Gu Yunyang went inside and took a look, and found that the land had been leveled a bit.

Gu Hanping laughed and said, "We'll do whatever you say. We've flattened it with a stone roller. And these past two days, we've also had people build a wooden fence to enclose six compartments in these two pigsties. Should we let the piglets in now?"

Gu Yunyang looked around and nodded: "We can put them in now. The feeding trough can also be put in. We are going to adopt a new breeding method, so those who come to raise pigs must clean the pigpen once every morning and evening. The pig manure will be flushed out with water and discharged into the pond next to it."

As he spoke, Gu Yunyang led Gu Hanping out, then looked at the pond next to them and said, "Let's dig a few ditches here, and then we'll also do some repairs in the pigsty. How much of the cement I bought do we have left?"

Gu Hanping was puzzled, then a thought struck him: "You're planning to use cement to level the ground?"

Gu Yunyang confirmed Gu Hanping's doubts and said, "I know the brigade leader may think that every household is like this, so there is no need to go to great lengths."

However, what we need to do is raise pigs scientifically, and we must ensure that the pigsty is clean and hygienic.

It's difficult to keep muddy ground clean.

So we'll just use cement to pave the floor, and it doesn't need to be too thick.

At that time, we can design the fence inside, making it slightly lower near the corners.

When cleaning, fetch a couple more buckets of water; it will make rinsing easier.

With the advancement of technology in later generations, water pipes could even be used to spray water directly into pigsties for cleaning.

Gu Yunyang plans to wait until the brigade becomes wealthier before considering purchasing a water pump, then running an electric wire over to pump water directly.

But before that, someone still needs to fetch water.

Gu Hanping didn't understand this, so he could only ask his question: "But the brigade doesn't have any money in its accounts right now."

It's not that we don't have money, it's that we don't have that much.

Moreover, the team members probably wouldn't support this expenditure.

Gu Yunyang considered for a moment and said, "How about this, put the cement on my tab first. You can pay me back when the pigsty is successfully built. If it fails, consider it a loss due to my impulsiveness. Is that okay?"

Gu Hanping didn't really want his nephew to lose money.

But he didn't have any better ideas, so he just made a note of it.

"Then there's no time to lose. Captain, please send someone over right away. I'll talk to them about how to proceed. If we're going to do it, let's get it done right the first time. Let's leave these ten piglets in the cowshed for now, and we'll try to get them moving in tomorrow."

Gu Hanping was also a decisive person. Once he had made a decision, he immediately arranged for someone to come over.

After discussing it, the two decided that the cement floor couldn't be too thin.

However, it doesn't have to be all cement; you can mix in some small stones.

Gu Hanping said, "I had someone send over six or seven bags of cement, but these stones..."

Gu Yunyang suggested with a smile, "We can have the children from the brigade go to the riverbank to collect some pebbles. They don't need to be too big; ten pounds will earn one work point."

Gu Hanping's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea. The busy farming season is over now. The children aren't really suited for the work on the mountain. But they can do this."

"We still need to be careful, as children like to swim in the river as temperatures rise. We need to be cautious about that."

Even the best swimmers can drown.

Although most of the children here have been swimming and catching fish in the river since they were little.

Even girls, most of them have probably learned to swim from a young age.

However, when it gets hot, going into the water can be very dangerous if you get heatstroke.

But it's impossible to prevent them from going.

Gu Hanping nodded: "Don't worry, I will give you proper instructions."

In less than half an hour, the children were already cheering and going to collect stones.

For them, it was simply going to the river to play.

Then you can earn work points.

Children from poor families learn to be independent early. In the five villages of Hongqi Brigade, which child didn't start earning work points from a young age?

They can't do farm work, but cutting pig feed is easy – just pinch it with your hands.

There were also three men who carried water and soaked quicklime there.