Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of October. The trees in the mountains began to shed their leaves, and when a breeze blew, the leaves fell down with a rustling sound.

Perhaps because of the frost, the fallen leaves in the forest looked even more golden and blood-red, which made people intoxicated.

In Hongfeng Village, because the village has been encouraging the planting of red maple and cotinus trees in the past two years, the autumn scenery on both sides of the river is much more beautiful than before, and it feels more and more like a paradise.

On the 21st, many cars drove into Hongfeng Village, attracting the attention of villagers.

Leading the group was a green Dongfeng 140 truck, followed by two trailers towing two medium-sized excavators, followed by two trucks carrying goods, and at the end was a truck carrying people.

"What is Lin Heng trying to do? Why is he making such a big fuss?"

The villagers recognized at a glance that the car in the lead was Lin Heng's and asked curiously.

Amid the villagers' envious voices, the convoy drove through the center of the village and stopped directly at Red Maple Mountain.

There were two other men who got off the car with him, a middle-aged man in his thirties, Liu Xin, and a young man in his twenties, Chen Bo. These two men were respectively the leader of the construction team found by Lin Heng and the supervisor responsible for supervision and inspection.

As soon as Liu Xin got out of the car and took a look at Hongfeng Mountain, he smiled and praised: "Boss Lin, this is Hongfeng Mountain. It is indeed a good place to build a house."

Chen Bo beside him also nodded and said, "This place is really nice, the autumn scenery is pleasant."

Lin Heng looked at the two of them and said, "The preliminary work is still going on. You are responsible for surrounding the land I rented with barbed wire according to the drawings, digging what needs to be dug, and leveling what needs to be leveled."

Then he added, "The reservoir also needs to be deepened, water released, reinforced and expanded. Once these are completed, we can start work on Hongfeng Mountain."

"Understood." Liu Xin nodded and asked, "Boss Lin, are we going to start work today?"

Lin Heng nodded and said, "Of course, the day has been chosen. We will set off some firecrackers and let the excavator go to work first. The others will prepare their accommodation, and then you can make arrangements based on the situation."

He had already rented the forest from Old Man Tian a long time ago. The forest was one hundred acres, including wasteland. He was paid one hundred yuan a year, which meant five thousand yuan after renting it for fifty years.

After signing the contract with the village committee, Lin Heng paid two thousand yuan directly, and the rest would be paid off within ten years. Tian Baishun was naturally very happy about this, because he knew that no one except Lin Heng would rent his forests, and with this money, his retirement would be guaranteed.

"Okay, I'll go get ready and start working." Liu Xin nodded.

While they were talking, Lin's father and mother had already come down from the house, opened the door and said with a smile: "Son, come in quickly and have some water."

"I'll be there right away. Has the warehouse in the house been vacated, Dad?" Lin Heng asked his father.

Father Lin nodded and said, "It was vacated several days ago, and the bed board is also ready."

"That's fine." Lin Heng nodded. The warehouse was vacated for the technical workers brought here. The other miscellaneous workers were all from the village and did not need to be arranged with accommodation.

He turned around and gave some instructions, then let the truck carrying daily necessities go in first and arranged accommodation for the technical workers first.

The excavator on the other side has also come down. It first lowers the wire mesh, and after some preparation, it sets off firecrackers and starts work.

This time, Lin Heng found a more professional construction team and also hired a special supervisor, so he didn't need to be here to watch.

It took half a day to arrange accommodation for the workers, and then I just picked the names of the workers to be recruited from the village and that was it.

In the evening, his family held a simple opening banquet, and then he rested in his hometown for a night. The next day, after seeing that everyone was working at full capacity here, he left at noon.

He still has a lot of things to deal with, so he can only come here once in a while, but that doesn't matter. If there is anything, he can ask his parents to go to town and call him.

In the following days, he dealt with matters at the factory while taking care of the construction of the house upstairs. In his spare time, he spent time with Xiulan and the children.

He rented a piece of land nearby, built a greenhouse, and went there to grow crops with his wife and children. As a farmer, he wanted to grow something no matter where he was.

As for the factory side, there is no need to say much about the electromechanical factory. They have recently launched a high-power, high-speed brushless motor, which is very popular. They have so many orders that they can't even finish producing it.

The feed factory has also made good profits this year. With the complete arrival of the market economy, many people are engaged in breeding, so feed sales are naturally better.

As time came to November, it was time to sell the pigs in the pig farm. Just like last year, they were sold through the village cooperative.

The village's income this year is also pretty good. Everyone has made money from growing Astragalus. The kiwi trees are almost fully grown and will start bearing fruit next year.

Lin Heng's life became stable. After finishing his work at the factory, he took his children to his hometown to play on Sundays. He and Xiulan had learned Chinese painting quite well, and they could already paint simple plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum paintings quite well.

You no longer have to struggle for survival as hard as before, so you have time to live a good life and do what you like, and you won’t age so quickly.

People in their twenties and twenties look no different from a few years ago, while many hard-working people look haggard at a young age.

During this period, the books published by Lin Heng also received good responses, with sales of more than 50,000 copies. Although he did not make much money, it made him famous again.

By the end of November, the farm was almost finished. Except for the wire fence, everything else was done with an excavator, and the work was done very quickly.

The cattle and sheep pens were built first. This time it was a semi-open cattle and sheep pen. Each animal had its own area, and an activity area was also built outside. Because the animals here will be raised for their own consumption in the future, the number will not be large, and the environment will naturally be better.

The same goes for the chicken coops, cow sheds and so on. They have been initially built and some beautification is planned for later. The red brick houses and other things have also been completed.

On November 29, Lin Heng returned with his wife and children. That day happened to be a Saturday, so the children didn't have to go to school.

As soon as they got home, the children spent some time with their grandparents, ate the kiwis peeled by their grandmother and the apples peeled by their grandfather, and then ran around and played.

"Dad, have you dealt with the cattle and sheep?" Lin Heng asked with a smile after taking a sip of water.

Father Lin nodded and replied, "It's all done. There are 15 black goats left, one big ram, four ewes, and nine castrated goats that were born this year. As for the cattle, there are three dairy cows, two females and one male, plus two oxen, one male and one female, for a total of five. All the extra cattle and sheep were sold, some to people in the same village, and some to dealers. In total, we made more than 20,000 yuan."

Mother Lin also said: "We haven't sold any of the musk deer. We plan to keep them all. Musk is very valuable."

"That's fine." Lin Heng nodded. Although he felt that there was still a bit too much left, he couldn't tell his parents anything for the time being.

"Shall we move now?" Father Lin asked. The day he was looking at was today. He had sprayed disinfectant on the cattle and sheep pens over there.

"Okay, I'll go drive." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.

Going out with his parents, he drove the truck towards the second platform.

Two excavators are working on Hongfeng Mountain, transforming the area into a landscaping site according to the requirements of the drawings. Workers are dealing with the excavated trees and other things nearby.

Lin Heng came up to the platform and saw three children watching the excavator working, with Xiulan watching them from the side.

"Dad, this excavator is so powerful. I want to drive an excavator when I grow up." Seeing Lin Heng coming up, Lu Ming said loudly.

"Dad, come and see the excavator." Du Heng also waved and shouted.

"We are going to catch sheep now. Is anyone going to join us?" Lin Heng asked them.

"I'll go." Hearing Lin Heng's words, Xiaoxia trotted to his side. Luming and Du Heng did not move. The excavator was much more attractive to them than the lamb.

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The sheep pen had been almost dismantled, and after the group went in, they quickly caught the sheep one by one and put them into the car.

Then we drove directly to the ecological farm. The farm was surrounded by barbed wire. The gate was also made of iron, with a sign of Lin Family Ecological Farm next to it.

I opened the door and walked in. This place is completely different from before.

The thirty acres of land in front is the main construction area of ​​the farm. It is built in a relatively open area. All the original trees have been dug up and only a few have been left. The ground that can be leveled has been leveled, and the uneven ground has been made into slopes.

Beautiful ornamental trees were planted inside, and some large fruit trees originally planted here on Red Maple Mountain were transplanted with an excavator. Several small wooden houses were built, as well as beautiful small red brick houses. There are accommodation areas, warehouses, small orchards, farmlands, chicken coops, cow sheds, sheep pens, and so on.

The 20 mu at the back is for free range farming, divided into five areas. There are 50 mu of forest outside the wire fence, which has only been slightly cleaned up and no construction has been done yet. The reason for renting it is that we don't want others to get too close to it.

The environment of the entire farm is beautifully and reasonably arranged. The areas that need to be hardened have been hardened, and some landscapes have been made using stones dug out on site.

There are many dogs living there now, and they all have their own kennels.

"Dad, this place is really nice and looks like fun." Xiaoxia said while lying on the car window.

"If it's fun, then come back and play more often during the holidays." Lin Heng said.

"When you come back, grandpa and grandma will play with you every day and feed you whatever you want." Lin's mother said with a smile.

Xiaoxia cheered: "Great, I like my hometown, it's much more interesting than the city."

As they were talking, they had already arrived outside the sheep shed, which was an area of ​​more than one acre. There was a sheep shed right at the entrance, with feed and water pipes for spring water, and some storage space. The rest of the area was empty, with ryegrass, elephant grass, some small shrubs, and transplanted fruit trees and ornamental trees.

"Just let the sheep go. This area is big enough for them to run around." Father Lin said that in such a large area, there is basically no need to clean up the sheep manure. The land will absorb and utilize it on its own.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, got into the car, and put the sheep in one by one with his father.

The sheep that had been staying in the sheep shed were a little scared when they saw such a large area and looked around curiously.

They stood outside and watched for a while, then went back to relocate other animals. Soon, they had moved all the cattle, musk deer and chickens over.

On the cattle side, dairy cows and yellow cattle are separated. Musk deer are in the area at the back, Lin Heng's red date horses are in a separate area, and the chickens are naturally in the chicken coop.

As more animals appeared in the garden, the ecological atmosphere became stronger and it began to look like a small farm.

"The only drawback here is that there is no water. We have to draw water from Hongfeng Mountain." Xiulan said after walking around inside.

"Yes, but the scenery should be very good, especially in spring, it must be full of colorful flowers." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"That's right, it's very beautiful." Xiulan nodded.

"It's just that our village is a little far from the city. Otherwise, it would be very good to start some service business in this rural area." Lin Heng said.

Xiulan nodded and asked, "Now we should focus on repairing Red Maple Mountain, right?"

"Yes, we will focus on repairing Red Maple Mountain." Lin Heng nodded.

They had lunch on the farm in the afternoon. The children liked the vast environment of the farm very much and it was so beautiful to play games.

They stayed here for two days and then went back. The holiday was not far away, so they decided to come back and have some fun during the winter break.

In December, more than half of the wall on the Hongfeng Mountain side was built. The wall here is made of red bricks, so the foundation needs to be dug. In addition, the area is very large, so the construction is not fast.

The internal renovation has not been completed yet. Although the mountain does not need to be leveled, there are still many places that need to be dug, and it will take two or three months to complete.

Regarding this, Lin Heng's idea is to divide it into two areas. The villa is located on the first platform close to the top of the mountain, and the surrounding areas will be completely transformed into landscaping to create a comfortable residential area, covering an area of ​​about 30 acres.

The forest on the top of the mountain will not be moved much. Only a main road and several small paths will be built in it. Ginseng is planted here to preserve its original ecology.

Then going down from the second platform, these two hundred acres are more agricultural, and fruit trees or forage grass that can be planted for both scenery and harvest can be planted.

However, even if it is an agricultural transformation, Lin Heng has to repair it well and not be hasty. He has to level the land where it needs to be leveled and build terraces where it needs to be terraced.

Therefore, the entire engineering task is very large and it is not just a matter of building a villa.

With the arrival of New Year's Day, 1990 has officially arrived. The construction work at Hongfeng Mountain has been temporarily stopped because the New Year is approaching.

On Lin Heng's side, the pigs in the pig farm have been sold out, and the two factories are also compiling this year's financial reports.

Lin Heng was looking forward to it. He believed that the money he would make this year would surprise himself. (End of this chapter)