Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"Let's go harvest grapes."

After finishing breakfast, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and the children and said.

"Okay, I'm going to the vineyard to eat a lot." Xiaoxia cheered with a small basket.

"Eat grapes!"

Luming and Du Heng cheered in unison.

"No, grapes in the vineyard can't be eaten casually, they are used to sell for money." Xiulan shook her finger and said.

The two children wilted immediately, and when Lin Heng got the things, he took the family to the vineyard.

There were already many people in the vineyard, and they were already busy.

The women helped pick grapes, and the men carried the grapes on the road with baskets.

When Lin's father saw Lin Heng coming, he said, "Son, go drive quickly."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and agreed immediately, put down the things and looked at the situation in the orchard, and then drove to Hongfeng Mountain.

After driving the car to the road, Lin Heng unloaded the plastic boxes on the car, asked the people who came to help to pick them, and then put them in plastic baskets before loading them into the car.

Unlike last year when he used straw directly, Lin Heng changed to plastic baskets this year, which are less likely to spoil and the grapes can be sold at a higher price.

Kyoho is a very good new grape variety in this era and is relatively expensive. Next year, Lin Heng plans to order special cartons to pack it.

Basically, his car is full in one morning, and one car is generally more than 2,000 kilograms, which is one acre of grapes.

His grapes are all raised with cow and sheep manure, and only some swelling agents are used, and the color and grains of the whole grapes look very beautiful.

The function of the swelling agent is to allow the grapes to concentrate part of the nutrients originally used to grow branches on the grapes to grow, so the grapes grown by modern agriculture are so big.

After picking enough for a car, Lin Heng transported it back and temporarily stored it in the warehouse.

Four cars were picked in one day, which is more than 8,000 kilograms of grapes, and four acres of land were harvested.

In the afternoon, Lin's father paid the wages. Now the wages for physical work have increased. Men have to pay two yuan a day, and women have to pay one yuan and fifty cents a day.

Father Lin paid, while Lin Heng and Xiulan were washing their faces. After washing, Lin Heng smiled and said, "How was your day? Were you tired enough?"

"You think I can't work because I haven't worked for a long time? Actually, it's OK. It's much easier than digging in the past, and I earn more money, so I don't feel tired." Xiulan said with her head tilted after wiping her face.

"It's better than before. If it was before, I wouldn't want to help." Lin Heng nodded.

"But you should have a good rest. I'll cook for you later, and you can look after the children." Lin Heng said again.

Just as Xiulan was about to speak, Lin's mother came over and looked at Lin Heng and asked, "Son, did you weigh how many kilograms of grapes you picked today?"

"I weighed a cart, which is more than 2,200 kilograms. Excluding the frames, it's estimated to be 2,100 kilograms." Lin Heng nodded.

"That's not bad, about the same as what your father and I estimated." Lin's mother said with a smile.

"With the two or three hundred kilograms of rotten ones, our grape production can reach two thousand five or six." Lin's father came over and said that he had already paid the helpers.

They didn't let the rotten grapes be thrown away, and they all took them back to feed the pigs. The pigs smacked their lips happily after a bucket of grapes was poured.

"Got it, after all, so much fertilizer was applied." Lin Heng nodded.

"And this year's grapes will definitely be more expensive than last year. I estimate that they can be sold for at least 35 cents." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"That's better than last year." Lin's father said happily.

"I'll go down to do this tomorrow. At least the company that collects grapes over there has contacted me." Lin Heng nodded.

After that, he ran to cook, without letting his mother or Xiulan do it.

He cooked five dishes for dinner, but they were all served in pots. There were both meat and vegetables, which were very delicious.

"Son, your cooking skills are pretty good." Lin's father praised.

"Yes, you are also good at cooking." Lin's mother also nodded.

"Of course, I learned it from Xiulan." Lin Heng nodded.

"I don't think I'm as good as you." Xiulan blinked.

"I also think my father's cooking is delicious." Xiaoxia said while holding the bacon.

"You are deliberately setting me up to cook every day, right?" Lin Heng snorted, seeing their bad intentions at a glance.

"I didn't, I'm telling the truth." Xiulan blinked.

"Okay, thank you for your compliments." Lin Heng said with a chuckle.

After dinner, Lin Heng and Xiulan took the children home.

The next morning, Lin Heng pulled a truck of grapes to the city. He looked for private middlemen and asked the state-owned acquisition company.

In the end, he chose the state-owned company. They divided the grapes according to quality. The first grade was given 36 cents, the second grade was given 35 cents, the third grade was given 30 cents, and those above the third grade were not accepted.

After Lin Heng's truckload of grapes was sorted, the first batch weighed more than 800 kilograms, the second batch weighed 1,000 kilograms, and the third batch weighed 300 kilograms, which are all approximate.

It can be sold for 720 yuan, while the second-hand dealers charge him 3.5 yuan and he can only make 700 yuan.

The quality of his grapes this year is very good, and it will definitely be better if they are sold according to the classification and sorting.

Then Lin Heng also pulled the other three trucks over, and finally after sorting, his more than 8,000 kilograms of grapes sold for nearly 2,850 yuan in total.

But the money has not been paid yet, and the second batch will be sold together.

After hearing the price, Lin's father and mother decided to sell all the grapes, saying that the price was very good, and if he wanted to drive to other villages to sell goods, he could choose to sell apples in the future.

Lin Heng could only nod helplessly, and finally sold all the grapes.

After the grapes were sold and the money was settled, it was already August 16.

It started to drizzle that day, and gradually tended to spread to heavy rain.

Lin Heng parked the car, ran into the house quickly, and handed a passbook to his father: "Dad, this is the money from selling grapes, a total of 5,700 yuan."

This passbook was issued with Lin's mother's ID card.

"Why are you giving it all to me? You are raising pigs and opening a factory this year, so take it and use it." Lin's father shook his head.

"Yes, take it and use it yourself. We have money to use. You can't use up what you gave us before." Lin's mother also said.

"Besides, money is becoming less and less valuable now, and we won't change it if we take it, so you should take it yourself." Lin's mother added.

"Don't worry about me raising pigs and opening a factory. I have enough money." Lin Heng said.

He originally thought it was not enough. After all, he spent more than 35,000 yuan in the first half of the year, and his total cash was only 65,000 yuan, which was more than half of it.

However, the feed channel was expanded quickly in the second half of the year, and he made a lot of money. Not only did he not lose money anymore, but he started to make money.

So he didn't need his parents to help him, and he naturally wanted to give the money to his parents.

"Then you take it too, and build a small western-style house for us in the future. You can make money with money, and we can sleep with it in our hands." Lin's father waved his hand and said.

In the end, Lin Heng had to accept it. His parents were like this. They worked hard for a year and gave all the money they earned to him.

"Then you can help take the things I bought for you. You can't refuse this." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He had guessed this situation a long time ago, so he also prepared gifts.

He bought them clothes and shoes, and bought a washing machine for Lin's mother, and a tape player for his father so that he could play songs.

"Buy every year. If this goes on, our things will be piled up in the house and there will be no room." Lin's mother said speechlessly.

"Buy it, buy it, as long as you are happy." Father Lin looked at the rectangular tape recorder happily. He was quite interested in it.

After putting the things away, Lin Heng disassembled the tape recorder and taught his father how to use it. This one also has an antenna, so it can also be used as a radio.

"Hey, son, don't say this is pretty good. It's exciting to play a song while working." Father Lin said as he listened to the classic song "Sweet Honey" played by the tape recorder.

"It's good if you like it. I'll buy you what kind of tape you like to listen to later." Lin Heng smiled.

For the time being, he only taught his father how to play tapes. He would teach him how to use the radio when he was proficient. He was afraid that he would not be able to learn too much at one time.

After teaching his father to learn the radio, Lin Heng disassembled the washing machine and tried it, and told his mother how to use it.

Although it is a semi-automatic washing machine, it can also reduce a lot of housework burdens.

Both parents are hard-mouthed people. They want to save money in their bones. This is not their fault. Chinese people are like this in their bones. If they don't save money, it will be difficult to deal with any accidents.

The mother was also visibly happy to use the washing machine. She touched Lin Heng's shoulder and smiled, "I didn't expect that the things that I didn't have when I got married, now you have made up for me."

What she is most proud of now is her three children, especially Lin Heng, who is so promising.

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"Of course, there will be better ones in the future, both small western-style buildings and large villas, you two old people just wait to enjoy the happiness." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"We are waiting!" Lin's father laughed.

Lin Heng chatted with them for a while, but did not eat here, but said that he would have a barbecue when the weather was clear.

Lin's father told him that the sheep were giving birth in large numbers recently, and asked him if he wanted to go and see.

He waved his hand and didn't go, not because he didn't want to see, but because he had just come back from outside and was afraid of bringing some virus.

"But we have to separate the lambs earlier this year so that the ewes can estrus in December, and it would be best to give birth in May next year." Lin Heng said.

"I will do it. It should be successful this year." Father Lin nodded.

After saying that, Lin Heng hurriedly took the things and walked to the village while it was not raining outside.

It seemed that the rain would only stop for a short while, and it would probably continue to rain.

"Wife, I'm back!" Lin Heng pushed open the door and walked into the house with a smile.

The children quickly walked over to greet him through the corridor, calling Dad.

"Don't squeeze, let's go back to the house and I'll get you something delicious." Lin Heng looked at the children and said.

"Okay, okay!"

"I want candy!"

"I want shrimp crackers!"

The children surrounded Lin Heng and entered the house, and Xiulan came over to take things from her.

"Come, I'll get it for you." Lin Heng first gave each person a bag of shrimp crackers and a candy.

He was able to sit down after the children came over.

"Is this a tape recorder?" Xiulan said, looking at the rectangular box.

"Yes, it also has a radio function. I bought two, gave one to Dad and brought one back. I'll teach you how to use it later, and you can listen to songs when you have nothing to do." Lin Heng nodded and said.

I don't want to buy a TV, but I can buy a radio. I can't have no entertainment at all.

When the children grow up and get used to it, he will buy a color TV.

"Okay." Xiulan was quite interested in this.

Then Lin Heng took out other things, mainly some food for the children, and two small toys. He bought Xiulan a pair of earrings and a white shirt.

The rest are daily necessities, which he buys every time he comes back.

He plans to take them to the city to buy clothes in a few days.

After packing up, Lin Heng taught Xiulan how to play the tape recorder. She learned it right away and it was not difficult at all.

The children were also very curious, but they were not allowed to touch it, so they put it on the high cabinet.

Listening to the song, Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said, "You haven't eaten yet, I'll make it for you."

"I have eaten, I'll finish my meal in a while." Lin Heng said, it was already afternoon, not far from the evening.

"Then I'll heat up milk tea for you, it's delicious with special ingredients, I haven't finished the one I made at noon." Xiulan said again.

"I don't want to drink it." Lin Heng shook his head.

"No, you try it, it's delicious." Xiulan got up and went to heat it up directly.

After a while, she heated up the milk tea and brought it to Lin Heng.

Lin Heng had no choice but to drink two sips, revealing a trace of curiosity: "It tastes like cherry jam, and it seems to have autumn pear paste."

"How is it, is it delicious?" Xiulan asked expectantly.

"It's really good." Lin Heng smiled.

"I'm still researching new things recently, otherwise it's too boring to drink pure milk every day." Xiulan said with her arm around his shoulders.

"Then you can try making cakes or something." Lin Heng said.

"I have done it before, but I don't want to do it every day. It's too tiring to beat eggs with my bare hands." Xiulan pursed her lips and said.

The two chatted intermittently, and the rain outside suddenly got heavier, and gradually there was only the sound of rain between heaven and earth.

Looking up, everything was hazy, and this weather made people unable to help dozing off.

After dinner, they went to bed early, and played some music before going to bed. Lin Heng told stories to the children in the music to help them sleep.

And he himself, in the sound of the rain, leaned against Xiulan, fighting against the loneliness that people are born with.

What was unexpected was that the rain didn't stop the next day. Lin Heng listened to music at home, burned charcoal and grilled lamb on the iron plate, and drank the milk tea made by Xiulan. He spent a day in a leisurely way.

The rain stopped early on the third day. After the sun dried some of the moisture, they went to the mountain to pick mushrooms in the afternoon.

There are many tea tree mushrooms in August, but fewer chanterelles, but there will be egg mushrooms.

Lin Heng picked a large bag of tea tree mushrooms. They like to eat this mushroom very much now. It is very fragrant when dried and stir-fried.

Xiulan picked egg mushrooms and chanterelles, as well as some small beef livers.

Lin's mother also got tea tree mushrooms, about 30 kilograms.

Although the mushrooms are not good mushrooms, the joy of picking things is real.

In the evening, they cooked a table of dishes and drank wine, and got some cicada monkeys and scorpions to eat.

Then they stayed at home for a few days, and Lin Heng and Xiulan took the children to Hongfeng Mountain to live for two days, and went fishing again.

When going to Heihe, Lin Heng only brought Xiulan and Xiaoxia. They found a river bend and did not have a picnic, but simply went fishing.

Because of the air force, Lin Heng and Xiulan took the children to play around. When they went fishing in the afternoon, they actually caught two mandarin fish weighing more than two kilograms.

As time gradually approached, it was already September.