Gu Hanping watched from the side, feeling very gratified.

My own nephew is so smart.

This is a rare gem of intelligence in the Gu family; none of the other children are as capable.

"Is it really true that hardship creates heroes?"

Gu Changbai's children were unaware of their father's thoughts; otherwise, they would have been relieved that Gu Yunyang had returned so late.

Otherwise, their childhood would truly become a dark period.

At noon, the brigade cadres of the Hongqi Brigade had another meal at the brigade headquarters.

This meal was to accompany Hao Jianshe.

Hao Jianshe chuckled and said, "There's no need to make such a lavish meal. I won't know what to say when I get back."

Gu Hanping said with a smile, "That's alright. Our Red Flag Brigade's hunting team goes into the mountains every few days."

Their hunting skills have also improved, and they generally have a good catch.

We'll keep the rest, except for a portion that goes to the meat processing plant.

"In the past, even if Secretary Hao had come, there wouldn't have been any food. All of this was brought to us by Secretary Gu after he arrived."

Hao Jianshe was quite shocked today.

He also saw the miniature pigs; they were so tiny, it wouldn't be easy to crossbreed them into a new breed.

But for some reason, since those words came from Gu Yunyang's mouth, he began to believe them.

After lunch, I rested for a while.

Hao Jianshe came to the pig farm with Gu Yunyang again.

"The pig farm here has undergone several renovations. Originally there were only two buildings, but now there are more than a dozen. We raise piglets and sows separately in sequence..."

Hao Jianshe followed him in and saw that, wow, there were quite a few pigs being raised.

Looking around, it's no wonder Gu Yunyang said that a batch of pigs is ready for slaughter every month.

"Your pigsty is indeed very clean."

Gu Yunyang said, "Because the pigsty is clean, it can inhibit the growth of bacteria, which can reduce the possibility of pigs getting sick..."

Gu Yunyang explained, but Hao Jianshe didn't understand the details. However, he understood one thing.

That is, by raising pigs in the way Gu Yunyang and his family do, the pigs not only grow quickly, but they are also safe and rarely get sick.

"If your method can be widely adopted, that would be a very good thing."

Gu Yunyang laughed and said, "Isn't that what our commune is doing right now?"

Hao Jianshe chuckled to himself; it seemed he was indeed doing just that.

Then, Hao Jianshe followed Gu Yunyang to find a pig: "Let's go with that one."

The pigs here are all pretty much the same, and they all look quite good.

Even if there is a difference in weight, it would only be a few kilograms, and the difference would be invisible to the naked eye.

Gu Yunyang picked out three or four more pigs and explained to Hao Jianshe, "The police station and the grain depot have also ordered one each."

In addition, the members of our Red Flag Brigade are usually quite tired.

Several of us brigade leaders held a meeting and discussed it. We decided to slaughter one pig each month, so the team members could buy it, and it would also be a treat for the children and the elderly.

One per month, that sounds like a lot.

But in reality, a brigade has two thousand people and several hundred households.

A pig divided up doesn't really amount to much.

As for the pig being slaughtered and no one buying it?

That's impossible; it would definitely have been like that before.

But now the entire Hongqi Brigade is making money. They can afford to buy a pound of meat a month, and they still can't bear to part with it?

If the team members really couldn't bear to part with it, Gu Yunyang could buy all the pork by himself.

Naturally, butchers will come to slaughter the pigs.

Gu Yunyang and Hao Jianshe were chatting on the side.

"Next, we will expand our breeding operations. Once the feed mill is completed next spring, our brigade will be able to supply piglets to other businesses, which will also generate income for our Hongqi Brigade."

Gu Hanping had previously wanted to start a business selling pig feed.

Clearly, the pig feed business is more profitable.