It was noon on August 21st. Lin Heng finished handling matters at the factory and drove to the village.
There was also a beautiful girl in a white dress sitting in the co-pilot. She had a schoolbag slung across her body and exuded a bookish air.
She was staying in the city during the summer vacation this year. Lin Heng enrolled her in an English cram school and asked her to brush up on her English.
She has strong logical thinking ability and is very good in science, but she is very lacking in English.
This is not her fault, because there are no resources for learning English in the mountains.
Lin Heng said nothing. He looked at the road ahead and drove the car mechanically, his head empty and a little dazed.
Looking at the scenery that kept sweeping backwards, he suddenly felt an inexplicable loneliness.
In recent days, two more old people in the village who he was familiar with when he was a child have passed away.
It made him feel a little emotional. As they grew up, their childhood playmates went their separate ways. Even the eldest brother and sister had their own things to do and couldn't get together.
And each of them also has some other considerations, so they can't play as happily as they did when they were children.
My parents are getting older, many familiar grandparents are gradually dying, and I seem to be alone.
If at this time you marry someone who cannot understand you and loves you, who suppresses you at every turn, calls you useless, compares you with others, and never understands you, then your life will be even worse and you will have no nostalgia for the world.
Lin Heng has lived a lifetime and has seen too many people and things, but he still feels lonely when he is young again.
"I really want to buy sweet-scented osmanthus and drink wine, but it's not like a teenager's trip." Lin Heng suddenly sighed with emotion.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Caiyun turned to look at him curiously.
Lin Heng smiled slightly and said: "Caiyun, do you still remember what happened when we were children? I can't remember clearly."
Even though my memory is very good now, it seems that my childhood memories are no longer clear, like seeing flowers in the fog.
"I can't remember the rest. I just remember that the three of us herded cattle together and dug turmeric and yams in the mountains. When we were young, we were so poor that we didn't even have enough food to eat, but we still had to work."
"I remember you and your eldest brother shot a thrush together and the three of us roasted it and ate it. The eldest brother gave us the best bird legs, and he ate some of the wings and neck."
"I still remember that the three of us went to catch fish and crabs together. Our clothes got wet when we came home and my mother beat us up. Then she fried the fish and crabs for us."
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"I still remember that the three of us cut down trees and built a wooden house on the mountain, but the dead old man tore it down and took it back to set fire to. The eldest brother was so angry that he beat his sheep."
"There are many, many, many. I remember them all. You, the eldest brother and the second brother, are the best. When you say this, I also miss those days. Although they were poor, they were carefree."
"Haha, when you said that, I remembered it again." Lin Heng laughed, and those vague memories became clear again.
That is the bond that the three brothers and sisters have established since childhood. Although other things may happen when they grow up, these are unbreakable.
Caiyun sighed and said: "Speaking of this, I just want to go home and my mother will definitely nag me again. She always thinks that I don't understand anything and has to teach me everything. She is obviously very annoyed. After not seeing me for a semester, she will Miss you very much.”
Lin Heng sighed and said: "Yes, my parents are very verbose and don't understand many things. Fortunately, they listen to me more now."
When it comes to his parents, he can think of a lot of shortcomings. He used to be very angry at their ignorance. For a while, he even wanted to ignore them and run away.
But he can also be sure that they really love him, and he will leave good food and drink to them.
Later, he gradually understood that it was not his parents' fault for their ignorance, verbosity, and shortcomings. They were just people who had only attended elementary school for two years.
All he could do were things within their cognition. Although he did some things within his cognition that made him very angry, he didn't blame them.
If they could go to school more, it certainly wouldn't be like that.
As farmers, they have worked hard enough to grow crops on this rotten mountain with half a meter of rocky soil to feed the three of them. They have dedicated more than half their lives. This is the limit of what they can do.
For the rest, it's his turn to come and let them enjoy themselves.
Caiyun smiled and said: "Second brother, our Lin family is grateful to have you. Your contribution to our Lin family can fill a single page of the family tree. My parents don't listen to you."
"I don't have so many ideas. I just want people who are good to us to live happily." Lin Heng smiled.
The two started chatting, and the conversation continued until Lin Heng stopped the car at Hongfeng Mountain.
"Mom and Dad, I'm back, I miss you so much!"
Caiyun got out of the car, ran over to her parents who were approaching, and held their hands.
"Oh, my daughter has become beautiful again. She looks like the eldest lady from a scholarly family in the past. She will definitely become the first college student in our Lin family." Father Lin held Caiyun's hand and smiled.
"Caiyun, you haven't been bullied in the city, have you? Mom seems to have lost a little weight, and you gained weight before the Chinese New Year." Mother Lin looked at her daughter up and down.
Of course she saw Caiyun's changes, but she was more concerned about Caiyun's safety.
"No, I ate so much during the Chinese New Year that I gained weight, and now I've just lost weight." Caiyun smiled and shook her head, feeling happy and relieved to see her parents.
"When you walk into the house, dad will cut the watermelon and wash the grapes for you to eat. This season, we have more vegetables and fruits than we can finish." Father Lin said with a smile.
Lin Heng had no one to take care of him at the back, so Caiyun was pulled into the house and brought a bunch of food.
Lin Heng smiled and carried the things into the house, while Caiyun got gifts for her parents. She didn't have much money, but she took the time to knit gloves and scarves with cents on Sunday.
This kind of thing makes parents even happier. Mother Lin looked at Lin Heng and said: "Son, you come over for dinner in the afternoon, and I will cook for you."
"Okay, do you want me to get you something?" Lin Heng asked.
"Get some mutton, I have pork here." Mother Lin said.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.
After he finished speaking, he walked home without carrying anything in his hand.
The funeral in the village has ended, and two new graves can be seen on the hillside from a distance.
Lin Heng came to the door of the yard and found that the door inside was open. When he walked in, he found that Qinglan from the village was chatting with Xiulan, and the children were playing with the dog in the yard.
"Dad!"
Xiaoxia ran over and let Lin Heng hug her, followed by Lu Ming and Du Heng.
He picked up the three children one by one and spun them around before walking into the house.
"Lin Heng is back." Qinglan greeted with a smile.
"I just came back. Do you need help with anything?" Lin Heng asked curiously.
"It's nothing, I just came to talk to Xiulan and asked her to pick up fungi together another day." Qinglan said with a smile.
Then she said a few more words and left in a hurry.
Lin Heng gave this person a strange look and said to Xiaoxia: "Xiaoxia, go and close the door."
"Okay." Xiaoxia nodded and ran to close the door.
"She came to ask me to play cards, saying there weren't enough people, but I didn't agree, so she just stayed here to talk about things she had and didn't have." Xiulan explained.
She doesn't touch those things, that is, she plays a few games with her parents during the Chinese New Year.
"That's it. No wonder he left when he saw me." Lin Heng nodded and said, "Caiyun is back. Mom asked me to go to Hongfeng Mountain for dinner at night."
"Then let's go. We don't have to cook anymore, and I haven't seen Caiyun for a long time." Xiulan said.
Lin Heng nodded: "We'll be there later."
As he spoke, he stood up and poured a cup of tea, then took a few grapes and ate them. He likes to eat these Kyoho grapes, they have a very good taste and sweetness, so it’s no wonder they sell for a very good price.
"What's wrong with you? Are you worried?" Xiulan asked as she sat next to him.
"No." Lin Heng shook his head.
"No shit, come and tell me." Xiulan pinched his face and asked playfully.
Lin Heng shook his head and said that he just wanted to drink tea. Xiulan looked at him, spread her hands and said, "Well, call me if you need me."
After saying that, she stepped aside and stopped the child so as not to disturb Lin Heng.
Lin Heng drank a pot of tea silently, looked in her direction, and she answered with a smile: "Do you need me to pour you tea, husband?"
She was not angry because Lin Heng ignored her, and her attitude was still very cordial.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.
Xiulan immediately stood up and refilled his water, then went to do her own thing nearby. She could feel that Lin Heng simply wanted to drink tea by himself.
Lin Heng drank tea and ran to the backyard to watch the fish. After a while, his daughter ran over. Keep talking to him and trying to play with him, which made the loneliness in his heart suddenly dissipate.
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"Are you leaving? I've already taken the mutton. It's too late for mom to make it." Xiulan walked to the pavilion and asked.
Lin Heng looked at her and opened her hands and said: "Wife, let me hug you."
Xiulan tilted her head and looked at him, then walked over and hugged him: "You're fine now, husband."
Lin Heng felt Xiulan's warm and soft body and smiled: "It's great to have a wife like you."
"Then let's go quickly. Let people see that it's time to laugh at us. Let's hug each other in broad daylight." Xiulan raised her head and trimmed his hair and said with a smile.
"What's that?" Lin Heng didn't care.
"I want a hug too." Xiaoxia said anxiously next to her.
"Let's go." Lin Heng hugged Xiaoxia and put her down, and the family took Xiongba to Hongfeng Mountain.
On the way, Xiulan asked Lin Heng why. After knowing it, she didn't know what to say. She felt that the best response was to hug him and wrap him with tenderness.
"No matter what happens, I will depend on you for the rest of my life. You have to take me with you no matter what you do." Xiulan finally said this.
"And me!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
When they arrived at Hongfeng Mountain, Xiulan went to reminisce and talk to Caiyun while Lin Heng walked around.
Dinner was ready at seven o'clock. Lin Heng drank a bowl of his mother's new glutinous rice wine and some beer today.
At night, Xiaoxia was left to sleep with her by Caiyun. Xiaoxia was very close to her aunt and was very willing to do so.
Lin Heng took Lu Ming and Du Heng back home. After washing up and going to bed, the two of them started to feel sleepy, and half a story put them to sleep.
Children are like this. They have unlimited energy during the day and fall asleep at night.
Lin Heng covered the child with a quilt, drank a cup of tea and went to bed.
Xiulan came over and hugged him, looking at him with a pair of big misty eyes, and gradually crawled onto his chest.
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In the early morning, Xiulan hugged Lin Heng's neck with a rosy face and asked softly: "Hubby, are you not lonely now?"
"How can you be lonely?" Lin Heng hugged her and smiled.
He discovered that women are indeed the cure for loneliness, especially a good woman like Xiulan.
"Then don't abandon me." Xiulan hugged him and said.
She was actually a little afraid that Lin Heng would get richer and richer. As he got more money, various women would come to him. There would definitely be someone who was prettier than her and better than her in every aspect.
She believed in Lin Heng, but she also understood that if a woman deliberately seduced, it would be too difficult for a man to guard against her.
Not only did she actively exercise and maintain herself, she also gave Lin Heng something that other women did not have, using her own quality and gentleness.
She became more proactive because she wanted to feed him so that even if someone seduced Lin Heng, he would not be easily controlled and could stay awake.
She thought about it and hugged Lin Heng tightly. She didn't doubt him, she believed him.
Early the next morning, after exercising and making breakfast, Caiyun brought Xiaoxia over.
Xiulan gave Caiyun her newly researched milk tea, and received even more enthusiastic praise than Lin Heng.
"Caiyun, your brother still says it's just so-so." Xiulan complained to Caiyun.
"My second brother is just chewing peonies and doesn't know how to appreciate them." Caiyun said with a smile.
"That's right." Xiulan said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, I am a peony chewer." Lin Heng nodded and admitted his mistake. He was indeed not very interested in this.
But Xiulan looked particularly good-looking in a black dress today.
"Honey, since Caiyun is back, let's have another barbecue sometime." Xiulan said.
"Lin Hai and Tian Yan will come back in two days. Let's get a big one." Lin Heng said.
"That just happens to be the case. I haven't seen Tian Yan for a long time. Isn't she pregnant yet?" Xiulan asked.
"It doesn't seem like there is. You can ask when the time comes." Lin Heng said.
It hasn't rained in the past few days, and the weather is extremely hot. Caiyun plays at Lin Heng's house. In addition to reading, he plays with Xiaoxia Luming and others, and also teaches them how to read and recite poems.
Tian Yan and Lin Hai ran back on the 23rd, and Tian Yan came to find Xiulan and Caiyun that day.
On the afternoon of the 25th, they had a barbecue. All the original mutton was finished. This sheep was killed by Lin Heng in the morning.
His sheep have basically finished giving birth. 104 sheep have given birth to 210 lambs. Basically every sheep has given birth to two, and two have given birth to three lambs.
However, only 203 lambs survive now, and together with the original 154 sheep, the total number of sheep reaches 357.
With delicious barbecue and music, everyone had a fun afternoon.
During this period, everyone talked about many things, played many interesting games, and was very happy.
After it was over, everyone helped clean up and no one left.
"Honey, I will take you and we go fishing tomorrow. Let Caiyun take care of the children."
Lin Heng said while resting at night.
"Okay, I haven't fished a few times this year. Where are you going to fish?" Xiulan asked curiously while holding Lin Heng.
(End of chapter)