Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

Arriving at the factory, Lin Heng went straight to the office. Li Xue was working there. Seeing Lin Heng coming, she quickly greeted him, "Hello, boss."

"How's things going at the factory these days?" Lin Heng asked.

"Nothing went wrong..." Li Xue reported recent events to Lin Heng and handed some documents that needed stamping and signature to Lin Heng.

With the change in market trends this year, private enterprises have been legally recognized, and more and more people want to start a business. Breeding has naturally become the first choice, and the demand for feed has also increased.

"Well, I'm going to recruit some more sales people in the factory, and calculate the salary based on the basic salary and commission." Lin Heng looked at Li Xue and explained the method in detail, then assigned this job to her and asked her to do it with Zhang Mei.

Sales is about casting a wide net, and there will always be two strong sales talents emerging.

"Okay, boss. I got it." Li Xue agreed and wrote down the things in the notebook.

Lin Heng nodded, then went to the workshop to take a look, chatted with Wang Zhou for a few words and left.

He did not go home, but drove to a town in the suburbs. He heard that a small electromechanical factory there was facing bankruptcy due to efficiency reasons, so he came to find out more.

With the advent of the market economy, many of these collective enterprises will go bankrupt because they are simply not competitive in a market that emphasizes efficiency, and bankruptcy is a natural consequence.

He seldom comes to Nanshan County, but he is quite familiar with it because he has been here several times in his previous life.

By visiting the factory, he realized that his information was correct. The electromechanical factory had indeed gone bankrupt and many of its equipment were ready for sale.

Lin Heng looked at the equipment and prepared to buy some of it. He planned to buy a mechanical and electrical factory in the next two years, and if it went bankrupt, he could take over the original workers.

But he did not reveal his thoughts, just asked the price and left.

He returned home at night, and the next day he went into the city to look at the ten acres of land that had been newly approved. The land here was rather desolate, with large wheat fields and not even a cement road.

He looked at the marked boundaries, then found a construction team to surround the area with a brick wall and then slowly started construction.

He plans to think carefully about how to build a factory, and build a good one when he has money later. For now, this piece of land will be left alone, and there is no need to invest too much.

The construction team came and he asked someone from the factory to supervise.

The whole month of May passed very quickly. Lin Heng did not help his family, but went to various electromechanical factories to inspect and look for equipment to manufacture electromechanical equipment.

He rented an abandoned factory building covering an area of ​​3,000 square meters near the feed factory, renovated it and used it temporarily as a warehouse. He found someone from the village to guard the gate and fed a few dogs.

He also went around shopping for high-quality second-hand electromechanical equipment, from nearby cities to Ancheng.

While looking for equipment, he also learned some information about electromechanical aspects and the procurement channels of various raw materials.

On June 8th, Lin Heng did not drive into the city. Instead, he asked someone to take him to the town and then took a motorcycle into the city.

When he came back he was driving a crimson tractor.

Along with the roar of tractors, a strong smell of diesel also reached Hongfeng Mountain.

Lin's father and mother, who were just about to go up the hill to work, heard the sound and came out to take a look, and were stunned.

"Son, where did you get this small tractor?" Father Lin asked curiously as he looked at Lin Heng sitting on it.

This tractor is not big, with the bed less than four meters long and only one and a half meters wide, so it can go to many places and is suitable for small places like rural areas.

Lin Heng turned off the car, stopped, and explained with a smile, "I came across a very new second-hand tractor in the city, so I spent 3,500 yuan to buy it. It just so happens that your birthday is coming soon, so I'll give you this tractor. It will be very convenient for you to do anything at home."

Father Lin looked at him helplessly and said, "You, even if you have money, you can't spend it recklessly. I have a bullock cart, which is enough. Why buy this thing?"

"Yes, this thing is much more convenient than a bullock cart. Come, I'll teach you how to drive it."

Lin Heng pulled his father towards the car.

"Wait a moment. The sun is so bright now. You can wait until the sun goes down before studying." Mother Lin said to the two of them.

"Yes, park the tractor and go home to ask your mother to cut some watermelon for you. The watermelons grown in our greenhouse are ripe." Father Lin nodded.

Lin Heng parked the tractor and returned to the house. His mother had already cut a large watermelon and placed it on the table.

Lin Heng ate two pieces of watermelon to quench his thirst, and then bought this tractor for his father.

After hearing this, Father Lin spread his hands and said, "You bought it without asking for permission first. What can I say? I can only learn to open it."

"That's right. Once you learn it, it will be convenient for you to go anywhere in the future." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After chatting with his father for a while, he went to the hatchery pond to take a look. After a month of careful breeding, the grass carp and carp fry had grown to four or five centimeters in length.

If there is enough feed, the growth rate of fry is very fast.

"This fish can be put into the fish pond now. When do you think it would be a good time to put it in?" Father Lin looked at Lin Heng and asked.

"Let's release it in the evening when the water temperature is suitable." Lin Heng said.

The fish pond was not cleaned this year, but the water quality is still very good. He measured the visibility and it was 20 centimeters.

Moreover, the big silver carp inside have reproduced and given birth to a group of small silver carp fry that gather together and wander around.

"Then let's release the fish together tomorrow night. We can release rice fish in the fields now and the rice has grown." said Lin's father.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and agreed.

Walking inside, it went to look at its blue-purple grass carp.

When this guy saw people coming, he swerved and ran to the corner beside the pool.

Lin Heng walked over and took a look at this guy. After being carefully fed in the pond, its size had grown a lot compared to last year.

Father Lin smiled and said, "The purple and blue feed you gave me really worked. This guy is now darker in color and looks very beautiful."

"Raise it for another two years and breed it. Then you can sell it for money." Lin Heng nodded.

He asked the factory workshop to specially make the grass carp feed, adding a large amount of blue and purple artificial pigments.

Eating feed containing pigments can make the color of fish more vivid.

He now dreams of finding a dragon scale grass carp and breeding it with this blue-purple grass carp. The resulting blue-purple dragon scale grass carp will definitely be very beautiful.

He looked at the grass carp and found it was a male fish. It should be able to reproduce in another year.

After reading it, Lin Heng went out with his father.

He didn't go to the other side of the mountain, but he knew the situation. Of the 208 newborn lambs, only 203 were left, and five of them died inexplicably.

Recently, 10 calves were born, including nine yellow cow calves and one dairy cow calf. Together with the original 32, there are 42 cows in total.

The forest musk deer also gave birth to ten new musk deer, but unfortunately only nine survived. Including these nine, there are now a total of 28 musk deer.

However, two musk deer have had diarrhea recently and seem to be less active. They have been isolated.

Overall, after so many years of breeding, the number of cattle, sheep and musk deer has exploded.

In an artificial breeding environment, the survival rate of cubs is very high and the population size expands faster.

Lin Heng plans to sell some of his cattle and sheep by the end of this year. The sheep born this year will also be fattened with concentrated feed and can basically be sold by the end of the year.

"Dad, I'm going to go home first. I'll bring Xiulan and the kids here this afternoon to teach you how to drive a tractor."

After saying something to his father, Lin Heng took a piece of watermelon and walked out.

The sunny day in June was particularly bright. Lin Heng was walking on a dirt road full of potholes caused by tires. Barley grass was growing firmly on the road.

Below the road are the best fields in the village, distributed on both sides of the Shiban River. At this time, the fields are lush green. The rice that has been planted for more than half a month has grown a lot and started to divide.

On some of the higher terraces, the corn and soybeans are also lush and green.

"Lin Heng is back, come in and have a seat, and have a drink of water!"

"No, no, I'm home in two steps."

As he walked through the village, many people greeted him. He responded with a smile and then walked quickly into the house.

When he got home, he pushed the door and it opened. Then Xiongba quickly ran over and hugged his legs.

"Stop it."

Lin Heng patted it and turned to go into the house. As soon as he stepped into the yard, he was greeted by his two sons. They each hugged one of his thighs and tried to lift him up high.

"Okay, lift it up high."

Lin Heng smiled and lifted them up to play with them for a while before walking into the house.

"Have you bought the tractor?" Xiulan asked, handing him a cup of summer cypress and honeysuckle herbal tea.

Since Lin Heng comes back every day, Xiulan knows everything he does.

"It's on Hongfeng Mountain. We'll go there after the sun sets in the afternoon. I'll teach Dad how to drive a tractor." Lin Heng said after taking a big sip of water.

"Sure, I don't have anything to do these days anyway." Xiulan nodded, and then asked, "Are you hungry? I'll cook for you?"

"I'm not hungry, just sit down and play." Lin Heng took Xiulan's hand and sat on the sofa.

She was wearing a white shirt and black trousers today, with slippers on her feet. Her hair was tied into a braid in front of her chest, and she gave people a feeling of tranquility and warmth.

Lin Heng changed into slippers, washed his feet, and then lay on her legs. She didn't mind the hot weather and talked to him.

After chatting for a while, Lin Heng fell asleep. When he woke up, he rubbed his eyes and saw Xiulan and the child eating watermelon.

"I'm sorry to wake you up. Have some watermelon." Xiulan handed him a piece of watermelon with a smile.

Lin Heng took it and ate while walking. He ran to the study to look at the fish, and then went to the backyard to take a look.

The fruit trees are already bearing fruit. He and Xiulan picked the fruits and vegetables together a few days ago. Now they seem to have grown a lot.

On the back mountain side, the kiwifruit that Xiulan grafted last year has grown very long branches this year. They have been surrounded by the railings, and now it looks like a green wall.

No matter if he has something to do or not, Lin Heng likes to walk around, which is a kind of comfort that cannot be found in the city covered by concrete and steel.

After looking around, Lin Heng came back to feed the koi under the pavilion. These guys are extremely active in summer, and the waves competing for water make the lotus leaves and lotus flowers sway.

"Honey, I've boiled the water and want to wash my hair." Xiulan came over, hugged Lin Heng's arms with both hands, and looked at him with her big curved eyes.

"Let's go." Lin Heng said with a smile and went into the house with his wife.

After washing and drying Xiulan's hair, they picked up Xiaoxia from school and set off for Red Maple Mountain.

When they got here, their parents were eating cornmeal fish, so they ate some too.

After dinner, Lin Heng taught his father how to drive a tractor. After an afternoon of practice, he could barely control it. If he wanted to learn it, he would need at least half a month of practice.

At around seven o'clock, Father Lin stopped the car, looked at Lin Heng and said, "Son, let's go and release the fish fry."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and agreed, and went to the hatchery pond with his father to catch fish.

They first caught grass carp fry today. The fry were relatively small, so Lin Heng prepared a small pond and released 2,500 small fish. In the end, only about 2,000 survived.

Before dinner time at night, they stocked seven ponds, and he planned to stock fifteen ponds with grass carp. It was too troublesome to raise two species and prepare two kinds of feed.

The carp fry were thrown into the fields to raise rice fish, and when they grew up a little they were given to him to catch. His eldest brother raised more carp.

After finishing his meal, Lin Heng returned home and happened to meet his elder brother, Lin Wei and Lin Tao, who were going out with a scoop net.

"Brother, do you want to go catch some fish and eels? Because there are carp in Shiban River now, and the eels are also very fat." Lin Yue asked with a smile.

"Forget it today. I'm a little tired. How about going tomorrow?" Lin Heng responded.

"Sure, I'm free these days." Lin Yue said with a smile.

After reminding his elder brothers and the others to be careful with their sharp tongues, Lin Heng took the child home.

After returning home and washing up, Lin Hengru told them stories as usual to coax them to sleep.

After going to bed, he leaned on Xiulan's chest and sighed. Sometimes he felt inexplicably tired.

Xiulan hugged his head to comfort him and said they would go fishing together tomorrow.

In the next two days, in addition to teaching his father how to drive a tractor, Lin Heng helped to stock the fish fry. The fields and fish ponds were full, and then some were taken away by relatives, and some were given to some close relatives in the village.

It was a good experience to go fishing with my brother at night. The eels in the fields were big and fat, which might be because we have had rice fish to eat in the past two years.

Many small carps can be seen in the river at night, but Lin Heng did not catch them. Instead, it was fun to ask the whole family to go to the river to pick up snails in the afternoon.

Soon a good day arrived. On that day, Lin Heng asked Sandie to look after the house. He took his wife, children and parents, and his eldest brother drove a sidecar to take his family to the city to celebrate moving into the new house.

This was not considered a move, because the old house was still occupied. Lin Heng did not do anything, because the house was in the city and it was inconvenient for the villagers to go, so he did it quietly.

After buying rice, flour and various celebratory items outside, they came to the new house.

"Mom and Dad, this is our new house." After parking the car in front of the door and getting out, Lin Heng introduced with a smile.

"Let's go in and see this new house to see what's different." Father Lin said with a smile, and walked in side by side with Mother Lin. Both of them held rice and oil in their hands, implying that they would have no worries about food and clothing.

Xiulan walked behind with the children and her eldest sister-in-law Liu Juan. The three children had already been clamoring to go and see the new home.

"Come in quickly, I'm here to set off firecrackers." Lin Yue said with a smile as he laid firecrackers on the ground outside the gate.

He had come to see it a long time ago, and now he bought some firecrackers to set off.