Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

"I discovered it. I was just lucky." Lin Ze said modestly.

As Lin Ze spoke, he came out of the kitchen and put the sweet potatoes cut into strips into Lin Sisi's hands.

"Big Pigeon is so great and so sweet!" Lin Sisi's big eyes were shining, and she held the sweet potato with her little hands and chewed it slowly.

"Brother, you are partial to me. What about mine?" Lin Hao said dissatisfiedly.

"You are nine years old, go to the kitchen and get it yourself."

After Lin Ze finished speaking, he took a piece of sweet potato for each of his parents and uncle.

The sweet potatoes produced from the black soil of Space are soft, sweet and fragrant when cooked, and sweet and crispy when uncooked, and can be eaten as fruit.

Lin Hao finally ran into the kitchen, took a piece of sweet potato, chewed it in big mouthfuls, and asked curiously.

"Brother, are these sweet potatoes grown by grandpa and grandma?"

"Of course not." Lin Ze said speechlessly, "Didn't my uncle just say that these are all wild?"

Lin Musheng finished eating a piece of sweet potato and said to Lin Zhengguo with a smile, "Brother, I will go back to the village first. You and sister-in-law can go to the village to visit the old man when you have time."

"Our father has always been thinking about you."

"Ah."

Lin Zhengguo hummed lightly without commenting, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Lin Musheng was somewhat helpless. When Lin Zhengguo was seven years old, his biological mother accidentally fell into the water and died. Lin Changgui married Liu Ying that year and gave birth to his youngest son Lin Musheng the following year.

Lin Musheng has always been his big brother's little tail since he was a child. As he grew up, he realized that they did not have the same mother...

Because of this, Lin Zhengguo rarely returns to the village.

Lin Musheng didn't say anything more. He walked out of the courtyard, drove the ox cart away without looking back.

"Why are you doing this?"

Li Xiuzhen said, "At least he helped Xiaoze, so he is kind and righteous."

Lin Zhengguo took out a half pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Lin Ze. "Go catch up with your uncle and tell him that I asked you to give it to him. He can smoke it himself or bring it to your grandfather."

Lin Ze nodded, took the cigarette and went to chase after Lin Musheng.

Fortunately, the ox cart was not fast, and Lin Ze quickly caught up with Lin Musheng.

Lin Ze explained his purpose, and Lin Musheng took the half pack of cigarettes without hesitation. The old men in the village were still smoking tree leaves, and that thing would burn up quickly after it was lit.

"Lin Ze, thank your father for me." Lin Musheng said with a smile.

Lin Ze nodded, then shook his head, "My dad is usually busy with work, so I can go to the village to replace him."

"Okay, you have to keep your word and come into the village to play when you have nothing to do."

After Lin Musheng finished speaking, he drove away on his ox cart without looking back, and before leaving, he said, "If I don't see you again in ten days or half a month, I will drive my ox cart to pick you up."

Lin Ze was slightly moved after hearing this. He could see that his uncle Lin Musheng really liked him.

But the uncle obviously underestimated the temptation of the mountains to Lin Ze. How could he wait for ten days or half a month to return to the village?

Whenever he had the chance, Lin Ze wanted to go hunting in the mountains.

This time when he returned to Linjia Village, he failed to hunt a wild boar, which always remained a thorn in Lin Ze's heart.

Seeing Lin Musheng walking out of Nanluoguxiang and disappearing after turning a corner, Lin Ze turned around and walked towards home.

On the way, he had an idea and turned into the alley. When he came out, he was holding two pheasants in his hands.

Lin Ze carried the pheasant and walked to the nearest supply and marketing cooperative, "Are you buying pheasants?"

There was an older lady standing in the grocery supply and marketing cooperative. Lin Ze knew her. Her surname was Zhang.

"Lin Ze? I haven't seen you for a few days. Where have you been? You are so tanned."

Usually, Lin Ze was often called over by Li Xiuzhen to join in the fun, so of course Sister Zhang knew him.

"I went to the countryside and caught two pheasants on the mountain near my grandfather's side."

"Hey, why are these two pheasants so fat?"

Sister Zhang walked out from behind the counter quickly, took a pheasant from Lin Ze's hand, weighed it and said, "There must be a lot of food on your grandfather's mountain to raise these two pheasants so fat, almost as fat as domestic chickens."

"Haha, Sister Zhang, will you accept it?" Lin Ze didn't want to continue chatting with her, so he said directly, "If not, I'll leave first."

"Collect, collect, collect, why not collect!"

Zhang Ting was anxious, "Lin family boy, don't leave in a hurry."

"I can't collect these two chickens for the supply and marketing cooperative. I have to collect them for myself."

"Yes." Lin Ze looked at Zhang Ting and said, "According to the price of old hens, 5 cents per pound, two chickens total 8 pounds, 6 yuan."

"Row!"

This time Zhang Ting was very happy. She took out 3 yuan from her pocket and handed it to Lin Ze.

After Lin Ze received the money, he bought two kilograms of vegetables from the supply and marketing cooperative at 5 cents per kilogram.

In addition to vegetables, Lin Ze also bought a bag of candies for 3 yuan, a bag of red and blue peonies for 4 yuan, and a bottle of Fenjiu for 9 yuan.

It was exactly 3 yuan, and the remaining 3 cents was casually put into Lin Ze's trouser pocket, which was actually thrown into the space.

When Lin Ze returned home with vegetables, Fenjiu and sugar cubes, Yan Bugui was guarding the door.

"Hey Lin Ze, why are you buying all these old things? Do you know how to live, kid..."

Lin Ze looked at Yan Bugui and smiled, but did not respond. He knew that if he responded, Yan Bugui, who was taking advantage of the situation, would definitely have to taste the saltiness of his manure.

After Lin Ze entered his house, Yan Bugui felt regretful and continued to guard his door.

"Lin Ze, where do you get the money to buy wine?"

Lin Zhengguo frowned slightly. His monthly salary was 27 yuan, just enough for food for his family of five, but he had never given Lin Ze a penny more.

"I shot two pheasants in the mountains. When I came back, I exchanged them for 3 yuan at the supply and marketing cooperative. I'll buy you some wine."

Lin Ze took out the pack of Red and Blue Peony from his trouser pocket and said, "You gave your cigarettes to your uncle, and I bought these for you."

"You little brat, you caught a pheasant, why didn't you bring it home? It's meat!" Li Xiuzhen was so angry when she saw Lin Ze handing the cigarette to Lin Zhengguo.

She dislikes her man smoking this the most. She would rather eat less than smoke this. She wonders if he has some serious illness.

"Mom, we still have pheasants at home."

As Lin Ze was talking, he dug out a pheasant, two wild rabbits and a pile of mushrooms from the pile of sweet potato vines he had carried back.

Of course, these pheasants and hares were not hidden in advance, but he just took them out from the space.

"Brother, meat! It's great to have meat to eat!"

Lin Hao was so happy that he wanted to kill the pheasant and rabbit and eat the meat immediately.

"There's actually some meat." Li Xiuzhen widened her eyes.

Lin Zhengguo was touching the red and blue peony and Fenjiu in his hands. When he saw that his son had indeed brought meat home, he was very happy.

"Xiuzhen, Lin Ze also picked some mushrooms. You can stew the pheasant."