Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

Caiyun took the email and ran towards Lin Heng to show him with a smile: "Brother and sister-in-law, look, I was admitted to Jiaotong University."

Her face was filled with an expression of great joy, which was the best reward for herself and those who supported her.

Liu Ciwen, who has always been shy, also smiled and raised his admission letter, grinning happily: "Brother Lin, I got in too."

Lin Heng looked at the admission letters in the hands of the two and said with a smile: "I knew you could do it. Congratulations. Let's celebrate tonight."

He took out the two people's admission letters and showed them to Xiulan and other people who had gathered around. This was the first time for the villagers to see a university admission letter, and they were extremely curious.

After seeing it, Tian Dongfu patted the two on the shoulders and said happily: "This is Jiaotong University, the best university in our province. You have done our village chief a favor. I will give you bonuses later."

"Thank you, Uncle Tian." The two agreed with a smile.

After everyone had watched, Caiyun and Liu Ciwen walked back with their admission letters. On the way, the villagers looked at Caiyun and Liu Ciwen differently, with more respect.

Many people even sighed with emotion, saying that this generation of the Lin family is really prosperous. Not only has the son become a big boss, but even the daughter was able to get into university. It is really enviable.

Liu Ciwen was even more surprising because one of his parents was mentally retarded and the other was dumb, and no one had ever thought that he would be admitted to university. Now the result was even more shocking. Some people admired Lin Heng's vision for investing in such a genius so early.

"Mom and Dad, look at this. I really got in, and it's the best university in our province."

On the way back, Caiyun happened to meet Lin's father and mother who had arrived. She happily ran over and handed them the admission letter.

After reading the admission letter and learning that Caiyun was admitted to the best university in the province, they were extremely relieved: "Caiyun, you are amazing. We are proud of you."

The two men had little education, and to them, going to university was out of reach, just as difficult as becoming a juren in the ancient imperial examination. But now their daughter had been admitted to the best university in the province, which was a great honor for the family.

"Today I will go to burn incense for your great-grandfather, grandfather and other ancestors. Our Lin family is truly honored." Father Lin said happily.

"Let's go together later." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Then, Lin's father and mother praised Liu Ciwen again and were equally surprised that he could be admitted to university.

As they were talking, everyone soon arrived at Hongfeng Mountain. Liu Ciwen and Caiyun opened their respective admission letters, which also came with their college entrance examination scores.

Caiyun scored 589 points, Liu Ciwen scored 602 points, and the total score was 750. The passing score for science majors in their province was 468, and the passing score for science majors in Jiaotong University was 580. Caiyun's score was just right, but Liu Ciwen's score was much higher.

Compared with later generations, the college entrance examination score lines in this era are much lower.

"Liu Ciwen, you should be the best in our city." Lin Heng asked with a smile.

Caiyun smiled and said, "Definitely. If not first, then at least in the top three. I also have estimates for the other few people."

"No, no, I guess it's good enough to be in the top five. I'm usually fifth or sixth in tests and exams." Liu Ciwen waved his hand shyly.

"Don't be modest. You are a genius. You should hold your head high and hold your chest out with confidence now." Lin Heng patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

Children born in rural families will inevitably feel inferior because of poverty, even if they have achieved remarkable achievements.

"I rely on rote memorization, which is not comparable to a genius."

Liu Ciwen was still very shy. After chatting with Lin Heng and others for a few more words, he said, "Uncle, Aunt, Brother Lin, I want to go home first and come back in the evening."

"Go ahead." Lin Heng patted his shoulder and let him go back.

Liu Ciwen left, and everyone walked back, ready to go home and take a good look at the admission letter. On the way, Lin's mother asked Lin Heng curiously, "Son, why did you want to support Liu Ciwen in the first place?"

Lin Heng grinned and said, "I am willing to support anyone who works hard to change himself. I admire Liu Ciwen very much."

"Yes, now that you have money, you can use it to help others and do good deeds. It's a good thing." Father Lin nodded.

After having fun for a while, they prepared fire paper and went to the mountains to worship their ancestors. After coming back, Lin's father killed two big roosters to celebrate. He asked Lin Heng to make a roast chicken and chopped up the other one and fried it.

At dinner time, besides Brother Lin Heng's family, there were only Liu Ciwen and his father. His mother did not come.

Although Liu Ciwen's father was a little dazed, he still understood what was going on but was slow to react. He came to Lin Heng's house and thanked them repeatedly, and even brought over some of the remaining bacon from his home.

This person still remembers the help Lin Heng has given to his family. He dare not even imagine what their family’s situation would be like without Lin Heng. His son would not be able to get into college, and his daughter would not be able to marry a good man.

After dinner in the evening, Lin's father asked Liu Ciwen's father to take the bacon back. The man refused to do so no matter what. Liu Ciwen also smiled very honestly and said it was a little gift from his family.

After the two left, Lin's mother carried the bacon and said with emotion: "Although Liu Ciwen's parents are one dumb and one dumb, they are both very grateful. Even his dumb mother would occasionally bring a bundle of firewood to our family and put it in front of the gate to express her gratitude. She is more grateful than some normal people."

"That's why he has such a good son. You see, those people who do bad things and are mean often have children who are neither filial nor smart when they grow old." said Lin's father.

Lin Heng didn't respond. He was eating watermelon with big mouthfuls. After he finished eating, he helped to clean up the dishes and then went back to the village with his eldest brother's family.

Although there is no moon tonight, the starry sky illuminates the ground slightly. The children look up curiously to find the seven stars in the north, while Lin Heng walks slowly, feeling the breeze.

"Let's start building the house at the end of this year." Lin Heng turned his head and looked at Xiulan and said.

It was his dream to build a villa in Hongfeng Mountain, and he would build it no matter how many people lived there or not.

Xiulan turned around and smiled, "Great, now that we have a house in Hongfeng Mountain, we can live here when we come back. It's more comfortable than in the village."

"I'll go find the designer when I go to the city this time." Lin Heng nodded.

As they were talking, they quickly returned home. As usual, he told stories to the children and lulled them to sleep before going to bed. After chatting with Xiulan for a while, Lin Heng slowly fell asleep.

When they woke up early the next morning, they went to the back mountain and picked some peaches. The peaches tasted very good after being peeled.

After breakfast, they took the children to the fields. Lin Heng helped to harvest corn, and Xiulan took the children to pick soybeans.

Although doing a moderate amount of work can make people happy, if you do nothing all day, you will feel uncomfortable.

Do some work, take a bath in the stream on the Red Maple Mountain at noon, eat some eight-treasure porridge and steamed buns, and have grapes and watermelons as dessert after the meal. This is the life that Lin Heng feels comfortable with.

After playing at home for a while, Lin Heng took his wife and children back to his parents' home. There are many water systems near Liulin Village, and fishing is easier.

Lin Heng's wealth and social status are now much higher than before. He is more respected when he comes to his parents-in-law's house, and more people listen to what Xiulan says in this family.

Even her second sister Xiuhua and her family, who used to dislike her, became much more friendly and wanted Lin Heng to introduce them to a job.

Lin Heng left all these matters to Xiulan. He didn't care about them. His main purpose of coming here was to go fishing and have some fun with the children.

After playing here for a few days, they went back home and stayed for two more days, and then returned to the city. September came, and Xiaoxia, Luming and Duheng all had to go to school.

Caiyun and Liu Ciwen also came down. They went to school and then stayed at Lin Heng's house temporarily, waiting to go to school later. Their registration time was September 7th.

After enrolling the three children, Lin Heng focused on dealing with the matters of the two factories for the past few days, and then drove Liu Ciwen and Caiyun to Ancheng.

He funded Liu Ciwen's living expenses and registration fees, which is just a small amount of money for him now.

"Come on, you are now standing on a higher platform."

After walking around the Jiaotong University campus, Lin Heng looked at the two of them and sighed.

In this day and age, getting into university can really change your destiny. As long as you graduate normally, your future will be good, and you don't have to worry about finding a job, as you will be guaranteed a job.

"Thank you, Brother Lin." Liu Ciwen said solemnly. He deeply understood this sentence and also understood Lin Heng's kindness to him. The only thing he could do now was to take care of Caiyun's safety at school.

"Second brother, please go back slowly." Caiyun said with a smile and waved.

"good."

Lin Heng nodded, turned and left.

This time he was traveling back and forth with an empty truck, as he was not planning to stop in Ancheng, and therefore did not carry any cargo.

When he got home, the sun had just set. The sky was filled with blood-red sunset glow and a few white egrets were flying high in the sky.

"dad!"

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The children were playing in the yard, and when they saw Lin Heng coming back, they all rushed over.

Lin Heng hugged them with a smile and chatted with them for a few words, then sat under the pavilion beside the fish pond and watched the sunset and the beautiful scenery in the yard.

"Have you dealt with Caiyun's school matters?" Xiulan brought out some fruits and tea and placed them on the stone table, then sat next to him and asked with a smile.

"Everything has been taken care of. You don't have to worry about anything with such a good school." Lin Heng took a sip of tea and nodded.

"That's good."

Xiulan nodded, reached out to take some fish food and threw it to the koi in the pond. While watching them eat, she said, "But Caiyun is quite old. She will be 27 after finishing college."

Lin Heng looked at the setting sun and said with emotion: "It can't be helped. My family was poor and I wasted so much time. But it doesn't matter. Maybe she will get married after graduating from college."

There are only a few months left until 1990. He is already 28 and Shirley is 29. They are not young anymore. Time always passes faster and faster after adulthood.

"I'll take you and the children to climb Mount Taibai this National Day. Mount Taibai is very beautiful in autumn." Lin Heng said with a smile.

I always said that I would go out and have fun when I had money. Now I am rich enough, so I can start taking action.

"Okay, I'm also planning to go there in the fall." Xiulan said with a smile.

The two chatted for a while and fed the fish. Now the water in the pond is much clearer, the koi are more active, and they are fat and have a beautiful body.

After staying in the yard for a while, they went into the house. It was getting dark and there were too many mosquitoes.

In the following days, life in the city was relatively stable. Lin Heng dealt with work matters in the morning, and in the afternoon he found a Chinese painting teacher to teach himself and Xiulan Chinese painting. The children would also learn for a while after school.

He also found several excellent house designers and asked them to design a Chinese-style villa for him according to his own ideas. Some of the more advanced concepts he mentioned made the designers' eyes light up and they were surprised again and again.

During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, Lin Heng bought a color film camera and called Lin Hai, Tian Yan, Li Shiwei, his brother, his parents and others to form a small team to climb Mount Taibai.

The Qinling Mountains at this time of year are covered with colorful forests and clear blue rivers. The view from the mountain is an infinite beauty. The colorful forests derived from the interweaving of red and yellow are fascinating, and the feeling of climbing is also refreshing.

This was really difficult for the three children. The distance was too far for them even if they were divided into several days. Fortunately, Lin Heng, his father and others were strong and they carried the children on their backs even on difficult roads.

It finally took them three days to reach the top of the mountain, where they had tea and a picnic and admired the beautiful mountain scenery. At the top, they could see the ridge of the Qinling Mountains, as majestic and magnificent as a giant dragon.

"That's how life should be. Mom and Dad, you should also learn to enjoy it and stop working all the time."

After taking the photos and sitting down to drink tea, Lin Heng looked at his parents and said with a smile.

"You're right. Let's go out for a walk in the future." Father Lin said with a smile. He felt that climbing the mountain was indeed quite interesting. It was a feeling of simply enjoying the beautiful scenery.

"That's how it should be." Lin Heng cut an apple and shared it with his parents.

He talked to his parents about building a villa, and Xiulan watched the children chatting with Tian Yan. The children were very excited after climbing such a high mountain. They asked questions and wanted to run around. The adults had to take good care of them.

Not only did he want to build a house, he also planned to seal off the entire Red Maple Mountain, not wanting outsiders to come and go at will. The fish pond at the foot of the mountain didn't need to be dealt with, but the cattle, sheep and musk deer pens had to be moved to another place. Not only were these buildings close to the top of the mountain, they also smelled bad.

Lin Heng’s idea is to stop raising cattle and sheep. Having an orchard and a fish pond is enough. Breeding is a very tiring job. It was originally for primitive accumulation, but now that this period has passed, it is no longer necessary.

Farming is still unstable, especially small-scale farming. It is not as cost-effective as running a factory, making money easily and with low risks.

After much persuasion from everyone, Lin's father and mother finally agreed not to raise so many. They wanted to raise some on a small scale for their own consumption. The cattle and sheep they raised with all grass were tastier than those fed with feed outside.

Lin Heng also understood his parents' idea and agreed immediately. He planned to build a small farm for his parents next to Hongfeng Mountain, on the other side of the stream.

The forest land over there belongs to old man Tian Baishun. Renting it out can help him increase his income so that the old man won't be left without money to eat.

He plans to enclose the entire forest with barbed wire and divide it into several areas, so that his parents can engage in ecological farming, which is very popular in later generations. Children will also like this kind of farm and have fun playing there during the holidays.

His father was very satisfied with this and expressed his willingness to listen to Lin Heng's advice on building an ecological farm and give it a try.

"That's it, I'll be ready to start working when I get back this time. The designer's preliminary plan is almost ready." Lin Heng was very happy that his parents listened to his advice.

Regarding the design of Hongfeng Mountain, as well as the old house in his village and the house of his eldest brother, he has asked designers to help with the design, and the preliminary plan should be ready soon.

Seeing that Lin Heng had finished talking, Li Shiwei asked, "By the way, are we going down today?"

Lin Heng looked at his watch. It was three o'clock in the afternoon. He looked up and said, "Let's play for a while and watch the sunset before going downstairs. Let's go down to the sheltered house and leave tomorrow."

People have been coming to Taibai Mountain since ancient times. Although the road is not easy to travel on now, there are still some people nearby, so you don't have to worry about where to stay.

"Okay." Everyone nodded, thinking that this was a good suggestion.

There were parents with three children, while Lin Heng and Xiulan went for a walk somewhere else alone. They were all wearing cotton jackets. It was cold on the top of the mountain even without wind, not to mention that there was a strong wind now.

"You were hunting in that direction before, right?" Xiulan held Lin Heng's arm with one hand and pointed with one finger.

"Yes." Lin Heng nodded, and suddenly said with surprise: "Look at that mountain over there, there are antelopes, a huge group of them."

"Really? We are lucky."

"What a pity! If we could have hunted it before, the meat would have been very good."

After strolling around for a while, they went back to eat something and played for a while before the sun set. The sunset on the top of the mountain was even more beautiful, especially when they were going down the mountain, the red glow spread from one end of the ridge, forming a dreamlike spectacle.

After descending the main peak, they quickly and smoothly arrived at the resting place. After resting for a night, they went down the mountain and returned to Hongfeng Village.

After a night's rest, the next day Lin's father killed another black goat. He made cumin lamb with part of it and let Lin Heng and his friends take the rest away to eat.

After returning to the city and resting for a few days, Lin Heng went to inquire about the design drawings. Although the first version was ready, he was not satisfied with it, so he revised it again. By the time he was satisfied, it was already October 15th.