Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"What happened?"

Lin Yue ran over first and asked.

"A predator just got into the house, and dad just caught it and was about to let it go." Sister-in-law Liu Juan replied.

"This yellow man weighs at least four kilograms. He is really fat." Father Lin grabbed a big snake with yellow patterns. The snake was one to four to five meters long and thicker than an adult's wrist. It was wrapped around Father Lin's shoulders.

Huanghan is the local name here, and its scientific name is Wang Jinshe, also called cauliflower snake.

"Dad, give me the snake and I'll take it to the river and release it to prevent it from running back home." Lin Heng looked at his father and suddenly said.

A male child in the countryside herds cattle in the hills and dares to catch snakes in his teens. Except for the superstitious people, others are not very afraid of them.

"That's fine!" Lin's father nodded and gave the snake to Lin Heng without much thought.

"Then I will shine the flashlight for you." The eldest brother Lin Yue said and was about to go with him.

"No, just let Xiulan take the photo for me. You can take the eel back and raise it first." Lin Heng shook his head.

"That's okay." Lin Yue nodded and didn't care about it.

Xiulan walked up to the river with Lin Heng with a flashlight, while her elder brother Lin Yue and others returned to the house.

Others rushed to ask Lin Yue how many eels he had caught tonight and wanted to see the goods.

After walking a certain distance, Xiulan suddenly said: "Are you planning to secretly pack up the snake and sell it?"

Hearing this, Lin Heng was surprised: "How did you know?"

He didn't expect his wife to guess it. Indeed, he had this idea when he saw the snake. It's just that his parents were superstitious and said that selling snakes was not good and would lead to retaliation.

But he doesn't believe this at all. In his opinion, making money so that his family can live a good life is the right thing to do.

The purchase price of Huang Han and the others here is three yuan per catty. This yellow Han can be sold for at least ten yuan, which is equivalent to half a month's salary of others.

"If you had no other ideas, you wouldn't take the initiative to take on this kind of job."

Xiulan looked at him and said, a little scared: "Why don't you let it go? It wouldn't be good if Dad finds out. They all say this thing has spirituality and cannot be sold."

"It's at least ten yuan, don't worry about it, I'll sell it quietly." Lin Heng's attitude was very determined. He was in urgent need of start-up capital now.

Besides, he had never sold a snake in his previous life, so he was not unlucky, and nothing happened to those who sold snakes.

In order to accumulate original capital, he would sell hundreds of snakes, not to mention one snake.

I didn't catch the water snake before and sell it because they wouldn't accept it. The vendors here only accept three kinds of snakes, namely Huang Han (Wang Jin Snake), Ma Han (Black-browed Jin Snake), and Black Tip Snake.

Other snakes are of no use to you unless you eat them yourself.

When Xiulan heard about ten yuan, she was silent. If she picked herbal medicine, it would take two months to earn so much money.

"Then do you have a bag?" Xiulan finally acquiesced.

"No, let's go to other people's homes to find one." Lin Heng shook his head and said. He could only find a way to find a bag at this late hour. Snakes can't be killed, and dead ones can't be sold.

"I have a bag. I shot pigweed today and put a bag in the ground. I'll get it for you." Xiulan said and went to find the bag.

"Be careful." Lin Heng warned, then squatted down and waited.

Looking at the yellow snake in my hand, I saw that such a big thing is rare, because in recent years, people have often caught snakes, and the big ones have been caught so hard that they can no longer be seen.

"The bag is here." Xiulan brought over a cloth bag. This was a bag she sewed with rags.

After putting the snake inside, Lin Heng sealed its mouth and hung it on a tree stump in the forest. He would get up in the morning to get a basket to put it in.

"Okay, let's go back." Lin Heng smiled slightly and pulled Xiulan back.

When they got home, everyone else had already rested, and the eels were kept in a wooden barrel. Xiulan took a look at them and said in surprise: "So many."

"It's the first time I've caught them this year. Of course there are more, but there won't be so many in the future." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After taking a look at the eel, Lin Heng looked at the eggs again. Today, most of the fry hatched in the eggs began to tremble slightly, and they would be completely hatched in two days at most.

"Wash your feet quickly and have a rest." Xiulan brought Lin Heng foot-washing water and said softly.

Lin Heng nodded, washed his feet and went to bed. His whole body was sore these days, but he had no choice, he had to work hard to make money.

Early the next morning, it rained, not heavily, but drizzle.

This kind of rain is a good time to plant sweet potatoes. Mother Lin, Caiyun and Xiulan went to plant sweet potatoes at 5:30, while Father Lin was still helping Carpenter Liang.

Lin Heng didn't get out of bed until almost six o'clock. He ate half of the pickled cabbage soup left in the pot and fed half to Xiong Ba.

"Now that you're up, let's go to the town with your brother to order terracotta tiles. Order five thousand terracotta tiles first. If it's not enough, we'll wait."

Father Lin saw Lin Heng getting up and said quickly.

"I know, I'll go to the river to take a look first."

Lin Heng said something and ran out with a bamboo basket.

First, he went to the woods where the snake was hidden and took a look to make sure that the snake was okay. Lin Heng put it in the basket and pulled out some pigweed and put it on top.

Then he hurried to the river. If he was late and his things were taken away, it would be a big loss.

Lin Heng ran hurriedly for one kilometer to the river. He didn't even have time to wipe off the sweat. Lin Heng looked at the place where he set the fishhook last night.

Wow! !

There was only a sound of splashing water, and a big turtle was struggling wildly in the water. Lin Heng, without even taking a breath, pulled the cotton string and flew it to the shore.

I didn't feel relieved until I stepped on it with my foot. Only when I was sure that I had it, it was mine.

"It's really big, it must be three pounds." Lin Heng looked at the big turtle that was frantically flipping its limbs and stretching its neck to bite him.

It really ate the stream grouper on his hook last night. After all, it is too difficult to catch an uninjured fish. It must be unable to resist a fish that was injured and could not swim fast.

Facts have proved that as a senior fisherman, Lin Heng has a very good grasp of the turtle's psychology. The fishhook accurately hooked its chin, making it unable to break free and escape.

Pulling the cotton thread, Lin Heng grabbed its head, took out the fishhook, and put it into the prepared big bag and took it away.

On the way back, Lin Heng was excited

The so-called turtle is a soft-shelled turtle. People often say that it is also a turtle. Wild soft-shelled turtles are a tonic. A dish of Farewell My Concubine can sell for dozens of dollars.

This soft-shelled turtle is sold to a restaurant in the town for three yuan per pound. This thing is very rare and difficult to catch.

If we can get it to a restaurant in the city, we can sell it at a higher price.

Seeing Lin Heng coming back, the eldest brother Lin Yue hurried over to ask: "Did you get anything?"

Lin's father and Liang the carpenter also looked over. They had just heard from Lin Yue that Lin Heng put a fishhook in the river last night to catch the turtle that escaped yesterday.

Neither of them had any hope for this, but when Lin Heng came back, they couldn't help but look at him.