Xiulan handed him a large strawberry that she had just picked. Although it was not washed, it was very clean.
"Is the house renovated?" Xiulan asked curiously.
Lin Heng finished eating the strawberries and nodded, "Yes, our house in the city has been renovated. We just changed the decoration style inside the house and bought some new furniture. The rest of the changes are not big. I changed the yard outside a little bit."
"Is that so? Then when we have time in a few days, I'll go down with you to take a look." Xiulan said as she walked into the house with strawberries in her hand.
"I'll take you downstairs to take a look tomorrow. If there's anything you don't like, you can change it." Lin Heng said as he walked into the house.
"That's okay too."
Xiulan nodded, washed the strawberries and put them on the table, then poured Lin Heng a cup of tea.
Lin Heng sat down next to her, drank a sip of tea, and chatted with her for a while.
The children played around him for a while, ate a few strawberries, and then ran to the backyard.
"Honey, rub my shoulders and back. They're a little sore and uncomfortable."

After the children left, Lin Heng lay down on the sofa and looked at his wife and said.
"You've been too tired this month. Take a good rest from now on."
Xiulan took off her shoes and sat on his body to give him a massage. Although her technique was not professional, she massaged very attentively.
Lin Heng enjoyed his wife's massage and said with a smile: "I feel that this year is very critical. I can't rest. It should be much easier next year."
This year is the year for laying the foundation. If you work hard to lay a solid foundation, future development will be much easier.
"You are so stubborn. I really don't want to massage you." Xiulan pinched his shoulder and said.
She really felt that her current life was good enough and didn't want to see Lin Heng working so hard.
"I have a good wife." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan glanced at her and increased the strength. After a while, Lin Heng fell asleep comfortably.
Noticing that Lin Heng fell asleep, Xiulan became gentler in her movements. After the massage, she covered him with a piece of clothing and looked at his sleeping face, feeling a little distressed.
She got up and went to the kitchen to knead the dough to make hand-rolled noodles. Lin Heng loved eating noodles the most, so as long as she was not busy, she would make hand-rolled noodles or pulled noodles for him.
Lin Heng woke up after sleeping for half an hour. He got up and walked out to find Xiulan reading a book under the eaves. He walked over and held her shoulders and asked, "What book are you reading?"
"Fortress Besieged, it's just for fun. I could never get into it and I've only watched a small half of it now." Xiulan looked up and smiled.
"If you don't like it, just change it. There's no need to force yourself. The most important thing in life is to be happy." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan shook her head: "I've only watched half of it, I'll just finish it."
"Okay then." Lin Heng nodded and asked, "Where are the children?"
"Are they going to the back mountain to watch ants or play house? I told Xiaoxia not to take her brother out." Xiulan looked towards the back mountain.
"Okay, I'll go take a look." Lin Heng nodded, turned and walked towards the back mountain.
The scenery in the backyard is pleasant now. The lilies are blooming vigorously, and the grapes, oranges and other plants have just bloomed. The little bees are working tirelessly to collect nectar and carry it home, and the turtles are stretching their necks to bask in the sun on the sand.

When they arrived at the back mountain, they saw that the various fruits and vegetables planted there had grown long vines, and many had begun to bloom. The three children gathered under the eaves behind his eldest brother's house to play.
"What are you doing?"
Lin Heng walked over and asked curiously.
"We are watching the ground buffalo and the ants moving." Xiaoxia looked up and said.
Lin Heng came over and found that there were indeed many funnel-shaped pits under the corners of the wall. There were indeed ground bulls hiding in them. The children were catching some ants and throwing them in to watch the ground bulls hunting.
"I caught a grasshopper for the ants." Lu Ming pointed to a small ant nest not far away and said. A locust in front of the ant nest was already covered with small black ants.
"Dad also liked to play like this when he was a child, but remember not to catch the poisonous ones, be careful not to get your hands bitten." Lin Heng said with a smile as he looked at the three children.
Xiaoxia shook her head and said, "No, I'm watching. I won't let my brother catch poisonous insects."
"I only dare to catch grasshoppers and pigworms." Lu Ming grinned foolishly.
Du Heng raised his little hand and boasted: "Dad, I dare to catch earthworms."
"As long as you don't catch poisonous ones that bite people, you are all good kids." Lin Heng touched the heads of the three and praised them with a smile, then said, "Come on, I'll take you to catch cicadas."
"Great!"
"I want to know!"
"I want Green Wolf Goo! (Copper Green Golden Beetle)"
All of a sudden, the three children cheered and ran over following Lin Heng.
Lin Heng took them to look for cicadas while telling them to pay attention to cleanliness, as it was very hard work for their mother to wash clothes.
Soon the three children returned home with the three noisy cicadas and Lin Heng, but Du Heng could not find the green beetle he wanted.
Xiulan looked at the cicadas in the children's hands and said helplessly to Lin Heng: "You really dote on them."
Lin Heng smiled and said, "After a while, they will get tired of playing and feed the cats and fish. Then they will stop making noise."
"Then I'll go cook for you. You must be hungry, right?" Xiulan said again.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement. He was indeed hungry.
After a while, Xiulan brought the hand-rolled noodles to the table and made a bowl for Lin Heng, which she and her three children had just eaten.
Lin Heng ate the delicious hand-rolled noodles with mixed sauce, feeling satisfied both physically and mentally. He drank a cup of tea and rested for a while. Then he went to the study to look at the golden catfish.
When the sun got smaller, he took the children to his parents' home in Hongfeng Mountain. His parents were not very busy now. The birth of black goats had been completed and the fry had been bred. The remaining work would take some time to complete.
Lin Heng came here to take a look at the fish fry first. These fish fry had just hatched not long ago and now could only eat crushed egg yolks. They would have to wait until June to be put into the fish pond.
Afterwards, he took his wife and children to play at the mountain stream, and then went up the mountain to the ginseng garden. Now these ginsengs have been planted for the fifth year. The number has become smaller, but the plants are much taller.
Now these ginsengs don't need to be sold for money, Lin Heng plans to let them grow here, and dig them up when needed. In two years, the whole Red Maple Mountain will be surrounded by a wall, so there will be no need to worry about others stealing them. On the way down the mountain, the children clamored to pick up eggs, and Xiulan cut a lot of roses along the way to take them home.
"Shall we kill a chicken and roast it?" Father Lin said as he walked over with a bamboo basket filled with eggs. There were bristles in it to prevent the eggs from colliding with each other.

"Okay, it's okay to be a beggar's chicken." Lin Heng said.
"Then go kill one and we'll cook it for dinner, and then we'll have a drink." Father Lin said with a smile.
"it is good."
Lin Heng nodded and picked up the chicken catching net beside him. The local chickens here are very smart, and if you don’t use tools and catch them by hand, you will have to wait until night.
He waited until Xiulan and the children had finished picking up the eggs, and then he used corn to call the chickens over. The chickens, which had already formed a conditioned reflex, rushed over when they heard the call for food.
While he was not paying attention, Lin Heng used a net to catch a large colorful rooster, then quickly walked over and caught it in his hand.
If you catch a rooster, no chicken will come up to seek revenge. If it is a hen, these roosters will even pay back by crowing to intimidate him.
"This one weighs more than 15 kilograms. I'm afraid we can't finish it in one go." Lin Heng said with a smile while holding the rooster.
"There are so many people, they will definitely be able to finish the meal. You can make the honey roast chicken for the children." Father Lin smiled. He just liked to take care of his granddaughters and grandsons.
Lin Heng nodded, and after going down the mountain, he boiled water and killed the chicken. Then he looked at the earthen kiln made of yellow mud. When he found it could be used, he started a fire directly. After the earthen kiln was red, he put some charcoal in it, and then hung the marinated chicken in it to roast.
Take it out halfway through the meal and brush it with honey. When you take it out at night when you eat, the fragrance will immediately fill the whole house.
"It smells so good!" The children came over to feed the rooster after smelling the aroma, and swallowed their saliva as they watched the big rooster.
"It's ready to eat." Lin Heng said with a smile, and took a knife to cut the chicken into small pieces, putting the children's pieces on one plate and theirs on another plate with some chili powder sprinkled on it.
In addition to roast chicken, there are also Chinese toon eggs, which taste so good that Lin Heng couldn't put down his chopsticks.
While drinking at the dinner table, Lin Heng told his parents that the house had been renovated and invited them to come down and see it and celebrate at the same time.
"We won't go tomorrow. You and Xiulan can just go and watch. We can go downstairs when we find a good day to celebrate the housewarming." Father Lin said after taking a sip of rice wine.
"Yes, now the lambs and fish fry need someone to take care of them, we can't leave." Lin's mother also said.
"Okay then." Lin Heng nodded helplessly, thinking that this would work.
On the way back after dinner, Lin Heng took Xiulan's hand and said, "I want to buy a tractor for Dad. Do you think it's suitable?"
"This is quite suitable. It will be very convenient for him to move some things. We are rich now, so we can buy one for them." Xiulan nodded.
"Why don't we buy one for them tomorrow?" Lin Heng said.
Xiulan thought for a moment and said, "Dad's birthday is not far away. There's still a month left. I think it would be better to buy it for him then."
"This is indeed a good idea." Lin Heng nodded.
After returning home, they went to bed early. The next morning, Lin's mother came early. Lin Heng and Xiulan went into the city without eating.
When I arrived in front of my house, the yard and the outside were still the same as before, except that anti-theft wire mesh was installed on the wall and the gate was repainted.
But when Xiulan walked into the yard, her eyes lit up. The style inside had changed greatly compared to before. The yard had been divided again, with lawns, flowers, trees and plants planted. There was also a fish pond and rockery, a small pavilion for drinking tea and appreciating flowers, and even the vegetable plot was surrounded by bricks and stones in a square shape.
"The style I chose for this yard is more Chinese-style. There are ornamental trees and flowers over there, and there are two fruit trees over here." Lin Heng introduced to Xiulan.
This 180-square-meter area has become more layered and beautiful after such a design, while also taking into account the attributes of living, and is no longer as empty as before.

"Very good, you deserve to find a professional." Xiulan nodded.
She noticed that the walls were painted white and replaced with new glazed tiles. The courtyard looked very elegant and beautiful. For the first time, she thought that a courtyard could be designed like this.
"Come on, I'll take you inside."
Lin Heng took Xiulan's hand and walked into the house with a smile.
The interior of the house still has a classical Chinese style. Although the European style is very popular in China now, Lin Heng thinks that the Chinese style is the most beautiful, especially the combination of modern and classical styles, which is both convenient and beautiful.
Inside the house, the original white walls have not changed, but all the decorations and furniture have been replaced, mainly vermilion and crimson, and the lamps are warm-colored crystal chandeliers.
Lin Heng took Xiulan and talked as they walked. After they finished looking, they stopped in front of the master bedroom window on the second floor, where they could overlook the entire yard.
"It's really nice. Both the inside and outside of the house are beautiful. Even the small area in the backyard is very nice." Xiulan nodded with satisfaction.
She had originally thought that the original style was beautiful enough, but the current look was completely beyond her expectations.
"I'm glad you like it. Here, here are the keys. You are the most honorable hostess of this house." Lin Heng said with a smile as he handed a bunch of keys to Xiulan.
"Thank you, husband." Xiulan took the key with a smile. Then she looked around the house and was shocked by such a luxurious and beautiful house.
"It's not appropriate now. In two years, I will build a bigger Chinese-style garden villa in our hometown, Hongfeng Mountain. Then we can all live comfortably there." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"A small one will be enough. A big one will be difficult to clean. You work so hard to earn your money, so don't be so extravagant." Xiulan said, pulling him aside.
She felt distressed when she thought about how hard Lin Heng had been working lately, going out early and coming back late, and even complained that she couldn't help in any way.
"I'll do as you say. We'll discuss it when the time comes." Lin Heng said as he rubbed her little hand.
After taking another look, they both confirmed that there were no problems and no modifications were needed, so they went together to pay the balance to the designer and construction team.
Lin Heng, who lives next door to Lin Hai and Tian Yan's family, also took Xiulan to see their home. They decorated it in a simple European style, which gave it a different feel, shocking Xiulan a little. However, after a careful look, she still liked her own yard.
"When will Tian Yan and the others move in?" Xiulan asked curiously.
"It will take at least a month. They need to get rid of the smell of latex paint in the house first." Lin Heng said.
He didn't ask for the walls to be repainted because he considered that it would take a long time for the formaldehyde in the new paint to evaporate, so he only asked for the damaged areas to be repaired.
Xiulan nodded, followed Lin Heng out and got into the car. The two went to a nearby department store to buy some daily necessities, and then went to the school to pick up Caiyun Liu Ciwen, who was on labor holiday, and took him home.
On the way back, Xiulan suddenly said, "Honey, stop for a moment. There are some good things on the roadside."
"Yes, second brother, there are so many blackberries, all bright red, let's pick them and bring them back for Xiaoxia and the others to eat." Caiyun, who was sitting in the truck bed, also shouted. (End of this chapter)

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