Chapter 391 Harvest and sorting out the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
After a while, the door opened. Xiaoxia was the first to rush out and hugged Lin Heng's legs, saying softly: "Dad, you are finally back, I'm fine I miss you so much."
"I miss Xiaoxia too."
Lin Heng picked her up and walked into the house.
When Xiulan and Caiyun saw that everyone was intact, they turned their attention to the things they brought.
"You guys have gained quite a lot this time." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said in surprise.
“Yes, second brother, this must be a roe deer you are carrying, it’s such a big one.” Caiyun looked at the things in Lin Heng’s basket and smiled.
"Yes, I didn't find ginseng this time, but the harvest was just okay."
Lin Heng nodded and walked into the house with his daughter in his arms.
The sister-in-law and three nephews next door also came out to greet Lin Yue.
But a group of people came to Lin Heng's yard first, and the things hadn't been divided yet.
"Daughter-in-law, is everything okay in the house?" Lin Heng asked as he entered the house.
"Everything is fine. There is no problem over there in Hongfeng Mountain. Mom said that wild boar damage to corn is serious." Xiulan nodded and said.
After entering the yard and turning on the lights in the yard, Lin Heng put Xiaoxia down first and took off the backpack.
It was too tiring to carry such a heavy thing for a day, and he felt his legs were numb.
"That's okay." Lin Heng nodded. Father Lin was greatly relieved when he heard this.
Xiulan went into the house and got some cold water for everyone. She would prepare it every day, in case Lin Heng suddenly came back and only had boiled water and unheated cold water. In that case, he would definitely be fed up with the cold water. It's not good for your health.
The three drank boiled water and rested for a while, and then began to distinguish the various harvests. When they were first packed, they were packed in bags one by one, but now they are easy to distinguish.
After finishing, Father Lin and Lin Yue went back first, and then came over to help deal with the roe deer after taking a bath.
“Daughter-in-law, please help me divide the things. I’ll talk about it after I come out from the shower.”
When his father and others returned, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said.
“Okay.”
Xiulan nodded in agreement and went in with him to find a change of clothes.
Lin Heng closed the back door and took a bath in cold water in the backyard. Here Xiulan placed a large wooden basin for laundry, which contained water heated by the sun during the day.
It took more than ten minutes, Lin Heng finished the bath comfortably and walked to the main room feeling refreshed.
"You harvested enough Ganoderma lucidum this time, it must be more than ten kilograms." Seeing Lin Heng coming out, Xiulan said with a smile.
"The biggest harvest this time is ginseng, and other things are not good."
Lin Heng nodded. The Ganoderma harvest has basically dried, except for the seven or eight flowers picked up yesterday. Dry.
A half snakeskin bag was dried. Lin Heng picked up a small steel scale and weighed it. It added up to 12 kilograms of dry goods.
“These Ganoderma lucidum can be sold for more than 700 yuan, which is worth a big cow.” Lin Heng said with a smile.
Now that the price of beef and mutton has increased, you can no longer buy a cow for more than 500 yuan.
"You are so powerful in the mountains this time. If you add other herbs, you can probably sell them for 800 yuan." Xiulan praised with a smile.
“It can be sold for nine hundred yuan.” Lin Heng was satisfied after receiving Xiulan’s praise.
He dug a lot of Chonglou, Bergamot, Codonopsis, Polygonatum, etc., and he could Selling for a lot of money.
"There are also turtles, small turtles, and roe deer skins. The second brother went to the mountains to make a lot of money this time. If he bought them all for food, he could fill a room." Caiyun also said.
"Dad is the best!" Xiaoxia heard that the room was full of delicious food and immediately expressed her affirmation, nodding her head and following Lin Heng.
"Xiaoxia said well, I gave the little turtle to you." Lin Heng smiled and touched his daughter's head and hugged her.
"Okay, thank you, dad!" Xiaoxia happily kissed Lin Heng on the face.
Holding his daughter in his arms, Lin Heng sighed with emotion: "It's a pity that we didn't find ginseng this time."
"How could it be so easy to find? Ginseng would have been worthless long ago." Xiulan said with a smile.
"Yes, it usually takes many years to hear that someone has found ginseng." Caiyun also said.
"That's right, I'm just feeling emotional."
Lin Heng sat down, put his daughter down, looked at the two sons on the crib next to him, and said with a smile: "Call daddy! ”
“Ba…Eah!”
“Ba…hehe~”
However, the two little guys only giggled and screamed in a very different way.
Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said, "Let me order some noodles for you first. I just have pickled cabbage whistle."
"Okay, I'm really a little hungry." Lin Heng nodded and came back. There were wild fruits to eat along the way, so I wasn’t particularly hungry.
Xiulan went to cook. He hugged his two sons and took his daughter to raise the little turtle and the old turtle.
After doing this, he separated out the wild peppers and fungi he picked and put them in a cabinet specially reserved for dry goods.
Then pour out the undried Chinese herbal medicines and let them dry, and tidy up the dried ones and put them upstairs, where they will dry and not regain moisture.
After doing this, he leaned comfortably on the sofa and chatted with Xiaoxia Caiyun about what he had seen and heard this time in the mountains.
The biggest feeling when returning home is comfort and tranquility, which is much better than in the wild.
After a while, Xiulan brought him a bowl of noodles. It was not pickled cabbage but chopped green onion and egg noodles. Lin Heng ate the noodles. The familiar taste made him appetite. The noodles made by his wife were good. eat.
“Dad, I want to go to the cave you mentioned.”
Xiaoxia said coquettishly after hearing what Lin Heng said.
"Haha, wait until later, I will take you there when I have the opportunity."
Lin Heng laughed, that place was too far away, and it would take a day to walk through the mountains.
"Why not now, dad." Xiaoxia pouted.
"Because Xiaoxia is too young and can't walk. She can walk when she grows up." Xiulan answered this question for Lin Heng.
"Okay then, I want to eat well and grow up quickly." Xiaoxia sighed as she lay on her mother's knees, wanting to grow up quickly.
Xiulan turned to look at Lin Heng: "Are we going to cook and drink later? If so, I'll prepare the chopping."
"No, I'm too tired today. Let's have a barbecue tomorrow afternoon to celebrate. "
Lin Heng shook his head, took Xiulan's hand and smiled, "Just sit here, let's eat melon seeds and chat, and wait for dad and brother to come over."
Xiulan. Now he is wearing a casual plaid shirt on his upper body, and a white skirt with gauze texture on his lower body, revealing half of his pale calf.
Her hair was habitually tied into a single ponytail from her right shoulder to her chest. Her whole person looked fresh and elegant, like a lotus stained with water drops after the rain.
She was not used to wearing skirts at first, but now that the weather is hot, she likes to change into skirts as soon as she gets home, and gradually she likes them.
If Lin Heng is at home, she will also put on a short skirt or cheongsam, because he likes to watch. Lin Heng pulled her hand over and touched it, feeling much better. If Caiyun Xiaoxia hadn't been there, he would have really wanted to pull her over and sit on his lap and hug her.
"Okay." Xiulan nodded and sat down against the sofa.
Lin Heng talked about his hunting in the mountains, and Xiulan and Caiyun talked about what they had seen in the village.
In the past two days, his village formed a hunting team to hunt wild boars. They ran for several days and killed one weighing more than 150 pounds.
In addition, the main black goat ewe in his family's pen was about to give birth. After hearing Caiyun say that, Lin Heng realized that Xiulan was still angry because of it.
The thing is like this, Xiulan went to help Lin’s mother and felt that she should feed the female black goat something good, because Lin Heng taught her to feed it this way before, and pregnant animals should be taken good care of.
Mother Lin felt that she was wasting money, and thought that feeding her fodder was enough. She felt that she should not give random instructions if she did not herd sheep. By the way, she also said that she was wasting a lot at home, and asked her to be frugal and not spend money indiscriminately.
Xiulan is not the kind of person with a fiery personality. She came back angrily, but she is definitely not in a good mood. She is still a little angry now.
"My fault, I came back late."
After hearing Caiyun say this, Lin Heng grabbed Xiulan's hand and smiled, "Hit me, hard. Beat her son to vent your anger. I will apologize to you on her behalf and tell her tomorrow to let her know her mistake and never make it again."
Lin Heng understood the problem as soon as he heard it. Mom’s old habit has returned, and there is something wrong with the concepts of the two generations.
His parents' generation was born during the founding of the People's Republic of China. They experienced the great famine era when there was nothing to eat. They had to chew tree bark and eat Guanyin soil. They were careful about everything, including all the oil in the pot. The kind that you dip the steamed buns into.
Although it was difficult for him and Xiulan when they were young, they still had black flour steamed buns and corn flour steamed buns to eat, so they didn't have to chew tree bark and eat Guanyin soil.
So she has different views on many things, especially Xiulan who was also influenced by Lin Heng. She read a lot, understood many scientific principles, and knew that some provinces should be avoided and some should not.
Now that Lin Heng, Lin's father and others have left, Lin's mother naturally wants to preach and let Xiulan live her life according to her way, and conflicts arise.
Although this kind of thing can be avoided by living apart, it cannot be completely avoided. What Lin Heng has to do is to say who is wrong, not to be biased. The palms and backs of his hands are full of flesh. He must be reasonable and tactful at the same time.
Xiulan was amused by Lin Heng's funny actions, patted him and said: "It's not as serious as Caiyun said, I've stopped being angry a long time ago."
"Don't worry, I support you on this matter. You are right. Those who are too frugal are wrong." Lin Heng patted Xiulan's hand and said.
Xiulan nodded, looked at Lin Heng and said: "I understand, don't talk about mom, she didn't mean it, it's just a matter of habit."
Lin Heng Station On her side, it was enough for her to admit that she had done nothing wrong, and she didn't want Lin Heng to feel uncomfortable at both ends.
“It’s just because the habit is bad that I have to change it.” Lin Heng said.
Caiyun also nodded and said: "Yes, Mom just wants to talk more. She is always too frugal if I don't reason with her. I don't dare to say it. I can only rely on you, second brother."
Now Lin Heng has the biggest say in the family, and his mother can listen.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Lin Heng nodded. He had already thought about how to talk about his mother, and it wasn't a false promise or mudslinging.
"Okay, okay, let's talk about something else. This matter is in the past." Xiulan didn't want to discuss it anymore. With Lin Heng understanding of her grievances, she didn't want to pursue anything further.
After a few people chatted for a while, his elder brother came over. Lin Heng and his elder brother made a stand and started skinning the roe deer.
Half the skin was peeled off. Father Lin also came over. He looked at the skinned roe deer and said with a smile, "This guy really has no fat at all."
"It's just that the smell of male roe deer is a bit strong." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Roe deer meat is red and lean after the skin is cut off, and only a little bit of fat can be seen here and there.
While helping, Father Lin said: "It's okay, there are ways to deal with the fishy smell."
"Yes, if you don't stew it, the fishy smell will be gone. People only Who is afraid of the fishy smell if there is no meat to eat?" Lin Yue said with a smile.
"I am Ha." Lin Heng smiled and continued what he was doing.
I just weighed it and found that the hair of this roe deer weighs forty-five kilograms. If the skin is removed, it is estimated to be forty kilograms.
The skin of the roe deer was stretched and dried as usual. Lin Heng took out the internal organs and chopped off the head. The pure meat was only twenty-eight pounds.
"Brother, take this meat back and eat it."
Lin Heng cut off his front leg for a day and gave it to his elder brother, about ten pounds of it.
Although he caught the roe deer with his pincers and killed it, the meat will definitely be divided and he will definitely not eat it alone.
Moreover, the joy of being alone is not as good as the joy of everyone. Even if his elder brother kills the prey himself, he will share it with him.
The harvest from mountaineering is distributed according to work, and everyone is based on his ability. The meat is given as a bond of family ties. The concepts of the two are different.
"This is too much, give me less." Lin Yue shook his head.
"Just take it back and eat it. There are so many people in your family, let's not refuse." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Okay, thank you, brother." Lin Yue laughed and said, "I'll take it back and cut some off, and wrap the rest in film paper for you to freeze."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.
After sharing it with his elder brother, Lin Heng looked at his father and smiled: "Dad, should I give you a leg, or should I cut off some meat and take it back to eat with my mother?"
"Just cut a little and I'll take it back, and freeze the rest. I'll come over and get it if I want to eat it." Father Lin said with a smile.
After dividing the meat, Lin Heng cut it all into small pieces of more than a pound and froze it, so that it is easy to take when he wants to eat.
Father Lin helped clean the intestines, soak them in baking soda in a basin, and wash them again tomorrow morning to make braised pork.
After everything was done, it was already eleven o'clock, and everyone had no intention of drinking today. We agreed to have a barbecue tomorrow afternoon, and barbecue mutton and roe deer meat at the same time.
Today is already the 23rd, and Caiyun will go to school soon, so it’s a good time to celebrate her.
Waiting for his father and the others to leave, Caiyun smiled and said: "Second brother is back, so I can only sleep on the sofa, and can't hold my sister-in-law to sleep."
"Of course, your sister-in-law is Mine." Lin Heng laughed and said, "You can go back to the old house, or I can make a bed on the floor for you."
"I'll sleep on the sofa, which is more comfortable than the bed." Caiyun smiled and said, she didn't sleep in in the morning anyway, the sofa was very comfortable.
"That's okay, let's go and have a rest." Lin Heng nodded and took his two sons back to the bedroom.
He was very excited after not telling a story to his daughter for a long time. Unfortunately, Xiaoxia was too sleepy. He told her a short story about Journey to the West and she fell asleep.
"Daughter-in-law, you have worked really hard."
Lin Heng went to bed, held Xiulan in his arms and comforted her again, with his forehead against his forehead.
It has been a long time since he held Xiulan and he missed it so much. It was so fragrant and soft, and even the feeling of the hair making his face itchy was very unique.
"Okay, go to sleep now. This matter is over. It's hard work for you to go up the mountain." Xiulan patted his face and said, spitting out her anger on his face.
"No, let me serve my wife well and express my apology."
Lin Heng hugged her waist hard and pushed her whole body into his arms.
"No... um..."
Before Xiulan could finish her words, she unconsciously hugged Lin Heng's neck and fell into a deep expression of love and longing.
(End of this chapter)