculated the approximate dosage, mixed it with water, and poured it evenly into each pond. , the two of them were busy until noon on the fifteen ponds.
"How to feed this grass carp pond?" After finishing, Father Lin asked, pointing to the grass carp pond in front of him.
Lin Heng thought for a while and said: "For the time being, let's just feed you five or six pounds of peanut cake."
It is best to feed grass carp with pellets with good proportions. Feeding them in bulk is very wasteful.
"Got it." Father Lin nodded.
Back in the house, Mother Lin had already put the cows back and started cooking. Because there were large tracts of pasture, the cows could just let them go and cut the grass to feed them.
After washing clothes, Xiulan was playing with Xiaoxia under the eaves. When she saw Lin Heng coming over, she said, "Mom said she would pick mulberries too."
Lin Heng nodded: "Okay. Ah, let’s go after dinner.”
"The rice is ready, just stir-fry another dish." Mother Lin's voice came from the house.
After Lin Heng washed his hands, he had already put the dishes on the table. Three simple dishes and one soup. Everyone was chatting while eating.
After eating, Lin Heng looked at the big sun and turned around and said: "Do you still want to go with such a big sun?"
"It's a bit big. Let's go later. It's a little cloudier." ." Mother Lin nodded.
“Let’s wait until three o’clock before going.” Xiulan also said, the sun was too hot at noon.
Lin Heng nodded and drove Xiulan and Xiang Xiang back to the village. They rested until three o'clock before setting off again with their bags.
Not long after, Lin Heng drove to his destination. There were many mulberry trees growing under the road, and the mulberries on them were black and red.
“So many?” Xiulan said in surprise.
“Yes, I asked the owner to let me pick as many as I want.” Lin Heng smiled and nodded. Needless to say, fruits like mulberries are impossible to finish. Generally, except for children, they fall off naturally. Fallen and rotted.
Only a few people will make it into dried mulberries and keep it.
"Dad, can you eat this directly?" Xiaoxia asked curiously, looking at the mulberries on the tree.
"I have to feed you, you can't pick them by yourself." Lin Heng looked at her and said, his task was to take care of Xiaoxia, while picking mulberries was the job of Xiulan and Lin's mother.
"Okay, I want to eat it." Xiaoxia pointed at the mulberry and said.
Lin Heng first took Xiaoxia down to the field and to the far side of the road, and then picked two mulberries that had just turned black, one for each of them.
If it is too old, there will be many insects crawling on it. If it is too young, the pink and purple ones will have no taste or be sour. Only the ones that have just turned black are the most delicious.
Xiaoxia ate one, and her big eyes suddenly turned into small crescents: "It's so sweet!!"
"It's sweet, daddy will pick another one for you." Lin Heng said with a smile, and then After picking off a few fingers, it turned purple.
But he knows a secret to remove mulberry juice, which is to rub your hands with mulberry leaves, and the purple color on your hands can be quickly removed.
“I want more~” Xiaoxia acted coquettishly after eating. The mulberries were so sweet that they were the children’s favorite.
Lin Heng counted and fed her about thirty pills before he dared to feed her more. Eating too much of anything at once would be bad for the body, let alone children.
"Let's pick them and save them for tomorrow. And don't you want to give some mulberries to your friends? Then you can share them together." Lin Heng touched her little head and said.
Xiaoxia thought for a while, nodded and said, "Then I will pick it and give it to Qingqing, she is good to me."
"You watch me pick it for you." Lin Heng picked up the bag Pick it for Xiaoxia.
Xiulan and the others picked fresh ones, then spread them directly on the ground with film fingers and beat them with sticks. This was much faster than picking them one by one.
After picking, Xiulan came over and said: "I have picked enough, come here and help me get some."
"This must be in the fifties or sixties, right?" Lin Heng looked at the two big bags of mulberries and said in surprise.
"Absolutely. I wanted to hit a little more, but I couldn't hold it in." Xiulan nodded and said.
Lin Heng nodded, handed the two small bags of mulberries he picked to Xiulan, then carried the big bag up, put it away, and helped his mother move it again.
After everyone got in the car, he drove directly home.
Back home, Xiulan and Lin’s mother poured out the mulberries and selected them, while Xiaoxia wanted to drag Lin Heng to find her good friends.
After seeing people from a distance, Xiaoxia shouted: "Qingqing, I picked mulberries for you to eat."
"Aren't the mulberries not ripe yet?" Yang Qing stopped skipping and asked curiously .
The children nearby couldn't help but drool when they heard this, with longing in their eyes.
"My dad took me to pick them from a long way away. It's so sweet. Come here quickly." Xiaoxia said with big eyes.
"Okay." Yang Qing turned around and said, then ran over to find Xiaoxia.
When she arrived at Lin Heng's house, she was shocked to see so many mulberries: "Oh my god, there are so many."
"This is what I gave you." Xiaoxia pointed to the stone table to wash. Good mulberries.
Yang Qing was stunned and said in surprise: "Thank you."
"Eat quickly." Xiaoxia said happily.
Yang Qing washed her hands, took the mulberries and started eating. Xiaoxia looked on, feeling the joy of sharing with her friends.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Yang Qing handed over two pills and asked curiously.
Xiaoxia wanted to eat but didn't dare, so she shook her head: "I ate a lot today, and my mother said if I eat any more, my stomach will be full."
"Okay then." Yang Qing nodded, a little cautiously and stopped eating after eating some.
“Take it out and share it with others.” Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Thank you, Uncle Lin." Yang Qing took the mulberries and went out with Xiaoxia, and Xiaoxia also told stories to the children in the village.
After dinner the next morning, Xiulan washed and steamed the mulberries and then dried them. Lin Heng took some of them, washed them, and soaked them in wine. The mulberry wine also tasted very good.
At noon, Yang Qing came over with a lot of raspberries and gave them to Xiaoxia, which made Xiaoxia jump up and down happily and she stayed happy all day.
Lin Heng’s daily life now is to raise shrimps, take his daughter to accompany his wife, and have nothing else to do for the time being. His life is comfortable and stable.
The shrimps in the hatching tank were carefully fed by Lin Heng, and they began to hold eggs one after another two days after returning.
In the blink of an eye, it was May 17th on the Gregorian calendar. This afternoon, Lin Heng went to see the animals in the back mountain as usual.
"Eh!"
Suddenly Lin Heng let out an exclamation of surprise, then showed a look of surprise, turned around and ran into the house, calling Xiulan's name.
(End of this chapter)